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Behind These Doors - BBC Television Centre Studios (Photo credit: Dave Smith)Teacher who played drums in Harper's band charged with sex assault
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 26 minutes ago
And so?
I am not a big fan of Stephen Harper but he can hardly be held accountable
for things his acquaintances do secretly.
Not to mention these are charges and not convictions.
http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=9477379
Dithering Dave and the Floods
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 34 minutes ago
Dithering, indecision, fighting shy of consequences, all these can kill a
political career. Ask Gordon Brown about the election that never was. But
for all his faults - and they are legion - Dave does a good job of
affecting the prime ministerial. As a pointy-elbowed member of the *ruling
class* with the born-to-rule training and public relations CV at his back,
he is one oily slick customer. Yeah, Ed occasionally bests him at the
despatch box but most people don't bother with PMQs, and don't see his
frequent slips into schoolboy bullying a red-faced ranting. Dave knows
about the i... more »
Thinking Aloud
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 37 minutes ago
It's a curious thing, but right-leaning blogs about BBC bias tend to pass
over Laurie Taylor's longstanding *Thinking Allowed *on Radio 4*. *
From time to time, on blogs like *Biased BBC*, you might see the occasional
comment about it (usually from ChrisH), but these are rare events, and I
myself have never written about the programme before. (I've thought about
it but never done it.)
Given that on any objective analysis *Thinking Allowed *has just about the
strongest left-wing bias of any Radio 4 programme you might expect it to be
a much more regular target for criticism - a low... more »
The Economy: “Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Stay Away from Obama's MyRAs...”*
by Bill Bonner
“Stocks fell hard on Monday, bounced on Tuesday, and came to rest on
Wednesday. Which way does this market want to go? We don't know. But so far
there was not much follow through in either direction. So, we wait...
glance up at our "Crash Alert" flag from time to time... and watch... from
the sidelines, of course.
Meanwhile, have you opened your MyRA account yet? As you remember from
carefully following President Obama's State of the Union address, there's a
new way to save for your retirement. The Los Angeles Times explains: "The... more »
Momentum Continues To Build For Pennsylvania's Liberal Lion, Daylin Leach
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Today two more important progressive groups, MoveOn and the Philadelphia
Chapter of DFA (Philly for Change), joined Blue America and the PCCC in
backing state Senator Daylin Leach in his bid for the open congressional
seat (PA-13). In the May 20th primary Daylin will face a crowded field of
garden variety Democrats, endorsed by Big Money interests. Republicans have
no shot in this deep blue seat, so the bad players are backing conservative
Democrats who will play ball with them.
It's a dynamic not unlike the one in the Silicon Valley high profile
primary (CA-17) where Big Busines... more »
“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Dying Dad Writes Over 800 ‘Napkin Notes’ To His Daughter *
*To Ensure She Never Has To Eat Lunch Without Him”*
By Ryan Perry
“Garth Callaghan has been diagnosed with cancer three times — prostate
cancer once and kidney cancer twice. Recently told he was “high risk” by
his oncologist, Garth asked what exactly that meant. “You’re going to die
of this,” the doctor responded. Jarred by those words (statistics say the
44-year-old has just an 8% chance of living another five years), Callaghan
has taken an extraordinary step to make sure he sees an important family
tradition through to ... more »
Margarita Alarcón : Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
The CELAC Summit was unprecedented, with all the leaders from Latin America
and the Caribbean gathering together with a common goal: unity. By
Margarita Alarcón | The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 HAVANA — All of Latin
America and … finish reading Margarita Alarcón :
Cuba hosts the CELAC Summit, and ‘parallel’ dissident gathering
PM Harper's drummer charged with sexual assaults. On children
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 2 hours ago
Well, well, well...... Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bandmate, his
drummer, has been charged with molesting children. Sexual assaults on
children. What is that saying about the company you keep?
“Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are"
*PM Harper certainly keeps some interesting company *
Ottawa police have charged a 43-year-old public school teacher — who is
also the drummer in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's band — with sexual
assault.
Police say*Phillip I. Nolan* has been charged with five counts each of
sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual ... more »
Big Snow? + Even Colder Still
rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 2 hours ago
*Big Snow? + Even Colder Still*
The early part of Friday will see some outbreaks of rain turning wintry at
times across some parts of central, southern, and eastern England. Some
moderate falls of snow are also likely across certain parts of Wales and
central England for this period, especially across higher ground. As we
progress throughout *Friday* evening and into Saturday some strong winds
will begin to develop from the west, before pushing in across many other
parts the country (roughly 1 day out in terms of timing from several days
ahead in below forecast, weather timings devi... more »
Maddow spots Christie changing his story!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*If only she’d change her approach:* If it’s Monday, it must be Salem
Village!
On her increasingly ridiculous TV show, Maddow had another victim to dunk
in the village lake that night. For details, just click here.
Last night, she started with her endless piddle about how no one can say
what Wildstein did at the Port Authority. Plus, he was paid too
much—$150,000!
One hour later, a WNYC editor explained Wildstein’s job in substantial
detail. And, according to TV Guide, Maddow is paid about $7 million per
year. For the full skinny, click this.
This i... more »
And in Other Weird Sculpture News Today
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours ago
That's NOT funny.
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is holding an exhibit of the work of
sculptor Tony Matelli, and to help advertise the exhibit, the museum placed
one of Matelli's statues outside. Titled The Sleepwalker, the
realistic-looking statue shows a bald man in his tighty-whities lumbering
forward with his arms outstretched, his eyes closed, and his head lolling
around in deep sleep. It's funny and is, unsurprisingly, a big hit on
Instagram. It's also creating controversy, as reported by the Boston Globe,
as many students object to the statue on the grounds that it's... more »
Small irony
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 3 hours ago
The Slender Man was created online in 2009 as part of a contest to
manufacture paranormal images. Many people will have seen the original
thread with the original pictures and stories. I have, and they were great.
I say 'were' because some time last year they began to be taken down.
It turns out someone has bought the rights to the Slender Man. Not his
creator, the well-known Victor Surge, but an unknown third party. A small
irony: private property in ideas means a mysterious entity has bought the
rights to a mysterious entity.
Quote of the Day: On political battles
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with
muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
- Ayn Rand, from her essay “What Can One Do?”
in her book *Philosophy: Who Needs It*
Discuss.
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Victoria Nuland "F the EU on the Ukraine"? Political elite or something else?
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 3 hours ago
I gotta admit a certain term crossed my mind when listening to Ms Nuland.
Can't say why it just popped into my head? It just did. The elites.....
phooey
*ht karin*
Penny,
Leaked phone tap of Victoria Nuland of State Dept clearly shows depth of US
intervention in Ukraine affairs including using "international' celebrities
(
Terminator and Rocky) Stalone and Arnold.
*It further inplicates UN use as a tool for US operations in Ukraine* and
mz nuland clearly says "Fuck the EU on Ukraine" at the 3:02 min mark of
confab (sorry, just quoting out illustrious Gov appointees ) ;^)
Lea... more »
Bonus quote of the day: On our system of government
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
*“Ineptocracy*: A system of government where the least capable
to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where
the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed,
are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated
wealth of a diminishing number of producers.”
- Anonymous
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Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought?
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
There is sound science that says there is likely to be big trouble, even in
supplying Austin’s current population with enough water. By Roger Baker |
The Rag Blog | February 6, 2014 First of two. I met a traveller …
finish reading Roger Baker :
Can Austin survive the current Texas drought?
did adult city-based 3D gaming just go photo-realistic?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 3 hours ago
I'll not spin this with my own flavour of 3D-game freakish, I'll just leave
the evidence to speak for itself.
EXTREMELY HIGH RESOLUTION LANDSCAPES:
EXTREMELY HIGH RESOLUTION CHARACTERS:
I am the weaver!
Nothing lifts me out of a funk faster than a dose of Trey Gowdy (R-SC, 4th District) - a must see!...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 3 hours ago
*if video doesn't show up go *
*HERE*
Doll Face (and Body)
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours ago
Twitter is often a very strange place.
One of the people I follow, @SarahSecord, posted this earlier today.
I had to ask: Where does it come from? She didn't know, said the person who
posted it "did not a) post it respectfully or b) provide the name of the
artist."
So I used the fabulous feature of Google Images and dragged the image into
the search box and found the artist, Freya Jobbins. Have a look at her
other work. For me, it's about equal parts playful and seriously creepy.
Here's an Artist Statement from her.
Toys, especially dolls can represent so much to us all. Memories... more »
Kobo Takes Over Sony's North American eBook Business
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 4 hours ago
Today, two days after Takahito Aiki, took over the reins as CEO of Kobo, he
has announced the effective consolidation of the Sony ebook business under
Kobo in North America. It is almost certain that this is the final and long
overdue retreat of Sony from a market that they expected to win and sadly
lost from beginning. It also sends a strong signal to the market that the
dominance of Amazon in this sector is real and is giving even those with
potential credentials and market presence a hard time.
Sony entered the market some 8 years ago with huge fanfare, fancy ebook
readers ba... more »
MYSTERIOUS WILLIAM ROACH
Anon at aangirfan - 4 hours ago
*William Roache, at a Druid ceremony.*
On 6 February 2014, TV star William Roache was cleared of rape and indecent
assault charges by a jury.
