Newborn Baby in a Crib (c. 1583) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Newborn baby chicken. They do look this gross when they first hatch. But they dry off and fluffy after a few hours. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Kim & I Skyping on my laptop (Photo credit: TexasDarkHorse)Sunday Classics: Sing a merry madrigal!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 minutes ago
*by Ken*
I'm not going to identify tonight's madrigal tonight, but I also haven't
attempted to conceal its identity. I mean, I could have identified Yum-Yum
as "Lady 1" or "Bride" and Nanki-Poo as "Man 1" or "Bridegroom" and so on.
Obviously those of you who know the music will know that there's a joke
built into it, but for tonight I don't want to think about the joke; I just
want to focus on the beauty of the piece.
*Madrigal, "Brightly dawns our wedding day"*
*YUM-YUM*: Brightly dawns our wedding day
*YUM-YUM, PITTI-SING, NANKI-POO, and PISH-TUSH [GO-TO]*:
Joyous hour, we give t... more »
Weather Wars Update & My Accuracy
rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 19 minutes ago
*Weather Wars Update & My Accuracy*
*Weather Wars: Met Office denies predicting three months of
exceptionally
cold weather amid reports of Britain's coldest winter ever!*
*http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/weather-wars-met-office-denies-predicting-three-months-of-exceptionally-cold-weather-amid-reports-of-britains-coldest-winter-ever-8973755.html*
So
it's not acceptable when the Met Office are misquoted in
articles or
headlines are misinterpreted!
For example the recent six inches of snow headline (please see link
below).
I did feature within the article, but I simply s... more »
Activist Post: Amish Family Flees Country to Avoid 10-Year-Old’s State-Enforced Chemotherapy
Papani at DeadBanksterSociety - 35 minutes ago
Activist Post: Amish Family Flees Country to Avoid 10-Year-Old’s
State-Enforced Chemotherapys a commu
The Medical Mafia is very worried that this precedent will encourage others
to take health back into their own hands. The US is a system that has
become a Gulag for those who freely want a sane choice instead of being
manipulated to BELIEVE in the LIE.
update on kimberly rivera and how you can help
laura k at wmtc - 59 minutes ago
Three days ago, Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera gave birth to a son,
Matthew Kaden, in a military hospital in San Diego. As soon as her hospital
stay ends (which may have already happened), Kim will be taken back to
prison. Her newborn baby will stay with his father and his siblings... but
his mother will be forced to finish her prison term. Her release is
scheduled for mid-December.
The US Army has rejected all appeals for clemency, and is insisting Kim
serve the final weeks of her sentence, even though it means separating a
mother and a newborn infant.
On Sunday, December 1, pe... more »
SYNOPSIS WITH PHOTOS OF NOV 19:
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 1 hour ago
PHOTOS
Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human
All-Day Student/Community Symposium
Whatever I write here is but a glimpse of what happened on Tues Nov 19 at
the “Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human” symposium at the University of
Arizona. Many photographs were taken and much was videotaped… and this here
too is but a brief synopsis that will give you a feel for this event, but
it does not approximate conveying the historic nature of the gathering.
(Videotape of much of the symposium will be released as soon as all the
permissions are gathered.)
The symposium took place one month after a ... more »
Understanding Our Connection to Nature | BillMoyers.com
Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 1 hour ago
Paul Calandra attacks Glenn Greenwald and CBC
Alison at Creekside - 2 hours ago
I think Calandra read off his bit of paper from Steve rather well today,
don't you?
Love the bit about how :
"CBC only admitted to their cash for news scheme after The Wall Street
Journal *forced it out of them*"
... by cleverly reading Greenwald's byline alongside those of Greg Weston
and Ryan Gallagher at the top of the CBC article.
A byline that has also graced the pages of The Guardian and the New York
Times, where, presumably, Greenwald also got paid as a journalist.
And I'm sure the actual subject matter of the CBC article :
New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in T... more »
Happy holidays to NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio from all his friends in City Hall and especially at 1 Police Plaza
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*From inside the fortress of 1 Police Plaza, NYC's Imperial
Counterrevolutionary Guard will have complete security and surveillance
power over incoming Mayor de Blasio's police transition team, scheduled to
be holed up in a now-unused trailer outside the building.*
*by Ken*
There have been advantages to having a benevolent (at least in his own
mind) billionaire as NYC's imperial mayor for 12 years, including his
imperially ordained extra-legal third term. But if anyone needs a reminder
of why, whatever happens next, we're better off once the little egomaniacal
scumbag is pried out... more »
Oct 8-11 Tucson Community uprising videos
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 4 hours ago
Just learned that you can access these videos even if you are not on
facebook... Many of you receiving this have already seen them, but if you
want to share them, feel free: They are also
at: http://drcintli.blogspot.com/
Shutdown of Operation Streamline Oct 11
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637544230706&l=5294587605160829072
Oct 11 Operation Streamline - Not a one ounce of afraid
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637582395706&l=4104919298450160412
Outside Curtroom
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/yourphotos?partnerid=gplp0&pid=5948925742310336770&oid=10557390037... more »
canadian woman refused entry to u.s. based on confidential health records
laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
According to this news story, a Canadian woman named Ellen Richardson was
refused entry into the United States because of a prior medical condition.
