oldephartte(in training): 6 Nov - Blogs I'm Following

New Orleans, Louisiana. Festivities marking inauguration of new mayor Mitch Landrieu and the New Orleans City Council, Lafayette Square. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patrolman Mark Shearer Puts Up School Crossing Signs at Daybreak. Lawbreaking in Rifle Is Mostly Confines to Traffic Violations and Occasional Drunkenness, 01/1973 (Photo credit: The U.S. National Archives)

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Two short papers on the black hole interior

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 33 seconds ago

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 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 entropy. They seem to say that the detailed mathematical ideas were already contained in their November 2012 p... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Green With A Friend

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 37 minutes ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 57 minutes ago

Magic Lantern slide, 1860. View from the Moon. [Graphic from Georges Melies ehibition 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

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago

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.

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 hour ago

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

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 1 hour ago

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

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago

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 ...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago

Virginia? - you deserve everything you get... Good luck.

The LAX Shooting: Is This Another Fraud?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

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

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago

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”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

*“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..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

"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

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago

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

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago

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

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago

*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

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago

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”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

Vangelis, “Message” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZpTTokiCrE

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“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..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“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"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

* * *"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?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

Brawley, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Less Tima And Inclination..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“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”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

* * *“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

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago

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

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago

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 !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

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”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago

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

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 8 hours ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago

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)

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 8 hours ago

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *'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"

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 8 hours ago

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Snowden's "Vow Was To The Constitution! NOT The Government!" Ray McGovern Schools CNN

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 8 hours ago

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Obama: "What We Said Was You Can Keep It If It Hasn't Changed Since The Law Passed"

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 8 hours ago

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New Pre-Crime Computer Model Deployed in California

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 8 hours ago

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] 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

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago

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

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 9 hours ago

*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

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 9 hours ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours ago

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

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago

*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

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago

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

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago

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

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 9 hours ago

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

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago

*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

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago

Gregory Ain was an apprentice to Richard Neutra, and a Mid-Century Modern master in his own right. [image: image] 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. [image: image] 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 broken form of Glenn Kessler!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago

*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 »

Nanoleaf, made in Canada Eh

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 10 hours ago

The worlds best light source.

PERMANENT WAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

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

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago

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”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

* * *“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"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago

“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.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 10 hours ago

------------------------------ *Fate of Dollar is the Fate of U.S. Power - Dr. Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ 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"!!!!

leftdog at Buckdog - 10 hours ago

*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

Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago

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

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago

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

Paul Coker at News Spike - 11 hours ago

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

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 11 hours ago

* * *PRESS 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!

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours ago

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

leftdog at Buckdog - 11 hours ago

*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

Douglas Storm at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago

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?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago

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"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

* * *"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

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago

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

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago

GLOBAL MILLION MASK MARCH TODAY! November 5, 2013 Censored News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/11/now-anonymous-marches-on-white-house.html . Anonymous marches to White House and US Capitol Live screen capture Anonymous at US Capitol! Woman yells "Look at us, they can't deny us! We are the Revolution!" NOW! at Capitol! Live streaming video by Ustream

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Thoughts on Election Day”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

* * * “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

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 14 hours ago

* * *Hmmmm... could financial disclosures and the Jimmy Saville scandal be playing into this move? - Bill* * * *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

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 15 hours ago

[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] 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

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 15 hours ago

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!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago

*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

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago

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

Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago

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?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago

*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

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 15 hours ago

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 »

Chilly Day

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago

Feeling Patriotic

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago

(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

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 16 hours ago

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”?

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 17 hours ago

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?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 17 hours ago

*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?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago

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

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago

A 125 year old Rhododendron Tree in Ladysmith, Canada. [photo via TwistedSifter]

Tuesday Morning Linkage: A Rookie Explains Himself

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 17 hours ago

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

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 17 hours ago

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

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 17 hours ago

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

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago

*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 »

Why I Left Academia

PM at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago

I left academia because I wanted to make a difference. I went to graduate school for the normal reasons: I’d done well in school, I didn’t really want to get a job, and I needed to learn how to free my mother from the eternal torments of the demon Mephisto. For a while, everything was Continue reading

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 18 hours ago

*Losing Louisiana ~Katy Reckdal, Weather Channel* *Stephanie Grace: Verdict coming in court of opinion ~The Advocate *

