Master Chief (Photo credit: Dunechaser)Friday Baseball Post
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 minutes ago
I was going to argue with Jonathan Chait over the question of why college
football is popular when minor league sports are not, but Scott Lemieux
beat me to it and basically nailed it.
Chait:
[I]f college sports would work just as well if it’s turned into a minor
league, why aren’t minor-league sports popular? I can’t think of a single
example anywhere in the world of a minor-league sport that even approaches
the popularity of the major-league version.
The reason college athletics is the sole exception is that it’s college
athletics, and not a minor-league sport. The top 500 colleg... more »
Sunday Classics postscript: Poor Arthur Sullivan never knew how well he had succeeded as a "serious" composer
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 32 minutes ago
*GILBERT and SULLIVAN: The Mikado: Act II: Song, Yum-Yum, "The sun whose
rays are all ablaze"*
*In the film Topsy-Turvy (of which I might say I'm not a big fan), Shirley
Henderson fake-rehearses, then fake-sings, Yum-Yum's Act II spoken dialogue
and song, "The sun whose rays."*
*YUM-YUM* [*looking at herself in her mirror*]: Yes, I am indeed beautiful!
Sometimes I sit and wonder, in my artless Japanese way, why it is that I am
so much more attractive than anybody else in the whole world. Can this be
vanity? No. Nature is lovel, and rejoices in her loveliness. I am a child
of Nature... more »
Masters in the Making?
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 35 minutes ago
If my blog has been rather silent this summer I do have a good reason for
it as I've been spending many an evening looking into applying to graduate
school. A Masters degree is something I always figured I'd eventually end
up doing and lately I've found myself taking a serious look at it. I began
giving it some serious thought back in the spring, checking out various
school and programs and I'm pleased with how things have gone so far.
Initially I felt I might be at a disadvantage since its been some time
since I've done any sort of academic work and would be a bit rusty. On
seco... more »
help fund "let them stay", the book
laura k at wmtc - 42 minutes ago
Some of you may remember when wmtc was obsessed with the War Resisters
Support Campaign, a fact that was noticed in some very interesting places. *
(Hi CIC! Are you still reading?)* I joined the Campaign in 2007, then in
2009, I began school for my Master of Information degree.
I managed to stay active in the Campaign during my first two years of
school, but by fall of 2011, night classes plus my library page job on top
of my regular paid employment forced me to take a back seat. I thought I'd
reactivate immediately after graduation... then over the summer... and now
I'm aiming for ... more »
how you can support chelsea manning
laura k at wmtc - 42 minutes ago
Here are two important things you can do to help support Chelsea Manning.
1. Do whatever you can to work for her pardon. You can sign the petition to
President Obama here.
You have to create an account, but that only takes a few moments, and the
form accepts Canadian postal codes. Please sign and share widely.
2. Write her. According to her support team, she's looking forward to being
able to correspond with her supporters for the first time. The mailing
address will say Bradley Manning, as that's the only name the military will
recognize. But you can and should use her chosen name ... more »
Ayatollah Khamenei's Positive Words For Western Culture
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
*"In my opinion, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is the best novel that has
been written in history." - Ayatollah Khamenei.*
Reading the statements by Ayatollah Khamenei in the article below brings
joy. This means several things. One is that there is middle ground and room
for reconciliation between America and Iran. And second, Iran's leader is
intellectually and spiritually sensitive to the glorious scientific,
artistic, cultural, and political achievements of America and Western
civilization. The regime in Tehran is not a Taliban regime. It is not led
by small-minded fundamental... more »
Update
Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 hour ago
Bad at blogging these days, so I am going to try to do a quick update, with
bullet points! :)
- Learning Spanish. I know that it will take living in Costa Rica to
get really good, but I at least want to have a good base before I go,
knowing a lot of phrases and words. So, I bought Rosetta Stone for Kurt
and I, and have been trying to do the program at least once a day, even if
only for 10 minutes. I am learning a lot and really like the program thus
far. I also got a great deal on the set.
- Went to the Tigers game twice in the past week, which was super fu... more »
Right action and the second toolbox
risa bear at A Way to Live - 2 hours ago
Grassroots Garden, Food for Lane County, Eugene, Oregon, USA
"Earth care" is right action. Preventing soil loss, water pollution, excess
atmospheric carbon, and radiological contamination are examples.
"People care" is right action. Active listening, feeding with good food,
offering clean water, assisting with shelter and teaching right action are
examples.
"Fair share" is right action. Living within one's means and finding small
means sufficient opens up possibilities for others are examples.
These actions may be carried out in all of life, for example, within
nature, architectural... more »
We Were Doing Just Fine, Thanks (Book Excerpt)
Kris Nielsen at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
The following is an excerpt from my latest book, Uncommon: The Grassroots
Movement to Save Our Children and Their Schools. Before NCLB (and even
during those years, for some), public education was moving along quite well
in many places under locally controlled entities, such as districts. With
local determination of how children learn, taking into […]
How happy for the NFL that ESPN has decided -- entirely of its own free will -- not to pile onto the league's violence problem
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*HuffPost reproduced this series of tweets from Sports Business Journal's
John Ourand in which both the NFL and ESPN proclaim their innocence of
collusion in ESPN's sudden withdrawal from collaboration with PBS's
Frontline investigation into the NFL head-injury mess.*
*by Ken*
I suppose it's possible to believe it's possible that ESPN suddenly
withdrew yesterday from its collaboration with PBS's *Frontline* on an
investigation into the concussion-and-head-injury mess confronting the NFL
without any consideration of its business relationship with that same NFL.
Which is to say it's... more »
President Obama: Don't Attack Syria For Israel's Sake. Please Be Smarter Than That.
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago
"What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to
distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a
drop in the median income — to distract us from corporate scandals and a
stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great
Depression. *That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war
based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.*"* - *President
Obama, *from his famous speech he made on October 2, 2002*, in opposition
to the Iraq war.
President Obama, please do not deceive your peop... more »
A glowing future . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 3 hours ago
THE
GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE with DNA, and Martin Lukacs, who posts on
the TRUE NORTH blog created by The Guardian, is rightly concerned, with a
post, “Kickstarter must not fund biohackers' glow-in-the-dark plants”
about what is called biohacking, in this case, a Kickstarter effort to
get fluorescent plants created. But the US Department of Agriculture
says it's OK, so fasten your seatbelts.
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private IInvestigations”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Dire Straits, “Private IInvestigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPrPgm_n2w&html5=1
The West Coast needs to get ready for Fukushima radiation contamination ! What folks aren't being told : 1) The Pacific Ocean won't neccessarily dilute Fukushima radiation - thus pockets and streams of highly contaminated radioactive materials may impact the West Coast ; 2) West Coast radiation could be ten times higher than in Japan ; 3) nuclear pollution may be becoming MORE concentrated as it approaches the West Coast , with little dispersion ; 4) time scale for nuclear pollutants reaching the West Coast vary from 3.2 and 3.9 years ( Zero Hour May 2014 - December 2014 roughly )
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_08_21/photo-US-West-Coast-to-be-hit-hard-by-Fukushima-radiation-2318/?from=menu
US West Coast to be hard-hit by Fukushima radiation
[image: US West Coast to be hard-hit by Fukushima radiation]
Screenshot: IOP Science
An ocean current called the North Pacific Gyre is bringing Japanese
radiation to the West Coast of the US. While many people assume that the
ocean will dilute the Fukushima radiation, a previously-secret US
government report revelas that the ocean may not adequately dilute
radiation from nuclear accidents, and there could be “pockets” an... more »
The world according to Derp
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Damn Dimmocrats:
[I]n Lincoln, Ill., GOP Rep. Aaron Schock told an audience at a coffee shop
that the Democratic-controlled Senate had "sat on their hands" while the
House sought to repeal Obama's health care law. "The president right now is
doing a very good job of trying to make it look like the House is
dysfunctional," Schock said. "Really what we're trying to do is carry out
the wishes of the people."
Because surely, the American dream has always been overpaying insurance
corporations for crappy health care.
Dueling charts - Updated
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
Well, this is an editorial so clearly it "was not intended to be a factual
statement." For one thing this is not "Obama's Recovery," this is your
future under Republican economics.
You might think the editors of the Investors Business Daily would have some
interest in telling the whole story because rising tide lifts all ships or
something like that. Oh wait, no they don't. The recovery has sucked for
almost everyone except the very wealthy investor class, who want corporate
friendly Republicans in power. So they won't mention the GOP's obsession
with austerity and draconian cuts i... more »
The first toolbox as right action
risa bear at A Way to Live - 4 hours ago
[image: Young man volunteering at Grassroots Garden kitchen]
The Young Man volunteering at Grassroots Garden kitchen
*Primum non nocere, *which which we ended the preceding note, means,
"First, do no harm."*
It's rough out there.*
That it's rough out there can be taken as a given. Some of us are insulated
from the consequences of inappropriate *action *through the inequitable
accumulation of resources, but the effect is temporary and I think a kind
of self-harm accrues, to ourselves and our loved ones. Certainly harm comes
to others.
Hence: *"**it's rough because we (whether ourselv... more »
Don’t Stress About Networking
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Professor Peter M. Haas of the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Finding myself on the grey haired
side of the academic divide and having experienced both sides of the
process, let me reiterate David Lake’s points about networking with senior
faculty. While networking to make friends is
Continue reading
Syria: Australia at UN & planning war with US- Activists smuggling samples etc.,
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
*Just some quick news stories I found interesting:*
*Australia will lead the international debate on Syria as of Sept 1/201,
when they take the helm at the UN *
*AS president of the UN Security Council* from September 1, Australia will
lead the international debate on the worsening Syrian crisis amid growing
pressure on Moscow and Beijing to bring the Assad regime into line.
Australia takes the chair of the Security Council during the federal
election "caretaker period", which means Kevin Rudd and Senator Carr would
have to consult closely with Tony Abbott and the Coalition's forei... more »
Gold and Silver Report - August 23 , 2013 --- JP Morgan still in dire need for actual physical gold ( I thought they cornered the COMEX market - oh yeah , that's paper.. ) ......Meanwhile , where is COMEX physical gold - higher prices but the gold is not building , still near record low levels ? Key to gold is looking at what' going on in China and India these days.......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-23/hello-scotia-mocatta-its-jpmorgan-yes-again-we-need-more-gold
"Hello Scotia Mocatta, It's JPMorgan... Yes, Again... We Need More Gold"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/23/2013 16:39 -0400
It happened again.
And like the last time JPM plundered 20K ounces of Scotia gold on August
8...
