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Santa Barbara (Photo credit: ramtam)Livesay [Haiti] Weblog: “We cannot suffer with the poor when we are unwil...
Livesay [Haiti] Weblog:
“We cannot suffer with the poor when we are unwil...: “We cannot suffer
with the poor when we are unwilling to confront those persons and systems
that cause poverty. We cannot set the capt... more »
Suddenly, it's 1963 again
Bit late to this but can't stop thinking about it. Of all the iconic images
of the dreadful day of Jack Kennedy's assassination, this is one that burns
the most vividly in my memory. I saw this unfold live on the television as
an 11 year old who loved my President and the First Family and was
struggling to make sense of this shocking event.
Jacqueline Kennedy arrives Andrews AFB DC, met by Robert Kennedy, 50 years
ago this moment: #AP pic.twitter.com/E7qEIOOKPZ
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 22, 2013
Jackie in that blood stained suit she refused to change. I'll never fo... more »
doTerra On Guard Beadlets Giveaway
This giveaway is sponsored by My Natural Family. All opinions are my 100%
own.
I can't ignore it any longer. Winter is coming and with the changing
weather comes sickness. There is never a good time to be sick, it tends to
just seize you and force you to stay home. My husband's days off are pretty
much all accounted for next little while with family plans and a new baby
coming, so he really can't get sick this winter. We all have plans we don't
want to miss, so doTerra has released On Guard Beadlets. We absolutely LOVE
these in our house. They make it really easy to use doTerra ... more »
What Mattered This Week?
Not the only thing that mattered, but I'll go with the obvious one: the
Senate going nuclear is a very big deal.
What didn't matter? I'll stick with filibusters, and agree with Adam Ramey
that if the legislative filibuster goes, it's not going to matter much...as
long as there's divided government. Although even then, "less than you
think" could still be a big deal, so I suppose this isn't a very good
"didn't matter." Sorry; I've been so focused on the nuclear business that I
hardly know what else happened this week, and all the things I can think of
actually did matter.
But maybe ... more »
Wintering in
Baby, it's cold outside. 19F yesterday morning, 22 this morning.
The vines from missed potatoes that sprouted this fall have flopped over
and are turning to slime. The calendulas finally bit the dust. Squirrels,
who have madly squirreled away what looked like record numbers of acorns
this year (it's what is called a "mast" year) have gone suddenly quiet. The
chard is holding up so far, but is the likeliest of the greens to give up
of what we have out there. Kale, collards, cabbages, beets, mangels,
radish, turnips, Brussels sprouts and even onions are looking good. I
picked a few ... more »
Photos from JFK 50th anniversary conference - Santa Barbara, CA
To his credit, Dr. Fetzer did mention Israel as being a sponsor of the
assassination, which really surprised me.
Dr. Fetzer, the Master of Ceremonies, at the podium. Dr. Fetzer did a great
job hosting this conference.
Directly in front of Fess Parker Double Tree Hotel in
Santa Barbara, CA.Beautiful Santa Barbara sunset.
*Before the conference at Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor*
Not All Country Singers Have The Blake Shelton Perspective-- Meet All American Boy Steve Grand
If you're not moved-- probably profoundly-- by the song and video above,
it's probably a waste of time to read the rest of this post. That's the
self-made, independent ($7,000) video of "All American Boy" by Lemont,
Illinois-born country singer, sometimes called the first out male country
star, Steve Grand. Steve's 23 years old and the video hit YouTube last
July… and exploded. It's not the kind of song country music radio would
ever play. Not ever. Not anywhere. How do I know? Long before I wound up as
president of Reprise Records, and before my partner Chris Knab and I
started ... more »
Chuck Woolery: Sums up real healthcare reform...
*which is what those of us with more than two black eyed peas rattling
around in our head have been saying for years.*
H/T Moonbattery
Golf, Race and Class: Don't Blame the Caddy
*"So I’m grateful, Bill, as well for the advice and counsel that you’ve
offered me, both on and off the golf course... "*
I have advice too. Given the extremely long and complex history as relating
to Golf, Race and Class - don't dress like The Caddy and get photographed.
Especially when your predecessor has on his Brainy Specs.
But then, we all make mistakes...
"Now, last, but never least, we honor a leader who we still remember with
such extraordinary fondness. He still remembers as a child waving goodbye
to his mom -- tears in her eyes -- as she went off to nursing school... more »
EX-BRITISH SOLDIERS ARRESTED IN INDIA
*The MV Seaman Guard Ohio, on which six British former soldiers were
arrested, on 12 October 2013.*
With elections coming up in India there is a risk that certain western
security services might stage a false flag terror attack in India.
The attackers who killed 166 people during the 2008 attacks on Mumbai
reportedly arrived by sea.
Six British former soldiers have been taken into custody in Chennai in
India.
