oldephartte(in training): 13 Jan - Blogs I'm Following II

English: Marthon Tel Aviv - A view on the beach עברית: מרתון תל אביב - מראה על הים (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A20, Ayalon river and Tel-Aviv skyline (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The San Francisco Peaks as viewed from Elden Mountain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

San Francisco Peaks - Fall 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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That Anti-union Billboard in Times Square: Consider the Timing

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 minutes ago

On January 12, 2014, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (a misnomer) produced the following five-story billboard in Times Square (New York City): This is not CUF’s first swipe at Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). In December 2013, CUF launched a similar ad– a full-page ad in the New York Times– attempting the same […]

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 minutes ago

“What will survive this battle of the galaxies? Known as Seyfert's Sextet, this intriguing group of galaxies lies in the head portion of the split constellation of the Snake (Serpens). The sextet actually contains only four interacting galaxies, though. Near the center of this Hubble Space Telescope picture, the small face-on spiral galaxy lies in the distant background and appears only by chance aligned with the main group. Also, the prominent condensation on the upper left is likely not a separate galaxy at all, but a tidal tail of stars flung out by the galaxies' gravitational i... more »

The Realist Report - Horus the Avenger

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 42 minutes ago

On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Horus the Avenger of *White Rabbit Radio*. Horus and I will be talking about the weaponization of language, the systematic attack on White people and Western civilization, and how we can fight back. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *WhiteRabbitRadioTV - YouTube channel* - *Half of US Congress are millionaires: study* - Yahoo! News - *Vets outraged o... more »

FOIA info request goes after sewage snow damage on sacred San Francisco Peaks

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 46 minutes ago

Photo by Protect Peaks FOIA filed for each document on sewage snow damage on sacred San Francisco Peaks By Brenda Norrell Censored News FLAGSTAFF, Arizona -- The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out what damage is being done by the sewage water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks. The FOIA for "each and every document" on corrosion and

The Zionist City of Tel-Aviv was designed before Israel was formed

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 55 minutes ago

The Streets of Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting As Tel Aviv expanded, rows of apartment blocks and commercial structures were erected where previously there were sand dunes, orange groves, olive orchards, and vineyards. Agrarian villages, too, were swallowed up by the forces of urbanization. During the early 1940s the adjacent German colony Sarona was also annexed to Tel Aviv. The new city’s growth outpaced its ability to adopt modern sanitary arrangements. Among this collection’s unique items is a set of sewer diagrams prepared by a London-based engineering fir... more »

Maybe The GOP War On Women Will Result In The Re-Release Of "Just Say Roe"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago

In 1987 I was running Sire for Seymour Stein. He hired me because he felt the powers at our parent company, Warner Bros, didn't prioritize his signings. He was in NYC and they were in Burbank and he felt he needed someone there. That was me. When this new music format came along-- CDs-- only priority artists were getting their records released as CDs… Dire Straits, Prince, David Lee Roth. The only Sire artist with CD releases was Madonna. But Seymour and I were both determined to break our "baby bands" and we both felt the CD was the future of retail. Our head of retail, though, ... more »

“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago

*“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”* by ENE Jan. 6, 2014 interview with Professor Chris Busby, Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk and member of UK Department of Health Committee Examining Radiation Risk for Internal Emitters (CERRIE), Infowars (at 19:45 in): “I think they’re going to have to throw a fence around there and watch it forever. I don’t see what else they can do. I did think, and they did think, about the possibility of bombing it into the ocean, but frankly I think there’s nothing much they can do now — the genies out of th... more »

SHARON’S GAZA PULL-OUT: IT WAS NEVER REALLY THAT BIG A DEAL

Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 1 hour ago

Zionists and their neoconservative supporters have always framed Ariel Sharon’s pull-out of the Gaza Strip as some kind of concession to Palestinians that might result in peace for those Israelis who lived under the threat of attack from Palestinians who had been ghettoised within the Strip and were resisting occupation. The pull-out was seen as a precursor to the ‘land for peace’ deals that Israel was pushing as part of the ‘Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan’. The Zionists figured that, if they pulled out of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians inside would give up attacking Israel on acc... more »

War Watch January 12 , 2014 - Syria Rebel in-fighting has devolved into a narrative of good Al Qaeda vs bad Al Qaeda ( West may not be winner in Syria battle of ‘good al Qaida’ vs. ‘bad al Qaida’ ) ..... Iraq sectarian fighting continues unabated ( more bad Al Qaeda vs in this instance Sunni Tribes and Iraq Government forces ) Iran sanctions game may leave Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei as the real winner in Iran ( moderate Iranians the losers if Sanctions by Congress cause nuclear talks to be halted ) ...... Libya " insecurity " continues as controversy swirls around Cyrenaican federalsts including Jadhran , Libyan Cabinet Member shot down in hometown , former southern security head shot down in tripoli ...

Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago

Syria..... Al-Qaeda Executes Scores of Rivals in Northern SyriaExecuted Huge Number of al-Nusra Fighters by Jason Ditz, January 12, 2014 Print This | Share This Underscoring just how ugly the infighting among rebel factions in northern Syria has gotten, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has captured and executed an estimated 70 rivals, including a large number of fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, another al-Qaeda affiliate. The fighting that began a week ago Friday claimed 500 dead in the first week, and a weekend of fighting and executions has brought that number to at least 700 now. Initial fig... more »

Jack A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago

The U.S. is supposed to withdraw troops by the end of the year, and the American people overwhelmingly want us to leave, but President Obama intends to retain a military presence. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | … finish reading Jack A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan

Obamacare updates January 13 , 2014 -- Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/obamacare-enrollment-explained-three-charts Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/13/2014 18:50 -0500 - Cohen - Insurance Companies - Medicare - Obamacare - Reality - White House inShare By now the distinction that "enrollment" in Obamacare does not actually mean coverage should be painfully clear: one still has to pay, and according to a recent analysis up to 50% of "enrollees" in any given state have not paid, which means the White House... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

Waynesville, North Carolina, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Perhaps..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

The Ethics of Casual Teaching Contracts: how we are all implicated in selling out academia and exploiting our students

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago

For the last few years in particular, there has been a marked increase in the number of sessional, casual, teaching-only, adjunct, fixed term, temporary job ‘opportunities’ listed and circulated in the usual IR job venues. These various titles and categories point to one reality: precarious labor is a permanent reality within academia. The trend has Continue reading

