English: The delegation at St. Michael's Cathedral. From left to right: Senator Richard Burr, Mrs. Brooke Burr, Senator Judd Gregg, Mrs. Kathleen Gregg, Mrs. Karyn Frist, and Senator Bill Frist. Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Trend: Business Blogs... (Photo credit: MyEyeSees)A Good Measure of Where We Are? Judd Gregg's "To-Be-Sure"
Want a good measure of how far Republicans are from being a healthy paragraph? Check out Judd Gregg's "to-be-sure" paragraph. Gregg has a column over at The Hill today slapping down Ted Cruz and other Republican Crazy Caucusers. It's legitimately brutal, and written to get attention, beginning with: "Most Americans these days are simply ignoring Republicans. And they should." Well, yes. But then we get to the to-be-sure -- placed not close to the end, as the classic structure dictates, but smack-dab in the middle, and continuing far beyond one paragraph. This is the part in which Gr... more »
Intersectionality Made Simple
This via The Sociological Imagination and Stavvers.
Economics Teaching Conference
The 9th Annual Economics Teaching Conference sponsored by the National Economics Teaching Association and Cengage Learning will be in Austin on October 24 and 25. I will be speaking at lunch the first day. If you would like to register for the conference, you can do so here.
Teaching Monetary Policy
Is the zero lower bound the new normal?
Letters to Jesse Jenkins Revisited
*Jesse Jenkins is currently a graduate student at MIT. In 2009 Jesse was the the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute. Prior to his association with the Breakthrough Institute, Jesse appears to have been a deep dyed pro-renewable green advocate. He was associated with the Renewables Northwest Project. By 2009 Jessee was an active writer on the Energy Collective. Jesse seemed to be pro-Renewables, but there was an edge that suggested a growing skepticism about Renewables in the back of his mind. I asked him if he would be open to a dialogue about n... more »
Kenyan Mall False Flag Attack: The Camera Man Can!
When I first heard yesterday that there was a massive shooting in a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya that killed supposedly 68 people, while injuring some 150+, I was my usual skeptical self.... Knowing what we know now by the fraud shootings and bombings in America at Aurora Colorado, Sandy Hook Connecticut, Boston Massachusetts, Washington DC (Yes, this one fits the pattern of being a fraud), and of course the shooting in London England just a few months back, anyone with any intelligence and with some critical thinking will question this shooting in Kenya immediately. Well, from... more »
Right saying
In a world that is coming to be defined by competing slanders, clarity, honesty, openness and nurture are revolutionary. What really needs to be said? Are you the one to say it? How, when and where will it be most helpful? There are those who break silence only when it will be like a sunrise, and we know to treasure them. *3. Samma-Vaca — Perfected or whole Speech. *Also called right speech. Clear, truthful, uplifting and non-harmful communication.
Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version
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Resistance is not futile; it never has been
From time to time, I receive comments which can be regarded as defeatist and factional. One recent comment was as follows: "Whatever right-wing ideology you believe in, it ain't gonna ever come to exist in reality. Not in this world, not in this lifetime. And you've only got one life...Life is only ever going to be the shit reality that we are all used to." This comment is worthy of note as it draws attention to a popular misconception amongst those who take an interest in politics. That misconception is simply that there really is such a thing as Left-Wing and Right-Wing politi... more »
The award for 'gratuitious insulting of Israel' this week is awarded to Simon Barnes' father
The award for 'gratuitious insulting of Israel' this week is awarded to Simon Barnes' father as reported in Simon Barnes' Times column today. At the end of a piece about over aggressive cyclists comes this: "Cyclists are Israelis," my father pronounced. "Persecuted for years, now able to persecute in their turn, doing so at every opportunity and fancying themselves heroes and martyrs for doing so." A quality piece of gratuitous insulting of Israel, alongside a conflation of Jews and Israel. What a lovely chap.
Sunday afternoons and old dogs
By Capt. Fogg *Waiting for someday.* *The beam moves across the floor.* *Look how the time goes. * No one can nap like an old dog, sprawled in the sunshine dozing, as I sip lemonade, reading poetry by the pool or curled up on the Persian rug in the library; me writing at my desk with a black fountain pen, my sanctuary of sorts. Things about me; old books and photographs. Things of science, things of art; mementos, the treasured baggage of a life slowly fading in the sun The dog enjoys his life, his snacks, his meals always on time - his naps. Relieving himself by the curb in the m...more »
The Post revisits those DC score gains!
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013* *Guess who lacks minimal skills:* Be careful what you ask for! In late July, the DC schools announced the largest score gains in five years on its annual “statewide” tests. Emma Brown reported the ballyhooed gains in the Washington Post. Heroically, we started our review of her report like this: “Everything we know about Emma Brown is good.” But we noted an obvious problem with her report: Were this year’s system-wide tests “equivalent” to last year’s system-wide tests? That is, were the two sets of tests equally difficult? Unless you know that this is... more »
Agenda 21 - Fema Camps 2013 - Depopulation Plans In America
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"Tlakatl: What it Means to be human" Symposium
University of Arizona Kiva room, Student Union Tues Nov 19, 2013 9am-6pm All-day student symposium at the University of Arizona examining what it means to be human, particularly as it pertains to living in Arizona. Students will examine the history of de-humanization on this continent -- including papal bulls, laws, decrees, declarations and treaties... including present dehumanizing laws... Students will present how colonial institutions determined who was human and who was not, who had souls, and who did not... etc It will include examining how governments determine who is le... more »
Tesco enters the tablet dispute with Hudl
** *The supermarket chain is confident that its shoppers will see the attractions of getting into the tablet diversion via a famous brand.* But what does the coming of the Hudl - for that is the name of the product the company is launching this morning - mean for the overall marketplace? What is instantaneously clear is that Tesco is taking its tablet very seriously. This looks an aggressive and sensibly high-spec offering. It runs the latest version of Android, has a 1.5 GHz computer, an HD screen and flexible storage. The 7in device looks at first vision like any other smal... more »
Is Addressing Different Learning Styles an Unreasonable Demand on Teachers?
