English: Abandoned coal cart in the middle of Sakhalin island Русский: Брошенный (?) прицеп с углем посреди острова Сахалин (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Almond trees (Photo credit: beamillion)
Almonds growing on a tree (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: strait between Sakhalin Island and mainland of Asia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
«The Island of Sakhalin», a work of social science by Anton Chekhov (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Japanese D51 locomotive outside Yuzhno-Sakhalin Railway Station, Sakhalin Island, Russia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Wagner rides to rescue
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 minutes ago
[image: Neil Wagner is pumped after dismissing Zaheer Khan, New Zealand v
India, 1st Test, Auckland, 4th day, February 9, 2014]
How cool was that win!
And how cool is it being the only test team having a Wagner as a top strike
bowler.
NZ’s test cricketers made it hard for themselves, but Wagner rode to the
rescue yesterday with an aggressive 10-over spell with an old ball that
broke the partnership of Kohli and Dhawan, and then came back to take the
crucial wicket of anchor-batsman MS Donhi with the newish ball.
CricInfo’s summary:
[image: image]
Here’s Richard:
Content i... more »
Gunman opens fire in Orthodox Cathedral on Sakhalin Island, Russia
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 20 minutes ago
*Why am I mentioning this shooting at all?*
*One main reason- Location**1- Obviously because of the Olympics*
*2- An Orthodox church*
*3- Sakhalin Island. Very interesting*
*4- The age of the shooter*
*5- The manner in which the crime was conducted- the victims*
The Olympics in Sochi have been attacked viciously via msm talking heads
over the alleged human rights concerns for the humans, branded lgbt- self
branded or media campaign
Divide to conquer, is all I can say.
*Moving on-*
[image: Cathedral of the Resurrection in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Image from
pravosakh.ru)]Cathedral of the R... more »
MI5 SPY; PEDOPHILE SPY
Anon at aangirfan - 56 minutes ago
*Morocco - recruiting ground for the CIA and MI5.*
MI5 had a Moroccan-born agent who 'investigated' the 7/7 London bombers and
the Madrid bombers.
The Moroccan is now suing the UK Government after being told that he must
return to Morocco, where he faces 'arrest and torture'.
The 33-year-old Moroocan worked for MI5 from 2000 to 2006.
*www.dailymail*.
*Morocco*
The Moroccan came to Britain at the age of 18 and married a British citizen.
In Britain the Moroccan met the preacher Abu Hamza, who is believed to work
for MI5.
Hamza's followers sent the Moroccan to Georgia and then to ... more »
What makes Paddy panic
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
Just another bite-sized post about Paddy O'Connell's apparent propensity to
panic when someone picks on the Labour Party...
This morning's *Broadcasting House* saw our Paddy egging on one
Conservative MP, Richard Benyon, to attack another Conservative MP Ian
Liddell-Grainger (for attacking the Environment Agency's Lord Chris Smith).
Paddy let Mr Benyon absolutely slate Mr Liddell-Grainger without demur or
interruption, but the second Mr Benyon began criticising the actions of the
last Labour government in came that firm yet nervous 'OK' from Paddy that
always arrives the instant La... more »
Book review: The Almond Tree
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 1 hour ago
Two years ago I wrote a review of a novel called "Mornings in Jenin" by
Palestinian Susan Abulhawa. This past week I had the opportunity to read
another novel, "The Almond Tree," by Jewish-American Michelle Cohen
Corasanti. Remarkably, although the plots of the two novels are completely
different, and of course the authors come from very different backgrounds,
the review I wrote for "Mornings in Jenin" (reproduced below) is almost
word-for-word applicable to "The Almond Tree." The time period covered by
the two novels is slightly different ("The Almond Tree" starts in 1955 and
conti... more »
50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
*Noah wrote this piece for the 50th anniversary, on December 26, of Capitol
Records' release of their first Beatles record. But of course the date most
people remember is the Fab Foursome's tumultuous U.S. TV debut on The Ed
Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 -- by coincidence also a Sunday. It would
seem a shame not to take advantage of that 50th anniversary to revisit this
special reminiscence.*
*On December 26, 1963, hastily pushed up in response to public demand,* *Capitol
Records released their first Beatles record, a single of "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her ... more »
Where do butterflies go in winter?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago
The second pre-*Sunday *Radio 4 programme I want to light sacred fires in
praise of was *The Living World - *a programme which answered several
questions that I've had fluttering around my head for many, many years now,
all grouped around a central question: Where do British butterflies go in
winter?
All credit to presenter Chris Sperring and Oxford University butterfly
expert Richard Fox for settling the matter.
It was slightly too late for me though.
I found a red admiral in our bathroom a week or so ago. It was awake and
flying around. Central heating and the relatively warm... more »
UHC 22: Shortage of Doctors in the Philippines
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 2 hours ago
A friend, Dr. Tony Leachon of UP College of Medicine, also practicing at
Manila Doctors Hospital, posted this article in his fb wall last week, and
it attracted lots of healthy and useful comments from his fellow
physicians. I believe more people should be able to read this useful
exchange. This is long, 4,200+ words, 10 pages, enjoy.
---------
*Tony Leachon*
PMA warns of worsening shortage of doctors.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/30/14/pma-warns-worsening-shortage-doctors
*Emmanuel* 3D- Dispersal, Diffusion, Dedication
*Daniel* Most patients in the provinces can't affor... more »
"Never..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
”Never explain. Never apologize. Have it done and let them howl.”
- Winston Churchill
Deconstructing the Employment picture here in the US , why the unemployment rate has fallen so far and what a full analysis of the data actually reveals .......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/what-happened-last-time-unemployment-rate-dropped-much
What Happened The Last Time The Unemployment Rate Dropped This Much
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/08/2014 16:08 -0500
- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Congressional Budget Office
- Demographics
- Federal Reserve
- New Normal
- None
- Obamacare
- Real Unemployment Rate
- Recession
- recovery
- Unemployment
inShare9
One of the biggest accomplishments of the president, in his own words, is
managin... more »
Lowongan Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 3 hours ago
Lowongan
Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru - Kami disini
sebagai blogger akan memberkan satu informasi yang mungkin sedang anda
cari dan anda butuhkan yaitu info lowongan kerja februari 2014, kota
yang akan kita beri info lowongan adalah kota medan dan khusus bagi anda
yang telah menempuh pendidikan minimal SMKF/D3 Farmasi, berikut ini
info karir kerja dari CV MITRA PRIMA
Olympics 2014: Where Everyone Is a Corporate Trademark
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
I tuned in to the Olympics this weekend and got pretty much what I
deserved: a relentless onslaught of commercial odes to global capitalism
interspersed with a few carefully edited moments of actual athletic
competition. The actual athletes highlighted were invariably Americans. (Or
better yet,refugees from lesser countries who don't enjoy our Freedoms).
And NBC and its corporate sponsors are making sure that the competitors are
spending as much air-time being shills for consumer products as they are
skiing and skating.
