Saturday, December 21, 2013

21 Dec - Blogs I'm Following II

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The #ChristmasMyths #5: So, What’s With All That Frankincense?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 minutes ago
*Part of a continuing series looking at the pagan origins of the Christmas Myths,* one day at a time. Today, the story and pagan origins of the Divine Child being recognised and presented with gifts…* *So the Magi arrive at the house (if you’re reading Luke’s story of the Nativity) – or the shepherds arrive at the stable (if you’re Matthew’s story of the Nativity) – or no one arrives anywhere at all (if you’re reading Mark or John’s story of the Nativity, because they didn’t see or hear or dream up of any events they considered important enough to write down) – so they arrive at t... more »

Want To Help Rickie Lee Jones Record Her New Album?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 29 minutes ago
In 2006, Blue America worked with a group of various artists to promote several dozen little known challengers to Republican House incumbents. The video above, which we did for Kirsten Gillibrand in her first run for Congress against powerful, entrenched incumbent John Sweeney, may have helped her win her 53.1- 46.9% victory. She's now a U.S. Senator and someone on the list of future potential national leaders. That same year we did similar videos and songs for John Yarmuth (D-KY) and now Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT). All three have music that was contributed by the key members of... more »

Another BigMedia fail

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
While I've been offline for a few days President Obama held a presser. I didn't see it but Betty Cracker did and reports: UPDATE: Conference underway. PBO started off talking up the economy, deficit reduction and healthcare enrollment. Noted that a budget passed. Called for an extension of unemployment benefits, saying GOP should have passed it before they left town. She runs down the questions our prima donnas of the insider media asked POTUS. Of course almost none of them addressed the substance of his remarks. My personal favorite: What is your New Year’s resolution? Notably... more »

The Way Forward for 2014 .......JIM WILLIE: IN 2014 THE FAILURE BEGINS ! The Hidden Motives Behind The Federal Reserve Taper Strange things afoot involving gold ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-willie-in-2014-the-failure-begins/ By Jim Willie, GoldenJackass.com The year 2013 will go down in history as the year of great transition, tremendous disruption, numerous financial breakdowns, widely adopted hyper monetary inflation, exposure of hidden devices, panorama of popular awakening, and indisputable evidence of a systemic failure. The following titles of significant events, organized by topical theme, are mindboggling and comprehensive so as to attest to the global failures. The breakdown touches almost every part of global life. The Ameri... more »

You don't mean to say you fell for this "royal baby" hoax?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*by Ken* The woman in the alleged photo above is alleged to be a certain "Duchess of Cambridge," aka "Princess Kate," who is alleged to have given birth to a royal prince just 89 days before this photo was allegedly snapped. As gazillions of women all over the world will tell you, "No way, José." Next they'll be telling us that men have walked on the moon. And Hillary Clinton didn't have all those people murdered. Naturally the alleged British press is all over the alleged story. For all those who were wondering whether Kate has snapped back into shape following the birth o... more »

The Project Mogul Double Standard

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 4 hours ago
Here’s an interesting question that is generated by the recent discussions of Delbert Newhouse and his UFO footage. There are those on the skeptical side of the fence who reject his close up description of objects that were gunmetal-colored disks because that description doesn’t appear in the written record until nearly two years after the fact. One debunker seemed to be outraged that I had mentioned that this was what Newhouse told me because I didn’t talk to him until 1976. Of course, I was merely pointing out that I had talked to him and that this description of the UFOs had come... more »

Nova Gaia Energetics have Taken Flight”

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
*Nova Gaia Energetics have Taken Flight”* by ÉirePort Nova Gaia Energetics have "taken flight", as former paradigm energy grids have closed, and necessary Nova Gaia portals have opened. Energetics are now fully aligned with Ascendant Gaia. Timelines are now integrated into a single stream, and all discrepancies healed. Nova Gaia has been boarded, and Hue-manity has accepted fully invitation for the "Higher Ride". ÉirePort | December 21, 2013 at 23:30 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qU

Cocaine - by Aleister Crowley

Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
Aleister Crowley Cocaine In its original publication, in The International XI(10) for October 1917 EV, this article carried this editorial note: ` `We disagree with our gifted con- tributing editor on some points, but nevertheless we regard this article as one of the most important studies of the deleterious effects of a drug that, according to police statistics, is beginning to be a serious menace to our youth.'' Now, some sixty years later, it is more relevant than ever, especially to Americans, since Crowley was residing in, and largely... more »

How many American Weddings would have to get hit by Drones before they were Banned ? Examining US drone death dealing policy in Yemen .....

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
After Yemen Wedding Strike, US Drone Policy Comes Under New ScrutinyUS Claims More Care in Drone Strikes Not Holding Water by Jason Ditz, December 20, 2013 Print This | Share This The Obama Administration’s claims on its global drone assassination policy have rarely been internally consistent, arguing regularly that the strikes were incredibly accurate and that they were going to exercise more care in the future. Then a wedding happened in rural Yemen, and US drones were quick with a “signature strike” against the procession, killing at least 12 civilians. Carloads of civilians were... more »

Winter Solstice

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 5 hours ago
December 21, 2013 We had rain last night. As the temperature dropped below freezing, it froze on the tree branches turning them to crystal by the time I woke up this morning. Lovely. As the temperature rises above … Continue reading →

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
And the sun begins to win again against the darkness. Stonehenge on Solstice day.

