Tuesday, March 11, 2014

11 Mar - Blogs I'm Following

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Stick With Nick

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 minutes ago
If you read this blog much, you've probably noticed we sometimes express a bit of antipathy towards ConservaDems, New Dems and Blue Dogs, generally speaking, the Republican wing ofd the Democratic Party. Over the years Blue America has even helped defeat some of the worst of them, particularly Al Wynn (MD), Tim Holden (PA), Chris Carney (PA) and Bobby Bright (AL). We've had John Barrow (GA), Jim Matheson (UT) and others like them in our sites for years. But one long-time conservative Democrat who we never really went after has been Nick Rahall (WV). His voting record is conservati... more »

PLAYING WITH FIRE ON RUSSIAN BORDER

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 minutes ago
The Nazi-style round up of dissenters in the Ukraine has begun as the "revolutionaries" in Kiev now move throughout the country to arrest key leaders who oppose the coup d'etat. There can be no doubt that the US-NATO intelligence agencies are involved in this 'cleansing' as they move to take full control of Ukraine and set their sights on Crimea. Next step is to destabilize Russia and break it up into pieces that would then be controlled by the west. The US has continually shown that it will work with the worst elements in order to meet its political objectives. Just look at Syr... more »

The Spy Who Didn't Love Her

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 5 minutes ago
This is just pathetic. When Diane Feinstein discovered in 2010 that the CIA was illegally tinkering with evidence about its torture program, she was apparently not upset enough to either denounce the agency publicly or to demand a criminal investigation. She demanded an apology instead. And she got one. Case closed. But when she recently demanded a similar apology from the CIA for spying on her own staff, a mea culpa was not forthcoming. And so, in a fit of pique, DiFi took to the Senate floor today to express her deepest disappointment that the CIA never learned any decent manner... more »

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 31 minutes ago
ht karin for this one. No need for my commentary! Here Mission The Open Ukraine Foundation is an international foundation,* established in July 2007*, at the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Zbigniew Dzhymala for strengthening and development of Ukraine’s reputation in the world. * Partners*- Partners?! As if there was any doubt?

Argentina: A Small Humanoid in Merlo

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 40 minutes ago
*Source: Planeta UFO and Alternativa Ovni (http://alternativaovni.blogspot.com.ar)Date: 10 March 2014* *Argentina: A Small Humanoid in Merlo* *By Carlos Sainz* The event discussed here took place a little over a year ago. Due to personal reasons, the protagonist wished to keep her identity a secret and I shall refer to her as "Patricia" in this narrative. *Event location: Merlo, Province of Buenos AiresDate: Friday, 1 March 2013Approximate Time: 17:15 hours* On Friday, 1 March 2013, Patricia - age 27 at the time - was in the kitchen of her house. The time was around 17:15 hour... more »

Everybody should be in prison!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014* *On CNN, Hostin expounds:* CNN is undergoing major revisions. Many new programs are being tried. Last night, the channel began testing a new weekly show, “Making the Case.” It featured two high-profile CNN legal analysts, Mark Geragos and Sunny Hostin. Late in the show, Hostin made a remarkable statement. Her statement helps us understand one of the forces shaping our national discourse. The exchange began with Geragos explaining why he became a defense attorney. At the age of 12, he saw an 18-year-old sent to prison on a very minor charge: GERAGOS (3/1... more »

Maliki Goes After Rival Governments in Diyala, Wasit and Basra

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 hour ago
In the last few months Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law (SOL) list has been moving against provincial governments in Diyala, Wasit, and Basra that largely excluded them after last year’s elections. The modus operandi has been the same all three governorates: a member of SOL on the provincial council sues the local administration over how the government was put together and the Maliki friendly courts have ruled them unconstitutional. That has led to the creation of two rival governments in Diyala, an attempt is underway to get rid of the one in Wasit, and Basra might ... more »

Breaking News: Diane Ravitch Has Breaking News about Randi

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 hour ago
Acting as Randi Weingarten's unofficial press agent, Diane Ravitch faithfully catalogs Randi's continued bobbing and weaving to preserve her standing with the billionaires who made her, while maintaining her job as President of AFT. Tough task, especially since the teachers who pay Randi's $400,000 salary are fed up with the corporate union that Weingarten has built and the policies it promotes as "innovations." Since 2010, Bill Gates has shoveled $10 million to Weingarten to put the union stamp of approval on Common Core, test-based teacher evaluations, chain gang charter schools,... more »

Snow coming back to GTA

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago

IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: The Post and the Times both flooded the zone!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014* *Part 2—The SAT’s a big deal:* A wonderful moment occurred at the end of Tamar Lewin’s front-page report about the SAT. In Thursday’s New York Times, Lewin was reporting the ways the test will change in 2016. At the end of her report, she described some changes in the essay section, which will become optional. Note the wonderfully comical claim we highlight: LEWIN (3/6/14): Mr. Coleman emphasized that the three-hour exam—three hours and 50 minutes with the essay—had been redesigned with an eye toward reinforcing the skills and evidence-based thinking that... more »

China and Islam

Paul Coker at News Spike - 2 hours ago
Tarpley to McClendon Group; National Press Club Mormonism And Mitt -- What We Can Expect from Spike EP on Vimeo. You can't break Chinese Communism (what's left of it) with Christianity, Shock Therapy or Levi jeans. You *can* break it with Islam. The British Empire learnt this lesson by the 1830s. Islam literally (of course) means "submission". Islam is by it's nature anti-colonialist, psuedo-socialist and anti-masonic. The British, for example *invented * the Ba'hai faith in 1838 because the Muslims of the British Raj would not submit to British rule or acknowledge Imperial h... more »

Harper's South Korea Trip

LeDaro at LeDaro - 2 hours ago
I am not against free trade per se, it has its benefits in expanding markets and bringing our world together. When people are trading with each other and making money, they are much less likely to wage war on each other. However, we should not uncritically accept free trade deals. We must be cognizant of national sovereignty and jobs. Harper is travelling to South Korea to seal a free trade deal with them, it would be Canada's first free trade deal with an Asia-Pacific country. There are some potential benefits to this deal - in particular for Canada's agricultural exports - howe... more »

“5 Things I Learned From Helping My Dad Die”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“5 Things I Learned From Helping My Dad Die”* by Noah Michelson “During the summer of 2006, my father suddenly developed a deep, science-fiction-scary cough unlike anything my family had ever heard before. It wasn't the kind of cough that comes with an ordinary cold. It was the kind of cough that makes anyone who hears it - even strangers in the next aisle over at the grocery store - nervous. It was a warning. An omen. We just didn't know it. The cough persisted for months, and after an incorrect diagnosis of pneumonia, in September we finally learned that it was lung cancer. Even... more »

The Charter School Advantage is Built on Discrimination and Inequity

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 2 hours ago
Heilig writing from Express-News: . . .The achievement gap is real, and it must be fixed. But I don't believe charter schools writ large have found the magic elixir. Charters are diverse, with many models. In recent years, so-called corporate charters have swept into San Antonio, dazzling the media with high test scores and college-going rates. These franchises include KIPP, IDEA, Great Hearts, BASIS and Carpe Diem. The reports from some of these corporate charters of 100 percent graduation rates and 100 percent of students attending college seem too good to be true. They are. A cl... more »

In choosing whether to major in econ, women respond more to grades than men

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 2 hours ago
This chart shows the percentage of male and female students who received a given grade in introductory economics course who then later majored in economics. Source.

