Green Tree Frog--underside (Photo credit: cotinis)OK, geography whizzes, it's time once again to strut your geographical stuff. Plus: "How do you show the unshowable?"
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 minutes ago
*This cover was trickier than we civilians probably would have thought,
since how, after all, do you illustrate black holes, which can't be seen?
Tom O'Neill tells the story in "Behind the Cover: March 2014 -- How do you
show the unshowable?"*
*by Ken*
In January I passed along the monthly geography quiz that *National
Geographic* cleverly prints on the sheet that -- stuck inside the sealed
plastic that carries your subscription copy -- serves as your address label
("Who's up for a jography quiz? Plus Garrison Keillor's 'personal
geography' of 'home'"). I guess I was feeling kind ... more »
Predatory Reform Strikes Again: Kahn Academy and College Board
educationalchemy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 38 minutes ago
Kahn Academy and College Board have joined forced to “revise” college SAT
testing! And they’ve brought their buddies ALEC, Gates, and McKinsey along
for the ride. Predatory reform strikes again. Kahn Academy is the darling
of education “reformers” and entrepreneurs, spearheading the movement to
provide online instruction in lieu of bodied and interactive learning, to
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*Bobby and Big Oil squash Mr. Bill ~Gambit *
CPAC 2014: Rand Paul electrifies the audience...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 hour ago
*"Imagine when the White House is occupied by a friend of liberty."*
"I'm talking about electing lovers of liberty."
"Our rights our inherent. They are inseparable from our person. Our rights
our innate. They come from our Creator and no government can take them
from us."
"Let's take a stand."
"It's a time for boldness and action."
"Let us stand together for liberty."
John (Fire) Lame Deer, "The Green Frog Skin"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
"The Green Frog Skin"
by John (Fire) Lame Deer
"The Green Frog Skin – that’s what I call the dollar bill. In our attitude
towards it lies the biggest difference between the Indians and the whites.
My grandparents grew up in an Indian world without money. Just before the
Custer battle the white soldiers had received their pay. Their pockets were
full of green paper and they had no place to spend it. What were their last
thoughts as an Indian bullet or arrow hit them? I guess they were thinking
of all that money going to waste, of not having had a chance to enjoy it,
of a bunch of du... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
“Brilliant Venus and the central Milky Way rise in the early morning hours
of March 1 in this sea and skyscape. The scene looks out from a beach at
Sea Isle City, New Jersey, USA, planet Earth.
*Click image for larger size.*
Of course, Earth orbits well within the solar system's habitable zone, that
Goldilocks region not too close and not too far from the Sun where surface
temperatures can support liquid water. Similar in size to Earth, Venus lies
just beyond the inner boundary of the habitable zone. The watery reflection
of light from our inhospitable sister planet is seen along a c... more »
Chet Raymo,“The Spare And The True”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“The Spare And The True”*
by Chet Raymo
“Twice during the past few years, someone has alerted me to quotes from my
Globe columns in the American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed.), illustrating
the use of words. For spacefaring, the dictionary cites my reference to
"spacefaring nations."
For exotic, 2. Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange, the
dictionary cites my observation "If something can be explained simply, in a
familiar way, then it is best to avoid more exotic explanations."
Now that pleases me. I contributed Ockham's Razor to the American Heritage
Dictionary... more »
Washington State Legislature Considers Tying Test Scores to Teacher and Principal Evaluations
James Boutin at @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago
Two bills currently under consideration before the legislature in
Olympia, Senate Bill 5880 and House Bill 2800, would mandate the inclusion
of state test scores in both teacher and principal evaluations. These bills
were introduced after US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Governor
Jay Inslee that he would not consider extending a NCLB waiver currently in
place […]
"Pinocchio Paul" Ryan blames his latest whopper on one of Scott Walker's hired liars
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Rep. "Pinocchio Paul" Ryan (R-WI) says this lie isn't his fault!*
. . . Should [Ryan] get a pass because he heard this from a witness before
Congress? It really depends on the circumstances. In this case, he
referenced the story in a major speech. The burden always falls on the
speaker, and we believe politicians need to check the facts in any prepared
remarks.
In this case, apparently, the story was too good to check. We appreciate he
is regretful now. But a simple inquiry would have determined that the
person telling the story actually is an advocate for the federal programs
... more »
SHADES OF TRUTH
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
At an EU summit in Brussels, Ukraine's interim Prime Minister has claimed
that there are Russian tanks on the ground in the country. That's despite
Ukraine's own border patrol maintaining that no forces had crossed the
frontier. Well in her regular report - Gayane Chichakyan has put together
the many other claims around events in Ukraine that simply don't add up.
Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people --- flight MH370 Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing , arrival time was 22:30 GMT.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
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A Malaysia Airline plane is missing with 200 passengers. *Photo: Joe Armao*
Search and rescue teams are trying to find a Malaysia Airlines plane that
has gone missing with more than 200 passengers on board.
The airline lost contact with the B777-200 aircraft after it departed Kuala
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Emerging market debt - China faces the threat of another corporate bond default ( which would be the third such threatened default of a credit product so far this year ) as a solar related company has a interest payment due Friday March 7 , 2014 which is allegedly cannot meet - do we see China kick the default can down the road again ? Hidden debts of emerging market nations ( Russia and Ukraine in focus ) , examining offshore debt issuance for those nations with the largest exposures .... Emerging markets face problem with arithmetic - Ordinary households in too many countries have seen their share of total GDP plunge. Until it rebounds, the global imbalances will only remain in place, and without a global New Deal, the only alternative to weak demand will be soaring debt ......
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Zero Hedge....
China On The Verge Of First Corporate Bond Default Once More
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While everyone was focusing on the threat of tumbling debt dominoes in
China's shadow banking sector, a new threat has re-emerged: regular, plain
vanilla corporate bankruptcies, in the co
Putin Flouts Obama as Neocons Stew
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 4 hours ago
In the latest episode in the ongoing reality show* ‘Death of a Narcissist’* it
is almost painful to see the incredible shrinking president Barack Obama
continuing to thrash about on his own hook. For the second time in six
months or so Barry has talked much smack in leading the international law
violation machine that is U.S. foreign policy towards yet another foreign
policy crisis that despite his rhetoric and pocket media onslaught he has
no way of emerging victorious. In the late 1980's dark comedy "The War of
the Roses" the divorce attorney played by Danny DeVito wisely offere... more »
UKRAINE CRISIS: What You Need to Know About the Sniper Leak
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 4 hours ago
[image: AMTV] AMTV
*Mar 7, 2014*
In today's video, Christopher Greene of AMTV reports on the Ukraine sniper
leak.
http://www.amtvmedia.com/re-direct-uk...
