Sunset at Huntington Beach, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: en: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, who has donated her collection to the Library of Congress, and placed the images in the public domain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: This map shows the incorporated areas in Los Angeles County, California. Monterey Park is highlighted in red. I created it in Inkscape using data from the Los Angeles County Website (Los Angeles County Incorporated Area and District Map (PDF). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Hookers and Blow in Fort Crack?
One thing I get asked about living here is the crime rate. It's not really
something I like to talk about or really think about, not because I want to
ignore or whitewash things but simply because I've found the stereotype
annoying and removed from the reality of my everyday life. I'm not naive
enough to think that we inhabit a perfect world or that this city isn't
without its challenges. But for the most part, I tend to find out about
illicit happenings here pretty much like everyone else in this
country....by reading it in the news. In my 4 years year I can say I've
never seen... more »
Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man
Welcome to *Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man*! Zan Overall, also known as
the Wise Old Man, is an activist, musician, and actor. Tonight, we will
again hear two of the Wise Old Man's excellent songs, along with a review
of his recent activism on the UCLA campus and at the 2014 Oscar Awards
Ceremony last Sunday night in Hollywood, California.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
I'd like to thank everyone who has participated in and supported the *Spring
2014 fundraiser* ... more »
Senator Ed Hernández And Congresswomen Jackie Speier And Grace Napolitano Buck The Machine To Endorse Eloise Reyes
This pathetic mess somehow "forgot" to mention to California progressives
that he's been begging the corrupt, anti-working family New Dems to endorse
him
Dr. Ed Hernández, former president of the California Optometric
Association, is the state Senator representing the 24th district, which
stretches from East L.A. through Monterey Park, Rosemead, and El Monte out
to Azusa and Covina. Hernández is chairman of the Senate Health Committee
and one of the most respected Los Angeles legislators in Sacramento and a
powerful advocate for working families. Last night he stood with a growing
l... more »
The wheels on the bus go round and round: Tips for a better Honduran bus experience
Spend enough hours on a Honduran long-distance bus and you will end up
boarding them with the seasoned eye of a veteran seat-assessor, able to
take in the available options at a glance and make the best choice with
barely a moment of additional anxiety to the passengers jamming in behind
you. Having been up, down and around this country on all manner of public
transportation, here are my recommendations for how it's done:
1.* Do I have control of the window? *Unless you're on a first-class,
air-conditioned bus - in which case none of this matters, because you'll
have an assigne... more »
Sunday Classics preview: Chamber-scale Mahler
*by Ken*
I'm just about to leave for a chamber-ensemble concert devoted to, of
all
composers, Mahler -- comprising, in reduced-orchestra form, the
Adagietto
from the Fifth Symphony, the *Songs of a Wayfarer*, and *Das Lied von
der
Erde*.
As some of you out there will recall, we still have a "complete" *Das
Lied*under Sunday Classics promise, and I've done a fair amount of
performance-sorting and thinking, but I still don't know what I want to
say. Maybe nothing more. We'll see.
In the meantime I thought tonight we'd listen to the famous Adagietto,
familiar from countless funerals... more »
Almost 70 Years Late -- FBI Quietly Opens Secret Files That Attest HITLER WENT TO ARGENTINA Rather Than Commit Suicide...
*(we've been lied to about basically everything . . one day, they will tell
you about Kennedy, 911, bin Laden, etc, etc, etc . . )*
RED FLAG NEWS
[image: Read the documents yourself at fbi.gov]
Read the documents yourself at fbi.gov
(by R&S, Exposing the Realities) — Newly declassified FBI documents prove
that the government knew Hitler was alive and well, and living in the Andes
Mountains long after World War II.
On April 30 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker.
His body was later discovered and identified by the Soviets before being
rushed back to Ru... more »
How To Clean Your Arteries With One Simple Fruit
Thinking Humanity*The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and
treatment will not be found in your medicine cabinet, rather in your
kitchen cupboard or in your back yard growing on a tree.*
Pomegranate Found To Prevent Coronary Artery Disease Progression
A new study published in the journal *Atherosclerosis* confirms that
pomegranate extract may prevent and/or reverse the primary pathology
associated with cardiac mortality: the progressive thickening of the
coronary arteries caused by the accumulation of fatty materials known as
atherosclerosis.[i]
Mice with a genetic suscept... more »
Self Defence against the truth
I have a scan of a pink flyod CD cover on one of my blogs. Yes I have heard several
small species grooving in a pic with a cave. So were they fifty years to
early or just tragically late to connect with History.
"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. It is Greece all over again."
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*The Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun*
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The Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun
Paul Craig Roberts
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 c... more »
OSCE observers prevented from entering Crimea- Mercs in Ukraine & more
For the third time- warning shots fired this time. Can't say about the
other two
*Here's the news*
Warning shots have been fired as a team of international military observers
was turned back from entering Crimea.
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said that
no-one was hurt in the incident at Armyansk.
It was the third time the OSCE has been prevented from entering Crimea, now
in the control of pro-Russian forces.