Conservative Unions Backs Conservative Candidates-- Let's Look At Hawaii's Senate Race

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
*Hanabusa with her longtime friend, anti-gay legislator Sam Slom (the only GOP State Senator in Hawai`i). She calls him "Sammy" during their frequent joint appearances on conservative talk radio in Honolulu. * Historically, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has always prided itself on being among the most progressive labor unions. For four decades, starting with its founding in 1937, the ILWU was led by radical Harry Bridges. Opposing FDR because the New Deal didn’t go far enough, Bridges was always skeptical of labor partnerships with mainstream politicians. He regarde... more »

Education policy “wonks” + pop culture = train wreck

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Michael Petrilli, the executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, D.C., and, according to his profile, “one of the nation’s most trusted education analysts,” apparently has a lot of time on his hands. I’m not against having fun at work, and I even applaud these so-called policy wonks’ attempt at creating […]

JP Morgan Chase limits debit card use for customers at risk in Target breach ! 2 Million Chase customers could be impacted by 100 buck limit in daily cash withdrawals and 300 buck total purchases daily limit ( does this remind you of Cyprus ? ) Time limit fo restriction ( not immediately given ??? ) ..... some help at Chase branches available but how many folks will find out about these restrictions while shopping ? And how many banks will follow Chas with these de facto capital controls , which look like they will last until debit cards are canceled and replaced for Chase customers ? !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
WTF ? Capital controls imposed by Chase on customers who used debit cards at Target between Thanksgiving and mid - December ? http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/21/21998899-chase-limits-debit-card-use-for-customers-at-risk-in-target-breach?lite Chase limits debit card use for customers at risk in Target breach By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, told customers Saturday that they would be limited to $100 in cash withdrawals and $300 in total purchases per day if they used Chase debit cards at Target during a recent sec... more »

Why Is Blackstone Gobbling Up Homes? (Source: Bloomberg)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"Meet Wall Street: Your New Landlord"* Zero Hedge, December 20: Blackstone Group appears to be trying to oligopolize the business of renting single-family homes in the U.S.. As Bloomberg reports, after the housing crash left more than 7 million foreclosed homes in its wake, the investment firm has spent more than $7.8 billion purchasing about 41,000 single-family homes for rental conversion. The world's largest private equity firm has quickly become the largest landlord (of rental homes) in the U.S. and in October, Blackstone offered the first-ever "rental-home-ba... more »

SILENCE OVER THE SECRET BLACK BUDGET

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
The Pentagon has secured a $630 billion budget for next year, even though it's failed to even account for the money it's received since 1996. A whopping $8.5 trillion of taxpayer cash have gone to Pentagon programmes - none of which has been audited. This black budget has sparked concerns over potential fraud, as Gayane Chichakyan reports. Some years ago a journalist who writes for Jane's Defense Weekly studied the US black budget to try to determine where this secret budget architecture came from. He came to the conclusion that the Nazi operatives smuggled into the US after WW I... more »

Pandemic watch December 21 , 2013 - Scientists Angry over work to make H5N1 bird-flu virus MORE dangerous to humans ...... Does the possibility of a release ( accidental or otherwise concern scientists ) Reminds me of the start of 28 Days Later , just not the " Rage " virus ..... When you consider the continuing dangerous releases from Fukushima debacle - impacting not just Japan and the countries in that region , but the West Coast of North America ( and let's not forget the sailors on US ships at the time of Fukushima debacle on March 11 , 2011 ) , contaminated foods , Mystery illnesses , insecticides in the food chain ........ Is there a conspiracy to cause mass deaths ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Scientists Angry over work to make H5N1 bird-flu virus MORE dangerous to humans - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Steve Connor* Independent.co.uk December 21, 2013 [image: Coalition of leading scientists claim ferret experiments could lead to a pandemic / via independent.co.uk] Coalition of leading scientists claim ferret experiments could lead to a pandemic / via independent.co.uk Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severe... more »

China Rejects Over 1 Million Pounds Of U.S. GM Corn As Unsafe

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
http://blogs.naturalnews.com/china-rejects-over-1-million-pounds-of-u-s-gm-corn-as-unsafe/ *China Rejects Over 1 Million Pounds Of U.S. GM Corn As Unsafe* By Paul A. Lauto, Esq. Posted Friday, December 20, 2013 at 03:39pm EST Keywords: China, corn, Exports, GM Food, GMO Label Law by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq. http://www.liattorney.com Over 60 countries around the world either prohibit, restrict or require genetically modified (GM) food to be labelled, excluding the United States. In fact, one thing the U.S. government and the government of China have in common, is th... more »

Morocco Diary #2 Unusually calm sea in spite of the winds...

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
By American Kabuki Thought you might be interested in the unusually calm Mediterranean Sea near us, despite the howling winds. This has been going on for several days. The sea has been like glass... you could water ski on it. I've lowered the sound volume some as there's a lot of wind noise on this iPhone made video. Below are some lion tracks I found on the beach the day after Heather's encounter with the dolphin. Seems like a lot of animal life is showing up... my foot is on the right I wear a size US size 12 shoe (Euro size 45 cm).

Interesting stuff

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 9 hours ago
You've heard about peak oil, and the debate about said concept, but we may also be reaching peak agriculture. Global crop yields are struggling, and there needs to be a 60% increase in the amount of food produced (by 2050) to keep pace with demand. Projections of food production were based upon "one time innovations" such as breeds of wheat, artificial fertilizers or pesticides. There is, of course, the problem of soil exhaustion, and let's not forget global climate change (agriculture has a huge effect on the climate). Any civilisation, let alone one dedicated to competitive accum... more »

Alberto Juantorena's World Record breaking 1976 Olympic 800 gold medal run - commentator David Coleman

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
David Coleman RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBTG-QwbNsE&feature=youtube_gdata_player This isn't the "opens his legs and shows his class" commentary. That was from the same Olympics but in an earlier race I think...

