oldephartte(in training): 27 Oct - Blogs I'm Following

Self-portrait, 1498. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Oil on wood panel, 52 cm x 41 cm. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 minutes ago

Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways. via Teacher Quality, Wiggins and Hattie: More Doing the Wrong Things the Right Ways.

Kindergarten teachers have really abandoned their professional ethics in favor of…?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 minutes ago

Can anyone explain this to me, as captured by a friend in Texas?

A Plague on Earth

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 39 minutes ago

*Melencolia I* ~ engraving, Albrecht Dürer 1514 This astonishing film could have been made in any number of places around the world, and still provided a breathtaking indictment of the fiasco that humans have wrought on this planet. We will continue to destroy other creatures and their habitat until there is nothing left, all the while oblivious to the selfishness and shortsightedness and self-destructiveness of our behavior. In less than a half-hour this documentary reveals exactly what a merciless plague species looks like.

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 39 minutes ago

Fact-checking The Economist

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 46 minutes ago

Here is a question for students who are learning about compounding. What is wrong with the following passage from *The Economist* magazine? Investors who bought Treasury bonds in 1946, when yields were around current levels, did not suffer a formal default. But over the following 35 years they lost money in real terms at a rate of 2% a year. The cumulative real loss was 91%. By that standard, Greek creditors, who recently suffered a 50% loss via default, were lucky. Answer: The second number is inconsistent with the first. Note that .98^35=.49, so we get only a 51 percent cumulati... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 51 minutes ago

*Vargas: Craving QB consistency? Saints are your team ~New Orleans Advocate*

The Nature of Creative Genius

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 58 minutes ago

*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* The genius mentality sees analogies where ordinary minds see only isolated instances. Einstein, for example, made a cosmic leap from a tram departing the clock tower in Bern to a faster than light space craft. Looking backward the tram passenger sees the hands on the clock tower moving forward. Einstein was inspired to conduct one of his famous "thought experiments"; he imagined the same tram exceeding light speed at which time the hands on the Bern clock tower would run backward as his tram overtook light waves that had recently departed the... more »

The Ungovernable

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 hour ago

Yesterday, I posted another picture of this same banner: Today, I just thought about what it means. What do these people do day-to-day? How truly "ungovernable" are they? Do they ever access public services? Do they ever obey laws? I'm bitter. I'm a bitter broken man. Lately, my ire is directed at these radical blabbermouths; going on and on about how awesome they are, while remaining nothing more but a tiny group of irrelevant people.

The Battle For Social Security Begins Anew

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago

I've been wondering if all the *strum und drang* over the typically glitchy launch of the Obamacare website isn't just a shiny object moment to distract attention from what the conservatives among our ruling elites have in mind for us. Friday, Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s National Economic Council, may have given away the game. Obama has Social Security firmly in his sites again. The Grand Bargain he and Boehner cooked up before has been on the back burner and the two of them are determined to roll it out again-- and that means Chained CPI and other benefits cuts fo... more »

The dark side of fair trade

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 hour ago

Copan kids heading into the coffee fields at harvest time When I stand in my Canadian shoes, I am an ardent supporter of fair trade – *comercio justo *as it’s known here in Honduras. Count me in for any practices that try to help small producers in under-developed countries make a decent living from their coffee crops and such. But when I look at fair trade from the perspective of Hondurans, things get a little muddy. That’s especially true around the question of prohibiting child labour. Taking steps to stop children from being forced to work to produce goods for the developed worl... more »

Who Won World War II?

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago

*"The allies may have won the Second World War, but unfortunately the ideology that won was not that of Roosevelt, but that of Hitler." * Jose Arevalo, member of the left-leaning cabinet of President Arbenz of Guatemala prior to its overthrown by a CIA orchestrated coup, 1953 "University of Chicago law professor Bernard Harcourt explored this myth in depth in a 2004 article published in the Fordham Law Review. As it turns out, the Weimar Republic, the German government that immediately preceded Hitler’s, actually had tougher gun laws than the Nazi regime. After its defeat ... more »

The Reverse Midas Touch

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour ago

In 2008, when Stephen Harper cut public funding for political parties, the opposition rose and threatened to take down his nascent government. He prorogued Parliament and bellowed that the other parties were engaged in a conspiracy to deny Canadians the minority government of their choice. In 2011, after being found in contempt of Parliament, he declared that "contempt" merely meant being outvoted, then raged rabidly about "separatist coalitions." Now, when the political threat comes from within his own ranks, he rages at those he appointed. The pattern is pretty clear: Stephen H... more »

Billy Talen

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 1 hour ago

Targeting the Mi'kmaq: Cancer alleys and white privilege

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago

Snipers target Mi'kmaq anti-fracking camp Oct. 17 2013 By Brenda Norrell Censored News Investors in Southwestern Energy are being urged to dump stocks, and stand with Indigenous Peoples against police violence initiated by oil and gas companies. Mi'kmaq with eagle feather before RCMP Southwestern Energy of Houston, targeting the Mi'kmaq in New Brunswick, has already been sued in Arkansas

Is the GOP a "Kooky Cult" or a "Crime Syndicate"?

