Tuesday, January 28, 2014

28 Jan - Blogs I'm Following II

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The Fukushima Dai'ichi Unit 4 tragedy continues

Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 12 minutes ago
TEPCO has announced that 220 fuel bundles have been transferred from the Unit 4 fuel pool to the common storage pool, roughly 1/8 of the total.  Despite this, the islands of Japan, the west coast of the USA, and the world in general remain habitable. This on-going tragedy affects the scaremongers, whose credibility may be irreparably damaged by this continuing state of normality.   Perhaps they

Pope on World Communication Day: Slow Down, Engage and Help

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 minutes ago
*The Internet is also a gift from RAND and the Pentagon, let's not forget their work. * Video Title: Pope on World Communication Day: Slow Down, Engage and Help. Source: romereports. Date Published: January 23, 2014: The Vatican released Pope Francis' first message for the World Communications Day. In line with the main themes of his pontificate, the focus is on using modern methods of communication to build "authentic encounters." An excerpt from, *"Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter" - Pope's Message for World Communications Day,"* Official Vatic... more »

Thailand: Regime Terrorists Deploy M-79 Grenade Launchers

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 27 minutes ago
*January 29, 2014* (ATN) - Thaksin Shinawatra's proxy regime, currently ruling in Thailand, have again attacked protesters, this time with the deadly 40mm M-79 grenade launcher - a weapon of war used extensively by pro-Thaksin terrorists in violence that left 92 dead in Bangkok in 2010. Thai PBS reported in their article, "Lard Phrao protest site comes under M-79 grenade attack," that: The protest site of the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) was attacked by M-79 grenade launcher again before dawn today, causing injury to a protester. The grenade a... more »

When Will The Koch Brothers Stop Making Believe They Don't Own The Republican Party Lock. Stock And Barrel?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Just a little update on Ken's post from last Saturday on everyone's least favorite brothers… Something to keep in the back of your mind while pondering President Obama's State of the Union message of equality from tonight. Clearly, what the Kochs are doing to America in their anti-democratic jihad, is sociopathic. But is it criminal? They certainly have all the money they need to hire the lawyers-- and legislators-- to ensure that nothing they do can be defined as criminal. Rachel: "The Koch brothers are spending-- and organizing the spending-- of more money than almost anyone i... more »

"… he lived and died at the hands of the vigorous interior decorators of his age"

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
*Constance Perkins House, by Richard Neutra. **Pic from Frank Lloyd Gallery* *.* Quick question before you start: Which famous novelist was killed by over-vigorous interior decorators. Architect Richard Neutra has your answer: it was French naturalist writer Emile Zola. Zola, said Neutra, “courageously advocated a consistent interrelation of all things, adherence to nature, indifference to conventions, and realistic logic.” In everything that is, but his boudoir. “When he came to build his own house in Meudon or furnish his apartment in the Rue de Boulogne, he certainly did not a... more »

Deluded People Talk About Haiti

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 2 hours ago
I'm still reading Stein and Lang's *The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar*.It's taken me awhile because, .... well, I'll put it this way; I couldn't finish this book on Chartism because it started to get too depressing. With *The Unexpected War*, I can only take so much on the actions and subsequent reflections of people like John Manley, Paul Martin and Rick Hillier, before I get bored and sleepy. Here's the thing though: It might just be mainstream Canadian scholar/pundits Stein and Lang's take on it that's influencing me, or it might just be me acknowledging a simple reality that... more »

The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 2

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 2 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pastor Eli James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing early American history, the American Revolution, and the Founding Fathers' views of Christianity. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.

Leonard Peltier on the Passing of Pete Seeger

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
By Leonard Peltier Censored News Greetings my friends, relatives, supporters:I want to comment on a couple of different issues one is on a sad note, that Pete Seeger passed away. When I say sad it is because we will miss the music he gave to the world, and gave to all the people who struggle against the injustices that take place throughout the world and humanity it seemed like he

Daniel Amerman ( hat tip to Turd Ferguson ) explains the clear and present danger to the US in his missive " COULD A COMPOUND INTEREST WILDFIRE THREATEN U.S. SOLVENCY " This is a must read to understand why QE is in place now , why we must continue to have QE moving forward ! Forget taper talk , math suggests and US government debt buyer paucity makes clear Fed QE is the only game in town !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
The Fallacy of "Taper" By Turd Ferguson | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 9:10 am There will be A LOT of talk these next few days about the concept of a Fed "taper" of quantitative easing. Oh sure, another small "Bernank Legacy Taper" could happen tomorrow but, to better understand *why QE truly is to infinity*, you need to read this guest post. Longtime Turdites know that I have been pounding this theme for years. Simply put: *The Fed will not and, more importantly, cannot end its quantitative easing program.*It is to infinity. Why? Because QE has never been about "supporting the econo... more »

Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
- Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale” - http://www.youtube.com/

PRESIDENT OBAMA, YOU ARE INVITED TO VISIT ARIZONA’S OPERATION STREAMLINE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 3 hours ago
*SPECIAL INVITE TO OBAMA & HOLDER RE OPERATION STREAMLINE: Please sign and share this far and wide... 24 human rights activists put their lives and liberty on the line to end this for-profit scheme called Operation Streamline.http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2014/01/24/streamline/ * *To: President Barack Obama* *To: First Lady Michelle Obama* *To: Honorable Attorney General Eric Holder* We are writing to you regarding an urgent situation taking place in Tucson, Arizona. Every weekday, Monday through Friday at 1:30 PM Operation Streamline takes place at the Federal Court House. ... more »

"Benedicto"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets' towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where d... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky. Visible with binoculars in the constellation of Hydra, majestic spiral arms have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel. Although discovered 250 years ago, only much later was it appreciated that M83 was not a nearby gas cloud, but a barred spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way Galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* M83, pictured above by the Hubble Space Telescope in a recently released image, is a prominent member of a group of galaxies that includes Centaurus A and NGC 5253, all of which lie about 15 ... more »

Russian Bank ( My Bank ) Halts All Cash Withdrawals January 28 , 2014 - anyone paying attention to the number of banks wobbling these days ? By the way , check the My Bank 12/22/13 " Appeal to Clients " letter ! Two snippets.... - To regulate the process uptime of ATMs and offices of the Bank, due to the increased workload, put a limit on cash withdrawals - up to 20 thousand rubles a day .....According to our estimates, subject to positive momentum from measures adopted, within 2-3 weeks, all restrictions will be removed.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Zero Hedge.... Russian Bank Halts All Cash Withdrawals [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/28/2014 09:53 -0500 - Bank Run - CDS - Lloyds - Sovereign CDS inShare20 It would appear the fears of a global bank run are spreading. From HSBC's limiting large cash withdrawals (for your own good) to Lloyds ATMs going down, Bloomberg reports that *'My Bank' - one of Russia's top 200 lenders by assets - has introduced a complete ban on cash withdrawals until next week*. While the Ruble has been losing ground rapidly recently, we suspect few h... more »

Chet Raymo, “The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“The Wild Silence And The Wild Dark”* by Chet Raymo "It is probably obvious by now that I have been reading Yeats. So let me share one more poem, "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven": “Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” There is a wonderfully sexy scene in “Frankie Starlight” where Anne Parillau... more »

Inside the 'portal to hell': Relative gives investigators tour of haunted Indiana home where 'possessed' children were 'chanting satanically' and saw 'ugly, black monster'

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 4 hours ago
- *MailOnline has obtained exclusive audio and video footage from the exorcisms of Latoya Ammons * - *She who was 'possessed' along with her three children after moving into home in Gary, Indiana, in 2011* - *Video shows police, utterly convinced case is real, being given a tour by Latoya's mother * - *She claims children were 'satanic chanting' and saw 'big, black monster'* - *Police audio also features a 'demon' rasping 'hey' in the basement * - *Sons were taken to hospital after one was inexplicably thrown in the house - while there a nurse and... more »

SOTU 2014

Southern Man at Southern Man - 4 hours ago
An emperor with no clothes addressing a parliament of whores.

Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*"I have sung for pacifists and I have sung for soldiers."* *-- Pete Seeger* *Trailer for the 2007 documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song* *"I decline to discuss, under compulsion, where I have sung, and who has sung my songs, and who else has sung with me, and the people I have known. I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent this implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, or I might be a vegetarian, make me any less of an American. I will tell yo... more »

Larry Ray : Pentecostals, Baptists, and ‘naked images’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 4 hours ago
Too much naked truth for Mississippi prison workers when they get zapped by body scanners. By Larry Ray | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Here’s looking at you, kid! There ought to be a law! … finish reading Larry Ray : Pentecostals, Baptists, and ‘naked images’

They say the climate’s “changing” … [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
It’s no longer about “global warming,” they say, it’s now all about *climate change*. Global warming, they say, is causing the climate to change *extremely. *We are going to have hotter summers and colder winters, they say. We’re having them now, they say. It’s hotter (and colder) than it’s ever been, they say. Is it? Here’s a map showing the hottest and coldest recorded temperatures on your favourite continent. Fact: there have been No New Continent ‘Hottest’ Temperature Records Since 1978. Looks like the more things change, the more they stay the same. *UPDATE*: Ultra-warm... more »

Air Force nuclear cheating scandal widens ..... Around 70 officers at Montana base are accused of cheating on, being aware of cheating, on nuclear missile launch test . For perspective , there are 190 missile launch officers at Malmstrom ! How secure are our nuclear weapons anyway ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Al Jazeera.... Air Force nuclear cheating scandal widens January 28, 2014 3:30PM ET Around 70 officers at Montana base are accused of cheating on, being aware of cheating, on nuclear missile launch test Topics: Air Force Nuclear weapons Military [image: hagel] The cheating scandal has prompted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to raise the possibility of revising the way ICBM launch crews are tested.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The number of U.S. Air Force service members implicated in a scandal involving alleged cheating on tests of nuclear missile launch operations has roughly doubled from th... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Concord, Michigan, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Information to Obtain need not be commissioned by Justice of the Peace

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
R. v. D.G., 2014 ONCA 75: [5] In this case, the ITO of P.C. Feizal Rhab was commissioned by Shirley Atkinson, a Commissioner of Oaths for the Waterloo Regional Police Service. The warrant was then issued by Justice of the Peace Legate Exon. [6] The trial judge ruled that an Information to Obtain a search warrant may be sworn before a commissioner for oaths. [7] The appellant contends that this step in the process violates s. 487 of the*Criminal Code*. This breach resulted in an unlawful search contrary to s. 8 of the*Charter*. Accordingly, the appeal ... more »

Deep tweets

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 5 hours ago
Been offline for days so behind on the SOTU gossip. Somebody, please tell me this is a joke. .@GrahamBlog: Proud to provide my guest ticket to tonight’s SOTU to Korie Robertson. #DuckDynasty pic.twitter.com/AWIkJfRj5M #scnews #sctweets — Kevin Bishop (@KevinDBishop) January 28, 2014 *Update*: Ye gods, it's not a joke.

"Troubles..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" - Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

Lamar W. Hankins : When conscience rules…

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 6 hours ago
There may be a silver lining to religion-based attacks on the ACA. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 The legal cases filed against the Affordable Care Act requirements that health insurance include contraceptive coverage … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : When conscience rules…

Closing credits

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Still, after all this negativity about last night's *Newsnight*, at least the programme had the decency to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The BBC may not be very supportive of living Jews but it often does justice to the victims of the Holocaust. We heard poignantly from Anita Lasker Wallfisch, a cellist who performed in the Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz - an increasingly rare survivor. Mengele heard her play Schumann's beautiful *Traumerei *('Dreaming'). Gulp. Her son, the wonderful Raphael - another cellist - and his son, Simon, played the programme out by playing that much-negle... more »

“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Embracing Life-Affirming Death Awareness: * *How to Transform Yourself and Possibly Save Human Civilization”* By Fred Branfman “I never want to forget the prospect of death. Because, if I am ever able to block out those emotions, I will lose the sense of purpose and focus that cancer has given my own life." —Hamilton Jordan, "No Such Thing as a Bad Day" "My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The '80s were about acquiring. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. The country (is)... more »

Honoring Carter Camp South Dakota Feb 27, 2014

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago

Turn again, Andy Verity

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
My goodness, isn't it surprising how much mileage a blogger about BBC bias can get from one single edition of a BBC programme if he (or, with due acknowledgement to Sue, she) really tries? My third post on last night's Newsnight focuses on the third item on the programme's agenda - an item I was kind-of- prepared-for by a post by Alan at *Biased BBC - *though Alan was a wee bit premature in thinking that the BBC had, in Orwellian fashion, 'vanished' it. *Newsnight*'s report was by Andy Verity, who seems (semi-officially) to have been promoted to Paul Mason's old position. It was... more »

Independent-Minded Progressive Tae Si Taking On Tom Cole In Oklahoma

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
The sprawling Oklahoma district south of Oklahoma City, covering half of the Red River Valley, OK-04, has been represented in Congress by Tom Cole since 2002. His lowest reelection victory was a 68% win. In 2012, the district, which has a PVI of R+19, gave Romney a 67-33% win over Obama, although, the only 4 counties in the whole state voting Democratic in the last gubernatorial race were all in the 4th-- Commanche, Cotton, Jefferson and Stephens. This year a young progressive Democrat, Tae Si, is taking on Cole and not waging a "Republican-lite" campaign against him, but a full-on... more »

How “School Choice” Has Failed Louisiana (Especially New Orleans) Parents

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
Advocates of the privatization of American public education have proclaimed the week of January 26, 2014, as “school choice week.” As such, they are celebrating the creation of their own lucrative bureaucracy, one that is anything but controlled by parents. In short, “school choice” is a misnomer. “School choice” would be better named “forced choice,” […]

Harry Targ : Progressives need to remember that history is complicated

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
In the words of Pete Seeger, “Though it’s darkest before the dawn, These thoughts keep us moving on…” By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 [This essay by Harry Targ first appeared at The Rag Blog … finish reading Harry Targ : Progressives need to remember that history is complicated

MSBBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
As this is the year of *Newsnight *at *Is* (well, at least until I get sick of watching it), let's continue where we left off with last night's *Newsnight*. After Ed Balls's big-boned face had filled our TV screens (and accursed be he who invented Widescreen), it was onto the BBC's Katty Kay for a State of the Union report on Barack Obama's record. Katty is the entirely natural face of the BBC in the U.S.A., being the anchor of BBC World News America. Commenters on right-leaning American blogs seem to hate her bias but love her English accent and her alliterative name. Katty Ka... more »

Harvey Wasserman : Remembering Pete and Toshi Seeger

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
So long, Pete & Toshi. It’s been amazingly great to know you. By Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 Toshi and Pete Seeger defy description except through the sheer joy and honor it was to know … finish reading Harvey Wasserman : Remembering Pete and Toshi Seeger

Blue Pearl - Can You Feel the Passion

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 9 hours ago
"What were you listening to 20 years ago, Phil?" Top drawer shit like this:

New Snowden Interview (Full Video)

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 9 hours ago
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Tin Hat With Roses

Mother Sharon Damnable at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 hours ago
I have an old tin hat, it is dated 1941, and was a gift from a friend, just in case. I thought I might use some craft skills to decorate it. I have been learning how to make ribbon roses, as you may notice. First I glued four ribbons together to make a band. I folded the ribbons in half and glued again. Then I decorated the front of the tin hat with two pink chiffon ribbon roses I made. A Vintage broch that I found, and a white rose with trailing sequins. For the back of the hat I made a rose corsage with various ribbons.

