How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! (Photo credit: kern.justin)Is South Carolina Ready For A Democratic Party Take-Over?
We've been talking about convicted cocaine dealer/ex-Treasurer of South
Carolina Tom Ravenel ® and how he is hoping to pivot from ex-con and BRAVO
sit com/reality show star to anti-Lindsey Graham general election Senate
candidate in November. If he does, he's likely to throw the election to the
Democratic candidate. You don't think so? Progressive outsider Jay Stamper
has hard the Democratic nomination all to himself until Ravenel made it
public he was going to run. At that point, the Democratic state Party
Establishment got behind hopeless conservative state Senator Brad Hutto wh... more »
LGNZ’s Alternative Funding Mechanisms Can Get Stuffed
I note councils around the country are at it again to get someone,anyone,
to pay through the nose for their borrowing and over-spending. They call
this “looking for alternative funding mechanisms.”
Basing rates on property values alone may soon no longer be sustainable as
the sole taxation form for many councils, says Local Government New Zealand
(LGNZ).
Why will basing rates on property values alone no longer be sustainable as
the sole taxation form for many councils? The answer is as simple as its
corollary conclusion is obvious: because they’re spending too damned much
and do... more »
Meet & Greet (#MtaGt) - April - Jen & Joey Go Green
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to Meet & Greet, a regular series designed to grow our green
community.
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of ... more » (Allies Tired Yet of U.S. Lies?) Americans Blinded By Agendas? (The Truth(s) About the Boston Bombers)
The evidence is in, and it confirms what a lot of us (on the left) were
saying throughout this bloody massacre. Because as hard as it is for some
to admit it, the US is an empire in search of control of resources in order
to continue running it. And, therefore: Assad did not do it, we did it. And
everyone who is anyone knew it all along. And the constant pose as the
self-proclaimed,
Equality versus Liberty
Googling around to set up that Piketty post, below, I came up with good old Tibor
Machan talking to John Stossel about
NB: Tibor comes on about 8 minutes in, after Bob Beckel argues against
“ripping off” the poor by allowing a “large gap.”
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Taiwan/India/Modi
Taiwan wants Modi in the election, according to the Economic Times, from
whence this came.
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Weekend in the hills: the Miaoli 54-1 and Dongchi Road
*On the 54-1 above the tombs.*
Two days of excellent sunny weather. I decided to see what the Miaoli 54-1
is like and have a long-anticipated meet up with Scott E. Click on READ
MORE as always...
*ROUTE NOTES*: To find the Miaoli 54-1, follow Zhongzheng Road north out of
Jhuolan town. Soon it will become the 54-1. The road rises ever more
steeply through the cemetery just over a kilometer to the top of the ridge.
After resting at the temple there, and taking in the great views over the
Jhuolan basin, you spend the remaining 7 kilometers of this road rolling
through farms and past ... more »
Meanwhile in Egypt . . .
*Field Marshall Abdel al-Sisi*: *Things are just working out for him!*
*by Ken*
Since just at this second the right-wing mental defectives who specialize
in hysterically bellicose mentally defective foreign-policy crackpottery
aren't getting much traction from the "Who lost Egypt?" motif (not while
the "Who lost Syria?" and "Who wussed out on Iran?" and "Who's losing
Ukraine?" motives make for eye-catchinger loony tunes), Egypt has sort off
dropped over the side of the flat earth.
So things must be going pretty well there, right? Yeah, right.
Ian Welsh wrote about Egypt the other ... more »
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*Broken system produces 11-day season for recreational anglers ~Coastal
Conservation Association*
Piketty: Egalité, Fraternité–but Let’s Have No More of that Liberté
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You may have heard of a French fellow called Thomas Piketty, called “the
most important economist today,” whose book *Capital (in the Twenty-First
Century) *has been launched across the intellectual firmament with the sort
of impetus not seen since the days of *Silent Spring, The Population Bomb*– or *The
Spirit Level*. The book is
[image: Handout]695-pages of rollicking neo-Marxist agitprop against
inequality and in favour of massive new taxes on the rich. The book is a
sensation on the left, a nuclear target for the right, and an endless
battlefield for economic... more »
US is looking into new Syria chemical weapons claim
Is all this going on because today is the 13th?
The ‘chemical weapons’ as manipulative tactic? I had hoped would go away,
is not.
Today there are claims of a chlorine attack. Why would the Syrian
government bother with this, when the Syrian Army has the upper hand almost
everywhere- If chlorine was used, again, only the NATO mercs have anything
at all to gain from doing this *Washington Post is running with the news*
The United States said Sunday that it was looking into claims of a new
chemical weapons attack in Syria, after rebels and the government traded
accusations over the us... more »
Easter Week: Its beginnings
It’s Easter Week – a time, since human cultural life began up in the
northern hemisphere, when men and women came together to celebrate.
To celebrate what?
Why, to celebrate spring, of course. The end of winter; the onset of new
life; of fertility and rebirth; the end of winter’s cold and darkness and
the start of longer days, more sun, summer harvests and a time when living
is easy. Or, at least, easi*er. *
Imagine this week thousands of years ago, long before lighting and heating
and modern refrigeration and all the first world delights and problems of
today, back when the owne... more »
Musical Interlude: Native American, “Ghost Dance- Power Drums, Spirit Pride”
Native American, “Ghost Dance- Power Drums, Spirit Pride”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYorIKf5L0c
Turn it *UP*!
Satire: “Nation Stunned To Learn Congress Accomplished Something Fifty Years Ago”
*“Nation Stunned To Learn Congress Accomplished Something Fifty Years Ago”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Millions of Americans were in a state of
shock this past week after learning that Congress had accomplished
something fifty years ago. Although the incident was widely reported
throughout the week, the revelation that Congress had achieved something
positive and substantial for the country a half century ago left many
incredulous and baffled.
Adding to their disbelief were reports that the accomplishment came as the
result of collaboration between a Democr... more »
UOO to CEA: How Can We Help?
