English: Olivia Chow, wife of the late Jack Layton (left), and Sarah Layton, Jack's daughter, greet mourners at Toronto City Hall (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Fern Hill Endorses Olivia Chow (WWWKD?)
So. It's official and launched this morning. Olivia Chow, my former city
councillor and just-resigned MP, is running for mayor of Toronto.
Good.
I am not a partisan any more, but I did join the NDP years ago, principally
to work to get Chow elected as MP over useless Liberal douchebag Tony
"Trust Fund" Ianno*, which I did.
Before that I was an activist and as such consulted with her and her city
councillor's office several times on behalf of my little gang and we always
got a warm reception and helpful advice.
I like her and admire her. I think she'll be good for the city. And I wi... more »
London and the Rest
*Guest post from my fine comrade, Ian McLaughlan. You can follow Ian on
Twitter here.*
I love London. It is truly a great place and a genuine world city. However,
as someone who lives in Stoke-on-Trent and spends lots of time – both
professionally and personally – in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, surely
there was far more horror than hope in Evan Davies’ BBC2 mini series *Mind
The Gap: London v The Rest*?
Well, yes and no.
In it, big is beautiful and talent and money begets more talent and money.
In a word: agglomeration. But I believe that the programme missed a
fundamental... more »
Ed Balls 'daunted' by chancellor task - but the BBC will do their best to ensure that Ed Balls is in that position
The BBC report that:
'Ed Balls has told me that he is "daunted" at the prospect of becoming
Chancellor of the Exchequer, given the scale of cuts a future Labour
government may have to make.'
There follows a list of the key points that were discussed, unsurprisingly
the matter of the last Labour government's overspending from 2003 not 2008
as Ed Balls and other Labour ministers have decided to claim was the case.
Here are the facts, I wonder if the BBC's Nick Robinson is aware of them,
or does he prefer to take Ed Balls line?
Maybe the British public aren't as stupid as the BBC wou... more »
While World Attention Stays Focused On Ukraine: Israeli Agents Fire Rockets From Gaza Into Israel
Yes, while world attention has been focused fully on the situation in
Ukraine, where the US has imposed a puppet government on the people of that
once proud nation and the IMF/Rothschilds have begun fleecing that nation's
wealth, there is plenty going on elsewhere in the world.....
Right now, there have been reports over the last two days of "rockets"
being launched from Gaza into Israel itself. This so called "rocket
attack" has most undoudtedly been conducted by Mossad agents once more, and
the reasoning is simple... Israel is looking for any excuse now to attack
and wipe out the... more »
Humanity
It’s so much more than the ability to feel
The cold caress of snow across your cheek
That gentle tingle softly melting
Leaves a drop of water on your face, an imprint in your heart
More, even, than the scent of lilacs in the air
Wafting in warm clouds of summertime
A perfumed fairy dance
Blooming purple abundance behind closed eyes.
Your humanity is more than wide open eyes
Watching the sun set gloriously into the horizon
Coloring the sky with flames
Illuminating clouds and your imagination.
Birdsong in the morning, cricket chirps at night
Rustling autumn wind through reddened leaves
And... more »
Afterburner: Bill Whittle will make you feel better...(video)
*and we thank him.*
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5 Blue Dogs Join Every Single Republican To Vote To Deport DREAMers
Who said the Republicans don't want to pass immigration legislation?
Emboldened by their big win in FL-13 yesterday, every single Republican (+
5 scummy Blue Dogs who really are Republicans in all but name) voted
against the DREAMers… and against anything else Obama could try to do to
solve the immigration problem. And if anyone thought some less cold-hearted
Republicans would ever seriously consider signing the Democrats' discharge
petition, the half dozen Republicans who occasionally make positive
grunting sounds about immigration all voted for the toxic bill designed to
keep O... more »
Candy Crush is \(NP\)-hard
Candy Crash [Saga] is currently the most popular game on Facebook. Play it
quickly here. You may also download it for Android and iOS along with
hundreds of millions of users.
You may permute two adjacent fruits in a grid. Such a move must create at
least a triplet of identical fruits in a row or column and they disappear
which is a good thing. I've spent hours with games based on the same idea
although not this particular one.
Toby Walsh from a university in Sydney turned this popular software into a
piece of interesting computer science by offering a non-trivial proof.
The p... more »
The New York Times takes a whole new approach!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014*
*Concerning pre-K education:* Over the last two months, the New York Times
has spilled with reports about pre-K education.