It’s time for someone to take Rachel Maddow...!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014* *...and lead her away from her desk:* Rachel Maddow has become an undisguised clown. She’s now a nightly parodic version of her own lost self. Money and fame can do that to people. We’ve seen this fact put on display from Judy Garland and Elvis Presley forward. That said, it’s time for someone to take Maddow by the arm and lead her away from her desk. If you want to see what it means to be lost, we recommend that you watch the tape of Maddow’s opening segment last night. (Click here. You might want to turn down the volume.) Get ready for the extreme his... more »

(Pete Seegar Joins Band of Fascist Killers) Dr. Strangelove Proved Out? Dot-Com-Redux Aborning and GE Crops Lead To Increased Not Decreased Pesticide Use

The last of the troubadours has joined that glorious band in the ether. May they play on. Every time I saw Pete Seegar perform or performed one of his glory songs, I felt a tear in my soul for the joyous, courageous life he pursued and his undeflectable joie de vivre (even when Dylan went "electric"). It's hard to imagine anyone following in those footsteps today, but thousands (millions?)

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago

When Starbuck met 29

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 9 hours ago
I am singing that love song again You know my belle I would change the universe on its axis making positive negative and gravity just a talking point thing If I could capture your heart again and feel your angel pulse beating against my soul as well together not quite sweaty Some kind of glistening I will always remember your skin Not meeting the threshold of wet no a magical kind of moist a mucous layer of love conformation yet not by any means dry It was some kind of CGI anomaly that I saw with my loving eye. Who do! Who do you want? Who knows what the future brings Who does I have... more »

“Here We Go Again (Hospitals Raping People)”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Here We Go Again (Hospitals Raping People)”* by Karl Denninger “And again... Eric Ferguson, 54, from Mooresville, N.C., was taking out the trash at his home last August when he was bitten on the foot by a snake. He drove himself to Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, where he was treated with anti-venom medicine. According to his bill, the hospital charged $81,000 for a four-vial dose of the medication. Shocked at the price tag, Ferguson told the Charlotte Observer he and his wife found the same vials online for retail prices as low as $750. If you destroy the medical monopolie... more »

Harper Ignoring Warning Signs, About Dangers of Transportating Tarsands Oil

LeDaro at LeDaro - 10 hours ago
*Lac Megantic explosion.* We have been hearing more about the dangers of transporting tar sands, pipeline explosion in Manitoba - TransCanada pipeline's "apology" is hardly enough - train derailments and, worse, explosions in the case of Lac Megantic. Despite all this, Harper is blind to reality, he wants to exploit and ship more tar sands crude oil, regardless of the health and safety consequences for Canadians. Harper is muzzling scientists who dare present facts that contradict him, it's all about making the oil and gas industry bosses happy, not about the health and safety of... more »

"Sooner Or Later..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

PMSH 24 Seven.

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 10 hours ago
Stephen Harper Twenty-four Seven. Seriously. 

Satire: “Republicans Promise To Respond To State Of Union With Grumpiest Faces Ever”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*“Republicans Promise To Respond To State * *Of Union With Grumpiest Faces Ever”* By Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — “As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight, congressional Republicans are promising to respond with what they call their grumpiest faces ever. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) confirmed that the G.O.P. have been practicing in front of mirrors for weeks in the hopes of creating just the right grouchy-face look for the TV cameras. “Tonight, President Obama is going to lay out his vision for this country,... more »

Of Ferrets and Interviewers

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Last night's *Newsnight *began with a discussion of Labour's plans to re-raise the UK's top rate of income tax to 50%. The programme's opening words were: A Labour government brought it in. A Conservative government scrapped it. And now Labour wants to bring back the 50% rate of income tax. Now, surely Jeremy Paxman *should* have said (in his ironic way): A Labour government brought in less that one month before leaving office. A Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government scrapped it. And now Labour wants to bring back the 50% rate of income tax. I really don't think I'm the on... more »

Dangerous Corporate Medicine in Peoria

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 10 hours ago
[image: Daniel--January 2014 (Photo by John Carroll)] (Daniel--January 2014, Photo by John Carroll) Dangerous Corporate Medicine in Peoria I am going to make a case that Peoria's OSF-Saint Francis Medical Center’s CEO Keith Steffen should be terminated from his position at OSF. In my opinion Keith should be removed by whoever in the huge OSF System has this responsibility. If it is the Sisters or one of the OSF Boards then they need to ‘throw him under the bus” on Glen Oak Avenue and be done with it. But I will also explain why this probably won’t happen. And at the end of this pos... more »

Pete Seeger: “If I had a hammer and sickle”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 10 hours ago
America’s most famous, and most successful, Communist has just died. Pete Seeger, folk singer, banjo player, successful communist recruitment tool – the man some dubbed Stalin’s Songbird – was 94. The conventional wisdom holds that it was ever so—that American popular musicians have always been leftists, and that music-as-radical-politics has stretched across the decades, expressing the nation’s social conscience. The late New Left chronicler Jack Newfield, for instance, celebrated a “native tradition of an alternative America” that included not just such openly activist musicians... more »

Jean Trounstine : ‘Kids for Cash’: Taking abuse of power to a new level

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago
Hard to imagine that a judge could devastate families and delay so many lives? Well guess what… By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 There are movies. And then there are movies — and by that … finish reading Jean Trounstine : ‘Kids for Cash’: Taking abuse of power to a new level

Sudden Banker Deaths In London

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547275/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-30s-dies-plunge-JP-Morgan-headquarters-Canary-Wharf.html *JP Morgan name man who plunged to his death from Canary Wharf headquarters as technology chief Gabriel Magee* Mr Magee was found on the ninth floor roof of skyscraper at 8am today The executive had worked for JP Morgan for 10 years - 7 years in London He was a vice president in corporate & investment bank technology team By MARTIN ROBINSON PUBLISHED: 09:59 GMT, 28 January 2014 | UPDATED: 18:18 GMT, 28 January 2014 A bank executive who died after jumping 500ft f... more »

Rand Paul gets challenged on his facts!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014* *Discovering the 25-year-old intern:* According to Rand Paul, women are doing extremely well in certain areas. On Meet the Press, he cited a set of statistics in support of this general point: PAUL (1/26/14): You know, I think we have a lot of debates in Washington that get dumbed down and are used for political purposes. This whole sort of war on women thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won. You know, the women in my family are incredibly successful. *I have a niece at Cornell vet school, and 85 percent of t... more »

THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Tribal!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014* *Part 2—Watching two tribes get dumbed down:* “My fellow Americans, the state of the union is dumb.” We don’t expect Obama to say that tonight! If he did, he could add this: “Powerful industries now exist to make us *tribally* dumb.” To see one tribe being dumbed way down, we strongly recommend this post by the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple. The Fox News Channel’s Jon Scott has always been quite hackish. At some length, Wemple quotes Scott reciting the Fox party line as he hosted a recent segment. You can hear conservative brain cells dying as you read... more »

Will A Growing And Unrestrained American Surveillance State Become A Real Issue In The Midterms?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Yesterday's *Politico* featured a post by Manu Raju explaining how both Democratic and Republican candidates are running against the NSA's Cheney-conceived domestic spying agenda-- the NSA's Cheney-conceived domestic spying agenda that Obama has largely kept intact. Raju's top example: Maine progressive Shenna Bellows, who has talked with us about this last October and again in November. Maine Senator Susan Collins has been a lockstep captive of the Military Industrial Complex and an unwavering supporter of the very unpopular Surveillance State and of all the abusive NSA excesses... more »

US invokes holocaust in Syria aid spat with Russia

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
How low can you go? How low can you go............. Samantha Power- pathetic Samantha Power - Remind you of anyone? When the hand you hold is a loser. The holocaust card can always be played. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has called on Russia to use its influence with the Syrian regime to help get humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Homs. Tense negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition entered their fifth day Tuesday, focusing on the transfer of power and helping besieged parts of Homs. The emphasis on Homs and release of detainees are meant as con... more »

“Mind the Gap!” Bureaucracy, and the Regulation/Constitution of i(I)nternational r(R)elations

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
So the IR blogosphere and twitterverse are in the process of exploding over this new proposal from the ISA Governing Council, which would ban those contributing to IR blogs from holding positions on ISA journal editorial boards. I second many of the questions raised by Steve and Jon and Will Moore and will write more Continue reading

Navajos and Hopis oppose University of Arizona water rights speaker as exploiter

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
Read letter from Navajos and Hopis to University of Arizona in Tucson: Navajos Hopis oppose Univ Ariz speaker exploiting water rights

A GREAT BLESSING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
Even when we are trying not to buy into the scripted demonization of US "enemies" those of us back home still have to evaluate just how much we have swallowed Mr. Big's pill. The history of successful demonization of others by our nation is the story of the scientific method put to evil purposes. Scientists, mental health experts, historians, mathematicians, engineers, anthropologists, media and more have been well paid to help the corporate oligarchy design their greedy plan for control of the people and everything else. They have it down to an art. In my lifetime I can rememb... more »

I heard a rumor that some guy is going to spend an hour tonight telling a bunch of lies...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*anyone else heard that?* I'm busy today. Dropping off three more boxes at the Hospice Thrift shop. Decluttering going well. Time for my favorite kitteh:

Thailand: US Sides With Increasingly Violent, Desperate Regime

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours ago
US State Department condemns protests against sham election, but ignores assassination and thuggery aimed at opposition. *January 28, 2014* (ATN) - The US State Department openly sided with Thaksin Shinawatra and his proxy regime, and backed their planned one-party sham elections being carried out in a climate of political intimidation, terrorism, assassinations, and a draconian "emergency decree" in a statement released after protests disrupted polls across the country Sunday. The US State Department's statement read: The United States is deeply troubled by efforts to block polls... more »

Pete Seeger, 1919 - 2014

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 14 hours ago
"A good song reminds us what we’re fighting for." The great Pete Seeger has passed away at the age of 94. Obituaries recounting his activism and folk singing, his moral strength and indelible contributions to not only American folk music, but the struggles for civil rights, equality, peace and justice, are now everywhere. He sang for freedom; he sang for labor; he sang for the oppressed,

Grimmer news for League Investors - some $355 million of their money gone

paul at Paying attention - 14 hours ago
The news keep getting worse for investors in Victoria-based League Assets. And the financial disaster is still not getting adequate media coverage. Back in November, I predicted massive losses for the investors League, which promised investors security and great returns through real estate investments. Based on the latest filings from PWC, the news is even worse than I expected. League Assets, the creation of Adam Gant and Emanuel Arruda, is broke and filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. PWC is being paid to manage the mess. The best estimate, in Novemb... more »

Blogging and Teaching — and the Wrongheaded ISA Proposal

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
Steve has a nice roundup of many of the central concerns with ISA’s misguided policy proposal to limit those involved in editing ISA journals from blogging. I’d like to focus on one additional element. For many of us located principally in the teaching side of the profession, we realize and appreciate the significance and Continue reading

JobScam. An idea without a plan ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago
... is nothing more than a dream. That's what the weasel in a prime minister's suit is now trying to peddle to you. Having spent $2.5 million in advertising on a program that did not exist, this is how he explained it away. (From Aaron Wherry and you really need to read the whole piece). “Mr. Speaker, I noted that the Canada Job Grant was in fact very well received by those in the marketplace,

War is a racket

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 14 hours ago
Major General Smedley Butler and Dwight Eisenhower would know Modern War is a racket A great game played by Darwinian winning dogs of men who history has proven are psychopaths totally clinically insane As you often point out on your blog you do not have to be George Orwell to suspect the military industrial complex has only one market to protect Unnatural death from above or below or by any means met as long as it needs the support of high tech.

International Holohoax Remembrance Day

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 14 hours ago
Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed annually in virtually all countries around the world. "The UN General Assembly designated January 27 — the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — as International Holocaust Remembrance Day," reads *the official website* for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the victims of the Nazi era and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides." President Obama urged all Americans and citizens of the world t... more »

Optics

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 14 hours ago
About those photo-ops... more »

R.I.P. Pete Seeger

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
If anyone ever personified the accolade "living legend," it was Pete Seeger. He was a man for the ages, a living slice of Americana, ageless and seemingly immortal. And that is why learning of his death at age 94 was still such a shock. Most of the world knew him, of course, as a folksinger. But to the locals in my Hudson Valley neck of the woods, he was known primarily as a social activist. I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Pete a couple of times. The first time was in the mid-70s, as part of a controversial effort to transform the national historic landmark Dutch Re... more »

Anbar Before And After the Awakening Pt. X, 2005-09 Governor Mamoun Alwani

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
Today Iraq’s Anbar province is as divided as ever. The provincial government and some tribes have come out in support of Baghdad against the insurgency, some tribes oppose both the central government and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), some sheikhs have joined the revived insurgency, and ISIS is trying to take advantage of the entire situation. This is just the latest manifestation of the deep schisms that have existed within Anbar since the 2003 invasion. After the fall of the former regime, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and the tribes struggled for power. The st... more »

Help! My Employer Is Making Me Work Overtime Off The Books. What Do I Do?

