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Old wise man in Bhaktapur (Photo credit: fanz)Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man
Welcome to *Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man*! Zan Overall, also known as
the *Wise Old Man*, is an activist, musician, comedian, and actor. Tonight,
we will again be hearing two of the Wise Old Man's excellent songs, along
with a comedic skit and an overview of Zan's recent activism on the UCLA
college campus.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
John White’s Latest Course Choice Push Equals Large-scale, Free High School Labor
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his hand-selected, anti-public-school
sidekick, State Education Superintendent John White, really want their
so-termed “online education” dollar siphon, Course Choice, to be the major
death drain that it was intended to be to Louisiana public education. In
May 2013, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared use of Minimum Foundation
Program (MFP) funding– […]
How Bad Is The Comcast Acquisition Of TimeWarner For Society?
In his 1995 article for *Business On A Small Planet*, Corporations and the
Public Interest, Jonathan Rowe helped put the intent behind the rise of
corporations into a perspective that has been lost over the decades. "When
I was a law student in Philadelphia," he writes, "I was hired by the owner
of a small local radio station to look into the original corporate charters
of the Penn Central Railroad (originally the Pennsylvania Railroad). The
Penn Central was in the process of ending its passenger service, and the
man who hired me wondered if the railroad didn’t have a legal duty of... more »
NO COWERING IN IRELAND
Imprisoned peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy has reiterated her assertion
that Shannon Airport's runway is being used improperly for the purposes of
war, and has called on the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter to stop
defending the indefensible military use of the airport. Speaking to John
Lannon and Edward Horgan of Shannonwatch this Monday, she said that the
State has a responsibility to ensure the proper use of the airport and to
protect it against security threats.
"The fact that Niall Farrell and I could walk out onto the runway at
Shannon demonstrates that it is not secure." ... more »
KIPPCare Includes Child Doping Benefit
Since corporate school leader, Mike Feinberg, left his KIPP
superintendent's duties in Houston for the full-time pursuit of national
brand saturation, KIPP teachers report chaos at a number of the KIPP
schools around Houston, with mass retentions, administrative meltdowns,
faltering test scores, and en masse teacher resignations.
What will it take to restore order? How about some meds?
The KIPP marketing team may have come up with an answer with the new
lucrative KIPP:Care, which promises to offer KIPPster treatment for
everything from anxiety to zits. That will include testing, e... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Here's the key -- or is it?
*Piano Trio: *
*i. Allegro moderato -- opening*
*Arthur Rubinstein, piano; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Emanuel Feuermann,
cello. RCA-BMG, recorded in Holllywood, Sept. 12-13, 1941*
*Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello.
EMI, recorded in New York, c1979*
*UPDATE:* If you looked at this post before 10pm ET/7pm PT, you saw only
the Ashkenazy-Perlman-Harrell clip, and in fact originally the whole first
movement. When I went back to edit it to include just the opening, I was
disheartened by how namby-pamby the performance is. (I actually thought the
EMI C... more »
Some Personal Reflections on Social Media and Tenure
Editor’s note: this post first appeared on my personal blog. As some of you
may know, I’m up for tenure this year, and it’s not going to work out. I
don’t want to get into the details of anything that ought not be discussed
in public, but I thought I’d share some quick thoughts that
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Global chess - Saudi Arabia: Preparing for Aggression ? US blind to barbs in Japan defense plan .......... The new US-Russia Cold War ....... Baghdad plays familiar al-Qaeda card
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Despite Excuses the Economy Still Sucks
The state-corporate media continues to generate spin and excuses for the
ongoing dismal state of the U.S. economy which despite the big Wall Street
bailout has yet to generate a real economic recovery for those outside of
the elitist enclaves and the Lower Manhattan state-subsidized gambling
casinos. It has now been nearly six years since the pigs choked on their
own greed triggering the implosions of Bear Stearns, AIG and Lehman
Brothers and the subsequent drop in the stock markets that proved that
modern finance capitalism as practiced in our rotting land of at one time
plenty i... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
I was interviewed for EPIC’s Iraq Matters Podcast about the latest
development’s in Iraq, Pres. Obama’s State of the Union and Iraq’s
education system.
I also talked with Louise Redvers for her article “Old fault lines, new
flashpoints in Iraq’s Anbar” for IRIN about the current conflict in Anbar.
Finally, I was interviewed by J. Dana Stuster for her piece in Foreign
Policy “Iraq’s Abject Lessons for Mexico’s Self-Defense Forces” which
compared Mexico’s attempt to use paramilitaries in its drug war to Iraq’s
use of the Sons of Iraq.
Internet Trolls, "Dark Tetrad"
Abstract to a just published psychology paper on internet troll personalities:
In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed
personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting
styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online
commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing
to a common construct underlying the measures.
Who is the true liquidity juggernaut ? China , of course......Key takeaways --- Total Chinese loan creation in January was CNY 1.32 trillion, or $218 billion. While January traditionally sees a pick up in loan creation (and demand), the 174% increase in bank loans from December was an unprecedented number, was above the CNY 1.1 trillion, and CNY 250 billion more than a year ago. More notably, this was the largest monthly bank loan injection since January 2010. The last time China scrambled to inject massive amounts of bank loans was in late 2008 and early 2009 when the world was ending, and it was China's money that stabilized the global financial system far more so than the Fed's whose QE 1 did not begin in earnest until March 2009....... The far broader monetary aggregate, Total Social Financing, which is the most encompassing calculation of credit and liquidity created in China in any one month, rose to CNY 2.58 trillion. This was more than double the December's $1.23 trillion, and beat last January's CNY 2.545 trillion. In fact, this month's broad liquidity creation was the largest monthly amount in China's history !
