English: 'The Family of Man' This 1970 sculpture by Barbara Hepworth was erected here in 1976 at the request of the Hepworth Estate, as a memorial to Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. It is on permanent loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Remembrance Day (Photo credit: belkin59)
Heroes
While every Remembrance Day is important to me, this year's holds a special
importance as my Grandfather passed away October 29.
Requiescat in pace.
Bonus Sunday Question (on Veterans Day) for Everyone
What do you think the chances are that football becomes a real political
issue at some point in the next five years? Given the problems going on for
both the NFL and college football, could happen at either a national or a
state level (don't forget that in many states the local state college
football coach has the highest state government salary of anyone). Or
maybe, whether football's troubles remain or not, it never becomes a
political issue. What do you think?
DIVIDE AND RULE
You can criticise most things when you appear in the the media.
You can call left wingers 'scroungers' or 'elitist'.
You can call right wingers 'callous' and 'too fond of guns'.
The 'Divide and Rule' strategy is used by the top people to keep themselves
in power.
*Divide and Conquer, the Sacking of America *
The elite want us to argue about the *20% of details that keep us divided*,
thus preventing us from acting on the 80% on which we agree.
*Divide and Conquer, the Sacking of America*
*
*
The elite want us to get worked up about liberals, gays, conservatives,
blacks, Jews, Mosl... more »
Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness
Kurt Vonnegut\’s Children\’s Crusade: Kindness. via Kurt Vonnegut’s
Children’s Crusade: Kindness.
Sarah Palin schools Matt Laurer on Obamacare...
*and does it quite well.*
Peace and poison
I thought the accent on pacifism sat rather uncomfortably in the
remembrance edition of the Andrew Marr show yesterday. Shirley Williams was
doing the paper review, and to end the programme tenor Ian Bostridge
performed a Benjamin Britten arrangement of O Waly Waly.
Shirley’s mother, Vera Brittain, was a well-known feminist and pacifist
who was friendly with Benjamin Britten, (a pacifist) which provided two
excuses to mention pacifism towards the end of the show, somewhat
reverentially I thought.
I suppose that was in the interest of balance? Pacifism is one of those
issues, lik... more »
@TheDailyShow: @thechalkface radio is looking for Jon Stewart.
Dear The Daily Show Producers, My name is Tim Slekar and I am one of the
co-hosts of @ the chalkface radio. @the chalkface is an internet radio
show dedicated to exposing corporate education reform through a sacracstic,
edgy, yet pointed critique. We have interviewed many guests over the last
two years including Diane Ravitch (4 times), […]
Your moment of Zen
The village of Bibury, England. [photo via Earth Pix]
Remembrance Day
On Remembrance Day let's not celebrate wars but think of those who lost
their lives. Let's not think of producing more deadly weapons of mass
destruction but let's think of how we can bring about peaceful world. Wars
are horror and destructions for all involved.
Before...
...and after...
By now, I'm sure you all have heard about the horrific devastation
that had struck the Philippines when Hurricane Haiyan, or Typhoon Yolanda
as it was known to the natives, made landfall. Haiyan packed winds of 200
mph and gusts up to 235 mph, with Tacloban City, shown above, in the
epicenter. On top of high winds and tsunami-like waves reaching 20 feet
high, those in Tacloban City couldn't have possibly have prepared
themselves for what's been called the most powerful storm on record. I've
read heartbreaking accounts of 30 members of one family gone missin... more »
Part 3: Has Corporate Education "Reform" Earned Another 25 Years to Complete the Resegregation and Privatization Agendas?
Part 1 here and Part 2 here:
The continued hydroplaning of NAEP scores nationally allows the world to
see what the corporate education losers will not admit: the 3rd generation
of test based accountability is not working.
Rather than moving beyond corporate ed reform's status quo (oxymoron
alert), however, Duncan and the shrinking elements of the corporate media
that still print the CorpEd news releases point, instead, to the RTTT grant
winners where scores rose in math and reading for both 4th and 8th graders:
DC and TN. Ignored are the 17 RTTT grant-winning states where they di... more »
Teacher Evaluations: Moving From a Flawed System to a Fair System
As a teacher in a low socio-economic status (SES) public middle school, I
can agree that the greatest in-school factor in promoting student growth is
teacher quality. That being said, the main concern I have centers
on how education reformers are holding teachers accountable for their
students’ test scores. More specifically, I’m concerned with the DCPS
IMPACT […]
Veterans Day Message from President George W. Bush...
*and we thank him.*
Local currencies - as BitCoin adoption particularly outside of the US grows , local currencies not only exist here in the US but have thrived for quite some time worldwide ! For those interested , info for local currencies available in your neck of the woods !
Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
On the subject of BitCoin.....
As BitCoin Touches $400 The Senate Starts Seeking Answers... As Does The Fed
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/09/2013 12:38 -0500
- Central Banks
- European Central Bank
inShare2
Moments ago BitCoin hit $395, and will likely cross $400 in the immediate
future (the chart looks a little less scary in log scale).
So as more and more pile into the electronic currency, some due to
ideological reasons, some simply to chase momentum, some out of
disappointment with the manipulated gold price looking to park their
... more »
US threatened by peacemakers, spies on and imprisons them
Buffy
Sainte Marie
The US War on Peacemakers
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
If one reads through the Freedom of Information Act and whistleblower
documents, it becomes clear that the US government considers the true
peacemakers the biggest threat.
