oldephartte(in training): 19 April -Blogs I'm Following II

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There Is "Bipartisanship" And Then There Is Bipartisanship-- West Virginia And California

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 33 minutes ago

Evan Jenkins was a very right-wing Democrat who followed his opportunistic instincts to switch parties recently and run against a right-wing Democrat who hasn't switched parties, Nick Rahall. Jenkins' TV spot above has a couple of lines I want to call special attention to: "Nick Rahall-- a lying politician, just like Obama. A better choice: Evan Jenkins-- the backbone to defend our way of life from Obama's 'War On Coal.' Jenkins puts West Virginians first, not politics. Work with both parties, create jobs… *That's* Evan Jenkins." "Work with both parties?" By calling Rahall and O... more »

Johnny Racist

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 41 minutes ago

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Mohawk Nation News 'Hanging Tobacco'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 45 minutes ago

“HANGING TOBACCO” Posted on April 19, 2014 Please post & distribute. MNN. Apr. 19, 2014. O’ien’kwen:ton [hanging tobacco] is an elite part of the Warrior Society [Roti’skennen:kete]. They are also known as the “ghost warriors”. A bundle of fresh tobacco is tied and hung in the dark corners of the longhouse so they will stay green and almost invisible. The men of this society secretly

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery Day 41 , April 19 , 2014 --KUALA LUMPUR: The next 48 hours will be crucial in the underwater search for missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 with the search area narrowed, said Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein - “Whatever happens in that period, we will then regroup and discuss our next move,” he said at the press conference at Royale Chulan hotel, Saturday ...... PERTH: A U.S. Navy deep-sea drone is diving to unprecedented depths to scour a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean floor for a missing Malaysian jetliner as the Malaysian government said it may use more remote control submarines to help with the search. ...... The Bluefin 21 sub has covered around 133 square kilometres (51 square miles) since it began diving into the depths earlier this week to scan the seabed with sonar. The latest data are being analysed, and a seventh mission is already underway, it said. So far, no debris has been spotted.

Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/19/MH370-search-Next-48-hours-crucial/ Published: Saturday April 19, 2014 MYT 3:04:00 PM Updated: Saturday April 19, 2014 MYT 3:12:53 PM MH370 search: Next 48 hours crucial, says Hishammuddin BY M. KUMAR Email Facebook 109 <div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 17px/25px

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago

*Political Horizons: Honoré wants public involved on environment ~Mark Ballard, The Advocate**~“Look, the reason we have so many lawsuits in this state is because we don’t have enough laws. When you break someone’s stuff … you should be held responsible. But they can say, ‘No, no, I don’t have to pay for it because it’s permitted under state law.’”* *Legislation stripping levee districts of autonomy raise questions about flood protection taxes, emergency response ~Andrea Shaw *

When the young(er) Joanie Caucus met up with the Doonesbury gang

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*You remember this Doonesbury strip?* *DOONESBURY -- Monday, Februay 4, 2013* [*Click to enlarge*] *by Ken* Awhile back, pursuing an earlier fit of *Doonesbury* nostalgia, I offered "Our own Doonesbury flashback: When Joanie Caucus joined Elizabeth Warren's Senate staff," reprising two weeks' worth of strips that Garry Trudeau himself had just reprinted, originally from February and March 2013, when our old, old *Doonesbury* companion Joanie Caucus came out of retirement to join the Senate staff of Elizabeth Warren, whose candidacy she had supported so ardently. What I couldn't ge... more »

Leveraging Laureen

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago

Last night when the story of Laureen Harper first, *hosting/sponsoring* a cat video fundraising thingy -- in kitty ears to boot -- then dismissing a question from a young woman on missing and murdered indigenous women at that event hit the news, I was enraged but couldn't put my finger on exactly why. Watch. Then I read this: Somebody needs to tell Laureen Harper that missing and murdered indigenous women isn't a cause... It's a national shame. #mmiw #cdnpoli — Allison Fenske (@AllisonFenske) April 18, 2014 Yes. True, I don't like cats. The time, attention, and money spe... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

Standard for interpretation

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago

R v Moo, 2014 ONCJ 127 holds an interpreter need not be perfect to meet the requisite constitutional competence. "What is required ultimately is that the information held by the accused person can be communicated as effectively after interpretation as it could have even if the accused person spoke the language of the trial". Some might ask if the accused person is not entitled to understand the trial as well as merely communicating information?

Fukushima Updates April 18 , 2014 --Japanese citizens fighting efforts to whitewash exposure data and lies from Japan / Tepco ............. Losing the war to contain contaminated water -- Huge tanks shipped to Fukushima plant / One gets full within less than 2 days ......... 4,200,000,000Bq of β and 10,000,000 Bq of γ nuclides leaked from ALPS again / New technology never get into operation ......... [Assumption overturned] Bypass water already exceeded the safety limit / Tepco “won’t stop pumping up”

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140418_42.html Residents respond to exposure estimates Residents and evacuees of Tamura City's Miyakoji district are voicing dissatisfaction with the publication of radiation exposure estimates for the area. Kazuo Yoshida lived in Miyakoji, but is now in temporary housing. He says the government should have released the data when discussions were underway on whether to lift the evacuation order for Miyakoji. He says he gave up farming and won't return unless authorities decontaminate mountains which are the source of the water he uses ... more »

Breaking news....Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago

I must be losing track of time as I get older. I could have sworn that Colonel Gaddafi was killed by our nice Libyan allies (and hasn't that turned out wonderfully!) well over two years ago, but it appears that it has only just happened. The current third 'Most Read' article on the BBC News website is...and, yes, it *really* is ...Muammar Gaddafi killed in Libya. Maybe this is Einstein's gravitational time dilation in action though. Gaddafi was quite a big man after all, and I'm quite short.