This morning, the paper takes a whole new approach to the subject, in a
lengthy report on pre-K.
Here’s the way Kate Taylor started. Can you see what’s different?
TAYLOR (3/13/14): The teacher held up a card with a number on it, then
looked at the 4-year-olds waving their hands eagerly in front of her.
“Anderson,” she said, calling on a small boy in a blue button-up shirt and
a sweater vest.
“Five,” Anderson said, correctly.
“Good ... more »
Instilling hate in children, now why should that be an 'unresolved issue'?
The BBC report that re peace between Israel and the Palestinians:
'Unresolved issues include:
- The borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state
- The status of Jerusalem
- Israel's insistence that it be recognised as a Jewish state
- The Palestinians' demand that their refugees be allowed to return to
their former homes in what is now Israel
- Security arrangements in the West Bank.'
Apparently brainwashing Palestinian children to hate Jews and to call them
'barbaric monkeys' and 'wretched pigs' is not of any relevance to
preventing peace. Apparently descr... more »
Manufactured outrage
It's what all bullies do. Every single one.
Whether serial intimate partner abuser or totalitarian politician.
Harper has made this particular Karl-Rove-perfected tactic the centre-piece
of his Politburo PMO propaganda communications strategy.
Reframe whatever criticism that is directed at you as an *attack* upon
yourself or your party.
Wildly exaggerate what was said; prevaricate outrageously.
Shrieeek loudly to drown out any objections.
Discredit whoever had the temerity to express the notion that the Emperor
might be prancing about, nekkid and weenie-wagging at small children... more »
Appeal or cert from Charter based stay under POA
R. v. Courtice Auto Wreckers Limited, 2014 ONCA 189 says appeal:
[1] The single issue under appeal is the proper route to be taken
by the Crown when it seeks to set aside a decision by a trial court to stay
a proceeding commenced under the *Provincial Offences Act*, R.S.O. 1990, c.
P.33 (the "*Act*"),as a remedy under the *Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms** (the "**Charter**")*.
[2] May the Crown appeal such a stay under s. 116(1)(b) of the
*Act*, or must the Crown resort to *certiorari*? For the reasons that
follow, I have concluded that an appeal is the ... more »
Help Bring Energy and Hope to Morocco!
Help Bring Energy and Hope to Morocco!We are...... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
excited right now!!!! Many many long skype and phone calls, and
discussions and it's all moving forward to right this moment of NOW!!!!
There will be a flood of information coming out in just a very short time
to introduce the QEG to the world.
Nick and I and the Family will be back in Morocco in just a few days and
then it is FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!!! You cannot imagine the level of
excitement that we are over flowing with at this moment!!!!
And THANK YOU to everyone for helping us get back to Morocco!!!!
... more »
Memphis Schools to Cut 800 Jobs As This Year's Charter Outlay is $78,000,000
*Shelby County Schools*
2014-15 proposed general fund budget: $961. 3 million
Salaries: $558.6 million
Employee benefits: $178.6 million
Contract services: $82.4 million
*Charter schools: $78 million*
Supplies and materials: $38.8 million
Other charges: $16.9 million
Capital outlay: $7.2 million
Debt service: $658,940
This year, alone, Shelby County plans to close ten schools and turn them
over for charter conversion. It is now becoming increasingly clear that,
without a huge infusion of Federal funds, turning Memphis into a New
Orleans type charter chain gang system is going to be an... more »
THE PEOPLE AIN'T STUPID
The Washington Post (disappointedly I'm sure) reports:
A new poll suggests Americans have very little appetite for any real
involvement in the crisis in Ukraine.
Only 29 percent of Americans would like for the Obama administration to
take a "firm stand" against Russia's incursion into its neighbor, according
to the Pew Research Center poll, while nearly twice as many -- 56 percent
-- prefer the United States not to get too involved in Ukraine.
The poll reflects a war-weary American public that is still very reticent
to get involved in international conflicts. The American people ... more »
I Am Only One - A Quote From Edward Everett Hale
[image: Foto: I can do something...... much love, and rest well
friends~Cara]
IN SEARCH OF EVEN THE MOST BASIC SKILLS: Malaysia’s coddled elite is us!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014*
*Part 4—The Post denounces these kids:* Early today, we were awakened by
mordant chuckles from the analysts’ reading room.
The youngsters were reading the New York Times’ description of the
Malaysian leadership. According to the Times, the group is now being
attacked as a “coddled elite,” the incompetent product of a “paternalistic
culture.”
