Saturday, January 04, 2014

4 Jan - Blogs I'm Following

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Target has a new problem - More trouble for Target after 40,000 gift cards sold over the holidays fail to work ! This occurs as the massive debit and credit card debacle is still an unsolved crime !

Catharsis Ours - 10 minutes ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531660/MORE-trouble-Target-40-000-gift-cards-sold-holidays-not-properly-activated.html More trouble for Target after 40,000 gift cards sold over the holidays fail to work - Target failed to scan the correct barcode on thousands of gift cards - - Shoppers being told the cards have no value when at the check out - - Target urged shoppers to seek help in-store or by calling the number on the back of their gift card - - It comes 10 days after the store suffered a major data breach, leaving hackers to get their hands o... more »

The Grating Magpie

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 minutes ago
Some sounds really set my nerves on edge. One is the sound of magpies in spring and summer. Their harsh, grating cackle makes me think of machine gun fire. With that thought comes an association of magpies with viciousness and murder. Many's the early summer morning when I've awoken to the sound of that cackle and the subsequent squawks of panic, desperation and fear from other, smaller birds as their myriad babies face butchery at the sharp beaks of raiding magpies. Yes, I know that's anthropomorphic, sentimental, irrational twaddle on my part, and that I - a grown man - should be ... more »

FRIENDS OF SIR JIMMY SAVILE

Anon at aangirfan - 29 minutes ago
*1.* Sir Jimmy Savile is known to have had dinner with* Admiral Sir Michael Boyce*, Chief of the UK Defence Staff at the time of 9 11. ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/) *Admiral Sir Michael Boyce and General Tommy Franks* *2.* Savile visited Israel in 1975 to advise *Israel's President Ephraim Katzir* on a matter of security. Savile addressed the cabinet of Menachem Begin. Savile was also a friend of President Sadat's wife. (JIMMY SAVILE FIXED IT FOR ISRAEL). *Begin, Sadat, Katzir* *3. *Savile spent 11 consecutive Christmases at the home of *Margaret Thatcher.* *Margaret Thatch... more »

John Friend on Inside the Eye - Live! w/ Dennis Fetcho

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 35 minutes ago
I was a guest on Dennis Fetcho's radio program *Inside the Eye - Live!*this morning during the second hour. We talked about a lot of different subjects, including *the recent ADL attack on yours truly*, the *fake "Holocaust" narrative of WWII*, and media manipulation. You can download the program *here*.

Bringing Qatar Down A Notch or Two: Egypt Summons Qatar's Ambassador

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 45 minutes ago
Population of Qatar: 2 million. Population of Egypt: 84 million. Qatar is upset with Egypt's political decisions? Too bad. Qatar: Kindly Shut The Fuck Up. If you love the Muslim Brotherhood so much then make them your rulers in your neck of the woods and leave the Egyptian people and nation alone to decide their fate. Don't act like war can't be brought to your doorstep and don't pretend that you live in some kind of oasis in the middle of hell. An excerpt from, *"Egypt summons Qatari envoy after criticisms of crackdown"* Reuters, January 4: *Egypt's foreign ministry summoned... more »

Cleverness Sends Us (All of Us) Over the Edge (Yay, Neanderthals?)

Don't you just hate it when you miss a good book? I know I do (take a look at one I'm currently kicking myself over). All hominids have African ancestors. Some of them migrated to Asia, where Neanderthals first walked onto the stage. Some Neanderthals moved to Europe maybe 300,000 years ago, where they hung out in cool temperate forests. Their primary weapon was a heavy thrusting spear

Live from Planet BBC...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 59 minutes ago
Radio 4's Immigration: Good for Whom? was billed by the BBC as a debate between "two leading liberal thinkers" - Prof Paul Collier of Oxford University and David Goodhart of the centre-left Demos think tank - and Nazek Ramadan of Migrant Voices and Susie Symes, Chair of the Museum of Immigration and Diversity. It was hosted by *The World Tonight*'s Ritula Shah. It was wholly predictable that it would be a classic BBC discussion, "neatly balanced between two wary left-wing supporters of mass immigration and two enthusiastic left-wing supporters of mass immigration." And so it prov... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Last time here before the big move... I'm certainly on board with Greg Sargent's comments this week that the spin over the first few days of ACA exchange plans kicking in doesn't matter. As far as what does matter on this holiday week...I'm sort of thinking that Kerry's continuing press on Israel/Palestine might matter. How, I'm not sure. And perhaps it doesn't really...very hard to tell. But I'll go with that one. What do you have? What do you think mattered this week?

