Thursday, December 19, 2013

19 Dec - Blogs I'm Following

English: Protesters outside of AIPAC conferenc...English: Protesters outside of AIPAC conference at Washington DC Convention center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Portrait of a Woman (possibly Elizabeth Warren)Portrait of a Woman (possibly Elizabeth Warren) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This photo is from the Time 100 Gala - read ho...This photo is from the Time 100 Gala - read how I feel about Elizabeth Warren. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Rachel Maddow in Seattle.English: Rachel Maddow in Seattle. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On Potential Employees

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 minutes ago
*About friggin' time! Bravo Senator Warren! Bravo! -Bill* *Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On Potential Employees* DANNY VINIK DEC. 17, 2013, 4:56 PM 2,934 51 elizabeth warren first press conference as senator elect Boston Herald Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill today that would prevent companies from using credit reports in hiring decisions. Since the Great Depression, many unemployed Americans have struggled to find a job once employers check their credit history. Many of these people fell on hard times after the housing bubble burst o... more »

Fire and Ice

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 minutes ago
As the days carry on into weeks, months and years you become weary and increasingly so. You have remained ever hopeful for change, for love, for rejuvenation, for absolute peace and a place where all truth is recognized as such, lived and understood. That is not the place you have now. Now, what you have is contrast. Those you know and love are choosing, as are you. You are right now, today, on the threshold of new, of change, of another way. There has to be more than what you see everyday and even than what you feel. This is not a falsehood. Light is only visible in the d... more »

The Vedic Art of Leadership

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 minutes ago
Video Title: The Vedic Art of Leadership. Source: DharmaNation. Date Published: December 21, 2011. Description: Whether we refer to the unprecedented problems we are experiencing in the economy, on the political scene, or in the rapid degeneration of cultural, social and spiritual standards, we know that we are living in an era of tremendous global crisis. As Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya explains in this timely and important video, the root cause of all these peripheral crises can be directly attributed to a deep crisis in leadership. We are lacking able leaders. We are, today, lac... more »

Does "Progressive" Mean Something Else In Oklahoma? Meet Joe Dorman, Rachel Maddow's Idea Of A Progressive Candidate For Governor

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
I ran into a neighbor, one of the world's most talented drummers, the other day and he asked me if the DCCC is as bad as I say it is on my blog. "Even worse," I assured him, telling him about quintessential Steve Israel recruit Jennifer Garrison. He asked me to suggest some candidates he could contribute to who were the opposite of Garrison. I suggested the 2 Blue America candidates in the L.A. area, Eloise Reyes and Lee Rogers since he could meet either one of them if he wanted to. And then I remembered his family is from Oklahoma. So I sent him some information about Tom Guild, ... more »

The Shah On AIPAC

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
An excerpt from, *"Some Might Call It Treason"* by Philip Giraldi, AntiWar, December 19: Neocon Noam Neusner recently provided an insight into what is going on in Congress, boasting that *"Normally a party’s leadership will stand behind a president in his moment of diplomatic achievement. Not this time." He further explains that the "conspicuous silence" among Democrats is because they are "the men and the women, after all, who are on a first name basis with most of the board of AIPAC" and "they want to be in Washington long after Obama leaves the White House." * And lest there be a... more »

Battle between Nihilism and Organization part One

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
[image: Creative Commons License] This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Just being optimistic. The battle between Nihilism and organization. The Nihilist are winning, and wining by billions. But its the organalizist that are reaping all the rewards. The organized ones are manufacturing Nihilist. It is the perfect divide and conquer. Tom thought about changing his interface and it happened, his level of augmentation was in now in God mode. He was now able to switch all his senses to a quantum computed dream zone where the owner was the... more »

Do other countries teach better?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 2 hours ago
Sent to the New York Times, Dec. 19, 2013 The Times asks "Why Other Countries Teach Better?" (Dec. 18). But there is no clear evidence that they do. The most powerful factor in developing well-educated citizens, not mentioned by the Times, is poverty: When researchers control for the effects of poverty, our students score near the top on international tests. A survey from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), cited by the Times, confirms that socio-economic status is a very strong predictor of literacy development and that this effect is much stronger in... more »

POA failure to appear at trial hence convicted is constitutional

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
R. v. Jamieson, 2013 ONCA 760 holds that s. 9.1(1) of the* Provincial Offences Act**, allowing a conviction where an accused has been* "issued a notice of the time and place of trial" and failed to appear is constitutional: [47] In considering the application of these principles to the *POA*, I note that the NIA option in the offence notice clearly warns a defendant that failing to appear at the trial will result in a conviction. The defendant must exercise the option to appear on the offence notice and deliver it to the court office, so he or she does not retain a copy. Bu... more »

Chris Christie said he invented the Internet!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013* *Lawrence then and now:* Over the summer, Chris Christie announced, then executed, a $12 million scam. The larceny occurred in bright sunlight. Everybody say ho-hum and continued on their way. Today, a range of players are involved in creating a scandal around Christie. Below, you see something we the rubes were told by Lawrence last night. Lawrence spoke with Hunter Walker, who he agreed to describe as “national affairs reporter for Talking Points Memo:” O’DONNELL (12/18/13): OK. And here is some more maybe fire in the smoke, OK? *Last week, the W... more »

A & E -0, GLAAD - 0, Duck Dynasty - 10...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*who benefits??* If you'd never heard of Duck Dynasty before yesterday, you sure have now. Does anyone really believe A&E would sabotage their cash cow? Disclaimer: I've never watched Duck Dynasty because we don't have cable. I did, however, have a pretty good take on what the show was about, and am well aware that people who I admire really like to watch it. However, last night I had to explain to my hubby what the show was about. How many other people in this country are like my hubby? Probably millions. Driven by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), A&E thre... more »

Religious numbers declining in the US

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
If you live in the US, or want to, there’s a good argument for living in these places… California’s Alpine County, Hawaii’s Kalawao County, Nevada’s Esmeralda County, New York’s Bronx and Richmond counties, Michigan’s Macomb County and Nevada’s Clark County. Why? Because they are the parts of America with *the lowest religious participation per capita*. But there are other parts of the US with low participation, as you can see on this map here from the *Washington Post*(more red equals more religious participation, the paler it is, the less interest there is): It’s a map tha... more »

Weingarten Joins Union Enemy John Engler to Plead with Governors to Keep Common Core

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
On December 10 Randi Weingarten flew into Newark with her gold-plated bullhorn to protest the entirely predicted outcome to a teacher contract that she helped negotiate just over a year ago. At the time the Newark agreement gave bragging rights to Republican governor Chris Christie for making New Jersey the first state in the Union to base teacher pay on student test scores and on a teacher evaluation scheme that was nothing more than a Christie promise when Weingarten signed off on it. Now, with teacher grievances piling up based on the meritless merit pay plan that Weingart... more »

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 3 hours ago
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From Cupcake Wars to Candy Crush Saga!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013* *We don’t find this hard to believe:* At the start of this morning’s column, Gail Collins had a confession to make: COLLINS (12/19/13): *For the past couple of months I have been in the thrall of a game called Candy Crush Saga.* It’s about matching little colored thingies on your iPad or phone. I am not going to explain it in any more depth because that would just make this whole discussion more humiliating. Presumably, no one familiar with Collins’ work will find this hard to believe. Just a bit later, the New York Times ace went into more detail: ... more »

Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
*Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013* Welcome to you. I would firstly like to open my heart in Love to you ... DONE! ... and secondly, inquire about the beautiful magenta Pillar of Light that was captured on a photograph recently. ( See blog post http://blossomgoodchild.blogspot.com/) This, for me, is so similar to the image you showed to me way back in 2011 when you first brought it up. Would you please confirm as to whether this is what you were speaking of ... or something else? *Firstly we send Love in an abundant form to each one of you. We find it necessary to consider t... more »

On how many houses must we figuratively wish a pox?