“Careful, Timesmen,” one analyst cried. “Discerning readers are going to
say that you’re describing yourselves!”
How weak are the basic skills of our upper-end press corps? To what extent
is the mainstream press corp... more »
Parent Files Suit to Establish Opt Out Legal Precedent
MD parent files suit over MSA opt out and sets precedent for future
assessments
March 11, 2014
Cindy Rose of Frederick County has taken the matter of MSA <
http://www.examiner.com/topic/msa> opting out to court by filing an
emergency motion for injunctive relief. She is asking the court to force
Frederick County Public Schools to allow her child to remain in her classes
and not be administered the test.
Her daughter is in sixth grade and has a recognized anxiety disorder, and
having to take six hours of high-pressure assessments in a week's time on
material that is not even being ta... more »
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*Saints deal Sproles to Philadelphia for a 5th-round pick ~Ramon Antonio
Vargas, New Orleans Advocate *
*Pitch for redeveloping Lower 9th Ward: sell lots for $100 ~Andrew Vanacore*
US MilitaryTransgender ban
From the AP
An independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon general has
concluded there "is no compelling medical reason" for the U.S. armed
forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President
Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from
Congress, according to a report being released Thursday.
"We determined not only that there is no compelling medical reason for
the ban, but also that the ban itself is an expensive, damaging and
unfair barrier to health care access for the approximately 15,450
transgender personnel who serve currentl... more »
Musings On Iraq Security Report March 1-7, 2014
The first week of March 2014 was the bloodiest of 2014. There were 402
reported deaths and 672 wounded. Most of those occurred in Baghdad and
Salahaddin. Fighting also picked up in Anbar, while there was a slew of car
bombings in Babil. At the same time there was a large drop in violence in
Ninewa and scattered attacks in the south. The large number of bombings for
the week was the main cause of the increase in casualties. This was just
the latest sign that security is getting worse in Iraq.
From March 1-7 there were 250 security incidents. That led to 402 deaths
and 672 wounded... more »
Beyond “Doubly Disadvantaged”: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Schools and Society
Beyond “Doubly Disadvantaged”: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Schools and
Society. via Beyond “Doubly Disadvantaged”: Race, Class, and Gender in U.S.
Schools and Society.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
US key data March 13 , 2014 -- Retail sales beat expectations and jobless claim fall to the lowest levels since November 2013 , will the Fed step up the Tapering ? Big misses in China Industrial Production , Retail Sales and Fixed investment - will China increase liquidity to its economy ? Stay tuned !
Retail Sales Beat Following Sharp January Downward Revision: Control Group
Decline Continues
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/13/2014 08:52 -0400
- Consumer Confidence
- Gross Domestic Product
- Jim Cramer
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When retail sales last month came in far weaker than expected, it was the
weather's fault. A month later, we find that the January retail sales were
even weaker than expected, with the headline number revised from a -0.4%
drop to -0.6%, the ex autos number revised from unchanged to -0.3%, and the
ex autos and gas whose drop... more »
Additional NSA Stasi State tactics revealed March 13 , 2014 -- Glenn Glennwald in a key expose , key takeaway -- Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process. The classified files – provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – contain new details about groundbreaking surveillance technology the agency has developed to infect potentially millions of computers worldwide with malware “implants.” The clandestine initiative enables the NSA to break into targeted computers and to siphon out data from foreign Internet and phone networks. ........
The Most Evil And Disturbing NSA Spy Practices To-Date Have Just Been
Revealed
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/12/2014 22:45 -0400
- national security
- SPY
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*Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
*In some cases the NSA has masqueraded as a fake Facebook server, using the
social media site as a launching pad to infect a target’s computer and
exfiltrate files from a hard drive. In others, it has sent out spam emails
laced with the malware, which can be tailored to covertly record audio from
a computer’s microphon... more »
Failing at Football Diplomacy
There has been a bit of recent news lately suggesting international
football* considerations are making the divisions between states greater,
supporting the idea that sports might not be the path to peace and
reconciliation. While a few cases cannot disprove an idea, recent moves
point in a troubling direction for the theory that we can
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Scientists VS Economists
Conservative voters prefer Economists over Scientists. An Economist
predicts the cost of things and has endless and purely political
ideasabout the value. A Scientist can irrefutably prove the value of
things, and
knows that in the big picture the cost of human progress is
irrelevant. Angela Merkel is a scientist, Stephen Harper and Tim Hudak
are
Economists.
