Wednesday, March 12, 2014

12 Mar - Blogs I'm Following II

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Alex Sink Will Run The Same Campaign Against Congressman Jolly In November… No, Really

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 minutes ago
Last night a dull, uninspiring centrist advocating the politics of Beltway centrism-- despite the focus-group-tested message in the ad above (the last one run by the doomed Alex Sink campaign)-- was defeated by a weak and generic Republican lobbyist. Sink was defeated on election day by poorer-than-expected turnout among Democrats and left-leaning independents, after a surprisingly decent showing in early voting. Lots of TV ads do not make up for a weak message (Chained CPI, for example) and a weaker ground game. So while David Jolly's campaign was bolstered by the ground troops o... more »

NSA Plans to Infect Millions of Computers With Malware (Stock Market Surge Gains Invisible To Three-Fourths of Americans) Vermont Votes for Public Banking

Just off the presses! (Kidding.) But definitely fresh out of the Greenwald hopper. In the former "land of the free" (but "not at all well informed,") we've recently become enamored with our whistle blower "friends" setting up their own information services and possibly doing some public service! Or something. By the way, any computer programmer could have told you that this would happen

The Sandy Hook HOAX! Sandy Hook Is Our Last Chance To Stop The Lies!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
Sandy Hook was a fraud and a massive hoax perpetrated on the American people... That is absolutely fact now, and there is no denying the facts.... The criminals responsible for this fraud are now being caught daily with new reports revealing the con, and even the disinformation agents that are still out there trying frantically to keep the lie alive are now caught up in their own lies and have lost all credibility in this fight.... People everywhere are finally waking up to the facts that Sandy Hook was indeed a criminal operation to not only take away the guns of the American publi... more »

Classroom Activity: Globalization and Inequality Within and Between Countries

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
This activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture (slides) on political economy, a considerable focus of which was on identifying the winners and losers from economic cooperation. In that lecture, I argued that trade tends to enrich the owners of, employees of, and investors in sectors in which that country has a comparative Continue reading

“No more little children being dropped off by their mummies”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
I love that headline above chosen by Lance Wiggs in promoting a sensible, yes, sensible, proposal by the Greens to encourage children to walk and cycle to school *instead of being dropped off by their mummies. *Stop mummies taking a round trip twice a day, then our roads are that much less congested (ever noticed how much easier it is to drive around when schools are on holiday?) and everyone else’s trip becomes that much quicker. How did children end up being bubble-wrapped like this by their mummies? When I went to school over 30 years ago [says Lance] the norm was to walk, cyc... more »

Oyate setting up camp on elbow of KXL pipeline

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
Oyate Wahacanka Woecun This is the announcement for the Spirit Camp. Please meet at the AM Pride in Mission on March 29th. This is a Spiritual event. You will want to attend the Orientation on March 14-15 to find out the protocol for this event. .

The Neoliberal Neo-Nazi Coup in Ukraine. M. Chossudovsky

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
Video Title: The Neoliberal Neo-Nazi Coup in Ukraine. M. Chossudovsky. Source: GlobalResearchTV. Date Published: March 12, 2014. Description: Violence and bloodshed continues to rock Ukraine as factions compete in the power vacuum of last month's coup in Kiev. As the country struggles to find its way forward, however, it finds itself in the crosshairs of a NATO war agenda that has been unfolding for years. This is the GRTV Feature Interview with our special guest, Professor Michel Chossudovsky.

GAZA AND THE NEOCON LIE

Jonathan Tobin, a neoconservative propagandist with *Commentary* online magazine, has written a piece today that attempts to perpetuate the neocon myth that the Gaza Strip is a Palestinian State on account of it being run by Hamas. In his relentless tirade against there ever being a true Palestinian state, Tobin writes: *…the theoretical arguments about a Palestinian state tend to ignore the fact that one currently exists in all but name in Gaza. There, a Hamas government continues its tyrannical Islamist rule over more than a million people with no interference from Israel other th... more »

Bryan Cranston as LBJ, according to people who worked with him

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Bryan Cranston portrays former President Lyndon B. Johnson on Broadway in Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way, directed by Bill Rauch* *by Ken* Even those of us whose strong memories of Bryan Cranston go back beyond *Breaking Bad* not just to hilariously bumbling but dangerous dad Hal on *Malcolm in the Middle* but to his appearances as agenda-driven dentist Tim Whatley on *Seinfeld*, his post-*Breaking Bad* incarnation as former President Lyndon B. Johnson is, well, not so much a stretch as a "huh?" Let's do one of our quick show-of-hands polls: Raise your hand if you're keen to ... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Perils of Pauline'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
PERILS OF PAULINE Posted on March 12, 2014 MNN. March 12, 2014. Quebec Premier Pauline Marois promises a separate Quebec without borders and tolls.Pauline promotes Quebec tourism. Quebecor owner/billionaire, Pierre Karl Peladeau, has thrown his hat into the separatist ring. Like all Canadians that went through the brainwashing education system, he believes that the one with the most money

THE RISE OF THE FASCISTS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
Where are the voices in Europe speaking out against the strong Nazi elements in this 'revolutionary' government in Ukraine? Where are the voices in the halls of Congress in Washington about a clear alliance between the Obama administration and these fascists?

Will 3D Printing Change The World?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
*Guest Post by Brad Hart* Imagine you’re steaming across the Pacific Ocean on a container ship on a great circle course to the San Francisco sea buoy. The sea is confused and you’ve been running the ship’s slow speed diesel engine hard to meet your ETA. The vibration reverberating through the hull gently trembling you to sleep when, without warning, the sound stops. Minutes later, the Chief Engineer calls to inform you that the PLS Dosage Pump supply valve has failed and your ship is now dead in the water, a seriously overpriced pontoon, until you can get the part to fix it. As C... more »

Ukriane and Crimea situation updates March 11 , 2014 - Despite Sanction threats from the EU and US , Threats from the fledgling government in Kiev , Russia still stands firm and the Crimea Parliament declares independence from Ukraine ahead of the March 16 , 2014 referendum .... Additional news of the day focused on the fluid Ukraine geopolitical situation.

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-11/red-line-crossing-ukraine-effectively-gifts-crimea-russia-says-will-not-intervene-mi ( Ukraine fledgling Government throws in the towel regarding Crimea , how long before the ret of Eastern and Southeastern Ukraine gets the " fever " to join Russia ? ) Red Line Crossing: Ukraine Effectively Gifts Crimea To Russia, Says "Will Not Intervene Militarily" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2014 19:22 -0400 - fixed - SPY - Ukraine <iframe allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0"... more »

MORE FROM PEPE ESCOBAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
What is the big picture in Ukraine today? Should it be interpreted legally or politically? What is China's attitude to the conflict in Ukraine? And, has Washington blinked? CrossTalking with Pepe Escobar, Ann Lee and Martin McCauley.

