Democratic version of Look away! (Photo credit: Norm Walsh)
Cordwainer Smith (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Acrylic paint on canvas. Theme quantum physics. Français : Peinture acrylique sur toile. Thématique physique quantique. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Doubling Point Lighthouse, Georgetown, Maine, USA, with Bath Iron Works in background (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bath Iron Works (BIW), a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine (USA). BIW was purchased in 1995 by General Dynamics and is one of the largest private employers in Maine. Visible are three Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers being fitted out. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Untitled
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*Las bacterias del intestino pueden estar implicadas en la artritis
reumatoide*
Las bacterias del intestino tienen una intrincada relación con nuestro
sistema inmunológico. Tenemos que ser capaces de tolerar los microbios
útiles mientras sigue reconociendo y lucha contra los invasores. Inmunólogo
Dan Littman Universidad de Nueva York sabían que los microbios del
intestino son importantes para el desarrollo de un determinado tipo de
inmune celular sus estudios de equipo, conocidos como una célula Th17. Los
ratones que son criados en condiciones estériles producen muy... more »
PostElection: Winners
Even putting aside the bizarre idea that Republicans "won" Virginia because
they didn't lose by as much as the polls predicted...it was about as mixed
an election day as possible, wasn't it?
* Democrats win! After all the two biggest pickups on the day were VA-Gov
and NYC Mayor, both to the Democrats.
* Republicans win! Context matters. Yes, Republicans lost VA-Gov, but
winning a landslide in New Jersey Governor is a big deal in a solidly
Democratic state, more so than losing by a bit in a swing state.
* Mainstream conservatives win! Chris Christie massively outperforms GOP
par in ... more »
Senate Shocker
Well, all I can say is that it's about time. A few Senate Democrats appear
to be struggling to break loose from the gilded gridlock of
Washington groupthink, boldly suggesting (in so many words) that the
talented Mr. Obama's plan to cut Social Security benefits is a plan hatched
in sociopathic hell.
It seems it was only a month ago that the debate was not over *whether* to
inflict more misery on the old, the disabled, widows, orphans and veterans,
but over *how much* pain to dish out. A Senate bill turning the whole
fraudulent deficit scold argument inside out had been moldering in ... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Simon Shack,
producer of the must-watch 9/11 documentary *September Clues*. Simon and I
will be discussing his research into 9/11, media fakery, and psychological
warfare.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *PSYOP aspects of 9/11* by John Friend
- *Book Review: The 911 Fear-Based Mind Control Program* by John Friend
- *9/11 Propaganda, Sandy Hook propaganda* by... more »
Turkey Hand Print canvas
Every year, my daughter and I love to make Hand Print Turkeys to display
around our house. This year I decided I wanted to make one that was a
little more permanent. The little ones grow up so fast, I want to be able
to look back on her precious little hand prints, so this year we made ours
on canvas.
You will need:
An 8x10 canvas (this size was barely big enough for my 4-year-old)
Red Acrylic Paint
Yellow Acrylic Paint
Orange Acrylic Paint
Brown Acrylic Paint
a Foam Brush
Google Eyes
Orange Foam
Red Foam
Hot Glue
Use the brush to paint the red paint onto your little one's hand. I ... more »
DOOR-TO-DOOR IN BATH
Each day this week I've been taking flyers door-to-door in Bath about a
public forum a group of us are organizing on November 13. Bath Iron Works
(BIW), which is owned by the $31 billion aerospace and military
conglomerate General Dynamics Corporation, is requesting a $250,000 a year
tax break for the next 25 years from the City of Bath.
I've been trying to do four hours each day dropping flyers and I know of at
least eight others who have been helping do so as well. A couple
volunteers went to the voting polls in Bath yesterday for a couple hours
and reported, "Most reactions w... more »
Leave to appeal from summary conviction appeal
R. v. Wylie, 2013 ONCA 673:
[2] In *R. v. R.R.*, 2008 ONCA 497, 238 O.A.C. 242, this court
stated that leave to appeal in these circumstances depends on two factors:
the merits of the proposed grounds of appeal, and the significance of the
legal issues to the general administration of justice. In our view, both
factors indicate that leave to appeal ought to be granted in this case.
[3] A preliminary review of the Crown's arguments on the proposed
grounds of appeal satisfies us that these arguments have considerable merit.
[4] Moreover, when, as in this c... more »
BOOKS / Nina Herencia : Are We Hearing You Well, Mariann?
Are
we hearing you well, Mariann?
New poetry and drawings from the Wizard
By Nina Herencia /
The Rag Blog / November 6, 2013
Mariann Wizard has published two books this month; the second one,
Hempseed Food: The REAL Secret Ingredient for Health &
Happiness, will be reviewed soon in The Rag Blog. Mariann will launch
Hempseed officially on Saturday, November 9, 7-9 p.m., at
Austin's Brave
A Near Death Experience
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* *Lisa's NDE*
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* *[not Lisa Harrison's experience btw... in case you wonder... my friend
Wendell forwarded this to me in an email... keep in mind there is no
"correct" way to have an NDE, they do vary from person to person. In the
one I had in 2009 I had no life review. For a time I thought maybe
something was wrong with me because I didn't. I also did not see
relatives, or many of the things Dannion Brinkley reports in his 3 NDE
experiences. One thing that is common though is how deeply they affect your
physical life afterwards. Dolores Cannon says many people in th... more »
Updates On Syria: Date of Peace Conference Pushed Back, Turkey Ramps Up Border Control, Assad's Advisor Is Hopeful About A Political Settlement
An excerpt from, *"Damascus blasts kill 8 as Syria peace talks languish"*CBS News, November 6:
Meanwhile, the international effort to get both sides of the conflict to
the negotiating table to find a political solution to the crisis hit yet
another stumbling block Tuesday, as diplomats failed to agree on a date for
a long-anticipated peace summit in Geneva.
The world powers strongly disagreed over what diplomatic steps to take to
resolve the fighting and what any future Syrian leadership beyond President
Assad's government should look like.
An excerpt from, *"Turkey mostly mum on c... more »
San Fermin - Sonsick - Audiotree Live
San Fermin - Sonsick - Audiotree Live. Source: Audiotreetv. Date Published:
October 10.
Piers Morgan, the BBC and phone-hacking
As news breaks that the four civil cases against The Mirror Group have been
given leave to proceed, I note two things:
1. the news has yet to make the BBC news website where a search for 'Piers
Morgan' returns just this:
which is odd because every twist and turn in the cases against News
International were headline news on the BBC
2. that a court will now be able to test the veracity of Piers Morgan's
statement that:
"I have never hacked a phone, told anyone to hack a phone, or published any
stories based on the hacking of a phone."
The BBC's obsession with destroying News Internat... more »
“Fukushima Equals 3 TRILLION Lethal Doses”
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*“Fukushima Equals 3 TRILLION Lethal Doses”*
by Bob Nichols
"The world’s second big nuclear disaster occurred at Chernobyl Reactor No.
4 in the Ukraine on Apr 26, 1986. Simply tagged as “Chernobyl,” it is what
the next big and well known nuke disaster, after the American Three Mile
Island, on March 28, 1979 came to be called. “Chernobyl” ejected 30% of one
192-ton, three-month old reactor core. That’s 57.6 radioactive tons thrown
into the air by fire and explosions.
The tiny radioactive and burning smoke particles have traveled around the
world many times since 1979, killing ... more »
We Are All Slaves To The Multinationals-- No Less Under Obama Than Under The Bushs And Clinton
The U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government entity charged with helping boost
exports from domestic businesses, met last week to discuss giving hundreds
of millions of dollars in loans to a foreign airline so that it can buy
Boeing airplanes. The airline-- Biman Bangladesh-- is known for its poor
safety record and unreliable service.