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 15 hours ago
This question from an AOL Jobs reader reflects an all too common situation that many hourly workers face: Hello. I was reading an article *10 Tricks Employers Use To Cheat Workers Out Of Their Overtime. *Here's my problem. My fiancée works at a restaurant, and she recently received a raise from $9/hr to $12/hr. But the owner asked her to take her overtime off the books. The first 2 weeks went by without a hitch, but over the past month, her OT has been short. The past week, she worked 10 hours OT, and received $90, which not only is less than the $18/hr that she is entitled, but he... more »

What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity. via What We Know (and Ignore) about Standards, Achievement, and Equity.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

AuthorCare Begins With Transperancy

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 15 hours ago
Today we read Hugh Howey’s blog post ‘Bread and Roses’ on what he believes the Authors Guild should be focused on and an author’s perspective on today’s marketplace. His views will not be shared by all, but they convey a frustration that is often felt by many, not necessarily on the activities of the Guild, but on their position within the market. It is a given that we have to both encourage authors and reward them. Yesterday they often could secure healthy advances and had a clear measure of their sales and expectation of royalties. If there was an issue they could instigate an... more »

This Land is Your Land

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago
*Despite the continuing efforts of the Republicans* By Capt. Fogg I was never a big Pete Seeger fan, but my college years having coincided with the folk music revival, I certainly heard him a lot. I appreciated that he came from the time and conditions that produced Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck and a lot of skepticism about how well our version of Capitalism served freedom and democracy. Those folks and many others weren't well received by the same sort of -- I hesitate to use the word bastards, but it fits -- who are still calling everything and everyone Communists for eve... more »

If I Had a Hammer...

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 16 hours ago
Not Soviet workers.RT @greenhousenyt: R.I.P. Pete Seeger,dead at 94, tireless champion of workers and labor unions. pic.twitter.com/gDYHg9nDNq — Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) January 28, 2014 ...I swear, I'd bury it halfway to the handle in every right wing nut job's thick skull. The next time one of the sons or daughters of Ronald Reagan accuses the left of incivility when one of their own war-mongering, tax-dodging icons shits the bed, think of asswipes like Grover Norquist jiggling his pudgy body in a spastic jig over the undug grave of progressive heroes like Pete... more »

Cop Watch

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 16 hours ago
Who will watch the watchmen? I have the greatest respect for the Police. They do a difficult dangerous job on societies behalf. In fact you can say that a society is increasingly only as good as its police force. There is a sad development in North American society, people have lost respect for the police in big and small ways. The big way is that perps no longer respect the badge. When I grew up when the Police told you to do something, you did it no questions asked. Today I think many citizens see the Police as some kind of occupying force, not here to serve and protect. The po... more »

Tuesday Morning Linkage: ISA and Blogging Edition

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
The International Studies Association Executive Committee has forwarded a proposal to the Governing Council that meets at the Association’s annual meeting that addresses blogging. The proposal and my take on it are discussed at my blog. The essence of it is to prohibit those involved in the editing of journals from blogging. The text of Continue reading

IN MEMORY OF PETE SEEGER

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 16 hours ago

Steve, Neil And The First Nations

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Neil Young is now on Stephen Harper's enemies list. Michael Harris writes: In the thug state Stephen Harper is busily constructing, Young has become Stephane Dion with a guitar, or Michael Ignatieff with a tambourine – just another opponent of the prime minister to be torn down. In Harper’s one-opinion world, to engage is to destroy, never to discuss. Young’s offence was to express his opinion and to make a donation. In normal democracies, that would be no big deal. You might agree with the rock-star, you might not. Ninety-nine percent of the time, most wouldn’t even notice. B... more »

President Obama Will Announce An Increase In The Minimum Wage to $10.10 For Federal Workers Tonight

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Few issues are as black and white as raising the minimum wage. The vast majority of Americans would like to see it go up to at least the $10.10 proposed by President Obama. The polling is through the roof on this, not only among normal people, but even among a *majority* of self-identified Republican voters! Democrats in Congress-- save a tiny handful of corporate whores from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party (Blue Dogs and New Dems)-- have been working to raise it. Republicans have not only blocked that; many of them want to abolish the minimum wage altogether-- and bri... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Crescent City Snow* ~Editilla gotta toll'ya~ When Mz. Cowsill put out this song, 2008, I was still on a long road home in Memphis, quite deep into Kafkatrina Nightmare, certified insane and still tighter than a grenade pin... but online for the first time in my life... and it snowed in New Orleans! Aaaaand our New Orleans Saints won the Super bowl the next year! *New Law Could Force All of Louisiana’s Abortion Clinics to Close ~Zoë Carpenter, The Nation* *Sen. Landrieu calls for greater investment in N.O. port system ~Michael Patrick Welch, Louisiana Weekly* *Bipartisan flood In... more »

RU4Choice? More and more countries are!

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 16 hours ago
Around the world -- with a couple of notable exceptions -- politicians are finally getting it. Abortion is essential health care and a basic human right for people who have uteruses. A number of countries are expanding abortion services and access. In France, already the medical abortion capital of the world, they've approved a sweeping gender-equity bill that includes the abandonment of the requirement for women to justify their abortion decisions. The [abortion] amendment is part of a gender-equality bill that is the most comprehensive legislation on women’s rights in the history... more »

Futures Jump On January 28 , 2014 - Hope Emerging Market Rout Receding , RBI interest rate hikes , PBOC injects 150 billion yuan to interbank market , hopes that Turkey's Central Bank will take substantial actions to support lira , hopes for Fed Open Market meeting starting today ... Apple miss put on the back burner for now ... suicide at JP Morgan's London HQ no discussed in detail yet.... State of the union on tap as Obama will issue Executive Order to increase minimum wage for Federal Contractors

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Futures not the only thing jumping..... Two suicides in just a few days ? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-28/man-jumps-his-death-jpmorgan-london-headquarters Man Jumps To His Death From JPMorgan London Headquarters [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/28/2014 07:48 -0500 - Deutsche Bank - Lehman - Lehman Brothers inShare Early this morning, at JPM's 33 story high London Headquarters located at 25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf, a 39 year-old man jumped to his death after falling onto a 9th floor roof. The police, who were called to t... more »

"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 17 hours ago
TUESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2014 *"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix* By D. from removingtheshackles.blogspot.com Signs of the times? More and more information is being brought to the public's attention. This past week has been a HUGE week again for transparency coming out in the media. Matt Drudge's "Drudge Report" is an excellent example of this. As Mac Slavo points out below, The Drudge Report has a huge readership and is massively influencing not only alternative readership, but mainstream media as well. I do not agree with Mac's interpretation of gloom and doom, as in t... more »

Ukraine: Authorities vs gangsters - Rick Rozoff interview

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Download audio file- approx 15 minutes*[image: Ukraine: the authorities vs gangsters – Rick Rozoff]peaceful protestors?*Transcript below * Hello. This is John Robles, I'm speaking to Voice of Russia regular contributor Mr. Rick Rozoff, the owner and manager of the Stop NATO website and international mailing list Robles: Hello Rick. I hope you had some happy holidays. How are you this evening? Rozoff:I'm doing very good, John. Thanks again for having me on your show. Robles: Thanks a lot. I was wondering if we can get your views on what is going on in Maidan or Independence Square in... more »

Turkey corruption scandal updates January 28 , 2014 - Police chief suspended after revealing order to halt corruption operation ..... Lawsuit filed concerning PM, ministers and media figures ..... Turkish Lira eases as Central Bank announces higher inflation forecast ( no interest rate hikes though.. ) ...... Turkish PM Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of trying to ‘steal national will’

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-337800-police-chief-suspended-after-revealing-order-to-halt-corruption-operation.html Police chief suspended after revealing order to halt corruption operation [image: Read Comment] 1 [image: Add to Google] 2 28 January 2014 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL An İzmir police chief was suspended on Tuesday after he made public a recording of a telephone conversation in which he received an order from his superior officer and the İzmir governor to halt a police operation into alleged corruption at the Port of İzmir. İzmir Police Department's Financial Crime Unit c... more »

