24 Sept - Blogs I'm Following

19SFG Special Forces soldier Christopher Speer being unloaded at Bagram Airbase after sustaining head injuries from a grenade thrown during a firefight in which Omar Khadr was captured. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ( Who do not speak the language and are strangers carrying guns ? Just asking )

One dead man in background, wounded youth in foreground. Omar Khadr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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"This Is Your Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago

“This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist. If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character... Would you slow down? Or speed up?" - Chuck Palahniuk

Dennis Edney on Omar Khadr

Alison at Creekside - 1 hour ago

Reposting this moving clip of Omar Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney from 2010 : "We cannot rely upon governments or others to help us make society better. Each and every one of us has to be our own leader." Today : Michelle Shephard : "Khadr’s legal odyssey began when he was shot and captured at the age of 15 following a July 27, 2002, firefight with U.S. Special Forces. U.S. Delta Force soldier Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer was fatally wounded by a grenade blast at the end of the battle. The Pentagon accused Khadr of throwing the grenade and charged him with “murder in violation... more »

August/September, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours ago

I've fallen behind again, and so this will be a catch up post leading into the major events of October. The Spiro Agnew story finally broke publicly in August, leading to a drawn out set of negotiations, feints, and jousting. Agnew battled through August and into September, but it was no good. He even attempted, at one point, to get the House to open impeachment proceedings against him, presumably figuring that party loyalty might save him in the Senate. But he was thwarted in that one by Majority Leader Tip O'Neill, who had, as Fred Emery says, another impeachment in mind. With th... more »

"Life is A Journey- Don't Be Afraid"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

"Life is A Journey- Don't Be Afraid" Author Unknown "Life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges. Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way, we may stumble upon obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take. In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles... more »

SAS IN MALL WHEN ATTACK BEGAN

Anon at aangirfan - 2 hours ago

*At the Kenyan mall, the man with the gun is in the UK's Special Air Services (SAS). * "The SAS soldier shown above was having coffee at the Westgate mall (in Kenya) when it was attacked. "With a gun tucked into his waistband, he was pictured helping two women out of the complex. "He is said to have returned to the building on a dozen occasions, despite intense gunfire. "Sources said the soldier was with the SAS, but he cannot be named for security reasons. "A friend in Nairobi said: 'He went back in (the mall) 12 times." *Read more:* *http://www.dailymail.co.uk/* *Samantha ... more »

"An Issue of Human Survival: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4. Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

*"An Issue of Human Survival: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4.* * Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment"* By Harvey Wasserman "We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4. Fukushima’s owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60 days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly d... more »

James Naughtie: Mr Impartiality?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago

Last Wednesday marked the start of a year's worth of BBC coverage of the September 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Leading Radio 4's coverage of the story will be *Today*'s very own Scotsman, James Naughtie. He will still be doing *Today*, as well as presenting a twice-weekly stint on Radio Scotland's *Good Morning Scotland, *and acting as Radio 4's chief reporter on the story. So a busy year for him then. Last Wednesday's *Today* kicked things off Jim's big year, and gave Radio 4 listeners their first chance to here how even-handed James Naughtie would (or wouldn't) be in... more »

Untitled

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago

Low tide at the Bay of Fundy. [photographer unknown]

Mainstream Media and Truth is like Father Ted Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse

NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 3 hours ago

. When Father Ted had to kick Bishop Brennan up the arse (as a forfeit for cheating in a football match) he expected to get away with it. He knew that the suggestion he had kicked his excellency up the arse WAS SO OUTRAGEOUS IT COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE TRUE. NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE SUCH AN OUTRAGE WAS POSSIBLE. And so it proved for a while. In spite of the fact that the exact moment of the event was photographed by Ted's assistant, Fr. Dougal.........in spite of the physical evidence showing at least six inches of Ted's boot invisible between the cheeks of the good Bishop's buttocks...... more »

SACK KENNY

Anon at aangirfan - 3 hours ago

*Kenny * "Lockerbie campaigners have called for a group of international prosecutors to investigate the Scottish government’s handling of complaints about the inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing. "Pressure group Justice for Megrahi says the *International Association of Prosecutors* (IAP) should examine *Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill * and* Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland*’s “objectivity and independence”. "The group has made eight separate allegations against police and the Crown Office over the investigation that led to the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for carryi... more »

Who's to blame

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago

It couldn't be more clear. The damn Republicans broke our government, exactly as they promised to do on the day President Obama was sworn into office. And that public announcement was not made by the crackpot caucus. As Steve Benen said: "Blame both sides" instincts notwithstanding, there's an objective truth here for those willing to acknowledge it. Radicalized congressional Republicans, who refuse to compromise, are ignoring election results and relying on extortion politics to try to advance their far-right agenda. It's actually quite obvious. Democrats "are opposed to everyth... more »

Guest Post - Why Bamboo Flooring is the Eco Friendly Alternative to Wood

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 4 hours ago

The trouble with wood flooringWood flooring can be a gorgeous addition to any home, as wood is often both more beautiful than carpeting and also more durable. A good wood floor can improve the property value of your home as well, and as wood floors are relatively easy to install, the cost of making the switch is relatively low. However, as with any major change to your home, wood floors present unique challenges to the homeowner. One of your biggest concerns when installing a wood floor may be the environmental impact of the change, since the creation of a beautiful hardwood floor r... more »

