Tuesday, December 17, 2013

17 Dec - Blogs I'm Following

English: The USS Ronald Reagan in drydock befo...English: The USS Ronald Reagan in drydock before launching. Taken from http://www.reagan.navy.mil/ http://www.reagan.navy.mil/constructpages/images/construct009.jpg and uploaded to help illustrate bulbous bow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Photo of the USS Ronald Reagan return...English: Photo of the USS Ronald Reagan returning from a deployment to San Diego Bay taken from a helicopter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Updates On Syria [12.17]: Hezbollah Comes Under Attack, Kurds In Syria Agree To Form New Union Ahead of Geneva II, Jihadist Terrorist Groups Execute 80 Civilians Because Of Their Religion

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Car Bomb Hits Hezbollah Stronghold in East Lebanon" AP, December 17:* The National News Agency said in its report that the explosion occurred about two kilometers (mile) away from a Hezbollah center on the road between Sbouba and Wadi Abu Mousa. The car bomb was "intercepted" at a Hezbollah checkpoint and exploded after members of the checkpoint fired on it, the report said. It was unclear if the car detonated from the gunshots or if the driver set off the explosion. The NNN said there were multiple casualties and that ambulances were rushing to the area, whi... more »

USA'S SICK SAILORS

Anon at aangirfan - 2 hours ago
In 2011, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan assisted with rescue operations after the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster. At least 51 members of the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan have now developed radiation-related illnesses. It is thought that the ship's desalinization systems took in radioactive water which the crew drank, cooked with and bathed-in. *51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors After Participating in Fukushima Nuclear Rescue Efforts * Charles Bonner, attorney representing sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan said ... more »
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Tutorial: Thumbprint Ornament

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 2 hours ago
Every year, I like to involve my daughter as much in the gift making process as possible. It gives us something to do together and gifts always seem to mean a little more when she is involved in making them. This year we decided to take the Thumbprint Necklace from Rae Gun Ramblings and turn it into a simple ornament. These ornaments were easy to pull together and look even better in person. You will need: Clay Parchment Paper Plastic knife disposable straw Ribbon Metal Stamps Non-food rolling pin Start by taking a small section of clay and warming it up it your hands. Work with ... more »

For the Last Generation, the Range of Permissible Opinion with Respect to the Program - Which Most Americans Depend On for Nearly All of Their Income in Old Age - Ranged from Conservatives Who Wanted to Abolish Social Security Altogether, to Press-Anointed "Progressives" and Token Democrats Who Merely Wanted to Cut Social Security Benefits

Elizabeth Warren has changed the calculus of the much-feared Social Security insoluable conundrum. Believe it or not, people are now actually talking about increasing what Social Security pays out instead of increasing what people must pay in to get less of a payout. Imagine! (Peak behind the curtain, kiddies!) Dean Baker explains the whole situation even better (at the end of this essay).

Will Utah Revert To Polygamy Again?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Religion is a weird thing and I'm not comfortable with government getting involved in even recognizing it as legitimate. If people want to worship a sky god or a rock or ancestors or whatever, they should be free to do that-- unless they harm others and commit crimes. Mormonism is obviously nonsense from start to finish but is it any more ridiculous and any more of a hustler tradition than any other religion? Maybe. Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups, a right-wing Mormon freak who George W. Bush appointed to the judiciary (and confirmed by the Senate by unanimous co... more »
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Allen Young : Ralph Dungan, the 'Good Liberal'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
Ralph Dungan in Chile, 1966. Photo from The Washington Post. Discretion, valor,  and the 'good liberal' In the most patronizing tone, Mr. Dungan said if we opposed U.S. policy, we should 'return to the U.S. and run for Congress.' By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2013 The October obituary of Ralph Dungan, one of President John F. Kennedy’s top aides who later served as ambassador

Haitian Child-Slave Becomes Miracle

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 5 hours ago
[image: (Photo by John Carroll--December, 2013)] (Photo by John Carroll--December, 2013) During the last two decades I have had the opportunity to meet hundreds of people who have cared for Haitian Hearts children in their homes before and after the children have had heart surgery. These host families from all over the United States have been wonderful. In 2003 Haitian Hearts brought six Haitian children on the same flight from Port-au-Prince to the Tampa International Airport. All were sick and needed heart surgery soon. Three of the children would be operated at All Children’s... more »

The Mystics are Gathering in the Streets - Rumi by Duncan Mackintosh

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
[image: Whirling Dervishes mark 740th anniversary of the death of Mevlana] * Source. * *"Whirling Dervishes mark 740th anniversary of the death of Mevlana"* by Oleksandr Rupeta, Demotix, December 16: The 740th anniversary of the death of the Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi was commemorated in Konya by the world renown dancers The Whirling Dervishes. *The 740th Wedding Night (Source: AnadoluJet Magazine)*: Philosopher and Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi’s 740th anniversary of passing away to eternity will be commemorated with special Şeb-i Arus or “The Wedding Day” activi... more »
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The 2013 Legislative Audit of Louisiana Voucher Schools

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago
On December 11, 2013, Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) Daryl Purpera released the 2013 Performance Audit of Louisiana’s voucher program. The purpose of this audit is to inform legislators of the state of the Louisiana voucher program as the legislators consider the actions they might take regarding the voucher program in the upcoming legislative session. I sure […]

To mention or not to mention Christmas. NOT.

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
I’ve minimized the presence of Christmas in my Kindergarten classroom. And by minimize, I mean no presence. The school is all about it, likely because it’s important to the local community. Probably no one Jewish within miles, but I do wonder if there’re any Muslims in our school. Huh. In any event, no Christmas parties, […]

Our sources for this story have been granted anonymity on account of they don't wanna be identified

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
*by Ken* This is a story I've been waiting for for ages. I'm sure something like it gets written periodically, and from it I've learned that since 2011 there has been at least one whole book on the subject -- namely all those anonymous sources in newspaper reporting, or more particularly the, er, "explanations" that are now offered for the decision to grant anonymity. The piece in question, by the Washington Post's Paul Farhi, is "Anonymous sources are increasing in news stories, along with rather curious explanations." It begins: According to sources who didn't insist on anonymi... more »
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Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Castle made of sand, Santa Cruz, California. [photo via]

New precedents for the surveillance state

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Important opinion out of the federal courts today. Judge Richard Leon ruled the NSA's metadata sweep of all the phones is unconstitutional, kicking what little breath was left out of the body of the Fourth Amendment. Or as the Hon. Judge Leon put it more formally: [T]he question in this case can more properly be styled as follows: When do present-day circumstances — the evolutions in the Government’s surveillance capabilities, citizens’ phone habits, and the relationship between the NSA and telecom companies — become so thoroughly unlike those considered by the Supreme Court thirty... more »

NSA takes a legal smack down ! In a rare victory for constitutional freedoms, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, ruled NSA phone program likely unconstitutional........ Edward Snowden Asks for Amnesty After Court Rulings; White House Says No

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Monday, December 16, 2013 2:21 PM District Court Judge Rules NSA Phone Taps Likely Unconstitutional; 68 Page Ruling Cites "Orwellian Technology" and Unreasonable Searches In a rare victory for constitutional freedoms, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, ruled NSA phone program likely unconstitutional. A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program appears to r... more »
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Murray Rubinstein at SOAS on the state of Taiwan Studies

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 9 hours ago
Talk on Reflections on the State of Taiwan Studies, SOAS, University of London _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

JOAN PEIRÓ BELIS

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 9 hours ago
*JOAN PEIRÓ BELIS* *The following brief biography was originally published at the website of the CNT of Puerto Real in Spanish. The original Spanish version can be found there under their 'Biografias' section.* Joan Peiró, glass worker, anarcho-syndicalist intellectual, and Minister of Industry during the second Spanish republic, was executed by firing squad on July 24, 1942 at Paterna (Huerta Oeste, Valencia). He was born on February 18 in the working class district of Sants in Barcelona. He began work in a Barcelona glass factory at the age of 8 an d didn't learn to re... more »

"U.N. Syria Report Inconclusive on Chemical Weapons" ??? Actually, No.