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 2 hours ago

*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* As it is true of individuals, it is also true of groups: they are what they do! The GOP, like any other group or any individual is defined by what it has done over the years. I am of the opinion that most of what the GOP has "accomplished" has been harmful to American society over all and to individuals in specific cases. This includes the GOP's apparent disdain for the environment, its horrific record with respect to any "class" that is not fabulously wealthy. By its many acts and as many omissions, the GOP has created the ruling elite. I ... more »

Nothing new under the sun

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago

*"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."* Radio 4's liberal religious affairs programme *Sunday* returned to several of its favourite themes this morning. These included: - an interview with a pro-rebel Syrian "Muslim scholar". - a feature about sharia banking in the UK, discussed from an 'ain't this great' and 'what else can be done to make it a success?' standpoint. - an interview with Archishop Vincent Nichols on ethical banking. (The Archbishop tends to appear on the programme either to defend his Church when ... more »

MOCKINGBIRD: How to Cry On Cue

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago

9/11 / MOCKINGBIRD : The "Jumpers" from Spike1138 on Vimeo. He saw loads of people heave-ho themselves out of the WTC windows (which DO NOT OPEN), but didn't capture a single one on camera, despite filming the entire event. He just caught "people" falling and waving. He also didn't film anyone LANDING; this area of the plaza was obscured from view. Probably a good thing - he would have filmed them bouncing. I see redness, and much rubbing of the eyes, but not one tear. But he's really trying with that "Blue, blue coat" schtick. Seriously...? September 11th 2001 was a gloriously... more »

Warren

Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago

*From the Fighting State of Massachusetts.*

This Ongoing War: A Blog: 25-Oct-13: Grenade hurled at people in an Israeli school-bus today. How many more terrorists should we free now?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago

More rock throwing at Israeli civilians, don't wait for the BBC coverage there won't be any. More here http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/25-oct-13-grenade-hurled-at-people-in.html?m=1

Svensmark: “global warming stopped and a cooling is beginning” – “enjoy global warming while it lasts” | Watts Up With That?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago

' It's important to realise that the Little Ice Age was a global event. It ended in the late 19th Century and was followed by increasing solar activity. Over the past 50 years solar activity has been at its highest since the medieval warmth of 1000 years ago. But now it appears that the Sun has changed again, and is returning towards what solar scientists call a "grand minimum" such as we saw in the Little Ice Age.' Much more here http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/10/svensmark-global-warming-stopped-and-a-cooling-is-beginning-enjoy-global-warming-while-it-lasts/but not on the wa... more »

POISON MUSHROOMS AND NON-DUALITY

Anon at aangirfan - 6 hours ago

The philosopher Leibniz argued that if the world did not contain various 'challenges', there could be no courage or compassion. The Lisbon Earthquake of 1775 was a 'challenge'. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 helped lead Voltaire to the conclusion that the 'challenges' in this world are sometimes too great. Voltaire mocked Leibniz. *Lisbon Earthquake.* People like Leibniz argued that this earthquake produced courage and compassion and love. Here we come to the word 'Non-Duality' - the idea that, for example, suffering and compassion are two sides of the one thing. *One could sa... more »

Collection of evidence in Boston Bombing Crisis acting training.

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 7 hours ago

Collection of evidence in Boston Bombing Crisis acting.....must see and learn if you aspire to be a well-paid, silent-for-life, infamous crisis actor. Don't worry about your old age pension. "You n'ver git to live that long. D'ey will bump u off, b4 u git 2 infamous." What more proof do you need, folks? Can't accept you had been April-fooled again by OBAMA (Oil Banksters Agenda21 Mafia Association) goons? Too bad. Thank them again for bringing some excite...m..mennnnt & miseries into your lives. Dream on. Peace Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEroibLKr4

Sandy Hook Hoax - powerful evidence of photoshopped composites

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 8 hours ago

Sandy Hoax_The_Real_Picture No crime is so perfect as to leave no trace. No photoshop composite fake can be so perfect it cannot be detected. There is no reason to photoshop-compose any picture from an "Accident / Natural Disaster / Tragedy" except when it is a false flag-inside job with psyops objectives. We will be updating this article as more evidence (in prep) are sent to us. Stay tuned. Remember the famous photo of the children being led by police out of school after the shooting. They were told to close their eyes. http://www.businessinsider.com/sandy-hook-elementary... more »

Once Again, Back To My Roots: Truth Hertz Radio Exposes The NASA Apollo Moon Hoax

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 9 hours ago

As someone who has long known some basic truths about our sick world, and the scoundrels behind our demise... I am deeply troubled from time to time by those who call themselves "truth seekers" and cannot even see that one of the biggest "achievements" of mankind, the NASA Apollo Moon missions, were nothing more than complete frauds.... It puzzles me that many can see that the official story behind the Israeli Mossad 9-11 attack on American is a complete lie and sham, and that all of our history is nothing more than a complete lie brought to us by our Jewish criminals.... But for so... more »

