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Food Watch: Don't forget to celebrate National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (April 12)
*For National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, all post offices and banks operate on normal Saturday schedules. Check your municipal authority for information about trash collections. In NYC, alternate side of the street parking is suspended. (Note: That last part is a joke. Our lawyers say you can get into big trouble misrepresenting regulations on alternate side of the street parking.)* *by Ken* Who can keep track of all these holidays? Apparently not only is tomorrow, April 12, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, but the whole danged month is National Grilled Cheese Month. I have... more »
*For National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, all post offices and banks operate on normal Saturday schedules. Check your municipal authority for information about trash collections. In NYC, alternate side of the street parking is suspended. (Note: That last part is a joke. Our lawyers say you can get into big trouble misrepresenting regulations on alternate side of the street parking.)* *by Ken* Who can keep track of all these holidays? Apparently not only is tomorrow, April 12, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, but the whole danged month is National Grilled Cheese Month. I have... more »
Jimmy Byrnes - Skull & Bones Candidate for President, 1944
MI6 agent *Roaldl Dahl* became a close "friend" of *Vice President Henry Wallace.* Unknown to Wallace, Dahl was *spying* on him and sending his private papers to Sir William Stephenson at 30 Rockefeller Plaza: Marsh had given him a draft of a pamphlet written by his close friend Henry Wallace. Entitled "Our Job in the Pacific," it summarized the vice president's postwar goals, among them international control of the airways, economic assistance for the industrial development of Asia, and the demilitarization of Japan. Wallace was also in favor of 'the emancipation of colonial subj... more »
MI6 agent *Roaldl Dahl* became a close "friend" of *Vice President Henry Wallace.* Unknown to Wallace, Dahl was *spying* on him and sending his private papers to Sir William Stephenson at 30 Rockefeller Plaza: Marsh had given him a draft of a pamphlet written by his close friend Henry Wallace. Entitled "Our Job in the Pacific," it summarized the vice president's postwar goals, among them international control of the airways, economic assistance for the industrial development of Asia, and the demilitarization of Japan. Wallace was also in favor of 'the emancipation of colonial subj... more »
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*Letter: Residents’ opposition to Holy Cross plans falls on deaf ears ~New Orleans Advocate*
*Letter: Residents’ opposition to Holy Cross plans falls on deaf ears ~New Orleans Advocate*
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*BP oil spill choked off important pelican nesting sites on Louisiana coast ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
*BP oil spill choked off important pelican nesting sites on Louisiana coast ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Above the Clouds”
Kevin Kern, “Above the Clouds” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvxDYTt3Tpo
Kevin Kern, “Above the Clouds” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvxDYTt3Tpo
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “To the One Who Knows”
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3kxNYTmsk
Yanni, “To the One Who Knows” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF3kxNYTmsk
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Galaxies don't normally look like this. NGC 6745 actually shows the results of two galaxies that have been colliding for only hundreds of millions of years. Just off the above digitally sharpened photograph to the lower right is the smaller galaxy, moving away. The larger galaxy, pictured above, used to be a spiral galaxy but now is damaged and appears peculiar. Gravity has distorted the shapes of the galaxies. *Click image for larger size.* Although it is likely that no stars in the two galaxies directly collided, the gas, dust, and ambient magnetic fields do interact directly. In ... more »
"Galaxies don't normally look like this. NGC 6745 actually shows the results of two galaxies that have been colliding for only hundreds of millions of years. Just off the above digitally sharpened photograph to the lower right is the smaller galaxy, moving away. The larger galaxy, pictured above, used to be a spiral galaxy but now is damaged and appears peculiar. Gravity has distorted the shapes of the galaxies. *Click image for larger size.* Although it is likely that no stars in the two galaxies directly collided, the gas, dust, and ambient magnetic fields do interact directly. In ... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "And Yet..."
"And yet, though we strain against the deadening grip of daily necessity, I sense there is this mystery: All life is being lived. Who is living it then? Is it the things themselves, or something waiting inside them, like an unplayed melody in a flute? Is it the winds blowing over the waters? Is it the branches that signal to each other? Is it flowers interweaving their fragrances or streets, as they wind through time?" ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
"And yet, though we strain against the deadening grip of daily necessity, I sense there is this mystery: All life is being lived. Who is living it then? Is it the things themselves, or something waiting inside them, like an unplayed melody in a flute? Is it the winds blowing over the waters? Is it the branches that signal to each other? Is it flowers interweaving their fragrances or streets, as they wind through time?" ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
TV Watch: Two excellent things about CBS's choice of Stephen Colbert to succeed David Letterman
*Rush asks over and over, do we really care what he thinks about it? Great point, Rush! Who in his right mind could possibly care? Except for the fact that you've got still got a lot of people listening to you who aren't in their right mind.* *by Ken* It really seems as if some note should be taken of the news that Stephen Colbert has been named to succeed David Letterman as host of CBS's *Late Show* -- at some date to be determined next year after Dave finally packs it in. Two things occur to me -- both good, let me hasten to say. I'm certainly not claiming that they're profound... more »
*Rush asks over and over, do we really care what he thinks about it? Great point, Rush! Who in his right mind could possibly care? Except for the fact that you've got still got a lot of people listening to you who aren't in their right mind.* *by Ken* It really seems as if some note should be taken of the news that Stephen Colbert has been named to succeed David Letterman as host of CBS's *Late Show* -- at some date to be determined next year after Dave finally packs it in. Two things occur to me -- both good, let me hasten to say. I'm certainly not claiming that they're profound... more »
Judicial independence for justices of the peace
The Justices of the Peace Review Council in re EM released a decision this evening saying: 26. Judicial independence for justices of the peace was considered in the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Ell v. Alberta. Justice Major, writing for the Court, held that the principle of judicial independence applies to justices of the peace as it does to all other judicial officers (see para 17). The Court also provided historical context for judicial independence in para 21: The historical rationale for independence was to ensure that judges, as the arbiters of disputes, are at comple... more »
The Justices of the Peace Review Council in re EM released a decision this evening saying: 26. Judicial independence for justices of the peace was considered in the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Ell v. Alberta. Justice Major, writing for the Court, held that the principle of judicial independence applies to justices of the peace as it does to all other judicial officers (see para 17). The Court also provided historical context for judicial independence in para 21: The historical rationale for independence was to ensure that judges, as the arbiters of disputes, are at comple... more »
"The Paradox of Our Time"
Dr. Bob Moorehead, "The Paradox of Our Time" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=181B7yainqY ◆ *"The Paradox of Our Time"* “The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly,... more »
Dr. Bob Moorehead, "The Paradox of Our Time" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=181B7yainqY ◆ *"The Paradox of Our Time"* “The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly,... more »
"For This Is What We Do..."
"For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. With love: the passionate search for a truth other than our own. With longing: the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on. God help us. God forgive us. We live on." - Gregory David Roberts, “Shantara... more »
"For this is what we do. Put one foot forward and then the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. With love: the passionate search for a truth other than our own. With longing: the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on. God help us. God forgive us. We live on." - Gregory David Roberts, “Shantara... more »
Chet Raymo, “Cranes or Skyhooks?”
*“Cranes or Skyhooks?”* by Chet Raymo “In the late 19th century, an intractable problem bedeviled scientists. Geologists had convincingly demonstrated that the Earth was hundreds of millions of years old, and fossil evidence suggested that life had been around for most of that time. Which means the Sun must have been burning more or less steadily throughout the duration. Yet physicists and chemists could not provide any credible source of energy that would keep the Sun shining for all that time. Not gravitational contraction. Not chemical combustion or any other known chemical reac... more »
*“Cranes or Skyhooks?”* by Chet Raymo “In the late 19th century, an intractable problem bedeviled scientists. Geologists had convincingly demonstrated that the Earth was hundreds of millions of years old, and fossil evidence suggested that life had been around for most of that time. Which means the Sun must have been burning more or less steadily throughout the duration. Yet physicists and chemists could not provide any credible source of energy that would keep the Sun shining for all that time. Not gravitational contraction. Not chemical combustion or any other known chemical reac... more »
Paulo Coelho, "Solitude..."
*“Solitude Is Not The Absence of Love”* by Paulo Coelho “Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side, because Love needs to rest as well, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms. Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive for any length of time, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide ... more »
*“Solitude Is Not The Absence of Love”* by Paulo Coelho “Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side, because Love needs to rest as well, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms. Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive for any length of time, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
4 alleged chemical attacks being investigated by US/UK/Israel in Syria
*Does this nonsense ever end?* AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 1:11 PM Pen, US UK claims/investigating FOUR chem weapon attacks by Assad http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-11/usuk-investigating-new-assad-chemical-attacks-syria I have not read zerohedge so can't tell you all what they are writing about- but- Anonymous had to know that was going to pique my interest! Thanks anonymous, with that tip under my hat, I began my own search That’s the way I like to do things... I found some site called Mediaite- Spinning on 'New Chemical Attacks in Syria" Obviously trying to pass itself off ... more »
*Does this nonsense ever end?* AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 1:11 PM Pen, US UK claims/investigating FOUR chem weapon attacks by Assad http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-11/usuk-investigating-new-assad-chemical-attacks-syria I have not read zerohedge so can't tell you all what they are writing about- but- Anonymous had to know that was going to pique my interest! Thanks anonymous, with that tip under my hat, I began my own search That’s the way I like to do things... I found some site called Mediaite- Spinning on 'New Chemical Attacks in Syria" Obviously trying to pass itself off ... more »
The Economy:"The Fed's Childishly Naïve Theory of Credit”
*"The Fed's Childishly Naïve Theory of Credit”* by Bill Bonner Gualfin, Argentina. “Today, we return to familiar territory. We have seen it before: The slowdown in the economy. The overpricing of assets (particularly stocks). The huge increase in debt. The Fed's QE and ZIRP. But for all its familiarity, it remains strange... and mysterious. Let's backtrack... The foundation for today's peculiar economy was laid in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968, President Johnson asked Congress to end the requirement that US dollars be backed by gold. Then in 1971, President Nixon issued Executive O... more »
*"The Fed's Childishly Naïve Theory of Credit”* by Bill Bonner Gualfin, Argentina. “Today, we return to familiar territory. We have seen it before: The slowdown in the economy. The overpricing of assets (particularly stocks). The huge increase in debt. The Fed's QE and ZIRP. But for all its familiarity, it remains strange... and mysterious. Let's backtrack... The foundation for today's peculiar economy was laid in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968, President Johnson asked Congress to end the requirement that US dollars be backed by gold. Then in 1971, President Nixon issued Executive O... more »
Obama's Move Now as Glenn Greenwald Returns to US
As he had previously stated he would, investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald was going to force the issue and has now returned to the hallowed shores of *The Homeland* to accept his George Polk Award for his reporting on former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Mr. Greenwald, formerly of The Guardian whose new venture for *First Look Media* "The Intercept" arrived in New York on Friday along with fellow Polk Award winner Laura Poitras who has also been instrumental in exposing the anti-American, anti-Constitutional rampage of Obama's NSA Stasi which i... more »
As he had previously stated he would, investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald was going to force the issue and has now returned to the hallowed shores of *The Homeland* to accept his George Polk Award for his reporting on former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Mr. Greenwald, formerly of The Guardian whose new venture for *First Look Media* "The Intercept" arrived in New York on Friday along with fellow Polk Award winner Laura Poitras who has also been instrumental in exposing the anti-American, anti-Constitutional rampage of Obama's NSA Stasi which i... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report -- April 10 , 2014 -- News of the day , data and views touching on the precious metals ! Additional items on the day after Ed's Morning Wrap .....
