Brahms in Vienna (Photo credit: Ethan Prater)Sunday Classics preview: It's Hungarians vs. Russians in three Brahms scherzos
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 29 minutes ago
*Arnaud Sussmann, Jonathan Vinocour, Michael Nicolas, and Orion Weiss play
the Scherzo of the Brahms Third Piano Quartet at the Bridgehampton Chamber
Music Festival, July 29, 2012. (Not much snorting and grunting here, not to
mention inward restlessness or inward propulsion.)*
*by Ken*
Or, to be more accurate it's a Brahms intermezzo and two scherzos, though
the Intermezzo in question clearly functions as the scherzo, or at any rate
scherzo-equivalent, of the work in question. ("Intermezzo" is a term that
Brahms came to use to describe, well, pretty much anything, as witness the
a... more »
Tim Keller and John Piper Discuss the Influence of C.S. Lewis
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
Video Title: Tim Keller and John Piper Discuss the Influence of C.S. Lewis.
Source: Desiring God. Date Published: July 18, 2013.
Ted Cruz: Repeal Obamacare and expand access, and how about that nuclear option?...(video)..
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*"this administration is lawless."*
Ya think?
And how about Benghazi??
Whoever that woman is interviewing him (Betty Anne??) needs to buy her
dresses at least two sizes larger.
Great New Article By Whitewraithe: LBJ And The Zionist Cover-up Of The Conspiracy To Kill Kennedy
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
Over the last while, many people have asked me what has happened to my
friend, and cohort, Whitewraithe. It has been a while since she last
posted any material over at "Pragmatic Witness" at
www.whitewraithe.wordpress.com.....
I am glad to say that after a personal hiatus of a few months to get her
health and personal issues back into order... She is back, and writing
articles again over at Pragmatic Witness.....
In support of her return to blogging, I want to present her latest work
that is a must read by everyone... It comes from an article originally
posted by Christopher Boll... more »
Want To Know How To Observe the Much-Touted 50th JFK Assassination Anniversary? Read the Unknown Stories of the Real Assassins & Expand Social Security (Vermont Begins Single Payer Health Care for Everyone!)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 2 hours ago
EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY! (Paul Krugman) Finally! PK chimes in with an
argument that should make a big difference in the story going forward. Suck
on that, Pete Peterson! In his latest column for the New York Times,
Krugman celebrates the growing chorus in favor of expanding Social Security
benefits and explains why America’s looming retirement crisis makes an
expansion such a good idea. For
Excellent Video: The JFK Assassination Explained In Under 5 Minutes- "JFK, A Conspiracy Theory"
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
Everyone is aware by now, unless you live under a rock, that today marks
the 50th anniversary of that fateful day in Dallas, Texas that both shocked
and changed the world in an instant.. That was of course the assassination
of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy....
As I stated in last weekend's rant, I am truly shocked that so many people
today, 50 years later, still are under the false assumption that murder of
JFK was conducted by a "lone gunman" by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald... It
should be obvious to anyone by now that Oswald was indeed the "patsy" and
the man set up to take t... more »
My LWV Speech and Debate of Common Core
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
On Thursday, November 21, 2013, I had the opportunity to speak to members
and guests of the Baton Rouge group, Leaders With Vision, regarding my
experience with and research writings on the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). My speech and debate partner was retired St. Tammany teacher and
fellow blogger/activist Lee Barrios. Barrios and I debated against two […]
The JFK assassination a half-century later -- marginal notes on an event that really did change everything, or nearly
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Bosom buddies -- um, not hardly*
*by Ken*
I don't know about you, but I'm mostly numbed by the prospect of enduring
yet another JFK assassination anniversary. It's like we've been through
this 50 times already.
Don't you hate it when a bunch of clichés and bromides turn out to be true?
An event that changed everything. The day America lost its innocence. And
so on and on. You can pick at them all. It didn't change quite *everything*,
and the innocence of America probably wasn't more than a centimeter or two
deep. Still . . . .
It *is* possible to find new takes on the event. The... more »
THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM
mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 3 hours ago
*THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM*
Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting
more and more of its pages to bite-size "factoids" that rival websites for
speed of transit through the intellectual digestive system. Each and every
article has to be illustrated - over-illustrated. Colour and highlighting
adds to the illusion of ethernet illusion, and the layout owes much more to
Facebook than to any school of journalism. I *love* it, and I'm a long term
subscriber who has lived through Time's evolution.
Every once in awhile it digs up so... more »
ObamaCare clusterfark updates November 18- 19 , 2013.......Uh oh: White House might have even less time than thought to repair Healthcare.gov ....... Incoherence - Democratic talking points conflicting - Congress tries its hand having given up on coherent thoughts from the White House or HHS ? SNL hammers White House and Obama - when you have lost the comedians..........and are just a punch line - let's say it's not good !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Does anyone have a clue what's going on in DC..... From my recent post as a
backdrop....
Monday, November 18, 2013
Does anyone know what the heck is going on in DC - Foreign policy ?
Domestic Policy ? What the heck gives ?
With the above questions in mind , consider these mind-blowers on ObamaCare
!
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/19/it-begins-wh-edging-away-from-keep-your-doctor-promise/
It begins: White House edging away from “keep your doctor” promise
POSTED AT 9:21 PM ON NOVEMBER 19, 2013 BY MARY KATHARINE HAM
Allahpundit called it during the last press conference:... more »
Capitalism, Asperger's and Autism
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 5 hours ago
It's common sense that the oppression of women, of black and minority
ethnicities, of LGBT folk all have histories. Things change. The same is
true of disabilities. People with some form of physical or mental
impairment have been variously treated over the centuries. Incarceration,
sterilisation, and extermination have all been visited on disabled people
over the course of the last century. But things, in Britain at least, began
changing around the 1970s. Attitudes started shifting. Thanks to the
efforts of activists with disabilities and their allies, efforts were made
to integrat... more »
Tennessee Teacher and Parent Revolt Underway
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
It was a long time coming. Here is an excellent story from Knoxille's
*MetroPulse*. Where is the corporate media? Hiding out with the corporate
losers in charge.
