Thursday, December 05, 2013

5 Dec - Blogs I'm Following

English: Sarah Palin at the Time 100 Gala in M...English: Sarah Palin at the Time 100 Gala in Manhattan on May 4, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Obs...Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Rush Limbaugh draws ire of lefty "Catholic" groups...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 minute ago
*for respectfully questioning statements made by Pope Francis.* I don't usually speak about Catholic issues, but this attack on Rush Limbaugh from groups supported by George Soros, has me ticked off really annoyed. Let's start at the beginning. Since Pope Francis was elected, every time he opens his mouth there is an uproar over what he "really said." The only reason for this is the vagueness of his statements and the bad reporting by people who tend to misinterpret what's he's saying, or worse, interpret what he says to match their preconceived agendas. John Hayward of Breitbar... more »

The US extends a diplomatic hand to Islamists in Syria. But, not the bad ones.

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 minutes ago
Seriously. The US and company would never hook up with terrorists. That is the tripe the talking heads and state mouthpieces want you to believe. If you do...??? *You are being fooled again!* *Don't allow yourself to be a fool.* This is such blatant propaganda, obfuscation and bullshit I can't call it anything else. *U.S. extends diplomatic hand to Syria's Islamist rebels* The image provided with this article is an Islamist carrying the Al Queda flag. The choice of image and the spin in the article leaves me with the impression that the reader is being ridiculed. Like its some inside j... more »

Imágenes hermosas y postales para compartir esta Navidad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 36 minutes ago

Some fun time with ISON

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
Posted by American Kabuki December 5, 2013 There's been a lot of effort by the main stream media to manage the perception of the comet ISON, including saying it plunged into the Sun, disintegrated into snowballs, yet we know it rounded the Sun and still exists, and is perhaps even teleporting short distances, which causes critics to think NASA is withholding footage of its flight path. Could it be they just don't have footage of the intermediate points on the flight path? Several of us have been intuitively looking at this marvelous object, and thought it might be fun if everyo... more »

The larger meaning of Martin Bashir!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013* *The Crazy and The Dumb—and the Big Propaganda:* We can’t say we actively root for people to lose their jobs. Aside from that, it’s hard to disagree with most of what David Zurawik said about the demise of Martin Bashir. Zurawik sounded off in the hometown Baltimore Sun about Bashir’s departure from MSNBC. Bashir left in the wake of his ridiculous comments about Sarah Palin. In our view, his smutty, inane attack on Palin wasn’t his greatest offense: ZURAWIK (12/4/13): I believe Bashir had to go, and I weep not for his dismissal. *What he did and said i... more »

MYSTERIOUS MICHAEL

Anon at aangirfan - 1 hour ago
*Michael Adebolajo* Michael Adebolajo is one of the alleged Woolwich attackers of soldier Lee Rigby. Michael Adebolajo comes from "a devout and loving Christian family." A former school friends said that Adebolajo liked James Bond and video games. He said: "Michael was as British as they come." Michael Adebolajo profile *Michael Adebolajo in red cap.* Another ex-schoolfriend said she knew Adebolajo from Marshalls Park school in Romford. She said: "He was funny, hilarious. "He was a down to earth, nice guy." Michael Adebolajo profile *Justine - one of Adebolajo's girlfriend... more »

Pleiadian Council, Archangel Michael, and Source Creator via Goldenlight:Comet ISON is an Intergalactic Mothership and A Gift from Source Creator

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
*Thought this was interesting, many of us are getting on an intuitive level that ISON is a bit like the Weasley's tent in Harry Potter, bigger on the inside than it is on the outside in 3D. Whatever it is December is going to be most interesting when this things swings by... -Bill* *Re-posted from * http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/12/pleiadian-council-archangel-michael-and-source-creator-via-goldenlight-comet-ison-is-an-intergalactic-mothership-and-a-gift-from-source-creator/ *Pleiadian Council, Archangel Michael, and Source Creator via Goldenlight: Comet ISON is an Intergalactic... more »

black magic woman

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour ago

the scream !

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour ago
what is the most important thing ? ...the most important thing is the family of man.

Kryon: A Short Message of Love

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago

Trey Gowdy (really smart R/SC): What are the limits of the President's prosecutorial discretion?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*Rep. Gowdy Questions about the President's use of prosecutorial discretion at the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the President's constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws.*

The Eternal Hypocrisy of the Obamian Mind

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
Just as the Occupy movement spurred a nervous Barack Obama to deliver his phony populist speech in Kansas in 2011, so now does the papal exhortation against capitalist greed and its continuing role in global human suffering now nudge the president to issue yet another Major Speech on income inequality. Obama has always prided himself on his nonexistent transparency, but this time around, his usual well-cloaked hypocrisy couldn't be more glaringly transparent. After five long Wall Street-groveling years in office, the luster is definitely off the Obama Brand, probably for good. His ... more »

Supreme Court acknowledges judges are not always the best to interpret legislation

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*McLean v. British Columbia (Securities Commission),* 2013 SCC 67 contains a somewhat surprising acknowledgement by the Supreme Court of Canada that Courts are not always the best bodies to interpret legislation. While this deference may be sensible in a purely administrative law context, some might argue the refusal to determine the meaning of legislation is an abdication of responsibility. The Court notes: [32] In plain terms, because legislatures do not always speak clearly and because the tools of statutory interpretation do not always guarantee a sing... more »

Giveaway: Affordable and Comfortable Dress Ups with LittleDressUpShop.com

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 2 hours ago
I am pretty sure my daughter spends more time in costume than in regular clothes. One minute she is a princess, the next a pirate and then back to being a princess again. She wears dress ups so much, that I am pretty sure she would sleep in them if I would let her. The problem we run into over and over again is the costumes aren't durable and they aren't comfortable. They are made with itchy seams and fragile fabrics, neither of which is conducive to playing for long periods of time. When LittleDressUpShop.com contacted me and asked me to review a dress up, it was my first questi... more »

Data Dilemmas & Converging Logics

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
One of the recurring subjects among folks using data is: why does person x not share their data with me? Mostly because they are fearful and ignorant. Fearful? That their work will get scooped and/or their data might be found to be problematic. Ignorant? That they don’t know that they are obligated to share their Continue reading

