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Christy Clark And The BC Liberals, With CKNW and The Media`s Help Attempted To Provoke A Teachers Strike For Election Votes
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 17 minutes ago
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/BCTF+says+province+tried+provoke+strike+during+2011+action/9181992/story.html
*A lawyer for the BC Teachers Federations alleges the province never
planned to bargain in “good faith” for a new collective agreement – a
strategy that may go all the way to the premier’s office.*
*Expanding on revelations accusing government negotiators of trying to
provoke strike action by union members, union lawyer John Rogers says
there’s proof discussions were pre-determined to never restore
court-ordered provisions, including class size composition.*
*He arg... more »
Watch "Australian in Palestine account of children suicide bombers - תרגום עברי" on YouTube
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 33 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHkmCKMvnCY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
So depressing but that's what brainwashing children to hate begets. And the
Israel Haters ignore such evidence, because they hate Israel so much.
Minimum wage laws are keeping Europeans out of work
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 43 minutes ago
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The New Zealand Labour Party still wishes to raise the minimum wage.
Indeed, the so-called “Living Wage” is their stalking horse for this.
Correlation is not causation—that’s what explanation is for. However, European
data on minimum wages is (how can I say this politely) highly illuminating:
“Regarding the minimum wage, here is some data for Western Europe:
“There are nine countries with a minimum wage (Belgium, Netherlands,
Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg). Their
unemployment rates range from 5.9% in Luxembourg to 27.6% in Greece.... more »
Argentina: The First UFO Encounter (El Maitén, Chubut – 20 Feb 1949)
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 hour ago
*Argentina: The First UFO Encounter (El Maitén, Chubut – 20 Feb 1949)*
*By Dr. Roberto Banchs*
The oldest incident available – from the Arnold Era – regarding the landing
of a UFO and the presence of its occupants on Argentinean soil, is the one
that occurred on 20 February 1949 at El Maitén, a small town near the
border with Rio Negro in the northwestern corner of Chubut Province. A
location with an arid, mountainous landscape, owing its name to the
hispanized indigenous term meaning a tree with its branches hanging down in
bunches.
The information was restored to memory by the C... more »
Beat the distressed
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
This thuggish state Rep. in Hawaii is a real piece of work. He decided to show
the homeless in his district who's boss, with a fucking sledgehammer. He
patrols his district and destroying the meager belongings of the
downtrodden.
Brower has waged this campaign for two weeks, estimating that he’s smashed
about 30 shopping carts in the process.
You have to watch the video at the link to truly appreciate how creepy he
is but it gets worse. Tom Brower is considering physical confrontationnext.
...I want to do something practical that will really clean up the streets,"
he said.
"I ... more »
Why positive pressure causes deceleration
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 hour ago
*...explaining a puzzling sign to Mr Joe Public...*
Sean Carroll shouted a completely wrong claim about basic general
relativity, namely that the "accelerated expansion has nothing to do with
the negative pressure", and I clarified his misguided remarks yesterday.
But it may be useful to mention that Carroll was provoked to write his text
by Peter Coles' challenge in the article:
A Dark Energy Mission.
Coles points out that we need a negative pressure (e.g. one coming from the
cosmological constant) to achieve a repulsive gravity producing the
accelerated expansion in the FRW cosmo... more »
Ripples: Concerning that very rough rule of thumb!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013*
*Where that rough rule of thumb comes from:* Yesterday, we received an
e-mail concerning the origin of that very rough rule of thumb—the rough
rule of thumb which says that ten points on the NAEP scale is roughly equal
to one academic year.
At one point, our mailer linked to this academic paper. On page 5, the
authors describe a 10-11 point rule of thumb, and give a sense of its
origin:
LUBIENSKI AND LUBIENSKI (2006): NAEP mathematics results are reported on a
0-500 scale, with the 2003 mean being 235 at grade 4 and 278 at grade 8. *The
NAEP mathemati... more »
Damages due a tenant for a wrongfully terminated lease
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
Dasham Carriers Inc. v. Gerlach, 2013 ONCA 707:
[17] When a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract,
damages are to be awarded in an amount that will place him in the same
position as if the contract had been performed. This method of calculating
damages, commonly referred to as "expectation damages," is the standard
common law rule.
[18] There is no special approach to the calculation of damages
recoverable by a wrongly evicted tenant. The calculation is governed by
the rule applicable to all breaches of contract: the tenant is entitled to
be placed in the ... more »
The Light Collective: On Being Divinely Human
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
*The Light Collective: On Being Divinely Human*
Posted on November 16, 2013
034
Channeler: Eliza Ayres (aka Tazjima Amariah Kumara)
Reblogged from:
http://bluedragonjournal.com/2013/11/16/the-light-collective-on-being-divinely-human/
We are the Light Collective, a group of light beings, angelic beings,
galactic beings, elemental beings and you, the multidimensional collective
of Humanity.
Why do we include you as a presenter this morning? We do because you are a
part of us and we are a part of you. We do because so often you tend to
undervalue what you are doing here, beloveds... more »
The ZAP Report 11-18-13
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
*Greetings and salutations,*
*We received word this week that our long-time friend, Gil Lewis, died last
Sunday. Gil's wife, Fran, shared that Gil had suffered from several heart
attacks and other health problems. He just had no reserves left for holding
on. Let's esteem him for his tireless efforts, faith, and goodwill in the
highest energies of love, light, and peace. Gil had become a great resource
for many in the early years of the O program. Many knew that Gil was a
close friend, working with Mike Kodosky during those Omega years.
Discussions would frequently occur about the... more »
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Singer-Songwriter Slaid Cleaves in Interview and Performance
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
Slaid
Cleaves in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, November 1, 2013.
Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Acclaimed Austin-based
singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves
Slaid spins some yarns, tells how his study of philosophy, the
inspiration of Woody Guthrie, and his stint as a busker on the streets
of Ireland have influenced his music and his life. And he performs
Articial Craton
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
I have lived with Jew and Muslim and lived to blog about it. My point is
that anyone who tells you something about a group is misguided. Its an easy
target but its not the truth. The truth is humans are like chimps, we all
like to swing our arms around and love our families. Any aggressive
behavior is part of humans unatural comprise. So help me God that's what
make us human. And by the way I do not believe in God.
Complaining to the BBC
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago
Is there any point complaining to the BBC's Complaints department?
Well, I used to do quite a bit of complaining to the BBC in my earlier
(activist) days, but rarely got anywhere beyond a mild admission from the
BBC that James Naughtie could maybe, perhaps, just possibly, have phrased
something a wee bit better.
For those thinking of complaining about something, however, and who have
never complained to the BBC before, I'd like to try to give you a taste of
what you might expect if you do go down that path.
I can't, unfortunately, give you any tips as to how to complain
success... more »
Stephen Harper's new hairstyle
LeDaro at LeDaro - 2 hours ago
It has been in the media that Stephen Harper has a make-up person. Now here
is his new hairstyle. Attractive, eh!
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
Tallulah Gorge, Georgia. [photographer unknown]
Ban Fracking Now
Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 2 hours ago
Problem with the Jews
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
If you read what I say you will get where I sleep.
NOt that the Jews are harmleess
in the manger were I bleep
cause bull droppings from;
goat or sheep is still the same shise
So knowing that what to do
in the great middle east
the focus of attention from the reccrding of
some medieval feast.
Today we struggle to find some
moral eqivincaly between the
dot com entepueou
and the intellectual thief/
NO one wants to understand
thier lifesyle is on the
firing line.
So easy to kill
so hard to undestand
somewhere thee is a place
where making the business of humankind
is superior to making
your gra... more »
Blame Santa Cllase
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
So many people believe in some fairy tale, I just gotta say.
Anyone who has a problem with the JEWS has a problem with themselves.
