President Barack Obama and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada (right) at Nellis Air Force Base. Obama marked the 100th day of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by highlighting the development and use of geothermal and solar energy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: President Barack Obama plays basketball with Education Secretary Arne Duncan at the U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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News broke yesterday from the Senate: "Rand Paul is officially holding
Janet Yellin's nomination until Harry Reid agrees to hold a vote on
auditing the Fed."
This strikes me as a more or less proper use of a hold, and demonstrates
the merits of retaining holds on executive branch nominations.
I like that Paul is specifically attempting to influence the institution
involved in this particular nomination. I like that he's not making an
unreasonable demand; he's asking, apparently, for a vote, not an outright
policy concession (I don't know whether he's asking for a protected,
majorit... more »
This Is the Problem
This Is the Problem. via This Is the Problem.
Feldstein on Obamacare
Marty worries about a great unraveling.
The Corrupt Haitian Adoption Process
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Terry Grier Makes Houston Schools Awful Enough to Win the Broad Prize
The picture above is of Arne Duncan and Eli Broad having a swell time at
Barack Obama's inauguration party in 2008. The picture below is Arne and
Eli in 2013, this time accompanied by the poster boy for CorpEd's model of
segregated urban reform schools, Terry Grier. With his systemwide No
Excuses model in place in Houston, Grier has made life so miserable for
teachers and students alike that it has earned him this year's Broad Prize
for Urban Education. Last year 700 teachers had quit by January, which, of
course, brings in more white corporate missionaries from TFA to replace
r... more »
WotW: Waste Away Your Adult Life with Full-Screen Mario
Perhaps the greatest day of my childhood was the Christmas Santa brought me
and my sisters a Nintendo – the original NES. The hours I wasted playing
Mario, and blowing into those cartridges – convinced it was actually doing
some good – were innumerable. To this day, nothing quite compares with the
original Nintendo. And there's something special about Super Mario Brothers.
Sadly, it's difficult to find functioning Nintendo systems, and off-brand
remakes are sketchy. Fortunately, some genius figured out a way for us all
to enjoy Super Mario Brothers from the comfort of our own compute... more »
Tongue in cheek or serious?
One comment caught my eye on the BBC's story that 'A petition demanding the
government reverse a ban on schoolchildren in England taking holidays
during term-time will be delivered later.'
Is this serious or tongue in cheek?
'8.
Heisenberg
3 Hours ago
Quite right, I myself have 6 children and it's a nightmare with plane fares
when we go to Florida at peak times. The government need to help struggling
families like mine cope with this.'
Hmmmm
MALALA, MATTHEWS AND MADDOW: Not being against!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013*
*Part 2—Being against Ted Cruz:* We’ll admit it:
We were thrilled by William Dalrymple’s column in Saturday’s New York
Times, which we repeatedly read. See our previous post in this series.
We were thrilled when we went upstairs to watch the tape of Malala
Yousafzai’s address at the United Nations in July, on her sixteenth
birthday.
We were thrilled to see this very unusual person declare her lineage from
the greatest souls in world history, starting with “the Lord Buddha” and
moving through Dr. King and Mandela. We’ll recommend watching that speech, ... more »
Linux Mint 15 KDE, too good to be true?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 2 hours ago
*It took me some time to put this on your displays*. Working with a
desktop computer amidst the hype about mobile devices, using Ubuntu-based
Kubuntu and Linux Mint versions for fast evolving journalistic
researchwork, wasn't too inspiring for an article or opinion. Time to
reflect as well on trends in digital communication. The NSA disaster and
its fall-out, as well as crossroads we currently face regarding operating
systems and their visual presentation (desktops), made me review earlier
held opinions. The gradual self-inflicted demise of Ubuntu, earlier the
Linux desktop that ha... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Charles Martin Smith, 60. The Toad. Also directed
"Welcome to the Hellmouth," for which, as long-time readers might remember,
he earned an appearance in my epic Reagan thing (which I do try to link
back to every once in a while. I like it).
Well, whether you're in the mood for Reagan or not, surely you want some
good stuff:
1. The Wall Street Journal really, really, really, shouldn't run op-eds by
"expert" Suzanne Somers. Alex Seitz-Wald explains.
2. I think Andrew Sullivan basically gets it right on surveillance,
including Obama's role to date -- although my view... more »
Arvol Looking Horse statement 'White Buffalo Day' Nov 2, 2013
Arvol
Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf
Pipe, statement for National Bison Day aka White Buffalo Day event for
November 2, 2013
URBAN FARM TO PROTECT ALL LIFE
From Miami, Florida.....
Recipe To Dissolve Kidney Stones
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561
Google mystery barges ( what is their purpose and for whom are they building the barges for ) deepens as Google requires even government officials to sign confidentiality agreements ? Is Google or their client more important or able to dictate to the government what they can or cannot do or say ? What is going on here folks ?
Recall the prior post on Google's secret barges?
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/10/mystery-barges-in-both-san-francisco.html
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Mystery barges in both San Francisco and Portland linked to Google - are
these floating data centers and why do we see Google building these four
story structures on barges , on both the east and west coasts ? Google
linked by a website that covers the technology sector - but acting super
secret about what it's up to ( is this a military or NSA project ? ) And if
Portland Barge is identified as BAL 0011 and San Fran bar... more »
War watch October 30 , 2013 - NSA Spying updates for the day.... Iraq's PM sees role as major regional player as he seeks more weapons from the US - pesky civil war in his country doen't seem to be an impediment to the dreams of Mr Maliki ..... Syria updates of the day ..... Iran updates regarding the possibilities of productive nuclear talks in light of US push for more sanctions..... Building barracks for the Taliban in Afghanistan - at the end of the day , who else is going to take possession of these barracks if they even want them ?
NSA updates....
Proof Leaked, But NSA Insists Spying on Spain, France ‘False’Clapper: All
Spying Was for 'Valid' Purposes
by Jason Ditz, October 29, 2013
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Reports in Le Monde and El Mundo alleging broad NSA surveillance of French
and Spanish citizens didn’t come out of thin air, but rather were a product
of Edward Snowden’s leaks. The documents associated with those stories were
also published alongside the reports.
So once again the cat is out of the bag, and once again the NSA is
scrambling to issue blanket denials, insisting that the documents were
“misinte... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, "Illumination"
Deuter, "Illumination"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxlMqABNx8M
Alex Sink Is Running For Congress
The big news in Florida this morning wasn't exactly a surprise. After
Florida's former chief financial officer and Democratic gubernatorial
candidate, Alex Sink, expressed interest in running for the open
congressional seat in Pinellas County (FL-13), she became the focus of all
Democratic attention. And when former candidate Charlie Justice and
potential candidates Janet Long and Ken Welch said a few days ago they
weren't running, it was widely assumed Sink had let them know she was in.
This morning Adam Smith at the *Tampa Bay Times* let everyone else know.
Sink, who lives in ne... more »
His Luck Is Running Out
There's a scene in *It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World* where Jonathan Winters
destroys a gas station and two of its attendants. As the Senate debacle
unravels, the prime minister -- consumed with rage -- looks more and more
like Jonathan Winters on a rampage.
At the end of the scene, having obliterated the building and its
inhabitants, Winters hops in a tow truck and drives away, unscathed.
Lawrence Martin suggests that things will not work out that way for Stephen
Harper:
But the list is long and Harper’s odds are not good. There is a common
thread running through his governance, a p... more »
Federal Reserve Decision Day - proving once again that fundamentals matter not a bit , the sole focus today for US markets will be what the Fed does or doesn't do and how it "explains " it all - taper focus ! Red lights flashing once again in the Chinese repo market as repo rates blowing wide once again !
This happens only if the Fed et al want to have a market crash.....