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/jay-taylor-prepare-for-a-bull-market-to-shock-even-the-most-ardent-goldbugs YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The gold price rallied about five bucks or so during early trading in the Far East on their Wednesday, but then began to sell off a bit starting around 2 p.m. Hong Kong time---an hour before the London open. Then, at the noon London silver fix, the gold price got sold down another five bucks or so---and then didn't do much until the Fed minutes were released at 2 p.m. EDT. The subsequent price spike ran into a not-for-profit seller within... more »
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/jay-taylor-prepare-for-a-bull-market-to-shock-even-the-most-ardent-goldbugs YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER The gold price rallied about five bucks or so during early trading in the Far East on their Wednesday, but then began to sell off a bit starting around 2 p.m. Hong Kong time---an hour before the London open. Then, at the noon London silver fix, the gold price got sold down another five bucks or so---and then didn't do much until the Fed minutes were released at 2 p.m. EDT. The subsequent price spike ran into a not-for-profit seller within... more »
November Surprise 1974 - Henry Kissinger, The Nugan Hand Bank and the Dismissal of the Australian Government
November Surprise 1974 - Henry Kissinger, The Nugan Hand Bank and the Dismissal of the Australian Government from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"Jerry Aaron's interpretation of the Shackley Cable is shared by former CIA agent Ralph McGehee. Was Shackley in a position to be ordering ASIO about, I mean, you worked under Shackley in Vietnam. Is he a senior CIA officer?"* * Ralph McGehee:* Oh, yes, he was a top CIA officer. He was also one of* Ed Wilson's* closest friends. *Ed Wilson*, of course, was head of *Task Force 157*. Prior to that, Wilson had been in the CIA. And there are all sorts of...more »
November Surprise 1974 - Henry Kissinger, The Nugan Hand Bank and the Dismissal of the Australian Government from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"Jerry Aaron's interpretation of the Shackley Cable is shared by former CIA agent Ralph McGehee. Was Shackley in a position to be ordering ASIO about, I mean, you worked under Shackley in Vietnam. Is he a senior CIA officer?"* * Ralph McGehee:* Oh, yes, he was a top CIA officer. He was also one of* Ed Wilson's* closest friends. *Ed Wilson*, of course, was head of *Task Force 157*. Prior to that, Wilson had been in the CIA. And there are all sorts of...more »
'Woman's Hour is not for me'
To mark the passing of Richard Hoggart, who was partial to a bit of poetry, I thought I'd express my feelings about a particular BBC programme in verse: *Woman's Hou*r is not for me, In spite of stats I heard today, For by per cent we're 43, Us men, Of those who tune to Jane and Jen - Or so I heard Ms Garvey say, On *Feedback*, now, this very day. This morning's edition of *Woman's Hour *had four items on its agenda, not one of which fired me with any great urge to listen to it: (1) some hand-wringing about the lack of racial diversity in children's books, (2) a call for men to ta... more »
To mark the passing of Richard Hoggart, who was partial to a bit of poetry, I thought I'd express my feelings about a particular BBC programme in verse: *Woman's Hou*r is not for me, In spite of stats I heard today, For by per cent we're 43, Us men, Of those who tune to Jane and Jen - Or so I heard Ms Garvey say, On *Feedback*, now, this very day. This morning's edition of *Woman's Hour *had four items on its agenda, not one of which fired me with any great urge to listen to it: (1) some hand-wringing about the lack of racial diversity in children's books, (2) a call for men to ta... more »
Echobelly - Great Things
Just caught the end of Brit Pop at the BBC. Didn't see any Echobelly so here's Great Things. http://youtu.be/UffsqCI7Q7E Sonya Madan doing the Indian pixie haircuted tomboy thing to perfection...
Just caught the end of Brit Pop at the BBC. Didn't see any Echobelly so here's Great Things. http://youtu.be/UffsqCI7Q7E Sonya Madan doing the Indian pixie haircuted tomboy thing to perfection...
"The Heartbleed Bug Goes Even Deeper Than We Realized- Here's What You Should Do"
*"The Heartbleed Bug Goes Even Deeper Than We Realized- * *Here's What You Should Do"* by Alexis Kleinman "Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, two of the biggest creators of Internet equipment, announced on Thursday that their products had been impacted by the Heartbleed bug. Routers, firewalls and switches from these manufacturers and others have all likely been affected by the bug, leaving your personal information at risk of being stolen by hackers. When information is passed through the Internet, it is encrypted, meaning it is turned into unreadable code, so it can't be easily...more »
*"The Heartbleed Bug Goes Even Deeper Than We Realized- * *Here's What You Should Do"* by Alexis Kleinman "Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, two of the biggest creators of Internet equipment, announced on Thursday that their products had been impacted by the Heartbleed bug. Routers, firewalls and switches from these manufacturers and others have all likely been affected by the bug, leaving your personal information at risk of being stolen by hackers. When information is passed through the Internet, it is encrypted, meaning it is turned into unreadable code, so it can't be easily...more »
Did the NSA exploit the Heart Bleed bug ? From Bloomberg - NSA Abused Heartbleed Bug For Years, Left Consumers Exposed To Attack ...... In rebuttal , Government Denies It Knew About, Abused Heartbleed Bug ( does it make you feel worse that the government couldn't detect this bug despite spending countless billions for so called Homeland Security , NSA , FBI and Military dollars or worse because you believe this is just a lie ? )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-abused-heartbleed-bug-years-left-consumers-exposed-attack NSA Abused Heartbleed Bug For Years, Left Consumers Exposed To Attack [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 16:26 -0400 - national security - SPY inShare5 It is one thing for the NSA to spy on everyone in the world, especially US citizens because all of them are obviously potential "terrorizers" just waiting for their opportunity to blow shit up (except for anything in close proximity to the Boston marathon - those things the NSA promp... more »
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-abused-heartbleed-bug-years-left-consumers-exposed-attack NSA Abused Heartbleed Bug For Years, Left Consumers Exposed To Attack [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 16:26 -0400 - national security - SPY inShare5 It is one thing for the NSA to spy on everyone in the world, especially US citizens because all of them are obviously potential "terrorizers" just waiting for their opportunity to blow shit up (except for anything in close proximity to the Boston marathon - those things the NSA promp... more »
Col. Pierre Henri Brunel
*French Spy at NATO HQ Spring of 1999**By Z. Petrovic Pirocanac* *Interview with Former French Intelligence Officer Pierre-Henri Bunel* *(Editing by CRG)* *The Serbian public learned about Colonel Pierre-Henri Bunel (53), a French intelligence officer who worked in NATO HQs in Brussels, during the 1999 spying affair, when he spent ten months in prison because he had informed the Serbs about the military targets NATO intended to bomb. In 2001, Bunel was retired, and did not serve his full prison term, but has not yet been rehabilitated. Nowadays he works as an independent expert... more »
*French Spy at NATO HQ Spring of 1999**By Z. Petrovic Pirocanac* *Interview with Former French Intelligence Officer Pierre-Henri Bunel* *(Editing by CRG)* *The Serbian public learned about Colonel Pierre-Henri Bunel (53), a French intelligence officer who worked in NATO HQs in Brussels, during the 1999 spying affair, when he spent ten months in prison because he had informed the Serbs about the military targets NATO intended to bomb. In 2001, Bunel was retired, and did not serve his full prison term, but has not yet been rehabilitated. Nowadays he works as an independent expert... more »
Tinseltown Endorsements-- Do They Hurt A Candidate In… Tinseltown? In Kentucky?
You've probably noticed that I've been sympathetic-- even inspired-- by Marianne Williamson's congressional race in the very upscale L.A. Westside district, CA-33, that includes, iconic "Hollywood" communities like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Venice, Bel Air, Brentwood, Manhattan Beach, Marina dell Rey, Westwood, Rancho Palos Verdes, even a little bit of West Hollywood itself. A lifelong progressive Democrat, she's running as an Independent-- the same way that Bernie Sanders has always chosen to run as an Independent, *not* as a Democrat. Although the Democrats eventually... more »
You've probably noticed that I've been sympathetic-- even inspired-- by Marianne Williamson's congressional race in the very upscale L.A. Westside district, CA-33, that includes, iconic "Hollywood" communities like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Venice, Bel Air, Brentwood, Manhattan Beach, Marina dell Rey, Westwood, Rancho Palos Verdes, even a little bit of West Hollywood itself. A lifelong progressive Democrat, she's running as an Independent-- the same way that Bernie Sanders has always chosen to run as an Independent, *not* as a Democrat. Although the Democrats eventually... more »
Harold Wilson and the IRA : CLOCKWORK ORANGE and The GLADIO Factor
Harold Wilson and the IRA : CLOCKWORK ORANGE and The GLADIO Factor from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"What was the state of the IRA at the beginning of 1974?"* * "They were on their knees." *- Former MI5 Officer * "Could the War have been won then?"* * "Yes." *- Former MI5 Officer In Britain, there has always been a fierce rivalry between MI5 and MI6 - my researches indicate that historically, MI6 have long been aligned with the interests of NATO and the European Union, whilst MI5 still owes it's allegiance solely to the British Crown. Therefore MI6 is perfectly capable of going around, p... more »
Harold Wilson and the IRA : CLOCKWORK ORANGE and The GLADIO Factor from Spike EP on Vimeo. *"What was the state of the IRA at the beginning of 1974?"* * "They were on their knees." *- Former MI5 Officer * "Could the War have been won then?"* * "Yes." *- Former MI5 Officer In Britain, there has always been a fierce rivalry between MI5 and MI6 - my researches indicate that historically, MI6 have long been aligned with the interests of NATO and the European Union, whilst MI5 still owes it's allegiance solely to the British Crown. Therefore MI6 is perfectly capable of going around, p... more »
Abortion in New Brunswick: It's Time
By now you've heard that the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton (one of *only* two abortion clinics east of Montreal!) is closing. CBC report and Al Jazeera report with photos and tweets. What I hadn't realized is that New Brunswick is the original home of the TRAP law. TRAP (Targetted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws are increasingly common in the abortion wars in the US. But New Brunswick blazed a trail, legislating against ONE SPECIFIC CLINIC. From the press release by the clinic: From the moment Dr. Morgentaler announced his intention to open an abortion clinic in Frederic...more »
By now you've heard that the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton (one of *only* two abortion clinics east of Montreal!) is closing. CBC report and Al Jazeera report with photos and tweets. What I hadn't realized is that New Brunswick is the original home of the TRAP law. TRAP (Targetted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws are increasingly common in the abortion wars in the US. But New Brunswick blazed a trail, legislating against ONE SPECIFIC CLINIC. From the press release by the clinic: From the moment Dr. Morgentaler announced his intention to open an abortion clinic in Frederic...more »
Trifecta: How about some movie reviews for this weekend?...
*we'll be working outside.* Time to plant the lettuce, kale, chard, and radishes.
*we'll be working outside.* Time to plant the lettuce, kale, chard, and radishes.
FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT
It's been three years since radioactive water began leaking from Japan's stricken Fukushima Nuclear reactor. And with dozens of U.S Navy personnel falling sick from radiation contamination, new questions are arising over what Tokyo's electric power company and the U.S Navy may have known about the extent of radiation exposure. RT's Ameera David reports.
It's been three years since radioactive water began leaking from Japan's stricken Fukushima Nuclear reactor. And with dozens of U.S Navy personnel falling sick from radiation contamination, new questions are arising over what Tokyo's electric power company and the U.S Navy may have known about the extent of radiation exposure. RT's Ameera David reports.