Linus Roache, William Roache's son, is managing director of the New York
centre of EnlightenNext.
http://www.dailymail.
Some people believe that EnlightenNext is a brainwashing cult.
WHAT enlightenment. / Andrew Cohen (spiritual teacher).
Such cults are usually run by the CIA.
*Stuart Hall (left), William Roache (back) and Owen Oyston (right). *
Five women claimed that TV star *William Roache* sexually assaulted them
when they were aged ... more »
Khashoggi, Cults, Cover-ups & Mars & Venus Doing Lunch - by DanielHopsicker
Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
*Genghis Khan*: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best
in life?
*Dai Ye*: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind
in your hair!
*Genghis Khan*: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
*Conan*: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the
lamentation of their women.
*Genghis Khan* That is good! That is good.
The story of the auto thief from Cleveland who discovered 39 dead bodies in
Rancho Santa Fe Ca. in March of 1997 in the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide
is a reflection in a fun house mirror of America's s... more »
Apeman Experiments Disclosed - New Breed Of Subhuman Slave EnvisionedIn Tests, Chicago Tribune May 14, 1987
Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
[Bow-ties are Cool.]
Apeman Experiments Disclosed
*New Breed Of Subhuman Slave Envisioned In Tests*
May 14, 1987|By Uli Schmetzer, Chicago Tribune.
ROME — The image of the mad scientist with the white beard concocting an
apeman in his laboratory is no longer a science fiction fable but a 1987
reality.
An Italian anthropologist said this week that biogenetic scientists, using
refined techniques of artificial fertilization, are capable of creating a
new breed of slave, an anthropoid with a chimpanzee mother and a human
father.
Brunetto Chiarelli, dean of anthropolgy at Florence Univ... more »
Who cares?
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
When I say that BBC insiders seem to be the only sentient beings who are
unaware that the BBC’s influence is wielded irresponsibly, in the
willy-nilly manner of those who don’t know their own strength, I
immediately think of the way that your man in the street regards Israel.
(sigh)
The recent news concerning Scarlett Johansson and the SodaStream factory,
together with the Bethlehem Unwrapped debacle highlighted the magnitude of
wrong assumptions that are generally held about Israel. Both these
newsworthy occurrences showed how widespread is the reach of the BBC, with
the inextrica... more »
Do we care?
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
I
see Archie Bland has reviewed Alain de Botton’s book in the Indy.
Unlike
Craig and me, Archie’s actually read it, and even though I suspect he’s a
bit of a lefty, he’s not keen. “Simplistic and ultimately flawed.” We,
however are going merely by what we’ve heard on the BBC.
A few days ago, unbeknownst to me, Craig was writing about Alain de
Bottonat the same time as I was, and would you believe it, we came to
similar
conclusions. For example Craig outlined Alain’s theory:
*“Too much information "starts to numb you", and makes you forget what
you're interested in and what can be c... more »
OAIS Blogging Awards: Last Call to Vote
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago
Voting closes tomorrow at 5pm EST for this year’s OAIS Blogging Awards. If
you haven’t already done so, now is the time to cast your ballot. You can
review the nominees and get more information here. Once the votes are in,
we’ll identify the finalists for each category and turn the process over to
our
Continue reading
‘Come The Revolution’
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 5 hours ago
Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Present Conservative
Government Led By Stephen Harper. Part XII....
*‘Come The Revolution**’*
*Written by Robin Mathews*
From the so-called Peasants Revolt of 1381 in England through the French
Revolution of 1789 to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Chinese
Revolution of 1949, the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the Nicaraguan Revolution
of 1978-9, the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Bolivarian (electoral)
Revolution in Venezuela in 2007, the Ecuadorian Citizens’ (electoral)
Revolution of 2008... more »
Republican North Carolina Senate Candidate Thom Tillis Caught Blatantly Lying About The Affordable Care Act Again
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
It may be hard for normal people to understand that there are actually candidates
to the right of Thom Tillis running for Senate in North Carolina and that
he's playing the role of the Establishment (Art Pope) shill. Tillis was
first elected to the North Carolina legislature by beating a more
mainstream Republican, John Rhodes, in a primary in 2006 and 4 years later
was elected by the far right as Speaker. Most people in North Carolina view
the General Assembly as far too radical for North Carolina and are
horrified at how radical and extreme Tillis' GOP-controled legislature has ... more »
Charlie's Angels (...and Hell followed with Them...)
Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
Charlie's Angels (...and Hell followed with Them...) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Revelations Number 9*
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit,
as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by
reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was
given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they sh... more »
ANTI-SNOOPING ACTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
*DEAR USERS OF THE INTERNET,*
In January 2012 we defeated the SOPA and PIPA censorship legislation with
the largest Internet protest in history. Today we face another critical
threat, one that again undermines the Internet and the notion that any of
us live in a genuinely free society: mass surveillance.
In celebration of the win against SOPA and PIPA two years ago, and in
memory of one of its leaders, Aaron Swartz, we are planning a day of
protest against mass surveillance, to take place this February 11th.
Together we will push back against powers that seek to observe, c... more »
觀看禧項目的最新一個良好的事業視頻
Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 6 hours ago
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/02/watch-jubilee-projects-latest-video-for.html
[image:
http://www.blacklistednews.com
/Supreme_Court_justice_predicts_internment_camps_in_America%E2%80
%99s_future/32643/0/38/38/Y/M.html]
法官Scalia，不幸的是，正確的在他的評估。
這將是有趣的，看看誰的政府將採取拘捕行動，我願意打賭，這組的搜捕首先必須做的種族，因為它做了最後一次，而只是一個不同的種族（如，與任何人一個
中東冠冕堂皇的姓氏）。
如果你還沒有看過這部電影，這將是一個很好的時間去租“圍攻”，丹澤爾·華盛頓主演，安妮特班寧，托尼Shahoub和Burce威利斯。
請記住，在NDAA的語言下，總統可以下令軍方拘捕任何美國公民和扣留他們無限期，未經正當程序，權利的憲法和比爾該死！...
Maddow and the very large salary!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Seven million ways to get fake:* What did David Wildstein do at the Port
Authority?
Last night, one of Lawrence’s guests has no trouble explaining. WNYC’s
Andrea Bernstein described some of the gentleman’s projects:
BERNSTEIN (2/5/14): *I mean, this wasn’t a nothing job. This was a really
important position, where he was in charge of doling out billions of
dollars for capital projects,* much of that in New Jersey. And what we know
now is that David Wildstein was taking money and putting them into projects
that solved other problems for Chris Christie, ... more »
What the Fascist fear
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
That you will co operate. Listen to me now, and I will tell you later I
have only said whats on my mind. Kafka spoke of this before 1939. Lock me
up but stop these guys, in the whole universe of ideas its not much of a
compromise.
Maddow and the false cover story!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Fuzzy claims, disappeared facts:* We thought Rachel Maddow’s Monday night
program was pretty much a disgrace.
It wasn’t just the fuzzy claims, a staple of her extended performance in
the Fort Lee theater. It was the way she staged the latest summary trial of
her latest defendant.
The new defendant was Philip Kwon, a Port Authority lawyer, part of the
Christie team.
Has Kwon done something wrong in the Fort Lee mess? So far, there’s
absolutely no way to know that—unless you’re watching Maddow’s program,
which turned on some fuzzy assertions this nigh... more »
We have the money to do this now
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
the lottery knows no numbers
no meaning to the prize'
it is just a statically anomaly
brining joy to some family tribe
Looking down deep
its a government solution
to government mission creep
We all love to dream
and I suggest its
just human nature
that the richest billionaire
is frustrated because he can
not be in a first somewhere
So all these bored people
without enough chlorine
in their pool
must decide
what is more pretty
living well served
or living in an organic
block of getting along/
Imagine a scocity were you
did not have to fight
even if your house
was more better than
the one... more »
'CHRISTENING' PROTEST PLANNED IN BATH
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
*The Zumwalt 'stealth' destroyer was put into the water at BIW in late
2013. The warship is outfitted with new electromagnetic 'rail guns' right
out of a sci-fi movie. Using electric pulses, not chemical explosives, the
guns can shoot a 40-pound metal slug from New York to Philadelphia at up to
5,600 mph - more than seven times the speed of sound - with 32 times the
force of a car traveling at 100 miles per hour.*
The Navy has announced that the 'christening' of the new $3
billion 'stealth destroyer' USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is scheduled for
Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Bath, Maine.
... more »
Sam Zell 'The 1 Percent Work Harder'
LeDaro at LeDaro - 6 hours ago
*When the going gets tough, the rich dudes stick together. Or at least rich
dude Sam Zell did in an interview with Bloomberg TV Wednesday. The
billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments backed up fellow rich guy
Tom Perkins, who set off a firestorm when he recently compared the
"progressive war on the 1 percent" to Nazi anti-Semitism in a letter to the
Wall Street Journal.*
Read more here.
Obamacare Emancipation Proclamation
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 6 hours ago
When you have a cumbersome free-market health insurance reform package like
the ACA instead of, say, Medicare for All, confusion and disinformation are
the inevitable byproducts. You really do have to be an economist to fully
understand all the ramifications of a program that covers some of the
people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.