Ariel Sharon (1928-2014)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago

*by Ken* I suppose we should have laid the son of a bitch to rest yesterday, but given the eight years during which he was already withdrawn from the world in the vegetative state that followed his incapacitating stroke shorty into the new year of 2006, I thought he could wait a day while we heard *New Yorker* reporter Jane Mayer remember another newly departed son of a bitch, Reagan press secretary Larry Speakes. The habit of speaking little ill of the dead is especially unfortunate in the case of Sharon, who developed into a full-blown monster. Here's how Ian Welsh remembered h... more »

On women…

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago

[image: "This is about the unbridgeable gulf between what each of us wants and how to interpret another's feelings," says Mankoff. "It's a wonderfully complicated sentence, and we understand it transfers to the very complicated psychological dimensions that separate them from each other." Bruce Eric Kaplan, October 26, 1998.] One of several “favourite New Yorker cartoons ever,” as chosen by the magazine’s over-analytical cartoon editor. Unaccountably, there was *not one* by Thurber, a man obsessed by both women and dogs – and possibly their best cartoonist ever. Easily remedied: ... more »

Learning to teach reading from Whitey McWhiterson and her twin sister

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago

I don’t mean to bring race or whatever into this. Good teaching is good teaching, right? But the reader might know about my frustrations with early literacy instruction as of late, particularly guided reading. When examining a few new models and other suggestions, here’s what I see: white kids, white lily classrooms, white teachers, white, […]

Chet Raymo, “We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

*“We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”* by Chet Raymo “The leaves are raked and bagged. The grass is mowed for the last time. The geraniums smile weak goodbyes. Now, as if by some law of compensation, the curtain opens on the sky. The great starless spaces of autumn fall like a black velvet drape into the west. The show opens. The sky begins. As the Sun sinks beneath the horizon, the Pleiades rise in the east, heralding the arrival of the spectacular winter stars. Aldebaran, the red eye of the Bull. Sirius, the Dog Star. Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion. Castor and Pollux, the Tw... more »

"We, The Jewish People, Control America, and the Americans Know It" ~ the recently deceased Ariel Sharon

Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 4 hours ago

You've probably seen the MAINSTREAM MEDIA eulogizing the "great" former leader of Israel Ariel Sharon. In all the coverage you've seen, have you seen his quote: “Every time we do something you tell me Americans will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.”??? Of course not, and here's why: *Six Jewish Companies Control 96% Of The World’s Media* Where did Jewish control over most everything we see and hear in the U.S. start? Try here: Whe... more »

20 imágenes de paisajes, islas y cascadas para relajar tu mente

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 5 hours ago

Requiem for Stella

Southern Man at Southern Man - 6 hours ago

After a long illness Stella has moved to that great Dog Park In The Sky. Stella was a Good Dog. Photo by Southern Sister. As the Official Dog of Southern Man Blog Stella can also be seen here, here, here, and here.

Will Nature, Young People and Future Generations Forgive Us?

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 6 hours ago

*By Jay - Ottawa* Earth scientists have documented five mass extinctions. In simple terms extinction works like this: A new world blooms, life flourishes for a while, a fatal problem develops and most of that epoch’s creatures are wiped out. Forever. Sometimes the die off is swift, sometimes slow but relentless. Despite a handful of extinctions, Earth hasn’t turned into a Moon or a Mars. The vital spark has survived –– so far –– through a few small, base creatures who survive one epoch to reanimate another world full of life –– but always a new world that never quite re... more »

'Ceasefires possible in areas of Syria', says John Kerry [Source: Euronews]

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago

"Ceasefire" must be socialized into the mindset of every party to this conflict. Each for its own reasons will see this as a "win" *if it is framed properly*." - Dr. Marc Gopin, *"'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We Need to Hear"*, Huffington Post, January 2. A *quote* by Dr. Thomas Daffern, director of the UK-based *International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy*, talking about a ceasefire in Syria: *"What I'm calling for is a ceasefire, a unilateral, universal ceasefire in Syria by all parties. But it's a mental or spiritual ceasefire I'm calling for first. We're n... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

*“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”* By Janet Allon “New Jersey’s vindictive governor may have grabbed all the headlines this week, but that doesn't mean other right-wingers failed to dish up their usual combo of inane and offensive statements. *1. Ohio politician not sorry at all for sending out racist email. *Apologies can be so very lame. It’s true. And they have such a variety of ways of being lame. There’s the non-apology apology, aka the faux-pology, which often starts something like, “I’m sorry if I offended you....” There’s the apology th... more »

Weekend Update

Southern Man at Southern Man - 6 hours ago

And it is a busy one with Teen Daughter in town, plus the monthly geocacher's lunch and Christian dance. On Friday Southern Man zoomed up the turnpike to fetch Teen Daughter from her mother. As always she chatted and sang all the way back. We ended up at the mall for dinner and a scary movie. Teen Daughter knows all of these movies by heart and was quick to identify references to previous films when she wasn't cowering under Southern Man's jacket. Saturday morning was our monthly geocacher's luncheon. A festive gathering. Our luncheon hostess (on the left, who caches under th... more »

My third re-posted Paul Craig Roberts blog in a row(!), this one having to do with U.S. unemployment. The remarkable fact here is that the folks at the Bureau of Labor Statistics have finally come out with a payroll jobs report that disproves the alleged recovery. This has led PCR to "wonder how the BLS civil servants who produced it can avoid retribution" ...for letting us know that there is no -- and can never be -- a recovery from the "great recession" so long as 73% of the US work force continues to earn less than $50,000, millions of others have searched for but finally given up trying to find a job, and no new jobs are being created.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago

------------------------------ *No Jobs For Americans — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ January 10, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter No Jobs For Americans Paul Craig Roberts The alleged recovery took a direct hit from Friday’s payroll jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created 74,000 net new jobs in December. Wholesale and retail trade accounted for 70,700 of these jobs or 95.5%. It is likely that the December wholesale and retail hi... more »

Hazy Shade Of Winter

Southern Man at Southern Man - 7 hours ago

MORE NEOCON NONSENSE FROM ‘MAD MAX’ BOOT

Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 7 hours ago

Neocon warmonger Max Boot writing in *Commentary* today seems to think that the latest negotiations with Iran will “implicitly recognize Iran’s ‘right’ to enrich uranium”, adding “i.e., its ‘right’ to maintain breakout capacity to build a bomb within a few weeks or months”. First off, Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has always had the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and, while Iran’s enemies have tried desperately to accuse Iran of having a nuclear weapons program, there has never been any hard evidence produced to support the claim. All t... more »