“A Teen Wrestler's Act Of Kindness Brought A Crowd To Tears”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“A Teen Wrestler's Act Of Kindness Brought A Crowd To Tears”* by HuffPost Live “It's not often that a wrestling match ends in tears. But last week, at the Class 3A state high school wrestling championship in St. Paul, Minn., that's exactly what happened. In his weight class' final match, Mitchell McKee, a sophomore from St. Michael Albertville High School, successfully pinned his opponent, Malik Stewart, KARE 11 reported. His father, Steve McKee, who has terminal cancer, watched on. In December, doctors gave McKee, 50, just two months to live, according to the Star Tribune. “My dad... more »

Steve Israel May Have Been Born To Lose, But Why Are The House Democrats Fated To Be Dragged Down By Him?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
This afternoon, New Mexico Democrat Leslie Endean-Singh ended her race to be the Democratic nominee against right-wing extremist Stevan Pearce. She graciously left the field to DCCC recruit Rocky Lara, another one of Steve Israel's "mystery meat" candidates who stands for nothing much and will inspire as many voters as Alex Sink did last night. Endean-Singh, running a totally positive campaign, never adequately made the case about why the centrist Lara isn't a winning choice for New Mexico Democrats. Her withdrawal guarantees another term for the anti-Hispanic extremist, Pearce--... more »

Debunking Vaccination Myths

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
[Hat tip Daniel Bell] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Enough is enough

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
The top 'Feature' story on the BBC News website's homepage is *Suburbia to Syria: The Briton who drove a truck bomb into a prison* by BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani - the written counterpart to a report featured on last night's *Newsnight*. The report offered a very sympathetic take on Abdul Waheed Majeed, the British-born suicide bomber (of Pakistani extraction) who consorted with al-Qaeda types in Syria before blowing himself up (taking an unknown number of people with him.) We heard - at considerable length - from his adoring brother, who called him "a hero"... more »

Iraqi PM Al-Maliki: Saudi Arabia and Qatar Declared War of Terrorism against Iraq

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
Iraqi PM Al-Maliki: Saudi Arabia and Qatar Declared War of Terrorism against Iraq. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: March 12, 2014.

Ed Balls gets away with it again

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
Ed Balls was on Iain Dale's LBC Radio show this afternoon. At one point Ed Balls claimed that the last Labour government only overspent because of the financial crisis etc. etc. etc. The trouble is that as I and others have pointed out time and time again, the last Labour government started spending more than the national income in 2002. The proof is here... I don't know if Iain Dale understands simple bar charts, but maybe he should study this one before his next cosy chat with the slippery Ed Balls. Maybe he could then challenge Ed Balls' statements rather than meekly accepting t... more »

Linkage

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
*Today*'s Evan Davis went down on bended knee to George Soros this morning, and among the questions he put to the investor was this one: What's your advice, in the European countries, to the mainstream parties who see parties on the far-right with populist appeal of one kind - bashing immigrants or bashing European institutions? How should they behave? How should David Cameron, in this country, behave to UKIP? Was Evan implying that UKIP are a far-right party? Hopefully UKIP supporting will have been complaining to the BBC in droves, asking for clarification.

ULU and Marxism 2014

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago
*What did the SWP expect? Did they think their culture of bullying and depravity wouldn't have repercussions for their standing in the student movement, that pool from which they've habitually fished? As far as the University of London Union are concerned - a favoured venue of many a revolutionary outfit - the SWP are now non-people. Below you can find ULU's statement outlining why the SWP will not be availing itself of those facilities this year.The original Facebook statement can be found here*. *Statement Regarding Marxism Festival 2014 and the Socialist Workers Party* March 1... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Look Inside This 210-Square-Foot, $600/month Mid-City Apartment ~Curbed, New Orleans*

Dedicated to all our service men and women: Mansions of the Lord...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago
*and we thank them.* Freedom isn't free. Someone paid the price. )

The Fateful Wish for Price Stability

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
*Everyone expects the Reserve Bank to increase their Official Cash Rate this morning, thereby raising bank inter-lending rates, thereby raising interest rates for commercial borrowers and holders of mortgages. In other words, they’re raising your interest rates – so much for our free market, eh? – raising them after five years in order to “rein in” the inevitable inflation that comes, they say, when growth approaches the economy’s “capacity.” So after five years of monetary policy pursuing growth at any cost, the Reserve Bank will again be pursuing price stability, the very polic... more »

BBC News - Prime minister's belief in Israel 'unbreakable'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
A whole BBC article about David Cameron's speech to the Israeli Parliament today, allegedly updated within the last 20 minutes, that makes absolutely no mention of today's rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26526096 The lengths that the BBC willingly go to in order to protect the Palestinian terrorists whose aims they apparently support absolutely disgust me. Of course as soon as Israel dares to retaliate the BBC will be headlining that news. This Dry Bones cartoon really does tell the truth...

Mr. Jolly goes to Washington!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014* *Alvarez battles for clarity:* This morning, the New York Times tried to report yesterday’s House election. Jolly beat Sink in Florida’s 13th district. At the Times, Lizette Alvarez found the district a little bit hard to define. This is the way she started: ALVAREZ (3/12/14): In a major victory for Republicans in the battle for control of Congress, David Jolly, a former lobbyist, narrowly won a special election for a House seat on Tuesday *in a hotly contested swing district,*giving the party an expensive triumph in its fight against President Obama’s ... more »

Party Music

Paul Coker at News Spike - 8 hours ago
"There's been a whitewash in the media over the past couple days over what the U.S.'s role in the world is, and the fact that they kill hundreds of thousands of people per year to protect profit. Now how can I get to the point where I could be saying that on the world stage, and interrupt the lies that CBS, CNN, NBC, and everyone is saying? In my view, that [would be] by keeping the cover. Not because I think by looking at the cover you get all of this message that I'm telling you, but as a way to have a platform to interrupt the stream of lies that are being told right now."