ALEC Members Can Now Disavow Actions

2old2care at Because I Can - 10 hours ago

You're not gonna believe this folks. A new disclaimer on the ALEC webpages. Are you ready? *Membership Disclaimer* *ALEC provides a forum to facilitate the exchange of policy ideas from a variety of perspectives. ALEC model policy and resolutions are developed by ALEC members and may or may not reflect the positions of any individual member, company, association, or non-profit.* *AGAIN!* *ALEC model policy and resolutions are developed by ALEC members and may or may not reflect the positions of any individual member, company, association, or non-profit.* *AGAIN!* *ALEC model policy... more »

Photos: Navajo government's cruel roundup of wild horses

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

Photos by Leland Grass, Dine' for Wild Horses Colonized Navajo tribal government hauls away Dine' wild horses By Brenda Norrell Censored News Photos by Leland Grass, Dine' for Wild Horses These wild horses in Chilchinbito and Kayenta were rounded up by the Navajo tribal government (US puppet government), on Friday. Photo four shows a foal is left behind, one of

Who Keeps Tabs On The Spies? No One We Can Trust

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago

In foreign places, the big news story at the end of the week wasn't about the Affordable Care Act website. It was about NSA spying. Government leaders, apparently, get a lot more angry when the spying isn't on their citizens but on they themselves. And the NSA was publicly exposed for spying on friendly foreign leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande. When Merkel asked Obama if the NSA was tapping her cell phone, he said "not now and not in the future," a de facto confirmation that NSA had been tapping her phone and a decision had been ... more »

Swamped...

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 10 hours ago

*Betel nut stand. Courtesy of Cary Broder.* Swamped. It will be two more days, so until then, puzzle over this strange betel nut stand my man Cary Broder photographed somewhere in the wilds of Taiwan. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

The Great Maine Apple Day - October 27, 2013 in Unity, Maine

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago

*Sponsored by MOFGA, Fedco, and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension* Sunday, October 27, 2013 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Rain or Shine held at the *Common Ground Education Center* 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity Maine $4 for non-members, $2 for members *Celebrate the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples, while honoring the importance of a diversified, perennial agriculture.* * * * * For more information, please visit: *http://www.mofga.org*

New Article By JB Campbell: Communist America

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago

I have been extremely busy these last few weeks, and today was an absolute rat race... I finally have been able this evening to spend some time surfing the Internet, and looking at what my friends in what I call the "real truth movement" have been up to.... I do recommend that everyone take a look at my friend Noor's latest weekly cartoons over at Snippits and Snappits (www.snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com) for example.. They are hilarious! For this blog post, I want to present the following very important article by JB Campbell (www.jbcampellextremismonline.com) that I found very... more »

Let's all watch the U.S. slip to the rear of the developed world in adult skills

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago

Charts adapted by *The New Yorker* from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Survey of Adult Skills [*Click to enlarge*] *by Ken* Remember how *The Newsroom*'s Will McEvoy caused that national shitstorm by refusing to play along with the bromide that America is No. 1? (With the helpful proviso from what he thought was a hallucination prompting him from the audience: "But we can be.") I think this is one of the fault lines that has the country so violently divided at the moment. The Right insists on enforcing this lie even as it has infected a large segment of ... more »

CONSEQUENCES OF EXPANDING MILITARISM

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago

- Michael Hadfield, Professor of Biology, University of Hawai'i, writes: "Pagan Island, one of a string of volcanic islands that make up the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas [in the Pacific Ocean], is an ancient home to the Chamorro people and the habitat of unique animals and plants, many of them endemic, rare and endangered. Those natural and cultural resources are being put at risk by a plan by the U.S. Marines to use the island as a live-fire training ground. In scoping documents related to the environmental impact statement required for that plan ... more »

a small green victory: more plastics now recyclable in peel

laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago

*Yes!* A few years back, I blogged about discovering that many of the plastics I had been putting in my recycling bin were not, in fact, recyclable. A few months after that, I unpacked a typical environmental dilemma: organic lettuce. Organic lettuce is the perfect example of a green paradox. It's unquestionably better for the local water supply, and for the health of the people who pick it and who eat it. On the other hand, it requires a huge amount of energy to stay fresh, and is often packed in non-recyclable plastic. We can ask, "Which is better?" but the answer is another quest... more »

Lupe Castillo explaining rationale for shutdown of Operation Streamline on Oct 8 in Tucson

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 15 hours ago

Lupe Castillo explaining rationale for shutdown of Operation Streamline on Oct 8 in Tucson. First of several videos re Tucson/Arizona Oct 2013 Uprrisng http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyBCtS_o90&feature=share

Hermosa coleción de Imágenes para Navidad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 16 hours ago

Saturday night to Sunday morning

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 16 hours ago

Please overlook the fact the dingus who posted this can't spell electric and just... enjoy.

