Cozy log fire at Witches Falls Cottages (Photo credit: Witches Falls Cottages)
Streetlight Manifesto-8 (Photo credit: MrAnathema)Harold Meyerson on "The 40-Year Slump" -- did it (does it?) have to be this way?
*by Ken*
The American Prospect, as part of a special feature called "The State of
Work in the Age of Anxiety," has an important piece by Harold Meyerson
called "The 40-Year Slump," of which I can only hit some of the highlights
here.
The economic landscape of the quarter-century following World War II has
become not just unfamiliar but almost unimaginable today. It constitutes
what historian Vaclav Smil has termed “a remarkable singularity”: The
United States came out of World War II dominating the world’s production
and markets, and its unprecedented wealth was shared broadly am... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Got behind on the day, so What Mattered is a bit late, but better late than
never, I hope. So: the press frenzy about the ACA isn't going to matter
much, and I suspect Barack Obama's ACA fix won't matter either.
What does matter? Fixing the web site.
That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?
FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS
Video Title: FIRE OF WINTER - WHISKY TRENCH RIDERS. Source:
WhiskyTrenchRiders. Date Published: October 30, 2013. Description:
This is our entry for the CBC Music, Hockey Night in Canada Song Quest!
Please 'like' us and vote for us in the link below:
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Whisky-Trench-Riders
An excerpt from "Biographical Info" (*Source: CBC.ca*):
'Fire of Winter' is an ode to Canada, encompassing in one rocking song all
that links Canadians and makes us stand apart: hockey, a great sense of
humour, good hearts and fantastic music.
Fire of Winter, By Ryan Bevan
So we dr... more »
Did Obama write the regulation to cancel your insurance after Obamacare was passed?...
*Rand Paul says he did.*
And the democrats (you know - the ones who claim they didn't know anything
about this) voted to keep the regulation that if your insurance changed in
any way it would be cancelled.
*Why are we just hearing about this now?? *
Rand Paul, speaking at the Charleston Meeting on November 11, 2013:
“*I’m still learning about it. It’s 20,000 pages of regulations. The Bill
was 2,000 pages and I didn’t realize this until this week, the whole idea
of you losing or getting your insurance cancelled wasn’t in the original
Obamacare. It was a regulation WRITTEN BY PRESID... more »
Long Past Due
Wow! No posts since September 29! Life has been kinda insane. Work,
stuff after work, working out, starting to get things ready to
move........Selling my stuff online is like a second fulltime job.
Exhausting.
So, let's see, what has happened since September?
Let's do bullet points!
- Vito passed away on October 1. It was horribly sad, and I almost
hyperventilated I was so upset. He was the sweetest, most giving and happy
dog I have ever known. It was pretty devastating for us. He died in
Kurt's arms, and we had him cremated so we could bury his ashes. I am... more »
The Real Problem Right-Wingers Have With 'Obamacare:' It Requires Insurers To Insure
By Manifesto Joe
It's obvious that President Obama made a big political -- I repeat,
*political* -- mistake in selling his health care plan. And he should never
have put any trust in computer geeks -- such people nowadays hold the Earth
hostage to their "expertise," while in reality they are often among the
most titanic fools on the planet. (Not only do their initial programs
sometimes not work, they are forever changing programs that worked fine as
they were. It seems that they never heard the old wisdom that if it works,
DON'T FIX IT!)
But the Mainstream Media are failing to tell... more »
Only Hostile Republicans Call Social Security "Entitlements"
Jason Thigpen is running for Congress in eastern North Carolina (the Outer
Banks, most of the coastal plain, from the outskirts of New Bern, down the
17 to Jacksonville and on past Camp Lejeune into Wilmington. The district
has been trending Republican in recent years but Democrats have a 12% voter
registration edge and Jason is just the kind of guy who can appeal across
the partisan divide without abandoning his progressive values. He penned
this guest post. Please give it a read and see if you'd like to contribute
to his grassroots campaign here.