My Top Ten Favorite Sequels

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 5 hours ago

I almost always feel a little sad when I finish a good book. The one thing that helps is knowing there is a sequel waiting for me. Sometimes the sequels are terrible and sometimes I love them. Here are some of my favorites. Linking up with The Broke and The Bookish. Lola and the Boy Next Door- I know a lot of people didn't love this one as much as Anna and the French Kiss, but I am enamored with it. I really loved Lola's bright, fun personality and the story unfolded beautifully. I especially loved see a little bit more of Anna. The Malloren- This is an entire sequel series to the... more »

Nauseating Health Care Idiocy from Forbes

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 5 hours ago

A non-blogging friend points me to this new article at *Forbes* by Chris Conover purporting to show that the "typical family of 4" will see its health care spending rise by $7450. He quotes the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), saying "in its first ten years, Obamacare will boost health spending by 'roughly $621 billion' [that's the CMS quote] above the amounts Americans would have spent without this misguided law." How stupid is this? Let us count the ways. First of all, this is not $7450 per year, but over the entire 10-year (or more likely 9-year; he usually refer... more »

Right work

risa bear at A Way to Live - 6 hours ago

From right doing, right work naturally flows. It is understandable if one has had to keep working at a fast-food place to help support one's children, but one must also keep an eye out for a better livelihood, as fast-food places poison the population. In general few *jobs* meet this principle, as the world system has grown toward wage slavery to enrich those already rich, to most of whom the prospect of such enrichment doing harm to the population is of little or no concern. It can be helpful to learn a craft or trade that may provide safe and nutritious food, clean water, goods... more »

With Merkel's third term taken care Sunday , on Monday ECB President Draghi just happens to note that he ready to whip out the LTRO Bazooka once again ! And coincidentally , all of the sudden the Troika is displeased with Greece again ( primary surplus doubts ) ! And funny how italian bank Monte Paschi just decided to bail in bondholders by halting 650 million in coupon payments ! And Iceland decided to drop deposit insurance over 100, 000 euros ..... One has to wonder what tomorrow will bring ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/europe-hooked-on-easy-money-too-ecb.html ( Funny how this has come out the day after the German Election... ) Monday, September 23, 2013 12:21 PM Europe Hooked on Easy Money Too: ECB President Draghi Threatens Another LTRO, Sings Praises of Excess Liquidity ECB president Mario Draghi is in on the no-normalization act along with the Fed. Of course, a mere reduction in asset purchases by the Fed from $85 billion a month to $75 billion is not even a baby step towards normalization. Anyway, it's liquidity full throttle in the Eurozone... more »

Mining 34: EITI, Taxes and Other Costs of Regulations

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours ago

* This is my article yesterday in Mining Week. --------- The World Bank and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Secretariat will hold a “Conference on the Adoption of the 2013 EITI Standards” this coming 26-27 September 2013, at Crowne Plaza Galleria in Ortigas. EITI is a non-government, non-UN, non-foreign aid international system that requires both the government and the private enterprises in the extractive industry (petroleum, gas, mining) to report among others, information like how much government has collected and how much private enterprise... more »

Pope Francis, Here. Today's Sermon - Globalization Sucks!

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago

Know what Pope Francis likes about globalization? Nothing. Big fat zero. *Visiting an Italian region especially hard hit by the European economic crisis, Pope Francis blamed high unemployment on globalization driven by greed and said those who give charitable aid to the poor must treat their beneficiaries with dignity. "We want a just system, a system that lets all of us get ahead," the pope said Sept. 22, in his first address during a full day on the Italian island of Sardinia. "We don't want this globalized economic system that does us so much harm. At its center there should... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago

“South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. * Click image for larger size.* At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cata... more »

Kenyan Bloodbath: State-Sponsored Sophistication & Motivation

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 7 hours ago

Anti-ICC Kenyan President and his government appear to be the target of US-bolstered Al Qaeda attack. [image: San Diego woman Elaine Dang was injured in the Nairobi shopping mall attack Saturday. She was escorted to safety and later tweeted a picture of her recovery in the hospital.]SIEGFRIED MODOLA/REUTERS *September 24, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - What are the chances that family members of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta just so happened to be visiting Nairobi's Westgate Mall in the midst of an unprecedented cross-border attack by Al Qaeda Al Shabaab terrorists - and that these fami... more »

"The Battle..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

“The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual- for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.” - M. Scott Peck

Chet Raymo, “The Sadist Next Door”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

* “The Sadist Next Door”* by Chet Raymo “The current TLS (“Times Literary Supplement”) has an absorbing review of American Historian Joel Harrington's book on the manuscript diary of a 16th-century German executioner, Franz Schmidt of Nuremberg. Remarkably, Schmidt kept a full record of the criminals he executed, the crimes they perpetrated, and the gruesome ways they met their fate. It is a tale that would chill most 21st-century readers. Hangings, beheadings, burnings at the stake, and breakings with the wheel. In the latter custom, a heavy cartwheel is dropped onto the person... more »

New York Times Editorial Board BLASTS Stephen Harper For Muzzling Scientists To Promote Oil Industry Interests ...

leftdog at Buckdog - 8 hours ago

*OTTAWA — The New York Times editorial board is taking the Harper government to task for allegedly silencing publicly funded scientists, a strategy the Times says is designed to ensure oilsands production proceeds quietly.* *The strongly worded Sunday editorial comes as the PR fight over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is heating up, with U.S. President Barack Obama yet to make a decision on whether to approve the project that would transport bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to the U.S. Gulf Coast.* *Silencing Scientists* *Over the last few years, the government of Canada — led b... more »