Peace groups are the most spied on and targeted group by the US -- those
who work for peace and work against war. The US spies on those who
Is the BBC stacking its audiences against UKIP?
'... the BBC could be spicing up its debates by placing people in the
audience "who can be relied on to take a rehearsed and provocative line"
after producers identify them through BBC-run phone-ins where their names
and opinions have been logged for future consideration as audience members.
'
More here
http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/1000-is-the-bbc-stacking-its-audiences-against-ukip
To be fair it's not just UKIP that the BBC rig their audiences against, the
Conservatives as well.
Storm of the Century
Let's just say that Typhoon Haiyan makes Katrina look like a gentle rain
and Sandy a mud puddle in the backyard. The destruction is simply too huge
to comprehend. Estimates of 10,000 people dead are probably, tragically,
way too low.
This was a poor country to begin with, with a long history of rotting
infrastructure and political corruption rooted in American imperialism. The
Filipinos are going to need all the assistance they can get. Starvation is
already happening.
You can find ways to help here.
Meanwhile be on the lookout for the tycoons to cash in on the
typhoon. They'll fi... more »
Veterans Day 2013
Southern Man salutes those who served, and those who currently place their
lives in harm's way that we might be free.
Are The Others like us? Or are they different?
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013*
*Salon catches up with Chris Mooney:* It may be the oldest question in the
history of warfare.
Are The Others basically *like* us? Or are “those people” in The Other
Tribe basically different? Perhaps even less than human?
Throughout history, the Great Souls have tended to go with the first
reaction. The war-makers have tended to pimp that second point of view.
It’s tempting to think that The Other Tribe is unlike us, perhaps less than
human. Our brains are wired to think that way. In prehistory, thinking that
way may have been a survival skill.
Today... more »
Poetry Defined by Dylan Thomas
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*Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes
your toenails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes
you know that you are not alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and
suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.*
**
*Dylan Thomas*
The Empire Lovers Strike Back - by Gore Vidal
The Empire Lovers Strike Back
*by Gore Vidal*
Recently, Norman Mailer and I chatted together at the Royale Theatre in New
York, under the auspices of PEN American Center. Part of what I said was
reprinted in these pages on January 11, under the title, not mine, “Requiem
for the American Empire.” I gave a bit of a history lesson about our
empire’s genesis, and I brooded on its terminus last fall, when Tokyo took
over from New York as the world’s economic center.
My conclusion: for America to survive economically in the coming
Sino-Japanese world, an alliance with the Soviet Unio... more »
Elsewhere: Tea Party, Boehner Rule
It's a holiday, so no good stuff today. Just my latest columns (yeah, wise
guys, very funny, you know what I mean).
My TAP column today returns to what I was talking about back in the winter
and spring: the Boehner Rule. It's actually Sarah Binder's observation,
first; what Boehner devised to deal with his dysfunctional party was to let
the Senate go first. Then if most of his conference wants things to pass --
even if they want to publicly oppose them -- they get a vote. One effect,
which we see now, is a logjam of popular items passed by the Senate and
waiting for House action.
A... more »
STALKING THE FAUX EDUCATION REPORTERS! Admittedly, they’re from the best schools!
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013*
*Part 1—Who is Julia Ryan:* Who the heck is Julia Ryan?
This weekend, we decided to check. Reason? We read Ryan’s latest news
report on the web site of the Atlantic.
Ryan’s report appeared last Thursday. It attempted to inform Atlantic
readers about the nation’s new NAEP scores.
We’d call Ryan’s news report/analysis piece an utterly clueless disaster.
The work is so clueless, so under-informed, that a question crystallized
for us:
Who in the world is Julia Ryan? More specifically, why is she writing about
public schools for a famous old publication lik... more »
Fisheries Act amendments November 25
Fisheries and Ocean Canada has published a new Fisheries Protection Policy,
an accompanying Operational Approach for implementing the *Fisheries Act *changes,
and transitional guidance for existing and new authorizations. These are
available at www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/changes-changements/index-eng.htm.
Breaking Faith
Today we honour the dead. And that's as it should be. "If ye break faith
with us who die," John McCrae wrote, "we shall not sleep." It's easy to
keep faith with the dead. It doesn't cost much.
But we have broken faith with the living, the veterans who have come home
and who will carry the wounds of war for the rest of their lives. Guy
Parent, who replaced military ombudsman Pat Strogan, is doing the same
thing for which Strogan was fired. Parent reports that the government has
abandoned returning veterans. According to the Canadian Press,
Guy Parent's long-awaited assessment of ... more »
Leadership: Speaker John Boehner, Alas, Will Never Be A Speaker Pat Murphy
It takes more to earn a Blue America endorsement than just the likelihood
of voting right. We like to get to know the candidates and try too get
behind the rhetoric. We look at past behavior of course but we also try to
figure out two intangibles: character and leadership. We don't just look
for someone to vote on the key issues that motivate progressives; we look
for people with the inclination and ability to *lead* on those issues,
which helps explain why we have been so enthusiastic about Senator
Elizabeth Warren, Congressman Alan Grayson and Pennsylvania state Senator
Daylin L... more »
ObamaCare updates - November 11 , 2013 - A nice overview fro Lambert Strether on the Rollout , why things went wronf due to organization dysfunction in the Administration and his observation of thw White house believe that any problem can be solved by better communication and more explaining ! Mish offers a reader's perspective on how ACA hits home for the newly non fulltime employees ! Identity theft raising its head as a woman in St Louis alleges she has had personal info stolen - from the ObamaCare website !
