oldephartte(in training): 29 Sept - Blogs I'm Following II

The Eagle Nebula M16 Peering Into the Pillars Of Creation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula Русский: Планетарная туманность в рассеянном скоплении М16, NGC 6611 - IC 4703, в созвездии Орла (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: The Fairy of Eagle Nebula. Français : La Fée de la Nébuleuse de l’Aigle (Eagle Nebula). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

10:23pm MDST

September 29, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 minutes ago

Nixon's handling of the tapes during this period is astonishing -- if, perhaps, understandable given the predicament he was in. His custody of this evidence (already subpoenaed, with the court fight continuing) was personal. Haldeman still had access during part of this time; now, on September 29, he, the tapes covered by the court case, and Rose Mary Woods (his longtime and loyal secretary) went to Camp David so she could start, with little assistance, preparing partial transcripts. They then discover -- apparently, they didn't realize it until that weekend -- that two of the nine ... more »

Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Grist

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 23 minutes 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 »

Can An Ad Win An Election?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 minutes ago

Politics as a bloodsport even predates Ted Cruz immigrating to the United States. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr weren't dueling over a damsel. That video above may win a congressional seat for Carl Sciortino because people like the message. No, not especially the messages on the Blue America billboards based on the video, although those *are* popular messages in MA-05. But it is the message of comity between an unabashed progressive and a Tea Party member that makes it so compelling. The moment I saw it, I sent it to Norman Lear, creator of *All In The Family*. Norman loved i... more »

WHAT IS THIS?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 42 minutes ago

A reader sent me this and I am at a loss for what it is... I've created color variations in photoshop to highlight the object.... The reader wrote: "I was going through some of the pics I took along the road to Halifax - and I found this one that is just weird. Tell me what you see/think....reflection?"

Perfect Vision

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

- Had a recheck appointment at the eye doctor. My vision is 20/20 in both eyes! Yay. So glad I took the plunge and got the eye surgery. I was nervous for years about it, and am so glad I did it now. - Had dinner on Thursday at Fish Bones in Greektown to celebrate my BFF from law school and her husband moving back to MI! Welcome home Julia. Also got to see Julie, Jessica and Nancy. Food was awesome, company was better. - Vito got sick again this week. He was really lethargic and would not even eat a treat (which for Vito is unheard of) so Kurt to... more »

Brian Kelly's Blog: Dissolving the Illusion of Money & Control

brian kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago

*Dissolving the Illusion of Money & Control* September 27, 2013 This was an awesome Open Panel Discussion with Brian Kelly (me), Bob Wright, Joe Martino, Franco DeNicola & Antonia Hagens, on the Masterpiece Life Conference Network. Such a valuable discussion and perfect for anyone who is new to this information, from what I have been told. I hope you all enjoy it! ~BK UPDATED: Testimonial "This was a very valuable and enlightening discussion even for those who know what is happening. Thanks to all of the panel. <3" - Linda Livesay

"A Look to the Heavens"

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

“The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque pillars that remain might be imagined as mythical beasts. Pictured above is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy. This fairy, however, is ten light years tall and spews radiation much hotter than common fire. * Click image for larger size.* The greater Eagle Nebula, M16, is actually a giant evaporating shell of gas and dust inside of which is a growing cavity filled with a... more »

The ZAP Report 9-29-13

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago

*Hmmm... Dan Burisch linked in at the bottom. A nod to the off-world link in all this? I don't have much to say on this one, should be an interesting week to watch.... You all know my views by now... -Bill/AK* *Poof says, “Everyone needs to hang in, be at peace, do the things that are in front of you, and be grateful. Gratitude goes a long way toward helping to free up the blockages that have been occurring. There is no way to know the outcome of all this when these funds are released through the spigots and the monies are on the street. The cons and the crooks are waiting. Th... more »

“Stupid” #commoncore Comments debunked: @WiStateJournal

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago

Last week Wisconsin governor Scott Walker agreed that the common core might not be the best standards in the Milky Way Galaxy. So he decided to allow for hearings and public comment. This of course fired up the common core supporters that already had “common core or die” tattooed across their hind quarters. Shrieking and […]

Protests Spread Against Huffman Among Tennessee School Administrators

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 2 hours ago

In the most recent outbreak of protests against Kevin Huffman's mis-leaderership of Tennessee schools, The Marshall County Board of Education has formally endorsed a letter recently submitted to Gov. Bill Haslam and the General Assembly that expresses discontent with the current leadership in the Department of Education. The eight-member school board approved the single page resolution Tuesday at a meeting, stressing the need for various student programs, frustrations with mandated programs and concerns of not being heard by Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman. “We want Marshall... more »

TV Watch: This new season can't be as terrifyingly bleak as it looks -- can it?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*OMG, another season of Eastbound and Down? Can there be any more vivid or irrefutable proof that there is no god?* *by Ken* I know there's a ritual to expressing scorn and sorrow at the new TV season, but really, I don't recall anything like this. It's true that I didn't exactly keep up to date on the networks' new-season announcements, but eventually I tried making up for lost effort by seeking out season previews, hoping to be directed to shows that at least somebody had hopes for. Instead I find shows I was being warned against -- as if I needed much more warning. I realized ... more »

Required viewing for all #edtech enthusiasts

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago

Seriously. Minimize screen time, especially for the youngest. It’s a sad habit. Tagged: edtech, louis ck, screen time, technology

(This Town Reveals How the Village People Are Staunchly Behind US Slide) Sy Hersh Says We Lie About Everything - Including Bin Laden's Death - and Everybody Knows (And Names Names): You Can Now Call Us Fishface (If We Don't Stop Using Neonicotinoids) Again

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 3 hours ago

I'm deep into Bob Shacochis' (National Book Award winner) first novel in 20 years The Woman Who Lost Her Soul (and it's a fine work with Pulitzer (or National Book Award or something grand) written all through it), but I have to confess a bad habit of not being able to resist the quick look elsewhere when other new books cross my path (mainly because of my obsessive library visits). The new

Banned Books Week 2013

Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 3 hours ago

Alas, I was too busy this year to put up a proper post for Banned Books Week, but head over to the official site for a bevy of links and lists. (Every year they use several banners, and I'd rank the one above as one of my all-time favorites.) If you wrote a post celebrating the occasion, feel free to link it in the comments. (My archive in this category is here.)

Satire: “Boehner Advises Americans to Delay Getting Cancer for a Year”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

* * *“Boehner Advises Americans to Delay Getting Cancer for a Year”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a special Sunday radio address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivered a health tip to the American people, advising them to delay getting cancer for a year. “We’re involved in a high-stakes fight over our freedom from centralized government control of our lives,” said Mr. Boehner, speaking on behalf of his House colleagues. “You can do your part by delaying getting cancer.” He added that heart disease, emphysema, and diabetes were among a laundry list... more »

I am I

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago

SUNDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2013 I am I I had a message that I wanted to pass on today. I sat at the keyboard several times and it just didn't.... flow. I've learned that when it doesn't flow, there is always a reason and to just put it away. 32 minutes ago Lucas sent me the link to his latest article and I then knew that the flow was waiting for his article. My message is quite short tonight and comes from several conversations I've had with some of the most amazing people that I have the privilege to call my "family". I AM ..... I I AM HE IS SHE IS WE ARE THEY ARE... more »

Sunday Question for Liberals

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago

The same obvious question I used for conservatives: how do you see the government funding/debt limit showdowns going from here?