NOctaper Or Shocktaper: Deutsche Bank's Five Reasons Why The Fed May Stun
Everyone Once Again
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/30/2013 08:02 -0400
- Ben Bernanke
- Blackrock
- China
- Deutsche Bank
- Hong Kong
- Jim Reid
- PIMCO
- recovery
inShare
Remember when minutes before the September FOMC announcement *every*one was
absolutely certain the Fed would announce tapering, only to leave a lot of
very angry traders fuming? Fast forward one mont... more »
Wow! Conservative Party Of Canada National Council Officials Move To Issue Gag Order On Party Members / Convention Delegates
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* **Subject: Fw: CBC Requests for Interviews*
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*Gord Elliott wrote:*
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*Fellow Conservatives*
*I and other members of the party have received emails from the CBC fishing
for people to interview about Mike Duffy’s allegations. I have ignored all
of the requests and strongly urge you to do the same. Should you happen to
talk to one of their reporters, please refer the reporter to our party’s
Director of Communications, Cory Hann, at 613-755-2000.*
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*Gord Elliott*
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Alberta Member Representative
National Council
Conservative Party of... more »
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*Honore delivers startlingly radical call to action against forces
destroying coast ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
*Texas Brine official says their giant sinkhole at Bayou Corne, La. could
double in size ~Cheryll Mercedes, KSLA*
*Homeowners' Flood Insurance Affordability Act has broad support ~Jordan
Bloom*
*Louisiana grapples with assessing alternative charter schools ~Andrewe
Vanacore*
*Officials promise to minimize pain to businesses during Freret streetwork
do-over ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger*
*New Orleans Arena Unveils New Gourmet Grub ~Alex Cline, NOLA DEFENDER*
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report October 26 , 2013 - News , Data and Views touching on the precious metals ( additional items from silver Doctors and Harvey Organ snippet . )
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/gold-producers-accused-over-misleading-data
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
The gold price was under quiet selling pressure during the Far East trading
session on their Friday, and that continued right up until 1:10 p.m. BST in
London, which proved to the be the low price tick of the day. From that
point, the gold price rallied quietly for almost the entire Comex session
when it opened 10 minutes later. The rally ended/got capped shortly after
1 p.m. EDT, and about 20 minutes before the Comex close. After that, gold
didn't do much.
According... more »
Academic decisions subject to judicial review but not appeals
*Mortazavi v. University of Toronto, *2013 ONCA 655:
[4] We see no basis for interfering with the motion judge's
exercise of discretion in this case. The original Statement of Claim was
long, convoluted, repetitive and confusing. Crucially, once the 187 pages
is pruned to its essential core – not an easy task – what is left is an
attack on a series of academic decisions relating to admission, enrolment,
leave of absence, grades, and appeals. In these circumstances, the motion
judge had ample justification to conclude, as he did, that "the lawsuit for
the tort or the br... more »
Causation in homicide
*R. v. Manasseri*, 2013 ONCA 647:
[44] The causation requirement in cases of unlawful homicide emerges
from the combined operation of sections 222(1) and 222(5) of the *Criminal
Code*. A person commits homicide when that person, directly or indirectly,
by any means, causes the death of a human being: *Criminal Code*, s.
222(1). A person commits culpable homicide, an unlawful killing, when that
person causes the death of another by means of an unlawful act: *Criminal
Code*, s. 222(5)(a).
[45] It is well settled that to satisfy the causation requirement in
cases of u... more »
The Structure of Jury Charges
*R. v. Huard,* 2013 ONCA 650:
[51] In jury charges, substance controls. Form, not so much. No
particular approach or standard formula is compulsory. Provided the charge
fulfills its purpose and satisfies its requirements, the manner in which it
does so is of no great moment: MacKinnon, at p. 386. That said, an orderly
or systematic approach to final instructions seems more likely to enhance a
jury’s understanding of the precise nature of its task and how to discharge
it by following a series of logical steps corresponding to the essential
elements of the offence charged.
[52... more »
5 Health Benefits Of Lemon & Cucumber Detox Drink
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*Alkalizes the Body*
“Disease cannot thrive in an alkaline body.” Lemons and cucumbers are
alkaline forming foods that will help your body to function at its optimal
level. A balanced pH is everything if you want to stay healthy.
*Clear Skin*
Lemon Cucumber Water is packed with Vitamin C, antioxidants, and silica.
Silica is nature’s anti-aging secret. Lemon Cucumber water will cleanse
toxins from your body that would normally erupt as unsightly blemishes.
*Promotes Healing*
Vitamin C and anti-oxidants double as an immune system booster. Helping to
fight free radicals and stay wel... more »
Present Singularity of Mass Upgrading Continues Harmonious Process for Establishment of Gaia Higher Self
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* *Present Singularity of Mass Upgrading Continues Harmonious Process for
Establishment of Gaia Higher Self*
by ÉirePort
Present singularity of mass upgrading continues harmonious process for
establishment of Gaia Higher Self.
Beings of Enlightenment are in development as energetic grids continue
upgrade process.
Essentials are finished. Details are in final stages, nearing completion.
"Singularity of mass upgrading" is the point of no return.
*[ÉirePort note: the term "singularity" appears best defined as:*
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* *"A point of infinite density and infinitesimal volume, at ... more »
Devastating Report: Cancer Misdiagnosed in Over 1.3 Million Cases by Christina Sarich
Devastating Report: Cancer Misdiagnosed in Over 1.3 Million Cases
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 29 October 2013
*The National Cancer Institute has just confirmed via a newly released
report that the ‘war on cancer’ over the last 30 years has led to more than
1.3 million people (primarily women) being wrongly diagnosed with cancer.* This
is not to mention that cancer rates have been continuously rising while
incredibly expensive cancer treatments are failing.
Breast cancer diagnosis has been found to be especially suspect. Many of
the ‘lumps’ found in women’s breasts are... more »
Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Candle of Life”
Moody Blues, “Candle of Life”
Uploaded by Moody Jill, who “gets it.”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0p1MwX6vG4
"We Are Stardust"
"In a sense, human flesh is made of stardust… Every atom in the human
body, excluding only the primordial hydrogen atoms, was fashioned in stars
that formed, grew old and exploded most violently before the Sun and the
Earth came into being. The explosions scattered the heavy elements as a
fine dust through space. By the time it made the Sun, the primordial gas of
the Milky Way was sufficiently enriched with heavier elements for rocky
planets like the Earth to form. And from the rocks atoms escaped for
eventual incorporation in living things: carbon, nitrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus ... more »
"Illusions and Seagulls"
"There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence
that we can manifest every day of our lives, a family who wants to believe
we're not pawns, we're not victims on this planet, that knows we have the
power within us here and now to change the world we see around us!"
"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect
and joy in
each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same
roof."
- Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of A Reluctant Messiah"
"If our friendship depends on things like space and time,... more »
"Where Few Are Willing To Search..."
"It is easier to perceive error than to find truth,
for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen,
while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for
it."
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
SANDY HOOK AND CIA MIND-CONTROLLED SEX SLAVE CHILDREN
In the 2011 film *Dream House*, we see Naomi Watts handing Daniel Craig the business
card of a psychiatrist named Dr. Fran Greeley (above).
This psychiatrist is located in Sandy Hook, CT.
*Sandy Hook reference in ‘Dream House’ film*
Was there a bathroom in Lauren Rousseau's classroom at Sandy Hook?
"The information leaked to the Courant said that the lone survivor in Lauren
Rousseau's classroom was hidden 'in one of the corners of the classroom's
tiny bathroom.'
"But Terri Rousseau, an editor for The News-Times in Danbury, said she did
know that one girl had survived from the cl... more »
Jeff Wayne, “War Of The Worlds”
*Jeff Wayne, “War Of The Worlds”, Full Album Disc 1*
“This is the full album “War Of The Worlds” by Jeff Wayne. It was
released in 1978 and it retells the story of "The War of the Worlds" by H.
G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using
narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that
express the feelings of the various characters. Narrative by Richard
Burton.”
*"War Of The Worlds", Disc 2 *
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_R9iIAp2Q
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Frightening forms and scary faces are a mark of the Halloween season.
They also haunt this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil
Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from
the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular
in shape covering nearly 3 degrees on the sky in the constellation Cygnus,
this portion of the eastern Veil spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent
size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's
reassuring estimated distance of 1,400 light-years from planet Earth.
*C... more »
"Passive Aggressive Behavior: Claiming our Feelings"
* "Passive Aggressive Behavior: Claiming our Feelings"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
The way to end passive aggressive behavior on your part or others’ is with
complete honesty and truth in any situation. If you’ve ever found yourself
repressing your anger and behaving in other ways to get your point across,
you may be someone who is adept at engaging in passive-aggressive behavior.