Notice how cut scores are a choice, not a measure of proficiency. #DCPS

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago

I’m sure you’ve heard of this. DCPS, the system in which I teach, “chose” math cut scores to perhaps load more positive results, thus trying to make the argument that prevailing reforms, largely propagated by huckster Michelle Rhee, “worked.” Note that CUT SCORES are political choices, nothing scientific or verifiable. They are subjective. This is […]

RESIST THE DRONES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago

On September 19th the Congressional Drone Caucus had a joint party and exhibit with the drone lobby AUVSI. Horrified by the smug relationship between our elected officials and the merchants of robotic death, CODEPINK decided to remind party goers about all the innocent people killed by their drones. Learn how you can resist drones and the war machine at the 2013 CODEPINK Drone Summit- more info can be found *here*

Score Reports: Send ‘em Back

Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago

In a state-wide effort to protest the lack of validity, loss of instruction time, and educational harm caused by mandated state assessments, New York State Allies for Public Education has called for parents to “send the scores back”. Parents around New York will be sending back to their children’s score reports to NYSED Commissioner John […]

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

Martinez, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

What DO you Create?

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 10 hours ago

If you could create anything, anything at all, with no limits..... what would you create? Take a moment and think about that. One of my favorite authors of all time was Robert A Heinlein, and one of my favorite books was actually one of the last that he wrote before he passed in 1986. The book was called "The Number of the Beast". In my opinion it was hugely misunderstood by the vast majority of fans and critics alike - as was Heinlein himself. The basic premise of the story is that the 4 main characters hop into a flying car that had been retrofitted with a mechanical device tha... more »

More From Jeremy at ASD Responding to My Education Agenda

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago

Jeremy had some responses to my earlier 7 points for improving schools: 1) socioeconomically integrate the schools (biggest bang for the achievement buck ever); 2) return public schools to the public, rather than handing them over to corporations; 3) extend Medicaid to poor students; 3) demand more qualified teachers, rather than replacing teachers with unprepared temps from TFA; 4) base curriculum and instruction decisions with teachers and researchers, rather than contractors from the Gates Foundation or TFA alums who don't even know how ignorant they are; 5) adequately fund TN scho... more »

“7 Vile and Ridiculous Moments From the Country's Right-Wing Fringe This Week”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

* * *“7 Vile and Ridiculous Moments From* * the Country's Right-Wing Fringe This Week”* By Janet Allon *“1. Christian radio hosts says Colorado floods caused by homosexual activity. *However much he excels at it, Pat Robertson is far from the only televangelist who blames natural and unnatural disasters on gay people; plenty of young, up-and-coming, ultra-right, impervious-to-science bible-thumpers agree. So it was that this week, Christian pastor and radio host Kevin Swanson said abortion, marijuana legalization and “decadent homosexual activity” were the causes of the catastrop... more »

This is the speech I intended to give at the Southern Education Foundation Public Education conference this weekend. . . .

Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago

Reblogged from Crazy Crawfish’s Blog 9/23/13 This is the speech I intended to give at the Southern Education Foundation Public Education conference this weekend. . . ..

Scranton careens toward bankruptcy , Philly schools a hot mess , Detroit in bankruptcy , Chicago following the same path as Detroit ....... troubles in Muniland ! Is the US becoming a Banana Republic ?

Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/scranton-pennsylvania-careens-towards.html Friday, September 20, 2013 10:16 AM Scranton, Pennsylvania Careens Towards Bankruptcy; Real Whiff of Union Priorities; Reflections on Municipal Bonds With public unions threatening to seize Scranton assets including fire trucks, how long will it take for Scranton to do the smart thing and declare bankruptcy? The Times-Tribune reports Scranton police/fire unions get $21M judgment against city; may seize assets to collect. Scranton's police and fire unions have received a judgment against ... more »

Updated Peltier Tribunal Witnesses and Judges

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO FREE LEONARD PELTIER Preliminary Agenda October 2-4, 2013 Sponsored by the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee – International Office Oneida Nation in Green Bay, WI Day 1: October 2, 2013 Welcome 9:00 – 9:20 a.m. – Opening Prayer Ceremony 9:20 – 9:40 a.m. – Welcome Dorothy Ninham, Director of Wind Chases the Sun, Inc., and Fmr Oneida

Fukushima updates - September 23 , 2013 - a great photo essay from Ryuichi Kino - Time frozen in Ex - Evacuation Zone in Fukushima...... Energy News items of the day - things are far worse than the public is being told regard the extent of ongoing radiation contamination....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago

The desert of the real....... MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 Photo Essay by Ryuichi Kino: Time Frozen in Ex-Evacuation Zone in #Fukushima Independent journalist Ryuichi Kino went to Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in June 2013, his fourth. Along the way, he went inside the ex-evacuation zone (no-entry zone within 20-kilometer radius from the plant) and took these photos, and posted onhis Flickr site. (Copyright: Ryuichi Kino, all rights reserved.) Kino wonders aloud in his tweet, *"How do they expect the residents to live here? Will the tanks full of contaminated water and the reactor... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago

On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Lenon Honor*. We'll be discussing Fear Based Mind Control and psychological warfare. Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past episodes. Below are relevant links and video for this program: - *Book Review - The 911 Fear-Based Mind Control Program* by John Friend - *Endless Fukushima catastrophe: 2020 Olympics contamination threat* by Dr. Helen Caldicott (Be afraid, be very afraid!) - *Propaganda* by Edward Bernays: *THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habi... more »