Review - Uncommon Goods

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 19 hours ago

Are you prepared for holiday gift giving? While I don't like to hurry the season, the fact is that Christmas is less than two months away. Finding earth-friendly products which are made locally (or at the very least in the same country), and are sold by a responsible company, takes time and effort. Luckily, *Uncommon Goods* make it a bit easier for us by offering a wide range of unique gifts. Before I tell you about the product I tested, let me tell you a bit about the company. Most of the products they carry are made in the United States. Approximately one third are made using recy... more »

If I were a student, I would ask my…

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago

If I were a student in a high poverty public school, I would pose the following questions to my teachers, guidance counselor, principal, and parents/guardians. This piece is not intended to score cheap education reform or political points. After a few years experience teaching in a high poverty public middle school, this piece simply reflects some of my […]

Where's Guy Fawkes When You Need Him?

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 20 hours ago

"*Despite all my rage / I'm still just a rat in a cage*." - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings", Smashing Pumpkins (*Editor's note*: *This is a slightly revised blog post I'd written and published three years ago exclusively for another blog I'd started that never took off and had abandoned by the summer of 2011. Despite the topical nature of politics and social events, when I reread this over the weekend I found more that was actually still relevant than was irrelevant. The face of evil never changes. The people that ran the Triangle Shirtwaist factory still live on. Their success... more »

Can China Get a Handle on Pollution? What Does that Mean for Climate Change?

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago

In the northern city of Harbin, China, air quality was so bad ten days ago that concentrations of particulate matter reportedly reached 1000 micrograms per cubic meter at their peak, exceeding the World Health Organization’s daily safe levels by a factor of 40 and shrouding the city in a fog so dense that commuters had Continue reading

“The Mogambo Guru’s Lifetime Income Equation”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago

* * *“The Mogambo Guru’s Lifetime Income Equation”* by Richard Daughty, The Mogambo Guru “My mood is dark. I see, as usual, enemies everywhere, but have started filling my days, not with installing more defensive armaments in the Super Duper Mogambo Bunker (SDMB), but with making lists of all the people whom I blame for something, starting with the worst offender of them all, the absolutely satanic Alan Greenspan. It was Greenspan who was the horrid chairman of the Federal Reserve who started the ridiculous Keynesian insanity of creating all the mountains of cash and credit that ... more »

Boston Globe: hit piece on Willie Soon

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago

Christopher Rowland of the Boston Globe, a left-wing daily – an assistant editor who mostly writes about the healthcare – just published a hit piece on Willie Soon, an astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian and a well-known climate skeptic. The title and subtitle are rather intimidating: *Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt* (click) Industry-funded Cambridge astrophysicist adds to partisan divide And so is the rest of the article. My country has gone through 50 years of the Nazi and communist propaganda so articles such as the article above are nothing new for me. I've seen ton... more »

SHOWTIME presents Years of Living Dangerously

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 21 hours ago

YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY is a groundbreaking SHOWTIME® documentary event series exploring the human impact of climate change. This innovative docu-series is a collaboration between some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and leading national news journalists, who will provide reports of people affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change. The series will be made up of eight one-hour segments and is set to air in 2014 on SHOWTIME (www.yearsoflivingdangerously.com) (http://www.ordershowtime.com/sho/years-of-living-dangerously/home).

Flame grids have alerted hu-manity to its impending dissolution

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago

* * * * *Flame grids have alerted hu-manity to its impending dissolution* by ÉirePort *AK Note: hu-manity=unawakened, hue-manity=awakened... They are not saying people are going away, just the old ways of looking at things... -Bill* Flame grids have alerted hu-manity to its impending dissolution, and hu-manity has in large part responded. Grids for birthing, en masse, of the Gaia Hue-manity proforma community, are fully in place, and will remain. hu-manity paradigm can not continue, as it lacks energetic support, on all dimensions. Participation of Hue-manity with dissolved parad... more »

REMOVING THE SHACKLES: To Bank or Not to Bank, that is the question.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago

MONDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2013 *To Bank or Not to Bank, that is the question.* * * First off, before I get started, I want to apologize- to you the readers and to Heather for the mistaken titles that I picked for the articles that I put out a few days ago with all of the Declarations in them. I will be re-titling the articles as soon as I finish this article so that there is no more confusion. A few days ago I published the articles "New Banking Docs: Original PDFs", and "Declaration of Deposit, Receipt, Conversion, & Account: Banking Documents". I need to clarify this microscopi... more »