The Roswell Slides - Once Again

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 2 hours ago
Although this might be considered kicking the sleeping dogs and stirring the pot unnecessarily, I think it important to address this issue one more time. I have, previously, denied that I was involved in the investigation of the slides that allegedly show the body of an alien creature. When I said that I hadn’t participated in the investigation, some saw that as a lie on my part, but the truth then, as now, is that other than a few limited enquiries made prior to learning more of the story, I did not investigate. To recap, about a year ago, rumors began to circulate that members of... more »

Rupert

Paul Coker at News Spike - 2 hours ago
*VINE:* Ehud Barak is also here, the former Israeli Prime Minister. What did you think, Mr Barak, watching those pictures again? *EHUD BARAK:* It's a clear act of war. I believe that Tony Blair put it correctly. It is a time for action, not for just interviews, and a time for action by the whole world community, co-ordinating a concerted effort in on the level of diplomatic economy, but more than anything else, intelligence and operations to launch a full-scale struggle against world terror. It is all our Western civilisation is now under attack. No way to ignore it, we know the ... more »

NATO Nation Building

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago
http://www.globalresearch.ca/operation-gladio-cia-network-of-stay-behind-secret-armies/9556 Operation Gladio: CIA Network of “Stay Behind” Secret ArmiesThe "Sacrifice" of Aldo Moro By Andrew Gavin Marshall Global Research, July 17, 2008 Geopoliticalmonitor.com 17 July 2008 Through NATO, working with various Western European intelligence agencies, the CIA set up a network of stay behind “secret armies” which were responsible for dozens of terrorist atrocities across Western Europe over decades. This report will focus on the stay behind army in Italy, as it is the most d... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*City to plant new oaks, clear unwanted trees along Esplanade ~AndrewVanacore, N.O. Advocate* *911 board clears way for Landrieu donor to build billboard along I-10 ~Charles Maldanado, The Lens* *Property tax for Audubon Zoo, Aquarium on the ballot Saturday ~Della Hasselle, Uptown Messenger* *The Original Storm Kettle ~All Outdoor* *Making Glass Bones in New Orleans* *New Orleans Festivals Guide: April 2014 ~Gambit*

Photos for Sandy Hook victims created in AP's media photo use site, month before shooting. Video proof.

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 3 hours ago
The guy had access to AP's photo site for media use at college. AP has now restricted that photo site, after his videos have come out. . He was able to do searches of photos uploaded to AP for stories with a pre date of December 13, 2012. The site, shows when the photos are created and submitted to AP for media use, they all have 'creation' dates. Remember Emily Parker's fund on Facebook was

Hoverboards + Boeing + UFOs + MSM = A whole lot of questions!

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 3 hours ago
I love the funny stuff. But I love the funny stuff even more when it comes with a side dish of reality and a large scoop of "hmmmmmmm". Just over a week ago the internet buzzed very loudly over a video that show Tony Hawk on a hovering "skate" board. The Huvr board video went viral in a matter of hours and people we're pretty damn excited by the whole thing. I can admit it: I was SUPER EXCITED!! Almost simultaneously with the release of the HUVR board videos came this article: [image: Boeing: Anti-gravity propulsion comes 'out of the closet'] Boeing: Anti-gravity propulsion... more »

The Flim Flam Men

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Listening to Pierre Poilievre defend the "Fair" Elections Act, you really have to ask yourself: Just who is this guy? He insists that voter fraud is a major problem. But Michael Harris writes that a report by Harry Neufeld concluded that voter fraud was virtually non existent in Canada. However, in what will surely go down as one of the funniest spectacles in Canadian political history, Poilievre has been quoting from a report to defend Bill C-23 even after the author of the report said he has misread it. That said, Poilievre manfully insists that *his* interpretation of Neufeld’s ... more »

Jerry Brown Runs Into Trouble-- Conscious Grassroots Democrats

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Do you notice that it isn't just conservatives who don't care about protecting the planet but that there's also a fault line between young people-- who believe in a future-- and lots of old people, who just don't get all that worked up over the future? For the record, I'm old-- and I very much do care about preserving our planet. I heard Alan Grayson speaking at a live event a few days ago and he talked about people who care very deeply about their friends and family and no one else and about people who care very deeply about their friends and family and ethnic group and no one el... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 4 hours ago
*Alcohol link to premature birth: Just three drinks a week in early pregnancy can double the chance* *This is just the usual inconclusive correlational rubbish -- and based on self-report at that. Social class effects must be expected too. There are plenty of studies that come to opposite conclusions* Just three drinks a week in early pregnancy can double the chances of having a premature or unexpectedly small baby - with middle class mothers most at risk, warn researchers. Even two drinks a week - the maximum limit in official guidelines - increases the risk of preterm delive... more »

Fukushima nuclear disaster Weekly Updates - March 9 , 2014 .... Concurrent nuclear disaster ironically ongoing at WIPP in New Mexico , US and ongoing problems with Hanford nuclear facility ( Washington state ) reviewed ..... Anyone still convinced nuclear power is safe and ultra hazardous contamination can be contained for the decades / hundreds of years it must be contained to prevent wide ranging problems ?

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Energy News - Japan..... 12:24 PM EST on March 10th, 2014 | 93 comments Anonymous Senior Tepco Employee: No one knows what to do at Fukushima, it’s impossible to fix — Reactors not under control — “We just can’t deal with the melted fuel” 01:49 AM EST on March 9th, 2014 | 25 comments Fukushima plant hanging by its fingernails, about to fall off — Disaster is “warning to all of civilization” — “Gov’t & Tepco announce dates for completion, but no one really believes them… this is new territory” (VIDEO) 08:40 PM EST on March 8th, 2014 | 74 comments U.S. Navy Officer: Radiation levels ... more »

Playing your cards right.

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
You know when you’ve made a bit of an arse of yourself and later you go over it in your head thinking up clever things you should have said? Well most of us just have to ‘get over it’. But if you’ve got a column in the Times, (£) you can have a go at a spot of retrospective self justification for real. Or dig yourself deeper into your hole. Wealthy, plutocratic, Jewish villain I’m talking Question Time - David Aaronovitch and The Homeless Man in particular. Fortunately for David, he can fill half a page of the Times with his rationalisation, a heartfelt plea that ‘I have been unfairl... more »

Curious pieces of data....