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

"Genius..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

Bill Bonner,"Crimea River"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"Crimea River"* by Bill Bonner "Now you say you're sorry After being so untrue, Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried, cried, cried a river over you." – From "Cry Me a River" by Arthur Hamilton "Dow down 67. Gold flat. We turn to other things. You know our position on foreign affairs: We think there shouldn't be any. But sometimes the news takes our breath away. Here with a brief summary of the situation in Crimea... In 1954, Soviet head of state Nikita Kruschev – who was half-Ukrainian and grew up along what is now the Russian-Ukrainian border – gave Crimea to ... more »

Tom Hayden : The Taliban are winning

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
This war never should have happened because it was always unwinnable, unaffordable, and therefore unpopular. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2014 The U.S. national security elite, mainstream media, and therefore most of the American people, … finish reading Tom Hayden : The Taliban are winning

Does the data support charters? Does the data support test-centered schooling?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2014 "Cuomo steps up for charters," (editorial, March 10) claims that New York charter school students outperform students in nearby traditional schools. But charters can often be very selective in who they admit, and can expell "problem" students. Were these factors included in the New York analysis? Despite their advantages, studies show that in general charter schools do not do as well as public schools. "Shaking up the classroom," (March 11) notes that the Lindsay District has improved its passing rates on the California Academic Perfor... more »

Hacked Email from U.S. Army Attache in Ukraine - For False Flags to occur so U.S. can take military action against Russia

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 9 hours ago
Putin is a big thorn in the U.S. side and they want to do something about him. The U.S. created the problem in Ukraine to be able to control the country and the resources. The U.S. was/is behind the revolution due to them wanting the President out who was pro Russia and not Europe. The U.S. and Western governments inserted a Pro-European acting President. That President even called on

Self Publishing Is Going to Just Get Bigger, Embrace It

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 9 hours ago
Today we face the prospect of drowning in tidal wave self-published eBooks, YouTube videos, photos, independent music videos and tracks etc which are loaded onto sites alongside and often more frequently than traditionally produced works. Historically these self-published works have been regarded by many as substandard works, looked down upon by the traditional marketplace who referred to them by the term ‘vanity publishing’. Some would even still argue that if you can’t get a publisher, producer or third party to publish your work, then it must be of questionable quality and of ... more »

Satire: “G.O.P. Race Turns Ugly as Paul Head-butts Cruz”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*“**G.O.P. Race Turns Ugly as Paul Head-butts Cruz”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In a preview of what promises to be a heated race for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2016, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) head-butted his rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the floor of the United States Senate this morning. The melee “came without warning,” one observer said, as Sen. Paul took to the well of the Senate to give a speech recommending a strong but measured response to the crisis in Ukraine. Almost immediately, a furious and beet-red Sen. Cruz began heckling ... more »

Native Nations: Don't Frack California March 15, 2014

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
California Native Nations Gathering with environmental organizations against fracking By Corine Fairbanks Censored News SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Over 3000 people are expected to gather in Sacramento on Saturday March 15 to join California Indian Nations and send a clear message to Governor Brown and his administration that Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, practices/efforts need to

The US blinks?- Kerry plans 11th hour meeting with Lavrov

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
*NYT's* Secretary of State John Kerry will fly to London to meet with his Russian counterpart in a 11th-hour effort to persuade the Kremlin not to move forward with the* annexation *of Crimea. Interesting and loaded language from NYT's- There is after all going to be a referendum. Would it really be an annexation? Or would it be the right of the people of Crimea to choose? And Kerry & co are allegedly all about the will of the people? Right? NYT's moves away from manipulative devices in the next paragraph Mr. Kerry’s meeting with Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, wi... more »

The Ecological Contract: The Bioregional State as a Regionally Stable Check and Balance Between Republican Representation and Direct Democracy

Mark at Toward a Bioregional State - 10 hours ago
*"We the people, of the bioregions of the world..."* [maybe back to edit] *Introduction* It is past time for another Solon--to arrange a green constitutional engineering deal that would fix both the systemic difficulties of our originally incomplete and now corrupted national democracies' senses of checks and balances; and would arrange a wider Ecological Reformation of which the state formal state checks and balances are only a part. In my books *Toward a Bioregional State* (2005) and the required Ecological Reformation discussed in this site, many additional governm... more »

DIY Jeweled Choker for Girls Dancewear Costume

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
My 5-year-old is the master of dress-up. I am pretty sure she would never wear normal clothes if I didn't make her. I will take her out somewhere in perfectly normal clothes, only to discover she had a sparkly dress-up top on underneath her jacket. I love the creativity and fun that dress-ups bring and she loves the chance to show her personality through her clothes. When I found this Replica of a Traditional Flamenco Dress, from Costume Discounters, for less than $25, I knew she had to have it. the bold colors and fun ruffles just screamed her name. The costume came in the mail e... more »

Michael James : ‘Rising Up Angry’: Porch climbers, greasers, popcorn girl, and a family, 1968-’69

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours ago
After my work in Uptown, I focused on bringing the movement, the revolution, to working class white kids, who had been overlooked by organizers. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 12, 2014 In September of ’68, while … finish reading Michael James : ‘Rising Up Angry’: Porch climbers, greasers, popcorn girl, and a family, 1968-’69

SELLING THE COUP BACK IN THE USA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
Back in the USA ..... Obama is set to play host to Ukraine's 'interim' Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (Yats). The two will discuss the $1 billion aid package Washington has already pledged to Kiev. It's a sign of just how deeply involved America is in the Ukrainian crisis. The real purpose of the trip though is a sales job - to sell the new government of Ukraine, empowered by a US-NATO engineered coup d'etat, to the American people. The Obama administration must make the American people 'feel good' about this provocative intervention by the US in the affairs of Ukraine. It is ... more »

National Security State Unravelling?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
When the head of the CIA looks straight into the camera and says, "We wouldn't do that," is there anyone on the planet who doesn't interpret that to mean, "We did it; what do you think you can do about it?" Admission: I never voted for Dianne Feinstein for anything-- not for San Francisco City Council, not for mayor and not, ever, for the U.S. Senate. When Jello Biafra ran against her for mayor, I was an enthusiastic backer. She won though… she won all her races. And she's usually a voice for Establishment conservative liberalism. She's also been one of the Senate's major apologi... more »

The Realist Report - Mike King: Putin, Russia & Ukraine

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 11 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Mike King of *TomatoBubble.com*. Mike and I will be discussing Putin, Russia and the situation in Ukraine. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *The Truthseeker: NGO documents plan Ukraine war - vid* - *Meet Ukraine's kosher "ultra-nationalists" - John Friend* - *Nationalists, Jews and the Ukrainian Crisis: Some Historical Perspective - The Occident... more »

The Sandy Hook HOAX! Even More Evidence Of The Fraud: Associated Press Foreknowledge Of "Shooting" Confirmed!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 11 hours ago
As promised, I am continuing with my expose of the truth about Sandy Hook, and putting up new articles at this blog when such information passes my way..... I am troubled though that there are still those out there that see this "shooting" as being somehow real and even more troubling that many are still trying to sell the ridiculous notion that children actually died in this event.... This was an operation, plain and simple, and absolutely nobody died, period! I was sent this very important video just the other day that I want to share with my own readers to view and come to their ... more »

