English: NHK Koriyama in Koriyama, Fukushima pref., Japan. 日本語: 福島県郡山市、NHK郡山支局。 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Dean Baker proposes tools for shining a light on crony corporate board directors who help inflate exec mega-salaries
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 minutes ago
"*Director Watch: Putting an End to Blank Checks for CEOs"*
*Erskine Bowles*
*Martin Feldstein*
*"Friends don't try to save money by cutting their friends' pay. And when
[corporate board] directors themselves are pocketing hundreds of thousands
of dollars a year for attending 4-10 meetings, there is little incentive to
take their jobs seriously."*
*-- Dean Baker, in* "Corportate Cronyism: The Secret to Overpaid CEOs"
*by Ken*
In "Corportate Cronyism: The Secret to Overpaid CEOs," Dean Baker of the
Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) tackles the subject of
out-of-control e... more »
Review - Just Mayo
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 minutes ago
On the day that we went vegan, I went through every item in my pantry,
reading labels, and giving away anything which included animal products.
There was an unopened jar of mayonnaise and, with just the slightest
regret, I placed it into the box headed for a friend's kitchen. That was
the last time that I tasted mayonnaise ...
Until now!
Sure, I tried the vegan substitutes on the market (hated them) and even
made some versions, using tofu, that came close to the original. Still,
they just didn't have that taste.
I was invited to try Just Mayo.
[image: Review of "Just Mayo"]
It co... more »
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George Henderson at The High-fat Hep C Diet - 14 minutes ago
Magnus Pyke was the protégé of Jack Drummond, the British nutritionist who
largely directed food policy for Britain's war effort during the Second
World War. Wiki states:
On 1 February 1940, he was appointed Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of
Food. When Lord Woolton became Minister of Food in April 1940, Drummond
produced a plan for the distribution of food based on "sound nutritional
principles". He recognised that rationing was the perfect opportunity to
attack what he called "dietetic ignorance" and that, if successful, he
would be able not just to maintain but to improve the ... more »
“…a rare achievement.”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 31 minutes ago
Blogger and Melbourne cartoonist Gavin Aung Than, blogging at Zen Pencils,
“turns inspirational quotes into comic strips.” In this strip, he
illustrates life advice from Calvin & Hobbes’s cartoonist Bill Watterson.
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Read on at Zen Pencils not to only to see what happens next – but for some
great life advice.
[Hat tip Jenn Casey and Slate]
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"Fukushima Update, 2/20/14"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 47 minutes ago
*"Fukushima Update, 2/20/14"*
by Various Sources
"TV: It’s a “record-high” leak at Fukushima, extraordinarily radioactive;
Almost 8,000,000 times limit; Even more toxic since it was from early in
disaster; Alarm went off 9 hours before, but disregarded; Now checking for
other leaks; “News came as a shock.”
NHK, Feb. 20, 2014: Record-high tainted water leak at Fukushima plant. The
leaked water contained an extraordinarily high 230-million becquerels per
liter of beta-ray emitting substances, consisting mainly of strontium 90.
The level is about 7.6 million times the government’s pe... more »
WE ARE THE ARCTURIAN GROUP - "I" IS A SACRED WORD
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 58 minutes ago
*Thanks for fowarding this Ed! -AK*
*WE ARE THE ARCTURIAN GROUP*
OCTOBER 13, 2013
Transcribed by: Marilyn
http://disclosure-2012.com/page/474047943
Greetings dear people of the great planet Gaia, we rejoice with you as we
observe the Light flowing forth from and to you at this time. Earth is
moving quickly toward a new universal energy which increases with every
person who opens their heart and mind to new and higher ways of seeing. We
observe people the world over questioning and asking themselves if what
they are being told by those in charge is actually true. This questioning... more »
Welcome to the Stasi State ! The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to roll out something called the Critical Information Needs study, which will embed government “researchers” into media organizations around the nation to make sure they are doing their job properly ... While Democrats and media puppets of Comrade Obama sit mute , Americans need to wake up as to hat the heck is going on here at home ! This is what would expect from China , the Soviet Union and the proverbial " Tinpot Dictators " in Banana Republics - and maybe that's the message from on high as to where things stand .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-20/obama-administration-embeds-government-researchers-monitor-media-organizations
Obama Administration Embeds "Government Researchers" To Monitor Media
Organizations
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- Bond
- First Amendment
- Fox News
- MSNBC
- national security
- Obama Administration
- Wall Street Journal
inShare
*Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
Last week, I highlighted the fact that the latest*Press Freedom Index *showcased
a 13 poin... more »
Expert evidence
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
*R. v. Sekhon* 2014 SCC 14:
[43] As set out *R. v. Mohan*, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9,
at pp. 20-23, and affirmed in *R. v. J.-L.J.*, 2000 SCC 51, [2000] 2 S.C.R.
600, and *R. v. D.D.*, 2000 SCC 43, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 275, the admission of
expert evidence depends on the following criteria: 1) relevance; 2)
necessity in assisting the trier of fact; 3) the absence of any
exclusionary rule; and 4) a properly qualified expert.
[44] With respect to the "relevance" criterion,
*Mohan*states that the judge must conduct a cost-benefit analysis to
dete... more »
Keystone XL May Not Be Dead But Could The Democrats Win A Senate Seat In Nebraska?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Nebraska? It's a conservative bastion. Even the occasional Democrat who
gets elected to something there is conservative-- think Ben Nelson, one of
the Insurance Industry asswipes who destroyed the public option and ruined
the Affordable Care Act. The state has one of the biggest percentages of
registered Republicans of any state in the Union-- and they hold every
federal and every statewide office. Of the state's 93 counties, no fewer
than 89-- and in one case, all 93-- have gone red in the last 4
presidential races! In the last *5 decades (*how old are you?) Republican
president... more »
The Daily "NearYou?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Stuarts Draft, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
KYMATICA - FULL LENGTH MOVIE - Expand Your Consciousness!!!
ancient clown at GlobaLove Think Tank - 3 hours ago
Like We Said, It's About More than Your Genes
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
*Guest post by Daniel Jepson and Chris Wood, writers for “Casey
Extraordinary Technology”*
In last week's article on epigenetics at Casey Research, we began with a
brief discussion of the enormous expectations that were placed on the Human
Genome Project such as, that its results would lead to the end of
disease—and how those expectations ultimately went unfulfilled because of
course, things are never that simple. More importantly, in this case, genes
are only part of the story.
To quote briefly from that article:
Little did the community know at the time that the project [i.e., ... more »
UHC 23: Orthopedic Hospital Corporatization, Not Privatization
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 3 hours ago
There have been a number of political noise about the corporatization and
modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC). Many groups are
opposing its “privatization” with lots of street rallies and the
petitioners going to the Supreme Court opposing the said “privatization.”