Ripley’s Botched Attack on Ravitch: A Euro Is Not a Dollar

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
In December 2011, writer Amanda Ripley published a post in which she tried hard to discredit education historian Diane Ravitch’s claim that the US poverty level is a factor in the 2009 PISA rankings. Even though Ripley’s piece is over two years old, I only read it yesterday. In her smug attempt to discredit Ravitch’s interpretation of […]

How to Help the Working Poor

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 hour ago
Click here to read my column in Sunday's* NY Times*.

A note from an administrator on new bathroom policies. Hilarity.

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
I give it to you in all its glory. And I will emphasize what particular gem, whereby students checking in and out of the bathroom helps meet a common core standard (or CCS). Who knew that every thing I do on a daily basis, from taking a leak to brushing my teeth, could be applied […]

LAND OF SCRIPT: What should Schieffer do?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014* *Epilogue—Inventing the script about Rice:* It’s stunning to see the way our upper-end, elite “journalism” works. The higher up the ladder one goes, the more pathetic the conduct becomes. The more the work is tied to script in this, our nation of script. The more a star’s “journalistic” disasters will be enabled by silence. In September 2012, a powerful script took shape about the attack in Benghazi. In last Sunday’s New York Times, David Kirkpatrick debunked two key parts of that script, while leaving Susan Rice lodged beneath the bus. Kirkpatrick named... more »

THE HUNGER GAMES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
- Our Gov. LePage (right-wing Republican corporate hack) is running for reelection on the backs of the poor. He wants to drain "welfare" in order to kill it. In Maine's largest city of Portland the governor has decided to move the state welfare office from the downtown area out near the airport which means folks, already without transportation, will have even more difficulty getting there. Very slimy politics. - It reminds me of when I was attending the University of Florida after getting out of the Air Force. I was using the GI Bill to pay school but... more »

Out of the mouth of a merely far-right-winger comes a cry of pain at the peril from far-far-far-right-wingers in West Virginia

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*"Career-long tool of the mining industry" Shelley Moore Capito* *by Ken* As I've mentioned, I sometimes get my best insight into the minds, such as they are, of the far-far-far-right-wingers from the merely far-right-wingers. (Wasn't it Freud who said, "It takes one to know one"?) By now it's no surprise to hear the MFRWs tsk-tsk-ing the FFFRWs. Ever since the screaming insanity of the FFFRWs began reaching deafening proportions during the later years of the reign of "Chimpy the Prez" Bush, the sound finally began to reach the nervous systems of the MFRWs. Among the more prominen... more »

Kate Braun : Waxing Crescent Moon is Time to Set New Goals

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
Moon Musings: The Waxing Crescent Moon -- which falls on January 4–5, 2014, is a time to set goals for positive changes in your life. Waxing crescent moon. Image from Wikimedia Commons. By Kate Braun | The Rag Blog | January 3, 2013 Waxing moons are times to set new goals, recognize new objectives, promote new growth, and set forces in motion to help you achieve these goals, objectives,

Why Aren't Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
Reblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: This is a terrific article about the elite prep schools and the fact that they do not follow the "reforms" that are now pushed by the U.S. Department of Education, the Gates Foundation, the Broad Foundation, and other corporate reformers. Here are some quotes from the article: Go ahead and […]

Thailand: Civil War is Impossible

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 3 hours ago
But terrorism dressed as "civil war" likely. Vigilance and swift, decisive action against regime's leadership can stop it. *January 4, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci) - The embattled regime of Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra and his substantial Western backers are attempting to hold peace, stability, and the nation's future hostage in order to extort from Thailand the perpetuation of their current grip on power. Chief among their threats is the myth of an impending "civil war." Unfortunately for them, and despite their best efforts, in order to have a "civil war," you must first have a divi... more »

Nashville School Board Backs Away from Pearson Nonsense-Based Reading Test

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
During the early years of the Reading First corporate feeding frenzy that dumped a cool billion dollars a year into worthless reading programs blessed by crackpot, Reid Lyon, and a handful of his corrupt cronies housed principally at the University of Oregon, a reading assessment called DIBELS became required if your state or city wanted a shot the Reading First grants. It is based, essentially, on counting how many nonsense syllables a child can correctly identify in 60 seconds. Surprise--Pearson has developed its own brand of nonsense based reading assessments marketed under the... more »

