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One in 25 patients battling hospital-acquired infections: CDC

Note from Greenie Watch

A paper published today in Biogeosciences finds that prior claims about the effects of ocean "acidification" on calcifying plankton are highly exaggerated because the artificial laboratory conditions utilized do not correctly simulate the effects in natural seawater. The authors find exposure of the plankton to "acidification" from elevated CO2 concentrations of up to 3247 ppm [over 8 times higher than the present] had no effect on the life cycle (population density, growth and reproduction) of calcifying plankton when natural buffering sediment was present in the experiment.
Biogeosciences, 11, 1581-1597, 2014
Response of benthic foraminifera to ocean acidification in their natural sediment environment: a long-term culturing experiment

It seems Independent Australia doesn't much appreciate the way I think. I'm banned from commenting.

No independent thought allowed.

The climate debate is over: Get over it

Jeff Schiller 105 14 Mar

The climate debate is over, so debating the science of climate change with skeptics [...]

( Those would be the people who don't roll over for an alleged consensus. Scientism R Us )

10:18pm MDST

Holding John Boehner Accountable? Not Steve Israel Or His Lame DCCC

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 minutes ago

Remember reading how CPAC had once snubbed Chris Christie and had welcomed him as some kind of conservative hero this year? Well, maybe John Boehner will be caught up in a big scandal one day that will make him a hero too, but he-- unlike Mitch McConnell-- was snubbed by CPAC this year. The speaker has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about his frustration with tea party members of the House Republican caucus who have broken with leadership on key votes. The antipathy is mutual. “There are not enough curse words in the English language to describe how movement conservat... more »

And the crowd went … mild

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 52 minutes ago

That awkward moment when you do a show and only one person bothers to clap. [Hat tip Bosch Fawstin for both video and quip] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

R2P: The Tables Turn on the West in Crimea

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 59 minutes ago

[image: ox281265770633091448] *March 27, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - R2P, or the “responsibility to protect,” was a geopolitical tool used by the West after thoroughly destabilizing a nation through armed proxies to then intervene militarily, enact regime change, occupy, and reorder the nation both economically and sociopolitically. It has been used to devastating effect in Serbia in the carving out of Kosovo, as well as more recently in Libya. In Kosovo, the Canadian National Post would report in their article, “U.S. supported al-Qaeda cells during Balkan Wars,” that: *In... more »

The Crumbling Mainstream Press and Media in Canada

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 hour ago

Part I *Looking at Andrew Coyne.* *Written by Robin Mathews* Think of media journalists. Think of the corner they have on communication. Think how they are looked upon as celebrities. Think how a person like Andrew Coyne plays moderate, centrist commentator – and is given room to pontificate for the Right almost without limit. Think how many Canadians judge him to be sound and dependable. Think what that does to the way those Canadians shape their ideas of politics and the community. Andrew Coyne is just one example – used here because many “progressive” Canadians ac... more »

Trey Gowdy: Questions IRS Commissioner John Koskinen about his agencies response to the IRS targeting scandal.

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago

*wonderful.*

The Sandy Hook HOAX: Follow The Money - Nearly $100 Million Collected!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago

Sandy Hook was indeed a fraud and a massive criminal operation. Nobody died in this operation, period. The purpose of this operation was two fold... One to bring in further gun restrictions against the American people in clear violation of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, and two, to use the psychology of fear and paranoia to further restrict American freedoms while turning the US itself into a police state.... It is disgusting to see that there are still disinformation agents out there that are trying vainly to promote the lie that the "shooting" in Newtown Connecticut w... more »

Malaysian Flight MH370: Is THIS What Happened To The "Missing" Plane?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago

When Malaysian flight MH370 "disappeared" somewhere over the Indian Ocean, I smelled a rat. This was an extended range Boeing 777 aircraft that had enough fuel to land almost anywhere in the Indian Ocean area. Unsurprising to me, the Jewish controlled media was busy misleading everyone into the false belief that the plane crashed somewhere off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the eastern Indian Ocean. Once the plane mysteriously turned westbound, its flight path was in a direct line to the US military base at Diego Garcia. This plane had plenty of fuel to land there, and ye... more »

(Jimmy Carter Zings Colbert!) Can We Rebuild An Internet Secure from Snooping Spies? (Why I Must Speak Out on Israel, Palestine and BDS (Roger Waters Speaks))

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 2 hours ago

Jimmy Carter may the only guest (or one of the few) to actually out-zing Stephen Colbert on his show and this happened just last night against all of Colbert's plans. I'm thinking that Jimmy should have his own show. He's, naturally, intelligent, affable, and a very witty man, and quite capable of speaking knowledgeably on all sorts of subjects. Not to mention, being able to quote personal

Tax Cut 18: On 10% Flat Tax, Greco Belgica and GDP Growth

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 2 hours ago

A tax cut seems to be an "in" thing these days as there are bills at the House of Representatives (by Cong. Miro Quimbo) and the Senate (by Sen. Sonny Angara) cutting the marginal income tax rate from 32 percent to 22 or 25 percent. Of course the BIR has its own version to complicate existing taxes. One of the known advocates of a low, flat tax, is former Manila Councilor Greco Belgica. In the 2013 elections, he ran for the Senate. He was not serious in winning of course. He only used the elections to propagandize the flat tax philosophy, which was a good strategy. In his facebook... more »

Deep tweets

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago

It's become routine but I will never get over having lived to see pictures actually being sent to Earth from Mars. Just astounding. Absolutely crazy thin blades of surprisingly competent eroded rock in @MarsCuriosity image http://t.co/UDw4PBaFlk pic.twitter.com/q49mIbS9s4 — Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) March 27, 2014

How The BRICs (Thanks To Russia) Just Kicked The G-7 Out Of The G-20 -- Will the BRICs effectively rule the roost at the IMF as soon as the April 10 , 2014 meeting of G20 finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ meeting due in Washington on that date ? And now do we fully understand the muted to response to Obama's little pep talk - no respect ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-26/how-brics-just-kicked-out-g-7-out-g-20 How The BRICs (Thanks To Russia) Just Kicked The G-7 Out Of The G-20 [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/26/2014 20:31 -0400 - Ben Bernanke - BRICs - China - Corruption - Counterparties - International Monetary Fund - Japan - President Obama - Reserve Currency - Ukraine - World Trade inShare1 *By Paul Mylchreest of Monument Securities* *A critical juncture* Over the course of the last century, the US Congress has been blamed for... more »

Food Watch: Not for the weak of stomach -- the bacon craziness just keeps getting crazier

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*What? You settle for a BLT made with fewer than 50 strips of bacon? Then you need to hie to Jersey City by April 1 to the Zeppelin Hall Spring Bacon Festival to sample the Fifty Shades of Bacon BLT. (Note that the sandwich comes with fries, in case you were worried that it might be too heart-healthy.)* *by Ken* It was only last month that the March "Bacon Issue" of *Food Network Magazine* set *DWT* Food Watch to wondering: "Hasn't the bacon thing by now gone a little too far? ('A little'? How about *a lot*?)" I'm not sure any more comment is required regarding the porkorama now i... more »

War Watch March 26 , 2014 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Elections loom for April and consistent violence and deadly attacks continue apace.....Syrian Rebels Seize Another Coastal Village, Nearing Latakia Fall of Major Port Would Delay Chemical Weapons Shipments ....... Egypt Targets 1200 Morsi Supporters With Death Penalty 683 More Detainees Face Same Court That Ordered Hundreds Killed Yesterday

Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago

Iraq....... Iraq Election Commission Resigns Ahead of April VoteCommission Cites 'Intense Pressures' From Maliki Govt by Jason Ditz, March 25, 2014 Print This | Share This Everybody looking for a crooked April election had their sites set of Afghanistan, where corruption and vote counting is at almost legendary proportions. Iraq’s good at that too, though. Citing “intense pressure” from the Maliki government, every single member of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq resigned today, leaving open the question of how the April 30 vote will take place. IHEC’s compla... more »

WHO IS PROVOKING WHO ON THE GAZA FRONT?

Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 4 hours ago

Over the last few weeks the Israelis have been sending their strike aircraft at low levels over the Gaza Strip launching missiles at various targets. As a result several Palestinians have been killed. The Israelis have said that these raids are in retaliation to Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel, but is this really the case? B’Tselam, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, reportsthat on 28 February 2014, Amneh Qdeih, a 57-year-old mentally ill Palestinian woman, wandered off from a wedding party in the village of Khuza’ah and walked to... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago

*So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code — it’s only the Lower Ninth ~Roberta Brandes Gratz, The Lens *

Polar Bear at sunset

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago

Iceberg near Pond Inlet, Nunavut

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago

Review of evidence in charge to jury

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago

R. v. McPherson, 2014 ONCA 223: [26] In a jury charge, except in rare cases where it would be needless to do so, the trial judge must review the substantial parts of the evidence and the theory of the defence so that the jury may appreciate the value and effect of that evidence and how the law is to be applied to the facts: see *Azoulay v. The Queen*, [1952] 2 S.C.R. 495, at pp. 497-98. That said, a jury charge does not require a standard of perfection: see *R. v. Jacquard*, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 314, at para. 2. As stated by Lamer C.J. at para. 14 of that decision: As long as ... more »

The Triumph of Ethics over Practicality: A Tale of Two Cities

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago

*With a hat tip to reader Mark, and a big thank you to writer Jerry Kirkpatrick, here three years after Christchurch’s destruction is a topical Guest Post comparing the progress of two cities one year after devastation by tornado. The results are as clear as that of any well-set-up laboratory experiment. Which model do you think is being followed in Christchurch ?* My title this month—the triumph of ethics over practicality—is sarcastic because I believe, as Ayn Rand taught, that the moral is the practical. My reference is to the continued unquestioned acceptance and dominance of ... more »

Striking a guilty plea

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago

R. v. Chemama, 2014 ONCA 220: [18] The onus rests on the appellant to show that his guilty pleas were invalid. To constitute a valid guilty plea, the plea must be voluntary, unequivocal and informed. The accused must be aware of the nature of the allegations made against him or her, the effect of the plea, and the consequences of the plea. See *R. v. T.(R.)*(1992), 17 C.R. (4th) 247. [19] We have reviewed the transcript of the plea hearings in each of these three appeals. In each case, the presiding judge conducted the requisite plea inquiry – in detailed or summa... more »

Barbarism in the 21st Century

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago

And so after ten years of marriage, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have - apparently - called time on their relationship. They're now going to separate or, as Paltrow inimitably put it, partake of a "conscious uncoupling". Very sad, of course. For the sake of their kids let's hope the end of the affair does not subject them to the sorts of rancour one might normally expect. Still, was there any need for this "news" to be dignified as such with its slot on the lunch, afternoon and tea time bulletins? Forget remotely operated drones rocketing wedding parties. The summation of barba... more »

Ted Cruz: Repeal Obamacare - Yes We Can...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago

H/T Laughing Conservative

Guest Post From Senator Ted Lieu-- Ending Domestic Spying

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago

I met state Senator Ted Lieu at John Amato's birthday dinner a few weeks ago. I didn't know a lot about him-- just that he's one of the hard-working progressives in the state legislature and that he infuriated the banksters by writing and passing-- it took two sessions-- a consumer protection bill that stopped shady mortgage come-ons dead in their tracks. Now Lieu is running for the CA-33 seat that Henry Waxman is giving up (Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West L.A., Torrance, Malibu…), a crowded race that includes other good progressives as well as a powerful and dangerous "ex"-Repub... more »

What Is Capitalism?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago

[image: image] Since my blog strapline promotes capitalist acts for consenting adults, every now and then I like to answer the question: What is capitalism? Don’t worry if you can’t answer the question yourself. Most of capitalism’s critics, and even many of its alleged supporters, can’t answer it very well themselves. Capitalism is too often either confused for something else – cronyism, gangsterism, the hampered market – or blamed for iniquities engendered by the mixture of tonic and poison that is the mixed economy we live in, or damned for being immoral, destructive, alien ... more »

STUDENTS RISING IN MAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago

Several hundred students at the University of Southern Maine (USM) in Portland have been protesting in recent days due to major cuts and faculty lay-offs at their institution. Students and faculty members who are protesting budget cuts at USM are accusing officials of making up numbers and “manufacturing” the crisis. The critics say the University of Maine System should use its $183 million in unrestricted reserve funds to plug budget holes and save faculty positions. It is good to see the students protesting against the coming reality of corporate feudalism. At some point the h... more »

How big is the actual gender wage gap?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Salon gets wonderfully thorough:* At the start of the week, we were puzzled by some of the work we found at Salon. Our most significant puzzlement concerned a piece by Katie McDonough. McDonough started this-a-way concerning the gender wage gap: MCDONOUGH (3/23/14): *There is something bizarre about celebrating the “top five states for women’s salaries” when women who live in these five states are still making, on average, 90 percent or less of what their male colleagues earn.* It’s not wrong, it’s just … strange. Women in the District of Columbia came ... more »

WHAT WE KNOW

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago

*THE REALITY, RISKS AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE* The overwhelming evidence of human-caused climate change documents both current impacts with significant costs and extraordinary future risks to society and natural systems. The scientific community has convened conferences, published reports, spoken out at forums and proclaimed, through statements by virtually every national scientific academy and relevant major scientific organization-including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - that climate change puts the well-being of people of all nations at ri... more »

“Why a New Depression Would Be Good For Us”

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

*“Why a New Depression Would Be Good For Us” * by Bill Bonner “The Dow rose 91 points yesterday. Gold was flat – after getting battered last week. Today, we go even farther into the unknown... beyond eventually and past sooner or later... to what happens next. Specifically, we don't think central bankers are going to take the end of the world lying down. They've got tricks up their sleeves. These are not new tricks. They've been used many times in many different forms. But they've never been used on the scale we now foresee. But before we begin guessing, let us tell you a bit about... more »

Good Advice to Bad Agents

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 8 hours ago

If you're a serious writer like me, then you've already been to countless literary agent websites. And if you've been to more than two or three, you'll click the backspace button with the growing uneasy feeling that, while they don't look alike, they all begin to sound alike. British literary agents, as is typical of the British, tend to be more civil and polite in their submissions pages. However, their American analogs across the pond tend to be insufferably arch, arrogant and sound as if they're ready to reject your next brilliant opus completely out of hand just for yo... more »

Cheyenne River Warriors force another megaload off their land!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago

Megaload Escorted off Cheyenne River By Joye Braun Censored News March 26, 2014 -- In the windy cold of the night Unci Maka warriors from Cheyenne River stood their ground to have Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s megaload law enforced last night March 25, 2014.It was reported about 6 pm that evening that a megaload was parked at the Cheyenne River Sioux Motel. Several people checked on the load

