oldephartte(in training): 30 Nov - Blogs I'm Following II

Behind These Doors - BBC Television Centre Studios (Photo credit: Dave Smith)

Yoni Netanyahu's grave (Photo credit: joshuapaquin)

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While Italy's Economy Was Going Down The Toilet, Guess What Silvio Berlusconi Was Doing

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 40 minutes ago

Silvio and Ruby Italy's 77 year old right-wing former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, a flamboyently crooked billionaire, was finally kicked out of Parliament Wednesday. Ostensibly it was because he had been convicted for tax fraud. The Senate vote was 192-113 with 2 abstentions. He'll never face prison on the tax conviction but the loss of his Senate seat also means the loss of his immunity against prosecution for all sorts of other criminal activities he's been immersed in for decades. Probably the first one he'll have to face involves the charges of bribery in the sex scandals ... more »

International Red Cross (IRC) Official Records Reveal That Only 271301 People Died In German Work Camps During World War II. OK, WHY Has The IRC NOT Been Charged With "Holocaust Denial"?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

For decades now, I and others living here in Canada have been constantly bombarded with the "fact" that "6 Million" Jews died by the hands of the Germans during the second World War… Primarily through the action of being put to death by "gassing". This has been rammed into our brains in this nation and many others, and now to deny this "fact" can have many in over a dozen nations in Europe, and here in Canada, charged with "Holocaust denial". To deny this information can spell years in a prison cell and basically destroy a person forever…. I do need to ask therefore WHY the Intern... more »

Maravillosa colección de Imágenes y postales gifs navideñas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 2 hours ago

Time To Bomb Israel - With Truth!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

It does appear that the shaky agreement reached between the so called P5+1 members and the peaceful nation of Iran over its non-existent "nuclear weapons" program is holding.. At least for now… In spite of the constant rhetoric by the belligerent and most diabolical Israeli government officials, especially the main madman himself, Benyamin Miliewkowsky (Netanyahu), it does appear that the hawkish push for war on Iran has been temporarily shelved… The maniacal push for war on another innocent country has not happened as these lunatics have wanted, and we can only hope that it does no... more »

"Please accept our apologies"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago

You may recall an earlier post about a 2003 episode of *Days That Shook the World, *re-broadcast around two weeks ago on BBC Two to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The programme risked misleading its viewers into assuming that right-wing Republicans were guilty of the assassination of JFK. The programme also falsely asserted that Texas was a "very Republican" state in 1963. If you're new to this, that might seem (at first glance) like a far-fetched statement, but please click on the link above and you'll see that it isn't. That's precisely what... more »

Resurrected from oblivion: a march for General Patton's Third Army

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*The U.S. Army Concert Band plays Gregorio A. Diaz's "Third Army March."* *by Ken* There was a time a bunch of years ago when the *New York Times* was constantly finding stuff. What was it, a Bach manuscript? And, well, just all sorts of stuff, given credibility by the presence of a reporter from the Newspaper of Record. I don't think we can accuse the *Washington Post* of belatedly trying to play catch-up. This is just kind of a happy story about the resurrection of a long-presumed-lost march written for the army of one of the U.S. military historic personages. And if you've list... more »

Deep Tweets

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago

Kind of the anti-Zen. Nothing peaceful in this image yet thought provoking. Awe inspiring in the truest sense of the word. @Reuters photographer Gleb Garanich keeps working despite being wounded by Ukraine riot police. pic.twitter.com/6mtaM4dl2n — Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) November 30, 2013

Longest Walk 4 walks to Grimes Point sacred Paiute land

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago

Photos by Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2013. The Longest Walk 4 walked from Sand Mountain to Grimes Point, sacred land of the Paiute.

Secrect Passages

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 4 hours ago

http://hiddenpassageway.com/

LISTEN TO THE GRANDMOTHERS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers: Walking the Talk from Omega Institute on Vimeo. The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, including women from the Arctic Circle; North, South, and Central America; Africa; and Asia, represents a global alliance of prayer, education, and healing. They are women of prayer and women of action who regularly travel the globe to bear witness to the wounds of people and of the earth.

Made in Canada legal system costs policy precludes access by design

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 5 hours ago

By Denis G. Rancourt The express policy and practice of legal costs payable by the losing party of any and all litigation steps in a Canadian legal action are unjust by design, and preclude access to justice, yet the Canadian legal establishment has been morbidly and steadfastly silent about this systemic perversion. By a straightforward application of Foucaultian institutional analysis,

LISTEN TO THE GRANDMOTHERS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

(Inequality Is Driven By Greed - Not Technology) John Kenneth Galbraith said, “The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.” Larry Summers Wants US To Go Back for Another Helping of Poor!