Most Distant Galaxy Disproves Palin's Young Universe Theory

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 3 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Texas astronomers have utterly disproved Sarah Palin! They have discovered the most DISTANT object in the universe, an object some 13.7 billion light years from earth. The light we see from that galaxy began its journey toward the earth some 13.7 billion years ago. Therefore, Palin's young universe of a mere 6,000 years is false and Palin is unfit to teach a grammar school, let alone, run a nation. Palin believes that the age of the universe is but a mere 6,000 years, a figure that she (or her preacher man) may have concocted by adding up the... more »

Buy your own birth control...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 3 hours ago
*instead of getting "free" birth control after, of course, paying exorbitant monthly premiums and a huge deductible.* Seriously, are people really that stupid? Silly question. We have a world spinning out of control, massive unemployment, completely unsustainable personal and national debt, and all these loons can talk about is the "war on women?" From Doug Ross: Archdiocese of New York: Obamacare exemptions granted to any and all... except those with Judeo-Christian belief No exemption for you, little ladies.

Immaculate conception

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago
Because it's cold outside and the news is stupid.

GUEST no more. Welcome John Kuhn to our lineup!

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
Revered Superintendent John Kuhn joined our erudite rabble here At the Chalk Face. Let us all welcome him. Check out his author page here and we look forward to JOHN KUHN: Empowering Educators. Tagged: at the chalk face, john kuhn, superintendent

“How Are We Supposed To Live?” Michigan Workers Discover Obamacare Means Impoverishment

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 3 hours ago
[image: Political Outcast] Posted By Mark Horne on Dec 30, 2013 [image: obama pharaoh] NBC does some actual reporting on Obamacare. This is what is happening all over the country. *The 41 employees of Extreme Dodge in Jackson, Mich., are very familiar with trade-ins, but this year they’re learning about trade-offs as they come face to face with the new realities of health care. A few workers say they’re getting a great deal, but most have a severe case of sticker shock.* *“I feel like I’ve been taken to the cleaners,” said Neal Campbell, a salesman.* *The news was presented at... more »

Maui Needs You Help - Ride The GMO Legislation Wave To A Healthier Hawaii

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours ago
Maui follows Kaua'i's lead: Bill introduced to require disclosure of pesticides & GMOs, as well as buffer zones between GMO crops and schools, medical facilities, daycare facilities and similar operations. Its goal is "to inform the public ...and protect against direct, indirect and cumulative negative health impacts." Maui needs your help: Please email Councilmember Riki Hokama Tell him, as a visitor to Maui - you don't want to be poisoned on your vacation. Ask him to pass the GMO/Pesticide Bill!. Phone calls are even better: to Councilmember Riki Hokama: ask him to bring up C... more »

Could robots soon have brains that function like HUMANS? Computer chip that carries out tasks without being asked - and learns from its mistakes - to go on sale

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 5 hours ago
[image: MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories] - *The chip can mimic the human ability for perception, action, and thought* - *It will improve everything from navigation to speech, and facial recognition* - *The chip's memory will function as synapses would in the brain, with processors acting as neurons* - *It could also one day create systems that perform better than humans* By Ellie Zolfagharifard *PUBLISHED:* 07:59 EST, 2 January 2014 Computers are about to enter an age where they can perceive, act and even think for themselves, us... more »

From @johnkuhntx: Ed Reform’s Atari Problem

johnkuhntx at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
My cousin John Michael had the first Atari I ever saw. Not long after, my cousin Philip got one. I went to their houses every chance I got, and while I was there I hogged their video game machines as much as I could. I still remember the spongy feel and new plastic smell of […]

The Devil in the Details

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 5 hours ago
Since American students now rank a dismal 21st in scientific proficiency among their global peers, it should come as no surprise that four in ten American adults do not believe in the evolution of species. According to a recent Pew poll, the number of people denying that human beings slowly evolved over millions of years is about the same as it was four years ago. The main difference is that the belief gap appears to be widening based upon political party affiliation: In 2009, 54% of Republicans and 64% of Democrats said humans have evolved over time, a difference of 10 percentage ... more »