Duncan Hunter's Alcoholic Kid Says He Wants To Nuke Iran-- And He's A Congressman From Near San Diego!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Yesterday there was a House Intelligence Committee briefing about the situation in Iran. The Administration would like to get the AIPAC shills in both parties to calm the hell down while they're defusing a difficult and persistent problem with Iran's nuclear ambitions. The last time the far right got involved with this kind of thing, we wound up with a nuclear-armed North Korea that can get away with almost anything now. Obama is trying to prevent that from happening in Iran. Hardliners-- in America and in Iran-- are working against the success of the negotiations. Michele Bachman... more »

Potential prejudicial effect of photographs

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
R. v. Araya, 2013 ONCA 734: [30] To the extent that the appellant submits that the photos had no probative value, I cannot agree. [31] As the trial judge stated in his ruling, the appellant's appearance had changed materially between the time of the shooting and trial. At the time of the shooting, the appellant was 18 years of age. He had a small bit of facial hair on his chin, an afro hairstyle and did not wear glasses. By the time of trial – some three years later – he had gained a substantial amount of weight, his features had matured, he was shorthaired, clean... more »

George Osborne puts Ed Balls in his place during the Autumn Statement today

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 3 hours ago
"They can’t talk about their record because they had the biggest recession ever. They can’t talk about the deficit because they’ve got no plan to deal with it. He can’t talk about infrastructure and his much vaunted plan for a cross-party consensus because he was the person who tried to break the consensus on the biggest project of all. He can’t talk about housing because there were 420,000 fewer affordable homes at the end of the Labour government. He can’t talk about business rates because they went up 71 per cent under Labour. He can’t talk about support for business because he w... more »

GUEST POST: Let’s Nurture Inner-Directed Students and Ignore the “No Excuses” Crowd, John Thompson

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
GUEST POST: Let\’s Nurture Inner-Directed Students and Ignore the \”No Excuses\” Crowd, John Thompson. via GUEST POST: Let’s Nurture Inner-Directed Students and Ignore the “No Excuses” Crowd, John Thompson.

Dark matter \(0.11\meV\) axion discovered in 2004 via Josephson junctions

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 3 hours ago
*Or at least some deviation may be interpreted in this remarkable way!* Two days ago, Nude Socialist's Katia Moskvitch (yes, it was a Soviet car) wrote an unusually useful article promoting a September 2013 hep-ph preprint by Christian Beck (Cambridge and London; a twin brother of Glenn Beck who is also a Christian, after all, both Mormon and Roman Catholic one) that we apparently missed: Hints of cold dark matter pop up in 10-year-old circuit (NS) ------------------------------ Possible resonance effect of axionic dark matter in Josephson junctions(arXiv, free) The probable reason w... more »

Setting Free the Books: On Stepping Aside as Teaching

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
Setting Free the Books: On Stepping Aside as Teaching. via Setting Free the Books: On Stepping Aside as Teaching.

Correction: Rhee appears on Chris Hayes show!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013* *Therein lies a tale:* Last night, Michelle Rhee appeared on the Chris Hayes show. (We were a bit surprised.) This morning, we wanted to review the transcript. When we entered “Rhee” in the Nexis search engine, we got no hit. There was no sign that she had appeared on any Chris Hayes program. Puzzled, we looked at the Hayes transcript for the December 4 program. We saw a discussion of the new PISA results—a discussion which *wasn’t*conducted on last night’s program. Looking more closely, we saw that this was actually the transcript for the December 3 H... more »

Going Nuclear Was About Republicans, Not Democrats

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
I'll join those who are impressed that Chris Cillizza went back to assess why he was wrong when he asserted during the summer that the Senate would never go nuclear. Acknowledging past errors is absolutely admirable.* So I hope I'm not being too crass by saying that, alas, Cillizza still doesn't really get it right. The problem is that he sets it all up as a story about the Democrats and about Harry Reid in particular. Back in July, he argued that Senate Majority Leaders by their nature were always going to seek to preserve, not blow up, the institution; now, he thinks that the key ... more »

The New Bob George Website: Schmaltz Stirred with Obfuscation

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
*"About Us"* For those who did not get enough of Bob George and Betsy Angert at those marathon online meetings during that interim when Bob George was turning a dynamic activist group (SOS) into a navel-gazing society to block resistance and civil disobedience against CorpEd, well, Bob and Angie are back with, yet, a milder and mushier version of activism on Prozac. Their new website, empathyeducates.org, looks and reads like the latest edition of "New Age Education for Dummies." There's loads of feel-good photos, pages and pages of links to news articles, blogs, books, videos, ... more »

MUST SEE: How Monsanto Silences Scientific Dissent

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*Who pays? ~Library Chronicles * *Poll Shows Residents Favor Oil Companies Paying for Damages to Louisiana Wetlands ~Glynn Wilson, Locust Fork News-Journal* *Early Aerial Photography of New Orleans ~Richard Campanella* *GEAUXgeous 'n Green in New Orleans benefiting Global Green USA* *Words and Music Festival has something for everyone ~Katie Walenter, New Orleans Advocate*

Iraq’s Oil Exports Up In November 2013 But Still At Plateau That Might Continue For Near Future

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 5 hours ago
November saw Iraq’s oil exports recover after two months of work to facilities in Basra. Both the southern and Kirkuk pipelines witnessed nice increases. Despite that the country’s exports are at a 21-month plateau overall, which many analysts and industry sources believe will continue into 2014. Last month saw a return for Iraq’s two export pipelines. November’s average was 2.381 million barrels a day. That was up from 2.253 million in October. At $103 per barrel that rate brought in $7.3 billion for the month. The backbone of the industry Basra saw an average of 2.281 million ... more »

Floating On Hot Air

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
The Warrior-in-Chief has been cowed. Tom Walkom notes that Stephen Harper's bellicose rhetoric has cooled: The prime minister’s references to Afghanistan now are usually brief and elliptical, as they were on Remembrance Day when he listed Kandahar as one of the many places in which Canadian troops have fought and served since 1914. Canada still has 620 troops in Afghanistan tasked with training local forces. But Harper no longer travels there to pose for the cameras with them. He used to regularly show up at military bases to praise soldiers and their families. That practice, ... more »

Raw Deal: Oregon Organic Milk Farmers Fight Censorship

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
*19 November 2013* In Oregon, it is perfectly legal for farmers to sell raw—or unpasteurized—milk...so long as they don't talk about it. If they do, they face huge fines and jail time. But a major federal lawsuit filed this morning by the Institute for Justice (IJ), the national law firm for liberty, and Christine Anderson, owner of Cast Iron Farm in McMinnville, Ore., seeks to change that. Oregon flatly bans the advertisement of raw milk, a perfectly legal product for farmers like Christine to sell. That means Christine and other farmers are prohibited from posting flyers at lo... more »