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Overnight the PBOC released the latest Chinese bank loan and liquidity data
for the month of January. Those who have been following our recent series
on Chinese liquidity measures will know that when it comes to the real
margina... more »
NYT and Poli Sci Public Engagement
The ISA mess is the gift that keeps on giving. Now Nicholas Kristof has
written a piece in his NYT column that “addresses” the controversy. The
problem is that the column is out of date. Not just in focusing on the ISA
proposal that has been beaten back by the forces of reason (that would
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Gold medal ad
Haven't had time to watch the Olympics this year. Sorry to miss them but
happy to have caught this ad. I was kind of meh about it until the end. The
punch line is killer. [via]
Your moment of Zen
The Wonder Tree - Klamath, California. [photo via Reg Saddler]
The Restore Honor to Service Members Act Languishes Under Republican Party Obstruction
Mark Pocan (D-WI) will have to be a magician if he's going to get his
Restore Honor to Service Members Act (H.R. 2839) out of committee and
passed into law. Sure, Pocan rounded up 144 cosponsors for his bill, but
only one-- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen-- is a Republican. Her colleagues are
accustomed to writing off her pro-LGBT actions because she doesn't hassle
them over their homophobia and because she has a huge LGBT population in
her blue-leaning district. The bill would require "appropriate military
record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge
character... more »
Rand
*It has come to my attention that you have now asked an additional
question: “Does the President have the authority to use a weaponized drone
to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?” *
*The answer to that question is no.*
*Sincerely,*
*Eric H. Holder, Jr.*
Glittering incarnations of a great poetic tradition
It's a peculiar thing, but whenever I read the inestimable Clive James I
always hear his voice in my head as I'm reading. I don't consciously decide
to hear his written pieces in my head in this way. It just seems to happen.
See if the same happens to you too when you read his latest piece for the *Daily
Telegraph*, from which this is a taster - and a very tasty taster at that:
To my perhaps jaded eye, the Winter Olympics has been, since the opening
ceremony, all downhill, especially when the skiers are not going downhill
at all, but are slogging along the level snow for miles be... more »
Saudi Arabia to supply anti-aircraft missiles- US to pay 'rebel' salaries
Saudis Agree to Provide Syrian Rebels With Mobile Antiaircraft Missiles*U.S.
Also Giving Fighters Millions of Dollars for Salaries*Feb. 14, 2014 8:31
p.m. ET
AMMAN, Jordan—Washington's Arab allies, disappointed with Syria peace
talks, *have agreed* to provide rebels there with more sophisticated
weaponry, including shoulder-fired missiles that can take down jets,
according to Western and Arab diplomats and opposition figures.
*Who have Washington's Arab allies agreed to this with?*
*The answer is obvious in the statement- it is Washington. Therefore Saudi
Arabia along with their Wa... more »
Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up government grip on judicial body - Fighting erupted overnight with fists flying in the air between ruling party and opposition lawmakers as the bill was debated in a marathon 20-hour session. Looks like Turkey political instability is set to explode on markets next week !
Turkish Parliament approves controversial bill tightening up gov't grip on
judicial body
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[image: Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican
People's Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling
Justice and Development Party's (AKP) lawmaker Bayram Özçelik's finger was
broken, Feb. 15. AA photo]
Ali Ihsan Köktürk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's
Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling Justice and
Development Party'... more »
Fear of Losing Control
February 15, 2014 Does Money Make You Mean? Over the last week or two,
we’ve seen a rash of stupid, hubristic statements by some in the one
percent about how they’re being unfairly persecuted, etc., etc., etc.
Here’s a pretty … Continue reading →
Newsnight: 10-14 February
For those of you who just couldn't face watching it, here's this week's
run-through of the stories covered by BBC Two's not-very-widely-watched *Newsnight
-* part of our ongoing project to see just what subjects they choose to
cover over a long period of time.
This is basically what you missed: Flooding, a gentle ride for Lord Smith
of the EA, and a rough ride for Philip Hammond MP. Lots and lots of talk of
climate change. Another plug for a Labour proposal. A spot of BBC
naval-gazing over men-only panels on game shows. A report about rhinos I
just couldn't face watching. A tribut... more »
War watch February 14 , 2014 - Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of Baghdad , on another day of sectarian death dealing ........... Afghan Peace Council Spokesman: US Main Cause of War in the Region ........ Russia says Syria aid draft groundwork for military action ....... 14 Escaped in al-Qaeda Attack on Yemen Prison 11 Killed in Attack on Sanaa Central Prison ....... Turkey - developments in the ongoing corruption and graft scandals , judicial crackdown and economic impacts .............Iran sanction relief could reach 20 billion .....
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Iraq........
Al-Qaeda Overruns Another Iraqi Town, This Time North of BaghdadMayor:
Attackers Control Overnight
by Jason Ditz, February 13, 2014
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For the second time in as many months, a significant Iraqi town has fallen
under the control of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). After the loss of Fallujah in
the Anbar Province, this time the town of Sulaiman Pek, north of Baghdad,
has fallen.
Mayor Talib Mohammed discussed the fall of his town, whilst still trapped
in a building, saying that AQI took over overnight, and he and other
residents woke up to the mosque’s loudspe... more »
The Obama's celebrate income inequality...
*by showing us how the other half lives.*
So where is he?
He's at the exclusive Sunnylands Retreat in Rancho Mirage knocking a little
white ball around a lush golf course because, after all, he needs to relax
from all the fund raising, previous vacations, and speaking at elementary
schools, doncha know.
And Mooch?
Since wowing us all with her 12K dress (presented here with no comment) at
the recent state dinner for the French serial adulterer and vertically
challenged Hollande, she needed a rest.
So she and the first daughters are enjoying a few days of skiing in Aspen
whil... more »
~ Fukushima ~
On March the 11 2011, the world watched as the tsunami, caused by a massive
underwater earthquake hit the coast of Japan, the huge immediate effect on
people’s lives was apparent, but as we watched the explosions at the
nuclear power plant at Fukushima it became clear that this was a
catastrophe that would have huge and ongoing consequences, a catastrophe
that is being ignored and swept under that carpet by world governments and
the main stream media alike. However the consequences of the meltdown of
the nuclear power plant at Fukushima are increasingly hard to ignore as
evidence ... more »
Left, left, left
After giving the anti-capitalist activists/ academics of Cardiff University
something of a coshing, it's now something of a relief to turn back to
today's *Dateline London *and reach familiar ground with - despite all of
Justin Lewis's 'evidence' - the usual kind of *Dateline *panel.
What? Four right-wingers, as per Cardiff Uni? No. Well, maybe three
right-wingers? No. Two right-wingers then? No. One surely? No, no, no.
