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This is just a quick update- and I ask if people can share this info around
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PROJECT XIII is currently down. Caleb is having the servers moved and
there seems to of been a delay. He thinks that it will only be maybe
another 6 hours at the most till they are back up and running.
In other news, I've been peering over Caleb's shoulder and watching him
work on all sorts of new stuff for PXIII and ....... WOW!!!! Caleb and his
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Ted Cruz speaks about the Senate agreement...
*and I have only one thing to say about Obamacare.*
I don't care anymore what happens. This doesn't mean I'm giving up the
fight. What it *does* mean is that I'm going to sit back and enjoy (nay,
actively wish for) the major sh*t storm that Obamacare is going to reign
down on every last miserable POS who voted for the Kenyan klown. Many of
these people are in my own family and dare to call me stupid, crazy, hater,
mean, and a right-wing religious fanatic. My message for you? May you and
your families enjoy the new Communist States of Amerika. As for me and my
friends - we'll be... more »
And Now, Humorous Credit-Taking
Earlier
I watched a truly great politician moment: "Gang of 14" Senators
going to the Senate floor and congratulating themselves for working out
an
agreement to re-open the government and raise the debt limit. Not
*the*agreement; the actual deal was apparently only tangentially related
to the
Gang's. But an agreement, nonetheless. They are immensely proud of
having
participated in a process which had little or nothing to do with ending a
shutdown almost three weeks in, and raising the debt limit at the last
minute.
There are basically two ways to take this.
One of them, and the one ... more »
Keith Koffler lets loose...
* and I couldn't agree more.*
*The Tea Party is Both Sensible and Victorious *
I realize that sounds quite delusional to many people, particularly here in
Washington. But it makes total, absolute sense.
The muttering class Inside the Beltway is very pleased with itself: The
doomed Tea Party strategy is foundering on the shoals of idiocy, just like
they said it would. The Republican “brand” has been downgraded yet again.
America is looks foolish abroad: “The world has reacted mostly with
disbelief that a superpower could fall into such dysfunction,” wrote the
New York Times today. ... more »
The one hundred and sixty fourth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award
Apparently 'Manager Roy Hodgson says England are not one of the favourites
to win next summer's World Cup in Brazil.'
No shit Sherlock, do you think!
Ta-Nehisi Coates on “The Million Vets March!”
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013*
*Which two hundred people attended:* What if they held a “Million Vets
March” and 200 people came?
That’s what happened in D.C. this Sunday, if the Washington Post can be
trusted. That’s why we tend to disagree with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ reaction to
the day’s events.
Coates began his post as shown below. As a general matter, we agree with
his comment about “lone idiots,” although we aren’t inclined to refer to
regular people that way and we think his attention is somewhat misplaced.
Our main point of disagreement begins with his use of a term that doesn’t... more »
'Expestagram' .. New App For Conservative Members Of Parliament And Senators !!
*H/T to our friends at 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' .... *
The Worst Prime Minister In Canadian History, With The Largest Debt And Deficit In Our History ... Is On His Way Out!!!
*Our crooked, corrupt Conservative government is going to try and pull the
wool over voters eyes with a new Speech from the Throne today. Nothing in
the document will address:*
*-the Senate scandal*
*-the Robocalls Scandal*
*-the highest deficit and debt in Canadian history*
*-how $114 Billion tax dollars bailed out Canada's banks*
*-How you paid for Harpers Keystone XL Pitch at NYC Event*
*etc. etc. etc.*
*Stop Harper! *
Are Texans Having Buyer's Remorse Over Ted Cruz?
And no one likes a loser
Yesterday I heard Peter King (R-NY) and Charlie Dent (R-PA) each go on CNN
to rail against Ted Cruz's extremism. They were speaking for dozens of
non-Confederate Republicans in seats where successful candidates need
independent voters-- and for more than a few Republican senators who wish
his nut job father had never moved to America. But what about Texans who
supported their junior senator and sent him to Washington on his mission of
mayhem?
This week, the editors of the *Houston Chronicle* began an editorial by
asking, "Does anyone else miss Kay Bailey Hut... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Sofia
Smallstorm. Sofia and I will be discussing a number of subjects relating to
health and male-female relations, including the systematic feminization of
men and the reversal of traditional gender roles.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Sandy Hook Demolition Crew Sworn to Silence* by Dr. James Tracy
- *Sandy Hook Actors' Elite Political Connections* by Dr. James Tracy
- *Dr. Mercola - The Disappearing Male*
- *Dr.... more »
Creating the Conditions and Narrative for a FAILED Geneva II
Judging by the contents of recent NATO news outlet reports it appears a
story line, regarding Syria, is being created. The characters are Saudi
Arabia. Turkey. The US. But, not Israel. Although the Israeli connections
and potential gains in the destruction of Syria are plentiful and
acknowledged. Israel seems to be lacking from this fable? Which should not
really come as a surprise to anyone who is aware of the media obeisance to
approved reporting surrounding Israel.
*This most recent narrative goes something like this:*
The US wants to negotiate a political settlement for Syria. ... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'Change the Name or End the Genocide'
John
Kane
By John Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
To suggest there are many and far more pressing issues facing Native
people than being exploited and insulted by sports teams is an obvious
understatement. Should the NFL franchise from the capital of one of the
world’s superpowers change its name? Of course it should. As should all
those high school, college and pro sports teams that
Creative Rebranding? Human Rights vs. Human Security
I had a boy break up with me once by saying “we’re not breaking up, we’re
taking a break.” I guess the boy assumed that “taking a break” would be
easier for me to accept than “breaking up.” He was right: it took me a
while[1] to actually figure out that “taking a break” was
Continue reading
Duck Forum on Teaching US Foreign Policy
Duck of Minerva is pleased to announce the start of a four-part series of
posts on teaching US Foreign Policy. The forum includes contributions from
the authors of major undergraduate textbooks on U.S. foreign policy: Bruce
Jentleson (Duke University), Steven Hook (Kent State), Jim McCormick (Iowa
State), and James Scott (Texas Christian) and Jerel Rosati (University of
South
Continue reading
Duck Forum on Teaching US Foreign Policy #1
[Note: This is a guest post by Bruce Jentleson from Duke University. It
is the first in a four-part forum on teaching US Foreign Policy.] Six
Concepts in Teaching American Foreign Policy by Bruce Jentleson As the Cold
War went on, among scholars and teachers of American foreign policy there
was some settling in to
Continue reading
It's Wednesday...
*what's going* *on.*
Always On Watch: *Sign Up For ObamaCare, and Get a Free SmartPhone*
Lonely Conservative: *Obama Planning Immigration Push*
WyBlog: * Obama would rather default on the debt than enroll himself in
Obamacare*
1389 Blog: *Leftists dismayed “because, while Obamacare was built to fail,
it wasn’t expected to fail so early.”*
V for Victory: *Why We Can't "Just Let Obamacare Implode"*
Liberty's Torch: *Glitch Or Threat?*
Bunkerville:* **Obama to cut off November Food Stamps across Nation *
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More Common Core in the Real World (or at Least Florida)
I have already explored how the real-world consequences of Common Core are
guaranteed to do far more harm than good; we have decades of how standards
and testing fail even their most nuanced advocates’ claims. Sarah Carr
(excellent journalist and author of Hope Against Hope) offers an often
disturbing window into the good intensions of […]
Are Tablets Becoming Cheap Ticket Commodity Items?
We are starting to see a real convergence in the mobile device market.
Tablets are shrinking with 7 inch now becoming a norm and smartphones are
growing with 5.5 inch being just the starting point. We are also seeing
tablets starting to become real throwaway commodities with prices now
falling to under £100 and the big retailers starting to own brand and go
after the market.
The challenge for many tablets is how they can now maintain a high price
ticket yet offer little extra value over their cheap and cheerful
counterparts? They have the same operating system, same apps and let’s... more »
Talking About Sexual Harassment in Science
*UPDATE: In the comments Andrew Maynard replies to this post.*
Several colleagues have pointed me to the unsavory episode that is
presently the talk of the science communication field involving the
magazine *Scientific American*. I actually don't read *Scientific American* or
its blogs and my professional work only occasionally crosses paths with
those who identify themselves in "science communication." So I don't know
anyone involved in this issue. Yet, this is an episode about which those
who care about science in society should openly discuss.
The issue involves a case of sexua... more »
Counting Hard
Some foolish liberals, back in 2009-2010, used to blame Barack Obama for
things when the actual problem (from their perspective) was that they just
didn't have the votes in the Senate. But, to be fair, that was somewhat
complicated: Democrats had a large majority, and I can definitely
understand the frustration when that large party majority didn't actually
work out to a policy majority (in some cases a supermajority, but often
just any regular majority) for some specific liberal policies.
So if I called them out on it then, I should probably make note of this utter
nonsense from s... more »
Getting Ripped: How illiterate were they?