Getting something off her chest

LeDaro at LeDaro - 5 hours ago
Lucky Putin. *Russian President Vladimir Putin gets an eye-opening experience as he is confronted by a topless demonstrator with a message written on her back during a tour of the Hanover Fair in Hanover, Germany, on April 8. He was accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.*NBC. I think Putin is having fun and thinking bring on more. :)

Fukushima nuclear debacle updates - January 4 , 2014 - Completely deficient of Souls Japan and Tepco - note Tepco attempts to fleece employes out of relocation funds ......This follows pimping of the homeless to do deadly Fukushima clean up work - crimal syndicates have their hands in this blood pie as well ( nothing to see here folks , move along ) , sadly the homeless don't even se their full pay ( which is only minimum wage ) as two thirds is skimmed off - and some of the homeles actually wind up in debt through the arrangement ( which is why I call this pimping the homeless ) !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Ex SKF..... http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2014/01/tepco-demands-its-own-employees-to.html SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014 TEPCO Demands Its Own Employees to Return the Nuclear Accident Compensation Money, Mainichi Shinbun Says This has got to be a new low for TEPCO, though TEPCO continues to surprise. From Mainichi Shinbun (1/4/2014; part): 福島原発事故避難:東電 社員に賠償金返還を要求 TEPCO demands employees who were displaced by Fukushima I NPP accident to return [part of] the compensation money 東京電力福島第1原発事故による避難に伴う賠償金を巡り、東電が昨春以降、社員に対し既に支払った1人当たり数百万円から千数百万円の賠償金を、事実上返還するよう求めていることが関係者の証言で分かった。確認されただけで、総額は1億円を超... more »

Bitcoin news for January 1 , 2014 - A look back at 2013 , a look ahead !

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
2013 in review..... http://www.coindesk.com/china-cyberspace-bitcoin-2013-in-review/ From China to Cyberspace: Bitcoin’s Year in Review John Law (@scotonomist) | Published on December 31, 2013 at 06:00 GMT | *News* inShare3 Share 54 *Welcome to CoinDesk’s Yearly Review 2013 – a look at the five hottest, most controversial and thought-provoking events in the world of digital currency through the eyes of skepticism and wonder. Your host … John Law.* It is a legal requirement for journalists to write an end-of-year roundup, and John Law is nothing if not law-abiding. One valid set of ... more »

Wounded Knee Photos 1890 -- 1973

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
More photos at Denver Post http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2014/01/02/wounded-knee-1890-1973-photos/

BBC Bias and Normalcy Bias

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
The first weekend *BBC Breakfast* paper review of the year featured the man who is evidently the programme's most regular paper reviewer, Simon Fanshawe. Simon is a writer, broadcaster and Labour Party supporter. He holds strong views and doesn't hold back from expressing them. Take this morning. In the first paper review he began by gloating over Nick Griffin's bankruptcy, denounced the 'Daily Express' as "scandalous" for its reporting of the Romania-Bulgaria immigration story, attacked politicians for jumping on the anti-immigration bandwagon, extolled the economic benefits o... more »

Buenos Aires: La Chacarita Cemetery in Pictures

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 6 hours ago
In preparing the *Moonlight on Tombstones* article I requested the assistance of journalist and photographer *Marcelo Metayer*, who most graciously agreed to provide photographs for the section on the La Chacarita Cemetery in his native Buenos Aires, whose landmarks and monuments he has chronicled in visual form. The photos of this extensive necropolis, housing the remains of politicians, artists and musical giants like Carlos Gardel, the best known Tango singer of the 20th century, truly deserve to be presented separately for the enjoyment of *INEXPLICATA*’s readers, so that the ce... more »

Thatcher's Ugly Children

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
The longer a leader stays, the more his or her party takes on the leader's personality. That's certainly the case with Stephen Harper's Conservatives. Andrew Coyne writes that, whatever good news the Conservatives may have to deliver, it gets drowned out by their in your face ugliness: How could a government presiding over such a strong economy be so unpopular? It is unusual enough for a governing party to fall, and stay, below 30% in the polls. But to do so in good times? Unheard of. And while governments sometimes are obliged to take a hit early in their tenure, traditionally th... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Saints face challenges in playoff game with Eagles ~Ramon Antonio Vargas* *A different team, a different time ~Ashley Morris* *Why would Governorcist Bobby Jindal open a $4M contract with NYC-based Corporate Turn-Around Specialists? ~WVUE* ~*Alvarez & Marsal* is being asked to look at health and human services, transportation, public safety, revenue, debt collection, facility management and other general management and financial issues for the state, with a goal of saving tax dollars. *Dangerous Winter Blast Plunging into Central and Eastern U.S. this Weekend ~DisasterMap.net*~*"[P... more »