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 5 hours ago

John Kenneth Galbraith said, “The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.” It's not only nearly nil, it's self-aggrandizing, oily and mendacious as well. Saturday, Nov 30, 2013 Sorry, Neoliberals: Inequality Is Driven by Greed, Not Technology A new study shows low wages are really caused by low minimum wage,

LISTENING TO THE GRANDMOTHERS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago

The USS New York - Update

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 5 hours ago

Back on July 30, I posted a column dealing with an alleged radar sighting aboard the *USS New York*. The claim was that the ship had fired on a UFO. The story appeared in a magazine back in 1945, and it was suggested that the solution was Venus. Someone had seen Venus in the daytime, thought it was some sort of a Japanese attack and they opened fire. The ship’s navigator rushed up on deck and made the identification. To me, that ended the story. At best it was an IFO. But as happens in the world of the UFO someone just didn’t like that solution and without much in the way of inform... more »

Iran Interim Deal aftermath - sorting through the details of what was and wasn't agreed upon..... positioning for the next steps by concerned parties and non parties to Iran's nuclear talks... Giving peace a chance ? Israel isn't the only anxious party - Saudis having fits over what successful talk with Iran might mean as well !

Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

Still sorting through things .... What does the Interim Deal cover and not cover ? What do Israel and Saudis do in response ? Some things coming to light....November 27th items.... « Breaking News »Iran FM Zarif: Iran will continue building Arak reactor DEBKA*file* November 27, 2013, 9:31 PM (GMT+02:00) Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Wednesday, Iran will pursue construction at the Arak heavy water reactor despite the deal he signed with world powers Sunday to shelf a project capable of yielding plutonium for nuclear weapons. This was presented by Barack Obama as one of the great... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago

*A night out on the town in the 1930s ~Richard Campanella*

PART TWO OF THE SAUDI STORY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago

With former Florida Senator Bob Graham..... This story holds great interest for me. One is because I lived in Florida for 30 years, much of it during the time Bob Graham was Governor and US Senator for that state. He was a middle-to-left kind of guy, no raving radical. But generally he was a decent man. Of course like most politicians in the US he supported much of what the military industrial complex wanted in the way of money and wars. Secondly this whole Saudi story is very relevant for my work today in Bath, Maine as recent reports indicate that Bath Iron Works is at the t... more »

buzzfeed announces no negative book reviews: what that means (and doesn't mean) and why it's good

laura k at wmtc - 7 hours ago

In a *New York Times* op-ed, I've learned that BuzzFeed has announced the hiring of its first book editor, and will start publishing book reviews. *But* it will not run negative book reviews. Isaac Fitzgerald (formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney's) said: BuzzFeed will do book reviews, Fitzgerald said, but he hasn’t figured out yet what form they’ll take. It won’t do negative reviews: “Why waste breath talking smack about something?” he said. “You see it in so many old media-type places, the scathing takedown rip.” Fitzgerald said people in the online books community “understand th... more »

Maybe You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 7 hours ago

November 30,2013 I am so sorry, but I went to save my post so I could copy and transfer it. Instead, I managed to erase it completely and no amount of fiddling over the last two hours has restored it. … Continue reading →

If Henry Waxman Doesn't Stay On His Toes, Marianne Williamson Will Beat Him Next Year

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago

I don't want to demonize Henry Waxman. As congressmen go, he's been a fairly decent one, for the most part, relatively progressive and-- except on issues relating to Israel and the Middle East-- pretty open-minded. The only time I remember really disagreeing with him, in fact, was when he backed Cheney's and Bush's horrific decision to attack Iraq without provocation. And he has been in Congress for 20 terms, about 39 years… long enough for anyone, *way* too long for most. But Waxman should realize when his time is up on his own and bow off the congressional stage gracefully. Demo... more »

Updates On Syria [11.30]: Washington Fears Iraq's Disintegration In Wake of Historic Turkey-Kurdistan Oil Deal, FSA Turns To Extortion To Survive, UN Calls Attack On Russian Embassy In Damascus An Act of Terror

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 hours ago

*1. An excerpt from, "Washington on edge as Kurds flex their muscle" by Tim Arango and Clifford Krauss, International New York Times, November 30: * The sharp, dry mountains that run between Turkey and Iraq have long marked a front line in the battle between the Turkish government and Kurdish separatists, where cross-border attacks have taken many lives on both sides. *But now, though a rapprochement has calmed the border, the United States fear stability may be in even greater danger. The problem is not war - but commerce.* Iraqi Kurds are selling oil directly to Turkey, infuriati... more »

Can There Be Equitable School Choice for All?