Consolidation of Energetics Upgrade Process leads to Formation of the next Gaia Energetic Protocol

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
*Consolidation of Energetics Upgrade Process leads to Formation of the next Gaia Energetic Protocol* by ÉirePort Consolidation of Energetics Upgrade process leads to formation of the next Gaia Energetic Protocol for expansion of hu-manity and Hue-Manity consciousness. Such Protocol establishes prime "responsibility" with each Hue-Being for Ascension steps. All restraints have been removed. All obstructions are now eliminated. All complexities of the New Protocol are handled. Gaia Ascension is assured. ÉirePort | December 5, 2013 at 06:04 URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qI

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Jessica Pare, 31. And very quickly, some good stuff: 1. Barack Obama's speech on the economy -- which Ezra Klein calls his best on that subject. 2. Jamelle Bouie on the president's speech. 3. John Sides has a preliminary forecast for 2014 House elections. 4. Adrianna McIntyre on Medicaid. 5. And Brendan Nyhan on polarization.

Argentina: The Anomalous Humanoid Figure of November 2010

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 6 hours ago
While we are still on the lookout for the results of the photo analysis on the towering Necochea "humanoid", *Guillermo Giménez* has sent us another photograph - taken on November 10, 2010 - that shows a humanoid silhouette standing in the water (or advancing through the water) also in Necochea. The image forms part of the collection of *Luis Burgos* of FAO but there is no mention of any analysis. So we share it with our readers in the same way it was given to us: "As Is". Clever computer trickery? An interdimensional being? A water elemental? It's anyone's guess. Inexplicata Podca... more »

Ma Gov't and ADIZ

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 6 hours ago
*Lovely day on Dongchi Road on the way to Dongshih*. FocusTaiwan has some good news on the Ma Government's reaction to the new Chinese ADIZ: *Taiwan has told Beijing that its declaration of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over an area of the East China Sea that covers the disputed Diaoyutai Islands is unacceptable*, Taiwan's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Tsai De-sheng, director-general of the National Security Bureau (NSB) said Taiwan is also communicating with China through an encrypted dialogue channel over Beijing's plan to demarcate another ADIZ over the South... more »

OUTSCORING FINLAND: Disaggregation hurts!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013* *Part 3—Disaggregation reveals:* Fairly or otherwise, Finland has begun getting bumped from the press corps’ list of “educational powerhouses.” Don’t get us wrong! At the Atlantic, Julia Ryan still described the Finns that way when she reported the new PISA scores this week. She failed to note that Massachusetts, whose performance she ridiculed, *matched* the powerhouse Finns in reading and math on the most recent PISA. (By a fairly modest margin, Finland outscored Massachusetts in science.) At the Atlantic, Finland is still a “powerhouse.” But in the Ne... more »

Flying a MIG

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
H/T http://theaviationist.com/2013/12/04/mig-31-go-pro/

We Need More Women In Congress-- But Good Ones, Not Women Who Are Even Worse Than Men

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
According to Pelosi, when women succeed, America succeeds Yesterday I got an e-mail from an awful candidate running for an open House seat in northeast Iowa, Swati Dandekar. Blue America is backing the progressive running for that seat, Pat Murphy. The only previous mention of Swati here at *DWT* was in October when we warned readers that there's another horrible Democrat is the race, Swati Dandekar, who you may recall, sold out Iowa Democrats when she was a state senator by accepting an appointment from Republican Gov. Branstad to the Iowa Utility Board. Since Republicans held the I... more »

ObamaCare Ground Hog Day - December 2 , 2013 ....." New and improved " ObamaCare website works like " old and dysfunctional " ObamaCare website ( long delays / endless circle of tasks / ultimately leading to an error message ) - Imagine that ? Cover Oregon Executive Director taking leave of absence - not shocking as that State failed to sign anyone up through their website to date ! Healthcare.gov signs up 100,000 folks in November ( of course since the backend isn't built , none of these folks have made a payment yet ) .... and of course since the November target was 800 ,000 - you can see how far off things are ! Front end still glitchey - well , here's worse news -- the backend still isn't working as per Insurers.....

Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
December 3, 2013.... http://hotair.com/archives/2013/12/03/obama-on-obamacare-theres-no-way-were-repealing-this-boondoggle-while-im-president-america/ Obama on ObamaCare: There’s no way we’re repealing this boondoggle while I’m president, America POSTED AT 6:41 PM ON DECEMBER 3, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT Is this really the message Democrats wanted him to put out today, when news outlets are filled with stories about rate shock, glitchy enrollments, and catastrophic security lapses? I thought the headline was supposed to be “ObamaCare is wonderful,” not *“There’s nothing you can do.”* G... more »

OPAL Tour Norway -- Absent Limits Conference -- Main Talk

brian kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
*OPAL Tour Norway -- Absent Limits Conference -- Mail Talk* December 5, 2013 Posted by BRIAN KELLY http://vjindigomusic.wordpress.com/ What a privilege it was to be a part of this talk. Lots of amazing participation from the audience and a wealth of ground covered in a short period of time. The message continuing to be taking action and unifying our collective mission/vision. A highlight of the day for me was reading a Facebook post written by a man some of you will know from his associations with Adnan Sakli and previous conversations between he and Heather I have posted on this ... more »

How Israel treats Palestinian Prisoners

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOzODE-81pc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Tyres are important, especially in the winter

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
Well worth watching, no? Another odd Japanese video.

Jenny Tonge at it again

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
Trending Central report that: 'She (Jenny Tonge) asks in a written parliamnetary question today: *Baroness Tonge: to ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have held with other European countries about opening dialogue with Hamas; and what steps they will take to promote dialogue between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.* Jenny Tonge is the Liberal Democrat who in March 2009 met Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Syria and described him as “shrewd, plausible and actually very likeable”. During that visit she also had a meeting with Ramadan Shalah, the head of Islam... more »

Get busy!!!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours ago

WTO to India: Starve your poor as we demand

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*WTO: Just another elite organization that should be kicked to the curb.* *Globalization is a fail. It serves the powers that shouldn’t be. It does not serve the people. In any nation. Anywhere on the globe.* India on Thursday shrugged off mounting pressure to compromise in a global impasse over food security that has cast the future of the World Trade Organization into doubt. *New Delhi's insistence that it be allowed to stockpile and subsidise grain for its millions of hungry poor has emerged as a major stumbling block at a WTO conference* of trade ministers in Bali. The WTO has ... more »