Multiple Intelligences or Multiple Pains in the Ass? Periodically, I bump into online commentary that is harshly critical of expecting teachers to address student learning styles. Unfortunately, simply dismissing something as essentially “a bunch of hippie crap” is not the same as offering an argument or analysis that would persuade anyone that the writer […]
A Sliver of Hope
Wit's End - 1 hour ago
After the Storm in Toronto There are many black walnut trees at Wit's End, mixed in with the ash. A few big ones in the hedgerow from the days of dairy farming are very old, but most sprang up after the fields were abandoned some 80 years ago, and reverted to woodlands. That is the case for the one below, which stands in the meadow at the back of the house. It's the first thing I see from my prone vantage, looking out the window when I wake up each morning and scrutinize the high leaves. Day by day since it leafed out in the spring I have anxiously watched it become thinner as lea... more »
ASD Follows Up Again on Charter Corruptionist Story
The ASD remains in response mode to this story and its follow-up, and as long as they are, we will remain responsive to them. Jeremy seems to remain confused about what a corporate charter school is: 1. if by "corporate" you mean the literal definition of a group of people authorized by law to function as a single entity, then i'll submit to your definition. however, the conspiracy theory that you're suggesting simply isn't true and hinders the effectiveness of your subsequent points. The literal sense of "corporate" here, Jeremy, includes the legal sense as well, and the non-prof... more »
Israel Sides with Syrian Jihadists
Having mentioned my previous post about* Israel loving Islamists*, more then once and searching repeatedly for it, I am happy to say, I finally found it! My rediscovery could not have come at a better time! More accurately, after the news of Ambassador Oren gushing all over the Islamic IDF in Syria and me feeling so pleased * Ambassador Oren: Israel has wanted Assad ousted since BEFORE Syria war began* *I cannot express to you all the level of vindication I feel in reading this news, today.* For two and a half years I have talked plainly and clearly about the involvement of Israel ...more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Chao, 56. Good stuff for the new week: 1. I'm really looking forward to reading Steve Teles on "Kludgeocracy in America." 2. If you're following the CR and the Senate, then Sarah Binder's piece on procedure is a must-read. 3. Another good one from Dan Drezner on Syria and Iran. 4. David Price (the political scientist and Member of the House, not the pitcher) on the broken appropriations process. 5. And a nice one from John Sides and Lynn Vavreck; it's an excerpt from their new book on 2012, with this piece covering the post-South Carolina primaries and ...more »
AMANDA RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT BY LAW: Mandated press corps tales!
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013* *Part 1—Even pitiful Poland:* It’s the most remarkable fact about our national discourse—the national discourse we consume through our upper-end “press corps.” Here is that remarkable fact: Certain mandated standard stories are required by Hard Pundit Law. Journalists agree to repeat these tales, even where the mandated stories are factually false. One remarkable set of mandated stories concerns the state of the public schools. Yesterday morning, Jay Mathews advanced these mandated tales in the Washington Post. Mathews is a well-known education writer.... more »
A New Word For You: "Mekhutonim"-- Who Is Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky And Why Is She Unfit For Congress 2 Decades Later?
Hoyer will do Margolies-Mezvinsky as much good next year as he did for another corrupt conservative hack, Tim Holden, last year The campaign for the Northeast Philadelphia/Montgomery County congressional seat being vacated by Allyson Schwartz is starting to heat up. You're probably aware that Blue America has endorsed state Senator Daylin Leach, the liberal lion of the state legislature. This new video explains why we're so enthusiastic about his candidacy. He's one of 4 candidates running, a cast of characters that includes state Rep. Brendan Boyle an ambitious and virulent anti-Cho...more »
Cloned Cow attacks it's 'creator'
This was just such an odd news item, I had to pop it up. Irony? Poetic Justice? Don't mess with Mother Nature? A cloned cow attacked its “creator” last week just ahead of the Chuseok holiday, inflicting injuries on the world-renowned embryologist, who will need eight weeks of medical treatment. Prof. Park Se-pill at Jeju National University had five of his ribs broken and injured his spine in the Sept. 15 attack, the university on the scenic resort island said Sunday. “Park was video-recording a black cow, which he cloned from species indigenous to Jeju four years ago, and all ... more »
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*New Orleans Saints Overcome First Half Woes In Win Over Arizona Cardinals, 31-7! ~Jason Saul, WWNO* *New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals: Da Fans* ~Photos of the New Orleans Saints fans at the Arizona Cardinals game on Sunday, September 22, 2013. Photos taken by Michael C. Hebert and Anne Talhelm. (New Orleans Saints photos) *Rapid Reaction: Saints 31, Cardinals 7 ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *Coastal Wetland Act still vital for combating erosion ~Amy Wold, The Advocate* *No justice in New Orleans Danziger Bridge case ~Washington Post* ~Hat Tweet *@GordonRussell1* * **The true job f... more »
“Word Magic,” Education, and Market Forces | the becoming radical
“Word Magic,” Education, and Market Forces | the becoming radical.
Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood and orders seizure of its assets ! As if tensions weren't high enough and potential for violence wasn't a second away .....
Egypt Bans Muslim Brotherhood Group CAIRO September 22, 2013 (AP) By HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press [image: Associated Press] An Egyptian court has banned the Muslim Brotherhood group and ordered its assets confiscated in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown by the military-backed government against supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. Egypt state TV said the court issued its ruling on Monday. The Brotherhood was outlawed for most of its 85 years in existence. But after the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, it was allowed to work openly, formed a political... more »
Greece updates for September 23 , 2013 - More Merkel , more strikes , more foreclosures , more pain , more Troika........
*Greece needing to meet bailout plans foreclosures* By Marcus Bensasson Panagiota Kalapotharakou says she’s never seen such distress in her 25 years as a lawyer at the consumer-advocacy organization she helped to set up in Athens. “If you look outside, the people are in despair,” Kalapotharakou said of the line of visitors outside her office in the rundown neighborhood of Exarchia, where most of her time is spent helping people with debts they can’t pay from Greece’s boom years. “They can’t survive. What they can pay is much smaller than what the banks are asking for.” While the coun... more »
German Elections 2013: Big Defeat for the FDP
Last night, I joined some friends and staff of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in a WahlParty, watching the German elections live, at the German Club in Makati. Big defeat for the German liberals, the Free Democratic Party (FDP). A brief analysis of the party defeat from a good German liberal thinker and my former teacher/facilitator at an IAF Seminar in Gummersbach in 2008, Arno Keller below. Posted in German, translated by Bing: *1. The world has not gone under. 2. Liberal values have lost none of their importance. 3. A political party could use Germany. After s... more »
Should down-to-earth citizens fund high-brow science?
