English: Canadian Minister of Labour Rona Ambrose (MP for Edmonton-Spruce Grove at the opening of the McKernan/Belgravia LRT station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. april 25, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Work the boundaries and gray areas
Habits of urban, suburban, and, in my area, even rural people are: drive to
work (or the unemployment office), gas up the car, get groceries, maybe eat
out, come home, watch television, meanwhile going farther and farther into
debt. But suppose you lived close enough to your work to commute via feet,
bicycle or bus (or train), grew (much of) your groceries and foraged as
well, and allowed these activities to take up 'TV time'? Maybe a little
less debt?
If the neighbors will permit it (perhaps by letting them in on it), what
about grapes and kiwis on the back-lot fence? If the city... more »
Girlfriend is better
If I was to think of something
something that should be said
I could count on forces
forces that we should dread
To say that I was misinformed
or in the worst case
dead.
Yep thats the world I live in
and if you live in a better place
friend me right now
I will take my backbackpack
remove the explosives from my fridge
leave my glocks in the garbage
and sit my skinning knife on the edge
Cause thats were I am after all the killing
and knowing only terrorists are dead.
I dream and think far away
I want six weeks vacation
and fourteen months pay
Is there any chance I could live
this way in a w... more »
Billionaires-- An Existential Threat To Democracy
First of all, derailing Obamacare is NOT the only thing Republican
Teabaggers care about. Ted Cruz, in fact, has an entire vision for
America's future that Maureen Dowd set out to explain in Sunday's *NY Times*.
It may be a little dystopian but the low taxes crowd will love it
nonetheless. (And there are zombies.) Oh-- and speaking of the low taxes
crowd… good reporting from Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Mike McIntire in the *
Times* over the weekend on how the Kochs and a small handful of like-minded
anti-democracy billionaires planned out the federal budget crisis for some
time.
A cou... more »
An insders guide to the US shutdowon adn credit crisi
If you have not noticed because you are blissfully ignorant the US is the
modern version of the Roman empire with less virgin births. Now the grind
of funding is hitting home. Why drop a couple of trillion on the sands of
Iraq and Afghanistan with little return except all the excellent health
care the veterans receive at no cost.
I read the newspapers every day and today is a world I could never have
imagined following the wisdom of those pulp paper prognosticators.
Terrorism is a gift to the losers in most equations. The USA should spend
the GDP greater than most of the nations in... more »
Memewatch: Chris Matthews was very sure of himself!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013*
*Then, his guest came on:* Will we really go into “default” if we fail to
raise the debt limit?
Last week, Erin Burnett and Savannah Guthrie were unprepared to discuss
this point when Rand Paul presented them with the GOP’s standard position.
But they were hardly to first TV stars to be stumped by this presentation.
In mid-September, Hardball’s Chris Matthews got waylaid by the GOP's
standard pitch too! He interviewed Rep. Mo Brooks, a Republican congressman
from Alabama.
Should we refuse to raise the debt limit? Before he actually brought on his
guest, ... more »
Prescription heroin and a health minister who doesn’t believe in science
Or, when do politically-drive policies cross a moral line
Health Minister Rona Ambrose has changed Health Canada rules to shut down a
Vancouver research project that would test the benefits and risks of
prescribing heroin to hardcore addicts.
Research in Canada and around the world has shown that prescription heroin
is an effective treatment option for a small group of addicts.
That’s not surprising. Some people face enormous difficulty moving away
from heroin addiction, and research has found methadone and other
substitutes are ineffective for them.
So the choice is simple. Presc... more »
CMS: second BEH boson near \(135\GeV\) gets an \(e^+e^-\) boost
The announcement of the Nobel prize for the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
(Weinberg just said that he was sorry that Guralnik, Hagen, and Kibble
couldn't share this prize) doesn't mean that everything has been settled
about the God particle's sector. The boss of CMS, Joe Incandela, said that
he wasn't sorry that he didn't share the Nobel prize. His prize and his
colleagues' prize was the discovery itself.
This isn't *just* a proclamation to look nice and Feynman-like before the
2014 Nobel prize in physics that he may still receive. ;-) It's how many
people actually feel. And the CMS... more »
Changing Faces - the politics of fraud
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 2 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/4hgA9j-4dB0 Link: http://youtu.be/3aHEd7yz6ds
*Well, here you have it*. Both videos appeared today on my screen. "RT"
tells the same story as "EurActiv" - the first in extremely clear words,
which everybody can understand. The second as well but in a political
context, concealing (and by doing so: exposing) the incompetence of
political leadership to understand reality. Of course the supposed
"ignorant public" understands these days what fraud is, what certain banks
do and some global corporations. That our money is nowhere 'safe' except
perhaps under our ma... more »
GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Ways to name-call The Other in clumps!
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013*
*Part 2—Fascist pigs, Nazis, Confederates:* At Salon, the liberal world’s
intellectual culture is in a state of free fall.
Much of that fall involves The Hate. Then too, liberal readers are getting
massively doused with The Dumb.
Consider yesterday’s piece by Falguni Sheth, a professor of philosophy at
Hampshire College. But first, consider this:
In mid-September, the analysts spent the weekend sobbing after Sheth began
a piece with this absurd complaint about the undergraduates she is forced
to teach. The headline at Salon said this:
“Why our best stu... more »
What I was half thinking
You know when you have a thought that goes against the prevailing
zeitgeist? The slightly uncomfortable feeling you have when you find you’re
privately thinking the unthinkable? Well, I had such a thought, but I’m no
longer feeling guilty because I’ve found out I’m not alone. Also, my bad
thought wasn’t entirely private because I did test it out on Craig in an
e-mail to see if he recoiled in disgust. Yesterday we were musing by e-mail
over Mishal Husain’s debut on the Today programme. We agreed that she may
be considered good looking (by some) but she definitely has a harsh radio ... more »
EFN Asia 27: Escaping Middle Income Trap via Economic Freedom
Hong Kong, S. Korea, Taiwan and Singapore were able to escape a possible
middle income trap (MIT) by growing fast. Malaysia, China, Thailand, other
developing Asia seem to be trapped already. How to escape this trap?
The Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia conference on *Asia, Middle Income
Trap and Economic Freedom* will be held in two weeks, October 21-22, 2013,
in Bangkok, Thailand and I will be there. Today, I read three papers about
the subject.
The first paper is from the East Asia Forum, Developing Asia and the
middle-income trap dated August 5th, 2013 and written by Homi K... more »
EMHN 10: Forum on Asia's Ageing Societies, Bangkok
This coming October 23, 2013, or a day after the Economic Freedom Network
(EFN) Asia conference on October 21-22, same venue Plaza Athenee Bangkok,
the Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN, http://emhn.org/) and the Global
Coalition on Aging (GCOA, http://www.globalcoalitiononaging.com/) will
jointly sponsor a small, half-day Policy Dialogue on “Free Market
Perspectives on the Challenge of Asia’s Aging Societies”.
The guest speaker will be Professor Anindya Mishra of India, who has
written on health care for the International Policy Network (IPN) in the
past. He will present a pap... more »
Lion Rock 9: Federalism, Decentralization and George Clinton
The Reading Club Salon 2013 of the Lion Rock Institute is fast approaching,
this coming October 19, 2013 to be held in Hong Kong. I will be there.
Among the readings of the participants to this theoretical roundtable
discussion are the Anti-Federalist Papers.
A paper I checked today is *Paper 14: Extent of Territory Under
Consol-idated Government Too Large to Preserve Liberty or Protect Property
*written by George Clinton (1739-1812), Vice President of the US
(1805-1812) and NY Governor (1801-1804), aka Cato. This was published
October 25, 1787.
Among the arguments made by G. Cli... more »
Longest Walk 4 in Greensburg, Kansas
Thank you to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson (in photo three on right) for these photos for Censored News!
Censored News
Updated Long Walk 4 schedule: Oct. 8 to 10: 16 miles east of Greensburg to Dodge City
Oct. 11 and 12: Dodge City to Garden City
Oct. 13 and 14: Garden City to Syracuse
Oct. 15 to 18: Syracuse to 50 miles east of Pueblo
We will stay in Pueblo
Predicting Future Spin (GOP Default Deniers Ed.)
