Friday, January 03, 2014

3 Jan - Blogs I'm Following II

The wreckage of the American Star (SS America)...The wreckage of the American Star (SS America) seen from land side, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Español: Restos del naufragio del American Star (SS America) vistos desde tierra. Français : Épave du American Star vue de la rive, Île de Fuerteventura, Canaries. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Polar vortex Italiano: Vortice polareEnglish: Polar vortex Italiano: Vortice polare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Harold Ramis at a Hudson Union Societ...English: Harold Ramis at a Hudson Union Society event in October 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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VIDEO - AGENDA: Grinding America Down

Passionate Pragmatist at Northerntruthseeker - 54 seconds ago
The Most Important Documentary On America Ever; Destroying America From Within *by: Josey Wales* There is nothing that is taking place in America today that can’t be understood by examining the 100-year history of the efforts to destroy America from within. This is a documentary that takes an in-depth look at the root of our decline in America; socialism with the ultimate goal of global communism. This documentary also lays out names and dates and groups that have an active and growing agenda to bring America down to a third-world country, from Karl Marx to the Fabian Socialists t... more »

SOCIAL JUSTICE: U.S. shocking redistribution of wealth in the past five years

Passionate Pragmatist at Northerntruthseeker - 22 minutes ago
*WW~Notes: Here ya go, this is "socialism" plain and simple. The political progressives call it "social justice." Justice for who - I wonder?* [image: richpoor] Anyone reviewing the data is likely to conclude that there must be some mistake. It doesn't seem possible that one out of twenty American families could each have made a million dollars since Obama became President, while the average American family's net worth has barely recovered. But the evidence comes from numerous reputable sources. Some conservatives continue to claim that President Obama is unfriendly to business, ... more »

Life in the emerging American Police State: What's in store for our freedoms in 2014?

Passionate Pragmatist at Northerntruthseeker - 30 minutes ago
*Reposted from Pragmatic Witness - * [image: policedhs] In Harold Ramis' classic 1993 comedy *Groundhog Day*, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes his priorities. Similarly, as I illustrate in my book *A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State*, we in the emerging American police state find ourselves reliving the same set of circumstances over and over again - egregious surveillance, strip searches, police shootings of unarmed citizens, g... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 36 minutes ago
*Saints Fans Use Secret Weapon Against The Philadelphia Eagles ~Saints Tailgate*

Sunday Classics preview: Two Scherzos

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 38 minutes ago
[*This preview begins the second part of a three-part Bruckner series, begun December 6-8 with "Bruckner's Fourth Symphony -- four stories for four movements," a reprise of a January 2010 post I've always been fond of. This Bruckner Seventh preview post appeared originally in July 2012. The Bruckner series -- and, I'm projecting, Sunday Classics -- will conclude with a new post on the Ninth Symphony.* -- Ken] *by Ken* In writing recently about the structure of Tchaikovsky's string sextet *Souvenir de Florence*, I noted that it employs a particular movement format: an opening move... more »

“Cold U.S. Temperatures Expected To Break Records As 'Polar Vortex' Blasts Midwest”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 41 minutes ago
*“Cold U.S. Temperatures Expected To Break * *Records **As 'Polar Vortex' Blasts Midwest”* By Carson Walker “The weather warnings are dire: Life threatening wind chills. Historic cold outbreak. Bitter cold temperatures. Winter is normally cold, but starting Sunday tundra-like temperatures are poised to deliver a rare and potentially dangerous sledgehammer blow to much of the Midwest, driving temperatures so far below zero that records will shatter. One reason? A "polar vortex," as one meteorologist calls it, which will send cold air piled up at the North Pole down to the U.S., funn... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a Full Moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at its estimated distance. *Click image for larger size.* The massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of massive sta... more »

Phil Everly...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014 * *RIP *

A Tribute to Ben Bernanke

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 2 hours ago

Real Life Consequences of Corporate Education Deform

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
There's no shortage of education blogs and information about how utterly worthless and destructive current education policy is for the United States. There are mounds of factual, scientific evidence based on thousands of academic studies on the destructive education policies that continue to dumb down the nation's next generation. There are enough books and documents to fill the Capitol rotunda ten times over, but nothing has changed. As public school districts scramble to prepare for and implement Common Core, more high stakes standardized testing. and canned, scripted curriculum... more »

MAKE A MOVE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
*An activist stands at the entrance to the CIA headquarters protesting the US drone attack in Yemen that recently killed a total of 17 innocent people* "People are practical. They want change but feel powerless, alone, do not want to be the blade of grass that sticks up above the others and is cut down. They wait for a sign from someone else who will make the first move, or the second. And at certain times in history, there are intrepid people who take the risk that if they make that first move others will follow quickly enough to prevent their being cut down. And if we understand thi... more »

2013 in Review -- A Prayer to the Janitor of Lunacy,* Part 5: Everyone's a critic, including me

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Some people really try my patience(Bill-O, Howie Kurtz, E. W. Jackson, et al.)* *[*TO MEET THE JANITOR OF LUNACY, SEE PART 1]* *by Noah* What would any Quote of the Year contest be without one of the Republican Party's leading spokesweirdos, Bill O'Reilly. I think the most interesting question about this man is: Is he merely Archie Bunker with a TV show? Or is Roger Ailes broadcasting lunatic Republican propaganda from a remote insane asylum that's buried deep in a lead-shielded mountain somewhere. As the clip above shows, homophobia is not new turf for Bill-O. This is a deepl... more »

Letter to George W. Bush Iraqis, Including Children, Continue to Die or Suffer Terribly

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 4 hours ago
*By Ralph Nader* George W. Bush George W. Bush Presidential Center PO Box 560887 Dallas, Texas, 57356 Dear Mr. Bush: January 03, 2014 "Information Clearing House - A few days ago I received a *personalized letter* from your Presidential Center which included a solicitation card for donations that actually provided words for my reply. They included “I’m honored to help tell the story of the Bush Presidency” and “I’m thrilled that the Bush Institute is advancing timeless principles and practical solutions to the challenges facing our world.” (Below were categories of “tax-deduct... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Owner's Manual'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
OWNER’S MANUAL Posted on January 3, 2014 MNN. Jan. 3, 2014. Oneida comedian and American Indian Movement AIM advocate, Charlie Hill, left us with many great insights. He said that we Indigenous have the “owner’s manual” to Turtle Island. We can fix it because It’s ours. The Kiainerekowa, Great Law of Peace, is our owner’s manual. Our job is to pass along the peace to the rest of the

Friday Nerd Blogging: IR Meets the Cold

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
What is better than one Nazi Zombie movie? Two of them! Yes, we have a sequel:

Buffy Sainte-Marie 'The Charlie Hill Award'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
Special thanks to Buffy Saint-Marie for sharing this tribute with Censored News which honors Oneida-Cree Comedian Charlie HIll Hi, Here’s a letter I wrote 6 years ago to some Native American philanthropy groups who were discussing whom they should fund: I thought Charlie Hill. Although at the time there wasn't the response I'd hoped for to fund our non-establishment off-the-grid unique

Judge should not discourage correction of interpreter by counsel

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours ago
R. v. S.D.S., 2014 ONCA 4: The appellant's counsel was fluent in Portuguese, and objected at times to the accuracy of the interpretation. The trial judge seemed to treat this as if counsel was offering a personal, competing expert opinion and instructed him to refrain from correcting the interpreter. The trial judge should not have discouraged these interventions.