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
OK, back to Syria- chemical weapons and acrimonious UN meetings The headline is from Wall Street Journal. It is the usual obfuscation spin from the lying corporate war mongering, zionist media. Playing fast and loose with the truth. *The report is anything but inconclusive*. Obviously, I hold the opinion *there are a great many conclusions that can be reached* *about just who used chemical weapons in Syria. And who was on the receiving end.* We can all use our brains. That is what we have them for All one has to do is read. And think. Keep in mind the Sy Hersh report from last week ... more »

Hilarion - December 15, 2013

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
December 15-22, 2013 Beloved Ones, As the solstice approaches and comes into effect, humanity is lifted higher and higher in their energetic fields and each is being gifted with the presence of the Angelic realms more pervasively than ever before. This is enabling each individual to receive the grace of the Angelic realms which assist in opening their hearts and souls to the higher frequencies of light and of love. As each being receives a greater influx and download of Christ energies into their own heart, a profound and subtle change takes effect in their daily lives. This wi... more »

Black Men in Newark Get Drama Class in Prison

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
Black men in Newark are getting literature and drama classes in prison. What are black boys in Newark getting in school? Let's ask our new Senator and our Governor who thinks he is presidential material if they know. Here is some educational information for New Jersey's elected representatives and their corporate privatizers and scam artists in New Jersey. Since they are in the process of ruining and privatizing one of the best public school systems in the nation with Common Core's gravy train being pulled by Pearson, PARCC and Achieve, some of us are wondering when you are going ... more »

The lead reporter for last night's pro-NSA '60 Minutes' episode was secretly negotiating a "99.44% done deal" to be hired as a senior intelligence official at the same time.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
December 16, 2013 By Richard Johnson Via: http://12160.info/page/the-lead-reporter-for-last-night-s-pro-nsa-60-minutes-episode-was *CBS newsman John Miller is negotiating his exit as a senior correspondent to join his old friend Bill Bratton back at the Police Department, a reliable source tells me.* Miller has twice left the news business to serve under Bratton, first in the NYPD and later during the veteran top cop’s stint as commissioner of the Los Angeles Police Department. In the past two years, Miller has been a prominent presence discussing national security and crime on “CBS... more »

12 Academic Days of Christmas

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
The 12 days of Academic Christmas continues. It represents that ‘to do’ list we all struggle to finish before the holidays. Feel free to add suggestions for the On the first day of Christmas my tenure-committe gave to me….a request to sit on another committee. On the second day of Christmas my email gave to Continue reading

The State We Need by Michael Meacher

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago
A strange calm has settled over the Labour Party. There are debates over trade union influence, over what needs to be done to retain those poll leads, but when it comes to the question of political economy there is almost unanimity. From the left in the LRC to the right in Progress there is an understanding that neoliberalism is done. That Britain was dangerously exposed by the unfettered market New Labour assiduously cultivated. And, lastly, to get things going again requires some new thinking or, for Keynes fans, new *old* thinking. It is therefore a shame that Michael Meacher's ... more »

Why Len Brown should stay on

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 hours ago
The argument against Len Brown staying on as Mayor amounts to saying that he has lost the respect of so many people, he is now unable to do his job. On the second point at least, I don’t entirely disagree with that. I only wish that it were as true. Because from my point of view, given that Len Brown sees his job as pushing Aucklanders around and building multi-billion-dollar monuments,* I do not want Len Brown doing his job*. So on that score, if it costs another $100,000 to keep Len disrespected, that seems like money well spent. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please con... more »

Longest Walk 4 will be at Sogorea Te Dec. 18, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Longest Walk 4 on the final week to Alcatraz. Photo today by Bad Bear, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 . Photos and video by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson. Sacred Sites Protection Rights of Indigenous Tribes P.O. Box 4081 Vallejo , CA 94590 sspandrit@gmail.com By: Angel Heart Public Relations Officer/SSP and RIT Censored News VALLEJO, CA. - Sacred Sites

Anyone Think The Supreme Court Will Revisit A Recent Ruling And Admit They Got It All Wrong?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
I suspect Sammy Alito, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy don't read *The Nation*. That's a shame, because if they did, they might not have made a grievous error last June when they struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, the provision that enables Section 5 to require states with the worst history of voting discrimination to preclear their voting changes with the Attorney General. A longtime, slimy little right-wing operative, now known as Chief Justice John Roberts, wrote at the time, “Nearly 50 years later, things have changed dramatically... more »

JOHN MCCAIN VISITS UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
If you've wondered about the politics of some of the protesters in Ukraine this video should help clear the picture. Right-wing militarist Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) just went to Kiev to threaten Russia. While McCain and the US are deeply interfering in the Ukraine situation they have the gall to tell neighboring Russia to leave Ukraine alone. That would be like Russia coming to our country and telling Canada and the US how they should relate to one another. Arrogant nonsense. There can be no doubt that the US is spoiling for a fight with Russia. Very dangerous and stupid. Russ... more »

RONAN PARKE DEFINED

Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
The young Britain's Got Talent finalist Ronan Parke is releasing a single to raise awareness of bullying. 15-year-old Ronan Parke's song draws on his own experiences and will raise money for charity, Kidscape. 59Like · · Sha 1. aangirfan: RONAN PARKE - NOT LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER *aangirfan*.blogspot.com/2013/04/*ronan-parke* -not-like-justin-bieber.html‎ - - 6 Apr 2013 - RONAN PARKE - NOT LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER. Ronan Parke‏@ RonanParke20h "Switzerland tomorrow for a private gig with my main man Ben *...* 2. aangirfan: RONAN PARKE ALBUM *aangirfan*.... more »

The Hazards Of Geocaching

Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours ago
Southern Man loves to geocache. In fact it's possible that he's a little obsessive about it. So on a beautiful Sunday afternoon after church and lunch with friends he headed for the lake to pick up a few caches; in particular, one he'd looked for a few times and not found but some recent log entries gave him hope that it was there and waiting for him. Supposedly the cache was in a tree near this bridge. Well, Southern Man followed the hints and climbed the tree and found nothing and came back down and then while actually back on the ground stepped on a root or something and twiste... more »

Wild Bill: "It's Just That Simple"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*why yes, Bill - it is.* Summed up in a tidy little one minute and 49 seconds - and we thank him.