Classroom Activity: Institutions as Epiphenomena and Screening Mechanisms
Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 5 hours ago
This activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture
(slides) on how international institutions promote cooperation. In that
lecture, I presented the epiphenomenal critique, which I think establishes
an important baseline, then went on to discuss specific mechanisms by which
institutions might solve coordination problems, collaboration problems, and
problems of trust/fear of exploitation (the
Continue reading
The thesis of this column is that the U.S. "mainstream media" reports only "news" vetted by the U.S. Government, an entity that lies on virtually every issue for which We The People would be better off learning the truth. The "mainstream media" now reports only the government's version, because several well known and respected U.S. newscasters have been fired for telling the truth. Currently, the government propaganda being passed off as news is blaming Russia for things that happened recently in Ukraine that Russia did not commit. Ironically, a popular American newscaster for Russia Today (RT), Abby Martyn fell for some of this propaganda and criticized Russia on the air for doing things it actually didn't do ...and yet she was NOT fired! So who is the "Evil Empire" now?
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago
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*Propaganda Rules The News –Paul Craig Roberts*
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Propaganda Rules The News
Paul Craig Roberts
Gerald Celente calls the Western media “presstitutes,” an ingenuous term
that I often use. Presstitutes sell themselves to Washington for access and
government sources and to keep their jobs. Ever since the corrupt Clinton
regime permitted the concentration of the US media, there has been no
jo... more »
Musical Interlude: Kevin Wood, “In Search Of Kindred Spirits”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Kevin Wood, “In Search Of Kindred Spirits”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxkT5TQbWg
“A Social Science of Human Rights” – Some New Social Science
amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
This morning, I woke up with a very nice notice about the 50th Anniversary
Issue of Journal of Peace Research in my inbox. The issue is worth
checking out – there’s some good stuff in there. As a human rights scholar,
I was really interested in the “A Social Science of Human Rights” piece by
Emilie
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Fully serve the Shenendehowa 568!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014*
*The Times attends kindergarten:* Are we a literate people? Do we know how
to read and write?
Increasingly, we’d have to say the answer is no. For our latest case in
point, we present an article which appeared on the front page of today’s
New York Times, “New York Edition” only.
The report concerns full-day kindergarten in the state of New York. From
his study carrel on the front page, Al Baker describes the problem:
BAKER (3/7/14): A significant expansion of full-day preschool in the state
is likely in the coming years, though a fight continues between Gov.... more »
Why Settle? Is Bernie Sanders Going To Run For President?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Why Settle is the name of an ActBlue page that suggests that we do
*not*have to always settle for vile careerist corporate shills as
presidential
nominees. Alternatives are offered. One of those alternatives is the
great
independent senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders. And yesterday, John
Nichols offered Sanders*The Nation*'s platform to explain why he's
prepared
to run (against Hillary Clinton and whichever right-wing automaton the
Republicans put up. "Sanders," writes Nichols, "has begun talking with
savvy progressive political strategists, traveling to unexpected
locations
suc... more »
It's Time for Congress to Investigate High Stakes Testing
freetoteach at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
More than 400 educators, citizens, bloggers, activists and parents met in
Austin, Texas for the first Annual Network for Public Education Conference.
The press release just doesn't seem to be getting much press. Diane
Ravitch was on the Ed Show last night on MSNBC. I suppose that's a start
but the real story, Ed, is the call for investigative Congressional
hearings on how high stake standardized testing has become the WMD in the
takeover of public schools by for profit corporations.
Pick up the phone and call your representatives and let them know that
you've had enough of this ga... more »
Quixotic Left? Well, "Not True Sales" Has Been Regular Bank Business for Decades . . . So . . . (Feeding the Beast) Di(a)mon(d) Still Golden, Er . . . Platinum (Not All Agricultural Systems Are Created Equal)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 7 hours ago
JPMorgan and other megabanks have now been caught in over a dozen major
frauds, including LIBOR-rigging and bid-rigging; yet no prominent banker
has gone to jail. Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of all mortgages nationally
remain underwater (meaning the balance owed exceeds the current value of
the home), sapping homeowners’ budgets, the housing market and the economy.
Since the banks, the
Morocco: Going to Aouchtam- Are you Coming?
D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 7 hours ago
We are on our Way to Morocco!!!! I want to send a huge THANK YOU out to
everyone who has donated funds for us to get there- we have received enough
to book our air fare to get Back to Morocco and we will be leaving in the
next couple of weeks. Now comes the packing and sorting and making lists
of what to bring with us, what to ship :blankets, towels, extra clothing,
pots and pans and kitchen wares, books, toys, - for the community in
Aouchtam.
Nick and I are also considering gathering up supplies- house hold goods,
construction materials etc...- in Canada and shipping a contai... more »
A Schneider Debriefing on Weingarten
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
On Sunday, March 2, 2014, I participated in a much-publicized Common Core
(CCSS) panel with four other individuals as part of the Network for Public
Education (NPE) first annual conference in Austin, Texas. (A 40-minute
video of the CCSS panel can be found here; a five-minute video excerpt of
my seven-minute opener can be found here.) One […]
Friday Nerd Blogging: Textual Analysis Edition
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
Everything is awesome! But I do wonder if the song from the Lego movie
(see below) is not just a secret appeal to irredentism: “Everything is cool
when we are part of a team!” So, everything is better when folks are
united, and what is more united than a mother country with its lost
territory?
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INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT INDEPENDENCE
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*The Scottish National Party (SNP) wants Scotland to be independent, but
are the SNP being led by the wrong people?*
*According to commentator John Wight: *
"The SNP, and the broader YES campaign they are leading, are *starting to
pay a heavy price for their timidity* *in putting forward a vision for
Scottish independence*, *which can be summed up as 'independence without
independence.'"*
*Campaign for Scottish independence vulnerable*
*In the Financial Times, John Kay wrote: *
"It is possible to imagine a future for an independent Scotland
characterised by *reactionary municipal... more »
The Conservative Party Of Canada Insists That Ending Mail Home Delivery Provides An 'Exercise Opportunity' For Seniors ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 8 hours ago
*We've had enough of Stephen Harper ........*
Syrian Archbishop tells USA: Stop Murdering Syrians
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
Video Title: Syrian Archbishop tells USA: Stop Murdering Syrians. Source:
Mussalaha Reconciliation. Date Published: March 2, 2014. Description:
This is an excerpt from an interview with the Archbishop of Hassakeh-Nisibi
for the Syriac Catholics, Jacques Behnan Hindo, where he expresses his
anger at Western foreign policy that has been actively backing hardline
Wahhabi terrorists to topple the Syrian government while causing all
Syrians to suffer as a result.