By the force of nature Jews have always been fiscal conservatives, and that
lifesyle put them into the ovens. I love modern Germany and Modern Austria,
but intrinsic to the state their remains
some grandfathers son
that still believes
what his parents taught
him from a young age
the fact that your DNA
leads to a world without comprise
So looking at redemption
I see a prison for free thought
we are all going to be in jail
because we created a world
were one ... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 3 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by John
Kaminski. John and I will be talking about his recent article The Hitler
Test and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *The Hitler Test* by John Kaminski
- *Rethinking Hitler & National Socialism* by John Friend
- *Was Hitler a Zionist stooge?* by John Friend
- *Hitler's Declaration of War Against t... more »
Republican Civil War: Big Business Intends To Teach Grassroots Activists Who's In Charge
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Monday morning, the *Washington Post* noted that the big money GOP
Establishment groups, particularly the Chamber of Commerce and Rove's
Crossroads have not opened the financial spigots for the Republican Party
to the extent they have in the recent past, "spending dramatically less to
help the party ahead of the 2014 congressional elections." And
specifically, they are not underwriting extremists and Tea Party
candidates. This is a godsend for red state Democratic senators and Senate
candidates, especially in states like Louisiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Iowa
and South Dakota.
At t... more »
Vagabonding
Wit's End - 3 hours ago
I was enjoying my aimless wanderings in California so much that I was
reluctant to return to Wit's End. It's much more gratifying and far less
distressing to record the death of an ecosystem when I'm not witness to the
daily deterioration of my own familiar surroundings. When I woke up my
first morning home and checked the usual scene outside my bedroom window, I
saw that the tippy top of the thinning walnut tree had been so abruptly
denuded in my absence that I laughed out loud. What a greeting to come
home to! The leaf-ier picture was taken August 2 and it didn't look all
that ... more »
Blame the Jews
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 3 hours ago
Anyone who has a problem with the JEWS has a problem with themselves.
By the force of nature Jews have always been fiscal conservatives, and that
lifesyle put them into the ovens. I love modern Germany and Modern Austria,
but intrinsic to the state their remains
some grandfathers son
that still believes
what his parents taught
him from a young age
the fact that your DNA
leads to a world without comprise
So looking at redemption
I see a prison for free thought
we are all going to be in jail
because we created a world
were one idiot can make us all crazy
In the old days we would have said... more »
Beach Themed Christmas Ornament
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago
One of our favorite family traditions is to gather sand and small shells
every time we go on vacation at a different beach, to make an ornament for
our tree. We love gathering everything while we are on vacation and it is
so much fun to look back on the fun trips we have taken together when we
pull out my mom's Christmas tree every year. They are really simple to
make, we have started labeling them with vinyl with the beach and the year
too, so we don't forget which is which.
You will need:
an ornament, I prefer the plastic ones that come completely apart because
you can use large... more »
First Choices of Gaia Mother are Embraced at this Moment
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
*Another confirmation of what Heather told me the other day, "we're at the
end, everything happens now".... -Bill*
*First Choices of Gaia Mother are Embraced at this Moment*
by ÉirePort
First choices of Gaia Mother are embraced at this moment.
All Gaia Ascension grids and expanded portals are moving.
Shifts of grid points are necessary to accommodate increased acceptance of
Higher Dimensionals by hu-manity.
Structures aligned with New Gaia survive the shift; those non-aligned will
be "spun away"... Quickly.
Necessary movements of Hue-Beings is communicated clearly at this moment... more »
Campaigners Set International Agenda on Autonomous Weapons
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots secured an important victory last week
when delegates of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW) voted unanimously to take up the issue as part of their work
to oversee the implementation and further development of the 1980 treaty,
which regulates weapons causing inhuman injuries to
Continue reading
Harry Targ : STEM and the Tyranny of the Meme
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 4 hours ago
The
STEM 'crisis' and the 'fear of falling behind' meme.
The tyranny of the meme:
Commies, the arms race, and now STEM
The threats of the United States falling behind some fictional
adversaries is a similar 'meme' to those that have been articulated by
economic, political, and military elites at least since the end of World
War II.
By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 19, 2013
A
Joe Hill Lives
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
*From Susan O:*
I often start the day by posting a significant event of the day on
Twitter--from Benjamin opening the first subscription library on Nov. 8,
1731 to six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrating William Frantz Public School
in New Orleans in November 1960. Ruby told Robert Coles "I knew I was just
Ruby, just Ruby trying to go to school...the Ruby who had to do it" Today
is November 19, 2013, and let's think about Joe Hill who died by firing
squad on Nov. 19, 1915
*by Susan Ohanian* Each version of this famous labor song gives information
you're unlikely to find in the Common C... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
I think this properly should go to Noam Scheiber, although he cites another
piece when he says:
Here's why it doesn't matter if Warren or her fundraisers say she's not
running in 16: she cant possibly know herself
We can refine this a bit, I suppose. She certainly might know if she's
running right now, even though she wouldn't know whether she'll still be
running by the Iowa caucuses. And she might want to deny running, even if
that's the case. She also might have some reason to be absolutely certain
that she would never run, even if the thing dropped in her lap.
But for many cand... more »
Joe Hill Lives
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
From Susan O:
I often start the day by posting a significant event of the day on
Twitter--from Benjamin opening the first subscription library on Nov. 8,
1731 to six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrating William Frantz Public School
in New Orleans in November 1960. Ruby told Robert Coles "I knew I was just
Ruby, just Ruby trying to go to school...the Ruby who had to do it" Today
is November 19, 2013, and let's think about Joe Hill who died by firing
squad on Nov. 19, 1915
*by Susan Ohanian* Each version of this famous labor song gives information
you're unlikely to find in the Common Cor... more »
Newtown Bee Reporter Unravels Official Story of Sandy Hook
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours ago
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The Future of Bitcoin - Bust, Bubble or Breakthrough?
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Collecting Donations For Wal-Mart Employees That Cannot Afford Thanksgiving Dinner?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours ago
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Michael Snyder
You may find what is happening at one Wal-Mart in Ohio very hard to
believe. At the Wal-mart on Atlantic Boulevard in Canton, Ohio employees
are being asked to donate food items so that other employees that cannot
afford to buy Thanksgiving dinner will be able to enjoy one too. You can
see a photo of the donation bins that has been posted on Twitter right here.
On the one hand, it is commendable that someone at that Wal-Mart is deeply
concerned about the employees that are so poor that they cannot afford to
bu... more »
Gossip TV and a cool family feud!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013*
*Let them entertain you:* We don’t know if we’ve even seen such an
undisguised evening of Gossip TV.
Consider:
The featured news report on page 1 of today’s New York Times concerns a
startling event. Essentially, the national Republican Party is refusing to
fill empty seats on our nation’s most important courts.
“Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Obama’s third consecutive
nominee to the country’s most powerful and prestigious appeals court and
insisted they would not back down, inflaming a bitter debate over a
president’s right to shape t... more »
The Good Jobs Strategy
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours ago
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*But it doesn't have to...* Digby Jones
Jobs in the United States that once featured good pay and decent benefits
in manufacturing, services, and information technology have gone overseas
at full-throttle pace in the past several decades. This has decimated
America’s middle class, and in it’s wake has set off a chain reaction of
problems for the country as a whole.
Restaurants, Car Dealerships, Hotels, and a host of other businesses that
prominently dot the urban landscape of the U.S.A. have understandably
suffered as a re... more »
Insight: Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave 'brides'
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
'In a new development, Boko Haram is abducting Christian women whom it
converts to Islam on pain of death and then forces into "marriage" with
fighters - a tactic that recalls Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in
the jungles of Uganda.'
The joy that Islamists bring to Africa, more here
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE9AG04120131117?irpc=932
Hard Times in Walmartistan
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 4 hours ago
The
only thing more amazing than Walmart holding a Thanksgiving food
drivefor its indigent employees is the fact that they're even allowing
one to be
held at all. Because according to one Walmart propaganda flack,"we
provide
good jobs and unparalleled opportunities for our associates!"
These matchless opportunities include an average hourly wage of $8.80,
even
after many years of toiling away at the giant retailer. Other
opportunities
include the ability to get food stamp assistance and Medicaid on the
taxpayer dime, while the Walton family continues to amass its
own unparalleled we... more »
Is criticism of Israel antisemitic?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
'... most Jews do not consider criticism of Israel to be antisemitic: but
they do consider it to be antisemitic, when it involves calls to boycott
Israel, or compares Israel to Nazi Germany.'
Many people quite deliberately make the comparison of Israel to Nazi
Germany in order to cause maximum offence to Jews. The anti-Semites know
what they're doing and revel in the pain and hurt that they cause.