Here's the thing: there are a bunch of Republicans running around saying
that breaching the debt limit is no big deal, because...oh, I don't know,
it's all just nonsense. Here's one. Jamelle Bouie had a great line about
it, comparing them to the bomb-worshiping mutants in Beneath the Planet of
the Apes.
So my question: suppose that there is a debt limit breach, and it in fact
delivers a major economic shock.
My question is: will the GOP line be that it's Barack Obama's fault because
he forced the debt limit breach by not going along with totally reasonable
GOP requests, or that it'... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'World Wide Revolution'
WORLD
WIDE REVOLUTION
Posted on October 7, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 7, 2013. President Obama wants war to preserve his and US
credibility, which is based on keeping the US dollar as the world
currency.
In 1944 during WW2 the Bretton-Woods agreement made all global trade and
banking base its value on the US dollar. It was backed by our
Indigenous resources and funds, which was
Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical
Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical.
Marauding dangerous Vietnam vets wreaking havoc at public memorial successfully rounded up and arrested by NYPD...
*well, Thank God!!*
Seriously people, this is insane.
From The Blaze:
*Police Reportedly Arrest Veterans After They Refused to Leave Vietnam War
Memorial in NYC*
NYPD keeping us safe from dangerous vets
Remember when the Occupy pigs were allowed (to the tune of millions upon
millions of dollars) to rape, murder, and defecate in public for *months*?
And today a massive influx of illegal aliens will be descending on the
National Mall, closed to the *citizens* of this country, to protest not
being handed even more from the taxpayers of this country.
FEMEN Protest
Femen Protest
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*Rosters change; Saints, Pats keep winning ~Mike Triplet*
Russia: Sochi Olympics 2014 and corruption
Last evening I watched a program on CBC on Sochi Olympics 2014. The
corruption in Russia is incredible.
*Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Jean-Claude Killy, *
*Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission*
* for Sochi 2014, during a February summit. *
*(Alexei Druzhinin/RIA-Novosti/Associated Press )*
*Russian officials and businessmen have stolen billions of dollars during
the years of preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, a prominent
Russian opposition figure claimed Thursday.
Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister-turned-Kremlin
critic, a... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bernie Williams, 65. Yes, 65; no, not that Bernie
Williams. This one was an OFer for the Phoenix Giants when I used to go see
them all the time.
Plenty of good stuff:
1. Mark Blumenthal and Ariel Edwards-Levy take a closer look at some of the shutdown
polling.
2. Matt Yglesias is right about Medicare Part D and ACA.
3. I largely agree with Chris Cillizza's myths about the House GOP. I
suspect he's right that the dozen or 20 or 30 or 60 or 80 radicals who have
put us where we are are a lot less coordinated than one might think from
some of the coverage. Good point... more »
The Natural Healing Power Of Oak Trees And Acorns by Patricia Bratianu, RN, Phd
*The Natural Healing Power Of Oak Trees And Acorns*
by Patricia Bratianu, RN, Phd
Natural News, 7 October 2013
America and the Northern Hemisphere are home to many varieties of oaks.
Oaks have been used for ceremony, food, medicine and building for as long
as humans have been around. In many traditions, the oak is revered as a
sacred tree.
Oaks were used as medicine and food for millennia. Many Native American
groups used oak to treat bleeding, tumors, swelling and dysentery. European
herbalists used oak as a diuretic and as an antidote to poison. Snuff made
from powdered roo... more »
Lisa Christensen gets the axe
Lisa Christensen was a straight shooter in an industry built on angles. She
brought cold hearted facts to emotional listeners. Lisa had a radio show
about car repair on Newstalk 1010. In a world occupied by first world
problems, after our spouse, children and pets, for most our cars supersede
our homes as our next love. Houses for the holli polli are a marriage of
convenience, we can never love them because of all the flaws they exhibit
daily. Rehabilitating a car is well within the reach of the majority. Lisa
was a dynamite relationship consular guiding us through our
anthropomor... more »
Argentina: Woman Claims Seeing UFO Over Rooftop
*Source: Diario La Región (Loreto, Argentina)
Date: 10.07.13*
*Argentina: Woman Claims Seeing UFO Over Rooftop*
“I know you won’t believe me, but what happened in the small hours
yesterday morning is true. I’m used to getting up around 4 o’clock in the
morning to collect water, because that’s the time it’s usually supplied
around here. Suddenly, I looked toward the roof of my home and saw it was
shaking. I called out to my husband, telling him there was an earthquake in
progress, and to wake up the children and bring them outside. When I took a
few steps further to see what was re... more »
Boehner Says There Aren't Enough Republicans To Pass A Clean CR ANd Dems Say There Are. Who's Right?
Democrats, from President Obama (who has no relation with House Republicans
and doesn't know much more about that any of us do) to Nancy Pelosi, say
there are enough Republicans and Democrats-- 217-- to pass a clean CR. Long
Island Republican Peter King agrees. Let's say that the 5 right-wing
Democrats who refused to sign Pelosi's letter to Boehner calling for a
clean CR-- John Barrow (New Dem-GA), Mike McIntyre (New Dem-NC), Jim Cooper
(New Dem-TN), Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT) and Ron Kind (New Dem-WI)-- can be
persuaded to vote for it, a reasonable, though not iron-clad assumptio... more »
One Week From Today-- Crucial Massachusetts Election
There are no teabaggers we have to worry about in the race to replace Ed
Markey in the deep blue Massachusetts House seat that will be decided a
week from today. Most of the candidates are garden variety Democrats
looking to advance their careers. True to form, EMILY's List has backed the
most conservative woman running, Katherine Clark, best known for her
efforts to pass domestic spying legislation in Massachusetts-- yes a bill
that allows people to be spied on without a warrant. Another badly flawed
candidate, Will Brownsberger, backs *Citizens United* and the Keystone XL
Pipel... more »
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*Stephanie Grace: Ouster from Levee Board won’t quiet John Barry ~New
Orleans Advocate*
*The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The RESTORE Act ~Bob Marshall, WWNO*
*Efforts to delay devastating flood insurance rate increases continue *
*Officials, residents discuss future of Claiborne Ave. corridor ~Scott
Satchfield, WVUE*
*Condo owners sue McClure’s Barbecue over smoker ~N.O. City Business*
*3 Potato 4 Space Station ~Megan Braden-Perry, Gambit*
*A Prairie Home Companion, starring Garrison Keillor at the Saenger,
presented by WWNO*
*Louisiana Seafood Festival this weekend! *
They Know Nothing
Former Ontario premier Mike Harris appointed a high school drop out as
his
first Minister of Education. Stephen Harper has followed in Harris'
footsteps. The other Michael Harris -- who writes for *ipolitics*
*--*notes that, when it comes to science, Harper's ministers know as
much as
the benighted John Snoblen. Linda Keen -- who Harper fired as the head
of
Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission -- has observed that:
There is no science department in the federal government run by a
scientist, not Health, Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture or
Fisheries and Oceans.
Expertise i... more »
If you can't bend, you'll snap
“Flexible and adaptable” is more or less the mantra for a Cuso
International volunteer. My experiences yesterday brought that home to me
yet again, for about the 254th time.
For reasons that I think have to do with building relationship, it has
taken a very long time for the other regions of the organization I’m
working for – the Comision de Accion Social Menonita (CASM) - to call on me
for help with various communications issues. It seems that because the
practice here is to hire people who you already know, or who someone else
in the organization knows, it takes a long tim... more »
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS WHAT WORKS
*Former US Army Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright on Jeju Island with
Gangjeong village Mayor Kang*
- Ann Wright sent a message this morning saying that two more No Navy
Base protesters on Jeju are going to jail - one for 6 months and another
for 8 months and two more trials will happen tomorrow. The South Korean
government is hammering the people hard trying to break their spirits.
International solidarity is key now. Mayor Kang is on his way to London
(and a couple of other English cities I think) as well as Dublin, Ireland
for a speaking trip. Ann also repo... more »
Dear Stephen,
You're a goddamned embarrassment. Step down.
Brain Signature Characterizing the Body-Brain-Mind Axis of Transsexuals
Brain Signature Characterizing the Body-Brain-Mind Axis of Transsexuals Ku
H-L, Lin C-S, Chao H-T, Tu P-C, Li C-T, et al. (2013) PLoS ONE 8(7): e70808.