Why does Maddow keep pounding Fort Lee?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014* *We offer the first of two theories:* We sometimes find it depressing to discuss Rachel Maddow’s coverage of Fort Lee—to contemplate her hackneyed work, to contemplate the way such work has been accepted by liberals. Still, we said we’d offer two theories about this phenomenon—two possible ideas concerning what makes Rachel run. Today, we offer one. This morning’s theory follows an interesting night on the TV machine. Again last night, Maddow opened her program with two segments about Fort Lee. Her work had some interesting aspects. Again last night, we ... more »

UPDATING FUKUSHIMA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

Man them cats talk funny

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago
Fats Domino after meeting the Beatles

Revisiting “Cliches and Abstractions” in the Context of Race, 2014

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
Revisiting “Cliches and Abstractions” in the Context of Race, 2014. via Revisiting “Cliches and Abstractions” in the Context of Race, 2014.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: Some students may not comprehend the Post!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014* *Part 3—We can’t comprehend the Times:* Last Sunday, in an irate editorial, the Washington Post denounced the impending changes to the SAT. The College Board “appears to be...making the SAT easier,” the editors railed, presuming a fact the Post had not reported. On the facing page, a supposition-rich opinion column was built on the same presumption. Ditto for an opinion column the Post published one day before. For a test like the SAT, it isn’t entirely clear what it means to say that the test is getting easier—getting “dumbed down.” The SAT isn’t a pass... more »

Keeping Corporate America White and Privileged

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
If you thought the SAT was just for keeping the riffraff out of Harvard and for keeping Brown white, then think again. The SAT is becoming a standard measure of high rolling job applications. As Stephen Colbert said last night, now with Wall Street asking for SAT scores from 30 years prior, you can be assured that one miserable day from 11th grade can determine the course of your entire life. So the SAT offers another generation an added benefit to reproducing educational inequality, so that now the bogus meritocracy system can be used to screen direct access to high paying jobs.

Mike Duffy: The Rise and Fall - CBC Fifth Estate

LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago
Fitting caricature given his ego It was a comedy, for real. Mike Duffy, the ultimate Ottawa insider, a cartoonish character who has become the leading symbol of Senate corruption, claiming living expenses for a cottage in Prince Edward Island he hardly occupied. The ultimate oversized sense of entitlement. He is a schmoozer who likes access to power, and has a giant ego to boot. A highschool dropout who made it big. The documentary showed how Mike Duffy had been lobbying for a Senate seat since the Mulroney era. He had no principles or part... more »

Harga dan Spesifikasi Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Terbaru 2014

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 13 hours ago
Harga dan Spesifikasi Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Terbaru 2014 - Assalammu'alaikum para penikmat gadget, betul agan telah enggak tahan untuk menunggu ulasan barang buatan samsung berikutnya dari kami, santai saja brow, atau agan mungkin ingin menyaksikan pembicaraan dari Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam, atau jangan-jangan terbuka aja kali setuju kita telaah spesifikasi dari Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 yang kita

Iraq Reaches Post-03 High In Oil Exports In February 2014

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Iraq’s oil industry has been stuck on a 23-month plateau. After two new single point mooring stations were opened in Basra in early 2011 the country’s exports flat-lined. Finally, in February 2014 Iraq reached a new post-03 high in foreign sales with nearly 2.8 million barrels a day in exports. The question now is whether that was a one off event or whether the Oil Ministry is capable of sustaining that effort. In February Iraq reached a new mark in exports. It averaged 2.799 million barrels a day. The previous high was 2.62 million barrels, which was first achieved in October 2... more »

Using the Common Core Testing Delivery System to Label, Sort, Segregate

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
From WaPo: . . . .In New York for example, one of the first states to roll out the new curriculum, scores from Common Core tests dropped like a stone—and the achievement gaps dramatically widened. In 2012, prior to the Core’s implementation, the state reported a 12-point black/white achievement gap between average third-grade English Language Arts scores, and a 14-point gap in eighth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) scores. A year later enter the Common Core-aligned tests: the respective gaps grew to 19 and 25 points respectively (for Latino students the eighth grade ELA gap grew ... more »

THE WILL OF I AM: FORMER SYSTEMS TRANSITION TO PURE ENERGY IN PEACE!

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 14 hours ago
Like Justin and Brian, I haven't had a chance to fully review these new documents as yet. I am looking forward to taking some leisurely time (yea right! who am I kidding, lol) once I arrive in Morocco to not only sit down and thoroughly go through the documents- by heart and mind- but also to sit down with Heather to discuss them inside and out. D *http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-will-of-i-am-former-systems.html * *http://briankellysblog.blogspot.nl/2014/03/the-will-of-i-am-former-systems.html* THE WILL OF I AM: FORMER SYSTEMS TRANSITION TO PURE ENERGY IN PEACE! *T... more »

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Crabs

Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
*I Quote The Enemy:* The second theory for the virtual disappearance of 269 people from the site of the crash is suggested by Soviet correspondent *Andrey Illesh* in his book, *The Mystery of Korean Boeing 747.* This theory proposes that the bodies were eaten by giant crabs. There is even a picture of one of those crabs that supposedly populate the sea bottom where *KAL 007* finally came to rest. The crab theory has been persistent and been echoed by the Soviet interceptor pilot *Gennadie Osipovich* himself (though evidently not with full conviction). *“…I heard that they had... more »

North Carolina's Senate Race Is Even Screwier That You Thought

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
The Republican Establishment and Kay Hagan both are rooting for the same candidate to win the Republican senate primary in North Carolina: House Speaker Thom Tillis. The latest PPP survey (in their home state) shows Tillis tied with an even further right sociopath and virulent racist, Greg Brannon, for the GOP nomination-- gigantic momentum for Brannon, who has been endorsed by some of the most fringe elements of the extremist far right, not just the teabaggers and Rand Paul, but Ann Coulter, Utah lunatic Mike Lee and FreedomWorks. Brannon, who opposes racial integration and publi... more »

Deletion of Anti lines comes quickly and with great force

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
*Deletion of Anti lines comes quickly and with great force* by ÉirePort Deletion of Anti lines comes quickly and with great force. Surging of all elementals proceeds swiftly as a result and continues at full pace. Formidification of structural components of all elementals is in process. Sensitives are to be avoided, and those in need of assistance are asked to ask. ÉirePort | March 12, 2014 at 8:45 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-10

Where is the MH370 aircraft?