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Sure, why not do this one? Let's see...I'll go with the nominations that made it through the Senate. Yes, there was some foot-dragging that successfully delayed others, but nothing that's really a big deal, and the ones that got through are now done. Plus there were new judicial nominations this week. Both the number of judicial vacancies and vacancies without nominees -- most of them blue slip issues -- remain stubbornly high, but things are better than they were. Obviously this week's silliness -- Pajama Boy, White Santa Claus, Duck Dynasty, whatever else -- didn't matter, and onc... more »

Is California “Common Core Unrest State #23″?

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
In response to my post, UPDATE: Common Core Unrest in 22 States, I received the following comment: You should include California. It is the sleeping giant that no one is paying attention to and here is why: First, this past summer, California Republican Party overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Common Core. Based on your above analysis, this […]

JB Campbell on The Realist Report

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago
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Ducking the Truth: The Real American Dynasty

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) "*Start with homosexual behavior and just morph from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men.*" - Phil Robertson, GQ "*Free speech is an endangered species: Those 'intolerants' hatin' & taking on Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing personal opinion take on us all.*" -Sarah Palin from her Mooselini Twitter balcony There are many things that do not subscribe to common sense in the Phil Robertson storm raging across the internet. The first that comes to mind is w... more »

Why It Makes No Sense To Travel With A Conservative, Even A Nice One

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
When I was 13-- and all my friends were studying for their bar mitzvahs-- I was making my first big hitch-hiking excursion. My grandparents were in South Beach, which was very grandparent-friendly back then, for Easter and I decided to see what hitching would be like. Brooklyn to Florida with $20 and a toothbrush in my pocket. I got as far as the New Jersey Turnpike and got arrested. They made my father come pick me up. He gave me the dough for a Greyhound. But it wasn't about the destination. I wanted to try out hitchhiking. I had plans. A couple years later-- having sent farmin... more »

priceless !

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago
the three stooges

Thailand: Protesters Must Stay Out of the Gutter

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours ago
Key to winning the nations back is winning the hearts of those who disagree with you most. *December 21, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - The regime of Thaksin Shinawatrabuilt itself upon a foundation of corruption, deceit, fear, intimidation, bigotry, violence, and mass murder. Its followers, the "red shirts," are notorious thugs, having barricaded schools threatening teachers and parents, slapping university lecturers, and even going as far as hacking their opponents to pieces, committing massive city-wide arson, and armed insurrection. Though they only represent at most 7% of the popula... more »

The Ed-ventures of Edysseus

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
Edysseus lived on the island of Paideia with his wife, Sophia, and son, Foiti̱tí̱s. Far away, on the island of Columbia, the “war of the pedagogues” threatened to spread to the peaceful island of Paideia. Although Edysseus tried to avoid entering the war, it was no use, as he had sworn to the gods of […]

Ted Cruz speaks...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
*we should be listening.* It's up to us...

WEATHER CHANGES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
MB and I are on Cape Cod, Massachusetts to attend a wedding. We went for a walk this morning along the ocean. The weather here is quite mild for this time of year. When we left Maine yesterday there was almost two feet of snow on the ground. After nearly a six hour drive south we found no snow here when we arrived last night. And much higher temperatures. We return home tomorrow and the weather report calls for an ice storm in Maine as we head back north. It's quite amazing how just a few hours difference can usher in such huge changes in weather conditions.

The Big Chill

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 12 hours ago
Why, asks Lewis Lapham, are there no 21st century Mark Twains around to lambast the malefactors of great wealth and the corrupt politicians enabling them, making us collapse with laughter as we revel in the skewering? Part of the reason is that independent newspapers, for which Twain once wrote, have been subsumed by six media conglomerates controlling 90% of everything we see, hear and read. And so, Lapham observes, We have today a second Gilded Age more magnificent than the first, but our contemporary brigade of satirists doesn’t play with fire. The marketing directors who produc... more »

Libya disaster just keeps getting worse every day......Colonel Fethallah al-Gaziri, newly appointed head of military intelligence in Benghazi, shot dead during a family visit..... Just three 4x4s to patrol 120 Jufra desert weapons stores ...... UN Security Council Concerned At Worsening Security, Political Divisions in Libya

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Libyan military colonel assassinated Colonel Fethallah al-Gaziri, newly appointed head of military intelligence in Benghazi, shot dead during a family visit. Last updated: 20 Dec 2013 22:05 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Libya has been plagued by growing lawlessness since the 2011 war that toppled Muammar Gaddafi [File: EPA] Colonel Fethallah al-Gaziri, the newly appointed chief of military intelligence in Benghazi, has been assassinated during a visit to his family in the e... more »

Liberalism: A Mental-Developmental Disorder

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 12 hours ago
What is Liberalism? Is it a political, economic or social ideology? Is it a faith? No. Liberalism is a Mental Disorder; a disorder resulting from a failure to develop from a child to an adult. When one debates with a liberal, one is not debating with another adult; one is debating with a person who has the outward appearance of an adult, but inwardly has the mentality of a child - and a spoilt child at that. Liberals will not listen to reason. This is because they are incapable of seeing the world from any perspective other than their own; in exactly the same manner as children... more »

With Syria and Iran becoming yesterday's news ( from the view of where will the next limited kinetic action occur ) , is Africa the new " hotness for 2014 ? US Aircraft, UN Helicopter Attacked In South Sudan ....... ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ in Central African Republic

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-21/us-aircraft-un-helicopter-attacked-south-sudan US Aircraft, UN Helicopter Attacked In South Sudan [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2013 11:31 -0500 - China - France - goldman sachs - Goldman Sachs - Iran - Middle East - Reuters inShare With a wave of detente spilling over the Middle East, following the surprising US overture to calm relations with Syria and Iran just months after it nearly launched an offensive war in the country over a few fabricated YouTube clops Looks li... more »

Gold and Silver report - December 19 - 20 , 2013 - P.M. Kitco Roundup: Gold Slumps To 6-Month Low Post-FOMC, And Amid Stronger U.S. Dollar ........Comex registered gold slumps to new multi-year lows ( 490 , 000 ounces ) , JPM takes deliveries as Customer or Eligible gold rises notably ( Turd Ferguson wonders if JP Morgan is buying for China in an interesting post ) ..... Meanwhile London's gold vault' virtually empty .... What gives is the question that should be asked ?That question and how broadly are those chinese buyers smiling as gold price suppression continues unabated along with chinese buying of physical gold ? Additional news , data and views on Gold primarily.......

Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
December 20 , 2013...... http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/12/jp-morgan-takes-on-more-gold-61790.html 20 DECEMBER 2013 JP Morgan Takes On More Gold, 61,790 Ounces Come Out of Mocatta The big stopper JPM added about two tonnes of gold, and 61,790 ounces of bullion came out of the Scotia Mocatta registered inventory. This brings the total deliverable (registered) ounces of gold down to 432,612 which is a number that we have not seen in this inventory category since the early 1990's, well before the gold bull market. Supposedly Simon Weeks of Scotia Mocatta, who is also t... more »

Wild Bill: Dancing with Ducks...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*"If you want to make a liberal mad, tell him the truth."*

​Major computer security firm RSA took $10 million from NSA to weaken encryption

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
*​* *Amazing... they sold their company's future reputation down the drain for only $10 million? -Bill* *Major computer security firm RSA took $10 mln from NSA to weaken encryption* Published time: December 20, 2013 23:48 Get short URL RSA SecureID electronic keys (Reuters / Michael Caronna)RSA SecureID electronic keys (Reuters / Michael Caronna) The National Security Agency arranged a clandestine US$10 million contract with computer security power RSA that allowed the spy agency to embed encryption software it could use to infiltrate the company’s widely used products, Reuters r... more »

ObamaCare updates December 19 , 2013 - As Many Uninsured Oppose Obamacare as Favor It , which is not what the expectation would have been ! In other news , note the shocker of the day -- Surprise: Insurers extend deadline to pay first month of ObamaCare plan premiums until January 10th ....... And on the new head of Healthcare.gov.......

Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
http://www.infowars.com/boehner-calls-for-one-year-obamacare-delay/ Boehner Calls for One Year Obamacare Delay - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com December 20, 2013 House Speaker and Ohio Republican John Boehner has called for a one year delay in the individual mandate under the Obamacare bill. Boehner made the suggestion on Friday following the Obama administration’s announcement it would exempt people who had ... more »

Has the GOP Inspired Prejudice about Texas?

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 14 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* For some reason, millions of people who have never been to Texas persist in spreading lies, and misconceptions about the state, "dissing it" though they have never bothered to confirm their prejudices by actually visiting the state. Nevertheless --they are convinced or have convinced themselves that Texas is a horrible and backward place. How much blame must be directed at Bush for having destroyed the reputation of a state that had been Democratic/progressive for over one hundred years The fact is, Texas is not a 'backwater'. Second only to ... more »

Meaningless Sentence of the Day

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 14 hours ago
This *NY Times* story on the middle class's struggle with the new healthcare law is generally pretty good, but this sentence struck me as comically meaningless: Experts consider health insurance unaffordable once it exceeds 10 percent of annual income. What the heck does this mean? The typical American spends more than a third of income on housing. Does that make housing unaffordable? Presumably not. What makes 10 percent the magic threshold for health insurance but not for other categories of crucial spending? Who are these experts, and what criterion do they use to determin... more »

New York Times bungles test scores again!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013* *The era of living incompetently:* On Thursday morning, the New York Times reported, or tried to report, the new NAEP scores for New York City. For reasons you can review, we described the news report as the work of functional illiterates. That was *before* we fact-checked the newspaper’s factual claims. Yesterday, we fact-checked their claims. Truly, we are all trapped in the era of living incompetently! What did Al Baker and Motoko Rich claim in their multiply bungled report? As you can recall at the link we’ve provided, this was the passage we foun... more »

Hypocrisy Squared

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
There was something a little hollow about Stephen Harper's praise for Nelson Mandela. Murray Dobbin writes: In 1989 Harper was a member of the Northern Foundation (NF) about the same time that he became policy chief of the Reform Party. The exclusive mandate of the NF was to counter the serious efforts of the Canadian government of Brian Mulroney to pressure the South African government to release Nelson Mandela from prison and to end apartheid. Certainly, when it comes to the matter of justice, the two men live on different planets. Steve Sullivan delineates their differences:... more »

LGBT Equality In The Enchantment State-- New Mexico Democrats Are Jubilant While DCCC Hack Is Mum

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
“Denying same-gender couples the right to marry and thus depriving them and their families of the rights, protections, and responsibilities of civil marriage violates the equality demanded by the Equal Protection Clause of the New Mexico Constitution,” Justice Edward Chavez wrote for the five-member court, which ruled unanimously Thursday, making New Mexico the 17th state jun the Union to back marriage equality for LGBT citizens. New Mexico is a pretty live-and-let-live kind of state. Bigots and haterstend, like everywhere, to gravitate towards the Republican Party, which now has j... more »

The lawyer, the wife and the boobs

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
The lawyer is Cameron Diaz, the wife is Leslie Mann and the boobs is Kate 'sweet smelling sweat' Upton. Joblow.com have examined, very closely, the above video and created their highlights only version...

