Image of radiation emitted no more than a few hundred thousand years after the big bang, captured with the satellite telescope WMAP (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The QUIET cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization telescope, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in Atacama, Chile. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
UTAH-CANYONLANDS-02 (Photo credit: oregon ducatisti)
English: NuSkin Building on Center Street in downtown Provo, Utah (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Utah_2006-08-22_IMG_1651 (Photo credit: Jim's Photos1)BICEP2: Primordial Gravitational Waves!
*Guest blog by Liam McAllister, Cornell University.*
The BICEP2 team has just announced a remarkable discovery (FAQ): they argue
that they have detected, at very high significance, the imprint of *primordial
gravitational waves* on the polarization of the cosmic microwave
background. Moreover, the signal they see is very strong. If they are
right, this is The Big One.
BICEP on site at the South Pole
BICEP's map of the CMB:
Vorticity in the CMB according to BICEP
*How should we interpret this result, and what are its implications?*
If the BICEP measurement really is a detection of... more »
The Rat
There are conditions of daily life that occur on a regular basis for the
majority of humans. These include a lack of opportunity to experience
self-determination, a pre-arranged location, and an income; without which
you’d be unable to survive. These conditions, seen as normal and
necessary, are actually preferred. When an adult has reached the age of
eighteen years, most of their orientation is focused on creating them for
themselves; this, in order to achieve “worldly success”.
In fact, under the current arrangement, you congratulate each other for
having secured a “good” jo... more »
The relentless dumbness of us the people!
*MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014*
*Dowd’s latest comment thread:* Following in the wake of talk radio,
comment threads have helped us see the dumbness of us the people.
Yesterday, the comments to Maureen Dowd’s latest column helped us see how
dumb we can get inside our tribal worlds.
On the whole, Dowd’s column was the latest hail of insults aimed at Obama,
including a requisite reference to his mom jeans. But as she started, Dowd
dismissed Scott Brown’s chances of winning Jeanne Shaheen’s Senate seat in
New Hampshire.
Dowd called Brown a “carpetbagger.” This produced a flurry of questions... more »
Carr Driven Off Cliff, Film at 11.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid literary agents are. Never.
Here are people who fail literally 90-95% of the time to find a home
for the adult fiction they choose to represent and literally 90% of the
shit that acquisitions editors buy from these idiots lose money. Yet,
despite the fact that the publishing industry is in such a highly volatile
state, with technological and market trends turning on a dime, the
traditional business model remains stagnant, with editors insisting on
buying unsalable work from agents who by and large display the most
horrible judgment in... more »
Giveaway: Skating for Two at the Utah Olympic Oval
Olympic Speed Skaters Chad Hedrick and Derek Parra at the Comcast Winter
Games Celebration in Provo, Utah. Photo courtesy of Comcast. I think I have
the after-Sochi blues. Two weeks of watching ice skating, skiing, hockey
and even some curling and then it is over just like that and we go back to
the normal, boring TV shows of before. It always makes me a little sad.
This year, because of the weird winter we had in Utah, we didn't get the
chance to hit the slopes this year and my 5-year-old little ski bunny, was
pretty upset. To make it up to her, my husband has decided to take her ic... more »
Uruguay: A Mysterious Sighting in Nueva Helvecia
*SOURCE: El Intransigente.com and Planeta UFODATE: 03.15.2014*
Uruguay: A Mysterious Sighting in Nueva Helvecia
Married couple saw a stunning flying object in the Uruguayan region of
Nueva Helvecia
Dante Soria, a member of *Testimonio OVNI*, was on vacation in the locality
of Nueva Helvecia in Uruguay when he became the witness in the enigmatic
sighting of a strange object.
On the evening Monday, 20 January 2014, he decided to conduct a skywatch
with his wife, Luisa Yacón. They both prepared mentally for the
undertaking, as both are Reiki masters and form part of the *Testimonio ... more »
Duncan Warns Data Predators to Whom He Gave Privileges in 2009
At the behest of the Silicon Valley billionaires and the testing giants,
the Obama Administration gutted FERPA protections for children in schools
soon after coming into office, so that now corporate privateers and data
predators have rich feeding grounds to collect, sift, and mine student and
teacher data for whatever purposes they see fit.
With parents and school boards with their hair on fire about cameras in the
classroom and "cloud" data storage, Obama's corporate stooge, Arne Duncan,
is trying to pretend to address the problem that his office directly
caused.
What is he doin... more »
Israel Ranked Best Middle Eastern Country to Live in as a Woman | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
Who apart from the screaming and shouting at Israel brigade would be
surprised?
'Israel was the ranked the best country in which to live as a woman in the
Middle East and North Africa region, according to a 2013 report cited
by The Huffington Post on Thursday.
Each year since 2006, the World Economic Forum has released its
annual Global Gender Gap Report examining efforts to close the gap in four
categories: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment,
health and survival and political Empowerment.
While raked first for its region, the Jewish state came in 53r... more »
Iraq Shows Improvement In Poverty Levels, But Major Hurdles Continue
Despite Iraq’s vast natural resource wealth the country suffers from high
rates of poverty. The United Nations just released data on Iraq’s battle
with that problem. It provided statistics comparing 2007 with 2011. Those
are important dates because they are during and after the civil war.
Obviously while there was widespread fighting in the country poverty could
not be combatted and likely got worse with the loss of jobs and
displacement. Therefore comparing those two years showed how much progress
or lack thereof that the government made going from conflict to a
relatively peace... more »
TALKING TO OURSELVES: The latest insult to the tribe!
*MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014*
*Part 1—Between a rock and two ferns:* In 1980, the poet Billy Idol broke
the world’s hearts with a sad tale of near-onanism:
When there's no one else in sight
In the crowded lonely night
Well I wait so long
For my love vibration
*And I'm dancing with myself*
Oh dancing with myself
Oh dancing with myself
*Well there's nothing to loseAnd there's nothing to proveI'll be dancing
with myself*
Poor Idol! We thought of the poet’s sad lament as we watched cable this
weekend. In part, we refer to a tedious pair of segments we saw Steve
Kornacki host.
On balance, ... more »
Pop Quiz, Hotshot, Elections edition
I have a question for all those folks who study elections: any democracy
hold an election within a week or two of being announced?
You Be the Judge. Or, Rather, Don't.
We all have a favorite joke and this one happens to be mine. So what
better day to share it than on St. Patrick's Day?
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A conservative Irish judge went pub crawling after a hard Friday at
court. He was known as a law and order judge and had an image to maintain
but after such a hard day, his Irish thirst was raging.
After he crawled out of his 6th pub, he vomited all over his brand new
suit and racked his reeling brain for what to tell his teetotaling wife
Brigit. Then he got a brilliant idea.
He poured himself through the front do... more »
How to Win a Billion Dollars
Quicken Loans will pay you a billion dollars if you fill out perfect
bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But given the odds, the
expected value is still less than a penny.
You can enter here.
Ukraine Region Votes to Join Russia - WSJ.com
The WSJ reports
http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579441563920333966?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories&mobile=ythat
'American officials realize that they misjudged Mr. Putin and are working
to predict his next move, the senior official said. "We have misread Putin.
He is not going to give up," the official said.'
How come they couldn't see what I could? Or could they but now Barack Obama
has more flexibility in his second term...
