English: Portrait of Stephen Harper as Nazi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner with Canada PM Stephen Harp in Toronto (Photo credit: Wikipedia)What the BBC deliberately doesn't tell you about welfare immigration
'...the UK is one of only five EU states (the others being Finland,
Germany, Estonia and Ireland) that offer non contributory benefits to the
unemployed. In other words, only if you live in one of those countries are
you able to claim unemployment benefits without having paid into the
system.
If you or I – or the BBC home affairs editor Mark Easton – pitched up in
France, Italy or Greece, we could not claim unemployment benefit without
having contributed into the system. (There might, as someone in the comment
thread will point out, be a million or so Brits living in Spain, but t... more »
Guest Post - What Can the Middle East Teach Us About Sustainability?
When one thinks about urban development in the Middle East, sustainability
may not be the first idea that springs to mind. But recent reports show
that, as a matter of fact, the Middle East is actually leading the way when
it comes to implementing sustainable practices.
Disparate Attitudes
This news has come as a surprise to many, particularly in light of the
disparate attitudes towards promoting sustainability which are held by
Middle East and Western governments. The British government, for example,
introduced a tax which made it exponentially more expensive to purchase
landfill s... more »
My Top Ten Character Names
Naming a baby is hard. I have only had to do it once in my life, but books
were a huge inspiration for me. Unfortunately, my husband and I don't have
the same taste in names and we struggled to find a name for our daughter
that we could agree on. If it had been completely up to me, I would have
named her straight from one of my favorite books, but alas I needed my
husband to agree too. Here are some of my favorite character names, other
known as, the names of my ten imaginary children. Linking up with The Broke
and the Bookish.
Boys Names:
- Dashiell- I absolutely adore Das... more »
Looks Like Mike Duffy Took The Advice I Proposed On August 9th .. Pamela Wallin Should Follow Him ...
*BUCKDOG: Maybe It's Time For Mike Duffy And Pamela Wallin To Throw Stephen
Harper 'Under The Bus' And Come Clean On This Whole Sorry Affair!" - August
9, 2013*
*"When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy to
Canada's unelected, undemocratic Senate, he started in motion a series of
events that has ultimately become an ugly, nasty political scandal.
For starters, neither Duffy nor Wallin qualified for senate appointment as
representatives of their respective native provinces.
While Ms. Wallin is originally from Saskatchewan, she has lived away for
most of her... more »
WILL ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN BEFORE ISRAELI-U.S. RELATIONS COOL TOO MUCH?
Relations between Israel and the US, according to some observers, are
deteriorating rapidly as the US talks with the Iranians over Iran’s nuclear
program seem to be gaining ground.
Netanyahu has been trying to convince the world that the new president of
Iran’s fresh and non-confronting approach to the West over sanctions and
Iran’s nuclear program are just about buying time which Iran is using to
build a nuclear bomb that Netanyahu says will be launched at Israel just as
soon as it’s ready.
Netanyahu maintains that he will strike Iran unilaterally if he felt that
Iran was getting... more »
My comments on the JFK and the media panel at the Duquesne "Passing the Torch" conference
I
have to thank Cyril Wecht and his son Ben Wecht for running a fantastic
conference. This was as professional as any conference on any subject I
have ever attended.
The following are my prepared remarks for the special
program I spoke on last week during the “Passing the Torch” conference
on the
JFK assassination at the Senator John Heinz Heinz History Center. The
other
participants included
Insight into co-location, dirt edition #edchat #TFA
Sort of a follow-up to a previous post of mine. As a public school, your
kid shows up, we teach them. It is rather well-documented that charter
schools, shall we say, select the most successful students. All I have to
say is, “How the HELL are you going to suspend a five year-old SIX times […]
You may be suffering from this...
*and not even know it.*
"In a larger sense the Republicans have ben winning for the past three years, if not the past thirty" (George Packer)
*What most "real" Americans "know," as they've "known" since the days of
St. Ronald of Reagan, is that government is the enemy, and anything that's
bad for the government is good for "real" Americans.*
*"The government shutdown is over. National default has been averted, for
now. According to an estimate by Standard and Poor's, the Tea Party's
brinkmanship cost the American economy twenty-four billion dollars -- more
than half a percentage point of quarterly growth. House Republicans have
suffered a huge tactical defeat of their own devising, and their approval
ratings are at an al... more »
Mining 36: Tax that can Wipe Out All PH Public Debt
* This is my article yesterday in Mining Week.
-----------
The mining industry is a very useful sector because many of the things that
humanity needs in modern life come from mining, like cellphones, tv, cars,
buses, electricity, appliances and so on. Yet mining is also highly
criticized if not demonized for the various environmental damages
attributed to it, real or imaginary.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an
international voluntary system among governments and big mining worlds in
many countries that help clear this issue of whether mining indeed dese... more »
What Really Happened When the House Stenographer Was Pulled Off the Floor?
*(a Religious-Nuts-Need-To-Be-Mentally-Evaluated False Flag??)*
[image: TRUTHstreammedia] TRUTHstreammedia
* Oct 19, 2013*
Because the mainstream media isn't telling.
Following weeks of bizarreness coming out of D.C., now we have this. The
House stenographer was pulled off the floor after an outburst (story on
that here: http://truthstreammedia.com/outburst-...).
It's weird because the mainstream media dubbed the part of the outburst
that happened after she was already pulled off the floor and standing near
the elevators over the part where she's up at the dias podium, leavin... more »
Longest Walk 4 Walks into Canon City, Colorado!
Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz Pueblo to Canon City, Colorado Oct. 21, 2013
Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson
Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson (photo 2) via cell. Thank you for sharing with Censored News!
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walks into Canon City, Colorado, today, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. They are walking west
Disaster Averted In Egypt-Ethiopia Relations, Both Sides Move Closer To An Agreement Over Renaissance Dam Project
Related: * *
*Morsi Defends Position In Looming Fight Over The Nile.* *
*
*War Over Water? Dispute Between Egypt and Ethiopia Over Nile Grows After
Violent Threats Made On Egyptian TV*.
*For Egyptians, The Nile Is Sacred - But What Is Sacred In War?*
* Ethiopian PM Brushes Off Morsi's Threatening Rhetoric.*
Egypt and Ethiopia have come to an agreement about the controversial
Renaissance Dam project. If Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood gang had
remained in power this positive development would not have occurred, so
this is another benefit to the July coup. Anyone who did not s... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - October 18 , 2013 - Data from October 18 , 2013 , news touching on the precious metals , world news and views touching on the precious metals.