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*How much will Saints, Panthers tweak? ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*

And What Is Everyone Doing About Toronto's TTC Fare Increase?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 16 hours ago
Just to bring non-Torontonians up to speed: Toronto has gone from having what was widely regarded to be a good public transit system to having what is widely regarded as being a bad transit system. Bus service in the outer city is deplorable. Long waits to get on over-crowded buses, or to watch over-crowded buses pass your stop. Streetcar service that can mean it's faster to walk from Yonge to Bathurst than it is to wait for a streetcar. An over-crowded subway system prone to signals breakdowns and other interruptions. This has happened because for the past few decades, neo-liberals... more »

Supporting Common Core Is Supporting Entire Reform Machine

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Supporting Common Core Is Supporting Entire Reform Machine. via Supporting Common Core Is Supporting Entire Reform Machine.

Pearson's $300 Toll Road to Teaching

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
If you need some extra holiday cash, you might consider working part-time from home to help Pearson decide who will become teachers and who won't. It's easy--just complete a few online tutorials, and Pearson will send you a bunch of student teaching portfolios, complete with video clips of student teachers and classes with students whose parents have no idea that Pearson now has in their permanent libraries. All to become part of Big Data. In working for Pearson, you will help universities to decide the curriculum for teacher candidates, for remember, what gets tested gets taught. ... more »

War watch December 21 , 2013 - Syria Peace Talks crumbling as the Syrian rebels crumble , coupled with Iran not attending ....... Pakistan passes symbolic reolution against US drone death dealing , while Pakistan Civilian leadership passively agrees with US drone death dealing policy - and the Government still wants that 1.6 billion in US blood money .... Iran nuclear talks continue even as the US Senate tries its best to derail the nuclear talks with ever more sanctions against Iran...

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Syria......Geneva Peace Talks D.O.A Geneva Peace Talks Crumbling: Syria Rebels, Iran May Not AttendUS Is Still Trying to Keep Iran From Being Invited by Jason Ditz, December 20, 2013 Print This | Share This The Geneva II peace talks were initially scheduled for June, and after months were finally set up for January 22, with a watchmakers’ convention forcing the talks to Montreaux. Even though these talks have been “set” for weeks there remains doubt over whether they’ll actually happen. That’s because as the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) loses what little credibility it had among t... more »

Delivering

Paul Coker at News Spike - 17 hours ago
"The health care website problems were a source of great frustration.... I now have a couple million people, maybe more, who are going to have health care on Jan. 1. And that is a big deal. That's why I ran for this office,"

Provocative thoughts and thinking - December 17 , 2013 ....Obama Allows Great Lakes Water To Be Sold To China As Half The U.S. Faces Extreme Water Crisis ........ Nukes on the Loose...... The Most Dangerous Woman In America

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2013/12/obama-allows-great-lakes-water-to-be-sold-to-china-as-half-the-u-s-faces-extreme-water-crisiss-2579664.html Obama Allows Great Lakes Water To Be Sold To China As Half The U.S. Faces Extreme Water Crisis Monday, December 16, 2013 17:17 0 (Before It's News) [image: Drought Monitor December 2013]What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? At a time when the United States is facing the greatest water crisis that it has ever known, Obama is allowing water from the Great Lakes to be drained, bottled and shipped to China and other countries around t... more »

Lost your corkscrew? All is not lost.

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
A nifty way of opening a bottle of wine if you're minus a corkscrew.

Quatermass

Paul Coker at News Spike - 17 hours ago
*"I wish Bernard were here..."* *"Chance'd be a fine thing - British Rocket Group's got it's own problems..."* The Quatermass Experiment - Episode 1 - "Contact Has Been Established..." (Tx.18 July 1953) from unpersonal on Vimeo. One morning, two hours after dawn, the first manned rocket in the history of the world takes off from the Tarooma Range, Australia. The three observers see on their scanning screens a quickly receding Earth. The rocket is guided from the ground by remote control as they rise through the ozone layer, the stratosphere, the ionosphere, beyond the air. ... more »

The #ChristmasMyths #4: The Birthplace and Surroundings of the Little Baby Jesus

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
*Part of a continuing series looking at the pagan origins of the Christmas Myths, one day at a time.* Today, the story and pagan origins of where Jesus was said to be born…* [image: image] Jesus was born in a manger and visited by shepherds, say the authors of *Luke*.** No, say the authors of *Matthew*, he was born in a house in which he and Mary were visited by an unconfirmed number of Magi from the East ( *three* being a later gloss). There were no little drummer boys. The authors of *Mark* and *John *don’t bother with any of this carry on. To them, it clearly doesn’t matter a... more »

Home Grown - A Song by Keith Cross

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*Published on Novemer 6, 2012* Grow your own and free yourself!!! Get the song at keithcrossmusic.com https://www.facebook.com/KeithCrossMusic

The Mexican Government Reveals Mayan Documents Proving Extraterrestrial Contact

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
*The Mexican Government Reveals Mayan Documents Proving Extraterrestrial Contact* December 18, 2013 by Joe Martino. The reality of extraterrestrial contact with human civilization is becoming more clear by the month as streams of information about the extraterrestrial presence and past influence hits. While some of us still have our doubts about ET contact, many are starting to realize the truth that has been talked about for centuries. One big story involves the Mexican government who has released documents and images of objects found on the site of Calakmul, Mexico which help... more »

Divine Law

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Source: http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/12/20/divine-law-a-guest-post-from-jamie-sams-and-david-carson/#respond

5 Hot Benefits of Hot Peppers and Capsaicin by Elizabeh Renter

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
5 Hot Benefits of Hot Peppers and Capsaicin by Elizabeth Renter Natural Society, 21 November 2013 *Containing a compound known as capsaicin, cayenne peppers have been found to aid in weight loss, lower blood pressure, and reduce inflammation, all while giving your food a spicy kick. So, what’s the evidence of cayenne pepper benefits? Read on.* As mentioned, the compound credited with the health benefits of cayenne peppers is known as capsaicin. It’s also the compound that makes the peppers so spicy. Capsaicin has been found to reduce inflammation, which can aid in the treatmen... more »