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The Press Gallery Takes A Stand
Last week the parliamentary press gallery passed the following motion:
"We as the Parliamentary Press Gallery reserve the right to ask questions
in all photo-ops and availabilities with the prime minister, cabinet
ministers, and all parliamentarians, to fulfill our function as journalists
in a democratic society.”
The motion was passed in the face of the government's policy of not taking
questions from reporters. James Baxter, the editor of *ipolitics*, writes:
The Parliamentary Press Gallery has rarely shown the guts and gumption of
its Washington counterparts, but we lately hav... more »
TC-48: “The Cadet Flight” - An Argentinean Missing Airplane
*Source: Café Ufologico RIO54Date: 03.16.2014*
[*The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 this month will go
down as one of the most enigmatic and controversial incidents in aviation
history, even if its ultimate whereabouts – and the fates of its 239
passengers – are established at some point after this writing.
Unfortunately, it is possible for planes to vanish forever, or to be
discovered by chance decades after radio contact was lost. This is the
story of TC-48 -- SC*]
*TC-48: “The Cadet Flight” - An Argentinean Missing Airplane*
*By Rubén Morales and Mario Lupo*
A... more »
A federated Ukraine as proposed previously by Russia?
*Yesterday's post contained a link to a TIME article:*
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer also says supporting the new
Ukrainian government “in every way possible” is at the top of the Obama’s
administration’s priority list.
*But action on $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine is on hold because
Congress is on a break now.*
1 Billion in loan guarantees on hold because Congress went on break?
Yesterday I asked:
*Really? Are the thugs of Maidan being hung out to dry? Anyone?*
I think they are being hung out to dry. I also suspect the inevitable win
in Crimea was the reason f... more »
Service Pact Stuff
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*The Miaoli 54*.
The awesome John Tkacik rips the service pact.... (Taipei Times):
[The Singapore and N Zealand agreements] ASTEP and ANZTEC were signed under
the WTO framework and enjoyed legal protection such as third party
mediation and other resolutions and the equal stature of WTO members
ensured a real increase in Taiwan’s export, whereas the cross-strait
service trade agreement does not fall under such a category of trade
agreements, he said.
* The tertiary sectors in Taiwan and China are fundamentally different; the
Chinese government is heavily involved i... more »
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*Doctor’s Diary: Statins and their side effects*
By James Le Fanu
The assertion last week by researchers at London’s Imperial College that
statins have virtually no side effects is so contrary to the experience of
legions of Daily Telegraph readers over the past few years, it is only
reasonable to inquire how they came to this conclusion.
Dr Judith Finegold and her colleagues trawled through the published
findings of the 29 drug company-sponsored statin trials and discovered that
the number of “serious adverse events” to be similar among those taking the
drug as among those on pla... more »
Scott Brown Predicts He'll Die In Massachusetts-- Just As His Sleazy Political Career Did
A few days ago, Elizabeth Warren sent out a note to her followers warning
that Scott Brown, "Wall Street's favorite senator," was back for another
try… this time in New Hampshire. When Warren beat Brown in 2012, he managed
to win 46% of the vote and spend $35,058,354 to achieve that. Far right
hate groups like America 360 Committee, Americans forTax Reform, the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and Rove's Crossroads GPS poured another $2,192,513 in
negative ads into the race smearing Warren. Wall Street gave more money to
Brown that to any other Member of Congress-- more than a million dol... more »
China financial strains emerging - March 17 , 2014 ......The Second Chinese Corporate Default: Real Estate Developer With CNY3.5 Billion In Debt Collapses , Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate Co. doesn’t have enough cash to repay creditors that include more than 15 banks, with China Construction Bank Corp. (939) holding more than 1 billion yuan of its debt, according to the officials, who asked not to be named because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter. The company’s majority shareholder and his son, its legal representative, have been detained and face charges of illegal fundraising, the officials said.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-17/second-chinese-corporate-default-real-estate-developer-cny35-billion-debt-collapses
The Second Chinese Corporate Default: Real Estate Developer With CNY3.5
Billion In Debt Collapses
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- China
- Copper
- Creditors
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A few days ago, copper prices and the Chinese stock market were roiled by
speculation that another - the second in a row - Chinese bond defaul... more »
Start This Day & Fear Not - A Quote From M.N. Hopkins
*Start this day and fear not, for love will replace your fear and love will
reign again upon the Land.*
M.N. Hopkins
*If you wish to read some of my poetry, please click on the link provided
below:*
*Some Poetry by M.N. Hopkins*
Redistribution of income
' Calls are being made for a probe into claims that members of Australia's
Eritrean community are being forced to pay a so-called 'diaspora tax'.
(Transcript from World News Radio)
The federal government is being urged to investigate claims that
representatives of the Eritrean government are forcing members of
Australia's Eritrean community to pay an income tax banned by the United
Nations.'
More here
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/17/calls-probe-eritrean-diaspora-tax-australia
I'm not too surprised, how many other such arrangements are in place in
Western World?
NPR Whitewashes “Grit” Narrative
NPR Whitewashes “Grit” Narrative. via NPR Whitewashes “Grit”
Narrative.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Clarissa Dickson Wright R.I.P.
The excellent chef and fascinating person Clarissa Dickson Wright has
passed away far too young, at the age of
Now I suppose we'll never find out why she claimed Tony Blair's nickname at
the Bar back in the 1970s was Miranda. Nor what dirt she had on Peter
Mandleson, Jack Straw, Cherie Blair and others.
This and some other fascinating stories are alluded to in this Telegraph
piece from 2007
'I wish I could relate Clarissa Dickson Wright's gossip about "Miranda", as
she claims Tony Blair was known at the Bar when they moved in similar
circles, back in the 1970s. The dirt she would ... more »
Crimea Election Updates For March 17 , 2014 ....... The Day Afterwards Crimea Names Ruble Currency; Applies To Join Russia, Expects To Become Region Of Russian Federation By Thursday .......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-17/crimea-names-ruble-currency-applies-join-russia-expects-become-region-russian-federa
Crimea Names Ruble Currency; Applies To Join Russia, Expects To Become
Region Of Russian Federation By Thursday
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- China
- Nationalization
- Natural Gas
- Poland
- Ukraine
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First, for those who have missed this weekend's developing story
surrounding events in Crimea, here is the 30 second summary, courtesy of
Bloomberg:
- U.S., EU warn Russ... more »
Day 10 Malaysian Airline Flight 370 -- the confusion becomes even more pronounced as Malaysia changes its narrative once again -- In yet another puzzling change of the official narrative, acting transport minister and minister of defence Hishammuddin Hussein revised the time of loss of communications with MH370 from 1.30 am local to 1.19 am, which would be two minutes before the last confirmed radar contact with the airliner that used a transponder to identify it to air traffic control system......another change in the narrative comes from how much fuel was allegedly remaining when communication was lost with the pilots ..... China criticisms really becoming loud as to Malaysian chaos incompetence and inability to handle the investigation ( note that was before today's presser with the contact timing and remaining fuel changes , which would impact the two corridors that the hi-jacked plane might have flown within or not flown within ) ......... Reader Michael Rhodes, a Sydney-based solicitor who says he has “extensive experience of Malaysia in particular and Malaysian Airlines” asks why the mobile phones and other communications devices of the people on board have not been traced.
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2014/03/17/mh370-update-has-co-pilot-saying-all-right-good-night/
MH370 update has co-pilot saying ‘all right good night’
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Malaysia Airlines says it believes the last words heard from missing flight
MH370 “all right good night” were spoken by the first officer, Fariq Abdul
Hamid.