Breaking News, Enbridge Goes Full Propaganda Mode In Kitimat

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 8 hours ago

Breaking News...Enbridge are in full blown propaganda mode in Kitimat,...A $million dollar propaganda campaign underway, all in an attempt to affect a April 11th plebiscite taking place in Kitimat, a plebiscite on the northern gateway pipeline proposal... That isn`t the shocking part, misinformation is being spread by Enbridge canvassers and officials, even worse, Kitimat city counsel is allowing temporary construction workers who are working on Rio Tinto`s aluminum smelter to vote on the plebiscite, these temporary construction workers will be gone within a year or leass, many h... more »

Tulalip and Northwest tribes 'Hell No to Coal'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago

By Deborah Parker Censored News My daughter Kayah and I join our families and tribal nations in opposing coal terminals. We hope you will join us. The Tulalip Tribes has joined other Northwest tribes in saying, "Hell No to Coal". Please spread the word to OPPOSE any such devastating action against our lands and waters. Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 57 Northwest tribes

Parent Suspended and Threatened with Arrest for Opt Out Notices

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago

Not too long ago, some parents from the small oil town of Hobbs, New Mexico, told me that some middle school kids had been handing out test refusal forms to their peers for the upcoming state tests. The principal, unsurprisingly, collected the remaining opt out forms and asked the students to stop passing them around. […]

Obamacare: Kevin Drum asks a sensible question!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Concerning those horror tales:* On Monday, Kevin Drum asked a fairly good question: Why have we heard so many stories about people getting screwed by Obamacare? More precisely, why have we heard so many *bogus* stories of this type? Drum’s question was inspired by a 1500-word piece in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. In that piece, Michael Hiltzik wrote about Rita Rizzo, age 60, who owns a management consulting firm for nonprofit groups with her husband, Lou Vincent, 64. Vincent suffers from several medical conditions. For that reason, he hadn’t been a... more »

The Gates Foundation MET Research Does NOT Provide Evidence for the Anti-Teacher Vergara v California

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 hours ago

Rick Hess, in “A Small Request for My Friends at Gates,” was kind enough to urge the Gates Foundation to consider three of my research proposals in order to better estimate the bias resulting from the inability of value-added added models to control for peer effects. I am pleased to say that Chief Research Officer […]

Sashko Bily Murdered: Night of the Long Knives Begins in Ukraine

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 10 hours ago

Oleksandr Muzychko aka Sashko Bily of the extremist Right Sector group that was instrumental in backing the US backed coup d’etat in Kiev was shot dead by police yesterday. Has the Night of the Long Knives arrived? Has “Yats” been given the order to clean up his unelected regime to make the country safe for corporate plunder? There are conflicting stories about the killing of Muzychnko, one being that the brutal thug was gunned down while trying to escape what is officially described as a "special forces operation" that took place at a cafe in the city of Rivne in western Ukraine.... more »

Max Clifford's penis (NSFW)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago

I never thought that I'd write a piece with that heading! Max Clifford's trial was previously told that women had claimed that Max Clifford had claimed to have only a 'tiny' penis. Today I read that '"His doctor has recently measured his penis. "When flaccid, it is five and a quarter inches long - certainly not freakishly small, certainly not enormous" Five and a quarter inches flaccid? Wikipedia (don't visit this page if pictures of penises would upset you) reveals that: 'One study found the mean flaccid penis length to be 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) (measured by staff).[5] A review of se... more »

The Washington mudslide - who's to blame?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago

Earlier today I posted this piece and promised to reveal who's to blame for the deaths and destruction... Please note that that is Anjem Choudary's view, not mine. I have asked Anjem Choudary this I have not had a response from Anjem Choudary.

WE CALL IT DEMOCRACY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago

Most folks don't pay much attention to politics anymore. They've given up, they are depressed (financially and emotionally), likely on meds, and long ago determined that it was a waste of time to fight city hall.....let alone the feds. But they do care, worry about things, and some of them even mouth off at work or in the local bar. People are indeed agitated. Years ago (god why didn't I save the link?) I found a story that reported the oil-i-garchy's strategy was to make politics so dirty, so ugly, and so dominated by big *$$$$*, that the public would not go near it thus giving... more »

You Know What They Say About Old Dogs And New Tricks-- Meet Crooked Conservative, Ro Khanna

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago

Republicans know they will never win the CA-17 congressional seat. It's way too educated, way too blue for them, D+20. So wealthy GOP plutocrats are bankrolling a sleazy, conservative fake Democrat, Ro Khanna to run against beloved progressive icon Mike Honda. It won't work any more than Khanna's past ridiculous races against Democrats Tom Lantos and Pete Stark. Khanna doesn't care what district he represents, just as long as he can get into Congress and push his Austerity agenda and the elitist programs his Republican donors love. Yesterday Khanna released his first TV ad, financ... more »

My Rottweiler, Shiraz, Loves to Sing with the Happy Song, by Pharrell. She sings every time it comes on. Video.

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 11 hours ago

My rottweiler, Shiraz who we got two months ago from the animal shelter, loves to sing the Happy Song. This is the only song she does this to. Every time it comes on, she begins singing. Enjoy and to put a smile on your face!

The Indignant Teachers Message to Her Massachusetts Colleagues About PARCC

jillconroy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago

http://theindignantteacher.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/a-letter-to-my-massachusetts-colleagues/Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

The Best Reason Yet to Boycott Amazon

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago

- Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to *Kipp Foundation* whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. - AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. - Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at *smile.amazon.com.*

Markets in Everything

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 12 hours ago

If there ever was a niche product, this is it.

Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago

Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”. via Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Minor touching to de escalate a situation not assault

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago

In *Reid*, [2004] O.J. No. 1641 (C.J.), the accused was acquitted on the charge of assault causing bodily harm where she took hold of the complainant's arm in the course of stepping outside of a residence to discuss a contentious matter with her, and the complainant fell down the stairs and broke her arm. The court, applying *Wolfe *(1974), 20 C.C.C.(2d) 382 (Ont.C.A.), found that the accused applied force as a "directional aid" and did not intend to or commit an act of assault. In *Johnson* (Oct. 2, 2000), 48 W.C.B.(2d) 46 (Sask.Prov.Ct.), the accused was acquitted of assault where... more »

A Conversation with Sven of Fascovereign Weltanschauung

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 13 hours ago

From The Daily Stormer: ''Sven Longshanks, writer and assignment editor of the Race War and British news sections of the *Daily Stormer*, herein interviews Rufus of News From Atlantis. Rufus has had several featured articles on the *Daily Stormer*, and has been working in the Nationalist cause online for 7 years now. He is based in the North of Britain, and has seen his area change from being 100% White to a surreal science fiction world where one never hears a word of English spoken on the street. The two old-fashioned Englishmen discuss the menacing behavior of the invading ho... more »

David Coleman and Jeb Bush Don't "Give a Shit" about Your Child's Feelings, Thoughts, or Self-Esteem

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago

In 2011, the über-prissy Architekt of the Common Core Standards, David Coleman, had this to say at a State gathering in New York, where Coleman explained why teenagers' written reactions to *Cather in the Rye* were about to be discontinued in favor of explicating Samsung installation manuals (my bolds): Do people know the two most popular forms of writing in the American high school today? Texting, someone said, but I don't think that's for credit though yet. But I would say that as someone said, it is personal writing. It is either the exposition of a personal opinion or it the... more »

TEACH THE JOURNALISTS WELL: Easy listening!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago

*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Part 3—Cue the familiar old tripe:* We were struck by a familiar pattern in Motoko Rich’s report. Rich was reporting new data from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. Given the source, her headline was unsurprising: “School Data Finds Pattern of Inequality Along Racial Lines” Needless to say, there are many “patterns of inequality along racial lines” found in our public schools. In most cases, the difficulty begins when you try to explain them. Early in her report, Rich presented her first three examples of inequality. Or at least, sh... more »

Musings On Iraq Security Report Mar 15-21, 2014

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago

After a slight dip in operations the Iraqi insurgency camp back with a vengeance in the third week of March 2014. While the total number of attacks was within the range of previous weeks of 2014, the casualties were the highest of the year so far. This was largely the result of a large number of car bombings by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which are used in mass casualty attacks. The number of reported attacks in the third week of March was only a few more than the previous week but the resulting deaths and wounded were the highest of the year. The press reco... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Thanks for stopping by.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago

*Plaquemines residents alarmed as levee project sits unfinished ~WWLTV* *Residents say streetscape project is bad timing ahead of Jazz Fest ~Tania Dall * *Payton explains thinking on Sproles trade ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *Construction Begins On Lafitte Greenway ~Janaya Williams, WWNO* *Festival season brings increase in illegal rentals ~Carlyn Scofield, WVUE* *Fair Grounds supporters say track facing hard times ~New Orleans Advocate* *Dream Chaser to breathe new life into Michoud ~Chris Bergin, NASASpaceflight.com* *Ben Franklin High School International Festival March 29th!* *Hist... more »

Has The Revolt Begun?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago

It's beginning to look, Lawrence Martin writes, like the revolt has begun: Last week, the Supreme Court offered a declaration of its independence, reminding the Prime Minister that its power is constitutionally entrenched, not subject to his whims or arrogance. In pushing a highly controversial choice on the court, the PM tried to retroactively rewrite the rules via one of his much-criticized omnibus bills. The court’s stinging rebuke was applauded by pundits and editorialists across the land. Criticism of the Fair Elections Act has become international: The so-called Fair Elec... more »

Missing Planes & Mud-Slides

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 14 hours ago

I don't watch television news. But I was out and about yesterday and CNN was on the television. They spent about ten minutes (at least) on speculation about the missing Malaysian aircraft. Then they spent three minutes talking about the mud-slide in, I forget, ... Washington State? These are important stories, but if I was in charge of a news channel, I would give the each about one-minute, maybe two-minutes, tops. Because their impact on people's lives is not widespread. But this is CNN we're talking about. Pro-corporate, US-American propaganda. Were they to move on to more relevan... more »

Sorrow or better fear of several "details"

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago

*By Václav Klaus, Czech ex-president* While it's true that we're confronted with "details" of this kind on an almost daily basis, sometimes an excessively high amount of them accumulates. From this perspective, the beginning of the last week of March 2014 was extraordinary. In our country [Czechia], a terrifying report about the 529 death penalties in Egypt was almost ignored. In other, analogous situations, the politically correct media may bend over backwards to highlight one such verdict but these days, they see it as a minor event. Why? Is it a symptom of their bad conscienc... more »

A Few Facts (ahem) about John Tory

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 14 hours ago

Most people who've been around for a while know this one. Watch for young sprog Tory starting about 2:19. Ending with Kim Campbell and we know how her campaign went. Here's Wiki: The decision to launch the ads was taken mainly by PC campaign director John Tory along with Allan Gregg. . . Arguably, the modern age of vicious attack ads was launched with that beaut. Now, courtesy of a John Tory parody account, two stories you may not know (I didn't). The Missing Years in John Tory's Resume, aka The Cable Guy. From 2001 until 2009 John Tory was a director of Charter Communicatio... more »

End Of The Quarter Blues

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

Blues in a good way though. We don't like making a big fuss about these arbitrary reporting quarters, as though they have any kind of intrinsic value. It's just a Beltway subterfuge Blue America prefers to ignore. Except not this quarter. We're embracing it. Yesterday we announced a fun little "contest." The Blue America PAC, we decided, would give a thousand dollar check to whichever progressive House candidate-- they're all here-- motivates the most supporters to contribute to their campaign by 6AM (PT) tomorrow. Actually, Jacquie just made me alter the rules slightly. Instead o... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago

*Drink tequila, lose weight? How sugars found in the Mexican spirit have 'tremendous' potential to fight obesity* *If you are a mouse* The sugar that gives tequila its kick could also help us stay slim. Researchers say the plant sugars that are fermented to create the Mexican spirit hold ‘tremendous’ potential in the battle of the bulge. Tests show the sugars from the cactus-like agave plant (which are not the same as in the more commonly known agave syrup) raise levels of a gut hormone that tells the brain it is time to stop eating. The hormone also keeps food the stomach for l... more »

BLOWBACK BEGINS IN UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago

Notorious Ukrainian right-wing militant leader Aleksandr Muzychko, also known as Sashko Bilyi, has been shot dead during a police raid against his gang, confirmed Ukraine's Ministry of Interior. Neil Clark, a UK-based journalist and broadcaster who's been covering the events in Ukraine extensively, explained why allegations that the Right Sector activist was assassinated make perfect sense.

QEG OPEN SOURCED

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago

http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/qeg-open-sourced/ *QEG OPEN SOURCED* As Promised, here are the open sourced documents for a quantum energy generator. This has been made possible by the people and for the people. It is freely given to the world. CLICK HERE FOR QEG OPEN SOURCE DOCUMENTS An average modern household requires 5-10KW of power to operate. A conventional generator needs 15KW to produce 10KW of power. To produce these 15KW of power we rely on gas, diesel, propane, coal or other products that can be metered creating profits for the oil industry. 130 years a... more »

Laurie Hawn does Brad Butt

Alison at Creekside - 15 hours ago

In the House on Monday, Con MP Laurie Hawn's memory appears to have picked up where Brad Butt's left off, repeating Butt's earlier allegations - later retracted - about voter information cards being picked up from apartment building lobbies for fraudulent voting purposes. Hawn, as per my vid excerpt above : "In the 2006 election, I was called personally and offered hundreds of voter cards that had been left in apartment buildings and so on. Like an idiot, I said, “No, we don't do that sort of thing”. I should have said, “Yes, come on down”, and had the police waiting." But accord... more »

A Breath of Fresh Air from Denver

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago

Denver will be hosting this year's United Opt Out event in a few weeks. This event was held on the front steps of the Department of Education building in Washington, DC for the past two years. I am an employed social studies and history teacher now for 6th grade and a lot has changed in two years. Finding a public school that is not suffering under the current policies is extremely difficult. However, the situation is unsustainable and the voices from all walks of life and society are getting louder. People are breaking free from the chains of NCLB and the cages of Common Core run ... more »

Turkey Updates ( Twitter block , Police brutality , Local Elections and alleged intimidation in focus ) - March 26 , 2014 -- A 10-year-old child was seriously injured during a protest in the southeastern province of Diyarbakıron March 25 after he was allegedly hit by a tear-gas canister fired by police....... An Ankara administrative court has issued a stay of execution on an executive decision adopted by Turkey’s telecommunication’s authority (TİB) to block access to Twitter, as the ban entered its sixth day on March 26. ...... Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has maintained that Sudan, governed by President Omar al-Bashir, would be an appropriate place for exile for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the March 30 local elections....... More than 100 armed provocateurs have been brought to Turkey’s capital for the purpose of sabotaging the upcoming elections, the main opposition party’s mayoral candidate for Ankara has said, citing key bodies of the state as sources for the information.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