... never tell all you feel, or (a better way still), feel very little. See the consequences of being prematurely honest and confiding, and mistrust yourselves and everybody
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
William Makepeace Thackeray
So prophetic, so appropriate.
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago
*"Once the toothpaste is out of the tube it's going to be very hard to get
it back in." - H.R."Bob" Haldeman*
That is a Watergate reference.
Stephen Harper - ever the opportunist and at times, plagiarizer - deployed
that quote when describing the political situation in Egypt during the Arab
Spring when Mubarak stepped down, throwing his authoritarian regime into a
tailspin.
We are reminded these days by the spectacle unfolding in the Senate and in
the House of Commons, with regard to allegations of criminal fraud,
corruption, collusion and subversion of the Parliamentary pr... more »
Woody's Wank Redux
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago
To no-one's surprise, attention-whore Stephen Woodworth is back with
another non-abortion abortion gambit.
Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth is out with another motion that could
re-ignite the abortion debate in Ottawa, although he says it's merely about
respect for human dignity in law.
Yaaaa. Just like Woody's Wank I was *not* about abortion either.
So why are all the usual suspects applauding the move then?
Here's LifeShite:
Tuesday’s media advisory was titled ‘Motion 312 – Next Steps’, suggesting
Woodworth intends to piggyback on his previous efforts.
Great idea, Woody. Becau... more »
Just so you know
noreply@blogger.com (Námo Mandos) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago
It turns out that -- surprise! -- George Zimmermann really does use 911
calls as a deliberate tactic to obfuscate his violent tendencies.
It just shocked me at the time, thoroughly shocked me, at how openly a huge
segment of the Internet commentariat was willing to indulge even the barest
whisper that Trayvon Martin might match some kind of template of the "young
buck" for whose existence and loss thereof, we naturally should have no
sympathy.
I know, I've been on the intertoobz for a long time and should know better.
But there you are. In this case, what we saw is what we got.
Blocking action on Syria makes an attack on Iran more attractive
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
Something to consider.............
* "Maybe an Israeli strike against the Iranian nuclear program will not
inevitably involve the United States, but maybe it will — and maybe it
should"*
Uberzionist Dennis Ross. An older article, but, one that seems very
relevant at this time
The opponents of congressional authorization for military strikes against
Syria are focused on one set of concerns: the belief that the costs of
action are simply too high and uncertain. Syria for them is a civil war,
with few apparent good guys and far too many bad guys. The use of chemical
weapons is, in ... more »
Alberta Court of Appeal Criticizes Crown/Police Practice of Overcharging
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
R v Cox 2013 ABCA 394:
[24] We would like to add a final comment. As mentioned at the hearing of
the appeal, the court
was surprised that the criminal conduct of the appellant, which consisted
of possession of
narcotics, armed robbery and possession of 10 stolen and loaded firearms,
should give rise to a
total of 45 criminal charges. To illustrate, the robbery of the drugstore
resulted in five charges,
specifically:
i) …did use a firearm in committing a robbery.
ii) …was masked in the commission of an indictable offence, to wit a
robbery.
iii) …did, without... more »
Does DCCC Chair Steve Israel Seem A Little Too Cozy With The NRCC? There's A Reason
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
No doubt, if you read *DWT* with any regularity, you've noticed that we
keep an eye on the DCCC. We rarely have much to say about the NRCC, not
because they're any better than the DCCC or less corrupt or incompetent,
but,… who cares what they do? Unlike the DCCC, the worse the NRCC are, the
better for normal Americans. Yesterday, though, they announced there 36 top
districts for 2014 challengers, the "The On The Radar" list. The crème de
la crème of this dreck will graduate eventually too the Young Guns list.
Four of the Radar Republicans are ex-Members looking for rematches again... more »
JFK50: JFK - A Conspiracy Theory
Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago
JFK - A Conspiracy Theory
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
http://www.corbettreport.com/jfk-a-conspiracy-theory/
Lee Harvey Oswald was your typical America-hating communist from Louisiana,
and like every Russkie-loving pinko from the South he grew up watching
American spy dramas, volunteered for a Civilian Air Patrol run by a CIA
contract agent and joined the US Marines. Nicknamed Oswaldski for his
tendency to speak Russian and spout pro-Soviet propaganda, he was given
special training and assigned to one of the most sensitive facilities in
the world running the radar for the U2s spying... more »
Even the wonks don’t want to be bothered!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013*
*We’d love to hear Wonkblog roar:* For years, we have been chronicling the
liberal world’s apparent disinterest in public school issues.
Put that another way—the liberal world’s apparent detachment from the
interests of black kids. Hispanic kids too!
Because no one cares about public school issues, the nation’s elites
determine the way such issues get reported. For example, a set of familiar
standard scripts determines the way reading and math scores get reported.
All over the mainstream press corps, reporters stress the achievement *gaps*and disappear th... more »
POPE FRANCIS, JEWS AND OPUS DEI
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*'ITALIAN FASCIST' POPE FRANCIS and his friend Rabbi Abraham.*
Rabbi Abraham Skorka is a friend of Pope Francis.
Skorka is from Buenos Aires in Argentina.
When Francis was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis and Skorka co-wrote a
book on Judaism and Roman Catholicism.
*'ITALIAN FASCIST' POPE FRANCIS (right), who has a PR man from Opus Dei.*
Skorka says of Francis: "His commitment with the Jewish people is total."
Francis grew up with Jewish friends.