Although passive-aggressive behavior is recognized as a psychological
disorder, it also describes the behavior that many people use to cope with
confrontational situations. Such behavior has the out... more »
AFT and ATF Respond to Locals: A Follow-Up
Recently, I posted an article about a story in the Albuquerque Journal
about the New Mexico NEA and AFT putting pressure on the New Mexico Public
Education Department (PED). I called the suggestions from the two state
union groups an “appeasement.” Also included in my article was a statement
from the Albuquerque Teachers Federation (ATF), […]
“Our Invisible Revolution”
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*“Our Invisible Revolution”*
by Chris Hedges
“Did you ever ask yourself how it happens that government and capitalism
continue to exist in spite of all the evil and trouble they are causing in
the world?” the anarchist Alexander Berkman wrote in his essay “The Idea Is
the Thing.” “If you did, then your answer must have been that it is because
the people support those institutions, and that they support them because
they believe in them.”
Berkman was right. As long as most citizens believe in the ideas that
justify global capitalism, the private and state institutions that... more »
Chet Raymo, “Retirement”
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* “Retirement”*
by Chet Raymo
"Farewell, thou busy world! And may
We never meet again!
Here I can eat and sleep and pray,
And do more good in one short day
Than he who his whole age outwears
Upon the most conspicuous theatres,
Where naught but vanity and vice do reign."
"The first verse from a poem called "The Retirement" by Charles Cotton
(1630-1687), a friend of Izaak Walton, about his private fishing retreat on
the river Dove. The poem was incorporated into Walton's "The Compleat
Angler."
And what do I make of it, now, in retirement? All these h... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Butterworth, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by.
Eugene Fama is right on QE
Eugene Fama of Chicago Booth School of Business is one of the three winners
of the 2013 memorial Nobel prize in economics – and a rare winner of one of
these softer prizes whom I consider extremely well-chosen (the efficient
market hypothesis will be discussed later).
Yesterday, CNBC's Rick Santelli asked him about the quantitative easing.
The interview has sparked a controversy in a part of the economics
blogosphere. Here is the video:
If you don't see any video above, find it on this page of Pragmatic
Capitalist who liked Fama's fresh observations as much as I did. Note that... more »
The Truth Seeker - Daniel Bushell - OBAMA AND BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO BE ARRESTED !
Russia Today -> The Truth Seeker -> Daniel Bushell -> reports that war
crimes lawyer Professor Francis Boyle (and fellow law scholars around the
world) is pushing for the arrest of the Bush Team and the Obama Nobel Peace
Prize Winner, for war crimes and profiteering from invasion.
We must now call for the INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE 9/11 EVENT, as
it's been fundamental in the Patriot Act nonsense that's ruining what's
left of this 'free planet' since 2001.
We don't need no Stinking Corporate War Empire on this FREE PLANET, stop
voting in these psychopaths.
Wolf in the Distance: Country Wide Fraud (It Is Impossible in a Sample Size of 33 To Bat Worse Than 0 for 33. Greenspan, Fischel, and Benston Shared Another Characteristic That Helps Explain the Astonishing Extent of their Errors – Lincoln Savings Paid for Their Research.) - Dogma! (Not Kevin Smith's) Our Billionaires' Planet?
Gee, if only other people ever addressed history as so revealing of today's
dilemmas. Turns out that Texas still wins the poll as the easiest state in
which to take advantage of idiots. Although Alan Greenspan runs a close
second. Pay close attention to this detail (if you've got a moment of
patience left) as it makes the difference in understanding what the
financial future of the 99% will be
International Uranium Film Festival coming to Navajo Nation
Film
'The Return of Navajo Boy Epilogue'
International Uranium Film Festival coming to Southwest: Albuquerque,
Santa Fe and Window Rock
By International Uranium Film Festival
Censored News
Film 'Four Corners National Sacrifice Area'
The International Uranium Film Festival is the world’s only traveling
festival devoted to the entire Nuclear Fuel Chain, from uranium mining
to
Those Were The Days (and are they B-A-A-A-CK?): A Lightning Tour of The Math Wars (sort of)
Someone commented recently that she maybe she was too young and naive at
the time but she didn’t recall so much controversy resulting from the
publication of the 1989 NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School
Mathematics. What follows is in part my reply and resulting reflections.
No, there wasn’t so much controversy at first. It […]
The Gender Similarities Hypothesis
The Gender Similarities Hypothesis Hyde, Janet Shibley *American
Psychologist*, Vol 60(6), Sep 2005
The differences model, which argues that males and females are vastly
different psychologically, dominates the popular media. Here, the author
advances a very different view, the gender similarities hypothesis, which
holds that males and females are similar on most, but not all,
psychological variables. Results from a review of 46 meta-analyses support
the gender similarities hypothesis. Gender differences can vary
substantially in magnitude at different ages and depend on the context... more »
Did Nature Bless You With Progressive Predispositions Or Were You Doomed From Birth To Be A Conservative?
Over the weekend, *Time* Magazine published a mood map-- "an interactive
guide to the United States of Attitude." A multinational team based at
Cambridge and "using personality test data from over one million people,
researchers have identified three distinct personality regions in the
country-- "friendly and extroverted," "relaxed and creative" and
"temperamental and uninhibited." OK… so West Virginia is the most neurotic
state, Utah is the most agreeable and the folks of Wisconsin are the
country's most extroverted… For conscientiousness, South Carolina takes the
finishing-thei... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Random Acts Of Green
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
THIS Is Why I Moderate All Comments: Examples of JIDF/Hasbara "Comments" To My Site
There have been many that say that I should change the format of my comment
section and turn it into an "open forum" to discuss some of the material I
post here.... I have always refused to take my comment section in that
direction, primarily due to the incessant stupid attacks from known TROLLS
and JIDF/Hasbara clowns that constantly try to flood my pending for
approval comment section with their disgusting language and stupid attacks
on myself and others....
I decided that for this article, I would give some recent examples of the
so called "comments" that come from these trolls..... more »
Sandy Hook Was Indeed A Massive Hoax: Sandy Hook - Where's The Proof?
I recently put up several articles concerning the Sandy Hook fraud
operation of last December, where it seems that the US Government recently
authorized a payout of some $50 Million to the citizens of Newtown,
Connecticut, for the "rebuilding of the school". This was a preposterous
amount, considering that all estimates show that the school could easily be
rebuilt for around $7 Million. When I read the article, a red flag came up
automatically and I called it as I saw it... This was a "payoff" for the
people of Newtown for their participation in the criminal operation,and for
them... more »
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*Cartoonist Walt Handelsman joins The New Orleans Advocate** ~Kevin Allman,
Gambit*
Dealing With Criminal Authorities
Steven Goddard has come to the conclusion that the climate "debate" is no
longer about science, and wonders how to deal with "criminals". My response:
*You do what I have been doing for the last 3 years, ever since I
definitively disproved the "greenhouse effect" with my Venus/Earth
temperatures comparison (the scientific debate has been over ever since):
You identify the Insane Left (and the subornation of all of our
authoritative institutions by it) as the immediate problem--substituting as
it does a political ideology, and outright tyranny, for science--and the
underlying problem... more »
Colin Craig Promises Land Grab
*Guest post by Stephen Berry, from **Affordable Auckland*
If his latest interview with TV3 is anything to go by, New Zealand’s
political village idiot Colin Craig plans to surpass NZ First’s vote in the
next election by putting forward even more extreme success-hating populism
than Winston Peters.
Craig wears a fig leaf of rectitude in saying urban boundaries in Auckland
need to be extended. But in saying he and his Conservative Party would give
property developers five years to develop their land before invoking the
Public Works Act to have their property compulsorily acquired fo... more »
verisimilitude practitioners
verisimilitude practitioners are on the air
they are in your web
Spinning scary targeted half truths
directly into the bucolic lizard brain
verisimilitude practitioners are driving
people insane
Once the truth was science
and science was the truth
and you had to be a scientist
to get a coveted spot in the truth booth
But now anyone with a great shoeshine
and smile can prevent Willie Loman's suicide
with bionic guile
make public policy drool and smile
for their partners over at
the golden mile
People are confused
they do not know what to believe
the only thing they know for sure
is that... more »
Douglas County: The Cavalry is Coming!
Douglas County, Colorado is one to watch. For too long, an aggressively
unprofessional school board has been playing politics with the schools,
rather than concerning themselves with serving the community’s children.
