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The Corporate Trade Agenda That Is Roiling The Hawaii Senate Race

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 minutes ago

The latest NAFTA-like, jobs-destroying "free trade" treaty, the Transpacific Partnership, could become an issue in the Hawai'i Senate race, where notoriously corrupt New Dem corporate shill, Colleen Hanabusa, is tolling for Big Business cash by backing the TPP and progressive champion and incumbent, Brian Schatz, has grave concerns which he is insisting be seriously addressed. Hanabusa and the other money-grubbing New Dems have been working with Republicans to push through fast tracking, although pressure from unions and environmental groups have started frightening them. Hanabusa... more »

Survey Results and 7 Tips For "Greening" Your Celebrations

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 12 minutes ago

January's poll took a look at the holidays and whether or not we were able to keep them green. Here are the results: How Green Were Your Holidays [image: Results of "How Green Were Your Holidays" Survey] We only had 16 respondents which isn't really enough for a scientific consensus. However, I found the answers very encouraging. When asked similar type questions in previous surveys, people rarely indicated that they were doing great. This time, the majority felt that they were either extremely green or very green. No one failed and only a few felt that they dropped the ball mid-way... more »

ALEC’s Extensive Plans for Education Restructuring in Your State

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 27 minutes ago

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) (established 1973) offers corporate America the opportunity to shape legislation that serves its profit-garnering interests and to do so in statehouses around the country. To accomplish this controlling of the legislative process, ALEC provides forums (conferences that double as posh vacations for legislators and their families) in which both […]

Snowden docs: US spying on Copenhagen thwarted change Indigenous hoped for

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 30 minutes ago

US spying on Copenhagen climate summit was aimed at halting real climate solutions By Brenda Norrell Censored News Copenhagen 2009 by Ben Powless, Mohawk, IEN The latest documents released by Edward Snowden reveal that the US engaged in spying on other countries at the Copenhagen climate summit in order to support American interests and prevent any real climate solutions. The US is

When are you going to get tired of this bullsh*t?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago

*Ted Cruz questions Eric Holder.* Do you really believe that these mental midgets are "in charge" of our lives?? Eric Holder is an arrogant, stupid, and subversive member of this administration. People - wake up. Listen carefully... And then ask yourselves: Who are these people who try to rule your life? Is this how you want to live? Not me.

Satire: “Obama’s Call to End Tragedies Angers Pro-tragedy Wing in Congress”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

*“Obama’s Call to End Tragedies Angers Pro-tragedy Wing in Congress”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — “President Obama’s call during his State of the Union address to “stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans” received a frosty response from the pro-tragedy wing in Congress last night. After Mr. Obama made his controversial stopping-tragedies remark, prominent pro-tragedy members of Congress looked on in stony silence, refusing to applaud. “I thought it was offensive and inappropriate,” said Sen. David Vitter (R-Louisiana). “If the President wants c... more »

Thailand: Thaksin Regime Turns on its Own Supporters

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours ago

Regime sends "red shirt" enforcers to threaten farmers and their families for protesting 6 months of unpaid subsidies - smashing the myth of "rural support." *Image: Rice scheme has left industry & farmers in shambles. * *January 30, 2014 *(ATN) - While the US, UK, and others across the West attempt to sell upcoming sham elections in Thailand as upholding "democratic values," the regime overseeing the one-party self-mandate in a climate of regime-sanctioned terrorism, political intimidation, and a "state of emergency," has begun turning on its own supporters - mainly farmers. ... more »

RU-4Choice? : Ethical Abortion

Alison at Creekside - 2 hours ago

In November last year, MP Libby Davies asked Deputy Health Minister George Da Pont why Canada has not joined 57 other countries in making RU-486, the medical abortion pill for use within the first two months of pregnancy, available in Canada despite a strong recent endorsement editorial from *the Canadian Medical Association Journal. * Indeed. It's been legal elsewhere for decades. As the *Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada* recommended in March 2003 - *ten freakin' years ago* : "The use of such medication for terminating early pregnancy constitutes* a signifi... more »

“Fukushima Out of Control”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago

*“Fukushima Out of Control”* by RT "The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation. The crisis in Japan has been described as "a nuclear war without a war". In the words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami: "This time no one dropped a bomb on us. We set the stage, we committed the crime with our own hands, we are destroying our own lands, and we are destroying our own lives." Nuclear radiation- which threatens life on planet earth- is not front page news in comparison to the most insign... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

Rancho Cordova, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Confidential to Dilbert's CEO: If anybody makes a fuss about your drones-to-terrorists deal, just say, "Who could have known?"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*Or, if you need stronger stuff, we'vegot a new jeremiad from Chris Hedges* *Here on the Pequod:* *Yes, that's Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab. Says Chris H: "We, like Ahab and his crew, rationalize our collective madness. All calls for prudence, for halting the march toward economic, political and environmental catastrophe, for sane limits on carbon emissions, are ignored or ridiculed. . . ." Or, if you're a little farther back from the precipice, you can just do Dilbert.* *by Ken* No, if you're in the grip of advanced existential (possibly existentio-occupational) rage, *Dilbert* ... more »

Government Experiments Reveal Humans Are Capable Of Bending Physical Objects With Their Mind

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 3 hours ago

*Collective Evolution* January 14, 2014 by Arjun Walia. [image: matrix]If you told a random person that psychic phenomena like psychokinesis (or PK) has been proven in a number of laboratories all over the planet for a number of years, they would probably look at you like you’re crazy. Phenomena that fall within this category aren’t really emphasized within the realm of traditional education, it is however heavily studied by scientists working at the highest levels of government. One particular example was the work of professional aerospace engineer and physicist Jack Houck, alo... more »

Wild

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 3 hours ago

If you only have time for one sentence, hear this: Jay Griffiths’ book, *Wild*, is one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. *Wild*is a celebration of wildness and freedom. It celebrates societies that work, societies that have complete respect for their ecosystems, societies that have survived for thousands of years without suffering destructive whirlwinds of mass hysteria. Griffiths is a brilliant heretic and a proud one. Her book shows us what happens when madness collides with wildness. It helps us understand the dark injuries that destroyed our own freedom, and put us... more »

Social Studies isn’t English Language Arts’ Annoying Relative.