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
More New Normal News.... Europe fixed ? Certainly not Spain ! Spanish Bad
Loans Soar To New Record High
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/18/2013 08:22 -0400
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Despite the onslaught of confidence-inspiring flim-flam from leadership in
Europe and a Spanish Prime Minister (and finance minister) desperate to
distract with "soft" survey based data, the hard numbers keep coming in and
keep getting worse and worse. The latest, seemingly confirming the IMF's
fearsome forecast that European banks face massive loan losses in the ... more »
RAG RADIO/ Thorne Dreyer : Father-Daughter! Newsman Dan Rather & Environmental Activist Robin Rather
Dan
Rather and Robin Rather on Rag Radio, Friday, September 27, 2013, in
the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag
Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Legendary newsman Dan Rather
and environmental activist Robin Rather
Their first ever father-daughter interview is a funny, far-ranging
discussion spiced with lively anecdotes, sharp political insights, and
touching family
Fall Break Day Two
For our one full day in Branson we kicked things off with a visit to Ripley's
Believe It Or Not.
Posing outside...
Riding a strange contraption...
In a diving helmet...
The World's Tallest Man...
Posing in the gift shop...
Fun House Mirror Selfie...
Southern Man spent the afternoon at a sales pitch (yes, Southern Man is a
sucker for those "stay free and listen to our ninety minute timeshare
spiel) and geocaching, then for our evening entertainment went to an
all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. With all-you-can-eat lobster and crab legs.
We ate like kings!
And again the eve... more »
Understanding The Subscription eBook Offer
Subscription services are today’s alternative solution to owning what may
fast become yesterday’s technology.
Imagine buying eight track cassettes, cassettes, vinyl, betamax, VHS, mini
discs etc, today. Yes, some still do but for the majority of us, these are
yesterday’s technology both in terms of devices and media. During the last
ten years we have achieved many things in the ebook arena and many old
formats and devices have come and gone. Do we expect tomorrow to be any
different? Do we expect to still be able to read and enjoy that ebook
download in say 10 or 20 years? Do we e... more »
Fall Break Day One
Day
One was Travel Day - pick up Teen Daughter at her mother's house and
then head on in to Branson.
We stayed at the fabulous Branson Plaza...
Teen Daughter strikes a pose...
Teen Daughter strikes another pose...
ParaSailors!
...and ate dinner at the very nice restaurant on the top floor, where
Teen
Daughter conducted a workshop in experimental photography.
Still Life #33, by Teen Daughter.
Flowers, by Teen Daughter.
Lights, by Teen Daughter.
Teen Daughter is immersed in a series of books (*The Mortal
Instruments*series) so she curled up in a corner to read and Southern... more »
INEXPLICATA: UFOs in History: Latin America and Spain.
We are pleased to present the final installment of the INEXPLICATA series
of monographs: *UFOs in History - Latin America and Spain*, which rounds
out the information we wanted to make available to the public in a more
accessible form than random entries scattered across the Internet. *UFOs in
History* is by no means exhaustive and is simply a quick reference guide,
giving the reader an idea of the wealth of cases available to researchers
in Spanish-speaking regions of the world, going back to Colonial times in
the Americas, and prehistoric times in Spain. While it borrows sections... more »
The best immunizaton is from the shopping cart at the supermarket
On the way to MacDonalds Yep, this is a fast food nation, with
frankenfood being a mainstay of the American diet, so why not? We can get
our immunizations on the go and it's all certified as wholesome and good by
the FDA and the AMA. So long as we can afford a car, a license, insurance,
and gasoline we can get it at the drive through and then we can say our
prayers at the drive through church. Expert Explains the Flu Vaccine
Deception and the Swine Flu Hoax
Dr. Shiv Chopra was a drug company insider, and also worked for what is
now Health Canada -- the Canadian equiva... more »
George Osborne and Ruling Class Decadence
If you think this is about the chancellor's youthful larks with Natalie
Rowe, you will surely be disappointed. What's more important - and far more
damaging - from the standpoint of British capital is his current game of
footsie with the Chinese Communist Party. The very notion that not only is
he letting the Chinese state build and run a cornerstone of Britain's
electricity generating capacity at Hinkley Point C, but will also be
shovelling hundreds of millions of taxpayers' cash their way as a sweetener
is flabbergasting. Forget the EU and its silly rules about straight
bananas, ... more »
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*Gulf ecosystem in crisis after BP spill ~Aljazeera*
The "Transparency" articles, and why they were written
Apparently one of the hot topics of conversations in several skype and
Facebook groups is the question of WHY I wrote the two transparency
articles last week. We had a discussion about it in one of the skype
rooms last night (which is posted below), but after receiving two more
messages this morning about other conversations on the topic, I decided to
write this here so that it can be read and shared by everyone if they wish.
(Thanx bea, excellent suggestion!).
As I said below, the two News based articles that I wrote last week: When
Transparency Smacks you in the Face- Even... more »
Slew Of New Polls-- All Devastating For The Party That Shut Down The Government
Time to say good-bye
CNN's latest polling was all bad news for the Republican Party, but in a
general kind of way. The PPP/MoveOn district-by-district polls released
this morning, though, are what terrorizes the hostage takers and cowards in
the GOP who just cost tax-payers $24 billion with their right-wing temper
tantrum. We'll get to those results in a moment.
Just over half the public says that it's bad for the country that the GOP
controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll
conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown.
…According to the... more »
Elsewhere: Broken GOP, Showdown Future, AutoCR
Column time. At TAP today, I argued that we're unlikely to have a second
shutdown when the current CR expires in January. The big point I've been
making is that shutdowns are the result of a deliberate strategy, not the
accidental effect of difficulty reaching a deal.
At Salon, I talked about the broken GOP and why that's the problem, and not
institutional design.
Going with both of those: a PP post today in which I complained about one
specific reform proposal: a fail-safe automatic CR at current levels.
Terrible idea!
And way back on Friday I took note of one of the big issues in... more »
The Ottomans: The Armenian Genocide
The greatest test facing BBC Two's *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors* was
obviously how it handled the most incendiary event in the entirely of
Ottoman history: The Armenian Genocide.
The Armenian genocide is widely regarded as the largest genocide prior to
the Holocaust.
What resulted sounded uncomfortably like an apologia to me.
I shall explain why. Please see if you agree.
The programme set the genocide in the context of the First World War.
Rageh Omaar's commentary presented the Ottoman Empire as the victim of the
Great Powers:
"The Great Powers of Europe had been w... more »
Photos from press conference and delivery of petition to free Albert Woodfox, at Louisiana State Capitol, Oct.21
*MEDIA COVERAGE: **Times-Picayune** II **The Advocate** *
(Please check back later for more photos.)