*I will be updating with a piece from Israel Shamir, thank you, very
relevant, stay tuned. *
And then something from brian ....
The Ukrainian... more »
Challenger, KAL 007 and Oliver North
"If you can get hold of a book by Barry Schiff (he's an aviation writer)
written a year before the incident, called *Flight 209 is Down*, it will
explain to you, in part, in this novel form, the real scenario.
What happened, according to Fletcher Prouty's work, Bob Cutler's work,
other researchers, is that 007 stayed on course, never deviated. KAL 015
right behind it, saw it, on radar and visible, all the way through. It
never left course, kept along R20."
John Judge
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A powerful electrical storm created an eerie
tapestry of light in the skies near Space... more »
Of Polls and Public Engagement in International Relations
This is a guest post by Idean Salehyan. There has been a lot of
hand-wringing and debate lately as to whether or not academics are engaged
enough with important policy questions (See Nicholas Kristof’s article in
the New York Times and just a few responses, here and here). As this
conversation was circling around the blogosphere, there was an impressive
initiative
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Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman
On a slightly personal note, I was reading the obituary in the *Telegraph *of
the woman who served as Lancaster's MP for 27 years, Dame Elaine
Kellett-Bowman.
When I went with school to the Houses of Parliament, it was Dame Elaine (a
Conservative) who guided us round.
Born and educated in God's (real) own country, Lancashire, she did her
wartime service as a land girl. She went to university with Margaret
Thatcher. Her first husband was killed in a car crash. She herself suffered
head injuries and memory loss but, remarkably, she took over the job of
running his 149-acre farm w... more »
Bad Bear's Photos: Makin' Fry Bread at Cal State Puvungna Powwow
Thanks
to Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson for sharing photos today.
Long Walkers Teri and Bad Bear at Teri Szynkowski's fry bread stand at
California State University Long Beach.
Countering The Demented Ravings Of Doctors Like Paul Broun And Phil Gingrey, Georgia Sociopaths
Lee Rogers, surgeon, progressive
This morning's *NY Times* looked at medical doctors in Congress-- although
the post is mostly a puff piece about a naive right-wing pediatric
neurosurgeon in Oregon who's running against Jeff Merkley. The Senate has 3
doctors now (Coburn, Barrasso and the uncertified ophthalmologist Rand
Paul) and there are 17 in the House (many of whom are certifiably-- and
horrifyingly-- insane, like Tennessee Republican, Scott DesJarlais, who is
best known for sedating his patients with heavy drugs to have sex with
them, and a couple of whacked out Georgia extremis... more »
On Free Will
Sugar drinks may kill you faster than heroin, but the good news in both
cases it was a free choice. Free choice is a brilliant, until it meats
reality. We are all victims of goverment. But goverment is the only way to
prevent us to be the victims of individuals. Now vote which is worse.
Most brilliant Framing
Framing is a new name for what used to be argument. Now there is no need to
argue just a need to decide you can frame the issue with a force that makes
the other side abide. Its true on some heart and sole issues from both side
when the invective right our wrong rings true like medieval kings they
will surrender that issue and Armour up for the next conflict. There is no
longer a sentiment that to some thing I must be true,
Kill the butterflies cause they are free
we fly like butterfly's
so innocent
with nothing behind our
wings except pollination
so may families
have dies
just keeping
our jungle alive
no one we know
no one we do not believe
has not been bought out
by the powers that believe
If you say freedom
all the sheeple will
accept the fact that
you deceive
because it means
you will be the last
one to receive
the blade of reality
that just does not
kill you but collects
a lifetime of taxes
and waits without priduce
for your kin and kind
to contribute
above and beyond taxes
in this freely elected mandate
to forgive
when we deceive,
The Two Hinkleys
TESTS SET FOR MAN CHARGED IN THREATBy JOSEPH B. TREASTERPublished: April 9,
1981
A Federal judge yesterday ordered a psychiatric examination for the
22-year-old unemployed man who was charged in Manhattan Tuesday with
threatening to kill President Reagan. Other authorities said the man had
indicated he was motivated to commit violence by a ''prophetic dream.''
The accused man, Edward M. Richardson of Drexel Hill, Pa., told of the
dream in a letter that was delivered to Jodie Foster, the actress, at Yale
University last Monday, Federal law enforcement officials said.
In the lette... more »
Quebec as a country
Amid all the shouting idots and regal progressions there is some willing
desire of all people to fly the flag. Its so easy an appeal, these guys are
making economic violence on your downtrodden lives. Its exactly the appeal
that moved Germany into such a violent appeal for respect. How can respect
a Quebecois, should I drop my pants and say there you go at length will not
measure up to the manhood of the Quebec measure of dick length based upon
the phase of stimulation.. Oh fuck I am a minority on a contient that has
not got over slavery. Please tell me you are not shirly serious abo... more »
The EU's funding of the BBC
Do you remember the "brief frisson of excitement" a week or so ago about
an
article in the *Spectator *that I myself, sharing in that frisson,
describedas looking like "a questions-really-need-answering kind of
scoop to me, and
quite damning against the BBC"?