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013
The ObamaCare Rollout, Organizational Dysfunction, and Public Relations in
the Administration
*By Lambert Strether of Corrente.*
Administration officials and defenders often claim that demand and volume
overloaded the Federal exchange when it was rolled out. This claim is, in
fact, not true, and I’d like to see what that lie tells us about
organizational behavior inside the administration, and how it will react to
future ObamaCare problems — which will be numerous.
First, some examples of the false claim, both from the administration and
its defenders:
*Bara... more »
Twenty Five Greatest Books of all Time
They are all sci fi because sci fi is the greatest form of literature ever.
I think I have read 23 of them.
I am working on a full list with reasons.
Untitled
*Typhoon deaths climb into thousands*
*~Aerial view of Philippines disaster*
Untitled
*Ground games sputter for Saints, Cowboys ~Ramon Antonio Vargas, New
Orleans Advocate*
*UNO will develop map systems for the Navy *
Poppycock- Why rememberance rituals make me see red
Excerpts from Robert Fisk :
On the briefest of visits to London, I was appalled to notice that our
television presenters and politicians and dignitaries have almost all
resorted to stereotype by wearing those bloody poppies again – even though
I suspect most of them would not know the difference between the
Dardanelles and the Somme. How come this obscene fashion appendage –
inspired by a pro-war poem, for God’s sake, which demands yet further human
sacrifice – still adorns the jackets and blouses of the Great and the Good?
*Even Tony Blair dares to wear a poppy – he who lied us int... more »
Chris Turner - comedian
Three decent jokes and several fair ones in 5 minutes,well worth a watch.
The Christ/Dogma joke was a peach as was the Posh Spice one.
Is community rating fair?
A large part of the motivation of the Affordable Care Act is to provide
insurance to those with pre-existing conditions. Under the law, insurance
is offered to everyone at a price based on overall community risk, not the
risk estimated by the insurance company based on a person's particular
characteristics. That has been deemed "fair" by advocates of the law.
I wonder whether advocates of this view are concerned with other insurance
markets. Teenage drivers pay a lot more for auto insurance. The old pay a
lot more for life insurance. Life insurance companies require health
screeni... more »
How Is It Supposed To Work?
I won't ask the Liberals. They're clueless. "Compassionate Capitalism" or
some sort of nonsense. In their language, that means slashing services for
the poor in order to afford their tax-cuts for the rich "come hell or high
water." Of course, the rich are supposed to "create jobs" with their tax
savings, but that's just a religious mantra, never explained.
I won't ask the social democrats because they're too busy turning
themselves into stupid liberals.
So, I ask the radicals: How are your protests supposed to change anything?
Some of you even believe we live in a total sham democ... more »
'The Day of the Doctor' is coming #SaveTheDay
Roll on Saturday 23rd November
Meanwhile this clip has been leaked, 'Elizabeth's Credentials' - whatever
that means
Is the female scientist wearing the Fourth Doctor's scarf?
For completeness, here's the earlier released trailer
And here's Emergency Awesome analysing the 50th anniversary episode
poster...
So until the new Doctor Who 50th Anniversary trailer airs on 15th November
at 19:30 on BBC1...
7 Super Spices To Have In Your Home
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The last great illusion
It is what holds you apart from your power. It perceives weakness. It
imagines need. It sees the source of your essence outside of yourself. This
final illusion is the greatest of them all.
This last and greatest illusion is that you are less.
This keeps us at bay; relentlessly asking, constantly searching, always
doubting, never sure, forever waiting. It tells us fulfillment comes from
someone, something, or someplace else.
It is never here, not now and most certainly not you. The specifics
matter not. What defines this illusion is that it depletes you.
T... more »
The Mutilated Economy and Newt’s Revenge: Why Destitute US Labor Market Needs BIG Child Labor Law Revision (Liars Still Figuring/Figures Still Lying)
Firstly, for this week's BLS numbers from our friend R.J. Sigmund (pay
close attention to the mysterious graph!): . . . the seasonally adjusted
extrapolation from this October survey of households indicated
that 143,568,000 of us were employed, 735,000 less than were employed in
September, while 11,272,000 of us were unemployed, an increase of 17,000
over September; as the working age
Michael James : Going Off Campus, 1965
Sam
and Theophilius at sunset in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photos by Michael
James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from
the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Going off campus,
Idaho, Wyoming, and Connecticut, 1965
I proceeded to quote Tom Paine: “Let them call me rebel and welcome, I
feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils were I
to
Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth
Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth [Source: Poetry Foundation]:
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goo... more »
Bobblehead Trifecta
The Toronto mayor's office is selling a Rob Ford bobblehead as a fundraiser
for United Way. The Robbie Bobbie looks a whole lot more like Doug Ford
actually and certainly the old Steve bobblehead could do with an update too
so here's the whole teacon trifecta.
h/t Willy Loman
.