Billie Mizell speaks for Teenie Verret, the widow of slain prison guard
Brent Miller.**
**
*Rev. Dr. Patricia Bates*
* Michael Mable, Albert Woodfox's brother*
*Congressman Cedric Richmond's statement for October 21:*
“I am firm in my resolve to continue the fight to address the horrors of
long term solitary confinement in a meaningful way. The plight of the
Angola 3 has shined a disinfecting light on this terrible, unconstitutional
practice of indefinite solitary confinement wi... more »
Photos from the second line for Herman Wallace, New Orleans, Oct. 19
*View more photos here.*
The Ultimate Washington Kopp-Out: "Highly-Qualified" Teacher = Corporate Missionary with 15 Hours Experience
Wendy Kopp and her gang of creepy recruiters for TFA have established
themselves as the main missionary source for expanding control of
segregated urban schools to benefit the international corporate socialist
movement of Capitalists Without Borders.
With the blessing of the Obama Administration, Tom Harkin was able to slip
a provision through last week that entirely nullifies the concept of
"highly qualified" teacher:
With a $100 million endowment and annual revenues approaching $300 million,
TFA is flush with cash and ambition. Its clout on Capitol Hill was
demonstrated last we... more »
“Who Will Protect You from the Police?"
* *
*“Who Will Protect You from the Police?*
* The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions”*
By John W. Whitehead
“Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the
early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.”
- Winston Churchill
“It’s 3 a.m. You’ve been asleep for hours when suddenly you hear a loud
“Crash! Bang! Boom!” Based on the yelling, shouting and mayhem, it sounds
as if someone—or several someones—are breaking through your front door.
With your heart racing and your stomach churning, all you can think about
is keeping your family safe from the intruders who hav... more »
Satire: “Nation That Waited Decades to Pass Health Care Infuriated by Slow Web Site”
* *
*“Nation That Waited Decades to Pass Health*
* Care Infuriated by Slow Web Site”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “A nation that waited several decades for
health insurance is becoming increasingly infuriated by a Web site that is
wasting minutes of its time, reports from across the United States confirm.
The official Web site of Obamacare, HealthCare.gov, has been plagued by
glitches, crashes, and sluggishly loading pages, say millions of angry
Americans attempting to log on to the site at exactly the same time.
“Look, I know that we had to wait longer for... more »
The Economy: “Civilization Versus Barbarism”
* *
*“Civilization Versus Barbarism”*
by Bill Bonner
“US stocks and gold were calm on Friday. Nothing much to report. So, we’ll
return to a subject we’ve been working on: the real difference between
civilization and barbarism.
Why does this matter to you? Because it is critical to understanding what
money is… why the Fed will fail… why the dollar will disappear… and why you
should own gold. It’s something that has been a big focus at Bonner &
Partners Family Office, the family wealth investment advisory service my
eldest son, Will, and I started four years ago. Our goal is to tur... more »
The Saturday Night Massacre and the Presidency
"The recall of MacArthur, the steel seizure, and the dispatch of troops to
Little Rock share still another notable characteristic: In each case, the
decisive order was a painful last resort, a forced response to the
exhaustion of all other remedies, suggestive less of mastery than failure
-- the failure of attempts to gain an end by softer means" (Neustadt,
Presidential Power, 24).
The Saturday Night Massacre, forty years ago yesterday, was critical in the
public story of Watergate; it marked the point at which impeachment of the
President of the United States became part of the no... more »
Disney on Ice Ticket Giveaway!
I received tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange for this post and hosting a
giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
Are you ready for a giveaway? Disney on Ice presents Passport to
Adventure is rolling into town at the first of November and today you can
win a Family 4-pack of tickets to the show. This fall's show is a musical
expedition to the beaches of Hawaii with Lilo and Stitch, Under the Sea
with The Little Mermaid, to Africa with The Lion King and to Never Never
Land with Peter Pan.
We absolutely love Disney on Ice and we are excited to share our
favorite family outing w... more »
Are Mainstream Republicans Capable Of Going On The Offensive Against Teabaggers?
Aaron Schock's boyfriend is being targeted for political extinction by the
teabaggers
Earlier today we took a quickie glance at the devastating Republican Party
civil war and how an energized DCCC-- one without Steve Israel holding it
back-- could take advantage of it to win back the House. But mainstream
conservative Republicans have a different perspective. They're looking for ways
to excise the Tea Party cancer before its too late. Political strategists
told David Ignatius "the basic ingredients for revival include: good
candidates in key districts; a national nest egg of perhaps ... more »
A Bunch of Posters and Presentations on the Ethics of Person Centred Care and Shared Decision Making in Adolescent Diabetes now Online
Yea, what he said! These things are all outcomes of ongoing research in the
cross-disciplinary project *Organizing Person Centred Care in Pediatric
Diabetes: Communication, Decision-making, Ethics and Health*, where myself
and some younger philosophers/ethicists collaborate with psychologists,
linguists, care and organisation researchers and medical specialists. The
project's original plan can be seen here. We are now a few years in and the
last week has been a hectic one of delivery both at the yearly
international conference of pediatric and adolescent diabetes specialists, *ISPAD ... more »
As heard on Fox: Eric Stern debunks Hannity show!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013*
*Silence from the Times:* According to Eric Stern, he watched the Hannity
program on Fox on Friday evening, October 11.
Stern has a large advantage on most cable viewers; he understands the basic
workings of the Affordable Care Act. In a subsequent piece at Salon, Stern
says he worked as a senior adviser to Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. He
says he helped Schweitzer deal with the new federal rules in the ACA.
We watched Hannity’s program that evening too. We saw and heard the same
things Stern did.
Being less knowledgeable than Stern, we didn’t know ... more »
British Taxpayers are Gouged for Nuclear Power Plant- Clean and Green?
An expensive deal that ignores all alternatives....
Why worry about a bad deal when the abusive government can extract taxes
from it populace
*EDF would have settled at a lower price, with lower guarantees *But,
didn't have to.
The details of the deal to build Britain’s new nuclear reactors at Hinkley
Point are becoming clearer: a basic cost of £16bn, a quiet increase of £2bn
since the last parliamentary statement on the issue less than six months
ago. It guarantees a unit price of £92.50 per megawatt hour for the
electricity produced, stretching four decades into the future, and ... more »
Jesse Staniforth brutally rips Rex Murphy a new one ...
And
a very well-deserved one it is.
Rex Murphy's opinion piece isn't just ignorant, it's totally vacuous,
the product of someone who literally seems to know nothing about the
subject he's railing against.
But then, there's the rub. Murphy is educated in the art of the word;
not the projection of knowledge. He is the perfect right-wing shill,
bereft of information, ignorant of history and
The Senate Isn't Really an "Old Boys Club" Any More
I can understand why Mark Tracy was annoyed by the hype about the role of
Susan Collins in settling the shutdown, but his takedown is really an
overreaction.
Tracy notes that there are still only 20 women in the Seante. True! On the
other hand, he claims that "11 of the top 12 Senate officials are men." But
he's apparently counting (his link) the VP and the president pro tempore;
the latter is a symbolic designation, while the VP isn't even a Senator,
and really doesn't have a role in the Senate at all most of the time. I
think he's also counting Harry Reid twice, for whatever that'... more »
Obama um, er, ah talks about the wonderful roll out of Obamacare...