The *Speccie *had used FoI requests to force a reluctant BBC to reveal
that
it had received some £4 million in EU funding between 2011 and 2013.
So what happened next?
Well, nothing really. The "brief frisson of excitement" subsided, and
the
BBC's world continues to spin on regardless.
Aha!...but, via Christopher Booker at ... more »
"How to Spot Your Own Self-Delusion"
*"How to Spot Your Own Self-Delusion"*
by Pamela Meyer
"What if deception is in the eye of the beholder? And what if lies can help
us tell the truth? Enter into the multimedia world of magician Marco
Tempest and decide for yourself."
"Marco is right: The biggest lies are the lies we tell ourselves. S.E.
Hinton wrote in The Outsiders, "I lie to myself all the time. But I never
believe me." Maybe she was onto something. We've trained ourselves to
accept certain truths about where we find fulfillment, where we find joy,
and where we find success. But should we challenge that conventi... more »
We all like life
When the tiger strikes
how will you deflect
its g force blows
that even a kung fu
fighter would
say will take
me to kingdom come
and thats what I say
wake up do not be stupid
we have lives
a life that is slipping away
there is no cure
just adapat and we could
do this with no magical cure
It would mean
giving up all the commercial crap
Kim kardasion would
no longer be the targert
of our youths sexucal and intetllecutal
tarp.
We must draw a new horizen
and if you look to history
this land was tamed
and maintained in
a sustainbale way
sure some perverts
slept with their daugters
but they... more »
Research Mission: The Politics of Species Survival
My research mission is to disclose political and environmental dangers to
our well-being as a species. I study the politics of our vitality as a
species and I've become increasingly interested in ionizing radiation's
biological effects because they directly threaten species survival, a fact
that has been known since the 1940s but has been deliberately denied for
reasons of political power.
Below find some data I've assembled about the reproductive and childhood
effects of ionizing radiation. The data were assembled in response to a
media inquiry about thyroid nodules & cancer among... more »
Lunch and Geocaching
Today was the monthly geocacher's lunch, which is always a great time.
Forget geocaching - Little Gypsy came to sell cookies!
Bonnie wasn't aware that the question was "who wants to host the next
luncheon?"
"Take this haunted Totem and recieve three free mushrooms!"
Little Gypsy and Hate To Be Lost mug for the camera.
After lunch Southern Man and Dr. Scissortail headed out to pick up a few
caches...
"Can't get in that way..."
We were five feet from the cache, but had to trek to the other end of the
tunnel and break out the flashlights to get to it. Good people and good
tim... more »
Physical Therapy
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So
after numerous delays Southern Man finally gets his first appointment
with the surgeon-recommended physical therapist to work on that ankle.
But
when Southern Man found out what it would cost ($200 per visit
*with*insurance!) he decided that walking to distant geocaches would be
both
cheaper and more effective so he tackled one near the therapist called
"Deer Trail" that was about a half-mile in to an undeveloped area.
One of the deer didn't make it.
So there will be no physical therapy this month, just lots of backwoods
geocaching. Wait, isn't that how Southern Man broke his le... more »
"America's Glorious Empire of Debt, Part II"
*Editor's note:* America's economic recovery may seem like it is built on
solid ground. But scratch the surface and a very different reality emerges.
In their book, "The New Empire of Debt", Bill Bonner and co-author Addison
Wiggin, reveal the faulty foundations on which the US economy rests.
Through his widely followed e-letters and his bestselling books, Bill has
made it his mission to warn readers about the dangers posed to them by
America's debt-fueled and heavily manipulated economic model. He believes
that the debt crisis of 2008 was just the first wave of a much bigger
cris... more »
Ukraine, Quebec and the price of tea in China
If John Wayne was an interplanetary cowboy sitting so high in his saddle he
could see the earth like a big TV, what would he see? Violent death is part
of the cowboy creed, and where that is happening you will find many
gunslingers and a few Marshall who believe. The Duke would surely want to
do the most good for the pilgrims of this planet. If that were the case he
would be taking the reigns in hand in central Africa where the carnage is
like worse than Gettysburg every week out of hand. Our maybe he would see
the hundreds of gunshots death every day in the USA and think that's my... more »
Sandra - In the Heat of the Night
East confronts West. Idle talk of a new Cold War is in the air. For some,
including me, the nostalgic pull has proven too difficult to resist -
musically speaking. Thankfully, German skies in the 1980s weren't lit up by
shell fire and the exhaust trails of tactical nukes. Instead, galloping
basslines, hairspray and concrete-hard shoulder pads cavorted under the
shadow of the bomb. To recall that apposite time, for your aural
delectation here is a battle hymn from the front.
Reproductive Public Health Ethics at MANCEPT 2014
Happy to be able to tell the world that a proposal headed by myself for a
series of sessions at the increasingly popular and important MANCEPT
Workshops in Political Theory conference has been accepted for this year's
edition, September 8-10, 2014.