Mind controlled manchurian candidates - is this one thread the thing that ties together Aaron Alexis ( Naval Sea Command Center shootings ) , John Holmes ( Aurora Colorado " Batman theatre showing shootings ) and Adam Lanza ? That coupled with the everchanging facts of each case and the " curious " conduct of law enforcement and other Authorities present in each situation ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/9654 CIA, mind control & mass shootings – Is there a correlation? *By Douglas J. Hagmann* *23 September 2013:* Consider the common public characterizations of the perpetrators of the last several mass shootings in the U.S., such as John Holmes (the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting), Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook Elementary School) and most recently, Aaron Alexis, the named shooter at the Naval Sea Systems Command inside the Washington Navy Yard in Southeast Washington, D.C. Even the most skeptical among us would have to agree that ther... more »

Florida Becomes #4 to Withdraw from Corporate Common Core

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago

First there were Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Missouri. Now you can addFlorida as the latest state to withdraw from PARCC, with bills pending in Michigan and Ohio. Meanwhile, Arne Duncan creates a straw man and labels it a liar in order to cover his own mendacity. No one is claiming that ED wrote or mandated the Rotted Common Core, but we are claiming that ED was in total agreement with the contracted work on the Core done by David Coleman and paid for the Oligarchs, and then ED actively bribed states to adopt the Core in order to have a chance at Race to the Top money. Without the... more »

Why Daniel Elsener Must Be Removed from the Indiana State Board Of Education Now

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago

Below are more than enough reasons why Daniel Elsener needs removed from the Indiana State Board of Education now. This information comes from my soon-to-be-released book, Hoosier School Heist. Below the entry please also read the statement from the Education Community Action Team & Parent Power Indianapolis, and be sure to email the necessary individuals listed below to voice your protest against Elsener and the state board: v Daniel Elsener is Indiana governor Mike Pence’s henchman on the Indiana State Board of Education and is trying to take all power away from the democratic... more »

Iran readies for nuclear talks and has its new team making the rounds - can they find honest brokers to deal with though ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-230913.html *Zarif turbocharges Iran's diplomacy* By Kaveh L Afrasiabi NEW YORK - Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's new foreign minister, is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting and at the same time advance Iran's foreign policy priorities at a delicate time in Middle East politics which is wrought with multiple conflicts and endemic insecurities. Since his appointment and subsequent enthusiastic approval by the Iranian Parliament (Majlis), Zarif has traveled first to Iraq and then Central Asia, for the Shanghai Cooperat... more »

The Economy: “Janet, What's a Nice Lady Like You Doing in a Place Like This?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago

*“Janet, What's a Nice Lady Like You Doing in a Place Like This?”* by Bill Bonner “Bad day for US stocks on Friday… And after all that stimulus too! You put in about $3 trillion of QE... $700 billion of TARP... $23 trillion of credit guarantees... $5 trillion of fiscal deficits… and this is all you get. What a disappointment. From British newspaper The Telegraph: "The net loss of jobs over the summer months has been entirely among men, mostly aged 25 to 54 and university educated. The cohort aged over 55 has been growing, so this is not happening because baby boomers are retir... more »

“evil” @DianeRavitch said do what’s right and save your soul.

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago

Last night Shaun and I had the chance to talk to one of our favorite guests—Diane Ravitch. We talked about her new book—Reign of Error—and the possibilities of ending the reform movement. Diane gave me a brand new kick in the arse! Simple yet powerful. How do we fight the reform movement? We do […]

Elsewhere: GOP, Shutdown

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago

Two new columns out, one over the weekend and one hot off the presses today: At TAP, I run down the likely scenarios, and incentives, after a shutdown starts. I don't think we're going to see one, but here's a guide to the next steps if we do. And over at Salon, I sketch out the relationship between the post-policy GOP and the ability of the Crazy Caucus to bully the sane mainstream conservatives. This one sort of follows up on my "they need a Pope" post from last week: basically, mainstream conservatives need some way of proving their conservative credentials, and without policy (o... more »

Better than STUNEX, NSA attack Germany inteligence

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 11 hours ago

*Cyber war report*... Stuxnet is old Must read report of *panic in Germany* and in the highest intelligence levels...NSA uses new form of internet virus...soon to come back to bite us... Abraham Ben Judea Donate for the Cryptome archive of files from June 1996 to the present ------------------------------ 23 September 2013 *Belgacom Hack (EN)* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:32:57 +0200 Subject: Re: Belgacom Hack From: Matthijs Koot To: John Young I posted the below at http://blog.cyberwar.nl/2013/09/belgacom-on-brink-of-catastrophe.html Use this content ... more »

Saudia Arabia threatens to end career of AP Journalist Dale Galvlak - who exposed the involvement of not just the syrian rebels as being behind the August 21 , 2013 chemical weapon alleged attack in Syria ( through which the US was almost thrust into the Syria War on behalf of Al Qaeda influenced rebel forces ) , but also the involvement of the Saudis ! And the threats seems to be folowed through on as AP has suspended Gavlak indefinitely with no public explanation from AP !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago

http://www.infowars.com/saudi-arabia-threatens-to-end-career-of-ap-reporter-over-chemical-weapons-story/ Saudi Arabia Threatens to “End Career” of AP Reporter Over Chemical Weapons Story - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] Journalist who exposed how rebels were behind August 21st attack faces intimidation *Paul Joseph Watson* Infowars.com September 23, 2013 Associated Press reporter Dale Gavlak has been threatened over her involvement in ... more »

