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#optout contemplation 2011: This is how it happened.
For as long as I can remember I have had serious issues with high stakes
standardized tests. However, it wasn’t until after NCLB was in full swing
and my son started to dread going to school that I actually contemplated
doing something about it. I know that sounds kind of funny coming from me—a
full […]
Rob Zerban And Patrick Hope Won The Blue America End-of-the Quarter Contest
Dennis Kucinich congratulating Patrick Hope on his straw poll win in
Arlington last week
It makes sense that Rob and Patrick won. Both have strong teams and both
have won elections in the past and understand how to communicate
effectively with voters. Both teams were in it to win from the first day
and both teams sent out numerous, well-crafted e-mails and worked the
social media outlets to turn out their voters. Blue America sent each
campaign a $1,000 check this afternoon.
The "contest" was to see which campaigns could persuade the most donors to
contribute through ActBlue in a 48... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history
Mistakes in ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,’ show that
Reza Aslan lacks the necessary background to write a historical work about
the period and Jesus’s place in it. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog …
finish reading Lamar W. Hankins :
Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history
My Book Is Soon to Arrive
Hello, all. I wanted to let you know that it looks like my book will be
published at some point over the next couple of weeks. The title is A
Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public
Education. Information Age (North Carolina) is the publisher. It is a big
book– 508 […]
"Seal-fie"
This post is re-post from my Nunavut blog that I thought I'd share here.
It never hurts to have more than one platform to get a message out.
Having lived in both Nunavut and Alberta, I'm used to running into stories
about celebs spouting off against issues involving seal hunting and the oil
sands. Issues they aren't necessarily that educated about. I'm not saying
that such celebrities are necessarily stupid, but rather ignorant, in the
sense that what they espouse is quite often mis-informed. Which is why
when I read about a group of Iqaluit residents starting a seal-fie campaig... more »
Cheyenne River Sioux Halt Third Megaload
ANOTHER
MEGALOAD STOPPED!
By Oyate Media Network
Posted with permission at Censored News
March 26, 2014 -- Members from the "CRST" Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
have spotted a huge Mega Load on their reservation homelands and banned
together to stop it in its tracks. The truck driver was told to turn
back and leave the reservation lands the way he came in and was in fact
escorted off the
Paulo Coelho, "Be Like a River"
"Be Like a River"
by Paulo Coelho
“A river never passes the same place twice,” says a philosopher. “Life is
like a river,” says another philosopher, and we draw the conclusion that
this is the metaphor that comes closest to the meaning of life.
Consequently, it is always good to remember during all the year to come:
*A]* We are always doing things for the first time. While we move between
our source (birth) to our destination (death), the landscape will always be
new. We should face these novelties with joy, not with fear – because it is
useless to fear what cannot be avoided. A riv... more »
Turkey 'shuts off YouTube" to cover up leaked false flag attack plans on Syria
Lets go back to the news of Turkey shooting down the Syrian plane. *Turkey
always partnering with Israel- Shoots down Syrian plane.*
Exchange of comments below
AnonymousMarch 23, 2014 at 2:22 PM
Last sentence of that comment below
* "Last week it was about protecting an ancient site in Syria. Last year it
was hunting rifles. Erdogan is starting to look a lot like a waterboy"*
PennyMarch 23, 2014 at 2:42 PM
Last sentence of my reply
*I saw the talk of protecting that ancient site, any excuse.*
*Any excuse indeed! **Little did I know that was not just empty talk being
bantered abo... more »
Christina de la Luna Photos: Portland Prayer for Water and Environment
Portland,
Oregon Prayer for Water and Environment
Saturday, March 21, 2014
Laurelhurst Park
"Now more than ever our waters need protection from pollution and
corporate usage. Our existence depends on clean water and a healthy
environment. Our future generations will not thrive without our
help.There are so many things that will ensure a healthy Mother Earth
Habeas Corpus applies to allow Superior Court review of administrative prison decisions in spite of Federal Court judicial review
Mission Institution*v.* Khela, 2014 SCC 24:
[33] The jurisdiction of the provincial superior
courts over prisoners in federal institutions was explained by this Court
in the 1985 *Miller *trilogy and confirmed more recently in *May*. In the
trilogy, Le Dain J. held that a provincial superior court has jurisdiction
to hear an application for *habeas corpus *in order to review the validity
of a detention authorized by a federal decision maker, despite the fact
that alternative remedies are available in the Federal Court (*Miller*, at
pp. 626 and 640-41). Le ... more »
Food Watch update: Living the dream (despite freezing temperatures) -- NYC's Cupcake ATM opens for business
*Top Ten Things Overheard In Line for the Cupcake ATM*. *"Why the rest of
the world hates us!" says Dave. "A new, more convenient way to get fat --
an ATM machine, for the love of God." (Actually, Dave, as we noted Friday,
Sprinkles has previously tried the machines out in Beverly Hills, Atlanta,
Chicago, Las Vegas, and Dallas.)*
*by Ken*
On Friday this department reported ("The long wait is over -- fancy-shmancy
24/7 cupcakes from a vending machine come to the Big Apple"):
In a matter of days, if all proceeds according to schedule, it will be
possible for any credit-card-toting N... more »
Wagging The Dog In Turkey: Erdogan's Pre-Election Invasion Plan of Northern Syria Leaked (Video + Transcript)
*Obama and Erdogan's plans for north Syria, south Syria, and every other
part of Syria have already crashed and burned. If they choose to take the
foolish step of illegally invading Syria from the North then NATO itself
will crash and burn. *
*An excerpt from, "Syria: Erdogan's False Flag Invasion Plans Reveled" by
'b' of Moon of Alabama, March 27, 2014:*
The Turkish prime minister Erdogan and his foreign minister Davutoglu have
further plans. They allege that the Tomb of Süleyman Shah, a small place in
Syria 25 kilometer from the Turkish border but under Turkish sovereignty,
is t... more »
“Everything Wrong With Humanity, In One Short Animation”
*“Everything Wrong With Humanity, In One Short Animation”*
by Isaac Saul
“Man, by nature, can be a destructive creature. In this short film by Steve
Cutts, the many environmentally un-friendly decisions of man are brought to
light- and they are not without their price. Even though this video was
originally posted in 2012, the environmental problems it addresses, like
wildlife poaching, factory farming and deforestation, remain just as urgent
today as they were then.”