Now, an important election is coming up, and it can change the current
destructive course with four board seats being contested. I had the […]
Libya updates October 29 , 2013 - huge bank heist of 54 million ( who in their right mind would have a van transfer that sum of money from Tripoli to Sirte with just one security vehicle accompanying the money van ? ) Despite the happy talk that the oil blockade was over , Shararia oilfield closed , Mellitah production cut in half with exports stopped due to ongoing protests !
Huge bank robbery ....
http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/10/28/massive-bank-heist-in-sirte/#axzz2jAH5I7mC
Massive bank heist in Sirte: Update
*By Taher Zaroog.*
*Misrata, 28 October:*
Thieves in Sirte have stolen LD 53 million that was being transferred to
the town’s branch of the Central Bank of Libya in Sirte. According to the
Libyan news agency LANA, $12 million in foreign currency was also stolen.
It said that 10 men in two vehicles and armed with light and medium weapons
had intercepted the truck carrying the money from the airport at a
crossroads in western Sirte. The money had... more »
Looming November 1 , 2013 SNAP Benefits across the board cuts - as well as work waiver expiration and a change to SNAO Categorical Eligibility ( which could cut folks off completely and suddenly ) ...... may these November 1 , 2013 Benefits cuts spark civil unrest ?
Food Bank CEO Suggests Welfare Cuts May Spark Riots
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“Riots always begin typically the same way: when people cannot afford to
eat food”
*Paul Joseph Watson*
Infowars.com
October 29, 2013
The CEO of the largest food bank in America has suggested that planned cuts
in food stamp benefits set to take effect on Friday could spark riots.
Image: Margarette Purvis (YouTube).
Margarette Purvis, the president and CE... more »
Syria updates October 29 , 2013 - Did jihadist rebels use a chemical weapon ahainst a Kurdish defense unit at Ras al - Ayn al Hasakah ? Kuridsh defense forces say ..... Yes , that's what the Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant used against them ..... And the UN will be flying in in 5 ,4 , 3 .2 , 1 ....... Syrian troops fight jihadist to fre a Christian town - Christians caught between rock and hard place .........
http://rt.com/news/rebels-chemical-weapons-syria-927/
Rebels conduct new chemical weapons attack in Syria near Turkish border -
report
Published time: October 29, 2013 18:42
Edited time: October 29, 2013 21:11
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[image: A United Nations (UN) arms expert collects samples on August 29,
2013, as they inspect the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus'
eastern Ghouta suburb during an investigation into a suspected chemical
weapons strike near the capital (AFP Photo)]
A United Nations (UN) arms expert collects samples on August 29, 2013, as
they inspect the site where rock... more »
Mystery barges in both San Francisco and Portland linked to Google - are these floating data centers and why do we see Google building these four story structures on barges , on both the east and west coasts ? Google linked by a website that covers the technology sector - but acting super secret about what it's up to ( is this a military or NSA project ? ) And if Portland Barge is identified as BAL 0011 and San Fran barge identified as BAL 0010 , are there more floating barges out there ( BAL 0001 - 0009 ? )
Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
Big and Small Tech companies clearly part of the Matrix folks.....
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Partnership_between_Facebook_and_police_could_make_planning_protests_impossible/29848/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Partnership
between Facebook and police could make planning protests
impossibleOctober 26, 2013
Print Version
*Source:* RT
A partnership between police departments and social media sites
discussed
at a convention in Philadelphia this week could allow law enforcement to
keep anything deemed criminal off the Internet—and even stop people from
organizing protests.
A high-ranking of... more »
Attention, all vibrator fans: Could you tell the difference between a Rampant Rabbit and a Rampant Rabbi?
*A Religious Experience!*
Oi vey! The RAMPANT RABBI is a meticulously produced dildo in the shape of
a Jewish teacher. His prayer cap gives the dildo a smooth, rounded top and
each piece is made from phthalate-free and latex-free silicone. Use only
with non-silicone lubes and wash in warm water.
*The RAMPANT RABBI is a limited edition erotic piece of art of 100 pieces.
Each one is numbered and signed by creator Shed Simove.*
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• The Chosen Dildo
• Not At All Tight
• Comes With 69 Commandments
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*From £99*
*by Ken*
Now that you're al... more »
Stephen Harper And His PMO Are Still Fine Tuning Their 'Fib' Concerning the $13,500 2nd Cheque .....
*Mike Duffy has confessed but Prime Minister Harper is still practicing the
old Conservative mantra of 'deny, deny, deny'.*
*"In the Commons Tuesday, Harper and the Conservatives sustained yet
another bruising barrage from NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. Sen. Mike Duffy’s
latest revelation – that his $13,500 legal bill was paid by the
Conservative party – is now confirmed. The best explanation the PM could
offer was that such payments are routine. As for why the party he heads saw
fit to foot the bill for a senator in trouble over behaviour now deemed a
hanging offence, he had no answe... more »
Pirate Party Travis
I just came across Travis McCRea's web site. He is one of the top official
Pirate Party members in North America. I like their platform and this is
the first time I have seen anything other than the flag. One
huge omission is a call for proportional representation. I have written
many times the reason Euros have such great government is because
the government by the people for the people instead of by the special
interests for the special interests. The only way to do this is to make
sure the votes count. You can have run offs, graduated voting or what I
think is the proven soluti... more »
It’s inflation a go-go at the central banks tonight!
Generally, when governments and their flunkies intend to change direction,
they test it first by launching a few “trial balloons” to see if they’re
shot down.
Such a balloon was launched on the front page of last week’s *New York Times
*, a launchpad only used when the plans being trialled are already well
advanced, signalling for all to see that the US Federal Reserve (and, by
extension, every central bank around the world who follows their lead)
intends to double down on its attempt to inflate its way out of its present
predicament.
That is, it intends to replace its present* i... more »
Keeping "us" safe from the "terrorists"
Today in a Capitol Hill hearing, Gen. Keith Alexander was defending the
NSA, justifying its extensive spying. He actually had the nerve to say the
following without seeming to have the slightest idea of what he was really
saying:
"In just this last month, 2,336 people were killed, 1510 injured [by
terrorists] in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Nigeria. And yet
there has not been a mass casualty here in the U.S. since 2001."
Alexander neglected to point out how many people were being killed per
month by terrorists in Iraq or Afghanistan before the U.S. invaded those
countrie... more »
Greece updates October 29 , 2013 - Former Greece Foreign Minister Pangalos says Greece spied on American Ambassadors in Athens and Ankara - present Greece government pissed of Pangalos opened up his mouth and gave the US and out regarding any spying that involved Greek officials ... Troika not convinced social security bill will cover fiscal gap ( more austerity cuts coming Greeks ! ) ... Salaries in Greece tommy hammered - by both more taxes and social security contributions ! Keep Talking Greece details NSA Spygate as it unfolded - NSA's Special Collection Service ran 90 surveillance facilities worldwide - including in Athens , most European capitals also in the mix ....
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_29/10/2013_525315
*Gov't irked by Pangalos claims that Greece spied on US ambassadors*
Claims made on Tuesday by former Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos that
during his time in office Greek secret services eavesdropped on US
ambassadors in Athens and Ankara enraged the government as they came on the
same day as reports that the American Embassy in Athens was one of
Washington’s key spy centers in Europe.
“The National Intelligence Service (EYP) carries out its mission within the
framework of the constitution and the law, whil... more »
25 Myths about the Flu Vaccine (shoot up dummies)
In addition it may prevent heart disease. The rest copied word for word
from I09 And they copied it from RedWine and Apple Sauce.
*Myth #1:* The flu vaccine gives you the flu or makes you sick. (No, it
doesn't.)*Myth #2:* Flu vaccines contains dangerous ingredients, such as
mercury, formaldehyde and antifreeze. (Not exactly, and the ingredients
aren't dangerous.)*Myth #3:* Pregnant women should not get the flu shot. (They
should.) / The flu shot can cause miscarriages. (It doesn't.) / Pregnant
should only get the preservative-free flu shot. (Nope.)*Myth #4:* Flu
vaccines can cause... more »
Furniture made from Airplane Scrap
I have seen pictures of Motoart unique creations for years and it was aboot
time I documented it. The reception desk above is made from a 747 engine.