*My short answer is No.* Several days ago, we had an exchange with Lucretius who was arguing that to honestly explain that the ordinary people won't enjoy any applications from the string-theory-like research and they won't even be able to understand the evidence that the theory is right (which also implies that they won't be able to verify that they're not being cheated) means to converge towards a "noble defeat". One has to be a populist and distort the facts, he effectively said. He implicitly suggested that the high-energy-physics research should be framed and interpreted as som... more »
“Why the Upcoming Shutdowns and Defaults Are Symptoms of a Deeper Republican Malady”
* “Why the Upcoming Shutdowns and Defaults Are * *Symptoms of a Deeper Republican Malady”* by Robert Reich “Congressional Republicans have gone directly from conservatism to fanaticism without any intervening period of sanity. First, John Boehner, bowing to Republican extremists, ushers a bill through the House that continues to fund the government after September 30 but doesn't fund the Affordable Care Act. Anyone with half a brain knows Senate Democrats and the president won't accept this- which means, if House Republicans stick to their guns, a government shut-down. A shutdo... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco Thrifty Living
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our green community. [image: A link-up for green blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog] Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site:
*The rules:* 1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or collection of environment... more »
*The rules:* 1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or collection of environment... more »Kenyan Bloodbath: Reaping the "Benefits" of US AFRICOM Collaboration
NATO's North African terror tidal wave predictably sweeps into Kenya. *September 23, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - At face value, and how the Western media is attempting to portray it, the Westgate Mall siege in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi appears to be yet another senseless terrorist attack by the "religious fanatics" of Al Qaeda's Somalia franchise, Al Shabaab. Already, both Kenyan and Western politicians, as well as editorials across the Western media, are attempting to use the attack as a pretext to launch a military campaign against neighboring Somalia, while fueling anti-Musli... more »
Something of value . . .
MONEY IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IT IS. You believe that new plastic twenty is worth twenty dollars and so does the beer store. Properly, that twenty is termed Fiat money, its value is decreed by the issuing authority. There are lumps, but these currency systems work reasonably well world wide — for people with addresses and bank accounts. For the homeless especially and for a fair number on social
MI6 INVOLVED IN MALL SHOOTING?
*British High Commissioner to Kenya, Dr Christian Philip Hollier Turner, photographed on 22 September 2013. *www.dailymail.co.uk/ Britain's top diplomat in Kenya is the 'spooky' *Christian Philip Hollier Turner*. Prior to his appointment in Kenya, Turner was the UK Foreign Office's *Director for the Middle East and North Africa. * As such he had responsibility for all UK policy and operations in this region which has been wrecked by the CIA-NATO's Arab Spring. Prior to this Turner served variously as First Secretary in the British Embassy in Washington, as Private Secretary to th... more »
The Indignant Teacher Goes Abroad
Susan DuFresne and Katie Lapham are the women behind the website, Teachers’ Letters to Bill Gates; they are experienced public school teachers and amazing authors. Susan recently invited Him to take part in an interview with her, to discuss his role in public education and some of the issues on the table. “After all, public education is […]
The Organisational Hierarchy of the New World Order
Steve Cokely vs. The New World Order from Spike1138 on Vimeo. "NOINTELPRO is the conspiracy to say there is no conspiracy" The organising supreme council of the New World Order is the G-7 (now the G-8), not the UN Security Council. "Don't fall for that file trick.... We want the murderers, not the information - we GOT the information..!!" *The File Trick - Aka The Wikileaks Weak Whistleblowers Gambit.* * * "Do not engage it in conversation; The Devil is a liar; but, he will also *mix* lies with the truth, to attack us; You must not listen." *The Exorcist,* [But quoted almost... more »
The ZAP Report 9-21-13
* * *Comments in red are mine solely as usual.... -Bill* * * *Greetings and Salutations,* * * *I couldn't have said it better myself so here it is direct from Poof. “As a man deeply involved in all of this is fond of saying, 'it doesn't matter what it is, it takes a week for them to do it'. Massive things have transpired since last sunday, which actually began thurs, a week ago. Constant movement to completion has been taking place. Many are distracted by the media events, which have been like spooks chasing you in your dreams, scaring the crap out of everyone, who lends them an ear... more »
“The Government Shutdown Boomerang“
* * *“The Government Shutdown Boomerang“* by Robert Kuttner “Now it gets really interesting. Republicans in the House are determined to shut down the government, by holding defunding of Obamacare hostage for continued funding of the rest of the budget. In past budget negotiations, Obama has often been too quick to fold a strong hand. But this time, the Tea Party badly miscalculated. They targeted Obama's personal crown jewel, the one piece of progressive social legislation that the president won't throw under the bus. So a showdown is increasingly likely, and Democrats could well... more »
our tax dollars at work: a history of civilian casualties in afghanistan, 2001-2012
This is from the US, but it concerns every Canadian along with every USian. From *The Nation*, emphasis mine. The Nation’s interactive database of civilian casualties in Afghanistan is an attempt to compile as complete a list as possible of all known civilian deaths that have occurred in the country as a result of war-related actions by the United States, *its allies* and Afghan government forces, from the invasion in October of 2001 through the end of 2012. See a summary of the database here, and the interactive database itself here .
how canada supports it troops: by telling them to shut up
Thanks for your service, soldier. Now shut up, and that's an order. Canada’s wounded soldiers are being required to sign a form agreeing not to criticize their superiors on social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, the Ottawa Citizen reported Friday. The form reportedly also asks injured soldiers not to disclose “your views on any military subject” or post anything that could “discourage” others in the military. The document, first obtained by the Citizen, was reportedly created in March and handed to military personnel who transfer to the Joint Personnel Support Un... more »
QUIZ ANSWERS
Name the countries where these photos were taken: *1. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus* * * *2. Haiti* * * *3. Yugoslavia *(Rovinj is now in Croatia) *4. India *(Mumbai) *5. Italy *(Venice) *6. Zimbabwe* * * The best answer is from Anonymous, who said... 1. Cyprus 2. Haiti 3. Croatia 4. India 5. Italy 6. Zimbabwe The prize for Anonymous is immortality.