Don't Dismiss Slacktivism

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 19 hours ago
*From Catherine Buca* talesfromtheend: I’m not kidding about this, and I’m not being hyperbolic. If I had to name the worst thing about my industry, it would absolutely be this. It’s a cancer within, and it’s worse than all the other problems we have, and it makes me angry and ashamed. I don’t want to look at it anymore. We need to stop pretending that it’s nothing, that it’s just some kids letting of steam, or whatever nice little comforting story we tell ourselves that lets us gloss it over time after time. It needs to stop. It really needs to stop. These assholes aren’t making ... more »

Buying your wife and/or girlfriend sexy lingerie for Christmas? Have you thought of smartening up your own underwear?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
Buying your wife and/or girlfriend sexy lingerie for Christmas? Have you thought of smartening up your own underwear? This video makes the point rather nicely.

Growing Trend: More American Teenagers Choose Organic

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Research shows teens are turning to organic foods. Some recent studies dish up hope: Youths do not live by Flamin’ Hot Cheetos alone. In fact, many consider it cool to munch on chemical-free kale. A survey released in October by the investm...ent firm Piper Jaffray & Co. said, “Teens are increasingly choosing organic food options, with 39 percent eating organics versus just 33 percent two years ago.” SAY NO TO GMOs & PESTICIDES! *READ MORE:* *http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/17/4699398/more-young-people-turn-to-organic.html* *#teens* *#HealthyFood* *#organic* *#gmo* *#NoGMOs*... more »

HOT SEX IN THAILAND?

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*Photo-shopped?* *Allegedly*, the photo above shows a British diplomat on holiday in Thailand in September 2013, and, a young boy dressed as a girl. *Of course the photo could be quite innocent.* *Or, it could have been photo-shopped, and be part of a disinformation campaign.* *Interestingly, there appears to be no Michael Easton working at the British Embassy in Moscow. * *British Embassy Moscow - GOV.UK* The following is from *CHUOONG HUA,* 20 December 2013: "The ... 'diplomat' is ... a British Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6) agent working undercover in the British Embassy... more »

A Message To New Hampshire; Live In Food Freedom Or Die

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
NEW HAMPSHIRE is looking for some boots on the ground. Send us a message if you're from NH and you'd like to get involved with GMO education and outreach. Please spread the word! Thank you *Note:* *Mike's 2 cents. Perhaps their motto should be, "Live in Food Freedom or Die"* *Source:* *GMO Free USA* The New Hampshire State Motto is: Live Free Or Die

Organic Gingerbread House Recipe

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*Make some holiday memories this season by making a GMO Free gingerbread house with your family. Bake the house using your favorite recipe and a re-usable mold or find a template online. Or keep it simple, and start with ready made Organic G...**raham Crackers. Our Royal Icing recipe is a simple way to glue the house together and decorate. Be creative!* *Here are some suggestions - please share your own!:* Re-usable molds: Amazon.com Organic Graham Crackers: Annies; Erewhon Decorations: TruSweet Organic Candy Canes TruJoy Organic Starlight Mints UnReal Candy M&Ms Candy Tree Orga... more »

in which my library career takes another step forward

laura k at wmtc - 20 hours ago
I am very pleased to announce that I've landed my first full-time librarian gig! It's a temporary position, for six months, in the "Readers' Den" Department of the Mississauga Central Library. Readers' Den takes in all the fiction, magazines, movies, and very importantly, the Youth department, both teen fiction and teen programs. I'll be working with teens again, something I love, I'll be sharpening my readers' advisory skills, and I'll be able to work as a full-time librarian while I wait for a permanent position to post. Please forgive my bragging, but I must tell you that I tota... more »

Alan Guth: a talk at Hunter College

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Alan Guth of MIT was one of the nine inaugural winners of the $3 million prize. He was awarded for his cosmic inflationary theory. In May 2013, he gave a 80-minute talk at the Hunter College, CUNY, New York: The video was posted on the YouTube channel of the Milner physics prizethat you're invited to look at – it's full of acceptance speeches by the winners, aside from long talks by Polchinski, Linde, and others. Alan was introduced as a postdoc from 1979 who was visited by a muse and biked to his office at Stanford or SLAC. Then he won the Milner Prize a year ago. How did it fe... more »

BBC News ask 'How did Michael Adebolajo become a killer?'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
The answer is, to the BBC obvious: '... could another government scheme have stepped in? Whitehall had poured millions of pounds into an extensive programme of preventing violent extremism and a parallel programme of deradicalisation. But when some of that funding was pulled after the 2010 general election, one of the groups that lost out was an initiative called Street, based in south London. Its founder Abdul Haqq Baker told the BBC's Panorama that before Street lost its funding, members of his team had identified Adebolajo as a possible threat. "Some of my youth workers knew [A... more »

BBC News - NHS 'was too powerful to criticise' says regulator

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
The trouble with this BBC report is that whilst it starts thus: 'The NHS "became too powerful to criticise" despite many patients receiving a "wholly unsatisfactory" service, the health regulator has said. David Prior told the Daily Telegraph that even the most senior staff were afraid of speaking out.The Care Quality Commission chairman said the NHS should not be treated as a "national religion" beyond criticism.' It is, of course, the BBC and their fellow travellers on the left of politics who most often treat the BBC as 'a "national religion" beyond criticism"'. More reporting... more »

SCHOOL SEX; CALDICOTT SCHOOL; HORACE MANN SCHOOL

Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Nick Clegg, after he left Caldicott* Britain's Deputy prime Minister Nick Clegg was 'head boy' at Caldicott Prep School, a fee paying school in Buckinghamshire, for boys aged 7-13. On 17 December 2013, a former headmaster of Caldicott, Roland Peter Wright, was convicted of multiple sex offences against pupils at Caldicott between 1959 and 1970. *Peter Wright* Three other teachers, Hugh Henry, Martin Carson and John Addrison have also been convicted of similar offences in the 1960s and 1970s. After university, Nick Clegg went to work for the EU Commissioner and senior Conserva... more »

F is for Fake

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago

The Simplest Explanation is Usually the Correct One

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago
The real explanation is that he used to attach endless earmarks for his district and his far-right interests to unrelated bills that could not fail to pass Congress and then vote* "No" *on them when they came to the floor. And then pretend he has moral scruples and principles.

