The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in the cabin of strategic bomber ТU-160 before the beginning of military exercises by the long-range aircraft of the Air Forces and Northern Fleet, Chkalovsky Airfield, Moscow Region, Russia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: AGRA. Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin visiting the Taj Mahal. Русский: АГРА. Владимир и Людмила Путины во время посещения мавзолея Тадж-Махал. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)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, Dimitri Khalezov ... 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* ------------------------------ 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 !
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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 !
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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 [image: Tyler Durden's picture] 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
[image: rant-jpeg-b] 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
*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. Last updated: 13 Apr 2014 00:35 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] 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.
Alternative media upstages lamestream media in world-class coverage of historic Bundy Ranch showdown - [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] *Mike Adams* Natural News April 13, 2014 One of the most extraordinary stories in the history of American journalism 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 ?
US corn exports to China drop 85 percent after ban on GMO strains – industry report Published time: April 12, 2014 12:11 Get short URL [image: AFP Photo / Philippe Huguen] AFP Photo / Philippe Huguen Share on tumblr Tags Agriculture, China, GMO, USA 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. 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 BraunCheyenne 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* Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive
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.’ Posted on 12. April 2014 by Christoph Bergmann // 0 Comments (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
------------------------------ *Is the US or the World Coming to an End? — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ April 9, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *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."
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