Michigan State's William Penn: A College Professor Who Tells the Truth
. . *By MARC McDONALD* Michigan State University professor William Penn has been getting a lot of flack over recent comments he made about Republicans (as seen in the above video). In the video, Penn describes the GOP as full of "dead white people, or dying white people." *"They are cheap. They don't want to pay taxes because they have already raped this country and gotten everything out of it they possibly could,"*Penn says. *"They don't want to pay for your tuition, because who are you? Well to me, you are somebody."* Predictably, the right-wing media has been throwing a hissy ... more »
Monday morning links
The international news continues to be dominated by Saturday’s terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The coverage of the attacks in most major newspapers has been excellent (and peppered with first-person reflections) due to the large number of reporters and photojournalists who are based in Nairobi. Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility via Twitter, and Twitter struggled Continue reading
Republican On Republican-- Stephen Lee Fincher, Bible Thumpin' Tennessee Hypocrite-- And Welfare Queen
Earlier I was criticizing Beltway Democrats for hypocrisy. Maybe I just should have said Beltway politicians. It was hard to watch Tennessee Republican Stephen Fincher, a Methodist gospel singer aside from the congressman for the 8th district (Jackson, Germantown, Dyersburg and the whole western part of the state minus Memphis), voting to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program for the neediest American families. Why was Fincher harder o watch then any of the 217 House Republicans who backed this travesty (all but 15 of them)? Well, there's a special little place in hell for ...more »
Right desire
Desire is sometimes given a bad rap by good and thoughtful people. That's because it is conflated with acquisitiveness. We often wish to accrue money, fame, a lover, electronic toys, a car. But surely it is not wrong to *desire *health, cleanliness, comradeship, companionship, mercy, and justice for ourselves and others. So, right desire can be the motivator toward living a principled and clarified life. We see by this how far from these good things we can be led by advertising, propaganda, and selected "news" -- which may be but advertising and propaganda put forth by the unprinc... more »
Weekend Fun
Watching the bridal party come down the aisle. Thursday night, my friend Jill and I hosted a party at the Monroe Country Club (she is a member and got us the hook up to use the facilities, thanks Jill!). We had a CABI clothing and Premier Designs jewelry party. It was a huge success. Not sure how many people we had in and out, but I would guess around 25 or so. Anyway, Jill and I each got $130 in free jewelry, a free scarf, as well as 6 half off CABI items and $30 in free CABI stuff. I got some amazing jewelry already (and gifted my free scarf to Angie since I don't do scarves).... more »
A Message To The American People: Tell Your Government To Stop Funding Al-Qaeda
Dear Americans, Your media is not informing you about what is going on in Syria. Journalists and politicians are lying to you. The Obama administration has been funding and arming al-Qaeda since the start of the war in Syria. As of late, America and her allies Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been openly assisting al-Qaeda and other Jihadist terrorist groups in their campaign of terror against liberated Kurdish towns and villages in northeastern Syria. These radical Islamist groups intent to ethnically cleanse these areas of Kurds. For decades, Assad's regime denied Kurds the right... more »
My #BammyAwards Victory Speech
First, I have to clarify something: when someone wins an Oscar or an Emmy or a Grammy, is that called a “victory?” Do they give a “victory speech?” If not, then I messed up the title of this post. Wait, according to Google, they’re called “acceptance speeches.” Damn. Fine. This is where I will post […]
Snap snap
So Lance Mannion mentioned this old TV series on the Facebook and I've had the theme song to 77 Sunset Strip playing in my ear ever since. Which makes me want to binge watch the entire series from the first episode. Somebody should make that possible. And I'm not ashamed to admit I had a teenage crush on Kookie. Also too, Connie Stevens! She was the Taylor Swift of my youth.
“Fukushima Radiation Plume After Japanese Earthquake; Iodine-131 Cloud Has Reached France”
* * *“Fukushima Radiation Plume After Japanese Earthquake; * *Iodine-131 Cloud Has Reached France”* by Bobby1 “A 5.8 earthquake rocked Japan just south of the Fukushima area shortly after midnight on September 20 (Japan time). Apparently radiation measurements in this area have temporarily spiked. “I would like to introduce that we have observed a high radiation dose in the radioactivity measurement data of Fukushima prefecture around. Location was observed particularly high number is Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture and Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. You can think of it either ... more »
Right seeing
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We begin by seeing our mistake. The universe with all that is in it is one thing. This is why it is right to resist the spreading of poisons in agriculture, the land, the skies, the sea, and in our cities, and to resist the spreading of fear and of war. The cause of the spreading of poisons, fear and war is the lack of accountability due to greed, and the correction of this sickness is accountability -- accepting responsibility for both the visible and invisible costs of our actions, and adjusting those actions accordingly, so that we may act with clarity and justice. Capitalism is... more »
Are we running out of ideas?