Another child injured during police intervention DİYARBAKIR - ISTANBUL Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Mehmet Ezer receives treatment after becoming the latest child to be struck in the head by a police tear-gas canister.] Mehmet Ezer receives treatment after becoming the latest child to be struck in the head by a police tear-gas canister. A 10-year-old child was seriously injured during a protest in the southeastern province of Diyarbakıron March 25 after he was allegedly hit by a tear-gas canister fired by police. After the Peace and Democrac... more »

“The Creeping Theft of Freedom”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago

*“The Creeping Theft of Freedom”* By Chris Tell “We're quickly heading into the abyss. I'm serious. I offer the story you'll read below as a mere anecdote in a sea of troubles. On return from a recent trip to Sri Lanka Mark and I traveled through Australia. Proceeding through the cattle stop that is “customs” we then met with the "security screeners". These are the folks allegedly protecting us from attackers armed with nail clippers and toothpaste. The first thing we saw was a giant sign that said refusing to undergo a body scan would result in detention. Mark, seeing this and ha... more »

Gold

Paul Coker at News Spike - 16 hours ago

"Me Gold! " "You only got away because me powers are weak! I NEED ME GOLD! " Webster Tarpley, Impersonating Ron Paul (No, really.) Note how gold flows into New York, but has difficulty flowing out of US private banking hands as isthe case with the ‘confiscation’ of Germany’s gold. Numerous attempts by *Bundesbank* to repatriate its gold reserves have been met with a brick wall, and to date, Germany has only recovered a miniscule 5 tonnes directly from the NY Fed – out of the total 674 tonnes (an additional 32 tonnes were recovered via French central bank). It’s worth pointing ou... more »

Obamacare Updates March 26 , 2014 -- The Obama administration will grant an extension to people who say they are unable to enroll in the new healthcare program by next Monday's deadline, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting federal officials....... Supreme Court hears arguments on contraception coverage ( Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods Specialties cases ) .... Democratic pollster warns Senate Dems on ObamaCare: Don’t defend it ( Run Forest , Run ! )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

HEALTH OBAMATOEXTENDHEALTHCARESIGN-UPDEADLINE ANDREW HARRER/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES Anyone who started to enroll but isn't finished by Monday will get an extension, federal officials said Tuesday March 25, 2014 10:57PM ET The Obama administration will grant an extension to people who say they are unable to enroll in the new healthcare program by next Monday's deadline, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting federal officials. The Post said people who started to apply for Obamacare coverage through the HealthCare.gov website but cannot finish March 31 would have until about th... more »

Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report March 26 , 2014 - News , Data and Views touching on the precious metals ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/chinas-monthly-gold-imports-through-hong-kong-jump-30-to-109.2-tonnes-in-fe ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER There wasn't much in the way of price action in either Far or East or early London trading on their Tuesday. Gold was up a bit more than five bucks by 11:30 a.m. GMT in London. Then it got sold down a bit over ten bucks in the next hour, with the low of the day coming at 8:30 a.m. EDT in New York. The high tick in New York during the subsequent rally came at the London p.m. gold fix, which was 11 a.m. EDT, as London is still not on Brit... more »

Barack Obama foreign affairs Genius?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago

Somehow I doubt that the Obama worshipping BBC will remember this tweet.

High Crimes and Hogwash

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 16 hours ago

President Barack Obama just did what he does best which is to piss down the backs of Americans and tell them that it is raining. Fresh off one hell of a week of his spree of smacking close associates of the newest "New Hitler" Vladimir Putin with sanctions, hyping the Russian military presence on the border of Ukraine as though were the Wehrmacht itself and for good measure kicking the Russians out of G8 our vainglorious leader shifted to the NSA. With much pomp and circumstance Obama has proposed ending the bulk collection of telephone data by the government with a yet to be expl... more »

Secret Space war XIII: Alien Partners tell Putin, “Don’t Worry, We’ve Got Your Back”

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago

[image: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/03/02/secret-space-war-xiii-alien-partners-tell-putin-dont-worry-weve-got-your-back/] by Preston JamesSunday, March 2nd, 2014 [image: aliens-nordic]* Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be walking with a prideful swagger in his step lately.* In spite of growing conflicts between Israel-driven-America and Russia over Syria, Iran and now the Ukraine, he appears unusually confident. *Other world leaders involved appear to be increasingly stressed out by these growing conflicts, but not President Putin.* What could be going on in the ba... more »

QEG OPEN SOURCE PLANS!!!!

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 17 hours ago

Please share The QEG Open Source plans Everywhere- Post the blueprints EVERYWHERE!!!!! The more places the plans are openly listed/posted, the more we insure that they remain in the public domain, and are untampered with!!! http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/qeg-open-sourced/ QEG OPEN SOURCED [image: small QEG-HopeGirl-logo] As Promised, here are the open sourced documents for a quantum energy generator. This has been made possible by the people and for the people. It is freely given to the world. CLICK HERE FOR QEG OPEN SOURCE DOCUMENTS An average modern household r... more »

Verizon defends decision to offer incest and child themed porn on video-on-demand

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago

By Hollie McKay Published March 20, 2014 FoxNews.com [image: VERIZON video on demand.jpg] Verizon's FiOS TV programming is displayed at the Verizon booth on the second day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 9, 2013.Reuters LOS ANGELES – Broadband and telecommunications giant Verizon is under fire for defending its decision to provide hard-core porn titles with child and incest themes. The company was included in the 2014 Dirty Dozen List of pornography’s leading facilitators, compiled by Morality in Media (MIM), a national organization that opposes pornog... more »

High-tech scans of Egyptian mummies reveal tattoo of Archangel Michael

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago

[image: Ancient Origins] [image: Egyptian mummies with tattoo of Archangel Michael] *24 March, 2014 aprilholloway * A team of scientists in London have carried out high-tech scanning on eight Egyptian mummies from the British Museum, uncovering fascinating information about them, including the revelation that one of the female mummies has a tattoo symbolising Archangel Michael on her inner thigh. The eight mummies lived during different eras and came from different walks of life, from royalty to citizens living along the Nile. One of the mummies was only around two years of ag... more »

dispatches from ola 2014, part 3: hip-hop programming in the library

laura k at wmtc - 17 hours ago

My final post about the OLA Super Conference sessions I attended saves the best for last. "Sub-Urban Beats: Hip-Hop Programming in the Library" thrilled me with possibilities. Even more exciting, it was co-presented by two librarians from the Mississauga Library System who are youth specialists, Erica Conly and James Dekens. They worked with Damon Pfaff, of the Now Creative Group and Marcel DaCosta, a street dancer, community artist, and arts educator whose performance name is Frost Flow. Frost Flow is part of the Mississauga hip-hop collective Ground Illusionz; you can see some of ... more »

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Updates March 25 , 2014 - Malaysia Chronicle slams Malaysia Government's competence and intentions -- ANOTHER BAD CALL BY 'INCOMPETENT' NAJIB: M'sia now suspected of SHADY CONSPIRACY with Inmarsat ....... Live Blog items of note ( The Guardian ) including the Daily Update from the Malaysian Transport Minister ( who takes shots at China in response to their criticism of Malaysian efforts ) , commentary on the latest developments of the day !