... JPM took *directly from Scotia's registered gold inventory*. We wonder
how regular, non-TBTF customers of Scotia would feel if they learned that
their registered gold was now in the "possession" of JPMorgan.
Finally, as a remind... more »
15 imágenes fantásticas de nuestras colecciones especiales
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 6 hours ago
LNG And The Blender, Pass The Salt Please
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 6 hours ago
Christy Clark blathered about a $trillion dollar industry, how LNG would
eliminate our debt, pay off crown corporation debt, pay for new hospitals
and new schools, Christy Clark and the BC Liberal MLAs went even further
and said LNG revenues would eliminate tolls on bridges and provincial sales
tax, ...
We were also told by Christy Clark that we were in a race with
Australia....If we are in a race against Australia, East Africa,
Mozambique, Russia, Qatar and so many more countries shouldn`t we at least
start running..?
Because, as of Mid 2013 there is not one shovel in the ground... more »
Stephen Harper's Micromanaged Unwillingness To Answer Media Questions Now Having International Implications ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 6 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
* *
*News Bureaus and media organizations pay a huge sum to have reporters
accompany the Prime Minister of Canada on junkets and official visits.
Imagine paying the fee, attending every event day after day and NOT being
able to ask even 1 question of Stephen Harper - virtually nothing to file
back home from the trip - Welcome to Canada:*
*A Chinese reporter was hauled away by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP
security detail Friday after he grabbed a microphone and tried to ask
Harper a question during a news conference at a mine in northern Quebe... more »
The BBC: Conservative, Eurosceptic and pro-business. Apparently.
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
Oh, I do like statistically-based reports about BBC bias.
There's a new report out from Cardiff University that's making a few waves,
claiming as it does that the BBC is indeed biased - albeit not in the way
right-wingers think.
The study comes bearing the intriguing statement that
"The funding for some of the research discussed in this article was
provided directly by the BBC Trust."
Just as intriguing is the fact that one of its listed authors is none other
than Richard Sambrook, former director of BBC News, the BBC World Service
and BBC Global News. (Wonder which bits *he* wr... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 6 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Marine Corps
veteran *Angelo John Gage*. Angelo recently made a video about White
genocide that has gone viral. We will be discussing a number of different
subjects relating to the White race and brainstorming effective strategies
for pro-White advocates.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Elsewhere: Gerrymanders, Obamacare/ACA, more
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
A new column at the Prospect today defending odd-shaped House districts,
and arguing that gerrymandering in general isn't that big a deal. Note that
you don't have to believe the latter in order to believe the former. One
important point I didn't make in the column: compact, "pretty," districts
have a predictable bias in any jurisdiction, and the people who fight over
how the lines will be drawn (or at least the smart and informed ones) know
what they bias is and who it helps.
Also...there's news on the ACA/Obamacare front, with a bit more reporting
confirming my view that people wo... more »
Republicans' "Market-Oriented" Health Care Reforms Won't Work, Part 1
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 6 hours ago
This has been a week of Republicans saying they have actual ideas for
replacing Obamacare, rather than just repealing it. The centerpiece has
been an article by Karl Rove in the *Wall Street Journal* (paywalled)
detailing all the swell ideas Republicans have. In addition, a non-blogger
friend points me to an earlier analysis based ultimately on a group called
Docs 4 Patient Care that sounds essentially identical to Rove's article.
Before I get back to Rove, let's talk first about the earlier analysis,
which highlights two supposed alternatives: selling alternatives across
state lin... more »
Is This The Most Pathetic Sting Operation the U.S. Government Ever Concocted?
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 6 hours ago
Ali
Baba by Maxfield Parrish (1909)
It is well-known that the law enforcement and national security arms of
the United States government routinely hatch and orchestrate elaborate
sting operations, and then claim victory over thwarting nefarious plots
that they themselves manufactured, planned, coordinated, funded and
sometimes even led.
An extensive 2011 Mother Jones investigation by
"Another 'Patriotic' Step on the Road to Tyranny"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Another 'Patriotic' Step on the Road to Tyranny"*
by Bill Bonner
"First, a quick look at the markets. The Dow rose 66 points yesterday. Gold
stayed flat. Will we be proved right? Has the US stock market turned? Have
Treasurys finally entered a bear market? And gold – has it resumed its
upward march? Maybe! Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, here’s the latest from Bloomberg: "As many as 50,000 stray dogs
roam the streets and vacant homes of bankrupt Detroit, replacing residents,
menacing humans who remain and overwhelming the city’s ability to find them
homes or peaceful deaths. They are a... more »
Mohawk John Kane: Radio and TV Sun, Aug 26, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
Native
American commentator John Kane will dominate mainstream radio and TV in
two U.S. media markets on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2013
By Liz Hill
Censored News
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, Aug. 26, Native American radio and television
commentator John Kane will be featured on mainstream commercial radio
and TV throughout the day in two U.S. media markets: Minneapolis/Saint
Paul, Minn. and Buffalo,
The First Openly Gay Baseball Player?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Who was the first active professional male athlete in a major American
sport to come out? Conventional wisdom would point to NBA player Jason
Collins, who has played for the Celtics, the Hawks, Timberwolves,
Grizzlies, NJ Nets and, most recently, the Wizards and apparently not to
soon be on the Detroit Pistons. The 7 foot tall center, a 34 year old
Stanford grad, penned a cover story for *Sports Illustrated* in April
talking about being gay. "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm
gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major
American team ... more »
Rachel Maddow may have gotten it right!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013*
*A fascinatingly naked challenge in the Tarheel State:* In the past few
years, the analysts have had quite a few complaints about Rachel Maddow’s
work.
We can’t really say they’re wrong, especially when they complain about the
mugging, the clowning, the all too frequent thumb on the scale and the
constant pretense, widely swallowed by viewers, that Maddow loves to
correct her mistakes, which she plainly doesn’t.
We often fight back against the analysts, noting that Maddow covers some
important topics, like voting rights out in the states and state
restri... more »
Don't Place The Military's "Massacres" In Egypt At America's Feet
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago
*Source: Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons. (August 23).*
This cartoon is intellectually idiotic because it goes against reality and
truth. This is anti-Americanism taken to an absurd and nonsensical level,
based on a groundless belief that the Egyptian military is controllable by
Washington.
The reality is that the Egyptian military took it upon itself to remove
Morsi, who was an ally of Washington and was planning to join in USrael's
war against Syria and expand the sectarian war in the region by bringing
Egypt into the mix.
That's the first and most important thing that needs t... more »
Lists, for no raisin
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
*Non-exhaustive list of Californian Amphibians*
Sonoran desert toad
Arroyo toad
Southern Pacific chorus frog
Great Basin Spadefoot
Lowland leopard frog
California giant salamander
Fairview slender salamander
Wandering salamander
Kern Plateau slender salamander
Rough-skinned newt
*List of Active Bulgarian Military Aircraft*
SU-25 Frogfoot
MiG-21 Fishbed
MiG-29 Fulcrum
*Non-exhaustive list of Crayola Crayon Colours*
Apricot
Beaver
Caribbean Green
Desert Sand
Electric Lime
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Golden Rod
Hot Magenta
Inchworm
Jazzberry Ram
Lemon yellow
Macaroni and Cheese
Neon Carrot
Outer Space
Pe... more »
Give the people a living wage
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Alec MacGillis asks a good question:
Liberals have spent years now agonizing over why it is that many
working-class white Americans vote for the party whose policies on taxes,
organized labor and much more work against their own economic interests—the
"What's the matter with Kansas" problem. Well, here is an issue where
lower-income people who vote Republican are quite clear about what's in
their own interest—that is, they state a preference at direct odds with
their party's line. Maybe it would be a good idea for Democrats to try to
peel them away by actually talking up that issue... more »
film - ryan gosling - the place beyond the pines
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 8 hours ago
I'm not going to give ANYTHING away, I'm just simply gonna say, "This film
is something *really fucking special*."
Second suspect identified in beating death of WWII vet Delbert Belton...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*he'll be in custody before the end of day (IMO)*
*Good job, Spokane police. *
SPOKANE, Wash. -
Spokane Police have identified the second suspect in the beating death of
WWII veteran Delbert Belton as Kenan Adams-Kinard.
Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, is identified as a black male, 5'10", 174 pounds
with black hair and brown eyes.
The other suspect in Belton's murder, 16-year-old Demetrius Glenn, was
arrested Thursday night. He is being held in juvenile detention and will be
charged as an adult on counts of First Degree Murder and First Degree
Robbery.
Dear Ban Ki-moon: Go Fuck Yourself!
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
*Related: Ban Ki-moon: Seriously, Go Fuck Yourself.*
*Ban Ki-moon: Fuck you and your false accusations against Syria. They won't
stick, you piece of shit.*
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*State officials, flood authority continue their very public spat over oil,
gas lawsuit ~Bob MArshall, The Lens*
*"Proposed" St. John the Baptist levee would lower risk from surge in
100-year storms ~Mark Schleifstein*
*River Interests Want Deeper Dredging To Accommodate More Vessels ~WWNO*
Justice and Justices of the Peace
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
From the current edition of the Law Times, an Ontario newspaper for the
legal profession:
Judges and justices of the peace have their remuneration determined in a
peculiar way. Contract negotiations are forbidden and the government is
not permitted merely to establish a pay scale by fiat. Instead, a
commission is established to consider what is fair and reasonable and,
after hearing from witnesses and reading submissions, that commission
recommends a compensation package. The idea is that an independent body is
responsible for what judicial officers get paid.
The next commis... more »
Do appeals need transcripts? Courts say yes!
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
Most appeals do not really need the transcripts; the appeal is argued and
the dusty red books of transcripts remain unopened. This is especially
true in civil cases. The appeal is based on what the court of first
instance said and not much more.
All that said, appeals are generally not heard unless the transcripts have
been provided. *Ocean v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company*, 2013 NSCA
90 is a good source for the view that an appeal (absent remarkable
circumstances) cannot go ahead without transcripts:
[11] The compelling reasons for the need of t... more »
You Say Let's Talk Severance/Your Employer Hears I Quit (Or, Employees Are From Pluto, Employers Are From Uranus)
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 9 hours ago
As sometimes happens when you've been practicing as long as I have (hint -
I may have had a pet with a name ending in -saurus), you find yourself
chatting with an opposing counsel with whom you've had many encounters over
the years. These conversations can sometimes lead to some frank exchanges.
I had one of these conversations a few days ago.
The topic was what it means when an employee says they want to talk about a
severance package. He insisted it meant the employee had resigned. I hear
this all the time from management-side lawyers, and I understand where
they're coming from.
... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*Scott Fujita added to 'Saints On 6' primetime team ~WDSU*
Nazis and Communists an alliance of the like-minded
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Lest we forget, today is the 74th anniversary of the signing of the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Russian communist state and the German
Nazi state. There are some who claim that this was just a non-aggression
pact, it was much more than that. The treaty also included a protocol that
divided the various territories of Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia and Finland into Nazi and Soviet "spheres of influence",
anticipating the potential "territorial and political rearrangements" of
these countries.
The Russian Communists were happy to have a pact with Nazi Germany, to d... more »
Miles de imágenes gratis para ver, disfrutar y compartir.
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 10 hours ago
[image: Imagenes, Fotos y Postales gratis el día del Amor y la Amistad -
San Valentín - 14 de Febrero][image: Colección especial de fotos de gatos,
mininos y gatitos - Cats and Kittens] [image: Colección especial de fotos
de perros, cachorros y perritos - Dogs and Puppies] [image: Colección
especial de fotos de caballos, yeguas y potros - Horses][image: Amaneceres
y Puestas de Sol - Sunset] [image: Tigres de bengala y tigres siberianos -
Tigers] [image: Fotografías de ríos cruzando por los bosques, selvas,
montañas y planicies. - Rivers][image: Portaretratos, marcos y frames psd y
p... more »
Still thinking
risa bear at A Way to Live - 10 hours ago
The following can be regarded as a pair of ethics toolboxes for designing a
life. I'm still not clear on how to merge them into one, so this is
practically a repost. If you've seen it all before, think of me as my own
target audience, thinking out loud.
The first is derived from Buddhism. I find its core survives Occam's razor.
Its basics are: four truths. And: eight ways for those truths to be
manifested in your life.
Truth one: it's rough out there.
Truth two: it's rough because we (whether ourselves or others) want things
to be different than they are.
Truth three: Not much w... more »
Conservative Bias at the BBC
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago
The BBC is beholden to an agenda that is anti-British, pro-union, and
left-wing. Or so the argument goes. Thing is, there's no evidence for it.
Back in November, I had a bit of fun asking if the BBC's *Question Time*was biased.
This little study, based on the political allegiances of guests appearing
on the programme between December 2008 and November 2012 found there was
bias - the number of rightwing panelists outweighed guests from the left.
Now a group of academics at Cardiff University have performed a wider
content analysis. Funded by the BBC itself, it wanted to know how impar... more »
Passive Radicals: The Manufactured Myth — Writers on Writing — Medium
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That's it George, Israel is always to blame
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
Thanks to Guido Fawkes I learn that George Galloway has been blaming Israel
again
At least George Galloway is consistent in his hatred of Israel and
adoration of Arab tyrants.
The Economy: “CRASH ALERT!”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
* *
*“CRASH ALERT!”*
by Bill Bonner
“Our operating hunch is that US stocks, Treasurys and gold have all turned
over recent months. After 33 years of falling, Treasury yields are now
climbing higher... After two years of correcting, gold prices are rising
again.... And after 4 years… or 12 years… or 31 years of rising prices,
depending on how you count it, US stocks are starting to look vulnerable to
a real setback. It’s still summertime. We don’t expect much action in the
next few days. But already, kids are going back to school and parents are
getting back to work. And pretty so... more »
And... They're Off! Congressional Candidates Are Vacuuming Up Contributions And Corporate Bribes For The 2014 Elections
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Electing rich Republicans and New Dems won't help-- quite the contrary
Recently I asked a very plausible candidate running for Congress why the
DCCC wasn't helping him raise money. He told me that they wanted him to
raise $500,000 by himself first and that then they'd revisit the
discussion. Do you know enough people in raise $500,000 to run for
Congress? It seems like a barrier for ordinary citizens, especially working
and middle class ones, don't you think? Earlier this week, *The Hill* broke
a story, widely reported everywhere, about the richest Members of Congress.
Some of them a... more »
A politician at work - Wiesbaden, western Germany
LeDaro at LeDaro - 11 hours ago
*Volker Bouffier, state premier of the western federal state of Hesse and
top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for regional elections,
fixes an election poster with his own image in Wiesbaden, western Germany.*
Looks like he is combing his hair.
The Big Lies of History
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago
In this video I explain the Big Lies of History: the official narrative of
9/11 and WWII. I also explain why I think most people simply cannot
objectively investigate what we have been told about these events.
*John Friend's TruTube.TV Channel*
Greenpeace: A very interesting picture - Warsaw Poland
LeDaro at LeDaro - 11 hours ago
*A Greenpeace activist dressed as an oil company worker pours oil on other
activists during a protest in Warsaw, Poland, against oil search drilling
in the Arctic Sea.*
The picture says it all. There is a need to raise awareness about the
fossil fuels and its impact on the environment.
What the heck is a misquotation?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013*
*Disputatious minds don’t want to know:* Maureen Dowd has generated quite a
few fake quotations down through the years.
Usually, she can at least explain where she was when the fake quotation
didn’t occur. In Wednesday’s column, she wasn’t even sure about that.
Did she talk to Bill de Blasio’s wife at the Good Times coffee shop, the
Good Stuff Diner or perhaps at the Good Vibrations tanning salon? Given
Dowd’s postmodernist lean, it’s very hard to be sure.
Still, we were surprised by commenters at several sites who disputed the
claim that Dowd had actuall... more »
Come walk with me
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 12 hours ago
The ever-changing field near the river.
I have a 15-minute walk to work every morning. Today's was particularly
interesting, what with me stepping out the door and immediately getting
into a discussion with a neighbour about the swollen vulva of the wandering
young dog sleeping on our patio, which he told me meant she was in heat and
thus in need of one of the mystery injections they give dogs down here to
stop pregnancy. But every day's walk is interesting in its own way.
I make a point to say good morning to everyone I pass, having come to
see that gringos are in general not... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
You probably read about that PPP poll result in which Louisiana Republicans
blamed Barack Obama for Katrina. Great fun for liberals! But do read Mark
Blumenthal and Ariel Edwards-Levy for a round up of coverage and their
analysis of the question, especially this:
The problem with this question should be obvious: It was asked only of
Republicans and offered just two choices: Bush, who was president at the
time and Obama, who was still a junior senator from Illinois. "If you ask
the vast majority of Louisiana Republicans to identify the leader most
responsible for the Katrina response... more »
Justin's Splif Slip
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
Time will tell but it was probably a bone-headed thing to do. Why did
Justin Trudeau volunteer that he had smoked pot recently? Did he think it
would make him look cool? Was he hoping to attract the youth vote?
I don't think it's going to work. A good many of us won't be bothered that
he apparently smoked a bit of pot as much as we will be put off by him
seeming to boast about it, to place himself in a spotlight of controversy.
"*I not only own the company, I'm a customer*." Okay for the Hair Club for
Men, not so good when you're vying to become prime minister.
This certainly... more »
Spokane's finest arrest 16 year old Demetrius Glenn for beating death of WWII veteran Delbert Belton...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*no doubt his POS buddy will be in custody by the end of the day.*
Exactly what I predicted this morning at the breakfast table. The Gang
Squad in Spokane knew exactly who these two vile animals were and where to
find them. * *
From *KHQ *in Spokane:
*BREAKING NEWS:* The 16-year-old arrested in the Delbert Belton case is
identified as Demetrius Glenn, he's facing 1st degree murder and robbery.
*BREAKING NEWS:* Major crimes investigators have just confirmed that one
teenager has been arrested in the beating death of WWII veteran Delbert
Belton. One suspect remains on the loose. Cha... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
Update on the international community’s reaction to events in Syria: Russia
calls on Assad to cooperate with the weapons inspectors. Says it has
evidence the attack was propagated by the opposition. Pressure building in
Washington and Europe to do something. Obama announces that the time frame
for U.S. action may have shortened. Kerry’s diplomatic efforts.
Congressional doves
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Louisiana Attorney General's Office Rebukes John Barry in Levee Board
Lawsuit*
~What the AG's office says: *"Absolutely no representation was ever made by
Mr.Kanner that Mr. Barry’s suit was not detrimental to the state’s B.P.
litigation. It never happened." *
*What John Barry said*: *We have been told our suit may interfere with the
BP trial. Our attorney checked with the attorney representing the state and
was told our suit would not interfere. How could it? The BP trial will be
over long before our trial starts. And at Garret’s request we waited until
the first phase of the t... more »
CSEC spies on Canadians : watchdog report
Alison at Creekside - 12 hours ago
While whistleblower Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald have published
reports about the USA's NSA and UK's GCHQ joint electronic surveillance of
Brits and Americans, we've been pretty much in the dark in Canada about our
own government's surveillance of us.
An annual report tabled two days ago from the independent watchdog
commissioner for Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency* Communications
Security Establishment Canada* elicited the following timid headlines
repeated throughout yesterday's press coverage.
Post Media : Canadians may be victims of illicit spying
NaPo : Canada’... more »
ONLY GOOD NEWS TODAY
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
- Housemate Karen told me this morning that my blog today ca only be
filled with good news. So here I go.
- Our friend Phui Yi from Malaysia arrived back here late last night
after a 25-hour trip from home for her summer vacation. She is a student
at nearby Bowdoin College and is a wonderful peace and justice activist.
Mary Beth helped her learn to drive during the last semester. This morning
we were joking about places with the craziest driving conditions and I
said my #1 in that category was Nagpur, India when at one intersection I
saw cars,... more »
Smoke, Shills and Shrillionaires
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
(Say three times fast.)
Well, knock me over with a Lucky Strike. Michael Bloomberg, lord mayor of
the fiefdom of New York, 10th richest American plutocrat, 20th wealthiest
man in the universe, is taking on the Transpacific Partnership (TPP). More
specifically, he is taking on President Obama's "cave" to Big Tobacco,
which is demanding the right to spread cancer and sell ciggies to kiddies
the wide world over. Under the new agreement, the tobacco cartel will be
granted the power to actually supersede local laws governing the sale of
its products.
In an op-ed published in today's *Ne... more »
Haslam, Bush, WGU, and McGraw-Hill
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
In 2002 Stephen Metcalf documented the financially incestuous relationship
between the Bush family and McGraw-Hill that resulted from a
long-established familial system of mutual back-scratching and
“cross-pollination and mutual admiration” between the the two fiefdoms.
Today that system of good ole boy corruption, cronyism, and corporate
welfare continues in State Houses and governors’ mansions around […]
RODEO CLOWNS: From Rush to Crump!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY,
AUGUST 23, 2013*
*Part 5—Good decent person gets hurt:* Rodeo clowns have been driving
the
right for at least thirty years now.
Let’s be clear on what we mean by that statement.