Leaving Them Behind
When Stephen Harper was the Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Mitrovica
writes, he sought out journalists:
He courted press coverage enthusiastically. (There’s a word commonly used
in Ottawa to describe politicians who hunger for media attention as
shamelessly as Harper once did; I’m guessing I can’t get away with using it
here.) In any event, Harper’s political career was aided and abetted in
some measure by his routine appearances on political chat shows that
featured him as a sound-bite-happy right-wing pundit.
But after he became prime minister -- his objective achieved -- he ... more »
What A Real Budget Looks Like... When No One Takes Ayn Rand Fairy Tales Into Account
This year's Congressional Progressive Caucus alternative budget, the Better
Off Budget, was developed by Mike Honda (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Keith
Ellison (D-MN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott
(D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Obviously, it's a
complex document. The goal, as far as I can tell so far, is to stimulate
the economy with the express purpose of creating 8.8 million new jobs
between now and 2017, while shaving $4 trillion from the nation;s deficit.
Investing in the American people is the theme. All of that is completely
f... more »
Czech left-wing priest wins Templeton Prize
*A reincarnated Jesuit who would burn books 300 years ago*
The Templeton Prize has been distributed by the Templeton Foundation
annually since 1973.
The winners of this GBP 1.1 million accolade should enhance the spiritual
dimension of life. Dalai Lama – a religious leader who just endorsed gay
marriage last week – won 2 years ago. For a long time, I would parrot the
kind of "Dalai Lama is a saint" education I've been immersed to but later
insights such as those in Penn and Teller's Bullshit, "Holier Than Thou",
can't be erased anymore (the Dalai-Lama segment begins around 19:50). ... more »
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 News March 13 , 2014 -- Satellite images from Sunday released by mistake ( so says Chinese Embassy ) , search aircraft reveal no debris at site ..... Malaysian police deny raiding homes of crew members , Malysia dismisses WSJ report that missing plane sent signals hours after last observed and lost contact with air traffic control .......Malaysia insists plane was compliant with airworthy directives issued by US FAA .... 80 ships searching in two separate areas ( South China sea as well as west of Malaysian peninsula ) ....... India steps up its efforts in search for missing plane , sending three ships and three aircraft to Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Today's confusion........
India 12:20 GMT
India has stepped up its search for the missing plane, deploying three
ships and three aircraft to the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
according to AFP citing a navy source.
The defence ministry ordered deployment of the vessels and planes to scour
an area east of the islands in the Andaman Sea which are closer to Myanmar
and Malaysia than India, a senior navy official said.
“India has formally joined the search operations this afternoon for the
missing Malaysian airliner by sending three ships,” the official said in
New Delhi, ad... more »
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*Need a guilt-free alternative to orange juice? New fruit juice derived
from a FLOWER could be the answer*
*There is no evidence cited in support of the claims below and there is
very little about it online generally. Dubious*
With sugar coming under fire for causing obesity and heart disease, many
people are looking for an alternative to their breakfast orange juice.
Now, one drinks company claims it has come up with a revolutionary beverage
that can counteract the negative effects of sugar.
The drink contains a naturally occurring compound called Pinitol - derived
from the Asia... more »
Segregation and Charter Schools: A Reader
Segregation and Charter Schools: A Reader. via Segregation and Charter
Schools: A Reader.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Villa Urbana, Firenze, by Architettura Matassoni
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Modern Mediterannean architecture by Architettura Matassoni, reworking the
central court.
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“The CIA's Dark Shadow in America”
*“The CIA's Dark Shadow in America”*
By Gary Younge
“Little more than a week after 9/11, Cofer Black gave instructions to his
CIA team before their mission. "I don't want Bin Laden and his thugs
captured, I want them dead … I want to see photos of their heads on pikes.
I want Bin Laden's head shipped back in a box filled with dry ice. I want
to show Bin Laden's head to the president. I promised him I would do that."
A month later, at a meeting sponsored by Schwab Capital markets, CIA
executive director "Buzzy" Krongard laid out for investors what such a war
would entail. "[It] ... more »
10 Kitchen Cures For Everyday Aches And Pains by Tricia Drevets
10 Off-Grid Kitchen Cures For Everyday Aches And Pains
by Tricia Drevets
Off The Grid News, 10 March 2014
“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food,” wrote
Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who is commonly regarded as the
father of medicine.