Turkey political corruption updates - January 4 , 2014 - Key comments from President Gul - Turkish President Abdullah Gül has emphasized the importance of the conclusion without outside intervention of an ongoing major graft investigation, which has shaken the roots of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and led to the resignation of three ministers. ...... Parliament Speaker Cemel Cicek : Independence of judiciary done away with ..... EP rapporteur Oomen-Ruijten: International plot claims ‘pure nonsense'

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
President Gül warns against intervention in judicial process [image: Read Comment] 1 [image: Add to Google] 1 [image: President Gül warns against intervention in judicial process] Turkish President Abdullah Gül (Photo: Today's Zaman) 3 January 2014 /TODAY'S ZAMAN WITH REUTERS, İSTANBUL Turkish President Abdullah Gül has emphasized the importance of the conclusion without outside intervention of an ongoing major graft investigation, which has shaken the roots of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and led to the resignation of three ministers. Gül also underlined the inde... more »

Trip Advisor's "12 trips of a lifetime"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
*Soar in a balloon above unique landscapes*: *This is the most striking image of the Trip Advisor "12 trips of a lifetime," and looks like it might indeed be a cool thing to do -- except for someone with a pathological terror of heights, who probably has no business in a balloon. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)* *by Ken* [*Click to enlarge*]You'll be pleased to hear that Howie is back on terra firma, in Quito (Ecuador), after his sea galavant around the storied Galápagos Islands. Long-time readers know that his travels often take him to off-the-beaten-path destinations, whil... more »

Transsexuals and the Legal System - Scottish Edition

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 7 hours ago
From the Daily Record: A TRANSGENDER woman has demanded an apology from bungling sheriff court workers who sent an offensive note with her divorce papers. Becky Kent was stunned when she read a handwritten memo which officials had forgotten to remove from her paperwork. It was stuck on top of her divorce decree and sent to her. The scribbled Post-it note read: “Colin it’s right!!! Man – changed his name to woman’s name – statutory declaration attached!!! Takes all sorts!!” The letter had also been addressed “Dear Sir”. Doesn't exactly give one warm fuzzies about being treated respec... more »

CCSS: The Black Hole of Education

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Common Core is “Obamacore.” No? If you haven’t, then you’ve been living under a rock, somewhere. Yes, the infamous Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has drawn criticism from the political left, and the right. It’s fascinating to witness both sides of the political spectrum unite against […]

No, Maurice, It Won't Happen Here

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 7 hours ago
Canadians, especially Canadians who don't follow the Culture Wars® in the US, may be shocked by how endangered abortion rights are becoming down south. In fact, the Guttmacher Institute reports that fetus fetishists had another banner year in 2013. The New York Times reports: “I think we are at a potential turning point-- either access to abortion will be dramatically restricted in the coming year or perhaps the pushback will begin,” said Suzanne Goldberg, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia University. The anti-abortion groups, for their part, feel e... more »

Not Taking Sides (says Lucy Winkett)

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
At times like this I almost regret leaving Biased-BBC because our “Is” readership is comparatively limited, and our contributions come and go more or less unremarked. We don’t promote ourselves or spam other blogs with links and ads. Maybe we should, but we don’t. We don’t orchestrate festivals or raise money for massive publicity stunts either. Speaking for myself, the obscurity of “Is” doesn’t bother me, until something like Bethlehem Unwrapped comes along. As many people as possible should be made aware of what was wrong with it. I detect that Lucy Winkett herself is even be... more »

Gorby, Mrs T and John Redwood

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Sticking with Radio 4's *UK Confidential *and those fascinating 1984 National Archive releases, the programme featured extracts from the exchanges between Mrs Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev at their famous first meeting in December of that year - and very interesting they were too. What we didn't hear on Martha Kearney's programme was some of the added detail contained in the reports of the meeting. For that you have to listen to archivist Simon Demissie on the podcast from the National Archive. Here are a couple of examples: At one point Thatcher does question him on the poin... more »