Syria has removed or destroyed 80% of it's chems

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago

Notice the lying corporate media is spinning away on that hoax out of Donetsk, instead of reporting on the substantial progress Syria has made!! *Despite all that the US/Israel and Turkey have thrown at that beleaguered nation. Almost 80 percent removal.* OPCW-UN mission reports approximately 80 per cent of its chemical weapons material. Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, said in a statement that further engagement is expected to sustain momentum and to complete removal operations during the next days. This will contribute to meeting the deadlines set b... more »

“8 Terrifying Facts About NSA Surveillance”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

*“8 Terrifying Facts About NSA Surveillance”* By Jim Hightower “On Monday, April 14, the the Washington Post and the Guardian US newspapers received the Pulitzer for Journalism Public Service for their reports on NSA spying. In light of their hard work, let's recap events of the last year. Embarrassed and irritated by Edward Snowden's leaks, Obama charged last year at a press conference that Snowden was presenting a false picture of NSA by releasing parts of its work piecemeal: "Rather than have a trunk come out here and a leg come out there," he said, "let's just put the whole el... more »

"How Many Times?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“How many times do you have to get hit over the head before you figure out who's hitting you?” - Harry S. Truman

“What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know: America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

*“What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know: * *America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy”* by Moyers & Company "A new report shows that top CEOs were paid 331 times more than the average US worker in 2013. At the same time, the poorest fifth of Americans paid an average tax rate of 11 percent while the richest one percent contributed half that rate at state and local levels. In this essay, Bill reflects on the forces that are causing inequality to skyrocket, why it matters and where we’re headed in the future. - http://www.commondreams.org/video/2014/04/19 ◆ *"Krugman: Worried About Oligarchy? Y... more »

“Have you enlisted Katty too?”

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago

Oh, for David Preiser's take on this at *Biased BBC *(David is presently missing, presumed kidnapped. I suspect a police search of Mark Mardell's basement might restore him to us)... *The Times* is reporting that Jay Carney, Barack Obama's official spokesman, has 'become the story' - something official spokesmen are famously *not* supposed to become. Republican critics are aghast that he and his wife, writer Claire Shipman, photographed in their kitchen in *Washingtonian Mom* magazine, have been found to have decorated their walls with two 'two framed Soviet-era propaganda poster... more »

Bulgaria news updates - April 19 , 2014 .....Will Bulgaria be the next testing ground in the escalating confrontation between Putin’s Russia and the West—and why should you care ? Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksander Novak revealed that the South Stream gas pipeline project is moving forward , The statement comes a day after the European Parliament adopted a resolution for halting the South Stream construction and revising agreements on the project with Russia.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago

Is Bulgaria the Next US-Russia Flashpoint? By Victor Kotsev on Apr 18, 2014 [image: 1] *Will Bulgaria be the next testing ground in the escalating confrontation between Putin’s Russia and the West—and why should you care ?* *The answer may have something to do with gas.* *Follow the Pipelines* “If the Russians get their way in Ukraine, we will be the next country they will turn their attention to,” said Evgeniy Dainov, a political science and sociology professor at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital. He is a staunch critic of the Kremlin who nevertheless refuse... more »

Republican Godfather Viguerie Joins anti-Libertarian Crusade

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 7 hours ago

You have to give one thing to Richard Viguerie, besides being really old in that he represents the fossilized relic of an idealized and selectively recalled bygone past era that will never again mesh with the modern world. He also just like the rotten, neocon saturated Republican establishment that he represents does not ever quit. Viguerie joined the neocon war on libertarians with potential 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul in their cross-hairs with one hell of a manifesto that was published at the chronicle of the inside the beltway circle jerk that is Politico Magazine. I... more »

Lawrence Krauss brings some lively insights and delusions to Czechia

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago

*A visit that the narcissist had to like* Tonight, people called me to remind me about a program on the ČT24 channel of the Czech Public TV: Hyde Park Civilization (1-hour interview with Lawrence Krauss, Czech video) ------------------------------ ...click at "English version" at the bottom of the page above to watch dze Czenglish version of the program (around 5:30, English starts again, after a few minutes in Czech only)... A one-hour interview on the public TV isn't a negligible thing. Note that the Hyde Park Civilization program was previously mentioned on this blog in 2013 when... more »

PA-13-- How Much More Mud Will The Mezvinsky Clan Drag The Clintons Through?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago

I hate the money game that American electoral politics has devolved into, drowning out ideas and, in too many cases, all agendas and even visions other than those of the donor class. But it's how the Beltway pundits and the mass media view momentum and electability. And, normally, the candidate with the most money wins-- not always, but most frequently. In the PA-13 (northeast Philly and Montgomery County in the clsoe-in Philadelphia 'burbs) race to replace Allyson Schwartz, the candidate long dubbed the "front-runner," a corrupt, conservative wretch and former failed congresswoma... more »

New Studies Show Health Risks From Wireless Technology

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 8 hours ago

Saturday, April 19, 2014 *Warnings from the BioInitiative Working Group / University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York* *Activist Post* The BioInitiative Working Group says evidence for health risk from wireless tech is growing stronger and warrants immediate action. The Group released a mid-year update covering new science studies from 2012 to 2014. New studies intensify medical concerns about malignant brain tumors from cell phone use. “There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones” ... more »

where is it? - where's the truth in this world? - I just can't find it

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 8 hours ago

*where is it?* I looked for truth in God, and found priests and churches and money. I looked for truth in Science, and found blinkers and dogmas and persecution. I looked for truth in People, and found zombies and robots and lies. Where's the truth in this strange, sick, wicked, wistful, pointless world?