That is, when the US border guards swiped her passport, *information taken
from her health records* came up.
Now, the US can refuse entry to any non-citizen for any reason or no
reason. The more important question is *why was a Canadian's confidential
medical information in the Department of Homeland Security database??* How
did it get there? How many of our health records are in the DHS database?
You don't need to wear a tinfoil hat t... more »
O'odham and Anarchist Thanksgiving Day Protest Against Border Patrol
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Article
and photos courtesy of O'odham and Anarchist solidarity action
Censored News
"On Thursday, November 28th, 2013, a group of people made up by members
of the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Anti-Colonial Anarchist Bloc, and
various Tucson community members in solidarity with those resisting
ongoing colonisation on stolen Native land, gathered in front of the
gates to the Border Patrol
Weekend Fun 50: Pacquiao, Rios and Pacman U.
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 5 hours ago
Some jokes after Manny Pacquiao beat Brandon Rios last Sunday in Macau.
Brandon Rios started the fight looking like Dennis Trillo, in round 10 he's
starting to look like Korina Sanchez. -- @djmotwister
Dear Pacman, Congrats.
Stick to boxing, stay away from politics .
Yer a great boxer... but as a congressman, yer useless.
-- Monsignor Arturo
Tuloy na raw pagtayo ni Pacquiao ng Pacman Univ., but not in Gen San, sa
Tacloban na itatayo.
It will be called Pacman Univ. or "Pac U" for short.
Students will be called Pacquers.
Univ. Administrator willl be Nanay Dionisia, she will be called "M... more »
Meet the Rebel Commander in Syria That Assad, Russia and the U.S. All Fear
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
Saved this last week, fortunately.
*Very, very interesting reading and oh how the alarm bells rang and rang. *
* Posting it entirely since it is now unavailable at link.*
For months, Syrian government forces hunkered down at a remote air base
north of Aleppo, deftly fending off rebel assaults—*until one morning a war
machine rumbled out of the countryside, announcing that the Chechens had
arrived.*
*The vehicle was notable for its primal scariness: Rebels had welded dozens
of oil-drilling pipes to the sides of the armored personnel carrier, and
packed it with four tons of high explo... more »
The Goal of My Work
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 6 hours ago
The goal of my work is to encourage learning, thinking, and discussion
about how humankind has created a catastrophically unsustainable way of
life, why the process of collapse cannot be prevented, and how collapse
survivors, if any, might learn from our many mistakes and mindfully pursue
a sane way of life.
Seven-point-something billion people are sleepwalking into a dark and
furious storm because of a sequence of innovative experiments called
progress. Progress is an obsession that continuously provides us with new
tools for destroying the health of the ecosystem more rapidly. ... more »
Climate Tricks 23: Using Typhoon Haiyan for Climate and Energy Rent-Seeking
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours ago
Below is an abridged article written two weeks ago by a friend, Vice
President of Reason Foundation http://reason.org/, Julian Morris. He is
also the former Executive Director of the International Policy Network
(IPN, London). The full article with two charts is *here*. I added the
chart below and is not part of his original paper.
----------
*The Terrible Toll of Typhoon Haiyan Doesn't Excuse Bad Policy*
Julian Morris
November 19, 2013
The terrible toll of Typhoon Haiyan—estimated to have killed more than
4,000 people—reminds us of the often awesome power of the weather. Some say
... more »
Senate shits the bed, goes back to sleep
Alison at Creekside - 6 hours ago
Last night's CBC At Issue panel, Nov.28 2013 on the Senate blocking a
witness and the PMO continuing to run the Senate. Former Harper supporter
Andrew Coyne is beyond disgusted.
*Mansbridge* : The government blocks a key witness [Michael Runia, Managing
Partner at Deloitte] from appearing before a senate committee to answer
questions about whether he had tried to massage or even question the firm's
audit of Mike Duffy's expenses.
*Andrew Coyne* : It's incredible. Step back from this. This is the auditing
firm Deloitte that does the audits for the Conservative fundraising arm;
they... more »
The Day of the Doctor - As live blogging, albeit a few days later on a second watch - One for the Doctor Who obsessives only!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
Nice retro titles - very original series
76 Totter's Lane and the Coal Hill School with I. Chesterton as Chairman of
the Governors - lovely nod back to the original series
Shouldn't the Doctor be able to escape from a winch?