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013*
*Finland’s largely illiterate kids in the summer of 64:* In her ballyhooed
book, The Smartest Kids in the World, Amanda Ripley describes miraculous
Finland’s amazing advances in the realm of public education.
More specifically, she talks about Finland’s astonishing rise in
international test scores. Yesterday, we showed you the full-paragraph
quotes. Here’s the story according to Ripley:
“Until fairly recently,” Finland was “a largely illiterate farming and
logging nation.” Change came within a single generation. Without pausing
for breath, the country... more »
94 Maidens - The Mandate Video - YouTube
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A CorpEd Quandary: How to Reward Teachers in High Poverty Schools With a System That Punishes Them for Working There
Always looking for an opportunity to support corporate ed reform school
losers, the Memphis Commerical-Appeal has an editorial today in support of
Mississippi’s attempt toestablish merit pay for its teachers. The
editorial board offers no research to support its support, and the editors
use the same conflicted rhetoric that CorpEd losers use to call for
rewarding teachers based on test scores, while rewarding teachers for
working in high poverty schools. My reaction, just posted in the comments:
It would seem that you want too many things in one editorial, especially
when one wo... more »
Wild Bill: Keeping Them Poor...
*is exactly what the left intends.*
LUX dark matter event: October 30th
*The dark matter particle may become visible to us in 14 days; or even
darker*
One of the potentially coming discoveries in particle physics is – no, it's
not the discovery what happens when you hit the debt ceiling, it is – the
discovery of the dark matter particle.
A war has been taking place between (and within) direct dark matter search
experiments. Some teams claim that they have already glimpsed the evidence
for a dark matter particle that would be surprisingly light – beneath
\(10\GeV\) (I like to quote the figure from CDMS II-silicon, \(8.6\GeV\)).
Others, most notably XENO... more »
U.S Government Shutdown
The writing is on the wall that the U.S is hurting because of this
shutdown. After tomorrow the U.S government may not be able to pay its debt
installments. Warren Buffett calls it 'pure act of idiocy'. What is wrong
with the Congress?
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*"I know it's been used in the past, but we used the atomic bomb back in
1945 but we decided we weren't going to do something like that again," he
said. *
Read more here.
Giveaway for Running Scared 5K and 10K
The Running Scared 5&10K is happening in Herriman, Utah on October 26th!
This fun, family event will starts at 10am. Kids under 7 run for free. If
your family doesn't want to run with you, they can stay at the finish line
and be entertained by the carnival style party! Including face painting,
games, and cotton candy! The race is both competitive and non-competitive.
Costumes are encouraged: spandex is optional.
AND we want you to race FREE! YAY for GIVEAWAYS! Each blogger will be
giving away one free entry to Running Scared! And it's super easy to
enter...
Come on, we all need... more »
Political Support For Sunni Protests Waning As Mutahidun Tries To Negotiate Their End
Protests started in Anbar province in December 2012 when arrest warrants
were issued for some of then Finance Minister Rafi Issawi’s guards. They
quickly spread to other Sunni areas of the country, as many other people
were feeling unhappy with their representatives and how the government was
acting, and decided to take their frustration out into the streets. A mix
of tribes, political parties, clerics, and insurgents quickly came to
support the demonstrations, which created divisions as each was in it for
their own ends. That has come to the fore as the Mutahidun Party is
offeri... more »
Iraq Families Visit Relatives In Baghdad Cemetary To Mark Eid Al-Adha
The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, began on
October 15, 2013. Many Iraqi families took the time to visit their deceased
relatives as seen in these pictures from a Baghdad cemetery by AFP
photographer Ahmad al-Rubaye.
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Collapse Café at the Doomstead Diner
Monsta from the Doomstead Diner called and created a podcast of our
conversation. We had intended to talk about trees but became so engrossed
in more general issues about collapse that he has since recorded a separate
conversation, about the death of forests from pollution, which isn't posted
yet. Meanwhile, here's the first discussion. Be sure to visit the Diner
for news and their forum - where anyone can sign up and start a topic
around the Kitchen Sink!
Eve of Destruction
Don't forget to hang up your stockings by the chimney with care tonight,
kiddies, because the Default Elf will be making his rounds. It's the
Nightmare Before Halloween! The whole world is watching, waiting and
scared. So you might want to leave him a pot of hot water and some tea bags
as a sacrificial offering. Or maybe you don't believe in default Armageddon
any more, because your own personal catastrophe has already struck. Maybe
you're so broke you can't see the dentist and your teeth have started
falling out. If so, you might try putting them under your pillow in hopes
that the... more »
WE THE WALKING DEAD: Decades of shambling!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013*
*Interlude—O’Reilly plays an old card:* Sunday’s panel on Meet the Press
featured the walking dead.
In Jim Sheridan’s film, In America, a grieving father, defeated by grief,
says he “can’t think...can’t feel.” Our intellectual elites have been
afflicted by this condition for quite a few decades now.
This death-in-life may be hard to see when it afflicts our elites. The
people in question are famous TV stars. They’re well-known and quite
self-assured.
Our brightest young journalists won’t describe the condition. Doing so
could end their careers.
At a... more »
Republican Party Doomsday Clock: Default Countdown
Although Pelosi said on Tuesday that Boehner apparently needs to humor his
troops, she claimed that the chances of a deal to prevent a default
tomorrow are good-- even if poor McConnell is being pilloried by DeMint,
Cruz and the crackpot suicide caucus for "leading the surrender." In case
yours got stuck in the spam folder, his is from the letter DeMint's Senate
Conservatives Fund sent out to their supporters claiming McConnell "has
made winning virtually impossible" for the far right, while McConnell and
Reid were trying to hammer out a compromise that both sides could live with ... more »
The spin masters in Indian country
Fraud
and Deception in Indian Country Media
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
When you've been in the news business a long time, some things become
very clear. Flashy tribal politicians use backroom press writers to
write their scripts. This leads to their popularity, resulting in more
oil and gas drilling like that in North Dakota, and more dirty coal
energy like that on the Navajo Nation. It
WotW: Make Shareable Images in Seconds with Recite
Take a minute to think about your Pinterest habits. No, this isn't a guilt
trip about how much time you are or are not spending on the site. I want
you to think about the types of images you pin or re-pin. Chances are there
is a look and feel to the images you re-pin.
And you're probably not alone. Many people share similar tastes. But who
creates these ultimately shareable images? Graphic design gurus? Perhaps.
But you don't have to be graphic designer to join in on the fun. With a
simple site called Recitethis.com you can easily create shareable images.
This site is about as si... more »
Greece updates - October 16 , 2013 - third bailout for Greece looms - but what will the fourth bailout look like ? More news of the day for Greece !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-16/what-third-greek-bailout-will-look
What The Third Greek Bailout Will Look Like
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/16/2013 08:30 -0400
- Creditors
- European Central Bank
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- Newspaper
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Mere weeks after the Merkel re-election, it will come as no surprise to
anyone that Greece is to be bailed out for the third time. Germany's Die
Zeit newspaper notes the government is assembling a *Greek bailout plan
which essentially has four gimmicks to fill t... more »
War watch - October 13 , 2013 - Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement faltering on the issue of US troop immunity ( as did Iraq's BSA ) ...... Iran draws its own redline for nuclear talks - handing over enriched uranium to be sent abroad ..... Syria War updates - alleged moderates increasingly marginalized as islamist have the upper hand n receiving funding and arms... Looming False Flag involving hijacked jet airliners once again ? .
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Afghanistan....
http://rt.com/news/us-afghanistan-troop-immunity-123/
Kerry fails to secure deal on US ‘troop immunity’ in Afghanistan
Published time: October 13, 2013 07:51
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[image: US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gives a press conference on
October 12, 2013 with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential
palace in Kabul.(AFP Photo / Massoud Hossaini)]
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gives a press conference on October
12, 2013 with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in
Kabul.(AFP Photo / Massoud Hossaini)
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Truthout/Speakout: Operation Streamline Shutdown: Si Preguntan Porque? - If They Ask Why?
Scouring media outlets nationwide, it is evident that Operation Streamline
– which was shut down by human rights activists on Oct 11 in Tucson –
remains “America’s dirty little secret.”
One of the media outlets reporting on this unprecedented action – which
included blocking the entrance to the federal courthouse’s parking lot –
plus the disabling of two immigration buses – elicted this response from
readers:
“They should be shot on site.”
“Just run them over.”
While many will decry this wanton display of inhumanity – the lens should
not be cast on these types of dehumanize... more »
Diane Ravitch Documents the Danger of "E-land"
In *Reign of Error*, Diane Ravitch writes, “Some - a small but important
number – believe they are acting rationally by treating the public
education sector as an investment opportunity.”
Who can argue with that conclusion?