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago

More and more, it seems that educational resources support two core courses: English Language Arts and Mathematics. In my opinion, this is a dangerous trend in education, today. At a time when students must prepare to live within global society, education curriculum and instructional resources are ignoring other critical subjects. As a result, the education industry’s […]

A One-Way Ticket to Central Planning

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago

*Guest post by Nick Hubble from **Daily Reckoning Australia* [image: A One Way Ticket to Central Planning]We’d like to give Australian banks some credit. They’ve finally gone and done it. So what have the banks gone and done? They have caught up with 1960s technology. They’ve figured out how to use PIN numbers. How to *only* use PIN numbers, that is. They’re considering scrapping signatures on credit cards to cut down on fraud. Apparently, having to verify your identity at the point of purchase is a good idea… Credit card fraud costs the banks the banks around AU$35 million a yea... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 5 hours ago

*Why I am a jellyfish when it comes to global warming theory* Most climate skeptics accept the theory that a rise in atmospheric CO2 will cause a rise in terrestrial temperature. Where they differ from Warmists is in estimating the quantum of the temperature rise. Looking at both the theory and the data, skeptics think the effect of more CO2 will be so minute as to be probably undetectable. There is however another camp of skeptics who think the whole theory is bunk. They think that a rise in CO2 CANNOT affect temperature. Such thinkers coalesce to some degree around the Principi... more »

How to explain our National Security State (NSS) to a passing Martian: "At a cost of nearly a trillion dollars a year, its main global enemy consists of thousands of lightly armed jihadis and wannabe jihadis scattered mainly across the backlands of the planet. They are capable of causing genuine damage -- though far less to the United States than numerous other countries -- but not of shaking our way of life. And yet for the leaders, bureaucrats, corporate cronies, rank and file, and acolytes of the NSS, it’s a focus that can never be intense enough on behalf of a system that can never grow large enough or be well funded enough."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 5 hours ago

------------------------------ *Tomgram: Engelhardt, A Ripley's Believe It or Not National Security State * Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 4:27pm, January 5, 2014. Original Here. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. *American Jihad 2014 * *The New Fundamentalists * By Tom Engelhardt In a 1950s civics textbook of mine, I can remember a Martian landing on Main Street, U.S.A., to be instructed in the glories of our political system. You know, our tripartite government, checks and balances, miraculous set of rights, and vibrant democracy. There was, A... more »

Neil Young - Mother Earth (Live)

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 5 hours ago

London and Dumb Empiricism

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 5 hours ago

We've done stupid empiricism. If you can't be arsed to read the post, it can be summarised thus. Stupid empiricism is to take an event or a phenomenon as proof of a general trend, even when associated evidence thoroughly discredits that line of thinking. Examples include snow in the winter = no climate change, or growth of food banks is because of the increased publicity about them. It is a mendacious, wilfully ignorant way of thinking; of knowing *you're right* because it underpins your politics/world view in some way, in spite of everything else pointing to the contrary. Culprits... more »

U.S. Agencies Accused of Fudging Data to Show Global Warming

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago

“... virtually all of the USHCN warming since 1973 appears to be the result of adjustments NOAA has made to the data.” I'm not that surprised, but if you still believe in Man Made Climate Change you should read this article... http://thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/17500-u-s-agencies-accused-of-fudging-data-to-show-global-warming

"Show me the poo!"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago

"Show me the poo!" Watch this video for the explanation... More here. My respect for PCSOs is well known... It seems that I wil have to add this Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officer.

Conservative Dems Work With Republicans To Cut Food Stamps

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago

Matt Cartwright: "I did not come to Congress to kick the most vulnerable Americans off of food assistance." After all Obama's talk about equality of opportunity in the State of the Union last night, at 11 this morning House conservatives rammed through a horrendous $100 billion farm bill taking another $800 million a year from the food stamps program and preserving subsidies for wealthy farmers. It passed 251-166, most Democrats voting NO and most Republicans voting YES. Progressives were united in their opposition. Many of the 63 Republican sociopaths who voted no-- like Louie Gohm... more »

HoC Speaker Scheer's Lack Of Impartiality Is Hurting Canada's Democratic Parliamentary Process..... SHAME!

leftdog at Buckdog - 6 hours ago

*"OTTAWA — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair seemingly questioned the impartiality of the referee of the House of Commons on Tuesday, effectively accusing the Speaker of picking sides and favouring the government in question period.* *Mulcair said he refuses to be silenced in question period by Speaker Andrew Scheer on matters of government business, arguing that the Speaker should remain a referee and not become a player who stops questions from being asked.* *Scheer chided Mulcair on Tuesday afternoon, saying that one of his questions to Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the RCMP investig... more »