#SurveillanceState: They're Hoping You're Not Paying Attention

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 12 hours ago
The Obama Adminstration is trying to spin the story of the #SurveillanceState, in the hope, as Scott Shackford says at 'Hit and Run,’ they can persuade the populace the problem is due to poor “messaging,” not due to any actual legitimate concerns about the state’s indiscriminate high-tech spying. The latest assault on reason was “a 20-minute blowjob [that *60 Minutes*] correspondent John Miller performed Sunday evening on Gen. Keith Alexander and other National Security Agency leaders…” [image: "Your campaign has the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?"]F... more »

Peter O'Toole 1932-2013

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
Peter O’Toole,Star of ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’Is Dead at 81

JEJU UPDATE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
The Spirit of Gangjeong #1 from Regis Tremblay on Vimeo. Done by Regis Tremblay from Maine. Regis has a son in the Army who served a year in Afghanistan. Regis was very active in the Maine Occupy movement making videos and widely publicizing their messages on public access TV across the state. He made the film The Ghosts of Jeju and recently has been touring the country promoting the Gangjeong village struggle.

“I am a moron,” says tourism leader

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 12 hours ago
[image: image] The CEO of NZ’s Tourism Export Council, the trade association representing the interests of the New Zealand inbound tourism industry, reckons the key to job-hunting success lies in astrology. Young folk looking for a new job should find out their potential employer’s star sign, TECNZ CEO Lesley Immink (right) told YoungTEC members. Then, if asked what their sign is, they should say the same as that person because bosses employ people like themselves. So not just idiocy, but dishonesty too. In a previous job, she said, there were many Virgos and Leos, the forme... more »

Video Lakota Bill Means AIM West 2013 Part II

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
Lakota Bill Means speaking at AIM West 2013 in San Francisco, part II of four video segments. Recorded by Brenda Norrell, Censored News. Also watch Part I: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/12/lakota-bill-means-aim-west-2013-part-1.html By Brenda Norrell Censored News SAN FRANCISCO -- Bill Means, Lakota, speaks on the importance of Indian Treaties, and the history of International Indian

Some comedy relief...

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago

The Final Frontier, Goodbye Dad

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 12 hours ago
(Please read the below post and you will understand why I reposted this episode in my life..December 16th/2013) *Written By grant G* Anger, frustration, love, jealousy, followed by guilt, fear and finally loneliness........ I left humor out for that is the one secret that Dad and I shared exclusively, never cry, never tell, never show your weakness and when all else fails make people laugh, today my laughter rolls down my cheeks in the form of wet salty tears.... My postings have been down because of medical issues, trip after trip to the big smoke where my humour and presence... more »

The analysts cheer their Uncle Drum!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013* *Drum comes fighting back:* Thirty minutes ago, spirits picked up among the analysts. Their spirits brightened after Kevin Drum offered this new post. It concerns M. Night Shyamalan’s rather peculiar recent statements concerning American education and/or test scores. For our previous post, click this. Shyamalan’s factual statements are crazily wrong. In his new post, Drum says he agrees, though not completely entirely. Here’s his basic framework: “Shyamalan is exaggerating, and I sloppily let it pass because I wanted to address what I thought was his ... more »

BC Liberals Murdered My Dad And Other Seniors At Burnaby General Hospital And Other B.C. Hospitals Over Politics And Trying To Avoid Bad Press

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 13 hours ago
UPDATED AGAIN, December 16th/2013... Vancouver Sun through recent FOI documents has learned the Fraser Health officials and Government of British Columbia officials knew there was a major C Difficile outbreak ongoing at Burnaby General Hospital, and rather than posting warnings they allowed senior after senior patient and other younger patients to continue to enter that hospital, seniors who grab railings and walls for balance are the most vulnerable.. Documents show that the BC Liberal Government tries to squalch the information..This political cowardice resulted in the needless... more »

SYMPATHY FOR THE EVANGELICAL

Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*Lisa Biron* We have some sympathy for Lisa Biron, an American lawyer. Lisa became an evangelical Christian Lisa went to work for the anti-gay Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a network of lawyers aligned with the Christian right. In May 2013 Lisa was sentenced to 40 years in prison. From the New Hamphsire Concord Monitor: Lisa Biron "took a teenage girl to Canada, had her engage in sexual activity and convinced her to let it be filmed..." Other juveniles were subjected to Biron’s sexual activity and drug use. Is Pat Robertson gay? State representative Phillip Hinkle (Repub... more »

Rocketship Education, or Dud Missile?

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
From Alternet under the title *Charters Get Kids Cubicle Ready*: *Rocketship charter schools are backed by some of the biggest names in the tech world and claim high test scores. But the schools look a lot like miniature call centers.* *December 16, 2013 * | From Silicon Valley, the Rocketship chain of charter schools is hoping to expand across the country. It’s backed by some of the biggest names in the tech world and claims high test scores. Rocketship leaders brag that they think outside the box. Teachers, for instance—who needs them? The company says it saves half a million do... more »

Federal Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
The NSA headquarters are pictured. | AP Photo *Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional* http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/national-security-agency-phones-judge-101203.html?hp=l2 *The ruling is the first significant legal setback for the NSA’s surveillance program. * By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/16/13 1:36 PM EST A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program app... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*Koch Sucker oil group sues Louisiana AG over SLFPA-E wetlands lawsuit ~Kevin McGill, AP*

IN THE SNOW

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
We had a big storm yesterday that brought about a foot of snow. I spent hours yesterday and today shoveling and raking off the roof. I enjoy being outside, particularly while the storm is still in motion, in the wind and swirling snow. For me it's a mystical experience and takes me back to my young days in blizzards while living in South Dakota. Those were great times for me in so many ways. The storm ended just in time for the driveway to be plowed and we lit the wood stove in our living room. Then just after it got dark key folks from our recent BIW corporate subsidy campaign ... more »

KISSING THE NSA'S ASS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
CBS TV's show '60 Minutes' used to break many important news stories. In recent years they've taken the dive and increasingly have become apologists for the corporate agenda. This particular show on the NSA runs cover for the agency in order to put the American people at ease. Of course the NSA is lying but what's new. They've fragmented the surveillance state system in such a way that they can offer this kind of "deny-ability about doing harm" and the corporate media has to let them slide. Such is the pervasiveness of the clamp down machine these days.