Ravitch is tough on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his chief of
staff, Joanne Weiss. Ravitch did not put words in Weiss’s mouth, however,
when the director of the Race to the Top said it was designed to create new
education markets. It was Weiss, not Ravitch, who said that the RttT called
for common standards so that entrepreneurs “will enjoy national ma... more »
Untitled
*Corps of Engineers closes Regulatory Offices across the nation due to GOP
Shutdown*
*Budget may exclude jail reform, past-due NOFD pensions ~Bruce Eggler, The
Advocate*
*Residents urge insurance commissioner to join lawsuit over flood rates ~
WVUE*
*Robbery at Magazine Street restaurant causes ‘lockdown’ of surrounding
eateries ~Uptown Messenger*
*The Meters once again nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ~NOLA
DEFENDER *
He's Desperate
Michael Den Tandt writes that today's throne speech is aimed directly at
Justin Trudeau:
It also betrays more than a whiff of desperation. For of all the issues the
Conservatives could have made their own, few contain more sheer political
peril than this. It is a gusher that, once tapped, will be difficult to cap.
Why the desperation? Put simply, despite all the hype and the message
discipline, the Conservative record is a record of failure:
On procurement — the Byzantine process by which Ottawa buys hardware for
the military — nothing short of a stand-alone procurement agency, ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to David Greenwalt, 64.
Some good stuff:
1. Joshua Huder with the case that it's internal Congressional incentives,
rules, and procedures that produce the extreme polarization we're seeing. I
have no argument with that; however, I'll note that the presidency, too,
has become far more partisan than it has been. Regulars know what I think:
strong parties, including strong party networks, are a significant factors
in all of this.
2. I don't think that Ross Douthat's argument about the radicals and policyreally holds up...but it's worth taking seriously.
3. Medicare Adva... more »
Government incompetence or all part of a clever plan to strip assets ? While the budget and Debt Ceiling DC Follies continue , consider the failure of DHS to actually provide security for travelers , the obvious failures with ObamaCare , the EBT looming cutoff as of November 1 - then ponder the recent IMF plan to loot deposits - if you think IMF's plan will only apply to Europe , I have a nice Bridge for sale , just for you !
DHS .....
http://michellemalkin.com/
Homeland insecurity alert: Dry ice and dry runs[image: Share]
By Michelle Malkin • October 16, 2013 02:58 AM
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*Not forgotten*
Homeland insecurity alert: Dry ice and dry runs
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2013
Testing, 1, 2, 3, testing. Jihadists never go on furlough. While shutdown
theater preoccupies Washington, terror plotters remain on the clock. The
question is: Will America keep hitting the post-9/11 snooze button?
At Los Angeles International Airport, two dry ice bombs exploded this week,
and two others wer... more »
We are all living in a myth, you can change the outcome
As Lenord Cohen brilliantly made into song, everybody knows. We all know
that the movie of our lives is filled with huge plot holes. Personal ones
are trivial its the world that operates like a bad horror movie. Most
people shrug their shoulders and worry about feeding. How did a couple of
hundred people keep a million people under slavery, this is the real
question no one is asking.
Government shutdown - Day 16 ( October 16 , 2013 ) .... Less than 24 hours before the Treasury Department's X Date gets hit , all is quiet at present - there is no deal , there are no worries ( stocks higher in US pre-market ) , expectations for a deal / some deal remains optimistically high ..... Fitch puts US AAA sovereign rating on credit watch Tuesday ( Moody's and S&P quiet ) ... Overnight news , data and views from Asia and Europe ! .
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-16/less-day-until-x-date-hope-and-optimism-remain-if-not-much-else
Treasury Bills Are Collapsing As Stocks Surge Once Again
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Having given back all of Charlie Dent's optimism rally overnight (and half
of Harry Reid's), *US equities are rallying once more on the back of
another JPY induced momentum ignition. This utter farce is becoming
whimsical as the Treasury Bill market is literally collapsing*. 10/31/13
Bills are 16bps higher in yield overnight at 6... more »
Bad Bear's Classic Car Collection Long Walk 4 Photos
Photo
by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Longest Walk 4
On the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz, Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson,
Western Shoshone long walker, shares his photos from the road with
Censored News, Lamar, Colorado, Oct. 15, 2013. Thank you!
Bad Bear's song for these photos:
Anishinabe Keith Secola's NDN Kars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v916En8ORvI
Quick Project XIII update: Servers are down
Goooooooood Morning!
This is just a quick update- and I ask if people can share this info around
on the web please.
PROJECTXIII is currently down. Caleb is having the servers moved and there
seems to of been a delay. He thinks that it will only be maybe another 6
hours at the most till they are back up and running.
In other news, I've been peering over Caleb's shoulder and watching him
work on all sorts of new stuff for PXIII and ....... WOW!!!! Caleb and his
team have been just ripping along and creating amazing new bits and pieces
to the program- many might seem like small thi... more »
“A Survival Guide To The Debt Ceiling Default Apocalypse“
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*“A Survival Guide To The Debt Ceiling Default Apocalypse“*
by Jason Linkins, Sam Stein and Zach Carter
“America may be on the verge of a catastrophic default on its national
debt.There would be no real reason for this default- it can easily be
avoided,
and is only being considered because our politicians, particularly
Republicans in Washington, have gone insane. So what should you do, in
the
meantime, to prepare yourself?
It’s a good question! Right now, U.S. Treasury bonds are an important
benchmark in the global economy. Trillions of dollars of transactions
depend on the se... more »
What are VACCeptable Injuries?
*For More Information, please click on the link provided below:*
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*http://www.vacceptableinjuries.com/*
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New FDA Rules Will Put Organic Farms Out Of Business by John Evans
New FDA Rules Will Put Organic Farms Out Of Business
by John Evens
Survival Gardening, 14 October 2013
In its efforts to ensure the safety of food, the US government may actually
be ignoring the real problem while shutting down small organic farms.
So says the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research
group which released a 16-page analysis accusing the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) of implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act
(FSMA) in a way that will crush “the country’s safest farmers” while
leaving what Cornucopia calls the “root threats to hum... more »
In such a world
Example 1:
"Let's break down Transfers into component parts:"
Example 2:
"Here's a breakdown of Transfers into component parts:"
For a post on my econ blog, I revised the first example to eliminate the
"let's" because I think "let's" is creepy. But in the process, the words
"break down" changed to one word.
In the first example we're doing something. We're breaking down something.
So I think "break down" is a verb.
In the second example we're looking at something. We're looking at a thing,
a breakdown. Since the breakdown is a thing, I'm thinking "breakdown" is a
noun.
As a noun,... more »
SINGINGEST WALK EVER
Of all the walks I've ever been on this is the most singingest walk I've
experienced yet. We've had incredible singing during breaks and evening
programs. Here is just a sampling by two of our Japanese friends.
THE McCANNS VERSUS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MAFIA
Kate and Gerry McCann are up against the world's most powerful child abuse
mafia.
They appear to know this.
Various top people have been attracted to the Algarve - European royal
families, Cliff Richard, Tony Blair, David Cameron, the Beckhams, Jose
manuel Barroso, Ronaldo, José Mourinho, Hugh Grant, Colin Montgomery, John
McEnroe, Bjorn Borg...
Before the Madeleine McCann story broke, the McCanns were not important
people.
If there had been no involvement by any high powered pedophile ring, then
the Madeleine story would have had had little impact.
But, *MI5 and a whole host... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Cycle of Time”
2002, “Cycle of Time”
- http://www.youtube.com/
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What created the Waterfall Nebula? No one knows. The structure seen in
the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex is one of
the more mysterious structures yet found on the sky. Designated HH-222, the
elongated gaseous stream stretches about ten light years and emits an
unusual array of colors.
*Click image for larger size.*
One hypothesis is that the gas filament results from the wind from a young
star impacting a nearby molecular cloud. That would not explain, however,
why the Waterfall and fainter streams all appear to converge on a bright
but unusua... more »
Chet Raymo, "Free Will?"
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*"Free Will?"*
by Chet Raymo
“In an essay in the 14 May, 2009 issue of “Nature”, German biologist Martin
Heisenberg asks the question: "Is free will an illusion?" And he answers:
No.
We are free, says Heisenberg, if our actions are self-generated, and not
mere responses to external stimuli. But how can they be self-generated in a
world of cause and effect? As befitting the son of Werner Heisenberg,
father of the Uncertainty Principle, Martin invokes the stochastic nature
of quantum mechanics. Presumably, randomly firing neurons equal free will.
One does not have to be consci... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Thanks for stopping by.
“Whatever Became Of Western Civilization?”
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*“Whatever Became Of Western Civilization?”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
"What do I think of Western civilization?
I think it would be a very good idea."
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Not that long ago government and free market proponents were at sword’s
point, but no more. With little left in the private sector to rip off, the
financial gangsters have turned to the public sector and put to work for
them the free market economists’ advocacy of privatization. Governments
themselves became part of the conspiracy once the politicians realized that
looting public assets was an efficient way ... more »
Nike Unveiled activity-tracking wristband
*Nike has unveiled its second generation activity-tracking wristband,
addressing criticism that its earlier device failed to identify that some
activities use more energy than others.* The Fuelband SE lets owners define
the start and end of a meeting and then tag it - for example as yoga or
basketball.