noreply@blogger.com (Námo Mandos) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours ago
The uproar in the diplomatic world today is the arrest of the Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a consular services official in the USA who was arrested in front of her children at school, taken to a police station, and apparently strip searched, leading to extreme annoyance from the Indian government and Indian media. This is one of those situations in which literally everybody doth protest too much. So, US law enforcement procedures, well, they are notoriously made of a combination of suck and human rights violation, and routine strip searches are one of the precipitates. Pro... more »

Graphs of the Day: US GDP 1947-2011

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 4 hours ago
Total US GDP in constant 2011 dollars. Proportion of GDP by sector. - Government in 1960: 13.2%; in 2011: 13.2% - Agriculture & manufacturing in 1950: 34%; in 2011: 13% - Finance & services in 1950: 26%; in 2011: 52% Data source: US BEA

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago

The Sandy Hook Poem

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 4 hours ago
The following poem was written by Kelley from Tulsa, an independent investigator of the alleged shooting said to have taken place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School roughly one year ago. Kelley was a special guest *on my radio program* this past Tuesday, so be sure to listen to that program if you have not already. -JRF *______________________* *26 people they claim to have died,* *YouTubers and bloggers call it the "Sandy Hook Lie".* *The parents are too cheerful for this to be real,* *for if your child had died, is this how you'd feel?* *The motive is clear, they want our guns* *a... more »

Another Blue Dog Bites The Dust-- Good Riddance Jim Matheson

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Congress' most right-wing Democrat is finally retiring Jim Matheson is one of the worst-- if not *the* worst-- Democrats in Congress. Aside from voting more frequently with the GOP than any other Democrat this past year-- his crucial vote ProgressivePunch score is ghastly 23.13 (tied with fellow Blue Dog John Barrow and worse than 5 conservative Republicans!)-- Matheson was a corrupt insider who traded his votes away to the corporations that financed his sleazy career. The only reason he has been able to hang on is because enough slow-witted Utahans though he was his father, popular ... more »

Strange Viruses, Sheik Bin Laden and The October Surprise

Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
*"From 1981 through 1988, at least 15 individuals of various nationalities, including William Casey, Director of the Central Intelligence, died in unusual circumstances: * *airplane accidents, * *explosions, * *strange viruses which led to virulent cancers; * *sudden heart attacks or straightforward homicide. * *There were attempts on the lives of a further eight and one former National Security advisor tried to commit suicide."* Havana. May 5, 2011 Bin Laden familyâs relations with the United States greater than supposed Lázaro Barredo Medina THE surname Bin Laden has been... more »

Spinning Iran's Centrifuges: A Quick Lesson in Alarmism

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 5 hours ago
Tennessee Senator Bob Corker On December 12, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on last month's interim nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1, which means there was a tremendous amount of ignorant bluster, conventional wisdom, wishful thinking, staggering ignorance, and shameless posturing for lobbyist money on display. In other words, Congress

CONSEQUENCES TO U.S. ARROGANCE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
Brazil has rejected a contract for Boeing's F/A-18 fighter jets in favor of the Swedish Saab's JAS 39 Gripens. The unexpected move to reject the US bid comes amid the global scandal over the NSA's involvement in economic espionage activities.

PRIVATIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
A recent protest in Springfield, Oregon as our corporate dominated government moves to privatize the postal service. If we want money for post offices, education, healthcare, infrastructure repair, and the development of sustainable technologies then we'd better wake up and smell the coffee. The buried treasure chest is called the military budget. Make the connections and survive.

LUNCH WITH THE FT - A FORMER HEAD OF PENTAGON DISINFORMATION

Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours ago
Dov is a 'disenchanted' former 'Head of Pentagon Disinformation'. I meet him at the *Per Se* restaurant in New York. Our 21 course menu includes a starter, which combines tapioca, oysters and caviar; and an interesting foie gras dish. Dov has asked me not to reveal his real name. As Dov sips his Elderton Golden Semillon, I relate to him that a friend called Mary writes a conspiracy blog and that some of her posts on Sandy Hook come high in Google searches. Dov smiles and explains: "Mary's posts will have high search engine visibility on her computer; but not necessarily on som... more »

The Biggest Lies of "We Won't Back Down"

John Thompson at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
The movie "We Won't Back Down" was on television this week. It is a product of the corporate-sponsored Parent Revolution. With the help of financing by Walden Media and other business conservatives, the movie tells the fictionalized story of the California "Parent Trigger" law allowing the takeover of a failing school when 51% of parents file a petition. In their telling, however, it also takes 51% of teachers who supposedly turned down their due process rights to support the transformation. The National Conference of State Legislatures does not list any states where a majority of t... more »

Prancing homosexuals urge other homosexuals to "Get Enrolled"...w/Update

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 6 hours ago
*I'm speechless.* From YouTube: Out2Enroll is a coalition of organizations who want to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people stay healthy by making sure that one of the major benefits of the Affordable Care Act -- access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance coverage -- reaches LGBT communities. Get Enrolled is a holiday parody, produced by our friends at Full Frontal Freedom, which aims to bring awareness to the final week of health marketplace enrollment. *Update:* Moonbattery has more to say on this subject. I'm still speechless. *Perverts Prioritized fo... more »

PUSHING THE NEXT PRETEXT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
*New Chinese aircraft carrier was recently challenged by US Aegis cruiser* Sometimes I just shake my head in disbelief.... the recent US-China military near hit (the second time in recent months) indicates that our nation is pushing this power trip thing way too hard. This game is being ramped up to create "China fear" in the hearts and minds of the people (here and around the world). China says it is not rolling over. Someone or something eventually has to give way... Foreign Policy reports on the recent naval warship "near collision" between the US and China: On Dec. 5, the U.... more »

Thursday Morning Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
What’s right and wrong in the world this holiday season? This is a sundry list related to recent interests of mine, mostly related to humanitarian assistance. UN seeks record $13 billion for humanitarian assistance in 2014, half of it for Syria More than half of Syria’s population of 22 million is now in need of aid, according Continue reading

The world in which we actually live!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013* *The actual New York Times:* For people who don’t like longer posts, we’ll repeat a point made in the long post below. This excerpt from today’s New York Times was written and edited by functional illiterates. In this passage, Al Baker and Motoko Rich describe New York City’s score gains on the NAEP over the past ten years: BAKER AND RICH (12/19/13): More than a snapshot of achievement, the scores released Wednesday illuminate overall increases the city’s fourth and eighth graders have made in math and reading since 2003, the year after Mayor Michael R... more »

Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson)

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson). via Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson).

Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Israel, Hillel, and Idolatry

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Harvard Hillel banned a speech by former Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg. The spiritual issue: Israel, Hillel, and idolatry The Hillel International prohibitions make the State of Israel, and indeed only one version of it, into an idol. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013 Recent controversies within Hillel International, the “home” for many Jewish college

FIVE KEY POINTS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: Who lost M. Night Shyamalan!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013* *Part 3—Misled by Diane Ravitch:* Yesterday, we criticized the New York Times editorial board. We described its members as “functionally illiterate,” at least in their work on public schools and international test scores. Today, we’ll apply the same term to the Times’ news reporting about New York City’s schools. At issue is this very significant news report, a report the famous paper has buried deep inside this morning’s local section. Here’s what gives: Yesterday, new test scores were released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (th... more »

Understanding Anbar Before & After the Awakening Pt. VIII Sheikh Majid al-Sulaiman

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 7 hours ago
Sheikh Majid Abdul al-Razzaq Ali al-Sulaiman is one of the two elder sheikhs of the Dulaim tribe, one of the largest in Anbar province. He is the uncle of Sheikh Ali Hatem Sulaiman, and both were leaders in the Awakening movement. The elder Sulaiman has an interesting story because he fled to Jordan in the 1990s after he took part in a failed coup against Saddam Hussein and become involved in opposition politics. After 2003 he quickly became disillusioned with the American occupation and retreated to Anbar. There he became a target of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and that was what led Sulai... more »

Dear Kansas Board of Regents

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Dear Kansas Board of Regents, Greetings. You probably don’t know me but I’ve been a long-time user of your services. I started my college career taking dual-credit courses at Pratt Community College in 1996, I attended the Kansas Board of Regents Honors Academy in 1998, and I am a graduate of one of your fine Continue reading

WEST COAST IN DANGER

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Nuclear Engineer Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, confirmed that ocean currents are carrying the radioactive water to the West Coast. "There are several hundred tons of radioactive water that are pouring into the ocean at the site every day," Makhijani said. According to a study published in the Journal Deep Sea Research 1, it will begin arriving this March. TEPCO is in over their head and another earthquake could finish off the Fukushima plant. At that point some scientists predict Japan would be fully contaminated and the w... more »

Happy Birthday Keith Richards

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
Another good one by the Kinks

Quacking is Dangerous to Your Health?