So what would the Cardiff Uni researchers make of a BBC-chosen panel
featuring one left-winger, pro-Labour Steve Richards of *The Independent; *a
second left-wing... more »
Free Trade 33: ASEAN Economic Community 2016
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will materialize by December 31, 2015.
Of course there are no business transactions on a new year, so AEC will
start on January 1, 2016 or nearly two years from now. The original target
of AEC was January 01, 2015 but since some country-members of ASEAN are
"not yet ready" in some sectors, a one-year postponement was the compromise
move.
Last Thursday, February 13, I attended a forum on "In Sync: An Evaluation
of the ASEAN 2015 Integration" at my alma mater, the UP School of Economics
(UPSE), organized by my student organization then, the Economics... more »
Primary In Oklahoma City
Al McAffrey and Tom Guild
When our old pal, Andrew Rice, resigned his Oklahoma City state Senate
seat, state Rep. Al McAffrey won it. It's one of the most progressive
pockets in a deep red state and McAffrey's accession was both good and bad.
Symbolically, it was awesome to have an openly gay man in the Oklahoma
Senate. Many Republicans saw, for the first time, that gays have neither
cloven hooves for horns. On a more substantive basis, it was less
wonderful. McAffrey is a lot less progressive than Rice and a lot less
progressive than his district. As we've pointed out before, being ... more »
@slekar supports this #commoncore close reading lesson: @sharemylesson
Over the past four years I have met some great people involved in fighting
education reform. It’s always awesome to get a surprise email from one of
these activists that typically starts off with “I hope you remember me, we
met….” Well I got one of those the other day from a brilliant teacher I […]
Defending the One Percent (Again)
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*. I expect this one
will generate more than its share of irate letters.
Police State Update February 15 , 2014 -- US Army Trains for Martial Law In US , builds ‘Fake City’ in Virginia to Practice Military Occupation ......... Sandy Hook Lies Crash Down! Ex-State Trooper Exposes Cover-Up, Is Threatened ........ In an odd twist on free speech rights, a firm which makes automated license plate readers is suing Utah for a law intended to protect drivers’ privacy........ TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS REFUSE TO REGISTER GUNS UNDER NEW LAW
Breaking: US Army Trains for Martial Law In US
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Shock investigation: Pentagon accelerates plan to confiscate guns,
prosecute US conservatives.
*Infowars.com*
February 15, 2014
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A mock small town Christian steeple sits among the martial law training
infrastructure.
The federal government has been in a big hurry to build a 300 acre city in
just 2 years at an expense of $96 mi... more »
The Forgotten History of American Support for the Shah
Anti-Shah
graffiti in Tehran, Iran, 1979.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, the
popular uprising that successfully deposed the Shah, Mohammad Reza
Pahlavi. The Shah had ruled the country since September 1941, after
Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Iran and forced the
abdication of his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi.
While myriad commentaries
@chalkbeatny dishes on Cuomo’s education contributors, but how about your own?
As Chalkbeat NY, a spry education journalism collective, gets cited in the
Wall Street Journal for those in the education world funding Cuomo’s
re-election campaign, maybe Chalkbeat should reconsider its own take.
Easily accessible from its website, Chalkbeat does indeed take funding from
a few, at minimum, key organizations that are currently undermining public
education […]
A PRIMER ON IRAN
Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and
Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He received a dual Ph.D. in
Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1984, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard
University. He wrote his dissertation on Max Weber's theory of charismatic
authority with Philip Rieff (1922-2006), the most distinguished Freudian
cultural critic of his time. Professor Dabashi has taught and delivered
lectures in many North American, European, Arab, and Iranian universities.
Professor D... more »
The Pivot to Asia: Some Tough Questions
The so-called Pivot to Asia, or “rebalance” in official parlance, has
been one of the Obama Administration’s signature strategic moves on the
global chessboard. But for all the serious engagement of the Pacific Rim
countries, the core of the pivot has always been about China and responding
to its rise as a regional
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Your Daily Howler keeps getting results!
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014*
*Still coming, Matt Miller and Hawking:* Inexorably, your Daily Howler just
keeps pounding out those results. To wit:
Last night, Governor Christie wasn’t mentioned on the Maddow TV show.
People! Not even once!
Yesterday, there was no news about Governor Christie, or about Fort Lee.
And, for the first time in weeks, Rachel Maddow didn’t *pretend* that she
had important, exclusive breaking news to share which no one else has
reported.
Possibly concerning “Nicole,” whoever that turns out to be!
Maddow didn’t fake it! Around the nation, astonished view... more »
HARVARD PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THE WEATHER
On 14 February 2114, Professor Martin L Weitzman, of Harvard University,
explains the weather.
*The world in 2114*
He explains that geo-engineering the weather, which means changing the
weather, is going to shape our future.
*Aircraft spread particles to block out some of the suns rays. These are
called chemtrails.*
*According to Weitzman:*
*1.* We geo-engineer the weather when we burn things like coal.
*2. *Nature engineers the weather when a volcano throws out lots of dust.
*After Tambora erupted in Indonesia 1815, we had The Year Without a
Summer and Eighteen Hundred and F... more »
BBC News - UK storms: Two die as fierce storms continue
The BBC seem fit to tell us in amongst the terrible news that:
' Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted: "My thoughts and condolences are with
the family and friends of the people killed in the storms last night."'
So what! In fact I feel the words of the Anti Nowhere League's biggest hit
coming to mind...
More pro Labour brainwashing here
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26200497 and all over the BBC.
The Charter School Takeover Cycle in Memphis Schools
The Gates business plan for Memphis schools requires public school closures
and corporate charter start-ups to replace them. A dozen schools are on
the hit list for the coming year, and the charter operators are lined up
waiting for the buildings to become empty. Parents, however, are not
nearly as uninformed as county officials who are doing the Gates dirty work
believe. See video below:
*How the Charterization Cycle Works*
So here is how the charter school takeover cycle works. First, we need
public schools isolated by years of neglect, segregation, and
poverty--schools tha... more »
Galileo Galilei: 450th birthday
Galileo Galilei, the father of science, the scientific method, physics,
modern physics, and astronomy, among other things (including 2 daughters
and 1 son, all of them out of wedlock), was born on February 15th
(unadjusted Julian calender i.e. Old Style), 1564 in Pisa, a town in the
Duchy of Florence.