This is a typical disease of confusing and equating corporatization as
privatization. The former means the government will just create a board
relatively (but not fully) independent of Malacanang and Congress, with
private sector presence in the board as they will inject their own money.
The DOH Secre... more »
dispatches from ola 2014, part 2: a year of tween programming
laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
Tweens - older kids who are not yet teens - are among my favourite library
customers. Tween books are my favourites to read, and a tween audience is
my most natural writing voice.
Sadly, tweens are often underserved at libraries. Library programming often
focuses on either pre-school kids or youth, usually defined as ages 12 and
up. The 8-12 group is too old for baby stuff, but usually too young for the
real teen scene. And libraries are often desperate for tween programming
ideas.
To that end, two librarians from the Oshawa (Ontario) Public Library,
Brianne Wilkins-Bester and Tiff... more »
Satire: "Republicans To Discontinue Use Of Email"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"Republicans To Discontinue Use Of Email"*
By Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Citing the scandals embroiling Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the
Republican Governors Association today ordered its members to discontinue
the use of e-mail, “effective immediately.” According to a memo sent to all
Republican governors, “Any plots, schemes, conspiracies, or violations of
campaign-finance laws should be conducted using pay phones or easily
disposable cell phones such as the ones used on ‘The Wire.’ ” The governors
were instructed ... more »
Global Protests February 18 , 2014 -- Hell's Bells tolling in Ukraine , Venezuela and thailand !
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Ukraine........
2/19/14.....
Ukraine Government-Opposition Truce Announced
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In my room, and not that happy about it
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 4 hours ago
I know that after I've said a sad goodbye to the Comision de Accion
Social Menonita and have returned to Canada, I will talk fondly to my
friends about having had the amazing opportunity to travel around so much
of Honduras through my work in all seven regions of CASM.
But tonight I’m in a down-market hotel room in teeny La Campa, sitting
under a hideous fluorescent doughnut light while dining on weird little
coconut sticks I packed in my bag knowing that I’d be dead bored by Day 3
with the limited food selection here. There’s absolutely zilch on the
13-inch TV. I’m a very ... more »
Robert King in Canada for Hard Time screenings: Photos and Media Coverage
angola3news at Angola 3 News - 4 hours ago
*ROBERT KING IN THE NEWS:* *Morning News Montreal Televison Interview*
*II* *La Presse: En croisade contre le milieu carcéral américain* II *Montreal
Gazette Interview* *II* *Le Devoir: 29 ans d’isolement en prison* *II* *BBC
News: Scientists call solitary confinement 'damaging and unnecessary'* *II*
*Japan Times / AFP: In prisons, solitary takes toll on minds* II *VIDEO:
Science Magazine Live Chat w/ Robert King; Is Solitary Confinement Torture?*
*(PHOTO: Robert King w/ filmmaker Ron Harpelle at the Toronto Film
Festival. View more photos below.)*As announced in our la... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*Retired Louisiana Lt. General Russell Honore" may run for governor of
Louisiana*
*The Bar That's a Second Home for a Generation of New Orleans Journalists
~Michael Patrick Welch, Vice*
The Community In Morocco: Traveling Living DOing
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 5 hours ago
Community Morocco: Update!
Things are coming together very very quickly now and moving forward so fast
it is becoming difficult to keep track of it all.
Brian and Justin have written an excellent update that covers most of the
updates of the Community in Morocco and how we are moving forward.
As for my family's update, we picked up our passports yesterday! YAY!!!
and it only took 2 attempts, 3 sets of couriered documents, a few hundred
dollars, and just about 7 weeks ...... But that's behind us now, and NOW
we move forward!!!
We are packing to return to Morocco as soon as ... more »
REPOST: Where's my free will?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
I don’t know about you, but when I tune in to the infantile ‘debate’ about
obesity – about who to blame when folk get fat and how ‘someone must do
something” (for “someone” read “government,” and for “something” read
coercion) – I find it disturbing that fatties and pollies alike find common
cause in removing personal responsibility from their respective equations.
If you're a fat bastard and you don't want to be, how about you stop
blaming vending machines, your school, your parents, your genes and just
try the 'don't-eat-so-frigging-much' diet. (Do you see many fat starving ... more »
Why are Welfare Cuts a Moral Crusade?
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
Can't find employment and dread the fortnightly grilling down the job
centre? Can't afford the bedroom tax so have to rely on food banks to get
you and yours through the week? At the end of your tether because you're
waiting an age for the appeal against your Work Capability Assessment
decision, which found you fit for work when your doctor and consultant both
have prescribed nothing but rest? Well, chin up. These humiliations all
come from a compassionate place. You see, Dave's on a mission. A moral
mission.
Taking time out from dithering over the floods to rebut the soon-to-be Ca... more »
"I'm a Ukrainian" smells like western style psy-op
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
*You can, if you so chose to, watch the video... here*
*I am not posting it, because it is a propaganda video. It's purpose is to
draw you in emotionally which will cause you to think irrationally and
uncritically*
Appealing on an emotional level, most often sadness or fear. Instead of
facts, persuasive language is used to develop the foundation of an appeal
to emotion-based argument.
The face and somewhat pleading voice of an attractive woman is being used
to elicit feelings of sympathy from gullibe dupes
*The video hits every meme button being pushed by the NATO media*
As I... more »
God Save the Queen: Brits in a Race with U.S. towards Full Blown Fascism
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 6 hours ago
From the *‘if you think we have it bad here department’* more tales of
jolly old England’s stiff-upper lipped charge into a full blown fascist
state have surfaced in the last day. First being that human rights attorney Jesselyn
Radack who assists in the representation of former government contractor
turned NSA whistleblower was detained and harassed by goons at London’s
Heathrow Airport. While the Queen’s subjects aren’t subjected to the same
sort of ritual humiliation that American travelers are by the government
sanctioned bullies, petty power freaks, pedophiles and thieves that ... more »
"I Desire" by John Hinkley Jr.
Paul Coker at News Spike - 6 hours ago
*John Hinckley Letter to Radio StationNov. 1982*
Copy of letter written by John Hinckley to the "Morning Zoo" radio DJs at
KZEW in Dallas, TX.
Dated Nov. 1982, John mentions his love of new wave music, especially DEVO.
He says "I co-wrote a song on their new album. The song is *My Desire* and
I want you to play it 58 times each day."
DEVO used portions of a letter that John Hinckley wrote to Jodie Foster as
lyrics to the song "I Desire" from the "Oh, No! It's DEVO" album. Warner
Bros was not happy when they found out they'd have to pay Hinckley for his
lyrics.
From RollingSto... more »
The GCR & RV : Exogen Update with my comments
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 6 hours ago
I was sent this in a skype room so I do not have a link to the original
post- if you know where it was posted, please feel free to repost this back
to that site and send the original link to edit into this article.
I have remained silent on the "RV" stuff for a long time- mostly because
there was so much bull crap and lies and ridiculousness going on that I
basically said "To hell with this idiocy!!!" and I have backed away from
most of my sources.