Are we running out of ideas? It depends on who you mean by “we.” Says PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel: "We've had incredible progress in areas where there was no regulation and extremely limited progress where there was regulation. It's not that we've run out of ideas. It really is a story of two different economies." Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Quote of the Day:
“One thing I’ve learned .. is how obsessed so many of the key thinkers in the green movement are with the notion of ‘overpopulation.’ As one of their favourite think tanks, the Club of Rome, puts it: ‘*Earth has a cancer and the cancer is man*.’ This belief explains, inter alia, why the ‘science’ behind AGW is so dodgy: because the science didn’t come first. What came first was the notion that mankind was a problem and was doing harm to the planet. The “science” was then simply tortured until it fitted in with this notion. I do not share this view. Indeed … while people like ... more »
Fantastic news for super-observant Jews: Now you can apply to buy a dumbed-down smartphone
*Not Too Smart*: *New rabbi-approved ‘kosher’ phones are being marketed to ultra-Orthodox Israelis. They are like their high-tech treyf cousins, but disabled to avoid the internet or even phone calls.* (*Forward* caption) *"[H]ow does a smart phone cross from treyf to kosher? It has to be de-smarted. The Haredi objection to smart phones is that they allow free access to the internet, putting all aspects of secular thought, culture and media, as well as sexual content like pornography, at the fingertips of the observant. “ 'We get new cell phones in the shrink wrap, open them, and ... more »
Wanta: Top Secret National Security Directive 166
*This was posted at Veterans Today HERE by Leo Wanta, I duplicated the last page and enhanced the contrast of the text in this version of the PDF ... -Bill* PS: See HERE for the origins of Al Qaeda 170104153 Veterans Today 1 of 3 Wanta: Top Secret National Security Directive 166
Nicholas Lemann on Michelle Rhee
The New Republic has published an astute and nuanced view of CorpEd's Queen of Venom, Michelle Rhee. As may be expected, it took someone not on the neo-lib NR payroll to do this act of journalistic honesty. by Nicholas Lemann The other day I picked up a copy of The Adventures of Augie March. I hadn’t remembered that Saul Bellow, writing in the early 1950s, when he was not yet forty, about Chicago in the 1920s, had been in full sympathy with the urban poor, as he definitely was not later in his career. There is a hilarious bit in the early pages in which Grandma Lausch, the March f... more »
The Ghouta chemical weapons came from the Turkish Army
* **This is Syrian report based on a captured prisoner confession... -Bill* * * *The Ghouta chemical weapons came from the Turkish Army* VOLTAIRE NETWORK 17 SEPTEMBER 2013 http://www.voltairenet.org/article180284.html The TV channel Al-Ikbariya* [a Syrian TV station]* broadcasted, on Sunday the 15th of September 2013, a long interview of a prisoner reporting on the way that he had transported chemical weapons from a Turkish military base to Damascus. According to his report, the Turkish army was aiming to provoke an international intervention against Syria. This limited bombing wo... more »
“RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013”
* * *“RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013”* By Edward McClelland “I know I’m dating myself by writing this, but I remember the middle class. I grew up in an automaking town in the 1970s, when it was still possible for a high school graduate — or even a high school dropout — to get a job on an assembly line and earn more money than a high school teacher. “I had this student,” my history teacher once told me, “a real chucklehead. Just refused to study. Dropped out of school, a year or so later, he came back to see me. He pointed out the window at a brand-new Camaro and said, ‘That’s m...more »
Invention of the Day: The 2000-year-old computer
No-one knows who invented it—it might have been Archimedes. But the oldest known computer was not made in the twentieth century, or even the century before that. Its construction has been dated to the early 1st century BC, more than tw0-thousand years ago, and was recovered from sunken wreck off the southern coast of Greece just over a hundred years ago. A two-thousand-year-old computer! No bigger than a modern laptop! Blogger Neil Craig reckons “the Antikythera mechanism is just about the most astonishing historical artefact there is.” It is not a hoax. It is, sadly, not complet... more »
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*Robert Meachem’s Triumphant Return ~Ryan Chauvin, Black and Gold Review* *Who Dat Playing Defense Finally? The Saints Dat’s Who ~JasonCalbos, Nola Nation Rising** *
Attention NC Teenagers: This Is What Racist Adults in Your State Don't Want You to Know about Ralph Ellison
Sixty years after winning the National Book Award for fiction in 1953, Ralph Ellison's *Invisible Man* has been banned by school board members (Board Chair Tommy McDonald and members Tracy Boyles, Gary Cook, Matthew Lambeth and Gary Mason) in Randolph County, NC. The decision ran counter to two review committee recommendations that considered the complaint against the book prior to passing the issue no the Board. Here are a few of the quotes from GoodReads that may help to explain why NC's high rolling Tea Baggers would not want young people to be reading this dangerous book: “Li... more »
Attention NC Teenagers: This Is What Racist Adults in Your State Don't Want You to Know about Ralph Ellison
Sixty years after winning the National Book Award for fiction in 1953, Ralph Ellison's *Invisible Man* has been banned by school board members (Board Chair Tommy McDonald and members Tracy Boyles, Gary Cook, Matthew Lambeth and Gary Mason) in Randolph County, NC. The decision ran counter to two review committee recommendations that considered the complaint against the book prior to passing the issue no the Board. Here are a few of the quotes from GoodReads that may help to explain why NC's high rolling Tea Baggers would not want young people to be reading this dangerous book: Invi... more »
The Affordable Auckland Voting Guide
*Guest by Stephen Berry and the Affordable Auckland team* Since Auckland Unions issued a voting guide for the Auckland Council elections, recommending the candidates to vote for if you want increased rates, enlarged debt, and a more unproductive port, Affordable Auckland is issuing its own guide on how voters should vote if they want lower rates, less borrowing and affordable housing. These are the boxes to tick on your ballot: ** *Mayor **Stephen Berry (Affordable Auckland)* – Stephen has laid out a full plan showing genuine cuts in rates and quality spending on core council ... more »
Solidarity with Victor Crespo
*While we play silly buggers with union links and Westminster watching, it is worth remembering that many of our comrades elsewhere risk their lives to defend working people. This from LabourStart's Eric Lee via Howie's Corner. I urge readers to take a moment to send a message of support.* Last Friday, armed men attempted to force their way into the home of Victor Crespo (pictured), the general secretary of a trade union in Honduras. They threatened Crespo's life -- and only fled the scene once neighbors were alerted. The International Transport Workers Federation believes that the... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
On climate: compared with election day 2008, more optimistic or more pessimistic? Do you think it's because your expectations were too high (or too low) back then, or do you think your expectations were reasonable at the time?