Deborah Tavares - Nasa Future Warfare - well, of course robotics is the way forward!
of course USA inc. would move away from having soft squishy human bodies on
the battlefield or in the next-generation of flying, floating, driving
vehicles. It makes sense that remote control of these next-gen combat
models has a much higher g-tolerance than the warplanes and vehicles of
today. I mean, look at reports of SUPER FAST g-defying 'ufo's from Area 51
- it's FAR MORE LIKELY that these 'ufo's are just highly advanced DRONES
that can be submitted to massively more extreme g-forces during next-gen
dog fights.
In fact, for the last few years, Free Planet has been stating that ... more »
The White House Tribal Nations Conference that isn't at the White House
It's
that time of year again
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
It's that time of year again, time for the White House Tribal Nations
Conference -- that isn't at the White House.
Once again, it will be held at the Interior Building.
Really, why can't President Obama at least greet all the Native American
leaders in the White House. It would seem odd if the leaders of other
countries were
Megaloads head for Nez Perce Nov. 10, 2013
.
By Wild Idaho Rising Tide
Censored News
Dates: Sunday, Nov. 10, through Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 a.m.
Second and Washington streets, near Moscow City Hall, and Highway 95 and
Interstate 90, Idaho
Please join the committed environmental warriors of Wild Idaho Rising
Tide and Spokane Rising Tide, and urge family, friends, and co-workers
to attend the Stand Up! Fight Back! Against
Censorship and Dispossession in Japan
Developments in Japan are concerning:
First, according to The Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority
(NRA) is trying to accelerate returning people to Fukushima prefecture by
measuring citizen exposure levels using individual dosimeters instead of
official air sampling. The Asahi notes dosimeters have much lower readings
than official air sampling and that the NRA’s draft policy has no
discussion of health impacts.
The proposed exposure level for returning evacuees is 20 millisieverts
based on dosimeter readings alone (no inclusion of estimates of exposure
from conta... more »
Defense Contractor Fat Leonard Lures Naval Officers Into Selling Out America With Hookers, Cash And Tickets To A Lady Gaga Concert
Fat Leonard (in the middle) is in jail in San Diego awaiting trial
Yesterday we lamented at the lack of accountability in high places for high
crimes. Grayson talked about how Wall Street is still ignoring the law
today because no one was punched for their criminal behavior leading up to
the 2008 crash and Recession. And we pointed out how the Cheney gang had
gotten away with all their depraved activities in violation of the U.S.
Constitution. Does that impact society on lower levels than the White
House? You bet it does!
Although it hasn't gotten much attention, there's been a huge ... more »
Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Dalara Soap Co
Welcome
to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our
green
community.
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of environment... more » France, Once A Great Nation, Is Now Acting A Fool And Punching Outside Its Weight Class
*France: Can you remove yourself from the international scene for like, 5
or 10 years, until you get your head straightened out? Good? Thanks.
Sincerely, the human species. *
An excerpt from, *"Why France Is to Blame for Blocking the Iran Nuclear
Agreement"* by Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast, November 10:
France blocked the first stage of a nuclear deal with Iran that had support
from the United States, Britain, Germany, most of the rest of Europe,
Russia, and China. The simple—too simple—explanation for the French
obstruction? They just want to call attention to themselves.... more »
Alan Waldman: 'Keeping Up Appearances' Tops Second Tier of My Favorite Britcoms
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Patricia Routledge stars as a middle class woman who puts on
aristocratic airs in this very popular Britcom.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England
What's the proper response to an extremist mayor who demonstrates that he's both a bigoted hatemonger and an imbecile?
*Wasn't the genius really saying, "I'm too stupid to be mayor"?*
*by Ken*
Consider these responses to the genius mayor of Beit Shemesh's brilliant
statement three weeks ago on the occasion of his (apparent) reelection (as
reported below by *Haaretz*): "We have none of those things [gays] here.
Thank God, this city is holy and pure."
• "These statements by an incumbent mayor in the State of Israel comparing
the LGBT community to lawbreakers who must be dealt with by the police or
dangers to public health constitute incitement according to Statutes 144(b)
and 144(f) of the penal cod... more »
Why is it shocking that the Public is revolting against the Political Elites Immigration schemes ? Consider all of lies that were used to sell the Affordable Healthcare Act ? This Immigration reform is being pushed by the Political Elites in both parties - and we have seen they will lie now , apologize later when forced to finally acknowledge the truth !
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/10/Public-revolts-against-political-Obama-s-and-establishment-s-amnesty-efforts
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According to new national polling data from Pew Research, the American
people have revolted against President Barack Obama’s and the GOP
establishment’s efforts to grant amnesty to America’s at least 11 million
illegal immigrants through com... more »
Police State updates November 9 , 2013 - Las Vegas installs Light fixture listening posts ..... NY cop pleads guilty to cyber snooping on his fellow cops......FAA sees widespread domestic drone use by 2015 .......Public officials admit to scamming by way of red light cameras..... Cannibal nation - gummy bears and pharmaceuticals made from human dna coming to a store near you ......America beng pushed to civil war - welcome to Syria / Egypt / Libya folks........ While more folks are in jail in the US than we have high school teachers or engineers , the criminals are becoming more randomly violent and vile !