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago

Tuesday, 25 March 2014 19:14ANOTHER BAD CALL BY 'INCOMPETENT' NAJIB: M'sia now suspected of SHADY CONSPIRACY with Inmarsat - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - E-mail - Comments (0) Rate this item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (0 votes) [image: ANOTHER BAD CALL BY 'INCOMPETENT' NAJIB: M'sia now suspected of SHADY CONSPIRACY with Inmarsat] The Malaysian government’s probe into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has set traditional rules for conducting major air-crash investigations on their head. In th... more »

Greek Government, And Bailout Deal, On Verge Of Collapse Due To Definition Of "Fresh Milk" ....... The multi-bill of reforms agreed with the troika last week is due to be tabled in Parliament on Friday, with the government still scrambling to find a compromise with MPs and dairy farmers who oppose the proposed lengthening of fresh milk’s shelf life from five to around 10 days because it is seen as helping cheaper imports at the expense of local producers.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-25/greek-government-and-bailout-deal-verge-collapse-due-definition-fresh-milk Greek Government, And Bailout Deal, On Verge Of Collapse Due To Definition Of "Fresh Milk" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/25/2014 20:58 -0400 - Bond - European Union - Eurozone - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - headlines - International Monetary Fund - Reuters - Unemployment inShare3 The Greek economic collapse, depression and bankruptcy has seen many odd things in its brief and often tim... more »

There Is But One Way - A Quote from M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago

*There is but one way and this is the way of love. Love of Man and love of God. Both are interwoven or interconnected. For the gift of Love is given freely to be given freely to those in need.* M.N. Hopkins

The Healing Power Of Passionflower by Susan Patterson

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago

The Healing Power Of Passionflower by Susan Patterson Off The Grid News, 21 March 2014 Gardeners in warmer regions of the world have always enjoyed the beautiful flowers and exotic fruits of the passionflower vine. Those who could not grow it outdoors often reserved some space in their greenhouses for this tropical trailer. Now the medicinal value of passionflowers is getting more attention, and that’s an additional reason to include it in every garden. There are several varieties of passionflower in cultivation; some for their flowers of unmatched beauty, and others for the e... more »

Lucille Ball's Mind Control Fillings

Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago

As Lucy tells the story, the events took place in 1942, when she was filming Du Barry Was a Lady with Red Skelton at MGM, during the early days of American involvement in World War II, when residents along the Pacific coast of California lived in dread fear of an imminent attack by the Japanese (especially after a Japanese submarine appeared off the coast of Santa Barbara on February 23). Lucy had recently had several temporary lead fillings installed in her teeth, and when she drove home from MGM to the ranch she and Desi owned in the San Fernando Valley late one evening, this i... more »

Doug Martin on Justin Oakley's Show Tonight and Amazon

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 18 hours ago

I will be joining Justin Oakley on his Just Let Me Teach radio show on Wednesday, March 26 from around 9:15 to 10:00 pm. I will be discussing my book, *Hoosier School Heist*, which is now available at Amazon and details the Walton Family, Jeb Bush, New York hedge fund managers, the DeVos family of Amway fame, plagiarists, and Republican campaign donors who run charter schools in Indiana, just to name a few. Please turn in, and call, if you want to. The call-in phone number is 260-355-5151. You can listen to the show at Indiana Talks here: http://www.indianatalks.com/ If the ... more »

BICEP2 string-theoretical winner: N-flation

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago

Last Tuesday, I discussed some of the winners and losers of the apparent discovery of the primordial gravitational waves. The first winner that I mentioned was Andrei Linde's "chaotic inflation" with the potential $V=\frac 12 m^2 \phi^2$. It is extremely simple and it matches all the observations at this point. However, it is just an effective field theory, not a full-fledged compactification of string theory. What are the actual compactifications or scenarios in string theory that are winners? We will turn to this question later in this blog post. One point that I haven't suff... more »

BBC News - Washington mudslide death toll reaches 16

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago

The disaster in Washington is getting relatively little news coverage because today's dumbed down news can usually only cope with one main story at a time. Here's the BBC's latest report http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26743714 I'll post later a tweet telling us who caused this disaster. You might be surprised...

The staggering reality of Jewish charity in America

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 20 hours ago

*The Jewish Daily Forward*, one of the oldest and most respected media outlets in the Jewish community in America, recently published *Part I* of a series of articles examining and analyzing the extremely powerful, influential and well-funded network of Jewish charities operating in the United States today. The information revealed is simply staggering, even for those of us knowledgeable and aware of organized Jewish power dominating American politics, media, finance and culture. *The Forward*reports: The American Jewish community’s network of charity organizations is a font of Jewi... more »

BILL GROSS

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago

Bill Gross runs Pimco's $270.0 billion Total Return Fund. Reportedly, he earns $200m a year. Fund manager pay outstrips banks / Bill and his Grossly 'indefensible' salary In 2011 "he missed a rally in US Treasuries." In 2013 "he misjudged the timing and impact of the Fed’s plan to scale back its asset purchases." This "contributed to the biggest decline in almost two decades for his Total Return fund." Andrew Balls, the brother of Ed Balls of the U.K. opposition Labour Party, is head of European fund management at Pimco. Reportedly, Gross has Jewish roots. The Jews of Forbes ... more »

The Simple Path - A Guest Post by Paul Bucalo

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago

*The Simple Path* A simple series of thoughts inspired by an overwhelming view in the sky. The picture cannot do justice to the huge clouds and late afternoon sunshine that accentuated their boundaries, nor how close they were to me, as if to show how insignificant I was in the majestic scale of existence they held reign over. *Paul Bucalo* *Source:* *Paul's G+ Homepage*

Enbridge And Stephen Harper Can Shove The Pipeline Up Their Ass

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago

[image: ohio pipeline] Well well well, here we go again, a disastrous supertanker with barge collision oil spill on Sunday in Galveston bay Texas, and today, one day after the 25 year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oiltanker grounding on Bligh reef in Prince William Sound another pipeline oil spill disaster, this one in a nature reserve in Southeast Ohio...... Sorry folks, another cut n past job....These stories need to be told to British Columbians, told to Stephen Harper, told to Enbridge... Oil spills are inevitable, this pipeline was just repaired and reopened, the pipeline c... more »

Contemporary Adaptations of Euripides' 'The Trojan Women'

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago

*An excerpt from, "Syrian refugees stage Euripides’ ‘The Trojan Women" by Charlotte Eagar, Financial Times, January 3, 2014:* *The Trojan Women* is about refugees, set at the fall of Troy. All the men are dead and the former Queen Hecuba of Troy, her daughter Cassandra and the rest of the women are waiting in a refugee camp to hear their fate. Euripides wrote the play in 415BC as an anti-war protest against the Athenians’ brutal capture of the neutral island of Melos; they slaughtered all the men and sold the women and children into slavery. We’ve spent the past month tracking dow... more »

How Many More Billions In Taxpayer Dollars Will The Military Industrial Complex Waste On Pakistan's Corrupt Oligarchy?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago

Unless you read your *NY Times* in Pakistan, where the story was disappeared, you probably read about how the Pakistanis knew exactly where Osama bin-Laden was while they took billions of dollars in American aid and pretended to be looking for him. This wasn't really a secret, just another manifestation of the expensive dysfunction that the U.S. spy agencies have always been. Right from the beginning. Failure, failure, failure-- and billions and billions and unknowable billions of dollars wasted. The spy agencies aren't worth shit-- except for unconstitutional spying on American ... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Photos