Read more at PegwithPen!Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the
Chalk Face
The People vs. BLM: Liberty defeats govt. tyranny as feds release all cattle at Bundy Ranch
( there has been tons of stories breaking in the last few days about the
Bundy Ranch / BLM situation . . the one below kind of sums things up at
this point . . I am also posting a playlist below that sort of shows
recent developments, although there has been Live Feeds being streamed from
there by Pete Santilli (imo a potential FBI CoIntelPro provocateur) and
Infowars . . anyway, the main reason that there was a fed stand-down may
well be that it has been exposed that the scum Harry Reid is having the
area cleared due to a huge land gift of the area in question to the Chinese ... more »
Russia requests UNSC Meeting Tonight.Ukraine Military Op- Criminal
*Following on Ukraine ordering a military operation against the
pro-federation protestors-*
*Update 2 in the post **Ukraine- Conflict, casualties, building seizures,1
MIA Oligarch & Updates*
*Additional info here- Ukraine to deploy troops "in anti-terror" Operation*
The article linked above was initially headlined -*Ukraine special forces
sent to eastern city.*
Then changed to "anti-terror"
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-04-13/ukraine-special-forces-sent-to-eastern-city
Perhaps a bit too much was given away with that headline?
*Anti-terror means oppression and the only att... more »
Republicans Are Still Obstructing Judicial Nominations
Just before adjourning for another vacation on Friday, the Senate finally
voted to end the obstructionist right-wing filibuster against Michelle
Friedland, who had been nominated for a seat on the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 1, 2013. She was rated unanimously
"well qualified" by the American Bar Association. In January the Senate
Judiciary Committee voted, by a wide bipartisan margin, 14-3, to forward
the nomination on to the full Senate. But Miss McConnell and the other
poutraged extremists have been doing everything they could to clock her and
... more »
vox.com: PARCC Tests Are “Working”!
On April 11, 2014, vox.com, a supposedly a “data-driven news site” started
this month (April 2014) by Ezra Klein, posted this propagandastic
wonder regarding Partnership for Assessment for College and Careers (PARCC)
field testing. The piece is entitled, Common Core Tests Are in Classrooms–
And They’re Actually Working. That depends upon what one considers
“working” to be. If “working” […]
The Dome of the Rock aka The third holiest site in Islam in disrepair in 1954
http://youtu.be/NS3jQ4YlQy0
Odd how when under Muslim control the Dome of the Rock was in such
disrepair, could it be the case that it only became important to Muslims
when it came under Jewish control?
military propaganda at sports events reaches new extremes: continuous recruitment ads at baseball games
I've recently returned from a lovely trip to Boston, filled with so many of
my favourite things: friends, family, books, and baseball.
I love Fenway Park, and I'm always happy to be there. On this trip, we saw
three great games, two of them wins, so I was thrilled. The games were
marred by only one thing: nearly constant propaganda for the US military.
This is not an exaggeration.
Throughout Fenway Park, as in many sports venues, there are monitors
showing a TV feed of the action on the field. Right now, between innings,
the Fenway Park monitors show a continuous feed of advertisi... more »
The Mounting Costs of the Ongoing Neocon Infestation
Like the cockroach the American neoconservative ideologue is the ultimate
survivor. Despite having been what appeared to be thoroughly routed and
exposed as dangerous cranks and crazies in charge of big things for their
disastrous Iraq fiasco – the likes of Perle, Feith, Libby, Wolfowitz and
other luminaries were sent backing after the first Bush term – they are now
resurgent and ready to seize power to complete the work of the Project For
the New American Century (PNAC). Having retrenched and now integrated into
the US power structure, in particular at the State Department, embedd... more »
The Experiment: Doomed to Fail
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There is a tendency as human to reach first and ask later. By reach, what
is referred to here is any and all action that pushes the known standards.
We like to go further than man has gone before and so we do – *in every
possible way.*
This habit of pushing the edge of the envelope is one of the
characteristics that was not bred into man by anyone else; it is who man
is. Yet it has become his most dominant and desirable trait.
Without much assistance man has accomplished a great deal. This is because
of your tenacity and refusal to succumb to limits. All ... more »
Making Ukraine Safe for Corporate Vultures
Victoria "Fuck the EU" Nuland Promises Ukraine Loot to Corporate Vultures
The corrupt US state-corporate media has been making hay out of the ongoing
vilification of Russian president Vladimir Putin, particularly to firmly
affix the devil horns to his head in presenting a false narrative on events
in Ukraine. While there is no reference or actual history of events
presented to offer perspective the selling of the looming Russian invasion
as well as Putin’s restoration of the old Soviet Empire is as much a con
job as that restoration of the Islamic Caliphate in pushing the phony war... more »
Nexus - Ground Zero – Nuclear Demolition of the World Trade Center.
Ground Zero – Nuclear Demolition of the World Trade Center.
An improved English version of the scandalous article from the NEXUS German
magazine.
*The third truth about September 11 (2001)*
*The official story of September 11th (2001) is a bag of lies and this
seems to be a proven fact within communities outside the mainstream. What
really did happen? A new series of revelations by a former member of Soviet
nuclear intelligence has shocked even those who believed they had a clear
view behind the curtain.* [read the rest of the accusation @ Khalezov 2014]
Yup, Dmitri Khalezov h... more »
Lead Now's Petition
So, not too long ago, "Lead Now" delivered copies of a petition with 80,000
signatures protesting the "Fair Elections Act" to Conservative MPs. 80,000
signatures! In a country with millions of voters. Pathetic.
And, obviously, delivering those petitions to those cowardly harpercon scum
hasn't dramatically realigned the balance-of-power in this country. This
was a token demonstration. It wasn't really intended to change things was
it? It was a pathetic way for what is essentially an NDP-backed group
inform the ruling party that some people disagree with them. Well, guess
what LeadNow... more »
“7 Right-Wing Absurdities This Week: Colbert Causes Conservative Meltdown Edition”
*“7 Right-Wing Absurdities This Week: *
*Colbert Causes Conservative Meltdown Edition”*
By Janet Allon
*1. Various conservative clowns: Stephen Colbert will single-handedly
destroy America. *The hysteria on the right about Stephen Colbert’s
elevation to CBS’s "Late Night" post has been nothing short of hilarious.