More here http://blog.thecst.org.uk/?p=4581
POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT A DEMAND
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
- The mainstream media is promoting the inevitability of Hillary
Clinton's nomination for president as representative of the Democratic
Party. The oligarchy likes Hillary knowing that she would help keep much
of the left demobilized (like Obama has done) while giving Wall Street and
the military industrial complex virtually everything they want. She would
also continue the austerity cuts on the poor and middle class. I'll never
forget watching Bill and Hillary on TV sitting in the front row of
conservative evangelical minister Billy Graham's last big "cr... more »
The Sopranos tells the story of our powerless lives
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
In a marathon session I have just finished re watching the Sopranos. If you
are a fan and confused about the conclusion, I offer clarity. Reading this
will save you a week of solid viewing. In terms of wisdom a week of solid
viewing of the Sopranos is equal to a lifetime of experience. Spoiler, I
tease till the end.
Entertainment is the opposite of boredom. We seek experiences that create a
thrill in our minds. The most ancient and most egalitarian source of
positive mental stimulation is story telling. Powerful creators have
always fed an insatiable mass of human need. As we incr... more »
A Saudi oily game? Breaking news: Iran's Embassy in Beirut bombed
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
** Finian Cunningham- Half of an older piece dated Oct.31/13*
-Written just after the Saudi hissy fit but prior to France doing the
bidding of Israel
**Covered here:* *Israel and Saudi Arabia pressure France to sabotage Iran
deal*
** h/t to kam nam*: from Jerusalem Post rather then RT* Mossad working with
Saudis on contingency plans for potential attack on Iran *
**Breaking!:* * Motorcycle-driving suicide bomber targets Beirut’s Iranian
embassy as twin attacks kill 23; Al-Qaeda-linked group
claims responsibility*
Motorcycle driving suicide bombers- How very Mossad like. Consider... more »
Walnuts Are Drugs, Says FDA
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
Walnuts Are Drugs, Says FDA
Nov 16, 2013
by MICHAEL TENNANT
Seen any walnuts in your medicine cabinet lately? According to the Food and
Drug Administration, that is precisely where you should find them. Because
Diamond Foods made truthful claims about the health benefits of consuming
walnuts that the FDA didn’t approve, it sent the company a letter
declaring, “Your walnut products are drugs” — and “new drugs” at that —
and, therefore, “they may not legally be marketed … in the United States
without an approved new drug application.” The agency even threatened
Diamond with “seizur... more »
End Of Big Alliances In Iraq’s 2014 Election?
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 6 hours ago
Iraq’s last three elections for parliament were characterized by large
alliances running for office. In 2005 for example all the religious Shiite
parties and some smaller entities ran together as the United Iraqi Alliance
and walked away with the most seats in the two votes held that year. Now
Iraqi politics appear to be going through a progression as some major
players have announced that they will run alone in the 2014 balloting. This
might be a positive change for the country as lists are attempting to form
their own individual identity rather than running in large coalitions w... more »
Bill Black (my favorite economist and white-collar criminologist): "President Obama has continued and made worse the effort of President Bush to betray our nation, our democracy, and our people through the secret draft Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement — a plan which would destroy jobs, free bankers from oversight, block access to medicine, and more."
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago
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AlterNet / *By* *William K. Black*
Plutocrats Plan to Dominate the Planet: But the People of Chile Are
Fighting for All of Us
*Chileans can push for opposition to a secretive, multi-national trade
agreement that throws open the floodgates to global corporate domination.*
*November 15, 2013* | The effort by corporate CEOs to dominate the global
economy and global government is reaching the end-game stage.
Corporate CEOs view government and democracy as their gravest threats and
are constantly seeking to discredit and hamstring both. CEOs are
parti... more »
Memphis Commercial Appeal Pleads for the Poorest to Pay the Most for the Worthless
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
The *Memphis Corporate Commercial Appeal* has engaged in a very public and
very losing campaign to max out the state and local sales tax (on food,
too) to pay for an increase of corporate ed early childhood seats in
Memphis. Here is a clip from today's Editorial, with my response below:
That’s why we urge Memphians to vote FOR a referendum Thursday that would
increase the city’s sales tax rate by a half-cent on the dollar. The
increase would generate about $47 million a year, with $30 million
designated for pre-K classes. The remainder would be used to reduce Memphis
property taxe... more »
JFK50: Bush
Paul Coker at News Spike - 6 hours ago
*I do know this man DeMohrenschildt. *
*I first men him in the early 40’3. *
*He was an uncle to my Andover roommate. Later he surfaced in Dallas (50’s
maybe) . . . Then he surfaced when Oswald shot to prominence. *
*He knew Oswald before the assassination of Pres. Kennedy. *
*I don’t recall his role in all this.*
*Director of Central Intelligence, *
*George H.W.Bush, *
*1976*
*To:*
*Director*
*Bureau of Intelligence and Research*
*Department of State*
*[We have been] advised that the Department of State feels some misguided
anti-Castro group might capitalize on the present situa... more »
The War on Whistleblowers by Truthloader Channel
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
*Published on Nov 12, 2013*
On the face of it President Barack Obama has given whistleblowers more
legal protection than ever but, conversely, he's also prosecuted more
people under the Espionage Act of 1917 than all other presidents combined.
As things stand eight people have been charged or convicted under the act,
which is designed to stop spies handing classified information to foreign
governments and makes no mention of whistleblowers. Some, like Chelsea
Manning and Edward Snowden are infamous, others like John Kiriakou and
Stephen Jin-Woo Kim are less well known. This is a s... more »
TRIBE AND RACE: The plutocrats cheer!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013*
*Part 2—They called him Mister Bush:* Do people show disrespect for
President Obama because of his so-called race?
(Race is an invention, as we all know. In this country, it’s a very
*prevalent* invention.)
Do people show disrespect for President Obama because of his race? As
stated, the question is highly imprecise. It’s so imprecise that it’s hard
to see how it can be useful, except to the plutocrats who are tightening
their hold on our floundering nation.
That said, a British journalist popped a form of that highly imprecise
question to Oprah Winfr... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Terry Farrell, 50. She retired from acting, apparently; I
hadn't know that.
Some good stuff:
1. John Sides on Liz Cheney, Republicans, and marriage.
2. Seth Masket looks to move the campaign finance debate forward.
3. And Matt Yglesias on the economy of the United Federation of Planets.
Essiac Tea: 4 Secret Ingrediants Treated Thousands Of Cancer Patients by Christina Sarich
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
by Christina Sarich
19 November 2013
*Since the 1920’s, a renegade nurse treated thousands of cancer patients in
Canada with a little known tea made up of just four simple ingredients.* By
combining Burdock Root, Turkey Rhubarb (used in Chinese medicine to cleanse
the colon), Sheep Sorrel (the whole plant including the root) and Slippery
Elm (not yellow dock or curly dock as some companies now substitute the
herbs in the formulas) Rene Caisse passed on a medicinal wonderwhich was
said to have been passed to her from the Canadian Ojibwa Indians.
Caisse worked with cancer... more »
The October 2012 Pre-Election Jobs Report Was Faked - So , not only was the 2012 election " compromised " by not just an erroneous report , but a manipulated goal seeking report targetting the election ! Of course , one has to ask - what else is faked / manipulated and is anything reported accurate and not faked ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
The October 2012 Pre-Election Jobs Report Was Faked
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/18/2013 22:29 -0500
- Barack Obama
- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census Bureau
- Federal Reserve
- General Electric
- HFT
- President Obama
- recovery
- Rick Santelli
- Unemployment
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On Friday October 5, 2012, the BLS released what was arguably the most
important report of Obama's first term: the final jobs number, and
unemployment rate before the November 2012 presidential election. As so
many predict... more »
At The Nadir
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 7 hours ago
Rob Ford declared "outright war" on Toronto's City Council yesterday --
comparing his situation to Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Never mind that the
analogy was inappropriate and stupid. Inappropriateness and stupidity are
two badges Ford wears proudly. Andrew Coyne writes that Canadian politics
have reached a new low:
Something snapped at Toronto City Council Monday afternoon, and it wasn’t
just Rob Ford’s cerebral cortex. Watching the mayor and his brother
strutting about the council chamber — ignoring the speaker, taunting other
councillors, shouting down city officials, scream... more »
Rich People Don't Think Less Well-Off People Need Health Insurance
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
On Friday, we took a look at the latest Republican Party vote to repeal the
Affordable Care Act, this time in the guise of Fred Upton's "fix". I didn't
mention that Upton is a parasite who has never worked an honest job in his
life and inherited millions and millions of dollars from a family whose
ancestor started Whirlpool. Whirlpool is embarrassing to Upton because they
shipped all the jobs in his district to low wage third world countries
where they could exploit starving workers. So Upton sold most of his shares
in the family firm-- and bought oil stocks instead. He's now the C... more »
Guest Post - Tips On Choosing A Solar Panel Installer
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 7 hours ago
The recent 9% increase in tariffs by the Big 6 has sent shivers down the
spines of many UK home owners. With winter around the corner, the shivers
will only get worse. Switching between energy suppliers used to be a good
way to ensure that you were on the best tariff, but that has all changed.