The proposal is on the theme of *Reproductive Public Health Ethics*, where
a selected lineup of speakers from the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden and the
UK will address different dimensions (biopolitics, bioethics, public health
ethics, population ethics, environmental ethics) of ethics and value issues
attached to reproductive policy. The ... more »
Ukraine and Gardening
March 8, 2014 Ukraine, 2014 Photo by Mstyslav Chernov Thank goodness
for the blogosphere. Yes, you have to pick your sources wisely, but you can
find news there that the corporate owned, mainstream media won’t touch.
Such is the … Continue reading →
Hawaii Cuts Uninsured Population in Half
In case you haven't seen Charles Gaba's great website ACAsignups.net, you
really need to see it. It is the best source available for tracking
Obamacare enrollments, covering all categories of signups, including
Medicaid, the federal and state exchanges, off-exchange signups, and
estimated under-26ers.
One of the most notable achievements of Obamacare is in the President's
birthplace, Hawaii, where the number of uninsured people has already fallen
by more than half, despite having a horrible website for the state-run
exchange. The biggest chunk of this is through Medicaid enrollments... more »
Navajos welcome Fukushima to Four Corners forum: High Power March 13, 2014
Cameron
Venue
Change from Monument Valley to Kayenta: Screening of "High Power" with
Former Nuclear Engineer and Filmmaker Pradeep IndulkarPanel Discussion
on Uranium Mining Impacts to be Held in Cameron
Kayenta
Contact:
Klee Benally
indigenousaction@gmail.com
FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Pradeep Indulkar, a filmmaker from India who is also a
qualified engineer and worked in an Atomic
No Unnecessary Testing, Not No Testing
Submitted to the Indy Star, March 8, 2014
Tim Swarens writes that "Diane Ravitch’s opposition to accountability isn’t
realistic," (March 7) because we need to "identify those who excel and
those who lag behind."
Agreed. But we don't need to test every child every year on every subject
to find this out. The NAEP test, a zero-stakes standardized test, is given
to samples of students every few years, and the results are extrapolated to
get an accurate assessment of how districts, states and the country are
doing.
If we want to expand the NAEP to measure performance for individual
scho... more »
TYSON REBOOTS SAGAN'S COSMOS
*Neil deGrasse Tyson*
*Finally, in this world of constant crisis, we have a reminder that we are
part of something vast and magical that Carl Sagan introduced us to with
his 1980's Cosmos series. Neil deGrasse Tyson channels the spirit of Sagan
with his Cosmos: a spacetime Odyssey on March 9th and reinforces Sagan's
observation that we are still the way for the cosmos to know itself: Allen
L Roland *
*When Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Journey aired on PBS in 1980, it
went on to win an Emmy Award and become that network’s most-watched series... more »
Invite me next time Nigella, I like the sound of your dress code...
The Mandrake column in today's Telegraph reports that Nigella Lawson's
dinner parties are much more relaxed post her separation from Charles
Saatchi. "... I realised there was nobody coming I would be uncomfortable
in front of just wearing socks and leggings, and no make-up."
Any time you want to invite me, I'll join you in wearing just socks and
leggings, no make-up... The very thought!
Los Angeles Welcomes The California Democratic Party Convention
Last night the California Democratic Party kicked off it's annual 3-day
convention here in L.A. Professional Democrats of all stripes streamed into
town. This morning, one national operative spat in disgust, "Everyone is
so slovenly. This place in worse than ComicCon." For me, though, it was a
wonderful opportunity for a series of lunches and dinners with old friends.
For those who are serious about being in The Party, Party Chairman John
Burton kicked off the real event with a welcoming speech at the Westin
Bonaventure that sought to celebrate the Democratic victories-- Democrats... more »
More timid than the Poles
Two days ago, a blogger at The Economist wrote the article
More timid than the Poles
that describes the author's surprise that despite the Soviet-led 1968
occupation of Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak politicians avoid loud
shouting of "War to Russia" and reject the sanctions, something that is
heard from Poland. The article rates this "insufficiently heroic" Czech and
Slovak attitude negatively. As you know, I think that in this very context
of the Ukrainian crisis, our moderate reaction is a positive thing, and we
should perhaps be even less anti-Russian.
But I want to mention a... more »
The Lib Dems are unprincipled in pursuit of power? No shit Sherlock
The Telegraph reports that 'The Liberal Democrats are prepared to jettison
any of their manifesto promises in order to get into power again, the
party's policy chief indicated last night.'
Is anyone in theI slightest bit surprised?
Examine the March 6 , 2014 President Obama Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine - And then ask this question Is the US declaring economic warfare on China and Russia ( think Treasury bonds , FNM and FRE debt , Mortgage backed securities - owned by China's government directly , by state investment vehicles / sovereign wealth funds , by wealthy individuals in Russia and China ) ? A fair reading of this Executive Order seems to indicate yes.......
For Immediate Release
March 06, 2014
Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the
Situation in Ukraine
EXECUTIVE ORDER
- - - - - - -
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN
UKRAINE
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 *et seq*.) (IEEPA), the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq*.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182... more »
Ukraine Updates ( Late Friday as well as Friday morning March 7 , 2014 ) .....While Kiev , US and EU shriek loudly about the looming Crimea Referendum - with limp sanction - lite wrist slaps being imposed by the EU and US , both Crimea firmly stand their ground and intend to see the Referendum go forward....