Even before news hit that Colbert would replace David Letterman when he
retires, Bill O’Reilly frantically declared that Colbert is responsible for
the “destruction of America.” That’s quite a distinction, when there are so
many other things vying for the title of “America’... more »
A Million Reasons Why Enbridge Will Never Be Given Permission for Northern Gateway, Here is Reason Number 30
NTSB Press Release
National Transportation Safety Board
*Office of Public Affairs*
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Pipeline Rupture and Oil Spill Accident Caused by Organizational Failures
and Weak Regulations
July 10, 2012
WASHINGTON - Pervasive organizational failures by a pipeline operator along
with weak federal regulations led to a pipeline rupture and subsequent oil
spill in 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board said today.
On Sunday, July 25, 2010, at about 5:58 p.m., a 30 inch-diameter pipeline
(Line 6B) owned and operated by Enbridge Incorporated ruptured... more »
Gold and Silver Report April 12 , 2014 -- Data , News and views focusing on the precious metals !
Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Harvey Organ snippets....
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2014/04/april-112014gld-loses-another-18-tonnes.html
Friday, April 11, 2014
April 11.2014/Gld loses another 1.8 tonnes as this gold heads to
Shanghai/no change in silver SLV/gold and silver hold in price/Blythe
Masters under investigation/Poor earnings from JPMorgan/Putin may win again
as the west looks to pay the Ukrainian bill/Bourses around the globe spill
red ink!!
Gold closed down $1.40 at $1318.70 (comex to comex closing time ). Silver
was down 15 cents to $19.93
In the access market tonight at 5:15 pm
gold: $131... more »
Friday Beaver - Late again. Better late than never
Republicans hate beavers
Republicans must think beavers are stupid. They blocked a bill in the House
to make pay more equitable. In some states a beaver must undergo a
medically unnecessary ultrasound before they can get an abortion. Add to
this the recent cuts to food stamps most of which go to baby beaver kits as
well as cuts to head start and it sure looks like a war on beavers. Then of
course there's the voter ID laws enacted to to make it more difficult for
beavers to vote. And where is a beaver supposed to carry that ID? Don't
answer that.
There's the push for more gas and... more »
The Economy: "How About Some Truth?"
*"How About Some Truth?"*
by Karl Denninger
"All you have to do to ensure failure is refuse to tell the truth. *"*April
is cruel for other reasons. It’s Financial Literacy Month, when
well-meaning experts bear the bad news: many of us are financial fools. The
30-day marketing blitz sweeps up Congress, banks, state capitols, pollsters
and personal finance columnists in an annual lamentation- and scolding-
that Americans, the kids especially, don’t know much about money. To help,
Bank of America, for example, is sponsoring a workshop series to educate
low-income people. Moreover, a ... more »
TV Watch: To celebrate Mad Sunday, we have an inside look at Season 7 of "Mad Men"
*Don Draper: Then and Now*
*by Ken*
I know the post title promises an "inside look" at Season 7 of *Mad Men*,
the first half of which premieres tonight on AMC, and I wouldn't kid around
about something like that, so trust me, we'll get to it. I assume you
already knew that in this run we're only getting the first half of the
final season, which is being split in half the way the final season of *Breaking
Bad* was: We get seven episodes now, and another seven -- well, some other
time.
Personally, I'm going to be in blackout mode on Season 7 for a while,
having not quite completed ... more »
A Guide On How To Feel Grateful
*I say, "Just create a feeling of gratitude and enjoy it". If this doesn't
work then follow the 9 steps. If that doesn't work for you then be glad
and grateful that tomorrow is another day to give it a go.*
April 13: Brave New World
Last summer, during the shale gas protests, we were informed that the
Moncton police had been issued an armoured personnel carrier. (Well, they
had to tell us. Armoured vehicles are hard to hide.)
Predictably, a TandT columnist wrote that this would be very useful for,
say, hostage incidents or armed bank robberies. I can't imagine why it
would be particular useful for either of those. In fact, it has yet to be
used for any purpose but the one it was designed for, rounding up people at
a demonstration.
It would be interesting know how many Canadian police forces now have such
vehi... more »
Cyprus deposit theft from March 2013 - where are things now on April 12 , 2014 ? Cyprus financial looting coming to a country near you ? Consider Cyprus ( A Year Later, Cyprus Still Has "An Emergency Situation" And Capital Controls ) and then let's just take a peek at fortess USA - What do you think happens to deposits in the big four US banks if / when a TBTF Bank actual does fail ? Just recall you already are on notice as to what the template is for your money !
Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
The Slog ..... On Cyprus templates - similarities to financial schemes
present in the US , the UK and Europe .....
READERAMA: The Cypriot template, the Greek temptress, and more
Borisconi tosh
BY JOHN WARD APRIL 12, 2014 ALEXANDROS TOURKOLIAS BORIS JOHNSON CYPRUS V
THE US: SPOT THE DIFFERENCEFLOOD PLAIN VS ESTUARY AIRPORT: SPOT THE
DIFFERENCE GREEK BOND V EUROBOND: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE MARIODRAGHI PROFESSOR
CHARLES WYPLOSZYANNIS STOURNARAS
[image: ScreenHunter_09 Apr. 10 08.40] A regular Irish correspondent,
whose sharp eyes I value greatly, writes to remind me that the small isl... more »
Sunday supplement
“*Welcome to Sunday!*” begins Ed, brightly. *“An orthodox synagogue in
North London has abandoned its attempt to give women a greater role in the
services. Later we interview an orthodox rabbi and a member of the Jewish
women’s orthodox alliance.”* announces Ed, with just a hint of gleeful
incredulity.