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
Pilot Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2nd, 1937, and her disappearance has been a topic of mysterious theories for 75+ years. Now it seems likely that she ended near an island in the Republic of Kiribati. *Do you understand why the trajectory of the MH370 flight seems broken and why the unsmooth point is exactly the point where the airplane was lost? Or is the discontinuity just an artifact of an imperfect drawing of the map? I've seen the same discontinuity on other maps, too.* On Saturday, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, too. The aircraft went sharply ... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago
*Fish will keep you active: Eating plenty in old age can reduce chance of medical or physical illness by 39% -- if you are Japanese* *This is just correlational and self-report rubbish* Researchers from the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan asked more 1,000 men and women to fill in a questionnaire designed to assess their mental and physical fitness. Questions included how easy they found it to use public transport or pay bills and how much they visited friends or were asked for advice. They were also quizzed about what they ate. Those who ate the most animal ... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Sheriff Gusman parting ways with longtime campaign contributor/pest control vendor ~Justin Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *Information Security Conference in New Orleans ~IT Business Net* *Effort to reopen Hubig's pie plant is on hold ~Rob Masson, WVUE* *Louisiana has become world's film production capital, report says ~WWLTV * *Freret Street Festival expands to Jefferson Avenue, adds fifth music stage ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger* *The Intergalactic Nemesis coming to CAC *

Living In The 19th Century

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Yesterday, with great fanfare, Stephen Harper signed a free trade deal with South Korea. He claims that the deal signals prosperity for Canada. There will be winners. But, Tom Walkom writes, they won't include the auto industry: Some Canadian high-tech firms, including those making aerospace equipment, hope to profit from the deal announced Monday in Seoul. And perhaps some will. But the real Canadian winners will be beef and pork farmers, who will be able to sell their wares in South Korea duty-free. Meat products now account for roughly 4 per cent of Canadian exports to South K... more »

Happy Birthday World Wide Web

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
The World Wide Web is 25 today, well it's 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee published his paperroposing an “information management” system. This evolved very quickly into a framework for the world wide web. The world wide web dominated our lives so much that it's hard to remember life before 'the web'. I do, I remember showing 'the web' to a client who opined 'useless, too slow and it'll never replace paper encyclopedias and digests', I wonder what he thinks now? The web has brought us many things, some good some bad, but on today I thought I'd show a little video that I found called F... more »

George Galloway handed his arse on a plate

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
George Galloway shown up for what he is by the David Henshaw from Channel 4's Dispatches programme 'Undercover Mosque: The Return'. George Galloway loves to ridicule the interviewees with whom he disagrees but I think you'll agree that in this case he failed miserably. You can see more about this very revealing programme here on my blog.

DiFi is an Enormous Hypocrite

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 16 hours ago
In a classic case of the injurious treatment of one who enjoys the exalted status of being above the law and therefore free to operate with impunity Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman blew her stack on Tuesday morning. DiFi, who has served as the impenetrable firewall of cellulite standing between the NSA Stasi and efforts to bring it under control for a spree of unconstitutional mass surveillance and data-mining doesn’t like it quite so much when the shoe is on the other hoof. The CIA, arguably the foremost terrorist entity on the face of God’s ... more »

Updates On Ukraine: Russian Ambassador To Lebanon Says Europe "Will Regret" Backing Ultranationalists In Ukraine; Kiev Announces Formation of A New National Guard; Right-Wing Leader Dmytro Yarosh Will Run For President

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 hours ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Russian ambassador upbeat over Lebanon and Syria, warns West over Ukraine" by Firas Choufi, Al-Akhbar, March 11, 2014:* For Russia, defining the opposition as perpetrators of a coup against the legitimate authority in Ukraine is a simple feat. Zaspikin says there are “extreme right-wing, nationalist, and ethnic movements and they are the basis of the protest movement against the state. These movements relied on the support of Nazi Germany since the 1930s to destabilize the country and they used to call for a ‘pure Ukraine,’ empty of all the other social group... more »

BOB CROW ASSASSINATED?

Anon at aangirfan - 18 hours ago
Bob Crow (above) was an enemy of the Establishment - both Labour and Conservative. The *Powers-That-Be* wanted rid of him. *On 11 March 2014, Bob Crow died at the age of 52 of a suspected heart attack.* Crow was an outspoken critic of Tony Blair, who "squandered a massive landslide from an electorate hungry for change, poured billions of public pounds into private pockets and accelerated the growing gap between rich and poor" Bob Crow was a left-wing trade union leader - General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). Bob Crow got higher w... more »

Barycentric climatology was never a good science

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
In a new blog post titled Death blow to Barycentrism: ‘On the alleged coherence between the global temperature and the sun’s movement’ Anthony Watts talks about the publication of a July 2013 preprint On the alleged coherence between the global temperature and the sun's movement by Sverre Holm of Oslo in the April 2014 issue of *Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics*. Holm concludes that claims by Nicola Scafetta about the "impact of the Jupiter- and Saturn-affected motion of the Solar System's center-of-mass relatively to the Sun on the Earth's climate" are not onl... more »

RETRACTION: "Hoverboard + Boeing + UFOs..."

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 18 hours ago
Good morning everyone, I am posting a retraction for a statement I made in yesterdays article: Hoverboards + Boeing + UFOs + MSM = A whole lot of questions!In the article I posted this information: "Apparently, right after MSN released the video of the "UFO" over the Ukraine, Turner Radio- another main stream news outlet- announced that the "cigar" shaped "UFO" was actually a brand spankin' new US military super top secret vehicle called the "Dreadnought"!!! " I did not do my due diligence on the information about "Turner Radio". I assumed that "Turner Radio" was part of the Te... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 19 hours ago
*Correlation is causation? Don't be misled by Petr Chylek* It's sort of pesky to be a former teacher of research methods and statistics. It means that you see huge faults in what is published as science. Scientists very often don't observe the basic precautions that people such as I have attempted to inculcate in students. I see it in my own field of social science research, I see it in the medical journals, I see it in climate science journals. And one of the biggest holes that I see in published research is that the writers ignore just about the first thing you are told in an... more »

Fukushima earthquake , tsunami and nuclear debacle hits third anniversary on March 11 , 2014 --- a look back !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Zero Hedge .....On the 3rd Anniversary of Fukushima, a Look Back at the Cover Up [image: George Washington's picture] Submitted by George Washington on 03/11/2014 15:57 -0400 - China - Freedom of Information Act - General Electric - Japan - Meltdown - NBC - New York City - None - Nuclear Power - Obama Administration inShare1 An ECONOMIC Expert – Rather than a NUCLEAR Expert – Briefed Japanese Prime Minister on Condition of Fukushima Reactors The Japanese Prime Minister at the time of the Fukushima disaster – Naoto Kan – told Democracy ... more »