*a summation:*
He's got a bunch of goofy looking people standing behind him clapping when
they're told to.
He's hired more people for the call centers costing the tax payers even
more money.
Oh, wow. "If you've gotten stuck on the website, don't worry - we'll
contact you in the next few weeks."
"It's going to get fixed." (Clap, clap, clap, clap.)
"Even with the problems with the website, it's still easier than buying
insurance the old fashioned way."
Okay - time to vilify the GOP. Right on schedule.
It's their fault!!! (Clap, clap, clap, clap.)
This is about making sure ev... more »
An Industry of Mediocrity?: How about Journalism?
Careless, shoddy, flippant, thoughtless—these are the words that come to
mind when I think about most journalism addressing education. There are a
few shining examples of journalists doing their work (Valerie Strauss comes
to mind), but mostly, those are the words. So when I saw ‘An Industry of
Mediocrity’ at The New York Times, and […]
Health Care Is Hell
While we're waiting* for The Presider to give out bouquets to a few lucky
duckies who've beaten the odds and already acquired their golden tickets to
Obamacare Nirvana, let's take a gander at Health and Human Services' online
apologia for its glitch-ridden rollout.
The first sign that these people are still not ready for primetime is their
pledge to scour the earth to find "the best and the brightest" minds to fix
the troubled HealthCare.Gov. site. *The Best and the Brightest*, as you may
recall, is the title of a scathing book by David Halberstam about how a
group of so-called Whit... more »
THE SOLUTION TO WAR.......
*The Daily Show*
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In this exclusive, unedited interview, Malala Yousafzai offers suggestions
for Americans looking to help out overseas and stresses the importance of
education.
Mi'kmaq attorney Amy Sock punched kicked by RCMP
.
Attorney Amy Sock shows bruises Monday morning from RCMP. Amy says, "I am a peaceful warrior."
.
Amy Sock showing bruises at Monday press conference.
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Iraq Considers Forming Neighborhood Security Committees
As security deteriorates in Iraq, the government is desperately searching
for solutions. Recently Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called for
revitalizing the Sons of Iraq groups, which he neglected after the U.S.
withdrawal, and about using the Tribal Support Councils that he created
several years ago. The latest idea being floated is the creation of
“popular committees” in Baghdad and its suburbs, which would assist the
security forces. The first group to publicly acquiesce to this plan is an
Iranian supported militia with ties to Maliki. That raises fears that the
committees cou... more »
Federal Government joins litigation against Quebec's Anti-Clarity Act legislation
It has taken years to get to Court but the intervention is a good idea: Story
here
Yes, Economics is a Science
Says my Harvard colleague Raj Chetty.
An interesting article, which raises the following questions in my mind: Is
the younger generation of economists like Raj skipping some of the big
questions of economics because some smaller questions are easier to
answer? If so, is that optimal from the standpoint of society as a whole?
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Carrie Fisher, 57.
Plenty of good stuff for the new week:
1. Seth Masket on top-two.
2. John Sides on primary reform.
3. Robert Costa interviews Ted Cruz.
4. Nice Adam Serwer item about what a mess DHS is.
5. Danny Vinik pushes back against my case for blaming mainstream
conservatives for the shutdown; he says the Tea Partiers were at fault.
6. Amanda Hess on privacy and young people.
7. Off my normal track, but: a good series about specialization in high
school sports, from Tom FitzGerald. My experience has been that not only is
this true and a real shame, bu... more »
The Facts about Diane Ravitch's So-called "Rain of Errors"
I rode the *Reign of Error *review horse as far as I intended. But, Mike
Petrilli issued his “Rain of Error,” lambasting Diane Ravitch in the *National
Review Online*. He may be the first reformer to challenge Ravitch’s
evidence and logic, as opposed to complaining about her use of the words
“privatize” and “corporate reform.” Petrilli supplemented the standard,
conservative soundbites with some links to his sources. He concentrated on
the parts of Ravitch’s agenda that he characterized as “pie-in the-sky”
dreaming, as opposed to mean arguments against test-driven reforms.
Petrilli ... more »
Dick Cheney feared having his heart attacked by 'terrorists'
Poor Dick Cheney. *Worried about having his heart hacked by "terrorists**"*
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists
could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to
kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function.
*Cheney says that he and his doctor, cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, turned
off the device’s wireless function in case a terrorist tried to send his
heart a fatal shock.*
*Years later*, Cheney watched an episode of the Showtime series “Homeland”
in which such a scenario was part of the plot.
*“I found it ... more »
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*Father of murdered child, Keira Holmes, gunned down while listening to
music from nearby vigil for another murdered resident ~Meg Gatto, WVUE*
*Mayor Mitchmo, Heir Gusman Reach Settlement on OPP Consent Decree ~NOLA
DEVENDER*
*N.O. voters approve Sewerage & Water Board reforms *
*Everything Wrong With Louisiana Republicans ~CenLamar*
*Meeting at UNO focuses on progress of coastal restoration study*
*More buyers and exhibitors at Produce Marketing Assn Summit in New Orleans ~Fresh
Plaza*
*Yesterday's Le Show!*
*A preview of Krewe of Boo's signature throws ~Missy Wilkinson, Gambit *
ObamaCare has extremely deep seated and systemic design defects - no matter how much HHS Secretary Sebelius tries to run and hide from Healthcare.Gov failures , no matter how much the White House tries to spin the debacle - unless there is a death wish desire in play , the whole shooting match needs to be delayed until it can be competently run and is actually functional !
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/19/sebelius-no-we-are-not-starting-the-obamacare-site-from-scratch-and-no-i-do-not-have-time-to-testify/
Sebelius:
No, we are not starting the ObamaCare site from scratch, and no,
I do not have time to testify before Congress
POSTED AT 5:31 PM ON OCTOBER 19, 2013 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN
If you were wondering whether the increasing pile of evidence indicating
that HealthCare.Gov’s problems are not merely opening “glitches” but
deep-seated design defects — as well as the growing chorus of IT experts
suggesting that the Obama administration might want to c... more »
Raising Minnesota: The Ripley technique!
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013*
*State “rocks international test:”* In a recent piece at Slate,
best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell said he thinks of his books as
“intellectual adventure stories.”
(For our previous post on this topic, click here.)
In a separate interview, Gladwell described the kind of non-fiction reading
he enjoys. Janet Malcolm is one of his favorite writers, he says: “Even
when she is simply sketching out the scenery, you know that something
wonderful and thrilling is about to happen.”
Should non-fiction writers attempt to craft “adventure stories” where
“something... more »
Government 'easing' us into letting U.S. agents work in Canada
Yahoo reports the Harper government is moving forward with plans to give
U.S. FBI and DEA agents the right to operate in Canada.