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
Late March 7 , 2014......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-07/russian-troops-storming-ukraine-air-force-base-crimea-time-reports-citing-crimea-tv
Russian Troops Storm Ukraine Air Force Base In Crimea, Reuters Confirms
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2014 14:10 -0500
- Reuters
- Ukraine
inShare
Update 2: *ARMED ATTACKERS LEAVE UKRAINE MILITARY BASE IN SEVASTOPOL: TV5*
* * *
Update, and this time from Reuters:
- *ARMED MEN ENTER UKRAINIAN MILITARY POST IN CRIMEA AND TAKE CONTROL,
NO SHOTS FIRED - REUTERS REPORTER ON THE S... more »
Start the Week, shipmates!
Time for a belated bouquet (especially after all these brickbats)...
This Monday's *Start the Week* was exceptional. Its theme was 'The Vikings
and Seafaring'.
For starters, there was Historian *Michael Wood* (yes him) talking about
the Vikings. He's always great value. Here's a sample of his contribution
to the programme:
There's a sort of swaggering self-confidence to them. Arab and Persian
writers refer to their tattoos, their long hair and their personal bathing
habit, and their swagger. They are almost like Johnny Depp.
I remember there was an exhibition in London in 1980, t... more »
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES MH370 - STOLEN PASSPORTS
Are 'terrorists' behind Malaysian Airline crash? Fears grow after it
emerges two passengers were using stolen passports.
"A European official said he was surprised that it had been possible to
check in with stolen passports at the Kuala Lumpur airport and that an
alert should have popped up on the airline agent’s computer."
*Passport Theft Adds to Mystery of Missing Malaysia Airlines*
Almihdhar.
*Some of the 'CIA planning' for the 9 11 attacks in the United States was
done in Malaysia. *
Malaysia and 9 11
'The main planner' of the 'CIA bombings' on the Indonesian island of Bali... more »
Train traveler says he didn’t “get” Hawking!
*SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014*
*How often does that happen:* How often does *that* happen?
This morning, in a local coffee joint, we guarded a younger fellow’s
luggage as he used the men’s salon. In the long run, he seemed to be on his
way to nearby Penn Station.
Upon returning from the men’s room, he caught us perusing Stephen Hawking’s
1988 best-seller, A Brief History of Time.
We’ve been reading our Hawking every morning in recent weeks. It’s an
antidote to the infantilization involved in watching you-know-who tell her
stories about scandal topics.
This morning, a rare event occurr... more »
Teach For America and The Nonprofit Industrial Complex
As the controversy around Teach For America grows, it is incredibly
important to understand the role of venture philanthropy in education
reform. This video provides powerful context in regards to how many
nonprofits are used to maintain and exacerbate the injustices and
inequalities in our world. Perhaps one of the most ad vanced mechanisms
[…]
Nova Scotia Newspaper in Hot Water Over Cartoon Comparing Harper to Nazis
Harper is a horrible prime minister, he does not care about democracy or
science. He has tarnished Canada's image on the world stage by promoting
the tarsands and by supporting George W. Bush style militarism. Canada was
denied a seat on the UN Security Council because of how Harper has damaged
the country's international reputation. No longer peacekeepers.
I have no use for Harper, he is a bully with authoritarian tendencies
promoting destructive policies, but calling is Nazi is a little too much.
The cartoon (pictured above) appeared in the Pictou Advocate - a weekly
Nova Scot... more »
Multiple Aliases for the Adult 'Victims' of Sandy Hook. No birth records for child victims. Who are those children who sang at the Super Bowl? Look familiar?
I am so thankful for those on the internet who search for the Truth.
Together we all uncover the LIES and Deception of Sandy Hook. We all do
are different things regarding it. I have watched the information about the
Aliases of Nancy Lanza and have done multiple searches regarding that too.
The web of lies and many names she had is outrageous. It comes down to
the fact that it appears Nancy
Pakistan’s Democratic Progression and the Impending Changes in Afghanistan
This is guest post by Professor T.V. Paul* On March 5, 2014, the Nawaz
Sharif government completed nine months in office, despite Pakistan’s
continued economic crisis, chronic power shortages, and escalating
sectarian violence. The military and the ISI are yet to show any
inclination to wrest control of power from the civilians. In November, 2013
Continue reading
Breakthrough in human cloning raises hopes for treatment of Parkinson's and heart disease
*THE INDEPENDENT*
News could lead to tissue-transplant operations for range of debilitating
disorders, also including MS and spinal cord injuries
Steve Connor
Thursday 16 May 2013
Scientists have finally made the long-awaited breakthrough in human cloning
by turning skin cells into early-stage embryos that were then used to
create specialised tissue cells for transplant operations, it has been
revealed today.