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
*What a month for revelations of data...yesterday's Orion High Council channeling about Eternal Essence (bravo!), the divines admission in Blossom Goodchild's posting about their light extraction from humanity, and then yesterday's admission from Fulford the White Dragon Society has no plans to supplant the ubiquitous use of oil with free energy devices (like they can stop it? hahaha!) to Cobra's post that clearly shows he (or perhaps those he speaks for) have no idea what Source really IS... Source held hostage? Duality created on Rigel? Really? I think I have light worker whipl... more »

EFN Asia 34: Rainer Adam and Economic Freedom in Asia

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 4 hours ago
The FNF Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia, Dr. Rainer Adam, will soon leave our continent as he is assigned by FNF HQ to head the regional office in Eastern Europe. To know more about Rainer, here is a brief note from a good friend and long-term EFN PARTNER, Barun Mitra of the Liberty Institute in Delhi, India. Barun posted this in our yahoogroups today. *Dear Friends,* *Here is a video prepared by FNF showing Rainer in different roleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGAR4AHp6sRainer Adam needs no introduction to anyone in this group. Over the past... more »

American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary. via American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty in U.S. Needs More than 50-Year Anniversary.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Two for Today

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
*What is this contraption for?* What you should read today, since I am too busy to blog: This came out last week, but I missed it: Tensions rise between Beijing and Hong Kong, so Hng Kongers are increasingly looking to Taiwan. This was not hard to see coming -- colonizers reinforce and reconstruct local identities in opposition to their own. Beijing is simply too inept and too insecure to tolerate Hong Kong's autonomy in the long run. Sad, but it's (yet another) warning for Taiwan, as if Tibet and Xinjiang were not enough.... And this gem by J Sand over at JapanFocus: Overlooked ... more »

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Mystery deepens March 11 , 2014 -- Malaysian police are investigating whether hijacking, sabotage, or the crew and passengers' personal or psychological problems could be to blame for flight MH370's disappearance, they said on Tuesday...... Today's shocker -- The Malaysian military believes the missing plane flew for more than an hour after vanishing from air traffic control screens, changing course and travelling west over the Strait of Malacca, a senior military source told Reuters.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Stranger and stranger by the day ..... http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2014/mar/11/malaysia-airlines-mh370-search-refocused-on-malacca-straits-live-updates Malacca Straits The Malaysian military believes the missing plane flew for more than an hour after vanishing from air traffic control screens, changing course and travelling west over the Strait of Malacca, a senior military source told Reuters. Malaysian authorities have previously said flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for the Chinese capital Beijing. At the time it was roughly mid... more »

Malaysia Plane Hidden With Electronic Weaponry? 20 High-Tech EW Defense Passengers

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 6 hours ago
[image: Profile image] By Deborah Dupre Sunday, March 9, 2014 Four people in particular who boarded the missing Malaysian plane are being investigated, two for stolen passports and two other passport-related suspects. Those four suspects plus twenty people on board involved in cutting edge electric technology. some used for defense purposes, raise a question with this reporter about electronic weaponry hiding the plane. Added to the tragic mystery is why not one country checked databases for information about stolen passports used to board the Malaysia Airlines flight. New elec... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Tweet from McLaren (@McLarenF1)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
McLaren (@McLarenF1) tweeted at 9:29 AM on Tue, Mar 11, 2014: On this day in 1990 Ayrton Senna won the #USGP at #Phoenix after a feisty fight with Jean Alesi's Tyrrell. #F1 http://t.co/Q6D3KBKtsh (https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/443317832877490176) But why have McLaren eradicated the Marlboro logo from Senna's rear wing? Rewriting history? Just because cigarette advertising is banned in F1 now, doesn't change that it was allowed back then. Ridiculous decision.

"Now That You Know..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s all around you. Don’t deny what the eyes to your soul have revealed to you. Now that you know, you cannot feign ignorance. Now that you’re aware of the problem, you cannot pretend you don’t care. To be concerned is to be human. To act is to care.” ~ by Vashti Quiroz-Vega

How Do We Compete With Amazon?

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 7 hours ago
The questions over what the industry can do, or not do about Amazon’s dominance, were raised yet again last week. It was first sparked first by Barnes and Noble's declining interest and funding of its Nook venture, then we had Sony shutting up it US store and handing the keys to Kobo as it battles with many greater corporate issues, then came Kobo itself filing objections to a Competition Bureau agreement impelling four of the biggest publishers operating in Canada to renegotiate their contracts with ebook retailers and finally by an article by Jane Friedman in which she raises th... more »

John Kerry, climate, and constants of human behavior

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
Back in 2004, I probably didn't know most of the things about John Kerry and his way of thinking that I know today. Today, it looks utterly insane to me that so many people in the U.S. – and perhaps 95% of Harvard faculty – would vote for this guy who is completely detached from reality. Today, Kerry declined a meeting with Putin. It's probably not an important enough work for the U.S. Secretary of State these days. Or perhaps, Kerry believes that Putin will be so sad that he isn't allowed to meet Kerry that he will order all the Russian and Crimean troops and self-defense units to ... more »

Female vs Male Logic

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Woman: Do you drink beer? Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a day? Man: Usually about 3 Woman: How much do you pay per beer? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary !) Woman: And how long have you been drinking? Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 correct? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that... more »

Peace: A Definition For Troubled Times

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago

President Vladimir Putin on Crisis in Ukraine - Press Conference Transcript From March 4, 2014

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
President Vladimir Putin on Crisis in Ukraine Global Research News, 10 March 2014 *The President of Russia met with media representatives to answer a number of their questions, in particular with regard to the situation in Ukraine.* *PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN*: Good afternoon, colleagues, How shall we do this? This is what I’d like to suggest: let’s have a conversation, rather than an interview. Therefore, I would ask you to begin by stating all your questions, I will jot them down and try to answer them, and then we will have a more detailed discussion of the specific... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 10 hours ago
*Forget his fearsome reputation - Genghis Khan rose to power thanks to a period of wet and warm WEATHER* *During what climate historians know as the Medieval Warm Period. Against all evidence, Warmists doggedly insist that the MWP occurred only in North Atlantic regions. Mongolia is in the North Atlantic area? It is in fact on the opposite side of the Eurasian continent* He was one of the most feared warriors in history, waging bloody war across Asia and Europe. But Genghis Khan’s 13th-century rampage may have never happened had it not been for a spell of good weather. The... more »

US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
[image: c_1371020270_540x540]*March 11, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted to believe protests over 2.5 million strong (.pdf) stemmed from opposition to a development project. AFP would report in its article, “Turkish protesters have long list of complaints,” that: *What started as a small group opposed to a development project in Istanbul has become an outpouring of national anger over how the Islamist-rooted government treats its citizens, testing Ankara’s quest to be a model country in its neighborhood. * *Turk... more »

Will Running Against The Koch Brothers Help The Democrats In November?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
By now you've probably noticed that the Democratic base's antipathy towards the fascist-leaning Koch brothers has been adopted by Harry Reid and is becoming standard fare in Democratic Party strategies against the "Koch-addict" Republicans. If you're wondering what's behind the new-found populism from the Democratic Establishment, Ashley Parker explained it for *NY Times* readers last week. "Democrats," she wrote, "are embarking on a broad effort that aims to unmask the press-shy siblings and portray them, instead, as a pair of villains bent on wrecking progressive politics." The ... more »

Could you live "off the grid"?