Why does Matt Smith keep leaving the Tardis doors open, previous Doctors
were very careful to always shut that door.
Love Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewwart's granddaughter's choice of scarf, very
Fourth Doctor.
Why are the Time Lords fighting massive Dalek spacecraft with hand held
weapons, do they not have anything more powerful?
If the Daleks are strafing Gallifrey w... more »
A Pre-Conspiracy Theory: A Very Important Article by an Obamabasher
Paul Coker at News Spike - 6 hours ago
I’m going to engage here in a thought experiment which may make some
readers a little queasy, but bear with me.
It’s been half a century since the wrenching experience of having a
charismatic young president cut down by bullets in what most Americans
apparently still believe was a dark conspiracy by elements of the US
government unhappy with the direction he was taking the country in
international affairs.
Certainly powerful people like ex-CIA Director Allen Dulles and some of the
nation’s top generals, not to mention executives of what prior President
Dwight D. Eisenhower had l... more »
(96 Billionaires in NYC) Thanksgiving Slashes To the American Heart and Bill Ayers on Heartland Strategy
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 7 hours ago
Joe 'I'm not going to become a lobbyist' Lieberman becomes a lobbyist Let
the games begin? If you ask me, this capitalist game ended some time ago.
And our (rational) world is in shreds. A Sheriff’s department in western
Virginia confirms this morning that a scuffle over a parking spot at a
Walmart in Tazewell County resulted in a stabbing, which is, of course, how
we know that the
Moving the Ball Forward
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 7 hours ago
Today marked another step as I sent off my graduate school applications. I
still have a few documents to take care but the "guts" of my application
have been taken care of and these other items shouldn't be a hassle (knock
on wood). The biggest challenge was definitely the proposal/statement of
intent/statement of purpose etc. portion and something I grappled with for
days. Basically, this is where you try to sell yourself and make your
application stand out.
My old Nunavut blog was a big help in many ways and I actually pulled a
couple writing samples from it to submit. It was... more »
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN?...RACING FOR MORE STUFF
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
There is now "Grey Thursday" (Thanksgiving day), Black Friday (the day
after) and Cyber Monday (to do online shopping).
Our calendar is being re-written. Even the words we use to describe our
week are being colonized by corporate capitalism.
The reports are coming in fast and furious about the insanity of the last
24 hours as the big box stores are flooded with people trying to save a
couple of bucks on some junk. Fights, shootings, stabbings - the usual
stuff while shopping you know.
Let's see if we can help capitalism in their goal to completely monetize
our language and our... more »
Even In Oklahoma They Can't Always Escape Reality-- The GOP War Against Contraception (And Sex)
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Oklahoma state Rep. Doug Cox (R-OK) is the chairman of the Public Health
and Social Services Committee. First elected in 2005, he's also a physician
who graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1978.
If you think every Republican in Oklahoma is as radical and extreme as GOP
sociopath James Lankford, you haven't met Doug Cox yet. Last February, Rep.
Cox-- who, unlike lunatic freak Dr. Paul Broun, is the kind of doctor who
actually *does* believe in science-- took on his party over a very extreme
anti-abortion bill meant to eliminate the judicial bypass syste... more »
23 postales con diseños especiales para Navidad y Año Nuevo 2014
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 8 hours ago
Feeling chilly? A Friday Night Rule 5 post
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Here's Kate Upton's recent Sports Illustrated winter shoot to warm you up...
Chemtrails analysed by French Lab
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 8 hours ago
I know, I know, I shouldn't ... but I have to. Another uncorroborated story
about the CHEMTRAILS nightmare we're all allegedly facing. When will people
start to understand that their insane boyish Corporate War Government will
do anything to keep THE TRUTH from people in the name of Profit (the only
real crime on this once-beautiful planet).
Here's a story (machine translatated) from a Spanish site about a French
analysis of chemtrail threads and it's just juicy as fuck.
*The collected samples part of private individuals, they have been
entrusted to Analytika (Center for independe... more »
Thanksgiving Holiday Day 2
Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
(placeholder) In which Southern Man will awake in his hotel room and
geocache some more and visit with family and then meander back home,
possibly with Southern Father (in which case it will be a straightforward
trip) and possibly without (in which case there will be much geocaching and
a stopover in the south end of Southern City for an evening meal with
friends). But in no event will there be anything resembling Black Friday
shopping.