Quote:
"I myself am not that much for the government. However, when I compare what
awaits me with these people to what I ha... more »
Rick Perry inspires at CPAC: "Good morning, America"...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
*I still like Rick Perry.*
I leave you with this as I dash off to work.
Watch "There Is No European Demos: Why AECR will not propose a candidate for the Commission Presidency" on YouTube
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
EU democracy? A chimera...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngp1V3M1NVA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Justice Vic Toews
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
*OTTAWA, March 7, 2014* – The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for
Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today
announced the following appointment:
*The Honourable Victor E. Toews* is appointed a judge of the Court of
Queen's Bench of Manitoba to replace Mr. Justice D.P. Bryk, who elected to
become a supernumerary judge as of February 16, 2014.
Mr. Justice Toews received a Bachelor of Laws from Robson Hall, University
of Manitoba, in 1976 and was admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1977. He
received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of ... more »
Watch "BDS Bullies at NUI Galway"
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
The sound of prejudice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHKOZUEJcE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And finally...
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Oh, those i's and t's!
I just can't leave them be without wanting every last one of them dotted
and crossed, so here's a final post about that flippin' "suppressed"
immigration that *Newsnight *was so pleased with itself for reporting about
the other night, and about which you're probably well and truly sick of
hearing about!...
Last night's *Newsnight* *di*d return to the story (as predicted) but,
rather like Ian Katz's tweet earlier in the day heavily insinuating that
the government chose yesterday to release the report because it was 'a good
day to bury bad news' (because of t... more »
"I Rise Today To Talk About The Persecution Of Christians Around The World!" Congressman Byrne; Hezbollah's Leader to Christians: 'Where are your Churches, Crosses, & Nuns?' - English Subtitles
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
The main reason why Christians are under threat in Syria and across the
Middle East is because Congressman Byrne's own lunatic government is
backing extremist forces like Al-Qaeda with money and weapons, not because
of the attitudes of the people of these countries towards Christians.
Blaming the governments of Syria, Egypt, and Iraq for the persecution of
Christians is a bit rich when it is the U.S. government that has backed
anti-Christian Al-Qaeda terrorists in these countries.
Along with Al-Qaeda and other intolerant groups, the other force that is
threatening and persecuting C... more »
Will BRAVO Spawn A Monster This November… In Charleston?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
No one knows if South Carolina Republican-turned-Libertarian Thomas Ravenel
is floating trial balloons about running for Senate this year-- against his
nemesis Lindsey Graham-- as a publicity stunt for his new BRAVO TV show, Southern
Charm or if his participation in the shocking TV show is a publicity stunt
for his Senate run. But this week the *Post and Courier* broke the story--
for those who didn't watch the first episode of the bizarre
Charleston-based reality-sit-com-- that Ravenel may take on Lindsey Grahamas an independent candidate.
For those who haven't been following the... more »
\(P=NP\) is conceivable; there is no partial evidence in purely discrete mathematics
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
Scott Aaronson of MIT has finally written his new essay
The Scientific Case for \(P\neq NP\)
where your humble correspondent is appointed as the spokesman of the people
who suggest that
\(P\neq NP\) is just “a fashionable dogma of the so-called experts,”
something that’s no more likely to be true than false.
A fine summary, by the way.
We the doubters can even point to at least one accomplished complexity
theorist, Dick Lipton, who publicly advocates agnosticism about whether
\(P=NP\), Scott says. (Check that my text on \(P=NP\) and the Erdös problemthat was written two weeks earli... more »
“Christie’s Bridge, Netanyahu’s Diet”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*“Christie’s Bridge, Netanyahu’s Diet”*
by Thomas Are
“It’s been a half a year and Chris Christie is still in the news. At least
his administration is in trouble because they shut down two of three access
lanes to the George Washington Bridge. Last August, a deputy chief of
staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, emailed David Wildstein, the governor’s
appointee to the Port Authority, saying, “Time for some traffic problems in
Fort Lee.” Wildstein responded, “Got it.” And, “it” caused a huge traffic
jam for days and the question remains, “Did Christie know about it?”
Americans just won’t put ... more »
CORRUPTION SPREADS: The drinking game!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014*
*Part 4—Sober as a judge:* Incomparably, your Daily Howler keeps
demanding—and getting—results.
Yesterday, MSNBC brought itself up to date with respect to its transcripts.
In fairness, we’d be slow to post transcripts too, if we had transcripts
like theirs.
The background:
On Wednesday morning, the New York Times reported on a four-page statement
it said it had received from Paul Nunziato’s lawyer.
Nunziato is head of the Port Authority police union. (He hasn’t stepped
down or been fired.) On Wednesday evening, Rachel Maddow built two segments
around the ... more »
Let's do some critical thinking
skrashen at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
Sent to the Denver Post, March 7.
The Douglas County school superintendent says that students should not just
"compare and contrast" but "create and evaluate" and engage in critical
thinking ("Educators to state: Let's go above common core," March 6).
Agreed.
Let's start by evaluating whether we should have common core standards and
tests at all.
How many policy makers are aware of these facts?
(1) US students do very well on international tests when we control for
poverty: There is no crisis.
(2) 23% of our children live in poverty.
(3) Poverty means lack of good food, lack of h... more »
More Cyber Punk Wear
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 12 hours ago
Read all about the Tsar proof clothing. This joins the bullet proof suit,
drone proof hoodie and the video disruptive cap in the modern wardrobe.
H/T Boing Boing
Meet Ukraine's kosher "ultra-nationalists"
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 hours ago
*The Jewish Daily Forward* recently published an interesting - and quite
revealing - article about Ukraine's supposed "ultra-nationalist" movement
Right Sector and its leader, Dmitry Yarosh.
Israel’s ambassador in Kiev, Reuven Din El, opened a hotline with a
Ukrainian ultra-nationalist movement to “prevent provocations.”
The agreement came at the end of a meeting held last week between Din El
and Dmitry Yarosh, the leader of the Right Sector paramilitary group, which
participated in the overthrow of the government of President Viktor
Yanukovych.
In the meeting, “Dmitry Yarosh stres... more »
CIA = Caught in Act
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
So what's more horrendous -- that the CIA was caught spying on United
States Senators, or that the CIA appears to be getting away with it,
gleefully thumbing its nose at all of us because it enjoys the full faith
and protection of elected officials past, present, and future?
Just who was caught, and who has already been captured? (Hint: every
compromised elected official with a past, a cell phone, and a computer)
When even Rachel Maddow, who normally makes me cringe because she is
normally such a shill for the Obama Administration and the Democrats, calls
the spying scandal "the dea... more »
Ukraine: Inflamed? Guerilla war? MSM media silence on the fascism in Ukraine?