NHL Playoffs
I played hockey, not well. But I think I study it with insider knowlege. My team is the Montreal Canadians. I can not understand how PK Subban can win the Norris Trophy for being flamboyant and now that is seen as a bad thing?
I played hockey, not well. But I think I study it with insider knowlege. My team is the Montreal Canadians. I can not understand how PK Subban can win the Norris Trophy for being flamboyant and now that is seen as a bad thing?
Dirt Update: Doug Martin on Workers' Voice Show Today at 5 PM EST
by Doug Martin I want everyone to know I am now working on several new dirt-pieces to expose more politicians and corporate school reformers and will post them in the very near future. Since the release of my book *Hoosier School Heist* on March 21, I have been very busy travelling throughout Indiana and lining up more travelling gigs. Tonight from 5 PM to 6 PM EST, I will be talking about women's rights, the evils of a male-dominated society, teachers unions, prison, what is going on in Dugger, Indiana, and many other things I haven't touched upon yet in my many radio shows late... more »
by Doug Martin I want everyone to know I am now working on several new dirt-pieces to expose more politicians and corporate school reformers and will post them in the very near future. Since the release of my book *Hoosier School Heist* on March 21, I have been very busy travelling throughout Indiana and lining up more travelling gigs. Tonight from 5 PM to 6 PM EST, I will be talking about women's rights, the evils of a male-dominated society, teachers unions, prison, what is going on in Dugger, Indiana, and many other things I haven't touched upon yet in my many radio shows late... more »
A KIPP Teacher Speaks of Her Nervous Breakdown and Post-KIPP Recovery, Part 1
*The following excerpts are from an interview conducted in February and March of this year. The findings from these in-depth conversations will comprise a significant part of a book I am writing about the experience of teaching in the No Excuses corporate reform charter schools. * *When Jane became a KIPP teacher, she had a non-education Bachelors, a Masters in Education, and several years of successful teaching experience. It was a short video that she saw during graduate school that sparked her desire to be a KIPP teacher:* *I really bought into the mission about helping kids ... more »
*The following excerpts are from an interview conducted in February and March of this year. The findings from these in-depth conversations will comprise a significant part of a book I am writing about the experience of teaching in the No Excuses corporate reform charter schools. * *When Jane became a KIPP teacher, she had a non-education Bachelors, a Masters in Education, and several years of successful teaching experience. It was a short video that she saw during graduate school that sparked her desire to be a KIPP teacher:* *I really bought into the mission about helping kids ... more »
A weapon of mass distraction
Sent to the New York Times,April 11, 2014 Yes, there's a big problem with the tests ("We need to talk about the tests," April 10). but there's a bigger problem: The whole idea of the common core. Accurately described by Susan Ohanian as “a radical untried curriculum overhaul and ... nonstop national testing," the common core is an outrageous scheme with no justification and no empirical support. The problems described by Elizabeth Phillips will eventually be solved, or at least reduced enough to stop complaints from coming, but the common core boondoggle will continue, with new and ... more »
Sent to the New York Times,April 11, 2014 Yes, there's a big problem with the tests ("We need to talk about the tests," April 10). but there's a bigger problem: The whole idea of the common core. Accurately described by Susan Ohanian as “a radical untried curriculum overhaul and ... nonstop national testing," the common core is an outrageous scheme with no justification and no empirical support. The problems described by Elizabeth Phillips will eventually be solved, or at least reduced enough to stop complaints from coming, but the common core boondoggle will continue, with new and ... more »
UK'S TRIDENT DECISION
The UK taxpayer will be stuck with a bill for almost three and a half billion dollars to modernise the nation's nuclear arsenal even though polls suggest the majority of the population think it's a waste of money. Renewing the US-built Trident missiles will happen over a 50 year time span. And is likely to leave the UK's nuclear capability dependent on Washington.
The UK taxpayer will be stuck with a bill for almost three and a half billion dollars to modernise the nation's nuclear arsenal even though polls suggest the majority of the population think it's a waste of money. Renewing the US-built Trident missiles will happen over a 50 year time span. And is likely to leave the UK's nuclear capability dependent on Washington.
EASTERN UKRAINE UPDATE
Anti-Kiev protesters in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk have given an ultimatum to the post-coup government. They say they want a referendum to be held within 10 days on whether to breakaway and join Russia. That's their response to demands to leave occupied buildings or face a crackdown.
Anti-Kiev protesters in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk have given an ultimatum to the post-coup government. They say they want a referendum to be held within 10 days on whether to breakaway and join Russia. That's their response to demands to leave occupied buildings or face a crackdown.
Very Heavy Chemtrails 4/11/14. At What Point will people WAKE UP and Realize Chemtrails are murdering us slowly and Causing Alzheimers?
The Chemtrails are super heavy. They are heavily chemtrailing the skies today. April 11 2014. This has to STOP! It is because of the poisons in the air, people are getting Alzheimers and Dementia. It is because of the chemtrails bees, birds and animals are dying. It is because of chemtrails we are being murdered with slow death! People need to WAKE UP and DEMAND this be STOPPED!
The Chemtrails are super heavy. They are heavily chemtrailing the skies today. April 11 2014. This has to STOP! It is because of the poisons in the air, people are getting Alzheimers and Dementia. It is because of the chemtrails bees, birds and animals are dying. It is because of chemtrails we are being murdered with slow death! People need to WAKE UP and DEMAND this be STOPPED!
Musical Interlude: Adventure Cargo, "The Secret Chamber"
Adventure Cargo, “The Secret Chamber” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgBySfL1G0
Adventure Cargo, “The Secret Chamber” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgBySfL1G0
biologique !
Classroom Activity: Commitment Problems
This activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture (slides) on commitment problems. The lecture focused in particular on how the anticipation of future shifts in power can create incentives for preventive war. After walking them through a formal model fleshing out the argument, I then discussed the role of preventive motives in the US Continue reading
This activity comes after students are to have listened to a lecture (slides) on commitment problems. The lecture focused in particular on how the anticipation of future shifts in power can create incentives for preventive war. After walking them through a formal model fleshing out the argument, I then discussed the role of preventive motives in the US Continue reading
The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton
http://gawker.com/the-astounding-conspiracy-theories-of-wall-street-geniu-1561427624The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton Mark Gorton is a prominent financier and a respected entrepreneur. He founded the music sharing site Limewire, and he runs Tower Research, a famed high-frequency trading firm. Gorton also believes that the "ruthless" secret cabal that assassinated JFK and planned 9/11 could be coming to kill his family. Mark Gorton does not have a reputation as a crackpot. Quite the opposite. He's been favorably profiled in the New York ... more »
http://gawker.com/the-astounding-conspiracy-theories-of-wall-street-geniu-1561427624The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton Mark Gorton is a prominent financier and a respected entrepreneur. He founded the music sharing site Limewire, and he runs Tower Research, a famed high-frequency trading firm. Gorton also believes that the "ruthless" secret cabal that assassinated JFK and planned 9/11 could be coming to kill his family. Mark Gorton does not have a reputation as a crackpot. Quite the opposite. He's been favorably profiled in the New York ... more »
Kahlil Gibran, "A Poet's Voice XV, Part Four"
"A Poet's Voice XV, Part Four" by Kahlil Gibran "You are my brother, but why are you quarreling with me? Why do you invade my country and try to subjugate me for the sake of pleasing those who are seeking glory and authority? Why do you leave your wife and children and follow Death to the distant land for the sake of those who buy glory with your blood, and high honor with your mother's tears? Is it an honor for a man to kill his brother man? If you deem it an honor, let it be an act of worship, and erect a temple to Cain who slew his brother Abel. Is self-preservation the first ... more »
"A Poet's Voice XV, Part Four" by Kahlil Gibran "You are my brother, but why are you quarreling with me? Why do you invade my country and try to subjugate me for the sake of pleasing those who are seeking glory and authority? Why do you leave your wife and children and follow Death to the distant land for the sake of those who buy glory with your blood, and high honor with your mother's tears? Is it an honor for a man to kill his brother man? If you deem it an honor, let it be an act of worship, and erect a temple to Cain who slew his brother Abel. Is self-preservation the first ... more »
Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”
Afshin, “Prayer of Change” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SGQ65QhaU
Afshin, “Prayer of Change” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SGQ65QhaU
"How It Really Is"
"Intellectual Prostitutes..."