How Capitalism Saved Europe From Starvation

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago

*When it comes to knowing their history, what most people know about about most of history just isn’t so. There’s no more what-you-know-isn’t-so about history than what people think they know about the beginnings of modern capitalism and the coming of the industrial revolution…* [A selection from *Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow*] *by Ludwig von Mises* [image: Wojciech_Gerson_-_Gdańsk_in_the_XVII_century]Two-hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man’s social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of his life; he inherited it from his ances... more »

Central bank propaganda from the central banker’s central bank

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago

In a four-minute piece of video propaganda on what is supposedly their specialist subject, money, the Atlanta Federal Reserve gets at least five things wrong, explains Mish Shedlock, including: 1. What money is 2. Price stability 3. Exponential math 4. Who benefits from inflation 5. That Federal Reserve policies are responsible for asset bubbles that grow increasingly larger over time That's one hell of a lot of things to be wrong about [in just four minutes], especially for someone "*big on getting our communications right.* " Read more (and watch the video... more »

Benefits Street

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago

We Brits love our two minute hates, and going by the bile trickling down Twitter this evening Channel 4's *Benefits Street* has cornered that market. So a few points. This programme, despite its obvious opportunism, was conceived and produced by metropolitan elite-types. And metropolitan I, of course, mean London. In typical path-to-hell fashion perhaps the filmmakers genuinely believe they're helping the people involved in this show. There's an element of the working class exotic about it, a whiff of the northern Other (despite Birmingham not being 'the north'). It smacks of nice ... more »

Oh, that Daily Mail outlook

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 7 hours ago

Yeah, it's more funny than sinister, but this unremitting drive to pathologise normal socio-cultural discourse is dangerous. Everything short of solid endorsement of the Dail Mail outlook is evidence of left wing bias. Anything to the left that's more vigourous than holding a copy of the Guardian (Sherlock is seen holding a copy of the Guardian - the *Guardian,* it's like a conspiracy!) is Cultural Marxism. This is an attempt (however small and daft the example) to build the same kind of hysteria that infects American public life.

The DCCC Doesn't Usually Back Normal People For Congress-- But It Does Back Millionaires And Shady Lobbyists

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago

Corrupt Inland Empire conservatives rally around their boy Pete Aguilar, including his pal Jerry Lewis, Bill Emmerson, Mike Morrell and, of course, Gary Miller Friday I was busy blaming Steve Israel of the DCCC-- and his counterparts at the NRCC-- for the fact that more than half the Members of Congress are millionaires. Israel, after all, recruits them-- and discourages ordinary working men and women from running. But millionaires aren't even the worst of the garbage Israel recruits. He also encourages the only profession ranked below "Member of Congress" by ordinary Americans in... more »

Punctuation matters.

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago

[Hat tip Noodle Food] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Quiz: Which classical character are you?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago

Apparently I’m the wily Odysseus! Cool. [image: image] Which classical character are you? Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Tobacco Tax 9: Why Earmarking Legislation is Wrong

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 9 hours ago

The Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 (RA 10351) is one year old (enacted December 20, 2012) and after its first year implementation, it seems to have exceeded its revenue target. BIR said sin tax collection in 2012 full year was P50.4 billion, and January-November 2013 collection was P91.6 billion, higher than full year 2013 target of P85.8 billion. Now some legislators and the advocates of the law are asking, where is that money? See various reports yesterday, Phil. Star, Cayetano asks where sin tax money goes Rappler, Senators: Where is sin tax money going? Tribune, After 1 year of rich... more »

John Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago

John Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University By Liz Hill Censored News WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 13, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national commentator on Native issues, will be a featured speaker at “Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal Recognition Process,” a two-day conference at Arizona State University in Tempe. Kane will be one of four

Minimum Wage as an Antipoverty Tool

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 9 hours ago

David Henderson reports: If the federal minimum wage were increased to $9.50 per hour: - Only 11.3 percent of workers who would gain from the increase live in households officially defined as poor. - A whopping 63.2 percent of workers who would gain were second or even third earners living in households with incomes equal to twice the poverty line or more. - Some 42.3 percent of workers who would gain were second or even third earners who live in households that have incomes equal to three times the poverty line or more.

what i'm reading: just kids by patti smith

laura k at wmtc - 9 hours ago

*Just Kids* is a memoir by the artist and musician Patti Smith, about her life and relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is a memoir of both Smith's and Mapplethorpe's coming of age as artists, and of the path of their relationships, both with each other and with other people who were formative in their young lives. *Just Kids* is also a memoir of New York City in the 1970s, especially of certain slices of the art and music scenes. Although Smith met and hung out with many famous musicians, artists, and writers during the time she writes about, *Just Kids* does... more »

let them stay week day 2: letter to the editor

laura k at wmtc - 9 hours ago

*Let Them Stay Week 2014* kicked off yesterday with a flutter on social media. Today we get underway in earnest by writing letters to the editors of local newspapers. Three ideas for letters are here on the War Resisters Support Campaign website. An excellent list of email address, along with some tips for writing effective letters, is here, thanks to the good folks fighting for our public health care system. Your letter might reference one of three events: the 10th anniversary of the first Iraq War resister to arrive in Canada, the recent release from prison of war resister Kimb... more »

Colour Revolutions - Look Out, Brazil!

Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago

RevolutionLocationDate startedDate endedDescriptionCarnation Revolution PortugalApril 25, 1974The revolution is associated with the colour carnation becausecarnations were worn.Velvet Revolution CzechoslovakiaNovember 17, 1989December 29, 1989in 1989, a peaceful demonstration by students (mostly fromCharles University) was attacked by the police – and in time contributed to the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.Yellow Revolution PhilippinesFebruary 22, 1986February 25, 1986The 1986 People Power Revolution (also called the "EDSA" or the "Yellow” Revolution) in t... more »

'Daily Mail' Bingo

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago

Those of us playing *Radio 4 Comedians Bingo *during tonight's *The Unbelievable Truth *will have been pretty disappointed, as it was a surprisingly low scoring edition of the show (and funny too). Still, thanks to Jeremy Hardy, we were at least able to mark off the *'Daily Mail' *as he took his inevitable Radio 4 comedians' swipe at that newspaper over its 'fascist' past. That makes it three editions in a row now where Radio 4 comedians on *The Unbelievable Truth *(namely David Mitchell, Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Hardy) have had a swipe at the *Daily Mail* - surely ample testi... more »

Book Review: “North Korea in Transition” – Oh Wait, it’s Not in Transition…

Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago

I know book reviews bore everyone, but the journal where I published this doesn’t post electronic versions of book reviews. So I thought this would be a good place to put it for internet accessibility. I tried to make this interesting by focusing on trends in NK, rather than just summarizing the constituent essays. It’s Continue reading

Wild Bill: Commie Rat Democrats...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago

are hard at work and doing a darn good job.