Sunday Question for Conservatives

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago

I guess I'll go with the obvious question: how do you see the government funding/debt limit showdowns to go from here?

Every Ending is a Beginning

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 6 hours ago

I am I

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 6 hours ago

I had a message that I wanted to pass on today. I sat at the keyboard several times and it just didn't.... flow. I've learned that when it doesn't flow, there is always a reason and to just put it away. 32 minutes ago Lucas sent me the link to his latest article and I then knew that the flow was waiting for his article. My message is quite short tonight and comes from several conversations I've had with some of the most amazing people that I have the privilege to call my "family". I AM ..... *I* I AM HE IS SHE IS WE ARE THEY ARE ..... *ONE* I am *I*. *I *is *ONE* *ON... more »

Quote of the Day: Culture vs Multiculturalism

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago

*Today’s quote, an observation on the birth of the Multicultural movement, comes from a 2012 obituary of Australian Roger Sandall, the author of book *The Culture Cult*.* Roger [Sandall] … was the first scholar to realise the implications of the fundamental difference between American and English notions of culture that had by [merged by the late seventies]. The English version derived from the poet and essayist Matthew Arnold’s account in *Culture and Anarchy*(1875), which defined culture as *“the best which has been thought and said in the world”* and which hoped that by ed... more »

what i'm reading: man's search for meaning by viktor frankl

laura k at wmtc - 6 hours ago

I've just finished reading *Man's Search for Meaning*, a classic written by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl in 1959, republished with various forewords and epilogues in 1984, 1992, and 2006. It's a book I had long wanted to read but had forgotten about, until I saw it on the Mississauga Library System's "Raves and Faves" display, adult nonfiction division. Frankl, who died in 1997, was a neurologist, a psychiatrist, and a therapist. He was also a Holocaust survivor whose entire family perished in the Nazi death camps. The original German title of *Man's Search for Meaning * is translated into ... more »

Welcome to the Future

Paul Coker at News Spike - 6 hours ago

*So, POTUS calls him on the phone - PoI (@HassanRouhani) ReTweets it.* *Front Row, first from left.* *On Wise Men in White Who Wear Beards* I quote The Enemy: "In Greco-Roman antiquity the beard was *"seen as the defining characteristic of the philosopher; philosophers had to have beards, and anyone with a beard was assumed to be a philosopher."* While one may be tempted to think that Socrates and Plato sported*"philosopher's beards" *, such is not the case. Shaving was not widespread in Athens during fifth & fourth-century BCE and so they would not be distinguished from the ge... more »

Elon Musk Lifts Canada Into Space

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully placed Canada's Cassiope research satellite into orbit. Cassiope rode into space atop a modified Falcon rocket. *Sunday's launch was also the first time the rocket had flown with a payload fairing. * * * *This 13m-tall clamshell covering is necessary to protect satellites from the aerodynamic forces encountered during an ascent.* * * *Sunday's outing was the first SpaceX mission to use Vandenberg. Until now, all Falcon launches have gone out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.* *The MDA Corporation, which built the Cassiope satellit... more »

The IPCC Must Go (February 2011)

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 7 hours ago

Claes Johnson has a post on Judith Curry, who in the wake of the latest IPCC "report" has apparently called for its dissolution. I responded with the following comment: *Competent scientists knew this long ago. I wrote the following comment on MasterResource back on February 23, 2011:* *I agree, the IPCC must go, if science -- not just climate science -- is to take back its credibility from political corrupton. But that is not enough, because the IPCC could not live and prosper without a general weakening of scientific competence, indeed without a raising of false dogma to the level ... more »

Saudis upset with US - for not just committing to the Saudis war scheme with Syria and Iran.... but also by betraying the Saudis geopolitical pipeline dreams ! Don't be shocked by a false flag to be engineered by these very same Saudis - who find that playing nice with the US has got them nothing ... so that just means they may decide to just put something in motion !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-29/saudi-arabia-outraged-obamas-peace-overtures-syria-iran Saudi Arabia "Outraged" At Obama's Peace Overtures With Syria, Iran [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/29/2013 15:25 -0400 - Crude - Crude Oil - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Kuwait - Middle East - None - Obama Administration - Saudi Arabia - SWIFT - Vladimir Putin inShare Back in August, just after the false flag chemical weapon attack in Syria, we showed that despite all the posturing by the Obama administ... more »

David Letterman on Fracking

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago

Sunday Classics: In "I Pagliacci," we come now to a moment of high drama for Nedda and Tonio

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago

*Sine Bundgaard as Nedda and Fredrik Zetterström as Tonio in Copenhagen, December 2011 -- there are full English texts farther along in the post.* *To deal for now with just the beginning:* *When *NEDDA* finishes her Ballatella, she is startled to discover* TONIO*watching. * *NEDDA* [*sharply interrupting her train of thought*]: You're there? I thought you had gone. *TONIO*: It's the fault of your singing. Fascinated, I reveled in it. *NEDDA* [*mockingly*]: Ha Ha! So much poetry! *TONIO*: Don't laugh, Nedda! *NEDDA*: Go! Go off to the inn! *TONIO*: I know well that I am deformed, I am... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

Are you HERE yet?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago

Are you HERE yet? It’s the place where we KNOW I love it HERE Mostly because I don’t have to Summarize or explain Who I AM And how I got HERE Everything is KNOWN by vibration Where the “I” knows And the other stuff goes Tho’ I do feel remnants Of exhaustion That state Where we used up all our energy To translate Love [image: My fireplace] My fireplace What were we thinking? Oh yeah That’s it… We were thinking Translation is over One either feels it And lives it Or they don’t Windows close To keep out the cold The fire is HERE Gather ’round Come close Breathe Rest And KNOW By EM M... more »

Iran/Kenya/Somalia "I Can't Believe It's Not a Pax Americana...?!"

Paul Coker at News Spike - 8 hours ago

* **"Of course, conservatives absolutely lost their minds. Predictably, the reaction has been bitterly partisan, completely ignoring the fact that this is the most significant and tellingly positive development in our Middle Eastern foreign affairs in decades. Instead, they are angry that President Obama is talking on the phone to Iran, but not to his own Congress.* * * *The quintuplet of derpitude known as The Five on Fox “News” was just as appalled and “flabbergasted” as you’d expect them to be. Eric Bolling, who is always good for a clueless, pedantic and histrionic sound bye or t... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 8 hours ago

Sunday... And time again for my usual weekly rant.... First and foremost, I have received some very unusual comments the last few days, especially about my post and my calling out the fact that the Kenyan "massacre" is a complete scam and hoax... There has been the usual "anonymous" trolls that have come out calling me every name under the sun and a few other superlatives... I do NOT put up comments at this site that contain any types of slurs or insults, and usually I have pegged the many Anonymous trolls for the true JIDF scum they really are, and do not post their comments period... more »