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
*2 updates below: *
I have spent quite a bit of time reading this morning. First some recent
stuff and then some history.
*Tymoshenko warns of guerrilla war*
Leading Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko said there was a danger of
guerrilla war in Crimea should it be incorporated into Russia and appealed
to Germany and others on Friday for immediate economic sanctions against
Moscow.
Should this be taken as a threat by the fascist forces in NATO and in the
Ukraine that she is allied with?
Is this when the Tatar and friend mercenaries will come into play?
Worrisome.
*CNN- Why Wes... more »
Stop Mass Warrant Free Surveillance for the second time!
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago
Link to stop this fascism.
Remember that favorite of babysitters from coast to cost Mr Vic. He said
"either your with us or your with the child molesters" last time they tried
to pass this bill. Well this time Peter McKay is trying to stuff the same
garbage into a On line bully bill. Last time Open Media got 120,000
Canadians to sign up, lets hope they are still aware.
Fraud vitiating sexual consent
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
R. v. Hutchinson 2014 SCC 19:
[67] As we have seen, "fraud" for the purposes of
consent has two elements: (1) dishonesty, which can include the
non-disclosure of important facts; and (2) deprivation or risk of
deprivation in the form of serious bodily harm which results from the
dishonesty: *Cuerrier*. Did the Crown prove that no consent was obtained by
virtue of fraud?
[68] The dishonesty in this case is evident and
admitted. Mr. Hutchinson obtained the complainant's consent to sexual
intercourse only by failing to disclose the c... more »
Answering The Questions As To Why I, As A Canadian, Am Concerned About The Fraud Sandy Hook Shooting!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
Sandy Hook.... After all this time and all the rhetoric, I for one am
SHOCKED that the people just do not get it.... This was indeed an operation
carried out by the US Government and their own "Department Of Homeland
Security" for the goals of striking the psychological effect of fear into
the American public so that they will again surrender their weapons as
granted to them by the second Amendment to the US Constitution, as well as
giving up more of their "freedoms and liberties" in return for a measure
of "security".... But the American people still do not get it... For when
they... more »
China's Official News Site - Commentary; U.S., Delusional,Blamed for Ukraine Crisis, Forced Pro-Russian President out.
Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 13 hours ago
China's official state News Website has a scathing commentary on Ukraine
and what is happening there. They call the U.S. 'delusional' and were
behind the ousting of the Pro Russian government to install their own
controlled Pro Western government. Understand China's leaders will not come
right out and say these things. They allow them to be said on their
official site through commentary.
Harper's 'Fair' Elections Act
LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago
Has Harper gone crazy? Does he care about democracy? He seems more and
more a dictator. Harper's Conservatives even shortened debate in the House
of Commons over this bill.
The Chief Electoral Officer was not involved in the drafting process, he
only saw it after the media did. Usually, for a bill of this nature, the
Chief Electoral Officer would be involved. This bill limits the ability of
the Chief Electoral Officer to communicate with the public, he stated that
he is barred from talking about democracy.
It was quite something watching Harper's Minister of State for Undemocrati... more »
David Coleman's New SAT: Still Racist, Still Classist
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
It should come as no surprise that the head of the College Board, David
Coleman, has made the new SAT more in line with the Common Core. One thing
he can't change, even with efforts to provide some online tutorials to
those who can't afford $5000 SAT prep courses, is the fact that students
from poor backgrounds score lower than those with higher incomes.
It has always been the case, ever since Carl Brigham took the work of his
eugenicist pal, Robert Yerkes, to turn the Alpha A test for sorting GIs in
WWI into as a college admissions test for keeping the poor out of the best
coll... more »
CSPAN VIDEO: House Foreign Affairs Committee Al-Qaeda In Iraq
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
Barking
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
*“Is it time the government listened to the people about the effect
immigration is having in changing our communities?”* asked Pam Dumbleton
from the audience of last night’s Question Time.
*“Just, in what way do you think the government isn’t listening?”* enquired
David Dimbleby.
*“The government haven’t got a clue. David Cameron hasn’t been to Barking,
and if he came they’d be warned in advance and everything would be brushed
up. The government need to come and walk through our town, and just see how
we now live.*
*Go back twelve years, it was totally different. Now, we are the ... more »
David Coleman’s Latest Khan
Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Originally posted on the becoming radical:
Maybe we need a Khan Academy video series to help the public in the U.S.
understand the term “free.” When you are driving late at night, and you are
in unfamiliar rural America in need of a hotel, you see a relatively
rundown hotel with a sign announcing “FREE…
Big Difference between Sandy Hook and Other School Shootings. Lt. Vance screws up in his first Press Meeting.
Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 15 hours ago
News Helicopter coverage of McNair Elementary school in 2013 - Evacuation
of Children What is the Big Difference between Sandy Hook and the other
school shootings that happened last year? The Big Difference of SH shooting
coverage to other schools. No helicopter news coverage. No showing
children evacuating. All other school shootings show this. Also, Lt. Vance
screws up in his
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Lee Zurik Investigation: Senator's bill would open the spigot for PAC cash
~WVUE*
*"Thank you New Orleans for an amazing nine years.." Is Lance Moore gone?
~WWLTV *
*Jimbo Mathus takes his time, makes the album he wants ~Alex Rawls, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Honoring Dr. John’s Musical Influence: Concert May 3 at Saenger ~WWOZ*
Sierra Club Endorses Paul Clements (MI-06)
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
One of the glory days of the progressive movement, led in this instance by
the environmental activists in our midst, was when we took down crooked
pollution icon Dirty Dick Pombo and elected Democrat Jerry McNerney to
replace him. We first had to beat some jackoff Rahm Emanuel and the DCCC
were trying to deliver the nomination to under the trope that only
corporate whores can beat Republican incumbents. After Rahm the DCCC almost
reformed by Chris Van Hollen-- almost-- and then wound up in the hands of a
more venal and less intelligent version of Rahm, Steve Israel. Taking down
t... more »
Male vs Female in sport - weightlifting
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Further to this morning's post and the continued claims from
@SexismInSports that 'Women are NOT the weaker sex' I thought I'd compare a
sport where strength is of great importance, although technique does also
play an important part, weightlifting.
The trouble with making direct comparisons is that the weight (of the
competitor) categories are not always directly comparable so I have
compared in all but one case only where the women are in a higher weight
category, thus giving them a slight advantage. The exception to this is in
the highest women's category when women of any weight... more »
Fellowships of Energies engage the planetary surface as stagnants are cleared
Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
*Fellowships of Energies engage the planetary surface as stagnants are
cleared*
by ÉirePort
Fellowships of Energies engage the planetary surface as stagnants are
cleared.