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago

It never fails. No matter what the discussion was originally intended to be, it almost always seems to devolve (or sometimes even evolve) into a very passionate and sometimes nasty debate about parental choice in education. Every time I read through one of these often entertaining threads on a discussion board or Facebook, I always […]

Simon Shack on The Realist Report

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 7 hours ago

Many thanks to Dave Mansfield, a loyal listener of The Realist Report and regular commenter here on this website, who made the following videos of my interview with Simon Shack, producer of the must-watch 9/11 documentary *September Clues*. Be sure to subscribe to *this new YouTube channel *(*TruTube.TV*channel will be set up shortly as well), as more videos produced by Dave will be forthcoming. Tom in Connecticut and I will be debating Mike Delaney and Scott Roberts on *Prothink Radio* this evening. The debate will focus on 9/11, particularly on the well established conclusions Sept... more »

Updated: When is a Comet not a Comet?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago

Notice the tail of ISON doesn't point away from the Sun when it leaves the Sun like other comets do. If it doesn't quake like a duck, is it a duck? Or is it something else? Something rather special? :) Ask yourself the question "What is ISON? What DO I know?" Notice the response you get back. - BⒾLL PS: My daughter the aspiring astrophysicist student sent this reply to me about the strange tail... "Actually a comet has two tails: the dust tail and the ion tail. The ion tail goes in the opposite direction of the suns magnetic field, but often what's visible is the dust tail... more »

Sherlock Lives

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago

Dear me, I've turned into a shill. Richard Seymour became a Euro-com (apparently) I've become a barker for prime-time BBC shows. Talk about moving to the right... Anyway, sarcasm over; Sherlock is alive and back on the 1st of January. Here is far and away the best explanation of how he managed to pull it off. The actual mechanics are simple. The distracting ruse is the tricky thing... genius.

Whither Left Unity?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago

Today saw the launch of Britain's newest political party. Left Unity is officially alive. Since Ken Loach called for a left alternative to Labourback in March, there has been a tortuous road to today's founding conference, as the cpgb's coverage and comment has demonstrated in anything but gripping detail. Yet 10,000 Facebook likes, 1,000 paid up members, and a founding conference later, the new party is with us. The closing speaker remarked Saturday 30th November *could* be a historic day. Is this boosterism for the troops, the usual left hype that attends these sorts of events; or... more »

Recycling Day

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 8 hours ago

@*WalmartNewsroom* If your #*BlackFridays* & #*BlackThursdays* get any more violent, your circulars will have to come with an obituary column. ------------------------------ @WalmartNewsroom Stockers & greeters make as much as doctors? Gee, I didn't know that many doctors were on SNAP &welfare. #liveandlearn ------------------------------ @OutFOXedNEWS @ohiomail God knows where this white, male rage is coming from, since they keep electing a Congress that's 75% white & male. ------------------------------ So, it's OK to play & upload clips of ultra-violent games on XBox 1 but you can... more »

Brian Pallister ... the Conservative Who Wants To Be Premier Of Manitoba ... Wishes you 'Merry Christmas' .. Even you infidel athiests too!!!!!!

leftdog at Buckdog - 9 hours ago

*What is it with the Right Wing in Canada lately ... are your REQUIRED to take those 'Stupid Pills"????*

Thailand: As Promised, Regime Deploys Black-Clad Militants

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 9 hours ago

Several already murdered in Bangkok as regime militants confront protesters. *UPDATE: Regime gunmen have been identified by their shirts as a sect drawn from Phitsanulok province, part of the Thaksin Shinawatra regime's northeast political stronghold. This particular groups has strong affiliations with leading pro-regime mob leader and regime MP Jatuporn Prompan, and was involved directly with bloodshed in 2010's violence as well. The group was trained by the now deceased Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as "Seh Daeng," who was shot dead at the height of the 2010 armed insurrecti... more »

JIMMY SAVILE, IAN WATKINS, JERSEY, SATANIC SEX CULT

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago

*The BBC's Sir Billy Cotton Jr, Jimmy Savile, Nigel Broackes, Lord and Lady Matthews (**former head of Express Newspapers).* *Lord Matthews* died at his home on the child abuse island of *JERSEY* in 1995. *Jimmy Savile* was a frequent visitor to Jersey. Jimmy Savile was a friend of *Sir Billy Cotton Jr*. *The information that follows was originally Posted by strikeback at the* *David Icke** Forum.* The BBC's Head of Light Entertainment *Sir Billy Cotton* was the great uncle of *Fearne Cotton*, the TV presenter. Fearne Cotton's former boyfriend is *Ian Watkins*, lead singer of th... more »

How Jeb Bush and Tony Bennett Invaded Sullivan County, Indiana

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago

By Doug Martin Since my last article on the possibility that two schools in tiny Dugger, Indiana may be closed soon by the Northeast School Corporation of Sullivan County, I have unearthed something shocking that residents, teachers, parents, and students should know, and it points to Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and brother and son of two past U.S. presidents. As I detail in one chapter of my upcoming book, *Hoosier School Heist*, Jeb Bush was one of the main players behind school privatization in Indiana, among other things recruiting his pals at the for-profit Charter S... more »

A peace exhibition that highlights warmongers and some peace activism...