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago

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

Presser with the Student Leaders

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago

News Translation Taiwan Voice 2014/03/26 (Facebook) Press Conference with Lin Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting It is often overheard that the student protesters (coming from the top universities in Taiwan) outmatch the Ma administration intellectually, but yet they are still portrayed as troublemakers. Here is a transcript of a press conference with two of the student leaders following the mayhem at the Executive Yuan that shows these students are thoughtful, smart, and resolute. Press Conference with Lin Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting at 9:30 after President Ma’s press conference held on the m... more »

25 And In Transition

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago

I was tagged in a little Facebook meme by an old school mate and thought I'd do an extended post here. Essentially it's a trip down memory lane as I have to think back to when I was 25 and share a few things about my life then. As it turns out, it was a good age to be randomly assigned since that was a pretty big year in my life with many changes. At age 25 I had been living more or less on a permanent basis in Windsor, Ontario. I was finishing up my Bachelor of Education degree there. I had been a reservist with the Windsor Regiment for the past 18 months or so before moving aw... more »

BC NDP, Crossroads and Bitter Reflections

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago

*Written by Grant G* We need to talk a little bit more about Jenny Kwan, and in particularly why she must resign.. http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2014/03/jenny-kwan-have-nice-life-in-private.html The party, the NDP does not need this distraction, with Jenny kwan remaining in the NDP caucus it`s almost impossible for the party to criticize BC Liberal corruption and cronyism, to complain of taxpayer abuse, we appear hypocritical to say the least. I have battled NDP supporters online and on Twitter over the Kwan scandal, over and over again I hear the same refrain from t... more »

Alan Waldman : ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’ is a fun, stylish mystery series set in 1928 Melbourne

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago

Delightful flapper detective Miss Phryne Fisher, wonderfully played by Essie Davis, makes this Aussie gem well worth your time. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his … finish reading Alan Waldman : ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’ is a fun, stylish mystery series set in 1928 Melbourne

they own you !

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

I am a diminutive monster of death and destruction.

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

Stepping out of a shower using hot water from an electric heater, wearing clothes spun by a mechanical weaving mill, typing on a laptop manufactured in a complex assembly plant from components shipped around the world on large ocean-going vessels, publishing using a very complex electronic network of switches and routers, and relying on a complex set of computers and infrastructure made of resources obtained from and powered by petro-chemicals,* environmentalist George Monbiot declares in an article he hopes “will inject you with a venom” that human beings are *"diminutive monster... more »

Bitcoin and Crypotcoin news updates March 25 , 2014 .. h/t Coin Desk and Cryptocoin news --Internal Revenue Service to Treat Digital Currencies as Property for Tax Purposes ....... Zip Zap suspends BTC transactions ..... Auroracoin Airdrop: Will Iceland Embrace a National Digital Currency ..... Kraken Bitcoin Exchange Passes ‘Proof of Reserves’ Cryptographic Audit ..... Exchange Vircurex Freezes Withdrawals, Claims Lack of Reserves ..... ECB says Bitcoin is ‘economically insignificant’ ( Is that fear that I smell in the air from the ECB )

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Coin Desk items ....... Internal Revenue Service to Treat Digital Currencies as Property for Tax Purposes Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) | Published on March 25, 2014 at 18:32 GMT | *News, Regulation, US & Canada* inShare13 Share 54 [image: washington-dc] The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a new notice meant to clarify the tax treatment of digital currencies on Tuesday, 25th March. Most notably, the US tax body, which has long been silent on the issue, indicated that it plans to treat digital currencies as property, not currency. According to the IRS, the classification means th... more »

What Common Core Looks Like In Desperation

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

It seems that the protests of the American citizen against the so-called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has become proverbial grains of sand in the works of the mammoth corporate reform machine. Die-hard supporters of CCSS are becoming desperate, and such is showing in their words and actions. Consider Jeb Bush’s declaration, “In Asia today, they […]

Turkey Vs. Syria: NATO’s Last Gasp?

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago

[image: geraphian20130603164902280]*March 26, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Tensions have risen once again along the Syrian-Tukrish border as Turkey downs a Syrian warplane and terrorists backed by Turkish troops storm across the border and down Syria’s western coast in Latakia province. Turkey’s renewed vigor appears to be in part a result of pressure placed on Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by US-backed mobs who have been taking to the streets for months seeking his ouster. Citing Reuters and AFP reports, RT’s article, “Turkey downs Syrian jet near border ‘for ai... more »

Alaska back to Russia- Petition

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago

* I kid you not!* * We the People @Whitehouse.gov* we petition the obama administration to:Alaska back to Russia. Groups Siberian russians crossed the Isthmus (now the Bering Strait) 16-10 thousand years ago. Russian began to settle on the Arctic coast, Aleuts inhabited the Aleutian Archipelago. First visited Alaska August 21, 1732, members of the team boat "St. Gabriel »under the surveyor Gvozdev and assistant navigator I. Fedorov during the expedition Shestakov and DI Pavlutski 1729-1735 years Vote for secession of Alaska from the United States and joining Russia *Created:* Mar 21,... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago

*NEW BOOK "To Kill an Error" - A novel approach to Global Warming Scepticism* by Jed B van de Poll Kindle Price: US$6.68 "To Kill an Error" is a fictional account of the furore surrounding the 2010 accusations of data manipulation associated with the world's temperature record. While Al Gore's book 'An Inconvenient Truth' was a factual book based on fiction, 'To Kill an Error' is a fictional book based on fact. The story is a fast-paced thriller of corporate greed and intrigue on an international scale that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you learn some uncomfortable t... more »

It's press corps vs. press handlers (again!) -- plus a "Loop" contest update and reminder

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*by Ken* The lead item in today's *Washington Post* "In the Loop" column begins by referring back to "a recent play-by-play" by Politico's Dylan Byers, "illustrating the cat-and-mouse games the White House plays with the press," so I thought we would start with the Dylan Byers post, from last week, called "The most transparent administration, cont.": A quick look at how the sausage gets made, or doesn't... On Tuesday night, The New York Times reported that no reporters would be traveling with First Lady Michelle Obama to China, and that she would be giving no interviews while the... more »

In Denouncing Common Core, Ravitch Promotes National Standards

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

Even back to the days when Diane Ravitch was a trusted employee of the Bush I Administration, she was an advocate for voluntary national curriculum standards. She has continued to hold this position, even as her previous pro-corporate vices became untenable for anyone with intellectual aspirations or even a lick of integrity. She said in a New York Times op-ed in 2005 that "unfortunately, the political calculations that resulted in the No Child Left Behind law adopting a strategy of letting the states choose their own standards and tests remain the reality." Some things change, a... more »

Quote of the Day: On Milk…and More

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

If I may simplify for a moment, when the Swiss want wheat they produce watches; when Japan wants oil they produce cars. The magic of international trade does the rest. Here in New Zealand, when we want Japanese cars, Swiss watches, Saudi oil and Chinese electronics goods we turn grass into milk. But think how much we take milk, and our friend the cow, for granted. Jeffrey Tucker reminds us: Humankind lived 6,000 without a reliable source for milk. Milk spoils. It must be transported before that happens. Before trains and refrigeration, you were pretty much out of luck, unless yo... more »

Spain in Focus ! First Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and Venice just voted to secede from Rome ....... A more important referendum looms in Spain with Catalonian ...... Spain is facing not just growing protests as dissatisfaction grows along with rampant unemployment - however a Catalan secession Referendum vote is coming to a head this Fall .......