Individuals with gender identity disorder (GID), who are commonly referred
to as transsexuals (TXs), are afflicted by negative psychosocial stressors.
Central to the psychological complex of TXs is the conviction of belonging
to the opposite sex. Neuroanatomical and functional brain imaging studies
have demonstrated that the GID is associated with brain alterations. In
this study, we found that TXs identify, when viewing male-female c... more »
Government shutdown hits Day 8 .....9 Days until Date X or when we hit the debt ceiling and Treasury Department extraordinary measures are exhausted....disappointing data from Europe belies recovery hopes there ...... overviews on Asia and Europe markets , asset classes reviewed and the overnite wrap up from Jim Reid of DB !
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/democrats-debt-limit-fight-97955.html?hp=t3_3
For the past several weeks, Senate Democrats and the White House have shown
a remarkable amount of unity in the controversial fight surrounding the
debt ceiling.
Then came shutdown Day Seven.
Just as top Senate Democrats began to lay the groundwork to raise the U.S.
government’s borrowing limit through 2014, senior White House officials
refused to rule out a short-term increase. The divergent messages caused
major heartburn for top Senate Democrats and gave Republicans fresh hope
that they could def... more »
Online Corporations that STALK US...
*We thought that Stalking was illegal...*
*Abraham B Judea*
On Wednesday, the *National Security Agency* confirmed it had collected
data from cellphone towers in 2010 and 2011 to locate Americans’
cellphones, though it said it never used the information.
“People don’t understand tracking, whether it’s on the browser or mobile
device, and don’t have any visibility into the practices going on,” said
Jennifer King, who studies privacy at the University of California,
Berkeley and has advised the Federal Trade Commission on mobile tracking.
“Even as a tech professional, it’s often ha... more »
Fukushima: "'China Syndrome' Has Happened"
“They think ‘China Syndrome’ has happened at one or several of these
reactors. Nuclear engineers don’t know what to do. No way they can contain
it… there is nothing to do. The truth is, scientifically, they will never
clean it up. It’s impossible.”
- Dr. Helen Caldicott
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqz9qDyZ004
Not all female footballers are ladies
A female footballer who takes a very agressive attitude to the game.
2013 Nobel prize in physics: Englert, Higgs
*Congratulations to François Englert (left) and Peter Higgs (right)!*
Today's Nobel prize in physics has been the most anticipated Nobel prize in
any discipline for decades, especially because of the July 4th, 2012
discovery of the God particle, the most important finding in experimental
particle physics in at least 30 years.
Well, I am sure it's fair to say that the Higgs boson discovery was more
novel, original, and groundbreaking than the discovery of the top quark in
the mid 1990s. Some people might argue that the Higgs boson discovery
dwarfs the discovery of the massive gauge... more »
"How Redistribution to the Rich Has Broken the Back of America"
*"How Redistribution to the Rich Has Broken the Back of America"*
by Paul Buchheit
"Conservative columnist Thomas Sowell recently declared, "The history of
the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to
redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty." Ironically for
thinkers like him, the last 35 years have redistributed U.S. poverty by
redistributing wealth to the rich. The middle class, once the backbone of a
strong American society, has been broken, beaten down, pushed further and
further toward poverty levels. Here are five well-documented ways ... more »
No shit Sherlock - Risk of blackouts at highest for six years | The Times
' The risk of electricity blackouts will be at the highest level for six
years this winter and even greater in subsequent years because of lack of
investment in new power plants, according to National Grid.
The safety margin of the UK's power supply system has fallen in the past
two years from 17 per cent above the level needed to cope in an "average
cold spell" to 5 per cent.
National Grid admitted that a prolonged period of low wind, common in cold
spells, would push the margin even lower as output plummeted from the
nation's 5,000 wind turbines... '
More here
http://www.thetime... more »
Petronas, British Columbia`s Exporting Oranges And Gullibility Industry Leader
Yes indeed, we have baskets, bushels and wheel-barrows full of oranges, our
front pages have nothing but stories on oranges, articles on gullible, and
yes, the usual braindead bloggers take the bait, hook, line and sinker..(eh
Harv)
This LNG bullshit is really getting thick, the lies, the spin, the
hyperbole have united to form a great big steaming pile of...
I also see there was more shipbuilding announcements today...Funny stuff, a
contract with no orders yet, no chosen design, a contract going out decades
like the one Harper announced in 2011, the announcement Christy Clark... more »
"If My Answers Frighten You..."
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions."
- Samuel L. Jackson as "Jules Winnfield", "Pulp Fiction"
"Charity"
"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared
with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."
- Jack London
"Being Human: A Personal Credo"
*"Being Human: A Personal Credo"*
by John Robbins
"There is so much pain and death in our times. This is not an easy time to
be a person of conscience and feeling. It can be terribly hard today to
stay in touch with your deep soul. It can seem all but impossible to keep
your love alive. The world has a way of blowing relentless hurricane winds
at our little flickering candles of faith.
This is what I have to say at this time in history. I stand here in the
face of the anguish of our time, and I affirm that it is possible to see it
all, to gaze fully into the abyss, and yet not b... more »
LIFE AFTER DEATH
*'I felt myself being drawn out of my body. It was pure bliss'*
Naoki Yasaku is a doctor who for the past 11 years has been the director of
the emergency ward at Tokyo University Hospital.
He says: "Human beings die - that's certain.
"But death is not the end of life."
*Life after death? Yes, says one doctor ‹ Japan Today*:11 Mar 2013
Naoki Yasaku treats around 3,000 intensive care patients a year.
He says: "I am constantly seeing things that defy scientific explanation."
He describes two cases:
*1.* A patient had apparently suffered irreparable brain damage.
But he came back to... more »
"Hell: Exothermic or Endothermic?"
* "Hell: Exothermic or Endothermic?"*
by Jonathan Turley
"This answer to a college chemistry exam was sent to me recently and
restores my faith in the new generation of college students. The answer was
purportedly in response to the bonus question on a University of Arizona
chemistry midterm: “Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs heat)?” Here is the student’s answer:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need
to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which
they are leaving, which is unlikely. I th... more »
Biological Mechanical Gears
This is surely a wow and it does not survive the transition to adulthood
where failure would be fatal. It also does not show up elsewhere or we may
well have already tripped over it. At best it is extremely rare.
This presents two problems. Why this here and just how does natural
evolution wish to explain this? One would almost prefer to posit a keen
young grad student engineering this variation in order to acquire his Phd
about thirty thousand years ago. Other protocols do exist and I cannot see
the benefit of this been particularly advantageous.
With this surpri... more »
Climate Report Scientists Told to Cover Up
In practice, this is more damaging than climategate because it
demonstrates outright shameless political management of then reported
content. It is obvious that the scientists are seriously gun-shy and are
now sticking to the data. Thus the agenda keepers are now bleating for
deliberate distortion.
No one has ever seen a scientific enterprise so thoroughly discredited by
external forces. Whatever gets produced now, absolutely no one will take
it seriously.
Perhaps we can return to the culture of reading other author’s reports
with a healthy sense of skepticism. ... more »
Who Drives Electric Cars?
We are starting to get data of the population of electric cars pout there
to guide the rising build out that is inevitable. Present constraints are
all about range and weak infrastructure which will change out fast enough.
In the end, we will need a 1000 mile battery lightly loaded dropping to
600 miles heavily loaded. This provides the energy for fast travel as
well and we are not there yet.
However we are climbing from one percent to two percent this year and
those are numbers that allows everyone to see one and drive it if he
wishes. Thus remaining customer resi... more »
Obamacare Faces Union Revolt
This is the best indication yet that Obamacare as constructed is simply
not feasible. I had had serious reservations simply because it was cobbled
together as been good for everyone while completely ignoring the inherent
costs of the hugely gamed system already in place. The probability of
complete collapse has just gone past the fifty percent mark and will likely
need major intervention to keep afloat.
If that happens, it will be a ruinous end to the Obama presidency and open
the door to serious consequences. It may also set back resolution of this
problem for a lo... more »
SpaceX Now Has “All the Pieces” For Truly Reusable Rockets
Reusability was always a serious step in clawing down launch costs. It is
noteworthy that it is an early achievement in the rise of private space
initiatives. It was not nearly so hard that it could not have been done
years ago but still needed private will to achieve. It can be said already
that the private sector is well on the way to surpassing the public record
which is pleasing considering how long we have had to wait for real
direction from the private sector.