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Just who exactly are all these taxpayers?
*Cartoon by Nick Kim*
Here’s a question to contemplate this morning: Just how many actual
taxpayers do you think there are in New Zealand?
You know who I mean, the brave souls actually paying for the whole dog and
pony show, the ones keeping their brothers in milk and cream. Let’s see if
a broad brush can deduce it down to the nearest dozen or so, eh?
The Stats Department reports the estimated resident population of New
Zealand at last count was 4,242,048, give or take a few who refused to be
counted. So let’s say just over 4 million in total, of which just over
600,000 are ove... more »
Tense times with China's banks , shadow banking and harmful rumors March 27 , 2014 -- The Anatomy Of Panic: How A Rumor Mutated Into A Three-Day Chinese Bank Run ....... Arrest over Chinese bank run Authorities accuse man accused of spreading rumour that led to flurry of withdrawals from two banks in Jiangsu province .... China's Credit Pipeline Slams Shut: Companies Scramble For The Last Drops Of Liquidity
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/arrest-over-chinese-bank-run
Arrest over Chinese bank run
Authorities accuse man accused of spreading rumour that led to flurry of
withdrawals from two banks in Jiangsu province
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BRAZIL TAKES ON NSA SNOOPING
Brazilian legislators are considering a bill that many are calling the
"Constitution of the Internet," in response to the revelations about the
NSA's accessing of internet users' data. Already passed by the lower house
of the Brazilian legislature, the bill tightens privacy rights for internet
users and also enshrines the concept of "net neutrality," where all
internet traffic must be treated the same by Internet Service Providers.
Although widely popular, the bill must still be passed by the upper house
and signed by the president. RT's Lindsay France speaks about the landmark
bi... more »
Turkey Shuts Off YouTube after 'Syria Invasion Plan' Leak
Access to YouTube has been cut off in Turkey after an explosive leak of
audiotapes that appeared to show ministers talking about provoking military
intervention in Syria.
*By RT*
March 27, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "RT"- Access to YouTube has
been cut off in Turkey after an explosive leak of audiotapes that appeared
to show ministers talking about provoking military intervention in Syria.
Other social media have already been blocked ahead of tumultuous local
elections.
The latest leaked audio recording, which reportedly led to the ban, appears
to show top government offic... more »
Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 Mystery Day 20 , March 27 , 2014 --Key questions and some possible answers , including -- Has Malaysia been keeping key information on MH370 SECRET ? WILL THE BLACK BOX HELP INVESTIGATORS IF FOUND ? ( THE black box from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have over written key data, preventing investigators from ever knowing what happened during crucial moments of the flight. ) ...... WHY HASN"T DEBRIS ALLEGEDLY OBSERVED BEEN CONFIRMED ? ( Air search for new 'debris' comes up EMPTY: MH370 continues to hide or be hidden ) from searchers ) ........ WHY didn't crew, passengers try to get into cockpit to check with pilots once it was obvious SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG ? Will Bad Weather hamper search efforts significantly at this critical time by scattering alleged debris or relocating it outside of the search zones ? ( Thunderstorms and gale-force winds grounded the international search for wreckage from Flight MH370, frustrating the luckless effort yet again just as new satellite images of floating objects sparked hopes of a breakthrough. It marked the second suspension within three days for the planes and vessels from several nations that have fought a losing battle against fierce winds and mountainous seas in the remote southern Indian Ocean as they hunt for hard evidence that the plane crashed. )
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Malaysian Chronicle.....
Thursday, 27 March 2014 07:42
Has M'sia been keeping key information on MH370 SECRET?
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How Should We Study Energy and Climate Policy? Critical Insights from an ISA Roundtable
One of the consequences of the ISA 2014 conference here in Toronto is that
my extended blogging hiatus is coming to an end. Thanks to some
experimental research in India, I haven’t had a lot of time to share my
thoughts in the past few months. In fact, I haven’t had too many thoughts
during
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EC's John Kingsley - Master Thespian?