"He was a regular in shul (synagogue)," says Rabbi Noam Marans, director of
interreligious relations for the American Jewish Committ... more »
Algonquin Roadblock: Halt social services from removing children
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
ROADBLOCK
to stop Quebec Social Services from wrongly seizing any more
Native children from the Algonquin community of Lac Simon. The fast
continues until Social Services meets to discuss their policies of
removing children from families. Parents say policies are unnecessary
and destructive. Support page: http://lakota.cc/17q3xw6 News article (in
French): http://lakota.cc/1c2S1Xq
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. [image via]
The Disconnect Between the “College Push” and Projected Louisiana Career Reality
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
John White insists that Louisiana needs “the higher academic expectations”
that supposedly come with the untested Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
He insists that CCSS will “prepare students for the rigor of education
after high school” and cites the lametable statistic that “fewer that 30
percent of Louisianans have a two- or four-year degree.” There […]
@thechalkface and @slekar talking turkey: Studio Versions
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
Shaun and I have been doing the Sunday night radio show on Blog Talk Radio
for the last three years. However, at the same time we have been traveling
to Madison, Wisconsin to record professionally produced episodes of @the
chalkface at MidWest Family Broadcasting. Over the last three years, during
marathon interviewing sessions we have […]
Sovereignty! Shoshones lead Longest Walk 4 through cold toward Alcatraz!
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
The
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz continues carrying the staffs today
west to Alcatraz. Walkers headed out this morning after a snowfall on
Thursday. They are walking west of Ely Shoshone, Nevada. Photos by
Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thank you for
sharing with Censored News!
www.returntoalcatraz.com
Stephen Harper ... You are a gutless, sleazy liar. Resign!
leftdog at Buckdog - 9 hours ago
*"Prime Minister Stephen Harper has fought for months to prevent the Senate
spending scandal from tarnishing him personally. He no longer can.*
*RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton’s 81-page narrative of the events surrounding Nigel
Wright’s $90,000 payment to Duffy last March immediately enters the
pantheon of transformative Canadian political writing. It reveals Harper’s
command structure, at the level of his closest and most loyal confidants,
to be a nest of corruption, intrigue and shameless deceit. Its contents
raise serious questions about the prime minister’s own role, and, frankly,
his ... more »
Extension of time to appeal under the Provincial Offences Act
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
*R. v. A.E.,* 2013 ONCA 71:
[19] Numerous authorities set out the appropriate factors that a
court should consider in determining whether to extend the time in which to
appeal under s. 85 of the *Provincial Offences Act*. Among the appropriate
factors, it is usually significant whether:
· the applicant has demonstrated a *bona fide* intention to appeal
within the prescribed appeal period;
· the applicant has accounted for or explained the delay in
initiating the appeal; and
· the proposed appeal has merit.
And in some circumstances it will be signi... more »
Post-Nuclear Etc.
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
Just a few notes to add to what I said elsewhere, including here for what
the GOP was up to and here for something about power and control in the
Senate.
* I think the certainty among many liberals that Republicans would rapidly
go nuclear as soon as they had unified control of the Senate and the White
House is at best unproven. After all, they didn't do it when they had the
opportunity during the George W. Bush years. If Democrats ratcheted down to
Bush-level selective filibusters...maybe yes, maybe no. It may be true that
the next GOP Senate would be more radical-influenced than t... more »
Disaster Capitalism, Dugger, Indiana, and the Fall of Community Schools
Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
By Doug Martin
As Naomi Klein shows in her frightening book *Shock Doctrine: The Rise of
Disaster Capitalism*, for decades the big plan of America’s millionaires
and billionaires and the government officials they buy with campaign money
has been to slash taxes (“austerity" is their pretty name for it) so that
funding is drained from public services across the board. Not only does
this save the oligarchs money they don't hide overseas, it also creates a
public crisis where private companies can sneak in, take control of public
services, fire workers, and make a healthy profit.
Fo... more »
JFK'S VISION FOR PEACE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
By Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Rolling Stone
On November 22nd, 1963, my uncle, president John F. Kennedy, went to Dallas
intending to condemn as "nonsense" the right-wing notion that "peace is a
sign of weakness." He meant to argue that the best way to demonstrate
American strength was not by using destructive weapons and threats but by
being a nation that "practices what it preaches about equal rights and
social justice," striving toward peace instead of "aggressive ambitions."
Despite the Cold War rhetoric of his campaign, JFK's greatest ambition as
president was to break the militari... more »
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You
Scott Ryan Anderson at Table Of Wisdom.com - 10 hours ago
I have - never - asked what my country can do for me but would appreciate
it if it's government would leave us the hell alone and mind their own
damned business.
Friday Nerd Blogging: Gun Control, Dragon Control, and Star(Buck) Power
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
I realize I am putting my Twitter standings at great risk by potentially
appearing to make light of an important social issue.* But when I found
this treatise on the importance of tighter regulations for dragons I
couldn’t resist sharing. Happy Friday! Game of Thrones – Dragon Control by
TheShortsShow *Though I hate to disagree
Continue reading
The Predictable Failure of School Improvement Grants
John Thompson at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
In the second annual data dump on the eve of the anniversary of the
assasination of President Kennedy, the Duncan administration has again
announced the disappointing results of its School Improvement Grant
(SIG.)Once again, the SIG's failure is being released in the "take out
the trash"
end-of-the-week news dump.
In retrospect, I was naïve about the SIG and its roots. My experiences
teaching in the inner city, and in participating in whole school and
whole
system reform were crystalized by Mass Insight's "The Turnaround
Challenge." In 2007, I saw it as one of the most profound anal... more »
Graphs of the Day: Major US Hurricane Drought Continues
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 10 hours ago
Data here.
The US good luck with respect to hurricane landfalls -- yes, good luck --
continues. The graph below shows total US hurricane landfalls 1900 through
2013.
The five-year period ending 2013 has seen 2 hurricane landfalls. That is a
record low since 1900. Two other five-year periods have seen 3 landfalls
(years ending in 1984 and 1994). Prior to 1970 the fewest landfalls over a
five-year period was 6. From 1940 to 1957, every 5-year period had more
than 10 hurricane landfalls (1904-1920 was almost as active).
The red line in the graph above shows a decrease in the number of... more »
GOP melts down under nuclear option
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
I'm seeing speculation that the GOPers forced Harry Reid's hand as part of
some eleventy dimensional liar's poker move. Maybe it's true that McConnell
thinks Harry changing the rules slightly to get governance moving again is
going to give him some kind of great cover if he ever gets the Senate gavel
back and proceeds to immediately annihilate the filibuster altogether. Of
course that assumes McConnell will survive to see that day. Looking at his
current re-election chances, that's not necessarily a sure bet.