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
One orchid blooming.

happy new year from wmtc

laura k at wmtc - 7 hours ago
On January 1, 2013, I was still in library school, and working as a library page. Allan's book proposal was still sitting on a publisher's desk. We were living at G's Court, and had no thought of moving. In 2013, in order of appearance: - Allan got a book contract, - I got a promotion from page to circulation clerk, - I finished my Master's degree, - We went to Spain (plus London and Paris), - I got my first librarian position, part-time, - I broke my foot, - Our basement, Allan's office, was destroyed by a sewage flood, - We moved, - The Red Sox won the World Series! - Allan wrote a book... more »

murdoch mysteries, abortion on tv, and maybe an anti-war reference, too

laura k at wmtc - 7 hours ago
I always like to have a detective-mystery series to follow. I try many of them, like a few, and watch several episodes in a row as downtime relaxation. I recently started the Canadian "Murdoch Mysteries," which takes place in Toronto at the turn of the 20th Century. Back when we still had cable TV, I frequently saw promos for Murdoch Mysteries, but I thought it looked kind of cheesy. But when I recently clicked on it through Netflix, I discovered it's actually quite good. I'm now well into Season 2, and I'm finding the mysteries not obvious and the character development absorbing. ... more »

new year's resolutions from our man woody guthrie

laura k at wmtc - 7 hours ago
According to the good folks at WoodGuthrie.org, our hero Woody Guthrie wrote these New Year's resolutions, which he called "rulin's," in 1943. Happily for us, an admirer at another website has transcribed them. Woody's rulin's are by turns sweet ("learn people better"), fanciful ("dream good"), and practical ("wear clean clothes"). Some are downright hilarious: "wash teeth if any". 33. Wake Up And Fight 32. Make Up Your Mind 31. Love Everybody 30. Love Pete 29. Love Papa 28. Love Mama 27. Help Win War — Beat Fascism 26. Dance Better 25. Play And Sing Good 24. Send Mary And K... more »

Political Scandal and Indifference

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago
Let's look at what you would've won. No more privatisations. No market fundamentalism. An extension of trade union rights. A thriving mining industry using the most advanced technology in the world. A joined up approach to finance and industry. A strong labour movement. Communities proud of their history. All under three successive Labour governments, dating from 1987 to 2001. It was a time that saw the 1945 settlement strengthened and deepened. Social democracy renewed was the common sense of the age, so much so that they wrote it into the European Union's constitution. Britain, b... more »

Right Wing Crack Addicts Trey Radel And Rob Ford Believe They're Above The Law

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Right wing slobs Rob Ford and Trey Radel Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister of India for a decade. This morning, he announced he would not run again in order to make way for young blood. I understand the feeling and it was certainly the way I felt when I decided to leave Warner Bros. The only way for people to move up is for people at the top to move on. Singh is backing Rahul Gandhi (age 43, son of Rajiv Gandhi) for the job. There is fear in India that the far right has a chance of taking over with neo-fascist bigot Narendra Modi becoming the next Prime Minister. Modi is compara... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Bomoseen, Vermont, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

“The Better Angels Of Our Nature”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“The Better Angels Of Our Nature: * * How Charles Dickens Influenced Abraham Lincoln" * by Gene Griessman, Ph.D. “Here’s the story of an obscure but beautiful quotation from Charles Dickens that found its way into the First Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln. n 1861, before his inauguration, Lincoln showed a draft of what he intended to say to William Seward, his Secretary of State. Seward recommended that Lincoln conclude with conciliatory words, and sketched out a few sentences for Lincoln to consider. Seward’s rough draft, which has been preserved, contains the expression “... more »

Chet Raymo, “Sailing to the Moon”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Sailing to the Moon”* by Chet Raymo “It's like fishing in the dark. Our thoughts are the hooks, Our hearts the new bait.” "And so, China has soft-landed a rover on the Moon. A splendid achievement of which that nation must be very proud. I'm proud too, for humankind. I think of what Thomas Merton wrote in “Thoughts in Solitude”, at a time when some far-seeing rocket scientists were considering the real possibility of going to our sister satellite: "What can we gain by sailing to the moon, if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves." I've read much of ... more »

Beware of Data Sharing Cheerleaders Offering Webinars

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
Perhaps the most sobering component of the privatization push is its unprecedented demand for data collection (data “mining”) on American students. Data mining is not just an American issue. However, on the American front, two education activists have been at the forefront of the fight against this mammoth student data collection: Louisiana’s Jason France (here’s a great […]

Memories Of Choral Society

Southern Man at Southern Man - 8 hours ago
Southern Man has been a lover of classical music since childhood. He still remembers every work on the classical LP that Southern Father would put on the living-room stereo at night, turned up just enough that Southern Lad could hear them from his bed. And he would pursue music for the rest of his childhood as well, becoming at least somewhat proficient on piano (and less so on violin) by his high-school years. In college there was no question of majoring in music - there is no way that he'd ever be good enough to support himself with such - and Southern Man embraced the STEM fields ... more »

Bill Whittle: It's up to us...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*to reclaim our country. * You betcha!

John Fortune R.I.P.

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
John Fortune was a satirical genius, here's one of his duets with John Bird as they explain the workings of the 'Markets' especially with regard to the 2008 crisis and the subprime market. John Fortune will be missed...

The Harper Government's latest Big Lie

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours ago
Well, it has a bag-load hauled out at those times when it is tactically expedient. This one however, is a slam-dunk. Remember Jason Kenney telling us all how the rules on foreign workers were going to be tightened up? Well it turns out they were ... and they weren't. Canadians now go to the head of the line for non-union sex-work. For anything else, you wait until the union's busted by flooding

DON'T PANIC ON THE ECONOMY

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Government debt is said to be dangerously high. (Debt to GDP ratios for 2014 may be *109% in the USA and 95% in the Euro area*) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) research paper is warning of* high inflation*, *a tax on savings* and *governments defaulting on their debts*. The research paper may be wrong. *The UK had VERY high debts in 1816, but boomed, and reduced debt, in the century that followed.* *The UK and USA should not necessarily be worrying about levels of debt.* Between 1949 and 1966, UK debt was mostly over 100% of GDP. Yet growth was a healthy 3.19 % on average.... more »

Stephen Harper an expert flip-floper

LeDaro at LeDaro - 9 hours ago
He is good at it but one of these days he is going to land on his head. Senate scandal might do it. Sorry the picture is very small. Camera was at a distance and was not allowed to be any closer.:)

"How It Really Is"

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

Geocaching At The Lake

Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
At this point Southern Man is actually hobbling along pretty well so he is starting to go after geocaches that require a little walking. This one was at a large area lake (hidden in that evergreen tree) and Southern Man stood and admired the beautiful day and watched the sailboats for a while before working his way down that (relatively modest) slope to nab the cache.