"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid $150 a week for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for things, and if any of you would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my pape... more »
"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid $150 a week for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for things, and if any of you would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my pape... more »
"How The News Works"
兩名美國狙擊手指出就在我們剛剛拍照！美國狙擊手威脅要拍我們
什麼是可怕的是，土地管理局是政府的文化的一部分，認為它可以成功地懲罰了美國人民與有罪不罰和致命武力行使他們的憲法權利。 他們的行動，如推孕婦在地上;推著57歲的奶奶在地，只是為了拍照，並tazing的邦迪家族的一員，惡臭以色列國防軍的戰術對巴勒斯坦人的。 不幸的是，它沒有出現，這將結束好。我完全期待看到這個屬性的一個巨大的，戲劇性的收購，擁有一批死亡和受傷。我希望到地獄，我錯在這裡，但是這是一個政府可以永遠，永遠承認這是錯誤的。 但在目前，土地管理局有一個公共關係的噩夢，並迫使該問題將於事無補。 祝你好運美國人，你會需要它！
什麼是可怕的是，土地管理局是政府的文化的一部分，認為它可以成功地懲罰了美國人民與有罪不罰和致命武力行使他們的憲法權利。 他們的行動，如推孕婦在地上;推著57歲的奶奶在地，只是為了拍照，並tazing的邦迪家族的一員，惡臭以色列國防軍的戰術對巴勒斯坦人的。 不幸的是，它沒有出現，這將結束好。我完全期待看到這個屬性的一個巨大的，戲劇性的收購，擁有一批死亡和受傷。我希望到地獄，我錯在這裡，但是這是一個政府可以永遠，永遠承認這是錯誤的。 但在目前，土地管理局有一個公共關係的噩夢，並迫使該問題將於事無補。 祝你好運美國人，你會需要它！
Noncompete Agreements Are Bad For Economic Development, Says Venture Capital Group
I've been talking awhile about the move afoot in Massachusetts to ban noncompete agreements. This week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced an economic development package that included a plan to ban noncompetes. You'd think big business would be screaming about this, but there are some business interests that actually support the ban, especially in the tech sector. One big supporter is the New England Venture Capital Association, a group that puts investors with businesses. Here's what they say about noncompete agreements: Today the Governor announced an economic develo... more »
I've been talking awhile about the move afoot in Massachusetts to ban noncompete agreements. This week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced an economic development package that included a plan to ban noncompetes. You'd think big business would be screaming about this, but there are some business interests that actually support the ban, especially in the tech sector. One big supporter is the New England Venture Capital Association, a group that puts investors with businesses. Here's what they say about noncompete agreements: Today the Governor announced an economic develo... more »
Two New TV Spots-- Tom Guild (OK-05) And Pat Murphy (IA-01)
As a state legislator-- and Speaker of the House-- Pat Murphy has been working tirelessly and effectively for ordinary Iowa families for many years. They know it and we've written about it before. Blue America endorsed him and we've been asking our supporters to help his campaign. Yesterday, hours after he got the Human Rights Campaign endorsement, he released his first TV ad (above). His district has a PVI of D+5 and Obama beat McCain with 58% and beat Romney with 56%. His most recent FEC statement shows his campaign with $224,288 cash on hand. He is favored to win a crowded pri... more »
As a state legislator-- and Speaker of the House-- Pat Murphy has been working tirelessly and effectively for ordinary Iowa families for many years. They know it and we've written about it before. Blue America endorsed him and we've been asking our supporters to help his campaign. Yesterday, hours after he got the Human Rights Campaign endorsement, he released his first TV ad (above). His district has a PVI of D+5 and Obama beat McCain with 58% and beat Romney with 56%. His most recent FEC statement shows his campaign with $224,288 cash on hand. He is favored to win a crowded pri... more »
Krugman discusses the evil and ugly!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014* *Matthews ridicules accents:* In this morning’s column, Paul Krugman discusses the decision by several dozen states to reject the expansion of Medicaid. When he quotes Jonathan Gruber, a strong word is used, then affirmed: KRUGMAN (4/11/14): What’s amazing about this wave of rejection is that it appears to be motivated by pure spite. The federal government is prepared to pay for Medicaid expansion, so it would cost the states nothing, and would, in fact, provide an inflow of dollars. The health economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the principal architects of ... more »
*FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014* *Matthews ridicules accents:* In this morning’s column, Paul Krugman discusses the decision by several dozen states to reject the expansion of Medicaid. When he quotes Jonathan Gruber, a strong word is used, then affirmed: KRUGMAN (4/11/14): What’s amazing about this wave of rejection is that it appears to be motivated by pure spite. The federal government is prepared to pay for Medicaid expansion, so it would cost the states nothing, and would, in fact, provide an inflow of dollars. The health economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the principal architects of ... more »
it's not too late
fuck the poor
Greg Hunter,"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.11.14"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.11.14"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com This headline is only half right–“Putin turns up the heat in Ukraine.” It should read, Obama and Putin turn up the heat. I think this is the big story, and it is being underreported. It has both financial and real war implications. Let’s start with what Russia is doing. It is now going to issue a new bond based in the yuan. Are you getting that? This is yet another move away from using the U.S. dollar to settle international trade. Russia is also hiking the price of natural gas to Ukraine by at least 50% in May. The... more »
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.11.14"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com This headline is only half right–“Putin turns up the heat in Ukraine.” It should read, Obama and Putin turn up the heat. I think this is the big story, and it is being underreported. It has both financial and real war implications. Let’s start with what Russia is doing. It is now going to issue a new bond based in the yuan. Are you getting that? This is yet another move away from using the U.S. dollar to settle international trade. Russia is also hiking the price of natural gas to Ukraine by at least 50% in May. The... more »
A Most Opportune Death
well, it wasn't for Flaherty but it most certainly is for Harper. We will all die. Every one of us. But let us consider Flaherty's CONvenient demise and how Harper will play it out. All in all, Flaherty's sudden death after dumping Harper and his party, is awfully CONvenient for PMSHithead - if he needs to strike fear in his partisans. Paul Wells, a most rigorous and understated political reporter, gives us an insight into the internal gears of Harper's CPC that are grinding Canadians down as well as a portrait of a corporate conservative, here. Flaherty's death offers Harper'... more »
well, it wasn't for Flaherty but it most certainly is for Harper. We will all die. Every one of us. But let us consider Flaherty's CONvenient demise and how Harper will play it out. All in all, Flaherty's sudden death after dumping Harper and his party, is awfully CONvenient for PMSHithead - if he needs to strike fear in his partisans. Paul Wells, a most rigorous and understated political reporter, gives us an insight into the internal gears of Harper's CPC that are grinding Canadians down as well as a portrait of a corporate conservative, here. Flaherty's death offers Harper'... more »
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*City Council delays voting on Holy Cross proposal, Perez architects' petition contains forgeries ~New Orleans Advocate* *Reward offered for information on bald eagle’s killing ~Advocate *
*City Council delays voting on Holy Cross proposal, Perez architects' petition contains forgeries ~New Orleans Advocate* *Reward offered for information on bald eagle’s killing ~Advocate *
Supreme Court restores pre-trial credit for offenders; yet another SCC decision against recent Government initiatives
*R. v. Summers*, 2014 SCC 26: The *Truth in Sentencing Act*, passed in 2009, changed the statutory regime governing credit for pre‑sentence detention. Parliament modified s. 719(3) of the *Criminal Code* to limit credit for pre‑trial custody “to a maximum of one day for each day spent in custody”. Parliament also provided in s. 719(3.1) that despite that limit, “if the circumstances justify it, the maximum is one and one‑half days for each day spent in custody”. In this case, the accused was on remand for 10.5 months. The sentencing judge assigned a credit calcu... more »
*R. v. Summers*, 2014 SCC 26: The *Truth in Sentencing Act*, passed in 2009, changed the statutory regime governing credit for pre‑sentence detention. Parliament modified s. 719(3) of the *Criminal Code* to limit credit for pre‑trial custody “to a maximum of one day for each day spent in custody”. Parliament also provided in s. 719(3.1) that despite that limit, “if the circumstances justify it, the maximum is one and one‑half days for each day spent in custody”. In this case, the accused was on remand for 10.5 months. The sentencing judge assigned a credit calcu... more »
Desireless - Voyage Voyage
Constituency meeting this evening rules out substantive blogging. So wrap your ears around this, an excellent ditty only connoisseurs of French 80s pop are likely to have encountered.
Constituency meeting this evening rules out substantive blogging. So wrap your ears around this, an excellent ditty only connoisseurs of French 80s pop are likely to have encountered.
Tweet from Israel Mission to UN (@IsraelinUN)
Hezbollah are violating United Nations Resolution 1701. Don't expect any coverage on the BBC... Israel Mission to UN (@IsraelinUN) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Fri, Apr 11, 2014: Amb. Prosor's letter to @secgen regarding #Hezbollah's violations of resolution #1701 http://t.co/MK1r864vKU (https://twitter.com/IsraelinUN/status/454625931483947009)
Hezbollah are violating United Nations Resolution 1701. Don't expect any coverage on the BBC... Israel Mission to UN (@IsraelinUN) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Fri, Apr 11, 2014: Amb. Prosor's letter to @secgen regarding #Hezbollah's violations of resolution #1701 http://t.co/MK1r864vKU (https://twitter.com/IsraelinUN/status/454625931483947009)
Harvard professors' fossil fuel divestment letter
I was told about a letter signed by some Harvard faculty urging the president and the Harvard Corporation to eliminate the fossil-fuel investments from the endowment and to otherwise harass and discriminate against the fine folks who work in that industry and the other investors: HarvardFacultyDivestment.COM (open letter) Fortunately for Harvard and the system (because Harvard is considered a role model by many others), Drew Gilpin Faust – the new president that replaced Larry Summers – continues to be sensible. See what she recently told the brainwashed babe at the Harvard Yard. ... more »
I was told about a letter signed by some Harvard faculty urging the president and the Harvard Corporation to eliminate the fossil-fuel investments from the endowment and to otherwise harass and discriminate against the fine folks who work in that industry and the other investors: HarvardFacultyDivestment.COM (open letter) Fortunately for Harvard and the system (because Harvard is considered a role model by many others), Drew Gilpin Faust – the new president that replaced Larry Summers – continues to be sensible. See what she recently told the brainwashed babe at the Harvard Yard. ... more »
Debtor Dynasties
The Kochs and the Waltons have their patrimonial dynasties. The Bushes and the Clintons have their political dynasties. And just so we won't feel left out, we regular folk have been gifted with our very own debtor dynasties. Now that the deficit hawks and the plutocrats who own them have been at least temporarily rebuffed in their quest to trim (Democrats) and slash (Republicans) the safety net, the poobahs have decreed that we are now responsible for our ancestors' alleged Social Security overpayments, even if they date back to the last century. So, if you were hoping for an incom... more »
The Kochs and the Waltons have their patrimonial dynasties. The Bushes and the Clintons have their political dynasties. And just so we won't feel left out, we regular folk have been gifted with our very own debtor dynasties. Now that the deficit hawks and the plutocrats who own them have been at least temporarily rebuffed in their quest to trim (Democrats) and slash (Republicans) the safety net, the poobahs have decreed that we are now responsible for our ancestors' alleged Social Security overpayments, even if they date back to the last century. So, if you were hoping for an incom... more »
LET’S PLAY DUMBBELL: A typical scam!
*FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014* *Part 5—Concerning the Mastro report:* A person can get extremely dumb watching the cable show Hardball. Dumbing down viewers isn’t just for Fox News any more! Consider what Hardball viewers were told last week about the Mastro report. Also, consider what got withheld. Chris Matthews discussed the Mastro report on Monday and Tuesday nights of last week. On each occasion, he gave the impression that his producers had dug up amazing material in the four thousand pages of supporting materials which were released along with the Mastro report itself. Below, you... more »
*FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014* *Part 5—Concerning the Mastro report:* A person can get extremely dumb watching the cable show Hardball. Dumbing down viewers isn’t just for Fox News any more! Consider what Hardball viewers were told last week about the Mastro report. Also, consider what got withheld. Chris Matthews discussed the Mastro report on Monday and Tuesday nights of last week. On each occasion, he gave the impression that his producers had dug up amazing material in the four thousand pages of supporting materials which were released along with the Mastro report itself. Below, you... more »
calmly we walk through this april's day
Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn. Delmore Schwartz
Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn. Delmore Schwartz
Guidance System fail- Shoe Thrower misses Hillary Clinton
If only the system would have locked on target! National Post *Unfortunately too many sychophants in the audience* Many in the audience of more than 1,000 people in a large ballroom laughed and applauded as Clinton resumed her speech *Hillary Clinton is NOT a positive role model for women* Though she is always presented as such. By the media and herself. The woman is a psycopath
If only the system would have locked on target! National Post *Unfortunately too many sychophants in the audience* Many in the audience of more than 1,000 people in a large ballroom laughed and applauded as Clinton resumed her speech *Hillary Clinton is NOT a positive role model for women* Though she is always presented as such. By the media and herself. The woman is a psycopath
NAQSHIBANDI VIDEO: IED On Federal Police Ninewa April 8, 2014
VIDEO: Iraqi Army In Combat Against ISIS In Anbar, Iraq
April 11: A two-page obituary
I'm sure that Jim Flaherty, former minister of finance, was a worthy and loved man. But most of us just get a few words ending in "missed by all". With all that is happening in the world, and even in NB, I don't see how a newspaper can devote so much space to the death of even a former cabinet minister. On the front page is just about the only important story in the whole paper. The abortion clinic, a private one, in Fredericton is closing simply because it cannot afford to stay open. It needs a provincial subsidy. Dr. Morgenthaler, who built the clinic, always found New Brunswick ... more »
I'm sure that Jim Flaherty, former minister of finance, was a worthy and loved man. But most of us just get a few words ending in "missed by all". With all that is happening in the world, and even in NB, I don't see how a newspaper can devote so much space to the death of even a former cabinet minister. On the front page is just about the only important story in the whole paper. The abortion clinic, a private one, in Fredericton is closing simply because it cannot afford to stay open. It needs a provincial subsidy. Dr. Morgenthaler, who built the clinic, always found New Brunswick ... more »
Wild Bill: Cowboys and Snipers...