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 10 hours ago

On Monday I posted this about the damage that Harper's CPC Con revisionists are about to wreak upon the Museum of Civilization now Canadian History. On Thursday I toured Peace: the Exhibition at the War Museum. It was Dr Lotta Hitschmanova's birthday - over 104 years ago; she had a small place in one of the vignettes that acknowledge her role as a post-WWII refugee to Canada, and her contributions to reconstruction work. More about Lotta, whose voice and brilliant *branding* of the USC through her public service announcements on the CBC, is acutely remembered by people who grew ... more »

9/11 Truth Links Directory

Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago

*ATTENTION: With an advertising budget of zero dollars we ask everyone who has websites and blogs to copy and paste these links into them as a directory, to help spread the word! * *Thanks!* *9/11 LINKS INDEX - Victim Fraud, Media Fraud* *Radio Shows - Jim Fetzer. Deanna Spingola, Debbie Lewis*: - Deanna Spingola, Larry McWilliams, Phil Jayhan - 911 Media Deception - part 1 - Deanna Spingola, Larry McWilliams, Phil Jayhan - 911 Media Deception - part 2 - Part 1 -Deanna Spingola - The Debris Pile of 9/11, Hollow Towers & Missing Contents - Part 2 -Deanna Spi... more »

the speech

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago

NAVY MISTAKES BRING MORE $$$$$

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

I - Today was the first Saturday vigil at Bath Iron Works during the Advent season. The vigils will continue each Saturday for the next three weeks. These protests are organized by the Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm from Hope, Maine. The seasonal vigils been held at BIW for many years. - *Defense Daily* reported last week: The Navy has continued to accept delivery of ships containing hundreds and in some cases thousands of deficiencies despite recent efforts to improve quality control, and is not adequately pressuring contractors to minimize the number of flaws.... more »

"Threads"

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 11 hours ago

I have often thought the only way to "win" a nuclear exchange is to not use yours. That way you ensure at least some coherent civilisation remains. This British film explains why, and uses experts' views to build its scenarios and narrative. WARNING: This is a deeply disturbing film.

under the skin

Bill Robertson at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago

The film was shot on location in Glasgow and the Scottish Highlands. Scarlett Johansson plays an alien predator. She wears a black wig and is not immediately recognizable as she cruises through Glasgow and the surrounding countryside picking up hitchhikers in a van equipped with hidden video cameras. Like candid camera, their reactions are real and authentic. Their stories offer a glimpse of society from the point of view of the ultimate outsider. Adapted from the book by Michel Faber

20 things we should say more often

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago

The EOS grid-storage system and nuclear power: a marriage made in heaven

Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 11 hours ago

EOS Energy Storage is peddling a megawatt-scale, fully containerized energy storage solution based on zinc-air (or zinc-oxygen?) cells. Self-contained in a standard 40-foot footprint, the cutaway shows blocks for batteries, inverters, and cylindrical objects which seem likely to be some sort of gas storage or perhaps filtering/processing system. The stated performance figures: $1000/kW $160/

Under House Republicans The War On Poverty Has Morphed Into A War On The Poor

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago

House Republicans may not have "the time" to vote on important measures with wide popular support like comprehensive immigration reform, ending workplace discrimination against the LGBT community (ENDA) or raising the minimum wage-- none of which Boehner will allow onto the 2013 schedule-- but they do have time to further attempt to steal the food out of the mouths of children by more chopping from the food stamp program. House Republicans look at the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas and what they see is another chance to pass a bill to accelerate their endless class warfa... more »

Syria and Libya Updates November 30 , 2013.......Syria Peace Talks - An exercise in futility as Assad is not leaving and the Syria Coalition does not represent Al Qaeda and other jihadists linked groups....So , this is just another kick the can exercise , this time foreign policy kick the can.... Updates from forgotten Libya.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago

Syria rebels say peace talks destined for failure by Michael Pizzi @pizzi89 November 30, 2013 9:00AM ET Syrian Coalition faces uphill battle in convincing armed factions to sign on for Geneva conference Topics: Syria Syria's War International [image: SyriaRebelBurningFlag] A rebel fighter burns a Syrian flag found in a building that belonged to Syrian government forces in the northern city of Aleppo on Nov. 21.Karam Al-Masri/AFP/Getty The Bashar al-Assad regime and the Syrian National Coalition, Syria’s Western-backed political opposition, committed this week to peace talks aim... more »

Capitalism's Bankrupt Plan for Rating Higher Ed

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago

Spot on, from the Chicago Sun-Times: By Ann M. Lousin November 27, 2013 2:58PM President Obama has proposed tying financial aid to American colleges and universities to a “rating system” of higher education. The administration has conducted a number of public forums at college campuses over the last few weeks to purportedly collect input on the proposal. We can only hope these forums enable the president and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to see how little they know about the realities of higher education. Obama and Duncan have, so far, relayed their concern about how many studen... more »

The Pope's Rhetoric

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 12 hours ago

I see that the pope has decided to weigh in on economic issues: “Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world,” Francis wrote in the papal statement. “This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.” A few reactions: First, throughout history, free-market capitalism... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago

Not much up on a Thanksgiving week. Plus with travel and all I'm sure I missed plenty. I'm sort of tempted to go with "blue slip" obstruction breaking through into national news, but I'm not sure yet whether it matters or not....I'll be dull and just repeat one of my items from yesterday about the ACA end-of-month deadline: fixes (or failures) certainly matter to the individuals affected, but I still don't think the future of the program is at stake, or that how close healthcare.gov is to fully functional in the next week (or even month) will have much effect on the 2014 or 2016 ele... more »

BitCoin crosses 900 - will it cross 1000 this week ? What happens next ? Noting a positive development , BitCoin will host its own Black Friday ! On the negative news side of things , note the recent uptick in BitCoin robberies ( Denmark heist of a million BitCoin involving Bitcoin Internet Payment Services , 1.4 million robbery involving Inputs.io , a chinese exchange that disappeared along with 4 million in customer funds , thefts also have occurred in Poland , Czech Republic - how long before a major " Italian Job " type of sophisticated large scale robbery occurs ?

Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-26/bitcoin-surges-new-usd-record-high ( 976 at 7:55 pm EST... ) Bitcoin Surges To New USD Record High (+100% In 7 Days) [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/26/2013 14:31 -0500 - Bitcoin - Black Swan - China inShare4 A week after spiking above $900, before dropping 50% in the following 48 hours amid last week's Senate hearings, Bitcoin has recovered the losses (i.e. doubled) and is now trading at record high levels against the USD - $930 on Mt.Gox. Notably, in China, Bitcoin remains well off its reco... more »

Trifecta: How the Better Half Thinks...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago

*that would be sarcasm of the highest order.* Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramex Studios, thinks this country is "embarrassing."

Nashville Limits Charters As Memphis Doubles Down

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago

Nashville Metro has acknowledged the impending $23 million shortfall in next year's budget is due to the drain from corporate charter schools. As a result, the school board has decided to cut its losses by restricting the spread of these segregated zero-tolerance chain gangs. With the TN Department of Education staffed by TFA cultists and losers from the Gates Foundation, there is plenty of gnashing in Nashville this winter as bogus charter reports are generated to show that life cannot continue without the total compliance punishment boutiques. We have to wonder when Memphis and ... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago

*New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks connections* *Key to Saints' success: A little patience ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *'Unfathomable City' maps highs, lows of New Orleans ~David D'Arcy, Houston Chronicle* *Northshore strawberry farmers breathe sigh of relief after crops survive freezes ~Heath Alllen, WDSU*

The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 14 hours ago

~ Henri Rousseau, 1905 This is they way the jungle habitat of the lion looked a hundred years ago - or at least, it is the way the artist imagined it to be, based on descriptions of those who had been there, and illustrated books. This is a delightful short movie about lions, who are as playful as domesticated kittens. But it is bizarre bordering on freakish that the filmmakers can sit around the campfire chortling at the images their robotic camera has recorded without, apparently, noticing that just about everything other than the lions is dead. I couldn't watch it without bein... more »

"I Could Care Less"

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago

That was Stephen Harper's message to the Conservatives Halloween convention. This week -- after watching their western numbers drop, after refusing to call witnesses to testify to the Senate Committee looking into Mike Duffy's expenses, and after listening to Paul Calandra's absurd answers in question period -- it's obvious that the Harper Party could care less about the truth or parliamentary democracy. Chantal Hebert writes in this morning's *Toronto Star*: How else to describe a strategy that systematically involves the government maniacally digging itself deeper in what is fas... more »