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
I might have to re-think this whole life choice. Tenure is supposed to mean more than just job security–that it is about academic freedom. To teach and research in ways that may not always be popular and certainly in ways that are not politically desirable. Yet in the past couple of weeks, we have seen Continue reading

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Tim Reid, 69. I keep thinking that some blogging will happen, but it doesn't seem to be (here; regular posts at PP all week). With any luck, this won't be the third day in a row with only the good stuff: 1. Ta-Nehisi Coates, always. 2. Good analysis from Greg Sargent on Obama, John Podesta, and executive action on climate. One additional point: a normal opposition party would consider, given the possibility of significant action, cutting a deal to protect party-aligned interest groups as much as possible (while, perhaps, securing some other policy gains in return)... more »

Watch "Al-Aqsa TV Filler Tallies Terror Attacks by Hamas" on YouTube

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdUwuc1OOQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

In Defense of Teaching (and Grading) the Long Research Paper

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
There’s a Slate article titled “The End of the College Essay” circulating in various Facebook and Twitter circles critical of assigning long essays to undergraduates. The gist of the complaint mirrors the complaints I’ve heard over the years from students and colleagues (and others outside the academy) about assigning long research papers. Last summer, I Continue reading

Who Should Be On Trial-- Cheney, Morsi, Christie… Sisi?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Look, I'm all for holding politicians accountable for their criminal behavior and abuse of power. After reading Barton Gellman's brilliant book on Cheney, Angler, I'm more convinced than ever that Cheney should be rotting in a prison for the rest of his short miserable life, along with David Addington, his chief hatchet man. During the first Bush-Cheney term, Cheney had his way on everything. He reinvented the NSA as a weapon against American citizens which it still is today. By the second term, wiser heads had prevailed on Bush to rein him in a little. Gellman: "In the second ter... more »

Eminent Victorians

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 8 hours ago
It was a remarkable gaffe -- as defined by Michael Kinsley. Last Friday, James Moore gave us a brief statement of what he really believes, unvarnished by spin. When asked about the problem of child poverty, he answered, "The government says it's my job to feed my neighbour's child? I don't think so." There could be no clearer statement of modern conservative boilerplate. In Margaret Thatcher's words, "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families." And it is a family's responsibility to feed its children. Government does not concern... more »

CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 Trillion ......Dodd - Frank working out just swell - those pesky technical coding issues are such a hassle !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 Trillion [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/19/2013 08:21 -0500 - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Gross Domestic Product - Transparency inShare What is $55 trillion between friends? Very little according to the CFTC. In perhaps the biggest *under the radar news *of the day - to be expected with every watercooler occupied by taper experts - the WSJ reports that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday that *technical errors *at two so-called ... more »

The German Climate Debacle

Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 9 hours ago
This is a short piece I need to get out just so I can put all my attention on the major post I'm working on. Germany's shutdown of many of its nuclear plants has led quite directly and inevitably to increased burning of fossil fuels.  (Canadian Energy Issues pegged this.)  Contrary to the false claims of Chrisopher Arcus on ClimateCrocks, all German coal-fired generation has risen, both hard

Luis Burgos: Observations on the Necochea Beach Humanoid

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
*The Necochea Beach Humanoid* *By Luis Burgos (FAO/RADIO)* The photograph taken by chance on a beach in Necochea on 17 November 2013 was NOT JUST ONE MORE CASE [*original emphasis—SC*]. It has only been possible to capture humanoid figures “invisible” to the human eye on very few occasions, when compared with the infamous “phantom” UFOs, and the controversy these cases generate when they take place. Naysayers will subtly state that “it was a person photographed against the Sun, very near and from below, and this causes the deformation of the image, causing the creation of the ghostl... more »

Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
*Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed* *By Guillermo D. Giménez – Planeta UFO* Necochea is a city located on the Atlantic Coast of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the county seat and has a major port facility, as it is located at the mouth of the Quequén Grande River and the Argentinean Sea. The city is a chosen destination for thousands of tourist who spend their vacation time in the widest beaches of Argentina. Necochea is considered one of the finest beaches in the country. The Miguel Lillo Park, with over 640 acres of pines and eucalyptus trees, ... more »

Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general(Photo: Mohammed Jaffer, AP)*All this in the land of the "free and the brave"? You know of course what will happen is they will put in a procedure to exempt diplomats and continue treat US citizens this way... but at least this incident exposes what has become routine in law enforcement in a very public way. All secrets will be exposed... Eternal Essence is seeing to it. And they asked "who will this be enforced?".... hahaha -AK* *Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'* Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 10:34 p.m. EST Dec... more »

Excuses, Excuses...

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
In response to test scores for New York City: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's reign as head of the nation's largest school system resulted in greatly improved graduation rates, but test scores that lagged behind the pace of other large American cities. New York City students' scores on national math and reading tests released Wednesday didn't show significant change in 2013 from 2011, ticking up slightly but not enough to keep up with other large cities.... The Bloomberg administration said it was harder for city students to improve as fast as lower-scoring cities. "As you... more »

Secret Service probing potential Target data breach

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*Secret Service probing potential Target data breach* Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY 12:01 a.m. EST December 19, 2013 Secret Service confirms investigation of potential breach that began around Black Friday. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/18/secret-service-target-data-breach/4119337/ (Photo: By Don Campbell, AP) STORY HIGHLIGHTS *Potential breach involves information stored on magnetic stripe on back of cards* *Situation appears to involve nearly all Target stores in the United States* *Target did not respond to telephone message left at headquarters Wednesday night* ... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*Unvanished ~Library Chronicles* *State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state funding ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens* *RTA, Veolia reportedly agree to run New Orleans ferries ~WWLTV* *Funeral For George Rodrigue Today ~Eve Troeh, WWNO* *Odd Words ~Mark Folse * *Under the hood of "Under Milkwood": musician's cut ~NolaVie * *A true original, James Booker stands above the crowd in a city famous for its piano players ~Scott Barretta, ClarionLedger.com*

The #ChristmasMyths, #2: The Star of Bethlehem

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 hours ago
*Part of a continuing series looking at the pagan origins of the Christmas Myths, one day at a time…* [image: CARTOON BY CHRIS MADDEN, USED BY PERMISSION] Long before the *Bethlehem Star* went into print, Jesus was born under a star that guided three wise men to his stable door, stopping at Herod’s palace to ask the way. So goes the myth. The real story is marginally more interesting—especially its real origins. The story of stars and wise men and Jesus only appears in *Matthew*. And you may consider it passing strange for a few reasons: - why this one author chose to add it... more »

Gaia Satellite surveyor lifts off

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago
*Europe has launched the Gaia satellite - one of the most ambitious space missions in history. *The 740m-euro observatory lifted off from the Sinnamary complex in French Guiana at 06:12 local time. Gaia is going to map the precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars. This should give us the first realistic picture of how our Milky Way galaxy is constructed. Gaia's remarkable sensitivity will lead also to the discovery of many thousands of previously unseen objects, including new planets and asteroids. Separation from the Soyuz upper-stage was confirmed just bef... more »