See, a sane person, or anyone who isn't a drooling imbecile, would
naturally react with suspicion when the corrupt Conservatives, (the
Contempt of Parliament Party that practices election fraud) proposed to
reform the electoral process. Especially when the person they put in charge
of the exercise is shameless hack Pierre Poilievre. So you had to have
wondered when former Chief Electoral Officer, Jean-Pierre Kingsley said
right off the bat that he gave Poilievre's "Fair Elections Act" a grade of
A-. I remembered the way the news reports conveyed the highlights of the
legislation th... more »
Delusional Obama: Killing 100,000 People To Achieve Regime Change In Iraq Is Better Than A Peaceful Referendum In Crimea
Barack Obama please shut the fuck up about Crimea. The best thing for you
to do is to ignore the developments in Ukraine since nothing you say can
paint the peaceful referendum there as illegal or morally wrong. It was a
natural consequence of the illegal and undemocratic actions that your
government decided to take in Kiev. The world is not full of fools, only
your administration is.
Eat This! Americans Go Without as Billions Sent to Ukraine
If there was any remaining shadow of a doubt about where regular Americans
stand in the sewer of corruption that is Obamaworld let it now be removed.
While food stamp programs, long-term unemployment and veterans benefits are
cut to the bone there is plenty of money to send to support Neo-Nazis in
Ukraine. Both Barack Obama as well as the real enemies of the American
people in the US Congress just stuck it to us all good and hard. In yet
another of those truly amazing shows of bipartisanship that is always able
to cut through the gridlock whenever it comes time to fuck over the
ci... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Updates March 26 , 2014 -- Australia has yet to confirm any sightings of the potential debris field announced in Kuala Lumpur. While Hishammuddin was talking, Australian investigators said objects spotted in today's search are not confirmed to be related to MH370. No breakthroughs are reported at today's media briefing by the Malaysian authorities. Acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein stressed that satellite images of possible debris are not necessarily related to MH370. The British company Inmarsat said it is unable to comment on reports that British experts have refused to take part in a briefing with Malaysian officials to relatives of the passengers in Beijing. China doubts remain as to Malaysian claim Flight 370 plunged into the Indian Ocean - Inmarsat finding challenged by chinese authorities who demand evidence to back up theories
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
China doubts remain.......
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com
china-casts-doubt-on-malaysia-claims-mh370-plunged-into-the-ocean
Wednesday, 26 March 2014 07:56
China casts DOUBT on Malaysia’s claims MH370 plunged into the ocean
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IT was always declared an inexact science albeit using the latest
technology.
But the an... more »
Team New Zealand: Sailing in Subsidised Waters
Did you see a government department released a report yesterday informing
us that government spending our money supporting Team New Zealand made us
all $50 million richer? Yeeha! If only they’d spent *even more*.
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says the $36 million of
taxpayers' money pumped into the last America's Cup challenge directly
benefited the New Zealand economy to the tune of $87 million.
Joyce … released two evaluation reports, both an independent evaluation [sic]
of the Government’s investment in Emirates Team New Zealand… and an
evaluation of New Zealan... more »
NAFTA is 20
I was thrilled this week when Guy Cecil and Michael Bennet got on board and
gave the Shenna Bellows campaign the DSCC's big thumbs up. Hopefully, that
will be the beginning of the end for fake moderate Susan Collins in Maine.
So, RIGHT ON GUY CECIL and RIGHT ON Michael Bennet. I will refrain from any
gratuitously nasty statements about the two of them for at least… well, I
hope forever. Next up: South Dakota prairie populist Rick Weiland. I know
that may be a tough one for Guy and Mike to swallow but they need to get
over the ego trip and do it for the Democrats and, more importan... more »
History Repeats- Will Afghanistan repeat in the Ukraine?
History repeats, because we (society) don't know any real history.We learn
whitewashed, sanitized, dumbed down versions of *'truthiness' *We have no
real concept of specific actions taken, actions that were intended to
start wars. Destroy nations. What ever the case may be? For example, CIA
backed Islamic mercs were employed in Afghanistan in the late '70's in
order to provoke a response from the Soviet Union. How many people are
aware of that fact? How many believe the state approved version of events?
That it was an unjustified invasion. And, could we see a scenario playing
o... more »
Can Pot Save The Democrats?
Last night I interviewed Lee Rogers on KPFK, the Los Angeles Pacifica
station. The show will run tomorrow evening. As you probably know, unless
this is the first time you've ever read *DWT*, Rogers is a progressive
Democrat running for Congress in the northwest corner of L.A. County--
Santa Clarita, the Antelope Valley and Simi Valley. After nearly losing to
Rogers last cycle-- followed by some come-to-Jesus-moment polling--
arch-conservative incumbent Buck McKeon recently announced he would be
retiring from elective politics.
CA-25 has come a long way but still leans a little red... more »
'CAUGHT PLANNING FALSE FLAG ATTACK'
*The Tomb of Suleyman Shah*
Turkish government officials "have been caught red-handed in a leaked audio
tape planning a false flag terror attack."