Paradise

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago

I hate being a perennial sourpuss when it comes to blogging, so I'm going to recommend that you make an effort to catch the third and final part of Radio 4's most recent Classic Serial, Dante's *Divine Comedy*, *Paradiso*, while you can. Failure to do so will see you damned for all eternity. After all, the sign at the entrance to Hell reads, "Abandon hope all ye who failed to catch *Paradiso *on Radio 4." You can listen at 9 o'clock tonight [now] or on the i-Player for the next nineteen hours. The whole thing, as adapted by Stephen Wyatt and narrated by John Hurt, was staggerin... more »

Ukraine and Gardening – Yet Again

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 9 hours ago

April 19, 2014 [My condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of Michael Ruppert. I didn’t know Mike personally, but his writings on peak oil and his blog, From the Wilderness, were among the handful of sources available when … Continue reading →

Vladimir Putin basically told Stephen Harper to go and take a hike

LeDaro at LeDaro - 10 hours ago

Stephen Harper thinks he is a world leader. He has been prominent in criticizing Russia over Ukraine and promised Ukraine some military help. Putin primarily told him to go and 'screw yourself'. A toast to Stevie *"The Conservative government's tough rhetoric over Russia’s actions in Ukraine may play well to some voters domestically, but analysts doubt it will have any impact on curtailing Moscow's policies in the region.* *"I think the only people Putin’s going to pay any attention to, if he pays any attention at all, are going to be the United States and the European Union, above... more »

April 19: Sh! Baby's sleeping...

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 10 hours ago

What could be the biggest crisis in world history has taken a turn for the worse in the last couple of days. But not in the Irving press. In the fact, even the word "Ukraine" did not appear in the paper yesterday, and did not appear again today. But there are big, front page stories that drivers are still talking on cell phones, and Easter is a big time for retail sales but Christmas is bigger. Way to set priorities, guys. Of course, they don't carry the big story that has hit the European papers - but not the North American ones. When the elected government of Ukraine was still i... more »

CA-33-- One Way To Know What To Expect From Political Leaders Is To Examine What They've Already Done

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago

Wendy Greuel has a shocking campaign payroll. She has an army of lame, high-priced consultants from outside the area who can't seem to lessen the intensity of the negative perception their employer has working against her in the CA-33 House race. Instead, they're running around whispering their poisonous messages about the other candidates to anyone who will listen. The latest is a nasty attack on Marianne Williamson as the "Paris Hilton candidate," although it doesn't seem to be based on anything concrete other than that *other* Hollywood celebrities-- though not Hilton-- have end... more »

Many bears

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago

Is Factory Farming Making Us Sick?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago

From:* prepography.com* I believe the answer to this question, which is a resounding YES, is self-evident in our society. Amongst our species.

Endorsement of Court of Appeal of limited precedential value

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago

*R. v. Singh,* 2014 ONCA 293: [12] While all decisions of this court are binding, care must be taken to avoid reading unwarranted jurisprudential principles into a decision of the court rendered in an endorsement as brief as in *Bugler*. Such endorsements are intended primarily to simply pronounce a decision for parties who, having been present in court during the argument of the appeal, will understand the thrust of the court’s reasoning. When the court intends to articulate jurisprudential principles for the first time, it does so in a written judgment. *Vanderbruggen* ... more »

Christ Lived In The Now - A Discourse by M.N.Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago

*From the Now, past and future co-exist together with no division or separation.* *The Now is the great revealer and equalizer. * *The Now is both the seeds of possibility as well as the fruits of your labors here on Earth.* *The Now is the quickest, safest and shortest route to ones' Glory. * *Being in the Now opens countless doors of opportunity as well as countless possibilities of being and doing.* *Christ lived in the Now and brought forth great possibility as well as opportunity for Mankind to develop and evolve into something greater than yourselves.* *Christ lived in t... more »

Iran nuclear talks updates April 19 , 2014 .....Iran says reactor dispute 'virtually solved' Vice-president says world powers have accepted proposal to redesign heavy water plant at Arak. ........ Tehran vetoes discussion of its missiles in nuclear talks ......... Iran adhering to nuclear freeze, watchdog says Iran is complying with an interim agreement freezing parts of its nuclear activities, the UN's chemical watchdog says. Last year's temporary deal came in return for mild sanctions relief.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago

Al Jazeera..... Iran says reactor dispute 'virtually solved' Vice-president says world powers have accepted proposal to redesign heavy water plant at Arak. Last updated: 19 Apr 2014 16:23 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Iran has maintained the plant is for peaceful medical research only [EPA] Iran's vice-president has said that a dispute between world powers and the country over its heavy water reactor at Arak has been "virtually resolved", state television has reported. A re... more »

JESUS, THE LONELY REBEL

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 11 hours ago

*With the emergence of a popular pope this Easter within a morally disintegrating Catholic Church, which is torn by sexual abuse and corruption, it's time for a new look at the very human* *and **lonely** Jesus, the ultimate populist rebel with a timeless cause ~ love one another **~ but who also deeply knew something that most people chose not to be conscious of: Allen L Roland * *"All great truths begin as blasphemies" *George Bernard Shaw As I wrote the last few Easters, I personally do not think of Jesus as meek and mild but instead as a determined and compassionate rev... more »

Bowling

Southern Man at Southern Man - 11 hours ago

Today was a long hard work day - first class at 7:30 AM, a long day of grading, an evening meeting about the upcoming trip to Spain, and then our monthly outing to the bowling alley! Paul is the event organizer. Got a strike, whoo hoo! I got one too! That makes three of us! ,br />Princess alert! Southern Man's geocaching buddy. With one of the girls. Adam has a big...ball! Really, guys? All three of you? And afterwards we went to Chili's for food and drink and more fun times. It's good to end a long hard day playing with friends!

The master of the homosexual inuendo - Julian Clary

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago

Julian Clary the master of audience participation and sexual innuendo...