We don’t mean that the right has been driven by *actual* rodeo clowns—by
people like Tuffy Gessling, whose clown act two weeks ago led
*metaphorical*rodeo clowns to compare him to the Klan and the Westboro
Baptist Church.
We mean that the right has been driven by people who are *like* rodeo
clowns, although most actual rodeo clowns are probably much better
people.
For one example, consider what Rus... more »
My Flag Your Flag
Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 13 hours ago
It's Only a Matter of Time
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
When reports come out about computer hacking they tend to be either
espionage or a "denial of service" campaign by activists/radicals to take
down some corporate miscreant.
So far no one has been causing our chemical plants to explode or taking
down our electrical grid, not yet anyway. Perhaps hackers know they would
be hunted down like dogs or hostile nations know it would be an act of war
triggering uncontrollable consequences. But that doesn't mean it can't be
done. A recent article in the I.T. section of the *Brisbane Times* warns
that "Hacking is Way Too Easy."
*Hacking p... more »
Incompetent Skeptics IV: Dr. Judith Curry
Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 14 hours ago
The climate depot site has a link to a puff piece on Judith Curry and her
views on climate change/global warming. The following is my response:
*This is a puff piece, based entirely on a friendly, personal view of Dr.
Judith Curry. But the climate change debate is not about any person,
especially any academic who basically accepts the climate science as sound
and, as they like to say in their own best interests, "settled". Those who
have involved themselves in the debate--who have studied the science behind
it, and the arguments about that science--are strung out over the full
range... more »
Terror as a Career Opportunity
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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While the “Great Recession” of 2008 technically ended in the summer of
2009, it appears that only now is the US economy starting to achieve
sustainable, if tepid, growth. But this recovery has clearly been one of
the weakest in terms of job creation. U6, an alternative measurement of
unemployment (measuring the total number of people out of work, plus people
who are working part time not by choice, plus people who are only
marginally attached to the labor force), still stands stubbornly at 14%.... more »
Mining and sinkholes
LeDaro at LeDaro - 14 hours ago
There is plenty of material on shale-gas fracking which causes air
pollution, water pollution, gas in tap-water and all kinds of health
problems. It has also caused earthquakes in certain parts of the U.S.
In Louisiana, U.S. mining in general is causing sink-holes. What next? What
more damage these mining companies will do? All that matters for the mining
companies is profiteering. Here is an interesting video on Louisiana mining
and sinkholes.
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Indictment of Iran for ’94 Terror Bombing Relied on MEK
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours ago
Gareth Porter
Inter Press Service
Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman based his 2006 warrant for the arrest
of top Iranian officials in the bombing of a Jewish community centre in
Buenos Aires in 1994 on the claims of representatives of the armed Iranian
opposition Mujahedin E Khalq (MEK), the full text of the document reveals.
The central piece of evidence cited in Nisman’s original 900-page arrest
warrant against seven senior Iranian leaders is an alleged Aug. 14, 1993
meeting of top Iranian leaders, including both Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
and then president Hashemi Rafsanjani,... more »
Pang Laowai shot by policeman
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours ago
*Wishes at a small temple in Tainan.*
I put a peaceful image above, to calm my readers before they encountered
this stupid story...
I suppose it is too much to expect professionalism from a Taiwanese news
organizations, but this Apple Daily report really angered many of us in the
foreign community. The story behind the video is a common enough. A drunken
man on a scooter is flagged down by the cops, an altercation ensues. The
cops shoot the man, unusual, but not unknown. Note that there is no need to
mention the nationality or origin of the man; it has nothing do with his
behavio... more »
Judge lifts order blocking increased Trinity River releases in Hoopa region
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
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by Dan Bacher
Judge lifts order blocking increased Trinity River releases
by Dan Bacher
Censored News
In a significant victory for salmon, a federal judge in Fresno today
issued a decision lifting a temporary restraining order blocking
increased releases of Trinity Reservoir water into the Trinity River to
prevent a fish kill on the lower Klamath River.
The decision by U.S.
Tohoku, JP wins the International Linear Collider
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
*The project may still be cancelled...*
In June 2013, I discussed the contest between the Sefuri mountains and the
Kitakami mountains who will build the International Linear Collider if any
collider will be built. Recall that the former offered a sexy 4-minute
musical video; the latter offered a somewhat boring, 21-minute-long
educational video.
The "boring" video guys won! ;-) Congratulations to Hitoshi Murayama et al.
Tohoku pitched for ¥1 trillion [$10 billion] collider (JP Times)
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Miyagi, Iwate prefecture mountains picked as possible site for int'l
... more »
Ron Paul: Gov't Workers Have a "Moral Obligation" to Reveal Wrongdoing
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Australia ex-deputy PM: US gun culture is 'corrupting the world,'
LeDaro at LeDaro - 15 hours ago
I have already done a post on Christopher Lane of Australia who was killed
by teenagers and one of the teenagers said to police that the reason they
killed Christopher Lane because they were bored.
Tim Fischer, Australia's ex-deputy PM said that US gun culture is
'corrupting the world,'.
*MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australians should avoid the United States because
of its “illogical” gun laws, the country’s former deputy prime minister
said Friday after the killing of college baseball player Christopher Lane.*
**
*“I am angry because it is corrupting the world, this gun culture of the
... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Into Darkness
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Sure, the movie came out months back, but this Honest Trailers does a nice
job of capturing why Star Trek Into Darkness was meh. JJ Abrams does not
apparently get it that the even numbered movies are supposed to be better.
Spoilers boldly go below: This video is perhaps inconsistent in pointing
out the retrograde
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Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Barbara Eden, 82.
And good stuff:
1. Larry Bartels on polarization in Europe.
2. The lawsuit against Texas voter restrictions, from Molly Redden.
3. And a set I haven't read yet, but intend to: Marc Ambinder on the NSA
story; Conor Friedersdorf's response; and Ambinder's last word.
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Who are the Landry/Coulter factions? ~Small Affair*
**
*New jail agreement gives Sheriff Gusman everything he wanted ~Clair
Galofaro*
*Letter to the editor: Root of gentrification is decline of New Orleans’
middle class ~Alfred Bostick, Uptown Messenger*
*Check Out These New Plans For Lee Circle ~Sarah Chase, Curbed*
*Assumption sinkhole video makes big Internet splash ~David J Mitchel, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Advisory issued for swimmers in Gulfport ~WVUE*
*Ragin' Cajun Redneck Gators Coming to SyFy (Trailer) ~NOLA DEFENDER*
Barbara Buono Gaining On Chris Christie-- By A Lot
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
I feel badly that we haven't found any good progressive women running for
Congress yet and that so far all the Blue America-endorsed candidates are
men. On the other hand-- aside from the cycle being young-- all of our
candidates for governor are women. The first person we endorsed for
governor, Barbara Buono, is running against a classic male chauvinist pig
as well, loudmouthed New Jersey bully Chris Christie. And old fashioned
media hacks, Chris Matthews pops right into mind-- would rather treat Buono
as an good-looking woman than as a serious candidate, helping them validate
wh... more »
Egypt updates ( August 23 , 2013 ) ..... As the Brotherhood calls for Friday of Martyrs protests , Obama offers more excuses why Egypt military aid won't be cut off ( unless it already has been cut off - someone please inform the White House what's going on please.... )
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Egypt - Protests after Friday prayers - Friday of martyrs march ....
UPDATE: Thousands of pro-Morsi demonstrators take the streets in Egypt amid
tightened security
Thousands of pro-Morsi demonstrators take to streets in Cairo and several
provinces decrying Morsi's ouster and killing of hundreds of protesters
last week, army and police forces tighten security at protest sites
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"Give Us This Day Our NSA"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
To honor those creepy cockroaches fine and dedicated patriots from the NSA
who couldn't get hired by McDonalds protect us all from anything even
closely resembling real truth those scary terrorists on this blog, a new,
occasional feature beginning today, "Give Us This Day Our NSA" Every time
they visit until this idiocy gets boring and useless, like them I'll copy
the log entry and post it because like them I have nothing better to do, so
we all can feel safer and more free God bless America, we're number 1!.
Right? And you, Chump Good Taxpayer Citizen, are paying for all this fun! ... more »
What I Have Been Reading
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours ago
I am a bit of a readaholic. While I love to read, I don't always get around
to writing full reviews for the books I have read, so here are three books
I have read lately and a short review.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Jacob makes the journey to
Cairnholm near Wales, to visit the orphanage where his grandfather grew up
to discover it was bombed out during the last World War. How can that be?
His grandfather received a letter from the Headmistress, just a few years
ago. It is a mystery that Jacob is determined to solve. I really liked this
book. It is the first bo... more »
Can We Take Him At His Word?
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
When asked this week if he would run for re-election in 2015, Stephen
Harper answered, "Of course, yes." It was a pretty flatfooted statement.
But Tasha Kheiriddin, one of the prime minister's most steadfast
supporters, writes that his answer is open to interpretation:
Some surveys have found that the public thinks the untested Justin Trudeau
would make a better Prime Minister than the seasoned Harper. Trudeau is
seen to care more, to share people’s values more. Add to this the bad smell
of the senate scandal, and Harper will have trouble playing the integrity
card, one of his g... more »
Fukushima updates ( August 23 , 2013 ) - the search for scapegoats intense in Japan- will the blame fall on fisherman for making the water problems worse ? . Fukushima Plant Manager Yoshida ( esophagus cancer ) laid to rest and thanked for its efforts - note effort to scapegoat him after his death .... Highlights of parade of horrible lowlights of the day !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
[Column] Soon international media to treat Fukushima fishers as “the bad
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Soon Fukushima fishers will be given the bad name by corrupted media.
They will be considered to be the one to worsen Fukushima plant situation.
Fukushima plant is the machine to automatically produce 1,000 tones of
contaminated water everyday.
They can’t keep building the tanks forever.
The facilities called ALPS are thought to be the answer.
It’s supposed to filter mu... more »
My Plan (Part the Fourth)
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 15 hours ago
So, in Parts One & Two I made the case for harper's illegitimacy and why
we are [were] therefore justified and even obligated to force him to
resign.
Part Three outlined the process of grass-roots outreach and organizing to
build the movement necessary to force the government to resign. It was
based on the idea that the fact of a really-existing campaign to impose
accountability on harper and to defend Canadian democracy would have a
snowball effect and would become a viable, nation-wide campaign in a matter
of months.