*Media buries tape of Turkish Government planning false flag attack*.
Operation Cage reportedly included the idea of detonating explosives during
school field trips to military museums.
*KILLING KIDS ON A FIELD TRIP*.
*BISHOP BALL, SAVILE, ELM GUEST HOUSE, SEVENOAKS, MI5*
*BLISS?*.
*MALAYSIAN AIRLINES MH370 - INSIDE JOB*..
Lakotas KILI Radio: Vic Camp and Owe Aku Today!
Tune into K.I.L.I. Radio at 3:00 pm today for Victorio Camp with the Owe Aku hour.
Listen online: http://www.kiliradio.org
Listen without prejudice
Listen to this track with your eyes closed and picture the singer.... Then
open your eyes...
Great voice and a good pop song, from a white Norwegian...
*Thanks to Robert Elms on Radio London for the spot.*
Remembering Raspberry’s Baby Steps!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014*
*While heaping more praise on Rich:* We want to heap a bit more praise on
the New York Times’ Motoko Rich.
As a general rule, the New York Times does terrible education reporting.
Yesterday, Rich did one of the finest education reports we’ve ever seen in
the Times.
Rich discussed an important fact—in many cases, loving parents from
low-literacy backgrounds don’t know that they should be talking and reading
to their infants and toddlers. In our view, this is one of the finest
examples of education reporting ever seen in the Times:
RICH (3/26/14): Educator... more »
The News at a Furtive Glance
From the, "You Gotta be Fucking With My Head. No, Seriously, Are You?"
files, Your guy, Barack Obama, got up on his hind legs and actually
defended our decision to invade and occupy Iraq for almost a decade. Then
he had the chutzpah to say that, while he was supposedly against it, at
least we sought consensus from the international community. That would be
the UN's Resolution 1440 that forbade the US invasion of a sovereign
nation, Colin Powell's little cartoon show before the Security Council and
the violation of virtually every international law on the books. Oh, and,
accord... more »
John Kane 'Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?'
John
Kane
Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
"The most consistent theme in the descriptions penned about the New
World was amazement at the Indians’ personal liberty, in particular
their freedom from rulers and from social classes based on ownership of
property. For the first time the French and the British became aware
Hamas: We Must Slaughter the Jews - Israel Today
There are idiots on Twitter who claim that Hamas doesn't really want to
destroy Israel AND kill all Jews. It's just rhetoric they tell me. Hmmm
what about this?
' Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament said in a recent televised
address that Palestinian Muslims must either subdue or massacre the Jews,
and that genuine, long-lasting peace with the infidels is not
achievable.Speaking on Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV, MP Yunis Al-Astal explained that
in the Quran, Allah taught the Muslims that “they [the Jews] are the ones
with whom you made a covenant, but they break their covenant every
ti... more »
ETHIKOS 1: MeTA-PH, PCPI, PHAP and FDA on launching
Last night, the ETHIKOS (Ethics in Healthcare) Movement was launched at C3
Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. I don’t have the photos
now, will post them in Part 2 of this thread. Will post here some quotes
from some speakers last night.
1. Former Gov. Roberto “Obet” Pagdanganan, MeTA Philippines Chairman
Gov. Obet thanked the participants, particularly the organizations that
formed movement – the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines,
the Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT), and the British
Embassy’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (... more »
Will The BC liberals and As Our Stomach Turns Media Stop Pulling Our Legs
*Written by Grant G*
Robin Mathews touched on how media personalities have morphed into
political party spokepersons and he is correct, my problem isn`t their
affiliation it`s the fact they pretend to be neutral or well reasoned when
clearly they are neither..
News reporting, television news, newspaper news and in particularly radio
commentary on current events has became staged, manufactured, fake, no more
spontaneity, radio today is kin to television soap operas, actors, extras
and phony plots, good guys coming to the rescue and tune in tomorrow for
another episode of..
How m... more »
Christie’s report gets released today!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014*
*The tulip craze moves in reverse:* On CNN, the tulip craze was still
underway last night.
The various pundits still sat around, basically guessing and dreaming. By
way of contrast, on The Last Word, an equal-but-opposite craze seemed to
run in reverse.
To watch the whole segment, click here.
Lawrence discussed Chris Christie’s impending report about the Fort Lee
lane closings. The report will be released today. We were surprised by the
attitude expressed by one major New Jersey journalist.
First, a bit of background:
Last night, on a radio show, Chri... more »
Here Is The YouTube "Start A False Flag War With Syria" Leaked Recording That Erdogan Wanted Banned per Zero Hedge
The reason for Turkey's Erdogan banning Twitter and then You Tube has been
explained and it's staggering...
'To summarize: a recording confirming a NATO-member country planned a
false-flag war with Syria (where have we seen that before?) and all the
Prime Minister has to say is the leak was "immoral."'
More here
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-27/here-youtube-false-flag-attack-syria-clip-erdogan-wanted-banned
I'm assuming that Erdogan will now either just blame Israel or maybe start
with some anti Israel rhetoric.