Gun Lobby: An armpit which stinks - a killer stink

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago

*Matt Bors: Political cartoonist for Medium. Author of Life Begins At Incorporation*

Evidence for My School Priorities

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago

Someone asked, and please include your name if you want your comment printed, to provide evidence that my "fixes" could work better than another generation of the corporate status quo based on more testing accountability, segregation, and blaming teachers. I will start with the first one: 1) socioeconomically integrate the schools (biggest bang for the achievement buck ever); Find blog posts here and here and here, with citations to some of the research. Other evidence here and here, and here is my essay review ofGerald Grant's must read book, Caught Between Hope and Despair. . .... more »

"True, True..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago

"The great thing about the internet is that you get to meet people you would otherwise only meet if you were committed to the same asylum." - Robert Brault • Related: “5 Seemingly Crazy Behaviors the Internet Says Are OK” - http://www.cracked.com/

CAROLINA MASON LINK TO KENYA MALL ATTACK?

Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago

The Kenyan *Daily Post* has "identified different codes" used by the group that attacked the Kenyan Mall on 21 September 2013. *DAILY POST: Codes used by AL SHABAAB * *Reportedly, the codes relate to Masonic lodges in Charlotte, North Carolina.* *Harvey Point, in North Carolina, is used for CIA paramilitary and 'counter-terrorism' courses that involve high explosives and ballistics. * Harvey Point was used by Navy SEAL Team Six to train for the raid that pretended to kill Osama bin Laden, in a scale mockup of the secret compound. [3][4] *Reportedly, Somalia's al-Shabaab t... more »

Long Walk 4 Photos west of Topeka, Kansas

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago

Thanks to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for today's photos of the Longest Walk 4 walking west from Topeka, Kansas! www.returntoalcatraz.com Long Walker Sponsors Needed Censored News Maori youth long walkers Rangitau and Te Ruihi Heta-Lane (photo right) are anxious to join the Long Walk 4 and are in need of a sponsor to help cover transportation from the

Stephen Harper having fun with his friends

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago

Stephen Harper pro-rogued the Parliament for a reason. He needed more time to have fun with his friends.

Pakistan: Attack on Christians

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago

George W. Bush spread 'democracy' in Afghanistan. Now Obama is spreading 'democracy' in Afghanistan. Some of that 'democracy' has spilled over into Pakistan. Violence has become norm in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now Taliban are targeting Christians. Christians are already poor and underprivileged in Pakistan/India. And now their lives are in danger. *There are about 70,000 Christians in the city of * *Peshawar, capital of deeply conservative Khyber * *Pakhtunkhwa province* *"But some of the violence against Christians is organised and directly related to American-led war in Afghanis... more »

Entertainment News!

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 13 hours ago

Bono has just revealed he was chased by angry anarchists down a street in Germany... in 2007. "I was chased down the street by a bunch of anarchists at the G8 summit, wielding placards and shouting 'Make Bono History' - which even as I was running for my life I thought was a pretty good line". We at TtSD are doubtful of this story. How is Bono faster than all the anarchists in Germany?

Quote of the Day: On the IPCC's new report

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 13 hours ago

Publication of the IPCC AR4 in 2007 was received with international acclaim....Six and a half years later and a week before the release of the IPCC 5thAssessment Report (AR5), substantial criticisms are being made of leaked versions of the Report as well as of the IPCC process itself... What happened? The IPCC was seriously tarnished by the unauthorized release of emails from the University of East Anglia in November 2009, known as Climategate. These emails revealed the ‘sausage making’ involved in the IPCC’s consensus building process, including denial of data access to individua... more »

Right doing

risa bear at A Way to Live - 13 hours ago

* ** *Key to understanding why there are eight parts to the long-established Buddhist way and twelve principles to the more recent Permaculture way is this concept of "right doing." If we are alive, we do some things. But perhaps some of them are thoughtless things. Then it behooves us to think this through. To do well, it may help to have (and keep to) a plan. (If we are uncomfortable calling what we do by the names given here, we may use other names. The important thing is the action.) The Buddhist way may in general practice be reduced to the Golden Rule: do not do to others wh... more »

Some good things a GOP congressman said!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago

*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013* *Possible guideposts for our own emerging liberal culture:* Personally, we wouldn’t be inclined to vote for Rep. Tom Cole. Cole is a Republican congressman from Oklahoma. He’s a House deputy whip and a former chief of staff for the RNC. As a general matter, we don’t share Cole’s policy views. But in this profile of Cole in the New York Times, we saw him expressing some values that we liberals might want to consider as we go about the task of building our new liberal culture. In other posts this week, we will look at some of the problems with the new cu... more »