Things we can learn from Mr. Brady!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago

*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014* *Star QB fights climate denial:* Tom Brady beat the Colts this Saturday night. In his typically modest way, he also fought climate denial. How did Mr. Brady do that? Consider this passage from the sports section of today’s New York Times: ARATON (1/13/14): If you had the Patriots scoring six touchdowns without Tom Brady throwing for any in a 43-22 thrashing of the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night, there’s a handicapping job waiting for you somewhere... *In a New England downpour, a hard reign fell on Andrew Luck and the Colts at Gillette Stadium.* L... more »

RODMAN ON HIS KOREA VISIT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

Actually he is right....he is just a person trying to make peace in his own way. Someone has to the break the ice at last - instead of a hot shooting war - and it turned out to be Dennis Rodman. Sometimes history comes calling and you have to go with it.....

WHO STILL BE THE DEVIL?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

"Somebody Blew Up America" by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone, recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. This production is part of "Free Jazz at the Sanctuary," a 13-part series of performance videos featuring some of the world's most talented improvisers. Each hour-long show is available on DVD directly from Downtown Music Gallery (www.downtownmusicgallery.com). For more information on this series, visit www.JazzSanctuary.org

WE ARE BEING SCHOOLED......

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

Frack U. Mexico. Directed by Greg "Gringoyo" Berger. Screenplay by Al Giordano. Good news! Mexico has the fourth largest shale gas reserves in the world, and the Mexican Congress is about to change the constitution so that private companies can drill for it. That means that U.S. companies will soon be there, fracking for gas. Sure, there may be some complications from the more than 500 chemicals that will be pumped into Mexico's aquifers, but never fear: Joe T. Hodo, President of "Frack U. Mexico!" is here to show you why Mexicans should stop worrying and learn to love fracking...... more »

NO MORE EXCUSES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

On the 12th anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at the U.S. detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, activists occupy the National Museum of American History to create their own exhibit.

Christie gets his buddy back!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago

*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014* *Ways to make story grow:* When the press corps invents a Standard Group Story, their work can take several forms. The main point must be driven, of course. But many less significant, smaller points will make the story that much better—more pleasing, more satisfying to the target audience. When Bill Clinton got it on with Miss Lewinsky, the claim that she was a “21-year-old intern” made the story *vastly* better. When the corps decided to slime Candidate Gore, the claim that he grew up in a fancy hotel was extremely pleasing. Gore didn’t grow up in a fan... more »

Syria: Geneva II, Captagon trafficking and Iran/IAEA

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago

* Going long, but, interesting* *WP* PARIS — International backers of Syria’s fractious opposition warned rebel political leaders Sunday that upcoming negotiations for a transition government to replace President Bashar al-Assad may be their last, best hope to bring their country’s civil war to an end. With* less than two weeks to go before a negotiating conference in Geneva *sponsored by the United Nations, the U.S.-backed Syrian Opposition Coalition has yet to say that it will attend. Amid rising frustration among its supporters, the group’s attempts to come to agreement and appoi... more »

Thorne Dreyer : December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours ago

Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist

No Jobs for Americans As Unemployment Number Drops From from 7.0% to 6.7%

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 11 hours ago

Still thinking about those new jobs creation numbers and how the unemployment rate came down from 7% to 6.7%? Dr. Roberts says it's a shill, and he's got the logic and real numbers to prove it. I noticed today that the financial media presstitutes were a bit hesitant to hype the drop in the rate of unemployment when there was no jobs growth to account for it. The Wall Street and bank

Climbing a treet

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago

“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago

*“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich: * *It’s Time for ‘Militant Nonviolent Resistance’”* By John W. Whitehead “Everywhere, “time is winding up,” in the words of one of our spirituals, “corruption in the land, people take a stand, time is winding up.”—Martin Luther King Jr. We now live in a two-tiered system of governance. There are two sets of laws: one set for the government and its corporate allies, and another set for you and me. The laws which apply to the majority of the population allow the government to do things like sending SWAT teams crashing through yo... more »

Chris Christie's Political Ambitions: Dead In The Water-- And Getting Deader

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago

On *Meet The Press* yesterday, Chris Matthews ended the segment on the rapidly expanding Chris Christie scandal by pointing out that Christie's greatest hit in the eyes of the general public was how much of an activist, on-the-ground leader he was when Hurricane Sandy devastated wide swathes of New Jersey. Matthews pointed out the incongruity of Christie's supposed nowhere-to-be-found posture when his aides shut down the George Washington Bridge for 4 days. Until now, people have seen Christie not as the corrupt overbearing and thuggish bully he's always been, but as a no-nonsense... more »

Virtual tour to 7 power plants

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago

There are 430 nuclear reactors but so far, there has been no comprehensive virtual tour into the nuclear power plants' interior. The dominant Czech power utility company ČEZ is changing that. For seven weeks, it will be presenting a new virtual tour to one of its power plants (click, main web). *The Štěchovice dam (1945).* On Monday, 10 a.m. Central European Winter Time, they release a new site. The first plant that became available today is the hydroplant in Štěchovice, a dam on the Moldau South of Prague. You may imagine that it is rather low-tech (the dam was built between ... more »

Psychotic Mass Murderer Ariel Sharon Is Dead: Eulogizing A Mass Murderer!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 12 hours ago

I for one am very happy that one of the worse mass murderers in the last 1/2 century, Ariel Sharon, is finally dead! This psychopath has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinians, and was the Israeli Prime Minister during the time of the Israeli led 9-11 attacks on the United States. But as usual we find the Jewish controlled media, and many Jewish controlled governments, around the world singing the praises of this psychopath, and many are now heading to Israel to pay homage to this mass murdering freak! To give a proper perspective on Ariel Sharon... more »

Beating on Christie hoping for some truth.

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago

So Chis Chestier is given a power that he regrets later. This is as big a distraction as i will screw you sideways and deny it much later, Is it possible to find a leader that did not think it was anti popular to bring out his mistress later.

Recently at Bloomberg View

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

I suppose I'll start a new post, and update it throughout the week, with links to current posts over there. As always with these, I may or may not update here in a timely way; your best bet is just to go over to my main page there. Here are the weekend links: Friday Baseball Post What Mattered? Sunday Question for Conservatives Sunday Question for Liberals And Monday, January 13: Read Stuff, You Should Why Campaign Finance Laws Make Things Worse George Miller and the Ruling Class of 1974 Will High Court Trim Presidential Power?