The latest outbreak of mass confusion revolves around headlines falsely
claiming that the Congressional Budget Office had announced that there will
be a net loss of some two million jobs as a result of Obamacare. What's
actu... more »
Pacific Rim Job
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours ago
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
It's time I wrote about the Transpacific Partnership, aka the TPP.
It's not as if I hadn't known about its existence. But being a political
journalist in the 21st century necessarily involves some intellectual
triage, in weighing how much attention one scandal should get over the
countless multitudes of others. It's literally an embarrassment of riches.
Yet journalists still have a responsibility to the people even if only
to justify our remuneration. And it can't be said the utterly worthless
mainstream media have bee... more »
KIPP Uses Funds Shortage As Excuse to Shut Two Galveston Schools
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
Having collected hundreds of millions of federal grants, public education
dollars, and tax-exempt philanthrocapitalist cash, KIPP Inc. is the richest
corporate charter chain in the world.
Yet when Galveston Schools finally decided it was unfair to give KIPP $1.5
million more per year than it does for the same number of its public
schools, KIPP decided that the public teat is no longer fat enough to
justify keeping its two Galveston schools open.
When you look at test scores by these two schools, one has to wonder if
there were other considerations for closing them. It is easy enoug... more »
Teflon, Fatalism, and Accountability
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Teflon, Fatalism, and Accountability. via Teflon, Fatalism, and
Accountability.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Absent an explanation an unlawful search is unconstitutional
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 7 hours ago
*R. v. Mandziak*, 2014 BCCA 41:
[72] The fact that there was no evidence or a paucity of evidence to
support the Crown’s attempt to justify the unlawful seizure was not
*per se *probative of whether the police acted in bad faith. It merely
left the seizure as unlawful with no explanation for it. What was
probative was the fact the seizing officer acted knowing that he was
seizing documents he was not authorized to seize; in fact, documents he
specifically had not been authorized to seize. In the absence of any
explanation, how can it be said that the officer was not acting... more »
YOU WANT A JOB?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
When Keystone XL's top job recruiter comes to town, he reveals just what
jobs the controversial oil pipeline would really create.
Oil executives like to claim that the Keystone XL pipeline would create
thousands of jobs. But in a project fueling so many environmental and
health risks, only one man is honest enough to say exactly what those jobs
would be. (Hint: they're not construction.)
It's true, Keystone XL has a job for you! But the question is: do you
really want it?
Terrible Humans
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
Everybody has a flaw
It may be in their
face or body weight
these are things we can
define and understand
we do not fall in love
with imperfections
except for that lizard brain
source of deception
that makes us
all turtle
Thats why you
can see everyday
people so in love
that do not in any way
belong together
I can see the phycisla
contributions to this
kind of non normal clover
In the reality of men
there are only women
this is our fire
our reason to exist
what make us wake up
in the morning
and take that first piss
The world is built upon piss
and fire
and thats what is wrong
wit... more »
The Insurgency Makes It Personal, House Bombings In Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago
As Iraq’s insurgency has rebuilt itself it has become bolder in its
attacks. One of its new tactics is to bomb houses. Sometimes these are
improvised explosive devices (IEDs) placed outside someone’s residence, but
more often than not they are bombs placed inside houses that destroy them.
This is a much more personal and intimidating type of operation, because it
lets the targets know that the militants know where they live, and that
they can lose their property and families, not just their own lives.
In January 2014, 46 houses were bombed across the country. The vast
majority o... more »
ALEC Mission Has Lost Focus
2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
We are currently watching the implosion of the RepubliCONS at a national
level as the Tea Party factions tears the party apart.
One thing any group needs is cohesion and cooperation among its members.
Another thing any group needs is a purpose and mission that is coherent and
consistent.
Those things are not happening for the RepubliCONS at the national level
and ALEC may be beginning to experience the same thing.
This entry is just one example - other examples include ALEC members who
are at each others throats - like Cantor and Boehner - - - or Enzi and
Cheney - - there's more, lo... more »
Choice in Canada vs. No Choice in Texas
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 8 hours ago
In Canada, a brain-dead pregnant women is being kept on life support until
her fetus, dubbed "Baby Iver", can be delivered.
In Texas, a brain-dead pregnant woman was similarly kept on life support to
incubate her fetus.
Can you spot the difference? The Canadian partner and family believe that
the mother would have wanted it this way and, indeed they want the process
to continue if possible, notwithstanding potential damage to the eventual
child.
In Texas, however, the parents, paramedics both, had discussed this sort of
horrible possibility and had decided that life support should ... more »
ALL ROADS LEAD TO BIAS: Rachel Maddow’s week that was!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014*
*Part 3—Scandal culture hits critical mass:* Last evening, a guest on
Hardball made a sensible statement.
The guest was Robert Del Tufo. From 1990 through 1993, Del Tufo was
attorney general of New Jersey, serving under Governor Florio, a Democrat.
An excited cable host threw to his guest. The guest made a sensible
statement:
MATTHEWS (2/5/14): Let me go to Mr. Del Tufo. Thank you for joining us
about this, legally. And I’m looking at this question, which any reasonable
person asks:
All these people running around speaking for the governor. A young wo... more »
The Fair Elections Act
Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
*First : Five things you need to know about "Fair" Elections Act.*
then : Kady O'Malley :
"After giving MPs just two hours to debate the pros and cons of a bill that
would radically rewrite Canada's election laws, the government has, it
seems, heard quite enough from the duly elected representatives in the
House.
Yesterday afternoon, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan served notice
that he intends to bring forward a motion that would force an end to the
first round of debate, which will likely be tabled shortly after the
Commons reopens for business later this morning, and -... more »
Don't Worry… Franklin's List Is Never Going To Turn Into Anything Like EMILY's List… It's Not In Their DNA
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
Of course, when EMILY's List started their incredible work, I never thought
they would turn into the anti-progressive monstrosity that have morphed
into either. Franklin's List has nothing to do with them, other than the
last name. Franklin's List is a brand new PAC dedicated to electing public
officials with professional science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) backgrounds. I've heard a lot about them from Blue
America candidate Lee Rogers, who went to Washington to meet them. A
scientist by vocation and by nature, Rogers looks forward to being
appointed to the Ho... more »
Disney on Ice Family 4 Pack Giveaway
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 9 hours ago
I have been given tickets to Disney on Ice in exchange for hosting a
giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.
Are you excited for Disney on Ice to come back to Salt Lake City? We sure
are. Tickets are currently on sale, for this spectacular featuring Merida,
Belle, Rapunzel and Ariel. We love the video and have found ourselves
watching it over and over, we can't wait to see Merida on ice! You can win
four tickets to take your family to the show in Salt Lake City in March.
Enter to win at the bottom of this post.
What is Rockin' Ever After all about? You can *Jam to a Scottish jig ... more »
He Won't Change
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 9 hours ago
Yesterday, Rob Ford announced that he would not attend World Pride in
Toronto because "I'm not going to change the way I am." Judging from his
continuing escapades, it would seem that the public can take that statement
to the bank.
And, after reading Robin Doolittle's book *Crazy Town*, Tasha Kheiriddin writes
that Ford is anything but mayoral:
The Fords — according to Doolittle — live in a world of thugs and drugs.
From high school on, the four Ford siblings — Kathy, Randy, Doug and Rob —
were enmeshed in the drug culture in various ways, as users and (allegedly)
in the case of... more »
Bridge - Gate and Sandy - Gate updates February 3 , 2014 - Items of the day surrounding the Chris Christie Scandal-A-Ramas !
Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Sandy - Gate ?
WERE HOBOKEN AND OTHER NEW JERSEY TOWNS SHORTCHANGED ON SANDY AID?
SCOTT GURIAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Click to expand/close.
An in-depth analysis by NJ Spotlight in collaboration with WNYC/NJ Public
Radio has discovered multiple irregularities in how funds have been
allocated through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Energy Allocation
Initiative -- the program at the heart of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s
allegations against the Christie administration.
An examination of the fund shows that despite a scoring system that awarded
various towns and cities points for eligibil... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*Jury rules for parish in Jefferson Parish flood suit ~Chad Calder, N.O.
Advocate*
*Nagin Trial - dados cargados? ~American Zombie*
*Soul Rebels and DJ Soul Sister featured in VH1 documentary, “Finding the
Funk” ~Jocelyne Ninneman, offBeat*
War Watch February 6 , 2013 - Geneva 2 Talks set to resume next week , US arms transfers and aid to rebels increased after Geneva Talks - rebels told to try to pressure Assad ........... US Steps Up Military Support for Iraq State Dept: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Is an Army ....... Misread Telexes Led Analysts to See Iran Nuclear Arms Program ........ Troop Deal Delay Renews Administration Debate Over Afghanistan Role
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Syria.....
Syria Rebels: US Increased Aid After Geneva TalksRebels Launch US-Funded
South Syria Offensive
by Jason Ditz, February 05, 2014
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The last few days of the Geneva II peace talks took place under the shadow of
US arms transfers to Syrian rebels, with a lot of fear that the US was
trying to undermine the deal. The talks ended with no deals, but a plan to
resume mid-February.