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
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( If this is being installed , it will be used... )
Las Vegas Installs “Intellistreets” Light Fixtures Capable Of Recording
Conversations
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Infowars.com
November 9, 2013
The Las Vegas Public Works Department has begun testing a newly installed
street light system around City Hall w... more »
Update on Syria: Pakistan Is Exporting The Taliban To Syria, Under Saudi Tutelage
*Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: Stop exporting Jihadist terrorists to Syria.*
An excerpt from, *"Washington’s World: November 11th – November 17th, 2013"*Swoop:
Although the drone killing of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was widely
welcomed inside US intelligence circles, other Administration officials see
the implications for relations with Islamabad as more disquieting. As the
2014 date for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan approaches,
President Obama remains determined not to be drawn into what he sees as an
unlimited residual commitment to guarantee Afghan governmen... more »
4 Corporate Education Reform Talking Points That Are Flat-Out Lies
If you listen to the buzz coming from the airwaves about education reform
these days, you may notice that many things are starting to sound much too
familiar–some even vomit-inducingly so. It’s almost as if someone gave the
spokespeople from state education departments, private curriculum and
testing firms, and astroturf groups the same script and […]
A Canadian on Horseback....(A Mary Mackie Remembrance Day Special)
*A Canadian on Horseback*
*9 July 1944 Memorialized in Bronze*
*Written By Mary Mackie*
Canadian and British troops liberated Caen after 33 days of the bloodiest
battles of the Normandy campaign.
A small but dramatic ceremony in the main square marked the historic first
raising of the French flag, but a Canadian artillery officer on horseback
made the moment symbolically Canadian too..
Although Caen was one of the D-Day objectives the Germans also recognized
it as pivotal to their defence against the Allie... more »
DARPA's Flu Fighters Ramp Up Veggie-Based Vaccines
WIREDBy Robert Beckhusen
07.26.12 5:31 PM
The military wants to boost vaccine production for the deadly flu, and do
so with tobacco plants like these, pictured at a Medicago greenhouse in
North Carolina in May 2012. Photo: Darpa In the event of a global and
highly lethal flu pandemic, we’ll need to churn out millions of vaccines as
soon as humanly possible. Not easy to do considering a true vaccine can’t
be developed until the pandemic has already arrived. So it’s not surprising
the military wants better vaccines that can be produced at blazing speed.
Preferably ones it can grow.... more »
Disturbing on so many levels
How many kids have been given the key to the kingdom and then crashed it
royally? Without a doubt the most spectacular crash was observed when GWB
bottomed out the World Economy in 2008. But don't worry it appears he is trying
hard to make up for it. Really who cant wait for the apocalypse anyway?
Least we Forget
My Grandfather enlisted at age 17 to fight the Hun for King and Country.
Ypres, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and too many other bloody muddy field to
mention he fought in them all. He lost a lung to mustard gas, but still
soldiered on right until the end. I knew him for over 30 years and if you
asked him about the war he would smile and tell one of two stories. Either
drinking and celebrating Christmas one year with the Germans in an informal
grass roots truce, or the time he was walking across an open field, some
would have said and then the red baron came down on him on a strafing ... more »
Lest we forget
And on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in the
year 1918 the guns of the Western Front finally went silent and the human
carnage of the First World War came to a close – in the West, anyway, if
not in the Bolshevised East. Yet while the guns went silent, the results
of the war would stay with us, like a bacillus, for decades to come.
They are with us still.
The world that emerged from World War I was vastly different to the
benevolent, cultural milieu that entered it so optimistically
four-and-a-half years before. The war into which American President ... more »
Breaking: Space junk falling to Earth
We've come to the point of space exploitation where these things are rarely
mentioned. I don't recall any big buzz when this launched but now that this
satellite is about to sort of crash to Earth within the hour it's slightly
bigger news. Also too, it's an exceptional unit.
[video at CNN]
The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer -- a European
Space Agency satellite known shorthand as GOCE -- was barely a dozen miles
above the scientifically recognized edge of space as its orbit decayed, the
ESA announced shortly before midnight Sunday (6 p.m. ET). GOCE is ex... more »
Gun thuggery in Texas
[photo via Moms Demand Action]
Because nothing says responsible gun owner like terrifying unarmed mall
shoppers, open carry crackpots choose to intimidate mothers and innocent
bystanders.
On Saturday, nearly 40 armed men, women, and children waited outside a
Dallas, Texas area restaurant to protest a membership meeting for the state
chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun safety
advocacy group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School
shooting.
According to a spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action (MDA), the moms were
inside the Blue Mesa Gr... more »
Virginia GOP rigs the recount
The result of the Virgina AG race is still outstanding pending a recount.
Apparently not at concerned about winning votes honestly, the Republicans
intend to rig the recount to get their man into office.
The Daily Press of Newport News, Va. reported Friday that Republican
candidate Mark Obenshain had an unofficial lead of just under 1,300 votes
over Democratic challenger Mark Herring. That tally did not include full
provisional ballot totals, and as of Saturday, a fresh rule change was
complicating matters.
