How to See Yourself As You Really Are (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Unsung Hero (Photo credit: Carolyn P Speranza)The Dangers Inherent In The Deep State-- And Partisan Politics
Mike Lofgren had been a GOP operative and congressional aide for nearly 3
decades when he retired in 2011 and penned the book The Party Is Over: How
Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got
Shafted the following year. His critique of his former party is that they
care solely and exclusively about their rich contributors-- "The party has
built a whole catechism on the protection and further enrichment of
America's plutocracy. Their caterwauling about deficit and debt is so much
eyewash to con the public"-- and that they are war mongers who pander t... more »
LIVE Dalai Lama honors Unsung Heroes
Now:
Dalai Lama honoring Unsung Heroes, including Crow Peggy Wellknown
Buffalo
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
SAN FRANCISCO -- Grandmother Agnes, of the 13 Indigenous grandmothers,
is among the speakers today as the Dalai Lama honors the Unsung Heroes,
including Peggy Wellknown Buffalo, Crow Nation, of Center Pole in
Montana.
The Dalai Lama spoke on compassion, during
Putin in deep thoughts
He is thinking how to deal with Obama.;) He is upset that his buddy
Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovich has been toppled by the Ukrainian
Parliament. Putin thinks that that is what Obama wanted.
Is cold war on again?
Smog in Beijing
It is getting really bad in Beijing. People on the streets wear masks as
well as commuters in the trains wear masks.
From Somerset to the paddy (O'Connell) fields of Bangladesh
It was like old times on this morning's *Broadcasting House*, with Paddy
O'Connell dancing in the streets (so to speak) over events in Kiev.
We've been here before.
I remember very well Paddy's enthusiastic coverage of the early days of the
Arab Spring (before it turned to deepest winter). He didn't quite say,
"Bliss is it this dawn to be alive, But to be a middle-aged BBC presenter
is very heaven!", but he could well have done so.
And then there was his now-equally-risible attempt (on both *BH *and
Twitter) to promote the idea of a 'Financial Spring' after the #Occupy
revoluti... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On whitewashing Marxism-Leninism
"No self-respecting person who loves humanity
or wishes for a world of greater equality and justice
should have anything to do with whitewashing the
slavery and extermination of Marxism-Leninism."
—Anthony Gregory, “Stalin Apologia”
[Hat tip Scott DeSalvo]
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Canadian women's hockey - why is it not televised more often???
Canada's Women's Olympic Hockey Team took the gold today in a nail biting
game against Team USA. The USA was winning most of the game 2 to nothing,
and then the Canadian women tied it up during the last 5 minutes of the 3rd
period - followed by winning in overtime.
It was a truly memorable and entertaining game.
But it made us think.
Why does the CBC not broadcast women's hockey games more often?
I mean once every 4 years at the Olympics seems like showing a lot of
favouritism towards men's hockey, especially when the NHL is basically all
year round when you are living in Canada.
... more »
Russia loses the Olympics
*Russia has lost the Olympics.*
Why?
Let us count the ways.
#1. Russia lost a key hockey game against Finland and won't even get a
single men's medal in hockey. By Russian standards if you don't get gold in
men's hockey then you LOSE THE OLYMPICS. That is Russia's own measurement
of success.
#2. Pussy Riot has embarrassed the Russian government by pointing out
Russia's many human rights violations. (And to make matters worse the
Russians sent cossacks to attack Pussy Riot in the street, and it was all
caught on video.)
#3. The Russian gay community has embarrassed the Russian ... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Sunday… Last day of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, and time for much of
the world to get back to the reality of the disintegration of our economies
and much of our livelihood… And of course, time for my weekly rant…
Again, it seems that I have been spending a lot of time going over the
Sandy Hook fraud, and working at exposing the disinformation agents that
have finally exposed themselves amongst our ranks… These are of course
those who harp that many of us, including myself of course, are nothing
more than "Cass Sunstein" agents, and working against the truth… But of
course in rea... more »
This just in from the Cutting Edge of Science: Do cats cause depression?
*Can't dog people and cat people just get along?*
*by Ken*
It would be oversimplifying to suggest that the world is divided between
dog people and cat people. After all, there are also none-of-the-above
people, even within the pet-owning community, which includes such odd ducks
as bird people and fish people and monkey people and ocelot people and
(yuck!) lizard people and (God help us) reptile people. Oh, and there are
also the occasional strange souls who straddle the dog and cat world.
It takes an intrepid spirit indeed to go public against either the dog or
the cat lobby. Then... more »
Fuzzy speaks...
*and we thank her.*
*Read it at Fuzzy Logic (which is not "fuzzy" at all) *
Dear America, I Miss You
Photos Tucson Peace Fair: Defenders of Human Rights!
Never giving up, Isabel Garcia, Derechos Humanos, battling for migrants rights
Raging Grannies taking on Obama, singing of Obama's broken promises
Hopi Foundation's 'Owl and Panther' poetry and arts for children victims of torture and exile
Iskashitaa Refugee Network sustainable community: Harvesting Hope, Empowering Dreams
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'Humanitarian Aid is Never a Crime' No More
Please Take This Oath of Allegiance
Remember back when the Bush Administration wanted academics to offer an
"oath of allegiance" of sorts in order to be considered for a role on an
expert advisory committee? Well it appears -- surprise, surprise -- that
the Obama Administration does the same sort of thing.
The Washington Post yesterday published an account from Danielle Allen of
the Institute for Advanced Study on being approached by the Obama
Administration to serve on the National Council on the Humanities:
I was not willing to commit to never criticizing the administration, nor to
restricting my publishing agenda ... more »
Read this now: Kirby Cairo
Excellent commentary.
...Such a treasonous act undertaken by the government itself is something
that requires more than rarefied political discourse. People have to be
woken up to the dangers of an encroaching fascism, to a government that
is attempting to gradually replace our democratic system with an
autocracy in which any democratic processes have been rendered exercises
in futility,
Mohawk Nation News 'World War III'
WORLD
WAR III
Posted on February 22, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. FEB. 22, 2014. US President Obama thinks he can beat President
Putin of Russia at diplomacy, war, intelligence and propaganda. It’s so
complex. They’re both powerful. Let’s try and simplify it as we did in
the Great Law using tewa’ara:ton. We want to know who the toughest guy
on earth is!
We’ll put Obama and Putin in a
Barry Goldwater Rolls in His Grave as Arizona Pushes to Legalize Bigotry
With last week’s crowning achievement of the Arizona legislature in passing
a bill that would provide the official state seal of approval to business
owners seeking to deny service to those who are gay or are perceived to be
gay under the guise of protecting their religious freedom. Similar
legislation is being pushed in other states by big time religious right
groups to pander to flocks of ignoramuses and dinosaurs who refuse to be
peacefully sucked into the tar pits of history. Arizona has become quite a
symbol for the sick form of delegitimizing individual rights as well as a
p... more »
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Being Poor Makes You Stupid
By Manifesto Joe
One hears much talk on the political right about the self-inflicted wounds
of the poor, and that economic outcomes are closely tied to one's
intelligence. It's a convenient way to justify highly unequal outcomes, and
can be made to sound very "noble" with the emphasis on individual
responsibility.