Saskatchewan's Auditor General BLASTS Brad Wall For Government Financial Records That Are 'Wrong"

leftdog at Buckdog - 7 hours ago
REGINA — *The provincial auditor is waving a red flag over the government’s main operating account, saying that the general revenue fund (GRF) financial statements are “full of errors” and masking a massive deficit of nearly $600 million, rather than a surplus of about $60 million as reported at the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year.* *In fact, the auditor’s office has gone so far as to issue an “adverse’’ opinion of the GRF, the first time in the province’s history that the provincial auditor has refused to endorse the GRF financial statements. “Adverse audit opinions are very rare, ... more »

"Slave-Speak"

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
What is becoming gradually obvious now is “slave-speak”. This particular dialect holds an emphasis on waiting, hoping, needing, depending, asking, obeying and fear. The sooner we drop this lingo, the faster we shed these shackles. If you are waiting to see your freedom announced in a newscast or blog, you’ve missed the point. Sovereignty does not come from outside of you. It is a deep understanding and agreement with each moment of your life. A sovereign being lives in concert with every action taken and each word spoken. A sovereign being is the absolute truth of you. All... more »

Václav Klaus: French criticism of the global warming champions' fanaticism

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
*Translation from Czech (by LM)* *Review of Pascal Bruckner's book "The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse" by the Czech ex-president* Pascal Bruckner, a significant personality belonging to the contemporary generation of French writers, a member of the left-wing "nouveaux philosophie", wrote an important book for the French people but comparably important for us as well – us who were mostly suckled on the Anglo-Saxon reasoning and who tend to underestimate the French in the social-scientific fields or, to put it more precisely, who tend to associate the French with a very illiberal thin... more »

The Autumn Statement, Ed Balls' response

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Could Ed Balls get any redder in the face? Maybe he'll explode with fake indignation, we can but hope.

Is Humanity Declaring Checkmate On The New World Order?

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 *Is Humanity Declaring Checkmate On The New World Order?* Bernie Suarez Reblogged from: Activist Post What is the line between confidence and acknowledgement of victory? Early celebration versus clear vision of how nature will handle a conflict within itself? Is victory and hope truly all imaginary or is there something more to it? As humanity exponentially wakes up to the plans of the global elite (those in power, the ruling class, the “Illuminati” or whatever you want to call them), when will it officially become common knowledge that, yes, we are in ... more »

Patrick Lane, UVic commencement speech.

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours ago
There are honourary degree holders. And then there's the poet Patrick Lane and his commencement speech at the University of Victoria, reprinted in the Times Colonist. It is 65 years ago, you’re 10 years old and sitting on an old, half-blind, grey horse. All you have is a saddle blanket and a rope for reins as you watch a pack of dogs rage at the foot of a Ponderosa pine. High up on a

A comfortable life on welfare

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
This confessional is from the USA but the same situation pertains in the UK too.

If dogs could feed themselves...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Cute video of dogs, dogs and dogs.

NATO And Al-Qaeda: A Partnership Made In Hell

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
*NATO member Turkey is serving as a sanctuary for Al-Qaeda. America doesn't mind because it created Al-Qaeda.* Turkey is a sanctuary for Al-Qaeda more than Afghanistan ever was, before or after the false flag September 11 attacks. This is a fact that cannot be dismissed with the tactic of ridicule. Whether or not this reality is admitted by official circles in Washington, Brussels, and Ankara does not matter because truth always triumphs over propaganda. History has proven this time and time again. No amount of official denials, media blackouts, slanders, character assassinations,... more »

PAUL WALKER MURDERED?

Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
*Paul Walker* Paul Walker was an American actor who died in mysterious circumstances on 30 November 2013. Walker suspected a mechanical problem with the car before the crash There is a theory that *Paul Walker was murdered for digging too deep* Paul Walker was brought up as a Mormon and became a child model and child actor. His charity REACH OUT Worldwide was in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and is involved in the current Philippines relief effort. *There are two theories:* *1.* Walker was murdered because he discovered criminal activity involving the Philippines disaster rel... more »

Hexagonal shape of Saturn's vortex

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Saturn's hexagon (a long-term storm near the North Pole) has been known to exist at least since 1988. See also TRF 2007. NASA's Cassini mission has just revealed this picture of the six-sided jet stream. Is the nonlinear mechanism behind this bizarre, seemingly artificial shape of the vortex/soliton theoretically understood? Is there some literature about it? Independently, do you have an explanation yourself? That's also a question I asked on Physics Stack Exchange now. I can imagine an explanation in terms of the same mechanisms that would explain the circular shape – but... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Timid litigation that shields Big Oil won’t begin to pay for coastal reclamation ~Mark Moseley, The Lens* *St. Bernard Parish 4th to position itself to sue energy companies*

HSBC

Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Channel 4 News - An exclusive interview with the Edward Snowden of banking - Herve Falciani* - Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II *The video below explains:* *Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke* *HSBC 'acted as financier to drug gangs' - US Senate*

Do we need a new test for teacher-candidates?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
Sent to Education Week, Dec 4, 2013 Developing and requiring a new test for teacher-candidates is based on the belief that something is wrong with teacher preparation ("Performance-Based Test for Teachers Rolls Out," Dec. 4). The evidence suggests the opposite is the case. When we control for the effects of poverty, American students rank near the top of the world on international tests. Also, graduates of American schools go on to perform impressively in the real world: According to the 2013 Global Innovation Index, which is based partly on new patents and the publication of scie... more »

Joshua Patrick - the intelligence community maintains balance

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
"The Intelligence Community aims to keep tomorrow exactly the same as yesterday," ~ Joshua Patrick Drug control Idea control Political stability Joshua Patrick is a Masters of Counselling Psychological student and a Masters in Intelligence Analysis student from British Colombia, Canada. He helped redesign the Project Camelot website. Joshua's main contention is that WAR IS A WAY to make technological changes to humanity so that the Human Race can move out into the stars, to meet the neighbours. Kinda interesting, but I don't believe those 'neighbours' would allow this insane race o... more »

THE U.S. NAVY

Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*Brock Mason of Norman, Oklahoma.* The NAVY is mainly about drugs and sex, some people might argue. In December 2013, it was reported that U.S. Navy officer Brock Mason, 24, was brought back from Japan to face charges that he sexually abused pre-teen twin boys whilst attending the University of Oklahoma Mason also allegedly gave the boys drugs. *KFOR: Sailor stationed overseas is extradited to Oklahoma* In November 2013 it was reported that "a (foreign) defense contractor ... allegedly bribed (US naval) officers with prostitutes and showered them with gifts to steer business his w... more »