Activist Post: Congress Moves To Outlaw Alternative Media

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago

Activist Post: Congress Moves To Outlaw Alternative Media http://www.activistpost.com/2013/09/congress-moves-to-outlaw-alternative.html *Activist Post* Dave Hodges *Activist Post* The alternative media is having a dramatic impact on the worldview of the country, so much so that US Senate is legislating against the only objective press left in the country. It is a well-known fact that Senator Dianne Feinstein wants your guns and now she wants control over your words. Feinstein believes that a proposed media shield law should be applied only to who she refers to as “rea... more »

Arms Race Update - China Goes Zubr, NATO Gets Wet?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago

It's the largest military assault hovercraft in existence and China is expected to soon field four of them. It's also considered China's "go-to" option for an amphibious landing on Japan's Senkaku islands. Capable of rapidly deploying a company of assault troops along with either three main battle tanks or up to ten light armoured vehicles it's a pretty capable bit of hardware. China is getting two of the ships from the Ukraine and building the other two in its own shipyards which means it's not limited to four by any means. Meanwhile, now that the U.S. seems to be getting ... more »

Party Conference Watch 2013: The Labour Party

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago

Brace yourselves for this one, the fourth in a continuing series... The *Today *programme's coverage of the fourth of the party conferences, the Labour Party's, got underway on the first day of the conference, much as their Liberal Democrat conference coverage began, with the highlighting of a key policy announcement - Labour's decision to get rid of the spare room subsidy ('bedroom tax'). Sarah Montague and BBC political correspondent Ben Wright began (at 7.09 am) with a three-minute preview of that, plus some childcare proposals from Yvette Cooper. A 7-minute interview with Hila... more »

"Bombshell New NSA Revelations In The New York Times"

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

*"Bombshell New NSA Revelations In The New York Times"* By Live Free or Die "The 'New York Times' has revealed* what YouTube videographer David Seaman calls an unbelievable massive new NSA spying scandal revelation. The story shares a bombshell new info that the US government didn’t want Americans to find out about including the fact that since 2010, the NSA has been building graphs of American citizens’ “social connections that can identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information.” According to David, most no... more »

John Baird in his Santa's lap

LeDaro at LeDaro - 8 hours ago

*"I am concerned that there is a little bit too much enthusiasm as a result of the different tone. And what we hope is, the world won't take the pressure off the regime (Iran) to make the substantive changes that are needed." "The stakes are so high, we have to stay focused on what actions they take," Baird said. * I believe that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons. But by the same token Israel must hand over its nuclear and chemical weapons to U.N. to be destroyed. U.S. must demand the same from Israel what it is demanding from Syria and Iran. No double standards and hypocrisy.

“Plutocrats Feeling Persecuted”

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

* * *“Plutocrats Feeling Persecuted”* By Paul Krugman "Robert Benmosche, the chief executive of the American International Group, said something stupid the other day. And we should be glad, because his comments help highlight an important but rarely discussed cost of extreme income inequality — namely, the rise of a small but powerful group of what can only be called sociopaths. For those who don’t recall, A.I.G. is a giant insurance company that played a crucial role in creating the global economic crisis, exploiting loopholes in financial regulation to sell vast numbers of de... more »

Republican Base Loves Ted Cruz-- Party Leaders... Not So Much

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago

This week, PPP found that Ted Cruz is now the number one choice of Republican voters to be their 2016 nominee. With 20%, he tops the libertarian choice, Rand Paul (17%), the Old Eastern Establishment choice, Chris Christie (14%), the less old, Southern Establishment choice, Jeb Bush (11%), and all the also-rans like Paul Ryan (10%), Marco Rubio (10%), Bobby Jindal (4%), Rick Santorum (3%) and Scott Walker (3%). Cruz is up 8 points in a month. He's made himself the face of a government shutdown over Obamacare, and the Republican base supports that by a 64/20 margin. It's not surpr... more »

▶ Take Back Our Government_Dr. David Suzuki / Stand Up For Science - YouTube

rc at GlobaLove Think Tank - 8 hours ago

▶ Take Back Our Government_Dr. David Suzuki / Stand Up For Science - YouTube *Published on Sep 25, 2013* Dr. David Suzuki speaks at a "Stand Up For Science" rally in Vancouver BC. Things sure get hot in this presentation folks! Dr. Suzuki speaks of the importance of science in this rapidly changing world to ensure decisions are made wisely in affairs effecting our environment & the well-being of future generations of humanity. We are currently undermining the very things which keep us alive and healthy. Decisions must be made on facts, not on the wishes of private interest groups... more »

Dr. Strangebet is Benched

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago

*Little Bundles of Instant Sunshine* He's a full admiral in the U.S. Navy and the second-in-command of America's nuclear strike arsenal and now he's been implicated in a casino gambling scandal. It began with the discovery of *"a significant monetary amount"* in counterfeit chips at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Somehow, as yet unexplained, Admiral Tim Giardina was implicated. He's now the subject of a Naval Criminal Investigation Service probe. Admiral Tim's boss, U.S. Air Force general Bob Kehler figured it might be a good idea to relieve the admiral from his duti... more »

"Retail Therapy" - It's Real. Now Let's Go To The Mall.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago

You probably already knew this at some level. *Materialistic people experience more stress from traumatic events and are more likely to spend compulsively as a result, a new study suggests.* ** *“When the going gets tough, the materialistic go shopping,” says Ayalla Ruvio, assistant professor of marketing in Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business. “And this compulsive and impulsive spending is likely to produce even greater stress and lower well-being. Essentially, materialism appears to make bad events even worse.”* So there, all your problems are solved. Or not... more »

Battling an Invisible Enemy

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours ago

This post is a response to James’ comment in my post documenting a possible nuclear criticality at Fukushima Daiichi: I agree James that the truth about Fukushima will never be revealed, unless the evidence becomes undeniable. There are too many vested interests involved for the truth to be told. Moreover, the global economy could not take the shock and the speculative class would lose their wealth. We will live in the wake of the largest human-engineered environmental disaster ever. Yet, its impact will be denied. Undeniable truths will be trivialized. The battles of the era of ... more »

The TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, if passed, would be the worst thing ever done to the 99% by the 1%, bar none. If a demonstration against the TPP happens near you, join it! "Whatever issue you're concerned about, whether it's internet freedom, workers' rights, wages, the environment, health care, safety, consumer safety, all these issues will be adversely affected by the TPP because it'd become a corporate-dominated economy, a global economy. It's really a global corporate coup." -- Kevin Zeese

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours ago

------------------------------ *TPP Protestors Scale Trade Building To Bring Attention to Secretive Deal* Kevin Zeese: The Trans-Pacific Partnership has nothing to do with trade or freedom, and ongoing demonstrations could encourage those on the inside to speak up - *1 hour ago* *Original Here* More at The Real News *Bio* Kevin Zeese is co-director of It's Our Economy, an organization that advocates for democratizing the economy. He's also an attorney who is one of the original organizers of the National Occupation of Wash... more »

Michael Goldenberg's Review of The Mismeasure of Education

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago

By *Michael P. Goldenberg "Markov Chaney"* *This review** posted at Amazon.* THE MISMEASURE OF EDUCATION pays homage in its title to Stephen Jay Gould's classic MISMEASURE OF MAN, a book that exposed much of the sordid history of intelligence testing in the United States and how it became almost from its inception tainted by racist assumptions and an obsession with rank-ordering human beings in order to both justify and preserve social and economic injustices and inequities. Horn and Wilburn take great pains in the opening section of the book to review much of Gould's work (includi... more »