Fukushima Steaming this Morning
Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
The common spent fuel pool is really steaming. I suspect that spiderwebs
will be visible today. TBS cam view is entirely obscured. Unfortunately I
will not be able to watch as I have to run errands today
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BISHOP BALL, SAVILE, ELM GUEST HOUSE, SEVENOAKS, MI5...
*Ball and Prince*
On 27 march 2014, it was reported that *Peter Ball*, the former bishop of
Gloucester and Lewes, had been charged with sexually assaulting a young boy.
*Church of England bishop charged with indecently assaulting young boys*
This follows an investigation by Sussex police.
The police investigated allegations of sexual offences by Ball against 19
young men and boys, in *East Sussex* and elsewhere between the 1970s and
the early 1980s.
Two of the boys were 12 and 13 when the alleged offending occurred in the
late 1970s.
Vincent S. aged 10 yrs, from Grafton Children... more »
For Ro Khanna, A Past Filled With Cheating Was A Predictable Prologue To His Current Campaign
Anti-family conservatives Khanna & Singh
Yesterday we took a look at how Ro Khanna, from the Republican wing of the
Democratic Party, was forced to resign from his first elected office when
he was exposed for financial campaign fraud (1996) and then how Bill
Clinton denounced him 8 years later when Khanna falsely claimed to have
been endorsed by Clinton while he was running against Congressman Tom
Lantos.
Clinton wasn't satisfied with telling Khanna to cease-and-desist, he took
the unusual step of endorsing Khanna's rival, Congressman Tom Lantos
because of the flap. Clinton said he... more »
LET'S MAKE IT REAL
Wikipedia informs us about one of the US's big border wars.
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican
War, the Invasion of Mexico, the U.S. Intervention, or the United States
War Against Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the
Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S.
annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory.
Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from the spring of 1846 to the
fall of 1847. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California,
then invaded parts of ... more »
TEACH THE JOURNALISTS WELL: Motoko Rich gets it very right!
*THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014*
*Interlude—The editors get it quite wrong:* Yesterday morning, Motoko Rich
authored one of the best education reports we’ve ever seen in the New York
Times.
This morning, the editors offer an editorial which is tired, enormously
lazy, wrong. Let’s start with Rich’s report, which could of course have
been better.
Let’s say it again—Rich’s piece is one of the best education reports we’ve
ever seen in the Times. We’ll grant you, there isn’t a very high bar. But
Rich’s piece starts to show what education reporting could be like.
Rich penned the featured news... more »
Anti Semitic attack in France
'"They started to curse me out: ‘dirty Jew,’ ‘death to the Jews,’ ‘son of a
b***,’ etc. Then they started to beat me up,” David says in a clip before
breaking down in tears. “I was hit on my face, I got my nose fractured… And
then one of them took something out of his pocket, I thought it was a
knife… It was a marker… And this is what they did to me (showing his
chest), a swastika as they were screaming ‘dirty Jew.’ ”David then shows
the Nazi symbol drawn on his bare chest by the attackers. When members of
the public started coming close to the scene of the attack, the assailants
... more »
Here's Sand in Your Eye, America
"How many times do I have to tell you!" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius impatiently
fumed the other day. "When I say bed, I mean bed. Lights out on March 31st.
No ifs, ands or buts!"
Um.... what's that you say? You need one more drink of water? You forgot to
brush your teeth? You didn't do your homework? You're stoned? Well....
never mind. You can stay up just a few more minutes, but only until April,
mind you! And no more excuses after that. I really mean it this time.
Another day, another Obamacare deadline extension in the ever-shifting
sand. Another day to shop till you drop wit... more »
Untitled
*The Listening Post Asks: What Do You Know About Coastal Erosion? ~Kate
Richardson, WWNO*
*Study: funding LA coastal effort would create over100K jobs ~AP, via WWL*
*Three former Louisiana governors agree: Lawsuit against oil companies
should proceed ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger*
*Bayou Corne sinkhole swallows six more trees ~Advocate*
*Vidalia mayor joins push to protect Mississippi River ~Monroe News Star*
*EPA, Corps of Engineers unveil proposed rule for protecting U.S. waters
~Forrest Laws, Delta Farm Press*
*911 calls go unanswered; call center under scrutiny ~Jena Swanson... more »
Green Fetuses and Spam
I thought I was losing my feel for the madness of fetus fetishists. I
really thought this story would bust the Shrieeeeek-o-meter.
The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated
as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation
has found.
Ten NHS trusts have admitted burning foetal remains alongside other rubbish
while two others used the bodies in ‘waste-to-energy’ plants which generate
power for heat.
Last night the Department of Health issued an instant ban on the practice
which health minister Dr Dan Poulter branded ‘totall... more »
Islamic State of Iraq Fails To Break Into Badush Prison In Ninewa Twice
One of the ways that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has
been able to rebuild itself has been through attacks on prisons to release
their commanders and hardened fighters. For the last few years these
operations have repeatedly occurred throughout central and northern Iraq
with great success leading to the escape of hundreds of insurgents. ISIS
actually failed twice to break out its members from Badush prison in
Ninewa, but that was not for a lack of trying.