Part Four then, describes the strategy for forcing the gove... more »
Syria chemical attack update - August 23 , 2013 - Were the Materials allegedly implicating the Syrian government in chemical attack prepared before the incident ? Russia says yes , they were ! As the UN warns of alleged crimes against humanity , recall the syrian rebels control the area where this incident occurred and have the greatest incentive to "push " this incident ! Amazing how a massacre of civilians in Egypt clearly brought forward by the Egyptian military has been embarrassingly handled by the west ( as far taking a real stand against the Junta ) , while with Syria , there is a mad rush to form judgments before any actual facts are established !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.infowars.com/us-trained-rebels-moved-towards-damascus-days-before-chemical-attack/
( False Flag Attacks are crimes against humanity
also - memo to the Un )
US-Trained Rebels Moved Towards Damascus Days Before ‘Chemical Attack’
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Lawmakers who opposed arming FSA militants “reconsider intervention”
*Paul Joseph Watson*
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August 23, 2013
300 handpicked rebel militants trained by the US... more »
Ham Omelettes and Taiwan’s Defence
Patrick Porter at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
In the old old question of why the weak occasionally beat the strong, my
favourite metaphor is the Ham Omelette. In a Ham Omelette, the chicken is
involved but the pig is committed. In a clash over the Taiwan Strait, who
would be the pig, who the chicken? This matters, because in the end
predicting
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Breaking News: Two Explosions hit Lebanon's Tripoli
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Light on details:*
*NOW UPDATED!*
WP — Lebanese security officials say 2 explosions rock northern city of
Tripoli.
ABC -The officials say the blasts went off near mosques in the city on
Friday, the Muslim day of prayer when mosques would be packed.
Reuters-Two explosions rocked Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Friday,
causing casualties, witnesses and security sources said.One blast was
outside a mosque as Friday prayers ended. The other hit central Tripoli.
SANA- Lebanon's national news agency: Two explosions heard in Tripoli and
clouds of smoke cover the city
* UPDATE BE... more »
Tony Curtis with a lovely Marilyn Monroe anecdote
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
Tony Curtis reminiscing about the making of Some Like It Hot.
Aspects of Al Gore's lies on category 6 hurricanes
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours ago
Two days ago, Al Gore gave an interview to the Washington Post
Al Gore explains why he’s optimistic about stopping global warming
in which he pretended to be optimistic that unhinged alarmists like himself
may still morph from the hopeless dirty losers such as himself to winners.
With his characteristic diplomacy, the former future U.S. president
compared climate realists to champions of apartheid, to homophobes, and to
an alcoholic father who explodes whenever the elephant in the room (more
precisely, ethanol in the bottle) is being mentioned which is why his
relatives prefer to be... more »
"The Most Beautiful People..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat,
known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out
of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an
understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a
deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
- Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross
Dead for 42 Minutes, Brought Back to Life
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
We have been tracking resuscitation therapy closely since I had my own
encounter in 2005 when there was no background at all. Now we have a
deliverable machine called the thumper that sustains the CPR artificially.
We have also reported on a two and one half hour event without a heartbeat
that allowed the victim to recover and go home. What is key is that this
machine is now rolling out and victims will be make it to the operating
table and superior prospects.
This is very good news because the protocol allowed surgeons to
successfully intervene and repair major damage... more »
Alfredo Moser's Lightbulb Moment
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
And we cannot take this further? Every building requires daytime lighting
to manage shadow that causes uneven lighting. Most roofs can work around a
simple plastic insert properly sealed. Thus an interior space can readily
be lit using this technology. It uses no energy and is as easily discarded
and replaced.
In this way power can be conserved during daylight hours while enhancing
the working environment.
It has now been well tested and demonstrated. A plastics manufacturer
needs to cook up a design package that works well enough. It should be
easy. At least ma... more »
Bridges to Ireland
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Everyone likes to dream but some really need to happen. Build this one
through Dublin and
we can be sure that the natural appeal of Ireland will bring in a large
population. The relative cost of p*u*tting in bridges has steadily
declined which is why they are proposed, hewed and hawed about, then
proceeded with.
Bridge building and tunnel building are both in their maturity and in
heavy demand because time has made the unaffordable affordable. A rail
road link into Ireland can inspire an industrial renaissance there.
Another comparable is the huge island of Va... more »
World Bank Turns Away From Coal
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
The fact is that coal plants are now officially declared obsolete by this
move. What is more, they are and getting out of the coal business is
timely. It will even be hugely effective in reducing the globes carbon
footprint as it has in the USA.
There are so many better solutions and technology coming down the
pipeline, that coal plants are becoming a nasty alternative used only
because of costs and that only sometime. The wind down of the thermal coal
industry is already well begun and will only gather momentum. After all,
natural gas is allowing utilities to add ... more »
Bronze Age Cinnamon Trade Confirmed
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Quite simply, this is hard evidence that cinnamon was transported to the
Levant 3000 years ago or just at the end of what we are describing as the
Atlantean Age which spanned 2500 BC to 1159 BC. In its maturity, the
Atlantean Age was a global concern system of palace based trade factories
underwritten by the copper trade itself. The global establishment itself
took place around 2400 BC. Thus a good thousand years of fairly
unrestricted interchange took place although the enterprise bred serious
piracy.
As we have learned, it takes time for the hard evidence such as this ... more »
New Ways To Create Gradients For Molecular Interactions
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This sounds to be sort of helpful but neither is it more than a way to
somewhat improve on the resolution of known reactions. It is hard to see
it altering the economic equation.
Otherwise it is good stuff.
One thing that most folks do not understand is the sheer depth of ongoing
research in chemistry and that it had been at the forefront for one and a
half centuries. I can see Jon Turk understanding that the world could
well do without one more chemist.
*New Ways To Create Gradients For Molecular Interactions***
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by Staff Writers*
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Raleigh NC (SPX) Aug 01, 2013... more »
Snake Bite Kit That Works Coming
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
A simple nasal inhaler can halt and even reverse venom induced paralysis
and thus save the victim’s life. Since the vast majority of snake bites do
just this, it is a blanket treatment that likely at worst is sufficient to
allow the patient to seek medical help. In many cases though, if we are
reading this correctly, it will be enough.
Needless to say, once this is available it will become a necessity in
every village at risk. Something like this really lends itself to home
care treatments were the first responder happens to be a family member.
This will automatical... more »
Resveratrol Blocks Melanoma
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This clearly informs us that resveratrol is effective suppressing
melanoma. This also supports the improvement observed in longevity in the
sun drenched Mediterranean. Benign moles are often observed in this
environment and that could also be a function of the access to grape.
Whatever the relationship, wine drinking has been protective here forever
and continues to be. As usual, there are many other molecules involved
whose effect is not yet understood.
This effect quite rightly needs to be woven into our foods in many other
ways to get around the alcohol limita... more »
Alkaline Treatment Protocols for Cancer
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This article fills in many of the blanks regarding alkaline therapy and
pretty well places it on the go to list for all cancer victims.
In fact, the absolute first step for a victim is to immediately convert to
a vegan diet regime. This is not enough to finish the job but it is enough
to prepare your body for the final push with the optimum chance of a
successful outcome.
We have also posted on maple sugar and baking soda which may be an
excellent preventative measure. However, once facing the diagnosis, go
vegan and then locate a specialist to guide you through the t... more »
Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reverses Weed Stance
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
No scientist wishes to wake up in the morning to discover he has been had
and worse he has been had by his peers who accepted money to slant the
research findings. Yet that is the bottom line for USA based research on
marijuana.
Thus the inevitable review leads to the inevitable retraction and a direct
cost in wasted effort brought on by the deliberate fraud of others. Yet
this is now the daily pattern of our so called pharmaceutical industry.
Our only defense is the rapid expansion of medical research outside theses
financial cartels that is now taking place.
... more »
Cloning Extinct Woolly Mammoth Technically Possible
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
I do think we are going to nail the Mammoth and the complete Ice Age
menagerie before too long. We may even recover viable stem cells to make
our life easy. I also think everything else will be devilishly difficult
in comparison but also not impossible either.
Others are also much more optimistic but here we have a clear skeptic
coming on side.
What I do know for sure is that the birth of a fresh herd of living
mammoths will be the news story of the decade and will receive constant
media attention. Maybe we should try to create a herd in the Great Bear
Rain Fores... more »
Hezbollah Manufacturing Counterfeit Medicine
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Islam has done a poor job of shedding outright criminality, most of which
ends up been directed against believers. The idea that criminality exists
to be applied against nonbelievers has provided a loophole allowing the
worst criminals to do just what they like. Sophism is wonderful.
Here we have the completely bizarre case of an actual fatah been issued
that merely exempts shiites. This means that they can be sold to Saudi
Royalty in good Islamic conscience, an oxymoron if there ever was one.
This is the sort of nonsense that is steadily diminishing Islam.
*Hezboll... more »
Nuclear Decay Model
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Now that I have a tentative lotus like model for the progressive design of
our elemental table, it is possible to address the key aspect of nuclear
decay. What I propose there is that as the nucleus becomes larger,
electron packing around the center of the lotus tightens increasing the
possibility of an electron discharging its separation energy along the axis
of attachment and allowing that electron to rejoin the proton to produce a
neutron. This immediately produces a neutron imbalance and a drop to the
next slot in the periodic table. This is elegant and natural and will l... more »
Cancer Gene Study Revealing
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is another huge advance and we really are coming close to the day
when we see the backside of the cancer problem once and for all. This maps
the common pathways and discovers that for most several things must go
wrong genetically. The empirical data hinted at just this as most victims
were often merely more exposed.
The take home of course is to live a life that generally avoids or at
least limits exposure to various toxins. Perhaps easier said than done but
still plausible for most. The bad news is that it starts with learning how
to not overindulge. Good luck o... more »
Crucifers are Cellular Tonic
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Crucifers are a cellular tonic that restores function. This is very
important as a tool to recover from dietary excess in particular. It also
underlines the therapeutic efficiency of stock made from cabbage that was
promoted by an old country doctor back in the fifties who reversed many
metabolic diseases at the time.
I fortunately have always been partial to cabbage, much to the chagrin of
my wife. This even makes my preferred breakfast of Kimchee and Kipper with
Black Rye Bread look inspired. Hey, so I am getting older and the taste
buds need a kick.
It is even c... more »
City Owned Bank for San Francisco
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Let us hope that this is a good beginning. We have been posting on the
necessity of this since 2008 and this should trigger several more that are
already in the works. At least every city of this size needs to take on
its own banking.
Importantly it creates a moral barrier that is internal and carefully
watched by the voters. Thus excessive wage demands ultimately get curbed
when it puts mom and dad at risk. Financial prudence becomes part of the
cities DNA.
It is still going to take some time but at least it is well begun.