The ex-soldiers were arrested on board *MV Seaman Guard Ohio.*
The* MV Seaman Guard Ohio* was intercepted 10 nautical miles off the coast
of India, after two alerts from in... more »
JFK50: Ed Snowden Says He's Angry with His Government and Wants to Speak Truth to Power
We'll, then - Step up, Son....
what i'm watching: ken burns' "prohibition", an excellent documentary
This week we finished Ken Burns' excellent documentary "Prohibition," and I
recommend it highly to everyone who enjoys history. Most of us know at
least something about Prohibition, especially how it failed, but I'd bet
that much of this film will be eye-opening.
And, if you aren't a regular viewer of Ken Burns' documentaries, this
three-parter could serve as a wonderful introduction to his signature
style. It's on US Netflix, on PBS, and probably at your local library.
I did know that the early movement against alcohol was deeply rooted in the
early US women's movement. Women's ant... more »
Paul Craig Roberts: "China is going to let the dollar decline further in value." "This blow to the dollar in addition to the blows delivered by jobs offshoring and the uncovered bets in the gambling casino created by financial deregulation means that the US economy as we knew it is coming to an end." Translation: When the dollar ceases to be the world's reserve currency, your dollars may buy as little as half as much as they buy now.
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*The Dying Dollar — Paul Craig Roberts*
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*The Dying Dollar*
*Federal Reserve and Wall Street Assassinate US Dollar*
Since 2006, the US dollar has experienced a one-quarter to one-third drop
in value to the Chinese yuan, depending on the choice of base.
Now China is going to let the dollar decline further in value. China also
says it is considering undermining the petrodollar by... more »
CREATING THE CONVERSION PROCESS
Six folks turned up at various times yesterday during our 90 minute vigil
at Bath Iron Works. We were there when the afternoon shift knocked off and
the evening shift began so we saw lots of workers drive by.
Our message was primarily about building something different at the
shipyard. BIW has been there more than 100 years and the city's whole
identity is wrapped up in shipbuilding so its a hard sell. But what we
have heard from conversations with workers over the years is that as long
as they have a job they wouldn't mind building rail systems or wind
turbines.
The union t... more »
U.S. Government And Their Mainstream Media Celebrate A Half Century Of LYING About The JFK Assassination
We are watching the U.S. government & mainstream media, one in the same,
celebrate 50 years - a half century - of lying to the public about the
assassination of JFK. It points out a multi-generational continuum of media
& government lies as most of the original liars are dead. This also points
to a controlled media spanning generations. It's also proof that both
parties work together to COVER-UP false flags and we have no democracy and
no choices in rigged elections.
First: Let me start off with this fact: 75% of Americans do NOT believe the
"official story" of the JFK assassinati... more »
Let me tell you a little something about me #edreform
Since 2009, in professional terms, I’ve suffered some fairly significant
losses. I pursued a PhD in 2005 and completed it in 2009, thinking that
higher education would lift me to some higher plane in terms of my
understanding and practice of my chosen discipline. Understanding it
brought me, indeed. And improvements to my practice, certainly, […]
Stagnation as an excuse for sustained high P/E
*Bubbles will arrive before inflation*
When I was six or so, I had an idea that many other kids – and many of you
– probably have also arrived to. If one may buy anything for the money and
someone is able to print the money, why doesn't he print an unlimited
amount of money in order to make everyone happy and solve all the world's
problems?
The Keynesians and similar folks believe that this is a great idea even
when they are adults. But many of us have managed to figure out – or were
told – why this isn't such a great idea. After all, the nominal information
expressed in the units ... more »
Federal Reserve trapped in QE trap , trying to wriggle free without blowing the present ponzi schemes sky high ( comprehending QR impact comes from ongoing flow rather than stock of holdings is recognition of the ponzi scheme aspect of QE Fed policy in place ) .... Hugh Hendry throws throws in his " Bear " towel and turns " bullish " , what happens when everyone is on one side of a boat ? Doug Noland's Friday Essay reflects on QE , whether the Fed can wind down QE , whether the Fed is hoist by its QE petard at this point , a review of the different QE programs that have been rolled out during the ongoing crisis and the way forward suggested by the Charles Plosser paper ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-22/we-will-soon-learn-how-strong-qe-trap-has-become
"We Will Soon Learn How Strong The QE Trap Has Become"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/22/2013 20:28 -0500
- Capital Markets
- Excess Reserves
- Monetary Policy
- Newspaper
- Quantitative Easing
- recovery
- Unemployment
- Volatility
- Yen
inShare6
*Submitted by Derrick Wulf via NoEasyTrade blog,*
Reading between the lines of recent Fed communications, it’s becoming
increasingly clear to me that the Fed wants to exit its ... more »
War Watch - November 23 - 24 , 2013.... Iran nuclear talks enter fourth Day in the latest round of Iran and P 5 + 1 talks ......Syria War updates - as the issue of chemical weapon usage by Assad fades away into the mist , the day to day fighting on the ground is the focus . And as far as that goes , Assad is holding his own . Syria rebels have morphed into a jihadist / Al Qaeda led collection of fighters ......