6 Reasons Why Public Ownership Is Better That Private

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
*Public Beats Private: Six Reasons Why* by Paul Buchheit *Private systems are focused on making profits for a few well-positioned people.* *Public systems, when sufficiently supported by taxes, work for everyone in a generally equitable manner. The following are six specific reasons why privatization simply doesn't work.* *1. The Profit Motive Moves Most of the Money to the Top* The federal Medicare Administrator made $170,000 in 2010. The president of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas made over ten times as much in 2012. Stephen J. Hemsley, the CEO of United Health Group,... more »

Holiday crime watch December 19 , 2013 -- The Lead Story .....Major Security breach at Target ! The takeaway from Krebs on Security -- Krebs on Security, a closely watched security industry blog that broke the news, said the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States, citing sources at two credit card issuers. The report said that "track data" from at least 1 million payment cards was thought to have been stolen before Target uncovered the operation, but that the number could be significantly higher.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/us-target-breach-idUSBRE9BH1GX20131219 Target stores' customers hit by major credit card attack Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:22pm EST 6 COMMENTS - - inShare25 - Share this - - Email - Print [image: Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer] Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/ERIC THAYER (Reuters) - Payment card data was stolen from an unknow... more »

Tanzania & GMOs - Chose Sovereignty Over Corporate Rule

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
Tanzania, the little country in Africa that ROARED... no we will not change our laws to suit the scientists and agrichemical companies that develop GMOs. Instead, we will hold you accountable for any harm: “Any person who imports, transport...s, makes contained or confined use of, releases, carries out any activity in relation to GMOs or products thereof, or places on the market a GMO, shall be strictly liable for an harm, loss, injury or loss caused directly or indirectly by such GMOs or their production or any activity in relation to GMOs.” Sounds like they got it right, don... more »

Engels on 'Social Murder'

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 13 hours ago
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that death results, we call that deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call this deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or the bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they *cannot live* - forces them ... to remain in such conditions u... more »

War Watch December 19 , 2013 ...Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With US , Al Qaeda / Jihadist forces continue eliminating Moderate US backed FSA leaders , Syria Army continues to take advantage of the split between Rebel forces by pressing forward on several War Fronts...... Iran nuclear talks at risk due to US Senate Bill , as well as the usual incoherent actions of the White House ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Syria....... Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With USUS Envoy: Rebels Gave No Reason for Refusal by Jason Ditz, December 18, 2013 Print This | Share This Syria’s Islamic Front, a Salafist-dominated rebel faction, will not become the Obama Administration’s new official “US-backed” rebels any time soon, as the group has refused to have any talks with the US. “The Islamic Front has refused to sit with us without giving any reason,” noted Ambassador Robert Ford, saying the US remains ready to “talk to all parties and political groups in Syria.” The US interest in the Islamic Front ... more »

Langevin, Michelson, Millikan: anniversaries

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Paul Langevin was born in 1872 in Paris and died on December 19th, 1946, in the same city. Because he was a rather important representative of the French science and a science official, great physicists have encountered him at many conferences. Langevin was also a leading figure who promoted relativity in France. The modern interpretation of diamagnetism and paramagnetism in terms of electron clouds asymmetrically or anisotropically located within atoms is due to Langevin. As a college freshman, we were taught the explanations of these "canonical effects" like Langevin's diamagnetis... more »

Doomed!

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
A clip from the Salon article: . . . . Few would dispute that we should hold our educators and the children they are entrusted with to a high bar of excellence, but evaluating performance on test scores has never been a viable strategy. As Common Core test results have started trickling in, the results aren’t pretty. In New York, they show a widening of the achievement gap between black and white students. This leaves young teachers at a disadvantage since they are often placed in high poverty schools and are still learning on the job. They often have to also play the role of coun... more »

Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF) bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. Right there, we begin with stupid. The CUF attacks […]

Paul Krassner : Is There a Doctor in the House?

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 16 hours ago
Doctors provide free medical care at the Riverside County Fair Grounds in California's Coachella Valley earlier this year. Image from KESQ.com. California tops in most uninsured: Is there a doctor in the house? The insurance industry has a preexisting condition known in technical terminology as greed. By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013 Although Coachella Valley in Southern

No technical issues in actor Paul Walker car crash

Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 16 hours ago
Los Angeles: Researchers have found no proof that the Mercedes holding acting professional John Master had technical problems before it damaged, eliminating the Fast & Furious celebrity. The research also decided out waste or other street circumstances as resulting in the car in which Master was a traveler to careen into a light rod and shrub. "We're looking at rate and rate alone," a police officer’s formal with knowledge of the research informed the Associated Media. The formal was not approved to talk openly about the research and talked on condition of privacy. The Nov. 30 ac... more »

BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Paul Buhle's 'Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours ago
Paul Buhle's 'Radical Jesus': Comic artists explore the history and social message of Jesus Christ By Alan Wieder / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013 Paul Buhle, the noted historian, author, graphic novel publisher, and editor of Radical Jesus, is Thorne Dreyer's guest on the 200th edition of Rag Radio, Friday, December 20, from 2-3 p.m. (CST). Rag Radio airs and streams live on

JAKARTA KID

Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
*CHAPTERS* 1. JAKARTA: SIX DEGREES SOUTH 2. NIGHT AND DAY 3. THE HILL TOWN OF BOGOR 4 THE HIGHLAND CITY OF BANDUNG 5. TWO WEDDINGS 6. ONE HAND AND HIS MOTHER 7. BANGBANG ON JALAN SUDIRMAN 8. PELABUHAN RATU 9. SINGAPORE AND JOHOR BARU 10. FOUND IN KEBAYORAN LAMA 11. DOCTOR JOSEPH 12 THE HAVE A NICE DAY HOTEL 13. THE BOY FROM SUMATRA 14. THEY SHOT YOUR FATHER? 15. A LOVER LIKES HIS LOVED ONE TO BE POOR 16. HAMID'S GRANNY AND IWAN'S FEET 17. REJECTED BY HIS FAMILY 18. MOTHER LIVES FAR AWAY 19. FAMILY 20. BABY 21 TWO WIVES TO SUPPORT 22. SUKABUMI 23. NEW HOME 24. BANTEN AND MERAK 25. SAE... more »

Keith Baldrey`s Revisionist History Distortions

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 17 hours ago
Keith Baldrey`s tweet tonight(December 18th/2013) ____________ *Keith Baldrey* ‏@*keithbaldrey* 2h My Twitter account is worth $14,856.00, according to the SocialValuator app. See how much you are worth: http://social-valuator.com _______________ And we all know that Keith Baldrey is more concerned about twitter followers than anything else..these private Twitter messages to me speak for themselves... I hardly ever tweet on twitter, however, I did tweet Keith Baldrey, I told him to check out Global Facebook page..I told Keith Baldrey that their own viewers are calling t... more »

McKeon Has Found The One Career That Normal People View As Even Less Ethical Than Congressmembers

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
Buck McKeon, Boehner's uber-corrupt head of the House Armed Services Committee, is getting ready for his next career as a lobbyist. A bunch of relatives have already started the firm and McKeon is busy lining up clients by making sure the Military-Industrial Complex gravy train is not interrupted by any sequestration. He has been busy tanking the chances of Randy Forbes to succeed him as Chair because he isn't as much a shill to arms makers and war contractors as McKeon's handpicked choice, corrupt Texas congressman Mac Thornberry. The revolving door between Congress and K Street ... more »

Thailand: Red Terror - Regime Thugs Firebomb Protest Leader's Home, Threaten Opponents

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
*Image: Protest leader, Chitpas Bhirombhakdi.**December 19, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - After weeks of cyber-stalking by the Thaksin Shinawatra regime's paid-PR machine, including disgraced former-Reuters editor Andrew Marshall, regime thugs have fire-bombed the home of anti-regime protest leader Chitpas Bhirombhakdi. In Bangkok Post's article, "Protest leader's house firebombed," it was reported: Four men early on Thursday morning threw a molotov cocktail at the family home of Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, a former deputy Democrat Party spokeswoman and now one of core protest leaders under t... more »