However, speculation that Nike would add a heart monitor or other new
sensor to progress accuracy proved incorrect. The New York launch came a
fortnight after the Fitbit Force was unveiled a rival activity tracker that
introduced a height-measuring altimeter that can record how man... more »
Trouble Brewing.
*"No, no - don't get up."*
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*"Why is it that my mother has never been permitted to visit Moscow even
though she has made three very formal applications for the trip?" *
Stalin glared at Elliott and said, *"You don't know why?" *
Elliott replied,* "No!" *
Quickly, Stalin responded, "*Don't you know who killed your father?" *
Roosevelt-shocked-answered, *"No." *
Stalin took a few steps around the office, and almost in a rage roared,* "They
poisoned your father, of course, just as they have tried repeatedly to
poison me." *
*"They, who are they," *Elliot asked
*"The Churchi... more »
The Second Bill of Rights: Affordable Healthcare
*"Necessitous men are not free men." *
People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships
are made.
*In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We
have accepted, so to speak,a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis
of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of
station, race, or creed.
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Among these are:*
- *The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops
or farms or mines of the Nation;*
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- *The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and cloth... more »
It's All Over Now, Baby Baby Baby Blue, Shit Knower Knows Fan Hit Coming, Jamie D Moving On To Boca Loco, and Roy Cooper for NC Governor!
(If throwing a contribution Pottersville2's way won't break your budget in
these difficult financial times, I really need it, and would wholeheartedly
appreciate it. Anything you can afford will make a huge difference in this
blog's lifetime.) Well, it's not over yet. But it sounds like a good gambit
for ending this nightmare. (And I don't mean the "draw" joke.) Gently
lifted from the most
This Winter 2013/14 For The UK & Ireland + Coldest Winter In 100 Years Again??? + Cold End To October/November
*This Winter 2013/14 For The UK & Ireland + Coldest Winter In 100 Years
Again??? + Cold End To October/November*
Since earlier this year (April 2013), a detailed winter 2013/14 weather
forecast has been available to subscribers via Exacta Weather for the UK
and Ireland. This was issued before any other suggestions from other
forecasters/companies, with a clearly defined statement that the 2013/14
winter period is something that has been earmarked within my forecasting
parameters since 2009. The report clearly states that we can expect another
much colder than average winter with ... more »
“Once-A-Decade Typhoon Threatens Already-Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant”
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*“Once-A-Decade Typhoon Threatens *
*Already-Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant”*
By Andrew Breiner
“Typhoon Wipha appeared set to make a close approach to Tokyo Wednesday
morning (Tuesday evening EDT), potentially bringing a storm surge, heavy
rain, and flooding to the massive metropolitan area of more than 35
million. It is also likely to impact the still-damaged Fukushima nuclear
reactor 130 miles northeast of Tokyo, already leaking hundreds of tons of
contaminated water into the ocean daily as of August.
Wipha is the strongest typhoon to approach eastern Japan since Tokage... more »
Free Planet and the Global Debt Ceiling - you forgot, you forgot, you forgot.
*Free Planet and the Global Debt Ceiling - you forgot, you forgot, you
forgot.*
I know it's normal to leave the TITLE of these free planet blogposts up
there, in its rightful, procedural, place, but, today, I felt that this
issue is now CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT that it be re-iterated as part of the text
or rantorial.
Free Planet and the Global Debt Ceiling - you forgot, you forgot, you
forgot.
*You forgot that money is fake.*
There's no such thing as money. Even the alternative-press-exalted
gold-backed money is fake. Ask yourselves why? Population is rising. Gold
is a limited resou... more »
October 15, 1973
The Appeals Court had ruled against Richard Nixon in the battle over the
tapes, but it left him an out: instead of appealing up to the Supreme
Court, he could try to work out a deal. That's what begins now: the
attempted Stennis compromise.
It actually began on Sunday the 14th. Nixon met with Senate Armed Services
Chair John Stennis, a southern Democrat but a Nixon supporter, and
suggested a plan in which the White House would provide transcripts, and
Stennis would listen to the actual tapes to verify the accuracy of the
transcripts.
The record then gets confused; this is another o... more »
Your moment of Zen
Sycamore drive in restaurant in Bethel, CT -- with car hops -- 1960s. Still
in operation.
Review of Braumoeller’s The Great Powers and the International System
The following is an all too common path through graduate school: spend 3-9
months wondering what the heck you signed up for and why realize that every
topic you’re interested in has been written on and assume there’s nothing
left to say gain a little confidence and criticize everything you read for
leaving something (inconsequential)
Continue reading
Another Republican Sex Scandal-- And For Staten Island Again?
We probably cover Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm more than any other
blogsoutside of his Staten Island/south Brooklyn district. Usually,
we're
posting about his Mafia connections and other criminal activities. I
don't
think his latest scandal rises to "criminal" but it might just be the
one
that ends his ridiculous congressional career. My sister lives on Staten
Island and she always warns me that exposing Grimm's mafioso dealings
just
makes him stronger among her absurd neighbors. They all fantasize that
they're in the Mafia too.
But congressional public sex acts-- drunk or not-- may... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Blog Action Day (#BAD13)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
I'm a bit under the weather this week so won't be doi... more »
South Africa: Standard Bank Faces FIVE Counts of Civil Fraud.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
http://www.ubuntuparty.org.za/2012/09/standard-bank-faces-five-counts-of.html
The summons consist of 5 counts of civil fraud and 3 counts of
contravention of the Bank Act. As far as we know this is the first time
ever that any bank has been taken to task on charges of fraud. There is no
doubt that this will escalate into a major media story as soon as it leaks
out and the media realise the astronomical implications of this case.
In all the court appearances that we have had to date, that is Te... more »
Dine' CARE Risks of Navajo Mine Press Conference Oct. 16, 2013
By
Dine' CARE
Censored News
ATTENTION Navajo citizens! What: Press Conference in front of Navajo
Nation Council Chambers in Window Rock. AZWhen: 10: October 16,
2013Who: Impacted Navajo citizens and Diné CAREWhy: To inform the people
about the uncertainty, risks, and liabilities on the purchase of the
Navajo MineCome out if you can and spread the word!
While Navajo politicians continue to
Global Public Consensus: Putin Deserved Nobel Peace Prize, Not OPCW And Obama
* Obama is not impressed with Putin's heroics. *
History will record that President Putin was robbed of a Nobel Peace
Prize, while President Obama was undeservedly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize is truly useless and meaningless since the
propagandists who hand out the prize make their decision not based on
merit, dedication to peace, and honest service, but for political reasons.
The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its prestige, which makes it valueless.
The world has no need for such a prize.
Below is an excerpt from, *"Awarding Nobel Peace Prize to OPCW was... more »
Philadelphia Man Moves to Foreclose on Wells Fargo Over Mortgage
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http://abcnews.go.com/Business/philadelphia-man-forecloses-wells-fargo-mortgage/story?id=12932362
*Philadelphia Man Moves to Foreclose on Wells Fargo Over Mortgage*
Feb. 17, 2011
By SUSANNA KIM
Business Digital Reporter
The saga began in 2009, when Patrick Rodgers first wrote to Wells Fargo,
requesting itemized information about the mortgage on his home in
Philadelphia. His homeowners' insurance provider was forcing him to take
out a $1 million policy on his home, which he maintains is worth far less
than that.When a Philadelphia man became fed up with his bank for failing
... more »
The ZAP Report October 15, 2013
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* *Poofness Office & ZAP Update - October 14, 2013: The season of change*
*Greeting and Salutations,*
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* *Fortunately the Kabuki theatre [ooh like that term! or is that a threat
like last October?] is nearly ended, and the currency revaluation is
beginning. Pay attention to the activities after the banking holiday this
coming week; I'm hearing it could be a very exciting time.*
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* *The best thing that happened in DC came from the chaplain of the
Congress. Here is his prayer for the Congress and the country:*
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* *http://chaplain.house... more »
Benjamin Fulford - October 15, 2013: Will humanity’s long nightmare finally begin to end this week with the bankruptcy of DC?
Monday, October 14, 2013
*Benjamin Fulford - October 15, 2013: Will humanity’s long nightmare
finally begin to end this week with the bankruptcy of DC?*
All of us who have watched in horror and disgust over the years as the
rogue regime in Washington D.C. has carried out mass murder and countless
other unspeakable crimes are hoping they will go bankrupt this week on
October 17th.
It is a fact that this criminally insane rogue government has murdered
through over 50 million people since World War 2 ended. This cabal also
recently staged a sarin gas attack in Syria in yet another... more »
Ready to detonate: Saudi-backed rebels strap bombs to Geneva-2 talks
Nile Bowie
RT
As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged
as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the
Syrian conflict and topple Assad by force.
