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Does the data support charters? Does the data support test-centered schooling?
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
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 the
Self Publishing Is Going to Just Get Bigger, Embrace It
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”
*“**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
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
*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
*"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
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
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
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?
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
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!
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?
*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 »
Man them cats talk funny
Fats Domino after meeting the Beatles
Revisiting “Cliches and Abstractions” in the Context of Race, 2014
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!
*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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
*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
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
*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:
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Where is the MH370 aircraft?
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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*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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*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
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
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
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.
Dianne Feinstein is a Big, Fat Hypocrite
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
*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?
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
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..."
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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*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 !
Zero Hedge .....On the 3rd Anniversary of Fukushima, a Look Back at the
Cover Up
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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
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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 !
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
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- 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…
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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
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!"
"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 - 11 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*
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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 !
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
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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
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
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*US Abandoned International Law, Follows The Law Of The Jungle*
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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 ..
*"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
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
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 »
James McEnteer : Iguanas trek to Buddha Ball
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
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*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"
*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
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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
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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
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.” […]
How to Hide a Nazi Army
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
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
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
(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 - 17 hours ago
http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249057780.html
Russian Deputy Premier promises to guarantee rights of Russians from
Transnistria
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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 ?
Student Leader Shot Dead in Venezuela
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*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
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)?
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
)
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...
*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 - 18 hours 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
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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!
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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 - 19 hours ago
India weighs in on Ukraine......
India Backs Russia's "Legitimate Interests" In Ukraine
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- China
- India
- national security
- Newspaper
- Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin
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*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 !
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
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2014 12:54 -0400
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bond
- China
- default
- MF Global
- Reality
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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
*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
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
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...
*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
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 “
*“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
*“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 »
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Do the BBC think that we've forgoten?
Read this BBC article about the 10th anniversary of the Madrid Train
bombings. Do you notice what pertinent fact they have managed to omit? Yes
the BBC have managed not to mention that the perpetrators were Islamist
terrorists. Quite shameless in protecting their radical Islamist friends
aren't they.
Photo Four Corners to Fukushima No Nukes!
Indigenous
Action Media: At Canyon Mine near Grand Canyon with filmmaker and anti
nuke activist Pradeep Indulkar and Dine' no nukes activist Leona Morgan
This sounds familiar
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.
Its déjà vu all over again, again.
Another leading figure at the BBC has confirmed what many of us have been
saying for years (only to be told [by the BBC and their supporters] that
we're wrong) - namely that the BBC has had a liberal bias, and tended to
report immigration and the EU from that perspective.
The use of the past tense in that last sentence though tells you in advance
that (like Helen Boaden, Nick Robinson et al before him) he's then going to
go on to say that such bias is now a thing of the past.
Its dé... more »
WATCH FOR SAUDI INVOLVEMENT NEXT IN CRIMEA
One of my favorite journalists Pepe Escobar who writes for Asia Times. He
has a good analysis of the coup d'etat in Ukraine and what is likely to
come next.
See more of his writing about the Saudi link *here *
GHOSTS OF JEJU WINS IN CHICAGO
*Regis Tremblay (left) won big at the Peace on Earth Film Festival in
Chicago. Joyak Gol (right) from Jeju Island sang at the event*
Fellow Mainer Regis Tremblay's documentary The Ghosts of Jeju won the best
expose film at the Chicago Peace on Earth Film Festival this past weekend .
Here is Regis in his own words:
The Ghosts of Jeju won best Expose film...and Jeju was the talk of the
festival....people loved Joyakgol....he was so awesome...tonight he sang at
the reception for the filmmakers and he was a huge hit! The voices of Jeju
were amplified in a really big way today!
Reg... more »
Yes, let's drop the SAT essay. While we're at it, let's drop the SAT.
Sent to the NY Times, March 11
Re: "Can writing be assessed?" March 10.
There is no point in testing writing form, i.e. the use of conventional
writing style, grammatical accuracy. Research consistently tells us that
writing form comes from reading, not from writing and not from study.
Writing itself is a powerful tool for solving problems and making yourself
smarter. This requires mastery of the composing process (e.g. knowing that
as you revise you come up with better ideas). This cannot be tested.
Research also tells us that high school grades are a good predictor of
colle... more »
Ripping Whiny Billionaires and Sharpening Guillotines (Worse Than the Mob: The Insurance Industry Is Organized Crime)
BREAKING: Which Country Reads the Most? America Has 2.5 Million People (in
Prison) More Than the Total in China and Russia Combined. Oh, I
misunderstood, the advertising only targets the $200,000+-a-year-crowd?
Sometimes you have to go to a trained comedian to get the proper
perspective. And sharpen your reflexes. Dislikers of extremely funny
profanity should stop reading now. Comedian
The Realist Report - Richard Tedor: Hitler's Revolution
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by author Richard
Tedor. Richard and I will be discussing his book *Hitler's Revolution:
Ideology, Social Programs & Foreign Affairs*.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
I'd like to thank everyone who has participated in and supported the *Spring
2014 fundraiser* for *The Realist Report* and this website! If you
appreciate and support what we're doing here, please consider *showing* that
appreciation and support by ... more »
What’s the matter with everyone who isn’t as perfect as we are?
*TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014*
*How not to speak to The Others:* In this post, Kevin Drum gets peevish
(his term) with young liberal writer Sean McElwee.
First, a bit of background. If we have the right McElwee (and we think we
do), he’s in his second year out of college. It looks like he started as a
libertarian in his teen years, then became a liberal.
There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Not yet! Give us time!
Drum got peevish about this piece at the American Prospect. McElwee wants
to build a political movement around the environment.
That would be a good thing to do. Toward that... more »
Mossad's Malaysian Mayhem and Murder of Flight MH370.
*Mossad's Malaysian Mayhem and Murder of Flight MH370*
The disappearance of flight MH370 of Malaysian Airlines was no accident.
It was planned months in advance by the arch criminal Israeli Mossad along
with collusion of the CIA, MI6 and corporate owners of Rolls-Royce and
Boeing. Corporate owners of these are the Zionist Jews.
*Events in Ukraine*
Obama losing face to Putin in the Syrian debacle and now claiming to be a
“Holy of Holies” in championing the Zionist takeover of the Ukraine with
the greedy IMF looking for fresh blood to suck, needed to teach China a
lesson for the... more »
Treat time...
Quint: Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
Quint: Poking fun at Brodyn>] Ah, the missus, Chief. If they don't like you
going out, they'll love you comin' in.
"Here lies the body of Mary Lee; died at the age of a hundred and three.
For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this
vicinity."
Hooper: You were on the Indianapolis?
Brody: What happened?
Quint: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We
was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the
bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water.... more »
Could two dark matter particles be discovered within a year?
*Yes, it is as likely as that they arrive 15 years after one another.*
Matt Strassler has joined Jester and me and noticed the intriguing excess
of the \(3.5\keV\) X-ray line in the galaxy clusters that resembles a dark
matter particle of a sort (sterile neutrino, axino, axion, moduli, we may
ultimately learn).
But here I want to focus on a cute sentence that Matt wrote in parentheses.
After he noticed another, possibly decreasingly convincing, gamma-ray line
near \(130\GeV\) in the Fermi data, he wrote:
You can invent types of dark matter that would give you both signals – but
i... more »
Writing Is a Journey: Thoughts on Writing, College, and the SAT
Writing Is a Journey: Thoughts on Writing, College, and the SAT. via
Writing Is a Journey: Thoughts on Writing, College, and the SAT.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
The Pillaging Of Ukraine Has Begun: Report Shows That Ukraine May Have Been "Liberated" Of Its Gold Reserves!
I am a bit under the weather... My sinus infection has now grown into a
full blown cold and I should be laid up right now. But my being
stubborn, I have spent the last day and a half surfing the net and
especially looking at the wonderful reports put forward by Sherrie, over at
Sherrie Questioning All (www.sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com) concerning
new evidence of the fraud of Sandy Hook. I will probably put up a few
articles about that con myself shortly.....
In the meantime, I came across a most disturbing article today,that comes
from Tyler Durden, who writes for the Zero... more »
Sweet and Easy Cornbread
There are few foods my husband loves more than bread. Corn bread, bread
sticks, rolls, you name it. He loves it. The one thing I don't love about
his bread obsession, is how much time homemade bread can add to a meal.
This simple and easy cornbread recipe let's me add a bread element to
dinner without adding time for rising or kneading and it has a sweet
element that my 5-year-old loves.
You will need:
- 2 and 1/4 Cups flour
- 1 and 1/8 Cups sugar
- 1 and 1/2 Cups Cornmeal
- 3 eggs
- 2 and 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 and 1/4 Cups milk
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 C.... more »
Stick With Nick
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
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
This is just pathetic.
When Sen. Dianne Feinstein discovered in 2010 that the CIA was illegally
tinkering with evidence about its torture program, she apparently was 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 ... more »
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation
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
*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!
*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
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
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 »
IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: The Post and the Times both flooded the zone!
*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 »
John Thune (R-SD): Every American "ought to be outraged" at the Obamacare tax break for unions...
*"cronyism at its worse."*
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China and Islam
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
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”
*“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
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
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
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
*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
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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*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.
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!
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
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
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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*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 - 1 day 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.
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....
*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
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
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
*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.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Stranger and stranger by the day .....
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/SEA-01-110314.html
*Chinese anger mounts over missing plane*
By Radio Free Asia
Family members and friends of Chinese passengers on a missing Malaysia
Airlines flight expressed mounting frustration as the international search
for the Beijing-bound aircraft widened.
Amid the public furor, China's state-run media lashed out at the Malaysian
authorities and the national airline over their handling of the missing
jetliner with 153 Chinese on board.
Colleagues of some of the Chinese among 227 passengers ... more »
Malaysia Plane Hidden With Electronic Weaponry? 20 High-Tech EW Defense Passengers
[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 »
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Tweet from McLaren (@McLarenF1)
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..."
“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-VegaRelated articles
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