The news service cites an article in *Embassy Magazine *(behind a paywall),
that quotes a senior RCMP officer involved saying the government is moving
in “baby steps” to prevent Canadians from being alarmed.
"We recognized early that this approach would raise concerns about
sovereignty, of privacy, and civil liberties of Canadians," Chief
Superintendent Joe Oliver told the Senate Committee on National Security
and Defence on May 14. Oliver is the RCMP direct... more »
Energetic Upgrades for Selected Hue-manity Groups are in Process
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* *Energetic Upgrades for Selected Hue-manity Groups are in Process*
by ÉirePort
Energetic upgrades for selected Hue-manity groups are in process at this
moment.
This is in addition to general consciousness upgrades occurring in all of
Gala's inhabitants.
Fracturing and dissolution of outdated low frequency paradigms has allowed
this step.
"Selected Hue-manity groups" includes many continuing to set directions
from energetic levels not yet suited for Gaia whole, and primarily
addresses vibrational dis-harmonies.
Interests of all Gaia inhabitants are honored at this time.
... more »
Will Sifting Through The Smoldering Ashes Of The Republican Party Help The Democrats Take Back The House Next Year?
So what's left after the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government? A
slowdown in economic growth, $150 billion in lost GDP, 900,000 lost jobs
and a $24 billion bill to American taxpayers first and foremost. But now
Ted Cruz has a million of more names and email addresses on his potential
donor list (his phony-baloney petition to repeal the Affordable Care Act).
And the bitterness. The Republican Party is filled with inner-directed
hatred and mistrust right now. It really is two parties, the mainstream
conservatives vs the Tortilla Coast Suicide Caucus. Former Bush
speechwriter D... more »
France's hollande humiliated to discover NSA spied on France .....Mexico also discover it was a special target of the US - even while working with the US on the War on Drugs ! Mexico as in the case of Brazil a target of economic spying ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-21/comrades-arms-clash-frances-hollande-fumes-america-following-latest-nsa-spy-gaffe
Comrades-In-Arms Clash: France's Hollande Fumes At America Following Latest
NSA Spy Gaffe
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/21/2013 05:53 -0400
- Bond
- France
- Mexico
- SPY
inShare
It was only two months ago that France's socialist president, Francois
Hollande, in his quest to show just how great his allegiance was to the eat
*tax the rich* "fairness doctrine" and socialist causes espoused by the
glorious l... more »
Not a Volte-face
Paul Danahar’s appearance at the Frontline Club on October 15th is the
subject of articles at BBC Watch and Daphne Anson whose blog contains a
video of the the whole session.
Given the prevailing scale of expectations, where the bar is set from low
to lowest, his throwaway observation about ‘understanding’ Israel caused a
minor sensation.
In honour of his book “The New Middle East”, Paul Danahar answers
questions posed by Sam Farah of the BBC’s Arabic service, and afterwards
from members of the audience.
His style is Bowenesque, as I suspect is his interpretation of Middle
East... more »
FROM BOTH SIDES NOW: Intellectual decline!
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013*
*Part 1—What Krugman said:* As far as we know, Paul Krugman has now written
something like his ten millionth important column.
To read that new column, click here.
If our supposition is correct, it’s about the nine millionth such column by
Krugman which is misplaced in the New York Times. This column’s important
subject matter should be explored in a front-page “news analysis” piece,
not in a short op-ed piece.
In today’s column, Krugman explores “the right’s intellectual decline.”
We’re not sure that “decline” is the best term here, since the sort of
c... more »
Will Wallin And Duffy Sink The Ship?
Pam Wallin says she will challenge her suspension from the Senate. Mike
Duffy has a doctor's note to cover his absence. But several sources have
reported that he is very unhappy.
Over the years, Stephen Harper has cut lots of people loose -- Garth
Turner, Bill Casey, Bruce Carson and Tom Flanagan. He dumped Helena Geurgis
and sent the RCMP after for her, looking for malfeasance. They found none.
But they seem to have a lot on Senator Duffy and the PMO. And that raises
an interesting question: Could the prime minister, who demands loyalty but
shows none, have come up against an imm... more »
Racism: Washington Redskins Football Team
Natives find the term Redskins highly offense. It has the historic
background as follows:
*"Back not so long ago, when there was a bounty on the heads of the Indian
people...the trappers would bring in Indian scalps along with the other
skins that they had managed to trap or shoot. These scalps brought varying
prices as did the skins of the animals....*
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*The trappers would tell the trading post owner or whoever it was that he
was dealing with, that he had 2 bearskins, a couple of beaver skins...and a
few scalps. Well, the term "scalp" offended the good Christian women of the
com... more »
red sox. american league pennant. happy.
The 2013 Boston Red Sox have won the American League Pennant, and the right
to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the 110th 109th* Major League Baseball
World Series.
This makes me incredibly happy.
1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007... 2013? Seven wins down, four to
go.
That is all.
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* Oops, forgot about the strike year.
in praise of freecycle
It's been a while since I wrote about Freecycle - once as we were getting
ready to move to Canada in 2005, then again when we moved from our first
place in Port Credit to the Cooksville section of Mississauga.
On this last move (Cooksville to Square One), I had no time to go through
things and pare down. I hired some folks to pack us up, and now I've been
combing through everything as I unpack. I thought that was completely
backwards, but it's turned out to be efficient and logical. Once you're
moved in, you have a better idea of what works and what doesn't, and also
more time, sinc... more »
POWERFUL CHILD ABUSERS
*Video: Elm Guest House. How the world works - top people and child abuse
rings.*
In October 2013, the victim in the sexual assault case against a
Philadelphia Catholic priest died, according to District Attorney Seth
Williams.
"It is with great sadness that I have to announce that the victim in the
rape and assault case against Father Robert Brennan passed away
unexpectedly," Williams announced.
The victim, who was allegedly raped by Robert Brennan while serving as an
altar boy from 1998 to 2001, was found dead by Philadelphia Police
Detectives over the weekend.
*Victim in Phi... more »
I crave...
*these.*
*I heard a rumor that the Kenyan Klown was going to say something or
another about Obamacare. Do we care? I certainly don't.*
*Let's hear it for french fries...*
*And later I'll share my recipe for Leek/Potato soup. Otherworldly. *
5 GMO Myths Busted Video
*19 August 2013*
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TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=7818
Every year, a greater and greater percentage of our food supply sources
back to genetically modified ingredients. Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, DuPont and
the other biotech giants have made GMOs into a multi-billion dollar
industry and unsurprisingly have launched one of the largest pr campaigns
in the history of the food industry to convince the public that their
products are safe, healthy and beneficial. Let's examine five of the main
claims of this PR campaign and see how they stack up to reality.
Islam is a religion of peace, it must be true as the BBC say so in their GCSE exam revision
Indoctrinating the young is in full force. Islam IS the religion of peace
and if you disagree you will not pass your Religious Studies GCSE.