*Carpetbaggers Want Entitlement... more »
Updates On Syria: Albania Refuses To Participate In The Destruction of Syria's CW, Assad's Army Is Winning, Al-Qaeda Finds Camping Ground On NATO's Border
An excerpt from, *"No Surprise That No One Wants Syria's Chemical Weapon
Stuff"* by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, November 16:
The United States and Russia have both the specialized incineration
capabilities to destroy chemical weapons, their precursors and the
hazardous waste their neutralization creates. But Albania was left with the
mess after it was pressed to destroy the weaponized stuff where a
repackaging of the original weaponized chemicals would likely have been a
much safer and longer term solution. Albania would have been crazy to
accept more dangerous stuff as it is already le... more »
Dying in Haiti
Louisville doctor battles Haiti's deadly cervical cancer
http://t.co/nZEBycoHn3 via @courierjournal
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) November 17, 2013
Agendas Agendas Everywhere But What's the Real Agenda of the American Police State?
Is this really news? Geithner to join private equity firm Agendas. Agendas.
Where have I heard that word before? Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have
estimated that the current out-of-pocket and already incurred future costs
of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion. In other words, it is
the cost of these two wars that explain the explosion of the US public debt
and the
Why Write About Gender if You are Going to Get Blasted for it: diplomacy lessons from Miss Universe?
This week Dan Drezner hosted a guest post on the politics of Miss Universe
and I responded by pointing out the lack of/and the need for a gender
analysis in his post. In his response, Drezner asks an important question:
“Why on God’s green earth would I want to venture out from my professional
comfort
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Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2013/11/heather-tucci-jarraf-absolute.html
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a
Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the ... more »
Surface 2 Tablet Giveaway!
*Welcome to the Surface 2 Giveaway!*
Some of us awesome bloggers have teamed up to offer one lucky reader a
chance to win his or her choice of the two tablets! This giveaway is
organized by Bay Area Mommy and cohosted by The WiC Project, Freebie Depot, Coupon
& Freebies Mom and Mom To Bed By 8. Giveaway ends December 14, 2013 at
11:59pm EST. Open worldwide. Void where prohibited. Must be at least 18
years old to enter. If the winner resides outside the US, he/she will
receive $500 cash instead. Entries will be verified. Winner will be
randomly picked by Rafflecopter, will re... more »
Heather Tucci-Jarraf: Absolute Transparency of What Is, The Structure of a Value Bond with Routing Numbers for the USA
*AK Note: The D_CALL bond is a damages bond, the E_CALL bond is an equity
bond. These are templates those wishing to play with the banking system
can use for their own purposes. The ABA routing number is for the USA
only, you will need to locate the routing number for your country if you
live outside the USA. Heather suggests you contact World Bank "whistle
blower" Karen Hudes for the correct routing codes, since she is a General
Counsel for the World Bank she will know which routing numbers to use for
each individual country. - Bill*
From: Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf
To: D, Bill... more »
Did You Hear The One About The Deranged Lesbian Who Voted Against Marriage Equality?
Sad, pathetic person
*"Truth is on the side of the oppressed… If you're not careful, the
newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and
loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”*
-Malcolm X
A couple of years ago, when uber corrupt, very conservative and somewhat
homophobic state Senator Colleen Hanabusa decided to try once again to get
into the U.S. House of Representatives-- having been defeated several times
previously-- she resigned from her state Senate seat. Governor Neil
Abercrombie appointed state Rep. Maile Shimabukuro to her old seat and t... more »
Israel Blocks Key Witness Testimony In US Anti-Terror Case - China forcing Israel government including Prime Minister Netanyahu to bow down if they want to increase trade ties with China ? Key takeaway ....."(Netanyahu) is sending a message to the terrorists and the whole world, that Jewish blood is cheap," said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an Israeli lawyer who represents the families of 22 people killed in various Palestinian militant attacks.
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witness from testifying in an anti-terrorism case in the United States,
drawing accusations that it is caving in to pressure from China.
The lawsuit revolves around allegations that Bank of China knowingly
allowed Palestinian militants to use its accounts to finance their
operations, including a suicide at... more »
DRONE ART
This artist is at the drone conference in Washington DC and his sign is
sitting on the stage, leaned up against a mock up of a weaponized drone.....