The update at the end of Day 10 of the search for the Boeing 777-200ER and
its 239 passengers and crew was told th... more »
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*Construction set to begin on Lafitte Greenway project ~WWLTV *
*As Louisiana's coast washes away, threatened communities face questions
about their identity ~Benjamin Alexander-Bloch*
*Zach Strief, New Orleans Saints agree to terms on 5-year contract*
*Solar panels could supply N.O. airport’s energy needs ~Jeff Adelson, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Six: One More Drop of Poison ~Mark Folse*
A Narcissist Scorned: Obama Throws Another Tantrum
Despite weeks of saber rattling and threats from our dear leader *Barack
the Feckless* and his bull in a China shop Secretary of State John Kerry,
the Skull and Bones pedigreed stammering ass whose brief tenure has now put
the US on a path to a war with Russia the referendum in Crimea that they
had so desperately wanted to avoid went down on Sunday. With the third body
blow to dwindling US prestige now having landed – the first two being
Russia’s offer of asylum to former government whistleblower turned NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden followed by the humiliation of Russian leader ... more »
Failure to observe due impartiality
“The BBC’s news division is on course for another row with the
corporation’s internal watchdog about its coverage of Israel.The BBC Trust
has upheld a complaint which alleged that a five-minute report on Radio 4’s
*Today* programme about the Six-Day War was misleading and biased, *The
Times* has learnt. The findings, due to be published later this month, will
inflame internal tensions that have lingered since the trust partially
upheld several complaints about the accuracy and partiality of Jeremy
Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor, five years ago.”
So begins an article in today... more »
Who Is Unprepared? US Students? Or Arne Duncan?
While Arne Duncan continues his ugly swipes at students, parents, teachers,
and schools, I believe it is time to turn the focus on the accuser. Are
U.S. students unprepared for college? I recommend Carol Burris’s
answer: Are American students grossly unprepared for college? Or is Duncan
unprepared, noting that he has no experience teaching but lots […]
"Fukushima Meltdown Could Be 10,000 Times As High As Chernobyl"
*"Fukushima Meltdown Could Be 10,000 Times As High As Chernobyl"*
by David McNeill
TOKYO — “In the chaotic, fearful weeks after the Fukushima nuclear
crisis
began, in March 2011, researchers struggled to measure the radioactive
fallout unleashed on the public. Michio Aoyama’s initial findings were
more
startling than most. As a senior scientist at the Japanese government’s
Meteorological Research Institute, he said levels of radioactive cesium
137
in the surface water of the Pacific Ocean could be *10,000 times as
high*as contamination after Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear acci... more »
Ron Paul Calls Out Neocon Meddling in Ukraine
Retired Congressman Ron Paul has been a consistent critic of the neocon
domination of US foreign policy that with the western backed overthrow of
the democratically elected leader of Ukraine that come roaring back into
vogue. Never underestimate the neocons, they were thought to have been
permanently discredited and for all intents and purposes dead and buried
after the Iraq fiasco but they are back with a vengeance - you can say that
they never truly went away. Like the cockroach, the neoconservative seems
to be virtually indestructible primarily because unlike the permanently
ta... more »
COLLAPSE COMING?
According to a report, by mathematician* Safa Motesharrei* (above) and
others, *industrial civilization 'may be heading toward collapse' within
decades.*
The causes:
*1.* the wide gap between the rich and the poor and
*2.* the strain on the planet's resources.
According to the report, rich 'elites' may be responsible for both problems.
According to the report: 'The mass of the population, while producing the
wealth, is only allocated a small portion of it by elites, usually at or
just above subsistence levels.'
The report refers to the downfall of various civilizations, inclu... more »
A Call To Ban GMO Seed & Landscaping Plants In Connecticut
[image: Foto: Testimony from Senator Donald E. Williams at the public
hearing for HB 5330 - AAC The Application of Pesticides at Parks,
Playgrounds, Athletic Fields and Municipal Greens "I bring this to your
attention because we are at a critical juncture. It is not often that we
can so clearly see two pathways ahead. The question is whether we will have
the vision and foresight to choose the right path, and recognize that the
time to act is now. We can ban GMO grass seed and landscaping plants now,
before their introduction, and stop the guaranteed environmental
destruction that w... more »
BBC reveals: 2,500 year-old Jewish text contains 'negative messages for women'
The
wonderful BBC Watch reveals
http://bbcwatch.org/2014/03/16/bbc-reveals-2500-year-old-jewish-text-contains-negative-messages-for-womenthat
'... the BBC has also added some interpretations of its own to the
Purim story and has made the shocking discovery that a 2,500 year-old
text
contains “negative messages for women”.'
I look forward to the BBC's shocked revelation of the negative messages
for
women that run through the Koran, but I won't hold my breath.
The common core and testing fever
Sent to the Oregonian, March 19, 2014
Brett Bigham suggests that we need more standards and less testing ("Common
Core Standards are not insidious: Guest opinion," March 16). The Common
Core, however, is requiring an astonishing amount of standardized testing,
far more than No Child Left Behind (NCLB) required. The new tests include
the usual end of year tests, but in more subjects and in all grade levels,
as well as interim tests during the year and possibly pretests in the fall
to measure improvement over the academic year, about a 20-fold increase
over NCLB.
The tests will be ... more »
The Nightmare That Never Ends: Devils In America Are Arming Both Sides In Iraq
"The suffering is far from over in Iraq, reports Felicity Arbuthnot. Its
new dictator is being supported by massive shipments of horrific weapons
from the United States" - *Source*.
For the US military-industrial-media-congressional complex, Iraq is the
gift that keeps on giving. The US would like nothing more than to see a new
Saddam take total control of the country. Not only would it help weapon
sales, but he can be demonized in the future so Iraq can be attacked for a
third time. By then the US will have developed millions of drones and
robots so it won't have to worry about... more »
Media War: The Battle for Crimea
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The Western media's myth mill is working overtime to gain ground lost to
Russia.
*March 17, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The Western press has been
deceiving readers, listeners, and viewers since the beginning of the
so-called "Euromaidan" protests - from covering up the ultra-right wing
ideology and literal Neo-Nazi flag wavers leading the mobs, to the role the
West has played in organizing, funding, and equipping the protesters in the
first place.
With their proxies now entrenched in Kiev after violently overthrowing the
elected government of Viktor Yanukovych,... more »
Who should get the Nobel Prize for cosmic inflation?
Live streaming video by Ustream
*Temporary: the live broadcast*
*Guest blog by Phil Gibbs, manager of viXra.org*
*Graph added in the afternoon, LM.*
Today at 4 pm British Summer Time we might hear some good news [and read some
documents: already posted! \(r=0.2\) at 6-7 sigma; FAQ on the discovery]
about a discovery of primordial gravitational waves and within a few more
weeks that could be confirmed in more detail by Planck. If this happens the
observational status of the theory of cosmic inflation will change
dramatically because primordial gravitational waves have been desc... more »
Nope, no chemtrails here - looking towards London - Oxford 6 a.m.
it's been a while since I posted an "Oxford, looking towards London"
chemtrails picture, so here's one from this morning, 6 a.m.
Kinda ugly, ain't it?