The energy situation can be remedied by use of alternate energy supplies,
such as wind power and Solar energy.
Solar Panels have slowly become prevalent across England. Large retail
stores, farms, country estates, banks all use solar arrays to keep their
business running. Homeowners can also b... more »
Rob Ford made international news again
LeDaro at LeDaro - 7 hours ago
This time pushing down a female councillor.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
NBC also had this top headline (Breaking News) on its site*:"'I'm not
perfect': Defiant Toronto mayor rips critics, vows to run again" * Read
more about this story here.
I must admit that I did tune in for his and his brother's debut on Sun News
T.V show. I could watch only first half of one hour program. That is the
longest I have ever watched anything on Sun News. Rob Ford was
well-scripted and it was pre-recorded to avoid any major gaffes.
The Sun News actual... more »
Just Van Damme
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Not being a fan of the action genre, I don't think I've seen a single
Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Apparently he's aged a lot but hasn't lost his
moves. This commercial is so great, I watched it twice *and* I watched the pre-production
video where Van Damme is discussing the stunt. Shoe in for a CLIO.
The Duncan Debacle: It’s Not (Just) about Duncan
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
The Duncan Debacle: It\’s Not (Just) about Duncan. via The Duncan Debacle:
It’s Not (Just) about Duncan.
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 8 hours ago
*Jindal levee authority pollitical appointee wants lawsuit against oil,
pipeline companies suspended ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate*
*Jindal puts politics on the levee board ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Ousted flood board member Barry touts new organization amid fight over
'Big Oil' lawsuit ~The Republic*
*Gulf Coast drilling opponents to get their day in court ~Lisa Monte,
Mississippi Business Journal*
*Circle of friends pay themselves big bucks to manage public housing ~Mike
Perlstein*
*Philippines looks to New Orleans for rebuilding help ~Meg Gatto, WVUE*
*Cry You One: A Play Ab... more »
An Arne Duncan Reader: Let’s Have that Conversation
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago
While Secretary of Education Arne Duncan—career-long bureaucrat who has
never taught and has no formal background in education—has created a
controversy over his swipe at “white suburban moms,” the great irony comes
from his equally vapid apology, in which he concludes: “Let’s get back to
that conversation, because it’s an important one for our country.” Yes, we
should […]
An Arne Duncan Reader
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
While Secretary of Education Arne Duncan—career-long bureaucrat who has
never taught and has no formal background in education—has created a
controversy over his swipe at "white suburban moms," the great irony comes
from his equally vapid apology, in which he concludes: "Let’s get back to
that conversation, because it’s an important one for our country."
Yes, we should not be distracted by this one comment from Duncan, because
there is plenty to address, a "conversation," in fact, that has never
occurred because Duncan himself is the great pontificator, not subject to
engaging in a ... more »
The Elephant in the Classroom
Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago
When it comes to dealing with chronically disruptive students, everyone –
administrators, teachers, guidance counselors, and social service providers
– must operate from the “same page.” Keeping chronically disruptive
students in the classroom, as opposed to removing them from classroom,
isn’t an effective instructional practice. Although suspensions aren’t
effective, no student has the right to […]
Science needs a different creativity than arts
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
*...and in some sense, its goal is to tame this creativity and render it
unnecessary...*
Sabine Hossenfelder wrote an essay titled
Does modern science discourage creativity?
that displays a deeply emotional, anti-scientific sentiment that I am
encountering almost every day. Many people like hers seem to hate what
science in general and theoretical physics in particular – and especially
theoretical physics of the recent 40 years or so – actually is and means.
It seems to me that many people like hers who are employed as scientists
suffer because they don't really like it. They don't... more »
Screwed by Social Security Administrators? (And Not Even Kissed) Slump May Last Decades (Geithner Should Be In Jail Instead of Hedge Fund?)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours ago
Republican Felon Tim Geithner Should Be In Jail Rather Than Going to Work
for Warburg Pincus. And just as if "they" knew it was gonna go off without
a hitch? AP source: JPMorgan, Gov't Settle All Issues Now we can go back to
thinking of Jamie Dimon as the smartest guy in the room again. But not
these guys: Maddow: Cheney Family Drama Is Messier Than the Kardashians ...
I guess in this time
The United Nations translator that told the truth
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
I think I posted this story when it broke but here's the video and
transcript, thanks to Harry's Place and UN Watch
“I mean, I think when you have five statements, not five, like a total of
ten resolutions on Israel and Palestine, there’s gotta be something, c’est
un peu trop, non? [It’s a bit much, no?] I mean I know… There’s other
really bad shit happening, but no one says anything, about the other stuff.”
The United Nation's obsession with demonising Israel whilst ignoring
horrific human rights abuses across much of the Muslim world is both vile
and predictable bearing in mind... more »
USA LETS AL QAEDA ENTER FROM MEXICO?
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Julia Davis*
Whistleblower Julia Davis, from California, is the former U.S. *Department
of Homeland Security* agent who claimed that the U.S. government was
letting in terrorists over the Mexican border.
A Texas congressman Louie Gohmert said on C-SPAN’s *Washington Journal *April
17, 2013: "We know al Qaeda has camps over with the drug cartels on the
other side of the Mexican border.
Louie Gohmert: al Qaeda told to act 'Hispanic'
Brittany Murphy is the star of 'Clueless' who supported Julia Davis.
Brittany died in her Los Angeles home in December 2009.
Brittany's father, Ang... more »
More Obama lies: Justice Dept Filing States Most Americans Could Lose Employer Health Care Plans...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*but, wait - didn't Obama say it was only private insurance that was not
grandfathered?*
*More:*
The Volokh Conspiracy: *More on the Legality of the Latest ObamaCare Fix*
Darpa - secret Human Hybrid research - HAC'ing the 47 chromosome
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
Kenny Valenzuela makes me horror-chuckle. He runs the website Artificial
Vaccines. Kenny goes around all the government/defense department websites
citing them as sources for his whacked out theories on the ruthlessness and
the amorality of the CORPORATE WAR MACHINE. According to Kenny, it's all
about CREATING CHIMERAs for *corporate profit* and *war-readiness*.
Isn't everything?
low-wage workers rising: strikes and demos planned for the day after u.s. thanksgiving
laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago
Low-wage workers in North America are on the move. This movement has been
building for more than a decade, and it's beginning to reach a critical
mass.
And could any workers need it more? Fifty-two percent of fast-food
employees’ families rely on public assistance to put food on the table or
to get medical care. McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC -
hugely profitable, multibillion dollar corporations - *are being subsidized
by taxpayers* to the tune of almost $7 billion a year! Ordinary working
Americans are picking up the tab so that these corporate giants can pay
pov... more »
the war continues to kill: the wounded survivors, and those killed by their own conscience
laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago
Here are two excellent, heartbreaking stories about what happens to those
who survive and don't survive war.
The first, excerpted from Ann Jones' book *They Were Soldiers: How the
Wounded Return from America’s Wars — the Untold Story*:
An older Army officer calls me over and gestures toward the empty seat by
his side. He sits ramrod straight, wrapped in his blanket, and speaks
through tight lips as if he fears what might come out of his mouth. “I’ve
been in the Army twenty-six years,” he says, “and I can tell you it’s a
con.”