There's more...
There you have it, the BBC promoting a view of Islam that is skewed at best.
Rory McIlroy describes Caroline Wozniacki as 'my girl' - Telegraph
'Rory McIlroy has hinted that he and Caroline Wozniacki are back together
after describing her as "my girl".
After her Luxembourg Open victory on Sunday he congratulated her on the
21st win of her career, tweeting: "#21 #luxembourg #mygirl @CaroWozniacki."
Sources claimed that the pair had ended their two-year relationship before
McIlroy boarded the plane to Seoul at the start of his month-long tour of
Asia'
More here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/10392989/Rory-McIlroy-describes-Caroline-Wozniacki-as-my-girl.html
I am so relieved...
GMO Mini Summit - October 25 to 27, 2013
*For more information pleacse click on the link below:*
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*GMO Mini Summit*
*5 GMO Myths Busted Video:*
"Obama's Curious Purge Of The Military Continues"
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*"Obama's Curious Purge Of The Military Continues"*
by IBD
"The firing of two nuclear commanders in a week adds to a body count that
suggests we have either the most corrupt and incompetent general staff in
history or our military is being reshaped for other purposes. The Obama
administration, which has fired no one over scandals such as its Fast and
Furious Mexican gun-running operation, its criminal negligence in the
terrorist attack on our Benghazi diplomatic mission, or the use of the IRS
to target and intimidate political foes, seems to have a curious obsession
lately ab... more »
Girl Scouts and Girl Guides Take On GMO Cookies by Randy Ananda
Girl Scouts and Girl Guides take on GMO cookies
by Randy Ananda
Food Freedom News, 18 October 2013
Watch out when kids take up a cause; they can have more political pull than
1,000 bleary-eyed cynics.
This time, girls are getting in on opposition to genetically modified foods
by demanding their organizations only sell organic – or at the very least,
GMO-free – cookies.
In February of this year, Alicia Serratos of Orange County, California
started a* **petition* to get Girl Scouts of the USA to sell GMO-free
cookies. She’s gathered over 10,000 signatures so far, and wants 100... more »
harper the Gutless Coward
It's one of the sickening puke's most revealing traits; his cowardice.
Proroguing Parliament, squeezing out a tepid throne speech, leaving the
country the very next day to continue hiding from the Senate scandal, and
then ordering a military assault on the First Nations as well.
What a disgusting excuse for a human being.
POWERFUL CLANS; ATUT AND OTHERS
*Queen Atut*
In this world there are many wealthy families - such as Genovese, Bush,
Kennedy, Keswick, Tata, Fontbona, Gonzalez, Kwok and Slim.
The top 600,000 people in the world control 85% of the world’s wealth.
The Global Political Awakening and the New World Order
*"China's elite world of blood connections and dynastic influence has much
in common with the European aristocracy or the old monied families of the
US." China's elite. SINOKLEPTOCRATS*
Queen Atut is the don of a powerful clan.
It is said that her family is protected by black magic and a 'martial arts
association'... more »
The cost of the CC$$
Sent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 20
Poorer districts will be hit the hardest, but every district in the country
will suffer financially from the common core standards. Not mentioned in
"Poorer schools districts feel at a loss over new common core standards,"
(October 20) is the fact that the common core will require an astonishing
amount of testing and the testing must be done online.
This means that every student must be connected with the internet with
up-to-date computers, a huge expense. After the computers are in place,
there will be continual upgrades and replace... more »
WASH. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES ANTI-GMO LABELING GROUP FOR LAUNDERING DONATIONS
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* *WASH. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES ANTI-GMO LABELING GROUP FOR LAUNDERING
DONATIONS*
Mikael Thalen by Mikael Thalen
October 17th, 2013
Updated 10/17/2013 at 11:55 pm
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against the
Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Wednesday, following earlier
reports that revealed the group was laundering donation money to oppose
I-522, Washington’s GMO-labeling initiative.
GMA members including PepsiCo, Kraft, and Coca-Cola experienced massive
public backlash for donating millions against California’s labeling
proposition, the... more »
If you've seen Caracas's "Tower of David" in "Homeland," here's some more you may want to know about it
*A photo of the real Tower of David taken by the Spanish photographer
Sebastian Liste, one of 14 posted on newyorker.com in January*
*"One day, I asked the real El Niño Daza about the community that he had
created in the Tower [of David]. He spoke in the style of a new sheriff of
Dodge who had cleaned out the riffraff. 'We live well here. We don't hear
gunfights all the time here. Here there're no thugs with pistols in their
hands. What there is here is work. What there is here is good people,
hardworking people.' I asked Daza how he had become the Tower's jefe. 'In
the beginning, ... more »
Monday Linkage: targeting mothers, uteruses, and the key to ending congressional deadlock
According to economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett, “gender smarts” were key to
ending the recent congressional deadlock. She argues: “Unlocking gridlock
in government, it turns out, depends on precisely the mechanism that
unlocks competitive strength in the private sector: a diverse team (laden
with gender smarts and cultural fluency) managed by leaders whose aggregate
of experience
Continue reading
Why Watergate Is Happening Again and Why It'll Never Be Reported (Real Americans Think Ted Cruz Is A Hero) CNBC Money-Hag Anchors Don't Know Squat About Social Security and Food Stamps Are Corporate Welfare?
(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.) Yes, for those of us around during Watergate and its
aftermath, it's been downhill ever since the election of 1974. Even when
Carter was elected, the "
EFN Asia 29: Speakers in Day 1, Conference 2013 in Bangkok
The two-days Economic Freedom Nework (EFN) Asia conference 2013 will start
today here at Plaza Athenee hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. More than 130
international and local participants have registered, a good number. Here
are the speakers today, in order of their appearance on stage from morning
to afternoon. See the two-days program here (this blog) or here. (EFN
website)
The first four speakers will come from Thailand, Germany, Philippines and
India. The keynote speaker will be the Philippines' Department of Justice
(DOJ) Assistant Secretary, Geronimo Sy, who is a friend in Manila.
... more »
October 20, 1973
The Saturday Night Massacre
Events happened rapidly, to say the least.
Sam Ervin, after talking to committee counsel Sam Dash and realizing that
the agreement Nixon had announced was not what he had agreed to, "exploded"
(in Emery's words; as usual, the basic source here is Fred Emery,
Watergate). But that's not all; Senator Stennis wasn't on board for what
Nixon had announced, either. Nixon's attempt to railroad them had backfired
already.
Nixon, in the newspapers that morning, argued that the crisis in the Middle
East meant that Watergate had to be put aside; Henry Kissinger, tha... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - CelloMom on Cars
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
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rules:*
1. Use the link-up tool below to share your green-living blog or
collection
of environment... more » War watch October 18 , 2013 - Focus on Syria ( battles on the ground , status of Geneva 2 Talks ) ... Iraq death dealing watch as silent civil war rages on ....... Iran nuclear proposal detailed and additional articles on same .....Afghanistan War watch items - US and Nato withdrawal items and articles related to same
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria.......