While this proposed deal is disconcerting, it points to a broader problem:
The Ex-Im Bank’s priorities are backwards. Instead of helping domestic
small businesses that actually need assistance when it comes to exporting
their goods abroad, the Ex-Im B... more »
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*To the Corps of Engineers, Bermuda grass is a cheap way to resist erosion
— but it may not be enough ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Fallout. The result of Tony Clement's nuking of the federal public service.
I've
watched in awe at the decade-long performance of Tony Clement. He's
lied, he's laughed at the fatal results of a tainted food supply, he's
misappropriated millions of taxpayer dollars to feather his own
electoral riding with pagodas and pools, he's created the most inept
"red-tape' elimination formula known in the developed world and then he
was let loose to destroy the federal public
Jason Erb- Exposing Faux Capitalism
I did find this interview extremely enlightening. So much so I listened
thrice! ;-)
And thanks to Henrik at Red Ice Creations for providing this interview for
us all to enjoy
Jason Erb joins us from Ontario, Canada where he started the website*Exposing Faux Capitalism
*during the global financial collapse in 2008. We'll hear about a number of
topics such as the history of the monetary system, credit default swaps,
debt based currency and compound interest. Jason explains how the currency
system is run by belief, confidence and control of information but nothing
is there to back it u... more »
D. has an urgent need...
Our friend D. from the Removing the Shackles blog has a very urgent need.
She has a tooth that is infected in the jaw and needs to get it removed.
These kind of infections can get serious and painful.
D. has a family of great kids and really doesn't have the funds to get this
done so I thought we all could help her out. She's done such great
research over the past months and I regularly post her articles here..
If you'd like to help out you can send a donation via PayPal.com to *
muxicassar@gmail.com*, or you can send me the donation via the donation
button on the rig... more »
Assclowns of the Week #97: SNAPping Your Fingers at the Poor edition
As the caption in the lead picture attests, we'd rather murder poor
people overseas than feed our own. As the World Champion Boston Red Sox
were taking a boat ride through the Charles, we were treated to the sight
of carefully guarded and isolated multibillionaires and multimillionaires
slapping each other on the backs for getting even richer the very day after
Congress and the White House quietly let the 2009 Recovery Act lapse,
resulting in $5,000,000,000 in SNAP spending cuts. The juxtaposition and
timing couldn't've been more awful. Because of that "oversight" that
conveni... more »
A pattern is forming...
*based on what I've read this morning.*
Is it the right direction to take?
You tell me.
The Market Ticker: It Is Time To Stand Up, Or Stand Down
American Thinker: I Am Now a Dissident (and You Should Be, Too!)
Sultan Knish: The American Iron Curtain:
In the meantime, I have five more trees to plant and 120 tulip bulbs to
plunk in the ground before the rain starts up again.
PostElection: Virginia Governor
I'm a bit late to this, and despite that I haven't come close to reading
everything that people have written so I'm not sure whether people have
covered this or not, but that disclaimer aside:
The interpretation of the Virginia governor's race, with Terry McAuliffe
defeating Ken Cuccinelli by (based on results so far) 2.5 percentage
points, appears to be dominated by questions about why it's so close --
rather than questions about why McAuliffe won.
That's because of two things. One is because polls had McAuliffe with a
bigger lead; it was estimated at 7.2% by HuffPollster, which is... more »
“Repeat After Me: Economics Is NOT a Science”
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* “Repeat After Me: Economics Is NOT a Science”*
by Bill Bonner
“Dow off 20 points yesterday. Gold down $6 an ounce. No biggie. On Monday
and Tuesday, we visited our youngest son, Edward, a sophomore at the
University of Vermont. His roommate joined us for dinner.
“Okay, let me explain it to you,” we said. The roommate was wondering if he
should switch his major to economics. “Economics is a phony science. The
more you study it, the more you think you know… and the less you really
know about how an economy actually functions. I’ll explain why in just a
few sentences.
If yo... more »
An Overarching Accountability System Requires an Overarching Accountability System-Maker
Like his *The Allure of Order*, Jal Mehta’s“From Bureaucracy to Profession:
Remaking the Educational Sector for the Twenty-First Century” provides an
awesome and eclectic explanation of how to break out of the blame game and
create a 21st century educational sector. “The political science concept of
“path dependence” explains why the well-meaning efforts of
accountability-driven reformers have failed. The educational history that
they do not know has doomed top-down reform. But, history is not destiny,
Mehta proclaims. He argues that, “by creating a professional rather than
bureaucr... more »
Pipeline Around The Bend-A Spoof by Stars and Climate Change
The War Room from True Climate Stories on Vimeo.
Exploiting Fear to Steer Education Policy: It's Not Just for K-12 Anymore
*Posted at Alternet October 31, 2013 as "*Public Threat, Private Gain: How
Scare Tactics Steer Education Policy to Benefit Corporate Interests."
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*For more than 100 years, K-12 education policy has been driven by fears of
foreign domination. Now that ideology is taking over higher ed, and lining
corporate coffers in the process.*
In the fall of 2006, a special commission appointed by the U. S. Secretary
of Education Margaret Spellings issued its report on proposed changes for
colleges and universities in the United States. In language clearly
intended to portray the university in... more »
Brother Kessler’s historic quote!
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013*
*Truly, a world-class keeper:* We’ve changed one part of yesterday’s
headline. But truly, Brother Kessler’s recent quotation is a wonderfully
comical keeper:
“We’re not trying to pick on Jindal, but Gore did not actually say this.”
Kessler’s statement belongs to the ages! For the pitiful details, click
here.
For today, let’s review:
*Fourteen years later,* Bobby Jindal is *still* repeating an embellished
statement, something Al Gore “did not actually say.” In fact, the situation
is even worse:
In his recent appearance on Fox, Jindal put the statement... more »
THE PROGRESS, THE GAPS AND THE SCANDAL: Amanda Ripley, Lost in America!
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013*
*Part 3— The shape and the size of our gaps:* Unless he’s an education
reporter, a reader of Amanda Ripley’s new book may be struck, at various
junctures, by her apparent cluelessness about our large, sprawling nation.
Her cluelessness *and* her apparent disinterest! Reading Ripley’s attempt
to describe the challenges facing our children and schools, we often think
of the famous scene from Annie Hall.
Standing in line at a movie theater, Alvy Singer tears his hair as a
pompous fellow discusses Marshall McLuhan. He then asks a special guest to
rebuke t... more »
Rob Ford is an "international celeberity" now
He made a major headline on NBC Evening News for his crack-cocaine smoking
and his admission for doing so.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Mohawk Nation News 'Death of Anti-Indian'ism!'
DEATH
OF ANTI-INDIAN’ISM!
Posted on November 6, 2013
MNN. NOV. 3, 2013. We true Indigenous are the caretakers of Onowaregeh,
Great Turtle Island. The great natural power inspires us to stand up for
our inherent values, mainly to protect the environment. Our land was
stolen by the self-serving bankers to establish one of the most vicious
capitalistic war machines in the history of the
Vallas and CorpEd Lose in Bridgeport Election
The school board election in Bridgeport represents a clear referendum on
the antiquarian loser reforms that have increasingly crippled public
education over the past 30 years. Will state governments and the Feds take
note?
How sweet it is! From CTPost.com:
BRIDGEPORT -- The city Board of Education slipped out of the hands of Mayor
Bill Finch and Schools Superintendent Paul Vallason Tuesday, despite the
surprise win of a Republican school board candidate.
In the election, the majority of the nine-member school board tipped in
favor of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The wi... more »
The Diminished Mental Capacity Associated With Serious Drug And Alcohol Abuse Should Require Him To Step Down As Mayor ...