When Vladimir Putin met with Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in August, the
newly appointed Intelligence Chief reportedly tried to cut a deal with
Moscow by promising to buy billions in Russian arms and pledging not to
challenge Russian gas sales to Europe in exchange for withdrawing support
for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Though later refuted by the Kremlin,
the media reports... more »
Dine' Medicine People: Horse Nation should be respected without outside intervention
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Benally and son Clayson Benally
Dine’ Traditional Leaders express concern that Navajo Nation agreement
to stop horse slaughter, while a step in the right direction, may not
adequately address Indigenous rights and deeply held Spiritual beliefs
Statement by Nohooka Dine
Censored NewsKAYENTA, Ariz. -- For months, Dine’ (Navajo) elders and
medicine people have been reaching out to Ben
Putting The Fraud Of The Jewish "Race" Out Of Its Misery: New Article By Gilad Atzmon - Jews Are Not A Race, But Jewish Identity Is Racist
Just last week, I again put up an article that explained in detail how Jews
were ABSOLUTELY and POSITIVELY NOT a distinct "race" of mankind.... That
article showed that the vast majority of the fraud "Ashkenazi" Jews had
European ancestry in them, and that they have absolutely no links to the
region of Palestine, period. People need to understand, especially those
in the "Christian Identity" (CI) crowd, that the Jews have long needed to
be seen as a distinct and separate race because (a) it would somehow
justify in their psychotic thinking the need to band together because of
thei... more »
I miss Dylan Ratigan!!!
A friend posted this on Facebook, it is believed to be from 2003.
Dylan Ratigan quit his news job to run a hydroponic organic farm, “Archi’s
Acres” in San Diego County, that trains Vets to be organic hydroponic
farmers.
walking death
One child dies every five seconds
as a result of hunger and malnutrition.
Exposing The Fraud Of Obamacare: New Article By John Kaminski -
In my Sunday rant, I touched on some reality about the so called
"Obamacare" and how it indeed is nothing more than a scam and a massive
swindle on the American public. I described in my rant how during last
Friday's Skype call to John Kaminski, both John and I talked about this
"Obamacare" swindle, and how it is in reality just another massive tax grab
on the American people....
John Kaminski informed me that he was working on a new article that would
expose Obamacare for the fraud it really is....John finished the article,
and posted it up today at The Rebel (www.therebel.org/new... more »
GOP in disarray
Went offline for a few hours. Nothing much changed except the GOP's Crackpot
Caucus doubled down on the crackpottery. Boehner's House of Dysfunction
reportedly adjourned without taking a vote on anything. Hearing speculation
they will vote on the Senate bill tomorrow but who knows? I suppose it
depends on how well fortified with liquid courage poor ole Johnny is when
he arrives on the Hill.
Meanwhile, the fearsome Huckleberry Closet Case** scolds the mean
Democrats:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told TPM that he was "proud" of Speaker John
Boehner's handling of the fiscal crisis but ... more »
NOW! Tarsands Megaload heads to Nez Perce Oct. 15, 2013
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Wild Idaho Rising TideTuesday, Oct. 15, 2013Second and Washington
Streets, near Moscow City Hall, Moscow, Idaho
TONIGHT! If state/corporate powers send four small "sump sections," we
cannot rail against "megaloads"? If they do not disclose module
destinations, we cannot protest Alberta tar sands mining? If they do not
invade Highway 12, we cannot defend indigenous and
"It's now a rough world for people who do sloppy work," says Paul Krugman -- but "somehow [he] can't seem to muster any sympathy"
*by Ken*
Somehow I seem to have found myself on the Nobel beat. First, there was the
rush of the unexpected but wildly deserved Literature prize for Alice Munro.
Now there's the curiosity of an Economics prize split three ways, with two
of those three, Chicago's Eugene Fama (an old-Chicago-school worshipper of
the mojo of "markets") and Yale's Robert Shiller (who has a very different
view of markets), being economists whom even I know you don't ever expect
to see sharing, well, *anything*.
Although *The New Yorker*'s John Cassidy has an excellent blogpost, "Inefficient
Markets: A... more »
Congress Has Had Enough Conservative Patrick Murphys Already-- It's Time For A Progressive One… From Iowa
Yesterday, failed right-wing politician Rick Santorum announced that his
silly little PAC was endorsing another lunatic fringe candidate, Iowa
teabagger Walter Rogers from Cedar Falls. "I can say without hesitation,"
proclaimed Santorum, "that he would be a terrific congressman to represent
northeast Iowa. I am all in, in support of Walt Rogers' candidacy, and I
look forward to joining him on the campaign trail soon."
Iowa's first congressional district-- the northeast of the state, including
Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Marshalltown and Decorah-- is an open seat
because the c... more »
THE MAGIC OF THE WALK
We were walking along today from Mercer to Farmington when a big green bus
zoomed by us. I noticed it said Bread & Puppet on the back. Then minutes
later the bus had turned around and pulled into a parking lot in front of
us. A bunch of young people jumped out and they immediately began
unloading band equipment from the rear end. Soon we had the Bread & Puppet
marching band leading our walk. They played When the Saints Go Marching In
and Down by the Riverside as we continued walking. Then they apologized
saying they had to get on to do a show someplace and headed back to the... more »
NYT Propaganda About OPCW
Below is an excerpt from, *"NYT's OPCW "He Said, She Said" Reporting Misses
Major Judgement" *by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, October 15, 2013:
In 2002 José Bustani, the then head of the now Nobel prized Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was fired because his insistence
on bringing Iraq into the Chemical Weapon Treaty conflicted with the war
plans of the Bush administration.
The New York Times recently picked up on the story:
Mr. Bolton, then an under secretary of state and later the American
ambassador to the United Nations, told Mr. Bustani that the Bush
admini... more »
Who does the US Govt owe?
Here’s everybody the US Government owes money to, in one simple graphic.
[image: pm-gov_debt_v-624[1]]
Oh, and here’s the US Debt Clock. It just keeps ticking. Note the unfunded
liabilities…
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Pleas for civility. Please! #edreform
Hither and thither on Twitter today, and perhaps from a post by Education
Week, I’ve seen folks from the education deform camp plea for civility.
That is, educators and parents and students are not affording folks like NY
state education official John King enough respect. That we can indeed
engage in civil debate. Civility? I […]
Satire: "Rand Paul Proposes Reopening Just Enough of Government to Hold New Hearings on Benghazi"
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*"Rand Paul Proposes Reopening Just Enough of *
*Government to Hold New Hearings on Benghazi"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Adding his voice to the eleventh-hour
debate about the government shutdown, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) today
proposed reopening just enough of the government to hold new hearings on
Benghazi. “Across this great nation of ours, people are suffering,” he told
Fox News’s Megyn Kelly. “Suffering, Megyn, because they still don’t know
what really happened in Benghazi.”
Noting that the government shutdown had furloughed investigators wh... more »
UK court to hear evidence ahead of landmark Libor ruling
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/12/libor-court-idUSL6N0HY3E220131012
UK court to hear evidence ahead of landmark Libor ruling
By Matt Scuffham
LONDON | Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:00pm EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) - A British court will this week consider whether
attempted manipulation of the benchmark interest rate Libor can invalidate
loans and other deals or show that banks mis-sold products that were based
upon the rate.
The Court of Appeal will on Tuesday begin a 3-day hearing examining two
separate cases brought by clients against Barclays and Deutsche Bank. It is
expected to hand d... more »
Argentina: The Punta Indio Aquatic Connection
*Argentina: The Punta Indio Aquatic Connection*
*By Luis Burgos, Fundacion Argentina de Ovnilogía (FAO)*
*Geographic Location:* Punta Indio is a prospect of Buenos Aires located
some 100 km. south of the city of La Plata, the provincial capital, on the
eastern bank of the Río de la Plata (River Plate). It has small but
peaceful bathing resorts. Fishing is one of the great attractions of the
area, which also includes the famous Navy Air Base.
*The Mysterious Coastal Area:* It was precisely there, in 1965, when its
headquarters were under the command of Hugo Frontoth that a series o... more »
It appears that the House Republicans changed the rules of the House to make them the only ones who can stop the government shutdown once started. The last government shutdown of 21 days cost the economy $2 BILLION. I move that We The People demand that these rogue Republicans pay the cost of their caper out of their own pockets or be sent to debtors' prison.
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http://youtu.be/0Jd-iaYLO1A The GOP's little rule change they hoped you
wouldn't notice
Chris Van Hollen
Published on Oct 12, 2013
http://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen
http://facebook.com/ChrisVanHollen
Late in the evening on September 30, 2013, the House Rules Committee
Republicans changed the Rules of the House so that the ONLY Member allowed
to call up the Senate's clean CR for a vote was Majority Leader Eric Cantor
or his designee -- all but guaranteeing the government would shut down a
few hours later and would stay shut down. Previously, any Me... more »
A message from Ayn Rand
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House CR/Debt Limit BIll Pulled
The news this evening is that John Boehner had to pull the bill Republicans
had been scrambling to put together all day.