Well. Headlining the programme with what turned out to be the last item on
the agenda made me suspect that Sunday was implying a moral equivalence
between a trivial, relatively obscure religious procedure of limited
interest to anyone but a minority of orthodox Jews....... and some
... more »
The King’s Breakfast BY A. A. MILNE
The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell
The cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."
The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told
The Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."
The Alderney
Said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
... more »
SEC preparing to take out some ( why not most if not all though , and how about those operations at TBTF banks where quarter after quarter we see endless winning trading days of ) HFT firms and can dark pools be far behind ? Guess we find out whether the liquidity adding argument has legs ! And we also know who will be blamed in we do have a market crash !!
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-13/hft-purge-begins-sec-prepares-remove-some-high-frequency-trading-firms
HFT Purge Begins: SEC Prepares To "Remove" Some High Frequency Trading Firms
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/13/2014 09:47 -0400
- Bernard Madoff
- Dark Pools
- dark pools
- FBI
- HFT
- High Frequency Trading
- High Frequency Trading
- NASDAQ
- New York Stock Exchange
- Reg NMS
- Reuters
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Sigma X
- Sigma X
inShare1
Ever since Goldman's anti-HF... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 13th, 2014
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Sunday again, and it is time for my weekly rant....
Yes, I have been MIA for the last while, and I have not been posting as
many articles here as I usually do.... Again, as I have said many times,
this blog is still a side project and it does not consume my entire life...
I do have a life, with a family, home, work, and entertainment... As usual
family always has come first..... It has been a rather hectic last few
weeks with so many things on the go that doing this blog has again fallen
to the sidelines.... But as I have always said, I am not a quitter by a
l... more »
Ukraine- Conflict, casualties, building seizures,1 MIA Oligarch & Updates
*Kyiv Post- Definitely pro-coup/NATO *
*However*........... We have a bunch of conflicting news stories this
morning to sift through.
We have reports of people killed. We have conflicting reports on where the
killings took place
Ukraine coup government authority Arsen Avakov is claiming the deaths took
place in the city of Sloviansk
The federalist are claiming this is not true.
Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov said that one Ukrainian state security
officer was killed and five others were wounded on the side of government
forces in an "anti-terrorist" in Sloviansk, but the separatists ... more »
The Kraut is out?
By Capt. Fogg
I'd hate to sound like I'm supporting or dignifying Charles Krauthammer,
but he's right in saying that it's time for the Right Wing Wolves to stop
howling about Benghazi. The administration has run out the clock and the
public doesn't care, he said on Fox News. Of course the public has moved
on to other ruminations about other obsessive speculations driven by the
relentless cable news networks which haven't yet tired of the "we know
nothing, we have no facts but here's what could have happened" approach to
a missing airplane.
Of course the implication is that the... more »
Palm Sunday...
*I shall be offline today.*
*Félix Louis Leullier* (1811 – 1882)
Palm Sunday. *Zdzislaw Piotr Jasinski* 1863-1932
Call For Papers: Tainan Area Studies: Society and Daily Life in the Tainan Region
Still taking a couple of days off, but I thought I'd forward this.
Dear Colleagues,
This message is a call for papers for the 4th International Conference on
Tainan Area Studies, entitled "Society and Daily Life in the Tainan
Region," co-organized by the Nanying International Center for Tainan Area
Humanities and Social Sciences Research and the National Museum of Taiwan
History, based in Tainan.
The conference will be held October 18-19, 2014. Abstracts should be send
before April 30, 2014. The deadline for sending the final papers is
September 30, 2014.
More information is in... more »
China and Australia to Hasten FTA (Free Trade) negotiation. Wants an agreement quickly. Sydney to be an Official Yuan trading exchange.
China and Australia have been in FTA (Free Trade Agreement) negotiations
since 2005. Now China and Australia are rushing and get an agreement set
between them. China has signed FTA agreements with 31 countries so far.
There are 18 trade zones. They have been expanding the use of Yuan with
those agreements. The U.S. dollar used to be the currency traded between
every country for all
Assessing the Model: A KIPP Teacher Speaks of Her Nervous Breakdown and Post-KIPP Recovery, Part 3
*"I would say that working at KIPP was the most horrible experience of my
life. I would tell people that, I would tell a friend especially that the
message is good with KIPP, that you want to send all kids to and through
college. But it is at such great personal sacrifice that it’s—it crushed
me. I would encourage anyone else to just stop. It wasn’t even getting
fired that was the worst thing for me. It was knowing that I was told that
if the kids didn’t go to college, that it was my fault. I just think that
anybody else who wants to do good could do better good at their own school
... more »
Kirsty Wark on Nigel Farage
We were treated to the deep political insights of *Newsnight*'s Kirsty Wark
during the newspaper review on this morning's *Broadcasting House. *And
what a treat it was!
Paddy invited her to reflect on the latest opinion polls showing UKIP doing
very well indeed, and this was her reflection on the whole phenomenon:
I just can't get over the..kind of..Nigel Farage here in Scotland. Do you
remember when he came up and he got attacked outside a pub? {*laughter from
Lord Ian Blair*} This is my..kind of..abiding image of Nigel Farage.
But the thing is, you know, he is making headway a... more »
Can The Koch Brothers Money Get To A Labor Leader? Ask Terry O'Sullivan
Although unions have been maligned, denigrated and marginalized by Big
Business and their conservative political allies and by the right-wing
propaganda machine, the contributions unions have made to the lives of
ordinary working men and women are profound and undeniable. From abolishing
child labor laws to pushing for Social Security, Medicare, health and
safety standards and the minimum wage-- not to mention the whole concept of
the weekend!-- unions have been in the forefront of every battle between
democracy and the nefarious forces of plutocracy. The Republican Party and
the... more »
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*Study: No connection between spending, student outcomes*
For decades, it’s probably the most troublesome question facing education:
Why are results for U.S. public school students so mediocre, despite the
billions of taxpayer dollars spent?
Andrew Coulson thinks he’s got the answer: Because there is no discernible
correlation between spending and outcomes.