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours ago
[image: Could you live "off the grid"?]*Could you disconnect?*Have you ever considered living off the grid? The basic idea is to disconnect from the national electrical grid, operating one's home using autonomous systems such as solar or wind power. It sounds nice, independent living which is kinder to the earth. But, in reality, how easy would it be to make the switch? Eco-friendly forms of energy require nature's cooperation. When the sun shines and/or the wind blows, energy flows into batteries and "electrical" needs are met. But when nature doesn't accommodate us, the saved en... more »

"Choices"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
“You cannot manage your life if you do not manage yourself. You cannot manage yourself if you do not manage your choices. Manage your choices, and you will manage your life.” “You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way. The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way.” “Another person’s choice is nothing more than another alternative for you to consider.” “If you’d like to know what your choices have been, look at yourself and the life you have lived. What you see is the choices you’ve made.” “If you were given only one choice: To c... more »

"No One Thinks..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

West’s Muted Response on Terror Attack in China

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours ago
*March 11, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - Saturday March 1, 2014′s horrific terror attack at China’s Kunming railroad station left 29 victims dead and over 100 wounded. The terrorist attack was the work of Uyghur separatists hailing from Western China’s Xinjiang province. The US would only condemn the attack as an act of terror after China accused Washington of applying double standards to its coverage and stance on the incident. However, the US’ failure to initially condemn the attack as terrorism runs deeper than mere superficial double standards applied to a glo... more »

Fukushima Anniversary: Nuclear is the Road Toward Our Extinction

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
Please see a condensed transcript of my interview with Voice of Russia here: Nuclear power is the road to our extinction http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_10/3 Here are my responses to their interview questions: 1. Three years ago a disastrous tsunami and earthquake killed nearly 19000 people and set off the nuclear crisis in Japan. Did the region manage to recover from the catastrophe? What are the current results of its recovery? Contaminated water production continues at the site as ground water and water injected for cooling encounter uncontained nuclear fuel: The volume of co... more »

Smoke at Daiichi?

Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
March 10 at 1:33 TEPCO cam looks steamy and TBS cam was obscured entirely <img alt="" height="281" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAASwAAADTCAIAAAC0rLlaAAAgAElEQVR4nOy9eXMcSXYnmIX7JkEQBDIjM/K+7zMyI+/7QN64LwIgCBAEeAAEWWQVyTpZVV3drVa3ujWaVh8a9e6aadS2mpXU6q6qkcw0Ju20Tc9oZmfN5mus2ZqtzeyOdkb7x2M6PSMiIyOR4KHefpYGi3R4vnj+3H/+nj+/RP/wG/oN/YZ46f/4P/87ev77v3+R/vf/7/O//+2//cN//i//8F8b//ov//c//F//+UW2/+e/vnj47y84vSDR+Yr7G/oN/YY6pecg/OUvfxkOhwuFQrFYTKfTiUQil8sVCoVkMpnP57PZbCKRmJuby2azuVyuXC7n8/lCoTA3N1coFAqFQjabLRQK8Xg8kUgkEgn4Vzwez+VykJhMJpPJZCwWg/9ms9l0Op1KpVKpFPwXEhOJRCaTSaVS6XQ6l... more »

Bonus Quote of the Day: On Our Hold on the Planet

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 13 hours ago
“One of the things that we forget sometimes – you know, the fact I’m talking to you now in real time and you are literally on the other side of the planet – and we like to think we’re technologically sophisticated -- but once you get out over the deep ocean, you realise just how big a planet this still is.” - Former Aircrash Inspector and Professor of Safety Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Bill Waldock ,talking to Kathryn Ryan this morning on Radio NZ [Listen in at ‘No sign of wreckage from the missing Malaysian airlines plane,’ at 12:35] Content is copyright PC... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

Rochester Teachers Sue Over Bogus VAM Scores

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
by Christine Fien: The Rochester Teachers Association filed a lawsuit today (read the complaint below) alleging that the new teacher evaluations are unfair because they fail to adequately account for the effects of severe poverty on students. The suit names John King, commissioner of the State Education Department; the State Board of Regents; the State Education Department; the University of the State of New York; the Rochester school district; the Rochester Board of Education; and Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. The suit was filed in State Supreme Court in Albany ... more »

Cronyism and the Transcontinental Railroads

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
*Anyone promoting or considering the merits of so-called public-private partnerships (PPPs)– a collusion between public force and private profits that is simply an invitation to cronyism, corruption and worse – should examine the tainted history of American railroading in the Gilded Age. Why? Because it’s precisely what PPPs will produce again today. In 1962 Ayn Rand gave a lecture titled “America’s Persecuted Minority: Big Business” in which she identified two types of businessmen, later called “economic and political businessmen,”—the first were self-made men who earned their ... more »

Even this baby harp seal knows what a great place the Newtown Creek Nature Walk is for just hanging out

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*The long steps of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, fronting directly on the creek, attracted a maritime visitor yesterday. (The photos were taken by Sean Scaglione for NYC's Departmental of Environmental Protection.)* *by Ken* Newtown Creek, which separates the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, may be one of North America's most contaminated waterways, which means that most visitors to the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, one of the city's most wonderful attractions, came from the landward direction. The youngster pictured here, however, on an exceptionally nice late-winter d... more »

Holy hell, my God almighty?!? AFT turns away Gates money? Outstanding.