Go to LAX and see it in person, and you might as well fly there in a
private jet, because that's the snack bracket for consumers of this
furniture.
October Surprise 1962 - The Mid-Terms of October
October Surprise 1962: The Mid-Terms of October from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
For George H.W. Bush, this is the ORIGINAL October Surprise - the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
On Lou Reed
I don't know about you but wherever I seem to have turned in the last few
days - whether it's the BBC's *Today *programme or the *Daily Telegraph *website
or *NotaSheep's *blog - it's been Lou Reed all the way.
The late singer-songwriter's demise has sparked a considerable amount of
interest and comment.
I will admit, however, to being mostly unfamiliar with much of Lou Reed's
music.
I knew - on a quiz-goer's level - that he was the Velvet Underground guy -
and that Velvet Underground did *I'm Waiting For My Man -* and, of course,
I knew and liked Lou Reed's big solo hit '*Walk O... more »
Happy Halloween Ken Derstine PA Education Crisis Highlights
And this is just Philadelphia, scary stuff, I'm spooked
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*Pennsylvania Education Crisis Highlights - October 29th, 2013*
Pennsylvania Education Crisis Highlights is available online at
http://www.defendpubliceducation.net/
Blue text is a link to the full article.
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*Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to
America’s Public Schools | Save our Schools NJ*
*Monday, November 4, 2013, 4 - 5:20 pm *
*Princeton High School Auditorium, 151 Moore Street, Princeton NJ *
*From 3:30 to 4 pm Dr. Ravitch will sign books which will be available for
p... more »
“Food Stamps In US To Be Reduced By $5 Billion, More Cuts To Follow”
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*“Food Stamps In US To Be Reduced By $5 Billion,*
* More Cuts To Follow”*
by RT
“The US food stamps system is set to be reduced starting November. The
average benefit is set to shrink, and the number of people who receive it
will drastically diminish – by millions. Currently, the program costs
about $80 billion per year and provides food aid nearly 15 per cent of all
US households – over 45 million people. A big automatic cut is expected on
November 1, taking $5 billion from federal food-stamp spending over 2014.
The benefit is set to shrink by 5 per cent.
One of the r... more »
"Why Not?"
God knows we have an over abundance of it...
The Economy: “The Fed Was Right...Maybe… Perhaps… Probably… Could Be, But Who Knows?”
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* “The Fed Was Right...”*
by Bill Bonner
“Yesterday, markets did nothing. Gold and US stocks ended the day roughly
flat. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. A crash? A bubble? Not for us!
For dear readers who had lingering doubts, we just proved we are no good at
predicting the future. We missed one of the biggest bull markets in
history! Bloomberg has the details: "The S&P 500 rose 0.1% to 1,762.15 at 4
p.m. in New York. The gauge has rallied 23.6% this year, which would be the
best annual gain since a 26.4% surge in 2003. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average fell 1.09 points, o... more »
A Brief History of the Food Groups concept
"FOOD GROUP TO SPLIT - IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES CITED" is a headline I
expect to see any day now. The notion of the Food Group seems to have
become the most abused concept in Nutrition. Two recent examples are the
criticism of Paleo - "Excluding grains means leaving out an entire food
group, that can't be healthy"; and the following mention in an otherwise
laudable piece by Lucy Cavendish in support of Dr Aseem Malhotra's BMJ
article in defense of saturated fat (I'm sure I don't need to link to that).
"With wheat and gluten vilified in recent years, I have, in the past, cut
both fo... more »
Filling some more space
Interesting fact - the first internet avatar may have been Doc Benway, who
appeared on the Community Memory bulletin board, which began in 1973. The
internet has come to be a watershed in human communication, collapsing the
distinction between core and perhiphery. iIt made the written word instant.
It brought the rich and powerful back into proximity with the labouring
poor (even as the rich try to socially/geographically segregate into gated
communities). There is no escape from the internet's relentless gaze, the
Daily Mail found that out recently. Yet it allows so many people to e... more »
Steve Israel's Reptilian Tendencies... Enough To Win Back The House? Probably Not
Sometimes I get confused between the national committees-- the DCCC,
DSCC,
DNC, RNC, NRSC and NRCC-- and the Beltway pundits that service them,
particularly Cook and Rothenberg. Rothenberg's column for *Roll
Call*Monday was a riot. I especially laugh when he and Cook defer to the
DCCC
and call their ridiculous side-show races "top tier" which fools no one
(except, apparently Nancy Pelosi) as the money is flittered away on
absurd
candidates in absurd races. I can't wait for them to analyze Steve
Israel-favorite, Jennifer Garrison in bright red OH-06 (R+8). Israel's
candidates are co... more »
Pat Murphy (D-IA) Reminds Us Why We Care About Politics At All-- And Why It's Worth The Fight
A couple weeks ago we looked at the congressional race in Iowa's first
district and have slowly and carefully come to the conclusion that state
Rep. Pat Murphy is, by far, the best candidate for the seat. A strongly
Democratic district-- PVI is D+5-- it is a perfect place for a strong and
effective progressive leader. Blue America is proud to endorse him and we
are proud to ask progressives to contribute to his campaign.
During the vetting process, we learned a lot about Pat and how he sees
politics and how he views his role. And, of course, we were delighted with
all his response... more »
Published only 6 days ago, the YouTube version of this BBC Newsnight interview has already exceeded 8 million. Russell Brand certainly has his world view right! Uplifting!
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Best of the Web
*Viral Video: Russell Brand May Have Started a Revolution Last Night*
http://youtu.be/3YR4CseY9pk
Cherchez la Verite
The six billion dollar Destroyer
Wow turning Science Fiction into real life sure is expensive. However this
ship is the bomb. Unlike the littoral ships and the F35 the Zumwalt looks
like the real deal. All the advanced features combined are not as
mindblowing as a functioning rail gun.
H/T to Biz Insider (be sure to check out all 17 pics)
Gravity (2013)
I finally went to see Gravity, the new blockbuster with Sandra Bullock and
George Clooney (I won't use their codenames Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalski:
isn't it a good idea to simply use real actors' names in the movies?).
It's a visually impressive movie that can and should make you cry, be
terrified, as well as think about the empty space, the human courage, the
orbits, the angular momentum, and the hard job of astronauts on spacecrafts
that experience problems. (But it isn't such a bad job to be a Hollywood
star in a movie where astronauts experience problems.) Buzz Aldrin has said... more »
The Recovery School District (RSD) Optical Illusion
The charter-promoting organization, New Schools for New Orleans
(NSNO) wants its charters to prosper. Its website proudly advertises a
hefty $25 million grant from the Arnold Foundation– as in John Arnold,
former Enron trader who made off with $3 billion while most employees lost
their pensions. In order to sell the charter success image, NSNO offers the
public “proof” […]
Protest: Stop further desecration of burial sites on Black Mesa
Protest Planned to Stop Further Desecration of Burial Sites on Black Mesa
By Bahe' Katenaii haastinhweyaanii@yahoo.com
Censored News
Black Mesa Ancestral Remains stored in cardboard boxes at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Photo by Peabody Energy
UPDATE (Tues. Oct 29 5PM):
It would appear that the Bureau of Reclamation is feeling the pressure (note: this
Chile: Ufologists Weigh In On The Vicuña Object
*Source: El Observatodo (Chile)
http://www.elobservatodo.cl/node/38628*
*Chile: Ufologists Weigh In On The Vicuña Object*
*By Claudio Rojas Araya*
The case involving the strange object that fell on a hill in Vicuña is
already being studied by ufologists. Cristián Riffo, one of the most
respected in Chile, notes that the incident is reminiscent of the famous
Paihuano UFO.
“For the time being, it’s a UFO,” Cristián Riffo says unequivocally, a
journalist and one of the most experienced Chilean ufologists, regarding
the strange sighting and crash of what remains, for the moment, an
... more »
Wooooo!
OK, this blog is basically about banging on about BBC bias (and using
plentiful alliteration in the process), but I'm watching *Autumnwatch *tonight
on BBC Two, and they are broadcasting from my beloved Morecambe Bay....and
I want to recommend it to you.
[I *don't* work for the local tourist board, by the way].
Chris Packham & Co are based at one of my favourite places - the nature
reserve at Leighton Moss.