The Rothschild Family - Puppet Masters - World's Only Trillionaires

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
You may never see them on the Sunday Times Rich List, but: *"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws. We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent."* ~ *Rothschild*

Dine' Jean Whitehorse: Bias and sterilization of American Indian women

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
Jean Whitehorse survived boarding school, urban relocation and the sterilization of American Indian women, and became stronger  By Brenda Norrell Censored News SAN FRANCISCO -- Jean Whitehorse, Dine', speaking at the American Indian Movement's sixth annual West Coast Conference described how racist stereotypes and bias in children's books shape children at a young age. Whitehorse

Thursday Morning Linkage – Grumpy End of Semester Edition

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
This week’s stories have no unifying theme other than they kind of capture the end of term mood, a certain grumpiness on the part of the writer (Bjorn Lomborg’s tsk tsking of clean energy advocates, Paul Collier’s screed against immigration) or not altogether pleasant images (an elephant run amok in a wedding, modern conflict with Continue reading

CruzCare-- Another GOP Weapon To Keep Working Families From Getting Health Insurance

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Yesterday I went to see my doctor, Dr. Vicky. She is the bomb! And she wrote me a prescription for 4 weeks of Doryx (200 mg). The pharmacy said the cost is $786.00/week. With Medicare insurance the price is $25/week. That's why seniors-- at least the ones who are awake-- react so badly to reactionaries like Paul Ryan and Ted Cruz who want to "ease out" Medicare and undermine Obamacare. Also yesterday, when I got back from Dr. Vicky's office, I spoke with Matt Moore, one of the Democrats intent on taking on Don Young for Alaska's single, giant at-large House seat. I asked him, as ... more »

Treating PTSD With Service Dogs

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago

Houses have changed

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
Over the last decade, new New Zealand houses have gone from considering walk-in and fitted wardrobes and en-suites a luxury to a nice-to-have to a must-have. What changes have American houses seen in that time? Short summary: “Open floor plans and lots of storage.” And bigger. Pic by Steph Davidson from Bloomberg Businessweek . Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

More on Broad Foundation and Education Genocide in Philadelphia

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 17 hours ago
From Ken Derstine in Philadelphia: November 29, 2013 By Ken Derstine November 29, 2013 By Ken Derstine “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” – Mark Twain *Further research into the Broad Foundation’s role in corporate education reform in Philadelphia* It is hard to believe that only a little over two years have passed since Arlene Ackerman was bought out of her contract on August 22nd, 2011. The changes in the Philadelphia School District have been so overwhelming and rapid that it seems the events happened ... more »

2121 by Susan Greenfield

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 18 hours ago
Unlike Helen Lewis, I was able to make my way through the entirety of Susan Greenfield's debut novel, *2121*. What Helen has to say about the prose and the lack of plotting is spot-on, so I won't be expending any wordage on the book's stylistic merits. If that's the right phrase. What I'm particularly interested in are the ideas Greenfield pushes, and the trap she and many scientists and science fiction authors fall into. Just so you know, this isn't really a novel. It's a thought experiment and polemic dressed up as one. Set in the eponymous 2121 (itself, a pun on 20:20 vision - o... more »

Spanish Syndicalism (1) CGT Strike in Unipost

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 18 hours ago
*CGT DECLARES UNLIMITED STRIKE IN SPANISH 'UNIPOST' OVER HOLIDAYS* The following is a translation from a Spanish language article at Rojo y Negro, the organ of the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union the CGT. I have had to rather "freely translate" as the particulars of Spanish labour practices are quite different from here in the Anglosphere. Any mistakes are my own responsibility. *CGT UNIPOST CALLS INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 13-D* The stoppages will be for 24 hours (from 00:00 to 24:00) and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are not included. The schedule is as follows: Dece... more »

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz points out that "Most Americans have seen their incomes stagnate or fall since 2008. Median income of a full-time male worker today is lower than it was 40 years ago."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 18 hours ago
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/V_3zmBUCVcI Wage Crisis - The USA's new underclass Journeyman Pictures Published on Nov 4, 2013 Economic hardship in the world's biggest financial superpower For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=66149&a... The squeezed American middle class has been at breaking point for some time. Now with politicians reluctant to raise the minimum wage and food stamps being cut, the social consequences could be devastating. Mike Doyle's plummet into the ranks of America's working poor is dramatic. He was a ... more »

BERKELEY PASSES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING JEJU

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 18 hours ago
*News Advisory* On Jeju Island, an environmental jewel sixty miles south of the Korean Peninsula, a massive naval base is being built to house US warships, submarines and aircraft carriers, serving as a key forward base for the " US Pacific Pivot", and turning the region into a hair trigger for global confrontation. Seven years of principled non-violent struggle by the affected villagers have resulted mostly in endless beatings, arrests, fines, imprisonment; a growing international solidarity movement; but little tangible in the way of political support from any national or local... more »

Next, outgoing NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly will need a squad of NYPD dancing harem girls and a string of NYPD polo ponies for his security

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*Wouldn't you think ex-Police Commish Rickety Ray'ssecurity will require a string of NYPD polo ponies?* *by Ken* When last we encountered departing NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, in "A holiday F.U. to NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio from his friends in City Hall and especially at 1 Police Plaza," the snotbucket was thumbing his nose at Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio (who today announced his first appointments: Anthony Shorris as first deputy mayor, "responsible for day-to-day operations of city government"; Emma Wolf as director of intergovernmental affairs; and Dominic Williams a... more »

(Who Are The Third Way and What Do They Have In Mind for US?) How They Are Using Our Money To Rip Up Our Environment and Spy On US (Is It Possible We Are Governed by the Least Intelligent, Capable and Noble?)