*The decision by a prominent Canadian mayor to stay on the job in spite of
an admission of cocaine use and "alcohol stupors", is likely a good
demonstration of his diminished capacity to make sound judgements. For his
own physical well-being, and the interests of the City of Toronto, he
should step down. He continues to hurt himself and the Office in which he
serves.*
*"Alcohol combines the elements of both mental illness and physical
disease. Alcoholism is classified as a substance abuse disorder in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III). Mental and
em... more »
When crackheads Rule
When crackheads rule
the idea of democracy
is touted like blue meth
but underneath the veneer
the powers that be
the powers that have
superhuman powers
and connected networks
that see
will always make fools
out of you and me
I am an elitist
yes I am
that's due to the fact
I appreciate decisions
that move forward
this planet ruled by man
Look there is a history
some kind of record
even though it was
written by repressible wretches
We now defy our bible
and do not keep slaves
beat our children
or eat food according to the dictates
of pre refrigerated ways.
If I were a pol
I would pull o... more »
"The Truth Is..."
“The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are
worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against
all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy
Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of
treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It
will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation,
enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by
violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of
f... more »
"It Is Time To Stand Up, Or Stand Down"
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* "It Is Time To Stand Up, Or Stand Down"*
by Karl Denninger
"Delusion is a funny thing. It's very easy and "satisfying" to engage in
it, when the object is yourself and your beliefs or expectations. You can
always find an excuse as to why you should be optimistic about this or
that, why movement in the wrong direction is seen as a "temporary" setback
and "all will be overcome in good time" and similar platitudes. But such
rationalization is not how you actually make progress, nor become fulfilled.
See, we all have only one life to spend. We can choose to spend that life
in... more »
The anti-regulation crowd should visit Ciudad de Angeles
Governments of a certain stripe are always complaining about red tape,
those darn regulations that stop people and businesses from getting on with
things.
Their supporters should come down to Honduras.
I pass Ciudad de Angeles, a big new housing development, on my way out of
Teguicgalpa. It looks pretty nice, although perched precariously on a
hillside.
Too precariously, as it turns out. The new 200-home development is falling
down around the devastated homeowners, who had hoped to stake their claim
to middle-class status. (Prices ranged from $60,000 to $120,000, upmarket
for these... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Greg Graffin, 49.
Everyone wants a little good stuff:
1. Jaime Fuller on voting for Mickey Mouse.
2. Dave Weigel on *Double Down* vs. *The Gamble*.
3. Caitlin Dewey: it's not just Northern Colorado; everyone wants to secede!
4. Lynda Powell on campaign finance and state legislators.
5. And Seth Masket looks at a new paper by Ray LaRaja on campaign finance
and parties. I haven't read Ray's paper yet (I will!); what Seth says
sounds right to me. I'm pretty much for making it easier to use formal
party organizations for electioneering, but I don't think it will solve... more »
What Kind Of Republican Candidates Is Steve Israel Recruiting To Run As Democrats Now? Not The Ones Who Have Seen The LIght
Sunday we looked at North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Jason
Thigpen's switch from the GOP to the Democratic Party. Monday evening Jason
went on air with Lawrence O'Donnell to talk about his oddessey (above).
When I spoke with him over the weekend, Jason seemed to me to be a very
independent-minded, thoughtful, progressive-oriented citizen with a keen
understanding of a Constitution he takes very seriously. What he did not
come across as is a careerist or someone likely to take walking orders from
any two-bit political hack like DCCC chairman Steve Israel. Israel is... more »
The Great War of…1990
The year 2014 is nearly on us, and reflections on World War One are already
weighing down bookshop shelves. In my own research, I’ve stumbled across an
odd tendency: that whereas in Britain the cause of World War One, if not
its conduct, attracts strong supporters as well as critics, the first Gulf
War is
Continue reading
BBC News - Concentrations of warming gases breaks record
The BBC report will seriousness that
' According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), atmospheric CO2
grew more rapidly last year than its average rise over the past decade.'
They seem less keen to report that despite this rise in 'global warming
gases' temperatures have not risen for 15 years.
BBC article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24833148
Nov 19 Tlakatl: What it means to be human symposium
Due to overwhelming response, looks like we will have a full house for our
Nov 19 Tlakatl: What it means to be human symposium Most of the costs have
been met, but there are a lot of additional costs involved. The event will
include presentations from K-12 students who we are busing to the event. So
we need a little bit more, particularly to cover costs for additional
speakers. If you can donate, please do so. Donation will go to the
University of Arizona Foundation and it is tax-deductible. For those that
can, thanks in advance. (This link should take you to a site (UA
Foundation... more »
Fukushima debris field the size of Texas and approximately a million tons in mass nears US West Coast ( California hopefully getting ready ) ! While the US media for the most part looks the other way , studies on the food chain impacts need to be urgently commenced ....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-06/fukushima-debris-island-size-texas-near-us-west-coast
Fukushima Debris "Island" The Size Of Texas Near US West Coast
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/06/2013 07:59 -0500
- Archipelago
- Fox News
- Guam
- Japan
- Meltdown
- NOAA
- Nuclear Power
inShare1
While it took Japan over two years to admit the Fukushima situation on the
ground is "out of control", a development many had predicted for years, a
just as important topic is what are the implications of this uncontrolled
radio... more »
remember remember the 5th of november
"People shouldn't be afraid of their government
governments should be afraid of their people."
(the revolutionary speech)
(obey)
False Populists
Stephen Harper posed as a populist last weekend, claiming that he and
Laureen didn't go to Ottawa to join an elite. That line, Lawrence Martin
writes, doesn't ring true:
The populist schtick isn’t an easy sell when your government has given far
more tax cuts to the corporations than to the little guy; when it’s been
manifestly on the side of big oil; when it takes on unions at every turn;
when its penchant for muzzling and censorship is legend; when it favours
judges ill-disposed to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; when the Prime
Minister’s version of grassroots democracy has ... more »
The Dark Side Of Gardasil - Five Years Later: Ashley's Story
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEgeCw-EAw
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*Five Years After Gardasil*
by Ashey Adair
Hormones Matter, 14 October 2013
My name is Ashley Adair and I am suffering the side effects of something I
thought would help me. I received the Gardasil vaccine because the people
and doctors all around me kept telling me “OH! This vaccine is the best
thing to happen to the medical industry!” Of course my mom and I fell for
it like many girls have. I want to let people know about the dark side of
the Gardasil vaccine.
My Life Before Gardasil
Before the HPV Vaccine, I was th... more »
The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2012 - 2013 From Project Censored
*To read further, please click on the link provided below:*
*The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2012 - 2013*
Toxic Detergents vs Soap Nuts A Laundry Soap You Can Eat by Ken McGowen
Toxic Detergents vs Soap Nuts A Laundry Soap You Can Eat
by Ken McGowen
Green Med Info, 29 October 2013
How we do our laundry, clean our homes and bathe ourselves has changed more
in the last 70 years than it has in the previous 7,000 years. None of these
changes have been kind to your skin, or good for your health.
The name brand chemical based laundry detergents, household cleaners,
soaps, and shampoos that you use in your day to day life contain
carcinogens, neurotoxins and envirotoxins.
Everyday, all day long, you are surrounded by and in close contact with
chemicals that ... more »
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*Insurer claims Texas Brine ignored warnings ~David J. Mitchell, The
Advocate*
*River Parishes residents anxiously await Corps of Engineers' levee
decision ~Lattice Bacon-Blood*
*Judge Julian Parker orders financial bonds for all defendants in his court ~Charles
Maldonado, The Lens*
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Meet the gatekeepers of state politics** ~How we
found Louisiana's top 400 political contributors *
*Disgraced former Federal Prosecutor Sal Perricone appeals to Internet for
help writing New Orleans crime novel ~WDSU*
*Tax assessment for building bought for $0 slashed dramati... more »
The Two Sides of Education Reform in Washington, D.C.