On the bus: A Honduran tale of courage and kindness

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 7 hours ago

My new friend Jose He got on the bus not long after we left Copan Ruinas, and unlike most passengers opted to sit beside the *gringa*. I told him I liked having a seatmate because it lets me practice my Spanish. He told me he travels the same 10-hour bus route every three days, going between Guatemala City where he works and La Entrada, Honduras, where he lives. His name is Jose, 37 years old and still married to the same woman he met as a teenager, when she was 13 and he was 15. They've had their ups and downs but have stuck it out. They have three children, ages 20, 11 and 5.... more »

How do you create lasting prosperity?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago

How do you bring real prosperity to somewhere like Africa? Development Economist Jeffrey Sachs has just spent six years there, testing the hypothesis that charity is the answer. The result, as author Nina Munk tells Russ Roberts, was failure. Sachs’s story, told in Munk’s book *The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty*, “is one of the great lessons in unintended consequences and the complexity of the development process,” say Roberts. Sachs’s idea was to spend a large amount of money to jumpstart the economies of a bunch of African villages and put them on a traj... more »

Rich 'Splaining? For Crazy Conservatives or Bilious Billionaires (Bromitic SOTU) Superbugs Rise: FDA Declines Stopping Antibiotic Use In Animal Feed/Even Increases It!

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 7 hours ago

I've mentioned this type of rampant sociopathic behavior many times, but I can't top the words that come out of their mouths. And as far as their educational backgrounds, degrees or lack thereof? Just listen to their opinions. You have presumably heard of Tom Perkins, though probably not before last Friday, despite the fact that he is one of the richest men in the country. It was on Friday

BCCI - The Dirtiest Bank of Them All

Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago

by *Jonathan Beaty* and *S.C. Gwynne*/New York *with Cathy Booth/Miami - Jay Branegan/Hong Kong and Helen Gibson/London Monday* *July 29, 1991* *from Time Website* "I could tell you what you want to know, but I must worry about my wife and family - they could be killed." *-- a former top B.C.C.I. officer* "We better not talk about this over the phone. We've found some bugs in offices that haven't been put there by law enforcement." *-- a Manhattan investigator probing B.C.C.I.* Bank-fraud cases are usually dry, tedious affairs. Not this one. Nothing in the history of mo... more »

How an Economist Helped Inspire the Movie Dr. Strangelove

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 7 hours ago

Thomas Schelling, of course.

Wisconsin education legislation: Faith-based ideology trumps evidence

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago

The headline yesterday in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinal; Bill would close failing Wisconsin public schools, cut voucher payments Take a look and what you find is the same old “accountability mythology” being proposed. How does the Wisconsin legistalure plan to hold schools accountable? By assigning A-F letter grades to public schools. How do schools […]

Lawless Abortion Round-Up

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours ago

Our planned blog-burst/tweet-fest to celebrate 26 years of lawless abortion in Canada got somewhat drowned out yesterday by Bell's cause marketing gimmick to benefit mental health. It's a very clever campaign, but I loathe the practice. (Hm, it seems I blogged about it last year.) There were some blogs: here, one by deBeauxOs and one by me. Luna weighed in with a thoughtful post on CONtrol, pointing out what programs actually pro-life people would support. Kev linked to an older and very succinct post of his. It's so succinct, here it is in its entirety. *#M408 Here we go again* T... more »

Strange times

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago

I can’t see anything on the BBC website about the protest march in Paristhat degenerated into an anti-Jewish slanging match. The Times reported it on page 33 the other day, and it's in the Jewish press - like this - but it seems that all the BBC is interested in is the private life of Hollande, and to a lesser extent, the financial transgressions of Dieudonne. Also via Harry’s Place, a piece about David Cameron’s Holocaust Commissionproposal. One of the members is to be Simon Hughes, the strangest of Lib Dem MPs, reputedly bisexual, who seems to support speakers who would probably kil... more »

Flagging interest?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago

It’s odd, that’s all I’m saying. You can’t talk about changing the country’s flag every day – there are diminishing returns in the topic to make it useful as a permanent distraction – but as a temporary piece of misdirection, it’s perfect. “Look, over here, let’s talk about removing the Union Jack, and using a silver fern, and a black flag, and, and...” So the country’s talking, but what is it we are being distracted from? Is Key that worried about Silent T’s duplicitous“baby bonus” he wants us to talk about something else? Or is he really that keen to get rid of the old flag th... more »

Karl Denninger, “Gee, What's Going On Here?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

*“Gee, What's Going On Here?”* by Karl Denninger “Hmmm... William Broeksmit, a recently retired executive at Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) who worked at Merrill Lynch in the 1990s with Anshu Jain, now Deutsche Bank’s co-chief executive officer, has died. He was 58. He died on Jan. 26 at his home in London, according to a memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg News. Deutsche Bank spokesman Michael Golden confirmed the contents, which didn’t give a cause. In an interview, a spokesman for the London police said a 58-year-old man was found hanging in a residence on Evelyn Gardens, the stree... more »

Charlatan in eyeliner.