Today it’s still true that cures for many of our common ailments can be
found in the kitchen cabinet rather than in the medicine cabinet. The
advantages of using food to remedy our daily aches and pains are that we
can save time and money, and we can avoid potential side-effects of
over-the-counter medications... more »
Support Family Farms In Oregon - Vote Yes On Measure 15 - 119
[image: Foto: Wow. The opposition to the Family Farms Measure 15-119 has
raised almost $250,000, more than all other ballot measures in Jackson
County since 2006, COMBINED. What do you think they're going to spend all
that $ on?]
We're ramping up for one of the most important fights this year in Jackson
County, Oregon. Measure 15-119, to protect non-GMO Family Farms from GMO
pollution and contamination, will be on the ballot this May. Which way will
the public vote?... The agrichemical industry and their allies want a "no"
vote judging by the money they have invested to promote mi... more »
Islam and child-brides
Over the last few days I have had my attention drawn to four reports of
Islamic countries and child-brides.
1. The Nation in Pakistan reports:
ISLAMABAD- The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled today that Pakistani
laws prohibiting marriage of underage children are un-Islamic. At the end
of its two-day session today, the CII said there is no minimum age of
marriage according to Islam.
“Islam does not forbid marriage of young children,” the council said.
“However, the consummation of marriage is only allowed when both husband
and wife have reached puberty.”
2. Reuters reports ... more »
True Detective
)
Another masterpiece from HBO. Its completely different and totally
traditional. The spectacular cast lays figuratively and literally fully
naked for our indulgence. It takes about five episodes to jell and the
first season is only eight episodes. At episode five I was ready to put
this season up with the best of The Sopranos, The Wire or Breaking Bad.
However by the end it dipped into the more mundane but still must see
Parthenon of content. Another series that falls into this silver medal band
is Vikings. Its a Canadian production.
I think it would be easy to make a Canadian... more »
Elections Canada youth vote vids vs ... puffin poop?
)
This Elections Canada video promoting the youth vote *from back in 2008* is
exactly what the Cons intend their Fair Elections Act to put a stop to, an
anonymous gov official told *The Hill Times, *providing them with a link to
the video.
As you can see, it shows Xs representing ballot votes moving from a rock
concert to a recycling symbol and industry emitters and ends in a quiet
forest : "Vote. Shape your world."
Interesting that the Cons would cop to admitting that a vid loosely
advocating that youth exercise their vote for a cleaner environment in a
better world is not in the ... more »
Musical Interlude: Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, "The Letter"
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Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, "The Letter"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5rMauzx5f4
Ukraine's Post-Coup Interim Leader Meets With The Curse Upon Humanity In The White House
"I wrote a letter to Obama, and I told him that, in his name Barack, there
is the word Baraka (blessing). However, when he sent all his fleet, it was
to declare war. It was a curse! Between a curse and a blessing, there is a
huge difference. " - *Jacques Behnan Hindo, Archbishop of Hassakeh-Nisibi
for the Syriac Catholics*.
What this Syrian Catholic bishop said is indeed true. President Barack
Obama's new name is Curse Upon Humanity. President Curse Upon Humanity
first sent his fleet to the Mediterranean to intimidate and threaten Syria
based on the false pretext that Assad gasse... more »
Did I Call It Or Did I Call It?
Pierre Poilievre's anti-democratic election deform legislation,
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre won't stop citing a report to justify cracking
down on potential voter fraud, even though author Harry Neufeld says the
Harper government is misrepresenting his report and ignoring his
recommendations.
"We are going to keep quoting Mr. Neufeld's report because it contains the
facts that obviously support our position that people should have ID when
they show up to vote," the minister for democratic reform told the House of
Commons on Friday.
He accused opposition MPs of ignoring the "hard fac... more »
MYSTERIOUS MAXWELL KNIGHT
Maxwell Knight (above) was a top man in Britain's spy service MI5.
He was gay.
However, publicly he opposed homosexuality.
*http://www.dailymail*
Publicly he was anti-semitic.
But he is linked to Lord Victor Rothschild
One of Maxwell Knight's jobs in MI5, during World war II, was to spy on the
fifth-column - Nazis living in Britain.
The fifth-column scheme was headed by MI5's *Lord Victor Rothschild*.
Enemy within
*Domville, Knight, Mosley, Blunt ....*
Maxwell Knight was a fascist.
He was the Director of Intelligence of the British Fascists from 1924 to
1927.