Such Fellowships are cooperative layers of energies that harmonize in a way
beneficial to the upliftment of humanity general.
Significance of such Fellowships reveal at a time suited to all involved,
but assuredly, such are required for the current now moment.
Precedence for this has not been set before this moment.
Rising Energetics on all dimensional levels is enabled by the Fellowships.
ÉirePort | March 7, ... more »
DPP Blue Paper on Defense
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 15 hours ago
[image: EastCoastMar2014170]
*The east coast south of Chenggong.*
The DPP put out its latest Defense Blue Paper, laying out its defense
policy. Defense News notes:
In a marked departure from past efforts, the opposition party’s think tank,
New Frontier Foundation, released a remarkable report on China’s military
ambitions against Taiwan.
...
“China’s Military Threats Against Taiwan in 2025” is the fifth in a series
of “blue papers” produced by the DPP think tank on defense issues, but it
is the first to produce substantive research on the People’s Liberation
Army’s (PLA) modernizat... more »
Is Sexual Harassment Against Contract Employees Legal?
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
I received this question on my post I Reported Harassment and Now HR Wants
to Meet With Me. What Do I Do?
Thank you for this article, it is very informative. I was wondering what
the difference is when I'm a contract employee for a company. I work
minimal hours weekly at a private company. I experienced verbal sexual
harassment by a coworker. I reported it to the director and was fired via
email a few days later. Then a few hours later I was re-hired. They
realized I could sue them apparently. They are now limiting my freedom to
move around the company without someone with me. They ... more »
What Leaders Read
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Earlier this week, Angela Merkel worried that Vladimir Putin was living "in
another world." Leonoid Bershidsky writes that Putin does indeed inhabit
another world -- not because he's crazy, but because he has read different
books than those we have read:
Maria Snegovaya, a graduate student at Columbia University, provides a
useful analysis of the sources of Putin’s ideology, rooted in the writings
of early 20th century messianic, nationalist philosophers Nikolai
Berdyayev, Vladimir Solovyov and Ivan Ilyin. To them, Russia had a mission
to spread and maintain the Orthodox Christia... more »
Getty Lifts Restrictions on 35 Million Images
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 16 hours ago
When Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency, effectively opens its
picture vaults to make them library free to use, you have to stand back and
realise that access to use restricted stuff is radically changing.
Getty combating piracy not by locking up the images with restrictive
watermarks or DRM but making 35 million images, including iconic images of
Marilyn Monroe and famous ones of John F Kennedy and Barack Obama available
without cost to blogs and social media sites. However Getty Images is not
the most user friendly site and searching and establishing what is allowed
is... more »
David Coleman’s Latest Khan
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
David Coleman’s Latest Khan. via David Coleman’s Latest Khan.Filed under:
PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
“9 Things You Should Know About Your Caffeine Habit”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“9 Things You Should Know About Your Caffeine Habit”*
By Maddie Oatman
“Even if you're not among the 63 percent of Americans who drink coffee
every day, caffeine is hard to avoid. It's all over your corner store, from
energy drinks to colas and bottles of iced tea to cans of Starbucks "
Refreshers." For a while there, it was looking like even your gum was going
to be caffeinated.
But despite its pervasiveness, we still understand little about the stuff.
It doesn't help that the beverage industry hopes to keep it that way; for
instance, though energy drink sales have skyrocketed in ... more »
Studies Outside the U.S. Show Unvaccinated Children Healthier than Vaccinated Children
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
[image: unvaccinated Studies Outside the U.S. Show Unvaccinated Children
Healthier than Vaccinated Children]
Health Impact News Editor Comments:
Christina England has done an excellent job of digging up some previous
studies conducted in New Zealand and Germany comparing vaccinated children
with unvaccinated children.
In addition to these two studies, there was also a clinical study conducted
in Hong Kong in in 2012 comparing vaccinated with unvaccinated children in
regards to the flu vaccine.
Researchers conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial on children
with the trival... more »
Mapping the Internet
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 17 hours ago
we stumbled across a site Telegeography which hosts visual and interactive
maps of the Global Internet and Network infrastructure.
The maps are not only pretty impressive they also show the areas that are
'connected' and our continued reliance on cables under the sea.
The Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
Paul Craig RobertsInstitute for Political Economy
March 6, 2014
[image: ukrainian woman]
*This supporter of the Ukraine joining the EU has received her reward: a
50% cut in her pension.*
According to a report in Kommersant-Ukraine, the finance ministry of
Washington’s stooges in Kiev who are pretending to be a government has
prepared an economic austerity plan that will cut Ukrainian pensions from
$160 to $80 so that Western bankers who lent money to Ukraine can be repaid
at the expense of Ukraine’s poor. http://www.kommersant.ua/doc/2424454 It
is Greece all over again.
Before an... more »
SAT Bad Press = SAT Reboot
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 18 hours ago
Please consider a couple responses to the SAT 2016 reboot announcement, and
then another piece on the cost of the Common Core. Put the pieces together:
SAT Reboot 2016: "Nonsense It All Is" (P. L. Thomas)
Changes To The SAT (*The Onion*, satire)
Common Core Costs Too High, Failure Guaranteed
Male vs Female in sport
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
The other day I heard some women complaining about sexism in sports
coverage and today I was told, contrary to the demonstrable facts, that
'women are NOT the weaker sex' - so this post is for @SexismInSports.
I thought I'd show the current world records for Olympic athletics events -
with the addition of the mile because it's my favourite event and of
historic importance, and the taking out of the walks and multi-discipline
events. Then I compared the men with the women to show how much faster,
higher or longer the men's records are. You will see a few lines where the
women's reco... more »
Is detachment of Crimea from Kiev a victory for Russia?
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
The Crimean parliament unanimously (this is a popular style in Kiev,
Simferopol, and Moscow as well: scary in all cases) approved a bill that
removes Crimea from Ukraine and asks for a membership in the Russian
federation. A referendum should "confirm" this decision in a week. Crimea
is/was the most pro-Russian region of Ukraine, artificially donated by
RSFSR to Ukrainian SSR in the 1950s. About 60% are Russian folks, 12% are
Tatar Muslims, the rest is mostly Ukrainian.
Western pundits, including those who have a deeper understanding for the
Russian attitudes, tend to say that "gett... more »
Instructions For A Bad Day Video - A Poem by Shane Koyczan
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
*Published on February 10, 2013*
*Words of encouragement for your inevitable bad day.*
A compilation of worldwide YouTube content, the crowd-sourced documentary
"Life in a Day" by Kevin Macdonald, and local footage by Jon Goodgion.
Audio is the spoken word poem "Instructions For a Bad Day" by Shane Koyczan.