Books About the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
You can find a review of my book and four others by Charles Perrow at the
journal, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists here
http://thebulletin.org/five-assessments-fukushima-disaster
Dr. Charles Perrow, an emeritus professor at Yale and visiting professor at
Stanford, reviews the following in his 'Five assessments of the Fukushima
disaster':
Samuels, Richard J (2013) *3.11: **Disaster and Change in Japan*. Ithaca
and London: Cornell University Press
Nadesan, Majia H (2013) *Fukushima and the Privatization of Risk*.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
The Independent Investigation Commi... more »
"They Tore Down Paradise To Put Up A Parking Lot"
Statue of Sir Thomas Browne in Norwich, England.
*Wikipedia:*
Sir Thomas Browne (19 October 1605 – 19 October 1682) was an English
polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in
diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric.
Browne is widely considered one of the most original writers in the English
language. The freshness and ingenuity of his mind invested everything he
touched with interest; while on more important subjects his style, if
frequently rugged and pedantic, often rises to the highest pitch of stately
eloquence. His p... more »
Growing Inequality Reflected in Health Outcomes
Within the US: “The gaps continue to widen between the communities with
the
highest life expectancy and the lowest,” said Christopher Murray, the
director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle,
which produces the county-level life-expectancy figures. “There is
nothing
in sight that suggests that the 25-year trend is going to stop.”
A. Lowrey (2014, March 15) Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap. The New
York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/business/income-gap-meet-the-longevity-gap.html?emc=edit_th_20140316&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=32962000
Our own Doonesbury flashback: When Joanie Caucus joined Elizabeth Warren's Senate staff
*DOONESBURY -- Monday, Februay 4, 2013*
[*Click on any of today's strips to enlarge -- significantly!*]
*by Ken*
A couple of weeks ago, in presenting that Sunday's *Doonesbury* comparison
of "Banskter Life in the U.S. vs. Iceland," I got sidetracked into
reflecting on the shock of radio guy Mark Slackmeyer's white hair, and
pointed out:
*Simpsons* creator Matt Groening, you'll recall, made the conscious
decision at the outset that his characters wouldn't age, that they would
remain pretty much locked in time. Garry Trudeau has taken the opposite
tack. I don't know of any comic str... more »
Sunday Night w/ the Wise Old Man
Welcome to *Sunday Night w/ the Wise Old Man*! Zan Overall, also known as
the Wise Old Man, is an activist, musican and actor. Tonight, we will once
again hear two of the Wise Old Man's excellent songs, along with a review
of his recent activism and a commentary on some articles recently appearing
in *American Free Press* and *The Barnes Review*.
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... more »
My Vegan Life - Eating Out
[image: My Vegan Life - Eating Out]*Dietary restrictions make *
*eating "out" a challenge*.For the most part, going vegan has been easy. We
cook at home using fresh, whole ingredients and create delicious meals. But
every once in awhile, we enjoy a meal out ... and that presents a problem.
Not everyone understands the meaning of "vegan" or even "vegetarian".
[image: Eating out presents a challenge to vegans.]*Restaurants aren't
always vegan friendly.*Many people assume that "meatless" simply means
"without beef". In restaurants, a server may tell you that a vegetable soup
is vegetar... more »
Ann Frank
Now, that's what I call an October Surprise....
Hang on... Wait, what..?!
Let me guess - The fourth volume of the four, implicitly, would be the one
covering the Auschwitz narrative...
I quote The Enemy:
"*Bíró László József* (surname placed first per Hungarian convention;
Spanish: Ladislao José Biro; 29 September 1899 – 24 October 1985) was the
inventor of the modern ballpoint pen.
Bíró (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbiːroː]) was born in Budapest, Hungary, in
1899 into a Jewish family. He presented the first production of the
ballpoint pen at the Budapest International Fair i... more »
Gates and Duncan and Their Common Core “Freedom” Charade
In his purchased keynote at the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards (NBPTS) (I know, huh?), billionaire-with-zero-teaching-experience
Bill Gates insisted that the feds are getting the bum rap when it comes to
the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As Huffington Post’s Joy
Resmovits notes, Gates went on to address critiques that the Common Core
represents a national curriculum, […]
Ukraine: Bulgarian observer declares electoral process democratic and free; Obama rejects Crimea vote
An excerpt from, *"US rejects Crimea vote, cites Russian intimidation"* by
Matthew Lew, AP, March 16:
President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that
Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia "would never be
recognized" by the United States, as he and other top U.S. officials warned
Moscow against making further military moves toward southern and eastern
Ukraine.
The two leaders spoke after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly in
favor of the split in a referendum that the United States, European Union
and others say violates the Ukrainia... more »
East v West in 18 simple infographics
A picture is worth a thousand words"
href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words.html"
target=_blank>Confucius never said “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
But Chinese graphic artist Yang Liu ingeniously saves many thousand in
illustrating cultural differences between Chinese and westerners. These are
my faves.
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And for anyone who’s ever eaten Yum Char…
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Head here for all 18.
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Call Your State Senator Tomorrow in Tennessee
Local TV news in Knoxville has typical coverage below of the move by the TN
House last week, which voted overwhelmingly to delay implementation of
Common Core testing.
Note that Mike Edwards, who leads off the "fair and balanced coverage," is
the President of Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, a Board of Director member
of the Teneessee Business Roundtable, member of the U. S. Chamber of
Horrors, and member of the State Board of Education. Note, too, that no
students, parents, or teachers were interviewed.
Call your state Senator tomorrow and simply tell her this:
Please vote with t... more »
YOU are @thechalkface!
DON’T BE CONFUSED @the chalkface is still the punk rock thrill ride that
delivers readers, viewers, and listeners the unfiltered truth about
education reform. We don’t take corporate contributions from Gates and
Walton. But what about this new Chalkbeat? Sadly they do take funds from
Gates and Walton. This is your brain on Chalkbeat. This […]
Ukraine: "We are going home, Crimea is in Russia!" - PM Aksyonov; Mother Russia Wins Crimea Referendum Vote
Ukraine: "We are going home, Crimea is in Russia!" - PM Aksyonov. Source:
RuptlyTV. Date Published: March 16, 2014.
Watch Guy Cecil And Michael Bennet Hand Mitch McConnell The Senate Leader Post
Rick and Rounds
The *Rapid City Journal* is arguably the most conservative newspaper in
South Dakota. And they are certainly more conservative than the Beltway
operative who seems hellbent on handing control of the Senate over to the
Republicans, DSCC executive director Guy Cecil. Cecil, still pouting that
he was unable to deliver the South Dakota Democratic nomination to former
Blue Dog chairwoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, has blackballed South Dakota
Democratic nominee Rick Weiland. Weiland has been endorsed by Tom Daschle
and Tim Johnson and by most of the Democrats in the Senate... more »
#WhatCouldGoWrong
Originally posted on Math Minds:
On Tuesday, I received a book entitled “Accelerating Learning for All
Students” in which all of the teachers in the district will receive
professional development in the upcoming week. I cannot speak to the ELA
piece of the material, however the math examples made me cringe. I quickly
got out…
On the Education of a PM as a Crony [updated]
The place in which PM John Key learned about business was a business
dedicated to sucking the marrow out of special privilege, says Charles
Morris from Reuters (linked to this morning by David Chaston at
Interest.Co.NZ).
Merrill Lynch were the crony’s crony, and they died of it.
Between 2001 and 2008, [says Chaston] …. they paid out US$50 billion in
salaries and bonuses, and sold out to Bank of America.