The beauty of this scam is they only changed the rule for one county, that ... more »
Lakota action outside White House Tribal Nations Conference: For the children
'Our
children are not yours to take'
Wednesday, Nov. 13, outside Interior Building,
where the White House Tribal Leaders Conference is being held
By Lakota Peoples Law Project
Censored News
Tribal Chairmen of the Great Sioux Nation, Lakota women leaders, and the
Lakota Peoples Law Project will hold a press conference next Tuesday,
November 12, at the Washington Plaza Hotel at 10 Thomas
Failed science is not bad science
This neat cartoon hints at the helpful point that knowledge of scientific
failure is still scientific knowledge.
If the foundation of knowledge is causality, as Aristotle affirmed,1 then
knowledge that A *doesn’t* cause C is as important as knowledge that B *does
*.
1. “…we have knowledge of a thing only when we have grasped its cause” (*Posterior
Analytics,* 71 b 9–11. & 94 a 20) and
“…we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that
is to say, its cause." (*Physics* 194 b 17–20)
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Steven Seagal - Worlds Apart - Acting Tough
one of the truly great American practitioners of the Japanese martial art
of AIKIDO,
*lawman and vigilante, fighter and peacemaker, (Steven Seagal) has played
many roles in his career, but few seem as likely as an ambassador between
the US and Russia. From disarming a nuclear weapon to helping with the War
on Terror, can an actor become a true action hero, succeeding where
countless politicians have stumbled? Steven Seagal joins Oksana to thrash
out these issues.* [source RT]
Steven Seagal, Actor.
As a blogger with an interest in the Intelligence Patter, I LOL'd a little
at thi... more »
I'm A Believer
I was always a kind of spiritual person, but one who was repulsed by
religion. All my acid trips were spiritual. I talk to God every day. I
admire some of the incredible Gothic churches of Europe and the Vatican art
collection is spectacular but I've always tended to stay away from
organized religion and tend to see all of them as Satan's paws on earth.
Lately I've had Pope Francis on my mind. I liked him as soon as I heard he
had taken the name Francis. I've been wondering about embracing
Catholicism. The Church has way too much baggage for me and God only knows
what kind of garb... more »
Last post - moving elsewhere
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
As you have read, MyOpera is shutting down in March. That's a while away.
Yet, I decided to move on now.
Thank you all very much for your interest!
Should you look for me then go to http://drjohnsworld.weebly.com/
That is where you find me as of now.
Wishing you all the best!
John
Our episode with TX Superintendent John Kuhn
Here’s the link. Good guy. New book out for him, Test and Punish. Check it.
Tagged: john kuhn, superintendent, test and punish
A disaster
The disaster in the Philippines seems impossible to put into perspective.
Thomas Lumley at Stats Chat tries:
There are reports that as many as 10,000 people may have died on the
Philippine island of Leyte on Friday, drowned in the storm surge or killed
by collapsing buildings.
Leyte is roughly comparable in size and population to the Auckland
Region (about 40% larger). Fewer than 8000 people died in Auckland in all
of 2012.
A disaster.
That is a telling understatement.
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The sickening first response of government to disaster
*THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER*
Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever
hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the full details
are still very much uncertain. The Philippines has had more than its share
of natural disasters - and man-made ones as well. What I find particularly
disturbing and unfortunately quite typical is the *first* priority of the
Philippine government to the events. As quoted in today's report in Al
Jazeera the President of the country used a photo-op visit to one of the
areas affected ... more »
Sunday Question for Liberals
Simple one: Who do you want to run for president? Not who are you
supporting, but who do you hope runs?
Pol. Ideology 53: Zero Government, Zero Taxes, Then What?
Zero government, zero taxes, then what?
This is a question posed by a physician friend, DiVa, in one facebook
group, the “University of the Philippines Libertarians”. There was no
direct reply from the person being asked. I responded with the following.
Hi Divs, I'm a minarchist and never a fan of anarchy or zero government.
Your questions are straightforward -- zero govt, zero tax, now what will
you do if you are the person that the community looks up to?
Coercion and taxation is inevitable. You abolish any form of government
today, you create one tomorrow. Why?
I support the c... more »
Sunday Question for Conservatives
I don't remember asking this one, at least not recently. George W. Bush:
looking better in retrospect? Worse?
Does Shame Cause Cancer?
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Paiute Chairman walks with Longest Walk 4 Salinas, Utah Nov. 10, 2013
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RICHFIELD, Utah -- Koosharem Paiute Chairmen Elliott Yazzie walked with
the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz today, as the walkers
A new milestone in debt [updated]
The spin today is that the New Zealand government accounts are said to be
“in slightly better shape than forecast.”
And Bill English still promises a surplus in government accounts “next
year.” (There’s always jam tomorrow.)
But today, we see that his deficit for the last quarter was still a
whopping $1.3 billion. (In 2008 it was $31 million.)
And the money the govt owes, its total debt, has just hit $60 billion. (In
2008, when they took over, it was $10,2 billion.)
Which is about $60,000 for every tax-paying New Zealander. (Of which there
is barely a million.)
Or about 28% of... more »
Maintaining Remembrance
There's a very interesting piece for Remembrance Sunday on the *Sky News*website from Mark Stone in Burma.