For almost a year ISIS targeted prison guards at Badush in order to
facilitate an escape. That started in ... more »
No To The Coup In The Ukraine - Natalia Vitrenko's Paris Webcast
*Published on March 15, 2014 *
No to the Coup in Ukraine - Natalia Vitrenko's Paris Webcast
*FOLLOWING BELOW ARE SOME OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES EVER PRODUCED BY THE
LAROUCHE MOVEMENT. EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BETTER WATCH THEM CLOSELY...&
SPREAD THEM LIKE WILD FIRE.. !*
1.) Firewall:In Defense Of The Nation State
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vho6b4...
2.) 1932 - A True History of the United States
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlVdp...
3.) Glass-Steagall, The Complete Story... http://youtu.be/K-BqZNJ9rnU
4.) - The New Dark Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbs_DA...
5.) The Harva... more »
It's Madness
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that petropolitics are behind what is going on in
Ukraine:
Russia, a true petro state, sits on one-fifth of the world's natural gas
supply. About one-third of the natural gas burnt in Europe comes from
Russia via Ukraine, which once housed the Russian capital centuries ago. In
addition, Russia almost exports as much oil as Saudi Arabia.
Not surprisingly, Putin gets his political mojo from oil and gas revenues
just as Margaret Thatcher once secured her power base on proceeds from the
North Sea. Nearly 50 per cent of Russia's total budget depends on the sale ... more »
Save and Support the Organic Food Label by Christina Sarich
*Source: http://beyondpesticides.org/index.php*
Save and Support the Organic Food Label: Don’t let the FDA Win!
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 26 March 2014
If you want to keep eating food that doesn’t turn your organs into
cancerous mush or cause infertility within three generations, then we need
your help to protect organic farmers and their crops. The Save Our Organic campaign
is meant to defend the organic food label from USDA changes, currently
being undermined by the government agency and its special interest groups.
New rules proposed by the FDA announced just th... more »
A New Day Dawnin' In South Carolina? Not Likely
The only state that has *both* Senate seats up in November is South
Carolina. That's because Lindsey Graham has served his 6 year term and is
up for reelection for one seat and because Jim DeMint resigned and was
replaced with a gubernatorial appointment, right-wing extremist Tim Scott,
for the other seat. There will be a special election to fill out the rest
of DeMint's term. We've been concentrating on the Graham seat since he
makes such a flamboyant target out of himself-- and because 6 hilarious
crackpot teabaggers are running against him, plus a Democrat, Jay Stamper,
who has... more »
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*What kills more people than AIDS, diabetes and road injuries?*
*This is very speculative. Very WHO. How do you sort out all causes of
deaths worldwide? Many studies of "illness" caused by pollution just
asssume that pollution is the cause*
Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012, more people than AIDS,
diabetes and road injuries combined.
One in eight deaths worldwide can be attributed to breathing tainted air,
making it the world’s largest environmental health risk, the Geneva-based
World Health Organisation said in a report on Tuesday, today doubling its
previous ... more »
WHITEWASHING THE TRUTH
The hypocrisy of Obama is beyond imagination. The fact that he feels he
has to make excuses for US attacks on Iraq, Yugoslavia, or Libya indicates
though that much of the world is not buying what the Obama team is selling.
It's quite sad really that this man is reduced to groveling on the world
stage - "The US attacks are not as bad as Russia's referendums."
In the larger scheme of things the US is finished as the 'shining light on
the hill'. The bulb has burned out.
Is this the real psychic Sally Morgan?
this may come as a surprise to many of Free Planet's readers, but, "I'm a
big fan of TV-psychics like Colin Fry, Derek Acorah and Sally Morgan." The
latter, Sally Morgan, in particular, does something very emotional with her
voice when she's 'relaying a message from the other side'. Now, I don't
even believe in an afterlife (I certainly have no first-hand knowledge of
such) and her voice-trick might be a *heartless con-man's technique* but I
don't care, it really works and brings the tears to my eyes every time.
It's Great TV.
But this post isn't about 'whether psychics are real' or... more »
Louisiana sinkhole Updates - items of interest March 27 , 2014
http://theadvocate.com/home/8740777-125/bayou-corne-sinkhole-swallows-six
Bayou Corne sinkhole swallows six more trees
River Parishes bureau
March 27, 2014
2 COMMENTS
BAYOU CORNE — The 29-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish swallowed six
cypress trees Wednesday and had its first deep burp of gas and fluid since
late August, parish officials said.
The event comes nearly two weeks to the hour after lead scientists
investigating the sinkhole for state regulators said the hole seemed to be
on the path to stabilizing.