Jewish Prime Minister selling UK out to Islamic Infiltrators

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 16 hours ago

The UK is in trouble: serious trouble. The treacherous Jewish Prime Minister, David Cameron, has made a point of giving greater power to the muslim immigrants who infest our shores; proving yet again that Judaism and Islam are one and the same, and that both must be thoroughly rooted out if indigenous Europe has any chance of survival. David Ben Cameron, on the official UK government website, wrote the following treasonous drivel: "I want Britain to be one of the world’s centres of Islamic finance - from the highest and mightiest financial institutions all the way to start-ups. We... more »

Can leaders be activists?

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago

I have been very critical of just about every implementation facet of the common core standards and I have always but forth the reasons for my criticism. The standards were not developed with input from experts. Teachers, childhood development specialists and parents were supposedly “consulted” but the actual work was done by a secret panel—and […]

Al-Qaeda's Media Channel Says The Syrian Government Is Bombing "Schools, Hospitals, And Power Plants"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago

Propaganda from Al Jazeera, Al-Qaeda's media channel, is getting hilarious. Near the end of the video below the channel accuses the Syrian government of bombing "schools, hospitals, and power plants." This is asinine. Al-Qaeda's media channel wants the world to believe that the Syrian government is destroying its own infrastructure and killing its own people. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just the other day, the Saudi-Qatari-Turkish-US-British-French-Israeli backed Jihadist terrorists *bombed a gas pipeline*, which led to a temporary blackout. Al Jazeera stands with these... more »

It Takes A Congress Of Morons To Hold Us Back

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago

-by Noah Sometimes satirists have a very hard time satirizing Congress. Case in point: the current Congressional hearings about glitches in the allegedly satanic, marxist, communist, Muslim jihad-influenced Affordable Care Act; aka, dare we say it out loud, Obamacare. How does one satirize a bunch of morons in suits who have but one discernable talent-- satirizing themselves, whether intentionally or not, better than anyone else could ever hope to? Satirist Andy Borowitz makes a valiant effort below. In an impressive white-knuckle performance on live television today, members ... more »

Another grim year for Postmedia, and what lies ahead

paul at Paying attention - 17 hours ago

It’s tough to pick the biggest problem for Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper company. And it’s just as hard to figure out where the corporation is going. Postmedia released its quarterly and year-end results Thursday. They were grim, and things are getting worse, not better. (The corporation's Powerpoint presentation on the results is here.) Print advertising, about 60 per cent of total revenue, fell 13.4 per cent in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31. That’s worse than the 10.3-per-cent drop in 2012. For national and retail advertising, about 60 per cent of total print ad revenue, ... more »

Problems in Paradise

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 17 hours ago

October 26, 2013 Other than our ticking off at least thirty-five national leaders – several of them, our close European allies – with our meddlesome NSA spying, more useless Congressional hearings on the lousy rollout of the government’s healthcare site, … Continue reading →

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rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 18 hours ago

*Major Damage + Flooding Expected To Make Headline News Stories For October Storm – As Suggested 300 Days In Advance* Due to the overall severity of the upcoming weather events, this forecast has been broken up in to three parts with an analysis of potential conditions. 1. Sunday day 2. Sunday evening 3. Monday day *Sunday day* Sunday will bring a very windy day across parts to the north and west of the country, and some of the wind speeds are likely to be in excess of around 50-60 mph in places (strong gale to stormy conditions). This is likely to produce some large waves a... more »

Longest Walk 4 through Gunnison Colorado Saturday

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 18 hours ago

...... . Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Western Shoshone long walker The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walked through Gunnison, Colorado, today, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. They are walking on Hwy 50 toward Montrose, Colorado, and then Green River, Utah. Share the love by walking with them, or sharing a stay place, hot meal, or winter camping

I Monster - Daydream in Blue

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 18 hours ago

Let them eat cake

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago

I didn’t see the debate “should British women wear the niqab.” on Channel Four when it went out, but I watched it online. The debate had Douglas Murray in it for goodness sake. And Yasmin Alibhai Brown! *“A panel including writer Shalina Litt, activist Sahar Al-Faifi, writer Douglas Murray, Islam lecturer Khola Hasan, broadcaster Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Fatima Barkatullah debate the niqab in Britain.”* I won’t let the fact that this was a Channel 4 programme, not BBC, deter me because, well, it was so bizarre. To me that is; someone who hasn’t had to internally normalise mingling... more »

Is the BBC our Radio Moscow?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago

...asks Christopher Booker in the *Telegraph*: The problem with the BBC director-general Lord Hall’s admission that the corporation has been slow to recognise how much of its output is “biased” is that those who inhabit the BBC are the last people who could recognise how deeply in its culture that bias has become engrained. Many of us could instantly jot down a list of issues on which the BBC has a clear “party line”, which distorts its coverage to the point where its audience is consistently manipulated and misinformed. Wind farms, for instance, it is for; Israel against; public s... more »