By-Election Results November 2013
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 9 hours ago
Party
Number of candidates
Total vote
%
+/- Oct
Average/
contest
+/-
Sept
+/- Seats
Conservative
23
8,491
20.5%
-1.6%
369
-36
0
Labour
21
14,203
34.2%
-2.1%
676
-39
+2
LibDem
20
3,823
9.2%
-4.1%
191
-146
-1
UKIP
19
6,135
14.8%
+4.3%
322
+89
0
SNP*
1
546
1.3%
-8.0%
546
-694
0
Plaid Cymru**
Green
12
849
2.0%
-0.3%
70
-33
0
BNP
2
152
0.4%
+0.2%
76
+38
0
TUSC
5
211
0.5%
+0.5%
42
+21
0
Independent***
13
4,201
10.1%
+7.9%
323
+217
-3
Other****
7
2,863
6.9%
+3.7%
409
+288
+2
* The... more »
AgentWatch: Attorney Malik Zulu Shabbaz
Paul Coker at News Spike - 9 hours ago
NOTE: This article was syndicated nationwide from the Washington City
Paper, a freesheet that ran an extra edition by *Mark Cohen*, cover story *Black
Power.*
*This nationally syndicated, freely distributed article ran 1 week after
the George W. Bush Counter-Innaugural in January 2001, 2 week prior to the
death by exploding Brain Aneyrism in Meriat, Georgia of Khalid Abdul
Muhammad, 8 months prior to 9/11 and 8 months following the death by
Exploding Brain Anureysm in Meriat, Georgia of the Senior Senator from
Georgia.*
Jan. 19-25, 2001
BLACK POWER
*The New Black Panther Pa... more »
An Independent Kurdistan: Dream or Reality? 6 Articles + 1 Video
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*Related: A Future Republic of Kurdistan?*
*1. An excerpt from, "The Kurdish issue returns to prominence" by Ted Galen
Carpenter, Aspenia Online, November 28, 2013: *
The resurgence of the Kurdish issue involving multiple Middle Eastern
countries puts the United States and its Western allies in an awkward
position. US leaders already worry that ties with Turkey have frayed in
recent years and are anxious to show their support for the position and
interests of a valued NATO ally. Washington also shares Ankara’s goal of
keeping Syria intact in a post-Assad era. Obama administration... more »
Here goes...
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago
I like Mark Fisher’s article, Exiting the Vampire Castle. It’s unfortunate
that he presents his argument in such an intemperate, unwelcoming way
(everyone is petty bourgeois!). Part of me wonders if he intentionally
using the rhetoric and implied values of his (unnamed) opponents to prove a
point. The response has largely been, shall we say, robust. Here is an
example.
But he is onto something. Firstly, the practice of Calling Out, at least as
manifest today, does not engender solidarity. Secondly, people too often
make the leap from Person X has made a regrettable/prejudiced stat... more »
Thanksgiving Zombie behavior by pavlovian shoppers... Walmart hit by union protests on Black Friday .... Be careful today folks , the Walking Dead are among us !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Mobs, Stampedes, Fights, Brawls, A Stabbing And Shooting: A Video
Compilation Of Black Thursday 2013
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/29/2013 08:33 -0500
- Black Friday
- Bond
- Illinois
- Puerto Rico
- Turkey
inShare
That greatest of all American traditions - the Black Friday Thursday
stampede, this year accompanied with a stabbing and a shooting, is back. A
quick review of all readers may have missed by not lining up in droves
outside of stores that were selling products at just above cost instead of
the usual massive pre-... more »
Police State Updates November 25 , 2013....Yale University on lockdown as police seek gunman in ‘heavy overcoat’ .......On Duty Officer Raped Young Woman On Squad Car ..... Surveillance tactics ramping up ( DC cops go nuclear with traffic cameras , FBI rolling out facial recognition system nationwide in 2014 , unmarked helicopter drone ) ...........Legal gun owners being treated like common criminals in DC - including finger printing and mugshots....Additional articles from our Stasi State / Nanny State / Orwellian Government ....
Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Another lone gunman on the loose....
Yale University on lockdown as police seek gunman in ‘heavy overcoat’
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Cheryl K. Chumley*
Washington Times
November 25, 2013
Yale University went on lockdown mode Monday to allow police to investigate
a call of a person walking around campus with a gun.
USA Today reported that police say they received a call from someone who
said his roommate was headed to Yale to sh... more »
Re-run
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
The two videos that follow were produced in 2011 and 2012. The message
still holds. This post is a response to a request from one of us.
We are the Ones we've been waiting for.