He has been an adviser to the chief counterterrorism of... more »
justin doolittle in salon: stop thanking the troops for your freedom. they didn't give it to you.
laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago
Justin
Doolittle, writing in *Salon*, takes down the military
lovefestcurrently enveloping professional sports in North America: "Stop
thanking the troops for me: No, they don’t “protect our freedoms!”"
Doolittle makes the point - extremely important and almost always
overlooked - that we do *not* owe our present "freedom" (whatever that
word
is taken to mean) to "the troops". (This is a point I recently quoted
from
Noah Richler's book *What We Talk About When We Talk About War*.)
Doolittle
writes:
Freedom has become one of those politically charged terms that means
whatever people ... more »
what i'm reading: nw by zadie smith
laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago
If you haven't read anything by Zadie Smith, I highly recommend finding *White
Teeth*, her debut novel, and diving in. Smith wrote *White Teeth* while
still attending university, and it was published to great acclaim when she
was only 25 years old. It's a wonderfully sprawling novel, by turns wry,
satirical, and poignant, crammed full of vibrant characters, multiple
themes and threads, and brilliant, surprising language. It deals with the
cultural clashes and changes of immigration, generations, and class
differences.
If you read *White Teeth* and didn't like it, stop right there; ... more »
JFK on Adolf Hitler
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 14 hours ago
Given I'll be attending *the conference in Santa Barbara, California* this
coming Friday commemorating the 50th observance of the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy, I decided to delve into some JFK research the
past couple weeks. I recently read *Final Judgement: The Missing Link in
the JFK Assassination Conspiracy*, written by the legendary author and
historian Michael Collins Piper, which thoroughly documents the role
Israel's Mossad and the international criminal syndicate led by the Jewish
gangster Meyer Lansky played in organizing and benefitting from the murder
of our... more »
How Do You Know The Good Guys From The Bad Guys In DC? Social Security Is The Key
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
When I was in elementary school in Brooklyn I was one of the only ones in
my neighborhood who used to take the subway-- most of which was elevated--
in to "The City." Parents worried "The City" would turn you into… whatever
they feared most. But they would warn the neighborhood kids that they went
on the subway, they might be killed by the third rail. Wikipedia defines
the third rail as "a method of providing electric power to a railway train,
through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the
rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit ... more »
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Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 16 hours ago
Attend and Support the Nov 19, 2013 Tlakatl: What it means to be human
Symposium:
I was informed that the link did not work for someone. I tried it and it
works and is active. We definitely need a little help. Anyone who can,
please
do so. Very greatly appreciated. It is directed at: The R. Rodriguez
events
(That's how it is designated).:
https://www.uafoundation.org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=493&fid=Ar8Qg1Ky8nk%3D&fdesc=5tGaT3D3zD630judWyFfjNu0TvtKikii
Keeping the Billionaires Out of Reform Resistance: What Do WE Want?
educationalchemy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Image from: http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/ Arne Duncan’s trying his
darndest to cloak resistance to education reform as the mantle of either
“crazy Tea Party” people or privileged “suburban moms” (his words, not
mine). Nice way to deflect Arne, but it won’t work. You see, here in the
trenches we are not all Conservatives. And we are not all […]
Update On Syria: Turkey Has Second Thoughts On Aiding Al-Qaeda
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"Turkey backing off support for jihadists on Syria
border"* by Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor, November 18:
Over the past month, the international media has been awash with reports of
rebel fighters crossing into Syria from Turkey and their wounded being
treated in Turkish hospitals along the Syrian border. This state of affairs
is nothing new. But as Sefik Cirkin, a Turkish lawmaker for the Nationalist
Action Party who is from the border town of Reyhanli, observed: “It’s only
after the Salafists took over the border crossings and that the Obama
administration took fri... more »
Alice Embree : Anne Lewis' New Website Brings Austin Movement History to Life
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours ago
Filmmaker Anne Lewis' new website is called Austin Beloved Community.
'Austin Beloved Community':
Anne Lewis' new website
brings movement history to life
'This was designed as cooperative and experimental. It’s really a community organizing art project.'
By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / November 19, 2013
Austin Beloved Community is a gift. Movement history comes alive in a digital
Libya updates November 18 , 2013 .... Fog of " liberated " Libya getting denser by the day !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Europe pulling back....
Lufthansa suspends flights until 25 November
*By Tom Westcott*.
*Tripoli, 18 November 2013*:
German airline Lufthansa has suspended its Libya flights until 25 November
on the grounds of the General Strike that is taking place in Tripoli.
“We have cancelled flights until the 25 November, due to the General Strike
announcements,” a spokesperson for Lufthansa told the *Libya Herald*. He
added that any tickets booked over this week-long period would be refunded
or rebooked at no extra cost.
“Since we only have one flight a day, the effect is not dramatic,” the
spo... more »
What I Tried To Say
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 17 hours ago
How did we get to the place where Rob Ford is not only happening, but we're
all reconciling ourselves to his existence? For this to have happened, we
needed a critical mass of people who still support him after all the
hypocrisy and ridiculousness.
Ford Nation
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 17 hours ago
Argh. No, he's NOT doing a good job for the city otherwise. Add up the
extra expenses of his subway fever and get back to me.
Call me when you're ready to rise up
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 17 hours ago
I was having one of those days today that I recognize as the start of my
“What is wrong with you people?” stage that I reach sooner or later in
every job.
I’m not exactly sure what the triggers are, but I know that once it
starts, I find it harder to be Nice Jody and get increasingly intense in
all my workplace and social interactions. Paul calls it my “looming” stage,
based on my habit of projecting my intensity onto whoever I might be
talking with. Usually it makes them quite nervous.
I think the mood starts to kick in when I've been long enough in a job
that I can s... more »
Homeland Security Calls Bitcoin an "Emerging Threat"
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 17 hours ago
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Eric Blair
The popularity of the digital currency Bitcoin is exploding. Today's price
spiked over $600, nearly double what is was just over a week ago. It seems
the U.S. government now wants into the party.
Today several federal agencies weighed in on the decentralized currency.
While most agencies acknowledged its legitimate uses, the Department of
Homeland Security referred to Bitcoin as an *emerging threat*.
In a letter to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs, DHS wrote that they have "been... more »
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Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 17 hours ago
FINAL SCHEDULE FOR NOV 19, 2013 SYMPOSIUM
UA Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human
All-Day Student/Community Symposium
6:30-7:30 Am “Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human” Run -- 23rd/8th cross
streets: Calpolli Teoxicalli to UA - KIVA Student Union
KIVA Student Union
8-8:45 Ceremony/Platica: What it Means to be Human
Calpolli Teoxicalli
KIVA Student Union
8:45 am-9:15 Welcome/Intro By Cynthia Diaz & her mom, Maria Rodriguez, via
Skype
9:15am-10:50 KIVA Student Union
Immigration/Human Rights Panel
Lemus, Anakaren
Sofia Nuno
Cymthia Diaz
Crystal Echerivel
Daniel Lavi
Respondent: Jesu... more »
Arne Is Aiming for Damage Control But Just Can’t Seem to Get It Right
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s tasteless remarks on Friday about
the seeming inability of “White suburban mothers” to come to terms with
their children’s limited intellectual ability as such is highlighted by the
Duncan-beloved Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has the former Australian
basketball player-gone-US-Sec-of Ed attempting to “close the gap” and
re-score some […]
@chucktodd @dailyrundown: Why SC State Sen. Lee Bright when talking #CCSS?
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
I was outside this morning checking the handy work completed by my wife and
me yesterday in the rain and cold (putting up a shed). Luckily the shed
was still in the yard but just as I was going to check out the detailed
craftsmanship my wife opened the door, “Tim! Hurry up! Come here!” […]
Eating A Sandwich
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 18 hours ago
The past few weeks have certainly been busy for me as much of my free time
has been taken up with school applications. I initially began looking into
pursuing an MA in History back in April. For the most part that involved
first looking at my interests (which are quite vast given how much I read)
and looking at potential schools. To be honest, I had little idea of where
to begin. I knew I'd likely apply to my alma mater at Windsor but I was
also interested in exploring other schools as well. The University of
Calgary soon emerged as an enticing possibility, not just because it i... more »
Colección de imágenes para Navidad muy hermosas
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 18 hours ago
Where are YOUR boundaries of activism, and can they be pushed a little?