Sol Update, and why I'm blabbering on about the Sun

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 19 hours ago

Ok I know you're all getting bored with my constant Solar updates..... But I've got one more (for today, lol), and then I would like to discuss WHY I'm posting them. After reporting on the X Class flare in yesterday mornings update, yesterday afternoon and evening we had another X Class flare, 2.1, and M Class 1.9, and a M 2.3. And this morning so far we've had another M1.9 All four were from spot 1882 (which I mistakenly called 1862 yesterday- my bad). When 1882 started to swing in around the western limb of Sol, it was a smallish, simple Beta class spot. After reviewing all t... more »

Why the US Spies on Its Allies

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago

The Guardian article this week that disclosed the story of U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of several US allies said that the surveillance produced “little reportable intelligence.” This isn’t really a surprise — I can’t really imagine that listening to German Chancellor Merkel’s phone conversations are going to give US analysts and policymakers a whole lot Continue reading

Sheldon Adelson:

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 19 hours ago

*Kill yourself.* You miserable piece of shit. Sincerely, all of humanity.

Why is Obama the only one smiling...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 19 hours ago

*like a monkey?* He always looks like such a doofus*.* Go ahead. Call me racist. You know you want to...

Watch "The Palestine Myth" on YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago

Pre 1967 there were Jordanians, post 1967 they became Palestinians so as to be able to claim back Israel. I've blogged about this fact before but not seen this chap agree with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCRSKDzVUc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

A great misunderstanding in the conversation on #edreform

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago

A common talking point via social media from the reform minded seems to now be desperate calls for civility in debate. Civility? This is only anecdotal proof on my part, perhaps others have noticed. In any case, calling for civility is akin to a child playing tag, when cornered, immediately declaring “Base!” If only real […]

Deck the halls with No Excuses, Fa La lala, lala la la! #charterschools

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago

‘Tis the season choosy with your students. I am told by reliable sources that many charter schools in our nation’s capital, Washington DC, enjoy very much acquiring valuable per pupil dollars at the start of the school year. Then, after those funds are locked in, PURGE their respective schools of unruly students. Traditional public schools […]

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours ago

I'll put it this way: getting the federal-run exchanges up and running properly matters; the spin over it doesn't matter. What I don't really know is whether the decisions made this week about the exchanges really matter...we won't know that until later, both after the outcome is known and after more of the behind-the-scenes stuff gets reported. What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?

life after death

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 20 hours ago

President Obama and Attorney General Holder: End the For-Profit Operation Streamline Scheme Now!

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 20 hours ago

Operation Streamline. Even the name is offensive, especially since it corresponds to an assembly-line, government-run, immigration, for-profit incarceration and deportation program. At best, it creates mass show trials, masquerading as judicial procedures. At a time when nonviolent immigrants are supposed to no longer be a priority for the Obama administration, this corporate-friendly operation seems not to have received the memo. FOR REST OF COLUMN: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19607-president-obama-and-attorney-general-holder-end-the-for-profit-operation-streamline-s... more »

Watch "No Woman, No Drive" on YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMbTFNp4wI&feature=youtube_gdata_player Meanwhile in the Islamist hell hole that is Saudi Arabia, women can't hold a driving licence and are second class citizens at best.

nightmare

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 21 hours ago

There is a hidden world around us that you cannot see it is what rules our every day lives. the archons the intervention

Anarchist Fantasies

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 21 hours ago

I once knew an anarchist. Nice guy. Very intense. He started an anarchist discussion circle. He was really stoked about how these high school kids were getting radicalized by walking the picket-line with their teachers. There was him (mid-twenties), me (late-twenties), a 19-year old dude, an 18-year old dudette, and about three teeny-boppers. The first meeting was just a discussion on principles, dominated by him. The second meeting, a week later was about possible "actions" we could do. The third meeting, there was just me and him. Embarrassed, he mumbled something about how losi... more »

Would It Be More Appropriate To Introduce Don Yelton As "Mr. Republican" Or "Mr. Conservative?"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago

Thursday Rachel Maddow focussed on the *Daily Show* to make the same point Alan Grayson made when he pointed out that teabaggers are basically a modern-day version of the KKK. I wonder if Claire McCaskill, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Joe Crowley will condemn Rachel the way they condemned Grayson. In any case, you need to watch this segment. It's amazing, although keep in mind that Don Yelton is now calling the North Carolina Republican Party gutless for forcing him to resign yesterday. The star of the segment, Yelton, wasn't the point for Maddow. She was attempting to show Repub... more »

Obituaries

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago

Is the BBC predictable in its bias? That thought came back to me on reading a comment from chrisH at *Biased BBC .* He wrote: "The BBC are so predictable that I was able to predict that Titos wife and Felix Dexter would comprise half of “Last Word”…the obituary show on Radio 4 at the moment." My point being that the BBC is so predictable that we just know there`ll be lefties in their dotage, and multiculti useful tools of alternative comedians that get the tributes. Safe to say that if you actually HAD changed things…or used to be a “right winger”-there`ll be no mention of them.... more »