“A Simple Economic Truth America's Super Rich Don't Want Us to Know About”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“A Simple Economic Truth America's Super Rich Don't Want Us to Know About”* By Thom Hartmann “For the past 32 years, Americans have been living a lie. It's a lie that helps out rich people and screws working people, and it's a lie that needs to be called out. The people promoting this lie - most all of them rich people themselves - have been so good at promoting this lie that pretty much everybody believes it. It's even asserted as fact, without contradiction, in the mainstream media. But it's a lie. The lie is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable compan... more »

Christmas Party

Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
Yes, there will be Dirty Santa. Southern Man spent the entire evening *right there* on that couch with his foot up but the camera got passed around so there were plenty of pics. A lovely couple. Another lovely couple; Southern Man's Bible discussion group leader and his fiancée. Whoo hoo, look at our presents! Southern Man would soon steal those dark chocolate truffles... ...but she was able to obtain this lovely plaque to replace them. Yes, it's one of Southern Man's favorite verses and will be carved into his fireplace mantlepiece someday. What's a party without a little ... more »

Amnesty International says: Drop the vengeance! Free Albert Woodfox!

angola3news at Angola 3 News - 9 hours ago
Featured below is the full text of an action alert for Albert Woodfox, released today by Amnesty International, timed to build public pressure in the days leading up to Albert's oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday, January 7. *(PHOTO: Michael Mable, the brother of Albert Woodfox, speaks at the press conference and delivery of petition to free Albert at the Louisiana State Capitol on Oct.21, 2013.)* This could be the end of Albert Woodfox's 40-year plus prison nightmare, if you act now. On Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hold a hear... more »

“2014 Will Bring More Social Collapse”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“2014 Will Bring More Social Collapse”* by Paul Craig Roberts 2014 is upon us. For a person who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1961, a year in which the class ring showed the same date right side up or upside down, the 21st century was a science fiction concept associated with Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To us George Orwell’s 1984 seemed so far in the future we would never get there. Now it is 30 years in the past. Did we get there in Orwell’s sense? In terms of surveillance technology, we are far beyond Orwell’s imagination. In terms of the unaccountabi... more »

Surgery

Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
Today was spent busily waiting, first for an ultrasound (part of the aforementioned physical exam of last Monday) and then surgery on that busted leg. The Bone Doc had alluded to not only putting a plate on the bone but any number of pins and screws to hold the rest of the ankle together but Southern Man put in a mild protest and asked that the ankle be left to heal on its own and then through the magic of modern anesthesia it was three hours later and he was in the recovery room getting dressed (yes, his memory kicks in as he is struggling to pull his pants on). There was no cast, ... more »

Christmas Day

Southern Man at Southern Man - 9 hours ago
On Christmas Day Southern Man wandered over to a cousin's home for a family lunch. Southern Mother, Southern Father, and Southern Great-Aunt, the youngest sister of Southern Man's long-departed grandmother. The ever-lovely Southern Mother. Our gracious host, Southern Man's first cousin once removed. Why, yes, he's changed her diaper a time or two. Southern Second Cousin and an American Girl doll. Southern Daughter also collected those for a while. SFCOR, her charming and handsome husband, and SSC. Charming and handome husband's brother and his lovely wife.

PNC customers inPhiladelphia region - check your accounts , there could be errors in your PNC account ! Murder by internet ? Will hackers be able to target and kill victims remotely ? Recently Skype and Snapchat hacked - really nothing is safe out here folks !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/pnc-bank-acknowledges-glitch-affecting-unknown-number-of-customers/ 95 View Comments [image: (One PNC customer's account showed a number of "miscellaneous withdrawals" that the bank said it would reverse. Image provided by customer)] (One PNC customer’s account showed a number of “miscellaneous withdrawals” that the bank said it would reverse. Image provided by customer) *By Tim Jimenez* PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A number of PNC bank customers woke up today seeing less money in theiraccounts. The company is calling it a “glitch.” PNC spokeswom... more »

Homeless in Connecticut

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
I'm liking Connecticut's junior Senator more and more all the time. This guy gets it. In order to better understand the reality his poorest constituents face, Sen. Chris Murphy spent the day with a homeless guy. The guy did everything right. He overcame tremendous odds in his childhood to better his life. Then the crash came and he lost his job and his home. Now he's on the street and the paltry $400 a month he was receiving in UI benefits were cut off by the crackpot conservatives in Congress. Thing is, this "fiscally responsible" policy makes it almost impossible for the homeless... more »

Christmas Eve

Southern Man at Southern Man - 10 hours ago
As one might imagine Southern Man spent most of Christmas Eve on the couch with his leg propped up so most of these pics were by Teen Daughter. The long-time family tradition has been to gather at the Ancestral Manor on Christmas Eve so it was, as always, a large and merry gathering with much eating and chatting and reading from the Christmas story (as recounted by Saint Luke) and a generally wonderful time. Teen Daughter selfie. Another family tradition - Southern Sister stuffing the stockings. Southern Man usually stuffs with a favorite drink and a book. Southern Daughter at t... more »

What really happened when BoBo got high

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
Well, I suppose you could read David Brook's true confession about smoking pot. I wouldn't recommend it. I gave up his columns years without a moment's regret. I would however highly endorse spending a few minutes reading the hilarious response posted by the guy who got high with BoBo in high school. It seems our Mr. Brooks left out a few details, among them: And here all along I thought he quit because of that time we got pulled over by the Radnor cops in senior year right after we’d clambaked his Mom’s Vista Cruiser, and first thing the cop does after the smoke clears is look him... more »

How many people were killed by Saddam Hussein's regime?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
How many people were killed by Saddam Hussein's regime? This is a question that it is hard to answer, there are many answers none of which are 100% accurate (how could they be?) but there are ranges that are agreed upon. Wikipedia reports that: According to *The New York Times*, "he [Saddam] murdered as many as a million of his people, many with poison gas. He tortured, maimed and imprisoned countless more. His unprovoked invasion of Iran is estimated to have left another million people dead. His seizure of Kuwait threw the Middle East into crisis. More insidious, arguably, was the ... more »