佩洛西女士是错误的。有很多地方进行切割

Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 14 hours ago

我 们可以先被送到以色列的所有的钱，现在总数的四倍以上，阿波罗登月计划的全部费用。以色列并不需要我们的帮助，为自己辩护，因为他们现在承认是一个核大 国。 再就是救助华尔街。美国应该做的冰岛做了什么，在经历2008年的按揭抵押证券欺诈，这是，来折腾监狱的刑事银行家，火，帮助他们掠夺人民的政府，并注销 所有债务由欺诈。当然，在冰岛工作，将在这里工作。 再有就是这个庞大的间谍系统，旨在在每一个守法的美国。精确的成本进行分类，但所有这些数据中心在美国各地有能力保存人类在过去的7年中所作的每一通电 话，不能便宜。鉴于其活动明显违反了宪法第四修正案，这些应关闭和报废出售。毕竟，没有停止，总监控波士顿轰炸或美国海军的院子里拍摄。我已经证明了三 次，真正的罪犯和恐怖分子可以很容易地逃避国家安全局的密码专家。我们为什么要浪费金钱奖励故障？这让我想起，我们应该转储的协议。在他们多年的经营，他 们洗劫一空的行李（丢弃并砸坏我的笔记本电脑之一） ，摸索着数以百万计的裤裆，谁知道多少性病的蔓延，看着裸体的人很多，引发皮肤癌的流行（甚至在他们自己的工作人员） ，破坏了旅游业在美国，但在所有的时间，他们还没有真正找到一个真正的恐怖！我们可以删除BATF ，因为它是没有意义的一个政府机构，试图控制另一个机构手中的枪，而他们去墨西哥贩毒团伙通过“速度与激情”。 再就是侵略的战争中，我们老百姓不支持它们，因为这... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago

Basque Country, Spain. [photographer unknown]

If any of my Democratic friends still believe that Bill Clinton and Al Gore did right by our humanist hopes and wishes, this extremely well researched article by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn puts an end to our credulity once and for all. Read it and weep.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago

------------------------------ ------------------------------ September 23, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Guest Column — The War On The Poor — Jeffrey St. Clair & Alexander Cockburn The American poor are being driven into the ground. Not only is owning a home out of the question, but also the poor can’t even afford to rent. They lack the money for a damage deposit, and they lack the cash for the large deposits that utility companies require in order to have utilities connected.... more »

Security Going From Bad To Worse In Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

The security situation in Iraq is already bad, but recent anecdotal stories could be pointing to things getting much worse. In Basra, there are reports of threats and killings of Sunnis in retaliation for attacks upon Shiites in the rest of the country. In Diyala and Dhi Qar there have been stories of families fleeing intimidation, while in Baghdad an angry mob burned a suspected suicide bomber and bodies have been found dumped and executed. These are all happening in the midst of the government’s latest security operation, which is proving as ineffective as the last one. These re... more »

VIDEO: Dragging And Burning Of A Terrorist Who Tried To Blow Himself Up In Baghdad

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

PRESS TV VIDEO: Iraq's Kurdistan Region Votes In Parliamentary Polls

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

Convoluted Legislative Weirdness Won't Matter

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago

I do recommend everyone read Sarah Binder's explainer about the parliamentary situation with the CR and defunding. But I do want to add my two cents to one aspect of this that's had some people talking. I don't think it will make any real difference at all that technically the defunders are asking Republican Senators to filibuster a bill which, at that point, will actually contain the provision they want. Nor, come to think of it, should it. On whether it will make a difference: c'mon. The main audience for this whole thing is the Fox News/Limbaugh conservative marketplace. If they ... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

“To The iSheeple: Now You're REALLY Stupid”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

* * *“To The iSheeple: Now You're REALLY Stupid”* by Karl Denninger "Now I've seen it all... "Apple reassured users that the feature (ed: fingerprint scanner) is secure by explaining 'all fingerprint information is encrypted and stored securely inside the device's chip' adding the prints are not stored on an Apple server, or backed up to iCloud. Concerns were raised that it could lead to thieves taking drastic action, such as cutting off people's fingers, in order to access a phone." Except that this was already hacked, which means your finger can be hacked off and used to unloc... more »

OAKLAND A's ARE TEAM TO BEAT IN BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 15 hours ago

** ** *Closer Grant Balfour and Mike Norris celebrate another Oakland A's win* *The one team any post season American league team does not want to meet in the upcoming payoffs is the Oakland A's ~ for this audacious group of over-achievers has set the San Francisco East Bay on fire with their balanced hitting, home runs, effective pitching and savvy 2012 American League manager of the year, Bob Melvin. But it's their obvious infectious joy and delight of just playing baseball together as a team that has captured my heart as well as the East Bay: Allen L Roland * *I se... more »

Burlap Halloween Wreath

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours ago

I have a house that faces the sun most of the day. I love it for growing season, but it is killer on my wreaths. I find my wreaths usually only last one holiday season on my door, because of this I usually make a new wreath for each holiday. I want wreaths that are easy to pull together, but still look fantastic on my door. This Halloween wreath will only take you about an hour to pull together and it looks darling and shabby for the Halloween season. You will need: 1/4 yard of both black and orange burlap Wood Letters- BOO Scrapbook Paper Mod Podge Scissors Wreath Form... more »

Satire: “In Poll About Debt-Ceiling Crisis, Americans Totally Excited About New iPhone”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

* * *“In Poll About Debt-Ceiling Crisis, * *Americans Totally Excited About New iPhone”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a poll taken over the weekend about the looming debt-ceiling crisis and government shutdown, most Americans said that they were totally excited about the new iPhone 5s. When asked about the prospect of a debt-ceiling logjam leading to a downgrade of the U.S. economy, seventy-two per cent of those surveyed said that the new iPhone looks like the most awesome iPhone yet. Questioned about the disastrous impact of the U.S. government defaulti... more »

Free Download: George Orwell, "!984"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

"From the moment when the machine first made its appearance it was clear to all thinking people that the need for human drudgery, and therefore to a great extent for human inequality, had disappeared. If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy and disease could be eliminated within a few generations. But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction - indeed, in some sense was the destruction - of a hierarchical society. The most obvious and perhaps the most important form of inequality would already ... more »