IF ISRAEL UNILATERALLY STRIKES IRAN, WILL THE U.S. CONGRESS PRESS FOR AMERICA TO SUPPORT ISRAEL MILITARILY?

There is an interesting article in the neoconservative *Weekly Standard*online magazine this week that is well worth a read. The writer, neoconservative Uri Sadot, a research associate with the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that Israel, based on its historical record of successes in pulling off seemingly impossible military operations, might very well consider a pre-emptive unilateral strike against Iran. Netanyahu has already stated that, because Israel was not part of the deal struck between Iran and the so-called P5+1, the US, UK, France, Russia and China being the 5 and Ge... more »

Almost Christmas

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I'm still alive. Just really busy with real life this week. And it's almost Christmas so time for some music. Possibly the best rendition of this Christmas carol ever by my friend Mike Finnigan.

Diamonds and the Apartheid States

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
Disclaimer: I do not endorse Murray Rothbard, or his ecconomic theories - however, his analysis of the history of the Rhodes-Round Table Commodity Cartel of DeBeers and other German, Belgian and Dutch Zionists in the Colonial conquest, occupation, exploitation and neocolonial reconquest of Africa beginning with the Cape Colony in this case is valuable. I would also like to further make the point that American and European Jews of both an Orthodox and Hassidic background in particular have been admirably and disproportionately courageous in their criticism and condemnation of the Z... more »

Sunday Classics preview: The gala Sunday Classics "Nutcracker (The Whole Deal)" returns AGAIN (one last time!)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*You'd want to think twice before bidding on this record. The ABC Command label tells you it's one of the inferior later pressings; you want an original gold-label issue. (Note: Unfortunately, last year's preview-opening video clip of the Nutcracker Suite segment of Walt Disney's Fantasia has disappeared -- not entirely surprisingly, I guess. To be honest, I don't like it much anyway.)* *by Ken* As far back as the mind recalls, Sunday Classics has celebrated the holiday musically at least in part with music from Tchaikovsky's ballets, and two years ago I went whole hog and offered ... more »

Ralph McGehee

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"The CIA is not now nor has it ever been a central intelligence agency. It is the covert action arm of the President's foreign policy advisers. In that capacity it overthrows or supports foreign governments while reporting "intelligence" justifying those activities. It shapes its intelligence, even in such critical areas as Soviet nuclear weapon capability, to support presidential policy. Disinformation is a large part of its covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target audience of its lies."

Whose Side Are You On?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
Do you stand with the victims or with the aggressors? Do you stand with the tortured or the torturers? Do you stand with the oppressed or with the oppressors? Do you stand with the raped or the rapists? Do you stand with the weak or with the strong? Do you stand with the poor or with the rich? It's amazing how many "conservative" bloggers stand on the wrong side of things, isn't it?

Acclaimed Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi's New Film Comes to American Screens

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
(Credit: Memento Films International) "Le Passé" (or "The Past"), the new film by celebrated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, was released in select U.S. cities today.  Already highly acclaimed for its beautiful and intricate storytelling - a hallmark of filmmaker Farhadi - "The Past" is another unflinching exploration of love, trust, deceit and family and a fitting follow-up to his last

Musical interlude: Elton John- "Border Song" W/ Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Elton John- "Border Song" W/ Lyrics -mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVgrvOpf9A

Really? "Duck Dynasty" isn't a ripoff of beloved cartoon ducks like Donald and Daffy?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Jumpin' Jehosophat! I thought maybe it wasDaffy Duck who said those terrible things.* *by Ken* As God is my witness, I thought *Duck Dynasty* was a cartoon show, and I'm not thinking of live-action animation. No, I thought it was, like, a ripoff of some of our classic cartoon ducks, like maybe Daffy -- that would have fit the story, wouldn't it? Or more properly, when you think about a "duck dynasty," who would you think of but our Donald and his Uncle Scrooge and his mischievous nephews Huey, Louie, and Dewey? Yesterday, as the *Washington Post's* Matea Gold reports, conserva... more »

The Worst People in the World - by Hunter S. Thompson

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*The Worst People in the World * *Memo to my editor:* It was the morning after Election Day when I finally made the decision to apply for the journalist-in-space program. I stayed up all night and drove down to the post office at dawn to pick up the official application form. There was only one press seat, according to the people at NASA, and the competition would definitely be fierce. Walter Cronkite was the natural choice, they said, but he was far too old for the weight training and his objectivity was suspect. Ten years ago, or more, Walter had taken a profoundly personal in... more »

Drones, Cheap Tablets, The Cloud, Robots and Publishing!