“The takeaway from this study is that what we’ve done over the past 40
years hasn’t worked,” said Coulson, director of the Center For Educational
Freedom at the CATO Institute. “The average performance change nationwide
has dec... more »
Giveaway: Baby Animals Days in Kaysville
There are few things my little girl loves more than animals, except maybe
baby animals. Who doesn't love tiny chicks and piglets? We missed Baby
Animal days put on by the Utah State University Extension program, last
year and I promised her that we wouldn't miss it again. She has already
been asking for a month when we were going to see and hold all of the baby
animals.
This event is perfect for children families alike it features a petting zoo
with ducklings, chicks, bunnies, goats, lambs, piglets and even some
miniature horses. There are also booths, actives and demonstrations wi... more »
Devaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-Added
Devaluing Teachers in the Age of Value-Added. via Devaluing Teachers in the
Age of Value-Added.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Italy Anti-austerity protests on April 12 , 2014 become violent - At least 80 people – both police and protesters – have been injured as street battles broke out in Rome, with rocks being flung and police deploying pepper spray. Thousands took to the street to march against austerity measures. ..... New World Order or Disorder ?
Anti-austerity protest in Italy turns violent
Police fire tear gas and make arrests as protesters clash with police over
new prime minister's labour reforms.
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An anti-austerity protest in Italy has turned violent as demonstrators
clashed with police in the capital Rome.
Police fired tear gas and made a number of arrests in attempts to bring the
crowd under control on Saturday as clashes with the police left several... more »
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*Emissions from diesel can damage children's brains and increase the risk
of autism and schizophrenia, scientists warn*
*This is an old chestnut. This appears to be a bureaucratic claim rather
than a systematic meta-analysis. I have looked at plenty of these studies
before and they are all correlational*
An environmental report has blasted diesel cars - despite earlier
government efforts to encourage drivers to switch from petrol to diesel.
Separate research has also revealed that diesel fumes could cause children
to develop autism and schizophrenia.
Nitrogen dioxide, a chemic... more »
Bundy Ranch Overview - April 13 , 2014 -- One of the most extraordinary stories in the history of American journalism took place this last week, and the mainstream media was AWOL the entire time. An historical showdown between heavily armed federal agents (BLM) and armed American citizens unfolded near Bunkerville, Nevada, where the Bundy family announced they were taking a stand against a federal land grab and cattle theft operation masterminded by federal agents working at the BLM. The showdown ended in a complete victory for Citizens vs. government tyranny as the feds effectively surrendered, announced their evacuation and agreed to release all the cattle they had stolen.
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took place this last week, and the mainstream (liberal) media was AWOL the
entire time. An historical showdown between heavily armed federal agents
(BLM) and armed American citizens unfold... more »
GMO clusterfark news April 13 , 2014 -- US corn exports to China drop 85 percent after ban on GMO strains – industry report ...... China’s rejection of shipments of US corn containing traces of unapproved genetically modified maize has caused a significant drop in exports. According to a new report, US traders have lost $427 million in sales. ........ Russia has previously banned GMO corn from Monsanto and has announced plans to ban all GMO food products to protect its citizens - why does our Government here in the US push something the Russian and chinese Government view as unfit for human consumption ?
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Overall, China has barred nearly 1.45 million tons of corn shipments since
last year, the National Grain and Feed Association (... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery - Day 36 April 12 , 2014 .... KLUANG: The government can't confirm any reports on MAS flight MH370 unless they can be verified by the relevant authorities ....... PERTH: With no new underwater signals detected, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Saturday that the massive search for the Malaysian jet would likely continue “for a long time” as electronic transmissions from the dying black boxes were fading fast....... KUALA LUMPUR: A CREW member of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 made a desperate call from his mobile phone as the plane was flying low near Penang, the morning it went missing - The latest breakthrough in the ongoing criminal investigation traced the source of the call to co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid's phone. ( TO WARN OR TO SAY GOODBYE? MH370 co-pilot, chief stewardess made DESPERATE calls before going off radar ) ...... Wa this a hi-jack gone bad or something else ? Is there contact from the hi-jackers not revealed to date ? Note -- An email received by the Mail recently suggested that the aircraft had been hijacked and that the pilots had been ordered to fly around Malaysian and Indonesian air space while negotiations were carried out. Those negotiations, said the email - from a source in Malaysia which could not be verified - demanded the dropping of a jail sentence imposed on Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The hijackers, said the email, gave government negotiators five hours to meet their demands or the plane would be destroyed.
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Super dioceses, modern slavery, Catholic matters, art, COPEC, Trojan Horse, has Christianity lost its way?, Feminism and Orthodox Judaism & party politics on 'Sunday'
Good morning. Here's this week's review on Radio 4's hip 'n' happening
*Sunday*.
1. *A new Anglican diocese*: *Nick Baines, first Bishop of the new
"super-diocese" of West Yorkshire and the Dales talks to Ed Stourton about
his vision and mission for the future.*
*Sunday*'s favourite bishop (if his number of appearances is anything to go
by), the Rt Revd Nick Baines, the present Bishop of Bradford, is about to
become the Bishop of Leeds because of the creation of a new diocese - the
first for 80 years. Regular listeners to *Sunday *have been hearing about
the row over this re-orga... more »
PROTEST AT BATH IRON WORKS
Video by Regis Tremblay from our protest yesterday at Bath Iron Works. We
had 100 folks from all over Maine show up.
We kept our eyes peeled for Jesus Christ but did not see him - we think it
must have been an impostor who went inside the shipyard and did the
'christening'.
I flew early this morning (Sunday) from Portland to Toronto, Canada where I
will speak tomorrow at the university. On the plane I sat next to a Navy
man and noticed that he was typing an email to someone about having been at
the 'christening' ceremony in Bath. I told him I was the person that
organized th... more »
HC Unit theory - 30th Anniversary imminent - hadronic or quarkic?
*only the excess exists*
yes, it's been 'that long' - the 30th Anniversary of my first Hertzan
Chimera Unit dream is on its way. It's due, but I don't have a real idea
when the dream was. I didn't keep the date. However, I did 'bother' the
sci.physics.alt-new-theories with my HC Unit Theory back in 1985. So,
it would have been a short time before then that the dream took place.