America Urges Philippines to Combat Inequality

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago

Yeah, I know, I know. Me too. Then again, the Philippines is a good long way away from Main Street, U.S.A. American officials are urging the Phillipines to see to fair distributionof the country's new found wealth. *Despite having Asia’s second highest growth in gross domestic product (GDP) last year, the Philippines still has a lot of catching up to make the growth felt and enjoyed by the rest of the country’s population.* *“We all know that the Philippines has now outpaced all the countries in the region in terms of economic growth,” said Gloria Steele, mission director of the... more »

America Has Already Lost the Battle for Gun Control.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago

It's just $750, less than the price of a good hunting rifle. For that you can get a brand new, never fired, AR-15 shown as manufactured in Tacoma, Washington. Private sale. This was the first item I found on visiting the website of armslist.com. And I was just perusing the listings for Washington state. Handguns? Buckets of them starting at just $200. Most in the $350 to $500 range. Take your pick. Private sales. No paper work. No questions asked. Money for guns. Guns for money. In Texas, there's even an ad from a lawyer offering for a paltry $250 to sell you... more »

Monbiot Reminds Us the IPCC Report Is Very, Very Conservative.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago

One of the brilliant successes of the Right has been to cast the IPCC as a gang of Lefty alarmists. At that point they skip over how the IPCC has routinely understated both the speed and extent of climate change onset. The IPCC releases a *consensus* report. It's not even a majority report. In a consensus report *everyone* has to agree. That's why the reports are always watered down - to achieve a consensus. At the end of the day we all have to settle for vanilla. Here's an example. While the IPCC ponders our chances for breaking the 2C safety target by 2100, our own Env... more »

Random Acts of Blindess

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago

Posting has been sporadic of late and I apologize for that to the two or three people who actually still give a shit what I have to say. Today's post, unfortunately, will consist of nothing more than some of my random Twitter musings for those of you who don't follow me. Some days, I spend way too much time on Twitter but that doesn't mean I don't offer something of value once in a while. But Twitter is like a large public restroom. You're in your own little stall, you start talking to yourself and you never really know how many people outside the stall are listening in until t... more »

President Bashar Al-Assad's Interview With Italian RaiNews 24 Channel (Sept. 29)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago

An excerpt from, *"Assad says Syria will respect U.N. chemical weapons accords"* Al Arabiya, September 29, 2013: Syria will adhere to United Nations accords on its chemical weapons, President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday in an interview with an Italian television channel. “We joined the international agreement against the acquisition and use of chemical weapons even before this resolution was passed,” Assad told RaiNews24 when asked if his country would fulfill the U.N. resolution passed on Friday. Assad told the channel that he was not coerced into agreeing, rather it was his o... more »

the state

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago

"Everything the State says is a Lie; Everything it has, is Stolen..." Friedrich Neitzsche

Arms Race Update - Turkey Buys Air Defence System from China

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago

Turkey, NATO's sole member from the Muslim world, has ordered a new, air defence system - from China. *A government committee chaired by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister, decided this week to proceed with buying the long-range anti-aircraft and ballistic missile system from the state-owned China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation, rejecting rivals bids from western groups. This was despite concerns that the new technology might not work with other Nato systems*. *Turkish officials said the decision was made on technical and price grounds, an argument echoed by se... more »

Merkel and CSU / CDU seem set to renege on campaign pledge not to raise taxes further - and the pledge lasted all of three days !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago

http://www.testosteronepit.com/home/2013/9/28/great-start-in-germany-three-days-after-election-victory-mer.html Germans already pay a lot of taxes. The value added tax (VAT) was raised in 2007 to 19%. The state grabs 42% of any income above €52,882 and 45% of any income above €250,731. The list goes on: church tax, solidarity tax (“temporary,” to bail out East Germany), gasoline tax.... Not much is left over when a German is through paying taxes. With consequences, among them: a twenty-year decline in German retail sales and a national passion for tax evasion. So, with an eye on the ... more »

Who's Afraid of a Peaceful Iran? Why, Israel, Of Course.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago

The recent chit-chat between Barack Obama and Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, has really ruffled the feathers of Benjamin Netanyahu. Benny cannot afford to lose his number one supervillain at this point and he doesn't mean to. That's why he'll be meeting with Obama on Monday to "*tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk*".

Vatican: Jesus was the original tweeter

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago

*Jack Dorsey, step aside -- you may be Twitter's first registered user (and hey, founder), but in the eyes of the Vatican, Jesus Christ is the original tweeter. “Christ used tweets before everyone else, with elementary phrases made up of fewer than 45 characters like 'Love one another,'" said Vatican cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to a group of Italian newspaper editors Wednesday. "A bit like in television today, he delivered a message through a story or a symbol."* There you go. Jesus knew modern social media more than 2000 years ago. You must read his tweets to live a good and happ... more »

Big Brother meets Network Analysis?

Laura Sjoberg at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago

A story in the New York Times this morning suggests that the National Security Agency has been analyzing our social networks through email and phone call records, apparently accomplishing “large-scale graph analysis on very large sets of communications metadata” of American citizens and foreign citizens alike. This network analysis uses not only contact data but GPS tracking to understand Continue reading

Beauty of the Nature

LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago

Sometimes I try to forget the troubles of the world and enjoy nature on my long hikes. Here are some pictures I put together in a video format and added some music for calming effect. I did not take these pictures but they convey the beauty of the nature quite well. Some pictures have artistic touch to them.

Maher muses . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago

Bag In — Bag Out BILL MAHER socks it to the Goppers with a delightful post on RSN, “California: Tea Party Free Zone” where he contends that California will pull the Gopper states into the twenty-first century: New Rule: Conservatives who love to brag about American exceptionalism must come here to California, and see it in person. And then they should be afraid -- very afraid. Because while

A Couple of Slaveholders

Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago

*These men owned negroes.* "Determined to start living a normal life as much as possible, the brothers settled on a plantation, bought slaves, and adopted the name "Bunker". On April 13, 1843, they married two sisters: Chang to Adelaide Yates and Eng to Sarah Anne Yates. This made their respective children *double first cousins. * In addition, because Chang and Eng were identical twins, their children were genetically equivalent to half-siblings. Their Traphill home is where they shared a bed built for four. Chang and his wife had *10 children*; Eng and his wife had *11. * In... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago

Would the US government let Jesus cure cancer?