Education reform is failing traditional D.C. public middle schools located
east of the Anacostia River. Although certain popular education debates,
i.e. discussions centered on the merits of school choice, common core,
teacher evaluations, etc., may dominate the education policy world; The
failures, or shortcomings, of education reform throughout D.C.’s high
poverty neighborhood public middle schools, […]
Now Posted Online: Doug Martin on Douglas Storm's WFHB Radio Show: Muckraking Education Politics
In case you missed it last night, here is the link to listen to Doug Martin
and Douglas Storm discussing the corporate takeover of public schools last
night on WFHB radio in Bloomington, Indiana:
http://wfhb.org/news/interchange/interchange-doug-martin-muckraking-education-politcs/
This is from Storm's write-up on last night's show:
*Martin is a native Hoosier who has been investigating Indiana’s “for
profit” Education Politics for several years and will soon publish a book
detailing these investigations called “Hoosier School Heist.”*
**
*Martin’s articles at Schools Matter get o... more »
the harper government's vision of canada, in our passports and in our wallets
Some years ago, I analyzed the "Discover Canada", the most recent guide for
immigrants studying for the Canadian citizenship exam. I compared the
booklet to the previous citizenship guide, "A Look At Canada", and found
within its pages the Harper Government's vision of Canada.
Later, we learned that the citizenship exam itself uses a significantly
higher reading level than past exams, and functions as a barrier for many
newcomers who wish to become citizens: "jason kenney gets his wish: the
anglicising of canadian citizenship".
More recently, columnist Heather Mallick analyzed the ... more »
THE SUPER-RICH ARE THE ENEMY
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*Dickens' London brought to life*
The super-rich are often people who grab control of national resources, use
high levels of government influence, pay extremely low wages, and squash
competition.
The USA's wealth increased from *$47 trillion*, in 2008, to* $72 trillion*,
in mid-2013.
This is according to the 2013 Global Wealth Databook.
Between 2008 and 2013, the top 5 percent of Americans have each gained, on
average, nearly a million dollars.
*How the Super-Rich Are Abandoning America* via retank
* Dickens' London brought to life*
But according to U.S. Government Revenue... more »
The Court of Free Planet ... woah, where is this law-shit going, Mike?
*CRIMES AGAINST FREE PLANET*
and you can commit them. You can:
i) attempt to crashland a floating home for personal gain.
ii) attempt to take control of an automated peanut taxi for shits 'n'
giggles.
iii) attempt to cage/display/own re-wilded animals for personal
entertainment.
iv) attempt to rob, rape, pillage, massacre the species of the Earth for
your own amusement.
v) attempt to EARN PROFIT from any activity.
"Wait a minute, Mike, who the fuck gets to 'judge' what's legal and illegal
on a Free Planet?"
BIG SMILE here...
Well, do you not agree that IFF all your personal needs a... more »
Two short papers on the black hole interior
This blog post is here just to promote two new hep-th papers on the black
hole interior. Both papers have 4.0-4.5 pages in total and use the same
two-column revtex macro of \(\rm\TeX\). The Verlinde brothers wrote
Behind the Horizon in AdS/CFT
which calls the recent Papadodimas-Raju (PR) construction "elegant" and
debunks a potential paradox that could follow from the state dependence of
the internal operators by generalizing the PR construction to mixed states
with a low enough von Neumann entropy. They seem to say that the detailed
mathematical ideas were already contained in thei... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Green With A Friend
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Magic Lantern slide, 1860. View from the Moon. [Graphic from Georges Melies
exhibition at the Caixa Forum in Madrid, via Matthew Sweet]
New Mexico Man Stopped by Police for Traffic Violation Subjected to Forced Anal Exams, Enemas, Colonoscopy and Other Medical Procedures
Downtown Deming New Mexico *
* Posted at: http://www.cryptogon.com/?p=37853
*
* *New Mexico Man Stopped by Police for Traffic Violation Subjected to
Forced Anal Exams, Enemas, Colonoscopy and Other Medical Procedures*
November 5th, 2013
Via: KOB4:
This 4 On Your Side investigation looks into the actions of police officers
and doctors in Southern New Mexico.
A review of medical records, police reports and a federal lawsuit show
deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, police officers with the
City of Deming and medical professionals at the Gila Regional Medical
Center mad... more »
Harper's fishing partner. As grand as his senate appointees.
Always remember ...
Now head on over to Creekside. Once you've had a bit of Alison's humour you might not want to swallow that litre of bleach.
New Orleans City Council recognizes A3 Coalition and Common Ground Relief
Malik Rahim, co-founder of both the Angola 3 Support Committee and Common
Ground Relief, presented the following proclamation for signature by the
New Orleans City Council recognizing the efforts of both Common Ground and
the Angola 3. Malik hopes to have the same proclamation signed by the
Louisiana Black Caucus members and the Mayor of New Orleans in the coming
month. Click on the image below to view full size.
Russell Brand: we deserve more from our democratic system
Jeremy Paxman interviews Russell Brand on Newsnight. Photograph: BBC *
*
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/russell-brand-democratic-system-newsnight
*
* *Russell Brand: we deserve more from our democratic system*
*Following his appearance on Newsnight, the comedian explains why he
believes there are alternatives to our current regime*
The Guardian, Tuesday 5 November 2013 12.57 EST
I've had an incredible week since I spoke from the heart, some would say
via my arse, on Paxman. I've had slaps on the back, fist bumps, cheers and
hugs while out and about, cock-eyed o... more »
Cucinelli Concession Speech ...
Virginia? - you deserve everything you get...
Good luck.
The LAX Shooting: Is This Another Fraud?
I am finally feeling much better and over my recent horrendous bout of
Sinusitis.... It is time to get back to doing articles at this blog, and to
do some catching up on what has been happening around the world...
Just the other day, I took the time to look over all of the facts and
evidence concerning the recent "shooting" of a TSA agent by a "lone gunman"
at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and what I saw just did not
make any sense at all... In fact, as usual I had my suspicions from the
very beginning that this was another set up and a false flag attack.... But
for once,... more »
Tonight's Election Results
The race most people were most interested in today was the lesser-of-two
evils gubernatorial election in Virginia. As expected, the lesser of two
evils, Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe, won. The exit polls looked bad for
conservatives in Virginia even before voting was finished. Democrats were
voting in greater numbers than expected and Republicans were voting in
smaller numbers. Pro-Choice voters vastly outnumbered anti-Choice voters, a
sure death knell for Cuccinelli and his crackpot War on Women team. The
good news: far right extremist Ken Cuccinelli has been thoroughly rejected... more »
Give the people what they want
The maths are not my strong suit but this not hard arithmetic. Our national
economy is 70% dependent on consumer spending. You know who spends all
their money in Murika? Poor people. They don't go anywhere. They don't have
offshore accounts to hide their obscene corporate and casino capitalist
profits. They spend their money in the local stores. You know -- small
businesses. So my dear befuddled Democrats. Listen to Sherrod Brown. When
GOPers say cut Social Security, you say screw that. Increase Social
Security payments.
Brown argues that if Republicans push for Social Security ben... more »
“Carpe Diem”
*“Carpe Diem”*
by poets.rog
"We are food for worms, lads," announces John Keating, the unorthodox
English teacher played by Robin Williams in the 1989 film "Dead Poets
Society." "Believe it or not," he tells his students, "each and every one
of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die."
The rallying cry of their classroom is "carpe diem," popularized as "seize
the day," although more literally translated as "pluck the day," referring
to the gathering of moments like flowers, suggesting the ephemeral quality
of life, as in Robert Herrick's "To the V... more »
"Time..."
"Someone once told me that time is a predator that stalked us all our
lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on
the journey, that reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never
come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we live it.