Having said that, those that I have kept in touch with have been keeping me
apprized of what's been going on in the "back rooms" so... more »
If Secession Is Good Enough For Scotland, Why Not Texas?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
We'll never know for sure how deeply involved Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)
was in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured
another 700. But we do know that the militia groups involved were in touch
with his office about the bombing and that he has been highly sympathetic
to their paranoid-- if not psychotic-- cause. And now he seems to be
gaining traction on the far right fringes of the Texas Republican Party in
his deranged primary run against John Cornyn.
A former drug addict and derelict who dropped out of school for what he
calls "partying syndrome," th... more »
Do the Uber-Uber Wealthy Have Any Idea How Foolish They Are Acting? (Men In Drag - No Better Vision of Manliness?) No One Will Get Credit for Being Right About Ridiculousness of Afghanistan Attacks? (Certainly Not A Smart Black Woman)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 7 hours ago
From my buddy, Coyote Prime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly we learn how
money has markedly changed reality in our brave new world: Tuesday,
February 18, 2014 "One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw
When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society" "One-Percent Jokes and
Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society"
By Kevin Roose "Recently, our
“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, *
*The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”*
By Shah Gilani
“Headline news about banks settling charges for violating rules,
regulations, and laws- and announcements of the fines they agree to pay-
appears every day. Rarely- if ever- do they reveal how much money is really
being paid or where it's going. They also seldom explain what kinds of
settlements are reached. Or how banks negotiate what they'll actually pay
and to whom... or how they negotiate tax deductibility of fines... or how
they get "credits" for fines they never pay... or how in... more »
Greg Hunter, “Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Financial writer and stock trader Karl Denninger says the most recent
Obama Care delay is all about politics. Denninger thinks, “It’s just simply
an attempt to push the issue past the 2014 election. I suspect that if you
really get down to it, it’s just simply about 50 to 60 million people were
going to get cancelled, and it was going to happen about the end of
September. The idea that you were going to throw all these people in
hospitals out in the street, I think it was a little bit too much for t... more »
America's Highest Paid Government Workers
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
http://www.prwatch.org/files/americas_highest_paid_government_workers.pdf
Another JP Morgan Banker Leaps to His Death
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
Li Junjie pictured before his suicide (SCMP).
*Another JP Morgan Banker Leaps to His Death*
*Hong Kong man becomes 7th banker to die under mysterious circumstances*
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
February 18, 2014
Yet another banker has committed suicide, with a JP Morgan forex trader
leaping to his death from the top of the firm’s Chater House headquarters
in Hong Kong.
Image:
Over the past few weeks at least seven bankers have died under mysterious
circumstances, including another JP Morgan senior manager who jumped off
the top of a skyscraper in London last month.
Speculation ... more »
Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in short order
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
*Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in
short order*
by ÉirePort
Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in
short order.
Rapid expansion and portal blossoming comes with stationing of
Galactic-aligneds over Planetary Surface and throughout Planetary Energy
Grid system.
Foundational belief systems of so-called "lower earth" dissolve into the
Higher Cosmic Understanding.
The Grand "severance plan" proceeds.
ÉirePort | February 20, 2014 at 7:41 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:
http://wp.me/p2tSAX-S
Trifecta: Longing for Hope & Change: 71% Regret Voting for Obama...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 8 hours ago
*we tried to tell you.*
“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Folks, these are *police*, cops...
They could fight, and win, a war with this stuff...
*“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”*
by Jim Karger
“When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead
hands,” is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a
threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take
their firearms. And, when I hear this crazy talk, I agree with them openly.
“You are right. They will pry your gun from your cold dead hands,” which I
often follow with the question, “And where will that leave... more »
The Science Advocate's Dilemma
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 9 hours ago
I am in Bonn, at a fascinating (if you are a science policy wonk) workshop
titled, "Basic and Applied Research: Historical Semantics of a Key
Distinction in 20th Century Science Policy" and organized by David
Kaldewey, University of Bonn, and Désirée Schauz, Munich Centre for the
History of Science and Technology. The workshop so far has been excellent.
I'm speaking tomorrow and I will mention John Kay's column in the FT from
earlier this week, in which he wrote about what has been called basic,
fundamental or pure research:
In 1969 Robert Wilson, director of the National Accelerat... more »
Ukraine if you want to. The BBC's not for Yanukovych
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
I was going to post something yesterday about Tuesday night's *Newsnight *and
its coverage of the latest upsurge of political violence in *Ukraine *but
ran out of time. Still, an extra day's wait gives me the chance to add Wednesday
night's coverage to the mix.
I'll begin with what I wrote yesterday...
We've noted before here at *Is?* the BBC's tendency to side with protesters
during these kinds of uprising - and, indeed, specifically during the past
few weeks of the Ukrainian protests. So it wasn't particularly surprising
to note that *all* the programme's 'talking heads' (from ... more »
“Is the Great Correction Over?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“Is the Great Correction Over?”*
by Bill Bonner
“First, the market news: The Dow lost 89 points yesterday. Gold fell by
four bucks an ounce. And now the good news: The Great Correction is over!
Hallelujah! People are going deeper into debt... and getting divorced
again.
No kidding. Bloomberg reports: "The number of Americans getting divorced
rose for the third year in a row to about 2.4 million in 2012, after
plunging in the 18-month recession ended June 2009, according to US Census
Bureau data. "As the economy normalizes, so too do family dynamics," said
Mark Zandi, chief econo... more »
Alan Waldman : All hail (Sid) Caesar!
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
Remembering the late, great Sid Caesar, who didn’t laugh at my jokes… By
Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 The wonderful Sid Caesar
just died at age 92. What a tremendous talent! From 1951 through 1958 …
finish reading Alan Waldman :
All hail (Sid) Caesar!
There is NO Evidence Kirk Dillard quit ALEC.
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
An update to my post yesterday
Want to get this on the search engines.
Dillard's letter is a sham - another piece of misleading information by a
member of teh AMerican Legislative Exchange Council - evidently, they are
all liars.
*UPDATE *
Dillard did NOT quit ALEC
He resigned as Public Sector Chair.
That's it - he resigned as state head honcho.
School Safety Expert Threatened for Questioning Official Narrative of the Sandy Hook Massacre
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 9 hours ago
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Federal Jack
Wolfgang W. Halbig doesn't believe anyone was killed at Sandy Hook
Elementary School on December 14, 2012, and he's looking for some answers.
So many answers, in fact, that he was paid a visit by some police
investigators telling him to back off.
Mr. Halbig isn't your average "conspiracy theorist." He's worked in public
education as a teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal of an
alternative school and as the Director for School Safety and Security for
the Seminole County Public Schools, a school district... more »
How far did we get with Hawking’s first book?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014*
*Even after all these years, we didn’t get very far:* This morning, at the
coffee joint, disgusted with what we’d seen on cable TV last night, we put
aside current events and returned to Stephen Hawking’s first best-seller, A
Brief History of Time (1988).