The New, Updated RTS and To BE Community Forum

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 17 hours ago
Yes, I've been a terrible Forum Administrator. I know, I know..... I'm sorry, it won't happen again!!! We have revamped and relaunched the RTS Forum to create a community for people to discuss, plan, theorize, investigate, meet up, and just chill out and relax with like minded people. I have been highly focused on skype and the many skype groups that I have been involved with for the past few years as we've been moving through this adventure. Skype is great for chatting.... but not so good for keeping track of conversations and information. ....and of course the whole NSA spyi... more »

War watch January 28 , 2014 - Afghanistan Officials accuses US of being behind some insurgent style attacks blamed on the Taliban , combined with another insider attack / prisoner release over US objections and Afghan government civilian death toll report - we are seeing a shift by the government toward the Taliban ...... Syria Talks End Early Over Regime Change ‘Impasse’ as the Syrian Government predictably spurns US demands to drop Assad , additional items of note on Syria peace talk developments and Syria War itself ..... Amidst the daily death dealing in Iraq , a news item of not involves news that the Iraq Opposition Leader Hires Lobbyist to Oppose US Arms Push

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Afghanistan.... Afghan Officials: US Behind Some ‘Insurgent-Style’ AttacksAttacks Meant to Draw Attention Away From Civilian Deaths by Jason Ditz, January 27, 2014 Print This | Share This The Karzai government has repeatedly taken the US military to task for killing large numbers of civilians in the occupation, but they may just be the tip of the iceberg, as Afghan officials say a case is being made suggesting the US has also engaged in “insurgent-style” attacks which were blamed on the Taliban. The officials didn’t discuss the evidence in much detail, but the belief is that many of... more »

Thailand anti-government protest leader killed Protesters obstruct early voting polling stations ahead of general election ..... Thai protest getting violent as protest leader shot in the head and killed while giving a speech !

Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
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Dead women don't, and can't give life.

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 18 hours ago
What a morbid thought, correct? In Canada, 26 years ago today the Supreme Court decision *R. v. Morgentaler* removed legal obstacles preventing women from accessing abortion - a medical procedure under the purview of professionals who administer the public health care system. But in Texas where the rights of corporations, guns and fetus are promoted by Bible-thumpers who claim they represent the will of God the Father, the laws of the state can desecrate and violate the rights of ordinary living breathing people. If there are profits to be made, weapons to be cherished and a zygot... more »

Can You Pass the Cricket (errr.. Soccer) Test?

Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
Its World Cup season again. That time a year when I start getting interview requests about soccer/football, fandom, and loyalty. The assumption for many seems to be if you are a citizen of a state, you must give a certain amount of loyalty to said state. Fixed nationalism for many is an assumption. With global Continue reading

"Have an Exit Plan"..... Exiting the Matrix

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 18 hours ago
Signs of the times? More and more information is being brought to the public's attention. This past week has been a HUGE week again for transparency coming out in the media. Matt Drudge's "Drudge Report" is an excellent example of this. As Mac Slavo points out below, The Drudge Report has a huge readership and is massively influencing not only alternative readership, but mainstream media as well. I do not agree with Mac's interpretation of gloom and doom, as in the break down of society that he is focused on happening. BUT, Drudge's tweet of "Have an exit plan" is a serious i... more »

Our Friendship Ties Us Together Valentine with Free Printable

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 19 hours ago
[image: Housewife Eclectic: Our Friendship Ties Us Together Valentine with Free Printable] This Printable Valentine using small stretchy hair ties is one of my favorites. Although it doesn't work for an entire school class, it is colorful and fun with something that little girls will actually use. We are making these ones for my daughter's dance class. You will need: - The Valentine Printable found at the end of this post - Scissors - Hair Ties [image: Housewife Eclectic: Our Friendship Ties Us Together Valentine with Free Printable] This Printable Valentine comes six ... more »

Escape from camp 14

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
I am just reading Blaine Harden's book Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West and it is powerful stuff. It was published in 2012 by an American who shared the royalties with a guy named Sin who seems to be the world's only person who has ever escaped from the camps in North Korea (he was born in one such camp). We can learn quite something from him, at least if we believe that he is telling us the truth. There are between 150,000-200,000 people "living" in these camps. The conditions are horrible. I don't want to tell you about the... more »

REALIZATION: Traveling the path of the seeker

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
Hello Mr Kabuki, I hope this message finds you in good health. =). I like to think this is a good summation of what a lot of light workin' folks are experiencing or have experienced. Feel free to repost, fix, or sadly delete =(. Regardless have a wonderful day! -Faithful Reader *AK: Posted! * *REALIZATION:* Traveling the path of the seeker On my way Where the angels lay Parched for knowledge My drink matters not As long as there is no delay Rushing to a place Free to laugh and play Happiness I am taught A state of mind There is much pain Deep in the darkness My soul experiences B... more »

Musical Interlude: Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
Georg Deuter, “Sea and Silence” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_tlrRhCRs

Bailout Architect Runs For California Governor; World Laughs

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
*Bailout Architect Runs For California Governor; World Laughs* By MATT TAIBBI POSTED: January 24, 12:05 PM ET Neel Kashkari Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images I want to apologize for this space being blank for quite some time. I actually spent the bulk of the last two days on a long blog post about the "Dr. V." story in Grantland. But then I got all the way to the end, and realized I was completely wrong about the entire thing. So, I spiked my own piece. Now I've been in Talk Radio-style "This is totally dead air, Barry" territory for about two weeks. I could swear I saw a cobweb... more »

Watch this video and it will change your life, it's changed mine - OK in a very small way

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Admit it, you didn't know about the tabs on cling film and aluminium foil dispensers...

SDR’S AND THE NEW BRETTON WOODS – PART TWO

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
*This is part 2 of the SDR article series, interesting that they are using the same template as before including the Keynesian model that got us where we are now. If too big to fail didn't work in the USA, how is even bigger than too big to fail going to solve the problem? * *What if the problem IS the central banks hoarding vast stores of value (and the mountains of time-displaced hypothecated value that borrows from your grandchildren value via inflation)? Banks operating under an antiquated centrally planned economic model are doomed to failure. If central planning didn't w... more »

Review & #Giveaway - Homemade Cleaners by Mandy O'Brien & Dionna Ford

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 21 hours ago
[image: Review & Giveaway - Homemade Cleaners, Quick-And-Easy, Toxic-Free Recipes] Have you ever considered making your own household cleaning solutions? I have! Commercial varieties usually contain toxic chemicals which are bad for our health and bad for the environment. There are "green" cleaners available but one has to be careful about them because they aren't always as green as the label implies and, they tend to be expensive. Making my own just makes sense. But here's my problem: The Internet is full of recipes and I don't always have the time to search out the "tried and tru... more »

HSBC restricts withdrawls, UST steals 401Ks, and Jamie gets a Raise!!