Thailand: "Occupy Bangkok" Begins

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours ago

Hundreds of thousands of protesters, hundreds of vehicles permanently occupy intersections across Bangkok in opposition of Wall Street-backed regime. *January 13, 2014* (ATN) - The fourth, and largest mass mobilization yet by protesters seeking to rid Thailand of unelected dictator Thaksin Shinawatra and his proxy regime, has filled the streets of Bangkok with hundreds of thousands of protesters, turning sections of the city's roads into walking streets, campsites, stages, and protest areas. *Images: Scenes from just a few of 8 major protest sites where permanent encampm... more »

Basel Bestows a Break to the Banks, Belying Bankruptcy

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 13 hours ago

Very interesting folks!!! My highlights and comments in blue. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579316584090630274?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303819704579316584090630274.html Banks Get a Break on Leverage-Ratio RulesBasel Committee Softens Terms of Requirement Meant to Ensure Lenders' Soundness Geoffrey T. Smith Updated Jan. 12, 2014 4:31 p.m. ET World banking regulators said they would soften the terms of a rule meant to ensure banks' soundness, bowing to pressure from banks that had argued it would stifle... more »

Gardasil: What Lack of Informed Consent Did For Me by Nicole Alexandra

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago

Gardasil: What lack of informed consent did for me By Nicole Alexandra Sacramento California Sane Vax, Inc. 10 January 2014 I had seen many Gardasil commercials on television and wanted to be ‘one less girl’ affected by cervical cancer. My doctor said I needed the HPV vaccine and I trusted the information I was given. I believed the vaccine was important for my health. I chose to get vaccinated. I was not told that regular pap smears were an effective way to detect abnormal cells which could be treated before they developed into cervical cancer. I was not told the vast ma... more »

We are all Freaks

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago

Just get over it an do as much as you can do with love.

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Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago

I heard the beautiful vibrations of sound no one could deny that they formed my future advance to respond to a sound that over I no control or faced with a lawsuit would not agree this is the path upon which vitalization must advance. If your ignorant and not well imfored you will see that benath all of Cananda and the CBC are minirals, great wealth for those that believe. Gold bugs drive me crazy becuase they think this is the meauure that defines humanity. Its like a weapon with lethal certanty. Sure I can kill any progressive agnda like a target on Daley plazza which in real life was ki... more »

We came from someplace

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago

I am all for our celebrities to be graded. It separates the Kim Kardahisn and Kanye Wests from the real case. When you are looking at a starfield its like a sportsteam, but in Hollywood its all about who could make us the most money without complaining they were not first in line to that great disbursement of a trust fest. Time has revealed who where stars and who the gamma ray turned there internal organs into some kind of midnfield. Hollywood stars are the tissue paper of history. You could blow your nose on them with love, but still for the most part they were stupid on policy wh... more »

BECKHAMS AND BUTTERFLIES

Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago

For Harper Beckham's nursery. *Metrosexual Quarterly* at The Newspaceman *Harper* ~~~~ *PROTECTING THE PEDOPHILE RINGS* *FEMALE MP IN PEDOPHILE RING* *WAR CRIMES DOSSIER NAMES WALL*

Harper government:CBC Fifth Estate Documentary Exposing Damage to Scientific Research -"Silence of the Labs"

LeDaro at LeDaro - 14 hours ago

I knew about Harper's war on science but CBC's Fifth Estate documentary, Silence of the Labs, was revealing, showing the full extent of the damage being wrought by the Harper Conservatives. I never thought it was this bad. The damage done is immense, scientists muzzled, world renowned research projects axed, all in the name of politics. An archeologist leading a team researching Viking landings on Baffin Island - a project that received international media attention - was axed because the Harper CONS wanted to emphasize British history, including the War of 1812, and did not want... more »

Islamic State of Iraq And The Levant Continues To Overplay Its Hand

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) attempts a comeback it continues to repeat the same mistakes that turned most of the country against it in the past. Part of its current Soldiers’ Harvest campaign is to gain and hold territory in Iraq. As a result it has moved into certain towns and cities and begun issuing warnings and orders to the population about what it will not accept based upon its interpretation of Islam. Recently it has banned wearing western clothing and listening to music. Another bad trend is its tendency to attack anyone that does not agree with it.... more »

WASHINGTON TIMES VIDEO: Iraqi Diplomat Wants Obam Engagement In Al Qaeda Crisis

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

RADIO FREE IRAQ VIDEO: Life Returning To Ramadi

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

EURONEWS VIDEO: Iraq: Life In Fallujah Slowly Returns To Normal

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

@BBCRadio4 Thank you

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago

Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign are pleased with BBC Radio 4 this afternoon: *CardiffPSC* ‏@CardiffPSC25m @BBCRadio4 Thank you for *the* afternoon drama *The* *Brick* set in # Jerusalem about *the* ease with which #Palestinian history has been obliterated The object of their gratitude is Afternoon Drama: The Brick, "a compelling portrait of Palestinian life by Selma Dabbagh...a British Palestinian writer based in London".

Common Core Without Testing Is Like Vampires Without Blood

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago

Not many people remember that Diane Ravitch was for Common Core before she was against it, and what turned her against it was the certainty that any benefit of second graders all learning to write memos rather than reading *Mrs. Frisby* . . . would be negated by an increase in testing--which she had come to understand to be the tool for destroying public schools. Now Ravitch's friend, Randi Weingarten, has suddenly decided to "uncouple" testing from Common Core. PhilaKen and whole bunch of other folks at the Ravitch blog have noted that Common Core without testing is like sunshine ... more »

PRESS TV VIDEO: Iraq Condemns Kurdish Region Over Oil Exports

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

Mayor Sokolich seems to change his story!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago

*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014* *Watching story change:* This morning, the New York Times presents a 2847-word background report on the lane closings in Fort Lee. It’s a familiar type of report. Once a particular story attains a certain critical mass, the Times assembles a coffle of scribes to offer voluminous background. In theory, this is a good idea. In practice, sometimes not. Today’s report was assembled by the traditional cast of thousands. N. R. Kleinfeld is the reporter of record. Beyond that, “reporting was contributed by Michael Barbaro, David W. Chen, Jim Dwyer, Matt Fleg... more »

October Surprise and Henry Kissinger : Strange Diplomacy in Iran - byRobert Dreyfus, 12/2/1980

Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago

This is interesting - just doing some debunking of debunking on the Newsweek attack piece on Garry Sick and his book (which none of them had read when they wrote it), and noticed something interesting; First, they try and originate the first allegation of a secret deal to LaRouche, on December 2nd 1980, who report Kissinger meeting in Paris with people prior to the election (an old habit with him), as written up in Executive Intelligence Review. The LaRouchies have archived all their back issues (split up into either articles or full issues) for EIR online, as PDFs. So I pul... more »