*That's exactly 450 years ago today. Congratulations, Galileo!*
*See National Geographic for some fresh out-of-TRF article on Galileo.*
His father Vincenzo Galilei was an achieved lutenist (like an obsolete
guitar player) and music theorist and the family was doing fine.
Nevertheless,... more »
Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatán
*Source: El Criterio and Planeta UFODate: 13 February 2014*
*Mexico: Mysterious Object Over Yucatan*
A putative UFO was recorded on video on 11 February 2014. The videographer
adds that it was recorded at 22:00 hours on that day, adding: "I'm not
saying it's a spaceship, but it is an unidentified flying object."
The video - 1:30 minutes long - shows a light in the sky whose trajectory
eliminates the likelihood of it being an airplane, as it comes and goes.
The sighting took place at the Los Almedros II Park in Ciudad Caucel.
The videographer's attention was drawn by the shining... more »
Dieudonné, Face to Face on Iranian TV: English
After you listen share a rational thought or two?
The biases of Professor Justin Lewis
If you want to get a handle on where the aforementioned Professor Justin
Lewis of Cardiff University is coming from, here's a little light reading
for your Saturday afternoon.
If you felt that the BBC was biased against the Iraq War, then think again.
Prof. Lewis's research (2003) found that the BBC was pro-war - as you can
see from his *Guardian* article, *Biased broadcasting corporation: A survey
of the main broadcasters' coverage of the invasion of Iraq shows the claim
that the BBC was anti-war is the opposite of the truth*.
If you felt in 2004 (just a year before the 7/7 bomb... more »
Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News
*Source: El Cívico (www.elcívico.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014*
*Argentina: Tucumán - Another Alleged UFO in the News*
TUCUMAN - A strange object was seen in the skies over San Miguel de
Tucumán, creating doubts as to whether it was a UFO.
The images were recorded with a cellphone camera from the corner of Mate de
Luna and Pellegrini avenues from the capital city of the "Jardín de la
República" (*garden of the republic* - the name bestowed by president
Domingo Sarmiento on the area when he encountered the subtropical cloud
forest [*yungas*] of the Tucumán-Bolivia region - Ed).
The... more »
Not All Party Switchers Are Opportunists-- Meet Jason Thigpen (NC-03)
Lately, I've been railing a lot about Steve Israel recruiting Republicans
to run for Congress as Democrats. That usually works out very badly-- at
least for people, unlike Steve Israel, who give a damn about Democratic
values. But not every Republican-turned-fake-Democratic is an opportunistic
shill. Jason Thigpen, who's running in North Carolina's third CD against
Walter Jones is running because if realized that his value system is more
inline with progressive Democrats than it is with Republicans. He blogged
about it here last year after he had switched parties. Needless to say, ... more »
Global protest watch February 13 , 2014 ........Venezuelan anti-government protests turn violent ....... Police use force to disperse coup trials protest in Turkish capital ....... The Tanks Are Rolling In Post-Devaluation Kazakhstan ........ Ukraine sees stances harden on both sides as the February 17 , 2014 deadlines to comply with the Government's amnesty law , as well as the protesters demand to release jailed protesters , loom .........
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Venezuela Accuses AFP Of "Manipulating" News Coverage; Shuts Down Colombian
TV Station
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Having described Venezuela as "absolutely calm" today - when it was
anything but; the fact that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the
stones to accuse Agence France Press of "manipulating" news coverage is
stunning.
- **VENEZUELA ASKS INFO MINISTER TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST AFP NEWS*
Furthermore, Maduro has *taken a TV station off-air that competed with ... more »
No Comparison
When Nelson Mandela died, Stephen Harper eulogised him as a “great moral
leader…He left prison with his mind closed to any settling of scores and
his heart open to those he had fought against. He demonstrated that the
only path open to his nation was to reject the appeal of bitterness.”
In Friday's *Globe and Mail*, Gerry Caplan used that standard to compare
the present prime minister of Canada to the former president of South
Africa. The comparison is enlightening:
Mr. Mandela practised magnanimity. Harper proudly declares: “I couldn’t
care less what my critics say.”
Mr. Mandela... more »
Banker Source on Wall Street Suicides: Big Things Are Going Down!
Silver Doctors
February 7, 2014
*[image: bankster Assassinations]Steve Quayle’s banker source “V” is
warning that “big things are going down” as a result of the fact that the
NY Fed & bullion banks are OUT OF PHYSICAL GOLD, and states that*
*the 4 banker suicides in the past week were on a HIT LIST tied to FOREX
fraud- a list which the source claims includes dozens of Wall Street
banksters.The full warning alert from “V” is below:*
*Steve Quayle‘s banker source V states that the recent rash of banker
suicides were on a hit list tied to FOREX fraud:*
Big big things are going down..... more »
Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis
Living and Learning in Perpetual Crisis* What do the fiscal cliff and
Common Core (CC) have in common? For the answer consider this scenario: An
arsonist sets a home on fire, and then risks his life fighting the
blaze—but the house eventually succumbs to the flames. The media and the
public praise the arsonist a […]
War Watch February 15 , 2014 -- Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan Detainees Threatens to 'Hunt Down' Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces .......... Saudis Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles Rebels Have Repeatedly Threatened Attacks on Civilian Airlines ....... Another day of sectarian death dealing in Iraq - PM Maliki plays Al Qaeda card with skill ..... Key al-Qaeda Members Escaped in Yemen Prison Break Five of Freed Were Awaiting Execution
Afghanistan.....
Pentagon: We May Kill Freed Afghan DetaineesThreatens to 'Hunt Down'
Detainees If They Oppose Foreign Forces
by Jason Ditz, February 14, 2014
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Lawfully released by the Afghan government on Thursday, 65 detainees who
were held for years by the US military at Bagram could find themselves
targets again at any time, officials say.
While Rear Admiral John Kirby insisted the 65 “are not considered targets
right now,” he also said that “every day we continue to go after enemies in
Afghanistan” and that “nothing’s going to change about that.”