Not really that difficult to figure out who these guys are, is it? The conundrum (if there actually "is" one) would be "Why did they think we'd never find out?" Or did they think we'd be too stupified to act upon the knowledge? I mean, really. After Erskine Bowles teamed with the worst of the worst rightwingers to gut the grannies (and grandpas)(not to mention all those coming after them),

Despite our best evidence, Camika Royal still considers TFA a viable option. Say again?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
This, from GOOD Magazine. What’s the (yet) supposed to mean? That TFA has not violated the trust of our public education system time and again over the last several years, aligning itself with every neoliberal outfit imaginable? To wit: Though I find it highly problematic, I also agree with theHarvard Crimson editorial board in this statement: […]

Your daily Senate shenanigans

Alison at Creekside - 19 hours ago
Today the Senate voted 51- 30 against having Deloitte partner Michael Runia testify about Senator Irving Gerstein's phone call to Runia amid PMO interference in Deloitte's audit into Senator Duffy. Background : PMO *Manager of Parliamentary Affairs* Patrick Rogers on March 8, as per the RCMP ITO: "Senator Gerstein has just called. He agrees with our understanding of the situation and his Deloitte contact [Runia] agrees. The stage we 're at now is waiting for the Senator's contact to get the actual Deloitte auditor on the file to agree. The Senator will call back once we have Deloit... more »

The Down Side of Smart Phones And New Electronic Gadgets

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"Dulling the Mind: A Protest by Richard Sale"*: All of these smart phones and other “clever” devices are a means of weakening the ability to remember and recall. Such machines to spare the brain labor, reducing a whole science to a handful of visual symbols and signs, making us see at the expense of being able to deeply understand. Today’s infinite sea of data and information depresses thought and is a cause for disquiet. Or it should be. An excerpt from, *"Smartphones Improvements: positive and negative impact on society"* by Alwaleed Al Afaliq: Redesigning smart... more »

Pope Francis: Peace for Syria, and Christians of the Middle East

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"Al-Qaeda Kidnapped Nuns From Captured Syrian Village"*by Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com, December 3: Syria’s Orthodox Patriarch has issued a call for the release of 12 nuns and three other women who were kidnapped during the weekend fighting over the Christian town of Maaloula. They were taken by fighters from al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra, which seized the town before being ousted by the military. Video Title: Pope Francis: Peace for Syria, and Christians of the Middle East. Source: Vatican. Date Published: December 4. Description: Pope Francis on Saturday received a group... more »

Fukushima parade of horribles December 4 , 2013 - Solution to water problem ( dumping Pacific Ocean ) encouraged by IAEA - Countries nearby retort NIMBY ! Cover up of Fukushima motivation for new draconian secrecy law - Top Government Official says protesting secrecy law = terrorism ? And with contamination out of control ( in the water underground and ocean , in the air and on the ground ) , no solutions in sight , the inevitable massive cancer breakouts - the need to clamp discussion of what's happening to control the japanese sheeple is paramount !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Fukushima nuclear clusterfark items of note for the day - but first my prior post and link to same.... Catharsis Ours: *Fukushima Updates December 1* , *2013* - *Surveying* *...* Energy News...... 01:25 PM EST on December 4th, 2013 | 79 comments IAEA Official: “What we are trying to say is consider” putting all the toxic Fukushima water in Pacific — Impact on human health must be monitored — Nearby countries all against it (PHOTO) 10:11 AM EST on December 4th, 2013 | 81 comments Top Official: Protesting secrecy law is act of terrorism — Japan gov’t promotes idea that you’re... more »

War Watch December 2 , 2013 - Focus on Afghanistan ( Karzai claims US cutting supplies to force signing of Bilateral Security Agreement ) , Iran ( Israel concerns being put on ignore regarding nuclear talks between Iran and P 5 + 1 ) , Syria ( battle and chemical weapon destruction updates ) , Iraq ( death dealing updates )

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Afghanistan..... Hamid Karzai says US cutting supplies to put pressure on security pact Nato-led force responds to Afghanistan president: 'There has been no stoppage in the delivery of requested fuel' - Share43 - - - - inShare4 - Email - Reuters in Kabul - - theguardian.com, Sunday 1 December 2013 13.42 EST - Jump to comments (90) [image: Hamid Karzai] The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai. Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters The president of Afghanistan, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/hamid-karzai" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repe... more »

I support Rodney Hide for Epsom

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
[image: _RodneyHood]*Rodney Hood ponders a comeback* Speculation all over the place this morning that Rodney Hide might be the man to lead ACT back from the toxic wilderness to which he dragged it. There's talk of Rodney Hide coming back as leader of the party. Former ACT candidate Don Nicolson says Mr Hide could be the man to turn ACT's fortunes around… “Don Brash said there are four members who would be able to step into the role. He said Jamie Whyte, Catherine Isaac, David Seymour and Rodney Hide have all been mentioned as strong candidates. “"I would welcome as many p... more »

The Case For Raising The Minimum Wage

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
Boehner must feel like the little Dutch boy with his fingers in the dike, holding back the flood-- in this case, the flood of popular comprehensive immigration reform, the flood of popular passage of a bill to end workplace discrimination against the LGBT community, the flood against reining in domestic spying on American citizens by the NSA and, of course, the flood to enact a popular and long overdue rise in the minimum wage. Despite almost sure passage of all these things, Boehner refuses to let the House vote on any of them. He's too busy trying to further gut the food stamps ... more »

Still Hoping to Save the Filibuster

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Yes, this is most certainly futile: Republicans aren't going to do it, and most people who care don't want it to happen anyway. But I'd like to see the filibuster saved and I think it's not only possible but actually in the interest of all Senators, so I'll push on with it. Basically, as I argued a while ago, I think that the filibuster (and the good things about the Senate) has a better chance of surviving long-term if the current post-nuclear situation is replaced by a negotiated settlement on nominations. The key is to get both sides to agree to something which would be better fo... more »

Snack Time

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago

A (Sun)Day in the Life (of the BBC) - 2.

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
If you read the previous post in this series you might have expecting to read this some time last night rather than this evening. Well, that's anticipation for you. It can lead to fulfillment or disappointment. Such was the theme of... 06:05 *Something Understood * Mark Tully (formerly known as "Mark Tully in Dehli") presented a whole episode about anticipation. I didn't anticipate much from it, but was pleasantly surprised. The theme of anticipation was chosen to mark the start of Advent, as Advent is the time...need I say? Ah yes, I probably do these days!...when Christians a... more »

Professors and “journalists” love their fake facts!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013* *From Ehrenreich to Digby, then on to the new Salon:* We were a bit surprised today reading the new Salon. Falguni Sheth was criticizing the latest New York Times waste-of-time report concerning (not yet) Candidate Clinton. She also criticized President Clinton for welfare reform. Clinton did sign a bill enacting welfare reform. That said, we were surprised when we read the following—surprised, and rather skeptical: SHETH (12/4/13): The ballast for welfare reform exploited the racial antagonism against black women that was inflated and gained momentum... more »

Ositos cantando villancicos navideños

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 22 hours ago

Imagen bonita de esferas de colores para la Navidad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 22 hours ago