~Sophia
In the spirit of @FrankBruni on #commoncore, I will review Marea in NYC
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
[In the interest of full disclosure, I have never been to Marea, which is
apparently one of the finest Italian restaurants in New York City. As
commentators regale us with their wisdom on education without ever having
set foot inside a classroom, let alone teach, I consider myself eminently
qualified to act as Mr. Frank […]
Stoned?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Primitive man developed some relatively sophisticated social mechanisms to
enforce male dominance over primitive women. Patriarchal religion was the
biggie, of course, but even before than, ritualized violence worked wonders
in establishing who the boss was and who was subservient. Stoning, later
embraced by patriarchal religions-- at least 'til Jesus came along with a
forward-thinking perspective.
In 1969 I went to Afghanistan for the first time. I recall writing back to
my friends and family in America that it felt more like a journey in time
than a journey in space. Especially... more »
Something is happening Mr Denier
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 11 hours ago
Photo by Hilary White
The photo shows dried up lakes in the Canadian North. Lakes that have been
in balance for centuries. I use the analogy to smoking, whose harm
was coincidentally denied for decades using the same tactics and in many
cases the same people as climate change deniers. Smokestacks and tailpipes
are the worlds cigarettes. Deniers will say man can not harm something as
big as the earth, just like a little tobacco could not harm something
as massive as a human. But the fact is man puts out way more gas
than volcanoes, and no one denies that a single volcano like
Kraka... more »
Past wars and now...
Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 11 hours ago
Three
suicides in a week. Twenty-two among Regular Force members in 2011, an
unknown number is 2012. [Evidently reservists are still treated as
second-order soldiers by the system - plus ça change...] There will be
more. There are things that can be done to prevent them, but not all of
them. Like the former Yugoslavia and Somalia, Afghanistan's casualties
will continue to mount long after the
TOE movies: Wilczek, Tegmark, Strominger, Guth, ...
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Someone started a YouTube project of recording 2-minute interviews with
famous physicists about a theory of everything,
facebook.com/toemovie (FB home page)
------------------------------
TOEmovie YouTube channel (videos)
So far, there seem to be eight videos in the channel.
First, pedestrians near MIT are asked what a theory of everything is.
They start with silence. Then they offer you a louder answer, namely
əəəəəəəə. Finally, all of them reveal that they have at least some idea.
Ken Olum of Tufts is asked whether we live in the Matrix.
He is an atheist but he finds an ... more »
Catching fire
Bill Robertson at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago
*"remember who the real enemy is"*
(Image source: StalkerAE)
*An interpretation: * The film shows what can happen when *economic class
differences *are enforced by the Government. They become *structured *rather
than *fluid*. The possibility for advancement is eliminated ..except by
winning the hunger games ..inspiring a false sense of hope.
Attack of the jabberjays
Killing the Blues
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 11 hours ago
Why don't more artists cover John Prine?
The credits on the CD do not have Prine as the songwriter, but if you
google the song he is. Blame the Lawyers
Dawn of the Desperate
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
Being a socially-, economically- and politically-conscious liberal
gives one a certain amount of moral superiority and schadenfreude. At no
time is this latitude more readily and freely granted than on Black Friday
(now permanently known as Black Thursday).
And maybe this was what the great George Romero had in mind 35 years
ago when he directed the original *Dawn of the Dead* in 1978. It wasn't
lost on film critics nor was it a mere thoughtless and random choice when
Romero centered his movie around a mall. The sight of mindless zombies
staggering around a mall with no ... more »
Food Poisoning and Lice: Holidays in the Trenches with NickMom.com
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop
has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for
Collective Bias and its client.
I torture my husband. Now I have never tied him to a rack for a cute new
pair of shoes, but I do make him spend the holidays with my family. My
family is their own special brand of crazy, not the throwing jars of
ketchup crazy, but the unfortunate victims of weird circumstances. Almost
every time we spent the a holiday with my family, he leaves shaking his
head and wondering how next year could possibly get more... more »
SOS! Immediate Paradigm Shift Requested! Multicultural, Multilingual Focus Necessary to Respond to Changing Demographics!
Scholastic Chaos at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
“To commit ourselves to the work of transforming the academy so that it
will be a place where cultural diversity informs every aspect of our
learning, we must embrace struggle and sacrifice. We cannot be easily
discouraged. We cannot despair when there is conflict. Our solidarity
must be affirmed by shared belief in a spirit […]
The US mainstream media regularly disparages "conspiracy theorists" as though all crimes are committed by idividuals. Here is proof positive that if you DON'T believe in conspiracy theories you are inviting victimization by all manner of conspirators.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
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*Three More NYC Contractors Found Guilty in Massive CityTime Scandal to
Modernize Payroll System*
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/27/three_more_nyc_contractors_found_guilty
Three computer consultants were found guilty on Friday of multiple charges
for defrauding New York City of millions of dollars in the largest
corruption case in city history. Private consultants were found guilty of
siphoning tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks from the scandal-ridden
$700 million CityTime payroll project. Last year, the project’s main
contractor, SAIC, w... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 12 hours ago
Southern California. [Marc Adamus photo]
RTE TWO VIDEO: WWI Arab Revolt And King Faisal I Of Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Jacob Ostreicher info
Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 13 hours ago
The saga of Jacob Ostreicher continues, now NYC Councilwoman Melissa
Mark-Viverito is getting involved - why she was not asked earlier is a good
question...