Milner New Horizon Prize: Cachazo, Minwalla, Rychkov

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago

*Five candidates for the $3m prize in 2014 announced, too* This seems like a cool choice. I was informed about the new winners of the $100,000 Junior Milner Prize from the inner sources ;-) but Jay Wacker leaked the news at Quora so I think it's right to inform you, too: Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. PST, the list of nominees for the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize for 2014 will be released. *I took the picture at the Harvard Law School dining hall. Yup, Shiraz's Wikipedia page was also started by your humble correspondent.* We are happy to share the news that Freddy Cachazo, Shiraz M... more »

'CIA FINANCED MALL ATTACKERS'

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago

*Middle class Ikirma of al Shabaab, financed by the CIA.* The mainstream media is reporting evidence that the CIA financed Ikirma, the alleged mastermind of the Kenya Mall attack. According to CNN and the Daily Mail: The CIA got its agent *Morten Storm* from Denmark to finance* Ikirma*, aka Abdukadir Mohamed Abdukadir, the so-called 'Mall attack mastermind'. Kenya-mall-massacre-mastermind-backed-by-CIA-cash */ *Former spy: Kenya mall attack 'could have been prevented' Morten Storm was a 'Moslem' who was recruited by the CIA, MI5 and the Danish intelligence service, PET, to work al... more »

Ted Cruz's Tax Haven Past

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 23 hours ago

A version of this post was previously published at US News and World Report's "Economic Intelligence" blog: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2013/10/25/ted-cruz-will-vote-against-tax-haven-reform Reprinted here under the terms of my contract with US News and World Report. *Time* (h/t TPM) reports that Texas Senator Ted Cruz invested $6000 in a company with his college roommate/debate partner, David Panton, which has turned into at least $100,000. While this is true on paper and required Cruz to make multiple amendments to his Senate financial disclosures, t... more »

Fukushima Daichi - Tepco to conduct plutonium-infused fuel removal test at reactor 4

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 23 hours ago

you want your mainstream media-relevant news before the Big Six Companies (media, energy, defence) have the balls to publicly go into it? Keep coming to Free Planet where it's all at. This one involves the plan to conduct (plutonium-infused) fuel removal from Tepco's disabled #4 reactor. *The test was requested by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization. The government-affiliated agency called for an initial test that would include transporting a protective fuel cask from the No. 4 storage pool to another pool in a different building about 100 meters away, to provide more stabl... more »

Top Secret: The toxic site on western Navajoland

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago

'Nauaya Gra Res' No US government records exist Manhattan Project on western Navajo Nation: Navajos victims of uranium mining for the first atom bomb By Brenda Norrell Censored News When you've been a journalist for more than 30 years, some things come back to haunt you. The singular unsolved mystery that haunts me the most is Nauaya Gra Res Annex. It was located somewhere on the

Garden State Plaza in New Jersey , active shooter situation Monday evening - Mall locked down after several shots or series of shots fired , no injuries reported......Tentative ID on a person of interest to law enforcement made by police - the gunman ( dresses in black ) wore a motorcycle helmet with visor but strangely had the visor up while walking through the Mall , shooting his long gun in the air .......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://paramus.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/active-shooter-in-garden-state-plaza_3aa37da4 Police Hunt For Teaneck Man In Connection With Garden State Plaza Shooting Mall will be closed Tuesday as search for alleged shooter continues. Posted by Tom Troncone (Editor) , November 05, 2013 at 01:25 AM [image: patch] **1 Comment ** **1 Recommend ** ** [image: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)] (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) - [image: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)] - [image: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)] - [image: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)] - [image: Richard Shoop's MySpace.com profile] *By Jim Legga... more »

NATO In Crisis: Turkey's Protection of Al-Qaeda Spells Trouble For Dinosaur Alliance

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago

[image: http://www.desktopwallpaperhd.net/wallpapers/12/8/dinosaur-background-wallpaper-click-standrews-125944.jpg] An excerpt from, *"Al Qaeda "Virtue Police" Show up Along NATO Protected Turkish-Syrian Border"* by Tony Cartalucci, Land Destroyer Report, November 24, 2012: It was exposed at length that many of the so-called "Free Syrian Army's" fighters were in fact foreign terrorists imported into Syria via long-established Al Qaeda networks used to feed fighters first into Afghanistan during the 1980's, then into Afghanistan and Iraq during America's occupation of both nation... more »