A Catastrophic and Catalysing Event: Millennial Futurology

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago
*1993* "To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades, the Department of Defense must move more aggressively to experiment with new technologies and operational concepts, and seek to exploit the emerging revolution in military affairs. Information technologies, in particular, are becoming more prevalent and significant components of modern military systems. These information tech- nologies are having the same kind of trans- forming effects on military affairs as they are having in the larger world. The effects of this military transformation will have profound i... more »

Page charges for appeal transcripts

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 18 hours ago
R. v. J.W., 2013 ONCA 723: [16] In the circumstances, I am satisfied that the application should be granted and an order should be made in accordance with the CSD policy. Therefore, I find that for transcripts prepared for the Court of Appeal, the court reporter is entitled to and shall be paid a fee of $3.75 per original page. However, if the transcript has previously been transcribed and produced at the lower court level for any reason, the reporter is entitled to charge, for an appeal, $0.55 per page per copy for portions previously transcribed, and $3.75 per page for any... more »

I am because you are... thank you for stopping by

Sandra Guzman at Sandra Guzman - 19 hours ago
Here are my favorite posts of 2013: *Reflecting on what it means to be a bitch* *Immigration Debate 2.0: No Human Being is Illegal* *What makes a Hispanic Hispanic anyway? * *Mickalene's Magnificence* *Why playing is good for your brain* *Love re-defined* *Don't Cry for me: I am a Vegetarian* *Favoritism will get you a job, and keep you employed* *Are your cultural beliefs keeping you from achieving your potential?* *Is being a good girl killing you softly?*

Months without their cherished rooster-brand sriracha? Can spicy-food addicts survive?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*It looks like it'll be months before Huy Fong Foods resumes providing hot-sauce-starved gastronomes with its "most popular hot sauce."* *by Ken* It figures it would be the doing of some California buttinskies, who don't know what it means to mind their own beeswax. As a result, Huy Fong Foods has been forced to shut down production of its "most popular hot sauce," the sriracha in the clear plastic squeeze bottle with the rooster logo and green cap. Shock waves are rolling through hot-food aficionados from coast to coast, with early reports of sriracha-deprived users jonesing. And... more »

David Coleman's Common Core Shows How Less Can Be More, Boring

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 21 hours ago
Somehow I missed this in October from Perdido Street, but it is priceless: NYSED ELA Lesson Module - 17 Days On One Short Story As I posted earlier this week, the teachers who have had the misfortune to have to use the Common Core lesson modules provided by NYSED at a website they call Engage NY have found that the material is so full of mind-numbing, soul-sucking drudgery that they had lost the interest of students by the second week of school. I have heard many complaints from teachers about one module that has students read and re-read one short story over and over and over and ov... more »

The Stevie Claus . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 21 hours ago
Thank-you, Radio 3.

Gold and Silver Report - December 18 , 2013 Harvey Organ post highlights , data of the day and more news and views.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Post - Fed Meeting Action December 19 , 2013..... Gold getting slammed so far this morning .... [image: Live 24 hours gold chart [Kitco Inc.]] Trying to test the lows from June ? http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/12/dec-182013gld-loses-another-42-tonnes.html Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Dec 18.2013:/GLD loses another 4.2 tonnes of gold/SLV remains constant/USA tapers by 10 billion dollars/gold and silver slammed by the bankers/ Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold closed up $4.90 to $1236.10 (comex closing time ). Silver was up 22 cents at $20.01. then came ... more »

India blast US for ignoring diplomatic immunity for its female Deputy Consul - Devyani Khobragade ...... degrading treatment on a alleged false visa application for a nanny brought arrest , repeated strip searches and cavity searches ! India has immediately retaliated as expected - India of course has become more sensitive to female mistreatment due to numerous recent rape cases in India . Apart from the rape angle , this is figurative " mistreatment " of the nation of India - what if India started enforcing its laws against Americans - such as by arresting same sex diplomatic couples ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Indo-U.S. Ties Hit Logjam Over Indian Diplomat's Arrest The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York has sparked furor in New Delhi, damaging Indo-US ties. [image: sanjay-kumar-q] By Sanjay Kumar December 19, 2013 2 8 0 2 *12* Shares *7* comments Whether you call it a reaction or overreaction (or vengeance), India has initiated a number of reprisals against the United States after the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York last week, thereby putting at stake friendly ties between the world’s two largest democracies. In a series of unprecedented measures, New Delhi scaled down ... more »

Faith's vision

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*AK Note: **What follows in Faith 's vision. Consider it for what it is, data. Use your own higher discernment. In some ways the vision corresponds to what Sheldan and others have described at the time of the planetary ascension of Earth. I can't say this is what will happen. We will find out. **I don't know the reason or context for the Templars and Dragons within this vision, but I do know the financial system is full of Templars and Dragons, so I present it as Faith wrote it. I am not promoting Freemasonry or any other Templar faction and neither is Faith. I have slightly ... more »

Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…* by ÉirePort Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points, prior to commencement of next phase. This is a vital step on path to global Ascension. Corollaries are now abandoned; primes are on point. Flash points have been reached; required sparks follow in short order. Release of all projection-with-resultant-fear scenarios is primary at this moment. All is at Peace with Gaia. ÉirePort | December 18, 2013 at 20:13 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qS

Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
COLUMN OF LIGHT! Photo by Marlene Swetlishoff ©2013 *Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada* Posted by Stephen Cook on December 17, 2013 Reblogged from: http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/12/marlene-swetlishoffs-incredible-photo-pillar-of-light-in-canada/marlene-beach/ On Sunday’s episode of Lift Your Spirit: Our 2013 Journey – Part 2 on InLight Radio (the show that has everyone talking following Fran Zepeda’s revelations about her own incredible Ascension journey) Blossom Goodchild was guided to tell us all about a particular photo that appears on Marlene Sw... more »

The beauty illusion demonstrated

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 22 hours ago
Laughing Squid

Not all orders to non-parties are final

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago
Ambrose v. Zuppardi, 2013 ONCA 768 [6] *Smerchanski *was further weakened in the subsequent decision in *Royal Trust Corporation v. Fisherman* (2001), 55 O.R. (3d) 794 (C.A.), in which this court, following *Sun Life**,* emphasized that *Smerchanski* does not stand for the proposition that all orders in which the court denies a request to obtain information from non-parties are final. Simply put, if the motion requesting information is dismissed where the information sought from the non-party may still be available from the parties to the action, the order is interlocuto... more »

Teaching in Finland, Denigration in the U. S.

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 23 hours ago
We know what to expect when the NYTimes moneymen call on their token minority, Brent Staples, to craft an Editorial of the Absurd on CorpEd's antiquated reforms that have effectively blown up public education along with the teaching profession. Staples' most recent effort does not disappoint, as he uses the most recent PISA release to apply his pretzel logic and funhouse lenses to make sense of the U. S. middle-of-the pack-rankings. Rather than regarding PISA as the most recent example of how CorpEd's policies have failed again to improve U. S. standings in the international testi... more »

Happy Christmas? Dimon Daze? Pigs Snort In Glee - Clown Representatives Triumph! NC Crushing Unemployed and Employed: What’s Happened in North Carolina Since July Is an Indication of What Will Happen Nationwide (ALEC's Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014)

We can't blame the right wingers for everything, I guess. Although at this season of the year it's beginning to seem a lot like Grinchmas. Everywhere we look. Surprise! Paul Ryan’s Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy: Mr. Realism Returns to Extortion The GOP wants concessions from Democrats in exchange for not allowing the U.S. to default on its debts this spring, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Fox News

Ronnie Biggs, MK-ULTRA and the Fourth Reich

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago
http://jimhougan.com/wordpress/?tag=the-great-train-robbery "How Biggs, while hiding out in Rio, came to live at Scott Johnson’s apartment, where he was patronized and protected by Huber and the others, is an important question. [An anecdotal account of Biggs' life in Rio, which discusses his friendship with Johnson and Huber, can be found in Biggs: The World's Most Wanted Man, by Colin Mackenzie, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1975.] Among other things, it suggests the possibility (indeed, the likelihood) that the firm which provided cover (or an alibi) for Jim Jones’s activ... more »