She is stepping into a landmine, and as noted earliers this year, there is
GOP involvement in this case
which was fabricated to undermine Morales from the beginning - it was meant
to start trouble for Bolivia from the Jewish community.
Behind the scenes, many members know this as they have been briefed by
someone acting on behalf
of many interests - including US and Bolivian.
GOP henchmen have been trying to incite civil war and a... more »
Zapatistas: Space full for Little School Dec 2013 Jan 2014
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
Zapatistas Sonora 2007 by Brenda Norrell
Space Full for First Grade at the Zapatista Little School in December 2013 and January 2014
To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth:
To Whom it May Concern:
From: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
Past, present, and future compas:
We send you our greetings. Once again we are informing you that we are doing a second and third round of the
Today! Protest Arizona Snowbowl Toiletbowl Opening Day!
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
ACTION
ALERT: No Arizona Toiletbowl! Protest Arizona Snowbowl Opening Day on
Nov. 29What: Protest Arizona Snowbowl's opening day.Why: The mountain,
water, and all life forms are precious. We will keeping standing for
human rights and environmental justice until they STOP making snow with
treated sewage effluent.Come stand together against Snowbowel's dirty
snow!When: Opening Day, starting at 9
Hegemonic Conflict Watch: China's ADIZ roundup
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours ago
*Took the Motao out to Shihlin Night Market the other day.*
So much commentary -- apparently China's new ADIZ woke the world up. We've
arrived at one of those historical moments when even the densest
dunderheads can see, a *Panay *moment, or a remilitarization of the
Rhineland moment, when onlookers are beginning to realize the coming course
of events....
...China has already scrambled planes in response to US and Japanese
flights, Chinese media reports. Japan denies this.
Lots of good stuff out there. Corey Wallace over at China Policy Institute
observes:
The Chinese government... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Saints still wary of reworked Seattle secondary ~Ramon Antonio Vargas, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Louisiana joins suit to block flood insurance hike ~Bloomberg*
*Northeast relying less on Gulf natural gas supply ~WDSU*
*Holiday tradition opens season at Fairgrounds Racetrack ~Travis M. Andrews*
War Watch November 29 , 2013 - Afghanistan President Karzai threatens not to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement with the US after the latest Drone strike kills two women and a toddler - just gave Karzai ammo to not sign the BSA after that screw up ..... Syria war watch - Syria Rebels ( FSA ) claim to have killed 250 Hezbollah fighters north of Damascus , however the Syria Army continue to retake key towns from the Rebels .... Iran nuclear talks - Iran continues to show good faith in the implementation of the Interim deal with P 5 + 1 , Does the IAEA have the manpower to fulfill the Interim deal let alone any final Deal ....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-airstrike-security-deal-459/
Karzai condemns US strike that killed toddler, threatens not to sign
security deal
Published time: November 29, 2013 00:21
Edited time: November 29, 2013 12:02
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[image: Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Reuters / Omar Sobhani)]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Reuters / Omar Sobhani)
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President Hamid Karzai has blamed the US for a drone strike on a home in
southern Afghanistan that killed a 2-year-old child and wounded two women,
vowing that he wil... more »
Affordable Metal Roofing
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago
I follow home construction trends and innovations. Two staples of home
construction IMHO should be banned, asphalt shingles and vinyl siding.
Affordable replacements now exist. Metal roofs are warranted 55 years and
should last indefinitely. The cost of a 50 year fiberglass backed shingle
may still be lower but I expect in a hundred years three actual
replacements.
Fiberglass faux stone on the other hand would be my choice of siding.
THE SAUDI CONNECTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
Saudi Arabia wants to buy $20 billion worth of war ships from the US and
Bath Iron Works in Maine is at the top of the list to build some or all of
them.
Are we getting so desperate in the US that we now build ships for
totalitarian monarchies whose idea of justice is to chop off heads and
hands of the accused? Can you see the firestorm of protest and controversy
that will ensue if this deal goes through?
Right Wing Automaton Mike Huckabee And Benghazi!