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago

Have you seen the exposé of Mo Ansar on Harry’s Place? It’s like seeing, in print, something you already knew, but don’t exactly know how you knew it. Ah so. The BBC’s tame Muslim spokesman, willing to appear on the BBC at the slightest opportunity - The Big Questions, Sunday Morning Live, anything to do with Islam, he’s there with his little crocheted skull cap and his same dress, same scarf thing and, according to “Sheikh Ya Bhatti”, black eyeliner. He claims he’s a moderate one minute, a scholar the next, a lecturer, a marriage guidance councillor, you name it, he’s it. Only h... more »

The Mogambo Guru, “The Place to Be When the House of Debt Collapses”

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

*“The Place to Be When the House of Debt Collapses”* by The Mogambo Guru “I was more dyspeptic than usual that morning at breakfast, the latest disappointment being my latest and greatest Fabulous Mogambo Plan (FMP) to make a few bucks that popped (“boing!”) into my head as I woke up, namely hooking up generators to the kids’ bicycles and let them merrily pedal away all day in the garage, generating electricity, so that I could sell the excess power to the local grid and make a few bucks, or at least reduce my electric bill somewhat. Alas, my enthusiasm was soon dampened by remembe... more »

Zernike keeps saying the case has been solved!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014* *Nobody else seems to care:* In yesterday’s New York Times, Michael Powell published an intriguing column about Kim Guadagno, New Jersey’s embattled lieutenant governor. The piece involves an attack Guadagno launched against a New Jersey artist, an attack which turned out to be unfounded. As Powell began, this is the way he framed the story: POWELL (1/28/14): In her first year in office, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno opened a frontal attack on an unlikely target, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Its contracting was “inexcusably” flawed, she said. It... more »

support-the-troops hypocrisy continues; angry veterans call for fantino's resignation

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago

I am posting this article mainly so the commenter called "conservatives are lying scum" can repost his or her comments here. (You can currently read them on this old post: harper's support for veterans: wear a poppy. do nothing else.) Veterans who were in Ottawa to lobby against the closing of their regional offices left a brief, emotional meeting Tuesday with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino visibly frustrated and saying they were disrespected. The federal government has already closed one office in Prince George, B.C., and plans to close eight more on Jan. 31. In a news... more »

surveillance at the border: outrage fades as we accept the new normal?

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago

The surveillance state continues to grow; news of its magnitude continues to trickle out. Some people shrug, claiming only criminals and terrorists need be concerned, but in these extreme conditions, that attitude looks increasingly ridiculous - or government-sponsored. The rest of us shudder and shake our heads... but what more? The Canada-US border has become another instrument of the surveillance state. For decades, people have claimed that border agencies had access to all our personal information, including tax and credit status. In the past, that was a myth. Now, what was once... more »

thank you, pete seeger. how could we ever thank you enough?

laura k at wmtc - 10 hours ago

Pete Seeger, 1919-2014 Musician, Activist, Environmentalist. Socialist.

Boris Johnson - new year - same old shit

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago

The Metropolitan Police have said they would have liked to have had water canons to use during the 2010 student demonstrations and the 2011 London riots. Boris Johnson said access to water canons during such the riots “would not have made a blind bit of difference” and he would not have authorised their use during the student protests… BUT, and here’s the twist, he says he won’t refuse the police’s request to buy three canons in time for the summer. Apparently the answer is to not let situations “get out of control” and not allowing the mentality of “sheer wanton criminality.” This,... more »

HITCHIN A RIDE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

Yesterday I needed to go to Brunswick which is about 10 miles from Bath. I got a ride there with a friend. After I did my errands I walked to my hitchhiking spot and stuck out my thumb. Usually it takes about 10-15 minutes before anyone stops. Yesterday it took me almost 30 minutes and it was as cold as hell out there. You'd think people would want to help someone get out of the cold. I can see why women would be reluctant to pick up a male hitchhiker. So I don't expect that to happen and never do get a ride from women. But you wouldn't believe how many men just pass me by.... more »

Back To The Future

Southern Man at Southern Man - 10 hours ago

Why, yes, we *are* that old.

VITALLY Important information about SwissIndo- more to come

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 10 hours ago

Please take note of this! THIS is VITAL information that people need to know and understand. I am pulling together some more information this evening and will post it in the next few hours. Please share this information!!! https://www.facebook.com/notes/linda-bee/letter-of-resignation-from-un-swissindo-by-pieta-morgan/10152586833573986 Letter of Resignation From UN SwissIndo by Pieta Morgan 28 January 2014 at 08:02 The following is a copy of a Letter of Resignation from the UN SwissIndo submitted by Pieta Morgan. This is being shared with the permission of Pieta who desires th... more »

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important Video - What Cesium 137 Will Do To You!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 10 hours ago

It has been a while since I last put up any articles concerning the still ongoing disaster at the Fukushima Daichii Nuclear Power Plant at Fukushima Japan.... It has been almost 3 full years now since the March 11th, 2011 tsunami, explosions, and subsequent meltdowns of at least 3 nuclear reactors, at that facility, and to this date that disaster is still basically out of control and still pouring out massive amounts of nuclear radioactive material into both our atmosphere and the adjoining Pacific Ocean. There is also no hope for actually containing this disaster for years to come... more »

Boris Johnson - new year - same old shit

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 10 hours ago

Gardasil Vaccine, Katie Couric and Cyber-Lynching

Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 10 hours ago

posted 1/29/2014 *by Barbara Loe Fisher * The public flogging of veteran broadcast journalist Katie Couric began on Dec. 4, 2013, immediately after a 17-minute report on HPV and Gardasil vaccine was broadcast on her TV talk show “Katie.” 1 It was kick-started by a west coast business writer, who administered the first lash with a bizarre take-down of freedom of the press: “The real punch of the show was its portrayal of HPV vaccination as “controversial,” he charged.” Merely to ask questions is to validate them.” He ended with a sucker punch: “Katie Couric established her credibil... more »