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Check out this article from Politico while I step outside to see if hell is frozen over. To wit: Weingarten said she didn’t believe Gates funding influenced the Innovation Fund’s direction, but still had to sever the relationship. “I got convinced by the level of distrust I was seeing — not simply on Twitter, but […]

Intersectionality, Position and Agency

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
By way of following up this and this, I want to say a couple more things about intersectionality to clear up any misunderstandings - especially as intersectionality has come to be identified with privilege-checking and various forms of radical narcissism. First off, intersectionality can look something like this: It demonstrates that if you're a woman, the poorer you are the more likely you are to be obese as compared to men (there are problems with using the Body Mass Index as a measure, but we'll leave that for another occasion). What you have here then is the *intersection* of ... more »

BITCOIN WORLD about to implode ? Whistleblower Threatens to Expose Corruption at Bitcoin Foundation ! Explosive allegations against Bitcoin Foundation members Peter Vessenes and John Matonis ! Snapshot -- An "entrepreneur and former venture capitalist" who goes by the handle the Two-Bit Idiot declared "war" today in a blog post entitled Coup or Death for the Bitcoin Foundation? The blogger, whose name is Ryan Selkis, previously talked to Fortune's Dan Primack about leaking documents about Mt. Gox. In today's post, he threatened to publish a searing expose on Monday unless two of its board members resign. TBI also claims that the foundation's corporate sponsors "discouraged" him from airing Bitcoin's filthy laundry. According to TBI, chairman Peter Vessenes and executive director Jon Matonis are not "ethically entitled" to retain their board seats in the Seattle-based non-profit because conflicts of interest and gross negligence. The most damning allegations are related to the disastrous implosion of Mt. Gox. In the early days, Mt. Gox was the largest Bitcoin exchange and a tent pole for the budding economy, hiding questionable practices...... TBI says Vessnes and Matonis got their money out through connections with Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, while $473 million swirled down the blockchain drain !

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Something everyone can agree upon..... customer security and consumer protection must evolve ..... http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-industry-must-recognise-responsibilities/ Why The Bitcoin Industry Must Recognise Its Responsibilities <span class="single-author" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin

Libya flashpoint March 8 , 2014 .......Libya rebels claim to export oil outside of the direction and control of the government of Libya , to an oil tanker flying under the flag of North Korea to boot ! ! Rebels who seized oil ports in eastern Libya say they have loaded oil on to a North Korean-flagged tanker. The Morning Glory docked at Sidra port earlier on Saturday, after a failed attempt to dock on Tuesday. "We started exporting oil. This is our first shipment," a rebel spokesman said. The rebels demand more autonomy - and oil wealth - for Libya's east. Libyan officials confirmed to the BBC the Morning Glory had docked. They said the rebel move was an "act of piracy". ...... Sunday key GNC day as it votes on adopting new Road Map recommended by “February” Committee --Tomorrow’s GNC agenda as provided by the GNC is as follows: 1st Item: Adoption of the road map and vote on direct or indirect presidential elections. 2nd Item: Hearing to a mutual report from the Audit Bureau and Administrative Control Authority. 3rd Item: Voting directly to withdraw confidence from the government and name a new Prime Minister. 4th Item: Voting on amendments to the constitutional declaration to ensure rights of ethnic groups in the Constituent Body for Drafting Committee.

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
North Korean-flagged tanker still in port – NOC *By Tom Westcott*. *Tripoli, 10 March 2014*: The North Korean-flagged tanker that has illegally loaded a shipment of crude from Es-sider oil export terminal is still berthed in the port, according to the National Oil Company (NOC). “The ship has not left. It is still at the port,” NOC spokesperson Mohamed Al-Harrari told the *Libya Herald*. He said that NOC was receiving constant updates on the status of the tanker. Reports were now also being received from vessels under control of military forces that yesterday surrounded the port, he a... more »

On a slightly lighter note...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
A tortoise was walking down a street in Salford when he was mugged by a gang of snails. A policeman came to investigate and asked the tortoise if he could explain what happened. The tortoise looked at the policeman with a confused look on his face and replied, "I don't know, it all happened so fast."

Alan Waldman : Dramatic Brit series ‘Chancer’ introduced me to dynamic leading man Clive Owen

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 18 hours ago
Owen is a lovable con man who helps pals out of jams, plots against slimy villains, and romances lovely ladies in this fine 1990-’91 series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | March 10, 2014 [In his weekly column, … finish reading Alan Waldman : Dramatic Brit series ‘Chancer’ introduced me to dynamic leading man Clive Owen

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        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
Communications tower in Taipei Tawian, 14 Feburary 2014

"Dear Readers, Several of you have told me that you are tired of reading about the deplorable state of affairs in Ukraine produced the by idiots that comprise 'our' government. In this current posting you can read instead about the deplorable state of jobs in 'your' economy or, rather, the absence of jobs. 'Your' same government that lies to you about foreign affairs also lies to you about the economy." -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 18 hours ago
------------------------------ *OpEdNews Op Eds 3/9/2014 at 22:13:20* No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life *By Paul Craig Roberts (about the author)* Permalink opednews.com *Headlined to H2 3/9/14* Source: Paul Craig Roberts No Jobs, No Recovery, No American Dream (image by YouTube)Over the decades various administrations, seeking to improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the point that the statistics are no longer meaningful. According ... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 18 hours ago
*Judge upholds AG Buddy Caldwell's approval of levee authority's vote in wetlands damage suit ~Mark Schleifstein*~Attorney General Buddy Caldwell acted appropriately in approving the east bank levee authority's vote to hire a law firm for a wetlands damage suit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, a Baton Rouge judge ruled Monday. The judge also ruled that the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association's lawsuit attempting to overturn Caldwell's approval was *frivolous*.

Greg Hunter,“Ukraine: Desperation to Save the U.S. Dollar”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“Ukraine: Desperation to Save the U.S. Dollar”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com “Newsletter writer Dr. Jim Willie thinks the Ukraine crisis is an enormous struggle for financial power between East and West. Dr. Willie contends, “I believe what we got with Ukraine is an absolutely desperate situation where the U.S. government realizes we have to stop Ukraine from becoming a central transit point for energy pipelines in the fast developing Eurasian Trade Zone. They need to stop the Eurasian Trade Zone because the United States and England are largely going to be excluded. If you look... more »

Lying Snake Rogers Slithers Out on Sunday Morning Blabfest

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 18 hours ago
Having laid rather low as of late which is an enormously difficult task for a pathological liar of a bully like Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers it was only a matter of time until he surfaced on the Sunday morning ‘news’ show circuit. Rogers is the very definition of the tyranny of the minority in that he has been anointed the exalted Grand Poobah of the US House Intelligence Committee based upon only actually representing a fraction of less than one percent of the population of the USA. This is one of the more serious problems with the US Congress as it exists in that districts ar... more »

What's Going To Happen In The FL-13 Race Tomorrow?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
A week from tomorrow there's a crucial primary in central Illinois' swingy 13th congressional district. It pits progressive physics professor George Gollin against a Machine-backed run-of-the-mill hack, Ann Callis. Tomorrow, however, there's a special election in the 13th congressional district of another state, Florida. This one pits a dreadful Republican lobbyist, David Jolly, against a garden variety Democratic centrist, Alex Sink. Neither candidate has an ounce of authenticity, neither is even remotely attractive as a leader or public servant and there isn't much reason for any... more »

I am fucked

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 20 hours ago
You can not say repeatedly the things I say without consequences. Call me pardoned but I am far from the worse. Incredible harm has come in this country and the world when people speak up and say, hey I believe in people and if you want to run a pipeline, get their word. t

The acceptance of Netficks

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 20 hours ago
Tease me once or twice or three times or some manipulated way into controlling my brain. TYhose wo know, and do not kid me we are looking at everybody. Take a stand, watch TV or pay to go to a pay wall to defend the brand. Like Shaw TV running Vikings and expecting us to say, jezz they grew petunius in a climate that would otherwise say it can not.