Detroit specifically needs to set thi... more »
Periodic Table and the Lotus
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This note is regarding a conjecture of mine. I suspect that the atomic
nucleus is properly modeled with proton – neutron pairings that naturally
distort under the internal rules imposed by the generalized cyclic metric
described in my paper of 2010 in AIP’s Physics Essays into lotus like
petals that assemble lotus like to form the nucleus in a spiral pattern.
This insight was a totally unexpected result of my working up a preliminary
theory.
I have long deduced that certain symbols coming down to us from the most
ancient civilization that plausibly achieved modernism h... more »
In-Wheel EV Motor From Evans Electric Unveiled In Australia
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
I had seen previous efforts in regard to the electric wheel and I presume
that this one is superior. There will be no reduction gearing and this
makes for a superefficient system. Note the additional benefits as each
wheel responds on its own to the road surface.
This will make the advent of the electrical vehicle far easier as losses
are now minimized.
Even a hybrid configuration will see a huge jump in efficiency and
performance. We have waited a long time for this and it was easily
foretold. The deveil as usual was in the details which is quickly receding
behind... more »
Artificial Human Ear Grown in Lab
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
As we have posted before, organ replacement by simply regrowing your own
is working. The battle is won and it is now time to go over into the hot
pursuit mode. Every tissue type can be identified and it can be grown.
What remains is the engineering.
If we do this, then several years of effort and solution delivery will end
almost all disability issues once and for all. This will end the massive
drain of society that it all represents.
I do think that most fundamental problems are now worked artound.
*Artificial human ear grown in lab*
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*By Helen Briggs*
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Dolphins Call Dolphins by Name
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
We have understood the intelligence of dolphins for a long time. Now it
understood that it is possible to address them by name. That means we need
to perfect a device able to capture our voice and translate it clearly. A
recording does not cut it any better than it would between humans.
However, once we have done that much, it should be much easier to create a
mutual language conversion system by working together. After all, calling
out an individual’s name is a powerful entry point which makes mutual
effort possible.
Of course, we have been trying for several de... more »
No Northern Ice Age
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
I want to introduce a shocking concept to my readers that flies hard in
the face of the accepted knowledge of the past two centuries. It is that
the Northern Ice Age did not exist at all. What did exist was an Antarctic
sized ice cap situated on top of Hudson Bay and spread out over an arc of
thirty degrees. The crust itself was rotated thirty degrees to position
this ice cap and also the Antarctic Ice Cap to sit within fifteen degrees
of either pole.
An immediate corollary is that the temperate zone from 15 degrees south
through forty five degrees south was subject ... more »
The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
It is easy to predict the end of the world looking at the numbers that are
assembled here. Yet the substance can be a mouse. So start by not
trusting this rather shallow interpretation. The hard reality is that the
printing press over at the fed is buying up the long treasuries creating a
shortage of long paper and driving cash out into the market to look for
yields. This is how stimulus looks.
Otherwise it has been ineffective at best. The middle class or top two
thirds of the economy need ready access to expanded credit to actually
expand their wealth and drive the... more »
Stepping into a Parallel Dimension with Offutt
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
So far this is a science fiction story pretending to be factual. There is
no attempt to place the real Carol in her day job to stand up and say that
this really happened. So even with the author pursuing this type of story
and developing skill in this direction, without investigating the so called
witness we have nothing.
The special nature of her interaction or lack thereof also suggest an
actual brain event taking place and producing the experience. I
particularly draw attention to the cigar smell as she entered this
transition.
So what did happen here and can we ge... more »
Goats to Help Tend Historic Grave Sites in the Nation’s Capital
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is welcome. The real problem is that herding goats does not pay
because you need a shepherd. This has to be better thought out, because
there is ample forage in inconvenient locations that beg close cropping by
our voracious goat.
The best way, and I think that this will apply to all animals before we
are finished is to invent a collar to be applied to either all or some of
the animals that makes an annoying pulse whenever the animal has strayed
outside a perimeter. All animals are nicely trainable to that extent at
least and the perimeter can be set with simple be... more »
Four Hundred Thousand Year Old Villages
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
In my unpublished manuscript, Paradigms Shift, I made the conjecture that
humanity made the transition from the hunting band social structure which
is well represented among a number of animals to the village grade
structure of less than two hundred members through access to a rich
immobile feedstock. The obvious locale for this was the tropical seashore
and the protection of a coral reef.
In more recent times we have the Indians of the North West who built huge
urban complexes while relying totally on gathering food from the sea
without any metal at all. Once we underst... more »
"All Is Not Lost... What A Chimera!"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
"If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost;
you can still call him vile names."
- Elbert Hubbard
"What a chimera then is man!
What a novelty, what a monster, what a chaos,
what a contradiction, what a prodigy!
Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth;
depositary of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error;
the pride and refuse of the universe!
Who will unravel this tangle?"
- Blaise Pascal
"We Are The Ones..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
"This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart,
and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore,
push off into the middle of the river,
keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.
See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do,
our spiritual growt... more »
"Watching the Thinker"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
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*"Watching the Thinker"*
by Eckhart Tolle
"What exactly do you mean by “watching the thinker”? When someone goes to
the doctor and says, “I hear a voice in my head,” he or she will most
likely be sent to a psychiatrist. The fact is that, in a very similar way,
virtually everyone hears a voice, or several voices, in their head all the
time: the involuntary thought processes that you don’t realize you have the
power to stop. Continuous monologues or dialogues.
You have probably come across “mad” people in the street incessantly
talking or muttering to themselves. Well, that’s ... more »
“The Human Need for a ‘Higher Purpose’"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
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*“The Human Need for a ‘Higher Purpose’" *
by E-M
"One of the more compelling reasons why some people hope for the existence
of a purposeful creative process is because it can give a sense of meaning
to their lives. Believing in a purposeful process is like having faith that
our existence is orderly and meaningful, whereas to reject the possibility
of purpose is like resigning yourself to the notion that our existence is
ultimately meaningless, mindless, and possibly chaotic.
The idea that consciousness has some kind of higher purpose has always been
popular because it offers... more »
"Going Away to Go Within: Retreat"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
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*"Going Away to Go Within: Retreat"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Occasionally, we need to pause - and step away from the hustle and bustle
of modern life. One way to do this is to get away from our daily life and
go on retreat. Far more than a vacation, a retreat offers us time to
ourselves to rest, heal, reflect, and renew our spirit. It is a time to
cocoon so that we may emerge renewed, refreshed, and ready to return to our
everyday lives with a new perspective. A retreat gives us time for
uninterrupted meditation so that we may go deep within and spend time with
oursel... more »
Desktop 3D scanner-Makerbot Digitizer on sale
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 18 hours ago
A desktop device that can quickly scan substance so they can be replicated
using a 3D printer has gone on sale. Demand for the device appeared to
excess the company's store when it went on sale on Thursday evening. It
also allows users to upload their 3D designs directly to Thingiverse, a
website where 3D designs can be public.
The Digitizer is the newest product looking to bring 3D printing to normal
technology users - but experts are skeptical. The machine is intended to
allow the replication of objects without any need for the user to learn any
3D modeling software or have any ... more »
A Prayer Goes Out - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
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*It has been done*
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*Your prayers have been answered*
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*And*
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*Now*
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*Will others benefit*
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*From the effects*
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*Of the words offered*
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*This day*
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*In kindness*
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*For ones fellows*
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*The words go out*
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*Into the collective*
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*As waves upon the sea*
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*Waves that carry*
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*Messages*
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*Far and wide*
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*Some will be aware*
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*And*
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*Accept this gift*
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*Others*
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*Will not*
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*As the prayer passes by*
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*To find another*
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*Willing*
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*To accept this gift*
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*Given freely*
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*To all with*
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*The courage*
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*To change*
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*Behaviors*
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*And*
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No Coward Soul Is Mine - A Poem by Emily Bronte
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
No Coward Soul is Mine
*No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the worlds storm-troubled sphere:
I see Heavens glories shine,
And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.*
*O God within my breast.
Almighty, ever-present Deity!
Life — that in me has rest,
As I — Undying Life — have power in Thee!*
*Vain are the thousand creeds
That move mens hearts: unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main,*
*To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by Thine infinity;
So surely anchored on
The steadfast Rock of immortality.*
*With wide-embracing love
Thy Spirit a... more »
Blogiversary VIII: Eight Posts a Week
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 19 hours ago
(Early
bloggers tried out new identities, struggled with format and display
issues, and competed for attention on the Internet with… other
interests.)
Last month, this blog turned eight. Projects in the alleged "real life"
have cut into my writing time, but occasionally I get around to posting
something. (Not eight posts a week, though!) Thanks to those who have
stopped by.
As usual, I'll
Boddy, Carroll: trying to save physics by sacrificing the Universe
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
*...but no saviors are needed: their irrational Boltzmann Brain alarmism
misunderstands what a hypothesis includes...*
On his blog, the Preposterous Universe, Sean Carroll promoted a paper by
himself and Kimberly Boddy:
The Higgs Boson vs. Boltzmann Brains (his blog)
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Can the Higgs Boson Save Us From the Menace of the Boltzmann Brains? (arXiv)
Last week, I was giving a popular physics talk in a planetarium in Northern
Bohemia. It clearly turned out to be too complicated for the bulk of the
audience (philosophers are sometimes annoying but a group of phil... more »
"Mass Economic Collapse Explained"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, "Mass Economic Collapse Explained"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u81di6JmXw&html5=1
Name Change by Bradley Manning
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 21 hours ago
I suppose Bradley Manning's statement this morning was shocking to most
people. For me, well, I lived for 15 years in lovely downtown Northampton
where we elected an openly lesbian mayor several times and the local public
college had a center for transgendered students. Natural reproduction in
all species is imperfect. Wrongly assigned gender at birth is more common
than you might imagine.
So believe me when I tell you, it's not complicated to deal with Bradley
Manning's gender shift to Chelsea Manning. It's just ordinary etiquette.
She's declared her choice of gender so from now o... more »
The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
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* *Got this web link in the email...very interesting... -Bill*
*The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis*
Greg Palast's Column
The Confidential Memo
By Greg Palast
http://m.vice.com/en_uk/read/larry-summers-and-the-secret-end-game-memo
When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its
content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn't believe
it.
The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak’s fantasy: that in the late
1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretly conspired with a small cabal
of banker big-shots to ... more »
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap Up 8.23.13"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"Weekly News Wrap Up 8.23.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"I am mainly focusing on two areas today–the Middle East and the coming
financial calamity. Let’s start with Syria. There have been new reports
about another poison gas attack, and this one is particularly gruesome. The
number of reported deaths could be as high as 1,300. The al-Qaeda backed
Syrian rebels say it was the Assad regime. So does the U.S. The Russians
say it was a false flag attack perpetrated by the rebels. The UN has called
an emergency meeting and is promising a “thorough investigation.”