You have to look at the little church

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 12 hours ago

Anything that has been behind any solid had been backed up by some kind of belief not totally going to float. I wish for a day when we would all say, something like we are now drowning in a a ocacan our grandfather put as a profit play. Life on this planet does not move with Adams Smiths invisible hand, no the wisdom of the planet predates his original play by circumstance, and the body of evidence. We are animals you can put us in cages but sooner or later it will be your death and a sad mourning of circumstance.

Obama to America: God Is Totally Awesome

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 12 hours ago

(graphic by Kat Garcia) Separation of church and state? Like the Bill of Rights, that is becoming quite the quaint concept. What the one indispensable nation on the bright shining hill hath joined together, let no politician worth his salt put asunder.... especially when the economy sucks for the vast majority. Thus spake Obama: *These holy days have their roots in miracles that took place long ago. And yet, they still inspire us, guide us, and strengthen us today. They remind us of our responsibilities to God and, as God’s children, our responsibilities to one another. * *For... more »

Harvard Re-Kindles Its Eugenics Past with Embrace of KIPP's Richard Barth

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago

In the 1920s Harvard was a beehive of activity aimed at segregation and sterilization of those deemed mentally and socially defective, based principally on classist and racist assumptions about the poor and the those of different ethnic backgrounds. One of the Eugenics Movement rock stars, Charles Davenport, was a graduate of Harvard and instrumental in assuring the forced castration of a number of Massachusetts boys during that era. Today the castrations of boys and involuntary sterilization for girls is a thing of the past. Instead, we have a new method now energetically embrac... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago

*New Orleans Earth Day Festival & Green Business Expo!* [image: http://nolaearthdayfest.wordpress.com/] *Developer sentenced for filling in Bay St. Louis wetlands ~WVUE*

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 12 hours ago

I was cited in this new report by the Institute for the Study of War “Overt Shi’ia Militia Mobilization in Mixed Areas.”

The Railing Class

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 12 hours ago

[image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeUI8WzevTNq-VPtrKQy3MbeueUWBFGrquj79Rq3zqbXFMEH7fdtUF8_t0ldSVnsv8fwg54aPOEWHeBKsIaImPDsEtoLQ9tS4M56JOjGvPdFYETJYdKlmXUzSVA9kflf13ISx/s400/rulingclass15.png] (By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on, loan from Ari.) "This is 1888, isn’t it? I knew I was Jack. Hats off. I said Jack. I’m Jack, cunning Jack, quiet Jack. Jack’s my name. Jack whose sword never sleeps. Hats off I’m Jack, not the Good Shepherd, not the Prince of Peace. I’m Red Jack, Springheeled Jack, Saucy Jack, Jack from Hell, trade-name Jack the Ripper!" - Peter Barnes, *The Ruling Class* We are all Jack Gurney, whether we like it or not. When Peter Barnes' *The... more »

Islamofascists take over the "secular" school system in Birmingham

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago

Yesterday, the Telegraph published quite a shocking story State schools isolate non-Muslims about a leaked official report uncovering the Islamist Blitzkrieg takeover of schools in Birmingham. Not surprisingly, it is the most widely read article in the Telegraph now and it has received almost 3,000 comments. The latest, 2011 U.K. census says that only 3 million (5%) Britons are Muslims; they are mostly immigrants from Pakistan and their descendants, as the well-known semi-joking map above shows. The largest Muslim population, over 200,000, lives in London but Birmingham has almo... more »

USA USA USA

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago

I have to admit that cry from the crowd raised my eyebrows more than I would have been in similar circumstances proud. That cry erupted in a Tampa vs Montreal Canadiens playoff game. Did the locals think they were playing a game against Canada, for sure in that context the chant would be in sync, So what happened there and is this a precursor to the notion that when it comes to thinking the USA takes first place in not there. Showing the flag is one thing, but not knowing how to host it in general is another. I worry about the USA because they are living a myth, that now days is bei... more »

Can Research Inform Climate Policy? A Columbia University Workshop

Johannes Urpelainen at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago

For me, yesterday’s main activity was a home game workshop on the policy implications of research on climate policy. I co-organized the workshop with Alex Ovodenko and Scott Barrett, both of whom are active in the climate policy research community. We had a group of about 30 people, both academics and practitioners. The six presentations Continue reading

CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago

I took the bus early this morning from Portland to Boston in order to get to the Asia-Pacific peace conference being held in Cambridge at the Friends Meeting House. I will speak on a panel after lunch. I got here about 30 minutes after the event began and caught the end of speech by Hideki Yoshikawa from Okinawa who was sharing stories about their struggle against expanding US military bases. Other activists from Korea and China will also be talking. Hyun Lee, the Korean activist from New York City, who came to Maine last week to our rally at Bath Iron Works is here. She, alon... more »

Let It Go for the test refusers

antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago

Originally posted on An Antique Teacher: I was making my way around the internet and found this, which was billed as a “parody”. I guess in the simplest terms, it is a parody, but sadly as I watched it, I realized that it was a video encouraging students to do their very best on the…

Smelling A Skunk

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago

Eric Grenier writes that, the more Canadians learn about the Fair Elections Act, the less they like it: Opposition to the Conservative government's proposed Fair Elections Act(Bill C-23) is widespread and growing, according to a new poll by Angus Reid Global. The survey, conducted online from April 14-15 and surveying 1,505 Canadians, found that 59 per cent of Canadians who said they were very or fairly familiar with the proposed legislation were opposed to it, an increase of three points since Angus Reid last polled Canadians on the topic in February. Unfortunately, there is s... more »

Two Americas: George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago

Two Americas: George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson. via Two Americas: George W. Bush and Neil deGrasse Tyson.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Police State Updates - From Clive Bundy alleged by Harry Reid to be a domestic terrorist , to the Control Grid - recent items to consider on the ever-growing US Police State ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