Do Public Officials Ever Lie? Better Question: Do They Ever Tell The Truth?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

Since taking over from Tim Sebastian in 2006, Stephen Sackur has been the anchor for the BBC's flagship news interview show, *HARDtalk*, which runs four times a week. I travel a lot, so I see it a lot. Sackur has a well-deserved reputation as the voice of Establishment Group Think propaganda and for asking questions and then aggressively interrupting his guests when they attempt to answer. He's one of television's most annoying little twits and I often wonder why credible figures ever agree to be interviewed by him. Last week, he interviewed Glenn Greenwald. I haven't been able t... more »

Whats A Guy Gotta Do

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago

Joe Nichols - 'What's A Guy Gotta Do' - some fun country music

Should SC Increase Charter School Investment?

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago

Should SC Increase Charter School Investment?. via Should SC Increase Charter School Investment?.

Mexico: Alleged “Luminous Entities” Photographed in Playa del Carmen (Quintana Roo)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 17 hours ago

*Mexico: Alleged “Luminous Entities” Photographed in Playa del Carmen (Quintana Roo)* *By Arq. Salvador Mora – Director of La Esfera Azul with D.G. Hernán Bado* ALL PHOTOS ARE PROPERTY OF ERNESTO Z. ORTIZ, COURTESY OF LA ESFERA AZUL On March 20, 2013, a highly interesting and controversial event occurred: photographs of 3 luminous entities at the place known as Plaza Fundadores in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. These images were taken by Ernesto Z. Ortiz, a known professional with a master’s degree in Regional Development and Sustainable Tourism, a Nicaraguan national w... more »

Meanwhile, back in Taiwan... Economy Still in Doldrums, in case you hadn't noticed.

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago

*Rust.* The statistics bureau threw in the towel this week and sent the economic forecast below 2%... The economy may grow by less than 2 percent for a second consecutive year after the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) yesterday cut its GDP growth forecast for this year to 1.74 percent. The agency’s latest forecast is 0.57 percentage points lower than the forecast of 2.31 percent it made in August and is the lowest among domestic economic institutes. Several trends -- less manufacturing here, more Chinese local production supplanting Taiwanese good... more »

RCMP: Getting it wrong

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 18 hours ago

So RCMP Corporal Ron Francis has some of his peers turn up to his residence and remove his uniforms, the last of which he returned under his own steam. Why? Because he was smoking prescribed medical marijuana whilst wearing it. Apparently this is such a high crime in the Informal Code of the RCMPness that it must result in public humiliation and disgrace by ones peers. Nevermind that in this

More on the ADIZ

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago

*My first half-decent photo of Venus.* Lots of stuff out there. This Volokh Conspiracy post has good links to other posts and resources and notes: China’s assertion of an ADIZ, as Julian Ku says, is not per se impermissible. But the devil is in the details. *China’s ADIZ raises two large questions of legality. First, the “not-impermissible” scope of an ADIZ, that which is accepted in widespread state practice, is a projection outwards from the coastline of a coastal state. * One might argue as a matter of international law as evidenced by state practice that a ADIZ has to bear a ... more »

Left Nationalism. Canadian Survival. And The Great Brainwash.

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 18 hours ago

Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Part VIII *Left Nationalism. Canadian Survival. And The Great Brainwash.* *Written by Robin Mathews* Informed younger Canadians (under the age, say, of 50) are aware of the One Per Cent, are aware of “offshore” tax and banking havens hiding illicit funds in the trillions of dollars: free of taxes, and the law. Younger Canadians are aware of Canada being made a Pollution Centre of Tar Sands and Fracked Gas operations, of economic ‘agreements’ built to hand foreign corporations power over Canadian legislation ... and Canada’s wealth. They ... more »

Calling All GE Activists To Canada

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago

Calling all GE activists! Are you looking for a meaningful way to resist the presence of genetically engineered (GE) foods in Canada? If so, look no further. Join our team and help the Society for a GE Free BC and the Vancouver Greenpeace L...ocal Group to organize the eastern leg of the GE Foods and Human Health: a cross-Canada Speaker's Tour in 2014. We're looking for keen volunteers in Eastern Canada to help our tour committee to liaise with host communities, to organize on the ground logistics, and/or to conduct outreach in both English and French. Prospective volunteers are... more »

Who Is Behind Syria's "Opposition Rebels"? Mother Agnes Mariam vs The US Media by Rob Prince