I would like to see a bubble sphere that rotates around a central docking
axle to produce internal ... more »
Pope Francis From the Heart
Curiously, a just system is possible and plausible as well as a thriving
global economy. It is not even particularly hard to bring about. What
prevents it is human ignorance combined with no meaningful economic theory
to manage it all by. Pope Francis is right to scream out in pain for the
people while the kings of this world hide away in their private material
heavens.
Work is dignity which we owe every man women and child and until we
deliver that core right, heaven on earth remains a myth. Note that this is
inclusive and no one needs to be outside. A growing child ... more »
Carl Higdon's Alien Encounbter
What I find most extraordinary about this report is the depth of both
detail and verified detail. On top of all that, the alien and the story
line is also unique as far as I am able to determine. In it we discover
humanity living and working in concert with these aliens as well. I can
credit all this as a science fiction creation all too easily, except that
we have ample witnesses and physical abnormalities and a surviving abductee
with recall as well. He simply did not disappear into the woods.
Had we not been in possession of the hard evidence, I would simply have ... more »
Renewable Plastics
This effort has been pursued for a long time and it now appears to be
bearing significant fruit. Our petrochemical based plastics industry was
driven by a huge supply of convenient feed stocks and it really was often
the first solution. Replacing them with equal and safer or better is
appropriate.
There certainly are plastics we need to see removed from the supply chain
although that will take this type of replacement and the additional
regulatory case. This also shows us just how long it can take to
implement. We forget that the age of plastics arose slowly rather tha... more »
Pope Vows to Change Vatican Mentality
This is so right. He really does have a clear understanding of how to
change things within the church itself and this can culminate in a serious
movement to produce an ingathering of Christianity itself and a rising
secular presence that is profoundly beneficial.
Observe that he reports on how he voided his mind before he accepted his
mission. This is without further comment.
The true spiritual power of the church is to be found horizontally and
this is been remembered and enacted. Enough said.
*Pope in New Interview Vows to Change Vatican Mentality*
*Tues... more »
Could Ancient Peruvians Soften Stone?
I have been prepared to accept the fine art of stone fitting as an
effective solution, but the major examples are certainly over the top.
Better yet, these known examples do look as if they were at least partially
shaped in liquid form. In that case, the core logistic problem simply
disappears.
You break your chosen rock down to a convenient haulage size for
transportation. On building you simply apply your paste to the surfaces
and apply layers of the broken rock and the paste to build up the block
itself. Upon fully resetting the stone returns to continuity. Nice i... more »
Pope Says Church Is ‘Obsessed’ With Gays, Abortion and Birth Control
This is a welcome and serious change in tone from the Church and surely
heralds a steady return to the church’s core mission of promoting the
universal teachings of Jesus. These are all issues that gain traction in
the press and bring out faux controversy as if the core teaching of the
church might be even negotiable. Seeing them off eliminates a huge
self-inflicted annoyance and sends such debates back to the scholars where
they belong
It is telling that all those churches that ultimately succumbed to popular
opinion are largely in serious decline. Religion is a matter... more »
Tesla Joins Self Driving Thrust
This actually has an excellent chance of success for short range inner
city driving which the Tesla is well suited for. I started taking this
adventure seriously when he began go produce profits and this is a natural
step up that does not demand better batteries. The instant self-driving
vehicles are available for city driving, the whole game changes because the
furling and service issues disappear for the consumer.
Again, you press a button and step up to the curb and a vehicle drops out
to pick you up. It cannot become easier. The whole process becomes
organic and t... more »
Raw Meat Diet
I am only posting one image here simply because it is likely hard to
swallow. Just go to the link if you must. This item does generate fresh
insight simply because our informant is able to address the subject in our
language.
What is particularly unique is not the raw meat, after all we have sashimi
now and beef tartare and all that, but the complete conversion in his
diet. There is nothing else so he has transitioned to the carnivore
lifeway completely and the only comparable are the Eskimos in living
memory. He has certainly shown us that it is a valid lifeway.
... more »
The Simple Reason for the Long Downturn: Housing Bubble Burst
The simple reason for all great downturns is that credit is massively
destroyed. Based on the flimsy expectation of a federal intervention to
prevent losses, the natural reliance on loan quality evaporated and
lawlessness prevailed until the music stopped. When it stopped, the pricing
was adjusted downward leaving the whole market effectively underwater. This
type of event take years to resolve without effective intervention and that
was never forthcoming as ignorance prevails anyway.
In Canada we are experiencing necessary pressure upward on loan quality a
a huge part of... more »
King Solomon Era Mines
This is a welcome result. It may or may not have had anything to do with
Solomon but it certainly confirms that a serious mining enterprise
contemporaneous with his reign. Thus the existence of skilled miners is
confirmed and their availability to Solomon for projects of his own.
It is remarkable how detailed the narrative around the Davidic Dynasty
actually is. We are fortunate to have it. It was still the Bronze Age.
Actual transition to iron and steel happened slowly and took a full
thousand years to the day of the long sword.
It could well be that this became hi... more »
Raw Garlic Halves Lung Cancer Risk
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*This is a noteworthy and seriously strong empirical result. Lung cancer
is unforgiving. Thus if you must smoke, put raw garlic into your diet.
There are a number of ways to dance around the pungent odor but if you can
live with it there is my favorite method to be used only when you will not
be involved in social contact for many hours.*
*Rub a raw clove into a crisp slice of toast, both sides if you are
particularly brave, butter and eat. It will consume most of a crisp clove.*
*Otherwise, fine chop and merely swallow with a carrier to retain the
volatil... more »
Mogollon Monster as Giant Sloth in South West
This is our friend, the giant sloth again and new information is added as
well. We get the odor generated by the decaying meat caches created by
this creature and we have hard confirmation from the remarkable claws
observed. The hair also fits our expectations from other sightings. As
well, this is our second clean sighting in the South West.
Once again it is not a bear and it is not a bigfoot.
It is noteworthy, that to protect territory, it screams and presents a
club as well. Unsurprisingly, the creature laps the blood from a fresh
kill. The sloth turns most i... more »
Mycenaean Laconian Archive
This is naturally important and confirms the importance of Laconia as
suggested by the Homeric record. Archival records are recovered that
reflect life and the level of record keeping available to these palace
based trade factories. It is also a powerful reminder of just how much of
our past remains buried awaiting the spade.
Populations arose and also collapsed often leaving mostly stone tools at
best. Metal was always salvaged leaving no trace at all. Thus post Stone
Age archeology depends on a love of stone foundations. Yet, that turns out
to be uncommon. Merely ... more »
Real Mystery Surrounding Dante With Jonathan Black
Decades ago, I made it my task to work through the Commedia, one canto at
a time in the pelican translation with extensive annotation. I progressed
one canto per day to its conclusion. It is a superb entre into the middle
ages and its life ways and thought patterns. It provides deep background
for everything else about the era.
Dan Brown is mining that cultural stream wonderfully and cannot help but
imbibe the kabalistic aura of the age. This makes his story telling
authentic to the sources.
Secret societies had this cult of initiation throughout history made more
a... more »
Lakeshore Dig in Great Lakes 4000 Years Old
What makes this site unusual is that it was undisturbed through its
history which appears to have ended only recently. The site likely emerged
with the increasing population produced by the advent of corn culture in
the Mississippi and Great Lakes Basins. Thus we can assert that corn
culture was maturing 4000 years ago which coincides with the advent of the
Atlantean world which surely acted as the principal conduit for new methods
originated in Mexico.
That assertion may be a stretch here but plenty of evidence appears
elsewhere. We forget just how low the population ... more »
Ultra Fast 2000 Mbps Connection Launched
For the past decade internet service can be described as just fast enough
and all apps have worked to that standard. Thus growth has focused on
horizontal improvements which really mean the whole global economy. Those
horizontal markets care now maturing and that leaves open the door for
incremental improvements in the vertical market itself. That needs feaster
transfer rates. Thus this platform and technology is timely and welcome.
Before this is all finished, technology will have to support true
holographic screens sufficient to create a holodec room for viewing and
... more »
10000 Year Old Hidden Shell Middens in Bolivian Amazon
This is odd. We seem to have an early period in which we presume this
culture gathered the snails and plausible boiled them to loosen the meat,
and then simply chucked the shells. That was followed by a cultural break
and we see tools been discarded as well.