The sinkhole slowly pulled down six trees about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday on the... more »
Gardasil: My Doctors In Denmark Said There Were No Side Effects by Sanni Charlotte Falcke
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Gardasil: My doctors said there were no side effects
By Sanni Charlotte Falcke
Kalundborg, Denmark
Sane Vax, Inc. 25 March 2014
I am a 29 year old girl from Denmark who was harmed by the HPV vaccine
Gardasil… Here is my story:
For as long as I can remember I have struggled with my mind. I have
Paranoid Schizophrenia. It hasn’t always been easy being me. Whatever I
have experienced in the past bears no comparison with how I am feeling now
as it is no longer a mental problem but a physical problem and this change
in my health has occurred aft... more »
Inexplicata: Chronicles of the Paranormal
After many delays, INEXPLICATA: Chronicles of the Paranormal is finally
complete. Older readers may be familiar with the information presented
here, but it will be of interest to our newer readers who may have missed
out.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/214826822/INEXPLICATA-Chronicles-of-the-Paranormal
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Hamas spreading Sharia law in the Gaza Strip
News you won't find on the BBC, for whom Hamas are liberal angels fighting
a righteous war against the evil apartheid state of Israel.
Details are here
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wap/Item.aspx?type=0&item=178909
I AM Without Prejudice: ALL that is needed
Many conversations are circling in groups online and in person over the use
of signatures. As I have pointed out over the past few days, "They" need
your signature to take your value. "They" cannot touch your value even with
a 10 foot pole without that scribble that is your signature.... hence they
will do ANYTHING to get your signature onto a document.
Everything you sign, from here on out, should include the words "Without
Prejudice". For me, it is now part of my signature on EVERYTHING.
One thing that Heather explained to me yesterday that makes absolute sense
to me, is th... more »
This is why women should not be on the Supreme Court...
*because they tend to reason by way of their feelings rather than logic.*
Before we go further, I'm well aware that many of my female readers are not
going to like what I have to say. That's mainly because the majority of
women who visit here have exceptionally logical minds. Being a woman does
not preclude thinking logically.
However, women and men *do* think differently and reach conclusions based
on different criteria. Women have been gifted with an abundance of
compassion and a nurturing spirit. The care and raising of children
requires these types of gifts.
Men, before bei... more »
The Universe really began with the Big Bang singularity
Matt Strassler wrote two recent blog posts that attempt to denounce a
singularity at the beginning of the expansion of our Universe and to
question the Big Bang itself.
While I agree with most of the detailed technical claims he is making (e.g.
with the constantly repeated notion that the closer to the Big Bang we
dive, the more uncertain our knowledge about the phenomena becomes etc.),
the truth value and purpose of the main propositions that Matt wants to
defend remain mysterious to me. (See also my conversation with Umesh.)
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then near... more »
Thursday ISA edition
Greetings from Toronto. In advance of tonight’s OAIS blogging awards
gathering at 7:15pm in Sheraton Ballroom C, the Duck non-collective
collective got together for a pre-soiree soiree. Folks were in good from.
For many of us, it was the first chance for us to ever meet in person. For
me, this is a quick trip,
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Lather, rinse, repeat - what is this REPEATED LIFE lesson - trying to teach us?
Repeated Life lessons.
Kinda like having a recurring dream/nightmare.
Having researched the form, I understand we're, "Being told something," by
these events/dreams and I'm not sure I'm listening properly or able to act
upon this Repeated Life lesson.
A few days ago, I started (but didn't publish) a blogpost on the subject of
*achievemephobia* or Fear of Success, which I suspected I suffered from.
Personally, I feel VERY HAPPY with the 'creative life' I've had; as an
artist I thought I created some powerful images; as a writer I thought I
created some powerful characters; as a c... more »
NYTimes Editorial Board Goes Soft on 4 Year Olds
Maybe
Brent Staples is getting sentimental in his middle age, but the
Editorial
Board is suddenly all misty-eyed about pre-K and kindergarten urban
childrenbeing kicked out of school for any breach of the total
compliance system
perfected in the KIPP reform schools.
I, too, worry about these children, but I worry, too, about the ones who
are left there, whose little human spirits that are not strong enough to
cry out, NO. And then there are those suffering in the 1-12 grades, who
are subjected to a regimen that even adult teachers can't take for more
than than a year or two, with la... more »
Will Hotter, Drier Summers & Milder Winters Become The Norm In Future?
*Will Hotter, Drier Summers & Milder Winters Become The Norm In Future?*
There has recently been reports from scientific experts in reference to the
hottest summer ever occurring during 2014 on the basis of El Nino weather
patterns. Unfortunately, these predictions do not consider how solar
activity can influence our weather patterns and other major factors such as
the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in relation to the frequency and
strength of El Nino and La Nina episodes. The PDO identifies warm or cool
surface waters in the Pacific Ocean (largest ocean in the world) on a
monthl... more »
Karen Hudes, David Crayford and ME- From RMN
There has been an on going conversation on Rumor Mill News, back and forth
between David Crayford and I, for the past two or three days. As the
conversation links have slid so far down the RMN main page, I am posting
the on going conversation here for transparency.
It all started with the posting of an article, originally from
Philosophyofmetrics HERE, between JC Collins and Karen Hudes on RMN which
can be found HERE
I am not going to get into the details of it, but highly recommend reading
it as Collins writing is very insightful and thought provoking at the best
of times, and... more »
BLISS?
*Interdimensional *
We can speculate about what life is all about.
But nobody has yet come up with a complete answer that can be proven to be
correct.
We can, however, look at a formula for achieving happiness and bliss.
And we can put it to the test to see if it works.