Whatever sort of devious GOP plot this *might* be, for the moment their
p... more »
Bill Whittle talks common sense about health care...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*and we thank him!*
Israel’s Spoilsports
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Christiane Amanpour likes to call Israeli politician Naftali Bennett “Mr.
No” because he’s against making a bad deal with Iran. He makes the case
for Israel on CNN to (somewhat unnecessary) theatrical effect with the aid
of an ancient artefact, which he took out of the country illegally.
"This coin, which says "Freedom of Zion" in Hebrew, was used by Jews 2,000
years ago in the state of Israel, in what you call occupied. One cannot
occupy his own home."
says he.
Mr Bennet is by no means the only Israeli who the BBC sees as a spoilsport
for not wanting to hug an Ayatollah.
On... more »
What Happens To Our Body After Drinking Coca-Cola?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 10 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...]
Have you ever wondered what exactly Coca Cola is?
After 10 minutes: The sugar contained in a glass of Cola can cause a
devastating “strike” on the body. The cause being the phosphoric acid which
inhibits the action of sugar.
After 20 minutes: A leap in insulin levels in bloodstream occurs.
After 40 minutes: Ingestion of caffeine is finally completed. The eye’s
pupils are expanding. Blood pressure rises because the liver disposes more
sugar into the bloodstream. The adenosine receptors become blocked thereby
preventing drows... more »
Film Trailer 'Black Mesa Film'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Black
Mesa Film
Read more about this film work in progress, and the work of Bahe Katenay
of Big Mountain and the filmmakers at: http://blackmesafilm.com/
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
This is what education should become in the future, sharing the voices
of Dine' grassroots people who know the real story of Black Mesa, and
the real history of Peabody Coal, corrupt politicians, the
Endorsements: South Carolina, Wyoming, California's Inland Empire
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Here in Southern California, there's a little bit of controversy in
CA-31(San Bernardino and the 'burbs between Upland and Redlands) over
the
"unanimous" and coordinated endorsements by 4 Democratic Clubs of DCCC
empty suit Pete Aguilar over three better-qualified Democratic
candidates.
One DCCC operative told me these kinds of phony club endorsements are
standard procedure for the DCCC to help prop up weak candidates like
Aguilar. Former Congressman Joe Baca, running for his old seat despite a
vicious and determined campaign against him led by Steve Israel, told me
this week that... more »
"I'm not that kind of Angel"
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
“We are like the caterpillar now; not knowing yet it is a butterfly, but
seeing bits of light as the cocoon it has been slumbering in is
dissolving... Our wings are still wrapped close around us, as it is our
belief they are for protection.
*We do not need protection, for we can fly*.” (re-posted from December 2011
)
Today, “Wake Me Up” is the number one song in seventy countries, making it
the most popular song in the world.
We are collectively speaking, sensing our re-birth, and celebrating it!
“*Life’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize*”! (Wake me up -
A... more »
SEX AND THE CIA IN INDIA
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
India's top investigative newspaper is called Tehelka.
*It was Tehelka which revealed that over 100 American 'Christian'
evangelical groups in India were working for the CIA.*
(Cached)
*Modi, blamed for a massacre in Gujarat in India.*
Tehelka is unpopular with supporters of India's Hindu Nationalist *BJP*party.
The BJP is led by Narendra Modi, who may become India's next Prime Minister.
Modi has been criticised over allegations that one of his key advisers
harassed a woman several years ago.
In October 2007, Tehelka reported on the Tehelka Gujarat riots sting :
Several Hindu na... more »
BRITTEN
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
Benjamin Britten, who wrote the music for the 1936 documentary film
*Night
Mail*, died aged 63, "riddled with syphilis".
Britten liked pre-pubescent boys.
Britten was recruited to the CIA.
In 1939, Britten went temporarily to America rather than stay and fight
during World War II
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511530/Maestro-Malice-He-undoubted-genius-So-Benjamin-Britten-born-100-years-ago-today-unpleasant-human-being.html#ixzz2lMS74fQg
aangirfan:
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
League group collapse likely to cost investors $320 million
paul at Paying attention - 12 hours ago
The collapse of Victoria-based League Assets, unfolding in grim fashion in
B.C. Supreme Court, isn’t getting nearly enough media attention.
By the time the dust settles, this will be one of the worst investment
disasters in Canadian history.
Investors will likely get back about ten cents on the dollar as the complex
web of companies is wound up.
Some 3,200 investors gave League $363 million. League claimed to offer
small investors a way into the commercial real estate market. The company
promised security and great returns.
Those investors now face ruin. There will likely be less tha... more »
The New York Times goes to Dallas again!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013*
*Fascinating logic:* Once again, the New York Times has taken a trip back
to Dallas.
This morning, the portrait is painted by long-time Timesman Sam Tanenhaus.
During a nine-year reign which ended in April, Tanenhaus edited the Sunday
Book Review section.
As so often occurs at the Times, we found ourselves struggling with
Tanenhaus’ logic, from his fifth paragraph on. The Times may even have
noticed this problem. A piece which may have been written for page one
occupies A18.
Treat it as a reading assignment. How well can you articulate the overall
poin... more »
Memphis Sales Tax Increase to Fund Corporate Pre-K Defeated
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Despite the fact that the Hyde Family (Autozone) spent hundreds of
thousands on a media campaign, and despite the fact that the *Memphis
Corporate Appeal* gave unlimited free space to push this plan, the voters
of Memphis voted 60-40 against.
The Memphis sales-tax referendum failed Thursday by an overwhelming margin
of 60 percent to 40 percent, or 17,636 votes to 11,659, in the evening’s
final unofficial tally.
Only 7 percent of the city’s 417,174 registered voters participated.