But science is finding that it's quite often the other way around. Being
stupid may make you poor, yes -- but being poor also makes you stupid.
In a recent study of Indian sugar cane farmers, it was found through
cognitive testing that before harvest, when the farmers are... more »
THE NAZI'S IN UKRAINE
'I'll be fighting Jews and Russians till I die': Ukrainian right-wing
militants aiming for power
Kalashnikov-wielding members of Ukraine's radical nationalist opposition
group, Right Sector, have pledged to resort to arms in their fight against
those involved in "lawlessness" and looting, saying they will shoot to
restore "order and discipline."
*"I warn you, if anyone in this town, this area, engages in 'lawlessness'
and looting, Right Sector squads will shoot the bastards on the spot. Then
there will be order and discipline,"* one of the radical nationalist
opposition group lead... more »
freedom to read week 2014: celebrate your freedom to read
Image from Freedom to Read websiteFreedom to Read Week 2014 runs from
February 23 to March 1. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Freedom to
Read Week in Canada.
Freedom to Read Week - called "Banned Books Week" in the United States -
encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to
intellectual freedom, a human right guaranteed to us under the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms. For me, it is also a time to celebrate the library as
a bulwark against censorship, and for library workers to reflect on our
jobs in a broader political context.
FtRW 2014 is especial... more »
Harper's Achilles Heel
Some commentators were disappointed that both of Justin Trudeau's
convention speeches were not barn burners. But Michael den Tandt
writesthat Trudeau's second speech was masterful in the way it went
after those
who voted for Stephen Harper the last time around. He did not demonize
them:
Appealing directly to disenchanted Tories, Trudeau first debunked the
notion of the Blue base as “some angry mob to be feared.” Rather, he
told
his audience, “the 5.8-million Canadians who voted Conservative aren’t
your
enemies. They’re your neighbours.”
If the Conservatives plan to run on the the... more »
Fiction changed to informational text, #commoncore
This looks about right.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the
Chalk Face Tagged: common core, corduroy, informational text
Homer Lea
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*A shop on a mountainside in Miaoli.*
An acquaintance today by chance alerted me to the fact that Homer Lea is interred
in Beitou (google map link)(Thanks Russ!). I also never realized he was
closely connected to the founding of the ROC. Wiki:
Homer Lea (November 17, 1876—November 1, 1912), was an American adventurer
and author. He is today best known for his involvement with Chinese reform
and revolutionary movements in the early twentieth century as close advisor
to Dr. Sun Yat-sen during the 1911 Chinese Republican revolution that
overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Hom... more »
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*Jindal plans to swipe Coastal Protection and Restoration Funds for budget
shortfall ~WRKF*
*Levee board begs corps to get a 10-year jump on subsidence — at local
expense ~Bab Marshall, The Lens*
*Saints GM Mickey Loomis talks about NFL Scouting Combine*
Social Media Can Predict Country Music Hits-- Can It Predict Political Races As Well?
This morning a friend asked me if I was aware that Social Media could help
radio programmers-- not to mention A&R executives and retailers-- determine
which artists would make it big and which songs would be hits. Although
they were talking specifically about the very formulaic and relatively
simplistic country music genre, there's no reason why this report from *Inside
Radio* couldn't be applied across the board to all genres of music.
Picking a hit record may still be an art, but there’s a lot more science at
a programmer’s fingertips than ever before. And none is more reliable... more »
Agence France Press strikes again
*New SRAM shifters and new bar tape, lovely old views. Nothing like 80 kms
and 1100 meters of climbing to cure what ails.*
Agence France Press (AFP) today offers a wonderful explanation of what is
wrong with Taiwan's media. Oh, not by explaining, but by an outstanding
display of all the faults of Taiwan's media in the article itself. Really
as wonderful a case of irony-free writing as can be imagined. To wit, AFP
explains some of the problems with the media:
Strong political beliefs among Taiwanese, Hong said, have emboldened media
outlets to reveal their own political character, t... more »
Is Human Extraterrestial Migration Banned by (Monotheistic) Religious Ethics – And Maybe Some Secular Too?
As you know, the ethical assessment and political evaluation of
technological risk is one of my main areas of interest, and a focus of one
of my main research publications, the book T*he Price of Precaution and the
Ethics of Risk*. In that book, I consider a number of futuristic scenarios
to illustrate and test my theoretical ideas. One thing that I'm not
considering, however, is the vision of human migration to other planets.
But this very scenario has now become the topic of some inflamed debating
between a visionary entrepreneurial endeavour to such an effect and the
opinions of... more »
Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies
*Image: A regime terror attack today left at leasttwo dead - a woman and a
12 year old boy. The regimehad threatened to carry out an armed terror
campaignto quell growing dissent. It now appears the campaignis
being carried out in earnest. **February 23, 2014* (ATN) - Coordinated
grenade and gun attacks have been carried out across Thailand by the regime
of US-backed Thaksin Shinawatra and his nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck
Shinawatra in an attempt to quell growing dissent that now includes rice
farmers once considered the foundation of the regime's support. Among those
dead an... more »
Blood on the streets as bomb kills two, wounds 22 in Thai capital - while not as vilent as Ukraine and Venezuela protests , Thailand's ongoing protests are becoming more serious as we now see hooligans involved .....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-thailand-protest-idUSBREA1M02H20140223
Blood on the streets as bomb kills two, wounds 22 in Thai capital
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Gov't Report: Food Stamps Participation at Historic High ( military use of food stamps increase a record high also ) , Even as Unemployment Rate Falls ....... Walmart full year forecast disappoints as food stamp cuts take a toll ......
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
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A lot of discussion about these “data walls” lately
The concept of the “data wall” has been gathering some attention lately,
more so than normal. They’ve been with us, I don’t know, for a few years
now. To be honest, I don’t have much experience with them. I certainly
don’t have one in my classroom, even though I was told I needed to have […]
Removing the Shackles:BIS: BEing and DOing - UPDATE
SUNDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2014
*BIS: BEing and DOing- UPDATE*
*Posted by Dani from Removing the Shackles*
Last Night Brian Kelly posted an exciting article that I reposted : "BIS:
BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted"
As Brian explained in the article, he was sent a screen shot of the UCC
filing search that was done by someone. Brian showed the (rather poor
quality) jpg to Heather who was sitting at the next table over, and
everything steam rolled from there.