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

http://ragingbullshit.com/2014/03/21/jitters-rise-over-prospect-of-catalan-independence/ Jitters Mount Over Prospect of Catalonian Independence [image: images (4)]21/03/2014 by Don Quijones “*President, you are making a grave mistake.*“ These are the words that Isidro Fainé, the CEO of Catalonia’s megabank La Caixa, is alleged to have said to the region’s president, Artur Mas, during a private face-to-face meeting last year. Like many of Spain’s business and finance big shots, Fainé is growing a little jittery over the prospect of Catalonian independence – and with good reason. The ... more »

Strange Bedfellows: Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel & the Rockefeller Foundation

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago

*Guest post by Hugh Pavletich* *Former Mayor Bob Parker Goes … A Great Start … *Former Mayor Bob Parker threw in the towel mid-2013 (knighted thereafter for his services to public relations and for bending the knee to central government), and in the subsequent election nine of the 13 members of the Christchurch City Council were either replaced or withdrew themselves. Since then however new Mayor Lianne Dalziel has struggled in the job. *The Peoples Protest .. Clear Direction Forward … *The clean-out of the Council had its foundations in the 4,000+ strong Peoples Protest on 1 F... more »

Never a Dull Moment in Politics ...

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago

*A guest post from Candi Chetwynd. Eagle-eyed followers of the Stoke political scene will know Candi as Labour's November by-election candidate and, more recently, as one of the long-listed hopefuls in the contest to follow Joan Walley after her retirement in 2015. In this blog, Candi talks about what it was like to run in both competitions.* Almost two years ago, I joined and attended my first constituency meeting of Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour Party. Little did I then know that my membership application would change my life to the degree it has. It was Labour for me because it ... more »

Chet Raymo,“Hours And Seasons”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“Hours And Seasons”* by Chet Raymo “I have this peripatetic lifestyle that takes me between three different places of residence with the solstices and equinoxes. And so it is that I'm back in New England for the beginning of spring. My training in physics accustomed me to a Newtonian notion of time- a linear progression that moves equably from a distant past to an undefined future, every instant indistinguishable from any other. Works great for physics, but doesn't correspond to how I live my life. My personal time is circular, corresponding to the diurnal and annual cycles of Ea... more »

Harper's Empathy Deficit

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago

It's no secret that Stephen Harper lacks people skills. What he really lacks, Tasha Kheiriddin writes, is empathy: But Harper displays little understanding of human emotions. And that’s where his best-laid plans come crashing down. He didn’t read the tea leaves on Senator Mike Duffy; stripping Duffy of his senatorship might have been the right thing to do, but wouldn’t it leave Duffy with a desperate need to defend his reputation? Harper didn’t realize that the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline might hinge on Canada’s environmental reputation; bashing the treehuggers might ple... more »

The perfect bias-free BBC day (Part II)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

Continuing... After *Sunday *and the *Radio 4 Appeal -* Mariella Frostrup appealing on behalf of the BBC's Sports Relief - came *Sunday Worship *(8.05am). I'm entirely with Chrish (in the comments) in describing this Syrian Orthodox Service as powerful, and full of interesting information. I also thought the call to prayer/extemporising of Christian song at the end of communion was stunning, and enjoyed the hymns in in Arabic and Aramaic. The weaving of voices - including the head of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Britain, the kidnapped/very probably murdered Archbishop of Aleppo ... more »

Pressure on the shadow banking system in China beginning to become visible ? Nervous depositors aren't waiting around to find out at small banks ........What A Bank Run In China Looks Like: Hundreds Rush To Banks Following Solvency Rumors !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

What A Bank Run In China Looks Like: Hundreds Rush To Banks Following Solvency Rumors [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/25/2014 12:22 -0400 - Bank Failures - Bank Run - Bear Stearns - China - default - Hong Kong - Housing Bubble - Real estate - Reuters - Yuan inShare22 Curious what the real, and not pre-spun for public consumption, sentiment on the ground is in a China (where the housing bubble has already popped and the severe contraction in credit is forcing the ultra wealthy to luxury real estate in ... more »

Malaysia Airline Flight 370 --Day 18 -- Early morning updates March 25 , 2014 -- China demands Malaysia handover all relevant satellite data analysis on the missing Malaysian plane ... the aftermath to Monday's dramatic declaration that Flight 370 has been lost at Sea in the Indian Ocean ........ By the way , how was it that on another Malaysia Airlines plane MH 606 with engine trouble today , a passenger 's text message was able to be transmitted ( but no one on Flight 370 could do the same for all of those hours of air travel ? )

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago

Still clear as mud ... top three items to consider from Malaysia Chronicle..... Tuesday, 25 March 2014 07:03 MH370 pilots acted as they should in an emergency, not as SINISTER KILLERS portrayed by M'sian govt - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - E-mail - Comments (2) Rate this item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (5 votes) [image: MH370 pilots acted as they should in an emergency, not as SINISTER KILLERS portrayed by M'sian govt] After 16 days of trying to give their own spin to the few facts available about the pil... more »

You Know What They Say About Old Dogs And New Tricks-- Meet Crooked Conservative, Ro Khanna

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

In His Defense Of Paul Ryan's Racism, Bill O'Reilly Called Barbara Lee "A Notorious Race Hustler"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Barbara Lee has been one of the most consistent, courageous and articulate voices in Congress on behalf of ordinary working families. Corporations and the one percent do not finance her career. She doesn't represent them. She's one of the handful of progressives who represent just plain folks who never even thought about going out and hiring a lobbyist. Needless to say, when Congresswoman Lee speaks out, the might of the plutocrats is arrayed against her. Malefactors like the Koch brothers and the Adelsons are enraged when an independent free-thinker like Barbara Lee uses the medi... more »

Spring Break!

Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago

Ah, Spring Break, that glorious week in the middle of the semester. Alas, it was too brief... Southern Man had Teen Daughter for the first half of break. Of course she took nature photos at every opportunity. One of many sunset pics by Teen Daughter. We had a lot of fun - saw the new Disney movie, went to the trampoline park, ate out any number of times - before she had to go back to her Mother on Wednesday. Of course there was geocaching. Southern Man did this one with the teen son of a friend and a couple of cachers from Kansas that we met early in the day. The caches were ... more »

BRUSSELS: Europe urges Obama to Free Peltier!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago

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The New York Times and the livin’ is easy!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014* *Public editor Margaret Sullivan runs off with Mr. Peanut:* We’re constantly puzzled by work we encounter in the New York Times. Case in point: This morning, on the front page, a news report about Flight 370 started off like this: FULLER AND BUCKLEY (3/15/14): *A British satellite company has solved one crucial aspect of the mystery surrounding the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared on March 8,* using a complex mathematical process to determine that it ended its journey in the middle of the southern Indian Ocean. Guided by a principle of physics cal... more »

Top Ten Facts of the MH370 Air Disaster

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago

The Malaysian government recently confirmed for the media that MH370, the flight bound from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, crashed in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. Despite the Malaysian government not providing a single shred of solid evidence to prove the plane had crashed anywhere and the fact that Chinese officials barred grieving and skeptical relatives from speaking to the press, the American mainstream media is reporting these unsupported claims as incontrovertible fact, thereby ending wild and reckless speculation on the part of CNN and Fox News. What are ... more »

Are We (Finally) Ready to Face Teacher Education’s Race Problem?

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

Are We (Finally) Ready to Face Teacher Education’s Race Problem?. via Are We (Finally) Ready to Face Teacher Education’s Race Problem?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

“The Fourteen Year Economic Recession”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“The Fourteen Year Economic Recession”* By James Quinn "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is ga