For the first time, researchers have unequivocally created human embryonic
stem cells using the cloning technique that led to the birth of Dolly the
sheep. However, unlike... more »
ARRIVED IN VEGAS
I am in Las Vegas after a long flight yesterday from
Portland-Newark-Vegas. You are hit with high-tech slot machines as soon as
you come off the plane at the airport. The terminal is quite grand, but
also quite unimaginative. In one massive rotunda they have four tall
plastic palm trees standing there. Kind of a true symbol of the unreality
of this place.
I am staying in a $35 a night motel (who knew you could get a room in the
US at that price anymore) sharing with Catholic Worker (CW) activist Dennis
Apel who got me invited to speak to this west coast gathering of CW
activi... more »
Untitled
*Lawsuit filed against oil and gas companies to face fierce opposition
~WWLTV *
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*~Editilla Conswellas~* Won't make it to'da Water Festival today, more for
health reasons than lack of wanting to be there. I'll admit it,
Ladderellos, Mardi Gras Kicked My Ass! It took a couple'a days to rise up
but up it came like a viscous hurricane crup yesterday. But I hope all
involved with this fine event know my anonymocity does not speak of
ambivalence. I'm work in the undergrowth, beneath even the underground,
beneath the grassroots. Some of you who've followed... more »
AUTHOR/ARTIST MIKE PHILBIN SELFIE Q&A:
Q: So, you're working on two books at once, Mike?
A: I am, one's called WATCHER, the other's called REAPER. I'm about 15,000
words into the WATCHER novel. I'm about 8,000 words into the REAPER novel.
And they're both 'healthily' up in the air, even though I have 'last
chapter' candidates for both novels.
Q: What's it like writing two books at once, any bleedthrough?
A: No, have you ever tried doing this?
Q: Isn't it a lot like juggling a chainsaw and a shark at the same time?
A: Not really, WATCHER is based in the TANDEM (g3 whistleblower) WAR WORLD
of cities and espionage and ev... more »
Speaker Hensarling?
It isn't easy getting credible and dependable Republican staffers on
Capitol Hill to speak with me, even off the record. They're almost as bad
as Blue Dogs and New Dems. I lucked out the other day-- with a slightly
drunk-- and very horny-- one, who took a shine to my companion and was
eager to show how well-connected he is. He seemed a lot more certain than
anyone else I've spoken to that Boehner won't be running for Speaker again.
Everyone else tells me he's wrong, although no one is certain. He says he
is certain. And he says the lines are already being drawn for who will be
the... more »
Crimea: Media Propaganda Machine set to "HIGH"
This article is written especially for all those people that you know, that
believe the main stream media and ONLY the main stream media's "NEWS".
This article is for your family and friends and colleagues that believe
that what the media is reporting on is the news as it really IS. For those
who do not understand the political and financial controllers who tell the
media what to report and more importantly, what NOT to report on.
As I have been writing for the past few months, transparency IS coming out
in the Main Stream Media (MSM). Usually the trick is being able to
see/read b... more »
Alarm Bells Should Be Going Off
The Harperites didn't consult Marc Mayrand when they drew up their election
"reforms." And there was a reason they did everything they could to prevent
him from testifying before the parliamentary committee looking into those
reforms.
But testify he did. And, Andrew Coyne writes, he shredded the bill:
The chief electoral officer, in his quiet, workmanlike way, simply shredded
it, almost line for line, proposing more than two dozen amendments that
would effectively rewrite the bill.
The provision banning “vouching” came in for particularly heavy fire: while
the government insis... more »
Paper Tigers
Following last week's post about the BBC's three paper tiger 'feedback'
programmes (*Points of View, Feedback *and *Newswatch*), this week's
*Newswatch *proved to be fairly typical of the species (though still the
best).
A very short bit on the question of BBC bias over Ukraine (a couple of
bite-sized e-mails) was followed by much longer feature on that hardy
perennial *Newswatch *topic: 'Why oh why, has Huw Edwards been sent to the
Ukraine, wasting money, for no apparent reason?' [a good question, but as
no one at the BBC *ever* takes the blindest bit of notice of it, it remains... more »
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*Progressive Mission Creep In Your Diet*
Ever heard of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee before? Neither had
I before it came up in a discussion with a friend last week. This group
meets every five years, under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture
and the Department of Health and Human Services, to update and set dietary
guidelines for all Americans.
Seems harmless enough, right? Well, much like every government entity that
starts out with seemingly good intentions, progressives eventually discover
a way for its influence and power to advance their agenda in ways n... more »
James Hunt - Thames Television interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnNn-TXXcw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
What a marvellous interview and how well spoken James and the interviewer
are, a different era and I would suggest a better one in some ways.
Mohawk Nation News 'War Club'
WAR
CLUB
Posted on March 8, 2014
MMN. Mar. 7, 2014. Refusing to give us the results of his ongoing
investigation of the 825 missing and murdered Aboriginal girls and young
women is a travesty of justice. Peter McKay, the Minister of Justice,
threw the reports onto the floor of the House of Commons. The Members of
Parliament made jokes, laughed and clapped. The guilt and cover up go
Grassroots Lower Brule: Fighting the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline
A
Message from Owe Aku at Lower Brule - the Kul Wicasa Oyate
By Kent Lebsock
Owe Aku International Justice Project
Censored News
Dutch translation NAIS
Lower Brule Kul Wicasa Oyate, Sovereign Lakota Territory, March 5, 2014
- When the people of the Kul Wicasa Oyate discovered that their IRA
Tribal Council had allegedly signed a secret agreement with TransCanada,
without the free,
'Newsnight': 3-7 March
So what were the stories *Newsnight *chose to cover last week?