Rebels are reporting that virtually the moment the talks ended, the US
started pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to rebel
commanders in Jordan. The money was given o... more »
War watch February 3 , 2014 - Syria rebel infighting continues apace as Assad forces continue to pressure rebel held areas , Kerry tells Capitol Hill that Obama’s Syria policies have failed ...... Iraq sectarian fighting continues as Iraq Government allegedly sets stage for ground invasion of Fallujah........ Iran focused on reaching long term nuclear deal but not inclined to give up centrifuge research...... Afghanistan Election off to violent start....... Turkey is focus - corruption probe items of note as PM Erdogan in the spotlight , Economy facing inflation headwinds based on various factors !
Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Syria.........
Syria chemical weapons handed over by March, says Russia
Regime will dispatch large shipment this month, says Russian deputy foreign
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[image: Danish chemical warfare officers on a frigate that is to escort
chemical weapons shipments from Syria.]Danish chemical warfare officers on
a frigate that is to escort chemical weapons shipments from Syria.
Photograph: Reuters
Syria plans to send a ... more »
Japanese Calligraphy - Direct, Guide, Lead, Conduct - "導" (dō, or michibiku).
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
* "導" (dō, or michibiku). It is translated as direct, guide, lead, conduct.*
* This character is written by Kanzi, Regular script. *
* Etymology : Ideogrammic compound*
* 道 (path) + 寸 (hand) *
*This character reminds me a parent hold the child by the hand.*
*I feel that would have been led to something at all times.*
*Source:*
*Calligraphy in the Landscape Blog - Japan*
Two Decades Is Enough to Show Value-Added Is a Scam
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
by Joey Garrison at The Tennessean:
Tennessee’s largest teachers union has turned against the policy of
including student *learning* gains in the evaluation of teachers, a flip
that shows its growing discomfort with a major Race to the Top reform.
When Tennessee applied for $501 million in federal Race to the Top funds in
2010, a critical part in landing the coveted grant was that competing
stakeholders reach accord on major education policy overhauls. That
especially meant the Tennessee Education Association, which agreed to sign
on to a *new* teacher evaluation system that based 35... more »
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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 10 hours ago
*How smearing micro-fat on your joints can ease arthritis*
*Sounds hopeful*
A radical new treatment for arthritis has just appeared on local pharmacy
shelves - a gel that contains no medication.
It is smeared, not rubbed, on to the skin, where it apparently slides
through the pores and into the painful joint, where it begins to replace
the natural lubrication lost through the disease.
It takes around a week to provide relief - about the time it takes you to
use up a single tube on one joint.
The gel, Flexiseq, contains tiny spheres made of the same sort of fat,
called phospholi... more »
Lawless Abortion Still Safe
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 10 hours ago
More as satisfying dénouement than as surprising development, here is the
end of Maurice Vellacott's doomed last kick at the abortion can.
If you listen carefully, you may be able to hear a quiet collective sigh of
relief emanating from Langevin Block this week, as the prime minister's
House strategists go through the fine print of the next batch of private
members' business set to hit the Commons floor over the next few weeks.
Despite constant rumours of continued, if muted, muttering from the
government backbench, it doesn't look like any of the 5 Conservative MPs
set to join the ... more »
Latest EU Proposal: Let's Pretend for Another 50 Years ! Why Now ? Why not pretend for another hundred years ? Speaking on the subject of pretending - ECB decision day is here , what will they pretend to address ? Is Italy pretending they are insane as they threaten to sue S&P for a downgrade - failure to value art and history Italy's sword ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/02/latest-eu-proposal-lets-pretend-for.html
Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:26 PM
Latest EU Proposal: Let's Pretend for Another 50 Years! Why Now?
What cannot be paid back won't, but that never stops officials from
pretending it will. Please consider EU Said to Weigh Extending Greek Loans
to 50 Years.
The next handout to Greece may include extending the maturity on rescue
loans to 50 years and cutting the interest rate on some previous aid by 50
basis points, according to two officials with knowledge of discussions
being held by Eur... more »
dylan farrow and woody allen: a feminist, a rape survivor, and a woody allen fan weighs in
laura k at wmtc - 11 hours ago
Wmtc friend and reader Dharma Seeker writes:
Some of my discussion groups have been blowing up since Dylan Farrow's open
letter to actors in Woody Allen films. My brain is muddled trying to sort
out the various issues. I'd love your thoughts and hoped you might blog
about it, although if you've not read it yet Dylan's open letter should
come with a trigger warning.
If the allegations are true, does that mean that actors have a moral
obligation to boycott his films?
Do movie lovers have a moral obligation to boycott his films?
Where do we draw the line that separates the personal ... more »
SONY gutted
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 11 hours ago
SONY remains an iconic brand to me. If I am buying a TV it is going to be a
SONY. I have had my reality enchanted by fantastic SONY products. A Buddakan
Walkman I now really regret throwing away, just because cassete tapes where
no longer shiny. An XBR CRT TV that played every format and used any
voltage.
By far my favorite was a Stereo Betamax player. I bought it at Whitby Audio
when Beta and VHS were fighting Samurai. I paid $1200 1984 dollars for my
precious, in today's dollars over $5000. I was a pioneer that got arrows.
Although at the pro level Betamax remained the sole ... more »
Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET: Company plans to beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
The New York company plans to ask NASA to test
their Outernet technology on the International
Space Station*Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET:
Company plans to beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space*
*Forget the Internet - soon there will be the OUTERNET: Company plans to
beam free Wi-fi to every person on Earth from space. An ambitious project
known as Outernet is aiming to launch hundreds of miniature satellites into
low Earth orbit by June 2015. Each satellite will broadcast the Internet to
phones and computers giving billions of people across ... more »
MYSTERIOUS JAMES DEAN
Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours ago
*James Dean*
*James Dean* (1931-1955) was born in Marion, Indiana.
James's father Winton Dean got a job at the Sawtelle Veteran's
Administration Hospital in Los Angeles.
Veterans Administration Hospitals have been used for CIA mind-control. Mind-Control
Programming Sites.
*James Dean and his father Winton. **"James slowly turned into a moody,
unruly unpredictable boy. James liked to kill cats." *Biography - The
Ultimate Rebel.
James Dean's mother died when he was nine.
James Dean was sent to live with relatives.
Two years later, around the age of 11, James Dean began an intim... more »
Kary Mullis, 1993 Nobel Lecture
Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
*The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993*
Kary B. Mullis, Michael Smith
Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1993
The Polymerase Chain Reaction
In 1944 Erwin Schroedinger, stimulated intellectually by Max Delbrück,
published a little book called *What is Life?* It was an inspiration to the
first of the molecular biologists, and has been, along with Delbrück
himself, credited for directing the research during the next decade that
solved the mystery of how "like begat like."
Max was awarded this Prize in 1969, and rejoicing in it, he also lamented
that the work for which he was h... more »
Haig in '63
Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
*Prouty:* . . . Millions and millions of dollars were poured into that
exercise -- a lot of people were involved in it -- and it never went
through any Air Force procurement. Now, the cleared individual -- the man
in the team -- in the procurement offices, made papers that covered up this
gap.
*There were papers in the files but they had never been worked on -- they
were simple dummy papers in the files*.
Now, we could do things like that with no trouble at all. The *U2* was
started like that. That's how the *U2* got off the ground. Ostensibly,
purchased by the Air Force,... more »
Life 15 million years after Big Bang vs anthropic principle
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Harvard/Israeli astrophysicist Abraham Loeb posted a rather creative,
playful preprint one month ago that was discussed by Shalom Life (plus
others) a few days ago:
The Habitable Epoch of the Early Universe
When we talk about life in the Cosmos, we usually think about habitable
zones around the stars where the temperature is "just right" to allow for
liquid water and other compounds that are useful for life as we know it.
But Loeb pointed out that the right temperature was once found in the whole
Universe so stars were not needed.
Today, the temperature of the cosmic microwave... more »
Jonestown - A Review by L. Fletcher Prouty
Paul Coker at News Spike - 15 hours ago
*JONESTOWN INVESTIGATION *
*INV. NO.: USA-19039586 *
*DATE: STARTED IN 1994 *
*COUNTRY: UNITED STATES *
*SUBJECT: JONESTOWN *
*NAME OF INVESTIGATION: JONESTOWN TRAGEDY *
Whether they liked him or not, most who knew Leo Ryan agreed he had
flamboyance, tenacity, nerve and a knack for drawing attention to social
abuses. A man who marched to the beat of his own drum, he galled
bureaucrats, some of whom, according to a former aide, viewed the
Democratic congressman from Northern California as the worst-case-scenario
bull in their china shop.
After the riots in Watts in 1965, Ryan... more »
Paul Buhle : Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
Whose Radical Jesus? ‘Zealot’ is the story of a literary success. By Paul
Buhle | Truthout | February 6, 2014 [Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of
Nazareth by Reza Aslan (2013: Random House); Hardcover; 336 pp; $27.] A …
finish reading Paul Buhle :
Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’
Amnesty International renews call to release Leonard Peltier
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
USA:
After 38 years, time to release indigenous leader Leonard Peltier
By Amnesty International
Censored News
February 6, 2014
It is time for the USA authorities to release Leonard Peltier, an
Anishinabe-Lakota Native American and leading member of the American
Indian Movement (AIM), who has been imprisoned for 38 years despite
serious concerns about the fairness of proceedings leading to his
John Kane 'Latent Racism and Blatant Racism'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
Latent
Racism and Blatant Racism
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
I am never quite sure if there is a real difference. "Latent" is defined
as not visible or dormant. Well, to those of us who feel the effects of
this sentiment, almost nothing is missed or 'not visible.’ Even the
dormant talk in their sleep.