It does cover the full span of the Holocene and confirms human occupation
in serious numbers throughout. Again more evidence will be welcome and we
could well have many surprises before this is finished. After all we now
know to look for inland middens that likely followed shifting lakes. The
current sites need to be... more »
Earth’s Core Spin Variation
It is an explanation, yet I do not particularly trust it. It is a little
too glib and ignores polarity reversal and generally presumes the magnetic
dynamo model which also looks good on first glance. Let us simply
understand it as speculative theory in want of an alternative speculative
theory. There is plenty of that going around in the world of empirical
science.
What they really mean here is that the magnetic effect postulated is
sufficient to cause balanced acceleration in east west directions. This is
a worthy conjecture that now needs to somehow be confirmed.
... more »
Dating of Beads Sets New Timeline for Early Humans
One intriguing conjecture revealed through lucid dreaming by an informant
is that modern humanity lost direct conscious access to the Ubermind around
45,000 BP in its out of Eden transition. Up to that point, it is difficult
to understand demand for status as expressed by even sea shell jewelry.
Yet this conjecture opens the door for a much earlier penetration of
Europe and Asia which would not be easily revealed.
At this point though, the natural consensus becomes an expanding range
that left Africa after 45,000 BP. It was clearly hunter gatherer and
remained so until... more »
IPCC New Climate Report With Nigel Lawson
IPCC cranks out another climate report and shows no sign of having learned
its lesson. A lot of the material still comes across as pretend science
all pushing the ultimate conclusion that we must embrace universal poverty
for the good of mother earth.
What has changed is that the IPCC’s reputation is so severely degraded,
even the good science will be ignored.
As I have posted before, our climate is operating around a half degree
over the Holocene mean and does not wish to go higher. We are more at
risk from a precipitous decline than a sudden rise.
I also suspec... more »
the BBC respond to my complaint
Further to my complaint to the BBC, detailed here, I have had a reply - a
very grudging one:
'NewsOnline Complaints 4 Oct (4 days ago)
Dear Mr MaybeaGoat
"Egypt" has been added to the map. The border between Israel and Egypt, and
Gaza and Egypt, was clearly visible, even without labelling Egypt, so we do
not agree that without labelling Egypt it creates the impression that Egypt
is Israeli territory. Nevertheless, for clarity the label has been added.
Kind regards
Middle East desk
BBC News website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/handle... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Dr. Eric
Karlstrom. Dr. Karlstrom and I will be discussing the "global warming" scam
and his research into the events of 9/11.
Be sure to visit Dr. Karlstrom's websites, *www.naturalclimatechange.us*and
*www.911nwo.com* for more information about these important topics.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Potlatch the Diversity on Free Planet
*A potlatch is a gift-giving festival and primary economic
system practised by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of
Canada and United States. This includes Heiltsuk_Nation, Haida, Nuxalk,
Tlingit, Makah, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish
cultures. The word comes from the Chinook Jargon, meaning "to give away" or
"a gift."* [source WIKIPEDIA]
Our natural wealth, our right of way, our intellectual riches. Give them
all back to mankind. That should be the role of T.H.E.Y. this decade.
Before *chao ab ordo* comes to bite you on the back of ... more »
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Demands the Release of Albert Woodfox from Solitary Confinement
*MEDIA COVERAGE:* *The Advocate* *II* *Al Jazeera* *II* *Washington
Post / Associated Press* *II* *UPI* *II* *Amnesty International: “We
now need to focus on the fact that after all this time Albert Woodfox is
still being held in solitary confinement. This must end immediately.”*
*Reprinted below is a new statement released today by the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, demanding Albert
Woodfox's immediate released from solitary confinement.*
* **US: “Four decades in solitary confinement can only be described as
torture” – UN rights expert*
... more »
Deranged Southern Racism Is Tearing The Country Apart Again
The battle to break the racist, neo-Confederate dominance of Congress is
more likely to be won north of Gettysburg than south of it. Ari Berman,
author of Herding Donkeys:
After the 1994 elections, white Southern Republicans accounted for
sixty-two members of the 230-member House GOP majority. Today, white
Southern Republicans account for ninety-seven members out of the 233-member
House GOP majority. That’s a pretty remarkable shift and one that is not
likely to end any time soon. “In all but one election since 1976, the
proportion of Southerners in the House Republican caucus h... more »
Quote of the Day: On Marriage
I liked this observation on marriage made by a character in Philip Roth’s
novel *I Married a Communist*, discussing the alleged excitement of
adultery. “‘He didn’t let on to me,” says the character about his wandering
brother, “because he damn well knew my thoughts on adultery. I’d already
told him more times than he liked to hear,
‘The excitement in marriage *is* the fidelity. If that idea doesn’t excite
you, you have no business being married.’”
- Philip Roth, I Married A Communist
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“10 Appalling Statements From America's Right-Wing Madhouse”
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*“10 Appalling Statements From America's Right-Wing Madhouse”*
By Janet Allon
“*1. On Fox TV, it is assumed that the Nicaraguan meteorologist knows all
about tacos.* It’s fairly obvious by now that Fox News is a place where
being offensive and ignorant is not just permitted, but encouraged. For
example: How much fun is it to make fun of someone’s ethnic heritage
inaccurately? So much fun. In an exchange that is indistinguishable from
schoolyard bullying and outright nincompoop-ism, Fox News host Brian
Kilmeade on Friday said he assumed that the network’s Latina meteorologist
... more »
Your moment of Zen
Full circle. Stage one. Stage two. Metamorphosis in Maeve's magic garden.
Megyn Kelly Interviews Ted Cruz...
*the voice of reason.*
"What matters is responding to the American people."
U.S. praise for Assad inappropriate - Turkey's Erdogan [Source: Reuters]
LOL @ this clown. His government is harboring chest-opening, heart-eating,
throat-slitting Jihadist murderers and terrorists, literally the
stepchildren of al-Qaeda, and yet he has the audacity to call Assad a
monster.
Compared to US-Saudi-Turkish-Israeli-British backed Jihadist murderers,
Assad is the second coming of Christ.
Secretary of State Kerry's praise for Assad is surprising. It shows that
U.S. officials aren't totally mad and dishonest. Praising your enemy is
good. Kerry should get applauded for that.
U.S. praise for Assad inappropriate - Turkey's Erdogan. Source: ... more »
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Temple Of Silence“
Deuter, “Temple Of Silence“
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyxG8sBAsYM
Truckin' on down the line
Charlie Pierce catches today's breaking news from Crazy Street. Crackpot truckers
plan to arrest Congressmen for constitutional violations. The plan appears
to be to form a "citizen's grand jury" to indict various Congressmen. They
will arrive "by the thousands" in convoys and if the police won't "do their
sworn duty" and make the arrests -- well -- they'll just have to take
matters into their own hands. Full details at the link including this gem
from the Crackpot in Chief.
Reply by Earl Conlon yesterday:i've always believed Obama to be the Anti
Christ from the day i first laid ey... more »
Middle East and North Africa Watch - October 7 , 2013 - Iran , Iraq , Afghanistan and Egypt in focus !
Iran.....
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/06/iran-urges-west-make-an-offer-before-next-weeks-meeting/
Iran Urges West: Make an Offer Before Next Week’s MeetingFebruary Plan
Outdated, FM Insists
by Jason Ditz, October 06, 2013
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With Iran and the P5+1 making good progress at talks on the sidelines of
the UN General Assembly, a new round of talks scheduled for next week has
raised high hopes. But Iran is hoping to see an actual proposal.
“They should come to the negotiating table with a new approach,” added Foreign
Minister Javad Zarif, who said he believed the ... more »
The ZAP Report 10-7-2013
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* *Comments in red are mine solely, all the rest is Susan and Zap. I know
Zap and company are frustrated and we love them all. Something much better
is coming guys! You did great! -Bill*
*Poof's say[s]" "....What is important to remember is that many people
think that all of this is a scam and that we should shut up and should go
away. told you before that story has been repeated a million times - and so
it has – but, in case you have not noticed, I am still here and still
saying the same thing. Why? Because I know the damned facts, it is real,
and that it is happening; the... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Why do many galaxies appear as spirals? A striking example is M101, shown
below, whose relatively close distance of about 27 million light years
allows it to be studied in some detail. Recent evidence indicates that a
close gravitational interaction with a neighboring galaxy created waves of
high mass and condensed gas which continue to orbit the galaxy center.