The result represents a victory for skeptics of the plan to raise the sales
tax to expand preschool train... more »
JFK50: Public Service
Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago
The President of the United States gave a 25 minute speech at the
Smithsonian about service, public service specifically, and sacrifice - the
monumental, and ongoing sacrifices exacted from every corner of the Kennedy
Family in the service of American exceptionalism.
It was a really nice speech - and EXTREMELY low key.
But never once in that speech anywhere did he mention that any of them had
been murdered for their commitment to their individual and collective
beliefs.
He marked the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination without ever once
mentioning the assassination.
He also -... more »
Noori Dresses- A Christmas/Flower Girl Dress Destination For Girls
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
I was given a dress from Noori Dresses to review in exchange for my honest
opinion. All opinions are my own, no other compensation was provided.
Christmas dresses are a big deal to me. I used to make my little girl's
dresses until I realized that much stress, right around the holidays wasn't
very conducive to a Merry Christmas. When I started buying her dresses, I
ran into the same problem every year. I would work hard to find a darling
Christmas dress that we both loved, only to get to church around Christmas
and see three other little girls in the same dress. It didn't bother me
t... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Corporate Barbecue'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
CORPORATE
BARBECUE!
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Nov. 21, 2013. The scandals in Toronto and Ottawa are meant to
cover up the illegal provincial Indian Land Acts of 1924 to steal our
natural resources without any oversight by us. The Corporation of Canada
was registered in Washington DC, on July 1, 1867, #0000230098 CANADA DC
SIC: 8880.
The 13 ‘royalist’ shareholders of the corporation!
The
JFK magic bullet: irrationality of conspiracy theories
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours ago
Today, it's been 50 years since the assassination of JFK.
The murder took place on Friday, just like today. For generic two years,
the probability is 1/7 that a given day occurs on the same day of the week.
However, for a 50-year gap, the probability is approximately 1/3 because
each of the 50 years shifts the day of the week by 1 plus 11-13 (mostly 12)
from leap years (it may be just 11 because about 3/8 of the 50-year
intervals include a non-leap year like 1900).
*A historical movie from that day, 15 minutes. Death at 6:01.*
The shift is therefore 60, 61 (most likely), or 62 d... more »
TRIBE AND RACE: Yet this is us!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013*
*Part 5—Soaked in tribal certainty:* To what extent is Obama disrespected
on the basis of race?
It’s an interesting question, although, of course, it can’t be answered in
anything resembling a precise way.
Charles Blow discussed this question last weekend, responding to what Oprah
Winfrey had said. Early in his column, he offered a potentially helpful
framework:
BLOW (11/16/13): To what extent does this president’s race animate those
loyal to him and those opposed? Is race a primary motivator or a
subordinate, more elusive one, tainting motivations but... more »
Equity in Global Climate Governance: An Update From Warsaw
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
Following on my round of links on Thursday, this is a guest post from
Jennifer Hadden from the University of Maryland who is in Warsaw at the
global climate negotiations (follow her on Twitter here). Yeb Saño, Climate
Change Commissioner of the Philippines, opened the annual negotiations of
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Continue reading
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY VIDEO: Kurdish Crescent
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Vires of regulations under statute
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
*Katz Group Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care),* 2013 SCC
64 deals with, among other things, whether a regulation is properly within
the scope of the relevant enabling legislation:
[24] A successful challenge to the *vires* of
regulations requires that they be shown to be inconsistent with the
objective of the enabling statute or the scope of the statutory mandate
(Guy Régimbald, *Canadian Administrative Law *(2008), at p. 132). This was
succinctly explained by Lysyk J.:
In determining whether impugned subordinate legislation has bee... more »
Voluntariness
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 14 hours ago
Todays decision in *R. v. Meeko* 2013 NUCJ 28 is useful for its review of
the common law regarding voluntariness. Of special importance is the
Court's consideration of factors that may be relevant to oppressive
conduct: para 18.
Bad Company
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
Does ‘sharing a platform with’ automatically bind one to the other speakers
at, say, an event alongside Muslim hate preachers ?
If so, that would besmirch one helluva lot of the great and good in this
country.
As a fan of Harry’s Place, particularly when the debate reaches levels
that no other blogs can reach, I couldn’t help noticing the name of the BBC
Commissioning Editor for Religion and Head of Multicultural Programming,
Aqil Ahmed, when it cropped up in the comments section of this gripping
thread.
The article concerns MP Andrew Slaughter’s litigious reaction to being
criti... more »
Subsidy Insanity in Western Missouri
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 14 hours ago
I have written before about the gross waste of taxpayer monies on retail in
the St. Louis region. According to the East-West Gateway Council of
Governments (p. 18), governments in the bi-state metropolitan area pumped
about $2 billion worth of subsidies into retail projects from 1990 to 2007,
but only saw a net increase of 5400 jobs, meaning that each low-wage,
low-benefit retail job cost the cities of the region $370,000 apiece. The
price is only this low on the generous assumption that the subsidies were
solely responsible for this job creation. However, given the growth of
income... more »
November Tax-Cast Highlights Fiscal Secrecy Index and Retrospective on President John F. Kennedy
Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 14 hours ago
This month's Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network highlights the results of
the newest edition of the Financial Secrecy Index as well as U.S. President
John F. Kennedy's attempts to rein in tax havens 50 years ago. These are
definitely worth your while!
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
- A new ABC News/Washington Post poll reveals that public belief that
the National Security Agency (NSA) unnecessarily intrudes on privacy rights
has grown, but so has the sense that Edward Snowden damaged U.S. security
by disclosing the spy agency’s activities. Forty-eight percent in the poll
think the NSA intrudes without justification on some Americans’ privacy
rights and 42 percent think it intrudes unjustifiably on their own privacy,
both up by 8 percentage points since July. Democrats, protective of the
Obama administration, are less critical of the... more »
The unfolding tragedy at Fukushima Dai'ichi Unit 4
Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 14 hours ago
I
feel it's time to expand on the analysis of Harvey Wasserman on the
spent fuel issue. As he says, "We are now within two months of what may
be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis."