Be thankful for “diminished productivity”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours ago
*For once, there might be good news coming from Washington, writes Daniel Mitchell in this Guest Post* Let’s do a simple thought experiment and answer the following question: Do you think that additional laws from Washington will give you more freedom and more prosperity? I don’t know how you will answer, but I strongly suspect most Americans will say “no.” Indeed, they’ll probably augment their “no” answers with a few words that wouldn’t be appropriate to repeat in polite company. That’s because taxpayers instinctively understand that more activity in Washington usually translat... more »

Principles of Party Liability

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago
*R. v. Cadeddu*, 2013 ONCA 729:(c) Principles of Party Liability [50] Section 21 of the *Code* is set out at para. 28, above. Subsection 21(1) deals with principals, aiding and abetting. Subsection 21(2) imposes a broader liability. It applies where one person commits an offence beyond the one with which the parties had originally planned to assist one another. It imposes liability on the other person if that person knew or ought to have known that the offence committed would be a probable consequence of carrying out the original common unlawful purpose. The Supreme Court ... more »

BitCoin news and views highlights for December 4 , 2013........Hugh Hendry sees Momentum moving ( positively ) for BitCoin - note the rationale given though ( “This is the environment where Bitcoin could go to $1m. There is no qualitative reason, but it is trending. If I could own Bitcoin, I would. If I own 3D printing, it is just the same thing,” ) Lots of folks on one side of the Bitcoin boat...... On the Bear side , Gary North issues his cautionary vision for BitCoin - 2ND Largest Ponzi Scheme in history.......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Bulls....... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-04/hugh-hendry-goes-bitcoin-bull-retard-dont-tell-me-valuation-it-trending Hugh Hendry Goes Stock, Bitcoin Bull Retard: "Don't Tell Me The Valuation, It Is Trending" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/04/2013 16:18 -0500 - Ben Bernanke - Bitcoin - E-Trade - Eclectica - Eclectica - Equity Markets - Hugh Hendry - Hugh Hendry - Momo - New Normal - Quantitative Easing inShare Everyone knows *"you never go bull retard*," but it seems Eclectica's Hugh H... more »

Hermoso gatito elegante junto a las flores amarillas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 22 hours ago

Santa arrested at Elsipogtog fracking protest!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Santa Jean Sock arrested on Hwy 11 on Wednesday. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Post by APTN National News.

Nepal and its Maoist Government

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 22 hours ago
* A guest post from a friend in Kathmandu. Robin is a co-founder of *Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation* (http://samriddhi.org/), a free market think tank in Nepal. He was featured in the June 2013 issue of Business 360, Nepal's free market leaning monthly business magazine where I also write a column under "Free Market". --------- *Nepal’s new mandate for the Constitution Assembly * Robin Sitoula 03 December 2013 Nepal has been a part of an elongated political transition for nearly half a decade now. Following the Nepalese Civil War (1996-2006) monarchy was abolished and the Un... more »

Health Care Villainy: There's Nothing This "GOP" Scum Won't Do

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 23 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe It's not news by now that the Obama administration made a huge logistical mistake in the rollout of the new health care law. But the Republicans want you to pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. "Obamacare" is indeed a half-assed solution to the health care crisis, but the "GOP" has nothing, I repeat, absolutely nothing, to offer as an alternative. They simply want to go back to the way things were, and still are, with people getting turned down for "pre-existing conditions" and insurance companies stealing hard-earned money from healthy people with all t... more »

NOTHING Says Christmas Like A Kardashian Christmas Card! (Or Is It - A Kardashian Christmas Card Says Nothing About Christmas?)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 23 hours ago
People have complained to me that in each and every single Sunday rant, I always close with something pertinent to America's #1 family of skanks and trollops, the fabulous Kardashians. I honestly wish that people would understand that I take a shot every single week at these misfits for the simple reason that they are symbolic of the collapse of America itself by the fact that Americans focus so much attention on garbage such as them instead of concentrating on things that really matter... Such as actually saving the nation from total economic collapse! Well.... Today, I came acro... more »

Bring on the Car Taser, e2v

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 23 hours ago
*The way we see it, It's too bulky at the moment with a limited range. Those with pacemakers will be placed in danger even is not in the targeted vehicle.* *Possible countermeasure, wrap Vehicle's engine bay with heavy Aluminum foil/paper with wire reaching into ground.* *Abraham Ben Judea* In a move that could spell the end of high-speed car chases, joyriding, and even terrorist attacks, a UK company has created a system that can stop vehicles at the press of a button. The RF Safe-Stop system uses blasts of electromagnetic pulses to remotely shut off any car engines that targeted... more »

Blossom Goodchild - 4 December, 2013

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
*Blossom Goodchild - 4 December, 2013 * Good morning to you. If it's ok let's get into it straight away, as there are a few things I'd like to clarify if I may? Yet first, let's not forget manners ... are you well? *We indeed FEEL of the finest energies throughout our existence. We are aware that one thing you would like to clarify is the 'buzzing within your head', this is correct is it not?* Indeed. It's like I've had five strong coffee's and yet I don't drink coffee. I try to meditate to calm it down yet that seems to almost exaggerate the FEELING *Do you find the FEELING un... more »

Marx on the Power of Money

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
That which is for me through the medium of *money* - that for which I can pay (i.e. which money can buy) - that am *I*, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of the money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my properties and essential powers - the properties and powers of its possessor, Thus, what I *am* and *am capable* of is by no means determined by my individuality, I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most *beautiful* of women. Therefore, I am not *ugly* for the effect of *ugliness* - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, in my character... more »

Richard Bacon and James Delingpole

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
I have updated this piece with the original audio, listen to Richard Bacon in all his intellectual glory.

Channel 4 News - An exclusive interview with the Edward Snowden of banking - Herve Falciani

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 1 day ago
Close to TEN THOUSAND ACCOUNTS in HSBC Switzerland's list provided by banking whistleblower Herve Falciani and NOT A SINGLE PROSECUTION for corruption, here in the UK. *The affair is also an embarrassment for David Cameron, because his trade envoy Stephen Green chaired HSBC during the period covered by the allegations. *[source DAILY MAIL] These opening paragraphs from Faisal Islam's C4 news blog feature kinda says it all. *It was the biggest bank heist in history, not of money or gold bullion, but something far more important – data – and it all stems back to one man, who wor... more »

The annual lecture in memory of Prof. Martin Buber | First President of the Academy

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Video Title: The annual lecture in memory of Prof. Martin Buber | First President of the Academy. Source: TheIsraelAcademy. Date Published: June 18, 2013. Description: Chairperson: Prof. Ruth Arnon, President of the Academy Introduction of Prof. Ginzburg Prof. Yosef Kaplan, Member of the Academy Prof. Carlo Ginzburg Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Inner Dialogues Christians, Jews and Miracles In Eighteenth-Century England Skip to 18:15 to watch historian Carlo Ginzburg's lecture.