So, what's more off-putting? Malfunctioning toilets and brown ... more »
Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 4 hours ago
*Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?*
*By Scott CorralesInstitute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU)©2014*
“We are well aware that the word humanoid is not in the dictionary;” wrote
Charles Bowen, editor of the United Kingdom’s world-renowned *Flying Saucer
Review*, “that it was coined somewhere along the line by a writer or
researcher. Nevertheless it seems to suit our purpose far more than those
other words of anthropology like hominid, which means kin of man
(Neanderthal man was one of these) and hominoid, which means man-like ape.”
These were the words that formed part of hi... more »
Sochi Olympic Games anti - terror campaign news February 9 , 2014 .......Russian anti-terror drive around Sochi leaves 10 dead. Female suicide suspects detained in W. Europe
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23664/Russian-anti-terror-drive-around-Sochi-leaves-10-dead-Female-suicide-suspects-detained-in-W-Europe-
Russian
special forces are engaged in a relentless offensive to pin down
known Islamist terrorists on their home ground or hideouts in Dagestan,
Chechnya, Kirgizstan and Kabardino Balkaria, casting a wide safety net
around the Winter Olympic Games which opened in Sochi Friday, Feb. 7.
DEBKA
file’s counter-terror sources report this safety net has been spread
across
three European countries.
In the last few days, seven armed jihadis were killed in Rus... more »
Syrian situation.
LeDaro at LeDaro - 4 hours ago
The civil war in Syria is an ongoing tragedy which the world needs to pay
attention to. The killing and brutality continues, there are more Syrian
refugees in Jordan than the entire population of Jordan.
*An aid convoy has come under attack in the besieged Syrian city of Homs,
threatening a UN-led operation to bring food and medicine to 2,500 people
and evacuate civilians trapped by fighting between rebels and government
forces.Saturday's violence threatens to unravel a humanitarian deal for
Homs which was the first concrete result of talks launched two weeks ago in
the Swiss ci... more »
West Virginia: Water safety
LeDaro at LeDaro - 4 hours ago
This can happen anywhere. Very scary with all the fossil fuels being
transported by rail, trucks and pipes.
Struck Dumb Or Plain Dumb?
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours ago
As the Harperites have abandoned veterans, cut postal service to seniors
and insisted that everyone must bow in awe of the deficit, the silence of
the Tory backbench has been remarkable. Michael Harris writes:
Why don’t these ordinary Conservative MPs speak out against the injustice
of the so-called “universality of service” rule that declares injured
soldiers unfit for duty and therefore unfit to serve? Retired general Romeo
Dallaire has.
And why don’t they say something about the built-in disincentives for
injured soldiers who are afraid to come forward for help — especially tho... more »
Cowboy Stephen Harper and Comrade Joseph Stalin
LeDaro at LeDaro - 5 hours ago
Do they have something in common? Any similarities?
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
Sunday.... The week after the great American diversion away from all the
troubles that ail them called the Super Bowl, and time again for my usual
rant...
It is remarkable even here in Canada that everyone ignores all the troubles
and real crisis facing the world, and all I heard all last week was..."So
what do you think about the Super Bowl"? Honestly, for the longest time I
have always seen professional sports as a terrible past time for our
society, considering that most if not all of the professional teams are
owned or the majority of the shares in the team are controlled by J... more »
Fire!
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
The hour in between that repeat of *Four Thought *and Ed Stourton's *Sunday* was
taken up by two programmes that I actually enjoyed listening to, and as
it's written into this blog's Editorial Guidelines that we must offer the
occasional bouquets (amid all the brickbats we lob at the BBC), I'd like to
write about them too, starting with *Something Understood*.
This dealt with the burning subject of fire, both its creative and
destructive aspects.
Samira Ahmed likes burning things, and watching things burn. (Don't worry,
she didn't come across as a dangerous pyromaniac, merely as ... more »
Iran Sends Warships to US Maritime Borders
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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Fars News Agency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian Navy commanders announced on Saturday that
the country has sent several fleets of warships to the US maritime borders.
“The Iranian Army’s naval fleets have already started their voyage towards
the Atlantic Ocean via the waters near South Africa,” Commander of Iran’s
Northern Navy Fleet Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad announced on Saturday.
The admiral, who is also the commander of the Iranian Army’s 4th Naval
Zone said,
“Iran’s military fleet is approaching the United States’ ... more »
Perhaps tech sector, or whatever, should read up on #edpolicy in the States @igniteflow @JonathanHaynes @SLSingh #edtech
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
I’ve attempted some very minimal coding. Some people are really geeking out
over it, thinking that teaching young persons to code is going to heal the
world, or something. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an interesting idea. The
practical realities of these initiatives, however, seem to elude many
advocates. Nevertheless, the Year of Code overseas […]
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*State Democrats back levee board suits ~Mark Ballard, Advocate*
*Social media helping Comic Con to grow ~Meg Gatto, WVUE *
*King Cake Festival!!!*
*Acadiana Mardi Gras means money spent and money earned ~Jessica Goff,
Daily Advertiser*
*Celebrating 'Uncle Lionel' Batiste's Birthday ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit*
Went to a protest rally last night
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 5 hours ago
It was a small, spur of the moment thing. The gutless coward stephen harper
doesn't let people know his itinerary until the last minute, but CUPW keeps
track and organizes protests wherever he is, just as a point of principle.
You know what? We should do to the corporations what the harpercons do to
the unions. Especially those greedy, selfish assholes smashing their
freight trains all across the country. And the meat packers too cheap to
worry about basic hygiene. And the banks stiffing us all and then forcing
their own employees to train their overseas replacements. And the Bay
St... more »
Time for Mike Rogers to Put Up or Shut Up
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
The preeminent defender of the gross illegality of the intrusions on
privacy by the NSA Stasi, Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers who lords it
over the House Intelligence Committee needs to put up or shut up. His
ongoing accusations that former government contractor turned NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden is a Russian spy and that journalist Glenn
Greenwald is a “thief” are thanks to the dismal dregs of what was once a
free press continue to go unchallenged despite Rogers having no evidence to
back up either claim.
Being a former FBI agent (which is rarely if ever noted) he displays ... more »
Japan hit by heaviest snowstorm in 78 years ! More than 10 inches blanket Tokyo , almost 14 inches hit Sendai and more than 17 inches hit Fukushima ! 11 deaths and 1,253 injured by this hghly unusual storm - so much for the " end of snow " tripe spouted by the global warming crowd ! Ask the folks here in the US or the folks in Japan whether we have seen the end of snow ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
[image: A woman walks past bicycles covered with snow at Tokyo's Ginza
shopping district in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai]
A woman walks past bicycles covered with snow at Tokyo's Ginza shopping
district in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
[image: A woman holds onto a damaged umbrella due to strong winds during a
heavy snowfall in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai]
A woman holds onto a damaged umbrella due to strong winds during a heavy
snowfall in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/ToruHana
[image: People walk in a park during a heavy snowfall in Tok... more »
Winning Back IL-13-- Meet George Gollin, Particle Physicist
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
Last year Republican career hack Rodney Davis edged Democrat Dave Gill
137,034 (47%) to 136,032 (36%) in one of the country's penaltimate swing
districts, IL-13 which stretches from Bloomington and Champaign in central
Illinois to Decatur and Litchfield and down to the northern suburbs of St
Louis. The PVI is exactly even and President Obama won the district in 2008
55-44% and was edged by a few hundred votes (49-49%) by Romney in 2012.