First of Many Tennessee Lawsuits Filed Over Use of High Stakes Value-Added Testing

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 20 hours ago
Andy Spears has more here. From WATE in Knoxville: NOXVILLE (WATE) - The Tennessee Education Association has filed a lawsuit against the Knox County Board of Education saying its use of Tennessee Value Added Assessment System estimates in high-stakes bonus decisions is unconstitutional. "It is unacceptable for any teacher to be punished financially or otherwise as a result of unreliable, flawed statistical estimates that can vary years after a student was in that teacher's classroom," said Gera Summerford, TEA president. TEA says Knox County teacher Lisa Trout was unfairly denied ... more »

Bill de Blasio Under Fire from Wall Street Billionaires and Vulture Philanthropists

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 20 hours ago
Corporate Welfare Queen, Eva MoskowitzWith the Oligarchs now marching out Eli Broad's rabid poodle, Steve Barr, to attack Bill de Blasio for his position on charter schools, the Mayor has his hands full. Thankfully, he is not flinching, even with the lead corporate welfare queen and snapping hyena, Eva Moskowitz, in full attack mode. With her half-million dollar salary at stake, Little Eva canceled school for her 22 schools and bused the students to Albany last week to use them as props for the fake Democrat, Andrew Cuomo, to offer a speech that could have been written by Wall Str... more »

I am a protest singer singing a protest song

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 20 hours ago
There was a time when that was true but the Illuminati who lag a generation behind knowing what the public see as true missed the sixties by a country mile and they mad up for that double time with disco and today they feed us like we are a brian dead population only thinking about sex and fashion but I have to say the general population do not disappoint no on realieze freedom is the last app that will ever go online. I represent come on girlfriend and all the trust that comes with it. What is really wrong with this world and the call to arms for not leaving the house without a nineteen r... more »

Bahe: 'Gradual Resurgence of Land Based, Sovereign Dineh Resistance at Big Mountain'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
Gradual Resurgence of Land Based, Sovereign Dineh Resistance at Big Mountain By Bahe (Kat) Keediniihii Katenay Censored News March 8, 2014 Mosquito Spring, Big Mountain – Four major meetings since last fall and which were held throughout the Big Mountain Dineh resistance communities has brought forth the return of the original Dineh voice for the protection of the sacred relationships

The missile defense system was promised not to be directed against Russia, Mr McCain

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago
Senator John McCain claims that the ongoing reorganization of Crimea should be interpreted as a justification for the resuscitation of the U.S. missile defense system composed of a radar in Czechia and missiles in Poland. The plans were scrapped in September 2009. Perhaps, they were "postponed indefinitely" (or at least through 2015). So far, it didn't make any difference. *When the project was still a hot issue in 2009...* The planned radar site near Míšov, Brdy Hills (Břízkovec, "spot height 718", Google Maps) is located 30 kilometers from my home. As a clearcut defender of the... more »

Quote of the Day: On Elections

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." - H. ... more »

Video Mohawk Warriors at Blockade

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours ago
Read more:Deep Green Resistance: Mohawk Warriors demand inquiries into murdered and missing women http://dgrnewsservice.org/2014/03/10/mohawk-protesters-blockade-rail-line-demand-inquiry-into-indigenous-women-murders/

Deja Vu Much?

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 21 hours ago
If there's anything the two political parties in this country have in common, it's this: They keep making the same mistakes over and over. George Santayana, Thou Art Vindicated Time and Again. During the live road show of the DSM V (aka CPAC 2014, held, appropriately, at the Gaylord Hotel again), the GOP held a minority outreach forum that drew... ...well, this many people, if John Hudak's picture is to be believed. The worse-than-anemic turnout was sniffed at by Republican flaks, one saying (and I'm paraphrasing here), that Democratic minority outreach ... more »

Wake Up To The Modern World

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago
*Wake Up To The Modern World.* *written by Robin Mathews* A number of people began to wake up to The Modern World in the nineteenth century. Two key things were becoming evident to them. The first was that private corporations - so entangled with government they were fast becoming indistinguishable – were claiming ownership of more and more of The Commons. People think of The Commons as shared land surface. But it’s much more than that. It’s the natural resource wealth of the nation (which is one of the reasons for present “globalization”, or “government by ... more »

The 'misleading' Ms Montague (continued)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
Here's an update on a story covered by both *BBC Watch* and *Is the BBC biased?* The story begins last November when* Today*'s Sarah Montague gave Radio 4 listeners a misleading impression about how Israel treats Christians by bracketing it with Pakistan and Iraq, in the context of countries that persecute Christians. Complaints went in, and *Today*'s assistant editor Dominic Groves made a particularly poor fist of trying to fob one of those complainants off. In early January the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit overruled Dominic Groves and informed the complainant that it wou... more »

Getting ever more interesting

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
CNN are reporting the following: Tickets linked to stolen passports for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were purchased by an Iranian man, authorities say. At least two people on board the plane were traveling on passports stolen from an Austrian and an Italian. According to Thai police officials, an Iranian man by the name of Kazem Ali purchased the tickets for two friends who he said wanted to return home to Europe. While Ali made the initial booking by telephone, either Ali or someone acting on his behalf paid for the tickets in cash, according to police. Get complete c... more »

KPK Separistits

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 22 hours ago
This has to be the greatest betrayal in human history. Also I hope an example of hubris gone gold. he book on Karl as I see it is he was born on third base. He is running for a pop up fly and falls on his face. This guy is so out of touch with reality it will be super to watch. He is Rob Ford without crack or peeing in the park. Believe me now and I tell you later his character is going to be explosive. There is no way Quebcor or any of its arms should get one ore cent of Federalist Government Money for advertising, hockey teams, etc as long as it lines Karls pockets. In a real se... more »

How many times can you spend one lot of money?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
How many times can you spend one lot of money? If you're an ordinary taxpayer the answer is once. If you're the Labour leader or one of his team, then the answer is 10 or maybe 11 times, so far. Guido Fawkes makes it 10 times and has the video clips to prove it... My favourite clip is the hopeless Harriet Harman showing her mastery/mistressy of the subject. You just know if that had been a Conservative spokesman that clip would have been played over and over again, but as it's a Labour bigwig, I don't think I've ever seen it on-air as opposed to to on the web. But BuzzFeed think ... more »