More Than Meets the Eye Behind Cambodia's Growing Unrest

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours ago
The Cambodian people undoubtedly face a tyrannical regime, but US-backed opposition will bring nation only deeper into despair and destitution. *January 3, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci) - Protests growing in both Thailand and neighboring Cambodia may at first look very similar. Both are against supposedly "elected governments," but both nations are clearly run by illegitimate dictatorships. Both nations have streets filled with growing numbers of dissatisfied people who are increasingly putting pressure on their respective regimes, lead by one or several opposition parties. And both see... more »

Concerning a 12-year-old public school script!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014* *Finland, when it was young:* Ever since December 2001, everyone has known the script: When it comes to the public schools, we have to copy miraculous Finland, land of miraculous test scores! All across the spectrum, people are still repeating this manifest nonsense today. Why do we call it nonsense? The script about miraculous Finland emerged from the release of the scores from the inaugural 2000 PISA. Finland scored at the top of the world. The script was soon being widely yodeled. Why do we call the script nonsense? We’ve discussed this topic many tim... more »

all the difference in the world

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago
An old man was going for a walk on the beach, when he noticed a little boy feeding a thin, shaggy looking dog with bits of bread. He went up to the boy and asked him why he was sharing his bread with the dogs. The little boy answered, "Because they have nothing. No home, no family, and if I don’t feed them they will die." “But there are homeless dogs everywhere," the old man replied. “So your efforts don’t really make a difference” The little boy looked at the dog and stroked him. “But for him, for this little dog, it makes all the difference in the world.”

Have the Clintons turned "progressive"?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*"In classic Clinton style, [the former president] was gracious toward [former NYC Mayor Michael] Bloomberg, who took over the city in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and had to grapple with the impact of the recession that hit the country in 2008. Clinton thanked Bloomberg for leaving New York stronger than he found it."But on this day, Clinton, as always, was thinking about tomorrow. He wanted no one listening to conclude that he was there to split the difference between the outgoing and incoming mayors, to offer praise in equal amounts."And so, after... more »

Constantly saying teachers are “poor” kind of pisses me off. I think we should stop it.

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
I get it. We all get it. Relative to other careers with similar education credentials, teachers are underpaid, given that many have graduate degrees. To wit: The average salary for full-time public school teachers in 2010–11 was $56,069 in current dollars (i.e. dollars that are not adjusted for inflation). In constant (inflation-adjusted) dollars, the average […]

Cold Day in Toronto!!!

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago

What Does The Fox Say? Shirt with Layered Heat Transfer

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
I was given the Heat Transfer Vinyl to create this shirt. All opinions and instructions are 100% my own. Still singing What Does The Fox Say from yesterday's post? Yeah, me too. Today's shirt was made for my 5-year-old. It is more whimsical with just the ears and the tail and with two fun colors instead of just one. Making shirts with more than one color of vinyl is called layering heat transfer and it is surprisingly easy and just needs a little patience. She absolutely loves her shirt and in the week she has owned it has worn it three times, with me doing extra laundry just so she... more »

LAND OF SCRIPT: Misrepresenting Rice!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2014* *Part 4—Kirkpatrick keeps script alive:* Modern journalistic practice is marked by at least two widespread problems. One the one hand, our press corps displays a stunning lack of basic journalistic skills. (The ability to paraphrase fairly, and to quote correctly, are two such basic skills.) They also display a devotion to script. Nine years ago, Paul Krugman described the phenomenon: KRUGMAN (8/3/04): *Reading the Script* A message to my fellow journalists: check out media watch sites like campaigndesk.org, mediamatters.org and dailyhowler.com. It's good... more »

National Threat Alert: The Mind Trust’s CEE-Trust, George Bush, and Bill Gates

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
By Doug Martin The Indianapolis-based Mind Trust plays a major part in my forthcoming book *Hoosier School Heist,*but many people don’t realize that the group founded by former Democratic mayor Bart Peterson and David Harris is a national leader in the school privatization movement through its CEE-Trust (Cities for Education Entrepeneurship). Loaded with Bill Gates/Joyce and Carnegie Foundation money, CEE-Trust actively works for charterization not only in Indianapolis but in Kansas City, Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis, Dallas, Denver, and New Orleans. In fact, CEE-Trust boasts of 33... more »

Love the One you're with

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
First written 6/2012, the following article was featured on Gail Goodwin's beautiful website, Inspire Me Today, again today. Sign up there to receive daily encouragement in this coming year of great changes! This message still holds, *love the one you're with.* ~~~ Fall in love with yourself. This is it. You are here now on purpose, in this unique, exquisite body with your brilliant mind and enormous heart. Burst out of the constraints of “should” and “have to” and just “be”. Gracefully dance into freedom. You are here to love. *The hardest person for you to love is reading these... more »

BRITAIN'S SPIES OUTWITTED BY THE JEWS

Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*"This book unveils the reality of an inbred caste... and its ... servile substrata of button-polishing bully-boys." - The Observer* *Calder Walton*'s book *Empire of Secrets **tells the story of Britain's spies.* Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton – Observer / How Zionist Extremism Became British Spies’ Biggest Enemy / Empire of Secrets by Calder - Telegraph. / Bernard Porter reviews 'Empire of Secrets' / Book review: Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton Calder Walton explains that the British were probably the first to use 'extraordinary rendition'. MI5 would arrest a suspect, m... more »

@johnkuhntx: The Tyranny of the Datum

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
By John Kuhn Data is a big deal. A great deal of innovation is happening right now in the field of data collection, storage, and management in the field of education. There are some well-documented fears among parents and teachers regarding these trends. Who will control the data? How will the data be used? Will […]

@ArneDuncan is suzerain to the vassals

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
The Washington Post (aka Valerie Strauss) reported just days ago that the Secretary of Education intervened in choice of chancellor of NYC schools, discouraging choice of MD Supe Josh Starr. How dare Duncan, yes? Interfering in local education matters. My analysis? NYC is not merely a local education matter. This isn’t Albuquerque. This is New […]

Guest Post: Here’s to a Progressive/Conservative Movement to Take Back Our Schools

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
We met the other day in the kitchen of a retired teacher. We were quite the mix of people, with a far right conservative and a far left progressive; long­time retired teachers, and currently working teachers; elementary teachers, high school teachers and a university teacher. Despite our differences, we all came together out of a […]

Why do Americans still support Israel?