Worse Than Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm-- Steve Israel And Congress' Culture Of Corruption

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago

Israel never turned over any of the tainted Madoff cash that flowed his way The DCCC is making a lot of hay lately about all the trouble Michael Grimm (R-NY) is in with the law-- and they should. He's lowlife scum who disgraces Congress with his very presence. Earlier today we looked at the shady fundraising techniques Grimm and co-conspirator Aaron Schock (R-IL) have engaged in. A regular and very reliable correspondent from Capitol Hill emailed me this: You're getting closer to uncovering the real criminal activities Grimm has been engaging in from long before he was elected to Co... more »

The Realist Report - Brad Trun: Libertarian Realist

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago

On this edition of The Realist Report, we'll be joined by Brad Trun, author of the *Libertarian Realist* blog. Brad and I will be discussing a variety of subjects, particularly his article entitled *An Open Letter to a Person of Privilege*. 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: - *An Open Letter to a Person of Privilege* - Libertarian Realist - *Basic Questions for the White Privilege Conference* - John Friend - *White Privil... more »

SOTU: A Classic of Cluelessness

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago

Last night's SOTU address was a lot like an episode of *Seinfeld* -- great writing, great acting, pitch-perfect delivery, frequent grunts of laughter and even frequenter rounds of applause from an allegedly living audience. But in the end, it was a classic show about nothing. At least the senile Uncle Leo character showed up only once to bitch about the deficit and generational theft. At least the pathologically cheap George Costanzo clone grudgingly agreed to raise the crappy pay of federal contract employees enough so they won't faint from starvation on the job. (although, as with... more »

Status Indians cannot pledge Reserve property as collateral for debt; attempt to structure same fails

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

*Benedict v. Ohwistha Capital Corporation,* 2014 ONCA 80: [13] Section 89 of the Act was enacted in the 1951 revision of the original Indian Act. The original Act contained a similar provision, s. 66, which read as follows: 66. No person shall take any security or otherwise obtain any lien or charge, whether by mortgage, judgment or otherwise, upon real or personal property of any Indian or non-treaty Indian within Canada, except on real or personal property subject to taxation under section sixty-four of this Act: Provided always, that any person selling any article to an Ind... more »

It starts ....Even MSM Political Opinion Starting To Turn On Harper's Dictatorial Ways....

leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago

*The political columnist of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix gives a fairly accurate opinion of what is going down in the ranks of the Federal Conservative Parliamentary Caucus lately:* *"This newly found sense of independence among federal Conservative backbench MPs is obviously a good thing.* *What's so often lost on us is that we elect individual members of Parliament, of whom we require that they form a government under the leadership of a prime minister. It's not the other way around, despite Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's view on the matter.* *But is the recent displa... more »

An Open Apology, with Explanations: Math, Behaviorism, and “Grit”

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago

While I haven’t really made any sort of public declaration, I have begun in 2014 to address in my public work something with which I have become more uncomfortable throughout 2013: The antagonism in the education reform debate. Thus, I want to address a series of tensions that have been created by recent blogs of […]

Major Displacement In Iraq’s Anbar Due To On Going Fighting

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago

One of the major side affects of the on going fighting in Iraq’s Anbar is the huge displacement of people. Iraq still has over 1 million internal refugees from the civil war years. Now several thousand more have been added to that number. Government shelling usually gets mentioned in the press as the main cause of this current exodus, but there are other factors as well. More importantly there is the question of what’s in the future for these people. Will they be able to eventually return to their homes or will the lack of security preclude that for the foreseeable future? Anbar m... more »

THE STATE OF THE UNION IS: Atomized!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014* *Part 3—Cornerback fails to respond:* Everyone except Richard Sherman responded to last night’s address. Perhaps in response to a plea from Coach Carroll, Sherman focused on bringing his teammate, Marshawn Lynch, out of his shell. The trio of former Pacific-10 greats are poised to win Sunday’s New Jersey Bowl, which will occur at 6:30 P.M., barring access lane closings. In the long history of the event, no team coached by a former Pac-10 great has ever lost to a team forced to start a former SEC quarterback. Whatever his motive may have been, Sherman... more »

“Shame” on you, ISA

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago

Dear ISA Governing Council, Greetings. You probably don’t know me but I’m a long-time user of your services. My first real conference experience was at ISA Chicago in 2007. I practiced my 10 minute presentation for hours in my hotel room and had to borrow $250 from my mom to attend. I really benefited, however, Continue reading

John Kane 'Start Spreading the News'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago

Start Spreading the News By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News Over the past 11 years that WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York City has been airing “First Voices Indigenous Radio” (FVIR), the show's host and executive producer Tiokasin Ghosthorse has slowly turned his weekly live one-hour radio show into an international broadcast with re-airings of this program on 45 stations in 15 states and

RESPONSE TO STATE OF UNION ADDRESS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago

Recently elected Socialist City Council member Kshama Sawantin in Seattle, Washington responds to Obama's State of the Union speech.

Jack A. Smith : Obama defends NSA spying on Americans

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 13 hours ago

Senator Obama pledged to dismantle the most intrusive aspects of Bush’s surveillance programs. Instead, President Obama secretly allowed those programs to expand. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 When he ran for the presidency … finish reading Jack A. Smith : Obama defends NSA spying on Americans

Obama's State of Union Address in 60 seconds

LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago

Interesting. At least he recognizes climate change and need for clean energy. He also recognizes the need to do something about the inequality in U. S society. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Smile??