Our disgust with last night’s “cable news” made us think of Plato’s Seventh
Letter. Plato described his reaction to the accusations against Socrates,
“without question, the most upright man then living.”
For ease of comprehension, we’ll quote Plato in translation:
“When I saw all this, and others thi... more »
No unnecessary testing
skrashen at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, Feb 21
To the editor:
Letters published on Feb 20 arguing that "Testing can be good; It's a part
of the real world,"' assume that those of us critical of the common core
are anti-testing. Not true. All educators understand the necessity of
responsible assessment.
We are opposed to unnecessary testing. The common core is requiring more
standardized tests than we have ever seen on this planet, far more than
required under No Child Left Behind. This nonstop testing is being imposed
at a huge cost (it will be administered online), without any eviden... more »
Arrogant Minnesota Commies Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep.Tim Walz laugh when asked about Obamacare...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*and the useful idiots who are at the meet and greet laugh too.*
Real people are being massively harmed by Obamacare and these Commies laugh?
What exactly is funny about that?
I. Am. So. Glad. I. Escaped. Minnesota.
*Meantime here in Idaho:*
*Idaho Introduces Bill to Nullify EPA Regulations*
S 683 Criminal Code does not allow for compelling of a person to give a voice (or other) sample
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
R. v. Karimi, 2014 ONCA 133:
[5] The provision refers to the production of existing material
and not to the creation of material that may assist an expert in
formulating his or her opinion on an issue that may ultimately be germane
to the appeal proceedings. In other words, we think s. 683(1)(a) is
limited to the production of an existing writing, exhibit or "other thing"
connected to the proceeding.
[6] Section 683(1)(b) provides that the court can order that any
person who is a compellable witness "attend and be examined". That section
refers to an order tha... more »
Just as what we thought had happened - the blackmail on MB
Amin Fasei at Our Manmade Disasters - 10 hours ago
Accusations
grow MB Khalid may have SOLD OUT TO DAIM ZAINUDDIN
Written by Concerned Citizen
Full article:
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=229771:accusations-grow-that-mb-khalid-may-have-sold-out-to-daim-zainuddin&Itemid=2#ixzz2ttCLwI6n
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us: @MsiaChronicle on Twitter
I am getting particularly concerned that Malaysiakini continues to
highlight the speculation of a water deal behind the Kajang Move while
turning a blind eye to the disquiet in the market of what will be the
most
controversial out of court settlement between Khalid Ibrahim and B... more »
NO Vote on Common Core: Bradley County Commission Backs School Board
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
From Tennessee Parents:
. . . . This Resolution comes from the elected County Commission of Bradley
County, who wanted to support their School Board, but also send a
Resolution "with more teeth" to Nashville.
Rumor has it that the Bills to repeal Common Core (HB2332/SB2405) are being
blocked by the chairs of the House & Senate Education committees (Rep.
Harry Brooks & Sen. Delores Gresham) from ever reaching the House and
Senate floor for votes. However, the number of co-sponsors on the bill are
growing, and pressure is coming from local districts to force these
through.
*So, T... more »
Gross' QFT lecture at the Dyson 90 conference
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
*Preaching string theory to infidels like Freeman Dyson himself*
Last December, Freeman Dyson celebrated his 90th birthday and the
conference that celebrated the anniversary took place at the Institute of
Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 26-29 August
2013. I was obviously misled into believing that the conference would take
place at IAS Princeton but the truth was more colorful.
David Gross' 69-minute talk above, *Quantum Field Theory – Past, Present,
Future* – was posted to YouTube a month ago. It is one of the interesting
videos by the World Scienti... more »
General Andrew Leslie's Moving Expenses
LeDaro at LeDaro - 11 hours ago
How can someone spend over $70,000 to move just a few minutes away? Did
Andrew Leslie use a Lamborghini to tow the moving trailer? In an economy
when many are struggling to make ends meet, when young people are
struggling to find jobs, this guy can charge over $70,000 for moving
expenses? Really?
I think it is important to support our veterans, but this program should
have caps on how much can be claimed. Really, for a move of such a short
distance, it is hard to imagine how it could cost anywhere near $70,000.
What is especially baffling in all this, why are Liberals defending Gen... more »
White House: No more information about drone killings will be released to public
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
*White House: No more information about drone killings will be released to
public*
11:11 AM 02/07/2013
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday that the
Obama administration will not be releasing any more information about the
controversial use of drones to kill American citizens.
Carney’s remarks, via the White House’s transcript of the off-camera press
gaggle:
“This is not an open-ended process. This is a specific and unique
accommodation in this circumstance. The fact is, when it comes to public
disclosure, we have been — not with the kind of attention ... more »
VIDEO Sakej Ward 'Defining Warrior Societes'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Sakej
Ward, "Here is the first part of Mi'kmaq Solidarity Tour in Cheam First
Nation. There was three speakers Susan Patles, Coady Stevens and
myself. I provided a basic explanation of Indigenous warriors and
warrior societies. which led up to Susan and Coady speaking about their
experience in protecting Mi'kma'ki (Mi'kmaq Homeland) from fracking
operations. They did a great job
On once again looking at Maddow’s first segment!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014*
*A heinous, clowning performance:* MSNBC is slow today posting Rachel
Maddow’s transcript.
We can’t say we blame them. Maddow’s opening segment last night was a
heinous 21 minutes of Fort Lee fiddle. To watch the whole clown show, click
here.
(A second, shorter segment about Fort Lee followed. Maddow devoted about 60
percent of last night’s program to her distortions, inventions and clowning
concerning this topic.)
When people put up with a person like this, those people will get what
they’ve bargained for.
We want to discuss that first segment in s... more »
Vote Them All Out In November?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Paul Ryan-- wrong on everything/protected by Steve Israel's DCCC
Have you ever heard of Vote Them Out 2014? The organization has picked half
a dozen crucial House roll calls and suggests voters use them to see if
their incumbent is really who they want to represent them in Congress. They
emphasize that they're a non-partisan outfit and back defeating both
Democrats and Republicans with bad voting records. "Regardless of political
party, we must vote the incumbent out of office to send a message to D.C.,
that the people are in charge of the government. Only 6% think Congress is
doing ... more »
HD Tracks
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 12 hours ago
I have never bought High Definition Audio. However something I am sure to
do in the future. At HD tracks you can sample most of the greatest Albums
of all time. I am very impressed by the sound.
Hypocritical Jews fret 'demographic catastrophe' while promoting White genocide
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 hours ago
*"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is
covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known."