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 13 hours ago
An article appearing in *The Jewish Daily Forward* the other day highlighted and summarized a Pew Research Center poll recently conducted to gauge American support for the Jewish state of Israel. According to the article, 61% of those polled viewed Israel favorably, while 26% viewed Israel unfavorably. While Americans continue to hold long-time allies like Great Britain and Canada in high esteem, they are pretty divided as to how they feel about some of the government’s other key allies — like Israel. A recently published *Pew Research Center poll* reveals *that 61% of Americans vi... more »

Who killed the Palestinian Ambassador with an exploding safe, and other questions

Real History Lisa at Real History Blog - 13 hours ago
First, Happy New Year! I closed my FB page - keeping up with the comments was too time-consuming. Here, I can decide when I want to set time aside to go through comments - there, I couldn't. So I will likely be posting here more often. I love Twitter for sharing news stories, like this one: "The safe that exploded and killed the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic had been in daily

Free Trade 30: BIPOR and APTIR

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
Many national and multilateral agencies are known for being Bureaucracies Instigating Protectionism, Outings and Revelries (BIPOR). For instance, to have real free trade as in freedom to trade by the people, there is little or no need for endless negotiations if economies will declare unilateral trade liberalization, like what Hong Kong has done. Just open the borders to various goods and services from many countries at zero tariff, zero regulations except the trading of guns, bombs, fake and substandard medicines and food products, poisonous substances and a few others that can har... more »

The Trust Deficit

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
Frank Graves' latest poll confirms the conventional wisdom: Canadians are losing trust in their democratic institutions. Trust in Canadian democracy has been on the wane for thirty years; but it has continued to decline during Stephen Harper's time in office: So while the Harper government is by no means responsible for the poor democratic health of the country, it certainly hasn’t managed to slow the trend — let alone reverse it. The rating of Canada’s democratic health has been on a straight line downward and is now at a historical nadir. Other polling from 2013 suggests that ... more »

The Observation Gap?

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has become the black hole of education discussions or “debates.” In fact, I’d submit that we spend far too much time and energy arguing for, or against, the CCSS that we’re neglecting other critical aspects of our profession. Case in point: the role classroom observations serve in providing teachers […]

CONFRONTING ISRAELI APARTHEID

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
- The Israeli government is torturing Palestinian children, including keeping them in outdoor cages during winter, according to a new human rights report. A report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel claims children suspected of minor crimes have been subjected to “public caging,” threats and acts of sexual violence and military trials without representation. - Ilan Pappé is foremost among the Israeli "new historians" who have challenged the traditional view of Israeli history, especially the Israeli role in the 1948 ethic cleansing of P... more »

Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students. via Conditions of Teaching Are Conditions of Learning: On Students.

Pauvre Francois Hollande, people just don't want to shake his hand

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Poor François Hollande, people just don't want to shake his hand.

ALEC PR is Really Their Own Propaganda Regurgitated

2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
Been fuming over this one ever since I wrote an entry on ALECs twisting of words ( also known by my Mom as LYING) *Bill Meierling, a spokesman for ALEC*, said the organization "maintains no model policy on climate change." "on climate change" - he's being specific - "on climate change" must have some specific mumbo jumbo meaning for ALEC Especially when you consider the document drop the Guardian did in December with Headline and subheads that read ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean energy• Documents reveal conservative group's anti-green agenda ... more »

Why Doesn't America Allow Drug Importation?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Fred Upton sold out his Michigan constituents to the drug companies long ago I spent the holiday season on a ship cruising around the Galapagos, going from island to island. One day the highlight was seeing a sea lion give birth to her first pup and the next was watching an aquatic iguana rape a female iguana. Another day we saw parent frigates take turns caring for their chick while the other one hunted. The Ecuadorean naturalists helped us put the experiences into context. There wasn't reliable internet access on the ship but I did manage to come across the new Pew Poll about how f... more »

War Watch December 31 , 2013 - Negotiators miss deadline for Afghan security pact , Pentagon plows forward with Afghan War plans despite Intelligence Estimate , Afghan Government releases 650 detainees from Bagram...... Iran, world powers agree to implement nuclear deal in late January , additional articles related to Iran nuclear talks........ Syria misses deadline for removal of chemical weapons , Lebanon Army fires on Syria Copters ....... Turkey corruption scandal updates - PM Erdogan and AKP attempt to fend off the ongoing probes , Another AKP Deputy quits AKP , Gold mining company Koza Atlinhas its activities halted at Cukuralan goldfield - Is the Company on the wrong side politically ? Faced with legal challenges,Turkish government tries to weaken top administrative court

Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Afghanistan...... US Ultimatum Fails, Afghan Troop Deal Remains Unsigned'Deadline' Passes Without Karzai's Signature by Jason Ditz, December 31, 2013 Print This | Share This The Obama Administration’s “end of the year” ultimatum for President Hamid Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) has now officially come and gone, and the BSA remains unsigned. The BSA is designed to keep troops in the nation “through 2024 and beyond,” and the administration had repeatedly warned through November and early December that all US troops would leave if Karzai didn’t sign by the end o... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*"Tort reform" = "Stop suing oil companies" ~Library Chronicles* *Louisiana creating one-stop shop for businesses* *Weekend offers Acadiana lots of big-name musicians ~Daily Advertiser*

O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie....

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Bethlehem Unwrapped has, undeniably, drawn a disturbing number of enthusiastic and positive responses. Such a shame. It’s inflammatory in a wholly negative way, and I’m astounded at the wrongheadedness of the instigators. They may have begun the project with good intentions, but they leapt onto the wrong bandwagon ‘and they don’t even know it!’ The pretence that it was an even-handed symbol of protest at ‘walls’ in general was belied by much of the participants’ graffiti. The ‘This Wall saves Lives’ slogan was defaced, firstly with “Doesn’t” scrawled in black between ‘wall and ‘s... more »

Trifecta: How to Cope with Depressing News...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 16 hours ago
* Scott Ott will blow you away with his answer.*

Call Me Prescient: How My 2013 Employment Law Predictions Fared

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
If you are a regular reader, you'll recall that I made predictions at the beginning of 2013 about what I thought we could expect. How did I do? Call me Cassandra. Here's what I said would happen, and what really did: *1. Even More Active NLRB: Look for stepped up activity against employers on social media restrictions, attempts to suppress worker concerted activities and lopsided agreements. NLRB will do what other government agencies have punted on: help employees.* Sure enough, NLRB didn't disappoint. They were up to full strength by the middle of the year. They continued to pre... more »

The Beginning of the Road Less Traveled

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 16 hours ago
Let me tell you about my Dream. For years and years I have had dream- a driving urge to create a community. Not just any ol plunked down houses and random people... but to create a true conscious community of people that are creating CHANGE. REAL LIFE CHANGE. I have spent years building various online communities in different areas of the world and with varying focuses. Each has been an awesome learning experience and in each case I have learned vital skills in leadership and in applying those skills within non-hierarchical, no "bullshit bureaucracy" communities. I loved the... more »

WTF Chart Of The Day: Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess Liquidity