Malaysia Airline Flight MH 370 Mysteries - Where things stood as of March 11 , 2014 , early morning updates for March 12 , 2014 -- Clear as mud after all of these days !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: what we know – and what we don't Confusion surrounds details of missing plane, with discrepancies over time and last position, and odd reference to Mario Balotelli - Tania Branigan and Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing - - theguardian.com, Tuesday 11 March 2014 13.37 EDT [image: An Indonesian air force officer with map of Strait of Malacca in the search for the missing plane] An Indonesian air force officer in front of a map of the Strait of Malacca as the search operation for the missing plane continues. Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP Finding mis... more »

Crimea: Democracy Is Not Democracy…Unless Obama Says It Is…

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 20 hours ago
[image: 6654] Source: Flickr *March 12, 2014 *(Eric Draitser - New Eastern Outlook) - As Crimea prepares to vote on Saturday March 16th in a crucial referendum on its future, the rhetoric coming from the West and its propaganda machine has hit a new and ridiculous low. Not only has US President Barack Obama and his administration done everything to undermine democracy in Ukraine, they have now resorted to the most naked forms of hypocrisy in an attempt to delegitimize the democratic process. On Thursday March 6th President Obama spoke at the White House on the referendum and the iss... more »

Sign Petition For Starbucks To Offer Organic Milk At All It's Locations

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
Source of Picture: http://www.greenamerica.org/ *Starbucks.* Easily one of the world’s most popular and widespread coffeehouse brands, Starbucks has paved the way for the modern mass coffeehouse industry with its promotion of its corporate social responsibility and consistently strong branding. *One area of improvement? Starbucks dairy milk. * While not genetically modified themselves, dairy products are not immune to the insidious impacts of GMOs. *Cows living in **concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are fed a grain diet comprised almost entirely of genetically modif... more »

Mohawk John Kane "Sovereignty is not our Defense. It's what we Defend!"

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
"Sovereignty is not our Defense. It's what we Defend!" By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News On my "Let's Talk Native..." radio show on Sunday, March 9, I announced my new campaign. No, I am not running for office. My campaign is about truth telling and clearing away false assumptions about what the United States and Canada believe they have reduced us to — namely, their subjects.

Bitcoin news items - March 10 - 11 , 2014 --- Mt. Gox Hackers Claim to Release Transaction Details, CEO’s Personal Data , Hackers (or disgruntled insiders) claim to have released a 700+MB file of Mt. Gox operational information and transaction data, including one sheet claiming the exchange could still have a balance of over 951,116 BTC ..... South Korea Launches its First Two-Way Bitcoin ATM ........ eBay Files Patent Application for Bitcoin Currency Exchanger ....... Mish gives his thoughts on bitcoin !

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Regulation calls and more warnings...... US regulatory two step ? New York Now Accepting Applications for Digital Currency Exchanges Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on March 11, 2014 at 18:26 GMT | *Regulation, US & Canada* inShare15 <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/new-york-accepting-applications-digital-currency-exchanges/#" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.25s; -webkit-transition-property: col

Ukraine watch March 12 , 2014 -- US continues to wiggle its fist at Russia , Russia and Crimea continue to move toward Sunday's Referendum ..... Crimea says provocations on the rise ahead of referendum ...... March 12 , 2014 and late March 11 , 2014 updates on the state of play ..... Examining shifts in Presidential and Parliament voting helps explain political forces in play within Ukraine and relationship with Russia in the Southern , Eastern Regions !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
From Anti - War John Kerry delusion watch....... Kerry: No Putin Talks Unless Russia Gives In on UkraineUS Demands Russia Force Crimea to Halt Referendum by Jason Ditz, March 11, 2014 Print This | Share This Secretary of State John Kerry has ruled out meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on the Ukraine unless Russia unilaterally agrees to all US demands before the meeting. Kerry said any talks would be “extremely difficult” so long as Russia backs Crimea, and other State Department officials say there will be “little to discuss” if Russia doesn’t force Crimea to ... more »

World Science U: Brian Greene's online learning

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
Hours ago, I received a (mass?) e-mail from Brian Greene, string theorist and Columbia University professor who was and probably will also always be a co-founder of the World Science Festival and now is becoming a co-founder of the World Science U. The letter "U" is probably a cool New York nerds' slang for a university of a new kind. Because it seems to me that Brian sent the message to his whole addressbook, it follows that he probably *wants* people to talk about the shining project, and I am just going to do so. *This video describes itself as "non-public". I wonder whether it... more »

"German Diplomat Blows Whistle on US Coup in Ukraine, Says The Plans Were Made During Clinton Regime" -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 21 hours ago
------------------------------ *US Abandoned International Law, Follows The Law Of The Jungle* ------------------------------ March 11, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter US Abandoned International Law, Follows The Law Of The Jungle Willy Wimmer Willy Wimmer was state secretary at the German Defense Ministry and vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). This is what this well-informed member of the European Establishment told RT: http://rt.com/op-edg... more »

MP Olivia Chow Will Resign Commons Seat To Seek Mayor's Office In Toronto ..

leftdog at Buckdog - 22 hours ago
*"New Democrat MP Olivia Chow will resign her seat in Parliament on Wednesday, as she prepares to launch her formal campaign to become mayor of Toronto, ending months of speculation of whether she would run to replace Rob Ford.* *Chow, a former Toronto city councillor who represents the Trinity-Spadina riding for the NDP, will formally launch her campaign on Thursday in the Toronto neighbourhood in which she grew up, St. Jamestown.* *CBC News*

BBC News - Ed Miliband outlines Labour's EU referendum policy

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
The BBC report Ed Miliband's new EU policy and can't find a single Labour MP who disagrees with it. I wonder how hard they tried... Apparently 'A future Labour government would call an in/out referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - but only if it was being asked to transfer more powers to Brussels, Ed Miliband has said.' Can you recall the last time a new Conservative policy was reported without anyone opposing it being quoted? Anyone from within the Conservative party, or a Lib Dem, or even someone from the other side in the House of Commons... But for the BBC, any policy... more »

Let Me Tell You About Thailand's Rice Farmers

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 22 hours ago
A tale of how big-agri and big-government destroyed Asia's premier rice industry and how to rebuild a better, healthier food paradigm upon the ruins. *March 8, 2014* (ATN/Tony Cartalucci) - Farmers in Thailand have found themselves at the center of a long, protracted political struggle pitting Thailand's traditional establishment against a "populist" upstart backed by foreign interests. The resulting spotlight farmers now find themselves in is an opportunity to share their plight with a wider audience and by doing so, perhaps receive the care and attention they so badly need and r... more »