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
I know for an irrefutable fact that this petition on ousting Secretary
Duncan, more symbolic than practical, has been making the rounds in the
last two days. Given the recent press on Duncan’s odd remark regarding
suburban white moms, or whatever, I have no idea why this petition, as of
this writing, is stagnant at […]
Europe Watch November 15 , 2013 - Spain public debt surges to new record , Madrid trashmen strike sends garbage to new record levels in Madrid....... Greece continue dance of death with Troikans.....
Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Spain........
Spanish FinMin "Concerned" As Public Debt Surges To New Record
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*Spain’s public debt climbed sharply in September to a new record high of
954.863 billion euros*, casting doubt about the government’s ability to
meet its target for the end of the year. Even *finance minister Cristobal
Montoro acknowledged that "there are concerns about the pace of the
increase,"*adding that this meant bringing down the public deficit even
more of a pr... more »
If you worried that ex-Treasury Sec'y Tim Geithner would wind up on food stamps (or no food stamps), you can rest easy
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
*Daily Kos caption: "Ka-CHING!!!"*
*TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER TO JOIN WARBURG PINCUSAS PRESIDENT AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR*
New York, November 16, 2013 –- Warburg Pincus, a leading global private
equity firm focused on growth investing, today announced the appointment of
Timothy F. Geithner as President and Managing Director. Mr. Geithner also
will be a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group.
In his role, Mr. Geithner will work closely with Warburg Pincus’ Co-Chief
Executive Officers, Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, on overall firm
strategy and management, investing and portf... more »
VIGIL IN IOWA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
Warfare being waged from our backyard in Des Moines, Iowa. This must not
pass. Down the drones. Bring an end to war. Peace in the world. Folks from
central Iowa, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City joined in the protest.
Does anyone know what the heck is going on in DC - Foreign policy ? Domestic Policy ? What the heck gives ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/18/exclusive-john-kerry-defies-the-white-house-on-egypt-policy.html
Photo by The Daily Beast
Exclusive: John Kerry Defies the White House on Egypt Policy[image: Josh
Rogin]
By Josh Rogin
November 18th 20135:45 AM
FOLLOWMore Stories by Josh Rogin
The secretary doesn’t agree with Obama’s team, especially Susan Rice, on
how to deal with Egypt. Unfortunately for Rice, Kerry is the one on the
ground—and he’s doing things his way.
Before Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent trip to Cairo, National
Security Adviser Susan Rice told him to ma... more »
ObamaCare Weekend thread November 15 -17 2013 ..... Upton Bill passes the House , will the Senate allow votes on either the Upton Bill or Senator Landrieu's " Keep Your Plan " Bill ? Updates on the ObamaCare as they are revealed !
Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Sunday items.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-17/guest-post-most-puzzling-and-haunting-statement-about-obamacare-fiasco
Guest Post: The Most Puzzling (And Haunting) Statement About The Obamacare
Fiasco
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*Submitted by F.F.Wiley of Cyniconomics blog,*
This may be a little after-the-fact, but I’ve been thinking about the ACA
mess this weekend and keep coming back to President Obama’s November 7
... more »
There's No Cure For Stupid
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 20 hours ago
What a way to sell the idea of health insurance to the young people of
America. Automatically assume that all 20-somethings are either sluts,
drunks, painkiller addicts, sexual predators, exhibitionists, or all of the
above. Not to mention dumber than dirt. Not to mention cartoonish. These
ads for Obamacare are currently running (online only, thank god) in
Colorado:
So here's the problem. Even if these attractive dissipated models existed
in the real world, they'd never in a million years be able to navigate the
website, let alone click on their computers.... let alone remember... more »
And so it begins
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Unlikely to end well.
RT @nravitz: Backstage at the @WSJ CEO Council with @rupertmurdoch and
@GovChristie pic.twitter.com/Gfl4aZnON8
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 18, 2013
Money changes everything
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Kevin Drum tells some very serious people are becoming concerned about
income inequality.
This argument follows a simple causal chain: unequal growth concentrates
wealth in the hands of a tiny slice of consumers who can only spend so much
money. In turn, the vast majority of earners are left with little extra
cash for goods and services. Resulting weak demand undermines growth. Low
growth makes everyone poorer than they otherwise might be, including those
who own the means of production. Inequality produces other bad economic
outcomes, too, such as the underutilization of the nat... more »
Give me that old time populism
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Just when I despair of the possible rehabilitation of the Democratic party, Elizabeth
Warren delivers a speech on the Senate floor in which she calls for
increased Social Security benefits:
“The absolute last thing we should do in 2013 – at the very moment that
Social Security has become the principal lifeline for millions of our
seniors — is allow the program to begin to be dismantled inch by inch.
“Over the past generation, working families have been hacked at, chipped,
and hammered. If we want a real middle class — a middle class that
continues to serve as the backbone of our c... more »
Cuomo: No longer the “lobbyist” for the students?
Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago
As the fight over Common Core, high-stakes testing, the new APPR teacher
evaluation system, and education commissioner John King’s leadership hits a
fever pitch in New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been silent for
weeks. Today we finally get some quotes from Cuomo who declared himself
“lobbyist” for the students of New York. “It’s […]
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Marc Myers Tells Us 'Why Jazz Happened'
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 21 hours ago
'Jazz,
man, that’s where I’m at':
Chronicling the history of America's music
Myers provides the reader with a deep, rich, and broad perspective on
the confluence of jazz and U.S. history in the decades following World
War Two.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / November 18, 2013
[Why Jazz Happened by Marc Myers (2012: University of California Press);
Hardcover; 266 pp; $30.51.]
After a very
Now we all care Secretary Duncan.
Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
My initial and continued reaction to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s
‘suburban moms” speech is how he insulted all parents with his flippant
comment. Does he imply that other parents do not care about their
children? Or does he think Common Core opposition comes from only one
segment of society? Is this the continued strategy of Common […]
Regenerating a comment
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
And before I fly off with Peri into the deepest reaches of the universe
tonight, I'd like to lift another exchange tonight at *Biased BBC* (partly
because it involves me!):
*chrisH *says: November 18, 2013 at 8:48 pm
I`ve only had the radio on three times times today, but each occasion has
mentioned the bloody Dr Who day coming up.
HGAF?…when the BBC wants to put its daleks back into senior management ,
then I`ll think it worth the endless puffs and plugs.
Can say puffs still can`t I?
Shameless self-referential gobshites , the BBC.
Exterminate…FFS!
PS-don`t suppose the inventor of th... more »
US House pulls bill second time to desecrate sacred Apache land
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours ago
No
Vote on the Oak Flat Land Exchange Bill
By Sandra Rambler, San Carlos Apache
Traditionally Speaking
Censored News
Washington, D.C. – On Nov. 13, Arizona Congressman, Paul Gosar (R-CD
4), was forced to pull H.R. 687 from the floor of the House of
Representatives with a “no vote” for the second time on the Southeast
Arizona Land Exchange Bill, which includes Chi’Chil’Bagoteel (Oak
Letting a thousand Flowers - and five mentions of Labour - bloom
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
In the interests of fair blogging, I must point out, in the light of an
earlier post - *Bowdlerising 'A Bankers Tale'* - that the BBC News website
is actually leading tonight with the latest developments in the Paul
Flowers story: Co-op probe after drug allegations against ex-boss, and it
even mentions "Labour" five times.
That's progress.
BBC exclusive: Kennedy was shot by a right-wing Republican
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Several commenters at *Biased BBC *have been pointing an accusing finger at
a BBC documentary broadcast last night on BBC Two, as part of the
corporation's build-up to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John
F. Kennedy this week.
Here are the exchanges at *B-BBC*:
*JonT says: **November 17, 2013 at 7:23 pm. J**ust watched a documentary
on BBC2 about the Kennedy assassination. Three times they they stated that
Texas was an evil ‘right wing republican state’ but not once did they deign
to mention that Lee Harvey Oswald was a communist. Watch this in ignorance
and you coul... more »
Sounds like 'Cocaine Psychosis' to me ........
leftdog at Buckdog - 22 hours ago
*"Ford has previously admitted to smoking crack cocaine "in a drunken
stupor," but in excerpts of an interview aired on CNN's "New Day" Monday,
he admitted to having "smoked some crack sometimes."*
*Cocaine Psychosis*
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
* (just sayin' ......) *
Other Sources Besides Amazon for TMoE
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 22 hours ago
If you are looking for a copy of *The Mismeasure of Education*, try B&N or
the publisher, IAP. All have the same price of $27.50. Sorry for the
inconvenience.