*is it really about the tortoises? * *Statement from Clive Bundy's daughter:* * By SHIREE BUNDY COX: * *I have had people ask me to explain my dad’s stance on this BLM fight.* *Here it is in as simple of terms as I can explain it. There is so much to it, but here it is in a nut shell.* *My great grandpa bought the rights to the Bunkerville allotment back in 1887 around there. Then he sold them to my grandpa who then turned them over to my dad in 1972.* *These men bought and paid for their rights to the range and also built waters, fences and roads to assure the survival of th... more »
*is it really about the tortoises? * *Statement from Clive Bundy's daughter:* * By SHIREE BUNDY COX: * *I have had people ask me to explain my dad’s stance on this BLM fight.* *Here it is in as simple of terms as I can explain it. There is so much to it, but here it is in a nut shell.* *My great grandpa bought the rights to the Bunkerville allotment back in 1887 around there. Then he sold them to my grandpa who then turned them over to my dad in 1972.* *These men bought and paid for their rights to the range and also built waters, fences and roads to assure the survival of th... more »
THE PEOPLE WANT TO RISE
It's just another day sometimes you feel so sad sings Paul McCartney living, breathing heart still beating still feeling the outrage it's just another day it's just another day The job of an organizer is to get things popping up in many places create buzz gets more folks thinking and talking standing up on their feet again feeling human and for once not just an agent of the corporate machine a peg in the board It's actually fun to see the pot stirred in a positive way that touches the mind, heart and emotion Now and then you stumble onto a winning card the people want to rise the ov... more »
It's just another day sometimes you feel so sad sings Paul McCartney living, breathing heart still beating still feeling the outrage it's just another day it's just another day The job of an organizer is to get things popping up in many places create buzz gets more folks thinking and talking standing up on their feet again feeling human and for once not just an agent of the corporate machine a peg in the board It's actually fun to see the pot stirred in a positive way that touches the mind, heart and emotion Now and then you stumble onto a winning card the people want to rise the ov... more »
VIDEO: Protests Against Iraq's Proposed Jaafari Personal Status Law
NAVY'S NEW $$$$$ GRAB
This is the rail gun that will be onboard the new Zumwalt stealth destroyer that gets 'christened' on Saturday at Bath Iron Works in Maine. The rail gun projectile can travel at seven times the speed of sound. It's interesting the way folks in the video get so excited about lowering the costs for these killing devices. We are supposed to all cheer along. It is an indication though that we are having some impact, slight as it might be, because finally the Pentagon is under serious pressure to cut costs. But the high-tech weapons corporations want more *$$$* to dream up new exp... more »
This is the rail gun that will be onboard the new Zumwalt stealth destroyer that gets 'christened' on Saturday at Bath Iron Works in Maine. The rail gun projectile can travel at seven times the speed of sound. It's interesting the way folks in the video get so excited about lowering the costs for these killing devices. We are supposed to all cheer along. It is an indication though that we are having some impact, slight as it might be, because finally the Pentagon is under serious pressure to cut costs. But the high-tech weapons corporations want more *$$$* to dream up new exp... more »
Call for Papers on Youth Politics
[image: IMG_7900] I'm going to take a couple of days off to bike. Emotionally drained and burned out from the events of the last few weeks. But here's an important call for papers. 10月在華盛頓DC有一場研討會，主辦單位希望有一個panel給研究生寫太陽花運動(及野草莓/野百合)，假如有人10月寫得出來的可以考慮投稿，有交通補助。 --- Lilies, Strawberries, and Sunflowers: In search of papers on Taiwan youth politics” CALL FOR PAPERS I am organizing a panel on youth politics in Taiwan for the American Association for Chinese Studies annual conference, and I need a couple more papers. Given what’s going on in Taiwan these days, there must be people who want... more »
[image: IMG_7900] I'm going to take a couple of days off to bike. Emotionally drained and burned out from the events of the last few weeks. But here's an important call for papers. 10月在華盛頓DC有一場研討會，主辦單位希望有一個panel給研究生寫太陽花運動(及野草莓/野百合)，假如有人10月寫得出來的可以考慮投稿，有交通補助。 --- Lilies, Strawberries, and Sunflowers: In search of papers on Taiwan youth politics” CALL FOR PAPERS I am organizing a panel on youth politics in Taiwan for the American Association for Chinese Studies annual conference, and I need a couple more papers. Given what’s going on in Taiwan these days, there must be people who want... more »
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*Jackson Square artist permitting process criticized this French Quarter Festival * *Four years after BP disaster, erosion quickens along Gulf shore* *Mississippi River Is Ranked Third Most Endangered In The Country* *Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival!!!* *Shorter red snapper season ahead for Gulf Coast*
*Jackson Square artist permitting process criticized this French Quarter Festival * *Four years after BP disaster, erosion quickens along Gulf shore* *Mississippi River Is Ranked Third Most Endangered In The Country* *Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival!!!* *Shorter red snapper season ahead for Gulf Coast*
Thoughts on the Passing of Jim Flaherty
I don't subscribe to the ludicrous notion that we must not speak ill of the dead. Tell you what; after I die, yeez kin say anything you want about me and I PROMISE I won't get mad. The shameless hypocrites of the right-wing and such institutions as SUN Media will probably take this post as a sign of the burning, irrational hatred typical of the left, but they'll put "ROT IN HELL!!!" beside the picture of someone they don't like on the day of their death. I'm not going to say that about Jimbo Flaherty. I'm simply going to say that I think he was a dangerously deluded simpleton whose... more »
I don't subscribe to the ludicrous notion that we must not speak ill of the dead. Tell you what; after I die, yeez kin say anything you want about me and I PROMISE I won't get mad. The shameless hypocrites of the right-wing and such institutions as SUN Media will probably take this post as a sign of the burning, irrational hatred typical of the left, but they'll put "ROT IN HELL!!!" beside the picture of someone they don't like on the day of their death. I'm not going to say that about Jimbo Flaherty. I'm simply going to say that I think he was a dangerously deluded simpleton whose... more »
So You Want to be a Liberal Arts College Professor: Is there a Future for the Liberal Arts?
Last year I wrote a post titled “So You Want to be a Liberal Arts Professor.” At the time, I promised a series of pieces on the subject, but then my job as a liberal arts college professor got in the way…. Oh well. Among other things, I got mired in a faculty committee examining Continue reading
Last year I wrote a post titled “So You Want to be a Liberal Arts Professor.” At the time, I promised a series of pieces on the subject, but then my job as a liberal arts college professor got in the way…. Oh well. Among other things, I got mired in a faculty committee examining Continue reading
Meet Dave Cole-- Progressive Congressional Candidate In South Jersey
This week, several of the Blue America candidates were at the PCCC training in Washington. Some of them called me and e-mailed me and told me they were really impressed with a smart young guy we hadn't been writing about, Dave Cole, the progressive who wants to take on Frank LoBiondo. So I called Dave and started the conservation. I can see why everyone is so impressed. He's a software engineer and former technology advisor at the Obama White House. Within a minute of beginning a conversation you can see he's a knowledgeable and committed progressive, motivated by, as he puts it, ...more »
This week, several of the Blue America candidates were at the PCCC training in Washington. Some of them called me and e-mailed me and told me they were really impressed with a smart young guy we hadn't been writing about, Dave Cole, the progressive who wants to take on Frank LoBiondo. So I called Dave and started the conservation. I can see why everyone is so impressed. He's a software engineer and former technology advisor at the Obama White House. Within a minute of beginning a conversation you can see he's a knowledgeable and committed progressive, motivated by, as he puts it, ...more »
Europe watch April 11 , 2014 -- European Stocks Collapse As German Bund Yields Hit 10-Month Lows .... Was Greece on Thursday issuing 5 year debt at all , let alone at a yield of 4.95 percent , the sign of an PIIGS debt market " sold to you " top ? Greek Bond Final Term Sheet: Upsized, Eight Times Oversubscribed, And Yielding 4.95%
European Stocks Collapse As German Bund Yields Hit 10-Month Lows [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 08:12 -0400 - Bond - European Central Bank - Italy - NASDAQ - Portugal inShare1 *Overnight weakness in Asia spilled into Europe and the bloodbath is continuing*- especially in the peripheral markets which have until now been invincible in the face of deteriorating fundamentals. Just like US hyper-growth hope, Portugal, Spain, and Italy stock markets have soared this year - among the world's best performers - but are gettin... more »
European Stocks Collapse As German Bund Yields Hit 10-Month Lows [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 08:12 -0400 - Bond - European Central Bank - Italy - NASDAQ - Portugal inShare1 *Overnight weakness in Asia spilled into Europe and the bloodbath is continuing*- especially in the peripheral markets which have until now been invincible in the face of deteriorating fundamentals. Just like US hyper-growth hope, Portugal, Spain, and Italy stock markets have soared this year - among the world's best performers - but are gettin... more »
They're Getting Worried
This week, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives put out a media release in which they insisted that their taxes were *not *too low. Linda McQuaig writes: This defensive posture — who mentioned murder? — reveals they fear others may be slowly catching on to the massive transfer of wealth to the richest Canadians that’s been going on for the past 14 years due to the systematic cutting of corporate tax rates. After all, if corporate taxes were where they were fourteen years ago, we’d be collecting roughly an extra $20 billion a year in taxes — enough to fund national child ca... more »
This week, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives put out a media release in which they insisted that their taxes were *not *too low. Linda McQuaig writes: This defensive posture — who mentioned murder? — reveals they fear others may be slowly catching on to the massive transfer of wealth to the richest Canadians that’s been going on for the past 14 years due to the systematic cutting of corporate tax rates. After all, if corporate taxes were where they were fourteen years ago, we’d be collecting roughly an extra $20 billion a year in taxes — enough to fund national child ca... more »
Dow Bellweather stock JP Morgan misses on top and bottom line as " Earnings Season " gets into swing -- JPM Misses Top And Bottom Line, Slammed By Collapse In Mortgage Origination, Slide In Fixed Income Trading .....
JPM Misses Top And Bottom Line, Slammed By Collapse In Mortgage Origination, Slide In Fixed Income Trading [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 07:45 -0400 - fixed - GAAP - Jamie Dimon - net interest margin - New Normal - Yield Curve inShare So much for the infallible Mr. Dimon. Moments ago, JPM reported Q1 earnings which missed across the board, driven by the now traditional double whammy of collapsing mortgage revenues - the lifeblood of any old normal bank - and fixed income trading revenues - the lifeblood of new... more »
JPM Misses Top And Bottom Line, Slammed By Collapse In Mortgage Origination, Slide In Fixed Income Trading [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/11/2014 07:45 -0400 - fixed - GAAP - Jamie Dimon - net interest margin - New Normal - Yield Curve inShare So much for the infallible Mr. Dimon. Moments ago, JPM reported Q1 earnings which missed across the board, driven by the now traditional double whammy of collapsing mortgage revenues - the lifeblood of any old normal bank - and fixed income trading revenues - the lifeblood of new... more »
Ukraine Updates April 11 , 2014 --Kiev backpedals on referendums after deadline to stop protest expires - The U-turn comes after Ukraine’s elite Alpha unit reportedly refused to obey an order to besiege protester-held buildings. At a session of law enforcement officials in Donetsk, one of the Alpha commanders said that he and his men are a force intended for rescuing hostages and fighting terrorism and will only act in accordance with the law, local media reported. ........ Donetsk Separatists Warn Civilians at Risk if Govt Attacks Protesters Spurn 'Amnesty' Offer as Ultimatum Deadline Nears .....Russia's Lavrov says NATO forces in Eastern Europe would violate agreements ........ Russia: NATO Photos of Forces Near Ukraine Were Taken Last August Ukraine Troops Involved in Drill Shown in Images
Kiev backpedals on referendums after deadline to stop protest expires Published time: April 11, 2014 09:52 Edited time: April 11, 2014 10:50 Get short URL [image: Ukraine federalization supporters carrying sand sacks for building barricades around the building of the regional administration in Donetsk on April 10, 2014. (RIA Novosti)] Ukraine federalization supporters carrying sand sacks for building barricades around the building of the regional administration in Donetsk on April 10, 2014. (RIA Novosti) Share on tumblr Trends Ukraine turmoil Tags Politics, Protest, Security, Ukraine J... more »
Kiev backpedals on referendums after deadline to stop protest expires Published time: April 11, 2014 09:52 Edited time: April 11, 2014 10:50 Get short URL [image: Ukraine federalization supporters carrying sand sacks for building barricades around the building of the regional administration in Donetsk on April 10, 2014. (RIA Novosti)] Ukraine federalization supporters carrying sand sacks for building barricades around the building of the regional administration in Donetsk on April 10, 2014. (RIA Novosti) Share on tumblr Trends Ukraine turmoil Tags Politics, Protest, Security, Ukraine J... more »
Gold and Silver Updates April 9 , 2014 Bankers are using HFT algos to manipulate gold and silver prices ( but we know this , right ? Why would PMs be different from everything else ? ) - Petro - dollar Fading ( Stephen Leeb ) , gold price "managed by Government ( Agnico - Eagle CEO Boyd ) ...... Gold manipulation commentaries ( John Crudele , J.S.Kim ) ..... Chines physical gold demand ( Koos Jansen ) for March 2014 - 559 MT YTD , up 16 percent ..... Jesse's Cafe Americain - Daily Gold and Silver Weekly chart , CME data - note 126,437 ounces withdrawn from Eligible Category on 4/8/14 .....