He visits the Taukkyan War Cemetery near the country's new capital. 6,426
Commonwealth soldiers are buried there, their headstones "lined up in
perfect uniformity," many mere teenagers.
I spot a Private Jones and a Corporal Johnson. Their names seem oddly
incongruous so far from 'home'. It is a reminder of just how global the two
world wars were.
Mark notes there are 23,000 war cemeteries around the world, in 153
different countries, bearing the graves and names of 1.7 milli... more »
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MyCancellation.com: Remember When Obama Lied ‘You Can Keep Your Health Insurance’?
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Melissa Melton
The President has been caught in yet another lie (or the same lie hundreds
of times) when he said (over and over and over again):
If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care
plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
In case you aren’t sure when President Obama said that, watch him say it 36
times in the past few years here:
(It almost needs a techno beat behind it. But anyway…)
At this point, personal horror stories of premium price hikes and insurance
cancellati... more »
DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW......
A US-led trade deal is currently being negotiated that could increase the
price of prescription drugs, weaken financial regulations and even allow
partner countries to challenge American laws. But few know its substance.
The pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is deliberately shrouded in
secrecy, a trade deal powerful people, including President Obama, don’t
want you to know about. Over 130 Members of Congress have asked the White
House for more transparency about the negotiations and were essentially
told to go fly a kite. While most of us are in the dark about the contents... more »
More blogging
"So where does *Is the BBC Biased? *find itself, now, here in November
2013?", we ask ourselves, introspectively.
Suddenly, the answer comes to us....and all hell breaks loose (if only): We
find ourselves here, in November 2013, still breathing the refreshing air
of the blogosphere. So, phew then!
Being shy, retiring types (like nervous exiles), we rarely promote
ourselves, thus finding ourselves under-promoted.
We're, therefore, clearly the ultra-cool BBC bias-related blog equivalent
of the Velvet Underground (minus the interest in drugs and sexual
depravity), rather than being ... more »
Fukushima Updates November 8-10.....Overview of spent fuel problem facing Tepco , conundrum of where are the melted cores , pondering the unabated and uncontrollable releases of contamination in sea and ground water.... Tepco running out of trained workers and amateurs to be deployed for spent fuel pool work - would could go wrong ? Additional items of note touching on the Fukushima disaster presently underway since March 11 , 2011.....
Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
Energy
News......
http://enenews.com/expert-there-may-be-an-accident-of-criticality-during-fuel-removal-at-fukushima-unit-4-tv-rods-could-crumble-frightening-that-tepco-is-in-charge-of-potential-catastrophe-videos
(
Tepco in charge of the spent fuel removal is akin to Moe , Larry and
Curly running the show... )
AFP, Nov. 7, 2013: Experts warn that any slip-ups could quickly cause
the
situation to deteriorate. Even minor mishaps will create considerable
delays to the already long and complicated decommissioning. If the rods
are
exposed to the air they would release radiation and co... more »
Marketing adaptation . . .
While
Dubya scares the bejeezus out of you, ponder Puma’s new plus size logo…
from The Meta Picture. I guess pouncing porky puddies are a
possibility.
Stephen Harper and scandals
Senate scandal and his friend Rob Ford keeps people entertained with his
shenanigans.
Grass Fed Beef Hamburger - Stock Your Freezer
Our grass fed lean dry aged ground beef is made from the whole animal, not
just the trimmings. This means it is not only lower in fat than traditional
ground beef, but it also tastes better. Wallace Springs Farm beef is
pasture raised as nature intended and never fed or otherwise given growth
promotents, beta agonists, or antibiotics. SOLE (Sustainable, Organically
principled, Local and Ethical) Food at it's finest.
Our animals are processed locally at a Government inspected abattoir
Available now. Paper wrapped, and frozen in approx. 1 lb packages at
$4.99/lb
We also have a goo... more »
BitCoin roller coaster ride Weekend of November 9-10 , 2013 ! Zooming to almost 400 and then back to less than 300 - in a span of about one half day ! Pros and Cons previously discussed , the questions for BitCoin investors may be how strong is your stomach as well as your tolerance for insane moves this this weekend ? Naturally , if BitCoin is attractive as a safe haven , one must consider manic moves in that equation . And like any other asset class , BitCoin is subject to manipulation - the current unknowns are if regulations comes in the US , what form or forms of regulation will be seen , by whom , what are the confiscation risks , what are the scammer risks ? To each their own , but don't put more in play than one could comfortably lose and still sleep well at night ( seems a prudent course. )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-10/bitcoin-plunges-25-government-scrutiny-first-btc-fair-value-reco-has-stunning-price-
As BitCoin Plunges 25% On Government Scrutiny, The First BTC "Fair Value"
Reco Has A Stunning Price Target
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/10/2013 12:39 -0500
- European Central Bank
- Volatility
inShare1
It took literally minutes following our report from yesterday that in
addition to the ECB and Fed, it was the Senate's turn to finally shine the
spotlight on the most notorious electronic currency with a hearing ti... more »
Syria updates November 10 , 2013 .....Government officials and Syrian rebel forces reach truce allowing food to reach citizens in blockaded rebel held town ( Qudsaya ) ......Syrian Opposition meting to determine whether they will attend a proposed peace conference brokered by US and Russia ( and under what conditions they will seek to attend ) .... Fighting continues around Aleppo base protcting Government Aiport - reportedly changing control repeatedly in recently....