An Update on my Indoor Garden
November 16, 2013 With the Philippine Islands and their people devastated
by typhoon Haiyan – most certainly made more powerful by rising sea levels
and warming ocean around those islands from global warming – and the
countries of the world … Continue reading →
Canada's Conservative Party Is So Fixed On Right Wing Ideology That They Will Tolerate A Crack Smoking, Drunk Driving, Profane, Gang Connected, Bombastic Bully To Stay On As Mayor Of Toronto ...
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*Rob Ford gives us the very best example available of the moral bankruptcy
that infects the Conservative Party of Canada. *
*Stephen Harper's complete silence ... and total lack of public criticism
of Ford's scandal .... proves the point. *
Ravitch’s Realistic Assessment of 2013 NAEP Results and Reform “Success”
In his smug review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s November 8, 2013,
questioning of the inconsistencies in 2013 National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) results as an indicator that the corporate
reform agenda is “working”– I use the term ”working” loosely since
corporate reform has narrowed academic “success” to the almighty test
score– StudentsFirst (don’t let the […]
The Ford Brothers and SUN News
The fact that the ridiculous Ford brothers, Rob and Doug, ... the
slobbering imbecile and arrogant doofus, have gone to SUN News is perfect.
Rob's ignorance and incompetence were initially trumpeted by the SUN
newspapers and his public humiliation is the epitome of what their level of
right-wing populism always leads to and what it always means.
These are all stupid people.
And SUN News shows its desperation and failure by giving these two toxic
blowhards a forum in a doomed attempt to stave off their inevitable
bankruptcy and demise. These vermin were all made for each other.
Th... more »
How Cheney's Illegal Domestic Spying Programs Almost Sunk The Bush White House
Not even waiting for the Supreme Court to halt the vote count in Florida
and award the White House to Bush, Cheney moved with incredible speed to
fill every position in the national security apparatus with his own people
and claim that part of the government as his own turf. If there is one
person who can be blamed for dereliction of duty in the events that led up
to 9/11, it is Dick Cheney. And if there is one person who can be blamed
for the overreaction to that unmitigated disaster-- think about the gutting
of the Constitution and warrantless domestic spying, etc-- it is also Di... more »
A Government of Wolves
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Boston Bombing Criminal case - Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receive a fair trial in the Boston ?
Boston Bombing Iron Curtain
By James Henry and David J. Krajicek on Nov 14, 2013
[image: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
A federal judge has rejected the American Civil Liberties Union’s request
to file written arguments in support of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who stands
accused in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Such arguments are known as amicus briefs, or “friend of the court” briefs,
and are filed by third parties who wish to offer legal arguments that may
be relevant in a case. Federal trial judges rarely accept such briefs,
which are typically filed not at the trial but at the appel... more »
Possessed by the devils
Wow, for an absolute clash of cultures, it's fascinating to read Melvyn
Bragg's *Telegraph *piece about his friend Francis Bacon and then to read
the comments 'below the line' (as we say in the blogosphere).
I love Radio 4's *In Our Time*, and can forgive Melvyn Bragg almost
everything for the sake of it. Plus (as you may have noticed), I've
something of a fondness for 'purple prose' myself.
So, I rather enjoyed His (Labour) Lordship's ultra-ripe, poetic prose style
in this *Telegraph* article. It strikes me as being pleasingly
self-conscious in its intelligence, as well as being ... more »
Tim Geithner joins Warburg Pincus as President and Managing Director ..... Slight surprise he didn't get a job at a TBTF Bank !
Entry Event: Tim Geithner To Join Private Equity Giant Warburg Pincus
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- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Ben Bernanke
- Carlyle
- Henry Kissinger
- Ken Lewis
- KKR
- Main Street
- New York Fed
- Private Equity
- Tim Geithner
- Timothy Geithner
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When Tim Geithner announced his departure from the US Treasury in January,
the only question was how long would it take the former NY Fed head to get
a job with the only industry that he care... more »
True facts
Legal definitions: a riot in England and Wales must involve at least twelve
people, in the US state of Nevada there only needs to be two.
The 1900 Olympics included the events Live Pigeon Shooting and Long Jump
for Horses.
The band Aerosmith have made more money from Guitar Hero than any of their
albums.
Skiing was introduced to Switzerland by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Thirteen per cent of Belarus is swamp.