RUSSELL BRAND

Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago

*Russell Brand, who suffers from *bipolar disorder[72],* meets the Queen* Is Russell Brand controlled by the spooks? On MTV, a day after 9/11, Russell Brand dressed up like Osama Bin Laden . In 2004, Brand achieved fame as the host of a spin-off of the spooky Big Brother. *Russell Brand is dating Jemima Khan (nee Goldsmith), * *Jemima's father was Sir James Michael "Jimmy" Goldsmith a billionaire financier and tycoon. * *Brand and Jemima* Jemima has two brothers; Zac Goldsmith Tory MP who is married to Alice ROTHSCHILD, and another brother called Ben Goldsmith, who up until last ... more »

Halloween Ornaments

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 22 hours ago

I originally posted this tutorial a couple of years ago, but it is post that I frequently get asked questions about. Today, I have re-written it with answering questions in mind. If you still have any let me know! You will need for the bat: - The smallest pot you can find ( I have seen them at Hobby Lobby and Michaels) - Black and white paint - Black foam - Googly eyes - Black ribbon - Hot Glue Paint the the little pot completely black, inside and out before adding the white face. Mine needed a couple of coats, but use your best judgement. I folded a... more »

Libya updates October 25 , 2013.....Libya militias extend rule by gun to oil control ! Cyrenaica announces its Regional Government - another slap at the alleged central government ! Political confusion concerning Municipal elections and Constitutional Committee elections stir the Libyan pot further ! l

Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago

Militia rule extends to control of oil...... http://antiwar.com/blog/2013/10/25/armed-militias-rule-libya-primed-for-backlash-at-the-sign-of-western-meddling/ Armed Militias Rule Libya, Primed For ‘Backlash’ At Sign of Western Meddling John Glaser, October 25, 2013 Print This | Share This | Comment [image: Libyan rebels gathered in Ajdabiya, March 2011. Credit: Al Jazeera English] Libyan rebels gathered in Ajdabiya, March 2011. Credit: Al Jazeera English This well-reported article by Will Crisp at the *Christian Science Monitor* has two important findings. First, disparate armed mil... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago

*Saints' inactives will be filled with drama ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *St. Bernard Highway reopens after oil spill, neighbors talk safety ~WWLTV* *La. senators help push flood premium delay ~Jordon Blum, Advocate* *Determining Mississippi River’s Role In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ~April Flowers* ~Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill laps around the mouth of the Mississippi River delta in this May 24, 2010, image from the Advanced Space-borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft. The oil appears silver, while vegetation is red. Credi... more »

October Surprise 2012: The Benghazi Coup and the Plot to Kill Mitt Romney

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago

October Surprise 2012: The Benghazi Coup and the Plot to Kill Mitt Romneyfrom Spike1138 on Vimeo. *G.B.M.G. KING 4SHO ™ @TheOfficial4sho * *"I aint gone lie... Food stamps the shit! I mite assasinate romney my damn self if he get elected ! I fuxx wit free 99 on the eats" * *3:38 AM - 17 Oct 2012* *Secret Service said to have foiled several assassination attempts on President Obama and Mitt Romney during the campaign, but report is under scrutiny* * * *GQ author Marc Ambinder defended his reporting with a list of public-record assassination attempts but had few other details to of... more »

Ronald Reagan

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago

*"Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. * * * *If he ran unopposed he would have lost."* - Mort Sahl

Fed seize another 29 million ( 144,336 Bitcoins ) from the computer of Dread Pirate Roberts - are these his Bitcoin or those of his clients though ? As the Feds don't " currently " recgnize Bitcoin as money , what actually does the Government do with the Pirates " booty " ? And is it a shock this large Fed plunder occurred right after the Fortess hedge fund announced Bitcoin was a really , really good deal ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Feds Confiscate Record $29 Million BitCoin Booty From Dread Pirate's Hard Drive [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/26/2013 09:19 -0400 - FBI - Google - Reuters - Ron Paul inShare When three weeks ago, the FBI arrested Ross William Ulbricht - the creator of the now shutdown Bitcoin-only "alternative" marketplace*Silk Road* also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, some were surprised that the Feds only confiscated about $3.6 million worth in Bitcoins from Ulbrecht. Proving all doubters wrong, and that creating the first "libertarian" mark... more »

Shelby County Plans to Whiten Suburban Schools and to Drop Civil Rights Lawsuit

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

In a plan drawn up in the back rooms of the local political elites, Shelby County stands poised to do what most thought impossible: to make Shelby County Schools more segregated. The plan calls for the County to hold on to three schools in Germantown and one in Millington, where significant numbers of black non-municipal County children live who are now attending the four schools that are within the boundaries of Germantown and Millington, respectively. At the same time that this plan moves forward, the County Commission is poised to drop the civil rights lawsuit they previousl... more »

War watch October 26 , 2013 - Iran nuclear program talks in focus , Syria war in focus , Afghanistan drawdown and incredible waste in focus !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Usual contradictory signals regarding US intention for Iran nuclear talks..... http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/25/iran-bomb-uranium-israel/3186567/ A new report that says Iran may need as little as a month to produce enough uranium for a nuclear bomb is further evidence for why Israel will take military action before that happens, an Israeli defense official said Friday. "We have made it crystal clear – in all possible forums, that Israel will not stand by and watch Iran develop weaponry that will put us, the entire Middle East and eventually the world, under an ... more »