Gabe Sherman describes propaganda at Fox!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014* *And perhaps at that other channel:* Earlier this year, New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman published The Loudest Voice in the Room, a strongly critical biography of Roger Ailes. In January, Sherman discussed the book with Jane Hall as part of C-Span’s After Words series. We watched their discussion two weekends ago. To watch the full hour, click here. Late in the hour, Sherman and Hall discussed the nature of propaganda, especially as practiced by Fox. Sherman’s description was basic but interesting. This is the way he began: HALL (1/29/14): What about t... more »

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum honors leaders and culture

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum reflects beauty of Cahuilla Desert People Article and photos by Brenda Norrell Censored News PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, which hosted the Native American FilmFest, is a beautiful tribute to the leaders and culture of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in what today is known as southern California. At the

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 22 hours ago

Recorded Phone Call to Movie Theater in Danbury Ct. regarding Adam Lanza and "Dance Dance Revolution" game

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 23 hours ago
In my post/video about Peter Lanza and his interview with a lot of propaganda and about Adam Lanza being a Ron Paul fan, gun fascination and obsession with mass murders. Peter Lanza mentioned how Adam went to a local movie theater and would play with the Dance Dance Revolution game there for 10 hours at a time. I decided to research the movie theaters in Newtown and near by areas. I found only

More Protests In Iraq Over Pension System

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 23 hours ago
The beginning of March 2014 saw another round of protests against Iraq’s new pension law that was passed in February. This was the second time this year people came out onto the streets after the original demonstrations started last year demanding that politicians and high officials give up their lavish retirement plans. Many of the country’s leaders came out in support of the activists then, but when it came time for parliament to deal with the issue this year it passed a piece of legislation that largely maintained the present system. This has angered many in the public and rel... more »

interactive kaleidoscope

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago
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Gallo

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago
Gallo from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"First came God, then came Gallo"* Dr. F. Wong-Staal, AIDS researcher "More than anyone, Robert Gallo is the embodiment of AIDS research in the United States. He was the man who proved that the virus now known as HIV, for human immunodeficiency virus, causes AIDS; he was the man who developed the test that safeguards the world's blood supply against the disease. He holds or shares 79 patents, and his discoveries have generated more than $1 billion in private-sector revenues." "By 1975 his [Gallo's] lab had finally isolated a retrovirus from human ... more »

Pol. Ideology 54: On the Multiple "Death" of Capitalism

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
A friend who considers himself a "social liberal" reposted in his fb wall Akbayan Party's "progressive books", one of which is this book published in July 2013 and written by Cong. Walden Bello of Akbayan. I commented that *pallpak na naman* (a loser) si Walden Bello and other socialists. Capitalism's last stand? Which is... facebook? twitter? youtube? coca cola? samsung? toyota? shimano bikes? When socialists keep using capitalism's inventions and innovation, they are in effect recognizing capitalism's dynamism. My friend commented that “history has shown the excesses of both plann... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Vlad the Impaler'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
VLAD THE IMPALER Posted on March 10, 2014  Mohawk Nation News MNN. Mar. 10, 2014.  In 1710 the Haudenosaunne sent five chiefs from each of our nations to Europe for the first and only time to spread the peace. They took the wampum belts to explain and ratify the Guswentha with the monarchs. All 13 royal bloodlines attended and received a wampum belt. It was their invitation to send

Have you seen the Cadillac ad that has libtards in a twist?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*personally I like it because I'm a big fan of Neal McDonough, who does a superb job on this ad.* In 2002, McDonough, along with Donnie Wahlberg, starred in the brilliant TV series Boomtown. It was (IMO) one of the top 5 shows I've ever seen on TV. Each episode followed a criminal investigation from different points of view; those of police officers and detectives, lawyers, paramedics, reporters, victims, witnesses and criminals. It was a bit disconcerting to watch the first few episodes because it would appear some scenes were actually just reruns of what you just watched. I ... more »

Syria to miss OPCW deadline so says unnamed official- false flag take 2?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours ago
I wanted to get this up end of last week..... A bit late, but, still important! *Syria to miss deadline to destroy 12 sites- so says an unidentified official* Yes, that is right an unidentified official is providing us with a narrative. But, it's not just narrative creation it's also prognosticating. The unidentified official (who knows who this really is?) is speaking certainties nine days before the said official could/should be certain. Counting chickens/unhatched eggs. You know? Syria will miss a major deadline next week in the program to destroy its chemical weapons production ... more »

Bowen; still smarting

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
Jeremy Bowen has written a new book “The Arab Uprising” Not only that, but he has received an award: News Television Journalist of the Year *[Jeremy] is among the best known foreign correspondents on British TV and the judges called his entry a "masterclass in TV journalism." Even when injured by shotgun pellets he continued to report the events around him. What particularly impressed the judges was his ability to provide context and analysis from within fastmoving events on the ground.”* Even when injured by shotgun pellets he soldiered bravely on which gave us the opportunity to... more »

How Did The Democrats Allow Ohio To Turn Into Such An Electoral Hellhole?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Over the weekend, Marilou Johanek took apart the Ohio Republicans' elaborate excuses for strangling voters' access to the polls and concluded that it's just plain old voter suppression. If we rule out cost-cutting, uniformity, and fraud as legitimate excuses to restrict the voting process in Ohio, what other explanations make sense? Why else would Republican lawmakers pass bills, signed into law by Republican Gov. John Kasich, that erect voting hurdles for Ohioans? Why curtail early voting, regulate the mailing of absentee-ballot applications, and make provisional ballots harder ... more »

Edward Snowden LIVE from Russia Right now

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 1 day ago
Snowden LIVE from Russia right now. http://new.livestream.com/texastribune/events/2823117

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
Hypertrichosis

EPIC's epic NEP - Part 2

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
Con "fixer" Bruce Carson and Lib National Campaign Co-Chair Daniel Gagnier worked together on a national energy program for industry lobby group, the *Energy Policy Institute of Canada, *and have both given speeches and published numerous papers in support of it*. * Former EPIC president, now *Senator, *Doug Black was duly grateful : "I would like to acknowledge our three vice chairs that presented our work to the energy ministers: Bruce Carson, Gerry Protti and Daniel Gagnier." In light of EPIC's subsequent presser in 2012 (h/t Hugh) that : "Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver ann... more »

DIY Crate Shelf

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
[image: Housewife Eclectic: DIY Crate Shelf] This is one of those projects I have had finished for years, but have never posted, mostly because I don't love the photos. My bathroom is a pretty shade of blue, and while I love the blue for everyday, taking a picture inside a small, poorly lit space that is painted all blue is never ideal for a photograph. Even though I don't love how the pictures turned out for this project, I love the project itself. This crate shelf, is really simple, just a stained crate hung using decorative L brackets, but it breaks up a long wall in our bathroom... more »

The World Stands and Says: "NO MORE!"