Cliven Bundy: Domestic Patriot - [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] *Infowars.com* April 19, 2014 Alex and David Knight break down the latest lunacy from politicians and bureaucrats. Earlier this week, White House Counterterror Chief Lisa Monaco suggested that your confrontational children could be terrorists. Similarly, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and rancher Cliven Bundy have a response to Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who declared all Bundy supp... more »

DC 's Conservative Consensus Has Us On The Road To Patrimonial Capitalism

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

Paul Krugman to Bill Moyers: "We’re seeing inequalities that will be transferred across generations. We are becoming very much the kind of society we imagined we’re nothing like." Wednesday was my sister's birthday. In her honor, we ran a post, Oligarchy, It's Never Too Late For Americans To Recapture Democracy. But maybe it is. Yesterday, Marianne Williamson, one of the leading candidates running for Henry Waxman's old congressional seat (CA-33) tweeted that this was the reason she is running. What she was pointing to was part of the BBC's "Today's Must-Read," a study of the rep... more »

Musical Interlude: Bruce Springsteen, “Streets Of Philadelphia”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

Bruce Springsteen, “Streets Of Philadelphia” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago

*Kids being used as guinea pigs for tests* It’s easy to experiment on schoolchildren, because they are a captive and vulnerable audience. States require all children to attend school, and once there the kids can be forced to do all sorts of things, aided by the fact that parents are rarely in class to monitor what’s going on. The latest scheme is the field testing of Common Core assessments. This spring, more than four million kids will be required to spend hours on tests that have little connection to what they learned in class this year and will provide their teachers and schools... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago

*Pregnant women who take SSRI antidepressants are three times more likely to have a child with autism* *This is just correlational stuff. The effects could be due to the underlying illnesses only* Mothers-to-be who take antidepressants have an increased risk of having a child with autism, a study has found. U.S. researchers say women who took commonly prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - SSRIs - were three times more likely to have a baby boy with autism or developmental delays. The effect of the drugs, prescribed for depression, anxiety and other disorders, is... more »

War watch Iraq April 19 , 2014 -- Militants Launch Takeover of Iraq Town , Militants attempted to take over a village in Diyala province but, so far, have failed to do so. This would be the second location in Diyala to suffer a prolonged siege against it at the hands of DAASH/ISIS militants. Baghdad is bookended by Diyala and Anbar provinces, so the fall of Diyala province would be a great coup for militants working their way toward the capital. At least 35 people were killed, almost all of them militants, and 53 more were wounded today ...... Two maps for consideration , one showing various Regions of Iraq , the second showing the various Oil Company Regions of Iraq .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

Iraq...... Militants Launch Takeover of Iraq Town; 35 Killed, 53 Wounded by Margaret Griffis, April 18, 2014 Print This | Share This Militants attempted to take over a village in Diyala province but, so far, have failed to do so. This would be the second location in Diyala to suffer a prolonged siege against it at the hands of DAASH/ISIS militants. Baghdad is bookended by Diyala and Anbar provinces, so the fall of Diyala province would be a great coup for militants working their way toward the capital. At least *35 people were killed*, almost all of them militants,* and 53 more ... more »

Newsnight, David Axelrod, Operation Trojan Horse, Marine le Pen and Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago

The final *Newsnight *this week dropped Ukraine from its prime position. The deal in Geneva was obviously not as exciting as the 'bang bang' earlier in the week [as Jeremy Paxman might put it], so into third place in the programme's running order it duly went. Into prime position instead went the boring Westminster bubble story exciting *Newsnight *scoop that the Labour Party has hired *West Wing *star American strategist *David Axelrod* to help make Ed Miliband electable. If it worked for Obama, it's bound to work for Ed. Even though *Newsnight *and Kirsty Wark were clearly exc... more »

Ukraine news of note - April 19 , 2014 -- US, Russia Trade Warnings, Criticisms Over Ukraine Deal .......Demand to Ukraine to settle payment for gas isn't connected with political process - Putin ......... Ukraine concerned over Transdniestria’s address for independence — Foreign Ministry .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

Anti war ..... US, Russia Trade Warnings, Criticisms Over Ukraine DealForeign Ministry: US Being Unreasonable by Jason Ditz, April 18, 2014 Print This | Share This Yesterday was deal-making day in Geneva, as US and Russian officials reached a joint statement on the growing eastern Ukraine crisis. Today, that’s all but forgotten, as the two sides are back to issuing stern warnings to one another. When the East Ukraine protesters, who weren’t invited to the talks, said they didn’t feel obligated to the deal, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement warning Russia about it, a... more »

Ukraine evening overview April 17 , 2014 - where things stand now -- Russian Foreign Minister Announces Four Party Agreement On Steps To De-escalate Ukraine Crisis ...... Ukraine immediately nixes -- So Much For The De-escalation? Kiev Says Military Operation In East Ukraine To Continue and Nato promptly ups the ante by sending 5 more ships toward Ukraine...... Obama and Putin trade tough talk as Rusia reserves right to use military force in Eastern Ukraine , while US prepares additional sanctions... Ukraine politics in focus - Donetsk Separatists begin organizing May 11 , 2014 Referendum....

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

More "De-escalation" - NATO Sends Five Warships To Baltic Sea [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 14:54 -0400 - Belgium - Estonia - Netherlands - Norway - Ukraine in<span id="li_ui_li_gen_1397779693990_0-title" style="background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236) !important; background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(254, 254, 254) 0%, rgb(236, 236, 236) 100%) !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(185, 185, 185) !important; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px 0px !important; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px !important; borde... more »

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Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 16 hours ago

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The Restoration by Drew Landry

Barbara Ann Levy at WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Curated Green Rights Collection - 16 hours ago

For 100 years, the federal government has usurped powers not delegated to it in our Constitution. What should we do about it?