There was a lot of conversation last night in the various skype rooms,
facebook pages and on Brian'... more »
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*Mystic Krewe of Barkus!*
~*For the unlikely monarchs of Barkus, a happy ending*
*‘Carrollton Sunday’ a triple-header of Uptown parades ~Arthur Hardy, New
Orleans Advocate*
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http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/multimedia/walthandelsman/8442110-171/walt-handelsman-for-feb-23]
*Live Streaming from tit rex and Chewbacchus ~small affairs*
*Fine dining while watching Mardi Gras parades ~Stacy Plaisance*
*A Lesson for Detroit in Efforts to Aid a New Orleans Devastated by Katrina
~Campbell Robertson, NYT*
Trend-spotting on 'Newsnight'
Keeping track of what Ian Katz's *Newsnight* reports over the past few
weeks, a few general trends can already be observed.
One that stands out for me is the way the programme pays close attention to
technology, and less attention to general science stories - something that
was very clearly reflected in Ian Katz's decision to abolish the role of
Science Editor and create a new role of Technology Editor instead.
Tellingly, the sacked Science Editor (Susan Watts) has a degree in
Chemistry while the new Technology Editor (David Grossman) has a degree in
Politics, which pretty much ... more »
Bitcoin updates - February 21 , 2014 -- Mt. Gox Bitcoin Price Falls Below $100 ( reaching 91.50 USD ) , its Lowest Level Since July ...... Bitstamp Restores Withdrawals Following Security Scare ....... Italian Money Transfer Law Threatens Bitcoin Businesses ....... New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky Demonstrates ‘Evolution’ on Bitcoin Issues in Reddit AMA .......
Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
nullic is gregory maxwell - a bitcoin developer.....
Mt Gox problem discussions....
MTGox still authoring invalid transactions (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 1 hour ago* by nullc
The MTGox transaction API (https://data.mtgox.com/api/0/bitcoin_tx.php)
shows transactions MTGox authors.
Throughout the outage— e.g. as early as the 8th— they've been making a
small number of what looks like dust sweeping transactions.
One shown right now is TXID
ed7ffa58fef651adaf1281ad10e98a4399eb2be40950345c7ccb7c8f76f067e1 which
spends 45d45286bac04311684ab7716ab170b50781cde6b094d9a644fb89ca07ae6888:31
whic... more »
Superstars and Niche Products
Robert Frank has a great article in today's *NY Times* about how technology
is changing the return to talent. I think he is focused on a key issue. A
lot of the longer-term trends we see in the economy are driven mostly by
changes in technology, of which economists have only a rudimentary
understanding.
Bob's story of Alfred Marshall and the piano industry is particularly
noteworthy and, I am embarrassed to say, new to me.
Brave Bookselling
On one side of the pond the ABA (American Booksellers Association) proudly
proclaimed that some 44 new independent bookstores opened for business in
2013 and that 10 of these were in the technology state of California. In
addition they also announce that 14 stores were bought by new owners. On
the other side of the pond the BA (Booksellers Association of UK and
Ireland) announced that the number of independent bookstore had dropped
below 1000 to 987 and that in less than 10 years they had dropped by around
a third from 1,535 in 2005 to today’s figure.
Both markets have lost majo... more »
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*MEN are warned: Older dads are more likely to have 'mutant sperm'*
*This seems pretty dubious to me. Mutated sperm would be less fit and
hence less likely to reach the egg first. Nature's own filtering system
should take care of the problem proposed*
The longer a man delays fatherhood, the more likely his sperm is likely to
become 'mutant', researchers have warned.
They say that older fathers have a higher risk of fathering a child with a
disorder such as autism or schizophrenia.
This is because mutations cause stem cells in the testicles to divide
abnormally, resulting in an i... more »
LIES ABOUT THE JEWS
The Jewish journalist *Ari Shavit *has written *"My Promised Land: The
Triumph and Tragedy of Israel"*.
Shavit refers to the 1936 Arab revolt and writes: "From this moment on, the
idea of 'transfer' - the removal of the Arab population - became part of
mainstream Zionist thinking."
*Prof Emeritus Ralph M Coury, of Fairfield University in the USA, quite
rightly points out that Shavit is wrong.*
(*History writing that aims at damage control* - Financial Times)
*The Deir Yassin massacre. The Jewish gangsters who had arrived from Europe
and America massacred Palestinian women and ch... more »
'Newsnight' - 17-21 February 2014
It's also time for *Is the BBC biased?*'s now-regular listing of all the
stories covered over the course of the week by BBC Two's *Newsnight*.
Here's what they chose to report this week:
*Monday 17/2*:
1. Who knows best on floods - scientists or politicians?
2. Is climate change responsible for the floods? Interview with Andrew
Montford & Professor Kevin Anderson.
3. What happens when benefit claimants break the rules and the government
stops their money? Interview with Nadhim Zahawi MP (Con) and Debbie
Abrahams MP (Lab).
4. The UN compares North Korea to Nazi Germany. Interview wi... more »
BIS: BEing and DOing- UPDATE
Last Night Brian Kelly posted an exciting article that I reposted : "BIS:
BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted"
As Brian explained in the article, he was sent a screen shot of the UCC
filing search that was done by someone. Brian showed the (rather poor
quality) jpg to Heather who was sitting at the next table over, and
everything steam rolled from there.
There was a lot of conversation last night in the various skype rooms,
facebook pages and on Brian's comment section of his blog. Oliver sent us
copies of much clearer screen shots that he captured and... more »
The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-world-stands-and-says-no-more.html
*The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"*
*By Dani from Removing the Shackles*
Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge
intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the
pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world
is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of
air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of Change.
Many many people stand watching intently to see ... more »
Who Would You Buy; Readers Digest, B&N, Nook, Whatsapp?
This last week has seen three company potentially changing hands and
although they are all very different in the price offered they are also
very different in what they offer their new owners. So which would you buy
and how much are they really worth?
*Barnes & Noble*
G Asset Management LLC has offered to acquire 51% of *Barnes & Noble* at
$22 a share, valuing the bookseller at $1.32 billion. They also proposed to
acquire 51% of the Nook e-book division at $5 a share.
The big question is whether the business is worth the valuation and also
exactly what they will do with it in or... more »
Some more good old Country music - Kendel Carson - "I Like Trucks"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-vZlNKlCkg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sunday in the Park with Peter
Yes, it really is that time of the week again: Sunday morning. Or should
that be *Sunday* morning?
This week's *Sunday*, presented by Shelagh Fogarty, pursued the following
subjects - with each subject introduced as the programme's website
presented it. My ramblings follow on.
*From Papal Meetings with the Council of Cardinals to the creation of
nineteen new Cardinals, Shelagh Fogarty talks to the BBC's David Willey in
Rome about this week's events at the Vatican.*
David Willey said there was a "very joyful atmosphere" after the ceremony,
with lots of singing (especially from su... more »
Kirsty MacColl : There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
The much missed Kirsty MacColl..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL2GmaI3Xus&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Brien Foerster - Paracas elongated skulls - DNA results in
here's the short version of Brien Foerster's investigation into the Paracas
elongated skulls, obviously auto-narrated from press release text - nice
renderings of skinned Paracus elongated skull people though:
and here's the loooong version detailing the results of DNA testing of 25%
greater elongated skulls...