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
GATA..... Leeb sees petro-dollar fading; Boyd acknowledges gold price is 'managed' Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 04:37. Section: Daily Dispatches 12:35a ET Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: At King World News fund manager Stephen Leeb sees the world transitioning away from the petro-dollar into a mechanism pricing oil in a basket of currencies: http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/8_Col... And Agnico-Eagle CEO Sean Boyd acknowledges that the gold price is "managed" by governments as part of their general intervention in curr... more »
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
GATA..... Leeb sees petro-dollar fading; Boyd acknowledges gold price is 'managed' Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 04:37. Section: Daily Dispatches 12:35a ET Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: At King World News fund manager Stephen Leeb sees the world transitioning away from the petro-dollar into a mechanism pricing oil in a basket of currencies: http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/8_Col... And Agnico-Eagle CEO Sean Boyd acknowledges that the gold price is "managed" by governments as part of their general intervention in curr... more »
The Weaponization of Western “Aid” for Syria
[image: 5754]*April 11, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The UN and the United States have laid blame squarely on the Syrian government for blocking international aid convoys from reaching victims of Syria’s ongoing conflict. The BBC in its article, “Syria crisis: UN says no aid improvement despite vote,” claimed: *The UN has said that there has been no humanitarian improvement for millions of Syrians since the Security Council passed a resolution last month to increase aid deliveries.* *UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that much of the blame lay with President Bashar al-As... more »
[image: 5754]*April 11, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The UN and the United States have laid blame squarely on the Syrian government for blocking international aid convoys from reaching victims of Syria’s ongoing conflict. The BBC in its article, “Syria crisis: UN says no aid improvement despite vote,” claimed: *The UN has said that there has been no humanitarian improvement for millions of Syrians since the Security Council passed a resolution last month to increase aid deliveries.* *UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that much of the blame lay with President Bashar al-As... more »
Aspartame’s Name Changed to Amino Sweet: A Toxin By Another Name is Still a Toxin by Christina Sarich
Aspartame’s Name Changed to Amino Sweet: A Toxin By Another Name is Still a Toxin by Christina Sarich Natural Society, 10 April 2014 Natural Society has been talking about the dangers of Aspartame for quite some time now. It is a dangerous artificial sweetener found in many of the foods we consume every day, including soft drinks, chewing gum, breakfast cereals, and jams. *Now, it’s important to know that aspartame may be disguised as a new name in your favorite foods – aminosweet.* Used as a sugar substitute and often marketed as Nutrasweet and Equal, *aspartame* is an excit... more »
Aspartame’s Name Changed to Amino Sweet: A Toxin By Another Name is Still a Toxin by Christina Sarich Natural Society, 10 April 2014 Natural Society has been talking about the dangers of Aspartame for quite some time now. It is a dangerous artificial sweetener found in many of the foods we consume every day, including soft drinks, chewing gum, breakfast cereals, and jams. *Now, it’s important to know that aspartame may be disguised as a new name in your favorite foods – aminosweet.* Used as a sugar substitute and often marketed as Nutrasweet and Equal, *aspartame* is an excit... more »
Good Times at Pottersville, 4/11/14
Musical Interlude: 2002, “An Ocean Apart”
2002, “An Ocean Apart” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPONyDT_WQ
2002, “An Ocean Apart” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPONyDT_WQ
Look To The Stars, But Walk Calmly - A Quote by M.N. Hopkins
*Look to the stars, but walk calmly upon the Earth.* M.N. Hopkins
*Look to the stars, but walk calmly upon the Earth.* M.N. Hopkins
Press Release from Michèle Rivasi, MEP France: Gardasil: An International Scandal
Gardasil: An International Scandal Sane Vax, Inc. 10 April 2014 Michèle Rivasi, MEP Vice-Chair of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, organized a press conference in Paris on April 2, the topic was Gardasil, a vaccine from Sanofi-Pasteur MSD against certain human papillomavirus responsible for cancer. In the space of seven years, nearly 2 million young women aged 13-26 years received at least one dose of this vaccine in France, reimbursed at 65% by the Social Security … even though the evidence of its effectiveness has not yet been proven.` For Michèle Rivasi, it is li... more »
Gardasil: An International Scandal Sane Vax, Inc. 10 April 2014 Michèle Rivasi, MEP Vice-Chair of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, organized a press conference in Paris on April 2, the topic was Gardasil, a vaccine from Sanofi-Pasteur MSD against certain human papillomavirus responsible for cancer. In the space of seven years, nearly 2 million young women aged 13-26 years received at least one dose of this vaccine in France, reimbursed at 65% by the Social Security … even though the evidence of its effectiveness has not yet been proven.` For Michèle Rivasi, it is li... more »
Next time you hear someone advocate for single-payer healthcare, remember this
From the *NY Times*: Two Florida doctors who received the nation’s highest Medicare reimbursements in 2012 are both major contributors to Democratic Party causes, and they have turned to the political system in recent years to defend themselves against suspicions that they may have submitted fraudulent or excessive charges to the federal government.... Topping the list is Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, 59, an ophthalmologist from North Palm Beach, Fla., who received $21 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2012 alone.... Dr. Melgen’s firm donated more than $700,000 to Majority PAC, a s... more »
From the *NY Times*: Two Florida doctors who received the nation’s highest Medicare reimbursements in 2012 are both major contributors to Democratic Party causes, and they have turned to the political system in recent years to defend themselves against suspicions that they may have submitted fraudulent or excessive charges to the federal government.... Topping the list is Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, 59, an ophthalmologist from North Palm Beach, Fla., who received $21 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2012 alone.... Dr. Melgen’s firm donated more than $700,000 to Majority PAC, a s... more »
April 10: The impact of our news media....
Check out in the letter of the day in Letters to the Editor. It has ever piece of illogic and myth about Ukraine I have seen in our press. For a combination of illogic and myth, take a look at the writer's analogy of Putin and Hitler. Both, he says, were military men. Wow! That says it all, doesn't it? (actually, Putin was not military. He was state police - but we'll let that one pass.) Well, that certainly proves Putin was evil, just like Hitler and all those other military men who have come to political power - George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, Winston Churchill, J.F. Ke... more »
Check out in the letter of the day in Letters to the Editor. It has ever piece of illogic and myth about Ukraine I have seen in our press. For a combination of illogic and myth, take a look at the writer's analogy of Putin and Hitler. Both, he says, were military men. Wow! That says it all, doesn't it? (actually, Putin was not military. He was state police - but we'll let that one pass.) Well, that certainly proves Putin was evil, just like Hitler and all those other military men who have come to political power - George Washington, the Duke of Wellington, Winston Churchill, J.F. Ke... more »
Diplomat who won EU exit essay prize silenced by government - Telegraph
If anybody seriously believes that a Conservative government with David Cameron as Prime Minister would allow the British people a referendum on membership of the EU then read this Telegraph article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10758301/Diplomat-who-won-EU-exit-essay-prize-silenced-by-government.html
If anybody seriously believes that a Conservative government with David Cameron as Prime Minister would allow the British people a referendum on membership of the EU then read this Telegraph article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10758301/Diplomat-who-won-EU-exit-essay-prize-silenced-by-government.html
Sheldon's farewell to string theory: a fun episode with some serious problems
For almost 7 years, I have been an enthusiastic fan of The Big Bang Theory. The CBS sitcom is in its seventh season. Each episode lasts 20 minutes or so. So far, 155 episodes have been aired. I am pretty sure that I've seen every single one of them – in average, I've watched an episode of TBBT 3 times – partly in the original, partly in the Czech dubbing which I started to love pretty soon. The initial seasons have a higher number of views than the newest ones. So you may see that I have spent something like 155 hours of quality time with the sitcom. This figure vastly understates h... more »
For almost 7 years, I have been an enthusiastic fan of The Big Bang Theory. The CBS sitcom is in its seventh season. Each episode lasts 20 minutes or so. So far, 155 episodes have been aired. I am pretty sure that I've seen every single one of them – in average, I've watched an episode of TBBT 3 times – partly in the original, partly in the Czech dubbing which I started to love pretty soon. The initial seasons have a higher number of views than the newest ones. So you may see that I have spent something like 155 hours of quality time with the sitcom. This figure vastly understates h... more »
Energy Econ 17: Brown outs in Mindanao, Thin Reserves in Luzon
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Earth Hour campaigners could be jumping with joy with this news. Up to six Earth Hours everyday in some areas of Mindanao, wow. *KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Power consumers in Cotabato City have been experiencing two to three rotating power interruptions due to limited power supply Cotabato Light and Power Company (Colight) had been getting from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).* *In North Cotabato, last year’s long hours of brownout could even go higher as Mindanao’s power supply deteriorates.* *Kidapawan City and other service areas ... more »
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Earth Hour campaigners could be jumping with joy with this news. Up to six Earth Hours everyday in some areas of Mindanao, wow. *KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Power consumers in Cotabato City have been experiencing two to three rotating power interruptions due to limited power supply Cotabato Light and Power Company (Colight) had been getting from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).* *In North Cotabato, last year’s long hours of brownout could even go higher as Mindanao’s power supply deteriorates.* *Kidapawan City and other service areas ... more »
Why Does Kindness Get You? This.
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*Fox News Covers Heartland Climate Change Work* The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) has been in Washington, DC this week to release Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts. We are really pleased to call your attention to coverage we received Wednesday on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” the Fox News Channel’s flagship 6 p.m. ET news program. Heartland President Joe Bast said, “It doesn’t get any better than this.” Baier’s show regularly beats its competition on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and HLN combined, by a substantial margin. This was the se... more »
*Fox News Covers Heartland Climate Change Work* The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) has been in Washington, DC this week to release Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts. We are really pleased to call your attention to coverage we received Wednesday on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” the Fox News Channel’s flagship 6 p.m. ET news program. Heartland President Joe Bast said, “It doesn’t get any better than this.” Baier’s show regularly beats its competition on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and HLN combined, by a substantial margin. This was the se... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery - Day 34 April 10 . 2014 -CURIOUS LACK OF DEBRIS: Was MH370 carefully landed in ocean & allowed to slowly SINK? ( Or did it land on lans somewhere - let's ask that question ) ..... Efforts to locates floating debris associated with flight 370 continue as 14 Military and Civilian Aircraft , along with 13 Ships are assisting in search efforts today ........ the hunt for additional black box pings continues as the search area continues to narrow , searchers are more optimistic the plan may be shortly found - but note the difficulties ahead in recovering the black boxes in the extremely deep waters ! We literally are in uncharted waters , at a depth of 15 000 feet !
Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
Late Afternoon / Evening April 10 , 2014 ( EDT ) Updates ... http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com .was-mh370-deliberately-landed-in-ocean-allowed-to-slowly-sink-is-this-why-there-is-no-debris ? ( Authorities reduced to speculating as to two explanations but why not consider a third one - that the plane landed elsewhere and on land ? ) Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:00CURIOUS LACK OF DEBRIS: Was MH370 carefully landed in ocean & allowed to slowly SINK? - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - E-mail - Comments (9) Rate this item ... more »
Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
Late Afternoon / Evening April 10 , 2014 ( EDT ) Updates ... http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com .was-mh370-deliberately-landed-in-ocean-allowed-to-slowly-sink-is-this-why-there-is-no-debris ? ( Authorities reduced to speculating as to two explanations but why not consider a third one - that the plane landed elsewhere and on land ? ) Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:00CURIOUS LACK OF DEBRIS: Was MH370 carefully landed in ocean & allowed to slowly SINK? - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - E-mail - Comments (9) Rate this item ... more »
Mic check, oh you glittering twitterati!
72 year old Ted Musson is walking the 5,000 kilometers from Victoria BC to Ottawa to protest election fraud, both in the 2011 federal election and now the Fair Elections Act. Two years ago, he gave up his subsidized apartment, bought a 1979 RV for $2000 and set out for Ottawa with a hand-painted sign on his back : Walking to Ottawa. Protesting illegal government. Health issues stalled him out in Lethbridge for the winter, but now he's back on the road, aiming for 15K a day on his pedometer and then doubling back to pick up the RV. At this rate it will be a 10,000K hike to Otta... more »
72 year old Ted Musson is walking the 5,000 kilometers from Victoria BC to Ottawa to protest election fraud, both in the 2011 federal election and now the Fair Elections Act. Two years ago, he gave up his subsidized apartment, bought a 1979 RV for $2000 and set out for Ottawa with a hand-painted sign on his back : Walking to Ottawa. Protesting illegal government. Health issues stalled him out in Lethbridge for the winter, but now he's back on the road, aiming for 15K a day on his pedometer and then doubling back to pick up the RV. At this rate it will be a 10,000K hike to Otta... more »
If The Fringe Right Forces Boehner Out As Speaker, America's First Jewish Speaker Will Be One Of The Most Right-Wing Speakers In History
Debbie Wasserman Schultz fancies herself the female Rahm Emanuel in several, mostly dysfunctional, ways. But one has been her determination to be "the first Jewish Speaker of the House." A deal among Democratic caucus members last year seemed to have left that path open for the controversial Wasserman Schultz. But that didn't take a very different possibility into account. No, not progressive fellow Floridians Alan Grayson… Eric Cantor. In this morning's *National Journal*, Tim Alberta, writing about the fringe right's dissatisfaction with Boehner, highlighted the irony that the fi... more »
Debbie Wasserman Schultz fancies herself the female Rahm Emanuel in several, mostly dysfunctional, ways. But one has been her determination to be "the first Jewish Speaker of the House." A deal among Democratic caucus members last year seemed to have left that path open for the controversial Wasserman Schultz. But that didn't take a very different possibility into account. No, not progressive fellow Floridians Alan Grayson… Eric Cantor. In this morning's *National Journal*, Tim Alberta, writing about the fringe right's dissatisfaction with Boehner, highlighted the irony that the fi... more »
Review - Norwex Products
[image: Review of Norwex Products]*Bacteria causes odors in kitchen towels*Have you ever experienced "Sour" kitchen towels? It is a nasty odor caused by bacteria which thrives on moisture. Damp kitchen towels are the perfect breeding ground for these stinky "critters". Unfortunately, the bacteria aren't deterred by washing clothes in cold water. I did a search on ways to get rid of that smell and all methods required the use of hot water and either bleach or vinegar (bleach being the preferred method). I wash in cold water and I don't use bleach. Vinegar works to a degree ... but it... more »
[image: Review of Norwex Products]*Bacteria causes odors in kitchen towels*Have you ever experienced "Sour" kitchen towels? It is a nasty odor caused by bacteria which thrives on moisture. Damp kitchen towels are the perfect breeding ground for these stinky "critters". Unfortunately, the bacteria aren't deterred by washing clothes in cold water. I did a search on ways to get rid of that smell and all methods required the use of hot water and either bleach or vinegar (bleach being the preferred method). I wash in cold water and I don't use bleach. Vinegar works to a degree ... but it... more »
SEATTLE: Natives protest and support hunger strikers in detention centers
Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota . Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota. Native Americans joined protests today in solidarity with hunger strikers in detention centers. Natives Americans protested at Homeland Security and at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pressing the Gates to divest in private prisons. "The Original Homeland Security counted coup on Barack's
Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota . Photos by Andrew Ironshell, Lakota. Native Americans joined protests today in solidarity with hunger strikers in detention centers. Natives Americans protested at Homeland Security and at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pressing the Gates to divest in private prisons. "The Original Homeland Security counted coup on Barack's
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtles through massive galaxy cluster Abell 3627 some 220 million light years away. The distant galaxy is seen in this colorful Hubble/Chandra composite image through a foreground of the Milky Way's stars toward the southern constellation Triangulum Australe. As the spiral speeds along at nearly 7 million kilometers per hour, its gas and dust are stripped away when ram pressure with the cluster's own hot, tenuous intracluster medium overcomes the galaxy's gravity. *Click image for larger size.* Evident in Hubble's near visible light data, bright star clus... more »
“Spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 hurtles through massive galaxy cluster Abell 3627 some 220 million light years away. The distant galaxy is seen in this colorful Hubble/Chandra composite image through a foreground of the Milky Way's stars toward the southern constellation Triangulum Australe. As the spiral speeds along at nearly 7 million kilometers per hour, its gas and dust are stripped away when ram pressure with the cluster's own hot, tenuous intracluster medium overcomes the galaxy's gravity. *Click image for larger size.* Evident in Hubble's near visible light data, bright star clus... more »
More REAL History Revealed: US Role In Rwandan Genocide
Periodically I bring forward to this blog some real truths about our history, and not the bullshit shoved into our brains by being exposed to decades of brainwashing through our failed education system and of course the crap spewed by the criminals in the Jewish controlled mainstream media…. I have always said that the old saying about history is absolutely correct: "If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it"…. For this article, I want to present a very startling video that exposes some bitter truths about the Rwandan genocides and massacres that occurred in that ... more »
Periodically I bring forward to this blog some real truths about our history, and not the bullshit shoved into our brains by being exposed to decades of brainwashing through our failed education system and of course the crap spewed by the criminals in the Jewish controlled mainstream media…. I have always said that the old saying about history is absolutely correct: "If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it"…. For this article, I want to present a very startling video that exposes some bitter truths about the Rwandan genocides and massacres that occurred in that ... more »
High Frequency traders struck by Fidelity April 10 , 2014 ... The HFT Blowback Continues: Fidelity Creates New Trading Venue ....... which folloed Charles Schwab's blast at HFT ... and of course Michael Lewis seminal 60 Minutes Interview and follow on interviews on financial television....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
HFTs must feel their world has been destroyed in an instant........... The HFT Blowback Continues: Fidelity Creates New Trading Venue [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/10/2014 20:49 -0400 - Dark Pools - dark pools - Equity Markets - HFT - Institutional Investors - Michael Lewis inShare1 In what the firm believes will be an *improvement over other so-called dark pools* because it will be a collaboration among big mutual-fund firms, WSJ reports that the giant fund manager is quietly building a new trading venue design... more »
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
HFTs must feel their world has been destroyed in an instant........... The HFT Blowback Continues: Fidelity Creates New Trading Venue [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/10/2014 20:49 -0400 - Dark Pools - dark pools - Equity Markets - HFT - Institutional Investors - Michael Lewis inShare1 In what the firm believes will be an *improvement over other so-called dark pools* because it will be a collaboration among big mutual-fund firms, WSJ reports that the giant fund manager is quietly building a new trading venue design... more »
Heartbleed Open SSL vulnerability and first possible attack Updates for April 9 , 2014 , Bitcoin news of note also for April 9 , 2014 ....National Australia Bank Turns Back on Bitcoin, Closes Accounts ......... Bitcoin industry reacts to Heartbleed vulnerability as patches have been implemented in hours .......Regulation efforts / updates / commentaries pertaining to the US , Brazil and Japan ...... Mt Gox Updates.....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
HEARTBLEED...... Heartbleed: Moving Toward Government Control of the Internet - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] Company that found bug has connections to Google, Obama, DHS, and FBI *Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com April 9, 2013 Dire warnings about Heartbleed, a serious internet security risk affecting millions of websites, is echoing across the internet today. Described as a flaw in OpenSSL, the open source encryption technology used by the va... more »
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
HEARTBLEED...... Heartbleed: Moving Toward Government Control of the Internet - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] Company that found bug has connections to Google, Obama, DHS, and FBI *Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com April 9, 2013 Dire warnings about Heartbleed, a serious internet security risk affecting millions of websites, is echoing across the internet today. Described as a flaw in OpenSSL, the open source encryption technology used by the va... more »
You Tell Them, Dr. Finn: Testing Today and Testing Forever
In a segment of a documentary some years back that assessed the Civil Rights Movement and its effects on education in America, Professor Chester Finn rightfully put into context all the unnecessary trouble that had been created for what, pray tell: I don't doubt that some things are better off and I think that not being able to discriminate kids on the basis of their skin color is progress for the society--but it sure led to a lot of litigation and lawsuits and busing programs and whit flight activities and a whole slew of other things that many people would regard as having been ha... more »
In a segment of a documentary some years back that assessed the Civil Rights Movement and its effects on education in America, Professor Chester Finn rightfully put into context all the unnecessary trouble that had been created for what, pray tell: I don't doubt that some things are better off and I think that not being able to discriminate kids on the basis of their skin color is progress for the society--but it sure led to a lot of litigation and lawsuits and busing programs and whit flight activities and a whole slew of other things that many people would regard as having been ha... more »
Armen Alchian on Ownership and Property Rights
If you can’t trade rights, then you can’t trade. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
If you can’t trade rights, then you can’t trade. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
The Weather Vane
[image: Picture] This time now brings with it direction. Like a weather vane, you’ve been turning with each shift of energy. These winds are slowing down now, and you find yourself focused or at the very least starting to focus on one place. All of the preparations and “upgrades” if you will, have changed both you and your life. You are not the same you that you were prior to 12-21-12 and probably not thinking about the same things. This evolution taking place for so many has and is altering the course of the planet. You are One. So where are you headed? As you participate in... more »
[image: Picture] This time now brings with it direction. Like a weather vane, you’ve been turning with each shift of energy. These winds are slowing down now, and you find yourself focused or at the very least starting to focus on one place. All of the preparations and “upgrades” if you will, have changed both you and your life. You are not the same you that you were prior to 12-21-12 and probably not thinking about the same things. This evolution taking place for so many has and is altering the course of the planet. You are One. So where are you headed? As you participate in... more »
“War Against The Weak”
*“War Against The Weak”* by Robert Kirkconnell "Teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them. The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else... more »