My general sense is that it's progress. If a GOP CR/debt limit bill passes
the House, we're back to where we were, really; both sides have a position,
with Democrats insisting that a deal amounts to paying a ransom, and so
there's no deal to be had.
However, with House Republicans in disarray, the only game in town is the
Reid/McConnell "deal," which is really just a GOP surrender with a minor
fig leaf. Or maybe not even; there was talk at one point in the last da... more »
“What I Learned About Humanity From Living on the Streets”
*“What I Learned About Humanity From Living on the Streets”*
By Mary
"Passers-by mainly ignore me, a homeless woman sitting on the sidewalk or a
bench. The people who do speak to me are either curious, or harpies who
give me unsolicited and useless advice, or the more irritable who chastise
me. I try to explain by example that there are good, decent, employable but
destitute people in New York City.
*The author reads a morning newspaper on a tree-lined street in
Manhattan. All of her belongings are in bags beside her. Her image has been
intentionally blurred at her request. *
... more »
Syria: US urges opposition to talk, but can't cut allied flow of weapons
Two news articles regarding Syria*- disingenuous comes to mind*
US urges Syrian opposition to join peace talks
The United States is trying to *persuade* (as if they are independent?) a
key Syrian opposition group to drop its refusal to join planned peace
talks, saying its participation is essential, a US official said Tuesday.
The Syrian National Council, which is the biggest bloc within the
Syrian opposition coalition, said at the weekend it would not attend the
talks planned for next month and would quit the umbrella group if it does.
"There have been many ups and downs in t... more »
The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
The Assassination of Robert F.Kennedy - The Complete Pruszynski Tape
Recording [RAW AUDIO] from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The Sequence of gunshots (reports) can be heard from around 5 mins 30
seconds
21:00 "The negro gentleman says that there was another man, too..."
Source:
"Complete_Pruszynski_Recording.mp3"
Render unto Caesar.... from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
The story of the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, told in music and
pictures
Picutres which Life Magazine declined to publish until 2006.
It's a really complete and accurate accounting of that murder - Sirhan
Sirhan doesn't... more »
"Food Stamp End Coming In November?"
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*"Food Stamp End Coming In November?"*
By Live Free or Die
"States across America have been warned that food stamps may not be coming
in November and to now prepare for fallout should no agreement be reached
on the US government shutdown, pending further notice. That’s according to
a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fox 13 obtained a copy
from the Crossroads Urban Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Crossroads
says if Utah families don’t get food stamps, they’ll turn to the local food
pantries, which are already strapped due to the government shutdown.
Homeless ... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *Clement
Pulaski*. Clement and I will be discussing William Dudley Pelley, who was
the leader of the Silver Shirts in the 1930s, one of the most prominent
fascist movements in America.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *William Dudley Pelley* - Metapedia
- *No More Hunger* by William Dudley Pelley
Parliamentary Dumdum Emotionalism
* This is my guest post in antipinoy today.
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Some people have the habit or disease of attaching their particular
advocacies to their personalities. They have intertwined the issue or
message to their personal identity. Thus, "Advocacy X = Person X". An
attack on issue or an advocacy is seen as an attack on that person. This is
a pathetic if not psychotic attitude because other people normally
criticize an idea, not the person or group of people. There is a
distinction between the message and the messenger.
At the facebook group "Kilos Pinoy", owned and administered by a f... more »
Mining 35: Opposition to Mining, Where Do They Come From?
In my previous article in this subject, I said that the EITI Secretariat
has declined my belated application to join their conference last month.
Upon the request of a friend who is a DOF official, the secretariat invited
me to attend the conference of Day 2.
Below is my article today in Mining Week.
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Other than the usual left-leaning and anti-capitalism, anti-globalization
groups, there are many other camps and individuals who oppose large-scale
mining (metallic and non-metallic) for other reasons. What are these
reasons and where do they come from?
During the “Confere... more »
IDEAS 5: Who is a Liberal? What is Limited Government?
This is a nice, well-written paper defining what is liberalism and
libertarianism, who is a liberal, what is the rule of law, limited
government, and free market capitalism. Written by a friend, the CEO of
IDEAS in Malaysia, Wan Saiful Wan Jan. Posted today in their website,
reposting here. This essay complements my previous papers under "Pol.
Ideology" series in this blog.
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The word “liberal” has been bandied about quite a lot lately. Most of the
time the term is criticised for something completely unrelated to what the
word actually means. There are also many cases of ... more »
"Why Government Can’t Leave Bad Enough Alone"
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*"Why Government Can’t Leave Bad Enough Alone"*
by Bill Bonner
"Dow up again yesterday… but still below its summer highs. What direction
is it going? Who knows? Is QE Forever fully priced into this market? Will
stock prices rise with each additional increment? Or will investors realize
that artificially low interest rates (and the support this gives Washington
to fund its deficits) will not make their stockholdings more valuable?
We’ll wait to find out... safely out of US stocks, of course.
“People think us cab drivers are stupid,” began our favorite
cabbie-cum-philosopher, w... more »
(Roasting Jolly Dick Cheney) David Byrne Slams the Super-Rich, Ways That 1%'s Huge Profits Have Broken the Back of America (For Almost 70 Years the U.S. Has Been the World Leader in Spreading Destruction and Misery Across the Planet) Pension Reform Myths Exposed
(If throwing a contribution Pottersville2's way won't break your budget in
these difficult financial times, I really need it, and would wholeheartedly
appreciate it. Anything you can afford will make a huge difference in this
blog's lifetime.) I guess it's almost always true: You do get what you pay
for. And sometimes so much more. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Other War Criminals
Joke About
No Comment
There will be no comment here on the only news anyone wants to talk about
today.
I'm utterly uninterested in what Len Brown did in the (relative) privacy of
the Ngati Whatua Room. Because it's not who he screws in private that
worries me. What worries me is him screwing over Auckland ratepayers every
day right out in the open.
How about we focus on that?
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Guest Post: Debt Ceiling Delusions
*Guest post by Peter Schiff*
The popular take on the current debt ceiling stand-off is that the Tea
Party wing of the Republican Party has a delusional belief that it can hit
the brakes on new debt creation without bringing on an economic
catastrophe. While Republicans are indeed kidding themselves if they
believe that their actions will not unleash deep economic turmoil, there
are much deeper and more significant delusions on the other side of the
aisle. Democrats, and the President in particular, believe that continually
taking on more debt to pay existing debt is a more respons... more »
In or out
Two first episodes fronted by two queer people; Grayson Perry in the old
fashioned sense, and Stephen Fry in the modern.
Stephen Fry’s reviews are varied. I thought the Sam Wollaston in the
Guardian was trying too hard to be amusing, and the Telegraph’s Rupert
Hawksley was trying not to be.
Notable moments were the gay wedding, which apparently made Stephen
tearful:
*“**Stephen (Fry) sheds a not totally convincing tear. Come on, you didn't
even know them until five minutes ago …” said Sam Wollaston in the Guardian.
*
His chat with Elton and David was also of interest to that revie... more »
House GOP revolting
And I mean revolting in every sense of the word. I would write about the
latest "negotiations" (a/k/a hostage demands) but judging from the
contradictory narratives in the media, nobody knows what Boehner's House of
Dysfunction is doing, including Boehner and his Crackpot Cons.
The maniacal vandals of the Crackpot Caucus are so immersed in their own
invented reality, they apparently have no clue that the explosives they're
tossing about on Capitol Hill have lit fuses and are about to incinerate
the entire world economy. Yet, even though reality based Americans can see
the danger, a... more »
The Zinoviev Letter
Not another piece involving the *Daily Mail*? I'm afraid so. The so-called
'Zinoviev Letter', that notorious forgery published in October 1924 four
days before that year's general election remains the most scurrilous frame
up in British political history. Its publication by that most hateful of
rags is generally understood to have ensured the first Labour government's
tenure of office was very short-lived. I mean, would you accept anything
from such a sinister-looking fella? Yet what surprised me was that despite
its fearsome reputation, the letter is relatively innocuous. Perhaps
... more »
SEARCH FOR LOVE EVENTUALLY LEADS TO OUR TRUE SELF
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**
*The true purpose of relationship is the full flowering of each partner but
only those who conquer fear reach the seventh and final self-fulfilling
stage of relationship. As such, the search for love, like the search for
God, eventually leads to our self : Allen L Roland*
*The only right love is that between couples whose passion leads them both,
one through the other, to a higher possession of their being: Teilhard de
Chardin *
Most people are afraid of love because they are afraid of their deepestfeelings
~ their deepest joy, delight and inner free... more »
Bashar's Most Profound Speech...
*http://bashar.org/*
"Democracy has bad taste"
A Grayson Perry pot
This year's BBC Radio 4 *Reith Lectures *are being delivered by
transvestite potter and former *Newsnight Review *regular Grayson Perry.