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 14 hours ago

by Jon Rappoport August 28, 2013 www.nomorefakenews.com In the 1990s, I watched a federal trial in a Los Angeles courtroom. The defendant was charged with selling medical drugs without a license. The defendant was prepared to argue that a) the substance he was selling was naturally produced in the body and b) it was effective. The prosecution moved to exclude such testimony, on the grounds that it was irrelevant. The judge agreed. Therefore, the trial was nasty, brutish, and short. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to prison for several years. This is how the federal bur... more »

Sometimes when they touch, it's all a bit too much

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 15 hours ago

I would expect some pretty big fallout if someone in a Canadian workplace routinely called a co-worker “Fatty.” Or nicknamed them Chino because they had a bit of an Asian look to their features. But for the most part, such things don’t seem to rile the average Honduran. I mentioned to one of my co-workers this week that if she ever came to Canada, it was probably best not to call anybody “Fatty” – *Gordito*– as she had just done while summoning a chubby co-worker. She and the so-called Gordito both looked surprised to hear that such a nickname could be construed as offensive.... more »

The Political Victims Of The GOP "Let's Roll" Mentality Towards Shutting Down The Government: Swing District Republicans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

On Saturday, John Culberson (R-TX), marched out of the GOP House caucus meeting that had resolved to shut down the government, shouting "Let's Roll," a true suicide-bombing terrorist. Except his neatly gerrymandered R+13 district (which Romney won 60-39%) won't extract any penalty from its harebrained congressman. [harebrained: ill-judged, rash, foolish, foolhardy, reckless, madcap, wild, silly, stupid, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, asinine, imprudent, impracticable, unworkable, unrealistic, unconsidered, half-baked, ill-thought-out, ill-advised, ill-conceived... that covers it we... more »

The green zone strategy

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 15 hours ago

Keep your eyes peeled for pictures of today's NHS demo in Manchester (though this one seems instructive). The Tories have been going to Manchester for their conferences for several years now (despite having little support in the city itself). I think in part this is a defensive strategy. The last time I went there for a demonstration the conference centre there was walled off behind more than 6ft of metal barriers. No one I knew was even sure they had seen the venue. It used to be said that fascism was the importation of the system of colonial control to the metropolis. The Green Zo... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago

*Rallies against flood insurance hikes held in at least nine states ~Lee Isaacson, WVUE*** *Can Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Make the Big Oil Lawsuit Go Away? ~Sandy Rosenthal* *Exchanges opening for uninsured ~Laura Maggi, New Orleans Advocate* *Family steps into new Orleans house, built in a 'Blitz Build' ~Mary Ann Bragg** *

Ma Confucian Confusion

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago

*Tea being picked on the 169 on the flanks of Alishan.* Every year President Ma does this (TT): Ma, accompanied by Minister of the Interior Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源), Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan Chen Wei-jen (陳威仁) and Minister of the Education Chiang Wei-ning (蔣偉寧), paid his respects to the Chinese philosopher by burning incense and watching a bayi (八佾) dance. * The dance, a ritual traditionally acted out to pay respect to emperors, *was performed by 64 students. The temple also opened the Lingxing Gate, its main entrance which is usually closed during the ceremony, and* ar... more »

Postmedia stock trade shows company has lost 87 per cent of value

paul at Paying attention - 15 hours ago

So what’s Postmedia worth? A rare big stock trade last week offered a useful indication, and it’s not pretty. When the company stock started trading in June 2011, the price was around $13 a share. Multiply that by the number of shares - about 40 million - and you have a value of $524 million. The trade last week was at $1.65, suggesting a value of $67 million. Which means the company’s value has fallen by 85 per cent in a little more than two years. The trade mattered because it was large. The stock is mostly held by the big lenders who financed the acquisition of the newspaper compa... more »

The Jesuit Oath Exposed

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago

Seal of the Society of Jesus *[image: Return to EIPS Main Menu]* *Date Posted: 4/5/2000 * * * ------------------------------ * "Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-Regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated." * * Professor Arthur Noble * [The following is the text of the *Jesuit Extreme Oath of Induction* as recorded in the Journals of the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session, of the United States Congressional Record (House Calendar No. 397, Report No. 1523, 15 ... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 15 hours ago

Pagan wedding bouquet. [photographer unknown]

Musical Interlude: Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up”

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

Jason Mraz, “I Won't Give Up” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns&html5=1

Petrilli’s Embarrassing Post about Poor Mothers Being “Bad”

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago

This post is embarrassing—both for the content and the fact that Petrilli appears unaware how embarrassing it is. Single-mothers are not “bad”; they are overwhelmed. Education is not to create economically self-sufficient people (that serves the privileged who feed off the economy). Education’s goals are much BIGGER than that—self-awareness and complete autonomy, within which economic […]

Petrilli's Embarrassing Post about Poor Mothers Being "Bad"

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago

This post is embarrassing—both for the content and the fact that Petrilli appears unaware how embarrassing it is. Single-mothers are not "bad"; they are overwhelmed. Education is not to create economically self-sufficient people (that serves the privileged who feed off the economy). Education's goals are much BIGGER than that—self-awareness and complete autonomy, within which economic self-sufficiency is a part. Petrilli and his ilk will not and possibly cannot admit that poverty is the product of either the negligence or intent of the powerful in any nation. Poverty is not the pro... more »

The Rothschilds - ROYAL & PAPAL Knights - Jesuit Controlled

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago

[image: alan lamont] alan lamont *Sep 11, 2013* The Jesuit Vatican New World Order *For those who doubt the balance of power between the Rothschilds, British Royalty & the Papacy, I have compiled the following collection of information showing verifiable Papal & Royal knighthoods bestowed on the Rothschilds. These do not include any deduced or hearsay knighthoods. Note that in the Grand scheme of things these knighthoods are not even from the most elite of such orders, e.g. the Garter or the Bath to name but two.* *I would draw your attention to the two following articles whi... more »

Karl Denninger of Ticker Forum announces he going John Galt and explains why ! Kudos Karl !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

It's Called Evolution, Gentlemen (Tickerforum Changes) In 2007 I began writing *The Market Ticker* due to the outrageous conduct of various branches in the Administration and portions of the Capital Markets. Endemic fraud in the financial system that had generated unbridled and outrageous credit creation threatened the collapse of our entire economic system. The consequence of this should have been thousands of indictments, prosecutions and imprisonments -- of banking executives, of members of Congress, of various executive branch officers in various agencies and more. The bank... more »

The International Gasbag

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago

Bob Rae writes that Canada now conducts its foreign policy using a megaphone. It didn't used to be that way. And it doesn't have to be that way now: Imagine a different approach. Imagine if we'd kept our small embassy in Tehran open, with a seasoned diplomat and a couple of bright political and legal officers. Imagine if they'd kept open a window on potential change, as Robert Ford did for years in Moscow at the height of the Cold War. Imagine we'd brought together our most experienced ambassadors to discuss the Arab Spring as we should be doing...and then been able to intervene ... more »

Islamic violence flares up in nigeria as 50 students killed while they slept ...Pakistan sees 31 killed in Peshawar in the a bomb blast ......Afghans protest for US withdrawal after a series of drone runs kill civilians - declining US influence giving confidence to jihadists and islamists worldwide ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/nigeria-students-killed-attack-college Nigeria students killed in college attack Dozens of students gunned down by suspected Islamic militants in early morning attack similar to assaults on schools 40km away - Share****14 - - - - inShare2 - Email - Associated Press - theguardian.com, Sunday 29 September 2013 06.28 EDT [image: Police truck bombed by Boko Haram in Damaturu, Yobe state, Nigeria] Police truck bombed by Boko Haram in Damaturu, Yobe state, Nigeria. An early morning attack on a college 40km away has ki... more »

FED CAUGHT IN QE HELL ? HOTEL CALIFORNIA IN DC ?