Iran.....
http://www.debka.com/article/23461/The-US-and-Europeans-give-Iran-a-deadline-of-Saturday-night-for-concluding-a-nuclear-deal-
American and European negotiators have given Iran until Saturday night,
Nov. 23, the fourth day of negotiations in Geneva, to reach agreement on an
interim nuclear deal, DEBKAfile’s sources report. After that deadline,
those delegations plan to cut the talks short and leave. Iranian Foreign
Minister Javad Zarif retorted that his government would not bow to threats.
The US-EU deadline indicated that Washington, Paris, London and Berlin had
reached... more »
Fukushima nuclear disaster updates - Weekend thread for November 23 - 24 , 2013 .... Fuel rod removal items , historical radiation release items , debris and radiation contamination items .........
Energy News......
07:51 AM EST on November 23rd, 2013 | 3 comments
Watch: Underwater close-up of fuel assembly pulled from rack at Fukushima
Unit 4 — Debris seen floating inside pool (VIDEOS)
01:15 AM EST on November 23rd, 2013 | 21 comments
Tepco Adviser: 925 quadrillion Bq of contaminated water from trying to cool
melted Fukushima cores in first few months after 3/11 — TV: “Tepco has no
idea where the fuel is” (VIDEO)
05:00 PM EST on November 22nd, 2013 | 30 comments
Sailors in Hawaii being asked to monitor Fukushima plumes — TV: New type of
debris washing up on islands, “Really lo... more »
If You Have A Rep In Congress Willing To Compromise Away Social Security, You Have The Wrong Rep
In recent days, we've been talking a lot about the push from progressives
in the Senate, particularly Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to combat
the never-ending conservative goal of whittling away at Social Security by
actually fighting to *expand* it. Earlier in the month, it was Ohio
Democrat Sherrod Brown who kicked off the effort to bring Tom Harkin's bill
to the forefront of the legislative agenda. As Greg Sargent pointed out in
the *Washington Post* Brown's strategy was to go on the offensive "rather
than let Republicans and Beltway fiscal scolds frame the discussion as ... more »
To celebrate tonight's 'The Day of the Doctor' Doctor Who special - some gratuitious Amy Pond/Karen Gillan images
I am not 100% if the leather catsuit image is kosher.
If you want to see some more images of Karen Gillan, may of which are
photoshopped then this search may be of assistance but beware many are
definitely NSFW.
President John F Kennedy Secret Society Speech
"Listen to this incredible audio recording of a speech made by JFK before
the American Newspaper Publishers Association where he warns the press
about the secret societies that are the real power in global affairs."
Alien Connections - Freeman
[image: Freemantv] Freemantv
*Nov 18, 2013*
http://freemantv.com/ Was Freeman abducted by aliens? Was he shown a vision
of our future? What exopolitical message is revealed in his childhood art?
http://truthconnections.com/
Future Technology From The Past - Jim Marrs
It has been reported that Saddam Hussein believes himself to be the
reincarnation of King Nebuchadnezzar, the babylonian monarch that tried to
contact the prehistoric gods.
It has also been reported that amazing new archeological finds were
discovered in Iraq in the late 1990′s. Could these ancient texts provide
the key to understanding the monatomic elements only now being studied by
modern scientists? Could these elements – which may provide the secrets of
limitless non-polluting energy, teleportation, longevity and even time and
dimension travel be the true reason for the U.S.’... more »
Doctor WTF
Here's another post adding to the hype about tonight's *Doctor Who *whilst
simultaneously moaning about it...
My family were gathered around the TV last night, discussing BBC One's *News
at Six*.
Important points were being made about how all those fat cats who run
places like the Co-op Bank (and their lawyers) all seem to have fat faces,
and serious questions were also being asked about why some BBC reporter or
other was needlessly standing in front of a village church that you
couldn't actually see because it was night time. (He had to tell us he was
standing in front of the v... more »
Untitled
*2013 Fringe Parade Rolls Today!*
*As Congress considers delay in flood insurance program, rates keep rising
~Leigh Isaacson, WVUE*
*Vehicles still being pulled from Bayou St. John; many linked to theft
cases ~Antwan Harris, WWLTV*
*The 10 Best Neighborhoods For Renters In New Orleans via NOPD Crime Map
~Curbed N.O. *
A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013
A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013. via A
MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013.
SMASH THE BIG BOSSES!