I read recently that Radio 4's newish boss chose Grayson to deliver these
prestigious lecture as part of his bid to rid the network of its stuffy
image.
Well, Grayson is certainly the frock-wearing guy to blow away a few odorous
Reithian cobwebs.
His first lecture today was far, far away from the tone and spirit of any
other *Reith Lecture* I've ever heard. Any Reithian spiders in earshot will
have scuttled away into the BBC's... more »
American Indian Film Festival Nov 1 -- 10, 2013
The
38th American Indian Film Festival
Censored News
Tantoo Cardinal, Danny Glover star in Chasing Shakespeare
SAN FRANCISCO – With its rich legacy of showcasing the best Native
cinema, and its longstanding presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, the
38th Annual American Indian Film Festival returns Friday, November 1 to
Saturday, November 9 at the Delancey Street Theatre, 600
Mohawk Nation News 'US Canada Ponzi Crash!'
US
CANADA PONZI CRASH!
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 13, 2013. The ultra secret Communications Security
Establishment Canada CSEC has been caught spying on Brazil for the
banksters. Stealing minerals, oil, gas and resources is their path to
growth. Indigenous resource and land-owners are not cooperating with the
theft of Great Turtle Island.
Prime Minister Harper appointed Dr.
Bien peasants
Former BBC Radio 4 *Today *editor Rod Liddle is almost invariably fun to
read at the *Spectator.*
His latest blog post strikes a strong chord with me, in that it reflects my
own experiences of listening to, and watching, the BBC.
Does it yours too?
Greetings from the 2013 Radio Festival, in Salford. I’m here to take part
in a debate about whether or not radio reflects the opinions and concerns
of a broad enough tranche of the public. It certainly does a better job of
this than TV; Radio Five (especially Nicky Campbell) and some of the local
stations seem to reflect the views o... more »
Rachel and Lawrence deliver the bait!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013!*
*The Two Flags Amusement Park:* Last night, Rachel Maddow opened her show
with an intelligent, informative segment.
The segment concerned the debt ceiling crisis. It involved an interview
with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
As a reward, we got a treat right in her second segment. As other hosts on
her channel had done, Maddow engaged in a race-baiting nut-pick concerning
the guy with two flags. Here's the background:
Helped along by Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, tea party folk had staged a protest
about the shutdown of DC’s World War II memorial. This has been tr... more »
John King Gives Uncommon Schools a Free Pass on Teacher Evaluation Scheme
Before he was Commissioner of Ed in New York, John King ran the KIPP
knock-off charter chain, Uncommon Schools, which depends upon the same
forced winnowing techniques to run off low test scorers, ELLs, and special
ed students.
Now King is giving his former chain gang charters a pass on the Rube
Goldberg teacher eval system based on the monstrous TN system.
Story from the Daily News:
State Education Commissioner John King is overhauling the state’s method of
evaluating teachers, but the charter schools he used to run aren’t
participating.
The high-performing Uncommon Schools — w... more »
BBC Poll Tracker is out of action, I wonder why
The BBC Poll Tracker is currently out of action, giving this message:
'Poll tracker
We're making some improvements to the poll tracker. While this is going on
it won't be updated, but you can still look back at polls and key events
over the last 30 years.
Alternatively, click here for details on latest poll trends.'
In case you're interested here's an up to date chart courtesy of Mike
Smithson
Now why would the BBC not like to show that chart?
OPCW Propaganda
OPCW = fraud, joke.
Nobel Peace Prize = fraud, joke.
Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to OPCW = double fraud, double joke.
Video Title: You Are The OPCW. Source: opcwonline. Date Published: August
15, 2013. Description: A short video featuring OPCW staff members engaging
in their day-to-day work.
Freudian slip
Hilarious. Destined to be typo of the year.
My favorite shutdown typo today: pic.twitter.com/Xs78POBYM4
— Ian Gordon (@id_gordon) October 15, 2013
Collective hu-manity Intention Has Reached Necessary Level for Next Gaia Upgrade
*
* *Collective hu-manity Intention Has Reached Necessary Level for Next Gaia
Upgrade*
by ÉirePort
Collective hu-manity intention has reached necessary level for next Gaia
upgrade.
Energetics are aligned for massive forward and upward movement by hu-manity
collective. Alterations in such are currently not allowed by these
Energetics and supporting grid structures.
hu-manity now progresses rapidly to Hue-manity.
Gaia Ascension assured.
ÉirePort | October 15, 2013 at 17:35
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-pb
The Brilliant "Leave Town" Option?
So far today, over in no-we're- not-completely-bonkers House news, the
House Republicans prepared a debt limit/funding bill, took it to a
conference meeting, sang "Amazing Grace" (presumably more of a Diane
Chambers version than you would find in the House Democrats' caucus, no?),
found out they didn't have the votes, and then threatened to pass something
and then leave town -- so the Senate and Barack Obama would have to choose
to go along or go passed the Thursday-ish deadline.
I'll be writing more about this later, but it sounds to me like a brilliant
Boehner strategy! After all,... more »
Assad calls for transitional government in America
Speaking to reporters on the Muslim holiday of Eid, Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad said: "The government shutdown in Washington is a good step in the
right direction. The international community should support the creation of
a new, transitional government in America in this tough crisis. Syria and
her people stand behind such efforts. We hope that Republicans and
Democrats can settle their differences, and come together around the
creation of a new government that serves the American people better."
Immediately after Assad's explosive remarks, Secretary of State John Kerry
counte... more »
Maddow whips open a big can of con!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*Introduces her dearly beloved:* Last night, gullible viewers were getting
hustled about last weekend’s DC protest.
We saw true believers get hustled on Fox—and on The One True Channel.
We’ll cover that topic in our next post. In this post, let’s note the way
Rachel Maddow kissed the asp of her beloved last night.
Chris Matthews appeared on Maddow’s show to sell you his latest book. When
Rachel teased his upcoming appearance, she of course described him as “the
great Chris Matthews.”
It’s required by Hard Pundit Law!
We always cringe when they play us ... more »
I remember the feeling so clearly
40 years ago, almost to the day, a very young Master NotaSheep watched
England be held to a draw by Poland and so not qualify for the 1975 World
Cup. That young chap cried for lost dreams and that was the last time I
cried tears of loss over a sporting event; tears of joy are a whole other
matter.
So as the tension builds let's hope I don't revert to the NotaSheep of 40
years ago.
The Courts. Jessica Ernst And The Honourable Neil Wittmann
F. Fascism and Contemporary Canada. Locating The Present Conservative
Government Led By Stephen Harper. *Part S**ix.* The Courts. Jessica
Ernst
And The Honourable Neil Wittmann, Chief Justice, Court Of Queen’s Bench,
Alberta.
*The Courts. Jessica Ernst And The Honourable Neil Wittmann*
... more »
Boehner And McConnell Have Primary Challenges-- Why Not Steny Hoyer, Steve Israel And Debbie Wasserman Schultz?
When I was growing up, my grandfather always told me to never trust the
Democratic Party. "They're not as bad as the Republicans." he always said,
"but they're bad in their own way. They make believe they stand up for the
working class, but they're just out for themselves." Even back then, it was
clear the party was dominated by careerists. The Republicans complain about
their party in the same way. So it probably surprised no one that most
Americans-- across the board-- think we need another political party. Gallup
confirmed it this week.
Amid the government shutdown, 60% of Ame... more »
The Dismal Science
"They call Economics 'the dismal science'.
Today the Nobel Committee seemed to agree. They gave their prize in
Economics to three different economists - one for proving that markets are
always rational and efficient, and another for proving they are most
certainly not, and a third who proved it was impossible to tell."
So said Kirsty Wark on last night's *Newsnight*.
Now, I try (almost like an idealised BBC reporter) to be even-handed -
Sometimes. When the mood takes me - but (like a non-idealised BBC reporter)
I'm biased. Inevitably.
For example, economically-speaking, I'm pr... more »
Amendment of information or indictment on appeal only with great caution
R. v. Brownson, 2013 ONCA 619:
[20] Section 683(1)(g) explicitly authorizes an appeal court to amend
an indictment (and, by analogy, an information):
683(1) For the purposes of an appeal under this Part, the court of appeal
may, where it considers it in the interests of justice,
….
(g) amend the indictment, unless it is of the opinion that the accused has
been misled or prejudiced in his defence or appeal.
[21] Under this section, the scope of permissible amendments at the
appeal stage is wide. As expressed by Doherty J.A. in *R. v. Irwin* (1998),
38 O.R. (3d) 689 (... more »
Marc Stevens - Government Violence & The Stockholm Syndrome
Good interview from Henrik at Red Ice Radio
If you enjoy the information Larken Rose presents then Marc Stevens should
be your cuppa too!
Space, healthcare, vandals and loonies
I heard a rumour the other day that, due to the current US government
shutdown, the Mars Curiosity Rover was switched off. It hasn’t been. NASA
is currently maintaining a skeleton staff of around 500 people, some of
whom are working on the rover. One would think Juno, Dawn and New Horizons
haven’t been switched off, but who knows.