Cold Play

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago

Stop the argument, they are top level.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago

*"Watch Me Do My Thing: Surveillance in New Orleans." ~Jules Bentley, Antigravity Magazine* *On your side ~Library Chronicles *

California Readers--Read This and Act

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago

K-12 News Network has obtained an email that the United Way sent to its partner groups advertising an informational session held by Superintendent John Deasy that will provide details on the rollout of Local Control Funding Formula councils. These councils, part of Local Control Accountability Plans, must by law include community members, parents, teachers, and others who will participate in determining funding priorities for Los Angeles Unified schools. They will be expected to review preliminary budgets and provide feedback and oversight so that foster children, those from low-inc... more »

Doctor Who Lego Figure Necklace

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours ago

[image: Housewife Eclectic: Doctor Who Lego Figure Necklace] I have a confession to make. I love to collect things. There is something about looking for those last few pieces to a collection that I can't get enough of. One of my absolute favorite collections is my Lego figures, especially the Doctor Who Micro Figures I have collected over the last year or so. Lego figures are so much fun because they are small, but carry so much impact in the details. A few months ago, I was looking for a birthday gift for a fellow Whovian (people who love Doctor Who) and I knew she would love a nec... more »

Telling the World "I LOVE You"

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 15 hours ago

I woke up this morning, knowing that in my sleep time I had been "discussing" the frequency of Love- the cause and effect of LOVE on the physical and etheric "bodies" of ourselves and even the surrounding energy fields around us. While I wish I could remember all the details that I discussed (ugh, I hate waking up and "forgetting"), the one major point that stayed with me is that everything resonates through frequencies, and that the frequency of LOVE is one of the strongest and most energetic waves that we create and emanate. We are all tied together in one huge mosaic of spira... more »

Turkey corruption probe updates January 13 , 2014 ....Judicial Bill remains mired in controversy and rowdy debate and scuffles during a Commission Meeting...... Main opposition leader meets President Gül, requests withdrawal of judicial bill ..... Graft prosecutor Zekeriya Öz rejects relocation, takes annual leave ...... Brussels asks Turkey to be consulted to ensure judicial bill in line with EU legislation ...... Graft accusations aim to thwart Istanbul’s third airport and bridge plans: AKP spokesman

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

Main opposition leader meets President Gül, requests withdrawal of judicial bill ANKARA Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Many figures last week urged President Abdullah Gül to play the intermediary for solving the ongoing crisis. DHA photo] Many figures last week urged President Abdullah Gül to play the intermediary for solving the ongoing crisis. DHA photo Main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held a meeting with President Abdullah Gül Jan. 13 in Ankara, voicing the Republican People Party’s (CHP) position over a controversial bill giving t... more »

Wondering Who The Republican Party's Next Todd Akin Will Be? There Are So Many To Choose From

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago

Get used to seeing pictures of New Jersey teabagger Steve Lonegan yelling Steve Stockman's deranged "John Cornyn-is-a-liberal" campaign really is something to behold. Stockman, a former vagrant strung out out on and dealing a wide varietis drugs, is making a lot of ambient noise on twitterand producing amusing infographics like these: In December, when he announced he would be abandoning his House seat to primary Cornyn, he asserted that "Liberal John Cornyn wakes up every morning and works to make the Senate a more liberal place. That’s why I am running for the United States Senate... more »

For 11(b) applications the time period from the charge to the completion of the trial is properly considered in assessing inferred prejudice

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago

*R. v. Lo*, 2014 ONCA 23: [2] We also agree with counsel for the appellant’s submission that the trial judge’s reasons are open to the interpretation that when considering inferred prejudice, a trial judge should not have regard to neutral time periods. If that was what the trial judge intended to say, he was, with respect, in error: see R. v. Ralph, 2014 ONCA 3. The entire period of the delay, that is the time period from the charge to the completion of the trial, is properly considered in assessing inferred prejudice.

WATCHING STORY GROW: Contradiction!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 16 hours ago

*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014* *Part 1—Maddow versus the Times:* What explains September’s lane closings at the George Washington Bridge? On Thursday morning, the New York Times gave a definitive answer. It appeared in Kate Zernike’s news report, the featured report in the top right-hand corner of the newspaper’s front page. Below, you see the way the news report started. According to Zernike, the truth about a “mystery” had finally been “revealed:” ZERNIKE (1/9/14): The mystery of who closed two lanes onto the George Washington Bridge—turning the borough of Fort Lee, N.J., into a park... more »

Exceptional Talent and US Immigration

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 16 hours ago

I have an analysis of immigration and US Soccer up over at Law in Sport. Here is how it starts: Issues related to immigration and citizenship have long been debated in the United States, and are reemerging as a political issue, with calls for reform coming from both Republicans and Democrats. President Obama says that "the US immigration system is broken ... there are 11 million people living in the shadows."1 One consequence of the broken immigration system can be seen in US soccer, where certain immigrants to the United States are deemed ineligible to represent Team USA, despite... more »

Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet

AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago

*I apologize for the lack of postings lately. Internet service has been really bad since the solar flares last week. -Bill* *Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet* by ÉirePort Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet and the consciousness of all inhabitants. Such encompasses all levels of Gaia expression, and allows no "escape" from the uplifting effects. Those of humanity which have held the so-called "dark" contrast, are encouraged by this Higher Vibration to release those rôles, and rise with the rest of Hue-manity. As always, resistance to the incre... more »

A War On the Poor

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago

As Republicans and Democrats argue about whether they should extend unemployment insurance to the long termed unemployed, Paul Krugman writesthat the Republican argument is part of a war on the poor: Right now Republicans are doing all they can to hurt the poor, and they would have inflicted vast additional harm if they had won the 2012 election. Moreover, G.O.P. harshness toward the less fortunate isn’t just a matter of spite (although that’s part of it); it’s deeply rooted in the party’s ideology, which is why recent speeches by leading Republicans declaring that they do too care... more »

The grotesque pedophocracy reappears in the Quenelle controversy

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago

*Flashback time.* Why? We have been discussing the quenelle and the controversy surrounding that gesture. Gallier has been doing his due diligence and uncovered yet another reason the psychopathic elites have their "knickers in a knot" concerning a new show put on by Dieudonné *The two most recent posts on the subject:* * More from Gilad Atzmon on the censorship of Dieudonné & la quenelle * The Economist explains "What is the quenelle" *But, as usual, there is more............* gallier2*January 13, 2014 at 3:39 AM* *Okay, things start to get clearer now. There is one aspect of Dieudo... more »