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago

by Rob Prince Global Research Canada, 29 November 2013 *Mother Agnes Mariam, mother-superior of the monastery of St. James, the Mutilated in Qara, in the Qalamoun District of Syria, which is north of Damascus, visited Denver as part of a U.S. tour which is taking her coast to coast.* *S* *he spoke at three public venues in two days and then rushed off to catch a plane to Lincoln, Nebraska, where she also has had several speaking engagements, covered by the Nebraska press.* The Christian Palestinian family of the good mother-superior hails from Nazareth, now in Is... more »

MYSTERIOUS MICHAEL AND MYSTERIOUS LEE RIGBY

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago

Michael Adebolajo (above) is on trial for the alleged murder of soldier Lee Rigby, in Woolwich, in London. Michael Adebolajo was brought up as a Christian. *Kirk Redpath, a very close friend of Michael Adebolajo. Kirk Redpath was killed in Iraq.* Michael Adebolajo has friends in the police and in the military. *Justine Rigden, girlfriend of Catholic/Moslem/ alleged MI5 agent Michael Adebolajo.* Michael Adebolajo has a 'raunchy' girlfriend. In hospital, after his arrest, Michael Adebolajo told doctors that, as a Moslem, he did not want to be touched by any women. 'I did it fo... more »

Woody Allen on the Dick Cavett show from the the 1970s I would guess

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago

Woody Allen including the falling whale joke,

Eyes are opened on all levels of Gaia as unfoldment of Gifting Energies occurs

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago

*Eyes are opened on all levels of Gaia as unfoldment of Gifting Energies occurs* by ÉirePort Eyes are opened on all levels of Gaia as unfoldment of Gifting Energies occurs. Such energetics present to all of hu-manity gifts of awakening, also to be called "Gifts of Prime Consciousness". Subsequent unveiling presents actualities of Ascension as needed. Clandestine "rabbit habitats" are no longer supported and unfold in an inner to outer, quickly. Balance among Hue-Beings is suggested at this time. ÉirePort | November 30, 2013 at 05:17 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qA

Was Feynman cognitively lopsided and illiterate?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago

Stephen Hsu has discussed a long interview with Richard Feynman (AIP). Feynman's cognitive style (Information Processing blog) Because I pretty much share all the features that Hsu calls "Feynman's cognitive style" and because I find Hsu's comments fundamentally misguided, skewed, and unflattering, I decided it is important enough to respond. Hsu starts as follows: I have always felt that Feynman was cognitively a bit "lopsided" – much stronger mathematically than verbally. This might be partially responsible for his way of learning – it was often easier for him to invent his own ... more »

Why do we LEGISLATE for Belief Systems?

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 22 hours ago

Let's say, "I believe," in something... in life after death, in the Holy Trinity, in Allah, in Reincarnation and Karma... maybe I believe in Pixies or Unicorns or Extra-terrestrial visitors who come and tend my garden. Now, what's the difference here? Well the first three examples of Religious Belief (and that's all they are, beliefs) will get you put in court if you call them out as IDIOTS and MORONS and STOOGES for believing such tripe. The latter three, well you can troll those tin-foil-hat loons all you want, and they (probably) deserve it. I realise that 'in this country' we ... more »

Reuters Accidentally Exposes Thai Regime's "Supporters"

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 23 hours ago

Western media exposes Thai regime's "supporters" as manipulated enclave of impoverished, uneducated rice farmers occupying Khmer Rouge-style "red villages" who want anti-regime protesters "dead." *November 30, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Reuters, in perhaps an attempt to prop up the crumbling Wall Street-backed regime in Bangkok, Thailand, has attempted to portray it as a popular, "democratically elected" government. What its article, "Thailand's red-shirt heartland hides its strength," ends up doing instead, is exposing the regime's support base as a pitiful, forsaken segment of Tha... more »

Greece updates November 29 , 2013 - Troika visit to Greece delayed - latest of the endless reviews scuppered for now ? Does this reflect a meaningful split between the Troika and ECB , between the IMF and Germany ? Lending falling in the EU Zone while youth unemployment continually rises.....Is another EU Zone crisis around the corner ? Stay tuned.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago

*Samaras and Venizelos to hold talks on Monday as troika delays visit* A failure to reach an agreement with the troika means that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his deputy, Evangelos Venizelos, will hold a fresh meeting on Monday to discuss how to remove the obstacles that are standing in the way of Greece’s lenders concluding their latest review of the country’s consolidation program. The Finance Ministry confirmed Friday that the troika’s return to Athens has been put off, apparently scuppering any possibility of achieving an agreement on reforms ahead of the December 9 Eurogr... more »