Deliciosos postres navideños para disfrutar en familia

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 14 hours ago

A Gentle Detox & Stress Reducer That You Can Do In Your Bathtub At Home

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-with-Common-Sense/154468647938561 *I have taken such baths many times with good results. There are other oils you can use and this knowledge can be easily gotten with a little research. This treatment would be good for a number of aliments. Perhaps for those who have had chemo in the past or have taken drugs for many years and have stopped. These poisons froms vaccines, prescription drugs and chemicals in the environment can be stored in the body for many years.*

Holiday Pin Art

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours ago
We introduced my 5-year-old to pin art this last week. You remember pin art from elementary school, right? A simple project with really pretty results. My 5-year-old was capable of doing it pretty much all by herself. She enjoyed it and it kept her busy for quite a long time. You will need: construction paper a coloring book page (in this case, we used holiday pages) a pin with a head on it tape Rip your coloring page out of the book and tape it to the center of the construction paper. We used mostly red and green paper for Christmas. Take the pin and poke small holes all around ... more »

Johnny Rocket Roppongi

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago
This is a burger joint that sits a little above the superhighway that bisects Roppongi from the sky. Its something about Japan that I can not take away. Even though its a burger joint that want more money from me and you. It tried the burger it was not fine, it was even worse considering that from a twenty I would not be able to pay the smallest bar fine. But something about Johnny Rocket an American Invention was sitting high above Roppongi a area long remembered for other affections, makes me want to sit there , coldly staring at all the people who have no idea what it means to h... more »

Only one Rocket named Richard

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago
The Rocket he ricochets in my brain like a oxy synapse gone wild, with a half life of a lifetime. Fire on Ice this is my life. Not an easy thing to do considering the dichotomy. (hey I spelled it write without spell check) I could not get a red glare in my eyes without compromise. I tried the pipe and I liked it. My eyes glows red and I was the Rocket brought up from the dead.

Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner Jr., Chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary, demands that the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper be removed from his position and prosecuted for lying to Congress. Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, defends Clapper as a “direct and honest” person. In this matter, I stand with the Republican.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago
------------------------------ Original Here Blogs / Ray McGovern's blog / Fire the Liar *Fire the Liar* *By Ray McGovern - Posted on 11 December 2013* Obama Urged to Fire DNI Clapper December 11, 2013 (Editor Note) Last March – before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s sweeping collection of phone and other data – Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said no such operation existed. Now, a group of ex-national security officials urge President Obama to fire Clapper. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJ... more »

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Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago

UN's Syria "Aid" Appeal is Bid to Relieve Trapped Terrorists

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago
*December 17, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - In August 2011, the Telegraph reported in an article titled, "Libya crisis: Rebel leaders hoping to starve Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte into submission," that: Rebel leaders hope to starve Colonel Gaddafi's home town of Sirte into submission, laying siege to his last remaining stronghold in an attempt to avoid mass bloodshed, according to the man spearheading efforts for a peaceful takeover. Assisting them in the starvation of the 100,000 civilians who populated the coastal city of Sirte was NATO who rained bombs down upon the besieged city re... more »

Benjamin Fulford - Dec 16, 2013: Nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to be included in ongoing Asian purge of cabal flunkies

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
Monday, December 16, 2013 *Benjamin Fulford - Dec 16, 2013: Nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to be included in ongoing Asian purge of cabal flunkies* 2011 nuclear terror perpetrators in Japan to be included in ongoing Asian purge of cabal flunkies The execution last week of North Korean number 2 Jang Song Thaek and the arrest of former China security chief Zhou Yongkang mark the beginning of a purge of cabal influence in Asia, according to Chinese and North Korean sources. The purge has been long planned and will lead to the ouster of over 20,000 people, according to a Chine... more »

How Many Senate Seats With The Republican Civil War Cost The GOP Next Year?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
I wish I could remember where I read it-- because it was so funny-- but I did come across an assertion that Mitch McConnell doesn't want to be Senate Majority Leader if he has to preside over a bunch of Know Nothing sociopaths that include Steve Stockman (R-TX), Joe Carr (TN), Milton Wolf (KS), Richard Cash (R-SC), Paul Broun (R-GA), Erick Bennett (ME), Chris McDaniel (MS). No need to mention Matt Bevin (KY), for obvious reasons. And then there are GOP extremists in non-Republican-held seats that can't be all that exciting to McConnell either-- Ron Maness in Louisiana, Greg Branno... more »

H.U.G.S. - Helping Us Grow Spiritually

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago

Glitch Gloating? Good

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago
I'm not sure whether it was in response to my earlier item or not, but Andrew Sprung tweets: So constructive to have all hands in a major political party poised to highlight & gloat over every glitch in major new gov service. Presumably he's being sarcastic, but you know what? It is constructive! It's absolutely a good thing to have a major political party poised to highlight every glitch in what government is up to. Not so much the gloating, but that's not doing any harm. The highlighting is definitely a good thing. One of the strong points of the two-party system is that it leave... more »

Snow fell at the Sphinx in Egypt, for the first time in 112 years!

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
* On December 13th snow fell at the Sphinx in Egypt, for the first time in 112 years! *

"Cosmic Awareness" on the Nature of ISON...

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
*As with all channeled information use higher discernment as channelings are sometimes mixed with the personal beliefs and views of the channeler... I found this one of interest... -Bill* *Excerpted piece with info about ISON from the PDF of a channeling of "Cosmic Awareness" found HERE...* ...this Awareness is happy to announce that it can no longer be so, there are many reporting on Ison and the peculiarities of Ison. That they who try to squash will be unable to do so entirely. However, they will certainly mislead and those who do not wish to search deeper, who have no inter... more »

Rachel Maddow is a nightmare!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 16 hours ago
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013* *Rachel Maddow is Fox:* By now, there can be little doubt. Rachel Maddow is an official party-line, partisan hack. She’ll fill your head full of stupid shazam. Last Friday night, the current episode continued. For our previous report, click here. Good God! Once again, Maddow *opened her show* with a 17-minute segment about Chris Christie and the traffic lanes leading onto the George Washington Bridge. She could have been discussing something that actually matters—the interests of low-income children, let’s say. Rachel Maddow doesn’t care about the in... more »

Peter O'Toole

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 16 hours ago
Peter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an Irish actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his film debut in 1959. He achieved stardom playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He received seven further Oscar nominations – for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (... more »

On Measuring Changes in Income

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
To divert attention from the disastrous rollout of his health reform, President Obama has decided to change the national conversation to discuss increasing inequality. This phenomenon is not new--the trend started about four decades ago--but it is real and important. In case you are a new reader of this blog, you can find my personal views on the matter in this paper. This national conversation has generated renewed attention to the highly influential Piketty-Saez data. It is worth pointing out, therefore, some limitations of these data, which have been stressed by Cornell econom... more »

Murder Ruins Christmas for One Percenters

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 16 hours ago
A guy gets shot to death at an upscale mall, and the ensuing investigation is interfering with conspicuous consumption at the only emporium in Jersey that caters to the obscenely wealthy. Oh the humanity. This was the actual headline in today's *New York Times*: *Fatal Carjacking Makes Christmas Shopping at US Mall a Nightmare* *Police on Monday were seeking an armed pair of suspected carjackers who a day earlier shot to death a man Christmas shopping with his wife at a high-end New Jersey mall and then fled in the couple's luxury SUV, prosecutors said.* Never mind a lifetime ... more »