Maybe 2015 would be the year of the 30th...
But it doesn't matter.
You can see it there, in the illustration/schematic from 1985, sitting
alone in dotted no-space. It doesn't exist, in our region of exis... more »
A New Urban Organic Farming Method in St- Paul, Minnesota
[image: Foto: Meet Urban Organic Farm - a one acre farm in a 50,000 sq. ft.
abandoned brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota. The farm uses aquaponics and
grows fresh, organic produce year round. The plants are grown in water that
gets its nutrients from fish. The waste from fish is pumped to the plants,
the plants' roots are suspended in the water and filter out the nutrients
from the fish, and the water is filtered one more time and put back in the
fish tank. The farm's first harvest consists of tilapia and five kinds of
produce: green kale, red kale, Swiss chard, parsley and cilantro. As... more »
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*Liberals focus on happy thoughts? Really?*
*The article criticized below goes back to research by John Hibbing.
Hibbing is an expert at applying derogatory names to highly ambiguous
stimuli. His research amounts to little else. Changes in skin
conductance, for instance, could mean many things but Hibbing always
manages to label such changes in a way that is derogatory to
conservatives.He certainly does show some physiological differences between
liberals and conservatives but ALL the differences he describes could much
less imaginatively be described as showing simply that c... more »
Stanislaw Ulam: 105th birthday
*I didn't have enough time in the morning but the 95-vs-105 numerical error
is still very painful because my late maternal grandfather was born in
1909, too*
Stanislaw Ulam was born in Lviv, Galicia, on April 13th, 1909. His broader
family, the Ulams, was a very wealthy one in the region. His immediate
family was doing fine but not great. He would study at the Lviv Polytechnic
Institute which was a Polish school. It's useful to keep these
nationalities in mind when you think about Western Ukraine – where Lviv
belongs today. Achievers like Ulam would be Polish Jews for quite some
ti... more »
More Lies Told About the NDAA.
And the UK during the Long War with the IRA. Who were terrorists.
The NDAA of 2012 *doesn't* allow indefinite detention, and neither does the
US Constitution.
That's just a lie. It simply isn't true.
*"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been
previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause
of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have
compulsory proces... more »
The Troubling Truth Behind the Ebola Outbreak
[image: 4563]*April 13, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - In the Guardian’s
article, “Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa,” it
reports:
*Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire Ebola in Guinea in
February, around 90 people have died as the disease has travelled to
neighbouring Sierra Leone, Liberia and Mali. The outbreak has sent shock
waves through communities who know little of the disease or how it is
transmitted. The cases in Mali have added to fears that it is spreading
through West Africa.*
The Guardian also reported that Médecins Sans Frontières (... more »
Breaking, Enbridge loses bigtime in Kitimat Plebiscite, Northern Gateway Pipeline Is Dead!
Despite Enbridge bringing in hundreds of propaganda agents to knock on
doors, PR spindoctors, over 20 public information open houses(Although
Enbridge representatives failed to answer any questions, like how do you
clean up the inevitable spills)...
Enbridge spent near $1/2 million dollars on PR..on advertising, on spin and
bluster...
Not to mention Enbridge`s $60 million dollar provincial advertising
campaign, endless streaming ads online, on TSN, on Global, on CTV, endless
radio ads on CKNW, print ads, everywhere Enbridge ads and still.....
Kitimat city counsel also prevented ... more »
The Death of Democracy in Canada. The Death of James Michael Flaherty
*The Death of Democracy in Canada. The Death of James Michael Flaherty*
Written by Robin Mathews
For the Canadians increasingly convinced that all conventional politicians
are betraying Canadian democracy, the death of James Michael Flaherty
underscores their position. The response to his death by federal (and
other) parliamentarians and politicians says it all. The praise of a major
actor in the betrayal and deception of Canada and of all Canadians reaches
across the parties in the House of Commons (and across the country) without
interruption.
Let us not confuse respect ... more »
Disenfranchising America-- What Is Obama Going To Do About It? BONUS: The Gay Agenda Revealed
It's not exactly news-- at least not to anyone who reads *DWT*-- but
Friday, President Obama accused the Republicans of undermining democracy by pushing
disenfranchisement legislation in several states where they have managed to
win control. He came right out and accused them of reacting to a fake
problem with a blatantly political tactic. That's pretty heavy stuff coming
from a POTUS. And, at least in my book, that makes him obligated to do
something about it. If he wants to acknowledge that the GOP is "trying to
rig the elections by making it harder for older people, women, minor... more »
Pte Ospiye Spiritual Camp at Bridger begins resisting Black Snake tarsands pipeline
Chief
Arvol Looking Horse blesses new camp resisting Black Snake tarsands
pipeline
By Joye Braun, Lakota
Censored News
Today April 12, 2014
Joye Braun
Cheyenne River Lakota
The Pte Ospiye Spiritual Camp in Bridger has its grounds blessed today
by the Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe. Campers and organizers of
the camp started the journey of the camp in Green Grass, South
Funny anecdote on the edTPA
I see a few folks here and there starting to talk more about the Teacher
Performance Assessment (edTPA), or the Pearson product that will now be
used to score and certify student teachers. I scored some of these things.
Painfully mediocre stuff. Here’s a quick note about my experience that I
shared with some others […]
MH370 staged Crash Scene - a remake of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean Tsunami USS San Francisco Crash
~ Amin
In the light of the staged MH370 crash scene in the Indian Ocean, thousands
of miles away from the real crash scene in South China Sea, is history
repeating itself? Judge for yourself.
Could the “grounding and high speed head-on collision” involving the USS
San Francisco be another stage play like the 2Aug 1964 Gulf of Tonkin (USS
Maddox Incident) incident which gave President Lyndon Johnson the excuse to
escalate the Vietnam war; to bomb Vietnam back to the “stone ages”? Forty
years after the Nam War, many will agree it was another senseless war with
sinister selfish agend... more »
Blowback question of the day: Are teachers also ceding control of their profession to parents?