Saudi Arabia news October 26 , 2013 - Saudi Arabia threats force women to cancel driving protest ( heavy handed threats by Saudi Interior Ministry to punish women daring to drive a car of course goes by without comment from US puppets ) .... Saudis fearful that allowing women to drive would encourage more demand for equality from women , fearful that might encourage downtrodden groups such as Shiites to demand greater equality or are they just all controlling paranoid despots and women just a symbol ? On a similat note , Saudis reacting to US almost similar to their women drivers - having made their threats as to the US , what do we see the Saudis do , if anything ? Saudis have cried " Wolf " and so far have not been appeased by the US - where or when do we see the Saudi whip ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Definitely a PLUS ONE ! From Twitchy ! Fahad Albutairi *✔* @*Fahad* A message from the @*Telfaz11* family and I regarding #*Women2Drive*. http://youtu.be/aZMbTFNp4wI @*HishamFageeh* @*Alaa_Wardi* 7:28 AM - 26 Oct 2013 YouTube @*YouTube* and...... In a brave act of defiance, more than 60 women got behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, according to Saudi activists. The Oct. 26 “drive-in” protested the kingdom’s ban on women driving despite warnings that “anyone disturbing public order would be dealt with forcefully.” Haley Mathews @*HaleyMathews* Saudi Arabian ... more »

The New Normal ? Key points and sum up from Jim Quinn's missive " This artificial prosperity plan for Wall Street has the added benefit of allowing the captured politicians in Washington D.C. to continue their $1 trillion per year deficit spending with no consequences for their squandering of future generations’ wealth. Bernanke and Yellen will never taper, because they can’t. The Fed balance sheet will continue to grow by at least $1 trillion per year until they crash the financial system again. Except this time, there will be no money printing solution. We are all trapped like rats in this monetary experiment being conducted by evil mad scientists. No one will get out alive. Welcome to the new normal... " Chris Martenson also pillories the Fed in " Fed can only fail " missive ! Keep in mind that all ponzi schemes need continual levels on money flows , if not actual increases in flows - or else the ponzi collapse ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-26/new-normal The New Normal? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/26/2013 07:51 -0400 - 10 Year Treasury - Bear Stearns - Ben Bernanke - Ben Bernanke - BLS - Bond - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Deficit Spending - Federal Reserve - Gross Domestic Product - Lehman - National Debt - New Normal - None - Obamacare - Quantitative Easing - Reality - Recession - recovery - Unemployment inShare *Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning p... more »

Argentina: The Possible Resemblance of Humanoids in the Torrent Case (1965) to Mythical Models in the Social Mindset of Corrientes

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

*Argentina: The Possible Resemblance of Humanoids in the Torrent Case (1965) to Mythical Models in the Social Mindset of Corrientes* *By Andrés Salvador* In January 1965, at Estación Torrent, located in the General Alvear Department of the Province of Corrientes (Argentina) a possible incident involving humanoid beings took place, which would have significant media impact and in the literature on the UFO phenomenon. Subsequent investigation by Roberto Banchs permits establishing a major discrepancy between the experiences of the eyewitnesses and their information on the event. In ... more »

Focus… Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Former Congressman William Hughes with son, Bill, Jr. Why bother focussing on LoBiondo? There are many districts in red-leaning and even solidly red congressional districts in the hands of Democrats. There are almost no Republicans in blue districts. In California Gary Miller and David Valadao both won because of failed DCCC recruiting and both will probably lose their seats in 2014. Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Chris Gibson (R-NY) are in D+1 districts and both are under intense attack, Coffman from the former Speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives, Andrew Romanoff, and will proba... more »

It Takes One To Know One

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago

Jim Flaherty brought forward his third omnibus budget bill this week. And, as in the past, it is full of all kinds of things which have nothing to do with the budget -- like labour relations between the public service and the government. Tom Walkom writes in *The Toronto Star* that the bill is a full frontal attack on public service unions: The government’s latest omnibus budget bill would give the government the unilateral power to determine which civil servants are essential workers and thus disqualified from striking. This in itself is a break from standard Canadian practice, ... more »

Do you want to learn how to twerk?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago

Do you want to learn how to twerk? if you do then I'm not sure this skinny girl is the right teacher...

Racism is alive and well in America

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago

It was a very long week. Been mostly offline, but I see this Daily Show segment went viral and got this howdy cracker GOPer in North Carolina fired as county chair. I see he's claiming the video has been edited to make him look racist, to which I say, bullshit. I've lived in this state for going on nine years and believe me when I tell you, it's not just him. Most of the white people I know here say the same things. Often in public. They just don't get on the teevee. Maybe someone could send a copy of this to Supreme (In)Justice Scalia.

ObamaCare updates for October 23 - 24 , 2013 ...... Audacity of Dopes ?