*Click image for larger size.*
These waves compress existing gas and cause star formation. One result is
that M101, also called the Pinwheel Galaxy, has several extremely bright
star-forming regions (called HII regions) s... more »
"What Is the 'Avoidance of Suffering'?"
* "What Is the 'Avoidance of Suffering'?"*
by Carolyn Baker
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."
- Carl Jung
"In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Sigmund Freud
cultivated a very dark perception of humanity as he assessed the baser
instincts largely repressed in the human unconscious. His pupil, who became
the famous Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, acknowledged the dark side of
humanity which drove Freud to utter despair but unlike Freud, Jung came to
believe that the dark side was a necessary ally in transforming human
consciousness. He spent decad... more »
The Poet: David Wagoner, "Getting There"
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*"Getting There"*
"You take a final step and, look, suddenly
You're there. You've arrived
At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for:
This common ground
Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone.
What did you want to be?
You'll remember soon.
You feel like tinder under a burning glass,
A luminous point of change.
The sky is pulsing against the cracked horizon,
Holding it firm till the arrival of stars
In time with your heartbeats.
Like wind etching rock, you've made a lasting impression
On the self you were,
By having come all this way through all this welter
... more »
"Sit!"
“The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the
inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage
to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news
broadcasts, movies, presenters... there is no alternative but to fill the
screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void. That's why the
slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter
becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting
out at us through this little window.”
- Jean Baudrillard
"If the nation is lucky, this October will mark the beginning of the end of the tea party" (E. J. Dionne Jr.)
*by Ken*
I make no secret of the fact that I love *Washington Post* columnist E. J.
Dionne Jr., not least for his seemingly unshakable decency. Even the bad
people he finds it necessary to dress down come out sounding less, well,
indecent in his retelling. What I sometimes worry about, though, is whether
his decency may not sometimes lead him to underestimate the indecency of
generally indecent people.
Which is a prelude to saying that I hope he's right in suggesting in his
column today, "Shutdown: The tea party's last stand," that the Teabaggers
have really outbagged themselves ... more »
Obamacare updates - October 7 , 2013 - The Bad , The Worse and the Ugly -- systemic and endemic problems with technical issues plague Obamacare , not surprisingly enrollment is horrid - but wait until the sticker shock hits as insurance skyrockets !
http://www.infowars.com/epic-fail-99-of-obamacare-applications-cant-be-processed-nightmare-scenario-coming-in-january/
Epic fail: 99% of Obamacare applications can’t be processed, ‘nightmare
scenario’ coming in January
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Mike Adams*
Natural News
October 7, 2013
Obamacare is going to crash and burn from *technical* issues more than *
political* concerns, it seems. You’ve probably already heard that virtuall... more »
Chet Raymo, “The Burden of Thinking”
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*“The Burden of Thinking”*
by Chet Raymo
"Let me speak for gray. Not black or white. Good or evil. Truth or falsity.
Yes or no. Let me speak for maybe. Sort of. More or less. I think so.
I am reluctant to speak for gray for fear of being considered wishy-washy.
Indecisive. Unprincipled. But lately it seems as if we are surrounded on
every side by zealots, and it's not a pretty sight.
We are surrounded by people who are so certain of their Truth that they are
willing to strap bombs to their chests and walk into crowded pizza parlors.
Or fly airplanes into towers. Or bomb abort... more »
"Courage..."
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know
you can lose.”
- Tom Krause
“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold
it together
when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true
strength.”
- Anonymous
USA's democracy is terrorism dressed in noble clothes
Who is this Sergei Vasilenkov?
*Let's put it this way this guy get's it!*
*He gets the imperialism. *
Recent events around Syria have brought up the subject of how the U.S.
promotes the ideals of democracy in the world. There is quite a list of
countries that have fallen victim to American democracy. For example,
Afghanistan has become a heroin power owing to the U.S. power, while Libya
has turned into an impoverished country with great wealth.
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*The realities of life in the "democratic" Libya*
*The Americans are so fond of their own democracy and filled with hatred
against di... more »
The market for affordable housing is still broken
[image: Nick Smith Len Brown]I was struck by the posturing last week of
Nick Smith and Len Brown, slapping each other on the back out at Manurewa,
both trying to take credit for a new “affordable housing” development at
Weymouth.
If you read their press releases, these new “affordable homes” are supposed
to be the harbinger, somehow, of “39,000 new homes built in the city over
the next three years,” so “avoiding a repeat of the previous [present]
runaway housing market [that] had been an ongoing concern of the
Government.”
So they’re all ever hopeful. But there's no need for them... more »
Last Hours
It's hard not to be impressed that, in the world of climate activism, the
doomsday clock always remains suspended at five minutes to midnight...no
matter how dire the evidence, there's always a chance we can pull back from
the brink if we ONLY go vegan/stop KXL/put up a solar panel/etc. The video
embedded below - *Last Hours* - comes closer than most sources at saying
it's already TOO late. The scientists are finally getting scared enough to
speak publicly about tipping points beyond which there is no salvation.
The bad-girl tipping point that has the Miley Cyrus starring role in t... more »
White House and DC Police tight lipped over handling of fatal car chase the resulted in the shooting of the unarmed woman ( later identified as Miriam Carey from Connecticut ) ...... family members of Miriam Carey speak out to the media and give their perspective on the situation and call for answers as to why the unarmed woman was shot to death - and did the police know there was a young child in the car before unloading their guns ? And who is the mystery man who sometime accompanied Miriam - the one in the Porche Cayenne - not her boyfriend , clearly not close to the family ?
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
This is hard to explain......Witness Patty Bills says she saw law
enforcement pull child from car - and once the child was pulled from the
car , that was when the gun fire really let loose !
Did the ongoing Drill factor in what might be viewed as an overreaction
and shooting of an unarmed woman ?
Capitol Car Chase And Shooting Happens The Same Day As Major First
Responder Drill In DC AreaOctober 3, 2013
Print Version
*Source: Lee Rogers, Blacklisted News*
Washington DC was temporarily placed on police lockdown following a bizarre
incident where a woman was said... more »
Tucker, Darling-Hammond, and Jackson Wuss Out: Failing to Challenge Basic Assumptions of CCSSI Is No Solution
EdWeek published today a piece by Marc Tucker, Linda Darling-Hammond, and
John Jackson, entitled “Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost Student
Achievement,” a promising title from a trio of authors at least the last
two of whom are generally associated with sane, progressive, child-positive
education. Unfortunately, the piece was either dominated by Mr.
Tucker, president of the Washington-based […]
The Daily "Near You?"
Texarkana, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“Watch the Taxi Meters”
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*“Watch the Taxi Meters”*
Don’t follow leaders; watch the parking meters.
by Bill Bonner
“If you’ve been watching this space, you know that our dear leaders have
been wildly successful. Not at creating peace and prosperity... or
conjuring up a genuine economic recovery. But at their main mission:
transferring wealth, power and status from us to them.
The trouble with American voters is they lack enough cynicism to understand
what is really going on. The pols say they are trying to boost jobs or make
the world safe from terrorism. The poor voters believe them. President
Obama ... more »
It’s what’s *not* shut down that really matters
Robert Tracinksi has both good news, bad news and laughable news about the
US government “shutdown.”
The good news is that the US government has shut down. The laughable news
is that most of the “shutdowns” are absurd: “closing” the Grand Canyon for
example (“Now *there's* a statement of the warped metaphysics of “shutdown
theatre”: the conceit that even the existence of nature is dependent on
federal funding. Without it, the Grand Canyon will close up”); or hiring
federal workers to erect barriers around monuments that require no federal
workers to remain open.
Bill Clinton l... more »
“Transforming America’s Schools into Authoritarian Instruments of Compliance”
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*“Transforming America’s Schools*
* Into Authoritarian Instruments of Compliance”*
By John W. Whitehead
“To the degree that we take away play, we deprive children of the ability
to practise adulthood, and we create people who will go through life with a
sense of dependence and victimisation, a sense that there is some authority
out there who is supposed to tell them what to do and solve their problems.