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
HSBC restricts withdrawls, UST steals 401Ks, and Jamie gets a Raise!! *Posted by D. at http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/* A little more Financial News for your Saturday morning read. First up, HSBC is showing a lovely bit of transparency. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-24/bank-run-fears-continue-hsbc-restricts-large-cash-withdrawals Bank-Run Fears Continue; HSBC Restricts Large Cash Withdrawals [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/24/2014 21:31 -0500 - China inShare12 Following research last week suggesting that HSBC has a major cap... more »

Music For Those Who Hate the Grammys. Progressive Music Classics: "Joe Hill" by Paul Robeson

Marc McDonald at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com - 21 hours ago
. . *By MARC McDONALD* Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics. I didn't watch the Grammy Awards this year. In fact, I never watch the Grammys (which is nothing more than a wank-fest of the corrupt U.S. corporate recording industry to celebrate another year of the utter mediocrity that clogs up today's pop charts). Anyone who thinks the Grammys celebrate the best of U.S. popular music probably also thinks the "Best Picture" Oscar actually has something to do with the best cinema of the year. I suppose there might be *some* worthwhile music at the Grammys. But as t... more »

Monday, January 27th Debate Between John Friend, Jim Fetzer, And Michael Collins Piper - My Analysis

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours ago
I finished just a while ago listening to tonight's very important "debate" between Michael Collins Piper, Jim Fetzer, and John Friend.... I was both intrigued and very annoyed. Just like the last "debate" between Jim Fetzer and Keith Johnson, one party in this debate did their damnest to turn it into a witch hunt. I will not say which party, but after listening to this "debate" it does not take long to figure out whom! First, I do want to present the article that John Friend has posted tonight, including his opening statement for the debate... It is courtesy of John's blog, at ww... more »

Does reductive stress drive an adaptive inflammatory response, in depression linked to diet and lifestyle?

George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 22 hours ago
Everyone knows (I hope, because if they do it will save me a lot of time explaining) that inflammation can cause depression by activating the enzymes that degrade tryptophan, thus depleting the brain of serotonin. Basically, macrophages hoover up tryptophan and pass it through Indoleamine 2,3,-Dioxygenase (IDO), where it is broken down. This is the pathway for the synthesis of niacin and nicotinamide, which is used to make NAD+. (Note the other product, picolinic acid, thought to assist in absorption of minerals chromium and zinc) There is the "sickness behaviour" explanation, wher... more »

CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART TWO

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*Andrew Ash* *Part Two of the Child Abuse Timeline. We include extracts from the blog Fighting Back and some additions:* *1980's* - A female member of the UK parliament sexually abused a thirteen-year-old boy called Andrew Ash. Andrew Ash was brought from a government children's home, to parliament, to be sexually abused. The female MP was part of a pedophile ring 'at the heart of government', a ring that included Sir Jimmy Savile. Andrew was also trafficked to Amsterdam on a number of occasions. Female MP abused boy in care - Express.co.uk ‎ *Peter Hatton-Bornshin* *1980's* -... more »

SKrashen: The Common Core: A Disaster for Libraries, A Disaster for Language Arts, a Disaster for American Education

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
SKrashen: The Common Core: A Disaster for Libraries, A Disaster for Language Arts, a Disaster for American Education: Stephen Krashen Knowledge Quest 42(3): 37-45 (2014). There never has been a need for the common core and there is no evidence ... more »

Alan Waldman : Beloved Brit actor Robson Green is great in the excellent cop series ‘Touching Evil’

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Created by distinguished scribe Paul Abbott, the series is intelligent, exciting, and well-paced. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 28, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that … finish reading Alan Waldman : Beloved Brit actor Robson Green is great in the excellent cop series ‘Touching Evil’

Christy Clark And Her Paid Team of Scofflaws and Slimers

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
This post is about a BC Liberal Government that breaks laws, ignores court rulings, a government that has disrespected almost everyone who has lived, and died in British Columbia, but more importantly this article is about the slimers and media that not only enabled this Christy Clark BC Liberal government but cheerleaded their actions.. Where to start, so many lowclass creeps to keep track of.. Phil Hochstein who was rewarded a well paying appointed position at the Port of Vancouver, that was his reward for slamming the public sector, for fighting minimum wage and his futile att... more »

What's Wrong With The DCCC? Does The Rot Go Beyond Just Steve Israel?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
As awful as he was, at least Rahm managed to win some seats Over the weekend, the *NY Times'* Carl Hulse predicted another two years of split government after the midterms. In other words, as we've been predicting all year, Steve Israel's disastrous reign at the DCCC and his abysmally flawed strategy will yield a second consecutive cycle of failure. Israel recruits conservatives, refuses to allow the DCCC to plan beyond one cycle, targets the wrong seats, and is probably trading safety for himself for safety for senior Republicans who would be otherwise vulnerable. A review of compe... more »

Energy Econ 12: EPIRA, WESM, PSALM and DOE Bureaucracy

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
I like this new article by Romy Bernardo. My comments after his paper, below. --------- BUSINESS WORLD, January 26, 2014 10:15:33 PM Introspective By Romeo Bernardo *The way forward for the power industry* *THE RECENT sharp spike in power rates led to the understandable shock and anger of consumers; most are unfamiliar with the structure and workings of a now market-based power industry. Headline news and public discourse have generated more heat than light. It can be satisfying to embrace conspiracy as a short-cut to thinking about a complex subject which the ideologically oppose... more »

DATE WITH A DEBATE: MIKE PIPER VS. JIM FETZER AND JOHN FRIEND

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
*On Monday, January 27, 2014, at 8 p.m. ET, Dave Gahary moderates the debate many of us have been waiting for.* *For two hours, Mike Piper takes on Jim Fetzer and John Friend, who tackle the controversy surrounding the Sandy Hook Elementary School event, which will address most or all of the points raised in the article “Top Ten Reasons: Sandy Hook was an Elaborate Hoax,” plus additional information which may cause you to reassess your position on whether what happened on December 14, 2012 was real or staged.* *Jim has published an article on his debate with Keith Johnson and Mike... more »

Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 14, 1949-1952

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The movement to democratize Egypt: Bloodless coup sends Farouk into exile. By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement to Democratize … finish reading Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 14, 1949-1952

Updates On Syria [1.27]: A Localized Ceasefire Is Off The Table, Syria's Leading Internal Opposition Group Is Not Represented At Geneva II, Syria Makes A Fool of Itself By Releasing A Communiqué Saying It Is A "Democratic Country"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Brahimi saves his energy for Geneva III" by Jean Aziz, Al-Monitor, January 27, 2014: * But reaching a cease-fire will not be much easier. It seemed that the two parties have different priorities for the cease-fire for military and geographic considerations. *The opposition delegation, for example, wants to start the cease-fire in Homs, where things are clearly going in the Syrian army’s favor and a cease-fire would give oxygen to the opposition’s armed groups. The official delegation wants to start the cease-fire either in the Aleppo area or in Daraa, near the... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*New Law Could Force All of Louisiana’s Abortion Clinics to Close ~Zoë Carpenter, The Nation*

Kate Braun : Candlemas can sweep us into our future

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Lord Sun is in Aquarius and winter is fast a-fleeting as we celebrate Candlemas with reflected light. “…do do be do, do be do, be do be do be do…” – Swingle Singers scatting Bach By Kate Braun | The … finish reading Kate Braun : Candlemas can sweep us into our future

Hang out in your local coffee shop, and you may be lucky enough to overhear "someone discussing their airline mileage plan in detail"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*No, it's not exactly Socratic dialogues you're apt to overhear while hanging out in a coffee shop.* *by Ken* I have a lingering interest -- somewhere between curiosity and tolerance -- in "The Frisky," a website aimed at not-too-old and not-too-unhip women, specializing in gee-whiz pieces about sex and relationships which tend to fall into two categories: • *Explaining men to women.* (Random example: "'Guy’s Guide To Birth Control' Is The Sexiest Thing You’ll See All Day.") • *Explaining women to women.* (Random example: "Life After Dating: A Look Back at 4 Strange Things I Did ... more »