Debating the War on Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago

*Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on Press TV to debate the war in Syria, its causes, and long-lasting effects. Draitser debunks some of the disinformation regarding the so-called "rebels" and their militant and ideological roots. He examines the geopolitical motivations of the regional and international players in Syria in order to provide the context necessary for understanding the conflict. Draitser also points out the long historical record of the United States as an exporter of terrorism and how this should inform any examination of the war on Syria.*

The International Internet: A Very Powerful Toy They Are Breaking (Brazil Says Get Me Out of Here!) The Unending BigTime War On the Poor Continues

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 15 hours ago

(Breaking News: Brazil's Controversial Plan to Extricate the Internet From US Control (Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK) "Another one of her proposals could perhaps be more significant: a set of measures intended to extricate the internet in Brazil from under the influence of the US and its tech giants." READ MORE (Contributions to this blog's operating costs are always welcome!) This

What was the IPCC AR4 Most Certain About?

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 16 hours ago

With attention focused on the release later this week of the Working Group I report of Fifth Assessment of the IPCC, I thought that it would be worthwhile to present the findings of Working Group I from the Fourth Assessment (AR4) which were expressed with the greatest certainty, that is with 95% confidence or greater. In a 2011 paper published in *Climatic Change *(here in PDF), Rachel Jonassen and I looked at all of the 2,744 findings presented by the AR4 accompanied by associated likelihood terminology (shown above). Of those total findings, 573 came from Working Group I. Of th... more »

"Common Core: A Lesson Plan for Raising Up Compliant, Non-Thinking Citizens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago

* * *"Common Core: * *A Lesson Plan for Raising Up Compliant, Non-Thinking Citizens"* By John W. Whitehead “A fool with a tool is still a fool. A fool with a powerful tool is a dangerous fool.”—Michael Fullan, international school reform authority, on the powerful “tool” that is Common Core. "As I point out in my new book, “A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State”, there are several methods for controlling a population. You can intimidate the citizenry into obedience through force, relying on military strength and weaponry such as SWAT team raids, militarized... more »

Good Cop/Bad Cop Kabuki

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 16 hours ago

You know that this country is in deep doo-doo when the latest annual Census report on poverty in America bears the ironic imprimatur of that Forbes billionairess/ heiress/ Obama patroness, fondly known here on Sardonicky as *Moneypenny*. That would be Secretary Penny Pritzker, anti-heroine right out of Dickens, she of Hyatt Hotel heat lamp torture of striking chambermaids fame, she of gentrification of Chicago through urban renewal real estate scams and evictions made easy through failure of her family-run subprime bank. Pritzker, you may remember, was just recently anointed by a g... more »

Steve, Alison, Christy - a Moment of Your Time Please

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 16 hours ago

Canada's got some pretty hardcore fossil fuelers from Steve Harper to Alberta's Alison Redford and British Columbia's Christy Clark. Waiting in the wings to join them are Tommy Mulcair and Trudeau the Lesser. Former Irish president, Mary Robinson, needs to have a word with these people. As the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Robinson says world leaders (even our own) need to accept that most fossil fuels are just going to have to be left untouched in the ground if we, as a species, are to avoid prematurely going in the ground ourselves. *Robinson told the Guardian th... more »

MAINE DRONE PEACE WALK UPDATE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago

*Nipponzan Myohoji monk Br. Senji Kaneda from Bainbridge Island, Washington will lead our Maine Drone Peace Walk on October 10-19**Buddhist nun Jun-san Yasuda * - I talked with Jun-san Yasuda this morning about our upcoming Maine Drone Peace Walk. She told me that it is confirmed that Nipponzan Myohoji monk Br. Senji Kaneda (from Bainbridge Island, Washington) will be joining us for the walk. I walked for two days with Kaneda-shonin some years ago on their annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki peace walk out in the northwest. So we are thrilled that he will be leading our w... more »

A Good Measure of Where We Are? Judd Gregg's "To-Be-Sure"

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 17 hours ago

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

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 17 hours ago

This via The Sociological Imagination and Stavvers.

Economics Teaching Conference

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 17 hours ago

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

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 17 hours ago

Is the zero lower bound the new normal?

Letters to Jesse Jenkins Revisited

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 17 hours ago

*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!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 17 hours ago

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 w... more »

Right saying

risa bear at A Way to Live - 17 hours ago

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. http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/8foldpath.htm

Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago

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Resistance is not futile; it never has been

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 17 hours ago

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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago

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.

NEW TWIST IN TRAYVON CASE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago

Sunday afternoons and old dogs

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 18 hours ago

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!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 18 hours ago

*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 »

JEWISH NEWS 1 VIDEO: Kurdistan Electorate Goes To The Polls In Parliamentary Elections

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 18 hours ago

RADIO FREE IRAQ VIDEO: Bombings In Kirkuk, Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 18 hours ago

PRESS TV VIDEO: Scores Killed In Multiple Attacks Across Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 18 hours ago

Agenda 21 - Fema Camps 2013 - Depopulation Plans In America

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 18 hours ago

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Tesco enters the tablet dispute with Hudl

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 18 hours ago

** *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?

Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago

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 - 18 hours 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 »

Panda in hospital - she was ok!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago

ASD Follows Up Again on Charter Corruptionist Story

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 19 hours ago

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

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 19 hours ago

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

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours ago

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!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago

*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 »

Cloned Cow attacks it's 'creator'

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 20 hours ago

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 »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 20 hours ago

*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* *BP again asks federal judge to suspend Deepwater Horizon oil spill private claims payments ~Mark Schleifstein* *Coastal Wetland Act still vital for combating erosion ~Amy Wold, The Advocate* ... more »

“Word Magic,” Education, and Market Forces | the becoming radical

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago

“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 .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago

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........