I may get blowback for this one, so here goes: is the relative apathy of
teachers, and the myopic ignorance of the larger political realities
affecting education, forcing them to cede control of the activist narrative
to parents? I am part of many activist groups, passively and otherwise.
Many of these groups are led by […]
Zapatistas invite Indigenous for exchange in May 2014
To:
The Sixth in Mexico and the World
From: Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés
Compañeras, compañeros and compañeroas of the Sixth:
We send greetings from all of the Zapatista men and women of the EZLN
We want to let you know about our next steps:
1. Native Peoples: During the week of May 26 to 30, 2014, in one of our
Caracoles, we will have an initial exchange with brothers and sisters
Food Watch: So you think you're a "celebrity chef"?
*"A good rule of thumb: If you feel the need to call yourself a celebrity
chef, you aren’t one."*
*-- Dan Myers, in* "Sorry, But You're Not a Celebrity Chef"
*by Ken*
And in support of the above thesis, "Daily Meal" Eat/Dine Editor Dan Myers
leads off his post "Sorry, But You're Not a Celebrity Chef" with a picture
of Mario Batali captioned: "Mario Batali is allowed to call himself a
celebrity chef, but we'll bet that he doesn't."
"A couple weeks ago," Dan begins, "I was browsing Twitter when I
encountered a profile belonging to a chef who hailed himself (via his
profile blurb) a... more »
Stephen Colbert on the Common Core
ht to Lisa Guisbond at CPS:
*The Colbert Report*
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Yes Another Earth-Shaking Republican Scandal In Wisconsin
You probably read yesterday that Tom Petri (R-WI) will be formally
announcing on Monday that he will be retiring from Congress at the end of
this year. He just doesn't have it in him to fight off right-wing extremist
Glenn Grothman, the union-hating kook who wants to abolish weekends.
Grothman doesn't live in Petri's district, but part of his own state
senatorial district is part of WI-06, Petri's district. Another state
Senate seat that makes up part of WI-06 is the 19th district, currently
held by another Republican extremist, Senate President Michael Ellis. He
represents parts... more »
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*Dear Editilla, help Louisiana stop Senate Bill 553!*
*The vote Monday on the Senate floor will set the tone for the rest of the
session! It's absolutely critical that we stop Senator Adley's bill SB 553.
SB 553 will halt the SLFPAE lawsuit if passed through process and not ruled
unconstitutional in court. We need your strong grass roots effort between
now and Monday evening! Please pick up the phone and call these four State
Senators and ask the staffer to leave a message.*
*Sen Dale Erdey** (225) 686-2881 *
*Sen David Heitmeir** (504) 361-6356*
*Sen A.J. Crowe** (985) 643-3... more »
The Wayshowers Shoes
There is not much sense in living out the days ahead as if all that matters
is the physical existence you know now. All of this can and will change as
the evolution of the species takes place. These changes to the physical
you are a process that takes place gradually and all at once. You are not
the same human of a year ago and won’t be in a year’s time.
What changes have occurred, have allowed a greater un-folding of the
multi-faceted you that is truth. This version, the true version of the
human, has within a vast collection of memories and abilities. As these
begin to sur... more »
Mommy I see Monsters
Yep your kid has been watching the news in North America, Mexico and way
too many other countries. But what about the countries where monstors are
rare and children can watch the news without fear. Do those countries as
they do, simple solution to a complicated problem.
After all its all about the children is it not. If this is really true
bring in a team from Finland to manage the USA until the adults have
learned thier lessons.
Bitcoin Items of note April 12 , 2014 -- Points of View from China - ‘It’s not a survivor’s game. It’s a loser’s game.’ .... .Bitcoin : the future of currency ? Panel Discussion -- Atlantic Council
http://bitcoinblog.de/2014/04/12/its-not-a-survivors-game-its-a-losers-game/
‘It’s not a survivor’s game. It’s a loser’s game.’
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(cc) Ravi Chahal / flickr.com
*A few days in the life of a Chinese Bitcoiner. Zhang Weiwu meets the CEO
of a large exchange and is surprised to find himself in a conversation
about its future. Here, he explains why the Chinese think China is the
world and finds out that the biggest Chinese exchange really might shut
down, while he waits for his plane to Saigon.*
I waited at the airport for my plane... more »
Nothing Lasts Forever
April 12, 2014 I miss the dog – her soft snoring as she slept beside my
desk when I worked at the computer, the twitchy “running” dreams of her
last days when her legs no longer followed her commands … Continue reading →
Exiting the Common Core Memorandum of Understanding
In October 2013, I wrote a post examining the details of the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) memorandum of understanding (MOU), the agreement
that state governors and state education superintendents signed with the US
Department of Education (USDOE) in which “states” agreed to be “state led”
in developing “common standards” according to the criteria set forth in […]
April 12:When the real headline is the bottom line.
There's a curious story that gets a banner headline on page of today's
TandT. "B.B changes handling of young offenders"
It tells how young offenders have been held in open custody homes in or
within reach of their communities. It also says these have been quite
successful. But now it is moving to a quite remote facility.
The province's child and youth advocate says it doesn't sound like a good
idea, and he'd like to hear what the motivation is. He points out that such
a remote ,"closed" custody is contrary to the advice of the law, itself.
As I read the story, I grew impatient with ... more »
"2014 is shaping up as a year of reckoning for the United States. One of two things will happen: Either the US dollar will be abandoned and collapse in value, thus ending Washington's superpower status and Washington's threat to world peace, or Washington will lead its puppets into military conflict with Russia and China. The outcome of such a war would be far more devastating than the collapse of the US dollar." -- Paul Craig Roberts
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*Is the US or the World Coming to an End? — Paul Craig Roberts*
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*Is the US or the World Coming to an End?*
*It will be one or the other*
Paul Craig Roberts
2014 is shaping up as a year of reckoning for the United States.