After all, Number One, we're only mortal."
- "Jean-Luc Picard"
"Time is the fire in which we burn..."
- "Dr. Soren"
STONE ON JEJU NAVY BASE PROTEST
Democracy Now interview with three-time Academy Award-winning director,
producer and screenwriter Oliver Stone. He discusses recent NSA protests,
his visit to Jeju Island in South Korea to join protests against a planned
naval base to house a U.S. missile defense system close to China, the
militarization of space and more about the assassination of JFK and his
series, *The Untold History of the United States*.
A new author in our midst, @angelclintonjr
I’ve come to know this rather insightful fellow via social media since
coming back to DC Public Schools. Mr. Angel Clinton, Jr. is a colleague, a
middle school teacher, in the great Ward 8 in our nation’s capital. Here’s
a link to his author page and bio. As you might be able to tell, his […]
My pick for Election Night is Brahms, but I guess we ought to at least try to focus a little
*Vice President Biden appears to be arguing forcefully that the pathetic
homeless guy next to him shouldn't lose his food stamps. Oh wait, on closer
examination the guy turns out to be Virginia Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Terry McAuliffe. Well, if he's entitled to food stamps, he
shouldn't lose them either, should he?*
*by Ken*
I usually try to keep myself occupied on Election Night, since the
likelihood is usually pretty strong that most of what happens is going to
be upsetting. Tonight I've got the first couple of hours covered with a
concert of the Brahms Second and Thir... more »
Duncan's Expensive Haiti Trip to Prop Up Paul Vallas's National Corporate Welfare Scheme
Some are wondering why Arne Duncan is taking eight members of his staff,
along with translators and a security detachment to Haiti. Simple: Since
2010, long-time mentor and education reform loser, Paul Vallas, has been
providing "expertise" in creating a national system of publicly funded
schools in Haiti that will be privately run. And yes, to stay certified,
schools must lock in to the new national curriculum and annual testing.
This is the way that the Inter-American Development Bank described the new
Vallas approach in 2010:
Along with financial support from the IDB and other... more »
Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Message”
Vangelis, “Message”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZpTTokiCrE
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Even though Kepler-78b is only slightly larger than the Earth, it should
not exist. Its size is extraordinary only in the sense that it is the most
similar in size to the Earth of any exoplanet yet directly discovered. Its
orbit, however, is extraordinary in the sense that it circles a Sun-like
star 40 times closer than planet Mercury. At such a scathing distance, even
rock is liquid.
* Click image for larger size.*
Models of planet formation predict that no planet can form in such a close
orbit, and models of planet evolution predict that Kepler-78b's orbit
should decay- do... more »
"The Dream..."
“The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate
sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was
soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a
conscious ego could ever reach."
"This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the
theater where the dreamer is at once scene, actor, prompter, stage manager,
author, audience, and critic.”
- Carl Jung
Chet Raymo, "Tenderness and Silence"
* *
*"Tenderness and Silence"*
by Chet Raymo
“It's been a long, long time since I read “Justine”, the first volume in
Lawrence Durrell's “Alexandrian Quartet”, but one phrase sticks in my mind.
As I recall, Justine, the woman with whom the narrator is having an affair,
is questioning him as to why he doesn't take seriously their friends'
philosophical conversations. You always sit there smiling, she chides, or
something to that effect. He tells her that anyone who takes really
seriously the inextricable tangle of human thought can only respond with
"ironic tenderness and silen... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Brawley, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Less Tima And Inclination..."
“We have looked first at man with his vanities and greed and his problems
of a day or a year; and then only, and from this biased point of view, we
have looked outward at the earth he has inhabited so briefly and at the
universe in which our earth is so minute a part. Yet these are the great
realities, and against them we see our human problems in a different
perspective. Perhaps if we reversed the telescope and looked at man down
these long vistas, we should find less time and inclination to plan for our
own destruction.”
- Rachel Carson
Climate Change: “Eyes on the Ice”
* *
*“Eyes on the Ice”*
by Miyase Christensen, Annika Nilsson and Nina Wormbs
“There is no longer any doubt that the Earth is warming and that human
activities are responsible. The “Fifth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” (IPCC), released on 27 September
in Stockholm, confirmed that scientific message. The IPCC stressed that
only with drastic cuts in emissions can we avert the worst climate change
impacts. Yet, from the media coverage, there seems little hope that the
IPCC report will build a new political will actually to address this dire
situa... more »
Bogus traffic stops amounts to arbitrary detention
R. v. Becker, 2013 BCPC 287:
I am satisfied that this explanation was indeed a ruse generated in an
effort to provide a reason for a traffic stop, knowing that there were no
reasonable grounds to enter into any other sort of investigation. Simply
put, I accept the argument of counsel for Mr. Becker that the stop was not
a traffic stop and was not authorized in law. As such, it was an arbitrary
detention clearly in violation of Mr. Becker's Section 9 rights.
Music Video: Innu chant by Annie Hervieux with Klee Benally
Annie Hervieux, chant Innu, accompagnée par Klee Benally et Pascal Grégis
Watch music video: http://vimeo.com/78620940
Thank you Christine Prat for sharing, from Klee Benally's European Tour.
Federal Reserve meddlings by way of the various QEs with markets have distorted credit markets and now the Fed heroin drip has the Fed in the position of being the Hunter captured by the Game !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-05/because-fed-mortgage-market-liquidity-bad-when-bear-stearns-failed
Because Of The Fed "Mortgage Market Liquidity Is As Bad As When Bear
Stearns Failed"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/05/2013 18:22 -0500
- Bear Stearns
- Bond
- Moral Hazard
- REITs
- Russell 2000
inShare
Remember the main reason why the Fed *should *have tapered, namely the
illiquidity in the bond market it is creating with its feverish pace of
collateral extraction, and conversion of quality collateral into 500x fwd... more »
“The End of Doom”
Paul Erlich and the rest of the apocalyptic doom-mongers were and are
wrong. Asking the question implicit in the doom-mongers predictions, "Are
human beings smart enough to overcome scarcities through their intellectual
powers?" In his forthcoming book, *The End of Doom*, and in this
twenty-minute video (perfect for watching over lunchtime) Ronald Bailey
unequivocally answers “Yes!”
His answer is confirmed by the Cato Institute’s new website
HumanProgress.Org, which aims to quantify the good news.
The project, directed by Marian Tupy, pulls together in one location data
sets orga... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Andrew
Carrington Hitchcock*. Andrew and I will be discussing a number of
subjects, including his book *The Synagogue of Satan *and *In The Name of
Yahweh*.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Don't blame Obamacare
I never expected to find myself in agreement with Juan Williams today but
he's absolutely right. Quit yer bitching about Obamacare and blame the damn
insurance corporations.
It baffles me that people are directing their anger at the ACA which rights
these terrible wrongs. [...]
The Hartford Courant newspaper reports that the CEO of Aetna insurance made
$36 million last year plus several millions more in stock options.
They also report that the CEO of Cigna cleared a cool $12.5 Million plus
stock options.
The American health insurance industry is one of the most profitable in th... more »
Reverse Engineering The Illuminati Mind Set (pt.2)
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*'Remember, you came here with a purpose'*
Julian Rose
In the first essay under this title, we took a voyage into the heart of a
microcosmic 'black hole' in order to explore the inner workings of the
Illuminati mind set. Once there, we entered into a process of observation –
while ensuring that our own state of being remained charged by photon
energy from the divine source. We saw that at the heart of this black hole
was a darkly festering void made up of imploded and subsequently reversed
energies – behind which 'light' was... more »
It's Time for Plan "B"
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Snowden's "Vow Was To The Constitution! NOT The Government!" Ray McGovern Schools CNN
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Obama: "What We Said Was You Can Keep It If It Hasn't Changed Since The Law Passed"
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Talk about trying to put lipstick on a pig. Hilarious.