*“War Against The Weak”* by Robert Kirkconnell "Teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them. The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else... more »
There's no excuse for Jim DeMoron, and still less excuse for people who take him in any way seriously
*The shame of Dan Quayle wasn't that he was so lazy or stupid, or even that he has led a life and reaped the rewards of wholly undeserved privilege. The shame is that he has the arrogance to present himself on the public stage -- and has been so successful.* *"Jim DeMint is correct that there was a belligerent during the American Civil War that rejected 'big government.' He’s just wrong about which side that was."* *-- Ian Millhiser, in * "Head Of Top Conservative Think Tank Makes Spectacularly Uninformed Statement About Slavery" *by Ken* You remember the famous Dan Quayle potato-...more »
*The shame of Dan Quayle wasn't that he was so lazy or stupid, or even that he has led a life and reaped the rewards of wholly undeserved privilege. The shame is that he has the arrogance to present himself on the public stage -- and has been so successful.* *"Jim DeMint is correct that there was a belligerent during the American Civil War that rejected 'big government.' He’s just wrong about which side that was."* *-- Ian Millhiser, in * "Head Of Top Conservative Think Tank Makes Spectacularly Uninformed Statement About Slavery" *by Ken* You remember the famous Dan Quayle potato-...more »
Woody's Last Wank
Stephen Woodworth has blown his last wad. He needed unanimous consent in Parliament today to move his "worth and dignity", aka "Women Are Mere Vessels for the Worth and Dignity of Blobs of Tissue" gambit forward. He did not get it. Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre, today asked Members of Parliament to unanimously agree that every Canadian law must be interpreted in a manner which recognizes the equal worth and dignity of everyone who is in fact a human being. Woodworth asked the House of Commons, “Who here wants to deny the equal worth and dignity of any... more »
Stephen Woodworth has blown his last wad. He needed unanimous consent in Parliament today to move his "worth and dignity", aka "Women Are Mere Vessels for the Worth and Dignity of Blobs of Tissue" gambit forward. He did not get it. Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre, today asked Members of Parliament to unanimously agree that every Canadian law must be interpreted in a manner which recognizes the equal worth and dignity of everyone who is in fact a human being. Woodworth asked the House of Commons, “Who here wants to deny the equal worth and dignity of any... more »
Bundy Ranch Updates April 10 , 2014 --UPDATE: Up to 5,000 Armed Militia Members Will Be Arriving in Bunkerville, Nevada Today .......... Insurrection in Nevada ? 20 Cowboys Break Fed Blockade in Nevada, Retrieve Cattle .....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
UPDATE: Up to 5,000 Armed Militia Members Will Be Arriving in Bunkerville, Nevada Today Kimberly Paxton April 10th, 2014 The Daily Sheeple Comments (318) Read by 26,536 people 3537 222 4216 *Update: Word on the street from sources close to the militia movement is that up to 5,000 armed militia members will be arriving in Bunkerville, Nevada sometime today. (See full report below)* *SHTFplan.com Editor’s Note:* It is apparent that the Federal government was under the impression that they could simply move into the ranch land surrounding Bunkerville, NV and have their way with t... more »
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
UPDATE: Up to 5,000 Armed Militia Members Will Be Arriving in Bunkerville, Nevada Today Kimberly Paxton April 10th, 2014 The Daily Sheeple Comments (318) Read by 26,536 people 3537 222 4216 *Update: Word on the street from sources close to the militia movement is that up to 5,000 armed militia members will be arriving in Bunkerville, Nevada sometime today. (See full report below)* *SHTFplan.com Editor’s Note:* It is apparent that the Federal government was under the impression that they could simply move into the ranch land surrounding Bunkerville, NV and have their way with t... more »
Trey Gowdy attacks ex-IRS official Lois Lerner...
*who, by the way, was held in contempt of court today. * Put her in a cell right next to Elijah Cummings.
*who, by the way, was held in contempt of court today. * Put her in a cell right next to Elijah Cummings.
Kathleen Sebelius finally released from Obamacare's fifth circle of hell ! Sebelius to resign as secretary of HHS - So , she rushed out the door as soon as gracefully possible after the March 31 , 2014 , kinda of , sort of deadline for Obamacare enrollment !
Obamacare Claims Its Latest Victim: Kathleen Sebelius Resigns As US Health Secretary [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/10/2014 18:37 -0400 - Obama Administration - Obamacare - Time Magazine - White House inShare1 Obamacare has been such a smashing success that the US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just couldn't wait until days after its "successful" roll out to get the hell out of dodge. Michael D. Shear @*shearm* Follow Sebelius is out. HHS secretary has told Obama she is resigning. Obama to nominate OMB's Sylvia Matthews Burw... more »
Obamacare Claims Its Latest Victim: Kathleen Sebelius Resigns As US Health Secretary [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/10/2014 18:37 -0400 - Obama Administration - Obamacare - Time Magazine - White House inShare1 Obamacare has been such a smashing success that the US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just couldn't wait until days after its "successful" roll out to get the hell out of dodge. Michael D. Shear @*shearm* Follow Sebelius is out. HHS secretary has told Obama she is resigning. Obama to nominate OMB's Sylvia Matthews Burw... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"The Level Of Intelligence..."
“If Man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.” ~ Robert Brault
“If Man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.” ~ Robert Brault
Are Corporate Mercenaries Assisting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine?
With the coup installed government in Kiev about to engage in some very serious skull cracking in order to put down a mounting rebellion in Eastern Ukraine cities there have been some accounts that hired guns from corporate mercenary firms are augmenting the local paramilitary police forces. With the pushback against the US backed “Yats” regime and it’s neo-Nazi shock troops it is imperative that a real version of the Euromaiden “revolution” not be allowed to take root to oust the stooges of the corporate global finance mafia. Foretelling what will likely be a massive orgy of sta... more »
With the coup installed government in Kiev about to engage in some very serious skull cracking in order to put down a mounting rebellion in Eastern Ukraine cities there have been some accounts that hired guns from corporate mercenary firms are augmenting the local paramilitary police forces. With the pushback against the US backed “Yats” regime and it’s neo-Nazi shock troops it is imperative that a real version of the Euromaiden “revolution” not be allowed to take root to oust the stooges of the corporate global finance mafia. Foretelling what will likely be a massive orgy of sta... more »
How much longer does Postmedia have?
I’m rooting for Postmedia. But the latest quarterly results released Thursday don’t offer much hope for the future of the corporation. Since the company took over the assets of Canwest in 2010, it has gone from weakness to weakness. The problems aren’t unique to Postmedia, of course. Newspapers and other traditional media are being hammered by a loss of audience and advertising revenues. Postmedia was slow to accept that reality. And its response has been inadequate. Basically, the corporate strategy is to cut costs, increase digital revenue and try to get readers to pay more for cont... more »
I’m rooting for Postmedia. But the latest quarterly results released Thursday don’t offer much hope for the future of the corporation. Since the company took over the assets of Canwest in 2010, it has gone from weakness to weakness. The problems aren’t unique to Postmedia, of course. Newspapers and other traditional media are being hammered by a loss of audience and advertising revenues. Postmedia was slow to accept that reality. And its response has been inadequate. Basically, the corporate strategy is to cut costs, increase digital revenue and try to get readers to pay more for cont... more »
We Need to Do More than Talk about the Goddamn Test
Some of us have been waiting a long time for mainstream educators to realize that corporate education reform is not about closing the achievement gap but, rather, closing public schools. Since 2002, standardized tests have been used to label, demonize teachers, sort and culturally-sterilize students, and shut down schools to benefit the education technology complex and the low-life losers of the charter industry. I think we are almost there, as you can see from the op-ed below, but there is no amount of talk that will alter the course that CorpEd has chosen. Bodies will be requir... more »
Some of us have been waiting a long time for mainstream educators to realize that corporate education reform is not about closing the achievement gap but, rather, closing public schools. Since 2002, standardized tests have been used to label, demonize teachers, sort and culturally-sterilize students, and shut down schools to benefit the education technology complex and the low-life losers of the charter industry. I think we are almost there, as you can see from the op-ed below, but there is no amount of talk that will alter the course that CorpEd has chosen. Bodies will be requir... more »
MAINE STUDENTS MARCH AGAINST CUTBACKS
I went to Portland today with my friend Peter (who took these photos) to join the rally and march against University of Southern Maine's (USM) proposed cuts of 13 faculty members (nine of which are women) as well as several liberal arts programs. There have been a series of protests in recent days after USM students learned that their school was being hollowed out in order to be turned into a vocational facility. Calling the teacher firings "retrenchment" the administration of USM is pursuing an austerity program that will have severe impact on the working class students who att... more »
I went to Portland today with my friend Peter (who took these photos) to join the rally and march against University of Southern Maine's (USM) proposed cuts of 13 faculty members (nine of which are women) as well as several liberal arts programs. There have been a series of protests in recent days after USM students learned that their school was being hollowed out in order to be turned into a vocational facility. Calling the teacher firings "retrenchment" the administration of USM is pursuing an austerity program that will have severe impact on the working class students who att... more »
Eisenhower Briefing Document, MJ-12, and the Washington Alert
I am often stunned by the mental gymnastics of some to keep a cherished belief alive in the face of documented facts and reliable testimony. I am often surprised when something that I believe to be obvious from the evidence available is rejected for speculation that has no supporting proof. When the facts line up, when there is good evidence for a conclusion, when it all seems to be so obvious to me, I simply fail to understand how it is that others can’t see with the same clarity. And yes, I know there are those who believe Roswell to be a Mogul balloon will point at me and say th... more »
I am often stunned by the mental gymnastics of some to keep a cherished belief alive in the face of documented facts and reliable testimony. I am often surprised when something that I believe to be obvious from the evidence available is rejected for speculation that has no supporting proof. When the facts line up, when there is good evidence for a conclusion, when it all seems to be so obvious to me, I simply fail to understand how it is that others can’t see with the same clarity. And yes, I know there are those who believe Roswell to be a Mogul balloon will point at me and say th... more »
Crimea is not a Realist story
[Note: This is a guest post by Jarrod Hayes, assistant professor of international relations at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His first book, Constructing National Relations: US Relations with India and China was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013.] Jeffrey Stacey has already discussed the issue Continue reading
[Note: This is a guest post by Jarrod Hayes, assistant professor of international relations at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His first book, Constructing National Relations: US Relations with India and China was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013.] Jeffrey Stacey has already discussed the issue Continue reading
“This Is Wholesome: Honey Maid Has A Message For Satan and the American Decency Association”
*“This Is Wholesome: * *Honey Maid Has A Message For Satan and the American Decency Association”* by Abby Zimet “Because change happens in improbable ways, we now have Teddy Grahams embodying the struggle for basic human rights. Who nu? If you haven't heard: Nabisco's Honey Maid ran a nice ad featuring a diverse group of graham-cracker-eating families - a gay couple, an interracial couple, a tattooed punk father - with the tag line, "Everyday wholesome snacks for every wholesome family." Cue right-wing heads exploding. Then groups like One Million Moms and some decency brigade we ne... more »
Lauri Poirier shared Think Progress's photo.
*“This Is Wholesome: * *Honey Maid Has A Message For Satan and the American Decency Association”* by Abby Zimet “Because change happens in improbable ways, we now have Teddy Grahams embodying the struggle for basic human rights. Who nu? If you haven't heard: Nabisco's Honey Maid ran a nice ad featuring a diverse group of graham-cracker-eating families - a gay couple, an interracial couple, a tattooed punk father - with the tag line, "Everyday wholesome snacks for every wholesome family." Cue right-wing heads exploding. Then groups like One Million Moms and some decency brigade we ne... more »
Lauri Poirier shared Think Progress's photo.
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