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-24/administration-enforces-radiosilence-obamacare-enrollment-numbers Administration Enforces Radiosilence On Obamacare Enrollment Numbers [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/24/2013 18:36 -0400 - Obama Administration - Obamacare inShare During this morning's Congressional hearing on the failure of Obamacare, one of the developer's let slip a little too much truth: Jamie Dupree *✔* @*jamiedupree* CGI exec says she is not allowed to publicly say how many people have enrolled via http://healthcare.go... more »

Fukushima radiation impacts already being observed on the west coast of the US - at what point does EPA pull its ostrich head out of the ground and get to work on this major problem ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

07:27 AM EST on October 26th, 2013 | Leave a comment Physicians: ‘Interesting fact’ for US coast in new UN report, 95% of Fukushima discharges transported in Pacific; Contamination to impact N. America with ‘uncertain consequences’ for public health — Chemist: Concern over recent releases, “They’re changing in character” (VIDEO) 11:33 AM EST on October 25th, 2013 | 66 comments Head researcher “is sounding the alarm” over striking changes in killer whales off Canada and Alaska since 2011 — “Unusually high mortality rate” and “odd behavior” — “Experts fear something’s wrong with the env... more »

The worst news report we saw last week!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2013* *Krugman explains where it came from:* The worst news report we saw last week appeared in the New York Times. We refer to the featured news report in Thursday’s National section. In the hard-copy New York Times, the news report appeared beneath these headlines: *Better News In New Study That Assesses U.S. Students Majority Outperform International Average* Those headlines were strange on their own. It has been known since December that American students outperformed the international average on both tests in question. (The tests in Grade 8 science and m... more »

Don't watch this....!

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago

Link: http://youtu.be/FE0SozU5AdE Have a watchful weekend, John

THE SAME MAFIA - TEXAS, SCOTLAND...

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago

Bush_Mason If Texas became 'independent' it could still be run by members of the same 'mafia' which controls Washington and London and Tel Aviv. If Scotland becomes 'independent' it may be run by that same 'mafia'. That 'mafia' involves child abuse rings, the narcotics trade, freemasonry, Zionism and support of the feudal system. Scotland has always had its shady people. *James VI and I* On 19 June 1566, at Edinburgh Castle, a baby was born. This baby was set to become King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England. However, this baby reportedly died at birth and was r... more »

3/11 was Japan's 9/11. Powerful documented evidence.

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 1 day ago

So let's see how many of the supposedly (main stream media fear porn) "natural or accidental disasters" were actually man-made MIHOPs (Make It Happens On Purpose) or Acts of Terrorism funded by the zionist-controlled Cabal & banksters. Our growing list include: 1912 04 15 - Deliberate sinking of the Titanic. 1988 07 06 - North Sea Piper Alpha 1989 03 24 - Exxon Valdez 1995 01 17 - Kobe Quake at 20:46 UTC (05:46 JST) 1996 07 17 - TWA 800, crashed slightly after 20:43 EST 2001 09 11 - AA 11 took off 7:59am crashed North Tower at 08:46am, 47 minutes later. 2001 09 11 - UA 175 took off ... more »

Hjärtet får aldrig rynkor - The Heart Never Wrinkles

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago

Translation from Swedish To English: *The Heart Never Wrinkles*

dream - shipwrecking into a miniature Tudor Japan - compression of memories but what resolution

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 1 day ago

*The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales*-- thanks WIKIPEDIA. and how does this relate to this morning's memory-compressed dream? "Memory compressed, Mike?" You mean, "You no longer think dreams are Contact with an alien race who can't dream for themselves?" This dream (I can't discount my dream-contact theory yet, because *'we don't have all the answers'*) was all made up of things I'd seen in passing, watched or read about during THE DAY... it was a classic memory-compression dream, or so it seemed from the references... i) a television programme... more »

Quote of the Day: What are you so frightened of?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

"This really shouldn’t be such a radical or unusual thing, but as I look around the world I find so many petrified—not of natural disasters or things that perhaps make sense—but terrified of the opinion of others. That’s what makes it so hard for the human race to achieve all that it might, and should, and perhaps yet will." - Dr Michael Hurd's Daily Dose of Reason [image: Posted with Blogsy]Posted with Blogsy Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Sunday Classics preview: Brünnhilde asks, "Who am I if I were not your will?" Question: Is it ever OK for a daughter to say such a thing to her father?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde and Bryn Terfel as Wotan in the new Met production of Die Walküre, 2011* *BRÜNNHILDE* [*answers *WOTAN* softly*]: To Wotan's will you're speaking; you can say what you will; what am I, if not your will alone? *-- English singing translation by Andrew Porter* *[A]* *[B]* *[C]* *[D]* *Our four Brünnhildes could be drawn from this list (in alphabetical order): Kirsten Flagstad, Rita Hunter, Birgit Nilsson, and Astrid Varnay* *by Ken* There are, of course, parents who truly don't want their children to be independent -- indeed, whole cultures that depen... more »