That is not a healthy way to live.” – psychologist Peter Gray
“These days, it is far too easy to rattle off the outrageous examples of
zero tolerance policy run amok in our nat... more »
No Risk of Default
My Harvard colleague Martin Feldstein writes me in an email:
The WSJ and FT continue to write about the risk of default, quoting the
Treasury, Boehner and others.There really is no need for a default on the
debt even if the debt ceiling is not raised later this month. The US
government collects enough in taxes each month to finance the interest on
the debt, etc. The government may not be able to separate all accounts into
"pay" and "no pay" groups but it can certainly identify the interest
payments. An inability to borrow would have serious economic consequences
if it lasted for any... more »
Lundy
I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Mark Lundy’s conviction for the murder
of his wife and daughter has been quashed by the Privy Council.
So, what do you think?
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Boehner prepares to let the US default
*Boehner prepares to let the US default*
http://rt.com/usa/speaker-boehner-ceiling-default-844/
Published time: October 07, 2013 16:22
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
The top Republican in the House of Representatives warned President Barack
Obama over the weekend that he’s ready to let the United States default —
and that the White House is to blame.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that
Republicans in his chamber would not immediately honor the White... more »
Ed Miliband's Reshuffle
"Ed Miliband backs down and gives Len McCluskey his dream team!!!" screams
Conservative Central Office as if people outside the Tories' increasingly
fevered (and depleted) ranks gives a monkey's. Meanwhile, back on planet
Earth Ed's shadcab reshuffle is being dissected by friend and foe alike. As
with any leader, the appointment of ministers and shadow ministers is never
just a matter of ability - it's about the internal politics of party
management and how the party looks to the electorate. With these factors in
mind, these choices are smart politics. Bring on the Kremlinology.
Fi... more »
Elsewhere: Spin, Lazy Republicans, more
My TAP column today is about why we get too much coverage of spin, and why
we're stuck with it.
At Salon over the weekend, I talked about lazy Republicans and the
party-aligned press that encourages them to stay that way.
And, hey -- I did some TV today. Well, not real TV; WaPo's version of it.
It was supposed to be on the question of whether the shutdown was a sign
that the US system was inferior, but it wound up being more about the
shutdown in general...anyway, if you want to see a skype version of me,
tune in.
Oh, one more: I argued over at PP on Friday that it's not Madison, ... more »
Fuck The Poor?
Last month, Digby read an interesting study that helps explain why European
Parliaments aren't overstocked with multimillionaires unable to relate to
or have empathy with ordinary middle class citizens. We've been decrying
DCCC recruitment of self-funding multimillionaires like Sean Eldridge this
cycle and conservative New Dems John Delaney (MD), Elizabeth Esty (CT),
Suzanne DelBene (WA), Scott Peters (CA), Patrick Murphy (FL), Bill Foster
(IL), etc, last cycle. But Digby is disputing the assertion by the *Washington
Post*'sTimothy B. Lee that congressmen should be paid more so th... more »
So Obama Won't Give In To Terrorists, Extortionists And Blackmailers… Right?
A number of Republican congressmembers have referred to their own
colleagues as terrorists, not just privately, but for attribution. Devin
Nunes famously called the teabaggers driving the GOP crazy train as "lemmings
with suicide vests... They have to be more than just a lemming. Because
jumping to your death is not enough," he said. Peter King has been even
more vituperative, especially when Texas Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz comes
up in the conversation. So far, supposedly, there are at least 21
Republican House Members-- most, but not all, in swing districts-- who are
on record s... more »
The first part of this post by Ellen Brown is apocalyptic whereas the second part optimistically describes a solution to the apocalypse THAT MAY VERY POSSIBLY OCCUR ON OCTOBER 17 AND IS VERY LIKELY NOT TO BE SETTLED QUICKLY! Moral: stock up on food, things that could be traded for food, and cash dollars before the 17th! It would be tragic to be caught unprepaired!
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Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?
Posted on October 7, 2013 by Ellen Brown
Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a
massive, covert military buildup.* *An article in the Associated Press in
February confirmed an open purchase order by DHS for 1.6 billion rounds of
ammunition. According to an op-ed in Forbes, that’s enough to sustain an
Iraq-sized war for over twenty years. DHS has also acquired heavily armored
tanks, which have been seen roaming the streets. Evidently somebody in
gov... more »
Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Commander General Suleimani And His Role In Iraq, An Interview With The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Qods Force Commander General Qasim
Suleimani is a rather infamous figure in Iraq and the Middle East. The
general has been blamed for organizing attacks upon American forces when
they were in Iraq, helping to put together new governments in Baghdad, and
now he’s running Iraqi fighters into Syria. The man is a jack of all trades
involved in espionage, covert operations, and power politics. He’s rarely
talked about in public however, which was why Dexter Filkins’ recent
article for the New Yorker profiling the general was quite revealing. Here
now i... more »
Europe's Muslim Emperors
He's grim. And his name's Selim.
Rageh Omaar's glossy new three-part history, *The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim
Emperors*, began on BBC Two last night.
Eschewing the suit and the single-person narrative of Simon Schama, Rageh
and his collection of expert 'talking heads' told us the story of the rise
of the Ottoman dynasty from its nomadic beginnings in deepest Anatolia
through to the establishment of a state and its swift transformation into
an empire, onto the westward march of the Ottoman armies into the Balkans,
running through to the conquest of Constantinople under Mehmet II, and... more »
Russell Brand: Humanity Coming Out of The Cave
This is an amazing interview with a very awake comedian! -Bill
Turning Grief Into Strength; Oct. 12 Memorial Service and Oct. 8 Fundraiser in NOLA
*Herman Wallace, RIP*
*Sunrise: October 13, 1941*
*Sunset: October 4, 2013*
What an unbelievable, surreal, momentous, and historic week it has been
with Herman's amazing release after 42 years, the State's vindictive last
ditch attempt of a reindictment, and his passing. This, all in a period of
days. His family and friends are still in a whirlwind.
Always larger than life, Herman leaves a huge hole in so many of our lives.
Below is information about Herman's funeral service on Saturday and a
benefit tomorrow to help the family pay for the service.
Long live Herman Wallace!
Free Al... more »
ENDER'S GAME - movie due - 1st November 2013
MK Ultra poster child
ENDER'S GAME (as a visual experience) looks like Anthony Burgess's
Clockwork Orange set in space, where a band of uncontrollable yobbos go
about their deadly and immoral business of ETHNICALLY CLEANSING THE
UNIVERSE.
You might think this is a hard analysis of what looks to be a VERY
ENTERTAINING film, but that's how it looks. You have the game-playing
indoctrination. You have the 'is this drill live, sir?' duplicity of the
Corporate War Machine. You have entrained terror slaves like the child
armies of Warring Afrika.
All this Hollywood propaganda is making my... more »
Thoughts for the brain - SCP Foundation
I am writing to recommend you something, firstly because it’s great but
secondly because it lets us talk a little more about culture as a point of
struggle.
The SCP Foundation is a creative writing project, based around a fictional
organisation that collates and contains supernatural and anomalous objects.
It is said to have began as a thread on the image board 4Chan in 2007. The
following year it became a Wiki in 20081. Though the content varies widely,
from horror2 to fantasy3 to the surreal4, each report is written in a
pseudo-scientific style. SCP is an acronym, both for ‘speci... more »
World Bank 'gambling assets' by investing in private water firms
MDG : An boy drinks water from a roadside tap in Allahabad, India
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/07/world-bank-private-water-firms
*
* *World Bank 'gambling assets' by investing in private water firms*
*
* *Activists lobby World Bank to disinvest amid concerns over access to
poorest communities and conflict of interest*
Stella Dawson, for Thomson Reuters Foundation, part of the Global
development network
theguardian.com, Monday 7 October 2013 02.00 EDT
MDG : An boy drinks water from a roadside tap in Allahabad, India
A boy drinks water from a roadside tap in ... more »
Low-income kids: Who gives a rip?
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013*
*Ripley’s book, not so much:* We’ve spent the past two weeks discussing
Amanda Ripley’s new book, The Smartest Kids in the World.
It’s one of the most fascinating texts we’ve encountered in fifteen years
at the Howler. We don’t offer that as a compliment, although the book has
its obvious merits.