Decarbonization Updates

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 16 hours ago
While I was working on *The Climate Fix* I published several peer reviewed articles on climate policies of the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia. In recent months I have updated these analyses and summarize the updates here. (Note: for information and links to data sources, just click through to the various analyses referenced below). *United Kingdom* In my 2009 paper (here, open access) on the emissions reduction targets mandated by the UK Climate Change Act I wrote: Given the magnitude of the challenge and the pace of action, it would not be too strong a conclusion to suggest ... more »

'BIG MEAT' CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
The evil 'big meat' corporations, which supply fast food firms and supermarkets, run the equivalent of concentration camps. On a typical pig farm, 10,000 pigs are crammed into tiny cages, shit is piled three feet high, there are bleeding snouts and the cries of broken-legged pigs. Each pig spends four or five years in a tiny crate, is kept perpetually pregnant, is made sick from breathing in its own waste and is fed food packed with growth-promoting drugs, and garbage. Sometimes the factory farm workers torture the pigs. In factory farms, dairy cattle have teats leaking pus, ... more »

Nullification vs Article 5 Convention...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 17 hours ago
*important.* *From Reaganite Republican:* *Who's Next to Follow South Carolina's Lead on the FULL State Nullification of Obamacare? (Yoo-hoo, Rick Perry...)* *From Publius Huldah:* *Fair warning: * This article is lengthy with many links. It is not an easy read, but a very necessary read. *I happen to agree with this very brilliant woman. *Also please access her many links on the sidebar. A wealth of information. *Mark Levin Refuted: Keep the Feds in Check with Nullification, not Amendments!* [...] The claims of the nullification deniers have been proven to be false. To *... more »

Russia to dangle carrot of loan for Ukraine?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
And perhaps lower gas prices? While the west offers up destabilization. *Irish Times* A Kremlin aide made clear today that* Russia was ready to extend a credit to Ukraine to help Kiev cope with its economic problems* and keep the country in Moscow’s orbit. Economic adviser Andrei Belousov said it was possible that a credit could be agreed at talks tomorrow between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, who has turned to Moscow for help after spurning a free trade deal with the European Union last month. “I do not rule out that, if there is a re... more »

Blame Obamacare/Disappearing Obamacare

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 17 hours ago
Kevin Drum notes that everyone is blaming Obamacare for things that would happen anyway, and that the incentive structure calls for this to continue, for a while at least. Sam Baker had a longer, and also good, item about this last week. I'm gonna be churlish and say: Called it! Way back when I was a wee baby blogger, and months before the ACA passed: On health care, it's safe to predict (if the bill passes) that even though few provisions will go into effect before the 2010 and 2012 election, Obama and the Democrats will totally own health care, at least for high-information GOP p... more »

Iraq Improves On World Bank Ranking Of Doing Business

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 18 hours ago
For the last several years the World Bank has released its Doing Business report on laws rules, and taxes that regulate business around the globe. Iraq has done poorly on these reports since it has yet to shake off the yoke of years of socialist state-run economic planning from the Saddam years. As the United States Agency for International Development pointed out, Baghdad gives lip service to loosening the role of the government over the economy, while doing little in practice. Despite that Iraq did slightly better in 2013 than 2012 according to the World Bank due to some less c... more »

Trey Gowdy: Executive power overreach? President is abusing his power? ...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 18 hours ago
*starting the week off right.* South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that the Obama administration’s deliberate flouting of congressional law “has reached an unprecedented level,” claiming the time is now ripe for Congress to take the White House to court over executive overreach.

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 18 hours ago
*Sean Payton is (rightfully) pissed off ~Federico Ferrari, Who Dat Dish* *Letter: With Oil & Gas Industry, state is subsidizing its own failure ~New Orleans Advocate* *In The Bagneris? ~Adrastos, Humid City* *Louisiana Tech opens digital trenchless technology reference room ~Shreveport Times* ~The Trenchless Technology Center evolved from the Trenchless Excavation Center at Louisiana Tech, established in 1989 by Tom Iseley, with a primary focus on microtunneling and horizontal directional drilling. Expanding its reach to other trenchless technologies, the structure and name was chan... more »

Special request...

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
I'm having some issues with my Mac since October, and its worse after upgrading my Mac to OSX Mavericks (which seems to have a few bugs that are not yet addressed). I need to revert my Mac to the prior release of OSX Mountain Lion so that I can do videos and timely blogging, the Mac "finder" app keeps crashing on me which is causing me no end of frustration. For those of you with PCs its the equivalent of Windows Explorer that your browse files with on the PC. I also really think my Mac was compromised once I announced I was coming to Morocco...its not been working correctly si... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 18 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Steven Bochco, 70. I'm traveling and in meetings early this week, so posting may be sporadic, but that's no excuse for skipping the good stuff: 1. I mostly blame the mainstream conservatives who make up the bulk of the GOP conference for the shutdown; here's a perspective that puts Speaker Boehner at fault. I disagree, but plausible! 2. Josh Huder on the future of the filibuster. 3. And Dan Drezner: Yankees, or North Korea?

The War on Christmas

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 19 hours ago
Yes, it's that time of year again when the silly season gets even sillier when right-thinking Christians impose on the rest of us how we ought to be spending a pagan holiday. Such as the above gift idea for that gun-clutching relative every family has and pretends to tolerate every Christmas. And what better way to silence blasphemous liberal tongues calling for background checks and national registries than to figuratively shoot their tongues off with these semi-auto ice cubes? Imagine the looks on your liberal relatives' faces when they look into their drinks and see this ba... more »

The Same People

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 19 hours ago
As finance ministers meet today, Jim Flaherty argues that our fragile economy can't afford enhancing the Canada Pension Plan. It's the latest version of an old argument -- the very argument that got us into our mess in the first place. Paul Krugman writes that Flaherty's world view is at the heart of the problem, Focusing on the United States, he writes: Start with the numbers. On average, Americans remain a lot poorer today than they were before the economic crisis. For the bottom 90 percent of families, this impoverishment reflects both a shrinking economic pie and a declining ... more »

FIVE KEYS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: M. Night Shyamalan, educational expert!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 19 hours ago
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013* *Part 1—Flamboyantly wrong on his facts:* Film director M. Night Shyamalan has been busy proving our various points. Five years ago, Shyamalan decided to become an educational expert. In September, he published a book with a lengthy title: “I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America’s Education Gap.” Are there really five keys to “closing America’s education gap?” If so, does Shyamalan know what they are? We’ll consider those questions later this week. For today, consider some things Sh... more »

Is Marijuana Legalization Now Part Of The Political Mainstream?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Over the weekend, David Freedlander did a story for the *Daily Beast* on The New Politics of Pot: The 2014 Candidates Who Want to Legalize It. "Forget decriminalization or medical marijuana," he wrote in way of introduction. "Bolstered by state ballot victories, top-tier contenders in 2014 are seeking full legalization, the drug’s highest-profile advocacy ever… Advocates for marijuana legalization say the 2014 elections represent the first time that serious, top-tier candidates for major state and federal offices are advocating for full legalization of the drug. The pro-pot cand... more »

Greece updates December 16 , 2013 - Lack Of Cash Flows Ends Greek Export "Miracle" ..... Health workers about to be placed in mobility scheme ......Greece close to deal with troika on EAS that would secure 1-bln-euro tranche ......... Report questions transparency of troika's use of financial consultants