There is probably a third category that is simply ignorance. Of course,
Mohawk Nation News 'George and George'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 15 hours ago
GEORGE
& GEORGE
Posted on February 5, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Feb. 5, 2014. George Washington was selected by the bankers to be
the first CEO of the Corporation of the United States of America [1789
to 1797]. He became the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
during the American Revolutionary War. The rules he helped draft to run
the corporation is called the US
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*A Tale of Two Droughts*
Despite recent sporadic rain, California is still in the worst extended
drought in its brief recorded history. If more storms do not arrive, the
old canard that California could withstand two droughts -- but never three
-- will be tested for the first time in memory.
There is little snow in the state's towering Sierra Nevada mountains, the
source of much of the surface water that supplies the state's populated
center and south. The vast Central Valley aquifer is being tapped as never
before, as farms and municipalities deepen wells and boost pump size. Too... more »
Amid Marine Corps War Crimes Cover-up We Learn the Pentagon Investigates Millions in Massive Fraud Case
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 17 hours ago
Investigator Probes Alleged Marine Corps War Crimes Cover-up_ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the U.S. military delivered the cash to Baghdad, the money passed into
the hands of an entirely new set of players — the staff of the American-led
Coalition Provisional Authority. To many Americans, the initials C.P.A.
would soon be as familiar as those of long-established government agencies
such as D.O.D. or HUD.
Thailand: The People Have Spoken - No Confidence in Regime or System
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours ago
With a regime and system rendered illegitimate with a sweeping boycott of
sham elections - Thailand must find alternatives to patching itself
together beyond the broken ballot box.
*February 5, 2014* (ATN) - Thailand's February 2, 2014 elections produced
the worst ever voter turnout in Thai history with a humiliating 46% coming
out to cast their ballots. Of this paltry number, many chose to deface
their ballots or cast "no vote" in protest of both the process and the
regime overseeing it.
The elections were highly controversial, with all major opposition parties
boycotting them a... more »
Even If Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Goes To Prison For Taking Bribes, Israel And Wasserman Schultz Will Make Sure She Has No Democratic Opponent
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the "candidate" she picked to run against her
There was a time that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represented a safely red
district. But that was quite some time ago. The old 18th CD-- the
boundaries of which she helped draw when she was in the state legislature,
was an R+4 district and filled with anti-Castro reactionaries. Many of
those reactionaries are dead and Ileana's new district (FL-27) is a blue
district. But the DCCC acts as though no one told them. In 2008, McCain
still managed to eke out a narrow 123,543 (51%) win over Obama but by 2012
the tide had inexorab... more »
What's In Your Deodorant? #Review and #Giveaway
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 18 hours ago
[image: What's in your deodorant?]
Try this: get your deodorant and look at the back label. What do you see?
I looked at a well-known brand and the first thing I noticed, at the top of
the label, was the caption "Drug Facts". Drugs? In my deodorant? As my eye
wandered down the label, I noticed a whole section of warnings. There were
words like "rash", "irritation", and a sentence which suggested that users
with kidney disease call their doctors before using the product. I also
found a warning that if the product was ingested, get medical help or call
poison control right away.
I was... more »
David Rovics : Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 19 hours ago
Here’s my contribution to the discussion resulting from Coca-Cola’s
multilingual ‘America the Beautiful’ Super Bowl commercial. ‘America the
Beautiful’ By David Rovics | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2014 America is
beautiful but it’s got a lot of ugly … finish reading David Rovics :
Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’
Book Review: “Making Human Rights a Reality”
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 20 hours ago
My students and I have just read Emilie Hafner-Burton‘s grand treatise on
the human rights regime, Making Human Rights a Reality. Following her
earlier empirical studies, this is a sweeping descriptive appraisal of how
human rights law works and why it works so poorly, coupled with a
level-headed argument about strategies that human rights champions
Continue reading
Hearing Loss up, North Americans are not protecting their ears enough
CM at LILITH NEWS - 20 hours ago
With the number of people listening to headphones way too loud, it is a
wonder more teenagers are not going deaf or suffering hearing loss from
listening to loud music.
Instead the biggest contributors to hearing loss is people who have very
loud professions. Jobs like construction work, mining, military, plumbers,
carpenters, agriculture, firefighting, or manufacturing.
* I wish I could find statistics for hearing loss for musicians.
What I can tell you is that the percentage of people who are suffering
hearing loss is going up - and is predicted to keep going up.
Why?
A multitu... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Spirit of Nature”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Yanni, “Spirit of Nature”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJv_ZziKUJg
Top 10 Reasons to Join Teach for America
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 21 hours ago
Top 10 Reasons to Join Teach For America
Posted on February 3, 2014
*Did you miss the last application deadline for Teach for America? Fret
not, young reader—you still have three more weeks before the next and final
deadline to join the 2014 corps.*
*By Jay Saper, TFA reject*
*1. Teach for America saves taxpayers a fortune. *Let’s face it: ending
poverty in this country would cost a fortune. That’s why instead of
focusing on what we *don’t* have—say, a place to sleep for all of our
children—TFA aims its laser of excellence on what we have plenty of: lazy
teachers who confess to only w... more »
"We can't reason with cats," says expert John Bradshaw -- which makes them sound a lot like right-wingers
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*Domesticated cats may have developed in the Americas!* *So says cat
authority John Bradshaw, director of the University of Bristol's
Anthrozoology Institute, and author of Cat Sense: How the New Feline
Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, in this really wonderful
interview with WNYC's Leonard Lopate.*
*"We can't reason with cats. We have to accept them as they are.”*
*-- John Bradshaw*
*by Ken*
My original plan was to write about the truly astonishing round of braying
lies screeched by the Usual Right-Wing Suspects twisted beyond recognition
from projections about O... more »
Police State Updates February 5 , 2014 - Bringing new meaning to "going postal " - U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase ........ Total surveillance coming into view , TSA part of Security State Thug Complex........ Supreme Court Justice Scalia Confirms American Internment Camps Will Happen Again: “It is the Reality”
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase
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Facebook][image: Infowars store]
Post Office joins other federal agencies stockpiling over two billion
rounds of ammo
*Kit Daniels*
Infowars.com
February 5, 2014
The U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide
“assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future.
[image: The U.S. Postal Service joins the long list of non-military federal
agencies purchasing large a... more »
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Nostalgia”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Yanni, “Nostalgia”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWUe-iwyB2M
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
"Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista
recorded with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys,
distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp
188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million
light-years distant toward the northern constellation Draco. Its
eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features
massive, bright blue star clusters.
*Click image for very large size.*
One story goes that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of Arp
188 - from left to right i... more »
"We Remember What Is Meaningful To Us"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*"We Remember What Is Meaningful To Us"*
by the Association for Psychological Science
"We hold many beliefs about memory - for instance, if you study more, you
learn more. We are also constantly making judgments about particular
instances of learning and remembering - I'll never forget this party! That
was easy to understand. I'll ace it on the test. But do beliefs influence
judgments, and how do judgments affect memory performance? "There's a
disconnect among beliefs, judgments, and actual memory," says Williams
College psychologist Nate Kornell. Ask people to predict how or what t... more »
Chet Raymo, “In The Morning Of The World”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“In The Morning Of The World” *
by Chet Raymo
“We knew the morning was special when we saw the blue meadow. Oh, yes, we
knew - Bailey, Greg and I - that the grass in the meadow beyond the trees
was green, but on that particular morning, with sunlight streaming aslant
through honey-colored leaves, the meadow was indisputably, undeniably,
stop-in-your-tracks-and-take-a-deep-breath blue. And in some corner of our
minds - as happens to all who attend the world and write - we scribbled
mental notes: morning light, honey dew, blue meadow.
I've introduced Greg and Bailey on this site bef... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
Wakefield, Kansas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Black Elk, "I See His Face..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"The Sun, the Light of the world.
I hear him coming.
I see his face as he comes.
He makes the beings on earth happy
And they rejoice.
O, Wakan Tanka, I offer to You this world of Light."
- Black Elk, "The Sacred Pipe"
"An End In Itself..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
“Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether
it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Between Hope and Acceptance
gail zawacki at Wit's End - 22 hours ago
I recently read an essay by Shaheer Cassim, a young man from British
Columbia. I was unable to stop thinking about his extraordinary narrative,
in which with rare courage and lucid prose he shares his agonizing journey
into an awareness of the most dire implications of our rapidly
destabilizing climate. In the uncharted territory that arises when
seriously contemplating the Sixth Mass Extinction, no one can emerge with
equanimity unscathed. Shaheer's willingness to expose his painful
awakening with raw honesty will resonate with all who have been confronting
our perilous future. ... more »
"The Pig Farmer"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*"The Pig Farmer"*
by John Robbins
"One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman—and I use that term,
gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is
certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a
“pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it a
pig Auschwitz. The conditions were brutal. The pigs were confined in cages
that were barely larger than their own bodies, with the cages stacked on
top of each other in tiers, three high. The sides and the bottoms of the
cages were steel slats, so that excrement from... more »
GCHQ secret unit uses DDOS attack tactics against Anonymous – Snowden leak
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*GCHQ secret unit uses DDOS attack tactics against Anonymous – Snowden leak*
Published time: February 05, 2014 08:48
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http://rt.com/news/gchq-ddos-attacks-anonymous-670/
British intelligence has its own hacker subdivision that uses questionable
practices for hunting down enemies of the state, reveals a new leak from
Edward Snowden. GCHQ is fighting Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivists with
DDoS attacks and malware.