This week and next, we expect to do shorter posts about more of the book’s
many fascinating components. This week, let’s consider the way Ripley’s
book ignores the situations and needs of our nation’s low-income kids.
In part, Ripley’s book is fascinating becaus... more »
It's Not Ideology
Matthew Dickinson was dragged back to blogging (good to have him back!
Although I'd like to read his WH staff book when it's done) to discuss
polarization, and how there's not as much of it out there as some people
think. I tend to be on his side of the discussion; I'd note that it's a
real debate, however, and I'm glad that he's going to talk more about it in
a subsequent post.
All I can add is that what's going on doesn't fit any notion of ideology
that I can understand. I saw a couple of people note this on twitter, but
you shouldn't miss this from yesterday's NYT look at polariz... more »
Junk Food Junkie- My Favorite Childhood Costume
Today, I can't help but share my favorite Halloween Costume from my
childhood. My mom is kind of incredible, in about a million different ways.
We used to dream up crazy things we wanted to be for Halloween and my mom
would make them happen. One year my little brother was Captain Horatio
Hornblower and he looked awesome.
I can't remember the origins of this Junk Food Junkie Costume, I just
remember loving it and LOVING getting to eat all of the candy from the
wrappers.
For this costume you will need:
Candy Wrappers of all kinds (Slice the candy up the back to remove the
... more »
My Life, My Choice.
"Death
to death with dignity, It’s our own distress that we can’t abide, not
that of the dying." A curious argument against euthanasia by Rosie
DiManno.
Contrast this sentence "dying, with all its miseries, is a part of
living; that we do not and should not get to choose the moment of our
death any more than we chose the moment of our birth" with the prior
paragraphs, "My own father, through
Murdoch Rag Publishes Excerpts From RFK Jr.'s Stolen Secret Diary
Members of the Kennedy Family almost never comment publicly about members
of the Bush Family.
And vice-versa.
There are some other real gems in here - although New International and the
newspaper that brought you October Surprise and The Son of Sam has opted
not to offer a national platform to Bobby's beliefs or activism regarding
Vaccination Science, which would have been one of his main activities
during the time period in question.
Essential America
In an unsurprising move pretending to catch all the movers and shakers by
complete surprise, Defense Secretary Chuck Hegel has ordered all 350,000
furloughed civilian employees of the military back to work. This decision,
according to the *Washington Post*, will "significantly" lessen the impact
of Shutdown USA: The Movie.
When a shutdown's impact is "significantly lessened" simply because the
workforce in one single department is now back on the job, it suddenly
dawns on you just what the United States government is all about. (As if
you really needed any more sudden realizations... more »
Stephen Harper finally noticed in Malaysia
Sunday October 6 Stephen Harper did meet Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak.
Prime Minister Razak of Malaysia has stated that Malaysian state-owned oil
company, Petronas, will invest billions in Canadian liquefied natural gas
development. Now the fun starts as more pollution will be introduced in
Canada. Besides China, now Malaysia is going to spend money in Canada.
Harper is doing a good job to serve his masters – oil and gas companies.
*Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib sprung the "gargantuan" investment
figure during a joint availability with Harper in Putrajaya, saying
Malays... more »
By the Numbers
After last night's massive but completely-ignored post, over which I
slaved like a coolie under a shotgun, I began taking stock this morning of
what I've accomplished as a blogger over the last nearly nine years. Many
of us have died, or gotten bored or discouraged and given up. Some of us,
like the proprietors of the Cool Kid's Clubhouse, have gone on to bigger
and better things.
This is, I believe, my 1858th post, not including four drafts that
never saw the light of day. Welcome Back to Pottersville has been around
for close to four and a half years, with another three ... more »
Colleague and I on the front page of Sunday’s Baltimore Sun on #optout
Amazing how good conversations lead to such small quotes. Journalists! In
any event, opt out and common core resistance makes the front page of the
Baltimore Sun, mainly about the left-right debate. The coverage continues.
Tagged: baltimore sun, common core, Maryland, politics, tea party
Returning from a successful trip to Douglas County, CO, UPDATED
Tim and I, along with the Edushyster, visited Douglas County, CO as they
gear up for a contentious school board election. All politics are indeed
local. From the kitchen of one of our hosts, we have a live broadcast with
a panel of guests engaged in this fight. Listen here. UPDATE I want to
include […]
DEINDUSTRIALIZATION LED TO JAILS
Listen to Hollywood actor and political activist Danny Glover passionately
explain why the same problem exists in every corner of this country,
whether it's in the streets of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, or New
York.
He's tired of the fact that this country is waging war on its people and
not on the core of the problem itself, and he's hoping that this
documentary he's supporting will spark some of us to rethink and discuss
the underlying problems at play.
Prisons are slave ships on dry land.
Snowden
I know exactly what you're thinking...
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3 October 2013
*Questioning Snowden Truth*
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Provocative comments and disclosures in recent days about truth of the
Snowden releases:
1. Glenn Greenwald and Janine Gibson answered questions on Reddit over two
days, elaborating on how Snowden documents publishing decisions are made in
consulation with governments.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1nisdy/were_glenn_greenwald_and_janine_gibson_of_the/
2. Twitter furor today on Jacob Appelbaum's charge that The Guardian's
Jam... more »
AP: Pressure Mounts on Ma.... Really?
*In a temple procession, a ji tong possessed by the spirit of the god talks
to a young man.*
AP reports on President Xi of China's remarks that the political issues
between China and Taiwan must be resolved and talks could not be
indefinitely put off:
Xi’s comments Sunday on the sidelines of the APEC summit meeting in Bali,
Indonesia. represented his strongest statement so far on the Taiwan
unification issue, which remains a fundamental cause of instability in the
western Pacific. China insists that the democratic island be brought under
its control, and has threatened force to a... more »
Bono does the impersonation of Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton returns the favour
I actually saw it on Fareed Zakaria's program GPS last Sunday -Zakaria was
interviewing Bono of U-2 lead singer about his humanitarian work in Africa.
Also Bill Clinton is involved in a similar work in Africa. It is hilarious.
So I found a YouTube video of both impersonating each other.They are pretty
good.:) Enjoy!
Shutdown Doesn't Stop Employment Law Filing Deadlines
Thanks
to the government shutdown, EEOC's website is down. NLRB's websiteis
also down. You might assume the fact the government is shut down means
your deadline for filing claims against your employer is extended. You'd
be
wrong (maybe). If you have a deadline coming up soon for filing a charge
of
discrimination with EEOC or a charge against employer with NLRB, you may
still have to (somehow) get your filing done in time.
My latest piece in AOL Jobs tells you what to do if you have a pressing
deadline to file with EEOC or NLRB.
Oy, Fournier
Just when you think he's hit bottom, he keeps going.
First bit: Fournier believes that Republican demands (about ACA) are
unreasonable, but that Barack Obama should negotiate with them. Fournier
entirely ignores the argument against negotiations: that rewarding
hostage-taking is a mistake, and that therefore Obama should not be willing
to give anything at all on the debt limit (or, for that matter, on a
short-term CR, as opposed to a full year funding bill). There are
counterarguments to that position, I think, but Fournier just ignores it
completely.
Second bit: Fournier believes ... more »
My Dream- No war and unpolluted earth
I watched this video on the internet. I liked it so much that I decided to
post it.
Lyrics:
*In my dreams there's a place without war*
*No more guns no more pain no more hurt*
*It's a world full of joy without sadness*
*People sing people dance with all happiness*
**
*Take me to my dream*
*Love is everything*
*Where there is no war*
*And then children sing*
*Love is all around*
*It's the only thing*
*In a dream that must come true*
*In my dreams there's a place where it's clean*
*No more waste in the air and the sea*
*So this place will be pure and all healthy*
*You can live your life ... more »
Satire: "Ted Cruz: Destroying Entire Planet Best Way to Stop Obamacare"
* *
*"Ted Cruz:*
* Destroying Entire Planet Best Way to Stop Obamacare"*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— "Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised the
ante in the battle over the Affordable Care Act on Sunday, telling CNN’s
Candy Crowley that “destroying the entire planet is really the best and
only way to stop Obamacare.”
“Look, I’m in favor of shutting down the government and not raising the
debt ceiling, but let’s not kid ourselves. Those are only half measures,”
he told Crowley. “If we are really serious about stopping Obamacare, we’ll
destroy the entire planet.”... more »
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