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-activists-truce-made-blockaded-town-20842062
Syrian opposition agrees to attend Geneva talks with preconditions – SNC
statement
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The Western-backed Syrian opposition group has agreed to participate
international peace talks, outlining conditions that must be met before
they attend in Geneva, the group said in a statement.
The Syrian National Council is demanding a guarantee that relief agencies
will get unhindered access to rebel-held... more »
Sunday Classics: Thinking of the "snorting and grunting" Brahms's "inwardly restless and propulsive" piano playing
*Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) and husband Daniel Barenboim play the
third-movement Allegro passionato of the Brahms F major Cello Sonata, the
movement we heard in this week's preview.*
*by Ken*
For this week's preview I seized on a quote included by the program notes
for the performance of Brahms's Second Cello Sonata I heard recently, with
the fine young cellist Dmitry Kouzov, in British
pianist-conductor-professor Ian Hobson's 14-concert New York series of "The
Complete Solo Piano and Chamber Music with Piano of Johannes Brahms," under
the general title *Brahms: Classical Incli... more »
GORE VIDAL EXOSED THE ELITE
*Gore Vidal, who once said: "Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something
in me dies." Asked whether his first romantic encounter was homosexual or
heterosexual, Vidal replied that he had been "too polite to ask".*
*Gore Vidal claimed that the 'Bush junta' was complicit in 9/11*
Gore Vidal claimed that *"We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the USA."*
Interview - The Times September 30, 2009.
*Gore Vidal with JFK*
Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, had been a friend of the J F Kennedy family
and of the Clintons.
Gore Vidal reportedly slept with Anaïs Nin and enjoyed close friendships
w... more »
MyCancellation.com: Remember When Obama Lied ‘You Can Keep Your Health Insurance’?
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Melissa Melton
The President has been caught in yet another lie (or the same lie hundreds
of times) when he said (over and over and over again):
If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care
plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
In case you aren’t sure when President Obama said that, watch him say it 36
times in the past few years here:
(It almost needs a techno beat behind it. But anyway…)
At this point, personal horror stories of premium price hikes and insurance
cancella... more »
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Teachers and Parents Organize Against High Stakes Corporate Control in Knoxville
For those unfamiliar with the all-in corporate takeover of Tennessee public
schools, here is a short list of readings to catch up:
1. *Schools Matter*: *Tennessee's* Milken Plan for *Teacher Evaluation* *
...*
www.*schoolsmatter*.info/2011/.../*tennessee*s-milken-plan-for-*teacher*
.htm...
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Nov 2, 2011 - Someone asking questions about *Tennessee's*
off-the-Milken-shelf*teacher evaluation* plan? Teachers occupying their
*schools* and threatening *...*
Robert D. Skeels +1'd this
2.
*Schools Matter*: *Tennessee Teachers* Will *... more »
Your moment of Zen
Lovely downtown Noho. [Bill Dwight photo]
The 1991 World Championship 4 x 400 final - When the Brits beat the Americans - Black, Redmonds, Regis and Akabusi
I remember this well, Bambi on the opening leg, Derek Redmond soon to be
famous for needing his father's help to finish the Olympic 400 metre final,
Jon Regis doing a typically great 400 metre run (why did he not run it as
an individual) and Kris Akabusi showing that on his day a 400 metre hurdles
bronze medallist can beat a 400 metre flat gold medallist.
This post should please Jack Whitehall.
The Impact of DCPS IMPACT: An Actual DC Teacher’s Perspective
Introduction This piece is a response to a recent report titled,
“Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT” by
Thomas Dee and James Wyckoff (2013). This response attempts to offer a
ground-level perspective from a teacher working within a high poverty
neighborhood public school; It’s not trying to undermine the report’s
findings. In fact, […]
How London-Centric is Political Blogging?
We know politics is. We know the news media is. But what about blogging?
This has been something I've turned over since attending a bloggers'
breakfast at Labour conference 2012 to launch UnionHome. The five-strong
panel featured a clutch of Labour tweeters originally hailing from the four
corners of the land. But all, bar one, had something in common. They were
based in London. I asked about this and the comrades were pretty
forthcoming. They recognised most were there because of the offline social
networks living in the capital provides, *and* that it reflects the London
bias in ... more »
You've always wondered ...
How
could George W. Bush reconcile the financial destruction of his country
over the invasion of Iraq?
The "weapons of mass destruction" myth has long been buried under
mountains of proof of manipulated and invented "intelligence".
The conquest of an oil-state was pretty obvious. Think though. Is George
W. Bush really smart enough to get his head around that concept?
We have always held in the
A Self Unmade Man
In his review of Paul Wells' book, *The Longer I'm Prime Minister*,
Crawford Killian writes that Stephen Harper has a history of political
misjudgement:
One of Wells' key points is that Harper is the author of most of his own
misfortunes. He's the guy who ignored China until the Keystone XL pause
taught him to seek foreign markets for oil; that made energy exports to
China his priority #1. And that led to a declaration of war against "environmentalists
and other radicals" who might stall the Northern Gateway pipeline to the
Pacific.
Perhaps his worst failings might be called huma... more »
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