Luke 12*
Avigdor Liberman, the Foreign Minister of the illegitimate, usurping Jewish
regime occupying Palestine, recently addressed the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Organizations, which was visiting Jerusalem, to
inform them of the pressing issues and top concerns of the Israeli
government. It's not the Palestinians, the "Iranian threat", "al-Qaeda" or *rising
"anti-Semitism"*, but rather "Jewish continuity," as *The ... more »
USA - A DOWNTON ABBEY ECONOMY
Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*Downton Abbey*
Lawrence Summers, a former US Treasury secretary, thinks that America risks
becoming a Downton Abbey economy.
He worries about inequality.
* http://www.ft.com/*
*Streets of Liverpool.*
According to Summers, the USA needs tax reform.
This is because the rich currently have too many loopholes available to
allow them to shield their wealth.
* Readers of the Financial Times have made a number of comments:*
* http://www.ft.com/*
*Don Williams *points out that
1. Larry Summers, as Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury, bailed out the
rich who had been hit by George H... more »
PROCESS OF CONVERSION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
A friend here in Bath wrote me this morning and said he and his wife
stumbled across this talk last night while channel surfing on TV. I have
no idea where it was playing. He said his wife, who is now reading my
book, named me the "peace bomb" after watching the talk.
The 2006 talk was hosted by the Society for Peace and Social Justice at the
Chautauqua Institute in New York. The video ends with bonus coverage of
footage of me being interviewed on two different radio shows while at
Chautauqua.
While Browsing Zero Hedge From A Certain Government Agency...
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-19/while-browsing-zero-hedge-certain-government-agencyWhile
Browsing Zero Hedge From A Certain Government Agency...
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 09:49 -0500
... one gets the following most recently added "blocked" page.
CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE
Thanks to NSA/CSS Policy 6-6, and NSA/CSS Directive 130-1, Paragraph 21-E,
US public servants' minds will remain uncorrupted by the truth.
Nuclear backbone not supportable
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago
The promise of Nuclear Energy has aged badly. The cost benefit just is not
there compared to other alternatives. Still next to the dedicated fully
funded Climate Change denier lobby, the Nuclear Lobby is well entrenched.
Most of the time they say the following things. Copied directly from Nukepro
.
''No immediate health effects''
''At safe levels to eat''
''Nuclear is safe"
"Nuclear is cheap"
''Dispersion in the ocean makes it harmless''
''Dilution is the solution''
''Too low to measure''
''Safer than eating a banana''
"Larger dose from flying on an airplane"
"Sleeping next to someone... more »
Chris almost got somebody killed this way!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014*
*Lawrence seems eager to top him:* In fairness, Lawrence offered just one
short segment concerning Fort Lee last night.
When he did, he made a remarkable statement about a person who’s much less
important than he is. This passage defines the current drift of one of our
highly amoral corporate cable “news channels:”
O’DONNELL (2/29/14): Joining me now is attorney Julian Epstein, a
Democratic strategist and former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee.
*Julian, there’s David Samson today, in his little apology note at that
public hearing at the Port A... more »
Smells Like Elementary Neoliberal Spirit
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
Is this guy for real?
During a press conference Wednesday night in Mexico, Obama said it was not
accurate to claim Democrats opposed the Pacific trade deal, despite both
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently voicing objection to legislation that would
grant the president fast-track authority to negotiate the agreement.
“There are elements in my party that oppose this trade deal,” Obama said.
“There are elements of my party that opposed the South Korea free trade
agreement, the Colombia free trade agreement and the Pa... more »
Sadr’s Retirement, Tactical Move Before Elections Or Long Term Disappointment With Political Process?
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
In February 2014 Moqtada al-Sadr suddenly announced his retirement from
politics. He claimed that he wanted to protect his family’s name, and was
upset with the state of Iraq’s government. He then went on a blistering
attack of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a speech meant to elaborate on
his reasons for bowing out. Like his previous retirement in August 2013,
this appears to be a calculated move by Sadr to rally his forces. This is
timed just before national elections scheduled for April where the Sadrists
believe they can not only gain more seats, but pose a serious challenge... more »
NEWS ROUNDUP
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
- AP reports:
Megan Rice, an 84-year-old nun, was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years
in prison for breaking into a nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker
holding bomb-grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed serious security
flaws at the Tennessee plant. Two other peace activists who broke into the
facility with were sentenced to more than five years in prison, in part
because they had much longer histories of non-violent civil disobedience.
The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee holds the
nation's primary supply of bomb-grade uranium and w... more »
Carlsbad NM: Radiation Leaks UPDATES
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 14 hours ago
UPDATES: Carlsbad NM Radiation leak.
Further to the articles I published in the past two weeks:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/02/radiation-leak-carlsbad-nm-nuclear.html
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/02/us-tests-b61-atomic-bomb-fire-later.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/20/radiation-detected-near-new-mexico-nuke-site/
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-mexico-nuke-site.html
*** URGENT *** PLUTONIUM DETECTED IN AIR NEAR NEW MEXICO NUKE WASTE SITE [image:
Print] Wednesday, 19 February 2014 19:47 February 19, 2014 -- (TRN) --
CARLSBAD, NM -- Radi... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: True belief!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014*
*Interlude—The children staged a swoon:* As a matter of general theory,
journalists are *not* supposed to fall in love with accusers.
Sometimes, accusations turn out to be false. Sometimes, accusers turn out
to be a bit squirrely.
For these reasons among many others, journalists are supposed to approach
accusers and accusations with appropriate caution. Given the modern press
corps’ low caliber, that frequently doesn’t occur.
It didn’t happen in 1998, when Kathleen Willey burst on the scene in a
dramatic 60 Minutes appearance. It isn’t happening today... more »
Love and Best Wishes to People in Ukraine
Mother Sharon Damnable at GlobaLove Think Tank - 15 hours ago
At Least 35 Protestors Killed in Clashes with Police near October Palace.
kyiv post - News Paper
Face Book Page For Updates
It's Not Inevitable
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Stephen Harper has said that the Keystone XL pipeline is "inevitable." He
bases his conclusion on a simplistic analysis: We've got the bitumen. You
need it." The first part of that proposition is true. The second part
isn't. But the most important truth is that, when it comes to selling
Keystone, Harper has been his own enemy.
The prime minister came to Mexico intent on selling Keystone to Barack
Obama. The president reminded him, however, that he has kicked the tires
and has doubts about what Harper is selling:
"Stephen and I, during a break after lunch, discussed a shared inter... more »
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Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 15 hours ago
Syrians supporting Syria and it's leadership
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
Considering all that has been and is still ongoing in this nation, I gotta
admire these people for their courage Truly amazing people
Apparently there have been rallies across Syria in support of the current
government.
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad participate in a
demonstration with government forces in the countryside of Damascus, Syria,
Feb. 20, 2014. Several Syrian cities witnessed pro-government rallies over
the past few days
A supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flash the victory sign
during a demonstration with government forces in the countryside... more »
You're Invited- A Weekly Creative Linky Party
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours ago
A little while ago, you may have noticed my linky party disappeared. No, I
wasn't done with it, I just had something better in the works. Something
that I am excited to finally share with you . As of today, I am hosting a
linky party with these wonderful ladies. Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite, Holly
from Bits of Everything and Jonie from Just Between Friends.