Rights remain to respective owners.
*Here is the poem in written form:*
"There will be bad days.
Be calm. Loosen your grip, opening each palm slowly now. Let go.
Be confident. Know that "now" is only a moment, and that if "today" is as
bad as it gets, understand that by tomo... more »
Ukraine – Cyber Speculation Run Rampant
Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
With my most of research right now heavily focused on cyber conflict, it
might be useful to review all the news on the cyber situation between
Ukraine and Russia. There have been many posts on the Duck and elsewhere
covering the conflict (here, here, here, here, here), so I will refrain
from summarizing the basics.
Continue reading
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.7.14”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 3.7.14”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“President Obama called the Crimean parliament vote “to enter into the
Russian Federation” a “violation of international law.” President Obama
announced sanctions on anyone “violating the sovereignty of Ukraine” or
“stealing the assets of the Ukrainian people.” The Russians said earlier in
the week they would dump dollars and Treasury bonds and also seize Western
assets if sanctions were imposed. Well, it is definitely game on. Last
week, Russia invaded Crimea and took control of the airport and seaport,
the home of th... more »
The Heart Is The Key - A Quote from M.N. Hopkins
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*The heart is the key. The heart is the way back to oneSelf as well as the
only true way to connect to the hearts of others*.
M.N. Hopkins
A Message From Vermont Right To Know About GMOs
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
*VERMONT UPDATE:*
Label GMO's Now! 2014 is the year that Vermont can lead the way by passing
a clean (no strings or trigger clauses attached) labeling bill. You can
help!
1) Get the facts on GMO food and H.112, Vermont's GMO labeling bill. w...
ww.vtrighttoknow.org
2) Spread the word. Get your yard sign at a VT food co-op or by attending
an event.
3) VT Right To Know is on the road in March! Bring a friend to a workshop
or a screening of the film GMO OMG. The next workshop is at Fletcher Allen
Library in Burlington this Thursday. Sponsored by City Market. Details:
http://w... more »
WAYNE MADSEN
Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Fredrik Reinfeldt (left)*
*1. Wayne Madsen Report* learnt "from a long-time Republican Party
consultant that *the CIA used Sweden to launder the transfer to
Wikileaks*of carefully screened and redacted State Department cables and
the
subsequent release of the cables to pre-selected corporate news media
entities.
"Sweden was chosen ... to make the release of the cables by Wikileaks
appear to be unconnected to a covert CIA and Pentagon psychological
operations program designed to place further controls on the Internet.
"The Wikileaks operation was conducted with the help of two lea... more »
Rage in the Desert: Tantoo Cardinal on Finding Voice
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
Festival Honoree Tantoo Cardinal, Cree from northern Alberta
Live from the Agua Caliente Native American Film Fest
First Nations Voices in the Cahuilla Desert Tonight
For the 50,000 children who never came home
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News Exclusive
March 6, 2014
Tantoo Cardinal in Palm Springs
Photo Brenda Norrell
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- "Rage" is not a word that most filmmakers
STANDARDIZED Brings a Suppressed Crisis to the Screen
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
Daniel Hornberger & Company’s new documentary, STANDARDIZED: Lies, Money,
and Civil Rights, finally brings into a clear focus why the testing culture
sitting atop national Common Core standards is absolutely dangerous. The
film includes testimony and experiences from a handful of very
knowledgeable and passionate professors, teachers, activists, and parents.
At roughly an hour-and-a half, […]
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko - is she a Western puppet or someone we should listen to?
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 22 hours ago
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was released from
prison after ousting President Viktor Yanukovich, tells Al Jazeera that
diplomacy doesn't work in Ukraine-Russia crisis.
In fact, she declares, "Kremlin declared war to the whole world."
*Editor's Note:* there was (ever so briefly) a full version of this Al
Jazeera interview with Tymoshenko on Liveleak but it's no longer there. If
I can find the full interview somewhere, I'll swap that in. Let me know if
you have a link to the full-length interview.
Untitled
JR at GREENIE WATCH - 22 hours ago
*DC’s green-approved buildings using more energy*
Washington, D.C. may have the highest number of certified green buildings
in the country, but research by Environmental Policy Alliance suggests it
might not be doing much good.
The free-market group analyzed the first round of energy usage data
released by city officials Friday and found that large, privately-owned
buildings that received the green energy certification Leadership in Energy
Design (LEED) actually use more energy than buildings that didn’t receive
this green stamp of approval.
LEED is the brainchild of the U.S. Gre... more »
Dr. Kevin MacDonald on The Realist Report
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 23 hours ago
Subscribe to *The Realist Report on YouTube*
*The Realist Report archives*
Guess where Obama, Mooch, the Moochlets, Granny, and the assorted servants are going to spend the weekend?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*because they really need to kick back and rest up from their last
vacation.*
How about a nice little golf and sunshine get away at the Ocean Reef Resort
in Key Largo?
Not sure where you'll be this weekend. I'll be at work.
Isn't this like giving the middle finger to every working person in this
country who, in all probability, will be working on their taxes this
weekend?
To quote one of my favorite customers who is retired military, "I can't
believe someone hasn't capped his ass."
In A Triumph Of Demagoguery-- Debo Adegbile's Nomination Goes Down In Flames
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
It doesn't surprise me that all Republicans-- including fake "moderates"
like Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Kelly Ayotte and Mark Kirk-- voted against
confirming Debo Adegbile as head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights
Division. As People for the American Way pointed out when the disgraceful 47-52
vote came down, "Today’s vote is a triumph of demagoguery… Unfortunately,
this nomination has been swept up in the poisonous atmosphere that’s
engulfed Capitol Hill. Instead of praising Debo for taking on important,
challenging issues in our justice system, his opponents rushed to tw... more »
US Progressives & Republicans Overreact To Crimea Referendum Vote On Separating From Kiev
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
The U.S. media, including so-called alternative online media outlets such
as the laughable edutainment show "The Young Turks," are against
self-determination for the people of Crimea. They believe recognizing and
respecting human rights is less important in this case than sticking it to
Russia.
There is nothing controversial or destabilizing about the people of Crimea
voting to separate themselves from the new radical government in Kiev and
going to Russia for protection and a better economic future. The government
in Kiev is bankrupt, run by a coalition of US-managed political
opp... more »
“Ohio Boy Pays It Forward”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Ohio Boy Pays It Forward”*
by CBS News
“As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets an
8-year-old boy who found $20 in a parking lot and was thinking of spending
it on a new video game. That changed when he saw the man in uniform.”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCxuVSkT7k
Guest Post - Helpful Tips for a Great, Green Move!
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
[image: Helpful Tips for a Great, Green Move!]