A classified document obtained by NBC News reveals that the British secr... more »
Gold news of the day February 5 , 2014 - items of note from Turd Ferguson , Koos Jansen and Jesse's Cafe Americain......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
GATA....
TF Metals Report: Bear down
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-02-04 17:27. Section: Daily Dispatches
2:25p SRT Tuesday, February 3, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The TF Metal Report's Turd Ferguson today denounces the disconnect between
the market for real gold and the market for imaginary gold that continues
to control the former market but then offers some technical analysis
encouraging for the real stuff. It's headlined "Bear Down" and is posted at
the TF Metals Report here:
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/5459/bear-down
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold An... more »
Geneva 2 Meetings on Syria set to reconvene February 10 , 2014 - More of the same ? Will Iran be allowed to directly participate this go round ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23654/US-grants-Iran-a-seat-at-the-next-round-of-Geneva-II-conference-on-Syria---alongside-big-powers
The
second round of the Geneva II conference on the Syrian conflict opens
Monday, Feb. 10 – this time with a seat at the table for the Iranian
delegation provided by Washington, DEBKAfile reports exclusively.
Washington relayed this abrupt turnabout from its ban last week on
Iranian
representatives to the Tehran delegates quietly attending the secret
alternative conference taking place unannounced in Bern.
This event has proceeded in parallel to the pub... more »
Common Core Panelist Says “The Children Belong to All of Us”
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 22 hours ago
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Lily Dane
*Activist Post*
Last Friday, a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress (CAP),
a liberal think tank, was held to promote Common Core and discuss those who
oppose it.
Paul Reville, the former secretary of education for Massachusetts and a
Common Core supporter, was one of the panelists.
He shared his thoughts on opponents of the curriculum, stating that critics
were a “tiny minority” who opposed standards altogether, which was unfair
because “the children belong to all of us.”
“The children belong to all of us.”
Unbelievable, isn’t ... more »
Emerging market news of the day February 5 , 2014 - Argentine Banking System Archives Destroyed By Deadly Fire - timing very interesting ! Brazil, Russia Cancel Debt Auctions; Head-in-Sand Move Won't Work ...... In a risk off world with the Fed taper in process , are most asset classes akin to EM assets ( The "Toxic Mix For Risk-Assets" In A Post-Taper World ) ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-05/argentine-banking-system-archives-destroyed-deadly-fire
Argentine Banking System Archives Destroyed By Deadly Fire
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/05/2014 13:57 -0500
- Market Sentiment
inShare1
While we are sure it is a very sad coincidence, on the day when Argentina
decrees limits on the FX positions banks can hold and the Argentine Central
Bank's reserves accounting is questioned publically, a massive fire -
killing 9 people - has *destroyed a warehouse archiving banking system
documents*. As The W... more »
Strike Ballots and Unintended Consequences
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 23 hours ago
Johnson's at it again. Rather than sit down and have meaningful dialogue
with workers' representatives on the London Underground, he's been carping
about a "lack of mandate" because the RMT's successful strike ballot came
off the back of a 40% turnout. Instead, Johnson believes every ballot for
industrial action should meet a 50% threshold to qualify as lawful. Ever
keen to mimic the buffoon and curry favour with the wilting Tory
grassroots, Dave has intimated that he'd like to see the Underground
classed as an essential service, an imposition of a minimum service
agreement during ... more »
A brief announcement
risa bear at A Way to Live - 23 hours ago
*Starvation Ridge* is at last available on Amazon (though not yet for the
Kindle). Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Starvation-Ridge-Risa-Bear/dp/1304772683/. Be it
noted that if you buy the print edition from Lulu I make over three
dollars. At Amazon I make all of thirty-three cents! Thank you for your
kind attention. We will soon resume our regular blogging ...
Tenure Letters: To Sling or to Shoot Arrows?
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
This piece has been making waves in the academic world (for a much better
set of recommendations, see this piece). It gets much attention because it
both identifies a real problem and then suggests awful ways to handle it.
The latter is easier to deal with quickly. However, first let me be
clear–what I am
Continue reading
A former Harvard economics professor argues that the Fed’s efforts to strengthen America’s banks have perversely weakened them. He believes that members of the Fed become reverse Robin Hoods as they take from the poor. And he is withdrawing $1,000,000 from the Bank of America to keep it safe in the increasingly likely event that there will be a run on BofA and it won't have enough cash to pay back its depositors.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
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*Is your money safe at the bank? An economist says ‘no’ and withdraws his*
BY TERRY BURNHAM *January 30, 2014 at 12:45 PM EST*
The Fed policies of Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, who begins her term Feb.
1, are making former Harvard economist Terry Burnham withdraw his money
from Bank of America. Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images.
*Terry Burnham, former Harvard economics professor, author of “Mean Genes”
and “Mean Markets and Lizard Brains,” provocative poster on this page and
long-time critic of the Federal Reserve, argues that the Fed’s efforts to... more »
Coffee Talk
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Today was our monthly get-together for coffee and breakfast and fellowship
and a little Bible study...
At the kitchen table...
In the living room...
A lovely couple.
A princess.
Southern Man's geocaching partner.
ZEROHEDGE: Argentine Banking System Archives Destroyed By Deadly Fire
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*How convenient! -AK*
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-05/argentine-banking-system-archives-destroyed-deadly-fire
Argentine Banking System Archives Destroyed By Deadly Fire
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/05/2014 13:57 -0500
- Market Sentiment
While we are sure it is a very sad coincidence, on the day when Argentina
decrees limits on the FX positions banks can hold and the Argentine Central
Bank's reserves accounting is questioned publically, a massive fire -
killing 9 people - has *destroyed a warehouse archiving banking system
documen... more »
Mike Rogers Can Devote All His Time To Undermining Democracy Since He Has No Reelection Worries
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Congenital liar, Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Until recently, Michigan congressman Mike Rogers has operated mostly in the
shadows. Some might find that fitting for the Chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee; we don't. Rogers is charged with over site of the
sprawling, out-of-control surveillance state. Instead he has run his
committee as a cheering squad for it. Mike Rogers, along with Ranking
Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Jeff Miller
(R-FL), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Michele Bachmann (R-MN),
Adam Schiff (New Dem-CA), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Mi... more »
Family Fun
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
A few random family photos...
Teen Daughter by the gazebo at the Ancestral Manor.
Southern Cousin watches as Teen Daughter launches into a cartwheel.
Southern Father contemplates his firewood stash.
BC Liberals Play Stall Game, Postpone LNG Taxation Framework To 2015 or later
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
We were told by Christy Clark and the BC Liberals that LNG would be our
financial savior, LNG revenues will retire the debt, pay-off crown debt,
eliminate tolls and our provincial sales tax plus at least $100 billion
dollars in a prosperity fund for future generations..
Ha, that is so funny, so ridiculous considering Japan is restarting their
nuclear facilities, Shinzo Abe, Japan`s newly elected leader stated last
week..
*"Nuclear power will be a crucial element of Japan`s baseload power"*
There is nothing going on in the LNG game, I receive newsletters from
several LNG online j... more »
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Oh, you ungrateful "little people"! After all the filthy scum-sucking
parasites
compassionate, job-creating rich folks have done to for you? How very rude!
- CP
And no, don't you dare read this article!
“The Final Swindle Of Private American Wealth Has Begun”
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
Four eyes, two impressions
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
That said...
Time for a case of 'different takes on the same thing':
John Anderson at *Biased BBC *(someone who first spurred me into blogging) has
commented:
Credit where it is due – Jeremy Paxman takes apart the Oxfam goon over the
Sodastream factory and the employment of Palestinians. So just shut up,
Yoland Knell.
...before linking to last night's *Newsnight. *
Watching that double interview on *Newsnight*, I too thought that Paxo
skewered Ben Phillips of Oxfam and that SodaStreams's Daniel Bimbaum gave
an excellent account of himself, his company and Scarlett, and, like Joh... more »
A LOOK BACK
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Here is a video called "The Battle for America's Soul" filmed at a 2005
speech. The event was held at the Emmanual Mennonite Church in Gainesville,
Florida.
The one-hour video covers the mythology of America, corruption within the
military industrial complex, plans for U.S. control of space, the corporate
destruction of the American economy, America's addiction to weapons and
war, and concludes with a transformative suggestion for the nation.
“The Video Is Mightier Than the Missile”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Video Is Mightier Than the Missile”*
by David Swanson
“Can a video help change the world? It’s one of a great many tools we’re
developing, and yes we hope it can. Here are more ways to help move us from
war culture to peace culture:
- http://worldbeyondwar.org/ResourceCenter
- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/
Ruminations on killing the pig!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014*
*Dowd hates, loves high school blather:* Here at The Daily Howler, we’re
opposed to killing the pig.