Teachers such as Buddha tell us not to hold on to of pain, sorrow and fear.
"When Jack Schwarz sticks a long sailor's needle through his bicep, he
feels no pain, does not bleed and has no infection.
"Why? He uses a detachment visualization technique.
"It is not HIS arm attached to HIS body, but instead it is A... more »
Brazil Public Prosecutor Asks For A Total Ban On Herbicides
[image: Foto: Brazil's Public Prosecutor has requested a total ban on
glyphosate based herbicides. The Public Prosecutor has also sought an
injunction on 2,4-D as well as several other herbicides that are all
suspected of damaging human health and environment, pending further
toxicity studies and seeks to prohibit the release of 2,4-D resistant GMO
crops. YAY! for Brazil. Let's hope they follow in Sri Lanka's footsteps and
drop the ban hammer on Roundup and all glyphosate based herbicides. This
leads us to ask: How many countries will BAN ROUNDUP before the U.S.
decides it's not ok ... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2JtNQublQ
Take a break from the lying mainstream media and listen to Paul Craig Roberts telling you the truth about what might and might not happen in Ukraine now the Washington neocon idiots have messed up. In the second part he analyzes the options the Fed may try to stave off the day of reckoning as the economy inexorably sinks with no return.
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http://youtu.be/AhxZxL56B00
Paul Craig Roberts: US is Completely Busted, Non-Delivery of Gold - Crash
the System, War in Ukraine
Greg Hunter
Published on Mar 11, 2014
http://usawatchdog.com/united-states-... - Economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
says, "The physical stock of gold in the West to meet delivery demand is
diminishing rapidly. So, one day the Chinese will buy 100 tons of gold, and
we won't be able to make delivery. That would crash the system. It would
just pop. So, there are things that could crash it suddenly. Regardless . .
. the eco... more »
"And Never, Never To Forget..."
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never
get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life
around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its
lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and
understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."
- Arundhati Roy
The Poet: Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"
*"What I Have Learned So Far"*
"Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,
looking into the shining world? Because, properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause? I don't think so.
All summations have a beginning, all effect has a
story, all kindness begins with the sown seed.
Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of
light is the crossroads of- indolence, or action.
Be ignited, or be gone."
~... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some
200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away
toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of
the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster.
*Click image for larger size.*
This sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of
the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across
the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole.
Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the
galaxy's e... more »
Cheesecake and Orange Cake- You're Invited Link-Up
Wow! Can you believe it’s already been six whole weeks since we started the
You’re Invited link party? We’ve seen so many amazing projects and recipes
linked up! I love that the link up is slowly growing and seeing so many new
faces joining in on the fun! It’s Jesseca’s turn to take the wheel and
feature some of her favorites form the last party!
[image: You're invited header 2] Hey everyone! Glad to be back in charge
and excited to share a few posts that I’ve been working on this week! The
focus has been more on the sweet side, but I did manage to throw in one
savory recipe! Make s... more »
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*Climate change: the debate is about to change radically*
*As many Warmists now acknowledge, there is no point in trying to stop
global warming; all we can do is adapt to whatever arises*
The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) is due out next week. If the leaked draft is reflected in the
published report, it will constitute the formal moving on of the debate
from the past, futile focus upon "mitigation" to a new debate about
resilience and adaptation.
The new report will apparently tell us that the global GDP costs of an
expected global a... more »
“Invasion of the Data Snatchers"
*“Invasion of the Data Snatchers:*
*Big Data and the Internet of Things Means the Surveillance of Everything”*
By Catherine Crump and Matthew Harwood
“Estimates vary, but by 2020 there could be over 30 billion devices
connected to the Internet. Once dumb, they will have smartened up thanks to
sensors and other technologies embedded in them and, thanks to your
machines, your life will quite literally have gone online.
The implications are revolutionary. Your smart refrigerator will keep an
inventory of food items, noting when they go bad. Your smart thermostat
will learn your habits ... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 20, 1990-1992
The Mubarak regime, supported financially and militarily by the United
States, was accused of serious human rights violations, including extensive
use of torture. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2014 [With all
the dramatic activity in … finish reading Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 20, 1990-1992
Holding John Boehner Accountable? Not Steve Israel Or His Lame DCCC
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
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
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*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
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 »
The Sandy Hook HOAX: Follow The Money - Nearly $100 Million Collected!
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?
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))
Jimmy Carter may be 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
Tax Cut 18: On 10% Flat Tax, Greco Belgica and GDP Growth
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
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 ?
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
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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
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*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
*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 - 1 day ago
Iraq.......
Iraq Election Commission Resigns Ahead of April VoteCommission Cites
'Intense Pressures' From Maliki Govt
by Jason Ditz, March 25, 2014
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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?
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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*So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code — it’s only the Lower
Ninth ~Roberta Brandes Gratz, The Lens*
Review of evidence in charge to jury
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
*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
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
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...
H/T Laughing Conservative
Guest Post From Senator Ted Lieu-- Ending Domestic Spying
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?
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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
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?
*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
*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”
*“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
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!
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
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'
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
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!
*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
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
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 »
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