We are so excited to start this project together and even more excited to
see all of your amazing projects and recipes. Starting next week, we will
be featuring some of our favorite and most viewed link ups for this party.
S... more »
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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 16 hours ago
*Our obsession with BACON could send us to an early grave, doctors warn *
*The usual epidemiological nonsense*
Doctors have warned that our unwavering love of bacon could be sending us
to an early grave. Figures released last week revealed that bacon sales in
the U.S. rose by nearly 10 per cent last year to an all time record of $4
billion. And research by pork supplier supplier Smithfield found that 65
per cent of Americans were behind the idea of making bacon the country's
'national food'.
But medical experts have repeatedly warned of the dangers of eating too
much processed ... more »
Conservatives eye Arctic reindeer reserve for oil and gas exploration
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
http://www.castanet.net/news/Business/109345/Conservatives-eye-Arctic-reindeer-reserve-for-oil-and-gas-exploration
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Who Dat Nation mourns loss of Saints super fan "Saints Fett" ~Carolyn
Scofield, WVUE*
*Still Fast Eddie After All These Years ~Adrastos, First Draft*
*Mayor Landrieu details Mardi Gras preparations ~Andrew Vanacore, N.O.
Advocate*
*Crawfish crop not ready for Carnival... yet*
*Facing billions of dollars in breach-of-permit lawsuits, oil industry
deploys lobbyists to seek public's help ~John Harper*
"What a bunch of A-holes." - Guardians of the Galaxy - new trailer, yay!
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 16 hours ago
you know, while *Iron Man* had (well) iron testicles, as far as onscreen
persona goes, Marvel have been a bit hit-n-miss in recent attempts to
market their comics as movies, but this one has 'tone', you know,
'attitude', that might rise *Guardians of the Galaxy* above other less
attitudy/toney attempts ...
ya dig?
The Chinese Dominoes Are About To Fall: Complete List Of Upcoming Trust Defaults - 12 major potential defaults looming in the trust industry , will the PBOC through the big China Banks bail all of these trust products investors out ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-19/chinese-dominoes-are-about-fall-complete-list-upcoming-trust-defaults
The Chinese Dominoes Are About To Fall: Complete List Of Upcoming Trust
Defaults
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 22:03 -0500
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bond
- China
- default
- Market Sentiment
- Moral Hazard
- Shadow Banking
- Yuan
inShare9
As has been widely reported on these pages in the past month, after a
near-reality experience almost claimed the first material Chinese sha... more »
Nahko Bear & Leah Song Sing 'Wash It Away in Portland, Maine
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*Published on July 25, 2013*
Nahko Bear with Leah Song of Rising Appalachia and Dustin Thomas playing
"Wash It Away (Manifesto III)" Unplugged in the streets after a show in
Portland, ME.
Source of poster: http://nahko.com/
Mission
Our Mission is to be the motivation and inspiration for all that has come
to be Medicine for the People. Within our community we have everything we
need to spread awareness and take action to make the Changes we know are
healthy for all Earthlings and Mother Gaia herself.
We are honored and humbled to be a force of attraction for positive and
c... more »
Gardasil: Ashlie’s Near-Death Experience by Shawna Synder
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Ashlie
Gardasil: Ashlie’s Near-Death Experience
by Shawna Synder
Big Bear City, California
Sane Vax, Inc, 17 February 2014
*I regret every day giving her this vaccine, but I am so glad she is such a
fighter and has not given up. Both mom and daughter are in this together
and we will never give up. We hope too that whatever we can achieve for
Ashlie can benefit so many other girls and boys who have also been badly
injured by the Gardasil vaccine.*
Who would have ever thought a single injection of the HPV vaccine,
Gardasil, could bring my precious daughter to the brink of death?... more »
GARDASIL : Ashlie a été jusqu’au seuil de la mort ! par Shawna Snyder
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
Ashlie
*GARDASIL : Ashlie a été jusqu’au seuil de la mort !*
Par Shawna Snyder
Initiative Citoyenne, 17 février 2014
Qui aurait jamais pu penser qu’une seule injection du vaccin contre le HPV,
le Gardasil aurait pu conduire ma fille chérie au bord de la mort ? Mes
deux filles Ashlie et Lyndsie ont toutes les deux reçu le vaccin Gardasil
le même jour. Heureusement Lyndsie n’a pas connu d’effet secondaire. Ashlie
n’a pas eu la même chance. Ashlie avait toujours été pleine de vie. Elle
parvenait à gérer n’importe quoi. A quatre ans, Ashlie avait décidé qu’elle
serait danseuse. Comme... more »
Benjamin Fulford - February 17, 2014: Secretary of Skull and Bones Kerry’s begging bowl half-filled after China pays, Indonesia nays
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
Monday, February 17, 2014
*Benjamin Fulford - February 17, 2014: Secretary of Skull and Bones Kerry’s
begging bowl half-filled after China pays, Indonesia nays*
The United States of America Corporation has managed to stave off
bankruptcy once again last week after Secretary of Skull and Bones John
Kerry showed up in China with begging bowl in hand last week and got a
donation, according to Chinese government sources. The money came with many
strings attached, notably getting the US to jerk Japanese slave Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe’s chain
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth... more »
"...Get them to investigate me and others and publish a Hutton style report.”
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
"...Get them to investigate me and others and publish a Hutton style
report.”
That was one very odd line from an email sent from Rebekah Brooks to James
Murdoch re a long telephone conversation Rebekah Brooks claimed to have
with Tony Blair.
"... publish a Hutton style report." Whatever does that mean?
Oh hold on... there's more:
"... Publish part one of the report at same time as the police closes its
inquiry and clear you and accept short comings and new solutions and
process and part two when any trials are over."
Make sense yet?
More at Guido Fawkes
But always remember ... more »
Brain scans: mathematical beauty acts just like artistic beauty
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
The concept of beauty in physics or mathematics has been discussed dozens of
times on this blog. You may also find things like a two-hour debate about
beauty in mathematics – this one features Barry Mazur, Brian Greene, Elaine
Scarry, Mario Livio, and Eva Brann.
If it is supposed to be helpful at all, the concept of "beauty" is a
problematic one because one must have the "right sense of beauty" which is
usually inseparable from some talent as well as education in mathematics
and physics in order to really "feel" the beauty of the beautiful laws and
mathematical structures and to pre... more »
IEA Bankrolls ALECer Dillard. Shame on You.