Melbourne used to be called Batmainia.
Beyonce Knowles is the 8th cousin, four times removed of Gustav Mahler.
George Bush and Saddam Hussein have had shoes made by the same cobbler.... more »
Your moment of Zen
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. [photo via Google Earth Pics]
At the Chalk Face brings it home again…
Another great set of studio shows in the can after a couple of days in
Madison, WI, interviewing Karen Lewis, Ruth Conniff, a parent opt-out
activist, Pasi Sahlberg, and a great hourlong chat with Nancy
Carlsson-Paige. This WILL be syndicated. Soon. Tagged: at the chalk face,
edreform radio, johnson, slekar
Lakotas throw out TransCanada reps selling tarsands snake oil
Lakota
Winyan on Cheyenne River Territory
Throw Out the Transcanadians Selling TarSands Snake Oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz6qkOphrI0&feature=share
By Kent Lebsock
Owe Aku International Justice Project
Censored News
On November 13, 2013, tribal members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,
acting as agents for Transcanada in order to sell-out the homeland to
the
Avoiding the Joint Security Trap (and Countering Conventional Wisdom)
The diplomatic dustup over Syria brought Russia in from the cold but
simultaneously froze any notion that western allies were getting their
strategic act together. Nonetheless, although the mistakes in the U.S. and
UK’s approach to building support at home and abroad for an intervention in
Syria confused leaders and citizens alike, these mistakes should not be
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WORDS FROM DRONE SUMMIT
The Drone Summit: Proliferation & Resistance conference in Washington DC
began this morning with more than 400 people packed into a hall at
Georgetown University Law School.
After opening words from CodePink co-founder Media Benjamin we heard from
keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West from Princeton University. Here are a few
of his words:
- The use of drones to kill people are imperial crimes
- We are creating a love movement, we love our brothers and sisters in
Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and around the world
- We are being pushed into an authoritarian soft fascist regime
... more »
The Smell of Desperate Emails in the Morning
I guess the MoveOn folks didn't get very far with their email appeal the
other day. When even Gail Collins and Ana Marie Cox abandon their
usual playful wingnut-bashing and compare The One to an abusive boyfriend
with the lame apologies, the prez finds himself forced back in wooing mode
in order to salvage what little credibility he still has left.
This missive in my spam folder is so pathetic that I feel guilty parsing
it. Oh, screw it:
Karen --
I want to cut through the media doing its job for a change and
afflicting my comfort noise and talk with you directly about where I'm we'... more »
Did you know that the cost of keeping US soldiers in Afghanistan is $1.3 to $2.1 million per soldier? Or that it cost US taxpayers $50 million to kill one Taliban soldier? Or that the cost of the Afghan and Iraq wars is at least $6 trillion (twice the entire Social Security trust fund), thus explaining the explosion of the US public debt?
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*What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State? — Paul Craig Roberts*
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What Is The Real Agenda Of The American Police State?
Paul Craig Roberts
In my last column I emphasized that it was important for American citizens
to demand to know what the real agendas are behind the wars of choice by
the Bush and Obama regimes. These are major long term wars each lasting two
to three tim... more »
Hollow At The Core
The Rob Ford Circus has laid bare the void at the centre of modern Canadian
Conservatism. Michael Harris writes that the party -- and what it stands
for -- has degenerated into what he calls ROFO Madness:
ROFO madness is when you smoke crack cocaine and show up in videos making
death threats. Your mother blames it on your weight problem. Then you sell
bobblehead dolls of yourself to people lining up to have their picture
taken with you.
As with business and government, and news and entertainment, notoriety and
celebrity have merged. And there are always cheerleaders in the media ... more »
Does Max Baucus Get To Choose His Senate Successor?
Brian Schweitzer: "Don't listen to the bullshit you hear in Washington,
D.C. If the election were held today, John Bohlinger would win 2-to-1 over
John Walsh."
-by Bob Brigham
The last time there was on open US Senate seat out here in Montana was in
1978. As your author was in diapers, I didn’t get a choice. Those who did
sent Max Baucus to Washington, where he’s remained to this day.