Davis hasn't made much of an impression on anyone and recent polling shows
that a good Democratic candidate would beat him-- *if* he can even surv... more »
DCPS and the WTU: A Negotiation Showdown or an Opportunity to Repair?
Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago
During the coming negotiation rounds between DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson
and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President, Elizabeth “Liz” Davis,
the following issues need further elaboration: How has IMPACT 2.0 faired in
the 40 lowest performing schools? What is the teacher turnover rate within
these schools, especially for Group 1 teachers? Is the current classroom
observations’ […]
New Hampshire house unanimously bans NDAA's indefinite detention
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 6 hours ago
Saturday, February 8, 2014
*Activist Post*
Yesterday, the New Hampshire house approved a bill which deems federal
indefinite detention powers unconstitutional, and bans “any activity that
aids” the federal government in carrying out such powers. The approval was
by a unanimous voice vote. The bill will now move on to the state senate
for further consideration.
Introduced by Rep. Tim O’Flaherty (D- Hillsborough), the bill quickly
garnered co-sponsorship from two republicans and two democrats. Tenth
Amendment Center communications director Mike Maharrey praised the
bipartisan action... more »
Daily Mail fail
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
Reese Witherspoon or Austin Healey? Certainly looks more like ex-England
rugby player Austin Healey than actress Reeses Witherspoon but who am I to
gainsay The Mail?
It's 'that old question' time again
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Quite a few posts at *Is the BBC biased? *have found themselves splashing
around (like the boss of the Environment Agency in a Somerset field) over
the vexed question of why BBC One *Question Time* audiences so often seem
to be heavily loaded towards the Left, almost to the point of seeming to be
artificially stuffed with left-wing activists - even though right-wing BBC
critics like James Delingpole and Nigel Farage accept that the BBC are
being honest when they say they rigorously attempt to ensure a fair balance
of opinions in their audiences.
Now another right-wing BBC critic,... more »
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 7 hours ago
*Can Migrating Corals Outpace Ocean Warming and Acidification?*
*Discussing:* Couce, E., Ridgwell, A. and Hendy, E.J. 2013. "Future
habitat suitability for coral reef ecosystems under global warming and
ocean acidification". Global Change Biology 19: 3592-3606.
According to Couce et al. (2013), "there is concern that the growing
frequency and severity of mass bleaching episodes may lead to species
composition shifts and functional collapse in coral reefs in the near
future." On the other hand, they also note global warming "has the
potential to improve currently marginal environm... more »
Worst Op-Ed of 2014, Already?
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
I waited until December of 2013 to raise this question: Worst Education
Op-Ed of 2013? So I don’t rush into this claim casually: Jonathan
Chait’s Public Education’s Weird Ideological Divide is already the worst
Op-Ed of 2014, and likely will not be surpassed (but may be tied often, I
regret to say). Chait’s piece isn’t long (thankfully) but […]
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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 7 hours ago
*After the little blue pill for men... a pink one for women: Herbal
supplement dubbed 'female Viagra' goes on sale on High Street*
*Unlikely to help. No controlled trials against a placebo, apparently*
Women can boost their sex lives with an over-the-counter herbal pill,
scientists claim. They say Lady Prelox has been found to significantly
raise a woman’s sexual pleasure.
Dubbed the ‘female Viagra’ after the little blue pills that treat erectile
dysfunction in men, Lady Prelox is on sale at high-street chain Holland &
Barrett.
But at £37.95 for a pack of 60 little pink tablets... more »
"How Do We Grieve...?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
How do we grieve the loss of our beautiful, precious world, and us, *all*of us, with it?
I don't know if there are words for that... I don't know them, anyway...
“My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying
there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was.
But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well.
So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no
culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of
life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And when ... more »
Heavenly Thoughts
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
I was up before the lark this morning, and listened to the Radio 4
programmes before *Sunday *too.
They began, at 5.45am with *Bells on Sunday*. The last time I wrote about
that programme it turned out the BBC had broadcast the wrong bells. The
ensuing scandal shook Radio 4 to its very foundations, and an apology from
network manager Denis Nowlan followed (on *Feedback.*) So hopefully this
morning's bells really were those of St Andrew's Church in Hurstbourne
Priors, Hampshire - and very lovely they were too.
Then came the repeat of Wednesday night's *Four Thought. *As I've said... more »
Make The Best Life Possible
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
[image: Make the Best Life Possible]
*Source:*
*Pam Bickell's Notes Along The Path Blog*
TV SEX SCANDALS
Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*In 'Scandal'*, a sort of American TV soap, a junior staffer has sex with
the president.
The junior staffer is then murdered by the president's chief of staff.
The president's chief of staff is a happily married gay man.
The chief of staff, the first lady, a Supreme Court Justice and an oil
baron are involved with voter-fraud software and the murder of six people.
*“Scandal”: oddball soap opera*.
TV and cinema are sometimes linked to sexual abuse.
Child stars such as Michael Jackson, Scotty Beckett, Bobby Driscoll, Judy
Garland, River Phoenix and Brad Renfro may all have been ... more »
The team of Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler expose and analyze the latest market manipulations wherein the prices of gold and stock market futures were simultaneously manipulated. The following links explain and analyze several recent prequels:
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 10 hours ago
*Is the Fed’s ability to manipulate the price of gold running out?*
http://impactglassman.blogspot.mx/2014/01/former-assistant-secretary-of-treasury.html
*Why is the Fed tapering?*
http://impactglassman.blogspot.mx/2014/01/why-is-fed-tapering-what-will-unravel.html
------------------------------
*Market Manipulations Become More Extreme, More Desperate*
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February 7, 2014 | Original Here
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Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler
In two recent articles w... more »
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
As inevitable things inevitably happen...
This morning's *Sunday *did indeed begin with the news of protests over *Putin's
new law on homosexuality* in the light of the Sochi Olympics. Edward
Stourton talked to the BBC's Anastasia Uspenskaya.
If you get the sense that the BBC isn't at all keen on Vladimir Putin, then
this interview won't have dispelled that impression. Ed wanted to know to
what extent the Russian Orthodox Church has been responsible for that law.
Anastasia said it was mainly the Russian government's doing, though the
Church has supported it. She stressed how clos... more »
SNOWDEN REVEALS DIRTY TRICKS
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Edward Snowden* has revealed some of the dirty tricks used by the spies to
control top people.
*'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel Bookings / Snowden Docs:
British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks'*
Leaked documents from the USA's National Security Agency reveal the
methods used by the UK's *Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group
(JTRIG)* to 'destroy, deny, degrade and disrupt' enemies.