Dawn's Baby - Another Vaccination Injuried Story

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
*December 4, 2013* Our youngest soon to be daughter (We are trying hard to adopt her) was forced under STATE care to get vaccinated. She was given the MMR, Hepatitis B, Chickenpox, Haemophilus Influenzae, Diphtheria Tetanus & Pertussis, Polio, and Pneumococcal Conjugate ALL at once on November 19th 2013. On November 30th 2013 she broke out in a rash ALL over her body. Which I believe to be a reaction from the MMR va...ccine. I took her to her doctor's office yesterday. They said that yes it MAY be from the vaccine but that she would get her other MMR vaccine before going to kinder... more »

What is a Maori Ancestral Diet?

George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 1 day ago
Grant Schofield, Professor of Public Health at AUT, has done brilliant workbringing LCHF science to the mainstream media in New Zealand. To someone like myself, who enjoys science best when the most cautious and rigorous approach delivers the most revolutionary findings, Prof Schofield's approach to publicity has been exemplary. I missed the interview where he said the LCHF approach would be best for Maori, but caught the response of Maori health provider Toi Tangata: A public health specialist says Maori should go back to a pre-European diet to stop chronic diseases such as diabetes... more »

What Does the PISA Report Tell Us About U.S. Education?

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
When the OECD releases the PISA report every three years, many people use the ranking to claim public education in the U.S. is failing and push their corporate education reform agenda. But looking at the data, lessons that can be learned from the highest performing countries point in a completely different direction. For more information: http://go.aft.org/pisa #ReclaimIt

HealthCare.gov, Amazon, and Health Care as Normal Politics

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
I made the point yesterday that what we're starting to see is the re-emergence of health care as a normal political issue, along with the end fight over passing and then repealing the ACA. I think that's the right lens through which to understand the conversation about the remaining visible problems at Healthcare.gov. as discussed by Jonathan Cohn and others. Philip Klein, criticizing the improved web site, noted that it still compares unfavorably to typical commercial sites; Cohn considers the evidence. Here's the thing, though. None of this has anything at all to do with the "suc... more »

Navajo Uranium Film Festival Day 3 Videos

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Live streaming video by UstreamClick arrow to watch livestream! The International Uranium Film Festival is underway, Navajo Nation Museum, Dec. 2 -- 4, 2013 Watch videos of discussion sessions at Navajo Museum: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/41369646

BLESSINGS IN UKRAINE FOR ALL

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
I've been trying to follow the situation in Ukraine. I don't have good sources about Ukraine but I know that some people living there read this blog. I would ask them to share with me their thinking about the conflict in Ukraine. My present take is that the Ukrainian government is corrupt and heavy handed. The expanding NATO juggernaut is creating instability in places like Finland, Ukraine and Georgia. The NATO-capitalist class wants everything...we know that.....so in the competition for market and resource control NATO must control the economies and military forces of these... more »

On Being Read

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
I write so you will read. I write so I can see what I think aboot. I write so I will remember and know where to look for that thing I want to re examine. I am very flattered to find out a fellow blogger of extremely discriminating taste is reading and adding my content to their blog. H/T to http://oldephartte.blogspot.ca/

Keith Ellison: Policy Of Truth

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The Depeche Mode double platinum award for *Violator* is very nice-- and I hope you're the winner. It isn't something anyone can buy in a store, no matter how rich they are. Very few of this particular RIAA plaque were ever made, basically just for the band members and a few of their colleagues. The double platinum (for achieving 2 million) is ultra-rare; by the time it was delivered, the record had already sold 3 million. Eventually the album sold 15 million. But there's even a better reason to participate in Blue America's final contest of 2013. Sure the plaque is nice but, kee... more »

The BBC and the Woolwich Trial

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The charge that the BBC might be deliberately sanitising its coverage of the trial of the alleged murderers of Lee Rigby (in an attempt to reduce anti-Muslim sentiment) is about as serious a charge as you could possibly make against the corporation - and it's one that shouldn't be made lightly. And yet the signs that the BBC *is* sanitising the story continue to emerge each day. What do *you* make of this?: Having just come in from work I wanted to read the latest developments from the trial and clicked onto Sky News's account. This led with the video of Michael Adebolajo's poli... more »

VIETNAM WAR - SECRET UK INVOLVEMENT

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Villagers slaughtered by the UK military in Malaysia. * *www.dailyrecord.co.uk* In the Vietnam War, there was secret British involvement. *Britain provided the American military with:* *1.* Intelligence. *2.* Military hardware. *3. *Training for US special forces. *4.* 'Former' British soldiers. *As many as 2,000 Britons were on the ground in Vietnam.* Some of these were SAS (special air services) soldiers. *Britain, Vietnam and the Special Relationship* *5.* *US bombing raids over Laos were flown out of a British air base in Thailand.* *6.* British ships supported US comm... more »

And the Band Droned On

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
I'd missed the much-ballyhooed Amazon infomercial on *60* *Minutes* Sunday night, being so enthralled with CNN's Death is Fun and charity extravaganza specials as I feverishly engaged in my standard seasonal Luddite activity of hand-crocheting Christmas gifts for friends and family. So, after reading in the headlines that Amazon will make humans even more redundant than they are already by using drones to deliver packages, I felt compelled to play catch-up and watched the replay of Charlie Rose fellating interviewing yet another multibillionaire with a mission. In this episode, the r... more »

More on Failing Writing, and Students

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
More on Failing Writing, and Students. via More on Failing Writing, and Students.

HAARP and Volcano Light

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
It's called Volcano Light, seismic activity causes intense electromagnetic flux. It's the same principle HAARP works on. Mainstream science had been trying to pretend it doesn't exist, since it's the smoking gun for Earthquake Weaponry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMTSDzU1Z4 If you have a HAARP-like array, you can bend and focus EM fields globally - that's the official explanation for HAARP; over-the-horizon Extemely-Low-Frequency communication with submerged nuclear submarines. But if you can produce magnetic flux at any spot on (or below) the Earth's surface, you can also ... more »
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