The Republican Party: The Heaven's Gate of Politics
If you've lost Chris Wallace of Fox "News" and more than a few of your party members over ObamaCare, then perhaps it's time to start throwing going away parties for your lobbyist buddies and sending out your resume to K Street. This is an interview that Chris Wallace conducted on Friday with Sen. Rafael "Ted" Cruz, a guy who'd renounced his Canadian citizenship and will any day now change his name to Theodore Cross because it sounds more WASPish. Well, Senator Lady Eyes seems to think he can collect enough votes in the Senate and is calling Harry Reid's perfectly legal par...more »
Revisiting the "Consistent With" Canard
Over the past few days I've been engaged with a lively debate with a colleague over whether it is meaningful to proclaim that the extreme rainfall observed in Colorado several weeks ago are "consistent with" predictions of more intense rainfall associated with human-caused climate change. Long-time readers will know that I believe the use of the phrase "consistent with" in this context is a canard and devoid of substance. Hereis an example using exactly such a construction related to the Colorado floods. The analogy I'd suggest is a 52-card deck stacked with an extra ace. After ... more »
I just thought I would let the reader know…
… that while I was making a few Kindergarten literacy centers, I was watching Expendables 2 on Netflix. You read that right. That is all. Tagged: action, expendables, kindergarten, literacy, manhood
The Food Crisis in Prehistory
For several million years — almost the entire human journey — our ancestors survived by hunting and gathering. Until 10,000 years ago, everything on our menu was wild food. By 2,000 years ago, most of our food came from farms, a rapid and radical change. In his book *The Food Crisis in Prehistory*, archaeologist and anthropologist Mark Nathan Cohen explored two questions. Why did we switch to agriculture? Why did this shift occur, around the world, almost simultaneously? His answer to both questions was population pressure. Our preferred foods decreased as our numbers increase... more »
Dana Rohrabacher Was Not Elected Homecoming Queen Friday
Dana Rohrabacher's congressional district, CA-48, stretches along the Pacific Ocean from Seal Beach, where L.A. County and Long Beach end and Orange County begins, down through Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel right to the edge of San Juan Capistrano. It's easternmost points are just beyond Fountain Valley and Aliso Viejo. It's one of southern California's redder districts with a PVI of R+7. Obama scored 46% against McCain and 43% against Romney. The district is wealthy (medium household income is $76,077, compared to $57,287 for the whole state) and whi... more »
When You Get In A Pit With A Snake
*This is the face of evil.* "The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would allow for military intervention in Syria, in exchange for American support of Syria’s accession to OPCW, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. *“Our American partners are starting to blackmail us: ‘If Russia does not support a resolution under Chapter 7, then we will withdraw our support for Syria’s entry into the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This is a complete departure from what I agreed with Secretary of State John Kerry',”* Russian Foreign... more »
US Pushes War, Blackmails Russia & Is Generally Disingenuous
In other words, the usual. *Russia Rejects U.S., Europe Plan to Enforce Syrian UN Resolution* Russia rejected a U.S. and European plan to include enforcement in a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syrian chemical weapons’ disarmament, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. *Western actions are “irresponsible and unprofessional,” *Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s Channel One published on the Foreign Ministry’s website today. *They want to “drive through a resolution based on force” and that blames President Bashar al-Assad for everything, Lavrov said.* The U.S., F... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Ted Cruz: helping himself get the Republican presidential nomination with what's happened on the shutdown, or hurting his chances?
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, September 22nd, 2013
Sunday again, and again time for my weekly rant.... I do feel that I have been neglecting this blog recently, due to my concentration on finishing this course material for my job.... With changes in technology, it was a decision between myself and my company that some enhancement was necessary to keep my job valid. I am right now about to finish the material and write the examination this coming week... It has been very grueling and very hard, and has taken me away from other business... Once this course is completed, I should be back to my normal blogging... In my absence these ... more »
Schools Matter Welcomes Doug Martin!
Doug Martin’s *Hoosier School Heist* will be published by Brooks Publications in December. Martin’s exposures of the corporate takeover of public education have appeared or been referenced in the *Washington Post Answer Sheet*, the Associated Press, *Diane Ravitch's Blog*, and other places. Martin holds a PhD in literary prosody and nineteenth-century American literature from Oklahoma State University. His first book, *A Study of Walt Whitman’s Mimetic Prosody: Free-Bound and Full-Circle*, was published by Edwin Mellon Press in 2004.
Two Authors that Medical Schools Avoid
And whose works should be part of the foundation for a rational and evidence-based medicine... By Denis G. Rancourt The two researchers and authors to which I refer are: the late Petr Skrabanek, and Richard G. Wilkinson In particular, I have in mind their remarkable books: Follies and Fallacies in Medicine (Skrabanek, with co-author McCormick) [1], and Unhealthy Societies - The Afflictions
Czech president talks about rodents in EU politics
Czech president Miloš Zeman gave an interview to the Financial Times, Czech president takes swipe at Europe’s ‘great mice’ and it's an example of the funny events that improve my mood (which was already pretty good to start with) – a part of the reasons why I voted for him in the presidential elections. The nominally center-left politician who is sometimes nicknamed "the badger"mentioned that there is a difference between personalities and persons. In the EU politics, there are lots of persons but almost no personalities. The persons are great mice, party apparatchiks. Zeman, a pro... more »
The public has spoken
It happened again. * * *Sunday Morning Live *put a question to its audience - "Do Muslim veils deepen divisions?" - and the audience gave 'the wrong answer'. Samira Ahmed said they'd had "a huge response". The result? 95% said 'yes, they do' and just 5% said 'no, they don't'. After the result was given, Samira read out four e-mails on the subject (which she'd presumably had handed to her, as she was too busy presenting the programme to have chosen them herself). They didn't reflect the result of the public vote. Two said 'yes' and two said 'no'.