A “sell-out” made at the point their modern business model had collapsed,
at the height of the 2008 Crash. Indeed,
after a proper accounting it seems even after the terrific pr... more »
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*EPA Bureaucrats Paint the Town Red with Federal Charge Cards*
There appears to be a flourishing culture of financial misconduct at the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This culture has been perpetuated by
a lack of administrative oversight leading to millions of taxpayer dollars
being wasted. At a time when D.C.’s fiscal climate is characterized by a
national debt that is spiraling out of control, there is no excuse for any
government organization to be lacking financial accountability.
A report released this month by the EPA Inspector General (IG) found EPA
employees impr... more »
AMERICA AND THE NEOCONS LIED THEN - AND STILL LIE TODAY
In an article today at *Commentary* online, senior neoconservative writer
Michael Rubin attempts to perpetuate the lie that the US was given false
intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s WMDs. Rubin writes:
*The narrative of “Bush lied, people died,” is nonsense of course. The
problem was that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein bluffed his own generals
and aides. When Americans tapped into their phone calls, they heard
Saddam’s lieutenants discussing such weapons as if they had them, and when
American spies debriefed their Iraqi counterparts, there was no sign of
deception because many of t... more »
Gee, Obama Not A Progressive? We're Shocked! Shocked! That Gambling's Been Going On! (They Tell US the Stories (And We Gasp and Believe Them?))
You can't trick karma (Confidence - Ed Burns). Although you can try. The
real trick is keeping the downtrodden, despairing millions serenely
tricked. That takes real confidence. The last comment below mirrors that
confidence game. To our lasting grief. Or: There is a club. And you are not
invited. There Is No Meritocracy: It’s Just the 1 Percent, and the Game Is
Rigged
Stephen Harper and Senate scandal
Richard Nixon seemed to have spoken the same words when faced with the
Watergate scandal.
Can Economists Ever Get It Right? [updated]
What do economists do all day, and why should anyone care?
Working economists promote their “science” on the basis of their
forecasts. But are their forecasts any better than throwing a dart at a
board? Recent reports say “No.”
It's hard to find nice things to say about economists. Their detachment
from the real world of human activity is matched only by their enormous
influence over it, and by their unearned assumption that this arrangement
is well deserved.
Both unearned and undeserved, as a new OECD report on their own economists’
reports makes clear enough. Translate this f... more »
“World War 1All Over Again: The Same Fools Play the Same Game”
*“World War 1All Over Again: The Same Fools Play the Same Game”*
By Paul Craig Roberts
“If you reduce the lie to a scientific system, put it on thick and heavy,
and with great effort and sufficient finances scatter it all over the world
as the pure truth, you can deceive whole nations for a long time and drive
them to slaughter for causes in which they have not the slightest
interest.” - Chief French Editor, “Behind the Scenes in French Journalism”,
describing the organization of World War 1 propaganda in France.
Did US Secretary of State John Kerry ask you before he delivered an al... more »
Common Core As “Technologically Necessary”: A Looming Shift In Sales Pitch?
The term Common Core is so negatively charged that Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) proponents are trying their hardest to ditch the term– not
ditch CCSS– just the term. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee suggested
that states “rebrand” the CCSS product– give it a shiny new name in order
to fool the public into thinking its gone. In my […]
Fat Cats and Suck-Ups
The headline in the so-called Progressive Congressional Caucus's latest
budget proposal tells the whole sordid, regressive story:
8.8 MILLION JOBS BY 2017
$4 TRILLION IN DEFICIT REDUCTION
Austerity is dead, and income inequality has been proclaimed as the
defining challenge of our time. So long live.... *Deficit Reduction? *
Somebody hasn't been reading their Paul Krugman, who rightly observes that
it's stupid to worry about deficit reduction during economic downturns.
Somebody didn't get the message that the Fix the Debt cult of billionaire
deficit hawks just turned diseased tai... more »
7 Things Anti-Interventionists Forgot to Tell Putin
It’s good advice, says Robert Tracinski, only the people who need it aren’t
listening.
‘This is the fundamental naiveté of the anti-interventionists. They offer
excellent advice, just not to the people who need it. You might call this
the paradox of pacifism: the reasonable counsels of peace find their most
eager audience among those who least need to hear them, while being ignored
by the fanatics and strongmen who actually drive most of the world’s
conflicts.
So all of this advice just ends up restraining the good guys and letting
the bad guys run wild—until we are forced into a... more »
Crimea: Massive turnout/votes overwhelmingly in favour of joining Russia
With a turnout the western governments could only dream of. The turn out
does indeed make legitimate the decision.
I believe the last election in Canada saw about 50 percent turn out?
Unsure of the US? Making the government, at least in Canada, quite
illegitimate in their claims of representing the people of Canada.
*Early Count Shows 95 Percent of Crimea Voters Want to Be Russian*
With fifty percent of the ballots counted, an overwhelming 95.5 percent of
voters in Crimea are in favor of joining Russia, a preliminary tally
indicated Sunday.
Only 3.5 percent voted to remain part of Uk... more »
Common Core = “College Ready” ?
From New York parent Loy Gross: Why do we need Common Core? Experts tell us
it will make kids “college and career ready.” And let me add, potatoes
don’t have wings because my bicycle is a 10-speed. Out of those two
statements, only one has a measure of truth. Potatoes don’t have wings. And
my […]
Ebstein's Anomaly
Marc--February, 2014
(Photo by John Carroll)
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On the Ideal Conditions and Myths of Creativity [updated]
*“Baby, air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it and
don’t create anything except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for.”*
- Charles Bukowski, from his 1992 poem “Air and Light and Time and Space,”
which cartoonist Zen Pencils has creatively adapted for comic book.
Probably while working 16-hour days in a coal mine.
UPDATE: Scientist and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov makes a similar
point less poetically:
“I was once being interviewed by Barbara Walters in three segments, all at
once, though they were to be run on three separate days. In between... more »
Sunday Classics: Verdi's Queen Elisabeth demands justice from King Philip but gets something else
*Ferruccio Furlanetto (at the Met last year) as the sleepless King Philip
in his study -- with the fateful jewel box*
*The *KING*'s study in Madrid. The *KING*, plunged in deep meditation,
leaning on a table covered with papers, where candles are near burning out.
Day begins to illuminate the colored glass of the windows.*
*KING PHILIP* [*as if in a dream*]:
She never loved me.
No, that heart is closed to me.
She doesn't love me, she doesn't love me.
I still see her again, contemplating with a sad look
my white mane the day that she came here from France.
No, she doesn't love me, s... more »
While World Attention Stays Focused On Ukraine: Remembering Rachel Corrie, Murdered 11 Years Ago Today By The Criminal State Of Israel
Yes, the world is still indeed focused squarely on the nation of Ukraine
that of course saw a US led coup against its democratically elected
government earlier this year. And there is of course the very important
referendum today where the results of the vote have just come in and the
proud people of Crimea have voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and
join the Russian Federation. Things may go from bad to worse this coming
week as the US criminal regime has stated that they will not honor the
rights of the Crimean people and will reject this legal referendum
results... Th... more »
HC Unit Theory - first post of 2014 - 12 into 20 will it go?
so, for those, like me, who've been a) trying to keep up with HC Unit
ideas and b) make cogent sense of them, here's another enigmatic entry for
discussion.