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-16/lack-cash-flows-ends-greek-export-miracle Lack Of Cash Flows Ends Greek Export "Miracle" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/16/2013 07:59 -0500 - China - Greece - Hong Kong - International Monetary Fund - Markit - World Trade inShare1 While cash flows may be an anachronism in a time when the return of the dot com bubble means only future corporate prospects of growth matter, and the lower the actual profits or earnings the greater the upside stock potential due to ridiculous future P... more »

Saudi involvement in 9/11 and the US cover up into the role that wealthy Saudi hardliners , Saudi diplomats and Intelligence Officers played in the high crimes ( helping not just financially but also logistically ) - slowly trickling to the surface with details and names of the Saudi Officials and Agents involved ! Fascinatingly , on the same date of this stunning report , we see a Saudi Prince blasting Obama as being indecisive - maybe he should all the Saudi taunt by being decisive about releasing the missing / redacted 28 pages of thee 9/11 Investigative report covering not just the role of the Saudis , but also the role of the US to cover for the Saudis . Maybe folk will ask why this has been allowed to not just happen , but still be covered up for all of these years ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Two Congressmen claim secret report on 9/11 pins the blame on Saudi Arabia POSTED AT 8:23 AM ON DECEMBER 16, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY What we *know* from the New York Post’s report on the claim from Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch and Republican Rep. Walter Jones is that two administrations have kept 28 pages of a 2002 report on the 9/11 so highly classified that they don’t contain redactions — just an ellipsis noting their absence. Lynch and Jones claim that the report from Congress after the attacks that left 3,000 Americans dead contain material that “absolutely shocked” them — a... more »

Argentina: More on the "Giant Humanoid" Photograph

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 20 hours ago
We are still awaiting an official analysis from Luis Burgos and the FAO team on the nature of the alleged "Giant Humanoid" photograph taken on the beaches of Necochea. In the meantime, *Mundo Esotérico Paranormal* ( *http://www.mundoesotericoparanormal.com/fotografia-muestra-humanoide-gigante-argentina/*) had the following to say on its 10 December 2013 post, translated below: *Photograph Displays a Giant Humanoid* *MEP - 10 December 2013* *Last year, media reported on a surprising photograph that appeared to show a transparent alien creature photographed by a police officer ... more »

Links n stuff

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 20 hours ago
Todays factoid, from a discussion on Forumosa: "I'm sure it is true of civil servants all over the world, but Taiwan may be a special case. A quick Google search shows that the US fires 0.55% of federal employees each year. Taiwan has about 320,000 civil servants (including employees of state enterprises). If it fired at the rate the US government does, you would expect to see 1,760 civil servants lose their job each year. Taking a quick look at the 2012 statistics from the "Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Functionaries", it appears that just 15 civil servants lost the... more »

Thailand: Ending the Regime's "Red Terror"

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
Breaking down the barriers of fear and intimidation. *December 16, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The Bangkok Post reported today in their article titled, "Reds surround Dem house, burn effigy," that: About 100 red-shirt demonstrators rallied in Ubon Ratchathani province on Sunday against the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) movement. Pichet Tabudda led the red shirts to block an outbound section of Chaeng Sanit Road in front of former Democrat list-MP Vithoon Nambut's home in Muang district. The demonstrators blasted PDRC leaders, including former Democrat ... more »

A common mistake but surely the BBC should know better

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
This BBC article about 10 common Christmas card dilemmas makes a rather stupid, albeit common, mistake. Number 2 dilemma runs thus: *2. Round robin revival? * The round robin letter - usually sent out with the Christmas cards - has become something of a seasonal joke. "Darling Theo is doing frightfully well in his eurhythmy lessons at Charterhouse - and little Imogen has gone back to advising Ban Ki-moon at the UN." Simon Hoggart, Guardian columnist and author of The Cat That Could Open the Fridge, a collection of round robin letters, is not a fan. "Round robins are hopeless because ... more »

Can you spot any pattern?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
This is a French language map of the countries in the world where the penalty for homosexuality is death (marked in red), where it is a prison sentence of over 10 years (marked in orange) or a prison sentence of less than 10 years (marked in yellow). Can you spot any pattern?

Soldiers's Suicides: Too Little, Too Late

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours ago
So retired general Rick Hillier is calling for action, a public inquiry, a Royal Commission, something, into the recent spate of soldier suicides, and, as well, he offers qualified criticism of the harpercons' Veterans Charter: The other area Hillier pointed to for improvement was the new Veterans Charter, in particular the part of the charter that replaced a pension for life or payment system with lump-sum awards and allowances. "Many of us, certainly, almost all of us, agree that the charter is now lacking," he said. He said the system now does not provide ill and injured veterans... more »

Stephen Harper`s Relentless attack on Canadian Workers Exposed

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago
As written here many times, Canada`s current advertised by the Federal Government labour shortage in Canada is nothing but BS and a deliberate attempt to drive down wages.. Read the shocking story here..courtesy *The Tyee...* _________ *As Foreign Temp Program Rolls on, Oil Patch Workers Replaced* * http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/16/Oil-Patch-Workers-Replaced/* *________*and for good measure, a double shot of Stephen Harper hypocrisy..courtesy *The Tyee* *______*http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2013/12/16/Harper-Mandela/ The Straight GoodsCheers Eyes Wide Open

State Legislators Propose Changing Constitution To Limit Federal Government by Tara Dodrill

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 23 hours ago
State Legislators Propose Changing Constitution To Limit Federal Government by Tara Dodrill Off The Grid News, 14 December 2013 A movement to call a constitutional convention and tweak America’s founding document in order to limit the federal government appears to be gaining momentum among conservatives. Approximately 100 legislators from a total of 32 states recently converged at George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to debate the possibility of calling a convention of the states. Article V of the US Constitution details the process state lawmakers could utilize... more »

GAY CHRISTIAN HOMOPHOBES VERSUS GAYS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*One of the most beloved of Roman emperors, Trajan, who was also well known for his homosexuality and fondness for young males. * Before the Roman Empire became Christian, several of the Roman Emperors were in same-sex marriages. Timeline In the year 390, the Christian emperors Valentinian II, Theodosius I and Arcadius declared that homosexual sex was illegal and that those who engaged in gay sex were to be burned alive in public.[22] In the year 390, the Christians began burning homosexual boys in Rome. Sin, sex and the very alien morality of the Romans *Saint Bernardino of Sien... more »

Sony Xperia E2 Hadir di 2014

Jack Will at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Sony diberitakan akan segera merilis sebuah smartphone android baru yang masih dalam varian Xperia E di tahun 2014 mendatang. Nantinya smartphone yang akan beredar ke pasaran dengan nama Sony Xperia E2 ini sudah menggunakan Android 4.4 KitKat sebagai OS dan akan mendukung aktivitas penggunanya hingga jaringan 4G LTE. Selain itu, berdasarkan lansiran tersebut, smartphone Xperia E2 ini juga akan