"Holocaust survivors" demand more money

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago

The Jewish financial and sympathy racket known as the "Holocaust" never ends, as the *Jewish Telegraph Agency* recently reminded us: Breakfast costs Dov Jakobovitz $2. Lunch costs him $2.25. Both are served in the public old-age home in south Tel Aviv where he lives. But the food is not to his liking. Jakobovitz longs for the dishes he ate as a child in Transylvania — gefilte fish, goulash, chicken wings — rather than the rice-and-salad fare more typical of the Israeli diet. A restaurant he enjoys in the center of the city serves such Ashkenazi fare, but he can’t afford it. For din... more »

Sunday Classics preview: "Sing a merry madrigal!"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*Yet until the shadows fall* *over one and over all,* *sing a merry madrigal!* *by Ken* I'm not going to identify tonight's madrigal tonight, but I also haven't attempted to conceal its identity. I mean, I could have identified Yum-Yum as "Lady 1" or "Bride" and Nanki-Poo as "Man 1" or "Bridegroom" and so on. Obviously those of you who know the music will know that there's a joke built into it, but for tonight I don't want to think about the joke; I just want to focus on the beauty of the piece. *Madrigal, "Brightly dawns our wedding day"* *YUM-YUM*: Brightly dawns our wedding day... 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 s... more »

Activist Post: Amish Family Flees Country to Avoid 10-Year-Old’s State-Enforced Chemotherapy

Papani at DeadBanksterSociety - 1 day ago

Activist Post: Amish Family Flees Country to Avoid 10-Year-Old’s State-Enforced Chemotherapys a commu The Medical Mafia is very worried that this precedent will encourage others to take health back into their own hands. The US is a system that has become a Gulag for those who freely want a sane choice instead of being manipulated to BELIEVE in the LIE.

update on kimberly rivera and how you can help

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago

Three days ago, Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera gave birth to a son, Matthew Kaden, in a military hospital in San Diego. As soon as her hospital stay ends (which may have already happened), Kim will be taken back to prison. Her newborn baby will stay with his father and his siblings... but his mother will be forced to finish her prison term. Her release is scheduled for mid-December. The US Army has rejected all appeals for clemency, and is insisting Kim serve the final weeks of her sentence, even though it means separating a mother and a newborn infant. On Sunday, December 1, pe... more »

SYNOPSIS WITH PHOTOS OF NOV 19:

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 1 day ago

PHOTOS Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human All-Day Student/Community Symposium Whatever I write here is but a glimpse of what happened on Tues Nov 19 at the “Tlakatl: What it Means to be Human” symposium at the University of Arizona. Many photographs were taken and much was videotaped… and this here too is but a brief synopsis that will give you a feel for this event, but it does not approximate conveying the historic nature of the gathering. (Videotape of much of the symposium will be released as soon as all the permissions are gathered.) The symposium took place one month after a ... more »

Understanding Our Connection to Nature | BillMoyers.com

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 1 day ago

Paul Calandra attacks Glenn Greenwald and CBC

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago

I think Calandra read off his bit of paper from Steve rather well today, don't you? Love the bit about how : "CBC only admitted to their cash-for-news scheme after The Wall Street Journal *forced it out of them*" ... by cleverly reading Greenwald's byline alongside those of Greg Weston and Ryan Gallagher at the top of the CBC article. A byline that has also graced the pages of The Guardian and the New York Times, where, presumably, Greenwald also got paid as a journalist. And I'm sure the actual subject matter of the CBC article : New Snowden docs show U.S. spied during G20 in T... more »

A holiday F.U. to NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio from his friends in City Hall and especially at 1 Police Plaza

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*From inside the fortress of 1 Police Plaza, NYC's Imperial Counterrevolutionary Guard will have complete security and surveillance power over incoming Mayor de Blasio's police transition team, scheduled to be holed up in a now-unused trailer outside the building.* *by Ken* There have been advantages to having a benevolent (at least in his own mind) billionaire as NYC's imperial mayor for 12 years, including his imperially ordained extra-legal third term. But if anyone needs a reminder of why, whatever happens next, we're better off once the little egomaniacal scumbag is pried out... more »

Oct 8-11 Tucson Community uprising videos

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 1 day ago

Just learned that you can access these videos even if you are not on facebook... Many of you receiving this have already seen them, but if you want to share them, feel free: They are also at: http://drcintli.blogspot.com/ Shutdown of Operation Streamline Oct 11 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637544230706&l=5294587605160829072 Oct 11 Operation Streamline - Not a one ounce of afraid https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151637582395706&l=4104919298450160412 Outside Curtroom https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/yourphotos?partnerid=gplp0&pid=5948925742310336770&oid=10557390037... more »