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/syrian-regime-jets-pound-rebels-after-intelligence-general-killed
Syrian regime jets pound rebels after intelligence general killed
October 18, 2013 Updated: October 18, 2013 21:15:00
BEIRUT // Syrian jets bombarded the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on Friday
after heavy overnight clashes and the killing of a top military
intelligence officers.
Topic
- Syria
- Syria unrest
General Jamaa Jamaa was shot dead on Thursday by snipers in the middle of a
battle with rebels including forces linked to Al Qaeda, t... more »
Bearing False Witness - Part 3
Audio recordings of testimony by parents of students at Florence High
School, Colorado, is now available online. Some are very, very angry.
Please read the testimony of businesses, students, parents.... it's at
http://www.transadvocate.com/family-of-colorado-trans-kid-targeted-by-harassment-hoax-speaks-up.htm
It's not only Moms in Colorado who are very, very angry. There's at least
one in Canberra, Australia who is now best described as "incandescent" now
we're sure of the facts.
I'll do everything I can to hasten that day. Today sounds good. And I'll be
after far more of the... more »
Broken planet
In news that never makes it to BigTV last week, BigOil is still polluting
the Gulf of Mexico:
As Coast Guard crews were scouring the Louisiana coast looking for damage
from Tropical Storm Karen this week, they made a startling discovery: A tar
mat weighing 4,100 pounds, presumably remnants from the devastating BP
Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.
Not as impressive as the 40,000 pound mat they found earlier but the
ongoing damage is adding up.
Mats and balls of tar have continued to wash up on gulf shores, despite the
more than three years that have passed since a rig explosion... more »
Your moment of Zen
President Obama in the Oval Office, 10-17-13. [Pete Souza photo]
Secret wedding at the White House
Well, not exactly a secret but somehow they pulled it off without a media
circus in attendance. White House photographer Pete Souza got married in
the Rose Garden last night. I might not have mentioned it but I found this
bit about his bride fascinating.
In a story from January of this year in USA Today, Lease is described as a
"close friend" of Souza who gifted President Obama a Petoskey stone for his
50th birthday in 2011.
I had to look up Petoskey stone. It's a very cool bit of fossilized coral,
possibly 350 million years old. Obama keeps it on his desk. I would too.
Catching Up With New Hampshire-- Why Kuster Is Losing Support In The Bluer Of The Two Districts
Anne Kuster ran for Congress twice-- both times as a grassroots progressive
and both times with super-prioritized support from progressive
organizations both in New Hampshire and nationally, despite having worked
as a Big Pharma lobbyist. In 2010, she lost her first race, 48-47% against
conservative incumbent Charlie Bass. Two years later, in the 2012 rematch,
and with President Obama's coattails in play, Kuster beat Bass 50-46%. She
joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus and there were no obvious
reasons to think she wouldn't be the progressive champion she painted
herself t... more »
Watch out,Winston wants your wallet
If KiwiSaver is Welfare for Empty Suits, as I’ve argued before—a form of
“soft compulsion” herding NZers’ paypackets and a forced subsidy from
employers and taxpayer towards suits who wouldn’t be able to attract it
otherwise—then what would Winston’s would-be nationalisation of Kiwisaver
be?
Maybe we could call it Welfare for Bureaucrats in Suits?
But really, it’s much worse even than that.
It’s means whereby which most of the country’s savings and wealth would be
handed over to government to run.
Which would essentially make one large pot in the government’s hands—a
slush fun... more »
Mi'kmaq Warrior risks losing leg after being shot by RCMP rubber bullet
Mi'kmaq
Warrior risks losing leg after being shot by RCMP rubber slug in
Thursday's cop attack.
Internal bleeding went untended for two days due to shock.
by MILES HOWE
Halifax Media Co-op
Elsipogtog, New Brunswick – It has taken three days, but sadly there is
now the potential of a very serious injury arising from last Thursday's
early morning RCMP attack on the anti-shale gas
Mini-Ramble
What’s terrifying about the new Fed Chairman isn’t that we *don’t* know who
she is…
*“We All Know Who Janet Yellen Is . . .”* – Joseph Salerno, CIRCLE BASTIAT
Julian Burnside on the asylum seeker issue in Australian politics - and how
cruelty became Australia’s biggest vote-winner. [Hat tip Sand Longfield]
*Julian Burnside on asylum seekers and Australian politics - *Julian
Burnside, MANAMIA
Minimum-wage legislation is “the explicit means chosen by its champions to
further their stated goal of improving the welfare of low-skilled workers*.”
*It is however a devil disguised as a... more »
Untitled
*Archie Manning tries to steer clear of Peyton-related controversy ~Mike
Florio*
*Conference of gilders brings back the glitter to New Orleans treasures ~Stephanie
Bruno, New Orleans Advocate*
15 fotos de rosas rojas para ver, disfrutar y compartir.
*Click aquí para ver más fotos de rosas*
Baddeley, Milton and Norton By-Election Candidates
10 candidates for the above council vacancy in Stoke-on-Trent is not a
record, but it's pretty near. There's something here for every political
persuasion:
Candi Chetwynd (Labour)
Adam Colclough (Green)
John Davis (Independent)
Gary Elsby (Independent)
Tom Grocock (LibDem)
Mick Harold (UKIP)
Anthony Munday (City Independents)
Liat Norris (TUSC)
Sam Richardson (Conservatives)
Michael White (BNP)
As everyone knows, Stoke-on-Trent is the pivot around which national
politics revolves (as well as the world centre for global revolution). What
happens here matters. So the by-election will no... more »
Banner Congressional Race In FL-13? Will We See Alex Sink vs Bill Young II?
C.W. Bill Young's friends and family have been speculating for years about
when he would retire from Congress. Very ill, finally on October 9 he
announced he would... in 2015-- and then died about a week or so later.
Everyone is busy remembering the good times and trying to not bring up
anything about the corruption that defined his life. And political types
are all paying homage to fake memories and only whispering about the race
for the very swingy 13th congressional district that will turn into an
unseemly brawl after the funeral later this week.
The Florida state legislature, ... more »
Inequality 16: Inclusive Growth and Central Planning
Two months ago, a friend and fellow UPSE alumni asked me to respond to his
ideas, below.
*Indeed, the economic buzzwords these days is how to achieve
"inclusive growth". I'm just wondering why we always get fixated
with the decades-old mantra towards “FREER MARKET" or the need to
break down further "Institutions" to achieve freer markets.
*
*While it is true that there are still institutional bottlenecks
and bureaucratic inefficiencies (i.e., red tapes, corruption, etc.)
that need to be scrapped, I think we are losing sight of what true
ec... more »
Ok, @Chalkbeat, who’s your daddy? Seriously.