2old2care at Because I Can - 21 hours ago
*What's worse than a republican? *
*An ALEC pro-corporate, "free market" loving republican *
*Meet Kirk Dillard *
*1994*
NEW TASK FORCE CHAIRS
Civil Justice
ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE
KIRK DILLARD
1996
Civil Justice Task Force
Task Force Chair
Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard
Private Sector Chairman
Victor Schwartz, Crowell & Moring
1996 – ALEC Kudos
Illinois Senator Kirk Dillard sponsored landmark legislation in 1995 that
has served as a model for comprehensive tort reform in other states
Tiberi was part of a group of legislators at a focus meeting on tort refor... more »
Who Will Actually Fix The Affordable Care Act-- Thom Tillis (R-NC) Or Rick Weiland (D-SD)?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
Yesterday, Greg Sargent at the *Washington Post* used North Carolina's
hapless Republican Senate primary frontrunner, immensely unpopular Speaker
Thom Tillis, to demonstrate the conundrum Republican candidates find
themselves in when trying to deal with repealing the Affordable Care Act--
at least when they talk with non-Foxified normal voters.
Tillis is asked whether he supports a proposal championed by Senator
Richard Burr-- also from his state-- to replace Obamacare with an
alternative that would supposedly reduce government spending and
regulations while keeping the good par... more »
Musical Interlude: Loreena McKennitt, "Dante's Prayer"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*Loreena McKennitt, "Dante's Prayer"*
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKUdsUH3Gc
"When the dark wood fell before me,
And all the paths were overgrown,
When the priests of pride say there is no other way,
I tilled the sorrows of stone.
I did not believe because I could not see,
Though you came to me in the night.
When the dawn seemed forever lost,
You showed me your love in the light of the stars...
Cast your eyes on the ocean,
Cast your soul to the sea,
When the dark night seems endless,
Please remember me...
Then the mountain rose before me,
By the deep well of desire.
From the foun... more »
Meaningful work or coercion?
skrashen at Schools Matter - 21 hours ago
Sent to the Oregonian, Feb. 19
Joanne Yatvin's description of how "Meaningful work keeps students in
school," (Feb. 18) includes small class sizes, sports teams that allowed
all comers to join and play, teacher collaboration with time to meet during
the school day, plays and musical events that included all interested
students, emphasis on building classroom community, and school wide
projects. Yatvin notes that "we devoted our thinking, actions and
resources toward making our school a place where students wanted to be
every day and be successful."
This is not what is happening in s... more »
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 22 hours ago
*Obama: ‘Unchecked’ Carbon Pollution Before 2009 Had ‘Severe Impacts on Our
Weather’*
*How? The climate was stable both before and after 2009*
While announcing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks on
Tuesday, President Barack Obama said “unchecked” carbon pollution prior to
his administration’s efforts to raise fuel economy standards “was having
severe impacts on our weather.”
“Carbon pollution was going unchecked, which was having severe impacts on
our weather,” Obama said in a speech at a Safeway distribution center in
Upper Marlboro, MD.
For decades, fuel ef... more »
Thursday Linkage – Ukraine Crisis Edition
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
I arrived in Geneva yesterday morning to give a couple of talks, and I
pulled up Twitter on my phone to see events in the Ukraine exploding. I
can’t say I fully understand what’s going on and the implications.
Reflexively, I’m supportive of the protesters and their desire for tighter
ties to the European Union.
Continue reading
Always Room For Another Felon In Congress-- Remember Edwin Edwards (D-LA)?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
Maybe he should have joined another conservative felon, coke dealer and
former South Carolina Treasurer Tom Ravenel, on his new BRAVO reality show, Southern
Charm but, fresh out of prison, like Ravenel, ex-Governor Edwin Edwards--
who had his own reality show, *The Governor's Wife*, already anyway--
announced he's running for the open House seat that Bill Cassidy is giving
up to run for the Senate seat Mary Landrieu holds. Now, I don't think
Edwards *can* run until 15 years passes from the end of his sentence (at
which time he'll be even older than Ralph Hall is now). Bush and Oba... more »
Vegan Recipe - “Can’t tell the difference” Quiche
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
*I would like to introduce you to Danny and his fabulous site, The Gourmet
Vegan. While living in Spain and Tenerife, he began experimenting with
food, creating vegetarian essentials which he was used to getting in the UK
but could no longer find. At the same time, he tried out new cooking
techniques and flavor combinations. The result is a site full of diverse
dishes from cultures around the world. There's more to The Gourmet Vegan
than just delicious recipes, though. For those new to plant-based cooking,
the Basic Recipes section will be of interest. It is like a course,
teach... more »
Dennis Van Roekel’s Continued Common Core Crush
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Today, National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel
once again reinforced his devotion to the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). Mind you, he tried to make his open letter appear to be a “learning
experience” in which he had “listened”; however, what Van Roekel is
actually doing is publicly reiterating his allegiance to a set of […]
Democracy Lacking at Auckland Council
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Guest post by Stephen Berry*
Auckland resident Rick Splinter has had his request for speaking rights at
the Governing Body meeting of 27 February 2014 declined. The request has
been declined by Deputy Mayor and Len Brown toady Penny Hulse.
What democracy do we really have in Auckland politics if a private
individual cannot have a mere five minutes to address the Council and make
his opinions known?
The official reason for the application to speak being declined was
delivered by Governance Support Manager Jason Marris. It reads:
Your public input request for the 27FEB14 Governing... more »
Climate Tricks 26: CO2, Pollution and Climate Junkets
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
A friend working at the House of Representatives posted yesterday photos of
a forum on climate change, sponsored by the House Committee on Ecology,
Senate Committee on Environment, British Embassy Manila, and Global
Legistors Organization – Philippines. In this photo, crying climate
negotiator Yeb Sano speaking. Yeb was a former WWF activist then migrated
to become a government official, one of the commissioners at the Climate
Change Commission (CCC) and does frequent global travels to “save the
planet.”
I commented that many if not all of the speakers may have argued that "CC
is... more »
No Tanks Officer
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Police need to de militarize not kit up and up and up.
H/T Boing Boing
Chellis Glendinning : A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Pedro Susz is like a diamond; he has many facets… ‘Para una filosofía de la
insubordinación’ reveals the rare mind that integrates erudition with
vision. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 Pedro
Susz is like … finish reading Chellis Glendinning :
A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz
As you think about kicking in to Ian Welsh, just remember that "Dumb Davy" Brooks gets paid NYT $$$ to write that, er, stuff
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*by Ken*
I hope it's not news to you that nobody has come anywhere close to figuring
out a new working model for providing and paying for content on the
Internet, or that the idea that content is and should be "free" has now
spilled over into more and more print media. So in what I'm about to write,
I want you to bear in mind at all times that "Dumb Davy" Brooks actually
gets *paid* to write that infernal drivel he oozes ad nauseam over the NYT
op-ed page.
Regular readers know the esteem in which I hold Ian Welsh, whose blogposts
have frequently illuminated this space. Considerin... more »
"What You Think..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“What you think of me is none of my business.”