In a terribly dangerous process, 22 fuel elements from the Fukushima
Dai'ichi Unit 4 spent fuel pool came within mere light-years of causing
the end of all life on earth. Lifted one at
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Saints hold off Falcons to reach 9-2! ~Ramon Antonio Vargas, New Orleans
Advocate*
*Resilient Saints win again on way to Seattle ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*
November 22, 1963
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
It's not a cliché to say that if you were above the age of reason 50 years
ago on this day, you remember with a preternatural clarity where you were
and what you were doing the moment you got the news that John F. Kennedy
was dead.
I was in my seventh grade art class at Assumption School in Westport, CT
making a collage out of construction paper when Sister Superior of the
Order of Notre Dame announced over the loudspeaker in her inimitable Boston
accent that the president had been shot and killed.
Here are some links:
Art Buchwald's memorial poem.
Michael Winerip of the *New Yo... more »
DRONE WALK ACROSS IOWA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Walking the Walk: A March Against Drone Warfare from Caneyhead Pictures on
Vimeo.
In June of 2013 a group of peace activists set out for a walk across Iowa
to protest the Predator drone control center planned for the Iowa National
Guard Air Base in Des Moines. Beginning at the arms depot at Rock Island
Illinois and ending at the National Guard Air Base in Des Moines, the
intimate journey of 25 peace pilgrims is documented in the film Walking the
Walk: a March Against Drone Warfare.
For two weeks and one hundred ninety-five miles, the walkers discuss their
mission, their hopes, fe... more »
China preparing to wage economic war against US Dollar ? Crude oil to be priced in yuan at Shanghai Futures Exchange ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
China Announces That It Is Going To Stop Stockpiling U.S. Dollars
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Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Michael Snyder*
Economic Collapse
November 22, 2013
China just dropped an absolute bombshell, but it was almost entirely
ignored by the mainstream media in the United States. The central bank of
China has decided that it is “no longer in China’s favor to accumulate
foreign-exchange reserves”. During the third quarter of 2013, China’s
f... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Fire destroys Historic LeBeau Plantation ~WWLTV*~*Hat Tweet to M.
Morel-Ensminger @RevMelanieNOLA** for hipping us to this great blog post
on LeBeau. I'm heartbroken over the loss of this fine house, a tragedy
compounded by apparent arson, according to news reports. *
*~Also: Report and pics from Carlie Kollath Wells. *
*FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans News, Weather, Sports *
*Blowing smoke: Jindal "hints" at suing the Corps of Engineers ~Jeff
Adelson*
*Gulf wetlands loss rate more than doubled, new five-year federal study
says ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Stephanie Grace: Flood insurance rings al... more »
Steve Israel Thinks Recruiting A Figure From The Jerry Sandusky Child Abuse Scandal Is Just What The DCCC Needs
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Although donors don't have any idea, it's widely known Inside-the-Beltway,
that the party committees often make spending decisions based on shady practices
that line the pockets of staffers rather than on accomplishing anything for
the Democratic or Republican parties. It's a revolving door world between
the DCCC, for example, and the consultants and vendors who get rich off
campaign donations regardless of which candidates win or lose.
Although Steve Israel's second wife-- and the second one to have thrown him
out for adultery-- has been threatening to go to the House Ethics Commi... more »
Fifty Years Ago
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Fifty years ago, I was sitting in a high school geometry class in Montreal
when the intercom came on, piping in a live radio report that John F.
Kennedy had been shot. The same thing had happened a little more than a
year before, when the intercom and radio informed us that Russian warships
had turned back from Cuba.
On that October day, I walked to the bus stop, not knowing if I would come
home in the afternoon. But at least I had some context for the first
announcement. On November 22nd, there was no context. I got off the bus
and walked home. My mother had turned on the TV... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Terry Gilliam, 73. One of those days with lots of good
choices, but I'll go with the Python.
1. Greg Koger on the post-nuclear Senate.
2. Paul Krugman is right on Republicans, news cycles, and the ACA.
3. And Jennifer Lind on apologies. Interesting. What I really am looking
for, however, is a good analysis of the various players on the US side in
the US/Afghanistan negotiations on post-2014, and who wants what and why.
My general sense of it is that Barack Obama probably should just want out,
and that the (apparent) effort to stay indicates that he's getting rolled... more »
Walmart Should Have Listened To Me About Firing Striking Workers
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
About exactly a year ago, I wrongly predicted that Walmart wouldn't fire
their striking workers. The article was called Why Walmart Won't Fire
Striking Workers - And What That Means For You. The reason I predicted that
they wouldn't fire their workers for striking is that the National Labor
Relations Act says even non-union American workers have the right to strike
and take other actions to protest and try to improve working conditions,
and they can't be fired in retaliation.
Despite my warning that the strikers couldn't be legally fired, at least 23
workers were fired and another 4... more »
DRONE WALK ACROSS IOWA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
Walking the Walk: A March Against Drone Warfare from Caneyhead Pictureson
Vimeo.
In June of 2013 a group of peace activists set out for a walk across Iowa
to protest the Predator drone control center planned for the Iowa National
Guard Air Base in Des Moines. Beginning at the arms depot at Rock Island
Illinois and ending at the National Guard Air Base in Des Moines, the
intimate journey of 25 peace pilgrims is documented in the film Walking the
Walk: a March Against Drone Warfare.
For two weeks and one hundred ninety-five miles, the walkers discuss their
mission, their hopes, f... more »
DRONE WALK ACROSS IOWA
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago
In June of 2013 a group of peace activists set out for a walk across Iowa
to protest the Predator drone control center planned for the Iowa National
Guard Air Base in Des Moines. Beginning at the arms depot at Rock Island
Illinois and ending at the National Guard Air Base in Des Moines, the
intimate journey of 25 peace pilgrims is documented in the film Walking the
Walk: a March Against Drone Warfare.
For two weeks and one hundred ninety-five miles, the walkers discuss their
mission, their hopes, fears and outrage. Among the walkers are a man just
released from prison for attempt... more »
One Billion Rising Against Rape - February 14, 2014
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A
REVOLUTION
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 2.14.13, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and
those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this
violence.
ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men across
every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our
numbers, our solidarity across borders. What does ONE BILLION look like?
On February 14th, 2013, it will look like ... more »
Hawaii’s Big Island Bans GMO Crops and Biotech Companies by Kaye Spector
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
Hawaii’s Big Island Bans GMO Crops and Biotech Companies
by Kaye Spector
Eco Watch News, 21 November 2013
The Big Island of Hawaii has a new law that bans biotech companies, as well
as all open-air growing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The bill exempts papayas and other GMO crops currently being cultivated and
includes fines of $1,000 a day for violators.
Mayor Billy Kenoi hasn’t indicated his stance on the bill, but he has 10
days to veto it. The county council could override a veto with a vote from
six members.
“WOOHOO! WE DID IT!” read the Facebook page of GMO... more »
SEX AND THE DEEP STATE
Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
*Ellen Rometsch*
Reportedly, Ellen Rometsch had affairs with both J F Kennedy and Gerald
Ford.
Presidents Kennedy, Ford had affairs
Ellen Rometsch was born in Kleinitz, in what became East Germany.
*In 1955 Rometsch fled to West Germany.*
Her second marriage was to Rolf Rometsch, a sergeant in the West German air
force.
In 1961 she arrived in the USA with Rolf who was part of West Germany's
military mission in Washington.
Most likely, Rolf was a spy.
Ellen Rometsch : Biography - Spartacus Educational
*Baker*
Ellen became a regular visitor to the Quorum Club which had been set... more »
War watch November 22 , 2013 - US issues ultimatum to Afghan Government to approve Bilateral Security Agreement by December 31 , 2013 or else US leaves..... Latest round of Iran and P 5 + 1 talks dragging along inconclusively ..... Nato set to lose Pakistan supply route to Afghanistan after latest drone strike ....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Afghanistan....
http://news.yahoo.com/kabul-rebuffs-us-demand-sign-security-deal-soon-075540930.html
Kabul (AFP) - Afghanistan on Friday rebuffed a US demand to sign a highly
anticipated security pact as soon as possible, insisting the document must
wait until after next year's presidential election.
Related Stories
- US warns Karzai to sign security pact AFP
- US, Afghanistan agree post-2014 troop deal AFP
- United States gives Afghanistan year-end deadline for crucial security
deal Reuters
- Karzai says doesn't trust U.S., but needs security pact Reuters
- Afgha... more »
Fifty years ago
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
We called the village Camelot.
And then, on this date a half a century ago, everything changed.
Mapping magnetic Earth with Satellite trio
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 17 hours ago
*Three European spacecraft will launch from northern Russia presently on a
mission to make the most comprehensive global maps yet of Earth's magnetic
field.* Known as Swarm, the trio of satellites should help scientists
comprehend better how the field is generated, and why it appears to be
weakening.
The European Space Agency mission is going up from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
on a customized intercontinental ballistic projectile. Lift-off is timed
for 12:02 GMT. The satellites are expected to split from the Breeze
upper-stage of their Rocket launcher some 91 minutes later, at an ... more »
The 50 Year Itch
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 17 hours ago
As the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the
same.
A half century ago today, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the
United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Along with September 11th
2001, it was one of those rare world-changing events in which the
inevitable question was asked: "Where were you and what were you doing at
that moment?" It's the kind of question to which everyone could respond.
On November 22nd 1963, my family and I were stationed in West Germany.
I was four, going on five, and have no memory of that day or its afte... more »
Cole on the Aerotropolis in Taoyuan and Traditional Media failure in Taiwan
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
J Michael Cole, who is leaving the Taipei Times, writes of traditional news
organizations in Taiwan and how they are utterly failing the nation and
their readers:
If newspapers like the Taipei Times, which a good number of people in
Washington, D.C., rely on almost exclusively for their information, were
more serious about reporting news that matter, much greater effort would be
made to plug the many gaps that exist in their reporting. O*nly then would
we avoid situations where Taiwan “experts” cannot understand why a
delegation led by Chen Deming (陳德銘), the new chairman of China’s... more »
Scandal-riffic!
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 18 hours ago
Gawd, but Rob Ford's stupidity and hypocrisy, .... his total lack of shame,
... his bullshit apologies, .... it's like as if all the mental sludge of
the "Blogging Tories" ooozed out of their brains and congealed into this
rancid parody.
And stephen harper's response o his own self-inflicted disaster betrays the
man's innate cowardice, selfishness and sleaze. T'would appear that Duffy
has destroyed him. In denial, harper the pathetic imbecile, thinks he can
throw Nigel Wright under the bus. harper is a dead man walking though. he's
implicated and his months and months of lying are ... more »
When even Time magazine say that Barack Obama broke his promises is the hero worship over?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
Of course I exempt the BBC from this possibility as they will worship the
Obamamessiah right up until the time his Democratic Party successor is in
position.
Hillary Clinton for 2016?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
I'll remind you because the pro-Democratic Party media have forgotten this
story. Because nothing must be allowed to stop Hillary Clinton being
elected in 2016, after all it's only fair that the first black (well half
black) US President is followed by the first female US President - so long
as both are from the Democratic Party of course, I don't think that Sarah
Palin would fit the bill.
JFK50: The Actress, the President and his Brother
Paul Coker at News Spike - 20 hours ago
"Look, there, my liege!"
RFK: - "Camelot.!"
JFK: - "Camelot.....!!"
Arthur Schlessinger Jr.: - ".....she's only a model."