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New Pre-Crime Computer Model Deployed in California
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image source Kevin Samson
The pace of technological advancement is quickening to the point where the
gap between science fiction and reality is being greatly reduced. Philip K.
Dick explored the concept of pre-crime in his short story "The Minority
Report" in 1956, but it wasn't until Steven Spielberg offered it on the big
screen as *Minority Report* in 2002 that the audience got a true look at a
potential day-to-day existence under corporate and government data
management and control.
Our Orwellian world is beginning to lo... more »
Campaign for a Permanent Labour Majority
Social engineering. A phrase that is to politicians what garlic is to
vampires. The conjunction of these two words reminds one of
totalitarianism, of the gulag and the death camp. It speaks of the perils
of good intentions, of grand schemes getting broken on the rock of social
complexity. Hence it's a term confined to politics' rusty armoury, only to
be dusted off for a readymade insult to fling across the chamber. But for
all that, every single one of our parties of government are social
engineers. By this I don't mean that they blindly implement policies with
social consequences,... more »
We Got Lucky
*Hope*~ George Frederic Watts, 1886*
*I have always admired Dave Cohen’s blog, Decline of the Empire. His
writing is unremittingly bitter, but given his completely unsentimental
view of the antics of our miserable species, it’s only to be expected. His
scorching wrath can be particularly hilarious when he mercilessly
juxtaposes human aspirations and delusions with our feckless behavior. His
scathing fury is as immense as the compassion and grief that lies beneath
it.
Now, he has written a tour de force. It’s rare and refreshing to find
someone who resoundingly rejects any form o... more »
Talkin' Bad Journalism and Propaganda with Scott Horton
This
weekend, I again had the pleasure of speaking with Scott Horton of
AntiWar Radio and the aptly-named Scott Horton Show about disinformation
often found in mainstream journalism on the Iranian nuclear program.
Focusing mainly on my recent article, "Propaganda &
Ignorance in Reporting on Iran," published originally by
Muftah.org (where I am actually co-editor of the Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
What if Obamacare was repealed
For all the carping about the flaws in Obamacare, and granted there are
some big ones, the bigger question is would we better off without it? The answer
is no. For the naysayers, Ericka does the maths at the link and this is a
conservative estimate. :
The GOP has gleefully jumped on media reports about Americans having their
health insurance plans nixed because of Obamacare. "Obama lied. My health
plan died," conservative blogger Michelle Malkin wrote in September,
referring to President Barack Obama's promise that people who liked their
health insurance plans could keep them. But ... more »
Right-Wing Mayor Rob Ford Isn't Just A Hopeless And Delusional Drug Addict Of The Steve Stockman Variety
*The Daily Show*
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook
It's a shame that most media covers Toronto Mayor as a clownish
crackhead
instead of what he actually is-- Canada's most prominent right-wing
politician… and a clownish crackhead. Chris Christie is basically one
crackpipe incident from being America's Rob Ford.
The rest of Canada's right-wing politicians are afraid of being
tarnishedby Ford's outrageous behavior, though not by his vehemently
anti-family
agenda. Today, when he finally admitted he had used crack-- after
denying
it for months and months--... more »
Premier says Ford should be charged - I disagree
Generally I agree with Premier Wynne. Here I must differ.
We want drug addicts to make an admission of their addiction. We want them
to come forward and get help. Saying "if you admit you go to jail" is the
wrong approach.
Indeed our War on Drugs is misguided -- it's a public health issue and not
a criminal issue.
So, with respect, I disagree.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/touch/story.html?id=9128360
Thou Shalt Do No Murder
Bizarre poster from 1925 explaining that murder is forbidden and noting the
King's servants, the police will "take and kill the murderer". Who says
Canadian history is dull!!!
How Rich Do They Need To Be (Or Is It Just More Empowering of the Rich Super Bullies?) Lou Reed Cannot Ever Die
Remember asking yourself that question (in days of yore) "How much more
money do millionaires really need to make?" Seems that it's still
unanswered. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, of course, or anything like that
(attention Homeland Security!), but I have wondered from time to time if
the real rich in this country (and, heck, maybe in all the world) don't
alight immediately on the newly
How the World Was Made Safe for Crony Capitalism
*This guest post by Robert Batemarco asks what was brewing in America while
free-market capitalism was looking the other way. Students of the past and
present New Zealand economy will only need to change the names.*
For most of US history, crony capitalism has been in a struggle with
free-market capitalism for the heart and soul of the American economy. For
the past half century, crony capitalism has been gaining the upper hand.
There are many reasons why, all of which can be traced to the insatiable
desire of the state to gain and hold power.
As Bob Higgs has pointed out in a lif... more »
Avenel Cooperative Housing, by Gregory Ain
Gregory Ain was an apprentice to Richard Neutra, and a Mid-Century Modern
master in his own right.
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A unit in Ain’s Los Angeles Avenel Housing Cooperative, built in 1947, has
now come on the market, and this 100 square metre townhouse can be picked
up for the bargain price of just US$650,000.
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What I like about most is its flexibility, hinted at in the above two pics
and in the plans below—and too little seen in New Zealand apartments and
townhouses--using sliding partitions in its small space to allow residents
to configure it into one, two, or thre... more »
We gaze on the lessened form of Glenn Kessler!
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013*
*Fact Checker doesn’t want to pick on Bobby Jindal:* American journalistic
culture is massively broken. The guild which sustains it is deeply involved
in a form of the walking death.
For a peculiar new example, consider yesterday’s post by the former Glenn
Kessler, major domo of the Washington Post’s Fact Checker blog.
In theory, the Fact Checker site exists to tell us when people have made
misstatements. And sure enough:
Two Sundays ago, Bobby Jindal made a misstatement on Fox!
Kessler wasn’t required to critique Jindal’s misstatement. Yesterday, he
d... more »
PERMANENT WAR
DARPA Plans to Arm Drones With Missile-Blasting LasersBy Allen McDuffee
(Wired)
The Pentagon this week edged closer to mounting missile-destroying lasers
on unmanned and manned aircraft, awarding $26 million to defense
contractors to develop the technology.
Under the name Project Endurance, DARPA, the Department of Defense’s
research agency, awarded Northrop Grumman $14.6 million and Lockheed Martin
$11.4 million in contracts for the effort, according to *Military &
Aerospace Electronics*. Called “Project Endurance,” the research will
“develop technology for pod-mounted lasers to ... more »
For Tuesday I Walk to the Village
New polling place for me. Alas, despite it being a public school, no baked
goods. But I did vote today.
Big story this time wasn't how many times I voted, but that I was caught up
in the Texas anti-voting dragnet that previously snared gubernatorial
candidates Wendy Davis (whose amendment saved me today) and Greg Abbott.
One affidavit later -- and one story later -- and I was able to vote.
Meanwhile. All that was on my ballot today were Texas constitutional
amendments, placed there by the legislature. One of them, about water
projects, has had something of a campaign, with both busi... more »
“The NSA’s Invasion of Google and Yahoo Servers”
* *
*“The NSA’s Invasion of Google and Yahoo Servers”*
by Alfredo Lopez
“What a week! Shortly after Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that
maybe our government had gone “too far” in its surveillance programs, the
Washington Post dropped another Edward Snowden bombshell demonstrating that
it is going a whole lot farther than we knew.
If Kerry’s ersatz admission — couched in a defense of National Security
Agency surveillance — provoked a collective yawn from many who follow these
developments, the latest Snowden stuff snapped us to attention. The Post
published an article deta... more »
"How It Really Is"
“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every
once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
- Edward Abbey
Truer words have never been spoken...
- CP
Greg Hunter interviews Paul Craig Roberts on the fate of the US dollar, who will ultimately pull the trigger, and when.