Here's this week's list:
*Monday 3/3*
1. Ukraine/Russia. Interviews with Senator John McCain (Republican); Pavlo
Sheremeta, interim Ukrainian economics minister; Sir Menzies Campbell (Lib
Dem) & Alexander Nekrassov, former Yeltsin advisor.
2. Michael Gove "tells ushe doesn't care how posh his cabinet colleagues
are, even if the voters do." Interview with Michael Gove (Con).
3. *Benefits Street. *Interview with 'White Dee'.
4. Cameron aide arrested over child pornography allegations.
*Tuesday 4/3*
1. Downing Street's 's... more »
Be Not Afraid - A Quote by M.N. Hopkins
*We will say to be not afraid and be as who you are. That will be your
greatest strength.*
*A quote by M.N. Hopkins*
Soviet Ukraine
*"Since 1654, when the tsars began steadily to extend their control over
Ukraine, Ukrainians had lived in two distinct worlds: one ruled by the
Russians and the other by Poles or Austrians. As a result of the Second
World War, the East/West Ukrainian dichotomy finally ceased to exist, at
least on the political level. The process of amalgamation—of unification of
two long-separated branches of the Ukrainian people—was not only a major
aspect of the post-war period, but an event of epochal significance in the
history of Ukraine."*
*—Orest Subtelny, a Canadian historian of Ukrainian ... more »
The Jewish Gas Chamber Hoax
*GasChamberHoax.com*
*What is the "Holocaust" story really all about?*
German Nation Building
The Young Poland of Lelewel and Worcell demands the re-creation of the
Polish state and rollback of the 1772-95 partitions of Poland. But they go
much further, laying claim to Poland in its old Jagiellonian borders,
stretching from the shores of the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea.
This includes an explicit denial that any Ukrainian nation exists.
In the orbit of Young Poland is the poet Adam Mickiewicz, a close friend of
Mazzini’s who was with him last year during the Roman Republic. Mickiewicz
argues that Poland is special because it has suffered more than any other
nat... more »
Russian Nation Building
"I'll say that the Ukrainian people treated me well. I recall warmly the
years I spent there. This was a period full of responsibilities, but
pleasant because it brought satisfaction ... But far be it from me to
inflate my significance. The entire Ukrainian people was exerting great
efforts ... I attribute Ukraine's successes to the Ukrainian people as a
whole. I won't elaborate further on this theme, but in principle it's very
easy to demonstrate. I'm Russian myself, and I don't want to offend the
Russians."
Nikita Khrushchev,
Former Premier of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Repu... more »
Purim
Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים (help·info) Pûrîm "lots", from the word pur
פור,[3] related to Akkadian pūru) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the
deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire where a plot
had been formed to destroy them. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book
of Esther (Megillat Ester מגילת אסתר in Hebrew).
According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus
(presumed to be Xerxes I of Persia), planned to kill all the Jews in the
empire, but his plans were foiled by Mordecai and his adopted daughter
Esther who had risen to... more »
ROY JENKINS - CIA ASSET?
Roy Jenkins (above) had lots of mistresses and he mixed with the likes of
Jackie Kennedy and Lord Victor Rothschild.
Roy Jenkins was a friend of Noel Annan, Lord Annan, a British military
intelligence officer.
Lord Annan was married to Gabriele Ullstein.
*Lord Annan*
In 1966, Lord Annan, as 'provost' of King's College, Cambridge, held a
dinner party at his home.
This was attended by Lord Victor Rothschild, 'Home Secretary' Roy Jenkins
(responsible for MI5) and Anthony Blunt (reportedly a key member of Lord
Victor Rothschild's spy ring).
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
... more »
Decriminalise the BBC licence fee!
There's a good deal of talk today about a cross-party initiative in
parliament, now backed by some cabinet minister (including the Culture
Secretary), which intends to change the law to stop classifying those who
refuse to pay the BBC's TV licence fee as criminals.
They want to turn it from a criminal offence into a civil matter.
At the moment anyone convicted of the offence automatically gets a criminal
record - and given the high number of convictions for this offence, that's
resulting in *huge* numbers of people receiving a criminal record.
Those behind the parliamentary moti... more »
A Lesser Spotted Oddie is sighted. Twitchers go mad.
Spring is definitely on the horizon. Daffodils ahoy!
I woke this morning to hear what sounded like four-and-twenty blackbirds
singing their hearts out, Neil Diamond-style, at various distances from our
window, creating echo effects as one song paused and another one got going.
It's a sound that always makes me feel just a little bit happier about
things (except BBC bias, of course.)