We already know that HC3 i.e. three HC Units out of phase by 90 degrees,
are the building block of all atoms. HC1 is hydrogen, alternating through
0+0- cycles. HC4 is helium, no net (charge) output, all curves complimented.
HC12 is carbon. Now, remember how Carbon is made of four groups of HC3
(I've highlighted them within the 'grey mass'. The next Nobel gas up from
Carbon is Neon, that's HC20. So, by having to squeeze a ... more »
Chris Hedges,“Welcome to Satan’s Ball”
*“Welcome to Satan’s Ball”*
by Chris Hedges
“Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita,” a bitter satire of Soviet
life at the height of Stalin’s purges, captured the surrealist experience
of living in a brutal totalitarianism. In the novel’s world, lies are
considered true and truth is considered seditious. Existence is a dark
carnival of opportunism, unchecked state power, hedonism and terrorism. It
is peopled with omnipotent secret police, wholesale spying and
surveillance, show trials, censorship, mass arrests, summary executions and
disappearances, along with famines, gulag... more »
George Osborne's Political Vision
The Budget affords ambitious chancellors the chance to shine. Thus goes the
common sense of the observers of Westminster's murky intrigues. If true,
might one expect fiscal pyrotechnics at the despatch box this week as
George Osborne delivers his speech? After all, this is the long lead-in to
a contest the Tories are widely expected to lose. If this most likely
scenario comes to pass and the front bench assumes seats on the other side
of the house post-2015 (hopefully for a very long time), might we expect
some post-Dave positioning this Wednesday from the present Second Lord of
th... more »
NATO's killers in Syria: Will Trade Golan in exchange for no fly zone enforcement
Can it be anymore clear that the 'opposition' is not Syrian? Not that I
need to remind regular readers here.
Can it be anymore clear that the so called opposition has been supported
by, cooperated with and continues to collude with Israel. Israel is not
afraid of Islamists for the simple reason they are on the same team.
That fact is abundantly clear!
*Haaretz- Syrian Opposition willing to trade Golan claims for Israeli
Military support*
Top opposition official tells Al Arab newspaper militant groups want Israel
to enforce a no-fly zone. The Syrian opposition is willing to give up... more »
Manhunt leads to massive roadblock, warrantless car-to-car searches
*(many still seem to be asking whether we live in a Police State, or if
Martial Law is coming . . hate to tell you, we are already in it . . it
just depends on where it raises its demonic head to keep us "safe &
protected" from the "bad guys" . . . if the Constitution is disregarded by
thug cops, the military, judges and the courts, we are in Martial Law . .
what else can you call it, when there is no adherence to the US
Constitution? . . .) *
[image: Police State USA] The bank's money was ultimately safe and sound,
although the same could not be said of the rights of many innocent ... more »
Crimea Referendum Updates with Ukraine situation examined in detail March 15 , 2014 ...... With the expected failure of the last minute talks between US Secretary of state Kerry and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov 's the next steps are the imminent Referendum with the expected vote in favor of Crimea joining the Russian Federation ...... What remains to been is what that entails for russian citizens in Eastern and Southeastern Ukraine who may inclined to join Crimea , what the next steps will be from the fledgling Ukraine Government , what manner of Western sanctions an reciprocal Russian sanctions are unrolled next week , whether any violent provocations occur which may " encourage those russian tanks to roll west into Ukraine ( and what happens in that event ? )
Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
White House on March 15 , 2014..... Where in the world is Ptus that he
can't make such an important meeting ? Wasn't he " invited " ?
"Obama Did Not Attend The Meeting", Or In A Moment Of Crisis The President
Stands Resolute
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Jake Clark's Story: How one warrior was saved from suicide
Video Title: Jake Clark's Story: How one warrior was saved from suicide.
Source: DavidLynchFoundation. Date Published: December 6, 2013. Description:
In 2012, Jake founded "Save A Warrior" a week-long retreat centered around
the experience of Transcendental Meditation.
"When you know the pain that these guys are in, you're compelled to stick
your hand out. They're the guys that get involved with their communities,
they are the coaches, they are the teachers, they are the police officers,
they are the fire fighters.
What we will do is we will change the way we prepare warriors in ... more »
R.E., Americans and the Pope, David Cameron's Jewish ancestry, Tony Benn, a Catholic prize winner, & Francis and Justin
This week's *Sunday*.
1. *R.E.*
*Religious education can reduce religious misunderstanding and conflict
according to a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on RE.
Edward Stourton talks to Stephen Lloyd MP and former counter terrorism
minister Hazel Blears.*
This opening segment returned to a topic first discussed on *Sunday* a
couple of weeks ago, when the programme featured a very one-sided report
about the effect government bursary cuts might have on RE knowledge. That
report consisted of campaigners from *only* one side of the argument (the
side critical of Michae... more »
Lost in the supermarket
The clash identified the problem perfectly. But now that has become a kind
of wage slavery. Yes we will pay whatever it cost to monopolies to those
companies that own democracy.
While the Crimea referendum has become a controversy , why haven't referendums in the Venetian Republic , Kosovo , South Sudan , Scotland , Catalonia and the Falklands not only have not been fiercely opposed by the West including the US - in certain situations , they have been supported ?
‘Serene’ referendum: Italian region votes on restoration of Venetian
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As Crimeans make their way to the polls this Sunday, another region further
in the heart of Europe is also deciding its fate in a referendum: the
Italian region of Veneto, which is voting on whether to break with Rome.
The independence movement insists the industrial northern region’s wealth
is being draine... more »
Censored News March 2014
Here's some of our top articles, and original articles, during March 2014!
Indigenous Resistance
Lakota Allies Gather to Stand Sacred Ground
Bahe of Big Mountain: Gradual Resurgence of Land Based Resistance
Klee Benally on Democracy Now: Uranium mining and genocide
Border Militarization on Democracy Now: Alex Soto and Klee Benally
Leonard Peltier denied medication in prison
Robert Free:
We Are Complicit In Picking The Elites Who Fail Us So Miserably
Couched in a non-controversial endorsement of Illinois progressive, George
Gollin, Alan Grayson touched on a painful-- and dangerous-- trend regarding
the quality of American political candidates. "One of the dirty little
secrets of Congress," he wrote, "is that many of us legislate in areas in
which we are utterly bereft of knowledge. If ignorance is bliss, then some
of our Members must be deliriously happy."
[T]o the extent that Members of Congress know any stuff at all, it’s always
the same stuff. According to *Roll Call*, out of the 435 Members of the
House, we have 187 busin... more »
Provocateur McCain Returns to Kiev
Senator John McCain, the man whose adoration by the US state-corporate
media is second only to his proclivity to turn up as an agitator in
whichever country happens to be the next stop on the neocon PNAC world
domination tour has showed up in Kiev again this weekend. With the
massively over-hyped imminent Russian invasion only hours away according to
US and western propaganda organs - because Putin is just like Hitler you
know - the pathological media whore is hellbent on working the crowds after
the western backed coup d'etat that ousted democratically elected leader
Viktor Yanuk... more »
If the law don't get you, your regulatory body will
What fuckery is this?
From BC.
Women’s health clinics, health authorities and the Opposition NDP are
lining up to criticize new fees that could lead to service cuts at
community abortion clinics.
Two Metro Vancouver women’s centres and one Vancouver Island clinic are
facing 400 per cent increases to regulatory fees charged by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons this year, which equate to an almost $9,000 bill
this year.