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago

Bitcoins

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago

My Grandfather was a small town lawyer in the 1930s. One of his less fond memories was the difficulty of getting paid for his work (plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose). People did not have money but they did have other items and he would often have to take his fees in chickens or eggs or firewood. Even today, when I do work in Nunavut, I am asked to take carvings or sealskins rather than money. The problem, of course, with barter is that you do not always get what you want or need – I have plenty of carvings and have very little need of sealskins. My Grandfather had a l... more »

Carl Campeau: Allegedly abducted in Syria, escapes Al Qaeda, or something like that?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago

*After months of silence.* Carl Campeau is speaking exclusively to the CBC. The CBC being Canada's premiere propaganda corporation. Much like the BBC. Keeps official narratives in order. Misleads Canadians. Typical stuff *Exclusive: How Carl Campeau, abducted in Syria, escaped al-Qaeda's clutches* You can read the whole article at your leisure. There is a video included there if you just want the sound bite. Carl Campeau I read the article. And find it lacking... the devil is in the details and there are some details I find troublesome So, let me be honest. I do not believe the n... more »

A "New Master Idea" for a Religious and Militaristic Society

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago

It became clear last night that the national nod to income inequality has conservatives and neoliberals on the search for new educational interventions that promise to bring an end to the effects of poverty without spending any money to end poverty. David Brooks, with his kinder and gentler form of fascist educational eugenics in mind, limply chastised the President following his SOTU speech last night for not being more bold in his education initiatives, suggesting that the President should announce new programs to instill "impulse control" in the earliest grades. Hmm. We know t... more »

"Emergent Phenomena": Failed Thinking Infesting Science

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 14 hours ago

I submitted the following comment to the wuwt site of Anthony Watts, where Willis Eschenbach reiterates his idea of climate as "emerging phenomena" (and which I understand as "magical self-creation"): *"Emergent phenomenon" is an argument from incompetent, third-rate thinkers like Richard Dawkins, determined to push Darwinian, or undirected, evolution upon students of science, despite its by now obvious failings; back in the 1980's, it was called "order out of chaos", elevated to the airy status of a "meme", and "chaos theory" was misapplied to support it (for the latter really only... more »

LATEST GUEST

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago

Pastor Bill Bliss is my latest guest as I begin my 11th year of broadcasting in Maine. Bill was my very first guest when I began the show in 2003. The show now airs on 14 public access stations across the state.

In Case You Have Forgotten Why Common Core Is a Bad Idea

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago

Knoxville, TN, November 2013:

Steve Russell : Fallujah on fire again

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 14 hours ago

Had the Iraqis been willing to sign the Status of Forces Agreement, our troops would as we speak be lined up to bleed over Fallujah for a third time. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 29, 2014 … finish reading Steve Russell : Fallujah on fire again

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago

*28 Years Ago: Remembering The Challenger Disaster ~CBS* Step Outside from Bruce Biles on Myspace. *David Vitter and the Codification of Poverty ~CenLamar* *Winter weather brings Louisiana to a virtual standstill ~WWLTV* *LPSO works 33 wrecks since 6 a.m.; other parishes report problems* *Sneaux Men Appear All Across Louisiana ~Jason Saul, WWNO* *Corps N.O. District Presents Mermentau River Dredging Scheme ~Dredging Today* *Off-Bottom Oyster Farming Launched in Grand Isle Waters ~Gulf Seafood Institute* *At more restaurants around town, breakfast is their business, and business is... more »

Ted Cruz has some things to say about the State of the Union speech...w/Update

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 14 hours ago

*and echoes what I've already been thinking.* "And in the coming months - in the coming months, let's see where else we can make progress together. Let's make this a year of action. That's what most Americans want, for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations." source *No! I do not want the federal government to focus on my life, hopes, or aspirations. I can do that all by myself. What I want is for these lowlife thieves and liars to stay as far away from me as possible. * *But the most alarming thing he brought up was this (and no one se... more »

Shorts, links, events

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago

*You can watch the monthly pavilion from here.* Dr. Fell at SOAS Taiwan Studies says: The paperback of Taiwanese Identity in the 21st Century has now been published by our Research on Taiwan book series. The book edited by Jens Damm and Gunter Schubert examines the issue of Taiwanese identity from a range of perspectives. For details see: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415736916/ It is also available on Amazon (but 博客來 does not yet have paperback) If your libraries do not yet have a copy, please do lobby your librarians and now we have the paperback it's even affordable... more »

Aaron Schock: "Hey, Michael Grimm Is A Great Guy"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

Other than whining to Jay Leno about how Members are always getting into trouble, Boehner hasn't done anything about disciplining several of his own most blatantly corrupt Members, particularly Staten Island Mafioso Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm and Peoria bad boy Aaron Schock. Both are under investigation by the House Ethics Committee and Grimm is also under *intense* investigation on multiple charges by the FBI. And now it has come out that the two have been gaming the system and working around campaign finance laws to enrich their respective campaigns, Grimm to hang onto his blue... more »

The Strange Discourse of the Left and Right on China

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago

[image: FTV_Jan_2014_2_107] *Clearing a traffic jam on a Changhua street.* I emailed a writer of a piece on a lefty website today, asking him how he thought China could be a force for peace. Got this doozy of a fantasy world back: *I have not noticed that China has engaged in any aggressive wars, leaving occupying troops behind.* The two sides are mirror images of each other. Point out that China is an imperialist, expansionist state, and righties will clap their hands and lefties will... remain silent. Or deny it. The vast silence on the Left on China means that the Left is deepl... more »