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-26/blast-no-qe-exit-past Blast From The "No QE Exit" Past [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/26/2013 15:35 -0400 - Bond - Commercial Real Estate - Credit Conditions - Federal Reserve - Housing Market - Morgan Stanley - Quantitative Easing - Real estate - recovery inShare <div id="___plusone_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial ini... more »

The Europium Union

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago

Here's a curious fact which I thought I'd pass on to you (courtesy of Hugh Aldersey-Williams's *Periodic Tales*), just for the fun of it. When the eurocrats designed their euro bank notes and decided on which luminous dyes would be added to help detect counterfeits, it was decreed that compounds of an element discovered in 1901 should be used. That element was the rare earth metal europium. This was, naturally, kept a secret. A couple of inquisitive Dutch scientists, however, decided to perform a spectroscopic analysis on a €5 note and discovered the truth, before stopping thei... more »

Memorandum of Understanding Between NSA and Israel Pertaining to Protection of US Persons

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago

*The State of Israel shall:* The Pre-9/11 Mossad Spy Ring - Five Dancing Israelis from Spike1138 on Vimeo . "Evidence linking these Israelis to 9-11 is classified, I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It is classified information," *- Senior Federal Investigator* "According to a U.S. intelligence agency, the government of country A conducts the most aggressive espionage operation against the U.S. of any U.S. ally." *- General Accounting Office (GAO) report.* "[The State of Israel has a]voracious appetite for information... The Israelis are motivated by... more »

To quote John McEnroe....

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago

For those of you eagerly following the 'Scottish independence/BBC bias' debate, you might enjoy reading BBC in cahoots with SNP? – You cannot be serious from the pro-independence, pro-SNP *Newsnet Scotland* website. Labour are getting in on the act vis-à-vis accusing the BBC of bias - in this case pro-independence bias. *Newsnet Scotland*, who spend a good deal of time and energy chronicling what they see as the BBC's anti-independence bias, are incredulous. One of the commenters there makes a point you might find familiar from other contexts: This latest accusation is as transpa... more »

Free Planet means a return to Chaos and Mad Max Future-ism.

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 19 hours ago

*manimalian*yesterday, London, lovely Italian restaurant conversation with an old game's industry buddy whom I'd kinda lost touch with over the last five years. Topics of discussion: among other things (which will remain confidential) the *Animalistic Nature of Humanity*. Now, I realise it's easy to see how a Free'd Planet of seven billion customers, consumers, tenants or workers might turn to a devolved animalistic world of mine mine mine in less than a few months. I mean, sure there's no way seven billion people could tribally farm the arable land of this industry-ruined planet. ... more »

BRITISH INVOLVEMENT IN MALL ATTACK?

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago

*'Samantha' - alleged mastermind of the mall attack in Kenya. * www.dailymail. Samantha Lewthwaite, who is believed to be an agent of MI6, reportedly married a former officer in the Kenyan navy. This is according to a UK police file The former naval officer is Abdi Wahid. *www.dailymail.* *This may be Wahid. www.dailymail.* In 2011, Wahid was arrested when police discovered that his house in Mombasa in Kenya "had been turned into a potential bomb factory by Lewthwaite and her associates." Wahid was never charged with any offence, which suggests that he is working for MI6 and it... more »

BBC News pro-Pakistani bias again

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago

There's a peculiar sentence in a BBC report on the upcoming talks between India and Pakistan. 'Delhi has also blamed Pakistan-based militants for the deadly attacks in Mumbai in 2008, urging Islamabad to punish the perpetrators.' Two points, first Delhi has not blamed Pakistan-based militants, they have blamed Pakistan-based terrorists for the Mumbai attacks. Second the BBC's report makes it sound as though there was doubt as to whether the terrorists were from Pakistan, is that the case, I thought it had been determined beyond doubt that Lashkar-e-Taibar was responsible, indeed th... more »

Déjà vu

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago

Another Sunday morning, another *Sunday *and another review of *Sunday....* 7.10 *Introduction *by William Crawley 7.11* UK government cuts. *An interview with the Dean of St Paul, Dr David Ison [the man who replaced Giles Fraser], on whether disabled people are suffering - including dying (committing suicide) - because of the government's welfare cuts. Dr Ison has signed a letter by campaigning charities criticizing the government, and joined a prayer session in Parliament Square yesterday with Occupy-related groups. I've noted, on several occasions before, that *Sunday *only ever... more »

Award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh comes out all guns blazing against Uncle Samm or Spineless American Media Machine

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 20 hours ago

in a shocking new report, first featured by the Guardian then re-featured by the Daily Mail, Award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh comes out all guns blazing against Uncle SAMM or Spineless American Media Machine. *Not ONE word of official account of raid that killed Bin Laden is true, claims award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh* * *** The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says that raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is ‘one big lie’* ** He says the US media is too 'afraid' to pick on Obama* ** Hersh, 76, says the solution is to shut down news networks like NBC and ABC * ** ... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago

2002, “Where the Stars and Moon Play” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWa26yCRIlI&html5=1

The Consistency of Official Iranian Commentary, Part II:Are Rouhani's Statements Really a Huge Break from the Past?

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 22 hours ago

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani address the United Nations General Assembly A Times of Israel headline posted early Friday morning announced, "Rouhani: 'Iran Will Accept Whatever Palestine Decides." The article opens by stating that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaking at an event sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York, said "that the Palestinians

FAKE PHOTO OF MALL SHOOTING; ISRAELIS IN MALL

Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago

[image: MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories]The executioner: Caught on CCTV, the horrific moment Al Shabaab gunman took deadly aim at hostages in Nairobi mall massacre - By BARBARA JONES and IAN GALLAGHER *PUBLISHED:* 22:15, 28 September 2013 | *UPDATED:* 22:53, 28 September 2013 - - - - *270 *shares This is the horrifying moment one of the terrorists in the Kenyan shopping centre attack levelled his gun at cowering hostages, ready to execute them. The attacker, wearing a camouflage jacket and facemask, points a handgun at... more »

Bohr's dramatic escape: 70 years ago

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago

Exactly 70 years ago, on September 29th, 1943, the Danish underground movement received the message. Brothers Niels and Harald Bohr – who had a Jewish mother but that wasn't the only sin – would have to be arrested and transferred to Germany. So far, Bohr would be often invited to emigrate but he would be refusing it with words resembling Zeman's "Why should I leave? They should leave!" But the new situation was way too serious so both brothers and all of their offspring and families had to escape Denmark. So Bohr and his wife Margareta are suddenly walking on a Copenhagen street ... more »

Leaked Pentagon Video - Flu Vaccine Use to Modify Human Behavior

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago

Reblogged from: http://www.ascensionwithearth.com/2013/09/leaked-pentagon-video-flu-vaccine-use.html *Leaked Pentagon Video - Flu Vaccine Use to Modify Human Behavior* Published on Sep 26, 2013 What you are about to hear is not science fiction or conspiracy theory but a glimpse of what is going on behind the closed doors of the United States Pentagon. In a small auditorium labeled BC232 a man is presenting a discussion on how the military industrial complex can spread a virus and use a vaccine to extinguish what the pentagon calls undesirable human behavior. Specifically ... more »

"Defiance!"