With poll numbers that have been in the toilet since he let health
insurance lobbyists write his health care bill, Max Baucus announced this
spring that he would not running for reelection. This set u... more »
Untitled
*John Barry to speak at inaugural Breakfast with the Newsmakers ~The Lens*
*Environmental groups create ‘Green Army’ to take on key La. issues ~Amy
Wold, The Advocate*
*Marques Colston approaches records -- quietly ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*
*New tool educates on wetlands loss ~Mike Hoss, WWLTV*
*Forbes: N.O. is 6th in the country for middle-class job creation ~Lee
Isaacson, WVUE*
*Pullman train cars are rolling again between New Orleans and Chicago*
The Paleo Rodeo is up...
check it out.
*The Paleo Rodeo #188*
and
*Forky Friday*
AZOV FILMS AND THE CIA
*Crimea - and stars of Azov Films.*
*Sandra Waslov*, from *Stafford*, in Virginia in the USA, was listed as
Vice President of *4p5p Inc*., the Canadian corporation that owned
Azov-Films, FKA Baikalfilms.com, and Boyjoy.com.
According to researcher Silvija Germek, *Stafford*, in Virginia, is the
location of one of the busiest airports for the CIA.
Sandra Waslov is the mother of Brian Way, AKA Steve, the joint owner of the
Azov Films firm.
*On September 3, 2012, the U.S. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation
conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at school #14 in downtown Simferopol, ... more »
9.58 for 100m is so fast that Michael Johnson looks shocked
And here's the race
From Berlin's World Championships in 2009.
"Or perhaps Israel"
Hadar at BBC Watch has posted a full transcript of yesterday's *Today *
interview between Sarah Montague and Baroness Warsi.
The subject up for discussion was the persecution of Christians.
One of the questions put by Sarah Montague during the course of that
interview has provoked a good deal of adverse criticism:
“But are you saying – can I just ask – countries like Pakistan that you
refer to, or perhaps Israel or even Iraq where there is a functioning
government – is it just down to the politicians in those countries to speak
out and this problem could be solved?”
Many listener... more »
We Were Born Beings Of Light - A Guest Post by Pam Bickell
Source:
http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/11/14/awareness-of-light/#respond
Text by Pam Bickell
*Life is like a big boat and we're all in it together. Let's not sink it;
let's learn to love and respect each other--to want the very best for
everyone. We are, after all, brothers and sisters, children of the Great
Mystery*
Moscow Subway Ticket Machine Accepts Squats for Tickets
Very funny video... but what do you do when you don't have squat? :)
Cops Can Crack an iPhone In Under Two Minutes
From http://classic.slashdot.org/story/12/03/27/212254
Sparrowvsrevolution writes
"Micro Systemation, a Stockholm-based company, has released a video showing
that its software can easily bypass the iPhone's four-digit passcode in a
matter of seconds. It can also crack Android phones, and is designed to
dump the devices' data to a PC for easy browsing, including messages, GPS
locations, web history, calls, contacts and keystroke logs. The company's
director of marketing says it uses an undisclosed vulnerability in the
devices it targets to run a program on the phone that brute-for... more »
Shooting Stars And The Three Stooges, Broken Media Edition
Maybe it`s just me, not sure anymore and at times it seems easier to just
quit, look the other way, close my mind, ears and eyes and perhaps just
descend into Rob Ford`s world, a world I liken to "Wonderland"
And yes it is true that access to information, FOI`s..ATI(Freedom of
information and Access to information) are getting harder to come by,
Governments across Canada are using back channel emails and or verbal
conversations with winks and nods to convey information, they also use the claim
of cabinet confidentiality to shield information from the public, but that
is no excus... more »
Stratocaching
Geocaching is a kind of game related to orienteering in which people hide
and seek GPS/GSM receivers at random places of the globe. Some Czech
organizations have brought the game to a brand new level: see
Stratocaching.CZ and an explanatory article in English or a fresher one
translated from Czech.
*The video at Stratocaching.cz has 3 tabs, showing the situation in the
balloon; control center; and the launch site. The server may be overloaded
because billions of people may be afraid of thermonuclear detonations.*
A 2-meter-diameter Japanese balloon will be shot to the stratosphere... more »
Free Trade 29: ASEAN and Education Competitiveness
* This is my article yesterday in thelobbyist.biz.