Of the 65... more »
Untitled
*Where the Vile Things Are*
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No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass
No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass*
"After several decades of rigorous effort, it is fair to say that the
majority of our attention in political science has been given to interstate
war and civil war," explains Christian Davenport, adding:
I would say that it would be interesting to count the number of articles
over the last five years on terrorism and compare it to the number of
articles on repression but regardless, I stand by the claim that most of
our attention has been focused on those activities that challenge political
authorities. Actually, it’s probably not even close.
Why ... more »
Untitled
*Here we go again …*
The cult of the vicitim is alive and well in the US. It’s been fostered by
politicians and lawyers who are open to the idea that one’s problems,
whatever they are, are the fault of someone else.
And, given that doing so gives the pols more power (and the lawyers more
money), the field is open for exploitation. Remember the tobacco
settlement? Well guess who is next and why:
"Lawyers are pitching state attorneys general in 16 states with a
radical idea: make the food industry pay for soaring obesity-related health
care costs.
It’s a move straight fro... more »
Political Stuff: talks, Jason Hu, Bruce Jacobs
*Someday it will be warm and sunny again....*
J Michael Cole notes that the main gain from the "government to government"
talks between the CCP of China and the KMT of Taiwan is the propaganda coup
for Beijing. Nicely put. The ironic thing is while the world is atizzy at
the "historic" talks between two parties that have been holding regular
conversations for nearly two decades, the Taiwanese themselves are not at
all excited, as Ralph Jennings documents in Christian Science Monitor.
I was talking to some bike industry people in Taichung today. They pointed
out that Taichung Bike ... more »
EIREPORT: Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward” transmutation
http://eireport.wordpress.com/
*Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward”
transmutation*
15 Feb 2014
Morphologies of all Star-Connecteds are in process of change and “upward”
transmutation.
Higher Dimensional cosmic links of Star-Connecteds now widen, and
strengthen, as the “Ascended Being” energetic grids engage, and “solidify”.
Fulfillment of Planetary Inner Vision comes quickly.
------------------------------
*Cetacean Cosmic Guidance is now aligned with humans collective for
energetic upliftment phase*
11 Feb 2014
*Cetacean Cosmic Guidance i... more »
Celebratory Planet - Motivational Planet - Re-prioritised Planet
*image copyright Reuters 2014*...watching the Winter Olympics from
Sochi RU I realised how, when directed through the right Creativity,
Passion and Kinship motivators, "Celebration," is the KEY INGREDIENT to
human happiness. I mean look at the faces of the Olympians on the winner's
rostrum there, they're celebrating 'achievement' or 'personal success'.
Most of the following examples of succecstacy(sic) i.e. joy at winning, are
for issues involving personal gain; a step up the career ladder, a
financial victory, a war won.
What if those cheery happy *Olympians* weren't celebrating... more »
Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?
*Source: Cronica (www.diariocronica.com.ar)Date: 13 Feb 2014*
*Argentina: A UFO Over Lake Musters?*
The current "urban drought" - a result of supply restrictions aimed at
recovering reserves as well as accidental pipe leakage - leads us to pay
closer attention to Lake Musters and examine any particularities concerning
water volume, evaporation, flow and distribution through one of the
country's most complex aqueduct systems. The beautiful lake and its
surroundings have again become the focus of attention, but this time on
account of a strange unidentified flying object.
This al... more »
To boldly go...into the 'Independent' comments section
You don't have to be Captain Kirk or Mr Spock to experience what it's like
to visit a parallel universe. I visited one only this morning.
I was reading an article on the *Independent *website by the paper's media
editor Ian Burrell, outlining the complaints of Prof. Justin Lewis of
Cardiff University. Prof. Lewis is unhappy that a report from this
university claiming to have proven that the BBC is biased *towards* the
right has been ignored by the BBC. The report 'found' that the BBC is
pro-Conservative, pro-Eurosceptic and pro-business.
You can read my own sniffy take on that re... more »
Heavenletter #4830 Embrace, February 14, 2014
*Heavenletter #4830 Embrace, February 14, 2014 *
God said:
There are thoughts, and there are many aspects to thoughts. And, so, is the
One World One Thought with many aspects to it.
When you come down to it, there are not really disagreements. There are
different aspects, much as it is in the story of the blind men and the
elephant.
And so, two or more see differently. Two or more feel differently. Who is
to say which is right, and why does it matter so much or at all?
In many places of the world, life is a competition. Everyone wants to get
an A. Everyone wants to be a champ... more »
Look Now! - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins
Look Now!
*Now is the time to act! *
*Hear again the joyous voices*
*and *
*allow their music to vibrate *
*throughout your being.*
*See the beauty *
*all around *
*and *
*within you. *
*Look now!*
M.N. Hopkins
*Note:* This was an older writing I changed to poetic form and published
for the first time on my blog today. Enjoy.
Food Buying Clubs Podcast by Dennis Crowley
Food Buying Clubs
by Dennis Crowley on February 12, 2014
Podcast with host Dennis Crowley
*Episode 14 of the Food Rights Hour podcast *is about food buying clubs.
During this episode, our host Dennis Crowley and John Moody, food buying
club consultant for FTCLDF members and administrator for Whole Life Buying
Club, discuss:
- How a food buying club works
- Why food buying clubs matter to the local and real food movement
- How John Moody crafted a truly successful food buying club model
- Why food buying club members should also be FTCLDF members
- How to find farmer... more »
Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle
*Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle*
*Tifton 85 Cyanide Grass is killing cows*
When a herd of cattle suddenly died in Central Texas investigators were
dispatched to the scene to investigate and now preliminary test results are
blaming the animals deaths on the genetically modified grass the cows were
consuming.
The cows which were grazing on an 80-acre patch owned by Jerry Abel in
Elgin, Texas died several weeks ago.
Abel tells CBS Station KEYE that the grass should have been perfect since
it had “a lot of leaf, it’s good grass, tested high fo... more »
Updated: A Letter from Carol
1960s UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Posted by American Kabuki
February 15, 2014
*I received this email from Carol this morning, thought I'd share it with
all of you. Its a wonderful letter, the kind that gives me a real sense of
satisfaction for starting this blog.*
*The letter also spurred some thoughts in me as I was a child during the
60s and saw the hippies and how they recognized there was something wrong
with the system of things, but later on many "sold out" to the system and
became much more greedy than what they rebelled against. A kind of
cognitive dissonance occur... more »
ISRAELIS KIDNAP AND TORTURE CHILDREN
*The Israeli army is made up of Sadistic Pedophiles*
February 15-17, 2014 -- Snowden was not alone: *CIA faction behind Snowden*.