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 day ago
This month we have read of the $38 tablet, Amazon’s statements on the potential use of Drone technology to delivery local parcels and the growth of stuff that is now and predicted to be connected to the Internet. Some would suggest that these are interesting but don’t apply to their world, others would suggest that they are part of the relentless march of technology which is now promising so much, whilst threatening so much at the same time. *Drones* Drones have started to revolutionise warfare in the same way that communications did before them. The move from open warfare, to in... more »

What Your Beer Says About You

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
So, turns out I’m a direct, aggressive reader of Nietzsche who embraces change, has a drunk mother-in-law, and hides a heart of gold behind my thick skin. Or something. [image: What Your Beer Says About You] What does *your* beer supposedly say about *you*? *PS:* What do New Zealand’s ten best beers for 2013 say about *us *as a culture? (And I say that as someone who in no way truly gives a shit.) Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Irish banking world rocked as three financiers in court

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Irish banking world rocked as three financiers in court* published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2013-12-20 20:56 A former chief executive of Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) and two other former bankers will stand trial on charges of conspiring to mislead Anglo Irish Bank investors in the run-up to the banking crisis of September 2008. One of the three men charged is Denis Casey (54) from Raheny, Dublin, who becomes the first chief executive officer (CEO) who was in charge of an Irish financial institution during the crash to have charges brought against him. The trials will be closely... more »

Navajo Councilman Leonard Tsosie pushing for uranium mining to poison Navajo water

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Friends, Leonard Tsosie representing Littlewater,  Pueblo Pintado, Torreon, Whitehorse Lake,  Baca/Brewitt, Casamero Lake, Ojo Encino,  Counselor NM Please be advised that the following actions are currently taking place and we need your help to tell the Navajo Nation Council Delegates to vote NO on Navajo Nation Legislation 0373-13. Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard

First Nation Terrance Nelson 'The Image of Canada'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
The Image Of Canada By Terrance Nelson Roseau River Anishinaabe Censored News Stephen Harper loves to point the finger at other countries for human rights violations. Iran is a constant target for the Conservative Government of Canada. The rights of women in Iran is a favorite subject for the Harper Government. The rights of indigenous women in Canada is far less an issue

A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand - Part II

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
As unrest continues in both countries, a sharp, hypocritical divide widens for the "intentional community." *December 21, 2013* (Tony Cartalucic) - For audiences around the world watching pro-EU protests unfold in the streets of Ukraine's capital of Kiev, they may have noticed flags bearing a lifted hand giving a "three-fingered salute." This is the reformed Nazi salute of right-winged nationalist group Svoboda. Along with other racist, bigoted, extremist political parties including "Fatherland," Svoboda has filled the streets, clashed with police, occupied government buildings an... more »

The Importance of Screening

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s Note: this is an abbreviated version of a post that originally appeared on my personal blog. In my previous post, I articulated one way international institutions can deter bad behavior. In this post, I’ll argue that even if we assume institutions don’t have access to information that isn’t already available to states, they still Continue reading

“The Prophet”, “The Farewell”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* “The Prophet”, “The Farewell”* by Kahlil Gibran “And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that has spoken." And he answered, Was it I who spoke? Was I not also a listener? Then he descended the steps of the Temple and all the people followed him. And he reached his ship and stood upon the deck. And facing the people again, he raised his voice and said: People of Orphalese, the wind bids me leave you. Less hasty am I than the wind, yet I must go. We wanderers, ever seeking t... more »

Bad Bear's Photos: Longest Walk 4 Final Day Walking to Alcatraz

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson. The final day of the five month walk to Alcatraz. On Saturday, Dec. 21, walkers arrive on Alcatraz. On Dec. 22, a Sovereignty Gathering will be held at the Inter-tribal Friendship House in Oakland. Longest Walk in San Francisco December 21- The Walk will start at 5:00 AM sharp from the Marin Vista Point of the Golden

Grey Lady talks Hockey Prospects

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Its not often the lens of the lady falls on our sport.

Any Cause for Carolling will do

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Lest you think the title of that last post followed by an ominous silence meant anything well, no, it didn't...only that the pre-Christmas rush has left little time for blogging and, despite there being so much of importance going on in the news and in the world of BBC reporting, this post is just to say that things will be very slow here in the coming couple of weeks (well on my part anyway), bursting out anew in 2014. Actually, it's not *just* to say that at all. The one BBC programme I've had the time to listen to closely was Jeremy Summerly's *A Cause for Carolling* on Radio ... more »

More Retirements-- Or Will Some Of Them Be Carried Out Of Congress In Boxes?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
That Buck McKeon is finally retiring from Congress is no longer news in the L.A. area and especially not up in Santa Clarita. Everyone already knows he cut a deal with sleazy carpetbagger Tony Strickland and everyone knows that GOP McKeon-haters have drafted the most far right and extreme state Senator in California, bizarre hate-monger Steve Knight. And the McKeon family already has an office ready for ole Buck at the family lobbying firm, which Buck collecting clients for now. So will we see an outburst of Beltway hubbub when he finally makes the official announcement, the way we... more »

The Law of Time: False Paradigm to Control Reality

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
I'm sending out a HUGE thank you to Justin for getting this article out when I just could not (I was catering a party and cooking for 2 days straight! lol). I finally had a moment tonight to repost this excellent article that really struck me as.... timely. Some of the comments made when this article was discussed in the Energy Workroom: nick : Not even sure how to put it into 'English'. During reading through the article, I kept getting the connection between the mechanical construct of time and the 'worship' of that construct. One major commonality between most of the world rel... more »

All You Need To Know About Liberals And Morality

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Hat tip to Gay Patriot. Click on the link; the folks in the comment thread make some interesting points.

Airshow MacKay rolls out more of that "Compassionate Conservatism"

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
First it was James Moore, telling us he was fine with Canadian children starving; then it was that nasty little shit, Flaherty, making it clear that the elderly can continue to eat cat food. Next up? None other than Elmer MacKay's entitled brat, Peter "Airshow" MacKay. MacKay said poor offenders could pay the fine back over time or consider selling some of their belongings to pay off the
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