Meanwhile, ... more »
My Interview With EcoGrrl
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 22 hours ago
Happy Friday Everyone!
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by EcoGrrl. She has a regular
series where she interviews people from around the Internet ... and she
graciously invited me to "sit down" with her and chat.
I'd like to invite you to click over to EcoGrrl's place and read the
interview ... and while you're there, please take some time to browse
around. She is a Super-Greenie and shares wonderful content ... I promise
that you'll love her blog!
A big THANK YOU to EcoGrrl for featuring me this week!
Okay ... ready to go? Just click the picture below:
[image: Click ... more »
Tucson Labor Day DACA Sept 2 fundraiser for Miquiztli
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 22 hours ago
Calpolli Teoxicalli would like to invite our community to support Miquiztli
in paying his DACA application fees. He is of the Nahua community in
Tlamanalco (Tucson), and has been very active in our community at a time
when Arizona has been heavily under attack, particularly as a result of
anti-immigrant legislation such as SB 1070 and the anti-ethnic studies HB
2281. As a dream student, he is involved in defending the undocumented
population of Tucson, particularly the rights of our Jornaleros (day
laborers) to look for dignified work and receive fair wages. DACA (Deferred
Action... more »
AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INDICATES U.S. RELUCTANCE TO ACT IN SYRIA: ISRAEL FEARS JIHADIST VICTORY
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 23 hours ago
Judging by the carefully worded statement by Australian Foreign Minister
Bob Carr, who oversees Australia’s chairmanship of the UN Security Council
(UNSC) beginning next month, the US has already decided not to take any
action against the Syrian government over its apparent use of chemical
weapons against civilians recently.
Foreign Minister Carr was reported in *The Australian* as having called on
China and Russia, Syria’s two major allies, to call on Syria to tell them
that they are “crossing a red line”. The wording is diplomatically
important here. Carr hasn’t said the Syrians h... more »
Rachel Maddow and Chemical Weapons:Inaccurate Information & Telling Omissions
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
During
her August 21 broadcast, in a segment on the reported use of chemical
weapons in a horrific attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Syria,
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow discussed the possible implications of such an
horrendous act and touched upon past uses of potentially similar
substances such as Sarin and mustard gas. She spoke about Saddam
Hussein's use of these chemical weapons
Doubting The Wisdom of Attacking Syria
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Below is an excerpt from **Patrick Seale's book, "Asad of Syria: The
Struggle for the Middle East." 1988. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd: London. Pg.
474. [Source].*
"There was no sympathy in Washington for Asad's ambition to achieve parity
with Israel, no understanding of the reasons for his 'spoiling' role in
Lebanon and Jordan, nor any liking for his insistence that the Soviet Union
be given a role in the peace process. Israel's psychological warfare on the
theme of counter-terrorism had prepared Western opinion for the punishment
of Asad, as it had for that of Arafat and Qadhafi. In ... more »
Of course Bradley Manning won't be pardoned, but that doesn't mean the people who prosecuted him won't be shamed
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"The cancer of over-classification is threatening the very fabric of our
free society. Over-classification hinders debate. It hinders what we know
about our government. It hinders finding solutions to common problems [such
as] how do we keep our way of life in a post-9/11 world."*
*-- Lt. Col. David Coombs, Bradley Manning's lawyer,
quoted in Dana Milbank's *WaPo* column,* "Bradley Manning's
sentence and the zealous national-security state"
*"From the beginning, the Pentagon has treated Manning extremely harshly .
. . . It certainly looked like an instance of powerful institutions a... more »
Michael Hasting autopsy reveals trace of amphetamine and pot - but the crash caused his death ! UK authorities acted illegally indetaining the domestic partner of Guardian Reporter Glenn Greenwald - says the author of the UK Terror Law ! Google Glass - rapidly finding uses in the police state ! Are we the USsr today ? FISA Court = rubber stamp ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Hasting autopsy - not the slam dunk rebuttal for those hoping to damp down
conspiracy discussions on how and why Michael Hastings was murdered
http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/21/hastings-autopsy-traces-of-meth-found-in-body-but-crash-caused-death/
Hastings Autopsy: Traces Of Meth Found In Body, But Crash Caused Death
By Kathleen Kelleher, Russ Baker and David J. Krajicek on Aug 21, 2013
[image: fireycrash]
Toxicology tests showed traces of amphetamine in journalist Michael
Hastings’s body after his fatal car wreck in Los Angeles on June 18, the
Los Angeles County Coroner’s Department... more »
Cold Relations Between Washington And Kurds, Despite Shared Interests
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
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*Related:*
*British Major Ely Banister Soane On Kurdistan*.
*A Future Republic of Kurdistan?*
*The Kurdish Sun Will Rise: Al-Qaeda, Turks, Islamists, Etc., Cannot
Change This New Reality.*
"The Kurdish factor greatly complicates Washington’s already difficult
calculations. U.S. leaders do not want to encourage the creation of a
separatist Kurdish entity in Syria. Yet the Kurdish population next door in
Iraq has been the one consistent, pro-U.S. faction in that unhappy country,
and the Syrian Kurds also seem to have a pro-Western orientation. Moreover,
several of the vi... more »
Best not advertise Viagra or Cialis in Canada
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
"Criminal Code 163 (2) Every one commits an offence who knowingly, without
lawful justification or excuse,
...
(d) advertises or publishes an advertisement of any means, instructions,
medicine, drug or article intended or represented as a method for restoring
sexual virility or curing venereal diseases or diseases of the generative
organs."
It really is time to revise the Criminal Code!
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Suddenly Yours”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, “Suddenly Yours”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQn4U-IxDL8&list=PLDB01297C18B7A943&html5=1
88 year old WWII veteran beat to death by two of Obama's sons...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*will the President make a statement?*
Hitting pretty close to home. My hubby used to play the lounge at the
Eagles in Spokane. Lovely place.
Witnesses described the suspects as 16 to 18-year-old African American
males of average build, according to authorities.
The 88-year-old victim, Delbert "Shorty" Belton, had been taken to the
Intensive Care Unit after the assault at the Eagles Ice-A-Rena at Francis
near Lidgerwood around 8:15 p.m. Officials said they found him with serious
head injuries. He died Thursday morning at a local hospital.
"He was an Army veteran," said Glenn Lo... more »
“We Humans Are Capable Of Greatness”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Carl Sagan, “We Humans Are Capable Of Greatness”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ugFcwsgpE&html5=1
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"M78 isn't really hiding in planet Earth's night sky. About 1,600
light-years away and nestled in the nebula rich constellation Orion, the
large, bright, reflection nebula is well-known to telescopic skygazers. But
this gorgeous image of M78 was selected as the winner of the Hidden
Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition. Held by the European Southern
Observatory (ESO), the competition challenged amateur astronomers to
process data from ESO's astronomical archive in search of cosmic gems.
*Click image for larger size.*
The winning entry shows off amazing details within bluis... more »
Psychology: "When the Imp In Your Mind Gets Loose"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
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* "When the Imp In Your Mind Gets Loose"*
by the NY Times
"The visions seem to swirl up from the brain’s sewage system at the worst
possible times — during a job interview, a meeting with the boss, an
apprehensive first date, an important dinner party. What if I started a
food fight with these hors d’oeuvres? Mocked the host’s stammer? Cut loose
with a racial slur?
"That single thought is enough,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe in “The Imp of the
Perverse,” an essay on unwanted impulses. “The impulse increases to a wish,
the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing.” H... more »
The Poet: James Broughton, "Having Come This Far"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
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*"Having Come This Far"*
"I've been through what my through was to be,
I did what I could and couldn't.
I was never sure how I would get there.
I nourished an ardor for thresholds,
for stepping stones and for ladders,
I discovered detour and ditch.
I swam in the high tides of greed,
I built sandcastles to house my dreams.
I survived the sunburns of love.
No longer do I hunt for targets.
I've climbed all the summits I need to,
and I've eaten my share of lotus.
Now I give praise and thanks
for what could not be avoided,
and for every foolhardy choice.
I cherish my wounds and their... more »
"Tell Me Yourself, I Challenge You..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Tell me yourself, I challenge you—answer. Imagine that you are creating a
fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end,
giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and
inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature... and to found that
edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on
those conditions? Tell me, and tell the truth.”
- Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"
Chet Raymo, “Cherubic Propulsion”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Cherubic Propulsion”*
by Chet Raymo
"I was talking last week to another American here in the village, younger
than me. It transpired that he was on his way to church to celebrate the
Feast of the Assumption, a Holy Day of Obligation, when Catholics are
required to attend Mass. For those not familiar with Catholic doctrine, the
Assumption refers to the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, at the end
of her earthly existence, was assumed bodily and uncorrupted into Heaven.
The belief has an ancient history, but was only declared an infallible
dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Whet... more »
Michael Hastings autopsy ( murder mystery gets murkier as we see an attempt to blame the victim for his " MacGuire " like explosive brand new Mercedes bomb on four wheels ! ) Crisis actors be hired in San Diego - wonder what's being planeed for California and when ? Any connection to Urban Shield 2013 ? Australia's 60 Minutes blows whistle on BP oil and corexit toxic soup ..... not an american media company - Australia !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Michael Hastings murder mystery gets murkier...... if that's possible !
Release of Michael Hastings Autopsy Report Only Prompts More Questions
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Portrayal of Hastings as drug abuser skirts truth about crash
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
August 20, 2013
Reaction to the release of Michael Hastings’ autopsy report, which as
expected ruled his death to be an accident caused by massive blunt trauma,
has b... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for stopping by.
Lake Erie salt mine at risk ? Cargill stops mining salt due to concerns roof could collpase . Are we seeing another major salt mine related debacle ( following the ongoing Louisiana sinkhole ) ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/cargill_salt.html
Cargill stops mining salt under Lake Erie out of safety concerns
5 / 7
A pile of salt at the Cargill salt mine Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. Cargill
has stopped mining because of concerns that the roof 1,800 feet below the
lake could collapse. (Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cargill salt mine below Lake Erie has stopped mining
because of concerns that the roof 1,800 feet below ground could collapse.