There you can hear bitterns booming, watch starlings whirling in the air,
spot a stag (if you're staggeringly lucky), wander up to stately Leighton
Hall (where Batman's butle... more »
On first looking into Boston’s Fenway Park!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013*
*Momma raised us kids right:* Here’s the box score of the first Red Sox
game we ever attended.
It was Opening Day 1956; we were barely eight. For some reason, our sainted
mother decided to take our sister and us to the Fens.
One day later, we flawlessly described the action to an enthralled third
grade class.
The Red Sox started the season with three straight wins that year. We
recall coming home from school on this, the afternoon of their first loss,to find our mother out in the yard.
When you root for a team, they don’t always win, the sainted woman ... more »
Richly schooled: Bruni speaks!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013*
*Everyone knows about schools:* Frank Bruni doesn’t seem to know a whole
lot about public schools.
In fairness, Bruni has never covered schools. There’s no reason why he *
should* know much about that important topic.
Bruni doesn’t seem to know much about schools, but when has that ever
stopped anyone? In today’s New York Times, he evaluates, or pretends to
evaluate, a ballot measure in Colorado which would increase the state’s
education funding while raising the state income tax.
Is the ballot measure a good plan? We don’t know, and there’s little sign
... more »
Elsewhere: ACA/Iraq, Sabotage, more
My TAP column yesterday is about the "ACA is like Iraq" thing, extending
what I wrote here a while ago. I argue that the ACA rollout isn't like
Iraq, but actually could be a fair comparison...but ultimately won't be.
Over the weeked, I talked ACA sabotage over at Salon. To be clear: this
isn't about letting the administration off the hook. But, yeah, I do think
that Republican efforts to undermine the law probably had something to do
with the inept rollout.
Today I wrote on the successful cloture vote for Richard Griffin, which is
actually a pretty big deal.
And yesterday I thought... more »
NASDAQ says options trading in major indexes resumes after halt
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/us-nasdaq-options-idUSBRE99S0Z420131029
*NASDAQ says options trading in major indexes resumes after halt*
Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:39pm EDT
(Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX (NDAQ.O) said on Tuesday that options trading had
resumed in a number of widely followed indexes after a halt where the
exchange failed to disseminate value for the Nasdaq 100 .NDX.
The exchange also said its Global Index Data Service had "experienced a
brief disruption of service" with no impact to equity exchange operations,
and that it was investigating the issue.
Earlier, Nasdaq s... more »
Nice Rebellion,Welcome in!
It's making typing out this post rather hard going, but I've got my fingers
firmly crossed that Sue will have something to say about this week's *Reith
Lecture* by Grayson Perry.
Grayson himself seems to have a pretty shrewd idea about why the BBC chose
him to give this year's lecture:
And I often feel that I’m being wheeled out in many ways as a kind of you
know bit of bohemian danger. I always feel like that dirty teddy you see
sort of tied to the front of the radiator of a refuse truck. You know, the
little mascot. I mean the BBC in asking me to give these lectures, they’re
p... more »
Untitled
*Bobby Jindal shows true colors in coastal lawsuit ~Foster Campbell,
Shreveport Times*
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Egypt closes Rafah for fourth day, media still mostly silent
' Egypt has now closed Rafah for four consecutive days, this time without
even informing the Palestinian Authority as they used to do.An Egyptian
source told the German Press agency that the crossing would be closed
"indefinitely."France24, unusually, is calling Egypts actions in Rafah a
"blockade." But for the most part the media has been muted in any criticism
of Egypt for what would be considered a human rights violation when Israel
does it.'
More here http:/
elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/egypt-closes-rafah-for-fourth-day-media.html
But not on the BBC
Peter Dreier on a New Generation of Activists | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
Peter Dreier on a New Generation of Activists | Moyers & Company |
BillMoyers.com
PROFIT - why are people so fucking miserable?
the answer's in the title and the label, PROFIT.
"Mike, how can you say that profit is the root of all misery?"
Well, because it is.
People are FUCKING MISERABLE because they've gotta work their arses off for
some Dictator-like Corporate Empire that demands rent, rates, taxes,
licenses, subscription, goods and services, food, water, shelter,
government, fashion, updates, upgrades, burden, 9-to-fucking-5:30 with
minimal contractual vacation... endless mental torture and mindless slavery
to the $ the £ the ¥. Endless family/tribal ruination.
You see people in the streets. You see th... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Caius Marcus
Ideus*. Caius and I will be discussing his book, *The Imperian Manifesto*.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia hires G4S to spy on politicians
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*http://goo.gl/j28ic0
*Commonwealth Bank of Australia hires G4S to spy on politicians*
29 Oct 2013 by Clark Kent
An undercover surveillance operation ordered by the Commonwealth Bank has
embroiled the institution in a spying scandal, with senior MPs monitored
and photographed by private detectives investigating one of its critics.
Michael Fraser The bank hired security firm G4S to conduct ”Operation
Lantern”, round-the-clock surveillance on consumer advocate and
anti-banking lobbyist Michael Fraser (pictured right) between August 28 and
September 1. G4S, which conducted the se... more »
Satire: “Congress Spends Several Hours Pretending to Understand Internet”
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*“Congress Spends Several Hours Pretending to Understand Internet”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In an impressive white-knuckle
performance on live television today, members of Congress spent several
hours in a hearing room pretending to understand the Internet. Beginning
this morning, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee devoted
four hours to grilling Web-site contractors about site architecture, Web
traffic, software, and other I.T. concepts about which their ignorance is
nearly complete.
“As members of this committee, we are supposed t... more »
A Nephilim (?) Mother & The Coming "Big Event"
[image: urupiper2] urupiper2
*Oct 12, 2013*
I am of the opinion that at least many of the "aliens" are in fact Fallen
Angels that have been here for who-knows-how-long. Evidently their time has
come to make themselves more evident, and a Big Event is in the near future.
This clip is a person claiming to have been involved in a Hybrid Breeding
Program, and still being taken against her will to Bases where many Hybrids
are reaching young-adulthood. This clip is from C2C from (I think) 10-10-13
with Joni who is in the film "hidden Hand"
Also see "And I will put enmity . . betw... more »
'We're Really Screwed Now': NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies
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*'We're Really Screwed Now': NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies*
Posted By Shane Harris, John Hudson Monday, October 28, 2013 - 7:21 PM
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/28/were_really_screwed_now_nsas_best_friend_just_shivved_the_spies
One of the National Security Agency's biggest defenders in Congress is
suddenly at odds with the agency and calling for a top-to-bottom review of
U.S. spy programs. And her long-time friends and allies are completely
mystified by the switch.
"We're really screwed now," one NSA official told The Cable. "You know
thing... more »
Orwellian Obama or Russell Brand? (No Real Contest)
In late spring, I posted a video of Tupac Shakur because I was impressed
with his clarity, especially against the sad state of public commentary by
our elected officials concerning education. Now I ask a follow up question:
Do you prefer Orwellian Obama or actor Russell Brand? Please watch and
decide: Tagged: Obama, Russell Brand?, […]
It's Tuesday...
*what's going on.*
MOTUS: If You Like Your Plan…Well, You Know.
Freedom's Lighthouse: Outraged Megyn Kelly Holds Up Evidence Obama Knew
His “If You Like Your Insurance. . .” Promise was Not True; Thiessen Says,
“You’ve Got the Smoking Gun” – Video 10/28/13
I'm a Man. I'm 41: Ted Cruz Exposes Amnesty Bill: $5000 Penalty For Hiring
Citizens Over Legalized Aliens
Mychal Massie: Questions Megyn Kelly Must Answer
American Thinker: ObamaCare Schaden-Fraud
The Blaze: NBC News’ Bombshell Obamacare Report Disappears Due to
‘Publishing Glitch’ – and There Was Something Missing From Re... more »
IMPORTANT: SIGN-ON FUKUSHIMA LETTER
*Please Sign-On to this Important Letter:*
Here is the final version of the International Sign-on letter regarding
Fukushima. Please send this to individuals and organizations you know who
would be willing to sign on.
We will deliver this letter to the UN on Nov. 7 so we will need the signers
before then. It looks like removal of the rods will start on the 8th. And
the 7th coincides with the showing of a pro-nuclear movie on CNN called
"Pandora's Promise."