*These methods include honey traps and the spread of disinformation.*
*Supplying boys and girls to top people?*
In 'false flag' operations, *JTRIG* have used *Twitter, Flickr... more »
BBC News - Prince William goes hunting a day before wildlife plea
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
The BBC's Republican sympathies are on display with the lead in to this
article...
' Prince on hunt before wildlife plea
Prince William has gone hunting deer and wild boar in Spain - only a day
before he was due to make a public plea to end the illegal wildlife trade.'
The article is here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26105706
That lead in suggests to the casual reader that Prince William might have
done something illegal by going hunting when he hadn't. The BBC do state
this in the actual article but the seed has been planted.
Hunting is not illegal, however much the BBC might wi... more »
Veterans are outraged. Now they need to do what they once did best. Lead. Part 3.
Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 13 hours ago
Unification,
led by Paul Helleyer in 1968 and permitted by Lester Pearson, was a
wound most veterans still bear. Initially intended as a modernization to
bring three separate services under one joint operational roof, it
steam-rolled well beyond the original plan to create a single service
which was purportecly able to share resources and personnel across the
the three combat elements. It was
Teachers Often the One Thing Between Kids and the World #evaluatethat
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
Every once in a while, a teacher is the one thing standing between kids and
their world. Teachers stand up and are always ready to help in any way
needed. Read this account from an elementary teacher in New Mexico, which
took place during a relatively rare winter storm: This morning, I got to
school […]
Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part Three
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
This post is the last in a series of three on the state of the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) across the nation. Now that states have
hastily Raced to the US Department of Education in chasing US Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan’s dangled (albeit insufficient) millions, many have
entered the phase I call Move to the Sidelines […]
Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 14 hours ago
Welcome to the premier broadcast of Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man! Zan
Overall, also known as the *Wise Old Man*, is an activist, musician,
comedian, and actor. Tonight, we will hear two of the Wise Old Man's
excellent songs, including I Want to Believe You, Mr. President and An
Anthem for the Truth Movement. Between the songs, we will listen to the
Wise Old Man's comedy skit entitled, God is a Goy? Oy!
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 14 hours ago
*Cartoon corner*
*Denying the cold*
*The future according to Greenies*
*Hawaii is getting cooler*
*Discussing:* Safeeq, M., Mair, A. and Fares, A. 2013. Temporal and
spatial trends in air temperature on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
International Journal of Climatology 33: 2816-2835.
According to Safeeq et al. (2013), daily temperature (T) measurements of
Tmin and Tmax that were collected during 1969-2007 from twelve different
stations scattered across the island of Oahu were downloaded from a
repository at the U.S. National Climate Data Center, after which they
computed... more »
“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow;*
*There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad” *
by Bob Nichols, “Veterans Today”
“My opinion only, as requested by Alfred Webre, Dec 28, 2013, 1,024 Days
from Mar 11, 2011.
*First thing, grasp the difficult concept that this is an ELE or Extinction
Level Event. There is no escaping our fate, there are no solutions. *
We can extend our lives somewhat, though. These steps are personal. People
can do them or not. You will die quicker, or later, your choice.
1. Take off your shoes and outer ware (coats) when you enter your ... more »
What's More Important To You-- Being A Progressive Or Being A Democratic Party Person?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
NOT a Democrat
I don't know much about Bill de Blasio, New York's new mayor, but most
everyone tells me he's a progressive. In her excellent piece in yesterday's
*Atlantic*, Molly Ball compared him to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, an
ambitious, centrist corporate Democrat. Both are good on iconic social
issues that define the parameters of what's a Democrat in New York, of
course, but Ball reminds us that Cuomo thinks his career will be best
served by cutting taxes and de Blasio understands why the rich have to pay
their fair share. "You could hardly get a better illustration of th... more »
Oregon School District Hires 50 Security Guards at $35k a Day
freetoteach at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
Reports from Portland, Oregon:
Portland is gearing up for a teacher strike. Susan Neilson, *The Oregonian.*
Sam Wheeler of the *Mail Tribune*]Medford Oregon:
*Long said the school district has hired about 50 security guards through
Action Security Inc. of Medford and San Diego-based Off Duty Officers Inc.
of San Diego — costing the district about $35,000 per day.*
*"We have 24-hour security, because we want to make sure we protect our
property and mischief doesn't happen," Long said.*
Deep Tweets
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 16 hours ago
I just want your extra time and... your kiss
AFRAID TO LOOK & be blinded by the awesome RT @pourmecoffee: Every Prince
hairstyle since 1978, drawn by @gary_card pic.twitter.com/M04sic9HB2
— Liza Sabater (@blogdiva) February 9, 2014
Gail Collins probes into "Sunny John" Boehner's "thinking" on immigration -- and she has a quiz!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*"Well, we got a lot of things on our plate."*
*-- "Sunny John" Boehner, quoted by Gail Collinsin her NYT column* "Boehner
on Fantasy Island"
*by Ken*
We like to pop in occasional pop quizzes, and so, it seems, does NYT
columnist Gail Collins. Her subject today is a gentleman who scarcely needs
any introduction, a gentleman who, at least by the standards of the scurvy
gang known as the House Republican caucus, which he nominally leads, isn't
as hopeless in the matter of immigration reform and the American melting
pot as one might assume. Or *wasn't *entirely hopeless, up until Thu... more »
Dave and Scottish Independence
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 18 hours ago
Back in the noughties, there was a Stoke-on-Trent councillor who faced a
very strong challenge from the BNP for his seat. The fascists threw the
kitchen sink at it, and Labour countered by ensuring they went
door-to-door. It was touch-and-go but in the end the BNP did not win and
the incumbent clung on. The thing is, despite staring down the barrel, with
the fash snapping at his heels our councillor* refused to go out and
canvass for support*. I bring this up because Dave's approach to the
Scottish referendum is almost exactly the same. Sure the No Campaign -
Better Together - have... more »
Online Education Giant, Coursera, Blocks Access from Sanctioned Countries
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 19 hours ago
A
screenshot of an error message that appears when attempting to access
the Coursera website from Iran, Syria, Cuba or Sudan.
(Nina Curley / Wamda)
“Since its inception, Coursera, the education company that offers
massive open online courses (MOOCs) to 6.3 million users in 190
different countries, has committed publicly — and repeatedly — to
delivering free education to all,” Forbes reporter
(Duke Befuddled (Or Just Money-Crazed?) Doesn't Report Spill for 24 Hours But They Own NC Now So It's OKAY!) Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill Pollutes River and Threatens Drinking Water
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 19 hours ago
Not a real surprise in incredibly deregulated North Carolina. Thank you,
Republicans! And Dimocrats. (Not to mention those eco-empaths at Duke
Energy.) After all, why did you think it so important for the
Koch/Pope-funded 'thugs to take over both houses by hook or crook(s) last
election day? They will not be giving it back readily. (Take a look at the
radically gerrymandered districts!) Duke
“Hawaii Now Uninhabitable Due To Fukushima Radiation”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“Hawaii Now Uninhabitable Due To Fukushima Radiation”*
By Zen Gardner
“This is a “must listen” interview with Alfred Webre and Leuren Moret
discussing how dangerous it is now to live in the Hawaiian Islands. Please
listen to the whole interview.”