The College had raised these fees to other clinics a few years ago but
granted the women's centres a reprieve.
Now suddenly and summarily ended.
The college i... more »
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*Living With Water *
*Why The Prison Capital Of The World Should Legalize Marijuana ~CenLamar*
*Marigny Murder: Shooting at Iggy's Bar ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Jackie Clarkson loses District C race, announces she will become honorary
consul general to Lithuania ~Kevin Allman, Gambit *
To our bosses and our bosses’ bosses, the #edreform hiearchy
First, a vocabulary lesson. To the left, the simple Google definition of
the word “priority.” It would seem as if thought and policy leaders in many
school systems, particularly those in tenuous political climates, try to
put schools in low-income communities of color in a position of “priority.”
That is, divert the most resources to […]
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 16th, 2014
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I am back... This sinus infection/cold combination definitely took longer
than I had anticipated to clear up. I decided that I was not going to push
myself the last few days and just do the right thing by getting plenty of
rest, liquids, etc. That also meant not spending much time on the
computer. I know that I missed a lot of things going on in the world and I
spent much of last night catching up.... Hopefully I can have much of that
covered in this rant, so bear with me...
I see things still running red hot in the Ukraine right now, with so much
talk in t... more »
Siberian Scientists playing God ? EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth ..... what could go wrong and wasn't there a movie along these lines called Jurassic Park ?
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/exclusive-siberian-scientists-announce-they-now-have-a-high-chance-to-clone-the-extinct-woolly-mammoth/
EXCLUSIVE:
Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to
clone the woolly mammoth
By Anna Liesowska
13 March 2014
Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major
breakthrough by international team.
'We must have a reason to clone, as it is one thing to do it for
scientific
purpose, and another - to clone for the sake of curiosity'. Picture:
Nikolay Pschennikov, North-Eastern Federal Universtity
... more »
The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and Cancer
The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and Cancer.
via The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and
Cancer.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Bias in Newsnight's recruitment policy
There's an interesting exchange at *Biased BBC*, in the light of *Newsnight*'s
appointment of the TUC's chief economist to be its new Economics Editor,
which has got me thinking.
Here's that exchange in a nutshell:
*Guest Who*: Most people prefer to be totally unaware of what the politics
of their bringers of information and education are because their
professional efforts are objective. The BBC does however rather seem to
fish from one, very limited, noisy pond, and seems content to reap what it
flaunts.
*Dunc*: The point surely is not to employ someone who is objective, but
t... more »
Riding the Hills of Miaoli
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*Drew rests on the climb on the 52-3.*
Helluva a ride this Saturday as Drew and I banged around the hills of
Miaoli, and came home banged up but happy. This ride took us on one of my
favorite local roads, Pinglin Road out of Jhuolan in Miaoli. From Pinglin
Road, we took the Miaoli 54 back to the 3. Once we reached the 3, we turned
south and took the 52-3 along the northwest side of the Liyu Reservoir.
Brutal hills, but lovely views. Only about 85 kms round trip from Taichung,
but well over 1000 meters of climbing.... click that READ MORE link
below....
*Route ma... more »
Sabotaging Environment Canada
Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq recently released a report
setting forth her ministry's priorities. They are: "conservation and
restoration of landscapes, water and wildlife; information on changing
weather patterns and minimizing threats from pollution." These priorities
are supposedly part of an overall plan to provide "a clean, safe and
sustainable environment while supporting economic prosperity."
But, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, funding for the ministry is being slashed. As
usual, the Harper government's rhetoric doesn't match its deeds:
For priority one, Environment... more »
Will The Republican War On Science Lead To A Paul Broun Victory In Georgia?
Friday, Alan Grayson endorsed particle physicist George Gollin for Congress
from Illinois' 13th congressional district. He began his endorsement with a
simple statement you can hear all too often from the more educated members
of Congress-- Grayson has three graduate degrees from Harvard: "I’m really
getting tired of listening to people who don’t know what they’re talking
about. One of the dirty little secrets of Congress is that many of us
legislate in areas in which we are utterly bereft of knowledge. If
ignorance is bliss, then some of our Members must be deliriously happy." He... more »
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*Growing evidence that autism is linked to pollution*
*The journal article is: *Environmental and State-Level Regulatory Factors
Affect the Incidence of Autism and Intellectual Disability"
*. What they in fact found was a correlation between the rate of
congenital malformations of the reproductive system and autism. They
claimed that the rate of congenital malformations of the reproductive
system is a surrogate for environmental exposure to pollution. That is
drawing a long bow indeed. Pollution may be one cause of malformations but
it is not even clear that it is the main ca... more »
Capitalist domination of politics breeds contempt
We've lost sight of who we're supposed to be. The majority of us never
really knew. We cling to comfortable, incoherent generalities. Who cares
that Canada's government tortures? Who cares that we allow ourselves to be
ruled by a government with contempt for Parliament and steals re-election
via election fraud? A bunch of young men who were born here won a series of
hockey games as a team representing us! (And some women did the same sort
of thing.) We rock.
Just typing those words makes me cringe inside.
War Watch March 15 , 2014 -- Syria -- We now see that an Al-Qaeda Faction ( Al Qaeda in Iraq aka A Q I ) Attacks Israel at Border with Lebanon Israel Shells Hezbollah Targets 'in Retaliation' , Al-Qaeda Faction Leaves Northwest Syrian Provinces Forces Are Shoring Up Defenses Amid Threats From Rival Rebels , Fresh From Syria, Saudi Militants Head to Yemen to Fight for al-Qaeda AQAP Sees Influx of Seasoned Fighters ........ Pakistan -- Drone strikes down in Pakistan but spike in Afghanistan , 19 Killed in Bombings as Pakistani Taliban Splinter Group Threatens Talks TTP Blasts Faction for 'Conspiracy' to Derail Talks ...... Turkey -- Corruption scandals , media intimidation efforts update and additional PM Erdogan antic updates !
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria.........
Al-Qaeda Faction Attacks Israel at Border with LebanonIsrael Shells
Hezbollah Targets 'in Retaliation'
by Jason Ditz, March 14, 2014
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Israeli troops shelled several Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon today,
nominally in retaliation for a bombing attack against troops along the
border. It was soon apparent, however, that Hezbollah was not to blame.
Rather, it was al-Qaeda in Iraq(AQI), the splinter faction which controls
territory across northern Syria and Iraq, which claimed credit for the
strike. The bomb hit an Israeli military convoy, thoug... more »
Council of Islamic Ideology declares women's existence anti-Islamic | Pakistan Today
I had to read this article twice in case it was a parody. Maybe it is
because otherwise it's truly horrific.
'Islamabad - Sharia Correspondent: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are
un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will
of Allah. As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan
Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to
protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as
soon as possible. The announcement comes a cou... more »
West to Punish Crimea for Fleeing Regime in Kiev
[image: band-eu-ctj71081-600x338]*March 16, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) -
Indicative of the West’s true stance on democracy, Reuters reported in its
article, “Kerry warns U.S., Europe ready to act if Crimea referendum held,”
that:
*The United States and the European Union will take serious steps against
Russia if a referendum on Ukraine’s Crimea region goes ahead as planned on
Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.*
Bloomberg News would add that the US and EU planned to “exact an economic
toll” if the referendum went ahead – in other words the emplacement of... more »
Ukraine’s Crimea goes to independence poll on March 16 , 2014 -- A crucial referendum on either becoming an integral part of Russia or staying within Ukraine on conditions of wide autonomy has kicked off in the Republic of Crimea despite international condemnation and pressure from Kiev...... And then we shall see what happens after the Referendum !
http://rt.com/news/crimea-independence-referendum-poll-110/
A crucial referendum on either becoming an integral part of Russia or
staying within Ukraine on conditions of wide autonomy has kicked off in the
Republic of Crimea despite international condemnation and pressure from
Kiev.