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 16 hours ago
WTF Chart Of The Day: Fed Soaks Up Record $200 Billion In Year End Excess Liquidity [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2013 12:39 -0500 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-31/wtf-chart-day-fed-soaks-record-200-billion-year-end-excess-liquidity A week ago the Fed announced its latest expansion to its Fixed-Rate Reverse Repo facility, which boosted the maximum allotment per counterparty to a whopping $3 billion from $1 billion (initially this was "only" $500 million), to wit: "this week the Committee authorized the Desk to modify the terms of the exer... more »

Evidence of the relationship is admissible in domestic abuse cases even where such incidentally shows bad character

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago
R. v. Carroll, 2014 ONCA 2: [122] First, in cases of domestic homicide, evidence may be admitted during the case for the Crown, including evidence of extrinsic misconduct, that elucidates the nature of the relationship between the spouses. This evidence may tend to establish animus or motive on the part of one spouse, and thus be relevant to prove that the killer of the deceased was the spouse with the animus or motive, rather than someone else, and that the killing was murder: *Moo*, at para. 98; *R. v. Cudjoe*, 2009 ONCA 543, 251 O.A.C. 163, at para. 64; and *R. v. Van Osselae... more »

It Won't Change. Unless ...

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 17 hours ago
... unless we DO SOMETHING. Do you understand this? I'd like to read about genuine strategies for change when I go online. Not endless, pointless internet bitch festivals. Nothing is going to change unless we DO SOMETHING. Global warming is going to bring hell on earth inevitably. Do you believe this or not? If you do, ... what do you propose to do about it? Join someone else's rally for an afternoon to "demand" change from governments in thrall to the oil industry? And if your "demands" aren't met after you all go home, then what? Notice how, for all our anger and criticism and "... more »

Icelanders Erupt: Overthrown Government and New Constitution

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
[image: Just Wondering – Alternative News and Opinions] Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 - Tweet - - [image: Icelanders-overthrow-government] *[More manifestations of awakening are continuing to bust out, Iceland being a prime example of grass roots, bold and brave activism once again. Of course the US media are silent on the issue, just as any totalitarian regime would be. "Mustn't encourage the natives, they might get even more restless..." Damn these controllers, it's time to take them down any and every way we can.* *Non compliance is the perfect starter and ende... more »

STRONG WOMAN SONG - Sung by Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart-Bellecourt

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Lyrics: *A strong woman* *is one who feels deeply* *and loves fiercely.* *Her tears flow* *just as abundantly* *as her laughter.* *A strong woman* * is both soft and powerful.* *She is both* *practical and spiritual.* *A strong woman* *in her essence* *is a gift to the world.*

IXI ISIS - L'Esquisse Du Lys - Official Video 2013

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*Published on Dec 26, 2013* IXI ISIS - L'Esquisse du Lys - Music, Lyrics & Vocal By IXI ISIS *Video By : Revival Musik : https://www.youtube.com/user/RevivalM... The First One Composed and Entire Produced By IXI ISIS. Check Out Single on ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/les... Like & Follow IXI ISIS: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/IXIISIS.FANPAGE Website: http://www.ixiisis.com Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/102640814761909170855?cfem=1#102640814761909170855/posts?cfem=1

One of every two Americans are now in poverty or low income. We’re not just hungry for food. We’re hungry for jobs, homes, for schools, for the basic necessities of life. We are hungry for justice! Democrats and Republicans, the bipartisan corporate parties in Congress (the only parties allowed in our faux democracy), reached a budget deal that will restore full military spending while allowing food stamp and unemployment cuts to move forward. The dominant culture in the United States tells us that we have rights to abstract concepts such as freedom but not to the tangible basic necessities of education, housing, health care, jobs and more. (Exerpts from this highly researched and well written essay)

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 20 hours ago
------------------------------ AlterNet / *By* *Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers* Original Here America Is the Most Inhumane Developed Country on the Planet — Are We Going to Let It Stay That Way? *This week marked the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What would it be like if people in the U.S. knew they had these rights?* Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/corgarashu*December 14, 2013* | This week marked the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was drafted by a commis... more »

January is Human Trafficing Awareness Month - Let's End Slavery In The 21st Century

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
January is Human Trafficing Awareness Month *It's shameful what people will do for money. This is a billion dollar industry worldwide. It's shameful that this form of slavery still exists in the 21st Century.* *Here in Sweden it's girls from eastern Europe being used in the sex trade, businesses doing it with the help of the gov. believe it or not and pretty much 80 to 90 % of all immigration is human trafficing through smugglars who get from 10 to 20,000 USD to make all arrangements. It's a big cash cow.* For More Information: *Huffington Post - Human Trafficing Link* ... more »

Nima Arkani-Hamed debates a novelist

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
*...on differences between science and arts...* The Science Museum organized a 55-minute conversation of Nima Arkani-Hamed with Ian McEwan, an English novelist. Note that Nima is dressed in an unusually elegant, formal way, to show that physicists are culturally superior. Relatively to him, McEwan is dressed like a rank-and-file physicist. ;-) The female host mentions that Nima is an avid reader; she doesn't even have to say that he is a spectacular piano player, too. *The video starts with a 16-minute test of patience. Jump to 15:45 if you're sure that you would be able to pass t... more »

Correcting a liar or a fool

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
I have been engaged in a Twitter debate with another anti-Israel type whose grasp on reality is poor. This one goes by the handle @The_Mitch92 and has tweeted that both 9/11 and 7/7 were false flag operations, but more of that later. @The_Mitch92 sees no place for a Jewish state, except maybe in Antarctica, says that Jews have no historical connection with the land of Israel and tries to blame Israel and America for all the troubles of the world. Here's one example of @The_Mitch92's output and my responses... @The_Mitch92's response was not to try and justify his initial claim but... more »

You must be dreaming

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 21 hours ago
I read this with my jaw on the desk. Would this turkey, a man who was first elected on a backlash vote, actually quit? Are you smoking crack? Stephen Harper believes in one thing - Stephen Harper. The man is not your run of the mill sociopath. He believes that we, a nation of peace seekers, truly want everything to be exactly as he learned in five semesters of economics and the wisdom he

Wide Asleep in America's 20 Most Popular Posts of 2013

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 21 hours ago
(Flickr) A New Year is upon us. Reflecting on the year gone by, I feel that a few thank yous and shout-outs are due. First and foremost, thank you to you, the one reading this right now and those who have ever visited this site with an open mind and without an agenda. Your eyes are everything. In February 2013, I was lucky enough to join the incredible staff at Muftah, an online magazine

Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.3.14”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.3.14” * By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The top story is the official start of Obama Care. Look at the mainstream media headline: “Health Care sign-ups top 1 Million.” Here’s what they are not telling you. People who have turned negative on government-run health care are at record numbers. A CNN poll says 63% think the new law will make health care more expensive. Here is probably the biggest headline, and it comes from Harvard. 56% of young people ages 18 to 29 give Obama Care a big thumbs down and are rejecting it. It is critical to get young healthy ... more »