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*Fate of Dollar is the Fate of U.S. Power - Dr. Paul Craig Roberts*
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4 NOVEMBER 2013
*By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com** *
Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, *“The fate
of the dollar is the fate of United States Power.” *Dr. Roberts goes on to
say,* “The whole question of the dollar’s longevity depends on the
willingness of other countries to continue holding dollars and dollar
denominated assets while the Federal Reserve prints a trillion dollars a
year to prop up the big banks and to finance... more »
"Conspiracy against Rob Ford and Stephen Harper exposed"!!!!
*Yes, Rob Ford did smoke crack cocaine. So what? He says he'll stay on as
Toronto's mayor. It's Bill Blair, the police chief investigating Ford who
should resign.
Ditto in Ottawa. It's not Stephen Harper's fault that he appointed to the
Senate three people he now calls grifters. It's not his fault that his most
trusted aide wrote one of those senators, Mike Duffy, a cheque for $90,000
in exchange for unspecified services.
Nor is it the prime minister's fault that the party he heads paid $13,000
to cover the legal fees Duffy incurred in hammering out the $90,000 deal.
Nope. It's th... more »
WILLIAM CARR - PAWNS IN THE GAME
William Carr wrote conspiracy theories involving Freemasons, Zionists,
bankers, Illuminati and others.
But, to our mind, the basic conspiracy is very simple, and does not need to
use a lot of words.
The basic conspiracy is the 'Feudal System', whereby the top people control
most of the wealth.
But let us explain about William James Guy Carr (1895 - 1959), who was born
in England and went to sea at the age of 14.
*During World War II, Carr was working for the Canadian Intelligence
Service.*
He became a conspiracy theorist and wrote books which included '*Pawns in
the Game*'.
... more »
Slouching Toward Mordor
As part of World Politics Review‘s new feature on “winding down the war on
terror,” I rant about the US’ continuing use of a war paradigm for global
law enforcement operations: The term “shadow wars” aptly describes the U.S.
approach to the war on terror. Policymakers perceive they are fighting an
enemy composed of shadow
Continue reading
5/11 was an Inside Job
This is the Voice of Fate:-
Are you sitting comfortably?
Then I'll begin.
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot...
Thomas Percy and Robert Catsby are the double-agents and informants - they
are reporting into Lord Cecil, architect of the Anti-Papist War on Terror.
Fawkes, the Wright Brothers and the Winter Brothers are the patsies, Bates
the servant is probably an informant.
Remember, remember the Eleventh of September,
Thermite, Treason and Plot...
Atta is the chief US Double agent.
"Al-Hamzi" and Al-Midhar is the chief Saudi Double agent.... more »
Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human Symposium Nov 19, 2013
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RELEASE
Nov 5, 2013*
*Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human Symposium*
*Nov 19, 2013*
*9am-6pm*
*All day-student/community symposium*
*University of Arizona Student Union, KIVA ROOM & VENTANA ROOM*
An all-day student/community symposium will examine what it means to be
human, particularly as it pertains to living in Arizona in 2013. Students
will examine the history of de-humanization on this continent, including
present-day dehumanizing laws.
Students/community will also examine how society and gov... more »
Disney on Ice Winner and a Free Event!
I received tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange for this post and hosting a
giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
Tomorrow, November 6th in celebration of their upcoming show, Disney on
Ice will host a free event in the Grand Hall at the Gateway Mall from 10:30
AM to Noon. Upon arrival, children will receive a special Disney passport
that will guide them through four activity stations representing Africa
(The Lion King), Never Never Land (Peter Pan), Under the Sea (The Little
Mermaid) and Hawaii (Lilo & Stitch) – the four magical Disney destinations
featured in Passport to Adven... more »
Rob Ford Says He HAS Smoked Crack While Serving As Mayor
*TORONTO - The embattled mayor of Canada's largest city performed a
stunning about-face Tuesday, saying he had smoked crack cocaine after
months of staunchly denying he used the drug.*
*"Yes! I've smoked crack cocaine!" said Mayor Rob Ford. "Am I (an) addict?
No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors."*
*In the shocking admission which reversed his earlier statements, the
Toronto mayor said he tried the drug about a year ago, while he was in
office.*
*National Newswatch*
Doug Martin Interview Tonight at 6pm on WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana
Tonight, Doug Storm will interview Doug Martin on the hour-long community
affairs interview/discussion program "Interchange" on WFHB, the community
radio station in Bloomington, Indiana. The show, "Muckraking Education,"
will focus on the systemic fraud that has undermined the very idea of the
public good. From the public conception of political office as
representation to the public school as a leveling ground of social
opportunity, we'll talk about the way these institutions serve power and
wealth all while maintaining a disabling democratic illusion. All ground
Doug covers here... more »
The Polling Place Bake Sale Zone?
I've voted in Texas, California, and Indiana, but something my brother
tweeted this morning was new to me: apparently it's a thing that there are
bake sales at polling places. I've spent some energy on twitter today
trying to figure out where this happens, so I figured I might as well take
it here, too. So far, we have reports of polling place bake sales in
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New York City, New Jersey, Minnesota,
and Michigan. In each case (I think), it's at public schools; apparently
it's a good captive market to exploit. Makes sense, but then again it would
make se... more »
"Amor Patria"
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*"Amor Patria"*
by Bill Bonner
"The Dow took another step up yesterday. Gold held steady. Are we at the
beginning of another bubble in stocks? Maybe. As Bonner & Partners
editor-in-chief Chris Hunter reported yesterday, the total market
capitalization of the US stock market now stands at 112% of GDP. This is
higher than 96% of readings since World War II. It’s also significantly
higher than the same reading in Germany (44%), in China (41%) and in Japan
(62%). And the inflating of bond prices as a result of the Fed’s QE seems
to be having most effect in one place: the stock ... more »
How Do Progressives Explain The Affordable Care Act To Their Constituents? Matt Cartwright And Lee Rogers
Matt Cartwright wasn't in Congress when the Affordable Care Act passed.
People taken in by conservative lies-- or who are freaked out about the
incompetent roll out of the website-- can't really blame Cartwright the way
they're trying to blame other Democrats in Congress. Cartwright could have
laid low and let the battle rage on around him. But that's not the Matt
Cartwright I know and that's not the Matt Cartwright Blue America backed
when he was running against corrupt Blue Dog Tim Holden in 2012. As Ed
O'Keefe reported in Monday's *Washington Post* Cartwright is leading on
heal... more »
Anonymous marches on White House
GLOBAL MILLION MASK MARCH!
November 5, 2013
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Anonymous marches to White House and US Capitol
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“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Thoughts on Election Day”
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* “Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: *
*Thoughts on Election Day”*
By John W. Whitehead
"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I
do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine—the
security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as
much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those
important events of the past usually associated with someone’s death or the
end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I
thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day t... more »
Royal Family granted new right of secrecy
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* *Hmmmm... could financial disclosures and the Jimmy Saville scandal be
playing into this move? - Bill*
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* *Royal Family granted new right of secrecy*
*Special exemptions to be written into Freedom of Information Act*
BY ROBERT VERKAIK , HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR SATURDAY 08 JANUARY 2011
The Royal 'we' in 3D: Queen's Christmas message to be in more than two
dimensions
Video: Guards pay musical tribute to royal baby
The Royal Family is to be granted absolute protection from public scrutiny
in a controversial legal reform designed to draw a veil of secrecy over the
affairs of the Qu... more »
Usury: Weapon of Control and Enslavement – Part 1 of 2
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Paul Adams, J.D.
The world economy is based on the sand foundation of usury, which was
considered a sin and tool of covert warfare for thousands of years.