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 16 hours ago

*(**this is a very well done and simple explanation of the predicament we are in, and really the ultimate answer to it . . many people, including me, realizes that so much/all of the laws, actions and beaurocracies being used against the people are unconstitutional . . but do not really know "why" or "how" they are unconstitutional. . . . as well as the snakes everywhere who put themselves out there as "patriotic" and "conservative" on the radio, tv, etc, and get a following (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Mark Levine, etc, etc) that ultimately are working for the glo... more »

The Jews, always the other...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago

' Posters and leaflets have appeared in Donetsk, Eastern Ukrainian, demanding Jews register, pay a new tax or leave, because of 'their support for the Kiev government'.' More here http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27086345

Newsnight, Keith Blakelock, self employment, Central African Republic and Irish dancing

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago

Wednesday's edition continued the pattern so far in beginning with Ukraine. It then dealt briefly with the South Korean ferry disaster before moving on to a report about the* murder of P.C. Keith Blakelock*. P.C. Blakelock was stabbed 43 times by a Tottenham mob during the 1985 riots. Some of whom were evidently trying to decapitate him. His family have never found justice. *Newsnight *was evidently very pleased with itself for having obtained the first T.V. interview with Nicky Jacobs, the man recently found not guilty of Keith Blakelock's murder. No doubt (being good left-libe... more »

Newsnight, the cost of living, sexism, Facebook jihadis, Lord Tebbit and the Kop

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago

Like Monday's edition, Tuesday's edition of *Newsnight *began with Ukraine before moving on to Labour's *Cost of Living Crisis* campaign in the light of the latest stats seemingly undermining Labour's case. As Jeremy Paxman's introduction put it: Now, inflation in this country is now running at its lowest rate for four years, 1.6%. Figures out tomorrow are expected to show that wages are rising by more than inflation. A year ahead of the election this is good news for the Conservatives. The shadow chancellor Ed Balls was steadfastly maintaining today that the improvement didn't me... more »

Baku’s Military Spending Surged 493% in 9 Years

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago

[image: Mi-35 Hind]According to a report a report released by a leading arms observation group on Monday, Azerbaijan is second in the ranking of nations with sharpest increase in military spending, registering a 493 percent increase from 2004 to 2014. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its report that while countries like the United States are cutting military spending, a staggering number of countries around the world were doubling their military capabilities. The report attributed Azerbaijan’s spike in military expenditures to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabak... more »

Selex ES successfully demonstrates BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy technology

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago

[image: BriteCloud]Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully carried out multiple end-to-end tests of its BriteCloud Expendable Active Decoy (EAD) technology. The tests proved the new technology’s capability under live conditions and will clear the way for Selex ES to begin production of the decoys. BriteCloud is a self-contained Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammer for fast jet aircraft, providing an off-board capability to decoy RF-guided missiles and fire control radars. Read more

Boeing-Built Fighter Jets Could Launch US Military Satellites Into Space

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

[image: Artist's concept of the DARPA Airborne Satellite Launch Vehicle under an F-15E aircraft]And you thought space launches couldn't get any cooler: The next generation of small satellites may blast into orbit from the belly of a fighter jet. The United States military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gave Boeing a $30.6 million contract last month to develop a 24-foot (7.3-meter) launch vehicle that would attach to the bottom of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The concept calls for the jet to drop this vehicle when it reaches an altitude of 40,000 feet (12,192 meters... more »

Female Soldiers Shine on China's First Aircraft Carrier

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

[image: Female soldiers]Female soldiers have presented a bright and brave public image on China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, since the female crew team was set up in June 2010. These soldiers have witnessed historic events on the Liaoning, including its handover ceremony to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the first taking-off and landing exercises of its fighter-jets. In conjunction with International Women's Day this year, the 90 member female crew team was honored with the National March 8th Red-banner Unit award, an honor granted by the All-China Women's Federat... more »

Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov ends Mediterranean mission, leaves for Atlantic Ocean Read

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

[image: Admiral Kuznetsov]Russia's heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov has accomplished its mission within the Russian naval force in the Mediterranean and has headed for northeastern areas of the Atlantic Ocean, North Fleet spokesman Capt. 1st Rank Vadim Serga said. "The cruiser has accomplished its mission within the Navy task force in the Mediterranean and headed for Severomorsk. The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is expected to return to base by late May," Serga said, Interfax reports. He said that the cruiser entered the Mediterranean Sea on January 15. Read more

Iranian Navy Starts Manufacturing Training Destroyer

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

[image: Jamaran corvette]The Iranian Navy started to manufacture an indigenous destroyer for training purposes, dubbed ‘the Persian Gulf’, a top Navy commander announced. Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Friday that his forces have embarked on implementing “one of the biggest projects” of the Navy to manufacture the Persian Gulf destroyer for training purposes. He made the comments on the sidelines of massive military parades to mark Iran’s National Army Day. Read more

Iran marks Army Day

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

Marking the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army; Different units from the armed forces of the Iranian army have held nationwide military parades to mark the national Army Day. The annual event provides an opportunity to showcase the latest weaponry and military hardware developed domestically. During the parades, the Iranian armed forces displayed different weapons and military tools and equipment, including different kinds of fighters, helicopters, drones, different types of missiles, tactical and armed vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electronic and te... more »

The Massive Russian Radar Site in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

When you are in the middle of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and your tour guide asks, with just a hint of guile, if you would like to see the Russian Woodpecker, you might think that you will finally be afforded a glimpse of one of the area’s fabled mutants, an irradiated avian with a beak the size of Finland. You assent. Yes, let’s go see the Russian Woodpecker! How much more strange can things get, really? You then start driving into the woods, on a narrow lane that was once a road: everything in Chernobyl was once something, and something else. A deer skipped along our path. T... more »