We strongly favor conducting skilled investigations of the pig. That said,
the press corps tends to open the killing fields while we wait for such
probes to mature.
At present, the pig in question is Chris Christie. This has produced
several complaints in the past few days.
One complaint concerns his ongoing formulation about the possible role of
the alleged traffic study. To Kevin Drum, what follows was absurd. Except
for one word in Christie’s text,... more »
The Economy: “The 4 Pillars of Poverty”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The 4 Pillars of Poverty”*
by Marc Faber
“I think it is remarkable that, despite the growth the US has enjoyed since
the 1960s, the poverty rate has barely changed. Writing for the Wall Street
Journal last month under the title “How the War on Poverty Was Lost”,
Robert Rector notes that: “Fifty years and $20 trillion later, LBJ’s goal
to help the poor become self-supporting has failed.” He writes further: On
Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson used his State of the Union
address to announce an ambitious government undertaking. “This
administration today, here and now,” he t... more »
Economic Liberalization via Charter Change, the FEF Statement
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Investments and job creation is not a crime that must be restricted by
governments. The Philippine Constitution, ratified in 1987 or 27 years ago,
is nice except that it explicitly limits or bars foreigners from owning
certain assets and businesses in the country. Some sectors are limited to
either 40 percent maximum equity ownership by foreign investors, some are
outright off-limits to foreign investors.
I believe that the PH constitution needs to be revised and amended. In
addition, I wish to see a Constitution that is 10 pages max. Very few
details, mostly motherhood statements.... more »
Sheer genius from Joy Division
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpa9LtunUcg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
"I cannot stand George Alagiah"
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
A cat (with some singer or other)
No time to post anything of significance today, but - as this is a blog -
Something Must Be Posted. So...
I learned today that a favourite Lou Reed track of mine, *Satellite of Love
*(featuring David Bowie, bom-bom-bomming in the background), has been
covered by Morrissey, pop's best-known present-day misanthrope.
The original lyrics included the lines:
I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV
Mozza's modified lyrics, however, read:
I watched it for a little while
I cannot stand the TV
And, for those of you wanting a BBC conne... more »
RMT London Underground Strike - day 1
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
*My experience*
The first day of this strike has been very effective. My own personal
experience is that my commute, normally one and a half hours and two buses
(practically door-to-door), managed to take three hours both ways with long
stretches of walking.
*What's at stake?*
The tube staff have right on their side. Boris Johnson promised in election
material not to close ticket offices, in fact he said he'd have a "manned
ticket office in every station." Boris Johnson has no mandate to do what
he's doing. He has also not met with RMT representatives since taking
office. He's mor... more »
Mystery ads about Rob Ford
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
It is interesting.;)
Another good one.
Update: I found an interesting Gif:
There are quite a few more gifs here.
US & EU wade deeper in Ukraine standoff with an "aid" package
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
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http://collection.eliterature.org/1/aux/images/wardrip-fruin_durand_moss_froehlich__regime_change.png]
The US and the EU are attempting to work their "magic" (facetious) To
resolve the crisis they created in the Ukraine. *Create the problem. Wait
for the reaction- Or create a reaction and then offer up a solution. Of
sorts?*
*I will highlight the interesting bits. *
-Exactly who is going to be aided by this package? It very clearly is not
the Ukrainian people.
But then this was never, ever about what was good for the Ukraine or her
people
We have talk of carrots or sticks... more »
Philip Corso Interview with Budd Hopkins, Filmed by Carol Rainey
KRandle at A Different Perspective - 1 day ago
Nearly everyone agrees that many of the tales told by Philip J. Corso are
not grounded in reality. When challenged, he often backtracked, blamed his
co-author, or said that he hadn’t seen the galleys (we call them page
proofs now) of the book. In any case, he has little credibility… especially
after the great switching of the Introduction caper (meaning that Strom
Thurman wrote the introduction for a different book, and yes, I have even
more evidence for that… In fact, in a document entitled *Alien Source: The
Roswell UFO Crash and Today’s Technological Miracles* which was a proposa... more »
Satire: “Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows
8.1”*
by Andy Borowitz
REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Bill Gates’ first day at work
in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start
yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the
Windows 8.1 upgrade. The installation hit a snag early on, sources said,
when Mr. Gates repeatedly received an error message informing him that his
PC ran into a problem that it could not handle and needed to restart.
After failing to install the upgrade by lunchtime, Mr. G... more »
FAMOUS PEDOPHILE - CARLETON GAJDUSEK
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Carleton Gajdusek*, above, visited tribes in New Guinea which had
paedophile traditions.
Carleton was a Nobel prizewinning medical researcher from New York.
*Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 1923-2008*
*Carleton and his boys*
In 1963 Carleton brought to the USA a 12-year-old boy he had adopted in New
Guinea.
This was the first of his 56 adopted sons.
He put them all through school, and many through university or medical
school.
*Daniel Carleton Gajdusek*
*Carleton.*
In the 1990s the FBI were alerted that something was not quite right.
The FBI questioned Carleton's adopted sons.
... more »
The Realist Report - John Kaminski & John de Nugent: Resisting the Jew World Order
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by two returning
guests: John de Nugent and John Kaminski. We will be discussing the recent
anti-Jewish protests in France, the rise of nationalism, and the growing
resistance to the Jew World Order.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *French march demanding Jews get out and the Army overthrow the Jewish
President Francois Hollande* - John de Nugent
- *Apologies ... more »
Joint CAPP/Postmedia tarsands promotion
Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
Postmedia - CAPP Showcase - January 2013 from Postmedia 3i on Vimeo.
Thurs AM update : Postmedia just yanked the vid.
Transcript :
"Postmedia is proud to present its 2013 media partnership with CAPP.
We are a media company national in scope but community-focused. Canadians
know our brands, trust our content, and welcome us as a vital member of
their communities.
In 2013, we'll join Canadians in discussing what really drives Canada's
economic engine - energy. With a multi-media strategy that includes a
digital sponsorship of the Energy Channel across our national network. Our
ed... more »
Political Transformationalism
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Kyrsten Sinema ran for Congress last year as a progressive. She called me
several times asking for money. But something in her story didn't add up.
She didn't sound like a progressive; she sounded like a phony careerist who
would say anything for a nickel. Even though I was on a board with her and
everyone else was giving, I was turned off by her sleazy pitches and didn't
contribute or put her up for a Blue America endorsement. She didn't pass
the smell test even though the first time she ran for office, in 2002, she
ran as a Green-- finishing last among 5 candidates and garnering ... more »
You're The Sprinkles To My Cupcake Valentine with Free Printable
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Today's Valentine is less for an entire class, and more for the other
people in your life. This would be perfect for a high schooler who wanted
to give Valentines to some of their friends, or in my case I am giving them
to some of the ladies at my church that I visit every month. Just a cute
reminder to friends that you are thinking of them.
You will need:
- The round sprinkles containers, I find them in the Dollar Spot at
Target
- Tape
- Scissors
- The Printable at the Bottom of this Post
Cut out the printable and attach it to the top of the sprinkle container. ... more »
Costs in Estate Matters
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Sawdon Estate v. Sawdon, 2014 ONCA 101:
[82] In *Geffen v. Goodman Estate*, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 353, at pp.
390-391, Wilson J., writing for the court on this issue, reiterated the
long-standing principle that estate trustees are entitled to be indemnified
for all reasonably incurred costs, including legal costs. She quoted with
approval the following statement from *Re Dallaway*, [1982] 3 All E.R. 118,
at p. 122:
In so far as [an estate trustee] does not recover his costs from any other
person, he is entitled to take his costs out of the fund held by him unless
the court othe... more »
ALL ROADS LEAD TO BIAS: Losing the thread!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014*
*A postponement:* In our view, this has been a remarkable week.
We were especially struck by Monday night’s Maddow Show. In particular, we
were struck by the exchanges between Maddow and John Wisniewski, co-chair
of the New Jersey Assembly’s investigation into the Fort Lee lane closings.
Maddow was expanding the list of people she wants to see drawn and
quartered. We felt her list of wanted posters was moving well beyond the
state of the facts in this case—and Maddow has been rather selective in the
facts she has chosen to report.
What was actually beh... more »
Justin Trudeau's Senate Move... a great political move or amateurish
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Harper has been mired in embarrassing scandals concerning his Senators,
from Wallin to Duffy to Brazeau. Justin Trudeau has responded with a move
that some have called "bold" and "game-changing" by kicking all Liberal
Senators out of caucus. I don't think it's "bold" or "game-changing" and it
does not show Trudeau to be a Senate reformer.
The supposedly "independent" caucus in the Senate - whom Trudeau did not
seem to consult on this move - still call themselves Liberal, have Liberal
members as employees, and will still be active members of the Liberal
Party. Looks all smoke and m... more »
Tex Hall: Blood Oil and the Murder Probes
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
KREM
image
Tex Hall preparing upcoming Oil and Gas Expo
http://bakken.com/news/id/70765/mha-nations-plan-2014-oil-gas-expo-sovereignty-barrel/
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Tex Hall rose to fame with a good public relations writer, up through
the National Congress of American Indians. Then, as chairman of the
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara in North Dakota, Hall pushed for the oil and
Where dreams come to die
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 1 day ago
Family home at Dixie
The stink is what hits you first, a fetid blend of sewage, rot, musty
laundry washed in a contaminated river, and poisonous-looking water spewing
into the river from the giant factory across the road.