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender. *Proverbs 22:7*
Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes its
laws -- *Attributed to Mayer Amschel Rothschild*
The world financial system seems complex but it is actually very simple: a
cabal of bankers has conquered the world by lending people and governments
money that... more »
Jennefer Merendino's Photo Journey Through Cancer - by Angelo Merendino
To honor my late wife Jennifer, who passed at the age of 40 from metastatic
breast cancer, I have started *The Love You Share, *a non-profit
organization whose mission is to provide financial assistance to women in
need while they are receiving treatment for breast cancer. Fifty percent of
the net profits from sales of my book will be donated to *The Love You
Share. *I cannot think of a better way to honor Jennifer's legacy than by
helping others.
*
**Download a sample **HERE**!*
All photos by Angelo Merendino.
Angelo has ... more »
Us behaving like Them: Please click on this bait!
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013*
*Salon toys with race again:* Who writes the headlines at Salon? Is there
any way he or she can be made to present for re-education?
These questions arose for the ten millionth time after a piece appeared
last Friday. A young man had shot up LAX.
Salon responded like this:
*Why is it always a white guy: The roots of modern, violent rage*
*The LAX shooter, once again, is reported to be a white male. Here's why
they're always first to violence*
MICHAEL KIMMEL
The problem *doesn’t* lie with Kimmel or with his very long, pre-written
piece, which doesn’t say ... more »
New York's 7 Million Dollar Teacher Observation Coaches
When Tennessee became the first state to implement a teacher evaluation
system based on a Rube Goldberg designed observation rubric and invalid,
unreliable, and unfair testing methodology, the State became a
laughingstock.
Now that same crackpot scheme has come to New York and most likely to a
school near you, if your state or locality is accepting Race to the Top
bribe money.
A clip from DNAinfo New York:
. . . .Across the city, the Department of Education has hired approximately
70 talent coaches like Barros — at a starting salary of $97,199, according
to a job posting — to t... more »
DRONE STRIKES PART OF STRATEGY OF TENSION
Journalist Alice Ollstein today noted that, while the Rehman family were
testifying in Congress about the day a drone strike killed their
grandmother, President Obama was meeting the CEOs of arms companiesincluding Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.
Reprieve—As drone victims testified
The USA's drones are part of the Strategy of Tension.
The idea is to kill innocent civilians and get people scared.
One of the CIA's Gladio operatives said, "You had to attack civilians, the
people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from
any political game.
"The reaso... more »
How many children are living in poverty?
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013*
*Is a worm eating our brains:* We hadn’t planned to conduct a daily
discussion of the poverty rate.
But yesterday, it happened again! In the Washington Post, Michael Chandler
reported a study about the disadvantages faced by kids from low-income
homes.
Those disadvantages are very real, and they’re well worth studying. That’s
why it’s maddening why journalists produce chaos like this:
CHANDLER (11/4/13): Nearly half of children 8 years old and younger are
living in low-income households, according to the report. *The poverty
marker is defined as those... more »
JRC Guidelines for Scientific Integrity
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending an excellent workshop on
connecting science and policy at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the
European Commission. There a colleague shared with me the JRC's guidelines
for integrity in scientific support activities -- "Robust Science for
Policy Making: A guideline towards integrity and veracity in scientific
support and advice."
The document offers an excellent statement of values and principles which
underlie the JRC's mission to serve and an "in-house science service" to
the European Commission. The document is not otherwise av... more »
Feeling Patriotic
(My standard Election Day post, edited as usual to bring it up to date)
I do love Election Day.
And even though it's an off year, it's still a good one, lots of great
stories. In New York, someone gets a promotion to one of politic's greatest
dead-end jobs; Boston gets a new mayor, too. We have a 2016 candidate
getting something to brag about in New Jersey, and Democrats getting their
own bragging rights in Virginia. The GOP run-off in AL-1 will determine
whether John Boehner gets another vote for his conference -- or the
Gohmert/Bachmann caucus gets one instead. There are even 15 r... more »
McAneney on Australian Bushfires
Over at The Conversation, John McAneney of Risk Frontiers, Macquarie
University, has an eminently sensible article on Australian bushfires and
climate change. He shows the figure above which updates through present
the time series of "normalized building damage" from bushfires which we first
presented in this paper (Crompton et al. 2010).
Here is an excerpt from his piece:
There’s no trend in the graph. Bushfire losses can therefore be explained
by the increasing exposure of dwellings to fire-prone bushlands. No other
influences need be invoked. So even if climate change had play... more »
Are Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”?
Are Common Core and Testing Debates \”Two Different Matters\”?. via Are
Common Core and Testing Debates “Two Different Matters”?.
THE PROGRESS, THE GAPS AND THE SCANDAL: Who gives a fig about black kids?
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013*
*Part 2—Ripley falls into a gap:* According to our most reliable testing
program, American students have made a lot of progress in basic skills over
the past twenty years.
Consider the nation’s black kids.
Your nation is full of good, decent, admirable, impressive black kids; we
see such kids all over Baltimore every day of the week. Here are the most
reliable math scores for this particular “demographic,” running through the
most recent available data:
*Average scores, black students, Grade 8 math, NAEP*
*1996:* 239
*2007:* 259
*2011:* 262
According t... more »
ENDA Passed The Senate But Boehner Wants To Kill It In The House. Can He?
Yesterday we looked at the lead-up to last night's historic Senate vote for
ENDA. The anti-gay filibuster was shut down 61-30, every Democrat plus 7
Republicans voting for equality. 30 Republicans-- though not one was
willing to go on the record with a speech during the debate-- voted against
equality. But all the regular suspects-- bigots like Jefferson Beauregard
Sessions (R-AL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI),
Mitch McConnell (R-KY), closet case Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Marco Rubio
(R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY)-- voted against what their own constituents want.
No... more »
Your moment of Zen
A 125 year old Rhododendron Tree in Ladysmith, Canada. [photo via
TwistedSifter]
Tuesday Morning Linkage: A Rookie Explains Himself
This is my first time doing the Duck linkage, as I will be alternating with
Charli on Tuesdays. I may eventually figure out a style, a pattern, a
focus, but my first shot at this will be either completely random or
entirely typical of my various fascinations and interests. As I panic
every other Monday
Continue reading
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Tatum O'Neal, 50.
No shortage of good stuff for Election Day:
1. I had noticed the same point that Dan Drezner noticed about the White
House and Middle East policy planning, but he makes some very good points
about it -- and about Obama's problems with allies.
2. Andrew Rudalevige on Lee White.
3. Sarah Kliff has five things we know about ACA signup customers.
4. And here's yet another reason some may not get subsidies they're
entitled to, from Kate Pickert.
5. Brian Beutler thinks the Democrats have the leverage to get HHS funded
for the rest of FY 2014. Could b... more »
It's Only The Beginning
After attending last week's Conservative convention, Tasha Kheiridden
wrotethat the party was "a party under lockdown." In fact, the public
was not
welcome at the event:
Canadians, unfortunately, saw none of it, since reporters were banned
from
attending. In fact, the press was excluded from most of the convention.
No
events were open until the prime minister’s speech on Friday night.
Velvet
ropes and security guards kept reporters out of the day’s policy and
constitutional debates. Reporters were not allowed to walk on the
plenary
floor the next day to talk to delegates during th... more »
Seeking to Overturn Earlier Court of Appeal Decisions - Procedural Requirements
*Cumming v. Peterborough Police Association*, 2013 ONCA 670 is useful for
the procedure to be followed when seeking to overturn an earlier decision
of the Court of Appeal.
Generally the best approach is to argue the earlier decision does not bind
the Court because there are distinguishing factors between the precedent
and the instant case.
However, on occasion, there is no way to make such distinctions and the
argument that the earlier decision is bad law must be faced squarely.
In order so to do the party must apply to the Chief Justice and convince
the Chief that a dou... more »
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