Saw this today, some sort of other newish chalk-education-oriented news
service. Apparently, they’re expanding a bit. This has been some time
coming, as the next step in evolution for a roughly year-old partnership
between EdNews Denver and GothamSchools. According to the USA Today
article, they’re mostly “foundation-funded.” There you go. Could not find
a website […]
Sunday Question for Liberals
Same question: what, if anything, did you learn from the shutdown showdown?
Should Billionairism Be Illegal?
The Koch brothers just cost American taxpayers $24 billion with their two
and a half week Republican temper tantrum. They should foot the bill. Ha ha
ha… right? That's funny, huh? No, I'm serious. Society must protect itself
from dangerous predators and there are no predators in the world-- not in
al Qaeda, not in North Korea, not in Iran-- more damaging to America than
David and Charles Koch, scions of a European fascist family. A month short
of two years ago we posted about the roots of the Koch assault on American
Democracy. I encourage you to go back and look at that post. Her... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
What, if anything, did you learn from the shutdown showdown?
Comrpehensible instruction AND peer-interaction
Re: "An English-plan outcry," October 20:
Sent to the LA Times, Oct 20
Both sides are right in the LAUSD debate over English development: Decades
of research tells us that we acquire language when we understand what we
hear and read. Our goal is thus to provide both comprehensible instruction
and peer interaction.
A solution is to provide ESL classes for beginners, while including these
students in classes that are highly comprehensible (PE, art, music).
Subjects that are harder to make comprehensible for beginners are taught in
the first language.
As Norm Gold mentioned in th... more »
Boeing's Massive Ordinance Penatrator vs WW2 Grandslam Bomb
MOPping Up: The USA’s 30,000 Pound GBU-57 BombDefense Industry Daily
Jun 10, 2013 16:08 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff
During the Second World War, attacking heavily protected targets like
U-boat pens and protected “V-weapon” facilities was a key challenge. Enter
a brilliant British engineer named Barnes Wallis, fresh off the dam-busting
“Upkeep” bouncing bomb. His next trick was a 12,000 pound weapon called the
“Tallboy external link,” a streamlined, spin-stabilized bomb with a claimed
terminal velocity of Mach 1 external link when dropped from 20,000 feet.
That mass, carr... more »
Unearthing - the ancient history of Free Planet - the story you were never meant to remember
Once upon a time...
*I've been going about this all wrong. And it was right in front of my
face. All along. The legend. The ancient history. The myth.*
...there was a Free Planet.
*In this ancient version of our world, all the animals and all the plants
and all the insects and all the creatures of the sky and all the creatures
of the seas and all the peoples and all the trees and fungus' and mosses
and invertebrates had their rightful place in the equation. Until a
normal-looking man with a decorated conical hat like a leering Pope came
along with cancered eyes that saw but could... more »
Max Keiser on Global Reset...
We'll see what happens... I remain skeptical... however the information on
Bitcoin is most interesting...
The Assassination of President Gerald R. Ford
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*"With a Rockefeller then one heartbeat away from the Oval Office,
President Ford in 1975 survived three genuine assassination attempts."*
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*"In his book** [Go Quietly... Or Else.]**, Agnew says that Al Haig came to
him one day and said - *
*'If you don't leave - I will kill you'"*
Kissinger/Rockerfeller: The Gerald Ford Assassination Attempts from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
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* *Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his
death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.*
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* *Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of th... more »
Jeremy Bowen in court
Jeremy Bowen
The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, has been in court in recent
days. He's been at The Hague, giving evidence at the trial of the Bosnian
Serb military leader Ratko Mladic.
An 'impartial' BBC journalist giving evidence at a war crimes tribunal
might raise a few eyebrows; indeed, as Jeremy Bowen's Twitter feed shows,
it *has* raised a few eyebrows.
Still, Jeremy firmly believes that he's doing the right thing:
Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC 17 Oct
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*In answer to a few tweets. Some journos believe testimony compromises
journalistic impartiality. But I testify what... more »
The Spotlight of Transparency Illuminates Everything.
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* *The Spotlight of Transparency Illuminates Everything.*
*Posted By D.*
*AT:*
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-spotlight-of-transparency.html
For clarity and transparency, the following is a conversation I had a
couple of days ago. As it had to do with the claim of nontransparent
communications, I felt it best to put it out here publicly so that everyone
can see it- in FULL TRANSPARENCY.
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Hi D,
Due to the Dutchsinse article this Austrian lady Karin Kolland is mixing
up a bit with the energy of Christoph’s We-are-one chat room... more »
Syria: U.S hypocrisy on Syria situation
First it was Assad who was murdering the civilians. U.S was all set
to invade Syria. It was a matter of days according to reports in late
August and early September of this year. Now the tune has changed. It is
the rebels and Al-Qaida who are doing the murdering and forcing people out
of Syria. Assad more or less is the victim now as his soldiers are being
killed. I don't know what to believe.
*Molhem Barakat / Reuters, file*
*Refugees carry their belongings as they cross from into *
*Turkey near the town of Azaz in Syria.*
*"These refugees are leaving the country because of Al-Qaeda... more »
Argentina: Alleged UFO Photographed at Punta de Vacas
*Source: Orbita Cero (www.orbitaceromendoza.blogspot.com)
Date 17 October 2013*
*Argentina: Alleged UFO Photographed at Punta de Vacas*
*By Luis Emilio Annino*
The photos were taken by a youth who toured the area with some friends. He
described the situation in which the photos were taken in a letter
submitted to a U.S. agency specializing in these cases.
Julio Razquin, a young man who was on tour with some friends, managed to
capture an image in which a strange object can be seen in the air. Razquin
published a letter with details on the situation, addressed to a
spec... more »
Stop the Presses!
The plan was to immerse ourselves in the local, become agents for change
in our own community, so we ordered the area newspaper. That was two
months ago. It is supposed to be delivered 4 days a week. We were lucky if
it showed up ½ that much.
The engagement started out friendly, merely asking for a credit for the
missed deliveries. As it developed into a regular occurrence, (we were
surprised when it showed up); contact became a bit testier. It was the
subject of our conversations each day. “Did we get the paper today?” We
expected to be disappointed, and frustration... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Sunday, the second anniversary of the American and NATO murder of a great
leader, Muhammar Gadaffi, and it is time for my usual rant...
First, yes.. It is the second anniversary of the murder of a great leader,
Muhammar Gadaffi, who's only crime was to defy the criminals in both NATO
and the United States, in his valiant attempt to make Libya both prosperous
and free of criminal Rothschild Jewish Usury banking. It is so sad to
watch in the two years since that murder the once great nation of Libya now
disintegrate into a tyrannical poverty stricken rebellious nation. The
crimina... more »
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