Dixie, they call this place. It’s one of San Pedro Sula’s notorious *bordos,
*the riverfront slums where an estimated 8,000 families from all over
Honduras have ended up putting their dreams for a better life behind them
to live as squatters in rickety shacks built out of scrounged materials.
Squeezed onto a tiny strip of land between the factory and the fil... more »
Learn For Life Foundation of Western Australia sponsors MK-Ultra gore-based mind-control techniques?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
"Set Yourself Free" sees four students cutting class to spend the day at
the beach. Yes, it's REAL, it's on the L.F.L.W.A. (educational) website.
*The clip, created for the nonprofit Learn For Life Foundation of Western
Australia to promote the importance of education, shows a quartet of teens
cutting class to hit the beach, which turns out to be an explosives testing
site. While boozing, bathing in the water and flirting with sexual
encounters, three of them dramatically explode — with blood and body parts
sent flying.* [source DAILY NEWS]
"*We have to look to Osama Bin Laden fo... more »
ALEC Continues Their Nasty Ways
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
I ran into an *ALEC document today that was posted by DesSmog Blog* and had
not seen the light of day the way it should have. The sad part about the
doc is that the link opens up a PDF - that doesn't seem to be easily
searchable via the web. That limits the number of people who can actually
find it and view it.
One thing that is in that PDF is reports from ALEC taskforce directors -
where they brag about how many pieces of ALEC legislation has been pushed
thru the states and *a write-up on that is at Daily Kos*.
*<><><><><><><>*
The snips below are from a documentfrom the ALEC An... more »
Solow vs Mankiw on the One Percent
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Readers of this blog will be familiar with my recent article Defending the
One Percent. In the new released issue of *JEP*, you can read a letter by
Bob Solow commenting on the article as well as my response.
A Class War Soliloquy
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
(Ed. note: This discourse was left as a comment in the previous thread. So
that it may get the wider attention and the bigger font it so richly
merits, I am taking the liberty of re-posting it here.)
MUSINGS OF THE LUCKY MAN
WHO THOUGHT HE WAS SELF-MADE
*by Jay - Ottawa*
To increase the Quality of Opportunity
Or to decrease the Inequality of Income:
That is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler to salute the gifted,
The avaricious, and the lucky born ––
And even to support them further as they
Zoom down the unobstructed lanes
Made special for them
At full throttle in daddy’s caddie
On... more »
NOT MY CONCERN
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*New 'Prompt Global Strike' systems now under development would give the US
Strategic Command (StratCom) the capability to hit Russia or China from
space*
The cutting of steel
the turn of the wrench
the twisting of the screw
our hard hats are at work
How these pieces fit together
is not my concern
it's jobs in America
what other option do we have?
It's the only game in town
we'd better take it
before someone else grabs the work
that's the way it is in dog-eat-dog land
I am just here
for the paycheck
and occasional rah-rah
when the politicians stop by
and tell us we are the greatest
air... more »
Classroom Activity: Simplification is not a Sin
Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s note: this is a slightly modified version of a post that
originally appeared on my personal blog. As I mentioned here, I’ve decided
to try “flipping the classroom” this semester, meaning I’m now posting the
lectures online and using the class time this frees up for Q&A and for
activities meant to reinforce core concepts and
Continue reading
BBC VIDEO: Hussein al-Shahristani Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
VOICE OF AMERICA VIDEO: Iraq Hopes Tribes Will Oust Islamic Militants
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Brees theatrics are an absurd but fitting end to non-controversy involving
Jimmy Graham ~BlackandGold.com*
*John Barry is King of Feb. 15 Krewe du Vieux Parade ~Will Coviello, Gambit
*
*Garret Graves Could Become Coastal Candidate in 6th District ~Jeremy
Alford, LaPolitics*
*Prosecutors: As finances tanked, Nagin sought cash ~Gordon Russell, New
Orleans Advocate*
*As huge hospitals take shape, small restaurants and bars are emerging on
Tulane Avenue ~Ian McNulty*
*Hospitality & Culinary School Picked for La. Artworks Building ~NOLA
DEFENDER*
*Revenant and Jack White’s Third Man... more »
The Big Bang?
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
There has been much debate about Justin Trudeau's Senate gambit. Bill
Tieleman claims that it is merely sleight of hand. But Lawrence Martin
thinks it may be a big bang moment, which starts the process of democratic
reform:
The Trudeau gambit could well touch off a chain reaction or at least
provide momentum for more reform. There is much criticism of his exploit –
and much of that criticism is justified. But there is broad support. People
are fed up with hyper-partisanship. Even conservative groups like the
Canada West Foundation and commentators like Robert Fulford see value i... more »
Hope In Northern Virginia
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
There are two congressional retirements at the end of this term in
Virginia, Jim Moran and Frank Wolf. Wolf's district leans Democratic but
still has a PVI of R+2. In 2008 Obama beat McCain 51-48%. In 2012, Romney
squeaked by Obama 50-49% The DCCC and testate Democratic Party see the seat
as a good pick up opportunity. Due east-- and meeting along Dolley Madison
Blvd and Chain Bridge Road in McLean-- is a VA-08, Moran's much bluer seat.
The PVI is a healthy D+16. Obama beat McCain and Romney by the same
landslide margins-- 68-31%. The district is comprised of the inner DC
suburbs.... more »
De Blasio: Not Just Another Bullshitter
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
It has to feel like Spring in New York in the middle of a snowstorm: a
progressive mayor elected to serve the people that Wall Street predators
and casino capitalists forgot. From DNAInfo New York:
". . . . De Blasio sparked a political showdown earlier this month by
rejecting Cuomo's offer to provide $1.5 billion for universal pre-K across
the state over the next five years. Instead of using state funds to create
thousands of new pre-K seats in the city, de Blasio wants to increase taxes
on the city's most affluent residents, which he said would guarantee a more
reliable funding ... more »
BREAKING NEWS: Florida
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
*Breaking News*
Florida legislators follow renaming Common Core by replacing "turd" with
"dandelion" in official state dictionary.
More as details become available.
Sentence of the Day
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
From the Congressional Budget Office:
CBO estimates that the ACA [Affordable Care Act] will reduce the total
number of hours worked, on net, by about 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent during
the period from 2017 to 2024, almost entirely because workers will choose
to supply less labor—given the new taxes and other incentives they will
face and the financial benefits some will receive.
Implicit in this estimate are elasticities that measure how much people
respond to incentives. My sense is that CBO is typically conservative when
it come to gauging these incentives effects. So I would tak... more »
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Astrophotographers Rush to Capture Images of New Supernova 2014J
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
The new supernova in M82 captured by the 32-inch Schulman Telescope (RCOS)
at the Mount Lemmon Sky Center in Arizona on January 23, 2014. Credit and
copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Astrophotographers Rush to Capture Images of New Supernova 2014J
by NANCY ATKINSON on JANUARY 23, 2014
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With news yesterday of the closest confirmed type Ia supernova since the
1800′s, astronomers in the northern hemisphere risked frostbite and hoped
for clear skies to try and capture images of the... more »
Untitled
jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*The key to longevity depends on your SEX: Sleep is crucial for men while
women need plenty of vitamin B6 and vegetables*
*Based on a survey of elderly Chinese in Taiwan who mostly followed
traditional Chinese dietary beliefs! Generalizability? Don't go there*
As if they needed any more excuse, new research suggests men need their
sleep if they’re to live a long life.
Women, on the other hand, can live long lives despite poor sleep habits as
long as they eat a diverse diet that includes vitamin B6 and plenty of
vegetables.
Vitamin B6 can be found in food such as meat, bananas, n... more »
Services Struggle
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
With the new legislative session slated to begin, the KMT and DPP struggle over
the services pact. The situation is the same as it usually is -- the DPP
wants the bill to be reviewed piece by piece, the KMT wants it up for a
vote as a single package. The pact was actually passed last June but no
date of implementation was set, meaning that the legislature can still
prevent it from coming into force. ECFA, despite all the promises from the
neoliberal crowd, has been a colossal failure for all but the rich and for
organized crime; ordinary people have seen little or nothing. This has... more »
SCOTUS Justice: Internment Camps Can Happen Here
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
In a stunning moment of truth Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia let it
slip during an appearance before University of Hawaii law school students
that internment camps are a possibility in The Homeland. While this sort of
pathology is commonplace among the authoritarian elite who have seized
control of this once great country and while it should come as no shock to
readers here an admission such as this should scare the hell out of
Americans. With each new glimpse into the hive mind of the American
fascists the so-called "conspiracy theorists" are validated, first with the
Snowd... more »
YouTube: Begins auditing video views
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago
The video-sharing *website* YouTube supposed it has started to audit the
number of views a video has received. The move is intended at preventing
users from artificially inflating view counts which, YouTube supposed,
mislead people about the popularity of a video. There are concerns that
some spectators are using tools like redirects or buying views to increase
their count.
YouTube supposed it will now occasionally validate the views on videos and
remove the fake ones from the total. Some bad actors try to game the scheme
by artificially inflating view counts. They're not just co... more »
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