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
Resolution prepared to suspend Tex Hall due to alleged oil field corruption
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours ago
Resolution prepared to suspend Tex Hall due to alleged oil field corruption
James Henrikson and his wife Sarah Creveling with Tex Hall.
The identity of fourth person in the photo has been concealed
since the fourth person is not under investigation.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
NEW TOWN, North Dakota -- A resolution has been prepared for the suspension of Chairman Tex Hall of the Mandan,
Love Quest : Day 1 - Living in Agape
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
In April of 2013, the “final” Love Quest was completed. Agape was found
and that was the whole point.
Almost a year later, we are in much the same place. On some levels there
is massive change, yet inside, maybe not so much. Yes, the world is taking
on a different hue and what is clear now is that regardless of what it
looks like to anyone else; it is only about you. As you look around, you
see all your feelings reflected.
These things are not mistakes; they are attributes of your inner beliefs
reflected back for your consideration.
You have reached a point in your awareness... more »
Ukraine updates February 8 , 2014 -- focus in financial issues.... Fitch downgrades Ukraine credit to CCC ..... Russia presses Ukraine on debt amid protests Russian finance minister pledges to give second tranche of $15bn bailout package, but wants gas debt paid first ...... US will give money to Ukraine if Kiev makes necessary reforms - Nuland
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/ukraine-currency-controls-political-crisis
Fitch downgrades Ukraine's credit rating as currency controls are imposed
Ratings agency fears steep and uncontrolled depreciation of the currency as
central bank limits private transfers abroad of around $5,700 a month
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Mdzinarishvili/REUT... more »
The World Is Waking Up To The Murderous Butchering Communist Jewish Species!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 20 hours ago
Yes, there is a revolution going on right now in the Ukraine. The
Ukrainian people are waking up and are wanting to take their country back
from Jewish oppression... I, like others, have been watching all the
conflicting reports coming over the Jew spew media, noting that of course
this fraud media is promoting the idea that the Ukrainian people want to
overthrow their "oppressive" government, without telling anyone the truth
that the criminals in the fraud European Union and the United States want
to see Ukraine forced into the clutches of the Rothschild led EU, and
therefore see ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Keukenhof, The Netherlands. [photo via Earth Pictures]
Arizona Snowbowl protest photos: Today at DEW event
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
News
as it happens from Censored News: Protest of Arizona Snowbowl, sewage
water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks, at today's DEW event in
Flagstaff, Arizona. Thank you to Dawn Dyer for sharing photos with
Censored News!
Read more: Flagstaff police harass activists before Dew event:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/02/
Remembering friends: Dine' iconoclasts who ignited struggle
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours ago
In
the Chuskas/Photo Brenda Norrell
Remembering friends: Dine' iconoclasts who ignited struggle
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Today I'm remembering my friends on Navajoland, some of the forerunners
of the modernday struggle to save the forests, land, water and air, from
coal mining, uranium mining, clear-cut logging and corrupt politicians
within and without.
Some are still with us,
The Truth About The Criminal Bloodbath in Iraq Can't Be 'Countered' Indefinitely
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 21 hours ago
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The media cover-up has been a weapon in the crimes of western states since
the first world war. But a reckoning is coming for those paid to keep the
record straight
*By John Pilger *
[image: babt pilger]
* A baby in a Baghdad hospital in July 2003. '**Half a million Iraqi
infants died* * as a result of sanctions, according to Unicef.' Photograph:
Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images*
The BBC's Today programme is enjoying high ratings, and the Mail and
Telegraph are, as usual, attacking the corporation as leftwing. Las... more »
Should The Post Office Offer Banking Services?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
You're probably aware that crooked multimillionaire Darrell Issa (R-CA)-- a
car thief, street thug and arsonist-for-profit-- has been working on a plan
to abolish the post office on behalf of his allies at for-profit delivery
systems at FedEx and UPS. We are potentially just one election away where
Republicans get the power to irreversibly shutter the American postal
service.
Senator Elizabeth Warren has come up with a proposal that would save the
post office and provide basic, crucial banking services for millions of
underserved families who have no checking or savings accounts.... more »
Locust
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 22 hours ago
Early white settlers on the high plains of the western U.S. were always
bummed out when colossal swarms of locusts dropped by for lunch. The sky
would darken, and the land would be filled with the roaring buzz of
millions of fluttering wings. Within an hour or so, everything was covered
with them, including the settlers, who frantically tried to brush off the
hundreds of hungry insects that were chewing apart their clothing.
They were Rocky Mountain locusts, a North American species that lived west
of the Mississippi — and the stars of Jeffrey Lockwood’s book, *Locust*. When
swa... more »
Keeping Warm This Winter (II)
theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 22 hours ago
February 8, 2014 Last week, I told you about some things I’d done to
bring my heating bill down this winter (and avoid a heart attack from
opening future heating bills). Several readers noted things they had tried
in the … Continue reading →
Constructive critique and what is actually harmful to children
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 22 hours ago
I saw this circulate today through my circles on doling our better
criticism. I like it. It applies to my discipline because I feel as if I am
constantly scrutinized by individuals who do not know how to give critique
without immediately establishing a dishonest, hostile, and overall
unsatisfactory professional relationship. This part is most […]
The Emptying of Northern California Reservoirs
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
pyramid_lake.jpeg
The Emptying of Northern California Reservoirs
State and feds shipped massive amounts of water south during drought
by Dan Bacher
Photo of Pyramid Lake, now 96 percent of capacity and 102 percent of average, in Southern California. Photo by Gene Beley
Censored News
The dry bed of Folsom Lake has become an unlikely tourist attraction for
In One Month, Everyone In Iceland Will Own Cryptocurrency
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Our data indicates Bitcoin is already in the control of the US Treasury
and The Bank of England. What's key to remember about cryptocurrency is
that while they discourage inflation of the currency (through difficulty of
mining new digital coins - and who audits that anyway?) they do not address
the paradigm that the people are the value. The use of cryptocurrency does
not address the issue of the hypothecation of the value of human beings and
their assets without their knowledge that they are the value - the basis of
the current slavery systems. These issues will remain even if t... more »
Inevitable things
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
What's the most inevitable thing in the world?
Death? Taxes? Entropy? Marcus Brigstocke making a joke about* The Daily
Mail*? Me using Marcus Brigstocke in a joke about crap Radio 4 comedians?
No, there's something even more inevitable than any of these things...and
it's something that was inevitable even before I knew it was inevitable.
It begins with the likelihood, in light of the opening of the Winter
Olympics in Vlad's Russia, that Radio 4's *Sunday* would do a feature
related to the games tomorrow. (And the programme's website indeed confirms
this will happen.)
But that'... more »
Fukushima Updates February 6 , 2014 - Japan and US impacts discussed , Tepco slow motion destruction of Japan through its incompetence , constant lying and withholding data documented .....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ex - SKF....