Too Close To The Sun

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago

Once again, Chris Hedges has returned to the *Pequod* as a metaphor for North American society. The ship and crew in Melville's *Moby Dick* are doomed because they willingly supported one man's mad quest. And like them, Hedges writes, we are teetering on the edge of collapse: Our financial system—like our participatory democracy—is a mirage. The Federal Reserve purchases $85 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds—much of it worthless subprime mortgages—each month. It has been artificially propping up the government and Wall Street like this for five years. It has loaned trillions of dolla... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago

*Drinking during pregnancy 'worse than smoking tobacco or cannabis' and 7,000 babies a year are harmed, warn senior medics* *This is not a well-supported judgment. See here and here. There are even findings that mothers who drink moderately have healthier babies. The data on which the mavens below base their judgments will almost certainly be epidemiological and class-confounded* Drinking during pregnancy causes more harm to the unborn child than tobacco smoke or cannabis, according to senior doctors. They want Government guidelines to be changed to tell women to avoid alcoh... more »

Sol Tantrums and I question

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 16 hours ago

After almost 3 weeks of eiree silence, Sol is blasting off again. .... and I'm frustrated as all hell. As I said earlier this month, something is going on here. I said in an earlier post a little while back about solar activity- for two years I have watched the same thing happen over and over again: a major sun spot, throwing off huge flares, rotates into geoeffective Earth view and suddenly.... it just fizzles out. Goes silent. Then as it rotates around the western limb, then POW it flares up again. Same thing again this week. Spot 1944 should of continued with strong M ... more »

FTV: The banality of Changhua, the Beauty of Wuling Farm

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago

Another trip with FTV, to Changhua and the incomparable Wuling Farm. Shot above is the 7A just above Nanshan. It was fogged over, but at Wuling Farm, the sky was picture perfect... Click the READ MORE to see more and read some interesting information about... Beidou? Our first stop was Baguashan in Changhua. We walked one of the many trails up the mountain. Charles, our cameraman, shoots the trail. It is raised and covered with stones. Michella interviews our guide. As he was talking he gave the standard formulation of the 19th century ordering of Taiwan's posts: 1. Takao, 2. L... more »

MTV Show “Teen Mom 2″ Will Show Young Woman’s Abortion

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago

*by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 1/16/14* Pro-life people have frequently said that if an abortion is ever shown on television that it would change millions of minds against abortion. Now, MTV is doing just that: filming one of its reality show stars having an abortion. With MTV at the helm, the abortion will likely be sanitized and shown as nothing more than a routine medical procedure — which will make it less likely to have much of an impact on abortion attitude or opinion. Further complicating the issue is the fact that Teen Mom 2′s trouble-plagued star Jenel... more »

Robots to Breed with Each Other and Humans by 2045

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago

Thursday, January 23, 2014 *Cybernetics experts say it's possible for robots to breed with each other, and with humans, by 2045.* Nicholas West *Activist Post* The magical transhumanist date of 2045 holds many predictions for how man will attain his final merger with computer systems and usher in an age of "spiritual" machines. Ray Kurzweil has issued a bevy of likely scenarios in his book *The Singularity is Near,* and continues to suggest that much of those predictions could arrive much sooner. Others have pointed strictly to the economic impact and have marked 2045 has the date ... more »

What I Have Been Reading: The Winner's Curse and Defy

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 17 hours ago

[image: Housewife Eclectic: What I Have Been Reading: The Winner's Curse and Defy] I didn't mean to read The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski in one sitting, but I couldn't help it. The hours ticked by and it didn't matter that it was 2 AM and I was still reading. I had to know where Kestral's story was going to lead. The Valorians are a conquering people. One of their biggest conquests was the Herrani Pennisula and with that the Herrani people. Almost all Valorians now own Herrani slaves of one sort or another, and Kestral, an aristocratic general's daughter is no exception. The ... more »

Simple Antiseptic Homemade Mouthwash Recipes

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

Antiseptic Homemade Mouthwash Recipe Frugally Sustainable, 1 February 2012 By now you all should know that I love to make my own natural health, home, and beauty products. I love them because they work and I love them because they’re frugal. So when I was using my fancy-pants “eco friendly, 100% natural” mouthwash the other day, I thought to myself, “I think I could make this and save myself some money!” So I did. *Benefits of Using Homemade Mouthwash* Good oral care is vital to our health and vice versa. Health and diet have even been know to heal cavities! Rinsing out th... more »

The Alarming Truths About GMO by Dr. Mercola

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

*24 January 2014*

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 19 hours ago

*Global cooling hits again* A blast of freezing rain will scatter snow and ice across the Deep South today, prompting officials from New Orleans to Virginia to ready road crews and close schools in what has been called a 'once in a generation' ice storm. And as the winter storm system brings freezing snow and high winds to the South, the brutal cold temperatures will continue to rattle the Midwest throughout Tuesday. Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and other parts of the Midwest will endure a second consecutive day of subzero highs, while much of the Northeast will see temperatur... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago

"Want to See Your NSA or FBI File? Here's How..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago

*"Want to See Your NSA or FBI File? Here's How..."* by The DailyKOS "Have you ever Tweeted a politically subversive message, attended a protest, or signed an oppositional petition (or read this blog? lol)? If so, you may have a dedicated file on you kept by the FBI and/or the NSA. With a simple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, any U.S. citizen can obtain one's NSA or FBI file, if such a file exists. It simply takes a few minutes to fill out the requisite forms and mail them to the appropriate address. An independent site– www.getmyfbifile – will, free of charge, generate ... more »