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*"Hockeystick" Mann in financial trouble?*
by John O'Sullivan
Massive counterclaims, in excess of $10 million, have just been filed
against climate scientist Michael Mann after lawyers affirmed that the
former golden boy of global warming alarmism had sensationally failed in
his exasperating three-year bid to sue skeptic Canadian climatologist, Tim
Ball. Door now wide open for criminal investigation into Climategate
conspiracy.Mann arrest photo
Buoyed by Dr Ball's successes, journalist and free-speech defender, Mark
Steyn has promptly decided to likewise countersue Michael Mann fo... more »
UKRAINE - THE NEW IRAQ, OR LIBYA, OR EGYPT?
*Russian troops enter Ukraine.*
Ukraine could now become like Iraq or Libya or Syria or Egypt.
Leading party says Soros prepares “Libyan scenario” for Ukraine
Ukraine, the gateway to the gas and oil fields around the Caspian Sea,
could now face civil war and break up.
The pro-Russian districts in the East of Ukraine are not happy about the
fall of President Viktor Yanukovych.
In 2010, Yanukovych was elected with 12.5 million votes (48.9 per cent)
against 11.6 million votes (45.5 per cent) for Yulia Tymoshenko.
*Ukrain'e Russian speakers are mainly in the East.
news.nationalgeog... more »
Creatures with poor memory may time travel
Last night, I watched *The Time Traveler's Wife*, based on a 2003 novel by
Audrey Niffenegger, so it's time for another crazy post related to Quantum
gravity and afterlife and Wormholes into the past.
*The host introducing the trailer says that the novel/movie is a work of
"good love and bad science" and that Albert Einstein is undoubtedly
spinning in his grave now. But I will argue that the general theme about
the time-traveling librarian (or at least something remotely similar to it)
is actually something that is suggested by Einstein's theory of gravity
when combined with some ... more »
Progressive Music Classics. The Fatima Mansions: "Something Bad"
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*By MARC McDONALD*
Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics.
These days, I think pretty much everyone outside of the Rush/Drudge/Fox
crowd now accepts that George W. Bush's eight years in the White House were
a true disaster for the American nation, as well as for the world.
Bush's two terms were so awful that it's easy to forget just how bad his
father's term in office was, as well. So while the memories are still fresh
of how GWB was an arrogant, incompetent little prick and a warmonger, it's
important to remember that Bush senior wasn't a whole lot better. Cl... more »
Magical New Zealand Video
*Published on Feb 21, 2014*
I have always wanted to travel to New Zealand for as long as I can
remember, and so when I decided to move out of my home of 10 years and
start pursuing film making around the world, I knew the time had come. It
was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made to leave my beloved home,
but I was more ready than ever to embrace the unknown and explore the
world. I spent 3 months in New Zealand traveling in a Camper Van having one
of the most incredible times of my life. I enjoyed countless nights under
the stars, towering mountains, magical rainforest, st... more »
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution
So, the US-UN plan is to send terrorists to nations, cover up the crimes
of sectarian-minded murderers, and then give ordinary citizens miniscule
aid to deal with all the suffering and chaos? Oh, how generous and kind of
them. What a great display of the humanitarian spirit!
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution.
Source: Reuters. Date Published: February 22.
UN unanimously adopts Syria aid resolution. Source: Al Jazeera. Date
Published: February 22.
The future of higher education, Doonesbury-style
*DOONESBURY -- Monday*
In this week's *Doonesbury* "Flashback" we -- along with select members of
the Walden community -- see dear old Walden entering the 21st century.
(Note: You should be able to click on any of the strips to enlarge it. But
I always hate to promise.) -- *Ken*
*DOONESBURY -- Tuesday*
*DOONESBURY -- Wednesday*
*DOONESBURY -- Thursday*
*DOONESBURY -- Friday*
*DOONESBURY -- Saturday*
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On the Serving Platter: The NEA-Teach Plus “Partnership”
I think both national teachers unions have some skewed arrangement to “seek
solidarity” by fastening themselves to privatizing groups. Perhaps such is
an adult display of grasping to belong to the “cool kids” clique. The “cool
kids” are the ones exploding with reform philanthropy money to invest in
ways to drain money from the teaching […]
THEM
It's the title of an early Joyce Carol Oates novel, possibly her best and
deserving a place in the US literary canon.
*_THEM_* depicts the chaotic lives of a family living in poverty in the
Detroit slums, from the 1930s to the 1967 riots. Oates draws a vivid
portrait of a matriarch, from self-awakening as a naive young mother nagged
by regrets at the age of sixteen, to a mature woman whose aspirations and
struggles encompass the destinies of her children battling to survive in a
perilous world fraught with violence. Poor white trash folks, before that
epithet became a thing.
US ag... more »
Beware Of Filthy Lies Spread By The SPLC And The Bankrupt Media About The Growth of Racism
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a total joke. In the video below, the
leader of the useless organization named Mark Potok says that, "Anti-black
racism has risen over the last four or five years. There's polling that
shows that both implicit and explicit anti-black attitudes among American
whites have gone up quite significantly between 2008 and 2012, to the point
where now more than half of white Americans have these anti-black
attitudes."
More than half? Yeaaah riiight you lying piece of shit. This huckster got
this number out of his ass, one hundred percent. He gets all his po... more »
Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe"
Video Title: Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in
Ukraine and Eastern Europe." Source: UkeTube. Date Published: November 3,
2012. Description:
"Disjuncture between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe" a
lecture by Timothy Snyder, 31 March 2011. Audio courtesy of University of
Cambridge, R.E. Finnin, & Timothy Snyder.
"Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, to revert to that cliche,
there really isn't European history yet. And, more strikingly, it's not
clear that there's even been that much progress made towards European
history, with ... more »
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Our Country Is Up To No Good Again-- This Time In Venezuela… And On Behalf Of Big Oil
You would never guess it from the U.S. media coverage but the U.S. is
making its move against the people of Venezuela, doing all it can to incite
and support a violent right-wing takeover of a legitimately elected
government of the working masses. Sure, that's the kind of thing that
scumbags like Nixon and Kissinger did. But Obama and Kerry? You bet your
ass! You'd like the Obama Administration gets it's Venezuela policy direct
from Fox-- or vice versa. Since the government of Venezuela nationalized
the oil industry, the standard of living for Venezuelan working families
has made... more »
Joke
A duck walks into a post office and asks the man behind the counter: 'Do
you have any corn?'
The man answers politely: 'No, we don't have any corn here.'