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago

*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

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 21 hours ago

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 »

“Why the Upcoming Shutdowns and Defaults Are Symptoms of a Deeper Republican Malady”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago

* “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

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 23 hours ago

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 »

Kenyan Bloodbath: Reaping the "Benefits" of US AFRICOM Collaboration

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago

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 . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago

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?

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago

*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

jillconroy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

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

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

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 »

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Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

“The Government Shutdown Boomerang“

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *“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

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago

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

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago

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

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago

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

Marc McDonald at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com - 1 day ago

. . *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

Adrienne LeBas at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

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

Right desire

risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 day ago

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

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day ago

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 »

My #BammyAwards Victory Speech

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

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”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *“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

risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 day ago

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?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

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:

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

“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 »

Nicholas Lemann on Michelle Rhee

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

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 »

“RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

* * *“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

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

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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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*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

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

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

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

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

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

*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

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago

*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

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago

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

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago

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

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago

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…

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

… 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

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 1 day ago

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 »

US Pushes War, Blackmails Russia & Is Generally Disingenuous

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago

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

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago

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

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago

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!

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

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

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago

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

The public has spoken

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

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

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

*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

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago

"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

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

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

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

[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

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

'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

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theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 1 day ago

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

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

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

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago

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

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago

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.

RIP: I remember the middle class

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

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?!”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“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 !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

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

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago

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 »

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 !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

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

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago

*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 »

Consumers face bill for power stations to be mothballed amid blackout fears - Telegraph

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

Happy autumnal equinox. The caterpillar prepares for metamorphosis in Maeve's magic garden.

Seismic Shift?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago

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

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago

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 »

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Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago

Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Women and the residential fellowship: a few thoughts

Stacie Goddard at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

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

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 1 day ago

I need to lose weight... but it's what I look like in 2013.

Jesse Jackson Jr. Knows Who His Daddy Is

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

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!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

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

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

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 »

Deliberately obscure BBC reporting about Kenya?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

The conservative PJ Media website has posted a blistering hatchet-job on the BBC News website's reporting of the massacre in Kenya. The author admits he's frozen a moment in an ever-shifting news stream, analysing a single variant of repeatedly updated report - and you can see all the variations in this article at NewsSniffer - but he spells out his evidence that the version of the BBC article in question is, at best, badly-written and, at worst, deliberately obscure and misleading. The claim being made is that the BBC deliberately misreported these attacks by using an obscure a... more »

NSA / surveillance updates - Snowden leaks allow NSA critics to contest government surveillance lawsuits ...RSA warns of NSA link to encryption formula..... Brazil seeks to extricate the internet from US control ....FBI domestic spying - out of control ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/323793-snowden-leaks-help-nsa-critics-in-legal-fights Snowden leaks help NSA critics in government surveillance lawsuits For years, the government has successfully suppressed lawsuits by civil liberties groups challenging the constitutionality of its surveillance programs. But the leaks by Edward Snowden have eroded the government's key legal defense and could mean that questions over whether the National Security Agency is breaking the law will be decided in open court. "No matter what you think of the lawfulness of these progra... more »

EPSLP: College Ready? Alliance Charter Corporation's big scam

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

First published on Echo Park Patch on September 20, 2013 ------------------------------ *"If the American public understood that reformers want to privatize their public schools and divert their taxes to pay profits to investors, it would be hard to sell the corporate idea of reform." — Professor Diane Ravitch* *"However, within this market, competition exists in several forms" — (Alliance CRPS Corporation's Business Plan, 2010 p.9)* [image: Alliance College]Over a decade ago Republican venture capitalist Richard "Dick" Riordan joined forces with other profit-hungry businessmen a... more »

A tale of two nations and two different maladjustments / economic perversions - first in the US , a look at how the food stamp program has devolved ( as discussed , perversion include excess food stamp selling at the end of the month , as well as JP Morgan handling / profiting from the food stamp program - profiting from the pain and misery of those less fortunate ) ... second , the economic maladjustment of China rapidly growing ghost cities......Both maladjustments reflect and expose deep maladies in both societies and the consequences for both nations are far reaching and profound !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-21/food-stamp-nation Food Stamp Nation [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/21/2013 21:20 -0400 inShare2 From the art of selling excess food stamp dollars at the end of each month, to JP Morgan profiting from the program as a line of business, Liberty Blitzkrieg's Mike Krieger introduces the following micro-documentary on the rise of our food stamp nation. Produced by Future Money Trends, this video covers it all , *exposing the dismal and far-reaching consequences to society.* Here are three recent popular pos... more »

Ed Steer's Gold and Silver report - September 19 , 2013 - Data , News and Views touching on the precious metals ....

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/who-leaked-the-fomc-statement-to-gold-traders ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The HFT sell off in gold in early Far East trading came to an end at 10 a.m. Hong Kong time. From there it rallied until shortly after the London open, before selling off gently until noon in New York. From that point it developed a positive bias that accelerated as the FOMC announcement approached. And then a minute or two before the actual announcement was made, the gold price blasted off, reaching an interim high about fifteen minutes later. From there it traded s... more »

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