Why Keeping Your Kids Home Sends the Wrong Message
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
Today, a protest took place, which was started by a New York State mom and
was aggressively advertised as a move against the Common Core State
Standards. It was celebrated as national day of protest, although it seems
that designation fell flat. It seemed like a good way to get attention,
and to some extent, […]
Sublime . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 23 hours ago
JEAN-CLAUDE
VAN DAMME, an unusual human himself, has made a TV ad for Volvo trucks
(not affiliated with Volvo cars, btw), part of which you see above.
According to Jalopnik, in an article “Jean-Claude Van Damme's Split
Between Two Moving Trucks Is No CGI” that's real, no CGI, J-C actually
did that stunt.
Well, it inspired somebody to adapt it to the Rob Ford fiasco which
Jalopnik kindly
Christy Clark Speaks Glowingly About David Hahn And BC Ferries Profitability Under Hahn`s Tutelage
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 23 hours ago
Let me start by saying this, if Vancouver Island was a B.C. Liberal riding
stronghold, if the BC Liberals needed Vancouver island ridings in their
political camp to form Government ferry fares would be half the current
price or even less..
Second, everything blathered by the BC Liberals on BC Ferries is a
lie....Gordon Campbell lied, David Hahn lied and Christy Clark repeated
those BC Ferry lies on radio, and the liefest continues today...
Below is factual, below is actual radio transcript I received from the
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council after I filed a formal complaint
... more »
Does The GOP Actually WANT To Be Known As The Party Of Bigotry And Hatred?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
The Republican Party civil war over LGBT equality isn't just tearing the
Cheney family apart. The bitter rear guard bigotry is making the whole
party Establishment look pathetic and prehistoric. By preventing a vote on
the ENDA bill that passed the Senate with strong bipartisan support,
Boehner is once again bringing his party into further national disrepute--
although it doesn't seem likely that a congressional 9% approval rating is
going to get much worse.
Still identifying Republicans with the bad guys in every argument before
the public is probably not the best way to impleme... more »
JFK50: Robert Strange McNamara
Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago
Delivery of the McNamrra-Taylor Report (Authored by President John F.
Kennedy, Esq.)
*"**Who is man? Is he a rational animal? *
*If he is, then the goals can ultimately be achieved. *
*If he is not, then there is little point in making the effort.*
*All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal
but with a near infinite capacity for folly. *
*His history seems largely a halting, but persistent, effort to raise his
reason above his animality. *
*He draws blueprints for utopia. But never quite gets it built. *
*In the end he plugs away obstinately with th... more »
WHO KILLED JFK
Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*Moments before he was shot*
On 18 November 2013, CNN had an article entitled: *One JFK conspiracy
theory that could be true*
CNN quotes Dave Perry who has been researching John F. Kennedy's killing
since 1976.
Dave Perry : Biography - Spartacus Educational / Dave Perry's JFK
Assassination Pages
*Perry does not rule out the theory that the CIA killed Kennedy.*
Oliver Stone thinks it was a conspiracy / Even John Kerry thinks the JFK
assassin had help
Hercule Poirot, in Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express' tries
to discover which of the passengers on the train has... more »
Welcome to Wally World
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 23 hours ago
...where no sacrifice by the 99% is too great.
And, yeah, the thing about the Canton, Ohio store is for real,
according to *ABC News*. They've actually been doing this for several years
running and their spokesperson says the associates are "offended" at news
reports of the proletariat having to help each other while the company that
rakes in $33 billion a year in profits idly stands by.
I'd be offended, too, if I had to admit my employer, the world's
largest retailer, pays it workers so little that their other low-paid
workers have to chip in to make sure my coworkers... more »
Ignore Those Polls! (Small Sample Size Crosstabs Edition)
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Josh
Kraushaar also said:
The president isn't just losing his skeptics from the chaotic Obamacare
rollout but his allies who stood to gain from the law's benefits --
namely
Hispanics, whose approval of the president has dropped more than any
demographic subgroup since the problems began.
Ignore those polls! Or at least, be very careful about subsamples.
Kraushaar published this one early today, before last week's Gallup
numberswere ready; turns out that Obama's approval among Hispanics, per
Gallup, is
now at 52% -- up three points over two weeks ago, while the overall rate
remained... more »
JFK: The Transparency that is still denied
Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
50 Years later, the American Government and it's sycophantic bully boy
co-corporationists and their suckup mind & money controlled media stooges
are STILL trying to sell the blatantly laughable Warren Commission's final
report on the Assassination of JFKennedy. I just did a search, and truth
be told, not even the alternative media are really doing justice to this
anniversary. The MainStreamMedia cartel are lobbing memorial bombs at the
public and waxing eloquently about that dark day in history when the young
JFK was murdered by a lone gunman, and they are drowning us with images... more »
Longest Walk 4 walks onto Western Shoshone land Nevada
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
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Photos by Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thanks for sharing with Censored News!
Longest Walk near Ely, Nevada, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013
No really, Obamacare is a big success
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Shocking news. Obamacare rollout working well in states that aren't run by
GOP thugs determined to sabotage it.
In our states — Washington, Kentucky and Connecticut — the Affordable Care
Act, or “Obamacare,” is working. Tens of thousands of our residents have
enrolled in affordable health-care coverage. Many of them could not get
insurance before the law was enacted.
People keep asking us why our states have been successful. Here’s a hint:
It’s not about our Web sites.
The Affordable Care Act has been successful in our states because our
political and community leaders grasped t... more »
Argentina: April 1950 - Unidentified Flying Object over Corrientes and Resistencia
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Source: Ovnisencorrientes and Planeta UFODate: 11.13.13*
*Argentina: April 1950 - Unidentified Flying Object over Corrientes and
Resistencia*
*By Andrés Salvador*
The following sighting of a UFO over the cities of Corrientes and
Resistencia in the early morning hours of Monday, 17 April 1950,
constitutes the oldest case we have documented in the territory of the
province of Corrientes, and is also the oldest we have on record for the
Province of Chaco. The article we are presenting here was published by the
El Nacional newspaper of Corrientes on Tuesday, 18 April 1950 (Archivo
... more »
A Chilly description of just one of the candidates...but why?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*Today, *this morning, gave Radio 4 listeners an overview of the results of
the first round of the presidential election in Chile.
The run-off will be between two daughters of Chilean air force generals.
That's strange enough, but it gets stranger.
Their fathers were close friends for most of their lives, and the two
daughters (who lived next door to each other) were also friends in their
younger years.
That was before the military coup of 1973.
The father of the left-wing candidate in this election, ex-president
Michelle Bachelet, was a supporter of the democratically-elected... more »
World Bank Whistleblower exposes EVERYTHING - senior counsel Karen Hudes - must see interview!
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 1 day ago
Christopher Hudson, host of the Forerunner Chronicles, interviews former
WORLD BANK Senior Counsel Karen Hudes who exposes IRS and JESUIT
connection, OBAMA being blackmailed, NUCLEAR False Flag attack on US
soil... etc.
"...and we found out, IT'S *ALL ONE BANK*," Hudes claims.
"Anything the Corporate Media tells you, ISN'T THE WAY THE WORLD IS," she
goes on the explain the Big Six Media and Banker Collusion with the Big Six
Energy Companies etc.
You're all being shat on.