The next day, the duck enters again and asks: 'Do you have any corn?'
Annoyed, the man answers: 'No! We don't have any corn.'
This goes on for a couple of days until finally, when the duck asks 'Do you
have any corn?', the man gets so upset he yells: 'NO! For the last time we
don't have any corn, and if you ask again I'll nail your beak to the
counter!'
The next day, the duck returns and asks: 'Do you have any nails?'
The ... more »
Professor Stephen Cohen Talking Sense On The Crisis In Ukraine
*Fascism is making a comeback in Europe, thanks in part to Washington*. *Source
of photo*.
"While President Obama has vowed to "continue to engage all sides," a
recently leaked audio recording between two top U.S. officials reveal the
Obama administration has been secretly plotting with the opposition. We
speak to Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics
at New York University and Princeton University. His most recent book,
"Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War,"
is out in paperback. His latest Nation article is "Distorting... more »
Independence Day
If you've been following along lately, you may have noticed that we've been
pushing in a direction that diverges from what I like referring to as the
two corrupt Beltway parties and reminding people that the lesser of two
evils is still… evil. That has been manifesting itself as a lot of positive
coverage of recovering-Democrat/now independent progressive Marianne
Williamson in her CA-33 congressional race out in Santa Monica/Beverly
Hills. I would never say anything negative about state Senator Ted Lieu and
I imagine he and Marianne would vote pretty much identically. But she wou... more »
Reflexes 'n' reflections
As Sue's in a reflective mood tonight (and inventing much better titles
than me)...
It was quite amusing in the early days of *"Is"* that the website that the
website for Radio 4's *Sunday *had not one but two links to our site.
They used to have a 'buzz' section, picking up on posts about the programme
from across the intercyberwebosphere. Our two links stayed there for months.
That felt weird at the time. Admittedly, one of the two posts they linked
to was broadly (but not completely) complimentary to them, but the other -
the one about their bias on the subject of welfare - mo... more »
The Ones - Flawless
Hard as it is to believe, this 2001 ditty wasn't written about me. But it
might well apply to my coming piece on intersectionality and socialism. We
shall see.
The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"
Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge
intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the
pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world
is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of
air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of
Change. Many many people stand watching intently to see which way the
breeze will blow....
And there are many people who feel the pause like a deadening emptiness
that threatens to swallow them whole. They fear, they doubt... more »
Bringing Out Spring
February 22, 2014 Having spent the last two months finding ways to stay
warm without bankrupting myself in the cold and snowy weather, this past
week has been a pleasure. Most days have been in the high fifties to mid … Continue
reading →
Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His Home
[image: Lying rich jerk]
*Rex Tillerson finally tells the truth about fracking. It lowers property
values.*
*Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson may be the world's biggest fracker (Exxon is the
biggest natural gas producer in the U.S.) but he isn't stupid. He'll frack
my backyard and tell me it's good for me and he'll frack your place too,
but don't let any frackers near his home. He knows damn well that fracking
lowers property values, but he wouldn't admit it until the frackers came to
his place. He just joined a lawsuit to stop the fra... more »
Syria and Ukraine: Kindred Nations?
Ukraine tied up with Syria- Russia crucial to them both
From Robert Fisk @ the Independent.
Fisk presents a narrative of dependance on Putin's Russia- and goes through
the similarities between Ukraine and Syria that extend beyond Putin
Assad *“will instead be dwelling upon the remarkable similarities between
Yanukovych’s besieged government and his own Syrian regime*, which is still
battling an armed struggle against insurgents.
Assad & Yanukovych *Similarities indeed, and there are so many:* Blood in
the Streets: Is the west repeating the Syrian model in Ukraine
Fisk- The simila... more »
**UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
BIS ATTEMPT TO FILE A SECURITY ON ETERNAL ESSENCE - CLICK TO ENLARGE
*2/23/2014 NOTE: See here:
http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2014/02/removing-shacklesbis-being-and-doing.html
for an update on this matter. -AK*
Reblogged from:
http://briankellysblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/bank-of-international-settlementsbeing.html
*UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the
Banking Documents Were Not Accepted*
*Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing....?*
February 22, 2014
By Brian Kelly
This picture was just shared with me on Facebook. Fortunatel... more »
The Draft
University of Chicago's Allen Sanderson discusses the economics and
political economy of conscription.
As for my view: I find it hard to imagine that I would ever endorse the
reinstatement of the draft, not so much for economic reasons, but out of
respect for individual liberty.
BIS: BEing and Doing...? Why the Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
Please share this around the interwebz my friends!!! THIS is a piece of a
very big puzzle that ties a lot more pieces together!!!!!
To whomever passed this Gem to Brian- we thank you and we love you!!!!
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UPDATED: Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing...? Why the
Banking Documents Were Not Accepted
*Bank of International Settlements....BEing and Doing....? *
February 22, 2014
This picture was just shared with me on Facebook. Fortunately, I'm sitting
here in a café in Morocco wit... more »
UKRAINE WILDCARD IS YULIA TYMOSHENKO
* The recent freeing of imprisoned Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister
and leader of the EPP party, is a possible game changing wildcard in the
current Ukraine dilemma. Tymoshenko has often found common ground with **Yanukovych
while demonstrating the ability to deal with Putin to ease the
implementation of a Ukraine-EU deal: Allen L Roland*
*What's needed now in Ukraine is the presence of a respected political
figure who can deal with all internal political factions and keep the
outside players, Moscow, Washington, and Brussels, effectively at bay.*
Former Ukraine P... more »
Alberta's oil-sands are polluting groundwater
Harper government will like us to believe that Alberta's oil-sands are
safe. However, a recent study has shown that that is not the case.
*New federal research confirms that Alberta’s oilsands are polluting
ground water and seeping into the Athabasca River. The industry has
maintained that toxic chemicals are contained safely in tailing ponds, but
new research shows this isn’t the case.*
Read more here.
Satire: “Arizona Governor Fears Government Regulation Could Ruin Bigotry and Hatred”
*“Arizona Governor Fears Government *
*Regulation **Could Ruin Bigotry and Hatred”*
by Andy Borowitz
PHOENIX (The Borowitz Report)— “Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said today that
she was reluctant to sign an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill passed by
the Arizona state legislature this week, telling reporters, “I believe that
bigotry and hatred should be free of government regulation.” She said that
while many Arizona business owners currently enjoy employing hateful
practices, “I worry that if big government gets involved, that’ll ruin
everything.” “Don’t get me wrong—I think the ant... more »
"He has Fled the Country..!"
*The Frontier of the NATO Alliance, 1968*
*PARIS*
*The Face of the Enemy*
*Daniel Cohn-Bendit of the Situationalist International.*
*Agent of N*A*T*O.*
*Takes his orders from McGeorge Bundy of the Round Table Group, the House
of Rockefeller and the Council on Foreign Relations.*
*Not French. German, Jewish and Boirgoise. *
*Gaullist response : announce deportation of German resistence leader.*
*"We are All German Jews!!"*
*"No demands..!!!!"*
"Je suis Marxiste—tendance Groucho. "
(I'm a Marxist—of the Groucho variety.)