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

"Action trumps depression. Confronted with a situation in which our feelings of powerlessness are more than just feelings, we choose to fight the odds, as an existential statement. We bellow our savage war cry in the face of the Roman Legions. We swim against the tidal wave. We attack Goliath with a slingshot, and throw stones at a Sherman tank, and ravage ICBMs with our ball peen hammer. We actively reject the reality of our helplessness; and as we assert defiance, we fan the embers of humanity wherever they live within ourselves and our brothers and sisters." - Josh Mitteldorf... more »

"How Do You Mourn..."

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

Kings College Choir, a cappela: Samuel Barber, “Agnus Dei” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgjwTc3PUw • Fukushima... . How do you mourn a planet? I don't know... God help us all.

What if "The New Yorker" gave you a caption and asked you to come up with the image for a cartoon?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*"We will always have Paris."* *by Ken* Finally I can suggest why I love *New Yorker* carton editor Bob Mankoff. It's not because he does such a brilliant job as cartoon editor. Probably he does, but how would I know? And even if it's so, that wouldn't give me any strong feeling about him. But then he'll do stuff like declare the magazine's cliché cartoon contest "such a rousing success, discounting, of course, those who thought it was a rousing failure." The context is Bob's announcement, in his latest weekly blogpost, "You'll Always Hve Paris (If You Entger This Contest),." of a... more »

Sad anniversary

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

Exactly two years ago today, in the early hours of the morning, my Dad unexpectedly and abruptly left us. I've learned to live with the loss, but I don't think I'll ever get over it. Still aches every single day. Finally have some time but just not feeling like blogging tonight.

IRANIANS SPEAK TO AMERICA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Who are Freeman on the land

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

"*Freemen on the Land*" claim that all statute law is contractual, and that such law is applicable only if an individual consents to be governed by it. By avoiding such consent - often in refusing to acknowledge their name - they believe themselves not bound by the ordinary laws of the state they reside in. While the view that all statute law requires consent of the individual is arrant nonsense, the concept that jurisdiction over persons by the state can be disputed has been adopted by some aboriginal groups. Although not accepted by courts as yet the position that aboriginal gro... more »

While Boehner Surrenders To Far Right Extremists Inside The GOP, Greece Arrests Its Fascist Leaders

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Obama and Boehner are both victims of the rise of far right populism in the U.S. Boehner, much like the mainstream conservatives in Weimar Germany in the 1930s, has buckled under to it. Obama hasn't. The same exact strain of toxic right-wing populism-- whether you want to call it Tea Party, Nazi, Fascist or Golden Dawn-- has catapulted to the third biggest party in Greece, with 18 Deputies in Parliament. And over the weekend, Greek anti-terrorism police arrested party fuehrer Nikos Michaloliakos and rounded up many of his top lieutenants, including three sitting members of Parlia... more »

America And Iran: Get The Niceties Out of The Way And Get Down To Business

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago

*Raise your glasses. The leaders of America and Iran are on speaking terms for the first time in over three decades.* "The United States and Iran made diplomatic history Thursday as Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talked for a half hour on the sidelines of a multilateral meeting on Iran’s nuclear program. The meeting, which Zarif described as “more than a chat,” took place at the United Nations, and marked the highest-level and most-substantive encounter between officials of the two sides since the 1979 Islamic Revolution." - Ba... more »

Police State updates - September 28 , 2013 ... Drones used longer , far more often and by far more Agencies than folks have been told to date... NSA on a metadata hunt - social connections are the target ... and why has the Navy been mapping by air DC ( between 9/21 and ending on 10/5 ? )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Drones used back to 2006 by the FBI ? FBI has been using drones since 2006, watchdog agency saysSeptember 28, 2013 Print Version *Source:* LA Times Operating with almost no public notice, the FBIhas spent more than $3 million to operate a fleet of small drone aircraft in domestic investigations, according to a report released Thursday by a federal watchdog agency. The unmanned surveillance planes have helped FBI agents storm barricaded buildings, track criminal suspects and examine crime scenes since 2006, longer than previously known, according to the 35-page inspector genera... more »

COUPLE OF RADIO INTERVIEWS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

- Here are links to a couple recent radio spots I was involved in. The first was my talk, along with Shenna Bellows who just left the Maine ACLU after 10 years of great work, at the University of Maine-Orono. We were invited to speak about drones and organizing against drone surveillance and weaponized drone testing in Maine. In particular I spent alot of time talking about our upcoming Maine Drone Peace Walk. WERU radio is a great alternative station north of where I live that covers many progressive issues. Amy Browne from the station recorded our tal... more »

USA: For Sale

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

Secret Mysteries of Americas Beginnings Vol 1 - The New Atlantis

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago

*If you know in your heart that something is not right with America, but cannot put your finger on the problem, this video will enlighten you*

The Passion Within, The Resurrection

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago

Hello friends, just wanted to give you a bit of an update on the progress of our project. New glass, home-crafted window trim, a whole lotta elbow grease, sanding and oiling the middle window wood, that wood is old growth fir.. And let me say, painting fiberglass is such a chore.... I have maintained the colours Dad loved.. This boat was originally gold coloured, Canoe Cove(boat make) ...Canoe Cove gloden fiberglass was their stock colour, Dad liked his grey, blue and white... Right now the sides and main colur is white, , the flying bridge stripe is imperial blue...the walkway... more »

Agri Econ 10: On Rice Price Spikes

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago

Recently, there was a big issue regarding the big jump in local rice prices, between P2 to P5 per kilo jump in a matter of days and weeks. I think this issue would surface every 3-5 years on average. In 2008, it was a big issue too, like this article in the Inquirer on April 08, 2008. Then I found this in my old emails. I composed this in and sang this with my PDE (Program in Development Economics, UPSE) batchmates during the PDE 2008 Reunion, UPSE, Diliman, QC, May 7, 2008. *Hot Legs* By Rod Stewart, 1970s *Hot Rice ** By Nonoy Oplas, 2008 Who's that knocking on my door It's got... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Vibrational Attunements Reaching Peak Frequency and Intensity

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

*Vibrational Attunements Reaching Peak Frequency and Intensity* by ÉirePort * * Vibrational attunements reaching peak frequency and intensity at this now moment as Gaia fully accepts and embraces Higher Gaia intentions. Peak frequency of attunement applies to all Gaia Hue-manity, yet is being sensed by all of hu-manity as well. Expect major dissolutions and collapses of outdated old paradigm systems, on all dimensional levels. Higher Gaia will provide assistance for all who accept and embrace Higher Gaia intentions in harmony with Gaia. All non-compliants (anharmonics) will be o... more »

...and they all fall down

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 1 day ago

source, published 2010I dreamt the other night that I looked out the window in the morning and discovered we had an early snowstorm. Everything was covered in glittering deep white drifts, and I was furious. This is the year, of all the autumns I have documented since 2008, that I expected people to have to face the fact that something is really, profoundly, inescapably wrong with the trees, and now it was to be ruined by snow - just as last year, everyone was distracted by the Sandy non-hurricane, which was blamed for millions of falling, rotted trees and weeks of lost electricit... more »

What Mattered This Week?