Big Pharma's Profits Over People & How to Hit Back
*February 15, 2014* (LocalOrg) - In Slashdot's "Big Pharma Presses US To
Quash Cheap Drug Production In India," it states:
"Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), are leaning
on the United States government to discourage India from allowing the
production and sale of affordable generic drugs to treat diseases such as
cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. India is currently on the U.S.
government's Priority Watch List — countries whose practices on protecting
intellectual property Washington believes should be monitored closely. Last
year Novartis lost a si... more »
Michio Kaku's theory of polar vortex
NewsBusters, WUWT, Climate Depot, and other skeptical websites have been
mocking Michio Kaku's CBS shtick:
Kaku has "explained" the snowy Northeast and Midwest and the relatively dry
Californian weather in recent months as the result of the same cause, the
"instability of historic proportions" that affects the polar vortex. He
could have added the floods in the U.K. as a consequence, too – so that his
fairy-tale would become even more global. ;-)
The climate skeptics are making fun of the string field theorist's new book
about futurism and the mind. Kaku seems to be keen on telepa... more »
'SPIES WORKING WITH NAZIS AND ISLAMISTS IN GERMANY'
*Sebastian Edathy*
In Germany there is a case involving the secret services, Nazis and the *Azov
Films* child abuse ring.
In Germany, in 2013, Social Democrat *Sebastian Edathy* and his
parliamentary panel investigated police and secret service activities in
connection with a Nazi group.
A neo-Nazi cell reportedly murdered Turks in Germany during a seven-year
Gladio-style terrorism spree.
Sebastian Edathy is now being linked to the Azov Films child pornography
affair (Operation Spade in Canada).
*German minister quits over child pornography inquiry 'leak'*. / SPD
leaders knew a... more »
CSEC : Get Your Plouffe On!
CBC : CSEC exoneration a 'mockery of public accountability'
"The CSEC watchdog, headed on a part-time basis by a semi-retired judge,
Jean-Pierre Plouffe, concluded: “No CSEC activity was directed at
Canadians or persons in Canada…that would be illegal.”Plouffe’s office says
its investigation exonerating CSEC consisted almost entirely of talking to
CSEC."
Lux ex Umbra : Q: Why did CSEC spy on Canadian wi-fi? A: It's all good!
.
“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”
*“Plutocrats Despising the Poor: An American Tradition”*
by Joseph A. Palermo
“It's not surprising that greater numbers of Americans these days tell
pollsters they believe corporate CEOs are grossly overpaid, or that they
support an increase in the minimum wage, or agree with Massachusetts
Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to open an alternative banking
systemthrough the U.S. Postal Service. Ever since Wall Street's giant
mortgage
bubble popped wreaking economic havoc with just about every working
family
in America people have rediscovered that the system is rigged against
them.
A... more »
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS
*The Wisdom Of Near-Death Experiences by Dr Penny Sartori, Watkins
Publishing*
*According to PENNY SARTORI:*
Researchers writing in the medical journal Critical Care Medicine kept in
touch with the parents of a six-month-old boy who nearly died in hospital
during a serious illness.
Three years later, the child was told by his parents that his grandmother
was dying.
The child asked: was she going through the tunnel to meet God?
*dailymail.co.uk*
Tom, the four-year-old son of a British soldier called Gary, was seriously
ill in hospital.
It was 'touch and go', said Gary.
A few ... more »
Nuttier than Steve Stockman? We bring you a real Texan, Dwayne Stovall
*No, it's not the canine who's challenging Texas Sen. John Cornyn in the
Republican primary, it's his master. Dwayne apparently isn't a big fan of
"Beltway turtle" Mitch McConnell.*
*by Ken*
Howie passed along this clip, and what can I say? It's Texas, friends.
If you're two-term Sen. John Cornyn, and you've spent your political career
trying to be the kind of right-wing crackpot every Lone Star redneck
crackpot can be proud of, the reality is that if you're up for reelection
in 2014, the thing you have to watch out for is someone from the new
generation of crackpots slithering a... more »
Back To My Roots: NASA And Their FAKE Apollo Moon Missions - The Apollo Moon Landings By Marcus Allen
It is now just over 35 years since I was first told outright that all of
NASA's Apollo manned moon missions were faked.... At that time, as a 19
year old bright yet brash University student who had at the time so much
faith in the "system" and never doubted anything written in our "history"
books as well as what was told by our governments and media, it was an eye
opener and probably the turning point in my entire life.... It did not take
me long after that original revelation to deduce that the entire Apollo
program was fake, and that man could not land on the moon for a myriad of
... more »
Newest Article From Lasha Darkmoon: Will US Sponsored Terrorists Try To Sabotage The Sochi Olympics?
I am back... Again, I have been spending more and more time lately taking
care of personal and family business, and concentrating on getting myself
more physically fit.... The recent scare I had with a "heart condition"
caused me to realize that my focus must be on my own health and fitness
first and foremost.. Therefore at times, this blog has been put on the so
called "back burner" and has not received the attention that I used to do
in previous years... But like I have said, I am in this for the long haul,
and honestly want to see the day that we are able to achieve victory over
... more »
Comcast's CEO must just be kidding when he calls swallowing up Time Warner Cable "pro-consumer, pro-competitive, and strongly in the public interest"
*by Ken*
My first thought on hearing of Comcast's acquisition Time Warner Cable
(which as far as I can tell is a more accurate description than a "merger"
of the country's no. 1 and no. 2 cable-TV companies) was: They're not gonna
let that happen, are they? By "they," I guess I meant the FCC, the FTC, the
Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division -- whoever would have to sign off
on a corporate conglomeration that would turn two pretty powerful players
in the cable industry into one behemoth. It's just not possible, is it?