Winter is waning, and the peak season for movers—May until September—is
quickly approaching. If you are planning an upcoming relocation, you may
wonder how you can possibly have an eco-friendly move. Are visions of
gas-guzzling trucks, excess cardboard and trash, and evil bubble wrap
haunting your eco-friendly conscience? Don’t worry! There are numerous ways
to complete a successful relocation—with your movers’ dirty boot marks the
only footprints left behind.
Pack eco-friendly
Keep your move green by packing with earth-friendly materia... more »
Pravy Sektor: far-right gains after Ukraine's revolution
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*More dangerous than a military invasion is a financial invasion. The IMF's
mild-mannered banksters represent a bigger threat to Ukraine's sovereignty
than Putin's physically imposing troops. *
An excerpt from, *"Exclusive: Leader of Far-Right Ukrainian Militant Group
Talks Revolution With TIME"* by Simon Shuster, February 4:
"But neither can Klitschko and his fellow politicians easily sever their
ties with Pravy Sektor. The group serves some of the uprising’s most
essential functions. Its fighters control the barricades around the protest
camp in the center of Ukraine’s capital, a... more »
Putin's Account of Events in Ukraine Has Better Ring of Truth Than Kerry's
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago
The bitter truth seems all that's left US now. The bitter truth, especially
difficult for many Cold War survivors, is that Putin’s account of events in
Ukraine is more accurate than Kerry’s and Obama’s and the New York Times’.
The Russian leader finally shared his thinking during a press conference in
Moscow Tuesday. The Times reported it well enough, even as it included in
its language
Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Earth Shadow”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Deuter, “Earth Shadow”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUvSNTTBR3w
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by
bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by dust. A mere 1,000
light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the
edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud.
*Click image for larger size.*
This striking close-up view spans about two full moons on the sky or just
over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details
of the dusty region along with hints of contrasting red emission from
Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recentl... more »
Chet Raymo, “Mortal Soul 5: The Restless Heart”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Mortal Soul 5: The Restless Heart”*
by Chet Raymo
“In “Letters to a Young Poet”, Rainer Maria Rilke writes: "We should try to
love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are
written in a very foreign tongue." To which I would add, let us trust the
gifts that nature has given us - curiosity, attention, reason - and if our
personal lives are destined for oblivion, then know that we have made of
ordinary things something grander and more enduring. We are the
transformers. We are bestowers of praise. "Don't search for the answers,
which could not be given to ... more »
"Minds..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica. Thanks for stopping by.
“Why Is Our Government (and Deep State) So Incompetent?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Why Is Our Government (and Deep State) So Incompetent?”*
by Charles Hugh Smith
“Why is our government so incompetent? Short answer: because incompetence
has been fully institutionalized in every branch, every agency and every
nook and cranny of the state. Though many may reckon the U.S. government
(and its Deep State) are not so much incompetent as merely evil, I suggest
incompetence sows the seeds of evil consequences.
It’s easy to lay the responsibility for the state’s incompetence on its
staggering size and complexity, and there is much truth in the notion that
no system of th... more »
If Crimea Seeks Independence There Is Nothing Obama Can Do To Stop It; Obama Has Violated International Law, The World's Intelligence, And Mankind's Historical Memory
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
An excerpt from, *"Obama calls Crimea independence vote illegal as U.S.
destroyer sent on exercises in the Black Sea"* Associated Press via The
National Post, March 6:
President Barack Obama declared on Thursday that a referendum in 10 days on
the future of a Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula would violate international law.
*“The proposed referendum on the future of Crimea would violate the
constitution and violate international law,”* Obama said. *“We are well
beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic
leaders.”*
Obama spoke hours after a March 16 date was... more »
To return for a moment to Roz Chast's new graphic memoir, why don't we START with the punch line?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Okay, this isn't exactly the "punch line" of a "joke," but it's sort-of.
And we're going to work our way backwards, starting with the sort-of punch
line and working back to what the hell the whole thing is about. Just trust
me here, please. (With how many humorists can you perform this stunt?)*
*by Ken*
If you happen to have looked at my Monday post ("in a 'graphic memoir,' Roz
Chast looks back: 'Can't We Talk About Something More PLEASANT?'") lately,
you may have noticed a couple of updates, most importantly this one:
I sort of assumed that what was posted on the *New Yorker* w... more »
BBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led “Revolution” in Kiev, Ukraine
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
*March 7, 2014* (*Tony Cartlucci - New Eastern Outlook*) - Like the West’s
support of sectarian terrorists across the Middle East, including Al Qaeda,
it has found the most despicable elements in Ukrainian society to lead
“revolution” for the sociopolitical reordering of Eastern Europe. As the
dust settles and the West’s proxy regime finds itself safely entrenched in
Kiev, Ukraine – the Western media can now finally recuperate some of its
lost legitimacy after months of denying the obvious – that armed Neo-Nazis
led the so-called “Euromaidan” uprising.
A BBC Newsnight short titled, ... more »
In Ukraine, Washington Takes The Side of Bane; The Dark Putin Rises; Neo-Nazi Leaders Threaten To Put Ukraine Under Blanket of Terror
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"John Daggett: I paid you a small fortune. Bane: And this gives you *power*
over me? John Daggett: What is this? Bane: Your money and infrastructure
have been important... 'til now!" [*Source: IMDb*].
*"Ukraine Neo-Nazi Party Threatens Russia with Nukes: “We’ll Regain our
Nuclear Status in 6 Months”* [Global Research, March 1, 2014].
"The ADL doesn’t address the fact that *former Israeli soldiers fought
alongside with known neo-Nazi militants* who now claim to reject
antisemitism. This sends the paradoxical message that neo-Nazism is somehow
acceptable. *It is worth noting that... more »
Here It Is: The NPE Common Core Panel Video
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I plan to write a reflection on my NPE Common Core panel experience.
However, allow me to first post this 40-minute video, which, I am guessing,
includes each panelists’ opening remarks prior to the 30-minute question
and answer segment. Each panelist was afforded seven minutes to speak, in
the following order: AFT President Randi Weingarten speaks first; […]
Insurance firm, Swiss Re, warns of large losses from “unforeseen consequences” of wireless technologies
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
* (remember, all they would have to do is use different frequencies than
they choose to use, and the health affects could actually be helpful for
health . . .)*
stopsmartmeters.org.uk
Specialists from the Emerging Risks team at leading global reinsurance
firm, Swiss Re, are warning the insurance industry that “unforeseen
consequences of electromagnetic fields” could lead to a raft of claims and
significant product liability losses in the next 10 years.