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
March 10th, 2014 reposting: Many new additions to the original list, and there are new updates almost daily. Please book mark and visit the page "Global Uprising" here on RTS for updates to the list. Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm. The huge intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the pulse that is the prelude to the adrenaline rush. It feels as if the world is sitting on the blade of a knife, waiting for the slightest flicker of air to ever so gently brush against it and waft it over the edge of Change. Many many pe... more »

Q & A w/ Traditionalist Youth Network

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
What follows is a transcript of questions I posed to Matthew Heimbach, Matt Parrott and Thomas Buhls of the *Traditionalist Youth Network* for an article I recently submitted to *American Free Press*, followed by their responses. *Matthew Heimbach, Founder* *Matt Parrott, Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer* *Thomas Buhls, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer* *JF*: Can you please provide us with a brief overview of the origins, goals, and agenda of the Traditionalist Youth Network? *Matt Parrott*: Thomas Buhls, Matthew Heimbach, and I are experienced White Advocates who’ve ... more »

Bartcop Down

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Just before this weekend, I'd heard of the passing of Bartcop through, I think, Susie Madrack's byline at *Crooks and Liars*. Then I read Jill's lengthy semi-autobiographical commentary on BC's life and legacy at her place, Brilliant at Breakfast. As his masthead showed, Terry Coppage had been a political blogger since before the contraction for "web log", or blog, had even been coined. To put it in terms we can all understand, he'd been writing about politics since Bill Clinton's first term or almost two years before the Monica scandal broke. He'd consistently been at it ... more »

hey little girl

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

Peter Lanza Speaks "Adam a Fan of Ron Paul, Loved Guns and Obsessed with Mass Murders"

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 1 day ago
How photo shopped can you get? After all this time, Peter Lanza did an interview with the New Yorker magazine. Overall the article says, Adam difficult when growing up, they took him to many psychiatrist and he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, he Loved Ron Paul and Guns. He began a 'private fascination with mass murders. The whole article is B.S. in my opinion. What it does it

Support Chicago Boycott of ISAT

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Support Chicago Teachers’ Test Boycott: Call and Sign Petition Chicago teachers, joined by parents and students, are boycotting the Illinois ISAT tests at several schools. The district is threatening teachers with loss of certification, and bullying and intimidating parents and students who have opted out or wish to opt out of the ISAT. They need your support. Please call the Chicago Board of Education and voice your support for Chicago's teachers, parents and students standing up for their rights. Call 773-553-1600 and tell the Board: "I’d like to leave a message for all members of... more »

The latest very important key fact!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014* *In our world, facts don’t matter:* As we’ve often noted, facts play almost no role in our national discourse. We’ll give you four quick reasons: The facts we hear are often wrong. Other key facts get disappeared. When people in *our* tribe make up facts, we tend to applaud them for it. And in a highly tribalized culture, it’s hard to convey basic facts across tribal lines, even if the facts in question are accurate and important. We’ll now offer a fifth, more specialized reason. Some key facts about the looting of the middle class tend to get disappeared by... more »

ERP

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
The new *Economic Report of the President* is available here.

Weekly Message from Hilarion - 3/9/2014

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Weekly Message from Hilarion* by Marlene Swetlishoff ~~ 3/9 - 3/16/2014 Hilarion Beloved Ones, Upon the face of the planet, many changes are taking place. The weather patterns are creating anomalies in areas that have usually relied on stable weather conditions. The world’s water sources are being cleansed and renewed through the efforts of many people throughout the planet who work together to add energy to the water and give assistance to the water elementals. Many areas are experiencing drought and this is a worry for those who live in these places. Other areas of the world a... more »

Common Core: Why Money Trumps Evidence

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Common Core: Why Money Trumps Evidence. via Common Core: Why Money Trumps Evidence.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: Reporting the new-and-improved SAT!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014* *Part 1—Could our journalists get into college:* If we might borrow from our Camus: The SAT was massively changed last Wednesday. Or maybe not, we’re not sure. Is the SAT being changed in some major way? Even now, we’re not sure—in large part, because of the blizzard of reporting and punditry which followed Wednesday’s announcement. The SAT is a very big deal to upper middle-class readers of our major newspapers. Perhaps for that reason, the New York Times and the Washington Post reacted to last week’s announcement as if V-S Day had occurred. That said, mu... more »

The Orions' got the Eternal Essence memo!

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*I think I've heard similar words somewhere before...hmmmm....good to hear the word is getting to where it needs to go! :) -AK* http://lightworkers.org/channeling/197276/high-council-orion-message-awareness-energetic-essence-6th-march-2014 *Channeled Ascension Message from the High Council of Orion* March 6th, 2014 Channeled by Holly Hawkins Marwood Transcribed by Paul Marwood Audio file is available at http://www.akashahealingstudio.com/high-council-of-orion-awareness-of-energetic-essence-6th-mar-2014/ AWARENESS OF ENERGETIC ESSENCE “Greetings Dear Ones. We are the High Council... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Saints free-agent wish list: Wide receiver ~Mike Triplett* *Daily Who Dat Dish* *It's Monday. Somebody call Da NOLA DEFENDER* *The Wisner Trust: Horse trading in Louisiana's wild, wild justice system ~American Zombie* *Battles over BP settlement could be nearing an end ~Richard Thompson, The Advocate* *Reflecting on a show: Ani Difranco ~Disenfranchised Citizen*

"The Most Difficult Of All Our Tasks..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess. There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult. Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part ... more »

Using Taichung as a Biking Base: Routes and commentary

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
One of the reasons I've come to enjoy living in Taichung is the great weather and the magnificent biking opportunities. An hour will put you in the mountains, with fantastic views and experiences. So here is a guide to some of my favorite routes and roads accessible from Taichung, almost everything here can be done as a day trip from Taichung. For other perspectives and other routes, see the awesome Drew Kerslake at Taiwan in Cycles. Note that none of the routes here include routes in Ta-ken, the ones that are popular with foreigners and locals. There are exceptions, but a good ru... more »

The Virginia Establishment Aims To Install One Of Its Own-- Don Beyer

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Virginia food stamp slashers George Allen and Don Beyer When Jim Moran announced his retirement in January, first politician out-of-the-box declaring an intention to run was multimillionaire car dealer and ex-Lieutenant Governor Don Beyer. It's almost as though he knew and was prepared. He's certainly the Establishment choice for the progressive D+16 Arlington and Fairfax counties suburban DC district (Obama 68% in 2008 ands 2012). No one has to be Republican-lite to win in VA-08. But Republican-lite is what Don Beyer is-- and has always been. Beyer was elected Lt. Gov in 1989 when D... more »
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