"This concerns everyone."
"Soyez réalistes,... more »
MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF Joaquin "El Chapo " Guzman arrested alive by US and Mexican forces ! Will he face justice in the US or Mexico ? Note renewed efforts to really bust up Sinaloa , Zetas , Gulf Cartel and Knight's Templar Drug Gangs since PRI regained power in Mexico ( kudos to the Administration of Enrique Pena Nieto who has done what the prior Administration of Felipe Calderon failed or refuse to do ) !
Feb 22, 12:32 PM EST
MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF ARRESTED
BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL AND KATHERINE CORCORAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel who was the world's
most powerful drug lord was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican
authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico, The Associated Press had
learned, ending a bloody decades-long career that terrorized swaths of the
country.
A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was
taken alive overnight by Mexican marines in the... more »
THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: Rachel toys with her Chip Michaels doll!
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2014*
*Epilogue—Matthews’ spawn:* In the past week, we’ve reviewed an astonishing
bit of conduct by Chris Matthews, a remarkable false accusation.
For yesterday's post, click here.
Matthews’ conduct occurred in May 1999; it could have gotten somebody
killed. Our review triggers a basic question:
Fifteen years later, how can an unbalanced person like Matthews possibly be
on the air?
It isn’t just the false accusation, which involved heinous misconduct. We
also recalled the ridiculous way Matthews proceeded from there.
He consulted by phone with Gennifer Flow... more »
A VISIT FROM A FRIEND
A story telling friend visited last night for dinner and wood stove sharing
afterwards. James Williamson, from good New England stock, is a very
bright man. He lives in Cambridge, Ma. and frequently drops by Harvard to
listen to many speakers who normally represent mainstream views. James
loves to ask long and complex, but pointed, questions and prides himself on
getting his face and question on the C-SPAN TV channel. He was on two
nights ago and called me to quickly turn the TV on and see him in action.
After talking for a good while we watched a couple episodes of the Netflix... more »
Fukushima updates - February 22 - 23 , 2014 Weekend thread - another Tepco screw up allows for another huge release of contaminated water , updates on contamination in Japan and North America ....WIPP Plutonium release at US nuclear facility , roof collapse , serious breach , related to seismic event ? Remind anyone of the non information in Japan regarding Fukushima ?
Energy News......
Japan.....
09:30 AM EST on February 22nd, 2014 | 33 comments
Nuclear Professor: Fish on West Coast found with Fukushima radioactive
material — We’re testing fish that are sold at markets to U.S. consumers
(AUDIO)
10:33 AM EST on February 21st, 2014 | 198 comments
NHK: Failure at Fukushima — Gundersen: Extraordinarily radioactive leak
will be in Pacific shortly; “Site is going to bleed into ocean for 100
years”
09:54 PM EST on February 20th, 2014 | 138 comments
TV: It’s a “record-high” leak at Fukushima, extraordinarily radioactive —
Almost 8,000,000 times limit — ... more »
CHICAGO, RAHM EMANUEL, OBAMA
*Chicago 1948. A penniless mother*
Chicago is associated with Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama.
And Al Capone and Osama bin Laden and child abuse.
135 Arrested In Chicago Area Child Prostitution Sting
Chicago is one third Hispanic, one third White and one third Black.
Rahm Emanuel, who worked for the Israeli army in the 1991 Gulf War, became
mayor of Chicago in 2011.
Reportedly, "The late FBI director John O'Neill exposed Emanuel as a Mossad
agent." (Comment at dailymail.N web site)
Rahm Emanuel currently has the support of a majority of the Whites and
Hispanics.
Rahm Emanuel s... more »
Poisoning The Air And Water-- For Fun And Profit: Today's Republican Party
For the past several years, we've been pointing out how Buck McKeon has a
bunch of worthless relatives who work as lobbyists, where they can trade on
his name for their personal enrichment. This week Legistorm.com released a
list of congressmembers whose direct relatives are also lobbyists-- and
McKeon was only the *second* worst. The title of worst belongs to
career-long Florida career criminal John Mica who makes McKeon look like a
piker. Mica has two shady brothers, Dan and David, working as lobbyists,
plus a son, Clark, and a daughter, D'Anne, *and*, as if that weren't
enough... more »
the ET Rebel Force would rather destroy the planet and Human life, then to admit they were wrong
*( I don't know that I "believe" what Peter Kling is saying here, but to
rule it out would be irresponsible . . )*
Peter Kling
2-22-2014
[image: Peter Kling]
*UNDERSTANDING EXOPOLITICS...*
There are several species of ET or Interdimensional lifeforms across the
Multiverse, the issue we face, is that about 6000 Earth-years ago there was
a dispute across all species of ETs which led to a revolt and the future of
the Human Family and whom has legal right to direct the future expansion
across the galaxy and then the universe.
The Rebel Force wants control over the Human Race, hence ... more »
War Watch Updates - February 20 , 2014 -- Syria war focus on islamist / jihadist rebels imposing Sharia law in areas under their control , US acts interventionalist again ( which audience are they playing to this time ) , Syria government and " moderate rebel truce holding in Damascus ( how long these actors team up against islamist / jihadists ) , UN Food Aid deliveries resume as rebel fighters beat a retreat , UN vote on Syria Aid could come this week........Another day of Iraq death dealing ...... US reluctantly admits Iran has complied with all terms of the Interim Agrement , while US still downplays chances of a Final Deal ...... Militias' ultimatum heightens Libya tensions Leader of parliament calls the demand for power handover an "impending coup", as different factions compete for power.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria......
Obama Looks to Escalate Military Role in SyriaOfficials Mull 'Limited
Strikes' on Syria
by Jason Ditz, February 20, 2014
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After failing to sell the American public on a full-scale invasion of
Syria, President Obama let the matter drop, briefly at least. Now,
officials are mulling ways to escalate their military involvement in the
nation again.
Earlier in the week, the talk was of dramatic escalations of arms to rebel
factions and possibly the establishment of a no-fly zone. Now, the talks
are also said to include the possibility of “limited” US str... more »
Contaminated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Threatens World's Oceans
Here is a link to an interview I did with Voice of Russia Thursday.
The interview was supposed to be aired live, but we had so many connection
problems that they made a rough transcript, which is the article (with a
somewhat misleading title
http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_02_21/Leaked-radioactive-water-may-soon-affect-Californian-soil-expert-2098/
Voice of Russia is still connected to the government so I find it
interesting that the Russians are pushing for international cooperation
around Fukushima. I think they are most concerned about the contaminated
water.