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
When I was growing up, I looked forward to watching *60 Minutes* every
Sunday. Not so much after I grew up. For me it had lost its relevance some
time in the 1980s. I haven't watched it since. So when the whole Lara Logan
kerfuffle exploded, we didn't cover it here at *DWT* and I only followed it
second and third-hand in news reports about how CBS-TV had allowed one of
their reporters to twist a Benghazi story into deceitful right-wing
propaganda that fit her own political agenda and then gave her a paid
vacation to shut the critics up. Unpleasant but not something that
surprised... more »
French Scientist Seralini Refuses to Retract GM Maize Tumor Study
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Seralini Refuses to Retract GM Maize Tumor Study
Sustainable Pulse, 28 November 2013
The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT) wants to withdraw the
article by Professor Seralini on rats fed GM maize NK603, which was
published in September 2012. The researcher counters: why not retract the
article by Monsanto in 2004 on the same subject?
The Associate Editor of the FCT is now Richard E. Goodman, a former
Monsanto scientist and an affiliate of the GMO industry-funded group, the
International Life Sciences Institute.
ARM WRESTLING. He has mustered his scientific and p... more »
Bruce Lee 75th Anniversary Action Figure
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 15 hours ago
Wow, quite a change from my old GI Joes. More plastic at Art Asylum
A Matter Of Self Respect
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
The Senate scandal has shredded Stephen Harper's credibility. You would
think that would cause a caucus revolt. But, Michael Den Tandt writes, it
isn't happening:
I caught nary a whisper of this turning into open revolt or even a
long-term subterranean assault along the lines of former prime minister
Paul Martin’s multi-year campaign to supplant Jean Chretien in the late
1990s. The reason is simply that Harper’s hold on his party is too
powerful. For many Conservative MPs, he is the only leader they’ve known.
“There’s no talk of leadership revolt,” said one. “People are nervous a... more »
WOOLWICH 'FALSE FLAG'
Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago
This picture is alleged to show soldier Lee Rigby about to be hit by a car.
To the left, we see a trail of red blood or red paint.
To the right we see a trail of black oil.
This photo was taken some time after the alleged murder of soldier Lee
Rigby, in Woolwich in London.
In the above photo, there is strange absence of blood on the ground.
And the traffic sign appears to be undamaged.
*The trial has begun of Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, the two
men accused of killing soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in London. *
Two men allegedly knocking Lee Rigby down with their ... more »
Some Health Benefits Of Epsom Salt Baths
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago
Epsom Salt Baths Improve Health by KristinFood Renegade, 21 January 2013
How do Epsom salt baths improve health?
*According to the Epsom Salt Industry Council, correcting magnesium
deficiency leads to:*
- Improved heart and circulatory health, reducing irregular heartbeats,
preventing hardening of the arteries, reducing blood clots and lowering
blood pressure.
- Improved ability for the body to use insulin, reducing the incidence
or severity of diabetes.
- Flushed toxins and heavy metals from the cells, easing muscle pain and
helping the body to eliminate ... more »
Tjeerd Andringa on Geopolitics and Cognition
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
Tjeerd Andringa- What can I say? I find the information presented so dam
interesting.
*So, here he is yet again.* *( I will relink the previous interview from
Red Ice Radio at the bottom)*
This time being interviewed by James Corbett
"Today on The Corbett Report we are joined by Tjeerd Andringa, Associate
Professor in Auditory Cognition at the University of Groningen. Today we
discuss his work at GeopoliticsAndCognition.com where he discusses the
intersection of geopolitics and cognitive science. Join us for this
in-depth conversation on perception, cognition, politics, authoritari... more »
Social Critique after Austerity
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
Interesting workshop coming up at Keele Uni. I'll be putting something in.
Social and Political Critique in the Age of Austerity
A one day workshop at Keele University
10.30am-6pm, Wednesday 12th February, 2014
This one day workshop is devoted to the discussion of critical politics in
the contemporary age of austerity. Following the 2007 global economic
crash, which led to a raft of government bank bail outs and
nationalisations across America and Europe, a cunning ideological reversal
took place – the crash was no longer the result of the hubris of the
neoliberal financial sector, ... more »
Finance Capital vs. Public Banking - An Ellen Brown Interview With James Corbett
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*1 October 2011*
SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: http://ur1.ca/50ptm
This week GRTV talks to Ellen Brown, an attorney, author, and president of
the Public Banking Institute. We begin our discussion with an examination
of Brown's recent article on naked shorting and the supppression of the
gold price, and we turn our attention to solutions that the people can use
to take back power from the finance capitalists. We finish on a discussion
of the state banking solution proposed by the Public Banking Institute.
Longest Walk 4 walking from Yomba Shoshone land to Paiute land
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 17 hours ago
Friday
night, Nov. 29, 2013 Camped at Grimes Point Paiute land Nevada
Friday nght
Thursday night camped at Cold Springs Nevada
.
Thursday night
.