Harper's LMFAO Program

Alison at Creekside - 8 hours ago
*CBC* : "Effective Dec.31, 2013, the government will no longer approve *labour market opinion applications* from employers looking to hire foreign workers in the sex trade industry, a spokesperson for the department of Employment and Social Development Canada told CBC News. An LMO is usually required to prove the need to hire a temporary foreign worker over a Canadian one." Usually. Usually you need an LMO to prove there's no Canadian looking for the same work. Unless of course you're an Alberta employer looking to hire some temporary foreign workers as steam-fitters, pipe-fitters,... more »

JFK50: Henry Cabot Lodge

Paul Coker at News Spike - 8 hours ago
Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and Senator Richard Russell, Washington, May 27, 1964, 10:55 p.m. Johnson: One of our big problems there, Dick, the biggest, between us and I don't want this repeated to anybody, is Lodge. Russell: I know it. Johnson: He ain't worth a damn. Russell: Why, of course. Johnson: And he can't work with anybody. He won't let anybody else work. We get the best USIA man to put all on all the radios and try to get them to be loyal to the government and to be fighting and quit deserting. Russell: He thinks he's the emperor out t... more »

HPV Vaccines: My Journey Through Gardasil Injuries by Elizabeth Wagner

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
ElizabethFinding Hope after a Gardasil Disaster By Elizabeth Wagner, Minnesota Sane Vax, Inc, 25 September 2014 I thought an ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure. Little did I realize how my simple decision to add Gardasil to my cancer prevention strategy would result in so many new health conditions. Sometimes, I wish it were possible to get unvaccinated. Prior to Gardasil, I was an extremely healthy and active 26 year old woman. I was always involved in sports and worked out five times per week. I was enjoying a successful career and on my way up the corporate ladder.... more »

Dr. David Acer, Dentistry and the AIDS Crisis

Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago
*"Three years into the Acer investigation, I had fallen deeply into a U.S. Government cover-up... [t]he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida health officials had covered up almost all of the incriminating evidence linking Dr. Acer to thirty six serial killers studied by the FBI."* *"I was forced to conclude the authorities covered up the evidence implicating Dr. Acer to prevent the media, and subsequently the public, from probing into his background. The legal testimony in the case indicated he believed he was dying of a virus that the government had create... more »

10 Signs That You Are Truly Happy

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago

The Validity of Marriage after Transition in the US

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 11 hours ago
From Indiana Public Media: Sanders says the ruling will likely serve as an example when this issue comes up in other courts. “Around the country there are probably more couples in this situation than many people realize.” Sanders says. “That is a couple who was male and female at the time being married and then one of them transitioned genders and many of them wished to stay married.” Sanders says couples in this situation need confirmation their marriage won’t become void automatically if one of the parties undergoes a gender change. Sanders says the Indiana appellate court’s decisi... more »

Herbalism, Not Big Pharma, is Oldest and Most Effective Medicine by Christina Sarich

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago
For Better Health Herbalism, Not Big Pharma, is Oldest and Most Effective Medicine by Christina Sarich Natural Society. 2 January 2014 *While many pharmaceutical medications are disruptive to the overall functioning of the body, numerous herbs actually support the natural healing powers of our own bodies. Herbs can be so effective at healing that we are still using them even after thousands of years.* A primary reason many of us frown on herbal medicine in modern times is because mainstream Western medicine shuns it. Big pharma spends billions of dollars to make sure we buy paten... more »

USA VERSUS ISRAEL...

Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
[image: Friends for Ever] *Iranian kids by Hamed Saber* Zbigniew Brzezinski sees Eurasia (Europe and Asia), as the center of global power. Brzezinski believes that the USA must ensure that no country, other than the USA, should be allowed to dominate Eurasia. Hence the policy of 'divide and rule'. Hence bombs in Volgograd and Lebanon. The journalist Pepe Escobar has written about pitting Sunni against Shi'ite and Arabs against Iranians. *All in Play in the New Great Game * / *Asia Times * Pepe Escobar refers to various rivalries: *1.* The USA versus China. *2.* Iran (Shi'ite... more »

Free will is hard to define but it exists

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
Sabine Hossenfelder wrote an essay arguing that the free will doesn't exist even though she can't quite define the concept. To decide whether the free will "exists", I think it's almost necessary to define what this concept means. Wikipedia says: Free will is the ability of agents to make choices unconstrained by certain factors. Factors of historical concern have included metaphysical constraints (such as logical, nomological, or theological determinism), physical constraints (such as chains or imprisonment), social constraints (such as threat of punishment or censure), and mental ... more »