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We will have the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by January 2015 or just 14
months from now. This is a great opportunity for many of us in the region
to experience freer movement of goods and services or people.
While some people see more threats than opportunities in regional free
trade like the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), the threats are too often
exaggerated. Free trade means local producers and manufacturers will have
(a) wider sources of production inputs that are cheaper and/or better
quality, and (b) wider and ple... more »
World record broken: Quantum Memory
*A delicate quantum memory state has been held steady at room temperature
for a world record 39 minutes - overcoming a key barrier to ultrafast
computers.* Qubits of information set in a silicon system persisted for
almost 100 times longer than still before. Quantum systems are disreputably
fickle to measure and manipulate, but if harnessed could transform
computing.
The new standard was set by an international team led by Mike Thewalt of
Simon Fraser University, Canada. But in a quantum scheme, qubits are stored
in a so-called superposition state in which they can be both 1s and... more »
Su Beng Bio Crowdfunding Campaign: Please help!
A message from my friend Felicia Lin, Su Beng's (史明) Biographer:
*+++++++++++++++++*
On October 26 I launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to complete
the biography of Su Beng which I began working on in 2004. As Su Beng turns
95 or 96 as it would be counted in Taiwan, I have felt an increasing
urgency to complete his biography.
Su Beng's life is the story of the struggle of the people of Taiwan, and,
now more than ever before, I believe that telling his story will bring
greater international awareness to the situation in Taiwan.
Su Beng is a nonagenarian Taiwan indepe... more »
Sunday Classics preview: The long-separated twin brother and sister Siegmund and Sieglinde recognize each other
*Plácido Domingo and Adrienne Pieczonka as Siegmund and Sieglinde at the
Met, April 2009*
*by Ken*
This week I want to finish up with my contention that that extraordinary
depth of pain we hear coming out of Wotan, first in Act II of *Die
Walküre*and then, of course, in the his final farewell to his cherished
daughter
Brünnhhilde at the end of the opera, is tempered by our knowledge that
most
of this pain is self-inflicted.
Last time we listened to the whole of Act I of the *Walküre*, the second
opera (but properly speaking "First Day") of Wagner's *Ring of the
Nibelung*tetralogy. ... more »
Toronto isn't shamed by Rob Ford
The situation has become somewhat absurd. The revelations and reactions
seem to suggest the Mayor is suffering from a breakdown of some sort - and
that is hardly surprising seeing as what has happened in the last few
weeks.
But none of this shames Toronto. The suggestion that business will avoid
the city because of the Mayoral scandals is preposterous.
It is obvious that the Mayor's issues are an aberration and the reaction of
the Council shows that. There is no suggestion that drug use is widely
accepted in the corridors of power -- and that's why there is a scandal.
Today in inane analogies
For reasons unknown, BigMedia lapsed into the worn out "Obamacare is
Obama's Katrina" mania today. With predictable results. News flash:
comparing the rugged launch of a major social safety program to the bodies
of Americans floating in a drowned city is always going to be really
offensive. But I suspect that was the point. Trolling for outrage. It
worked.
I have nothing to add to this. It pretty much captures the day perfectly.
.@DukeStJournal I do believe that Tea Pot Dome was known as "Harding's
Obamacare" at the time.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 15, 2013
INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Novelist Beverly Gologorsky Was Shaped by Sixties, Feminism, and The Bronx
Novelist Beverly Gologorsky. Photo by Marion Ettlinger.
An Interview with Beverly Gologorsky:
Novelist and long-time activist's
new book shouts its presence
“Working people are as ubiquitous as Blue Jays. When they fly they’re beautiful."
By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2013
No one wants to be saddled with labels from the past, certainly not that ubiquitous species known as
Hitler loses his health insurance...
*and he's not happy. *
H/T Conservative Hideout
Video: Lakotas Demand TransCanada Sellouts Leave Lakota Territory!
Debra White Plume and other Lakotas demand that TransCanada representatives leave Lakota Territory immediately. White Plume says they are willing to go to jail to get them off their land. She also tells them to leave now or be escorted off. Watch and see what happens. Video by Lakota Media Project Dutch translation NAISRelated articles
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