Voice of Russia ... more »
Bricks 'n' mortification
Last year - my goodness - nearly a whole year ago - I wrote a post about
blogging. It fell into the category we like to call ‘introspection’.
At the time I was sort of examining our reasons for leaving Biased-BBC and
going it alone, also addressing the seemingly insurmountable problem of
being discredited by one’s own supporters in the form of unsolicited (or
unintentionally solicited) below-the-line comments or if you’re Tommy
Robinson, over-enthusiastic followers, fellow members and rabble rousers.
Like, thugs and that.
Anyway, when the news came that ‘right-wing’ Breitbart was s... more »
Hezbollah: Jews have "hijacked global culture" through media, Hollywood
*Al-Manar TV*, a Lebanese-based television and media company with ties to
Hezbollah, recently aired a television program (correctly) claiming that *"Jews
use skills and superheroes to hijack global culture through mass media,"* *The
Times of Israel* reported yesterday.
American Jews invented Hollywood movies, from “Superman” to “Schindler’s
List,” in order to take over the world, according to a program aired on
Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV and translated by MEMRI. Hezbollah would like to do
the same thing, but doesn’t know how to, the report lamented.
According to the program, the Jews “... more »
WSJ: Nuclear Plants to Get Loan Guarantees
by Alicia Mundy Feb 19, 2014 p. B7:
The Energy Department plans to grant final approval this week of $6.5
billion in loan guarantees for two nuclear reactors under construction in
Georgia by a consortium led by Southern Co.... The loan guarantees show
that the White House is committed to the 'all of above' energy
policy....[end]
Majia here: the overall price tag for the new reactors is estimated at $14
billion.
However, an earlier news article from December 24 in the WSJ reported
cost-over-runs due to delays:
December 24, 2012 WSJ: New Nuclear Plant Hits Some Snages Dec 24, 2012... more »
Wealth is a Reward for Notoriety
I don't know what the fuck you people want from me, anymore, if
anything. Unless it's just to go away forever, as if I'm a splinter in the
middle finger of the universe that's trying to push me out. Maybe I'm an
anomaly, perhaps I never should've been born and the universe, in its
collective wisdom, recognizes that and is doing its level-headed,
dispassionate best to purge me forever.
Remember when money used to be remuneration for toil, for a job well
done? Sure, the working class never got rich in this capitalist state but
that wasn't the idea. The idea, back when we had ... more »
What You Should Know About the Ukraine-Style Anti-Government Protests in Venezuela
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Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
BoilingFrogsPost
*The Venezuelan autocrats of the past are now masquerading as democrats
with the aim of just getting all their old privileges back*
The US-supported opposition in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is
taking its cue from the anti-government protests taking place across the
Atlantic Ocean in Ukraine. Failing to win any of Venezuela’s elections by
earning a popular mandate from the majority of the population in the last
few years, the leaders of the mainstream opposition are now r... more »
Ukraine updates February 20 , 2014 -- Threats of sanctions against Ukraine look like blackmail - Lavrov .........The battle for Kiev’s Independence Square has reignited as rioters clash with security forces amid sniper fire. The death toll has increased to 35, the Ukrainian Health Ministry confirmed ..... Rioters have reached the Rada building (the country's parliament), while the police have been pushed back into Mariinsky park nearby. An emergency evacuation has been declared and parliament members and employees are leaving the building.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
The "Ukraine Situation" Explained In One Map
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/20/2014 09:39 -0500
- Corruption
- Martin Armstrong
- Ukraine
inShare27
Sadly, everything you need to know about the crisis in Ukraine in one
worrisome map which summarizes all the relevant "red lines."
Given this - is there any doubt this will not end with peaceful resolution.
As Martin Armstrong warned this morning:
BOTH the USA and EU will now fund the rebels as Russia will fund
Yanukovych. At the political level,* Ukraine is the pawn on the chessboard*... more »
Over the Long Term: A Case Study in BBC Bias
One of the standard responses from the BBC whenever someone complains about
an example of bias within a single edition (or two or three editions) of an
ongoing series - say, *Newsnight *or *PM* - is that the BBC will balance
such imbalances (on controversial issues) over time. Overall, long-term
balance (give or take) is what they promise.
The way to test the truth of that then is to monitor a particular BBC
current affairs programme over the long-term, which we've at *Is *have been
doing with Radio 4's *Sunday*.
One of the earlier posts here chronicled the programme's interview... more »
Colonial Philadelphia, or Colonized?
from Ken Derstine:
*Is the School District of Philadelphia a colony of the state of
Pennsylvania?*
by Ken Derstine
February 20, 2014
Parents of Philadelphia students and prospective students should know their
right to choose a school for their children is under attack. Several weeks
ago the SRC held round table discussions about Universal Enrollment.
Participants were asked their opinion about a system where parents would go
to a central location when they wanted to choose a school. Parents would be
directed to a few selections that an administrator pointed them towards. At
the meet... more »
Campaign Slogans
The harpercons are not just soft on crime. They're pro-crime. Their
economic policies create the conditions for crime and criminals and their
prison policies create repeat offenders.
Dignity. Where is the dignity in unemployment or precarious employment?
Stable jobs, strong unions, decent wages, create dignity and confidence in
the future. The harpercons want to rob you of your future.
Free and fair elections. The harpercons are serial violators of election
laws. They're the most detestable hypocrites imaginable. Now they're
proposing legislation that will make their criminal behavi... more »
Cross-Dressing Billionaire Banker Fraternity Drunkenly Mock The Financial Crisis
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Inside Wall Street's most secret society: The billionaire banker fraternity
where cross-dressing new members make jokes about Hillary Clinton and
drunkenly mock the financial crisis
- Kappa Beta Phi was founded in 1929 and has remained secret for more
than eight decades
- One reporter managed to sneak into their January 2012 induction for
new members
- Witnessed them dressed in drag, telling jokes in bad taste and mocking
Main Street and the bailout
REVEALED: MEMBERS OF WALL STREET's SECR... more »
A Progressive Party?
Andrew Coyne is upset. The Liberals may have a new leader. But he worriesthat they are pretending to be a left wing party:
This is not a “new” or “reinvented” Liberal party; it is not even the
centrist party of recent memory. From the evidence of the convention, it is
an almost parodically left-wing party, and even if, as expected, the leader
ignores most of the members’ handiwork in drafting the platform, what has
been coming out of his own mouth is not hugely dissimilar: a difference
more of degree than direction.
The fact is that it's just too soon to know what is really happe... more »
Ukraine Independence Day?