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014
#Fukushima I NPP: TEPCO Admits Error 7 Months Later, Says All-Beta from
Observation Hole Along Embankment Was 10 Million Bq/L, Not 900K Bq/L
*(UPDATE)* It may not just be about groundwater samples along the
embankment.*All the high-density all-beta/strontium analyses done at
Fukushima I NPP, including the analyses of all-beta/strontium in the RO
(reverse osmosis) waste water, may be wrong*. Or TEPCO says they "cannot
deny the possibility that the analyses were wrong." (from a tweet by
@jaikoman who tweets just about every single TEPCO and NRA... more »
"All students are not equal; some are more profitable than others" --Parthenon Group
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
If you want to find some savvy teachers who are not afraid to speak out
against their Broadie superintendent and corporate foundations that have
bought Tennessee schools and the nation's schools at bargain basement
prices, go to Knoxville.
Here is special ed teacher, Robert Taylor, taking his five minutes at the
Feb. 5 board meeting, and making it count. This is what free speech looks
like--use it!
And here is the link the powerpoint presentation by Parthenon Group's
Robert Lytle in 2009. The quote in the title of this post is on page 13,
which is below.
Parthenon is a chie... more »
The Ugly, Cretinous Head of "Conservatism"
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
Pierre Poopleevair, ... if you've got nothing to hide you should have
nothing to fear. But of course, your "Fucking With Elections Act," crafted
in secret and rammed through with minimal oversight, is a disgusting effort
at vote suppression, fraud promotion and corruption enabling.
Chris Alexander, your immigration reform proposals are cynical, racist,
totalitarian garbage. Call someone a "terrorist" and strip them of their
citizenship? Even if they were born here? Then you call civil disobedience
"terrorism" and Bob's your molesting uncle. What else could one have
expected from a ... more »
No child left unconnected?
skrashen at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
No child left without basic resources
Published in the Washington Post, Feb. 7. 2014
Before we worry about no child left unconnected to the Internet [“Broadband
in schools gets FCC push,” news, Feb. 3], how about no child left unfed, no
child without adequate health care and no child without easy access to a
good library? The rate of child poverty in the United States is 23 percent,
the second-highest of all economically advanced countries.
Stephen Krashen, Los Angeles
Major hat-tip: Susan Ohanian: "When congress passes No Child Left Unfed, No
Child Without Health Care and No Child ... more »
GAY BRAZIL; DIVIDE AND RULE
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Homophobes are often sadistic gay Nazis.*
*Sargento Isidório* is an evangelical pastor and a politician.
In February 2014, Sargento Isidório filed a lawsuit against the Brazilian
TV company Globo for showing two men kissing each other in a TV soap.
*Sargento Isidório admits to having a homosexual past.*
Is he yet another gay homophobe evangelical?
*Gay kiss in soap opera Amor à Vida is landmark moment for Brazil* / *A
Kiss Is Just A Kiss? Not If It's A Gay Kiss (On Brazilian TV) - Forbes* /
Back in 2005, *The Observer *reported that a Brazilian soap was going to
show a gay kiss... more »
MI6
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
Subject:
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MI6 Drops their pants??? - THIS IS UNREAL
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Date: 1999/05/11
Author: Raymond Amundson
This article appeared in the May 14, 1999 issue of Executive Intelligence
Review.
In case you have not heard, this is INCREDIBLE
http://www.larouchepub.com/diana_mi6_2620.html [Now dead]
The `*MI6* factor' in the murder of Princess Diana
by Our Special Correspondent
Recently, EIR was one of several news organizations that received an
unsolicited e-mail transmission, identifying senio... more »
Through the fraying bandage of impartiality
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
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As ever, there's some brilliant (and funny) writing about the BBC from
former *Today *editor Rod Liddle over at the *Spectator* - and I couldn't
agree more with his sentiments.
On the tragic fall of Baroness Sally Morgan:
Can someone please explain to me why the BBC newsreaders were not wearing
black armbands last weekend when reporting the tragic story of Sally Morgan
being given the boot from Ofsted? In all other manners the coverage was
adequately respectful and the reporters, rightly, allowed their anguish to
bleed through the fraying bandage of impartiality. Not enough, mind ... more »
Life Transactions, keep them lite
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Life transpires
so swimmingly so riven with current
its a place e where to 'be an island
is great but
not nearly good enough
some one always
wants to invade
and what's with that
live me alone you fucking brutes
but that's not the nature
of humans
we are like a wolf pack
of opposable thumbs
with a crow brain
pumped through
a lizard mother board
with a failed memory
Knowing what exists
is not panacea
nothing is certain
and experts
piss dust and ruin
if you can find one
that has not
hitched his post
to an intellectual
flatulent.
Over and over again
the same stories
are printed in the Newspa... more »
Why do we #optout?: Just fighting the good fight.
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
It is definitely getting close to testing season. My email and voice mail
are flooded. Parents and concerned community members have questions about
the opt out process. Opt out Facebook pages are buzzing with questions and
of course continued stories of bullying from education professionals
engaged in deception by telling interested opt outers that there […]
Yet another Jew caught red-handed manufacturing "anti-Semitism"
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
Most of you reading here are probably familiar with the many examples in
which *Jews themselves* are caught red-handed spray painting "anti-Semitic"
and anti-Israel graffiti, slogans, and symbols in public places in order to
manufacture "anti-Semitism", perpetuating the Jews' "victimhood" and
"persecuted people" status - a central aspect of Jewish identity.
Once again, a Jewish student in New York was found guilty of spray painting
"anti-Semitic" graffiti in public, as the *Jewish Telegraph Agency*recently reported:
A Long Island yeshiva student was charged with repeatedly scrawling... more »
"Fukushima Update, 2/8/14"; A Comment
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Fukushima Update, 2/8/14"*
by Various Sources
Kyodo, Feb. 7, 2014: "TEPCO to review “massive” radiation data due to
improper measurement – [TEPCO] said Friday that it will review a “massive”
amount of radiation data it has collected at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant because readings may be lower than actual figures due
to improper measurement. “We are very sorry, but we found cases in which
beta radiation readings turned out to be wrong when the radioactivity
concentration of a sample was high,” TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono told a
press conference.
• Kyodo/J... more »
With Waxman Retiring, What Happens With One Of America's Foremost Liberal Congressional Districts?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This is how EMILY's List lost Wendy Greuel her last race. What garbage will
they throw at Ted Lieu?
In 2008, Obama scored 64% against McCain in what is now CA-33. Last cycle
he did pretty well too-- 61-37% against Romney. The PVI of the Los Angeles
district is a solid D+11 and not even a DCCC led by Steve Israel could lose
a district that blue, right? Well, that's what we're here to discuss today.
Israel's bumbling won CA-31, southeast of here, for a radical right
Republican from Arkansas who runs around dressed as a Confederate Civil War
general, Gary Miller. But that's "just" a D+5... more »
Something closeto a love poem
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
we do not have some kind of facebook love
or any kind of electronic hook up
to which those with weak chemistry subscribe
I knew the second i saw your face
you were the one for me
lets just take that in context
I was not in a southern state bordello
I was not lookng at some fishbool
of attractive brides on a site
that as a prospective Republian
canditate you needed to proscripe
I was not like half of them gay
I was just me and you were
you and there was no external
force working upon us to proscribe
We fell in love in an instant
and it was real
we are now both 55 and
that is a certified war... more »
Putin, Tchaikovsky, snowboarding and the BBC
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics?