If you like spin, you’ll love this

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago

* “Almost a tenth of babies and toddlers in England and Wales are Muslim, a breakdown of census figures shows.**The percentage of Muslims among the under-fives is almost twice as high as in the general population. In an indication of the extent to which birthrate is changing the UK’s religious demographic, fewer than one in 200 people over 85 is Muslim.* *One expert said it was foreseeable that Muslims who worshipped would outnumber practising Christians.” It’s not inconceivable” said David Voas, professor of population studies at the University of Essex.”* *“Data from the 2011 cens... more »

Gardasil : comment j’ai payé l’absence de consentement éclairé par Nicole Alexandra

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago

*Gardasil : comment j’ai payé l’absence de consentement éclairé* par Nicole Alexandra, 10 janvier *« Le Gardasil a changé ma santé, ma vie et celle de ma famille pour toujours : physiquement, mentalement, émotionnellement et financièrement »* J’avais vu beaucoup de publicité à la télévision pour le Gardasil et je voulais être « une fille de moins » qui serait atteinte par le cancer du col de l’utérus. Mon médecin m’a dit que je devais faire le vaccin contre le HPV et j’ai fait confiance à l’information qui m’était donnée. J’ai cru que le vaccin était important pour ma san... more »

Download Twitter for Android Versi Terbaru 2014

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 17 hours ago

Download Twitter for Android Versi Terbaru 2014 - ngobroli soal jejaring sosial semakin hari semakin amat banyak umat menggunakannya, salah satu jejaring sosial yang terkenal saat ini adalah "Twitter". Twitter yang didirikan dalam tahun 2006 ini yang dibentuk oleh Jack Dorsey, saat ini telah mendunia dan diperkirakan pengguna di seluruh dunia kini mencapai 100 juta pengguna bahkan mungkin

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago

*Our Who Dat Nation is down, but won't give up hope, no ~Don Ames, WWL* *Chinatown, New Orleans ~Richard Campanella* *Proposals to fill in canals not gaining much traction ~Amy Wold, Advocate* *Guest Post | Hancock County Alliance for Good Government: 2014-A Year of “Elections” and “Decisions” ~Slabbed * *Flu spreading in state, locally ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE*

Codex Alimentarius

Paul Coker at News Spike - 17 hours ago

Ian R. Crane - Codex Alimentarius from Spike EP on Vimeo. *Quote: * *"The Codex Alimentarius Commission, established by FAO and WHO in 1963 develops harmonised international food standards, guidelines and codes of practice to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade. The Commission also promotes coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations. For more information see here: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/about-codex/en/ "The reference made to Codex food safety standa... more »

1000 Melting Men In Berlin, Germany

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 18 hours ago

October Surprise: Anatomy of a Hit-Piece

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago

*I quote The Enemy:* "....the Reagan Administration, for instance, wanted absolutely nothing to do with him; they considered him *far* too unsound...." *- Christopher Hitchins, * *The Trials of Henry Kissinger, * *2001* I quote the Editoral, Executive Intelligence Review, Vol. 7, Dec. 2nd 1980, pp2.: *It is a story that will not die--a dark tale of conspiracy and political intrigue that, if true, would constitute something like an accusation of treason against George Bush, the late William Casey and other members of Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign. Briefly put... more »

Colourful Map of the body and it's emotional responses

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 19 hours ago

An interesting Map of what the body looks like compared to emotions!!! http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/ This data is very interesting in relation to the Ancient Mysteries and The Alchemical process of realizing yourself and attaining Self Mastery. This post goes well with Emotional Guidance Scale (Explained in detail) How to be guided by your emotions, instead of controlled by them. By Justin. And the post True Health: How to Tap Into the Healing Abilities of Your Chakras . Our Emotions, (E-Motion Energy in Motion) reflect to us physically, what we have created within, our RE-Presenta... more »

Food Safety Lectures by Dr. Shiv Chopra In Ontario, Canada on January 26th & 27th 2014

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

Do you live in Ontario? World renowned public speaker and best selling author, Shiv chopra, of "Corrupt To The Core" will be speaking at 3 upcoming events in Ontario. See poster below for more details.#DrShivChopra #CorrupttotheCore #GMOs #Ontario #FoodSafety #Pesticides #Herbicides #gmofreecanada *Source:* *GMO Free Canada Facebook*

Jupiter Ascending - Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum - Wachowski Wachonski

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 19 hours ago

due Summer 2014, Jupiter Ascending is the latest release from the Matrix Trilogy *'brothers'* the Wachowskis. *Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) is an unlucky Russian immigrant who cleans toilets for a living. She encounters Caine (Channing Tatum), an interplanetary warrior whom the Queen of the Universe sent to kill Jupiter. Caine tells Jupiter that the stars were pointing to an extraordinary event on the night she was born, and that her DNA could mark her as the universe's next leader.* [source SYNOPSIS] "Your Earth is a very small part of a very large Industry," Hell, yeah!

Nukes have worked since 1945 - why keep affirming that - nuclear tests thru 1989?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 19 hours ago

unless the goal is to a) destabilise the west coast of USA (which has happened) or the Russian continent or the mid-Pacific or b) destabilise the health of humans around the world, why all these nuclear detonations thru 1989? We know nukes have worked since Oppenheimer's Trinity i.e. July 16th 1945, what's the point of RE-TESTING NUKES on this global scale? *THIS POST EXCLUSIVELY SPONSORED BY WAR WORLD TECHNOLOGIES INC:* *Lorien Howell, an estate manager at Oxford law firm Convo & Convo, is seduced by her G3 whistleblowing client 'Actor Arrenay' to join him in liberating mank... more »

Monday Morning Linkage

Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago

Hi. Here are some links to help you get your week started… Richard Shapcott reviews Daniel J. Levine’s Recovering International Relations: The Promise of Sustainable Critique. The book is compared to P.T. Jackson’s The Conduct of Inquiry. Shapcott says that “Levine’s goal is to place the idea of a moral/ethical vocation at the heart of the Continue reading

Pilots for 9/11 Truth - 911 Intercepted - Skygate 911 trailer & scenes

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 20 hours ago

9/11's *FOG OF WAR* happened, why? "We can not call out for some reason..." Danielle O'Brien air traffic controller at Dulles AFB, unable to work with her 'disabled' communication system on the day of the 9/11 Event. Here's commercial airline pilot Mitoa Edjang, at a Pilots for 911 Truthconference, saying why he's *not convinced by* the (as reported) 9/11 Event. *WHAT THIS POST'S REALLY ABOUT:* here's the latest documentary from Pilots for 911 Truth, titled: Skygate 911 SAMPLE ONE: SAMPLE TWO:

PROTECTING THE PEDOPHILE RINGS

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago

*Mysterious death of child witness* *In the UK, undercover police, including members of the notorious 'Special Branch', posed as Sunday People newspaper reporters to get close to key witnesses in the current child abuse scandal.* *http://www.mirror.co.uk/* This child abuse and child murder scandal involves huge numbers of top people and huge numbers of children. *Child-abuse pedophile networks for top people are believed to have been active throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA over many years, and reportedly they are run by the security services.* ... more »

Princess Leia in THAT metallic bikini slave costume... twice!