Western backed mercenaries intensify their targetting of Christians & Allawites

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours ago
One news item that says so much about the *western backed mercenaries *brutal war of divide to conquer in Syria.NATO. The blood of so many innocents stain the nations that participate in this endless imperialism. Yes, that includes Canada *Militants have intensified attacks against Christians and Allawites* A survivor of an August attack that killed nearly 200 people in the regime stronghold of Latakia province walks near graves of some of the dead. This month, rebels attacked the town of Deir Atiyah north of Damascus.* Militants who participated in the attack alongside more moder... more »

Evil in a suit

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 23 hours ago
A petition for the House of Commons to debate the issue of hunger and food banks in Britain is successful. Iain Duncan Smith, the Minister for the Department of Work and Pensions, fucks off when the debate starts. He is of course a man determined to destroy welfare in Britain and terminally poison the idea of collective provision for at least a generation. Austerity is the Tory bid to reorganise society further in its favour (and that of the capitalist class). Any normal person would be ashamed to do the things IDS does. But stuff like this is water off a duck's back to Mr Smith. He ... more »

Summer Reading: What’s yours?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Around this time every year, I generally post a pile of summer reading I’m trying to stuff into my pack. I’ll probably do that in a few days, but in the meantime, what books are you stuffing into your pack or eBook reader this summer? And what books would you recommend to others? Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Hope in the holiday season

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
by Jon Rappoport December 18, 2013 www.nomorefakenews.com Untold millions (billions?) of people across the world are waking up to official lies, cover stories, and conspiracies. These people are crossing the bridge, so to speak, to see what's on the other side. The question is, do they stay there once they've crossed over, or do they try to retreat back to their former positions as ordinary citizens with dimmed perception? It's quite a trick to a) maintain the status of "normal person" while b) seeing through the enormous ruse. In fact, in the long run, it's impossible. Therefore... more »

Meyer Lansky, the Jewish Mob and the Nazi Underground Reich

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"A revealing insight into this international f inancial and in- dustrial network was given me by a member of the Bormann organization residing in West Germany. Meyer Lansky, he said, the financial advisor to the Las Vegas-Miami underworld, sent a message to Bormann through my West German SS contact. Lansky promised that if he received a piece of Bormann’s action he would keep the Israeli agents off Bormann’s back. *“I have a very good relation with the Israeli secret police” *was his claim,although he was to be kicked out of Israel later when his presence became too noted —and ... more »

Previously enormous story gets bigger!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013* *Rachel continues bridge work:* As of Monday, the story had become enormous. Or at least, so a little bird said: MADDOW (12/16/13): The George Washington Bridge traffic jam story that started as the teeny, teeny, tiny, tiniest little political story in the entire world has just gotten enormous. That was one of the teases on Monday’s Maddow show. Last night, we learned that the previously enormous story had somehow become even bigger: MADDOW (12/17/13): All right. If New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was hoping that today was the day that people stopp... more »

Fat Free Econ 50: Growth, Bubbles and the PH Economy

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com --------- MANILA - A few weeks ago, an article from forbes.com written by contributor Jesse Colombo, “Here’s why the Philippines’ economic miracle is really a bubble in disguise,” went viral in the social media. One may not agree with the analysis and conclusion but many data presented were useful. The Philippines’ recent strong economic performance -- like the 7.4 percent GDP growth in the first three quarters of 2013 -- is it a miracle or a bubble in disguise, as Mr. Colombo and a few others would put it? *Chart 1. Quarterly GDP gr... more »

Has Cheri Bustos Earned Reelection?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Who's worse to be hanging with, Pete Peterson or Rahm? In 2010, the Democratic-controlled Illinois legislature gerrymandered the state-- in the same anti-democratic way that Republican-controlled legislatures did in states like North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan-- to create more congressional seats for its own party. One of those seats, IL-17, was expressly designed to defeat freshman Republican Bobby Schilling. The awkwardly-drawn district starts up in Rockford and the suburbs of Dubuque and Davenport and works its way down and across into the Democratic p... more »

I really don't give a rip what Barbara Walters said to Piers Morgan about Obama being the "Messiah"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*and I don't really care that both of these people have faces that move about as much as a cement sidewalk. * However, I *do* find it interesting that they have both pumped so much Botox into themselves that nothing moves. Piers Morgan's forehead would make a marble statue jealous.

Dine' Ed Becenti: Ask not what your Navajo Nation can do for you

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
                                                   Ask not what your Navajo Nation can do for you By Ed Becenti, Dine' Letter to the Editor Censored News With the death this week of Nelson Mandela, we thought of people like him and John F. Kennedy who really cared about their countries.  Kennedy’s quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country”

1963

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
1963: Act I - The Good We Oft Might Win... from Spike EP on Vimeo. “Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt” *Measure for MeasureAct I, Scene IV*

Mohawk John Kane 'There is no victory for us in U.S. or Canadian Courts'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
There is no victory for us in U.S. or Canadian Courts By John Karhiio Kane (Mohawk) Censored News The embarrassing failure of the U.S. prosecutor in the Three Feathers Casino trial is not a win. It's not even a draw! Surviving the persecution and prosecution of their law enforcement agents, lawyers, judges and juries is a good thing, but it is not justice. It is not justice when

Mohawk Nation News "Great Peace on Earth!'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
GREAT PEACE ON EARTH! Posted on December 18, 2013 Mohawk Nation News MNN. Dec. 18, 2013. The US dollar started with the theft of Indigenous land and resources here on Great Turtle Island. No one helped us resist. Now it’s a worldwide problem.  It will end soon!  The only impediment to peace on earth is the 13 crime families now known as the bankers. When you follow the great white

Mohawk Nation News 'Shut the F--- Up about Ford!'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
SHUT THE F— UP ABOUT FORD!  Mohawk Nation News MNN. DEC. 15, 2013. The recent uproar in Prime Minister Harper’s caucus when the Finance Minister swore at Jason Kenny, “To shut the f— up about Rob Ford”, has Mohawk origins. “Flaherty’s profane rebuke to Kenny’s Rob Ford comments.” See.’2010 update on Flaherty’s Mohawk land grab’. Jim and Christine & Flaherty fam’ heading out to

Jacob Ostreicher escaping Bolivia

Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 1 day ago
So the story is that a gang of kidnappers set upon Jacob in Santa Cruz, demanded a ransom and threatened to kill him...but decided to be nice and deliver him to his home thousands of miles away in Brooklyn. OK. Some believe it, some don't. At Chaplins and other comedy clubs in La Paz, this is a joke; the Russian customers call it skazka - fairy tale. The sad part is that there are two sides left hurt in this - the Jewish Community and the La Paz government - but the real culprits are the drug dealers, extortionists and political opportunists; the latter of whom exasperated the La Pa... more »

Updates On Syria [12.18]: Erdogan's Brand Takes Another Hit While Assad's Image Is Recovering, 9 Reasons Why Kurds Are Defeating Al-Qaeda, Syrian Minister Says Regime Will Not Relinquish Power At Geneva II Conference

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Assad Stays While Erdogan Goes?" by 'b', Moon of Alabama, December 18:* Yesterday the police in Istanbul arrested dozens of people related to Erdogan's AK Party including the sons of three ministers involved in a number of graft cases. Just hours later the five police leaders responsible for the case were fired and two new prosecutors were named to oversee the whitewash of the issue. More police chiefs were fired today after the justice minister intervened. This hasty cover-up seems to show that the cases are valid. This corruption and justice scandal comes on... more »