The current shutdown is an act of vandalism. If the Democrats have anything
about them as a party they should use this to shut the Republicans out of
office for a generation or more. This year’s budget negotiations were used
as another bargaining chip to ... more »
Denver celebrates Russell Mean's Life and Legacy Nov 2013
American
Indian Activist, Actor And Educator To Be Honored With A Series Of
Events In The Mile High City
DENVER -- You may recognize him from such films as Last of the Mohicans
and Natural Born Killers, but Russell Means was much more than a face on
the silver screen. He was a cultural, political, artistic and visionary
American Indian leader, described during his life as “the most
Memphis Ready to Turn Over $23 Million Head Start Budget to Corporate Cronies at Porter-Leath
We posted on September 30 about Shelby County Mayor, Mark Luttrell, and his
cozy relations with fellow corporate pol, Mark Threlkeld, who presides over
the Board of Trustees of Porter-Leath, a non-profit corporation that is
building an empire on backs of young victims of the Zero Tolerance Era.
The former Orphan AsylumPorter-Leath's history goes back to the 19th
Century, when it served as home of last resort for children of the
destitute. Today it is run by President Sean Lee, who lives across the
border in a very white and leafy section of Mississippi.
Lee seems particularly qua... more »
This GOP Thing Needs a Name
I want to say something about the Second Battle of the World War II Memorial,
which was the subject of much fuss over the weekend.
What's it called when you shut down the government, and then instead of
spending the shutdown time arguing that your demands are just and should be
accepted, you complain about parts of the government being shut down?
I don't know! I mean, one could call it hypocritical, but that doesn't seem
to me at least to capture the full meaning of what's going on here.
The reason I bring it up is because I think we've reached the
three-times-is-a-trend point. The ... more »
Chinese to Build High Speed Rail from China thru Thailand, Malaysia to Singapore
*Building a high-speed railway through Thailand*
10-13-2013 10:34 BJT
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20131013/101670.shtml
By CCTV correspondent Tony Cheng
The basic agreements to build a high speed rail network linking China and
Thailand have been in place for some time. But, construction has not yet
started after disagreements over the exact route of the railway. As CCTV’s
Tony Cheng reports from Bangkok, there appears to be renewed momentum now
in getting the megaproject underway.
Catching the slow train to nowhere.
Thailand’s rail system has fallen into disre... more »
The Last Group Openly Insulted: 7 Ways to Prove Weight Discrimination
I wrote a piece in AOL Jobs called 7 Ways to Prove Weight Discrimination,
which I'll excerpt below. But what I really want to talk about are the
comments that showed up within a couple hours of the piece going up:
From *jmasiulewicz:*
"The only category of the ADA that can be voluntarily acquired. A
disability by choice. Disgusting."
From *rkeeeballs *
"If it looks like a fat slob....it is !"
From *mckdarren *
"Yeah, let's encourage more lawsuits, Donna, instead of encouraging fat
people to get control of their lives and health. You're a disgrace."
These jerks prove my point exa... more »
October Surprise 2012: War with Iran - Rear-Admiral Gouette and HormuzStrait Incident
This is the Strait of Hormuz:
70% of the world's crude oil transits through Iranian Territorial Waters -
the safe shipping lane is an *incredibly* narrow and hazardous navigation -
aside from having to execute a harpin turn (which supertankers are NEVER
especially good at, you may note the numerous rocks and shoals and tiny
uninhibited islands which (its not disputed) are Iranian sovereign
territory.
All else being equal, Iranian territorial waters, and Iranian law *should *extend
12 miles in every direction from any one of these rocks.
By any legal definition, all of these supert... more »
Perú: Peruvian Air Force Launches Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon Research Department
*Perú: Peruvian Air Force Launches Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon Research
Department*
DINAE, the Office of Aerospace Interests, under the official sponsorship of
CONIDA, the National Commission for Aerospace Investigation and Development
and the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), in response to the significant increase
in claims and reports on Anomalous Aerial Objects commonly referred to as
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the skies over Peruvian Territory,
has decided to RE-LAUNCH and RE-ACTIVATE the office established in 2001
under the name of Office of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena Re... more »
Getting Ripped: A string of thrilling claims!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*The full bloom of a con: *We know, we know. You think we’re overdoing it
with Amanda Ripley’s ballyhooed new book, The Smartest Kids in the World.
We understand the complaint! But Ripley’s book is a remarkable text, a
Rosetta Stone which helps us see the nature of modern “journalistic”
practice.
We want to record the succession of scams involved in this widely-praised
book. Today, let’s review Ripley’s succession of claims about miraculous
Finland.
We’ve presented one claim before. It comes right at the start of the book.
In the passage shown below, R... more »
Dave Ramsey: How does the Affordable Care Act affect you?...(video)
*"You’re not exempt from math if you’re a Republican, and you’re not exempt
from math if you’re a Democrat." *
Diane Ravitch's Balanced Appraisal of Charters
Diane Ravitch, in *Reign of Error*, argues that school reform heedlessly
replaced the old-fashioned geographically-based system of public education
with a competitive market-based system that includes traditional public
schools, private schools, privately managed charter schools, for-profit
providers, and virtual schools.
The roots of this movement, she argues, are “fundamentally libertarian”
but, today, it includes reformers who see the education system as obsolete.
Some reformers sincerely believe they are helping poor children of color,
while some are more interested in profits.... more »
Longest Walk 4 at Colorado Border!
Thanks
to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for the photos
via cell.
By Brenda Norrell
Photo by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Censored News
(Tues., Oct. 15, 2013) Today, the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
began their walk at the border of Colorado, after walking across Kansas.
The walkers made it to the Colorado border yesterday.
San Francisco Protest of Columbus Statue Photos
By
Tony Gonzales, AIM West
Censored News
SAN FRANCISCO -- On Monday, October 14, a protest was held to help
initiate a process with city government to begin to address public
racism and removal these objects from public view. To remove racism from
society, first remove the bigotry here, the Columbus statue, casts
toward the Ocean, in San Francisco.
The protest against
Benghazi - The Constitutional Implications
*"To avoid any constitutional problems, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
administers the oath of office a second time with Barack Obama in the Map
Room of the White House on Wednesday, January 21, 2009."*
*"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the
following Oath or Affirmation:—*
*"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office
of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."*
*
*
*Article 2, Section 3:*
*
*
*"he shall take Care that the... more »
WE THE WALKING DEAD: Can’t think, can’t laugh, can’t cry, can’t feel!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013*
*Part 2—Meet the (shambling) Press:* In Jim Sheridan’s honored 2002 film,
In America, a young father whose son has died describes the way the loss
has eaten away his soul.
Johnny, an aspiring actor, is no longer fully alive; he’s no longer fully
human. In effect, he describes himself as one of the walking dead:
JOHNNY: You know, I asked [God] a favor. I asked him to take me instead of
him. And he took the both of us. *And look what he put in my place!*
I'm a fucking ghost. I don't exist.
*I can't think. I can't laugh. I can't cry. *
*I can't... feel!*
... more »
Iraq’s Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan Faces The Abyss
The September 2013 Kurdish parliamentary elections were a sea change for
the region’s politics. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) that had
co-ruled the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since the 1990s came in
third place. Now it is facing all kinds of questions. The immediate one is
whether it will participate in the new government or not, but the larger
one is whether it can recover from such a devastating loss.
The fallout from the vote was immediately felt by the Patriotic Union. A
few days after the polls were closed its politburo accepted that it was
heading for def... more »
Senator Bernie Sanders is interviewed on CNN by presstitute Wolf Blitzer RE what should be done about the Republican blackmail
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http://youtu.be/yJWe1v5KO8o
Sen. Bernie Sanders on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (CNN)
Bernie Sanders
*Published on Oct 11, 2013*
Cherchez la Verite
Michael Hogan's weak case for renewables
Michael Hogan Added a couple of comments to my Breakthrough Institute post
on The Energy Collective.
Mark Jacobson's work at Stanford is not particularly credible and I would
not recommend it. The two most robust system analyses I would point to are:
*Roadmap 2050: A practical guide to a prosperous, low-carbon Europe* (first
phase published 2010, phase 2 published 2011 and phase 3 due to be
published later this year), carried out by KEMA, Imperial College London,
McKinsey & Co. and Oxford Economics under the sponsorship of the European
Climate Foundation and in close coordination wit... more »
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving?
Aren\’t All Children Equally Deserving?. via Aren’t All Children Equally
Deserving?.
Teacher Education for schools as they are OR for schools as they should be? That is the question.
A mentor once told me that “our goal” in teacher education is not to prepare preservice teachers to teach in schools as they are but to prepare them “to teach in schools as they should be.” What does that actually mean? If enacted how would teacher education look? What would we do and/or not do? […]Related articles
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