- Terry Cole-Whittaker
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred
spiral NGC 5101 (top right) and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078 are
separated on the sky by about 0.5 degrees or about the apparent width of a
full moon. Found within the boundaries of the serpentine constellation
Hydra, both are estimated to be around 90 million light-years away and
similar in size to our own large Milky Way galaxy.
*Click image for larger size.*
In fact, if they both lie at the same distance their projected separation
would be only 800,000 light-years or so. That's easily less than half the
dist... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On “Giving Back”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
"Here’s another gigantic myth about capitalism: That those who
innovate and create owe others for the fact they made a lot of
money. In other words, they create something that’s so valuable,
that so many people need and wish to purchase, that they end up
becoming billionaires. Yet they’re told they have to 'give back.'
Give back? What did they take? If I take your car, I should give it
back. In fact, I shouldn’t steal in the first place. Stealing is wrong,
and it should be illegal. But creating and producing are not theft.
That’s why people become billionaires: Because they create... more »
Chet Raymo, “A Fear of Freedom?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“A Fear of Freedom?”*
by Chet Raymo
“It is almost a cliché to say that Western civilization was created by the
Greeks. Our government, law, art, music, architecture, literature, drama,
historiography, science, and mathematics are largely Greek inventions. The
sublime refinement and sophistication of the Parthenon have been widely
taken as reflecting qualities of the Athenians citizens who built the
temple and adorned it with sculptures.
No doubt something remarkable happened in the Greek world of the 6th to 3rd
centuries B.C.E., with its epicenter first at Athens, then at Alexandr... more »
Musical Interlude: The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uby6jFCDjE
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Pasco, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Bitcoin Updates February 17 , 2014 -- Mt. Gox: Bitcoin Withdrawals Will Resume Soon .... Mt Gox seems to be stalling as despite the ability of BTC-e and Bitstamp to already resume withdrawals completely for bitcoin and fiat , Mt Gox still will not when any withdrawals will resume ( only saying soon ) and withdrawals will begin at a " moderated pace " with daily and monthly limits ( no statement as to what either might be or precisely why these capital controls are needed for their system ) and also market conditions will ba a factor impacting withdrawals ! So , no withdrawals today , check back Thursday for the next set of excuses ! Canada's Last Bitcoin-Friendly Bank ( Bank of Montreal ) Closes Accounts Nationwide ...... BTC - E customer complaints regarding withdrawals ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
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TOKYO-The chief executive of Bitcoin trading platform Mt Gox shows remorse.
He apologized "many times for any delay in our replies," Mark Karpeles said
in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. At the same time, he refused
to give details for the protection of custo... more »
"What They Long For..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Caged birds accept each other but flight is what they long for.”
- Tennessee Williams, “Camino Real”
Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek opening expert at Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Casey
Camp-Horinek – Opening Expert
Presentation of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Indigenous
Peoples of Mother Earth and our Grandmothers – and Future Generations
Delivered by Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca – Oklahoma, USA)
to Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal, January 17, 2014 – Quito, Ecuador
By Rights of Nature Tribunal
Reposted at Censored News
French translation by
Venezuela...... the human side........
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Venezuela.......Venezuelan Protesters Sum It All Up (In One Banner)
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 18:46 -0500
inShare
*Via Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
The following quote written on a piece of cardboard from the ongoing
protests in Venezuela basically summarizes how the oligarchs, or the 0.01%,
and their political henchmen rule in all countries around the world at the
moment. Then they* cry like little welfare babies* when people criticize
their behavior.
Powerful stuff:
*They speak like Marx*
*Rule like Stalin *
*And live l... more »
ny times letters on the movement against israeli apartheid
laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
*The New York Times* recently ran a heavy dose of letters in support of the
movement against Israeli apartheid, many of them written by Jewish North
Americans.
Philip Weiss of *Mondoweiss* suggests the *Times* is seeking to balance two
recent articles it ran about the boycott, divest, sanction (BDS) movement.
(Weiss incorrectly notes, based on a reader's comment, that these letters
appeared only in the international edition of the *Times*; they actually
appeared in all editions.)
First, I sense that the Times editors are seeking to balance two articles
it ran describing BDS as anti... more »
Kiev Burns as U.S. Propaganda Mills Churn
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
The tense situation in Ukraine has just erupted into a mass orgy of violence,
the pictures of which are set against the dark winter nights are surreal
and astounding. This certainly is a distraction for Russian leader Vladimir
Putin who has to this point managed to preside over a damned good show in
Sochi - aside from the cheating of U.S. men's hockey team goalie Jonathan
Quick of the Los Angeles Kings that is. In a fulfillment of the prediction
of Texas yahoo Mike McCaul of the House Homeland Security Committee's
prediction that *"...that something will detonate, something will go... more »
Alcoholism and conditions not to consume alcohol
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
P.A.G., [2000] O.J. No. 5837 (OCJ, Fraser J):
104 In terms of the alcohol and drugs, I have one concern that although
there's some underlying suggestion that that's an issue here, Mr. McMunagle
maintains that it wasn't a significant contributing factor to these
episodes. *My concern is that I don't want to be setting you up for a
further breach by making an order that you may not be willing or even able
to comply with*. So I'm not going to put in the probation order a condition
that you not consume or possess alcohol or drugs.
"American Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"American Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face"*
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
"American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that the
Pentagon can practice occupying American cities and putting down protests
by US citizens.
This fake city is the training ground for the doctrine outlined in a leaked
US Army document that describes how soldiers are to be trained to put down
domestic disturbances and process prisoners through detainment camps where
prisoners will be re-educated to appreciate US policies. In situations of
“extreme necessity” the training embraces dead... more »
BBC secret exposed: Greenpeace, activists, BP decide what "science" brits see -- Hello TwentyEightGate << JoNova
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'... The BBC, supposedly the public owned broadcaster, had a meeting with
28 climate experts in Jan 2006 where it decided on its policies on climate
coverage. It led to the extraordinary move of the BBC abandoning any
semblance of impartiality (a principle that’s so important it’s written
into its charter). In the meantime, the BBC did everything it could to hide
those influential experts names. It’s been nearly seven years since the
seminar, but now we know why their names were top secret. No one is even
pretending this was about “the science”. The BBC has become a PR wing of
Gre... more »
Never mind Coke, what about that other logo on their chests?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: Black Coke]
*Sugar worshipping?*
People Busybodies and stickybeaks obsessed with people enjoying themselves*
have found a new target: what the All Blacks are wearing on their chest.
The busybodies managed to get the Steinlager logo removed, concerned it
might encourage folk to link sporting success with having a celebratory
beer – leading inevitably to everyone but the wowsers themselves becoming
alcoholics.
And now they’re worried sponsorship from Coke might encourage youngsters to
like tasty, fizzy drinks – leading to a generation suffering from diabetes,
tooth decay a... more »
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