Having listened very attentively one year to a particular blackbird (the
one who perched on the tree nearest to our back room), I now know that
blackbirds have very individual songs.
This bird, wh... more »
Videos: Ukraine's 'Iron Brigade' readies for combat; Putin: Russia could not ignore calls for help; Prayer for Ukraine
Ukraine's 'Iron Brigade' readies for combat. Source: Reuters. Date
Published: March 7.
Putin: Russia could not ignore calls for help. Source: Reuters. Date
Published: March 7.
Prayer for Ukraine. Source: TheCossackmate. Date Published: October 13,
2010. Description:
Spiritual anthem of Ukraine, lyrics: Oleksandr Konysky, music: Mykola
Lysenko.
BC Liberal`s LNG Bafflegab Bullshit(Inside the numbers)
*Written by Grant G*
Below is a release by the BC Liberal ministry of LNG propaganda, I`m about
to shred their numbers one by one, but before I get there, this was
released on the same day as Stats Canada revealed BC lost 10,400 jobs in
the month of February, methinks this web was spun to deflect from the
ongoing bad economic news emanating from British Columbia...Oh, and there
was more, on this same day Christy Clark donned her same photo-op hardhat
out in Port Moody at the Evergreen skytrain site, Global BC was ready with
cameras in hand to blow Christy Clark`s Jobs Plan trump... more »
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Crimea - Rumour Control
This is Rumour Control - So here they are, the facts:
1) A Russian naval presence in Crimea dates to 1783 when the port city of
Sevastopol was founded by Russian Prince Grigory Potemkin. Crimea was part
of Russia until Nikita Khruschev gave it to Ukraine in 1954.
2) In 1997, amid the wreckage of the USSR, Russia & Ukraine signed a
Partition Treaty determining the fate of the military bases and vessels in
Crimea. The deal sparked widespread officer ‘defections’ to Russia and was
ratified by the Russian & Ukrainian parliaments in 1999. Russia received
81.7 percent of the fleet’s... more »
Spesifikasi dan Harga Baru Huawei Ascend P6 Lengkap
Spesifikasi
dan Harga Baru Huawei Ascend P6 Lengkap | Huawei Ascend P6 adalah salah
satu produk yang dikasih oleh brand Huawei , smartphone ini memiliki
beberapa fitur yang menarik dan bisa dibandingkan dengan brand lain pada
kelasnya, handphone itu memiliki sistem operasi android V4.2.2 atau
biasa aja dikenal di masyarakat dengan identitas android jelly bean,
dan juga memiliki prosesor
Energy Econ 15: Electricity Angsts, Presentation at UP Diliman
The other day, I was one of three speakers in a forum on the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA) at UP Diliman. The two other speakers
were Maria Teresa "Maitet" Diokno of the Center for Power Issues and
Initiatives (CPII) and Atty. Debora Anastacia Layugan of the Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC).
I knew that Maitet, a fellow UPSE alumni, would be talking critically and
negatively about the EPIRA as I have read one of her articles on the
subject. And it's good that she spoke ahead of me. She said that the law
promised many things but has not delivered. Like bringin... more »
OK, geography whizzes, it's time once again to strut your geographical stuff. Plus: "How do you show the unshowable?"
*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
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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*Bobby and Big Oil squash Mr. Bill ~Gambit *
CPAC 2014: Rand Paul electrifies the audience...
*"Imagine when the White House is occupied by a friend of liberty."*
"I'm talking about electing lovers of liberty."
"Our rights are inherent. They are inseparable from our person. Our rights
are 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"
"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"
“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”
*“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
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
*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
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.....
Malaysia Airlines plane missing with more than 200 passengers on board
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[image: Malaysia Airloine.]
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
Lum... more »
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 - 1 day ago
Zero Hedge....
China On The Verge Of First Corporate Bond Default Once More
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/04/2014 22:50 -0500
- Bond
- China
- Creditors
- default
- European Central Bank
- Eurozone
- fixed
- Gross Domestic Product
- Reality
- Reuters
- Risk Management
- Shadow Banking
- Yuan
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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
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 he has talked much smack in leading the international law
violation machine that is neocon U.S. foreign policy towards yet another
crisis that despite his bellicose rhetoric and a 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 offer... more »
UKRAINE CRISIS: What You Need to Know About the Sniper Leak
[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
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
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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 Martin 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?
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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”
Kevin Wood, “In Search Of Kindred Spirits”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxkT5TQbWg
“A Social Science of Human Rights” – Some New Social Science
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!
*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?
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
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)
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
Going to Morocco- Are you Coming?
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
Morocco.
Nick and I are also considering gathering up supplies- house hold goods,
construction materials etc...- in Canada and shipping a contain... more »
A Schneider Debriefing on Weingarten
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
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
*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 ....
*We've had enough of Stephen Harper ........*
Syrian Archbishop tells USA: Stop Murdering Syrians
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"...
*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
EU democracy? A chimera...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngp1V3M1NVA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Justice Vic Toews
*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"
The sound of prejudice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoHKOZUEJcE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And finally...
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
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?
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
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”
*“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 »
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