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 20 hours ago
*As lawsuits proliferate, will Big Oil join in a ‘grand bargain’ to save
the coast? ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
Ice Cube bombarded by Extraterrestrial Neutrinos
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 21 hours ago
*28 Extraterrestrial Neutrinos Detected by Antarctic Detector 'Ice Cube'*
*Neutrinos are thought to be produced in astrophysical sources outside our
solar system but, up until recently, they had only been observed from one
supernova in 1987. Aartsen et al. (10.1126/science.1242856; see the cover)
report data obtained between 2010 and 2012 with the IceCube neutrino
detector that reveal the presence of a high-energy neutrino flux containing
the most energetic neutrinos ever observed, including 28 events at energies
between 30 and 1200 TeV. Although the origin of this flux is unknown, t... more »
You Cannot Depend On the Emergency Room for Free Care (Or Much Care At All But You Can Depend on Bills and Collections Agents) and Tribute to Real JFK Assassination Investigators Amid MSM Frenzy
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 22 hours ago
It's All Capitalism All the Time, folks. Try to keep that in mind whenever
you read an essay about health care in the U.S. (or actually about anything
in the U.S.). After all, what did you think Paul Wolfowitz and Barney Feith
were doing after the fire bombing of Iraq? Helping the wounded? It seems
we've been made into a country of sociopaths who see people in need of aid
every day all
Was Israel involved in the JFK assassination conspiracy?
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 23 hours ago
*Book Review: Final Judgement - The Missing Link in the JFK Assassination
Conspiracy*
*"Israel need not apologize for the assassination or destruction of those
who seek to destroy it. The first order of business for any country is the
protection of its people." *
*Washington Jewish Week*
*October 9, 1997*
Michael Collins Piper's well researched and thoroughly documented book *Final
Judgement: The Missing Link in the JFK Assassination Conspiracy* is simply
a must-read for all serious students of the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy. Amazingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, th... more »
Electron electric dipole moment: moderately natural SUSY may come in 2015
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
Three weeks ago, the ACME collaboration (Jacob Baron et al.) improved (i.e.
reduced) the previous, 2012 best limit on the electron's electric dipole
moment by a factor of \(12\) (and by 3 orders of magnitude relatively to TRF
2011) in the article
Order of Magnitude Smaller Limit on the Electric Dipole Moment of the
Electron
The experiment looks like this (click to zoom in):
OK, some exotic thorium monoxide molecules (which have the strongest known
"internal" electric fields) with optical pumping via lasers in electric and
magnetic fields are changing and the (produced) photons ar... more »
ISRAEL LOBBYING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT WAR AGAINST IRAN
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 day ago
During all of the time the administration has been negotiating together
with the so-called P5+1 team for a deal with Iran lower sanctions, Israel
has been demanding any such deal be contingent on Iran dismantling its
nuclear program and facilities entirely. Netanyahu hasn’t budged one bit
from this demand and nor have his hard right Zionist supporters both in
Israel and their supporters in America and around the world.
While Secretary of State John Kerry has been beavering away working on a
deal that would partially relieve sanctions on Iran in return for a halt to
further enrichmen... more »
Now that Garry Trudeau's "Alpha House" TV show is (sort of) on the air, we're finally getting new "Doonesbury"s
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
[*Click to enlarge (a little)*]
*by Ken*
I don't know why I'm so uncomfortable now that Garry Trudeau's DC
TV-fantasy is, well, not on the air, but in the Intertubes (it's Amazon's
debut series). As the master of *Doonesbury*, Trudeau is a veritable god to
me, and as a case in point I offer today's strip, from the "recap" series
with which GT is apparently weaning us off the summer's and fall's reruns,
while he's been playing with his TV show. (I really haven't even been able
to complain about the reruns, because *Doonesbury* reruns are pretty
terrific. And there *were* new Sunday... more »
Eco-Friendly Shopping
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Holiday shopping is a lot of work, especially when we focus on Eco-friendly
gifts. We have to research companies to make sure that their products are
actually "green", browse their sites & catalogs for items which will please
the receiver, and then be willing to pay a bit more because high-quality,
environmentally-safe products typically cost more.
Let me make it a bit easier for you!
The newly redesigned Reduce Footprints' Special Offers page, which has been
relocated from Facebook to this blog, has some great gift ideas. Each one
is earth-friendly and (the best part) each one incl... more »
The Collapse Of America: The Writing Is Now Definitely On The Wall - China Caps Its Dollar Holdings And Plans Crude Oil Futures Priced In Yuan!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
I have been watching all the economic news the last while, and what I see
happening is definitely not pretty...Many of the reports of the impending
collapse of the American economy have been purposely kept out of the Jewish
run mainstream media, and I can see why... These criminals absolutely do
not want the truth about the real state of the American economy to be seen
by the average American.. Instead, these criminals are continuing to prop
up the failing US economy and hope they can get their American slaves to go
to war "one more time" for their glorious psycho state of Israel, th... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The ‘Obamaware is Failware’ Edition
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Pic by **Bosch Fawstin*
“’Barack Obama is a lying sack of garbage.’ That was the exact sentence
that went through my head when I opened my mailbox and saw the following
message from my health insurance company.”
*ObamaCare Rage* – Robert Tracinski, TRACINSKI LETTER
A record has been broken: “The so-called “Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act”—the showpiece of democratic welfarism in the 21st century—has
made history as the largest, fastest failure in the history of
State-provided welfare programs.” And that’s not an easy record to break!
*Catastrophic Plans: The largest,... more »
Due Diligence in Supreme Court of Canada
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*La Souveraine, Compagnie d'assurance générale v. Autorité des marchés
financiers,* 2013 SCC 63 deals with due diligence in regulatory law and
declines to decide whether reasonable mistake of law can be a defence in
regulatory matters. The Court holds:
[56] The due diligence defence is available if the
defendant reasonably believed in a mistaken set of facts that, if true,
would have rendered his or her act or omission innocent. A defendant can
also avoid liability by showing that he or she took all reasonable steps to
avoid the particular event (*Sault S... more »
Deep tweets
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I never get into internet spats but I was in a mood today. When my waste of
a Senator, Richard Burr, started spewing the GOP talking points about
Harry's big move I tweeted him like mad. He actually responded to me today
for the very first time on the twitter. It doesn't show on the ticker so
you have to go to my twitter page to see it. And then you have to click on
the convo to see the whole exchange. But the upshot was he tried to nail me
with the stale quote random Democrats from 2005 trick. To which I replied,
oh Im sorry, I forgot to tell you I was quoting Mitch. Then I hit him ... more »
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