My second thought was: Well, they spent a lot of time and b... more »
('Thug Vote-Stealing Strategy for Next Elections Revealed) JPMorgan's Startling (Or NOT!) CIA Ties - 39-Year-Old VP Jumps/Thrown From/Or Just Has His Body Left On Roof of Skyscraper (Ms. Yellen, You're New, But It’s Time to Pay Attention to the Slowdown)
BREAKING: PBS To Return John Arnold’s $3.5 Million, Following Pando Exposé
And it's not because he's embarrassed, friends. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ever wonder
exactly where they were planning to steal the votes for the next election?
Wonder no more. They don't make mistakes about elections. No matter how
foolish the MSM makes most of them look on the TV snooze. Never take your
eyes off the crooks.
KlickEx Launches Crypto-Currency 2.0: A New Global Asset-Backed Currency - as we have seen bitcoin achieve successes and failures , might KlickEx evolve into the crypto- currency that rises to the top of the feeding chain ? Something to ponder .....
*http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/will-this-be-the-new-world-reserve-currency*
Will This Be A New World Reserve Currency?
In the Pacific there has been a currency exchange system since 2009 that
allows individuals to sent funds directly to each other. Payments in the
same currency can be made instant and free of charge, swapping currencies
takes no more than 5 minutes (to allow time for market orders to accumulate
so that the best exchange rate possible is achieved) and has very low fees.
This system is called KlickEx. It only deals in cleared funds, so all users
(or banks) have an accou... more »
read dave kopay's open letter to michael sam
Did I celebrate Michael Sam's coming out on Facebook and Twitter, and
forget to mention it on wmtc?? Ack! Social media run amok!
The news that a top NFL prospect has come out as gay in advance of the
draft is electrifying. The support for Sam among NFL players is awesome. At
first, there was a conspicuous silence among NFL owners, but Giants owner
Steve Tisch and Dolphins owner Dolphins owner Stephen Ross have stepped
up. Perhaps more will follow.
Here's an excerpt from an open letter to Michael Sam from Dave Kopay, a
former NFL player who came out as gay after he retired.
Not only... more »
cherry-picked data and undisclosed bias: the failure of freakonomics
Allan came home from one of his used-book sale sprees with copies of both
*Freakonomics* and *Super Freakonomics*. I had read so many excerpts from,
and reviews of, these books over the years, and their appearance was a
reminder to actually read them myself.
You're probably familiar with the general premise of *Freakonomics*. Steven
D. Levitt is an economics professor at the University of Chicago, and
Stephen J. Dubner is a well-known writer and editor. The two teamed up to
write an unusual mix of story, statistics, and surprises for a popular
audience, using research and statistics... more »
Alcatraz Photos Longest Walk 4 by Leslie Reed
Thanks
to photographer Leslie Reed for 14 new photos!
.
Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz: Leslie Reed Soggs, Sakonnet Band of
Wampanoag, shared photos from the arrival at Alcatraz in December. Thank
you from Censored News!
War watch February 13 , 2014 - Afghanistan and President Karzai continue to ignore US demand as Bagram prisoners released over US opposition , BSA remains unsigned and another insider attacks kills two US soldiers.... Syria - despite the occasional noises made by the irrelevant Syrian National coalition , the real focus has to be upon the Al Qaeda and jihadists fighters in Syria ....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Afghanistan....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/13/karzai-criticises-respect-afghan-sovereignty
( Considering the foreign policy blunders to date - is the Obama
Administration reading the tea leaves right about a post- Karzai
Afghanistan ? )
Karzai criticises lack of US respect for Afghan sovereignty as relations
worsen
Obama administration looks increasingly likely to gamble with Afghan
president’s successor over signing of security agreement
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Bitcoin news round up February 13 , 2014 --Transaction malleability and attack on the Bitcoin network .....Silk Road 2.0 'Hacked' Using Bitcoin Bug, All Its Funds Stolen ......... The Guardian reports Bitcoin exchanges ( Mt Gox , BTC-e and Bitstamp ) suspend conversions as hacker attack intensifies ....... Mt. Gox Founder Mark Karpeles Responds to Critics ...... Bruce Fenton opines " Why Life Under Bitcoin Regulation Will Be Worse Than Investors Think " ...... Canada’s Finance Minister Prepares to Regulate Bitcoin ....... India’s Government Claims the RBI is Examining Virtual Currencies ......Bank of Greece Breaks Silence on Bitcoin ........ St Louis Fed curious as to why businesses would accept bitcoins in spite of fiat ? Roger Ver bets on Mt Gox solvency...... New Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena — and they’re fighting back ....... Utopia Drug Marketplace Shutdown
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Malleability problem addressed by Justcoin already ? How long for Bitstamp
and Mt Gox to fix their particular glitches ?
http://blog.justcoin.com/post/transaction-malleability-and-attack-on-the-bitcoin-network
Transaction malleability and attack on the Bitcoin network
TL;DR Funds are safe and Bitcoin withdrawals are back to normal
The following post is quite technical, simply because Bitcoin is very
technical.
[image: There’s more work to do on DoS, but I’m doing a quick build of what
I have so far in case it’s needed, before venturing into more complex
ideas.]
Like Satoshi Nak... more »
3D Printing Energy Global Network : MISSION I’M POSSIBLE
I would like to introduce you to an amazing site and a brilliant group of
people who are working together to make a difference in the world.
I first met Dave through the To-BE Community skype room and Nick and Dave
and I immediately hit it off. .... Being from a British family, I'm even
immune to his caustic brit wit, lol.