Rewards for reading outloud to children?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
To be published in the School Library Journal Should we provide rewards if parents read 1000 books aloud to their children ("Vivacious vocabulary," Jan. 2014)? Read-alouds are very pleasant for both parents and children. The vast majority of children say that they enjoy being read to: 97% in Walker and Kuerbitz (1979), 95% in Mason and Blanton (1971), and parents agree: Eighy-nine percent of mothers interviewed in Newson and Newson (cited in Wells, 1985) said their children liked to be read to. Giving certificates, getting one's picture in the local newspaper, and other incenti... more »

SNOWDEN IN HIS OWN WORDS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Snowden-Interview in English (Exclusive on German Television 01/26/2014)from Anonymous News on Vimeo. In an exclusive interview with German television, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden discussed reports of government death threats and dismissed President Obama's calls to return home, saying he would face a "show trial." Snowden was interviewed by German journalist and documentary filmmaker Hubert Seipel at an undisclosed location in Russia. It aired late Sunday night on Germany's main public broadcaster ARD.

Geneva II Is Going Nowhere, As Predicted By Any Analyst Worth The Name

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
The forces that have been unleashed in Syria in the last three years cannot be put back into a bottle with a laughable peace conference held thousands of miles away in Europe. This is just good old political theatre. Geneva II was destined for disaster on the day it was announced. Does the world truly want to end this war tomorrow? Okay then. Be serious about it. Let Syria attack Saudi Arabia. Make them bleed and pay the price for arming 7th century barbarians and invading Syria by proxy. Retaliation is long overdue. The events in Syria are not happening in a vacuum. These people a... more »

@PARCCplace : More bang for the buck?

Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
The PARCC folks and Common Core cheerleaders like to talk about the next generation of standardized testing. Are these new tests worth the $29.50 per student cost? In my state of New York that would triple the cost of the current 3-8 testing program. Of course we will also need to seriously upgrade technology in […]

Walking Dead Season 4 preview

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Wow, it looks fantastic. Can not wait.

"We Never Live..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more, and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles us; and if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We tr... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“There is a road that connects the Northern to the Southern Cross but you have to be at the right place and time to see it. The road, as pictured below, is actually the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy; the right place, in this case, is dark Laguna Cejar in Salar de Atacama of Northern Chile; and the right time was in early October, just after sunset. *Click image for larger size.* Many sky wonders were captured then, including the bright Moon, inside the Milky Way arch; Venus, just above the Moon; Saturn and Mercury, just below the Moon; the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds sat... more »

Chet Raymo, “In A Dark Time...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“In A Dark Time...”* by Chet Raymo “I've quoted a few of these lines before, from a poem by Charles Simic: "It's like fishing in the dark. Our thoughts are the hooks, Our heart the raw bait. We cast the line past all believing Into the night sky Until it's lost to sight." In a sense, that's the story of my life: a long love affair with the night sky. My first book of popular science was “365 Starry Nights”. My first book of personal prose was “The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage”. “An Intimate Look at the Night Sky” followed much later, but every book in between, fic... more »

NY State Senator George Latimer is my new Hero!

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Although NY State Senator George Latimer isn’t a professional educator by trade, his perspective, vis-à-vis CCSS implementation, is spot on! This video is definitely worth watching, a few times. You have to love how he “slaps” the table for added emphasis!Filed under: ANGEL CINTRON, JR.: I Think, Therefore I Teach Tagged: ccss

BREAKING NEWS!

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Not an Economist, not a Statesman, Not to be believed!

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
(story behind picture, lots of Strauss) If Strauss and Rand begot Manning, Manning and Cheney begot Steve Guess who? Okay its Harper. I can not say it any better than it has already been said.

“Mind-Blowing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way in the Chilean Sky”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Mind-Blowing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way in the Chilean Sky” - http://www.washingtonsblog.com/

The Daily "Near You?

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Butterworth, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Thanks for stopping by.

The Poet: Matthew Arnold, "Growing Old"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Growing Old"* "What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for beauty to forego her wreath? Yes, but not for this alone. Is it to feel our strength - Not our bloom only, but our strength - decay? Is it to feel each limb Grow stiffer, every function less exact, Each nerve more weakly strung? Yes, this, and more! but not, Ah, 'tis not what in youth we dreamed 'twould be! 'Tis not to have our life Mellowed and softened as with sunset-glow, A golden day's decline! 'Tis not to see the world As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes, And heart... more »

Quotes of the day: The David Cunliffe edition

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury.” – attrib. to Alexander Fraser Tytler "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." - H. L. Mencken “Institutions purely democratic may endure until the day politicians discover they can bribe the public with the public's money.” – attrib. to Alexis de Tocqueville "Democracy will fail when people begin to think they can vote themselves rich." - PJ O’Rourke Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Ple... more »

"This Is Your Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist. If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?" - Chuck Palahniuk

Tom Houghton Declares His Candidacy In PA-16-- A Seat Held By Right-Winger Joe Pitts

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This afternoon, Democrat Tom Houghton announced his candidacy for the 16th Congressional District in Pennsylvania, challenging incumbent right-wing Republican Joe Pitts, who we're very familiar with from the Aryanna Strader campaign in 2012. Once again, Steve Israel is forcing the DCCC to ignore this very winnable (R+4) southeast Pennsylvania seat that President Obama won in 2008. And Tom has also been an electoral winner in this area. A former Township Supervisor in his community of London Grove and a former State representative in Pennsylvania’s 13th legislative District., he was... more »

Illuminati Motor Works

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
This X prize competitor did not win the ten million dollar prize, but just for the name alone they struck gold with me. What a lovely back story behind this carbon fiber tail. I am only disappointed by the lack of tinfoil. Based upon my rough calculations about the dismal economic efficiency of the Canadian Oil Sands passenger fuel I have come to two conclusions about future automobiles. They will be all tad pole shaped. I designed in my mind a inflatable profile that would inflate to full tadpole at speed and retract around town. Today's cars have tons of co efficient to consu... more »

Vatican's unsuccessful Dove message of peace & love since Pope Benedict XVI

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 1 day ago
Ill omen? Pope’s doves of peace for Ukraine attacked by angry birds (PHOTOS) Published time: January 26, 2014 19:23 Edited time: January 27, 2014 10:39 Get short URL [image: Pope Francis (C) watches as children release doves during the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 26, 2014 (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)] Pope Francis (C) watches as children release doves during the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 26, 2014 (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi) Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for the start of a “constructive dialogue” in Ukraine, releas... more »

Being Absent Limits Does Not Mean Being Absent Common Sense

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Being Absent Limits Does Not Mean Being Absent Common Sense* By American Kabuki January 26, 2013 Caleb and I come from a similar religious backgrounds, actually many of us do, D, Bob and Vera and others. Heather grew up marginally Catholic and had her fingers beaten with car antennas by nuns. She still has the scars from those piano lessons when she missed some notes. One thing Caleb I both saw in the faiths we grew up was there was a saying in our churches among the clued in, "you never want to do business with another church person"... what was the reason for this? Well cert... more »
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