That's according to Cargill spokesman Mark Klein, who said the company
stopped mining s... more »
The Controls & Confines of Our Obedience Based Education System -- video
Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago
Published
on Aug 22, 2013
EBTV presents host Evita Ochel (http://www.evitaochel.com) with special
guest Denis G. Rancourt (http://rancourt.academicfreedom.ca/) in a
dialogue about the limits of the current education system.Denis
is a former tenured and full professor of physics at the University of
Ottawa in Canada. He practiced several areas of science
Cockfighting Romanian Royalty In Oregon
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The Pretenders; the royal cockfighter is on the left
Today everyone in Europe is complaining about the influx of Romanians into
their countries. Since Romania joined the EU, there are no borders to keep
them out and because there are a lot of poor Romanians, they are drawn to
the wealthier countries like Germany, Britain, Holland, Italy, France.
Europeans talk about them the way they used to talk about Moroccans and
Algerians and the way Republican xenophobes and racists like Steve King and
Dana Rohrabacher talk about Mexicans. Everything from "they're primitive
and carry diseases" ... more »
Tamarrud Movement in Gaza Calls to Oust Hamas on November 11, Anniversary of Arafat's Death [MEMRI TV]
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Israel created Hamas*.
Tamarrud Movement in Gaza Calls to Oust Hamas on November 11, Anniversary
of Arafat's Death. Source: MEMRI TV.
The Arab Spring Part II: Just When You Thought He Was Out, They Pull Him Back In
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
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Revolution Reversed: Egypt winds back clock as Mubarak released from prison
[Source: RT]
"Humanity Is Getting Verrrrrrry Close to Extinction"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Humanity Is Getting Verrrrrrry Close to Extinction"*
by Scott Baker
"If you were to take a comparative look back at our planet during the 1950s
from some sort of cosmic time-traveling orbiter cube, you would probably
first notice that millions of pieces of space trash had disappeared from
orbit. The moon would appear six and a half feet closer to Earth, and the
continents of Europe and North America would be four feet closer together.
Zooming in, you would be able to spot some of the results of the Golden Age
of Capitalism in the West and the Great Leap Forward in the East. L... more »
Let me describe in brief a #commoncore oriented math professional development.
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Did I experience this or was this explained to me by another? You’ll have
to guess. But here it goes. Scheduled for three hours. Arrival. Breakout
session one consisted of a room with tables, each with a set of math
textbooks. For 30 minutes, examine the textbooks. Breakout session two
consisted of a computer lab. […]
NSA and GCHQ - spying on everyone news of the day ! August 22 , 2013 ....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Spying
on everyone news of the day......
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-edward-snowden-leaks-reveal-uks-secret-middleeast-internet-surveillance-base-8781082.html
Related
articles
- Agencies should not be upset if we reveal that they run a listening
centre in the Middle East
- Police launch criminal case over David Miranda data
- GCHQ in fresh snooping row as it eavesdrops on phones and the
internet
- New laws needed for 'out of control' intelligence agencies
- Agencies should not be upset if we reveal that they run a listening
centre i... more »
her name is chelsea and she is a hero - and a scapegoat
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
A while back, I saw a blog post angrily asking why everyone referred to
Bradley Manning as a man when it is "known" that he is trans. The answer is
simple: out of respect. That's how Manning was identifying. Period.
Anything else was rumour.
Now that Manning's court martial (fake trial) is over, she has come out as
a transwoman. So now we can refer to Chelsea Manning with the same respect.
From Chase Madar, in *The Nation*:
*Update, 8/22/2013:* *Yesterday, Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years
in prison.* *Today, Chelsea Elizabeth Manning announced through her lawyer
that she ... more »
More exploration needed, but this is a very intriguing idea. The YAPLT
Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I just caught this group as a follower on Twitter. THE YAPLT IS A TYPE OF
STANDARDIZED TEST PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ACT/ SAT
THAT NOT ONLY CALCULATES AN INDIVIDUAL’S INTELLECT, BUT ALSO HIS OR HER
LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY, WISDOM, AND PRACTICAL SKILLS. The
practicals escape me. But what an interesting […]
A carefully drawn employment agreement can exclude the usual damages for wrongful dismissal
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Shekhdar v. K & M Engineering and Consulting Corporation, 2013 ONCA 521:
[2] On the trial judge's finding, the agreement of April 25, 2001
governed the working relationship between the appellant and the respondent,
K & M Engineering throughout the relevant time period. That agreement
provided for termination for "any reason whatsoever or no reason on 15
days' prior written notice."
[3] The trial judge found that the appellant did not breach the
terms of his agreement with K & M Engineering and Consulting Corporation at
least to the extent that K & M Engineering ... more »
Gold and Silver update for August 22 , 2013 - News , data and views touching on and concerning the precious metals !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Zero Hedge ......
The Line Every Gold Trader Is Watching
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/22/2013 17:01 -0400
- Momo
- Monetary Policy
From Indian leases to negative GOFOs, from Chinese physical demand to
Western bank paper gold deleveraging, and from practical mining cost floors
to the ongoing playing out of the grandest experiment of monetary policy in
history; there are a plethora of drivers for the price of the precious
metal. But, for now, the only thing that counts is the 100-day moving
average as gold prints its *first positive cl... more »
Fukushima updates - August 20 -21 , 2013 - Just one day admitting a " minor " leak of 300 tons of highly contaminated radioactive water - Tepco drops more bombshells - they have 350 MORE tanks similar to the one presently leaking , which has a rubber seal rather than welded seals ! And just how could they measure the leakage accurately - the water gauge is 4 tanks away ? Meanwhile , the world watches as the ground becomes more unstable , perhaps liquid like in the area near the Sea - we are seeing a catastrophe unfold in relentless fashion that neither Tepco nor Japan has a clue how to address ! We just need a decent strength quake at this point for the endgame scenario to come into play .....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
The horrible truth slowly leaching out from Tepco regarding the state of
play regarding highly contaminated water storage at Fukushima......Recall I
recently wondered how many other tanks might be affected apart from the one
that has leaked 300 tons - so !
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/08/242077.html
Highly toxic water leaked from tank could have flowed into sea
TOKYO, Aug. 21, Kyodo
Highly radioactive water that leaked from a storage tank at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant could have flowed into the adjacent Pacific
Ocean through drainage channels, data provided... more »
Reconnecting Labour
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Two articles. Two broadly similar points. In the first place is James
Bloodsworth's piece for the *New Statesman* that makes what should be an
uncontroversial observation: that "backward" attitudes among working class
people toward immigration and social security stems from competition with
and close social proximity to migrants and recipients of the dole. Hell's
bells, even someone as unoriginal as me has occasionally made the same
points. Perhaps it is symptomatic of the estrangement James talks about
that his piece was shared widely on social media. Unfortunately, the
bleeding o... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The ‘did anyone notice he had gone’ edition?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
David Shearer has stepped down, but should the Labour Party itself be next?
After all, what does it stand for that either Greens or National doesn’t
already, and articulate better?
*Labour needs more than a new leader - it needs change* – Josie Pagani,
PUNDIT
*Why Shearer failed* – David Farrar, KIWIBLOG
The Reserve Bank reckons it’s providing a benefit to first-home buyers by
making it too hard for them to buy houses. (Eric Crampton reckons “I could
as plausibly claim that I'm making everyone better off by banning them from
listening to Coldplay because they're not likely to be ... more »
Thursday Late Afternoon “Morning” Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
It’s morning somewhere, right? Here are some belated links to stories,
covering Richard Haass and Syria, climate change and the IPCC 5th
assessment, a lethal bat-born virus, gay rights and Russia, and the new
Fukushima nuclear worry… Syria FT op-ed by Richard Haass of all people
urging the president to intervene in Syria Environment Draft
Continue reading
John Friend - An Introduction
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
I made the following video two nights ago, but am just now getting around
to posting it here:
I will be making more videos like this in the future. I think it will be an
effective way to communicate my message to more and more people. I'd
encourage everyone to sign up for *TruTube.TV* and subscribe to *my channel*.
You can also subscribe to my *YouTube channel*, where I will also post
these videos. But I will probably run into problems with YouTube at some
point, given the nature of the topics I will be discussing. TruTube is an
excellent alternative to YouTube anyways. Stay tuned... more »
Is the Muslim Brotherhood attempting to black President Obama regarding Benghazi ? Is another catastrophic event about to be rolled out - was that the purpose of Monday's meeting between President Obama , the Regulators ( FDIC/ CFTC / SEC / OCC ) and of course the Banksters ? Treasury meltup in yields causing interest rate derivatives " heartburn ? And just where does Larry Summers fit in - and why is he being " forced " upon us as the next Federal Reserve Board Chairman ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Lots of wild FWIW items floating these days...
Obama Bankrolled Attack On The Benghazi Consulate
AUGUST 22, 2013 BY KRIS ZANE 37 COMMENTS
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It has been widely reported in Egyptian media that one of the leaders in
the attack against the Benghazi consulate on September 11, 2012 was Mohsen
Al-Azazi.
According to Ahmed Moussa, a former high ranking intelligence official with
the Egyptian government and several other sources, Al-Azazi’s passport was
found in the house of Khairat Al-Shater, the Number Two man in the Muslim
Brotherhood hierarchy, now under house arrest in Egypt by t... more »
Syria updates - Life in the War Zone of Aleppo ..... Kurds flee Syria for relative peace in Iraq........ US and Russia to discuss Syria Summit - a Summit to discuss a future Summit ( looking at the seniority of participants - and in light of current atmosphere between US and Russia politically , there will need to be another Summit to discuss a Summit to hold a Summit on Syria' fate ! )
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Aleppo - life inside a war zone.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23696829
Aleppo: A city where snipers shoot childrenBy Hannah Lucinda SmithBustan
al-Qasr, Aleppo, Syria
[image: Bustan al-Kasr]
Continue reading the main story
In today's Magazine
- Could you forgive your daughter's killer?
- Could your best friend be the one?Watch
- Exploring LA's forgotten stairways
- How does a polyamorous relationship between four people work?
Bustan al-Qasr is the last remaining crossing point between the rebel and
regime-held sides of Aleppo. Snipers are rife and the atmosph... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Click image for larger size.*
This is just today folks, on this little blog. Does this make any kind of
sense?
Your tax dollars hard at work against the scary terrorists, huh?
Nothing to see here, NSA, move along... what? Truth you don't want people
to know?
Oh, my bad, sorry, sorry... *not.*
"US Prepares For "Kinetic Strikes" Against Syria"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
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*"US Prepares For "Kinetic Strikes" Against Syria"*
by Tyler Durden
"The chart below will likely come as a surprise to most. It shows total
nominal US defense spending, more importantly it shows that such spending
has been rapidly declining since 2010. And while on the surface it is great
news the US is becoming more "pacifist" (apparently mass killings using
drones are relatively cost-effective) and the result for the US is even
better as it means lower deficits, there is one person who is very unhappy
with this outcome- Ben Bernanke.
Why is Ben unhappy? Simple- as a remind... more »
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