Please ask signers to contact me at mdpnhp@gmail.com
Please also encourage people to plan actions on the weekend of Nov. 9... more »
Tuesday Linkage
Drones are on the international agenda this week, with Pakistan excoriating
the US at the General Assembly and with human rights heavyweights Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch launching a new and scathing joint
report. OpenGlobalRights, OpenDemocracy’s global-south-oriented human
rights wing, is having a number of interesting articles on the
Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: here, here
Continue reading
Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for Memphis Apartheid Corporate Charter Schools
Today's story in the Commercial Appeal makes it clear that Shelby County
Schools (SCS) are in a big hurry to close the deal to keep large numbers
of County students from going to the municipal boutique districts that
sprang into existence when the threat of consolidation made it clear that
they, otherwise, would have been in the same school system as all the poor
black kids in Memphis.
Hanging on to large numbers of the poorer County students that, otherwise,
would end up in the municipal districts serves SCS in two ways: 1) it helps
to cover the $212 million loss ofthe thousand... more »
Oh, C'mon (Try Harder, Partisan Spinners)
Bipartisan edition. I usually have been complaining about lazy GOP spin,
but today I'm annoyed at both sides...
Item One:
Club for Growth tells Senate R's to oppose Mel Watts's nom to lead FHFA:
"It is entirely inappropriate for a politician to fill this role"
Really? Seems to me it's absolutely a good idea for a politician to head up
the FHFA. At any rate, it seems to me that this principle (which I only
noticed today, but it's been kicking around since...oh, probably since five
minutes after Watt was nominated) couldn't be much phonier.
But on the other hand...
Item Two (and, so... more »
How much does the US National Debt increase every day?
How much the US national debt grows each day in gold bars
Each bar is worth about $674,248 (at $1684.7 per troy ounce)
this is part of a larger work in progress that may take a month or more to
finish rendering out
Makes you think...
Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp Protecting Land from Keystone Pipeline
Ponca
Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp
Descendants of the Ponca Tribe will host a Spiritual Camp in Nebraska
from Nov. 8-11, to draw the line against the Keystone XL pipeline's
potential destruction and disrespect to the sacred sites along the Trail
of Tears of the Ponca Nation.
Invited are descendants of the Ponca Tribe and all allies who wish to
preserve the significant history of this
Some rare Star Wars bloopers
Rhe sound does come eventually, after 0:46
Limning Minnesota: Reviewing Ripley's portrait!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013*
*How much of her portrait is false:* For starters, let’s undertake a bit of
review:
In her widely-praised book, The Smartest Kids in the World, Amanda Ripley
paints a flattering portrait of Minnesota’s public schools.
“Eric” is one of three exchange students Ripley followed to foreign lands.
In this passage, she suggests that Eric was lucky to come from Minnesota,
given the state’s success with the teaching of math, the result of a great
improvement:
RIPLEY (*page 72*): Of the three American students I followed, Eric was the
only one who did not loathe... more »
The Charlotte Danielson Who Is Getting Rich on the Misuse of Her Intellectual Property
Charlotte Danielson has built a fence between herself and the misuse of her
teacher evaluation scholarship. I call it scholarship rather than
research because there is little hard evidence that her system works to
improve teaching. Even so, CorpEd has paid the Danielson Group millions to
use her materials to create a ridiculous rubric for high stakes teacher
evaluations, even as Danielson publicly decries (when asked by Chelsea
Clinton) the use of teacher evaluations for high stakes purposes.
Perhaps when Danielson is named as a litigant in the lawsuits that are
brewing over Cor... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Tim Minear, 50.
Good stuff:
1. Regular readers will know that I strongly agree with Ilya Somin about the
words "democracy" and "republic." There are two reasonable choices: treat
them as synonyms, which is what we should do in most contexts...or treat
them as about the concepts of Athens vs. Rome, which is interesting and all
but has nothing at all to do with the USA or any other modern polity. I
mean, of course some of our ideas come from Athens and Rome, but our
institutions really don't, and can't. See more here -- really the first
three, which are all more or ... more »
Fourth Wave of Anti-Pension Protests Hit Iraq, But Can They Achieve Their Goals?
For the fourth time since August 2013 hundreds of Iraqis took to the
streets to protest against the lavish pensions that the country’s
politicians receive. Again these demonstrations were seen in multiple
cities. Many praised a recent Federal Supreme Court ruling that claimed to
have ended pensions, but it turned out that it only covered a few top
parliamentarians. That meant the issue is hardly resolved. Given the
history of past protest movements however, the current one is unlikely to
achieve anything.
On October 26, 2013 there were marches against parliament’s pensions in at... more »
MALALA, MATTHEWS AND MADDOW: When the Great Souls present!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013*
*Part 1—Not against anyone:* This one time, we’ll let you ask us about our
travels!
We went to the Hudson Valley this weekend, as we periodically do, to visit
our older friend who is in nursing home care. He happens to be the late Ed
Lauter’s brother-in-law.
We knew that one of Ed’s sisters would be drawn to the person, and to the
story, of Malala Yousafzai, the “education activist” who was shot by the
Taliban last year when she was barely 15.
For that reason, we took along Parade magazine’s cover story about Malala.
By happenstance, the New York Times... more »
10 Drugs That May Cause Memory Loss by Dr. Armon B. Neel Jr.
10 Drugs That May Cause Memory Loss
*Are you having trouble remembering things? One of these meds may be the
problem*
by Dr. Armon B. Neel Jr.
AARP, 10 May 2013
For a long time doctors dismissed forgetfulness and mental confusion as a
normal part of aging. But scientists now know that memory loss as you get
older is by no means inevitable. Indeed, the brain can grow new brain cells
and reshape their connections throughout life.
Most people are familiar with at least some of the things that can impair
memory, including alcohol and drug abuse, heavy cigarette smoking, head
inju... more »
Georgia (Europe) : A Strategic Nation Dumps it's Pro-West Leadership
Switching gears.
I would think we are going to be reading and/or hearing much more about
Georgia in the near future.
NATO is not going to stay hands off on this prime bit of global
property.
Key to destabilizing Russia. Leading towards a western goal of
balkanization. Georgia is after all pipeline central. Pipelines for oil.
Pipeline for western backed Islamic fighters.
There are a number of posts on this subject at the blog, you can access
them by clicking on the label below
Perhaps Kaspi will stop by and let us all know the latest from Georgia?
Kaspi, if your around and wouldn't ... more »
Carol Shea-Porter And Mike Honda Make The Case For Not Balancing The Budget On The Backs Of Seniors
Many progressives fear that conservative Democrats are working with
Boehner, McConnell and the Republicans to undermine the inviolability of
Social Security-- the Third Rail aspect-- by including Chained CPI in a
so-called "Grand Bargain" which would see the GOP give a tiny bit on
taxes-- raising taxes on the rich slightly which could be easily lowered as
soon as they regain power-- in return for forever decoupling Social
Security from the Third Rail. Will the Democrats bargain away hard-won
social insurance policies for bullshit compromise from the GOP? Wall Street
whore Paul Rya... more »
Mike Duffy Now Knows The Truth That Buckdog Blog Has Been Warning You Of Concerning Stephen Harper Since Feb 2006!!!
*"The millions of Canadians who voted for Prime Minister Harper and the
thousands of Tories gathering in Calgary this week would be shocked to see
how some of these people, some of these Tories, operate. They have no moral
compass. Oh, they talk a great game about integrity, but, in my experience,
they demonstrate every day that they do not understand the meaning of the
phrase “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”*
*Senator Mike Duffy *
*October 28, 2013 *
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"I see that Democracy Watch has dubbed Prime Minister Harper both a liar
and a hypocrite. De... more »
Fukushima Updates October 29 , 2013 - Cancer deaths among Fukushima workers coming forth - note Japan running out of nuclear plant test dummies ... contaminated foods spreading globally as radiation contamination spreads west from Japan across the Pacific ...... ...
Energy News....
Japan
12:32 AM EST on October 29th, 2013 | 21 comments
Fukushima Worker: I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2012, now stomach
and intestinal cancers found recently — Each developed independently, not
from one spreading — Worked at plant for just 4 months in 2011
11:16 PM EST on October 28th, 2013 | 16 comments
‘Nuclear Slaves’ at Fukushima: Workers have debts paid off, forced to stay
as ‘indentured servants’ — Foreign workers may soon be needed at plant,
official reveals
09:53 PM EST on October 28th, 2013 | 35 comments
Former Leader of Japan: Fukushima disaster... more »
Why I Didn’t Quit Academia
There have been a spate of posts about why folks have quit academia…. so
much so that Dan Drezner issued this challenge: Has anyone written a “Why I
Haven’t Quit the Academy” post yet? — Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) October
27, 2013 So, I decided to figure out why I did not quit. Sure, looking
backwards
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Abolish The Senate? You've Got To Be Kidding.