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Cold and raining in #*Simferopol* but voting going smoothly and people
turning up at polling booths #*Crimea* #*Crimeareferendum*
4:30 AM - 16 Mar 2014
The polling stations of 27 regional Crimea election commissions are going
to be open all day long, starting from 8a... more »
War watch March 14 , 2014 --- Turkey has more than 2 millions citizens march in protest upon the death of 15 year Berkin Elvan - 417 arrested and claims of disproportionate force raised , First indictment in Turkey's graft probe sent to deputy chief prosecutor , Economy Minister insists Turkey’s ‘economic success’ target of graft allegations , Funeral of young man killed in sidelines of Berkin Elvan protests cause tension in sensitive area ........ Syria -- Syrian Islamists: 94 Hostages Held Since August Available for ‘Swap’ Will Trade Them for 2,000 Detainees ....... Iraq death dealing and sectarian fighting continues unabated ....... Afghanistan news items of note
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Turkey......
Two million marched, 417 arrested during Berkin Elvan protests as
‘disproportionate force’ probed
Fevzi KIZILKOYUNHÜRRİYET / ANKARA
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[image: Thousands of people attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan, the
15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during last year's
anti-government protests, in Istanbul on March 12. AFP photo]
Thousands of people attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan, the 15-year-old boy
who died from injuries suffered during last year's anti-government
protests, in Istanbul on March 12. AFP p... more »
Does the British 'Justice' system want the Islamist terrorists to win?
Read
the whole of this Mail article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581477/Terrorist-freed-jail-early-plotting-blow-transatlantic-planes-caught-trying-Syria.htmland
despair at the stupidity of the British justice system.
' A terrorist freed early from jail after plotting to blow up
transatlantic
planes has admitted trying to sneak out of Britain on a fake passport.
Nabeel Hussain, 30, who was convicted in 2009 for his part in a suicide
mission to blow up seven passenger jets with liquid explosives disguised
as
soft drinks, was arrested at Stansted on September 23 as he trie... more »
Day 9 of the Malaysia Airline Flight 370 Mystery - Open questions remain . 1) How could a passenger jet, 74 metres long and with a 61-metre wingspan, apparently disappear for six hours before anyone raised the alarm ? 2) how could it cross the airspace of multiple countries in a region sensitive about security without anyone noticing ? 3) When the inspector general of Malaysian police announced that his officers were looking at several possible causes of the disappearance: hijacking, sabotage, or the crew and passengers' personal or psychological problems , were all crew and passengers cleared ? 4) whether the communication systems systems were shut off before or after air traffic control last spoke to the pilots. The calm "Goodnight" from the cockpit clearly raises questions if the systems had already been disabled. 5) Significant navigational experience as well as flight knowledge ( the timing of the diversion is also striking: just as the responsibility of Malaysia's air traffic control officials gave way to Vietnam's. The perfect opportunity for the plane to go missing with minimal attention ) , so if the pilot and co-pilot were not involved , who one the plane had such knowledge ? 6) Which leads to the basic question - what is the motive for this hi-jack ? 7) If this was a kidnapping , who is / are the target(s) and why not attempt to contact anyone to date , no ransom demand to date ? 8) If this was piracy - what was the booty - perhaps Malaysia Airlines will clarify what cargo ( from an one individual worth more than 500 , 000 or any one company worth more than a million dollars was carried in freight ? 9) If an act of terror , why no explosion evidence a week later , despite using the sophisticated techniques available today - and no debris found after a week or jet fuel observed ? Moreover , no one has claimed this event creditably to date 10 ) Have all military and civilian airbases within the flight range ( see visual aids section ) confirmed no observations of Flight 370 on either military or civilian radar or other communication systems and does that include Diego Garcia ? Will they make their communication data available to investigators ? Would such bases allow investigators access to clear each base as being a harbor / hiding place for the missing plane ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-16/malaysian-airlines-flight-370-complete-timeline-and-infographic
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370: The Complete Timeline And Infographic
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/16/2014 11:14 -0400
- Australia
- Boeing
- China
- Fail
- France
- Hong Kong
- India
- Kazakhstan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Yuan
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With Malaysian authorities frustrated (and seemingly confused), and US and
Chinese government offering "help" to solve this increasingly mysterious
disa... more »
A Fascinating article I found online about what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
I'm not saying it's true, just fascinating...
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/20dopw/comprehensive_timeline_malaysia_airlines_flight/cg2uht6
Free Planet - first ever LIVE remote viewing session.
this term 'remote viewing' it's been applied to all sorts of military WAR
WORLD Covert Operative abilities and assets. Personally, it sounds like the
equivalent of Day Dreaming, to me; just letting one's mind wander and
writing down shit.
So, I was doing something else. Reading some blog/website/forum, and I got
this 'message' come through. Not a words and pictures message, just a
'feeling'. The back-right of my head started to tingle, like I was being
asked to do this experiment right now. So, *anything for a laugh*, based on
this 'feeling' and the insistent back-right head-buzz,... more »
Untitled
*No warmer now than it was in 2003*
*And other differences are microscopic when expressed as percentages of
degrees Kelvin*
No warming. That is what can be deduced from data compiled by NASA as it
relates to temperature over the past decade.
The average temperature in 2003 was 14.61 degrees Celsius. And the average
temperature in 2013 was 14.61 degrees Celsius, at a growth rate of 0
percent.
Yet, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased by more than 5.5 percent,
from 375.77 parts per million (ppm) to 396.48 ppm, according to National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA... more »
Rubber Duck II: Attack of the Pandas
A friend snapped this photo of that idiotic collection of pandas that
someone placed in the Hall With Two Names. This is just that rubber duck,
with Chinese characteristics.
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US 'disturbed' by death of Chinese activist Cao Shunli
Human rights in China?
'The United States has said it is "deeply disturbed" by reports of the
death of activist Cao Shunli at a hospital in Beijing.Cao's lawyers said
she had died in detention after being denied medical treatment for several
months.The human rights activist was arrested at Beijing airport in
September, when she attempted to board a flight to Geneva to attend a UN
training course.She had previously served at least two terms in prison
camps for her activism.'
But still we pretend that China and Russia are civilised members of the
world.
More here http://www.bbc.c... more »
Kobayashi is back...
Kobayashi is back in Formula 1 and in the first race of the season he's
admitted fault for the first-lap crash which ended his and Felipe Massa's
race.
Abel Danger - Malaysian flight MH 370 - PATENT PROFIT WARS
it's been a while since I blog'd about *forensic economist* duo *Abel
Danger* aka ex-Delta pilot Field McConnell and David Hawkins, it's good to
see they're onto another subject now besides the ritualistic murder of Jean
Benet Ramsey which obsessively dominated most of their weekly analyses back
when I would listen to them on RMN Radio.
So, Malaysian flight MH 370, lets begin with a brief preamble.
When we talk about a Free Planet we talk about:
- a world without profit
- a world without slavery
- a world without patents
How can a 'world without patents' make any dif... more »
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