Friday dawn, Nov. 29, 2013
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz walking from Yomba Shoshone, Western
Shoshone, land toward Paiute land in Nevada. Photos on Thursday, Nov. 28
and Friday, Nov. 29, 2013: The walkers were
Rampant Islamophobia?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
The real threat to good community relations in the West is Islamophobia, or
so we keep being told. The trouble is that the facts are at variance to the
claims. The FBI's 2012 Hate Crime Statistics show
By bias
motivation
An analysis of data for victims of single-bias hate crime incidents showed
that:
- 48.5 percent of the victims were targeted because of the offender’s
bias against a race.
- 19.2 percent were targeted because of a bias against a particular
sexual orientation.
- 18.7 percent were victimiz... more »
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
A BBC special film revolving around the Fifth Doctor/Peter Davison, the
Sixth Doctor/Colin Baker, the Seventh Doctor/Sylvester McCoy (Who's also in
The Hobbit) and the Eighth Doctor/Paul McGann and their alleged attempts to
be in the 50th anniversary special.
It's quite amusing but no more than that, although the Peter Jackson and
Ian McKellen scene is nicely done, incidentally does anyone see the point
of adding Radagast the Brown to the original story and John Barrowman's
secret family is a nice touch but not as realistic as his obsessive
self-promotion and incessant singing. F... more »
Steve - the Accountability Firewall Guy
Alison at Creekside - 20 hours ago
*2006 Conservative Party Campaign Ad on Accountability*
*Interviewer *: How is it that hundreds of millions of dollars go missing
and no one's in jail?
*Harper *: Well,* look who's in charge*. I mean these *guys can't even tell
the difference between Wright and wrong. *
*Interviewer* : Ok, we've got a question ... "It's like you get to Ottawa
and no one can touch you. How will you change that?"
*Harper* : You change the people in charge but you also have to change the
system. The first thing I'll do is pass the Federal Accountability Act.
It's a real plan to clean up government.
*N... more »
4 Quick Hypotheses on Why China Suddenly Declared this New Air Defense Zone
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago
If you haven’t yet seen the zone’s geography, here it is to the left,
complete with its overlap with the Korean and Japanese zones. The most
important conflict of course is over Senkaku, but Korea watchers will also
note that the Ieodo submerged reef, which Korea claims, is also in the
zone. Gotta wonder what
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UK WEALTH INEQUALITY; SYRIA
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
Britain is becoming more feudal as the elite grab more of the wealth.
VIDEO: Supporters of President Assad in Aleppo in Syria. (via brian)
*THE MYSTERIOUS KELLERS*
*MYSTERIOUS YULIA*
Comet ISON destroyed by global warming
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*Nashville, Tennessee* (Ceuters) – It was supposed to be the "Comet of the
Century". Instead, it became yet another victim of the global warming.
On Thursday, Comet ISON was approaching the perihelion, the closest point
to the Sun on its trajectory. Centuries ago, before the climate began to
change, such a moment in the life of a comet would be an important event
for the religious societies (for example, Virgin Mary gave a birth when she
saw the Comet of Bethlehem – and virgins rarely give a birth while looking
at the sky) but it would be an unremarkable event from the comet's
viewp... more »
Belated Thanksgiving Linkage – Iran Nuclear Deal Edition
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
This was a momentous week with the announcement of an interim deal on
Iran’s nuclear program. There were some critics to be sure of this effort,
but I for one am hopeful that the six month effort to halt or at least
pause some aspects of Iran’s nuclear program will eventually lead to a
permanent
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Happy Thanksgiving 2013
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 1 day ago
Here's Dido performing "Thank You," which I often run for Thankgiving. I hope it's been a good one for everybody.
Look for the Union Food Label
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 1 day ago
It's
too late for this year, but the site Labor 411 has a useful list of
union-made Thanksgiving food products. I imagine they'll have one up
for Christmas, too.
Relatedly, the smartphone app buycott allows users to scan products and
look up who owns the company. It was designed with consumers who want
to avoid buying Koch brothers and Monsanto products in mind, but it can
customized by users
Austerity Agenda In Latvia Leads To A Tragic Supermarket Collapse, Followed By The Collapse Of The Right-Wing Government Of Krugman Nemesis Valdis Dombrovskis
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I doubt most Americans could locate Latvia on a map, even if someone told
them it is in Europe. And even the most geographically-astute Americans
would have a one-in-three shot of pointing out *which* Baltic country was
Latvia, which was Lithuania and which was Estonia. As for the country's
longest serving Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, the only people who
ever heard of him outside of the State Department only heard of him because
of his big public spat with Paul Krugman-- until yesterday. Yesterday
Dombrovskis resigned and his right-wing government collapsed. That happened
... more »
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