*Swiss GDP consists mostly of medium-sized companies which do not pay huge
salaries to their bosses.*
On 24 November 2013, Switzerland holds a referendum on reforms that would
make it illegal for Swiss companies to give bosses more than 12 times the
wage of their lowest earning workers.
In 1998, the top salaries at the largest Swiss companies stood at 14 times
those of the lowest-paid workers.
By 2011, the top salaries at the largest Swiss companies stood at 93 times
those of the lowest-paid workers.
*When big companies are run by greedy pigs, trouble follows.*
*It is the com... more »
The BBC just cannot help themselves
From the BBC's article entitled 'How did Doctor Who reflect the real
world?':
The first David Tennant story, The Christmas Invasion, contains a scene
which echoes former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to sink the
General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict in 1982.
Penelope Wilton's prime minister orders the destruction of a retreating
alien spaceship, a decision condemned by the Doctor.
Doctor Who during the Russell T. Davies years often had politial echoes,
this was one of the most clumsy. It was also perpetrtinga falsehood as the
Argentinian ship's captain and ot... more »
Sign Petition To Help Fight Oppressive Health Laws and Censorship of Public Debate in Australia
https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom
Help Fight Oppressive Health Laws and Censorship of Public Debate in
Australia – Sign Petition
Child Health Safety, 22 November 2013
Please help fight for freedom of health information in Australia by signing
this petition
On Wednesday morning I signed an Avaaz petition *Do not give the NSW HCCC
powers of censorship over public and individuals* opposing moves to silence
criticism of the New South Wales health department. New South Wales is the
most populace state of Australia. Within minutes my moderate and reasoned
political statement w... more »
Boycott Wal-mart on Black Friday 2013.
Right on!! Walmart employees and their supporters are staging a nationwide
boycott on Black Friday, November 29. Walmart is one of the nation's
biggest opponents of raising wages, despite being one of the world's most
highly profitable cor...porations. Worse, each Walmart store has been shown
to cost taxpayers upwards of $1 million per year in government assistance
that their employees must qualify for to survive. Please share this image
to let your friends now about this important action!
Image by the campaign to Raise The Minimum Wage. Please join us by giving
our page a "like"... more »
A Vaccine for Stress? Vaccine Madness is Rampant by Paul Fassa
A Vaccine for Stress? Vaccine Madness is Rampant
by Paul Fassa
Natural News, 23 November 2013
What inspires a mainstream medical researcher or MD to develop a vaccine?
Saving mankind from disease? Probably not – but maybe for some. I’s more
likely the inspiration comes from a steady stream of royalty money and no
liability for vaccine damages.
Once a patent is issued and the vaccine hits the market, the producer gets
sales revenue, but the creator gets royalties from those sales. Just about
any Big Pharma drug can eventually be fined by government agencies or sued
for dama... more »
Stephen Harper`s Thin Red Line
We learned last spring that Stephen Harper ordered a complicit Canada spy
agency CSIS to spy on Canadian citizens, dossiers and files have been
created, records kept, photos taken, emails read, phone lines tapped and
taped, targets identified..
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/harper-governments-extensive-spying-anti-oilsands-groups-revealed-fois
This was done at the behest of foreign multi-national oil companies, at the
behest of American and Canadian oil companies..
Stephen Harper also ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to audit every
charitable environmental group..S... more »
Friday Baseball Post
I sort of think I must be overreacting to this one, but I'm just very
pleased with the Tim Hudson signing. The 38 and 39 year old seasons of a
fringe-HOF type pitcher who has aged pretty well? Yeah, I'll take that.
Sure, he could easily go south, but the odds of 50-55 league-average starts
over the two years seem reasonable high to me. There were a couple of guys
out there I was worried fit the Sabean profile who I was a lot less
confident in, so I'm smiling about this. Given that I'm also a Freak
optimist at this point, I'm happy with Sabean. Of course, he hasn't dealt
with the 1B/... more »
Sunday Classics preview: It's Hungarians vs. Russians in three Brahms scherzos
*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
*"Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F.
Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley"* by Peter Kreeft (1982).
Description of the book (*Source: Amazon*):
On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each
other: C.S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley. All three believed,
in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they
were right, and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation
go?Peter Kreeft imagines their discourse as a modern Socratic dialog--a
part of The Great Conversation that has been go... more »
Ted Cruz: Repeal Obamacare and expand access, and how about that nuclear option?...(video)..
*"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
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!)
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"
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
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
*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
*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 - 20 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
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
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.
So prophetic, so appropriate.
*"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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
*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
*'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
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
St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. [image via]
The Disconnect Between the “College Push” and Projected Louisiana Career Reality
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
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!
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!
*"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
*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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ... more »
GOP melts down under nuclear option
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...
*and we thank him!*
Israel’s Spoilsports
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?
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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'
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, theRelated articles
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