The Real 'Alien' Prequel - banned film idea

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
Woah, what was that? I thought the Alien Franchise was for adults, oh well. I just got banned from Prometheus 2 forum, which I love, for posting a sesries of scenes (that might (or might not) be in chronological order) for a REAL ALIEN PREQUEL, which Prometheus clearly wasn't, it 'seeming to be' a REBOOT of the entire 'alien' franchise. Weird how this ties in to my 'something got stolen' dream of this morning. Anyway, (and luckily) I made a back-up of the post - the first time I've ever done this, usually I just type away on forums and to Hell with the Mod Cons or 'consequences'. ... more »

UK Conspiritorial

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
The National Archive at Kew has released the official Cabinet papers from 1984 under the thirty-year rule. Their website contains a half-hour podcast where two of the archivists at Kew run through the highlights from the latest batch. Both are excellent, engaging speakers and what they have to say is very interesting and pleasingly free of obvious spin. Every year at this time Martha Kearney presents *UK Confidential, *an hour long Radio 4 special devoted to the latest release*. *This too was very interesting and covered much the same ground as the National Archive podcast - th... more »

Updates On Syria [1.4]: Syria Informs The UN Of Turkey's Systematic Support For Jihadist Terrorists, More Than Half of Syria's Manufacturing Industry Has Been Destroyed, Syrian National Council Says It Will Not Attend Geneva II Conference

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Ankara suspected of arming jihadists in Syria" by Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor, January 3:* Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is already having to cope with a major scandal that has severely undermined his claim of being a relentless fighter against corruption in high places, is now faced with a fresh crisis involving Syria that has the potential to not only further undermine his credibility but also to damage Turkey’s ties with its Western allies. *The latest debacle follows a scoop by mass circulation daily Hurriyet involving a truck laden with weap... more »

dream - selling the dream - advertising space in your sleep time?

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 13 hours ago
very weird things are happening in the dream time, the sleep time, the other life of this 48-y.o. blogger. On New Year's Day it was the realisation that I could deny ANY DREAM CONTENT, question it, just say "No!" to it, if I wanted. Last night i.e. four days later, it was AN ACTUAL ADVERTISEMENT for a product/service: I literally woke up I got so angry. Where my dream time had been quite quiet since NYD's "No!", I had been having an abnormally vivid and lively series of dreams. Dream after dream after dream. Question has to be asked, "Why is a 48-y.o. man like myself still experie... more »

Friday Baseball Post

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago
It's Hall of Fame time. Can't miss this one. As we all know, this year's ballot for the real voters is unlike any normal one: instead of being about which marginal guys deserve to be in, it's about dealing with the strategy of what to do with far more deserving players than the rules allow. There was a bit of this last year, but now it's getting silly. So. Some sorting is in order. Last year I had nine easy choices: Bonds, Clemens, Biggio, Piazza, Schilling, McGwire, Raines, Trammell, and Bagwell, all of whom are back this year. Then I had three bubble guys, and said I would have v... more »

The Way We Were

Whitewraithe~ at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
Congratulations to all my friends who were born in the 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's, and the early 1980s - [image: Pledge-Allegiance-1950s] First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and we didn't get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. We had no child proof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cab... more »

Wise Wisdom for 2014

Whitewraithe~ at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
*Earlier today, I received these images from my daughter and wanted to share them with everyone. Feel free to pass them on.* [image: importantimage] [image: creationimage] [image: truthimage] [image: conspiracytheoristimage] *Whitewraithe~*

VIDEO - AGENDA: Grinding America Down

Whitewraithe~ at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours 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

Whitewraithe~ at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours 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?

Whitewraithe~ at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
[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, government spying, the criminalizatio... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Saints Fans Use Secret Weapon Against The Philadelphia Eagles ~Saints Tailgate*

Sunday Classics preview: Two Scherzos

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours 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 - 16 hours 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 - 17 hours 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 - 17 hours ago
*January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014 * *RIP *

A Tribute to Ben Bernanke

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 18 hours ago

Real Life Consequences of Corporate Education Deform

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 18 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 - 18 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! - 19 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 - 20 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 - 21 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 - 21 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 - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 hours ago
One orchid blooming.

happy new year from wmtc

laura k at wmtc - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 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 - 22 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! - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 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 - 23 hours ago
*to reclaim our country. * You betcha!

John Fortune R.I.P.

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago

Geocaching At The Lake

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 »
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