Health Care Dollars Keep Luxury Car Market Upticking and From iPhone to Cisco Routers - NSA Hacks It All (Heritage Scrubs Up) New Paradigm Arising? (2014's Promises)

And you thought no one had made any money since the Financial Crash (2008)? You probably won't be surprised at who did (and still does). It appears that some have gotten fabulously wealthy since the devastation to so many millions' portfolios. Time to reformat that resume! From "Your Health Care Dollars At Work": Outside of Minneapolis, for example, Morrie's Luxury Auto received 16 of

“The Santa Claus Lie – A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“The Santa Claus Lie – * *A Gateway Drug to Collective (Self) Deception”* By Cognitive Dissonance “I spend what some might imagine is an inordinate amount of time thinking about lies and self deception. But from my point of view it is a fundamental flaw that cripples us as individuals and as a society. Lying and lies permeate our culture from top to bottom in ways we often never perceive and rarely wish to see. Essentially it is the foundational building block that supports all that is wrong with us and why we continuously repeat our oftentimes disastrous personal and societal mis... more »

Panic, Predictions and Propaganda:Endless Empty Estimates on Iran's Nuclear Program

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 23 hours ago
President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, March 21, 2013 (AP) "As you know, Iran is just a week away from a nuclear weapon. 'They have been for the past 20 years...,' says people who would like to bomb Iran." - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, November 12, 2013 ***** It has been three years since I published "

Musical Interlude: Moody Blues, “Dawning is the Day”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Moody Blues, “Dawning is the Day” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3ym7PnXRs

Soaring Caracas Stock Exchange Undergoes 1000 For 1 "Stock Split" ......... Is further commentary required ? ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-02/soaring-caracas-stock-exchange-undergoes-1000-1-stock-split Home Soaring Caracas Stock Exchange Undergoes 1000 For 1 "Stock Split" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/02/2014 21:17 -0500 - Bolsa - Google - Japan inShare For generating the greatest "wealth effect" and highest return of any global stock market in the world in 2013, the Caracas stock exchange, which closed the year at the ripe level of 2.7 million, is getting surprisingly little attention or love (maybe because unlike other countries... more »

Updates On Syria [1.2]: MV Cape Ray To Destroy Syria's CW In The Mediterranean Within Weeks, Calls For A Ceasefire Grow, Health Crisis In Syria Reveals WHO's Lack Of Authority

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Here's The Massive Ship Tasked With 'Unprecedented Mission' To Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons" by Mathieu Rabechault, Agence France Presse, Business Insider, January 2:* With special machinery installed in the hold of this American cargo ship, the MV Cape Ray is poised to embark on an unprecedented mission to destroy Syria's lethal chemical agents at sea. At a shipyard in Virginia, the 650-foot (197.5-meter) ship from the Maritime Administration's reserve fleet has been outfitted with two portable hydrolysis systems designed to neutralize the most dangerous ... more »

I Am Back!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Yes, I am back! First, I must reiterate what I have been saying for some time... I truly do hate hospitals.. The food truly sucks, and I barely had any sleep for the 3 nights that I was stuck there. I just spent the entire day today catching up on some much needed sleep..... I have been suffering over the last month at least with on and off coughing, fever, and chest congestion. It is the primary reason why I took that "week" off recently to try to work on getting myself healthy... However with the condition not improving, I had decided by last Saturday that if I was not better... more »

In Memorial: Listen to Charlie Hill at AIM's 40 Year Reunion

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
In Memorial: Listen to Comedian Charlie Hill at the American Indian Movement's 40 Year Reunion in San Francisco Click arrow to listen: Charlie Hill at AIM Reunion Discover Entertainment Internet Radio with Brenda Norrell on BlogTalkRadio AIM audio recorded by Censored News and Earthcycles By Brenda Norrell Censored News SAN FRANCISCO -- Oneida Comedian Charlie Hill appeared

2013 in Review -- A Prayer to the Janitor of Lunacy,* Part 4: A great anniversary approaches!

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Plus more "Quote of the Year" nominees* *[*TO MEET THE JANITOR OF LUNACY, SEE PART 1]* *by Noah* One of the greatest anniversaries in our nation’s history will happen this year. Forty years ago, on August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned! It was either that or certain removal from office via impeachment, and it was bipartisan. That’s how bad it was. If Nixon wanted to retire with a pension and perks, it was the only way. The anti-semitism. The racism. The criminality, the paranoia, and the screaming down the halls of the White House. Psychosis. "I am not a crook." Yes ... more »

I'm back at the ASSA; you don't know how lucky you are, boy; back at the ASSA.

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
I am at the Philly Allied Social Science Associations conference now and over the next few days. Terrible weather, great cheese steaks. The publisher of my favorite textbook will be promoting the new edition--the 7th. If you would like to get a peek, stop by the Cengage booth. Tomorrow (Friday), I will be hanging around there from about 3:30 to 4: 15 pm.

2013 - 2014. Different date, same liberal genocidal agenda

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day ago
2013 was a year of absolute liberal lunacy. The New Year is already shewing signs of continuing the ever-accelerating march to the total genocide of the European nation and all that we hold dear. In 2013, the liberal bigots shewed their true colours in their hypocritical reactions to the deaths of Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. Whilst anti-Internationalists treated the deaths as simply a welcome end to an equally odious pair of servants of International Finance Imperialism, the liberal bigots reacted to each quite differently. Whereas Thatcher's death was greeted with street ... more »

Teaser trailer for United Opt Out’s annual spring event #optout

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Embed and share widely. UOO takes their fight to Denver, CO this year, March 28th to 30th, 2014. Check their website over the coming months for updates and details. In the past two years, UOO’s events in Washington, DC attracted grassroots activists and prominent figures nationwide. They’ve kindled uprisings and awareness in numerous communities. If […]

Sun Dance continues

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
Our dear Sol is partying like it's still New Years Eve. After a bit of a "quiet" spell - and as SDO and SOHO have been bouncing up and down like freakin yo yos with huge black outs of data, thats only conjecture- the sun is once again ramping up with lots of excitement. in the past 48 hours we've had 4 M Class solar flares, one of which was an M9.9- which is just a hair off of being an X Class. Spot 1936 had two M flares plus one on Dec 29th, but is just about to rotate over the limb and be not geoeffective to earth any more. BUT.... the two today came from spot 1944, which is ju... more »

Gold and Silver articles of note - January 2 , 2014 - highlights from GATA and Jesse's Cafe Americain !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Gata..... Von Greyerz: Gold has moved out of central bank vaults to private vaults Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2014-01-03 18:51. Section: Daily Dispatches 1:50p ET Friday, January 3, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Western central banks don't permit audits of their gold reserves because the gold is no longer around, Swiss gold fund manager Egon von Greyerz tells King World News today. The metal, he says, has left their vaults and moved into private vaults largely in Asia. An excerpt from his interview is posted at the King World News blog here: http://kingworldnews.com/kingwor... more »