Smartfren Andromax I2 dan Andromax G Resmi Meluncur

Jack Will at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Smartfren Andromax I2 dan Andromax G Resmi Meluncur. HP Android tersebut diluncurkan untuk memenuhi harapan masyarakan akan HP android harga terjangkau dengan spesifikasi yang mumpuni serta fitur-fitur terbaru. Smartfren Andromax I2 adalah smartphone penerus dari generasi Andromax New-I. Andromax I2 hadir dengan desain lebih tipis dengan ukuran 9,9 mm dengan sistem operasi Android 4.1

PlayStation 4 Masuk Indonesia pada Januari 2014

Jack Will at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Akhirnya perangkat game terbaru PlayStation 4 dipastikan hadir di Indonesia pada january 2014. Sony secara resmi sudah memulai penjualan perangkat ini di Asia Tenggara, dengan salah satu negara sasarannya adalah Indonesia. Kedatangan PlayStation 4 di Indonesia akan diresmikan pada Januari 2014 mendatang. Rilis ini sama dengan beberapa negara Asia Tenggara lainnya seperti Thailand, Filipina, dan

Hasil Benchmark Xperia Z1 Mini

Jack Will at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Hasil Benchmark Xperia Z1 Mini terungkap di media. Hampir dapat dipastikan versi mini dari Xperia Z1 bakal mengusung sebutan Xperia Z1s. Tidak seperti versi mini dari hp android kelas atas lainnya yang hadir dengan spesifikasi yang lebih rendah, Xperia Z1s menggunakan jeroan yang persis dengan Xperia Z1. Berdasarkan data resmi yang dimiliki oleh AnTuTu, Xpria Z1 tercatat memiliki skor sebesar

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Aurora Borealis over Iceland. [NASA photo]

And that's that

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Just as a coda to the BBC's Nelson Mandela coverage, here's some more statistical evidence that the BBC went OTT with its coverage. Comparing the number of BBC website articles that were published about Margaret Thatcher over the ten days between her death and funeral (8-18 April 2013) with those published about Nelson Mandela over the ten days between his death and funeral (5-15 December 2013) reveals: *287 *News articles about Margaret Thatcher on the BBC website following her death *451 *News articles about Nelson Mandela on the BBC website following his death ...which is* 57%... more »

Steve Israel And Paul Ryan-- Working Together To Screw Military Veterans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Israel and Ryan, bad for veterans, bad for America Although the NRCC has a deal with Steve Israel not to back Republicans who oppose his reelection efforts, Stephen Labate, a straight-shooting 25-year Army officer now in the Army Reserve, is taking him on again. On Friday, after the Ryan-Murray "compromise" passed in the House, Labate explained how Israel-- and Paul Ryan, so, essentially, the corrupt transpartisan Beltway Establishment-- betrayed military veterans to benefit their wealthy campaign contributors who are part of the Military Industrial Complex. "Yesterday," wrote Labate... more »

Peter Norman and the Black Power Salute

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"They asked Norman if he believed in human rights. He said he did. They asked him if he believed in God. Norman, who came from a Salvation Army background, said he believed strongly in God. We knew that what we were going to do was far greater than any athletic feat. He said, *'I'll stand with you'*." Carlos said he expected to see fear in Norman's eyes. He didn't; *"I saw love."* 15 PETER NORMAN The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the motion of Dr Leigh— That this House: (1) recognises the extraordinary athletic achievements of the ... more »

The Global Warming Hoax: The UN Global Warming Hoax Is Slowly Dying (To Me, Not Fast Enough!)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Up here, in central Canada (and yes, Toronto is not central Canada), the temperatures this time of year have been absolutely unbearable... Right now, we are experiencing temperatures that we usually do not get until mid-January! Everywhere across the Canadian prairies, we have seen recent record cold temperatures, with daily highs not getting anywhere above -20 degrees Celcius (That's -5 Fahrenheit for those still on the non-metric scale). Overnight lows have plunged to the -35C mark (-30F) and wind chill values have been in the -40C (-40F) range... People have noticed this unseas... more »

Rush Limbaugh, the Half-Billion-Dollar Mouthpiece for 1% Rightwing Billionaires, Attacks The New Pope For Them (The 1%'s Pope?)

Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 day ago
Rush Limbaugh has attacked women by calling them sluts & FemiNazis, he attacks poor people, unions, people fighting for a living wage, muslims, made fun of Michael J. Fox's disease, people without health care, and so on. Can you guess who he works for based on that? (hint: super-rich white guys and zionists) But can something be the ULTIMATE that he could never top? I think he finally did the ULTIMATE: he attack the new Pope! You can't get any higher than the Pope: *Pope Francis Rebukes "Marxist" Attack From Rush Limbaugh & Conservative Media* Rush Limbaugh's "dittoheads" think ... more »

“Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so.” UPDATED

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
That, from Harper Industry Minister and Harper MP for Port Moody, James Moore when questioned on the embarrassing levels of child poverty in British Columbia.  The only words that don't fail me are, Fucking selfish ... greedy ... scumbag. Typical bloody-minded right-wing puke. Charles Dickens wrote books about people like James Moore. UPDATE: Moore is now claiming he was taken out of context.

Carl Sagan says I told you so

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
H/T Upworthy

Congress and Federal Reserve continue to gun the pedal - and they won't stop until there is a buyer's strike by foreign buyers of US debt ... Peter Schiff takes the Budget Deal to task , while Russell Lamberti of the Ludwig von Mises Institute hashes notion of trashing the debt ceiling.... Affluenza defense gets one kid off a dui deaths of four " not one percenters " ? ? Heck that is nothing considering what the bankster" one tenth of one percenters " have gotten away with and will continue to get away with .... Affluenza on HGH AND Steroids !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Peter Schiff Bashes "Feeble And Fictitious" Budget Deal [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2013 20:28 -0500 - 30 Year Treasury - Bond - Congressional Budget Office - Gross Domestic Product - Obamacare - Peter Schiff - Quantitative Easing - ratings - White House inShare David Stockman's exclamation at the "betrayal" realized within the latest so-called "festerng fiscal" budget deal is taken a step further withPeter Schiff's head-shaking diatribe on Congress' *inability to show that it is truly "capable of tack... more »

About Pearson, the Golden Goose State Standards, And Then Some

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
On December 13, 2013, Pearson, Inc., agreed to pay a $7.7 million settlement for allegedly using its nonprofit, Pearson Charitable Foundation (PCF), to assist its profit-making parent corporation in developing educational materials– including software. In this post, I would like to offer additional discussion of Pearson the For-Profit, Pearson the Nonprofit, and some friends both […]

Neville Hodgkinson of the Sunday Times on the AIDS Crisis and Non-Existent HIV Test

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
In 2000, I attended the second of two hearings called by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa. He set up an AIDS Advisory Panel after learning of problems and uncertainties in AIDS science. For his trouble, Mbeki suffered intense criticism from the South African and indeed world media At the International AIDS Conference in Durban, there were people with placards saying, *“One dissident, one bullet”. * It was as though we were traitors in a war. But how can you fight a war when you don’t know who or what the enemy is? There is irrefutable evidence, for example, that TB, a mas... more »