Two pressures are building on the US dollar. One pressure comes from the
Federal Reserve’s declining ability to rig the price of gold as Western
gold supplies shrivel ... more »
Sorting Through This Week's Budget Mess In Washington
Louisville Congressman John Yarmouth, a Democratic member of the House
Budget Committee, was right when he said the latest edition of Paul Ryan's
annual Austerity budget "is pretty much a rhetorical exercise" that isn't
going anywhere. It passed Thursday 219-205, every Democrat voting NO, as
did a dozen Republicans:
*•* Paul Broun (R-GA)
*•* Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
*•* Jack Kingston (R-GA)
*•* Rick Crawford (R-AR)
*•* Chris Gibson (R-NY)
*•* Ralph Hall (R-TX)
*•* David Jolly (R-FL)
*•* Walter Jones (R-NC)
*•* Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
*•* Tom Massie (R-KY)
*•* David McKinley (R-WV)
*•* Aust... more »
Interesting thought: Are the corporate reformers lamenting Colbert’s move to the Late Show?
From that Russo guy: For years now, Colbert has been riffing off of
education issues, bringing education-related guests on the show, and
generally making us all feel like we’re involved in something interesting
and important. Fewer “heavy-hitting” and “wonkish” interviews with
corporate education reform dilettantes, and intellectual geniuses, like
Michelle Rhee and Wendy Kopp, in […]
Years of Living Dangerously
*An expensive superstitious program on drought and CO2*
By most quantitative criteria, James Cameron is the world's most successful
film director and film producer. He has earned almost $1 billion just for
himself and some of his works are blockbusters – like Titanic and The
Terminator; let me not include Avatar here. He's also a deep-sea explorer.
You can have some unusual hobbies if your worth approaches a billion.
However, when it comes to issues like the climate, he is just batshit
crazy. He's much more religious about this nonsense than Osama bin Laden
was religious when it c... more »
Musings On Iraq In The News
Iraq’s Sotaliraq republished my article "Opinions On The 2014 Elections By
Iraq Observers". I was also interviewed for this article in Egypt's Ahram "Violence
in Iraq grows as polls near."
France in 2014, will it be the UK in 2016?
Will Ed Miliband become the British Francois François Hollande? I think
it's quite likely, after all in 2012 we were told that Ed Miliband had
agreed to work with the new Socialist President of France to “tilt” Europe
away from austerity.How'd that work out? France marooned with high taxation
and a stagnant economy - just what you'd expect with a Socialist
government. Meanwhile the UK has, relatively, lower taxation, much better
growth and if it wasn't for the Lib Dems and a liberal Prime Minister the
situation could be even better.
Denial of Fukushima Effects Depends upon Deception
PROPAGANDA ALERT
The Wall Street Journal has a discussion article titled "A Radiation
Reality Check" on the front page of the Weekend Review section by the
author of a new book, The Age of Radiance: The Rise and Dramatic Fall of
the Atomic Era (April 12-13 2014 p. C3)
While I’m sure this new book by Craig Nelson is interesting, it also
contains some verifiable mis-information, which is also evident in the
article.
Specifically, Nelson’s article in the WSJ notes that of the 600,000
Americans dying every year from cancer, 11,000 will be caused by
atmospheric testing.
Nelson the... more »
LET’S PLAY DUMBBELL: Father Matthews forgives David Brock!
*SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2014*
*Epilogue—A well-funded Code of Silence:* Citizens can get *very* dumb
watching the cable show Hardball.
Concerning our recent journalistic history, a Code of Silence will quickly
kick in. The dumbing of Hardball’s unfortunate viewers will be impressively
thorough.
How complete is the Code of Silence concerning this recent history? How
thorough is the dumbing of viewers?
Consider what happened on March 26, when David Brock played Hardball. To
watch the whole segment, click here.
In the early 1990s, Brock was a high-ranking, fully-funded, professional
C... more »
The Bundy Ranch Standoff: We all know it's not about a turtle...w/Update
*don't we?*
I have to go to work, but this morning's reading has given me more to
consider. One thing I do know is that Harry Reid is into this up to his
beady little eyeballs.
It's always about money.
*Possible scenarios:*
- Water rights. *See this article on American Thinker*
- Fracking. I read somewhere that there is lots of oil on the Bundy
land.
- Chinese solar farm
Below is one of the reasons that I like to read comments.
* The following comment is from the above mentioned American Thinker
article.*
You may or may not be correct that this is about water rig... more »
I am conflicted over teacher resignation letters
The latest from a CO high school teacher, Pauline Hawkins, that has
achieved “viral” status. Is this heroic? I think that’s a complicated
question. It certainly adds some drama to the destructive potential of
corporate education reform. That is, veteran educators are willing to
sacrifice their chosen professions in the face of being compelled to […]
The Firing: A KIPP Teacher Speaks of Her Nervous Breakdown and Post-KIPP Recovery, Part 2
*At the end of Part 1 of my conversation with Jane, the results for the
first interim assessment for the state test had been announced, and the
KIPP administration was in crisis mode due to lower than expected scores. *
JANE: So when they had their big crisis . . . . And these kids, honestly, a
lot of them don’t have dads. You know? They come from rough families. They
don’t have a lot of stability. Some of my kids are exhausted because
they’ve had to move in the middle of the night again because it’s the end
of the month. And, you know, having stability in their life is important.
... more »
Libya updates April 12 , 2014 - signs of some stability and increased security are good signs ! Amazigh Supreme Council continues boycott of Constitutional Assembly ....... Libya looks to past for new constitution
More protests and closures .....
Protestors blockade Zawia oil terminal
*By Callum Paton.*
*Tripoli, 12 April 2014:*
Protestors demonstrating against the government and the General National
Congress (GNC) have blockaded Zawia oil terminal preventing workers from
unloading tankers waiting in the port.
A government statement issued yesterday called on the people of Zawia to
put an end to the blockade and “defend the country’s strategic facilities”.
It said that while authorities respected citizens’ right to voice their
grievances it would not allow Libyan towns to be held hostage whil... more »
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