[image: SwissRe]In its Swiss Re SONAR Emerging Risks report, 2013, which
covers risks that could “impact the insurance industr... more »
Fundraising: Here at the Agua Caliente Native American Film Festival
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The Greyound bus stop is five miles from Palm Springs.Without warning
was dropped off in the desertin a dust storm, which is in the foreground
in the photo.
I've made an extreme effort to get to the Palm Springs, to the Agua
Caliente Native American Film Festival, where Tantoo Cardinal is being
honored.
There was a train to bus, then walk to one town and
Hitlary Clinton Compares Putin With Hitler, While Her Dishonest Government Secretly Supports Hitler's Ideological Grandchildren In Kiev
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Read: *"Ukraine: US, NATO, EU Want Nuland's Neo-Nazi Thugs In Power"* by
Professor Francis Boyle.
Title: Hillary Clinton clarifies Putin-Hitler comments. Source: CNN. Date
Published: March 5.
A BIT OF HISTORY HELPS
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*David McReynolds was a long-time national staffer at War Resisters League
in NYC. He also ran for president as a Socialist Party candidate a couple
times*
Let me go back to 1956, and the Hungarian Revolution. Keep in mind that
NATO was formed FIRST, and the Warsaw Pact formed AFTER that, so while we
think of NATO as a response to the danger of Soviet actions in the West, it
was NATO that consolidated Western military power. The Soviets, who above
all else feared a united Germany aligned with the US (in the days
immediately after the end of the war) had NOT integrated East Germany ... more »
Mental health hours in Baltimore!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014*
*As always, it’s nice to be nice:* In the wake of last night’s TV viewing,
we were forced to take a few mental health hours today.
Sometimes, even *we* find that we’ve reached our limit!
For that reason, we’ve just returned from a Barnes and Noble, where we
happened to observe two young people discovering that they had an
inordinate amount to say to each other.
You don’t get to see that every day! It’s a lovely thing to see.
Earlier, in a Baltimore supermarket, we saw a deep exchange.
As we were leaving the store, we heard a younger woman saying like thi... more »
Free Download: Aldous Huxley, “The Doors of Perception”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in
all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the
arena; they are crucified alone. Embraced, the lovers desperately try to
fuse their insulated ecstasies into a single self-transcendence; in vain.
By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in
solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies- all these are private
and, except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable. We can pool
information about experiences, but never the experiences themselves... more »
"Free Your Mind..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Do not speak of what men deserve. For we each of us deserve everything,
every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead Kings, and we
each of us deserve nothing, not a mouthful of bread in hunger. Have we not
eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward
us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no
man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of ‘*deserving*’, of ‘*earning*’,
and you will begin to be able to think."
- Ursula LeGuin,
"The Dispossessed"; Odo, “The Prison Letters”
Afghanistan updates March 6 , 2013.......Friendly Fire: US Drone Strike Kills Five Afghan Soldiers Eight Others Also Wounded in Logar Strike ...... Karzai brother to withdraw from Afghan presidential race: rival ........ President Karzai explains why the Afghanistan War has left him bitter toward the US
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Friendly Fire: US Drone Strike Kills Five Afghan SoldiersEight Others Also
Wounded in Logar Strike
by Jason Ditz, March 06, 2014
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The Pentagon has confirmed launching a drone strike against the Logar
Province of Afghanistan today, hitting their allies in a case of mistaken
identity. The strike kill five Afghan National Army soldiers, and wounded
eight others.
The provincial governor’s spokesman said that the attack was “the result of
poor coordination between the people on the ground and the operators of the
drone.” NATO has promised an investigation into the k... more »
Shadows of 911 deception
Amin Fasei at Our Manmade Disasters - 1 day ago
Main article to follow:
https://www.facebook.com/shadowsof911lies/photos_stream
Before we look at the fake photos of 911, let's get our orientation right
with the correct perspective of the sun's shadow defined by its altitude
(tangent of shadow) and azimuth (with reference to true north). Follow us
as we go through the journey of discriminating the truth and facts from
fakery.
At 8:45am on 21 Sept 2001, the sun's shadow azimuth is 297 deg; casting a
shadow in perfect alignment with the northern and southern sides of the WTC
-1 and WTC-2 towers. (marked N1, S1, N2, S2 on the sat.... more »
Why I Blog
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
For seven-and-one-third years this blog has weighed on my brain like a
digital nightmare. Apart from a six month break in 2007 and 18 months
2011-12, I've been writing or thinking about writing content. Even when I
took a leave of absence words, phrases, screeds of 500 words or more often
tangoed across my eyeballs when the shutters came down at night. As our
minds have allowed social media technologies to colonise and structure our
perceptions - how many times have you thought of a real-life in terms of an
instagram snap or a sharply-observed tweet? - so mine finds half-digested
i... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: Edition #465
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Another ramble around things I planned to blog about this week but never
did…*
“The trouble with socialism is eventually you run out of other people’s
money.” Episode 67…
*Nightmare Brown: Wants a poll tax to pay for his unaffordable trainset* –
PM of NZ
She’s even sharper than she looks, you know.
*"Secretive and incompetent"* – KEEPING STOCK
Polls are full of holes. iPredict polls no exception to the rule.
*Careful What You iPredict* – GONZO FREAKPOWER
“It was reported in yesterday's media that Labour is contemplating the
introduction of a "digital content levy" to pay for t... more »
Thursday Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
In the all Ukraine all the time edition of the Duck, here are some
essential reads from this week. Will ad more in a bit. Dan Nexon channeling
his inner Henry Kissinger on the Monkey Cage Henry Kissinger channeling his
inner Henry Kissinger in the WaPo Joshua Rovner on why Russia’s
intervention in Ukraine is a
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Conflict Resolution In Ukraine And Crimea
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Source of photo*.
We've heard a lot of talk of war in Ukraine, but very little about how to
resolve the crisis in a peaceful, balanced, and rational way. The same
pattern that we witnessed in Syria in 2011, which began with violent
protests against the regime followed by threats and arming of Jihadist
extremists by the Obama administration, is now being repeated in Ukraine.
President Obama even has the audacity to claim that developments in Ukraine
represent *"an unusual and extraordinary threat"* to U.S. national security.
In reality, it is European, Ukrainian, and Russian securi... more »
Not All Education Reform Is Of The Phony-Baloney Michelle Rhee Rip Off Variety
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Progressives understand this; conservatives don't
An old friend of mine, Bertis Downs, who has shared some insights into
education policy with us before, just wrote a letter to President Obama
about the impact of his administration’s standardized test-based policies.
Bertis said it was OK to share it here.
Dear President Obama,
Last month, you hosted Clarke Central High School’s college admissions
advisor Lawrence Harris at the White House. You honored this exemplary
educator at a forum on making college more attainable for low-income
students, and our community celebrated his reco... more »
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