HEROIN, HAIRLESS BOYS, 9 11 HIJACKERS, TURKISH HISTORY

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Ataturk* Turkey is famous for heroin and hairless boys. Ataturk, the leader of Turkey from 1923-1938, is still the most popular man in Turkey. According to Patrick Balfour, Lord Kinross, *Ataturk had sexual "adventures with young boys*, if the opportunity offered and the mood, in this bisexual fin-de-siècle Ottoman age." According to Irfan and Margaret Orga, in *Atatürk*, Ataturk "was used to ... the craze for handsome young men, (and) fleeting contacts with prostitutes... His body burned for ... a boy." According to H.C. Armstrong, in *Mustafa Kemal, An Intimate Study*, Atatu... more »

A Merry Banksy Christmas

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
Five years ago, BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool walked from Nazareth to Bethlehem, retracing the route taken by Mary and Joseph by donkey as told in the Bible. For ten days he and his donkey successfully negotiated the queues, turnstiles and x-ray machines at some military checkpoints while being turned away at others despite his foreign passport and Israeli press credentials. On the morning of December 22 on his trek, he talked to a New Yorker who had emigrated to the Jewish settlement of Shilo built on Palestinian land in the middle of the West Bank. ... more »

Today’s Tests vs. “Better” Tests

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I sent this letter to the editor (below) in response to Alan J. Borsuk’s article in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinal. In the article Professor Borsuk laments low standardized test scores and over testing and then simply (with the help of Marc Tucker, CEO and president of the National Center on Education and the Economy) offers […]

Reddit: a major "share a random URL" server bans climate skeptics

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
I know the reddit.com server as one of the servers where you may "share an URL". Why someone would visit this server has always been completely incomprehensible to me – the pages on reddit.com look like a collection of trash – some random URLs – and the discussions attached to these URLs seem to be overwhelmed by trolls. I have been thankful to reddit.com as one of the sinks of the trolls' energy – a place where this foam of the Internet interacts with itself so that it has less time to annoy decent Internet users. Even Reddit's official logo seems to confirm that this is the mis... more »

Forgotten Audio Gems - Tim Binnall Interviews Scott Corrales

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
Forgotten audio gems: *Community Video* over at the *Internet Archives*(archives.org) has hosted an episode of *Tim Binnall*'s "Binnall of America" in which he interviews yours truly, Scott Corrales, on the Chupacabras and sundry matters. *https://archive.org/details/Season2Episode5ScottCorrales*. It was a lively and informative exchange. Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on Louisiana beaches ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*

Another heartwarming rescue by Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
Please consider a donation to *Hope for Paws* this Christmas season.

The Fight Against School Reform Is a Fight for Children

John Thompson at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Why did commenters say that Diane Ravitch's, "What Happens to Kids Who Don't Graduate?" is her best post ever? Ravitch reviews the dramatic drop in Kentucky and New York pass rates after instituting Common Core assessments: *In New York, the “passing” rate on the Common Core tests was 30% statewide. Only 3% of English learners passed, and only 5% of students with disabilities. The pass rate for African American and Hispanic students was 15-18%. * If reformers "continue to insist upon a wildly unrealistic passing mark," Ravitch reminds, "the percentage of students who do not gradu... more »

Bone Doc

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Southern Man got the call yesterday from the Bone Doc and saw him (or, rather, his PA) this morning. That fracture blister was swollen to epic proportions and the pic is sufficiently disburbing that Southern Man is going to make you click on the link to actually see it. Fracture Blister They usually wait for these to go down on their own but this one was so large that they lanced and drained it before applying the splint which means that Southern Man must remove the splint, remove the dressing, clean the wound, apply all manner of topical ointments and gels and such, re-dress the ... more »

Caching On Crutches

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
You don't think a minor setback like a fractured fibula is going to keep Southern Man from geocaching, did you? Dedicated cacher or just plain crazy? You be the judge.

Parents Opting Out of Tests: What is Your Goal?

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
After doing a segment on the local Albuquerque news channel about refusing the state tests, I received a few responses. Most were questions or suggestions for the website, which were all very good. Then, I received a letter that was full of stuff I’ve heard over and over again, and to which I’ve responded too […]

There’s a 1,200-year-old Phone in the Smithsonian Collections

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
From the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Travis Rathbone) *There’s a 1,200-year-old Phone in the Smithsonian Collections* *One of the earliest examples of ingenuity in the Western Hemisphere is composed of gourds and twine* By Neil Baldwin Smithsonian magazine, December 2013, Subscribe As a nomadic cultural historian, my subjects have led me in wildly different directions. I spent every Friday for five years in a dim, dusty reading room in West Orange, New Jersey, formerly a laboratory on the second floor of Thomas Edison’s headquarters, deciphering the blunt-... more »

Who Remembers Romney's 47% Host, Marc Leder? Now He's Raising Money For Another Economic Reactionary, Ro Khanna

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Shady billionaire-backed Ro Khanna primarying Mike Honda Blue America has endorsed only 2 House incumbents facing reelection difficulty. And one, Mike Honda, represents Silicon Valley-- CA-17, a heavily Democratic area-- D+20 which Obama took with 72% last year. Honda even did better than that, beating his Republican opponent 74-26%, more than 100,000 votes separating them. The plutocratic interests in the district-- and across the country-- know they can't beat Honda, a lifelong staunch advocate for working families, with an outright Republican, so now they're trying to a stealth Re... more »

Heavenletter #4771 Oneness Will Sing Its Song and Do Its Dance, December 17, 2013

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Image courtesy: http://www.onenessblessingarkansas.com/ *This one jumped out at me. Heather was walking on the beach the other night doing some meditation and a dolphin jumped out of the water and landed in front of her. She got in the surf and pulled it back into the water "this will not do she told it..." as it would have died if it stayed on shore. We've been puzzling over the symbolism of it all since... and here comes this curious post.... -Bill* *Heavenletter #4771 Oneness Will Sing Its Song and Do Its Dance, December 17, 2013* God said: You are My seed that has sprouted. ... more »

The Realist Report - David North: Center for Immigration Studies

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by David North, a fellow at the *Center for Immigration Studies*. David and I will be talking about EB-5 visa programs and the "China City" project currently scheduled for development in Sullivan County, New York, along with other issues related to legal and illegal immigration policy in the United States. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *China City: A perfect storm... more »

Pittsburgh School Board Reconsiders TFA Deal As Real Teachers File for Unemployment

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
From the Post-Gazette: The board of Pittsburgh Public Schools heard from a dozen people Monday -- most of them teachers -- who oppose the district's plan to bring in Teach for America teachers to take hard-to-fill jobs at its most challenging schools. The outgoing school board voted 6-3 in November to approve a contract with Teach for America, despite a petition that asked them to defer the decision to the new board -- with four new members -- that took office early this month. During a presentation last week by a Teach for America representative, several board members challenged the... more »

Provocation

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
The criterion to be applied in order to determine whether there is any provocation sufficient to reduce murder to manslaughter is a dual test, the classic formulation of which was pronounced in Wright, [1969] 3 C.C.C. 258 (S.C.C.).Fauteux J. (as he then was), after quoting s.203(2) [now s.232(2)], said (at 261 and 262): One must then first consider the effect, on an ordinary person, of the particular wrongful act or insult relied on. In the words of Lord Simonds, L.C., the purpose of this objective test is "...to invite the jury to consider the act of the accused by reference... more »

FIVE KEY POINTS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: The New York Times and the PISA cult!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013* *Interlude—Functional illiterates:* As many have noted, sometimes unwisely, anti-intellectualism can be a troubling strain in the American fabric. We liberals tend to focus on the anti-intellectualism associated with the red state South. We tend to look away from the anti-intellectualism which pervades our mainstream and liberal cultures. That powerful strain of anti-intellectualism may service the needs of our global elites. In a relentless series of columns, Paul Krugman has shown how our economic discourse is shaped by such elites, then enabled by t... more »

The snowboarding crow

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
That crows are intelligent and use tools is understood but a crow snowboarding... Now that's an intelligent and fun loving bird!