"I Insist..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” - James Baldwin

“Cut Off the NSA’s Juice”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago

*“Cut Off the NSA’s Juice”* By Norman Solomon “The National Security Agency depends on huge computers that guzzle electricity in the service of the surveillance state. For the NSA’s top executives, maintaining a vast flow of juice to keep Big Brother nourished is essential — and any interference with that flow is unthinkable. But interference isn’t unthinkable. And in fact, it may be doable. Grassroots activists have begun to realize the potential to put the NSA on the defensive in nearly a dozen states where the agency is known to be running surveillance facilities, integral to it... more »

Is There A Link Between GMOs & Eating Disorders? - Podcast with Dr. J. Renae Norton

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

Do you know someone that suffers from obesity, anorexia, bulemia? Listen to this great Podcast with Dr. J. Renae Norton, an eating disorder specialist with 25 years of experience & Diana Reeves, Founder of GMO Free USA, as they discuss GMOs... and the links to eating disorders. It's an eye opener! Listen: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eatingdisorderpro/2014/01/23/eating-disorders-obesity-and-genetically-modified-foods-gmos Like Dr. Renae's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/drrenae #gmo #eatingdisorders, #obesity #anorexia #bulemia #boycottGMOs #BoycottKelloggs #labelgmos #need... more »

“Why There's No Outcry”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago

*“Why There's No Outcry” * By Robert Reich “People ask me all the time why we don't have a revolution in America, or at least a major wave of reform similar to that of the Progressive Era or the New Deal or the Great Society. Middle incomes are sinking, the ranks of the poor are swelling, almost all the economic gains are going to the top, and big money is corrupting our democracy. So why isn't there more of a ruckus? The answer is complex, but three reasons stand out. First, the working class is paralyzed with fear it will lose the jobs and wages it already has. In earlier decades... more »

Cara Mudah Ternak Kambing Agar Cepat Gemuk

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 19 hours ago

Cara Mudah Ternak Kambing Agar Cepat Gemuk | hewan ini sungguh-sungguh sudah tidak asing bagi kalian semua karena banyak dipelihara oleh masyarakat. kambing menjadi salah tunggal makanan favorit di Indonesia karena kelezatan maupun keempukan dagingnya, bahkan kepentingan kambing di tanah air cukup tinggi terpenting saat menjelang hari raya idul adha serta idul fitri. oleh karen itu beternak

Does income inequality increase mortality?

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 20 hours ago

In his recent *Times* column, Paul Krugman writes: Rising inequality has obvious economic costs: stagnant wages despite rising productivity, rising debt that makes us more vulnerable to financial crisis. It also has big social and human costs. There is, for example, strong evidence that high inequality leads to worse health and higher mortality. The links are from the online version of Paul's column. I followed the second link to an interesting article by Angus Deaton. Angus writes the following (emphasis added): Darren Lubotsky and I 7 have investigated the relationship between ... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Adjust The Thermostat

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 20 hours ago

Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »

CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART FOUR

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago

*Celtic Boys Club, Scotland* *1996* - Former Celtic Boys Club player Alan Brazil reveals that when he was 13 years old he was sexually abused by the club manager, Jim Torbett.[2] Torbett was found guilty of *shameless and indecent conduct* with three juvenile players between October 1967 and March 1974.[3] *Jimmy Savile with Jock Stein, manager of Celtic football club.* Torbett was given a prison sentence of 30 months.[4] Rangers fans have since alleged that Celtic manager Jock Stein attempted to cover up the scandal, by chanting "Big Jock Knew".[5] *Penn State v Parkhead*... more »

CHILD ABUSE TIMELINE - PART THREE

Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago

*'Victims of van Rooyen'* *Part Three of the Child Abuse Timeline. We include extracts from the blog Fighting Back:* *1990 -* Gert van Rooyen and his accomplice are accused of murdering several young girls. One of the accused's sons is later accused of murdering a Zimbabwean girl in 1991. This son claims his father's victims are involved in international child pornography rings, slavery and Satanic rituals.[33][34][35] The case is so similar to crimes committed by Marc Dutroux that multiple agencies investigate a possible international smuggling ring in prostituted children and... more »

Rotten to the core

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 21 hours ago

BC premier Christy Clark is not known for honest dealing. She and Harper work out of the same playbook and regularly employ the same people to work the sewers of a political system rife with cronyism and putrefied by secret back-room deals and political corruption. This time, a judge has just handed Clark her ass. She violated the constitution when she was education minister and then did it

Edward Snowden - latest TV interview - they want to kill me!

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 22 hours ago

Edward Snowden, in his latest interview for German TV Station NDR, says, "They want to kill me." He's, of course, talking about Government Officials' reaction, fantasies, plans(?) about 'what they'd like to do' to this maverick character, this n.d.a.-betrayer, this revealer of State Secrets. "The Five Eyes Alliance - GCHQ (UK), NSA (USA), Canada, Australia and New Zealand are all combined in the Total Surveillance Grid. The tipping point, for me, was when Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied (under oath) to Congress." Snowden explains gleefully. "Germany, Norway an... more »

The Fukushima Dai'ichi Unit 4 tragedy continues

Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 22 hours 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 - 22 hours 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 - 23 hours 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 »

you were meant to be here

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

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

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

By Leonard Peltier Censored News Dutch translation NAIS 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

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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

An emperor with no clothes addressing a parliament of whores.

Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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.