Delays And Cost Challenges Beset Airborne ASW

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago

[image: P-8A Poseidon]The U.S. Navy's Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft made the headlines in March when aircraft of patrol squadron VP-16, deployed to Kadena AB in Okinawa, supported the search for the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. But although the P-8A is the largest and most costly aircraft ever built for ASW, its ability to detect submarines at long range is inferior to that of the P-3C Orion, which it is intended to replace. Meanwhile, France has had to accept a second reduction in its future ASW aircraft fleet. It had hoped... more »

Newsnight, Nigel Evans, death row, and Morpurgo v Gove

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago

Looking back over this week's editions of *Newsnight, *Monday's editionspent its first quarter of an hour discussing Ukraine before moving on to discuss the fall-out from *Nigel Evans*'s acquittal. Rod Liddle wrote an interesting piece about this in the *Spectator*: The lowbrow public may not know how to spell Barack Obama, or be entirely au fait with the name of the country of which he is leader. But...they are worried about the hyperbole from our political elite over the Ukraine, and on an entirely different issue they are not prepared to simply swallow bundled charges of histori... more »

David Brooks, Common Core Circus Performer

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago

Why newspapers hire individuals to regularly offer the public unsubstantiated opinions baffles me. I am a researcher. Unless my posts are grounded in my personal experience, I offer my readers links to document my position on matters about which I write. David Brooks is an opinion writer. He publishes his opinions regularly in the New York […]

How the West Gassed Thousands to Death in Damascus

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago

*April 19, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The bombshell report by Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh titled, “The Red Line and the Rat Line,” contains many shocking revelations for those following the West’s version of reality regarding the Syrian conflict. It particularly sheds new light on the August 2013 chemical attack that left over a thousand dead (US estimates) and thousands more affected. It reveals that not only was the Syrian government not behind the attack, but that it was a false flag operation designed specifically to serve as an impetus for We... more »

Urban Gadabout: Coming up -- Wolfe Walkers spring walks, World of the #7 Train, Jane's Walk Weekend

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*The No. 7 train to Flushing here has its most dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline. Jack Eichenbaum is doing this year's version of his "signature tour," the all-day "World of the #7 Train," on May 31 (see below).* *by Ken* I mentioned recently that I did a pre-Passover tour with Justin Ferate to the heart of Chassidic Brooklyn -- to the worldwide nerve center of Chabad Lubavitch, on and around Kingston Avenue below Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights South. It was the first tour on Justin's Wolfe Walkers Spring 2014 Calendar. (You can download the Spring 2014 brochure here.) Whe... more »

“The Strangelove Effect”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

*“The Strangelove Effect”* by John Pilger “I watched “Dr. Strangelove” the other day. I have seen it perhaps a dozen times; it makes sense of senseless news. When Major T.J. “King” Kong goes “toe to toe with the Rooskies” and flies his rogue B52 nuclear bomber to a target in Russia, it’s left to General “Buck” Turgidson to reassure the President. Strike first, says the general, and “you got no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops.” President Merkin Muffley: “I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler.” General Turgidson: “Perhaps it might be ... more »

Rittrati Carichi Persiano: The ‘Loaded Portraits’ of Mohammad Ali Ziaei

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago

With wretched pencil to debase Heaven’s favourite work, the human face, To magnify and hold to shame Each little blemish of our frame. - The Marquess Townshend, 1773 Not since Tom Hachtman’s “DoubleTakes,” published in 1984, has there been a motley collection of caricatures of notable public figures – world leaders, celebrity personalities, all-star athletes, renowned artists – so

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*Do as you're told ~Michael Gorman* ~*Oil and gas companies are used to getting their way in our great state. And if you know what’s good for you, you’ll sit down and take it. Lord knows if you make much of a fuss, you will find yourself the target of smears by the industry and its fawning lapdogs in state government. The governor and his sympathetic legislators are on the verge of changing one state law after another just to put a stop to this lawsuit. *

Citizen Jack's analysis of Michelle Rhee's recent mendaciousness

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

*"In an even more disturbing revelation heard on the tape Rhee laughs about when the tape was removed hurting the children and some even started to bleed." — John Kugler* [image: Michelle Rhee has been caught in another series of lies.]"Jack," a frequent commenter on Professor Ravitch's site, sent me the following analysis in which he compares various sources on Michelle Rhee recent deceitfulness. Jack's commentary takes the original guest post on *NYC Educator*, combines it with other information from *The Frustrated Teacher*, and makes several salient points. What struck me the ... more »

“Steepness” of Energetic pathways now increases

AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

*“Steepness” of Energetic pathways now increases* by ÉirePort Suspended energetics are illuminated with full clarity and transparency for all to view. Standard correction protocols will no longer be useful to those desiring release. Effective correction strategies are available via consultation with Higher Cosmic Source. Cosmic signalings are in progress via newly opened and reconfigured gateways. Answers to ancient inquiries are surfacing and are apparent to all with Higher Eyes. "Steepness" of Energetic pathways now increases. ÉirePort | April 19, 2014 at 12:36 am | Categor... more »

It's a tough moment for right-wing fake-news media -- time to change the subject?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*"We think just a look at a few of this week’s health-care related headlines provides the best summary: the ACA is working." This is the "bottom line" in this evening's ThinkProgress report, "The Thing Is Working." (For working linnks, you'll have to visit the site.)* *by Ken* In a "Progress Report" post this evening, "This Thing Is Working," the crew in the CAP War Room reports: "A Slew Of Good Health Care News Has Conservatives On Their Heels," with news like "19 Million Americans Covered," "Exchanges Working And Costs Down," and "Conservatives On Defense." On the latter front,... more »