Clinton
*Statement by Independent Counsel on Conclusions in Whitewater Investigation * Published: September 21, 2000 The independent counsel Robert W. Ray issued the following statement today on his office's six-year investigation of the Arkansas business dealings of President and Mrs. Clinton, including the Whitewater land deal. The headings were not in the original. This office has now concluded, with certain limited exceptions, its investigation of the matters commonly referred to as ''Madison Guaranty-Whitewater.'' At this time, it is appropriate, in the public interest and consis... more »
Working Out the Ethics of "Defence" at the London Arms Fair
"This is an industry that is concerned solely with profiting from death, and there's little time to scrutinise how many lives a bomb might end up destroying when there's payment to discuss." *September 23, 2013* - Vice Magazine (Uzi Gold) - Last week, Britain hosted a four-day get-together for the planet's preeminent weapons dealers. The DSEi arms fair, held in London's ExCel Centre, touts itself as a "world leading defence and security event" and sells just about anything you could ever need if you're in the business of launching expensive military interventions in collapsing s... more »
Kenya's " Mumbai " style attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi sees death toll rise to 68 ....Sunday updates - 68 deaths reported to date ....Kenyan and Israeli troops launch assault on alleged Somali rebels Robert A. @RobertAlai MILITARY SOURCE: Operation is ongoing and we hope that this will end tonight. #WestgateAttack 12:23 после полудня - 22 сентября 2013
Last Update: Sunday, 22 September 2013 KSA 21:09 - GMT 18:09 Death toll in Kenya mall siege rises to 68, says Red Cross Saturday, 21 September 2013 An injured Kenyan man arrives at Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi after the attack on Nairobi mall, September 21, 2013. (AFP) - - - - - - - Al Arabiya Kenya’s Red Cross said on Sunday that the death toll in siege in an upscale Nairobi shopping center has risen to 68. The gunmen remain inside with hostages nearly 24 hours after the attack was launched with grenades and assault rifles. Lenku said that there are 10 to... more »
Something about men in Dover
[image: New Scotland Yard sign] Following on from PJ Media's analysis of the BBC's coverage of the (still ongoing) siege in Nairobi (discussed earlier today), I see that something similar is happening with the latest breaking news story concerning Islamic terrorism... I spotted a Sky News headline a little while ago, which they are ranking as their third-most important-story. The headline couldn't be clearer: Terrorism Charges After Two Stopped At Dover And nor could the lede and nut graf: Two men have been charged with terrorism and firearms offences after being stopped in Dov... more »
Four Four Jew
That other feature on *Sunday* deserves a post to itself, as it was quite interesting. Using David Cameron and Ed Miliband's statement that the use of the word 'Yid' by Spurs supporters isn't anti-Semitic as a peg, the BBC's Bob Walker went to *Four Four Jew*, a new exhibition at London's Jewish Museum charting the historical links between football and the UK's Jewish community. He talked to Jo Rosenthal, the exhibition's curator. She said the story ...began with the establishment of youth clubs by the settled, wealthy British Jewish elites in Britain who saw all of these work... more »
Apple's New Operating System iOS 7 Doesn't Give Jerusalem A Country
'Why I will not be upgrading to iOS 7 and why my next phone will not be an iPhone-I have no desire to support an anti-Israel enterprise. Do you?' Full story here http://yidwithlid.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/anti-israel-apples-new-operating-system.html
Untitled
Just got home from the hospital. Had a mini stroke, but am doing fine. Will be moving downstairs next weekend, so no blog post until October 5. Hope to see you all, then.
Sunday Sunday
It's a bit late today, and I know you've all been waiting with baited breath, so... This morning's *Sunday *began with the massacre in Kenya, concentrating on al-Shabab - who are they and what they want - with the BBC's guy there [and rather him than me], Mark Doyle. Guest presenter Shelagh Fogarty then talked to Labour's Stephen Timms about the Labour Party and faith. He thinks there's something of a left-wing tendency among believers in the UK - unlike in the USA - which could work to Labour's advantage. This follows last week's interview with Lib Dem minister Steve Webb about ... more »
Made in the USA : Tim Hudak
Teahadist Tim Hudak, former Walmart manager and leader of the Ontario PC Con Party since 2009, doesn't much care for the term "right-to-work" laws, preferring instead "worker's choice reforms". Well, OK then - Workers' choice of the right to work for less money, reducing wages for union and non-union workers alike and pitting worker against worker. On Friday, LauraK went to hear Chris Hedges in Toronto and provides an excellent overview of his talk on Syria, Chelsea Manning, the surveillance state, corporate and media ownership, the liberal class, and organized labour. Laura's p...more »
Stephen Harper: Parliament Pro-rogued
I did the following picture in January 2010. He won 2011 elections and pro-rogueing has become the norm. I thought I will post this picture again as it conveys Stephen Harper's modus operandi quite well.
Sunday Classics: Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" and the woman who understood the birds' song
*Elizabeth Futral does her best at singing while she histrionicizes Nedda's recitative and Balatella. The chunk of recitative below, the first of three, occupies the first 57 seconds of the clip.* *(1) "Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!"* How his eyes did blaze! I turned mine away for fear he should read my secret thought! Oh, if he should catch me, brutal as he is! But enough, these are frightening nightmares and silly fancies! *Claudia Muzio (s). Edison, recorded Jan. 21, 1921* *Gabriella Tucci (s), Nedda; Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, cond.... more »
RIP: I remember the middle class
Once the people worked hard and prospered. Those days are gone. The middle class is disappearing like free snacks at happy hour now. So for your Sunday reading, a good review of how we got to our current dismal state of "everything is all fucked up and bullshit." When I was growing up, it was assumed that America’s shared prosperity was the natural endpoint of our economy’s development, that capitalism had produced the workers paradise to which Communism unsuccessfully aspired. Now, with the perspective of 40 years, it’s obvious that the nonstop economic expansion that lasted from ... more »
“Do You Have Any Idea What $50 TRILLION Looks Like?!”
*“Do You Have Any Idea What $50 TRILLION Looks Like?!”* By David DeGraw “Comedian Lee Camp was inspired enough by our latest commentary on the state of our economy to feature it in his new Moment of Clarity video. Apparently only comedians seem to understand the mind-blowing absurdity of US millionaires having $50 TRILLION in wealth, while we also have a record number of people living in poverty. Russell Brand has been riffing on that stunning fact on his Messiah Complex tour, and now Lee Camp throws some fuel on the fire and also rips on this “crime against humanity.” $50 TRI... more »
German Election preview - German lethargic about major issues of the day - such as NSA spying , War in Syria , true state of affairs with perpetual bailout union aka Eurozone ? While Merkel seems likely to win a third term but the wildcard remains what happens with FDP , what happens with AFD ? Will the SPD / Greens / Left Party outpoll Merkel's governing Coalition ? Opinion polls on Sunday show the race is on a knife's edge !
Germans seem totally living in La La land regarding the major issues of the day - sadly , this would augur well for Merkel.... http://rt.com/op-edge/germany-election-euro-party-181/ Ahead of the parliamentary vote, Germans seem to be totally uninterested in major issues, like the NSA scandal or war in Syria, and talk more about things like Angela Merkel’s necklace, says Christian Schmidt from the anti-euro party. “*That is baffling everybody around,*” none of important issues have surfaced during the pre-election campaign, Dr. Christian Schmidt, deputy head of the Berlin branch ... more »
Better Life Thru Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Got out of the house and away from the computer for a bit, the last couple of weeks- and I was amazed at what I've repeatedly heard and thought I would expound on it a bit. Did you know that 70% of Americans take at least one pharmaceutical per day? This absolutely astounds me. When I was little I lived on a farm - we were dirt poor - farm dirt poor. We had an outhouse, brought our water to use in the house from a pump out by the barn - heated our water for use in a special container that was built onto the wood stove we used for cooking. People died every year when I was a kid - ... more »
Heavenletter #4684 Receiving God's LoveSeptember 21, 2013
*Heavenletter #4684 Receiving God's Love , September 21, 2013* God said: Love from Me is not accidental, nor is it occasional. It is a given. At every moment, I am sending you love. At every moment you receive it, whatever you are aware of or not. Close your beautiful eyes, and feel your receiving love from Me, God, the One and Only. Of course, I am within you, and that makes us One, One of Love, One of All. Oneness is Totality, Wholeness, All That Is. Oneness is All, All as One. Reach out to Me, and you are reaching out to yourself. What more is there to say? Why clutter up s... more »
EU demands Israel explain seizure of Palestinian aid - and they should demand answers for why concussive grenades were hurled at their Diplomats and why their Diplomats were literally manhandled !