Shush! (Why We Should NEVER Discuss What Real Journalists Do - HINT: It Upsets Plutocrats (and Criminals)) Jeremy Hammond Sentenced to 10 Years for Practicing Journalism (Long Live Lessing!)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago
Bob Dylan awarded France’s Legion of Honor One of the greats. A fearless
spokeswoman for the ignored and abused. Has passed away. Doris Lessing, any
of whose 55 works of fiction merited prizes for courage, has disappeared
from the comment scene where she illuminated controversial issues for 60
years. Long live Doris' spirit! Doris Lessing, 88, holds flowers on her
doorstep after learning
A new religion is causing today’s downward spiral
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*In his oft-quoted tome on the history of ancient Rome, Edward Gibbon
identified the rise of Christianity as a key factor in the fall of
empire--degrading it’s martial readiness just as the barbarians approached
the gates. Doug Casey wonders if today’s west might be going the same way. *
*Casey identifies a new religion—environmentalism—as playing a similar role
in the downward spiral of the United States, as well as many of the large
democracies. In this Guest Post, David Galland from Casey Research
summarises Doug Casey’s argument.*
In a nutshell, in the same way that the early ... more »
Follow up to: Did Obama write the regulation to cancel your insurance after Obamacare was passed?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*an update. *
In that post, * Did Obama write the regulation to cancel your insurance
after Obamacare was passed?... *(many thanks to Doug Ross for linking at
both *Larwyn's Linx* and at *Bad Blue.*)
I asked the question, "Why are we just hearing about this now?"
Remember when Sen. Mike Enzi predicted just such a occurrence? I only
vaguely remember this for the most human of reasons - it didn't directly
affect me. My bad.
Chris Matthews goes crazy about the L-word!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2013*
*We recall when the L-word was Limbaugh:* Watching MSNBC has become
increasingly painful.
The station churns endless propaganda with its teams of propagandists. It’s
often wrong on the simplest facts. For one especially embarrassing episode
from Politics Nation, cover the eyes of the kids, then fight your way
through this three-part report from PolitiFact.
(One example from that program, uttered by Goldie Taylor: "You know, our
national debt is as low as it has been since World War II.” Good God.)
The channel is painful to watch. Even by its own declinin... more »
How to teach your child to ride a bicycle, Big Train style
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Absolute genius from Simon Pegg and the Big Train team.
Matt Strassler's failed attempt to mask his antinuclear activism
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
The strong March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami were brutal and caused
16,000-20,000 deaths. If I borrow a term used in the Obamacare, they have
also caused some glitches in the Fukushima One Nuclear Power Plant which,
despite the hype in the media, haven't killed a single person. Two workers
had radiation burns and 37 people have suffered non-radiation physical
injuries.
This outcome of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that failed to cause any
casualties (so far) despite its scariest possible interplay with a
42-46-years-old nuclear facility is a testimony of the wonderful safety
th... more »
Is Obama mania over?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*maybe.*
Then again, maybe not.
I don't have much faith in the intelligence of the majority of libtards.
I *have* noticed many of the commenters at Huff & Puff are calling Obama a
liar.
So, anyways - I have some tulip bulbs to get in before the rain starts up
again.
Not feeling particularly brilliant today (not that I'm *ever* particularly
brilliant), so I suggest you read something from someone who is.
Daren Jonescu at American Thinker has an interesting take:
*Might the Establishment Turn Against Obama?*
100m in 9 seconds, if only he didn't have a delayed start... It's the "Starting Blocks Lesson" from Big Train
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Simon Pegg is taught how to start a 100m metre race.
ANOTHER epic Israel-boycott failure as BDS groups use Israeli tech to build websites | Trending Central
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Britain’s Zionist Federation has today highlighted the latest example of a
failure of Israel boycotters (BDS campaigners) to hold to their principles
as it transpires that various anti-Israel groups have been building their
own websites with Israeli-developed technology.
The website of the Cornell University branch of ‘Students for Justice in
Palestine’ explains that the group’s campaigns include boycotting skincare
products, soft drink manufacturers, and even hummus, while the ‘Palestinian
Holocaust Museum’ website actively attempts to smear the Jewish state with
claims of a “Pa... more »
'Rape porn' possession to be punished by three years in jail, David Cameron to announce | Metro News
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Unsurprisingly they haven't thought this through. Are anybody with DVDs, or
similar, of one or more of Deliverance, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption
and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to face a prison sentence?
Metro article here
http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/17/rape-porn-possession-to-be-punished-by-three-years-in-jail-david-cameron-to-announce-4189512/
NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
INFOPOLICY – CHRISTIAN ENGSTRÖM
http://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux/
*NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux*
The NSA has asked Linus Torvalds to inject covert backdoors into the free
and open operating system GNU/Linux. This was revealed in this week’s
hearing on mass surveillance in the European Parliament. Chalk another one
up of the United States NSA trying to make information technology less
secure for everyone.
The father of Linus Torvalds, Nils Torvalds, is a Member of the European
Parliament for Fi... more »
Fires of Higher Light emblazon Portals upon Gaia Earth surface
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Fires of Higher Light emblazon Portals upon Gaia Earth surface*
by ÉirePort
Fires of Higher Light emblazon Portals upon Gaia Earth surface.
Each Portal is emblazoned.
Softening occurs as Hue-manity embraces the Fires.
All of Gaia surface awakens to Higher Dimensional Awareness in short order.
Summation of lower dimensional constructs is dissolved.
Primary focus returns.
ÉirePort | November 18, 2013 at 16:55
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Programming Our Life
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Considering my husband is a Web Programmer, HTML and PHP have a big place
in our life. Sometimes I joke that my husband speaks PHP more often then he
speaks English and one day he is going to start speaking his whole life in
code. He thought he would start today.
Did you catch that? No? How about this?
I am so excited to announce that I am pregnant. I was told by my last
doctor that we would never have another baby, so we couldn't be more
thrilled. It has been a hard pregnancy, but we feel really blessed to get a
second baby at all, so I am trying to count my blessings instea... more »
Aside From Steve Israel, Where Does Empty Suit Pete Aguilar Get His Campaign Money?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
In 2012 Steve Israel's empty suit candidate lost to TWO Republicans in a
D+5 district!
Redlands’s unelected Mayor, City Councilman Pete Aguilar, has never
actually ever done anything well. In fact, most people regarded him as an
unaffiliated conservative or a Republican until Steve Israel encouraged him
to run for a nice blue congressional seat as a Democrat.
Under Aguilar's leadership, once thriving small businesses in Redlands have
been killed by the Wal Mart Aguilar’s administration attracted and now much
of the city’s north side is in Detroit-like poverty. 34 year old Pete,
simp... more »
The foamer at the mouth (Ed Miliband), former close associate of the nose picker (Gordon Brown)
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Guido Fawkes has video of Ed Miliband foaming at the mouth.
The video of Gordon Brown picking his nose is on this blog, but never shown
on the pro Labour BBC.
Setting Aside Default Judgment
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*Royal Bank of Canada v. Datanet Wireless Inc.,* 2013 ONCA 706:
[3] The motion judge explicitly addressed the applicable
pre-requisites for the setting aside of a default judgment, as described in *HSBC
Securities (Canada) Inc. v. Firestar Capital Management Corp*., 2008 ONCA
894, 245 O.A.C. 47, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused (2009), 399 N.R. 398
(note) (S.C.C.), *Morgan v. Toronto (City) Police Services Board* (2003),
34 C.P.C. (5th) 46, 169 O.A.C. 390 (C.A.) and related authorities. He
considered all the relevant factors in the context of the evidentiary
record befor... more »
Obamacare Press Frenzy Stuff
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Oy, Kraushaar. Oy, Galston. Oy, half the damn press corps. It's ugly out
there, folks.
The two that set me off in particular today are Josh Kraushaar's massive
overinterpretation of the events of last week, leading him to believe that
Democrats are close to abandoning the ACA. And then Todd Purdom on the
imminent collapse of "Big Government progressivism" if the ACA doesn't work
well (complete with supporting quotes from William Galston). Anyway, here
are some links to what I've written in response.
There's just a lot of nonsense right now. Which is pretty much what happens
when th... more »
Japan's New Emissions Targets
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago
Last week the Japanese government announced that it would adopt a new
emissions reductions target:
A government panel on measures to tackle climate change approved on Friday
a new goal to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions by 3.8 percent
by 2020 from the 2005 level. . .
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he is sure that Japan can substantially
contribute to global efforts to tackle climate change. The government will
steadily implement necessary measures to achieve the new emissions
reduction target, he said.
The new goal means a setback from the target of reducing emissions... more »
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