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

James McEnteer : Iguanas trek to Buddha Ball

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
Their ancient primitive bodies soak up the subtropical heat in desert cactus hills or along the humid grapefruit coast. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2014 They come by the tens of thousands, from near and … finish reading James McEnteer : Iguanas trek to Buddha Ball

ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
[image: image] *Here’s the note about this week’s session with our friends at the Auckland University Economics Group…* In this week’s seminar we’ll be looking at one if the most prevalent fallacy in economics, which (when committed) leads to profound economic errors, and (when spotted) starts you thinking like a real economist. First highlighted by French Economist Frederic Bastiat in the nineteenth century in his essay That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen, the Broken Window Fallacy provides interesting insight into many of today's economic ideas and policies. Come al... more »

Edward Snowden says: "We have an [intelligence] oversight model that could work; the problem is when the overseers aren’t interested in oversight"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*At SXSW, Edward Snowden's lawyer, Ben Wizner of the ACLU, with ACLU technology specialist Chris Soghoian at his left, questions the remotely connected Snowden.* *"The problem is when the overseers aren’t interested in oversight, . . . when we have James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, in front of [a congressional committee] and he tells a lie that they all know is a lie, because . . . they have the questions a day in advance, and no one says anything, allowing all Americans to believe this is a true answer. That is an incredibly dangerous thing."* *-- Edward Snowd... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Sustainable Decor

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »

On Vouchers In General and Particularly the 2014 All-voucher Arizona Push

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Over the past year, I have received three glossy mailouts telling me that I can “enroll my child in private school for free.” The last one included the message, “Time is running out!” and added, “Is your child stuck in a failing school? Send them to a private school for FREE.” Nothing is “for free.” […]

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

How to Hide a Nazi Army

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
West backs Nazis in Ukraine, compares Putin to Hitler for trying to stop them. *March 12, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - *New Eastern Outlook*) - Blanket denials have been made across the Western media regarding the presence of Neo-Nazis among the ranks of "Euromaidan" mobs that had rioted in Kiev for months before finally executing a coup, ousting the democratically elected government of Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych. A prime example of this was the Daily Beast’s article, “Putin’s Crimea Propaganda Machine,” which disingenuously twists reality by stating: *...Putin needed a stor... more »

What Pierre Karl Peladeau means to me

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
All I knew about Pierre K Peladeau was that he owned the SUN newspapers and the amateurish, 10th-rate FOX News North (just as stupid but with 1/10th the budget), SUN News network. And, I'm sorry, but while I'm sure that while everyone from stephen harper, to ezra levant, to Kory Tenyukyuk has some sort of "talent" or low cunning, or whatever the fuck it is they have, ... the bottom line is that these are all a bunch of shit-heads. So if PKP is the big guy in charge of ezra levant's wingnut welfare cheques, then he's got to be a shit-head too. But apparently he's more than that. He's... more »

Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 19, 1976-1989

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
U.S.-aligned Sadat regime answers labor uprising with mass arrests; Sadat assassinated; poverty worsens. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement … finish reading Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 19, 1976-1989

What are you worth?

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
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(Catch 22) What Does Obama Signify After Clinton and Nixon? (Sociopaths Galore) Chris Christie Gave Away 9/11 Fragments To Cronies (States Continue To Feed Poor For Some Ridiculous Reason - Varney)

) ) From my favorite movie: "That's some catch . . . that Catch 22." "It's the best there is!" . . . "You murdered Nately." "It's okay, he had shares in the corporation." "But he's dead." "Then his family will get it." "They don't need it, they're rich." "Then they'll understand." . . . "A contract is a contract." Remember when you last heard that last line? (Perhaps it was the

Transnistria - precursor to the events in Crimea ? An overview of the breakaway located within Moldova - which borders Ukraine !

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249057780.html Russian Deputy Premier promises to guarantee rights of Russians from Transnistria 8 march 2014, 11:57 print out copy link Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LiveJournal Share to Delicious Russian President’s envoy for Transnistria Dmitry Rogozin said that his country is committed to protect its citizens residing in Moldova’s separatist region. In a posting on Twitter, Mr. Rogozin wrote that the limitation of communication in Transnistria will be regarded as a “direct threat to security” of the Russian citizens resid... more »

Venezuela protests March 11 , 2014 - Student Leader , Daniel Tinoco , Shot Dead in Venezuela .... Additional student deaths ( Gisela Rubilar shot in the eye ) duly noted ! Hungry In Venezuela? Take A Number - recall Nazi Germany and the treatment of ethnic and religious groups ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Student Leader Shot Dead in Venezuela - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Al Jazeera* March 11, 2014 A student leader was fatally shot in the western university city of San Cristobal after a long day of street clashes in which Venezuelan security forces attacked and dismantled barricades at key intersections, according to the city’s mayor. Local TV reporter Beatriz Font said there were unconfirmed reports of at least two others wounded b... more »

Obituary: Bob Crow

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
I'm shocked I have to write this piece now. Bob Crow, probably the most effective trade union leader of this generation has been cruelly snatched away from our movement. Our thoughts have to be with those who feel his passing most keenly - his family, his friends, his close comrades. Now is not the time for a critical appraisal of his industrial and political career. That can wait. But we can appreciate what Bob represented to our movement. In the first place, enemies and fair-weather friends in their effusive (some might say fulsome) obituaries all agree that Bob won significant ... more »

What’s with all the white men in #edreform debates (PS, I’m a white dude)?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Let me begin. I am a white dude. I repeat: I am an average, everyday, Irish, white guy. Let me continue. When I earned my PhD in 2009, I wrote about the lack of men in education, internationally, and the various stereotypes that preclude their entrance into teaching, plus solutions to overcoming the diversity problem […]

Sink Sunk

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
) Earlier this evening David Jolly beat Alex Sink 88,294 (48.43%) to 84,877 (46.56%), with Libertarian Lucas Overby taking 8,799 (4.83%). This morning, PPP reported that the Democrats reclaimed the lead in the generic 2014 congressional ballot, 43-40% after being down below generic Republicans by 2 points in the last survey. "Congressional Democrats have poor approval numbers, at a 35/56 spread, but that puts them far ahead of Congressional Republicans who come in at 23/67. One key difference is that Democrats are at least happy with their own party in Congress, giving it a 66/21 ... more »

Getting some perspective on the current situation in the Ukraine...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*what's really going on?* Ran into this a few days ago at the website of Charles Hugh Smith, *Of Two Minds*. Definitely worth a listen in order to better understand the situation in the Ukraine. There's been way too much disinformation floating about the blogosphere. My long held belief is that all wars are fought for only one reason; economics, or to put it more crassly, "follow the money." There may be other sub-categories of reasons, but the overriding impetus comes from the desire for wealth, control, and power - three concepts that are closely linked. *From YouTube:* Go... more »

Saudis Bankrolling Israel’s Mossad: More confirmation ? Looks like " The Enemy of my Enemy is my friend " still ring true.........