The BBC broadcast it live yesterday on BBC Two.
Not BBC One, obviously, as all right-thinking types disapprove of these
games being held in Putin's homophobic Russia, and the BBC is about as
right-thinking an organisation as it's possible to get. BBC One wouldn't do
for the Sochi Olympics.
So, yes, the BBC gets the glory of broadcasting it - and to bask in any
gold medals we might win - but they shove it all on BBC Two because it's a
'bad Olympics' (according to Stephen Fry, *The Guardian*, etc).
Well, that's thei... more »
Bitcoin Plunges As Major Exchange Mt. Gox Halts All Withdrawals ( Is the amount of customer money frozen 38 million dollars , seems like that is the amount of unfilled withdrawals as of 2/4/14 ? ) - volume on the top three exchanges appears much higher than normal today ! BTC-e Pulls Support for Ruble As Russia Bans Bitcoin ....... LocalBitcoins.com Users Face Criminal Charges in Florida ...... Coinbase Moves to Calm Security Concerns Amid Theft Reports ......Following Mt. Gox Sell-Off, Cyprus Warns of Bitcoin’s Volatility ...... Bad news day for bitcoin !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
With the ongoing mess with MT Gox , trust is going to be an issue moving
forward - Say hello to regulation folks !
SecondMarket Takes First Step to Becoming a US Bitcoin Exchange
Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on February 7, 2014 at 17:52 GMT |
*Companies, Exchanges,Investors, News*
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SecondMarket has taken its first step to becoming a US-based bitcoin
exchange, the company’s founder and CEO Barry Silbert has suggested.
Silbert took to Twitter today to announce that his alternative investment
company is now buying bitcoins from i... more »
Cross examination
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Cross examination is recognized as "being protected by ss. 7 and 11(d)" of
the Charter.
The right however is limited by the requirements of relevancy and
materiality, with relevancy being the main criteria.
Suggestions can be put to the witness as long as there is a "good faith"
basis for the question.
R v Lyttle 2004 SCC 4
1.
Are you aware of the 1982 Consent Decree?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
I admit to having only vaguely heard about this until Nox and Friendsbrought it to my attention.
I suggest you start with this very easy to understand and well written
article by Garnet92, who contributes to Nox and Friends.
I know that posting something that requires a bit more focus on a Saturday
is not the best idea. However, in my continuing efforts to declutter my
house and my life, I've been trying to focus on one or two things at a
time. Aimlessly clicking on article after article is turning my brain to
mush and I suspect this is happening to others.
Perhaps you could devo... more »
Why did they shut down the access lanes?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2014*
*Goofus and Gallant debate:* Ideally, people should try to avoid premature
judgments when scandal culture breaks out.
With that in mind, let’s examine an ongoing question: why were those access
lanes in Fort Lee shut down last September?
At present, that question hasn’t been answered. We’ll have to hope that
ongoing investigations will be able to nail that point down.
Some journalists don’t want to wait; they want their conclusions right now.
Let’s compare two journalistic treatments from the past few days.
On Thursday night’s All In, Chris Hayes and a ... more »
Judge shopping offensive
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
R. *v*. Regan, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 297, 2002 SCC 12:
60 This Court has adverted to the impropriety
of trying to influence the outcome of a proceeding by trying to "select"
the judge. Where it appeared that the Crown had abandoned a case before
one judge to avoid an unfavourable ruling, and then reinstated charges at a
new trial before a new judge, McLachlin J. was quick to point out the
affront to the integrity of the system (*Scott*, *supra*, at pp. 1008-9):
The concern with "judge-shopping" arises from the use of the stay to avoid
the consequences ... more »
A "Garofoli Application" refers to the defence motion to exclude evidence collected under a search warrant.
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
JIM WILLIE ON BANKSTER SUICIDES: BANKERS WERE TAKEN OUT TO PREVENT FOREX FRAUD WHISTLE-BLOWING!
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*JIM WILLIE ON BANKSTER SUICIDES: BANKERS WERE TAKEN OUT TO PREVENT FOREX
FRAUD WHISTLE-BLOWING!*
FEBRUARY 7, 2014 BY THE DOC
http://www.silverdoctors.com/jim-willie-on-bankster-suicides-bankers-were-taken-out-to-prevent-forex-fraud-whistle-blowing/
Fed whistle blowerYesterday we reported that Steve Quayle’s banker source
“V” has informed him that the recent rash of banker “suicides” are part of
a hit list that includes dozens of bankers including a supposed high level
Citi executive.
Today, none other than Jim Willie himself has provided SD readers with an
exclusive report on ... more »
NOW WE ARE ALL GOING ON THE RESERVATIONS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Abby Martin features an exclusive interview with Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist Chris Hedges, concerning areas of extreme poverty that he refers
to as 'sacrifice zones', as well as the reasons behind the collapse of
complex societies.
Part two here
Doug and Rob Ford, the morality police and patriotism.
noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
Yes, you read that correctly.
For three days in a row, the political horror show known as Doug and Rob
Ford has been exploiting homophobia in all its multiple hate-mongering
facets to further ingratiate themselves with their bigoted fans and
followers.
On Wednesday at the first mayoral candidates' forum of the 2014 Toronto
municipal election, Mayor Mascot made a point of disclosing that his
non-attendance at Toronto Pride is a personal and political boycott.
“I’m not going to go to Pride Parade. I’ve never gone to a Pride Parade so
I’m not going to change the way I am,” Ford said.
... more »
US tests B61 Atomic Bomb - fire later that night at Los Alamos labs
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*US tests B61 Atomic Bomb - fire later that night at Los Alamos labs*
Posted by D. at Removing the Shackles
2/8/2014
About two hours after I published the Transpicuous News for Feb 6, I
received an email from a reader in Los Alamos, Stating that on Feb 5th
"there was a fire Wednesday night at the site where they bury the lab's
radio-active wastes (alarming enough in itself-but they own the town--which
is full of cancer patients). "
I sent that information through a few channels that I have to check things
and sure enough I last night I received verification of these events.
I ... more »
UKRAINE: THIS IS HOW THE US DOES IT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Washington Post reports today:
On Thursday, a video was posted on YouTube in which Victoria Nuland, the
top U.S. diplomat for Europe, disparagingly dismissed European Union
efforts to mediate the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine by bluntly saying,
“Fuck the E.U.” On Friday, Merkel, through press attache Christiane Wirtz,
described the gaffe as “absolutely unacceptable,” and defended the efforts
of Catherine Ashton, the E.U.’s foreign policy chief..... Nuland quickly
apologized for the comments, with the United States pointing the finger
Thursday at the Russians for recording and post... more »
Juan Maldacena's NYU colloquium on QM, GR
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*Some hot promising yet divisive conjectures mentioned*
Readers with 66 spare minutes are recommended to watch a colloquium that
Juan Maldacena, an inaugural Milner Prize winner and the father of not only
the AdS/CFT correspondence, gave at the New York University a week ago:
He's introduced and the sound quality improves immediately afterwards. In
fact, it seems like the participants at NYU didn't enjoy the same quality
as the YouTube viewers like you.