It's Wednesday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*what's going on.* Last Refuge: *Seriously ? – Pajama Boy Now Represents The Image of ObamaCare* American Thinker: *Left to Die in Benghazi* iOwnTheWorld: *Mr. T Gets Unfollowed in Droves on Twitter For Saying Something RADICAL* Angry White Dude: *QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF KRYSTAL’S IDEA? * Proof Positive: * President Selfie is 111th Most Influential Person in History * I'm a Man. I'm 41: * Apple Approves An App That Allows Homosexuals To Meet Up With Other “Gays” As Young As 12-Years-Old* Jammie Wearing Fool: *CBS/NYT Poll: Only 15% of Insured Say ObamaCar... more »

Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy. via Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy.

Low Level Attacks Characterize Violence In Iraq’s Ninewa November 2013

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
According to the United Nations Iraq’s Ninewa has been the second deadliest province for most of 2013. That’s because the governorate capital Mosul is the major urban base for the insurgency. Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Baathist Naqshibandi and others have been able to assert control over wide swaths of the city and surrounding area. Unlike places like Baghdad where mass casualty bombings are the norm, in Ninewa violence consists mostly of low-level shootings and roadside bombs but with no less deadly results. November 2013 saw the most reported attacks in Ninewa since the beginning o... more »

Accountability without Autonomy Is Tyranny

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
At The Answer Sheet, Valerie Strauss confronts What’s wrong with this headline?: What’s wrong with this headline speaks to what’s wrong with a lot of the debate about school reform today. The problem is the indiscriminate and inaccurate use of the word “accountability.” While politicians and the media continue to pound at one nail—teacher quality—almost no one confronts the nearly universal lack of credibility or expertise among those politicians and much of the media—both of which remain, somehow, above the accountability they constantly call for impacting others, specifically tea... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Hearing: Which court should hear coastal lawsuit? ~Janet McConnauhey* Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/18/3165351/hearing-which-court-should-hear.html#storylink=cpy *Study Shows Gulf Dolphins in Poor Health following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill* *HUD: State must negotiate with HUD on Gulfport port project or face funding loss ~Anita Lee, Sun Herald* Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/18/5204760/hud-state-must-negotiate-with.html#storylink=cpy *Mid-City residents worry about railroad tracks ruining St. Patrick Playground ~Della Hasselle, Mid City Messe... more »

2014 Educators’ Agenda

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Begin a movement to create and fund Deliver for America, temporary driver pool to replace full-time drivers at FedEx. (See FedEx Celebrating Holidays with TFA Donations.) Call for a nation-wide evaluation of political leaders based on value added methods measuring their positive impact on the people they represent; standardized tests administered for every elected official should include […]

Birnam Wood Is Moving

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
The year end interview with CTV's Bob Fife is off. That's because there's nothing Stephen Harper wants to talk about. It's been that kind of year. It's been the kind of year that Eric Grenier believes may well have sunk the good ship Harper: The polls have gone from bad to worse for Harper, as his government plumbs the depths of its time in power. Never before has support for the Conservatives dropped so low for so long since they defeated Paul Martin in the 2006 election. Challenges by Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, who both led Liberals into first place in the polls for ... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Happy Birthday to Alan Rudolph, 70. Travel day yesterday, so I hardly saw any good stuff, but there are these: 1. Andrew Sprung, as usual, listens to Obama better than most of us. 2. Keith Bentele and Erin O’Brien track black voting and restrictions on voting. 3. And really, no more (blogging) Dan Drezner?

What the Koran says - something for @sambarnet to read and listen to

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Earlier this year Robert Spencer was on the BBC Asian Network and at one point the host (Nihal) asked him to quote verses from the Koran or the Hadiths that he finds reprehensible. Robert Spencer quickly responded with several verses from the Koran and one from the Hadith. Note that the Imam (Dudwallah ?) to provide the proper ‘context’ for these verses, since he objected to them being out of context. Note that he was unable to do so and when put on the spot he claimed that this is Robert Spencer’s field, not his. I did enjoy Nihal responding incredulously "But you're an imam!" Also ... more »

Is The Senate Actually Starting To Function Again?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Monday there were two votes in the Senate on Presdient Obama's nomination of Jeh Johnson to be Secretary of Homeland Security. First came a cloture vote. There were 57 ayes and 37 nays, with 6 Republicans not voting. Under the bad old rules, that would have ended the chance to confirm the first African-American ever nominated to that position. The only Republicans who broke with McConnell and crossed the aisle to vote with the Democrats were Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). That was at 5:59 pm. Because shutting down a filibuster on most nominations no longer requires... more »

A blogger using the pseudonym "teacherken" collects a number of quotes by Bill Moyers and uses them as context bearing on his own history-based sense of what We the (99% of American) People currently confront, i.e., living under an extractive plutocracy, and how this nightmare fits in our history.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ *teacherken* Daily Kos member Profile Diaries (list) Stream Original Here ------------------------------ SAT DEC 14, 2013 at 09:33 AM PST I am going to ask, no insist, that you read something by teacherken ------------------------------ Bill Moyers recently gave a speech at the Brennan Institute. If you go to his website, you can read an edited version of that speech, titled The Great American Class War: Plutocracy Versus Democracy. Simply put, Moyers provides context ... more »

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justices Should Stay If They're Able To Work

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 1 day ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Some liberals have recently called on Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so that President Barack Obama can choose her replacement. At 80, she is the oldest justice on the court. Some fear that if she chooses to stay, a Republican succesor to Obama might nominate another A. Scalia. God help us! But Justice Ginsburg believes that Supreme Court justices should not be influenced by political assessments of a party's future prospects with respect to the court. One of Ginsburg's shining moments came with the dubious ascension of one George W. BUsh to... more »

Widespread Snow On Christmas Eve/Christmas For The UK & Ire 2013?

rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Widespread Snow On Christmas Eve/Christmas For The UK & Ire 2013?* The latest weather models are indicating that a rather wet and windy picture will develop for the 2013 Christmas period across many parts of the UK & Ireland. A significant area of low pressure is set to feature across the country in or around the Christmas Eve period (24th). This will also bring a period of exceptionally windy conditions, with some severe gales developing in places. However, it is also set to turn noticeably cooler across many parts of the country from next week and as we head into the start of t... more »

Mild December? + What is really going on? + IMPORTANT rest of December & January update

rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Mild December? + What is really going on? + IMPORTANT rest of December & January update* High pressure will be a dominating feature throughout the start to this week, resulting in relatively dry and more settled weather across a good bulk of the country. It will also feel rather mild for the time of the year, with the increased risk of some heavy rain and strong winds developing later in the week (especially in parts to the west). However, as with November, what is being projected by standard weather models in the upper atmosphere, may not necessarily be reflected upon in actual s... more »

Weather Wars Update & My Accuracy

rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Weather Wars Update & My Accuracy* *Weather Wars: Met Office denies predicting three months of exceptionally cold weather amid reports of Britain's coldest winter ever!* *http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/weather-wars-met-office-denies-predicting-three-months-of-exceptionally-cold-weather-amid-reports-of-britains-coldest-winter-ever-8973755.html* So it's not acceptable when the Met Office are misquoted in articles or headlines are misinterpreted! For example the recent six inches of snow headline (please see link below). I did feature within the article, but I simply sta... more »

Trifecta: President Obama Says Income Inequality is the Defining Challenge...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*as he heads off for seventeen sun soaked days in Hawaii. *

Breaking News: Russian Scientists Call For A 10 Year Ban On GMO

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Breaking News: Russian scientists urge 10-year ban on genetically modified products. READ: http://rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/ *Source:* *GMO Free Canada*

Serbia Bans The Growing Of GMO Crops

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Serbia will not allow the cultivation of GMOs in its territory, Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamocic stated, despite pressure to accept GMOs from the WTO. "We have to harmonize our legislations with the EU acquis, which does not mean tha...t we will allow the cultivation of GMOs," the minister told Radio and Television of Serbia, stressing that the citizens should know that 95 percent of meat, milk, eggs that are imported from other world countries are coming from animals which were fed by GMO soy products. A draft law, which is underway, will clearly label all imported produc... more »
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