He became D... more »
Misreporting on spin ices and 3rd law of thermodynamics
Laura Bovo and 7 equally British co-authors published an article on spin
ices in *Nature Communications*:
Restoration of the third law in spin ice thin films (full paper in HTML)
------------------------------
First thin films of spin ice reveal cold secrets (London Nano press release)
They created thin films out of a spin ice, a cute form of matter, and
observed that their large entropy goes away at 0.5 °C above the absolute
zero. They argue that a necessary condition for this loss of entropy in
their setup is that the atoms of the spin ice are strained by the
underlying substrate. ... more »
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*Guacamole Crisis Dissolves Like other Global Warming Myths*
James M. Taylor
Chipotle Mexican restaurants reported it is experiencing no shortage of
avocadoes, putting an end to the latest mythical global warming crisis just
hours after it began.
Chipotle made international news Tuesday when it strategized in its annual
report that it may choose to respond to spikes in salsa or guacamole
ingredients by temporarily not offering salsa or guacamole with its dishes.
The annual report speculated weather volatility or global warming might be
potential causes of such price spikes.
No so... more »
Ukraine Operation - news and perspectives - spreading Democracy means Regime Change?
So, what evidence is there of the statement "spreading Democracy means
Regime Change?" Here are two interesting videos that might make you
question what's really going on. Don't forget to follow the links to
*Duclos* and *SCG* (below) for *the full picture*.
The first one is the *PROOF OF FALSE FLAG IN UKRAINE* video that's doing
the rounds despite (or maybe because of) youtube's technical glitch when it
was uploaded by *investigative journalist* Susan Duclos.
The second one is from SCGNEWS, titled *"Ukraine Crisis - what you are not
being told"* that makes a point of suggesting t... more »
Qatar's Isolation a Geopolitical Trick?
*Image: The West enjoys portraying Qatar as a modern nation-state on the
rise. Under the carefully managed facade lies barbarism
andinstitutionalized support for international terrorism in support of the
West's hegemonic goals across the planet - not to mention the fact that it
is ruled by an unelected, autocratic, hereditary dictatorship. **March 13,
2014* (Tony Cartalucci - New Eastern Outlook) - The sudden shift in Qatar's
standings in the Middle East has left much of the world perplexed,
suspicious, and skeptical. Others are hopeful that it indicates a fraying
in an axis tha... more »
This is the White Man March
*What is the White Man March?*
*Renegade Broadcasting*
BBC News - David Cameron to discuss Mid East peace with Blair and Abbas
Finally, albeit in the middle of this piece, the BBC get around to
mentioning the Palestinian rockets fired at Israel.
' Despite Palestinian rocket attacks on Wednesday, which were followed by
Israeli airstrikes, Mr Cameron is still expected to hold a video conference
with young Palestinians in Gaza to discuss the humanitarian situation.'
I suppose supporters of Israel should be satisfied with such small
droppings from the BBC's table.
You can read the whole piece here and wonder why the BBC summary heading
for the passage I quoted above is "unbreakable". Has a BBC sub editor made... more »
Rainbows and Girl Scout Cookies- You're Invited Creative Link Up
Thanks to everyone that linked up their projects last week! It is so fun to
see what everyone is working on. This weeks features are from Holly at Bits
of Everything. [image: You're-Invited] I love partying with these girls.
Jessaca from One Sweet Appetite, Jonie from Just Between Friends, and Debra
from Housewife Eclectic. They all have such great ideas, be sure to go see
what they've been up to. Here at Bits of Everything, I've been trying to
keep up with all of the fun that comes with holidays. With St. Patrick's
Day right around the corner, I have had a lot of fun with rainbows... more »
Alex Sink Will Run The Same Campaign Against Congressman Jolly In November… No, Really
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!
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
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”
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
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
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
*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'
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
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?
*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 - 19 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"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2014 19:22 -0400
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- SPY
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Good News / Bad News for America
2012 Good News: "Bin Laden is Dead and General Motors is Alive" - Joe Biden
2014 Bad News: Obama is still President and General Motors is under
investigation. - Scott Ryan
)
MORE FROM PEPE ESCOBAR
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”
*“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?
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
[Hat tip Daniel Bell]
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to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Enough is enough
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
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
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
*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
*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
*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...
*and we thank them.*
Freedom isn't free. Someone paid the price.
)
The Fateful Wish for Price Stability
*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'
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!
*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
"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."
Bill Bonner,"Crimea River"
*"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
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?
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
Image in one of the hacked emails, I got out of the file share download of
all them. (3/13/14) This image was in the email to Igor about framing
Russia for bombings. Notice the Red Xs. 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
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:
http://wp.me/p2tSAX-10
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.
DiFi is an Enormous 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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- 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
-
- 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 - 1 day 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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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 »
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