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

Yeah, yeah, the budget wars, but I'm going with US/Iran. What didn't matter is fairly easy: while other things he did may have been important, the Cruz fauxlibuster was pure, 100% meaningless hype. What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?

september 28: global action for accessible, safe, and legal abortion

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago

Today, September 28, women all over the world are taking action to demand the right to accessible, safe, and legal abortion. Women and our allies in more than 50 countries have formed a global mobilization that seeks to decriminalize abortion, provide access to safe and affordable abortion services, and end the stigma and discrimination against women who choose to have an abortion. This campaign, which started more than 20 years ago in Latin America and the Caribbean, has become a global day of action, as we recognize that women are the world continue to be denied access to safe a... more »

The Republican Party Is Now Distilled Down To A Ransom Note To America

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Suicide bomber vests strapped to their chests, congressional Republicans have a message for the American people: "Give us our way, or we'll blow the whole damn thing up!" And by their way, they're talking about a lot more than defunding the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, the *NY Times* Editorial Board was aghast at the Republican demands-- and they called it what it is A Republican Ransom Note. We’ll refrain from deliberately sabotaging the global economy, Speaker John Boehner and the other leaders said, if President Obama allows more oil drilling on federal lands. And drops re... more »

Kenya/Somalia: The BBC Calls for the Reconquest of Africa - A New World Order

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

Kenya/Somalia: The BBC Calls for the Reconquest of Africa - A New World Order from Spike1138 on Vimeo. ** *"Afrika is under attack...."* - Bro. Steve Cokely, 1993. "After consulting with my advisers, with world leaders, and the congressional leadership, I have today told Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali that America will answer the call. I have given the order to Secretary Cheney to move a substantial American force into Somalia. As I speak, a Marine amphibious ready group, which we maintain at sea, is offshore Mogadishu. These troops will be joined by elements of the 1st Mar... more »

"Fukushima: Human Civilization On The Brink?"

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

*"Fukushima Reactor No. 4:* *Human Civilization On The Brink?"* by Mike Adams "The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of "insignificant" by comparison. Worried about GMOs? Fluoride? Vaccines? Secret prisons? None of that even matters if we don't solve the problem of Fukushima, which is a catastrophic failure that could unleash enough radiation to end human civilization on our planet. (See the numbers below.) The resulting releasing of radiation would turn North America into a "dead zone" for humans... mutated (and failed) crops, radioactive groundwa... more »

AMANDA RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT BY LAW: Let them come to Tiistila!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2013* *Part 5—A truly appalling passage:* Are countries like Finland, Korea and Poland staging educational miracles? Pretty much no—they are not. Consider one example from Amanda Ripley’s interesting new book, The Smartest Kids in the World. In the talented Ripley’s scam-ridden book, “the Polish miracle” (Ripley’s phrase) is said to be a miracle of *improvement.* But from 2003 to 2009, American students showed more improvement on the PISA’s three tests than Polish students did. (Ripley ignores results from the TIMSS and the PIRLS, two other major internati... more »

Dr. Thomas Daffern: Why We Need A Peace Policy For Syria

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago

In the video below, Thomas Clough Daffern B.A. (Hons) D.Sc. (Hon) PGCE Ph.D., director of the UK-based *International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy*, talks about the need for a peace policy to resolve the war in Syria. *Video Tile: Why We Need A Peace Policy For Syria. Source: International Institute of Peace Studies And Global Philosophy. Date Published: June 11, 2013. Description: * Dr Thomas Daffern, Director of the Centre for Peace Policy Research calls for the urgent necessity for an agreed peace policy in Syria. The Centre for Peace Policy Research is a... more »

The Politics of the Marriage Tax Breaks

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago

The Conservatives are a desperate party led by a desperate man. The stars are not lining up for an election victory in 2015, despite a summer of awful headlines for the Labour leader; and Dave finds himself with little room for manoeuvre now Ed has pledged action on the issues that matter outside the Westminster circus. To grab the headlines and the attentions of the voters, this weekend's Conservative Party conference needed something bold and something that would save people a packet of cash. Hence the marriage tax break. Of course, not every married couple in the land will qual... more »

Evo Morales asks for a transfer of UN Headquarters to a more neutral country

Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 1 day ago

In today's *El Diario/La Prensa*, (p. 11) there appears an article about Evo Morales asking that the location of the United Nations headquarters be changed to a 'neutral nation.' Given the complicity of the UN in CIA agression against Latin American countries, going back as far as 1954 when United Fruit took over in Central America, this is a most reasonable request. Switzerland, with its neutrality, might be a far better choice. Morales then suggests that if they do not change the location, at least rotate its meeting places, "maybe to Geneva or somewhere in Austria is we're talkin... more »

Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

Photons with strong mutual attraction in a quantum nonlinear medium. Credit: Nature. * * *Star Trek Replicators anyone? -Bill* http://phys.org/news/2013-09-scientists-never-before-seen.html Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter Sep 25, 2013 Harvard and MIT scientists are challenging the conventional wisdom about light, and they didn't need to go to a galaxy far, far away to do it. Working with colleagues at the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, a group led by Harvard Professor of Physics Mikhail Lukin and MIT Professor of Physics Vladan Vuletic have managed to... more »

Second Grade ELA Modules – It Keeps Getting Stupider

antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

As I continue my ‘journey’ through Module 1 of NYSED’s scripted and paced curriculum guide, I find things that just make me want to scream. First of all, the pace is pretty much a 100 yard dash. I read to my students, they are to listen and learn. In fact, this is the name of […]

My Beloved Forcast

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago

I was born in 1958 in what is accurately described as the Great White North. A big part of the winter diet was deer and moose slaughtered in the fall without regard to liceing. Vegetables came from a can and tasted like tin. TV was broadcast in black and white by the CBC and on radio we could usually only get a signal at nite. There was a local Cinema that was illuminated on weekends, and every Friday night most of the town was lined up to view whatever vision they had on hand to portray. In this Diaspora of culture hockey was the King, We played in barns, literally. Some farmer wo... more »

US nuclear commander suspended over gambling, officials say ! WTF is going on this weekend ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

US nuclear commander suspended over gambling, officials say Highly unusual action against Tim Giardina was made more than three weeks ago in Omaha but not publicly announced - Share****12 - - - - inShare1 - Email - Associated Press in Washington - theguardian.com, Saturday 28 September 2013 13.02 EDT - Jump to comments (8) [image: Tim Giardina, suspended] Tim Giardina, suspended, Photograph: AP The No 2 officer at the military command in charge of all US nuclear war-fighting forces has been suspended and is under investigation by the naval criminal inve... more »

Fukushima debacle updates - September 28 , 2013 ! ALPS and ICE Wall schemes last hope to deal with contaminated water problems ..... keep in mind , ALPS won'r solve tritium contamination as technology to remove tritium doesn't exist ! As for the Ice Wall - there hasn'r even been a feasibility test to determine if that can even work ! US finally banning fishery and agricultural products from 14 prefectures in Japan - who woke them up ? Additional news to worry about regarding Japan's ongoing nuclear disaster !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Greece has political turmoil with Golden Dawn political party decimated , Italy has seen its Coalition Government smashed as PDL has withdrawn its Ministers from the Government ( and the Five Star Movement is unlikely to form a Coalition Government , US shutdown essentially assured - now all we need is to see the Fukushima debacle get stepped up ! Fukushima Diary ...... Multiple nuclide removing system ALPS stopped again 22 hours after test operation restarted Posted by *Mochizuki* on September 28th, 2013 · No Comments Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on prin... more »