Resegregation of American Schools by Race and Economics, Thanks to Obama Justice Department

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic grids

AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago

*Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic grids* by ÉirePort Extremes of experience accompany Higher Cosmic Aligned Nova Gaia energetic grids. Nothing escapes Illumination at this time. Most strongly illumined, and most strongly affected, are dormant revert energetic structures within human individuals, communities, and so-called governmental bodies. After initial flarings, conscious individuals, communities, and so-called governmental bodies, learn to accept such, and release the revert structures. Predominance of heart connections becomes a... more »

Democrat-Republican Warmongers Unite to Crush Antiwar Rand Paul

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago

Perhaps the greatest hoax in the toxic sewage lagoon that is the political system of The Homeland circa 2014 is that there is no such thing as bipartisanship. Bullshit! While the ongoing con job that is staged for public consumption of the irreconcilable differences between Team Red Elephant and Team Blue Jackass is what passes for conventional wisdom in the state-corporate media and as such is eaten up by the rubes and low-information types that comprise the vast majority of the American electorate the truth is pretty clear to any who want to see. Both American political parties (... more »

Guest post from teacher Mark Butler: Kicking the Common Core Football @parccinfo

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

On the surface it might seem confusing as to why Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA) would suddenly come out in opposition to the PARCC assessment- and in doing so, undermine the authority of State Superintendent, John White, Jr. Jindal hand-picked White for Superintendent in January 2012, and has until this recent turnabout, remained lockstep with him on […]

Rick Weiland-- Channelling Johnny Cash, George McGovern And Elizabeth Warren

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

Tuesday, Blue America-endorsed Rick Weiland, the prairie populist and progressive candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota, visited tiny Hudson (pop. 296). That made him the first candidate to have ever visited every one of the state's 311 incorporated towns and cities. And this morning he released a song about doing it. Joined by his daughters, Taylor and Alex, and brother Ted, Rick re-worked the Johnny Cash classic "I’ve Been Everywhere" (written by Geoff Mack in 1959). Weiland and his family like getting together and playing music-- his son Nick shot the video--... more »

Shock news! 'Today' editor says BBC gets its about right on climate change

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

...still, there is one thing I can do tonight, blog-wise, that puts the question 'Is the BBC biased?' back at the forefront of our attention, and that's to transcribe part of Roger Bolton's *Feedback *interview with *Today *editor Jamie Angus, namely the bit about the BBC's coverage of global warming. Please see what you make of it (though I can probably guess!): *Roger Bolton*: I want to raise this question of balance, specifically in relation to climate change. The programme has come in for some criticism, particularly over a story in which *Today *interviewed Nigel Lawson, who'... more »

Timothy Egan gets it right!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago

*FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014* *Names Sean Hannity’s name:* In this morning’s New York Times, Timothy Egan penned a column about Cliven Bundy, our excessively thrifty rancher. In many ways, Bundy’s slice of Nevada is our own eastern Ukraine. It’s hard to maintain a sense of unity within the population of a vast continental nation. There will always be some people and groups who don’t feel like they’re part of the game. Bundy’s comrades in the west “don’t recognize” the United States government. There are those in eastern Ukraine who don’t recognize Kiev. We wouldn’t affirm every word i... more »

A good Good Friday

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago

It was a lovely, sunny Friday today here in Morecambe, which is good - especially as I was off work. I took the family out for a walk towards Torrisholme Barrow, a Bronze Age burial site with spectacular panoramic views, as they might say in tourist brochures - if such brochures ever bothered to mention such things [which in Morecambe they don't.] As this Friday was Good Friday, the locals performed their annual procession of the cross through the village of Torrisholme [a village that pre-dates the Norman Conquest] up onto the barrow. As they were coming back down we went up,... more »

Mike's Story

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 1 day ago

*Jenna Orkin* Mike left us an abundance of gifts, not least of which was his story. As an investigative journalist, he loved a good story even more keenly than the next man. And perhaps the one he loved most (as we all do, or would like to) was his own. It was indeed a fascinating story, which goes some way to account for his thousands of friends and followers around the world, both "Facebook" and otherwise. Whether uncovering dirty dealings between politics and Wall Street that even Matt Taibbi wouldn't touch or enduring the flip side, "I'm done in; I'm about to jump off the r... more »

Sanction Threats, Imposition, and Protest

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

Editor’s note: a more detailed version of this post previously appeared on my personal blog. If sanctions are to succeed as a tool of coercive diplomacy, they must impose real costs on the target. Yet, in most cases, they fail to do this—at least, directly. The economic costs tend to fall disproportionately on the average Continue reading

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada threatens ancient Mohawk allies'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago

CANADA THREATENS ANCIENT MOHAWK ALLIES Posted on April 18, 2014 Mohawk Nation News Please post & distribute. MNN. Apr. 18, 2014. Corporation of Canada CEO Harper is sending 6 CF18s and other weapons of mass destruction for NATO provocations against our ancient allies, Russia. Russia is legally a longtime ally of the Rotino’shonni:onwe/Iroquois Confederacy and its friends and allies

My concise definition of institutional education

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago

Institutionally imposed "study" is unpaid forced labour done by adults and minors. It is as dehumanizing as any regime of forced labour, and it is not only unpaid but it imposes life-long personal debt and health deterioration. Its ancillary benefits (socializing) are only tolerated as a necessary management allowance. Links to Denis Rancourt's essays about the student condition and

Friday Nerd Blogging: Exceptional That Proves the Rule

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago

I stopped collecting Spider-man long ago when it got all clone-tastic. I tend to hate TV/movies/comic books that use clones in their plots. However, there is one exception Orphan Black is back tomorrow night. Only ten episodes last season so plenty of time to binge to catch up. Just heaps of fun and some amazing Continue reading