Dave is part of a global network of people using 3D Printers to give the
planet an upgrade. I talked to Ralph Ring about Dave's work in our
conversation with Ralph and Marsha last weekend HERE, and the Rings were
very excited by what has been put together in thi... more »
The Story of How Corporate Welfare Child Prison Operators Got Rich in Pennsylvania
Schools Matter - 1 day ago
*AMY GOODMAN*
*DEMOCRACY NOW!** / VIDEO INTERVIEW*
From Nation of Change:
Published: Wednesday 5 February 2014
*“Kids for Cash” is the shocking story of how thousands of children in
Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from
the builders and owners of private prison facilities.*
Today a special on "kids for cash," the shocking story of how thousands of
children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received
$2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison
facilities. We hear from two of the youth: Charlie Balasav... more »
Legalised Euthanasia for Children Regardless of Age in Belgium: The Actual Law in English
The past few days we have heard the reports of the change made to the
Belgian (permissive, but also restrictive) euthanasia law that makes it
include children of all ages among those who may lawfully receive medical
help to end their lives. For instance here, here, here and here. None,
however, have had access to or quoted any actual English translation of the
new law. Thanks to my colleague Kristof Van Assche at the Vrije
Universiteit Brussel's Faculty of Law and Criminology, I'm now happy to be
able provide one for interested readers, with the following disclaimer:
This is Kristof... more »
The Bermuda Triangle and the C-119 Disappearance
As most of you know, I spent some time as an Air Force intelligence
officer. I was assigned to the 928th Tactical Airlift Group which was part
of the 440th Tactical Airlift Group which was headquartered at General
Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During that time, there was
an intelligence conference held in Milwaukee (and of no importance at all,
it was here, late at night I first saw *ZULU*). The relevance of all this
somewhat personal information will become obvious in a moment.
Now, according to Bermuda Triangle lore (and to Gian Quasar) on June 5,
1965, “a C-119 v... more »
Going French: transport-related emissions in a nuclear/EV environment
One
of the nice things about analyses you can do on the back of an envelope
is that they are easier to understand and lend themselves to settling
issues. It occurred to me that a comparison of US LDV carbon emissions
to the EV-related emissions from a nuclearized grid would be just one of
those things.
First off, gasoline. Motor gasoline forms about 20 pounds of CO2 per
gallon burned. In 2012
Will The Tea Party Adopt The "A Million Dollars/A Million Votes" Plan As Part Of Their Anti-Democracy Platform?
"Money is all over the place." Really? Watch that video from Thursday's
Chris Hayes' MSNBC show above. That's the ugly sound of Republican class
war against American families. That's why there are children who don't have
enough food to eat. That guy in the bow tie and the canary yellow cardigan
could have been reading a script from the days that lead up to the French
Revolution. Admit it, you'd secretly watch him being guillotined if it was
televised. And the accursed Tom Perkins too. He wasn't on Chris' show last
night. But you probably remember him from his whining about how the... more »
Obamacare versus Romneycare
One of the themes that we have all heard over the past few years is that
President Obama's healthcare reform is merely bringing the kind of changes
Massachusetts had under Governor Romney to the nation. If that were really
true, you would think that these national reforms would have minimal impact
on the state of Massachusetts. Well, here is a story from today's Boston
Globe:
About 50,000 health insurance applications, many filed by low-income
Massachusetts residents, have yet to be processed by the state’s troubled
insurance marketplace, officials disclosed Thursday, and it may tak... more »
Jodorowsky's Dune - Giger the set designer, Salvador Dali the Emperor, Orson Wells and Mick Jagger
*moloko vellocet, sir or madam?*
Remembering that Frank Herbert's original novel DUNE was about the oil
industry, Alejandro Jodorowsky wanted to make a film adaptation that would *'give
one LSD hallucinations without taking LSD'*. "I want to change the young
minds of all the world." he said. Indeed, LSD-induced MK Ultra for the
masses...
*This fascinating documentary explores the genesis of one of cinema's
greatest epics that never was: cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's (EL
TOPO) adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune, whose cast would
have included such icons as... more »
Computer is baaaaack...
*and so far Windows 7 is A-okay.*
And, yes Odie - I know it's not as good as a Mac. Sigh...
I did lose my bookmarks, but since I'm into decluttering, might as well
declutter my bookmarks, too.
Off to work...
See ya later, peeps.
Dine' Sarah White 'Uncertainties remain with Navajo Mine purchase'
Uncertainties
remain with Navajo Mine purchase
Sarah Jane White
Tiis Tsoh Sikaad community member
Censored News
Lorenzo Bates stated in Tuesday’s Farmington Daily Times newspaper that
he informed the community members in all six Chapters about the mine
purchase. However, as I stated in this same article, only English was
spoken by Mr. Bates, so how does he know if he got his message
Classroom Activity: Thinking Strategically
This third activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture
on game theory (slides). Look below the fold for details. First, I asked
them to fully characterize the optimal strategy for player 1 in the
following modified centipede game, assuming player 2 adopts their optimal
strategy. That second part is important, and I stressed
Continue reading
ANYTHING GOES: Everybody agrees!
*FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014*
*Part 4—McMorris Rodgers and us:* Speaking in one of our most august
forums, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers did in fact make a misstatement.
She was delivering the official GOP response to the president’s State of
the Union Address. At one point, she said what follows.
What she said was wrong:
MCMORRIS RODGERS (1/28/14): Not long ago, *I got a letter from Bette in
Spokane, who had hoped the president's health care law would save her
money, but found out instead her premiums were going up nearly $700 a
month.* We've all talked to too many people who've recei... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'US Canada Joint Military Operations against Mohawks'
US-CANADA
JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST MOHAWKS
Posted on February 14, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 13, 2014. “Gallant Piper” is the US counterpart to Canada’s
military plan to annihilate Mohawks through “Operation
Campus/Scorpion-Saxon”. “Canada declares war on Mohawks”.
Remembering Kanehsatake, Kahnawake,Tyendinaga, Akwesasne, Six Nations ….
Mohawks as “Keepers of
The Truth about Numbers
From DailyKos:
Do not follow this troublemaker, @RubenBolling.
And whatever you do, do not join the INNER HIVE, which is surely some kind
of secret cabal of secular, humanist, moral-relativist, evolution-hugging
mathe-manics who get comic strips emailed to them BEFORE publication, which
is clearly unnatural.
In general, where an accused is sentenced for separate events, sentences should be consecutive
*R. v Drader, *2014 ABCA 69:
[4] In ascertaining what is a fit sentence, a sentencing
court may make sentences concurrent or consecutive. Particularly where an
accused is being sentenced for a number of offences at the same time, the
principles of totality and proportionality will inform whether sentences
should be consecutive or concurrent. However, as a general principle, where
an accused is sentenced on separate days for completely separate events,
typically the sentences should be consecutive. Otherwise, the result is
that there is no effective sentence for the lat... more »
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