After some introduction to general relativity and quantum mechanics, Juan
offered some jokes about the same criticism applied ... more »
Hanging On The Telephone was not a Blondie original...
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The Nerves recorded it first, in 1976
Here's the somewhat better known Blondie version
How Vulnerable Is Steve Israel To Defeat In November?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
You probably missed it, but a few days ago the *Washington Post* ran some
hopeful polling numbers that show the corrupt dirt bag Steve Israel could
be beaten. Although they neglected to update the new PVI-- even instead of
D+2-- this is what they came up with:
*Steve Israel, NY-03 (PVI, D+2)*
*Generic Ballot*
GOP: 43%
Democrat: 42%
*Steve Israel Job Approval*
Approve: 37%
Disapprove: 27%
*Israel Reelect*
Deserves re-election: 33%
Someone else: 36%
Israel's counterpart at the NRCC, Greg Walden (R-OR), was making
threatening noises about targeting Israel the way they target eve... more »
Perpetually insolvent US Postal Service has a stroke of genius idea - become a payday loan shark , get in check cashing , run cyber currency Exchanges - in other words , become part of the shadow banking system and in short order become TBTF ! Considering the incompetence the US Postal Service has displayed delivering mail , who with trust them as a shadow banker ? And does anyone want their mail delivered by their payday loan provider ? And the idea of the US Postal Service being a US bitcoin Exchange surely would signal the impending doom of bitcoin !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/06/bankers-balk-as-postal-service-floats-plan-for-payday-loans-digital-currency/
The perpetually-struggling U.S. Postal Service has bankers in a tizzy after
floating a plan to branch into what it called "non-bank financial services"
that somehow sound a lot like what lenders do.
In a white paper distributed late last month, the Postal Service's
inspector general discussed getting into an array of financial services as
a means of keeping the money-losing mail operation afloat. Payday loans,
check cashing and digital currency exchanges were among the p... more »
JAIL TIME COMING FOR DRONE PROTEST
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*Hancock 17 Drone War Crimes Resisters' Verdict Is In*
*All found guilty of disorderly conduct but acquitted of trespassing;
Order of Protection **extended 2 years; Judge decides to send a message*
On Friday, February 7, Town of DeWitt Court Judge David Gideon found twelve
of the Hancock Drone War Crimes Resisters guilty of disorderly conduct, but
acquitted them of trespassing. They had gone to Hancock Air National Guard
Base near Syracuse, NY, on Oct. 25, 2012, to bring a Citizens War Crimes
Indictment to the base and symbolically block the gates. Their nonviolent
action had call... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Levee-board
reformers worry that Bobbly Jindal is bringing politics back
into process ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*~Last month, Jay Lapeyre, the
leader
of the nominating committee for the local flood authority, received a
letterfrom Garret Graves, head of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s coastal office. It
said two
previous nominees from the committee were ineligible, and it asked that
Lapeyre reconvene the panel and send more names up.
One of those rejected is the authority’s president and supporter of its
controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies the governor
opposes.
The letter concluded:... more »
Engineered Drought Catastrophe, Target California
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
[image: GeoengineeringWatch.org]
January 29, 2014
Most of the “the golden state” is now parched, baked and dried far beyond
any historical precedent. Reservoirs are nearly empty, streams are drying
up, and forests are dying by the day. Catastrophic fires will also continue
to decimate California due to the engineered drought.
Dane Wigington
geoengineeringwatch.org
Much of the state went through all of 2013 with no significant rain. Why?
What will it take to wake people up to the “weather warfare” being waged on
them? Geoengineering reduces overall global rainfall totals (though it... more »
Bitcoin: Problem, Reaction, Solution?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Julie Beal
A schism has been created in the activist world, with the appearance of the
algorithm called Bitcoin. Its apparent genius means that we haven’t a
chance of knowing how good Bitcoin is, because it’s clear that the person
or people who created it had *expertise *in cryptography *AND*economics,
along with a good working knowledge of network science, computer
technology, maths, law, and commerce.
In Davis's New Yorker article he describes the impenetrable nature of
Nakamoto's code. Every time his computer security res... more »
La Quenelle- Dieudonne talks to the BBC
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
Thanks Gallier
gallier2February 8, 2014 at 1:34 AM
Hi Penny,
BBC interviewed Dieudonné
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkrVNYfYwk
you might be interested. I don't know the reporter but I'm certain that
he's a kippa wearer, so loaded are his questions.
Yup, gallier, loaded would be an understatement!
Dieudonne handles the loaded questions very well and all common propaganda
themes are at play
Just when you think the BBC can't get any lower-They hit a new low
Hold Clapper Accountable for any Terrorist Attack on U.S.
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Under pressure for the illegal surveillance activities of the NSA, now
fully blossoming to include what are the obvious uses of such programs including
sexual blackmail the National Security State has resorted to the Bush
strategy – fear mongering. The state media has dutifully been ratcheting
up the full frontal assault on Americans over DNI James Clapper’s ominous
testimony before a Senate committee that a Syrian group *“does have
aspirations for attacks on the homeland”*. Never mind that this is the
same James Clapper who lied to Congress over the extent of domestic spying
on... more »
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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Yoghurt slashes diabetes risk: Daily pot can reduce chance of developing
Type 2 by a quarter, claims researchers*
*This is another correlational study but it seems better controlled than
most so there may be something in it. Yoghurt is easy to digest so may
ease strain on the pancreas*
Eating a pot of yoghurt a day may help keep diabetes at bay, claim
researchers. Regular consumption of yoghurt cut the risk of developing
type 2 diabetes by more than a quarter, according to a new study.
Similar health benefits come from other low-fat fermented dairy foods, such
as fromage frais... more »
War Watch February 8 , 2014 - Syria morphs ( US and Western meddling creating blowback or just the lie of the day ) ! Syria has become 'matter of homeland security,' DHS Secretary Johnson says -DHS and FBI continue to work to ID Al Qaeda linked groups in Syria - isn't Syria beyond the homeland ? Chechen commander for Al Nusrah Front reported killed in Aleppo ....... Suqour al Sham, ISIS agree to ceasefire .......... Regarding Afghanistan , US Senators demand say in Afghanistan Deal for US troops to remain ( Dems Markley and Manchin join GOP Senators Paul and Lee ) ....... Iraq death dealing continues , along with Maliki double dealing with the Kurds.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria......
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/197768-syria-has-become-matter-of-homeland-security?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Syria
has become 'matter of homeland security,' DHS Secretary
Johnson says
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become
an issue of homeland security for the United States.
The new head of the Department of Homeland Security returned Thursday
night
after a two-day trip ... more »
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