I've never been to Ukraine. My ancestors were from there-- Beyond the Pale,
a phrase my grandfather never taught me but that Mick Jones of the Clash
did; his ancestors were too. Last we checked in, the country was in turmoil
and seemed headed right towards bloody civil war. Hundreds are already dead
and thousands injured. Suddenly, this morning, things are looking up. The
gangster president, Viktor Yanukovych, has fled Kiev and is either in
Kharkov or in Mariupol (not Dubai), both near Russia, where, presumably,
he'll go into exile and be granted asylum. His palace in Kiev has bee... more »
Party like it's 1964
By Capt. Fogg
If you haven't been so immersed in sports and entertainment that you
haven't read or listened to the news, you probably know about the rash of
state level legislative efforts to affirm the "right" of business owners to
refuse service to people whose private lives include amorous proclivities
inimical to religious bigots. Yes, if you won't give a glass of water to a
thirsty homosexual person you're a bigot and most definitely not the sort
of Christian who credits the canonized teachings of Jesus. If you don't
agree, I maintain the right to call you a bigot anyway and ... more »
Untitled
*10 — count ’em, 10 — parades to roll on Saturday ~Authur Hardy, N.O.
Advocate*
*Thirty Six: “You Probably Thought Tennessee Williams Was Making All That
Shit Up” ~Mark Folse *
*Residents thwart thieves trying to steal Banksy painting~WWLTV*
*New Orleans Never Stops: 10 Days of St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations ~Red
Streetcar, GONOLA*
Untitled
*Changing advice*
*I don't think that the writer below has got it completely right but the
article does show the importance of skepticism*
The seven foods below are ancient. But they’ve gone from being considered
healthy (long ago) to unhealthy (within the last generation or two) to
healthy again, even essential.
1) Coconut Oil
Old wisdom: Coconut oil is a saturated-fat body bomb that should be avoided.
New wisdom: Coconut oil can cure what ails you.
Talk about an about-face. Anyone who grew up eating such nutritious fare as
SpaghettiOs, Nestle Quik and Bisquick—actually, anyone ... more »
Time to STAND UP to the Food Industry
It IS Time to Stand Up.
The world around us is standing up and saying "No More", in numbers that
have never ever been seen before. While the Main Stream Media tries to
hide what is going on world wide, the truth is getting out faster and
faster as the "alternative" media has now become the leaders in bringing
news to the people.
CHANGE comes from and through the people. If you think you can sit back
and that someone "official" will look after you and your family, then you
are vastly misguided.
No One Is Coming To Save You.
If you want CHANGE then you must be the CHANGE you wish... more »
No, there won't be another fracking pun in the title of this post
According to a report in *The Times *(£) the BBC has been accused of bias
by the fracking company Cuadrilla and by UKOOG, the industry body which
speaks for shale gas companies.
Given the way my local BBC news programme *Look North West *seems to have a
less-than-friendly obsession with the subject of fracking, it's hardly a
surprise to read that it's a local BBC current affairs show, *Inside Out *(Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire), that finds itself under (hydraulic) pressure.
The fracking organisations main charges against the programme (broadcast a
month ago) are:
(a) that the pro... more »
Nahko Sings Build a Bridge (Live in San Francisco)
*Published on Sepember 26, 2013*
Nahko and Medicine for the People performing "Build a Bridge" live at The
Independent, San Francisco on 8/23/13.
"Dark As Night" - the new album from Nahko and Medicine For The People is
now available on iTunes: bit.ly/DANiTunes
www.nahko.com
www.facebook.com/nahkoandmedicineforthepeople
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories by Myrko Thum
"禅" (zen). It is translated as zen.
This character is written by Kanzi, Semi-cursive script.
Etymology : Phono-semantic compound
semantic 示 (show) + phonetic 単 (sole)
単 is expressed that live now in this moment.
*Source of zen symbol: *
*http://www015uppso-netnejpcalligraphy.blogspot.se/*
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories
by Myrko Thum
Many teachings from Zen-Buddhism are told in short and delightful zen
stories. They are usually designed to develop the mind and to free it from
distortions and so to connect with our spirit.
Some of them are really inspiring and enlightening. It is he... more »
“UCB Test - Huge Fukushima Cesium Level On CA Road”
*“UCB Test - Huge Fukushima Cesium Level On CA Road”*
by NationOfChange
"For all the naysayers who said that Fukushima radiation wasn’t hitting the
West Coast, here’s a new one for you. UC Berkeley lab tests are now showing
high levels of cesium in cattle feed from a California dairy farm that was
sent to a lab nine months prior to the test results being received - a
long delay that suggests levels are much higher now. Then, the one
-two-punch – asphalt along a roadside in the sunny city which catches
plenty of rainfall was then measured, much more recently, and a disturbing 3579
p... more »
The Planetary Deadline: From The Aquarian Passion Play - A Guest Post by Michael Brine
The Planetary Deadline - from The Aquarian Passion Play.
“If we could look down from outer space upon the Earth with clairvoyant
vision we would see the auric field of the planet as a murky ball of
seething mist and fog. We might stand aghast at beholding this great dark
cloud of subtle matter, which would evidence itself to be of a density and
thickness that indicated not only impenetrability but also those conditions
that are unfavourable to life and which make all things appear unclear and
distorted. Thus it would be appreciated that there is a pressing need for
change and ... more »
Save The Fish & Save Ourselves - Just Don't Buy Roundup Herbicides
Independent peer reviewed studies have found that GLYPHOSATE based
herbicides adversely impact 15 species of fish. This leads us to ask: What
about the species they didn't test.... as well as us homo sapiens? Hold
onto those goldfish in you...r backyard pond. Scotts' Roundup Ready grass
could be coming to a neighbor's yard near you...
For your reading pleasure, here are links to the science that backs this
up:
Fish impacted by glyphosate based herbicides at environmentally relevant
levels.
1. European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Guilherme S, Gaivão I, Santos MA, Pacheco M. (20... more »
ON WHOSE SIDE IS THE CIA IN THAILAND?
*Obama and Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand since 2011.*
Currently, in* February 2014*, Thailand's Prime Minister *Yingluck
Shinawatra* is under attack by protesters.
In Thailand it has been the Red Shirts (supporters of the *Shinawatra* family)
against the Yellow Shirts (traditionalists).
*The big question is - does the CIA support the Red Shirts or the Yellow
Shirts?*
Bloggers are divided on this issue.
*The CIA is likely to support whichever party is seen as being more
pro-Globalist and more anti-China.*
Perhaps the CIA backs both sides in order to cause chaos.... more »
Modified Limited Hangout: The Bogus Whistleblower's Shibboleth
*"I would say, really, we're looking to expose....Governments. And hold
them to account."*
*Julian Assange,*
*Page One - One Year Inside the New York Times, *
*2010*
Assange, Manning, Snowden.... All of these guys say the same thing "The US
Government has gone too far (for reasons left unspecified) - I will use the
power of free information and the Internet to hold corrupt governments who
abuse their power to account in the court of world opinion!"
Really. Is that right. Then I have a handy little Shibboleth for the next
phoney whistleblower they try and foist on us to spin us a loa... more »
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