National Security Agency news for January 2 , 2014 .......NSA stands for ‘No Such Amendment’: Intelligence agency violates US Constitution - states former CIA officer Ray McGovern........ ​NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ to break all forms of encryption ....... Regardless of discussions of toothless , meaningless " reforms " , NSA will not be stopped by neither any politicians in DC nor the Courts - and they are acting as if they ave absolutely no concerns about these discussions !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
​NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ to break all forms of encryption Published time: January 02, 2014 22:18 Get short URL [image: Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch] Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch Share on tumblr Trends NSA leaks Tags Intelligence, Internet, Snowden, USA The National Security Agency is building a ‘quantum computer’ capable of breaking any encryption used to protect the most vital records around the world. The US spy agency, shown to have deliberately weakened encryption standards, is seeking an advanced-speed, *“cryptologically useful quantum computer”* that can bypass encryption tha... more »

More amazing archaelogical discoveries in 2013

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
I just discovered this site (thank you Nick and JJ!). They have a very cool selection of articles on some very interesting topics. As I posted the article on monday about the Archeological discoveries of 2013, I thought you might enjoy Message to Eagle's list- and again, no doubles from the previous lists I posted, lol. The one thing I will point out, is the number of "archeology" discoveries that have happened in countries where the US and G8 have been actively meddling...... Sudan, Turkey, Syria, Ethopia,..... hmmmmmmm..... kinda like a repeat of Iraq and Afghanistan, eh? htt... more »

Thoughts for the Brain - yet more Sherlock

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
Let’s use the new series of Sherlock as a jumping off point to talk about some stuff. It is great to have our man back. I enjoyed the first episode for what it was meant to be. It was a bricolage and sort of had to be in order to tie up the last series and open the new one. It could not really be taken too seriously, and it was a fun and funny episode. The ambiguities left over, such as who is this new villain and why would he want to almost kill John Watson, need to be taken up soon in the next episode, and I’m sure they will. The first part of the new episode was very self-consci... more »

Thoughts for the Brain - yet more Sherlock

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
Let’s use the new series of Sherlock as a jumping off point to talk about some stuff. It is great to have our man back. I enjoyed the first episode for what it was meant to be. It was a bricolage and sort of had to be in order to tie up the last series and open the new one. It could not really be taken too seriously, and it was a fun and funny episode. The ambiguities left over, such as who is this new villain and why would he want to almost kill John Watson, need to be taken up soon in the next episode, and I’m sure they will. The first part of the new episode was very self-conscio... more »

Plaintiff fails to prove damages but gets second chance at new trial

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
TMS Lighting Ltd. v. KJS Transport Inc., 2014 ONCA 1: [83] It is well-established that where the absence of evidence renders it impossible to assess damages, a plaintiff may be entitled to only nominal damages. *Goldfarb*, for example, says so. But this is not invariably the case. Where a plaintiff proves a substantial loss and the trial judge errs in the assessment of damages arising from that loss, the interests of justice may necessitate a new trial on damages. Although the quantification of damages flowing from the established loss may prove difficult, nonetheless t... more »

A STATE FUNERAL FOR THE BUTCHER OF SABRA AND SHATILA?

The UK Daily Telegraph reports that Israel is preparing to give the war criminal Ariel Sharon a state funeral. The report was prompted by Sharon’s rapidly deteriorating health as he approaches his ninth year of being in a coma after having a debilitating stroke on 4 January 2006. In 1982 Ariel Sharon commanded Israeli Defence Forces in Lebanon and directly facilitated the massacres of Palestinian refugees by Lebanese Phalangist and other right-wing irregular forces. Israeli forces had surrounded the camps preventing anyone from leaving and provided flares to light up the camps to al... more »

Not All Savages Are Republicans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I spent New Year's Eve watching undisturbed wildlife on the Galapagos Islands. It was truly awe-inspiring. The animals are so unafraid of humans that they are almost oblivious to our presence. One newborn baby sea lion mistook one of our party for its mother and tried to get close. We were all briefed in advance, of course, not to touch any animals. In the case of a baby sea lion it could be life and death. If the mother were to get back and call her baby and the baby responded and then the mother smelled something different on the baby-- like eau-de-human-- she would reject and ... more »

The EVENT Puzzle

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
Sophia is seriously on a roll right now- along with several other brilliant writers/bloggers who've been putting out some amazing articles in the past few weeks. "This event will happen when all pieces of the puzzle are inserted.... ....There is no way to know just when the final puzzle piece will drop into place." So many have gone through this journey looking for the biggest answer of "WHEN?". We have read old prophecies, looked at the stars for answers within their alignments, listened to hour after hour of radio shows talking about the subject, read countless pages of channe... more »

Afghanistan

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

Lyndon Johnson Sometimes Did the Right Thing

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
This is very interesting - I had never before seen this prior to right now. This is an excellent example of Lyndon Johnson actually doing something right and, at a key moment refusing to be handled. Contrary to popular myth. LBJ's brief initial statement at Andrews is rightly deemed to be completely forgettable - what I find extremely interesting and frankly rather surprising is that he has clearly personally amended the prepared remarks the staff, and done so in such a way as to completely excise the entire Cold War dimension and all hints of nationalism from the words so as to ... more »

RIGHT-WING RISE IN EUROPE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Nothing seems to be able to stop Europe's lurch to the political right. With only tentative signs of economic growth and precious little good news for deeply indebted countries like Greece and France, it's a movement that seems difficult to reverse. RT's Peter Oliver takes a closer look at a continent in search of new answers to hard problems.

The common core ignores the evidence

skrashen at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Jan 2 Al Austin, in his letter to the Times (Jan 2) notes that the common core calls for "a sharp reduction" in literature in schools in favor of increased exposure to informational text. This policy was created without any empirical evidence. The common core designers ignored (or were not aware of) not only studies showing that reading literature contributes to an "enhanced theory of mind," described in the Times by Robert Sapolsky ("Another use for literature," Dec. 29) but also the massive amount of published research showing that self-selected "... more »

Do Teachers Matter?

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
I am seeking ways to address teachers and workers—and the conditions impacting all workers—as a focus of my public work in 2014. Recently, I came across a wonderful piece about Roberto Clemente: Common bond for uncommon men: Clemente and King shared a hatred for discrimination, by David Zirin. In part, this piece speaks to the importance of solidarity and community, the sense of empathy any one person can feel and act upon in solidarity with others. Zirin highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on Clemente: David Maraniss quotes Clemente's feelings about King in his 2005 biograp... more »
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