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://my.firedoglake.com/barrylando/2014/03/08/saudis-bankrolling-israels-mossad-more-confirmation/ Saudis Bankrolling Israel’s Mossad: More confirmation?By: Barry Lando Saturday March 8, 2014 11:24 am [image: Tweet]Tweet67 [image: digg] [image: stumbleupon] King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (then Crown Prince) with George W. Bush (then President), 2002 In October 12, 2012, I speculated there was a strong likelihood that Saudi Arabia was bankrolling Israel’s Mossad. Those funds paid for, among other things, the assassinations of several of Iran’s top nuclear experts over the past c... more »

Music Video Haymarket and Klee Benally: Save the Peaks!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
SAVE THE PEAKS Watch Haymarket with Klee Benally! Watch here: http://www.chrisp.lautre.net/videosHaymarket.html#saveallp Thank you for the support for Censored News: Benefit Concert on March 13, 2014! CONCERT DE SOUTIEN A CENSORED NEWS A NANTES, JEUDI 13 MARS 2014 On March 11, 2014, in EDUCATION/CULTURE, by Chris P Robert Free and Sid Mills Wounded Knee 1973 De nombreux articles

Quote of the Day: On Permission…

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
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India ( similar to China ) Backs Russia's "Legitimate Interests" In Ukraine , Updates and perspectives on Ukraine March 9 , 2014 for consideration , Strange item from Israel........

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
India weighs in on Ukraine...... India Backs Russia's "Legitimate Interests" In Ukraine [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/08/2014 21:40 -0500 - China - India - national security - Newspaper - Ukraine - Vladimir Putin inShare2 *Submitted by Zachary Zeck via The Diplomat,* On Thursday a senior Indian official appeared to endorse Russia’s position in Ukraine in recent days, even as Delhi urged all parties involved to seek a peaceful resolution to the diplomatic crisis. When asked for India’s official assessment of the ... more »

China commodity de-levering inducing turmoil for copper (copper futures finish under $ 3.00 , LME carnage for copper as well on March 11 , 2014 ) Damage extends to iron ore and related credit market shudders for corporate bonds and structured products in China - more bonds coming due this year with more potential defaults !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
China collateral issues looming...... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-11/magic-collateral-frank-look-sheer-credit-horror-about-be-unleashed-china "Magic" Collateral: A Frank Look At The Sheer Credit Horror About To Be Unleashed In China [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2014 12:54 -0400 - Bank of America - Bank of America - Bond - China - default - MF Global - Reality inShare9 While the world is terrified about what China - where corporate bond defaults are now permitted - may be about to unleash on the worl... more »

Syrian elections, house cleaning and the need for the US to get tough. Again

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*WP Editorial- The U.S. needs to get more aggressive on Syria* It still looks as if a narrative is being promoted *Talking points:* 1- The impending elections which Assad will win handily 2- Advances made by the Syrian Army 3- The claims of non compliance with chemical weapons destruction/removal 4 - The claims of Russia invading Ukraine as a justification or cover for that long planned for spring offensive including a possible no fly zone 5- The possibility that rather then a full out onslaught there will be an attempted assassination of Assad which serve two purposes a- undermine the... more »

CIA SPYING ON US SENATE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is demanding an apology from the CIA for improperly searching a special computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Staffers were using the network to investigate allegations of CIA abuse in a controversial George W. Bush-era detention and interrogation program. Tuesday's apology demand came one day after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden blasted the US intelligence community for invasion of privacy at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. RT's Ameera David discusses privacy issues, intelligence gathering and the CI... more »

Oscar Puked: American Mesmerized by Celebrity as Collapse Looms

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
On Monday the putrid excuse for the media in this country temporarily cut away from the incessant smearing and bashing of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to report on the gravely important news that the latest celebrity on trial Oscar Pistorius vomited. The paraplegic sprinter, creatively nicknamed *“Blade Runner”* became just another piece of carrion to be feasted upon by the media vultures after he blew away his South African model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year. Too bad that he didn’t live in Florida, the diseased penis of America where he could have inv... more »

Nerd Alert: Lefties Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, and some female named Melissa (wearing huge glasses and an ugly dress to make her look smart) while sporting a little girl hairdo, are starting a brand spanking new website to explain the news to the great un-washed...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*really.* These arrogant pasty-faced girly-men (and one boyish girl), are launching a site, Vox.com, to help us understand the news because we're too damn dumb to "get it" without their help. Ordinarily, I wouldn't give this a second thought, but the arrogance displayed by these people is something to behold. I'm surprised that John Sexton at Brietbart, and Ace expended so much energy explaining these future "explainers." Hot Air had to weigh in, too. It brings to mind Mooch declaring that American moms are "bewildered, confused, and frustrated" when they have to grocery shop... more »

The California Democratic Convention Would Have Been Better Off Inviting Heather Mizeur To Speak

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Many California Democrats experienced Martin O'Malley for the first time last week. He was a keynote speaker at the state's Democratic Party convention. He's trying to offer himself up as an alternative to Hillary Clinton. But the way he's governed Maryland belies the progressive image he tried so, so hard to portray when he's outside of Maryland. This weekend the machine boss may have fooled some credulous Democrartic Party delegates in Los Angeles, but no one was fooled back home. You may be aware that Blue America has endorsed an actual progressive, Heather Mizeur, seeking to ... more »

“The Fed Is Stealing from You... and You Don't Even Know It “

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Fed Is Stealing from You... and You Don't Even Know It “* by Bill Bonner “Nihilo ex nihilo fit. Out of nothing, nothing comes. First put forward by ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides in the 5th century BC, Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine later used this axiom to prove that the universe needed a "first mover," to get things going. Even if the whole thing began with some kind of "Big Bang" moment, it still needed a banger to bang it. Who? God, of course. We don't know. But our jaw dropped when we saw how the bangers over at the Federal Reserve have helped add $20 trillion i... more »

Risk, Moral Hazard, and the Moochers of South Canterbury Finance

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*“Worry is a sign of health. If you’re not worried, you’re not risking enough.”* - attrib. to Gnomes of Zurich THE FRAUD TRIAL OF South Canterbury Finance directors brings the question of moral hazard back into the headlines once more, moral hazard being the situation in which governments invite businesses to privatise profits and socialise their losses, and then fall around in wonder when they do. Such was the case in 2008 when Michael Cullen, with John Key’s explicit support, introduced the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme – putting up taxpayers’ assets as backing for the risks ... more »

Objectivism is a Philosophy for Living Where?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
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