Last Update: Sunday, 22 September 2013 KSA 15:41 - GMT 12:41 EU demands Israel explain seizure of Palestinian aid Sunday, 22 September 2013 French diplomat Marion Castaing lays on the ground after Israeli soldiers carried her out of her truck. (Reuters) - - - - - - - Al Arabiya Israel has been asked by top European Union officials on Saturday to explain why its soldiers seized a truckload of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians. On Friday, Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats and seized emergency aid that was intended to be delivered to Pal... more »
Fracking in New Brunswick: The scientist who recommended fracking in NB is a fake scientist
*Louis LaPierre of Dieppe, N.B., is invested as Member * *to the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston, * *November 2012. Louis LaPierre has admitted he falsely * *claimed to have a doctorate in environmental science. * *(CP/Fred Chartrand)* Fracking in New Brunswick is quite controversial. However, the scientist Louis LaPierre, who gave "go to" for fracking in NB, turned out to be a fake scientist. He is known now the "go to" scientist. *"Surprising revelations over the credentials of academic Louis LaPierre * ** *For decades, a prominent New Brunswick academic, was the ... more »
No Vision
What does the opposition stand for? Free pot (maybe)? The environment? (Elizabeth May will need more friends then.) We're supposed to vote without knowing anything.
Consumers face bill for power stations to be mothballed amid blackout fears - Telegraph
There's an odd line in this Telegraph report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10325749/Consumers-face-bill-for-power-stations-to-be-mothballed-amid-blackout-fears.html 'Critics of wind power said turbines were flawed because they do not generate electricity when there is little wind,' Does that mean that supporters of wind power believe that wind turbines generate electricity when there's little wind?
Your moment of Zen
Happy autumnal equinox. The caterpillar prepares for metamorphosis in Maeve's magic garden.
Seismic Shift?
Some pundits claimed the 2011 election was a political earthquake. John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker asserted that it was a *Big Shift*. Peter C. Newman claimed that it marked the death of the Liberal Party. Andrew Cohen isn't so sure. Canada may, he writes, be reverting to its old three party system -- with the NDP as the third party: Looking at polls, you could think we have returned to the way things were in Canada before we elected a multi-party Parliament in 1993, when the Reform Party and the Bloc Québécois erupted as regional powers. Now we have become essentially a three-... more »
Our World and violence
Yesterday I was looking at the headlines from around the world. It looks there is violence and killings everywhere. What kind of world we live in? We are supposed to have progressed but it looks centuries ago lot fewer people could be killed when bow and arrow, and swords were the major weapons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Armed siege at Kenya shopping mall enters second day; 59 dead* Gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners in a brazen midday attack . By Alastair Jamieson, Patrick Garrity and Simon Moya-Smith, NBC News An armed hostage siege at ... more »
The Grubby Politics Of The Vote To Shut Down The Government-- Fundraising And Hypocrisy
DCCC faves McIntyre & Matheson both voted to shut down the government I'm sure you already know that on Friday, Boehner surrendered to the Tea Party nihilists and the deranged Ted Cruz faction of his party and passed a bill that would shut down the government unless the Senate and Obama agree to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It passed 230-189. Despite teeth gnashing by Republicans in swing districts who need independent voters for reelection-- especially loud from Peter King (R-NY) and Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA)-- only one Republican crossed the aisle and voted with the Democrats, ... more »
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Women and the residential fellowship: a few thoughts
In my email inbox last week was a notification of a fellowship opportunity. Since I have a sabbatical coming up shortly—okay, in a couple of years, but time flies, right?—I eagerly skimmed the details. It’s a fellowship squarely in my field. The funding is pretty generous, probably enough to help me buy out some extra Continue reading
Time for a new Icon
I need to lose weight... but it's what I look like in 2013.
Jesse Jackson Jr. Knows Who His Daddy Is
JJJ on MLK - "I Stand Before You Here, The Inheritor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Spike1138 on Vimeo. "As regards the allegations [concerning] The Reverend.... ...he will have to defend himself." - Jesse Jackson Jr. on the 2000 Dept. of Justice report commissioned in the wake of the Guilty verdict in King Family vs. Jowers et al. (1999)., for the purpose of clearing "SCLC Minister" and "Memphis Minister" as accessories to Murder, April 4th, 1968
Just like that!
OK, a little light relief is needed, courtesy of Tommy Cooper. *A man walks into a bar with a roll of tarmac under his arm and says: "Pint please, and one for the road."* *A dyslexic man walks into a bra.* *A sandwich walks into a bar. The barman says "Sorry we don't serve food in here."* *A jump lead walks into a bar. The barman says "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."*
The Nairobi terrorist attack
CNN breaking news last night: 'Al-Shabaab tweets that all Muslims were escorted out of Nairobi mall before violence, says it won't negotiate.' Racist terrorist murderers? No, the BBC prefer to describe them thus 'The Somali militant group al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack.' The BBC just disgust me more each day. Latest figures for this latest Islamist terrorist atrocity is that Thirty-nine people are dead and 293 have been treated at area hospitals.
I see the BBC are desperately spinning on behalf of Ed Miliband this morning
The BBC happily report without any querying that '*Ed Miliband 'urged Brown to sack Damian McBride'* Ed Miliband says he urged Gordon Brown to sack Damian McBride over concerns the spin doctor was briefing against senior Labour colleagues. Mr McBride, who worked for Mr Brown, admits in a new book that he leaked stories to smear the ex-PM's opponents. Mr Miliband - who worked with Mr McBride at the Treasury - said he had been "worried" about his activities. And he had urged Mr Brown to get rid of the spin doctor, the Labour leader said in an interview with Andrew Marr.' Really... more »
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