Seriously now, is there any reason why Senator McCranky should be taken seriously about military matters -- or anything else?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Is Young Johnny McCranky explaining to NY Senators Gillibrand and Schumer about his superior background and experience?* *"The strongest argument for Senator Gillibrand's approach [to curbing sexual abuse in the military] is that the military's been saying the right things for about thirty years on this, and the problem hasn't been fixed."* *-- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by*The New Yorker*'s Evan Osnos* *by Ken* One of the many reasons I'm grateful for Paul Krugman's years of intrepid op-ed service is his ongoing crusade against the concept of "seriousness" as applied to alleg... more »

Bitcoin: What have you got?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*In this Guest Post, Paul Van Dinther invites your best arguments against the new digital currency Bitcoins.* At the moment I am tentatively *for *Bitcoins, but I am very keen to hear a good argument *against**.* Here is my own take at present. I have not yet heard what I consider a solid argument against Bitcoins. One of the video bloggers I enjoy listening to is Peter Schiff. He appears a man with great insights and I tend to agree with many of his views. Recently however Peter and many others have taken to criticising Bitcoin, offering a range of arguments against the new digit... more »

Updates On Syria [12.15]: New Victories By Saudi-US-British Backed Jihadists Spells Doom For FSA, Influential Shiite Cleric Issues Fatwa Saying "Fighting In Syria Is Legitimate," PYD Leader Salih Muslim Says Results of Geneva II Are Meangingless Without Recognition of Kurds

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
- * New Victories By Saudi-US-British Backed Jihadists Spells Doom For FSA (Fictitious Syrian Army)* *- Influential Shiite Cleric Issues Fatwa Saying "Fighting In Syria Is Legitimate" * *- PYD Leader Salih Muslim Says Results of Geneva II Are Meangingless Without Recognition of Kurds* *1. An excerpt from, "Rise of Islamic Front a disaster for Syria" Al Monitor, December 15:* The ascendance of the Islamic Front sends the Syrian opposition into further, and now near complete, disarray. This column on Oct. 27 wrote that the consequences of Saudi backing of Islamic armed groups was t... more »

Longest Walk 4 Sacramento today Dec. 15, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. . Thanks to Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson for sharing photos of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz today with Censored News. The walkers five month journey culminates on Dec. 21 at Alcatraz, with a Sovereignty Gathering at Oakland Friendship House on Dec. 22.

Joe Oliver, Stephen Harper Oil Spill Response Fake Out

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
*Bitumen excluded from data for federal tanker study, documents reveal* * The possible effects of a bitumen spill on Pacific waters were not considered in the oil response preparedness report released last week by the Harper government, the background data study reveals.....** The Genivar study, however, does warn, that if the Enbridge Northern Gateway project does go ahead, the spill risk from diluted bitumen carrying tankers in Douglas Channel and along the north Pacific coast will jump from “low” or “medium” to “very high.” If the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline goes ahea... more »

12 Academic Days of Christmas

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Instead of the Monday linkage I thought I would start the 12 days of Academic Christmas. It represents that ‘to do’ list we all struggle to finish before the holidays. We’ll start with the first two and I’ll add another one each day- feel free to add suggestions! On the first day of Christmas my Continue reading

Françafrique

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*"Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century"* François Mitterrand, then-minister of the Interior of France, 1957 *Clementine Churchill:* "General, you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies" *De Gaulle (in English):* "France has no friends, only interests." Once again, French television screens are full of images of joyous Africans welcoming French troops. In January, the French military intervened in Mali to help liberate large swaths of the country from *radical jihadists. *Now, for the second time this year, France has sent tr... more »

Did Christie's Inability To Control Himself Just Queer His Chances To Run For President? Bridgegate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Last week I was stunned when I heard Rachel Maddow's first report on how Chris Christie took revenge on a mayor for partisan differences by essentially shutting down the traffic on the country's busiest bridge for a few days. Turns out, it's the *world's* busiest bridge-- and Friday, Maddow did a little update (above). The words "dangerous sociopath" come immediately to mind. I wonder how many voters will see this as the ultimate example of why a self-entitled bully like Christie must be kept as far away from lethal power as possible. I sure hope so, because polls seem to show he... more »

Sunday Question for Liberals

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Same question, plus a bit more. What's the general consensus of neutral experts going to be by, oh, the end of March on how the ACA is working? Series of disasters? Surprisingly successful, given the fiasco in October? Too soon to know? Or something else? And what of Barack Obama's job in implementing the law. Presumably he'll still be knocked for October, but among liberals, will it look not so bad in retrospect? Sign of all that is wrong with his presidency? Demonstration that he makes at least his share of mistakes, but is good at recovering from them? Or something else?

Mobutu Sese Seko, Glenn Close and the AIDS Crisis

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
NOTE: The AIDS Crisis *began* in the Congo, in Kinshasa, around 1975. It first affected the (hetrosexual) black urban upper and middle-classes of the Congolese Civil Service, and is believed to have originated radiating outwards from two brothels known to be frequented by government officials and other elites as their primary or sole clientele. AIDS in Africa is primarily a hetrosexual disease and intravenous drugs use is incredibly rare. The US Embassy in Kinshasa was the regional station for all of Southern Africa - the illegal secret war in Angola was run from there, by Philip ... more »

Pope Francis

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
“There is nothing in the Exhortation that cannot be found in the social Doctrine of the Church. I wasn’t speaking from a technical point of view, what I was trying to do was to give a picture of what is going on. The only specific quote I used was the one regarding the “trickle-down theories” which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and social inclusiveness in the world. The promise was that when the glass was full, it would overflow, benefitting the poor. But what happens instead, is that when the g... more »

TOP POLITICIAN; NAKED TEEN; ONE BILLION IN CASH

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
* Khadijah Azhari* What links model Khdijah to a top politician? *Top Moslem politician Luthfi, linked to illicit sex, money laundering and huge bribes.* Homophobic politicians who claim to be strong Christians or strong Moslems are usually liars and crooks. The scandal involving *Luthfi* began in January 2013. This was when anti-corruption investigators raided a Jakarta hotel room and found a man called *Ahmad* and a naked teenage student and 1 billion rupiah. *Ahmad* is a personal aide to *Luthfi *Hasan Ishaaq *Luthfi* Hasan Ishaaq was, until he was arrested, boss of Indonesia... more »

Who Needs the Debt Ceiling?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Arguments about the U.S. debt ceiling refuse to go away. That’s a good thing, say Russell Lamberti in this Guest Post. The singular brilliance of the debt ceiling, he argues, is that it keeps reminding everyone that there is a growing national debt that never seems to shrink. That is a tremendous service to American citizens, and others, who live in the dark regarding the borrowing machinations of their political overlords.* US lawmakers reached a(nother) budget deal this week that will avert sequester cuts and shutdowns. These fiscal “roadblocks” supposedly damaged investor con... more »

Sunday Question for Conservatives

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
What's the general consensus of neutral experts going to be by, oh, the end of March on how the ACA is working? Series of disasters? Surprisingly successful, given the fiasco in October? Too soon to know? Or something else?
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