Mike Duffy's speech yesterday should have reminded all Canadians why we
have a Senate. Mitchell Anderson writes in *The Tyee:*
Harper's response to Mike Duffy's disloyalty has been thermonuclear:
essentially to set a precedent where the PMO can unseat the same senators
recently appointed at a whim and without due process -- relying on a legal
anachronism dating back to 1300.
As Duffy told his colleagues yesterday, the Senate is the last brake on an
imperial prime minister:
If successful, Harper would succeed in further advancing his incremental
coup d'état of the PMO on our go... more »
Untitled
*Louisiana auditor: NOPD crime statistics flawed ~Gordon Russell, N.O.
Advocate*
*Court case gives casket buyers an alternative option ~WDSU*
*How Local Governments Hinder Our Response to Natural Disasters ~The
Atlantic Cities*
*In New Orleans – Camille Henrot dives into Houma oral traditions and finds
connections to a lost city in Brittany ~Lianna Patch*
*Dr. John’s Candies Headed South for New Orleans American Dental
Association Annual Session ~Digital Journal *
* International School of Louisiana to Host 10th Anniversary Refrigerator
Art Auction & Gala*
*All Saints’ Day observ... more »
Stronger than the Storm ? Examining the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy , after the politicians move on to other sound bites ( the shattered lives still remain ) - battling insurance companies and government agencies , economic disparity means the storm is still impacting many every day as some Americans remain trapped in homes that still aren't repaired , while other forgotten Americans helplessly live in makeshift hotel housing which barely rises above a squatter's life. Isn't it time for an accounting on where the 50 billion dollars went - especially considering these reports on unfinished work and unfinished lives ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/26/superstorm-sandyacasestudyineconomicdisparity.html
Superstorm Sandy: A case study in economic disparity
by Peter Moskowitz
@PeterMoskowitz
October 26, 2013 5:05AM ET
The storm knew no income or class when it hit, but a year later, those most
vulnerable have yet to patch up their lives
Topics: Sandy Anniversary Economy New York
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[image: Sandy homeless]
Olivia DeCellio in her Highlands, N.J. home, October 14, 2013. Andrew
Lichtenstein for Al Jazeera America
HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Not much has changed on Gravelly Point Road in near... more »
10 tipos de medicamentos que pueden causar pérdida de memoria
10 tipos de medicamentos que pueden causar pérdida de memoria
*¿Tiene dificultades para recordar las cosas? Podría ser el efecto
secundario de uno de sus medicamentos.*
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por Dr. Armon B. Neel, Jr
AARP, 30 de mayo de 2013
Durante mucho tiempo, los médicos desestimaron la falta de memoria y la
confusión mental como parte normal del envejecimiento. Pero los científicos
ahora saben que la pérdida de memoria a medida que uno envejece de ningún
modo es algo que no se pueda evitar. En realidad, el cerebro puede generar
nuevas neuronas y reconfigurar sus conexiones durante toda la vida.... more »
Open Minded Health
Open Minded Health - Results of Transsexual Brain Studies (as at 2011)
Recommended.
Conclusion
The amount of research that has been completed on the differences between
transsexual and cissexual brains is small, but suggestive. Some areas of
the brain appear to be sexually dimorphic irrespective of genetics or
hormones (e.g., BSTc), whereas others appear to be more dependent upon sex
hormones (e.g., brain volume). From the results of these studies, one may
infer that pre-transition transsexual women’s brains are feminine in the
BSTc and INAH3, partially feminine in their white matt... more »
List of superpartners
Today could be a good time for many readers to remind themselves of the
known elementary particles – and to try to understand which particles exist
if supersymmetry is true and relevant even at LHC energies (or for the
direct dark matter searches).
You must have seen this table. What we see around seems to be made out of
atoms. They have electrons \(e^-\) orbiting around nuclei and nuclei seem
to be composed of protons \(p\) and neutrons \(n\). For over 40 years, we
have known that protons and neutrons aren't elementary. Each of them is
composed (mostly) of three quarks, \(uud\) ... more »
Noah Evidence / Was Noah & His Wife 10' + Tall? ◦ Jonathan Gray
[image: urupiper2] urupiper2
*Oct 20, 2013*
THE ARK CONSPIRACY By Jonathan Gray
Cover-ups, Betrayals and Miracles. The cloak-and-dagger story behind the
discovery of Noah's Ark and the attempts to suppress the news. Why some
people reject the discovery. Solid evidence that this is the 'real' Noah's
Ark. A true-life thriller - archaeology at its most exciting.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rc...
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[SNIP] Later expeditions also located what appears to be Noah's first home
after the flood and the grave sites of Mr. and Mrs. Noah. The graves ... more »
Prisoners of the Dulce Base - by Sherry Shriner
[image: BackToConstitution] BackToConstitution
Your government made it illegal for you to put humans in cages, but they
made deals with aliens to put humans in cages and to kill them and eat
them. Now what do you think of your government?
Dulce, New Mexico is a small town, but it's a bee hive of activity for
aliens. This article by Sherry Shriner will tell you more about it. These
aliens eat humans and they keep them in cages, until they are ready to kill
them. They love children! If you want someone to sit down and tell you all
about the Dulce underground base, for the next ... more »
"How It Really Is"
And despite the NSA, and God knows what other "alphabet agencies",
*this* is how it's really going to be...
And you, Good Citizen, better not either...
- CP
WE ARE AT THE FINAL MOMENT
*ILLUMINATI MUSIC VIDEOS: SATANISM, CROWLEY AND NEUROLOGICAL WARFARE*
By Paul McGuire
October 29, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
The Illuminati motto is “Order through Chaos” or “New World Order through
Chaos.” The Illuminati was officially formed in 1776, which was the same
year America became a nation, and it was instrumental in the forming of our
nation, along with the Biblical ideas of the Puritans and Pilgrims. Right
at the very beginning of America there was a spiritual and ideological
conflict between the Illuminati and those who held a Biblical worldview.
Sir Francis Bacon, head of ... more »
Spying
26 October 2013
*UN Resolution Against US Spying*
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A sends:
http://www.voltairenet.org/article180703.html
Projet de résolution de l’Onu contre l’espionnage US
À l’initiative du Brésil, une vingtaine d’États préparent une proposition
de résolution de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies pour garantir la
confidentialité des communications par Internet (voir brouillon ci-dessous).
Bien que la NSA n’y soit pas citée, cette initiative est dirigée contre les
États-Unis dont l’espionnage de masse viole le Pacte des droits civils et
politiques et la Décl... more »
“29 Uncomfortable Truths About Soaring Poverty In America”
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*“29 Uncomfortable Truths About Soaring Poverty In America”*
by Michael Snyder
“Did you know that the number of Americans on welfare is higher than the
number of Americans that have full-time jobs? Did you know that 1.2
million public school students in the U.S. are currently homeless? Anyone
that uses the term "economic recovery" to describe what is happening in the
United States today is being deeply insulting to the nearly 150 million
Americans that are considered to be either "poor" or "low income" at this
point. Yes, things are great in New York City, Washington D.C. a... more »
“America's Culture of Ignorance”
* “America's Culture of Ignorance”*
By James Quinn
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they
think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.” -
Thomas Edison
The kabuki theater that passes for governance in Washington D.C. reveals
the profound level of ignorance shrouding this Empire of Debt in its
prolonged death throes. Ignorance of facts; ignorance of math; ignorance of
history; ignorance of reality; and ignorance of how ignorant we’ve become
as a nation, have set us up for an epic fall. It’s almost as if we relish
wallowi... more »
harper the gutless
It's so obvious by now that he's a complete coward whenever it comes to accountability. It must be because he knows he's an utter fraud in everything. Today I only ask if he's so cowardly that he'll resign before having to face the voters in the face of Mike Duffy's revelations of his serial lying to Parliament.Related articles
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