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago

This picture, recently tweeted (@TheWookieeRoars) by Peter Mayhew aka Chewbacca from Star Wars, would have set my teenage self's heart all a-flutter and affected certain other areas too... It's Princess Leia and her stunt double relaxing on the Star Wars set... both in their slave girl metallic bikini costumes... Still works on this middle aged man!

Chomsky

Paul Coker at News Spike - 22 hours ago

"In 1969, he was in the Boston area on an extended business function. He therefore arranged a discussion with Chomsky. Chomsky had initially agreed to a one-hour meeting in his office. Ray brought only 3-4 pieces of evidence, including his work on CE 399, and a series of stills from the Zapruder film. Soon after the discussion began, Chomsky told “his secretary to cancel the remaining appointments for the day. The scheduled one-hour meeting stretched to 3-4 hours. Chomsky showed great interest in the material. We mutually agreed to a follow-up session later in the week. ... more »

It is the Death of History - by Robert Fisk (2007)

Paul Coker at News Spike - 22 hours ago

*2,000-year-old Sumerian cities torn apart and plundered by robbers. The very walls of the mighty Ur of the Chaldees cracking under the strain of massive troop movements, the privatisation of looting as landlords buy up the remaining sites of ancient Mesopotamia to strip them of their artefacts and wealth. The near total destruction of Iraq's historic past – the very cradle of human civilisation – has emerged as one of the most shameful symbols of our disastrous occupation.* *Evidence amassed by archaeologists shows that even those Iraqis who trained as archaeological workers in ... more »

Wilhelm Wien: 150th birthday

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago

Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was born on January 13th, 1864, to a landowner father in Prussia and died in 1928. He received the 1911 Nobel prize in physics for his work on the black-body radiation. Over his lifetime, he was affiliated with German universities in Giessen, Würzburg, Munich, Aachen, Göttingen, and Berlin as well as with Columbia University in New York (in April 1913; yes, 7 universities for his 7 names). His PhD adviser was Hermann von Helmholtz. He would always work on experiments related to light and electromagnetic radiation but he would try to propose ... more »

Musical Interlude: R.E.M., “Everybody Hurts”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Not doing so well recovery wise today, a rough day, so apologies for no posts, but thought of this very sad but beautiful song and wanted to share it with you... Hold on, you’re not alone... -CP R.E.M., “Everybody Hurts” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc

Scientists Don't Want The Moon To Become Like West Virginia

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Imagine Freedom Industries with a charter to operate on the Moon! This week, as the president of Freedom Industries, which is affiliated with the Koch brothers, insisted that there's too much of a fuss being made over the toxic spill on the Elk River, even just *touching*-- not drinking, *touching*-- the water that comes out of their taps induces non-stop vomiting for folks living in tens of thousands of homes in West Virginia. And Freedom Industries is not subject to any permits or inspections by the EPA. The New York Times reported, “According to Department of Environmental P... more »

Widespread Corruption

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago

We have seen it in Quebec, want to bet its not the same in Ontario? Well in England its epidemic. Beyond the Pale. "The thing that corruption stories -- even astounding ones like this -- teach us is that our systems need to account for the possibility that the authorities are corrupt, or sloppy, or duped. Creating laws that give police and magistrates the power to declare anything anyone does illegal, storing massive DNA databases, allowing for secret courts and warrantless surveillance, creatingunaccountable systems of censorship, and letting spies run wild are all examples of sy... more »

So how much of the "Paleo Diet" is based on an actual Paleolithic diet?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

Since I stilll have this conversation about this fad diet with someone at least once a week (sigh), here’s TED Fellow Christina Warinner, an expert on ancient diets, answering the question: *So how much of this "Paleo Diet" stuff is based on an actual Paleolithic diet?* The answer is *not really any of it*. Who’s Christina Warinner, and what the hell would she know? Well… Dr. Christina Warinner has excavated around the world, from the Maya jungles of Belize to the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, and she is pioneering the biomolecular investigation of archaeological dental calculu... more »

On the defense of @rweingarten by @dianeravitch

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

It’s really quite simple, actually. Simple for me, at least. To begin, you can review Ravitch’s personal defense of the President of AFT. The American Federation of Teachers is a political organization. It must operate in a way that satisfies numerous interests and issues and permutations. I won’t begin to understand that position as I […]

Updates On Syria [1.12]: Assad Is Rallying Sunni Leaders Against Saudi Arabia's Goons, Obama Admin Ensures Geneva II Will Fail By Saying Assad Must Go, Turkish Government Is Arming Al-Qaeda Under The Guise of Humanitarian Aid

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago

*1. An excerpt from, "Conflicts Forum's Weekly Comment 27 December 2013 - 3 January 2014" Conflicts Forum, January 10, 2014: * Yet, if we stand back from the region, it is clear that the Syrian government, over the last weeks, is rapidly consolidating its military situation. The circumstance of Damascus is far different today from even a few weeks ago (as recent visitors to the city confirm to us). It is true that, at one level, sectarian animosities (particularly Saudi ones) have reached new heights across the region, but a new – and underrated – factor is being felt: Sunnis are fa... more »

Big Law watch - After a Merger Falls Through, Patton Boggs Keeps Looking for the right merger partner...... A look at proposed mergers in big Law tht did not come to pass in 2013 , speculation on another prospective pairing.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/after-a-merger-fails-patton-boggs-still-seeks-partners/?_r=0 After a Merger Falls Through, Patton Boggs Keeps LookingBY ELIZABETH OLSON [image: Tom Boggs, partner with the Washington-based law firm of Patton Boggs.]Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images Tom Boggs, partner with the Washington-based law firm of Patton Boggs. For over a half-century, the Washington law firm Patton Boggs has been a significant player in the nation’s legal, lobbying and business worlds. The firm has represented corporations like the Mars candy company and Exxon ... more »