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Common Core Prescription Will Not Heal Education
During my presentations, I make the case that the Common Core Standards are
a prescriptive list of content standards, rather than a descriptive
framework. The other night, in Santa Fe, one of my more well-known audience
members disagreed, based on her opinion. What’s the difference? And why
does it matter? First of all, let’s consider […]
The Realist Report is moving to AFP Radio Network
Beginning Tuesday, April 22nd, *The Realist Report* will be moving to the *AFP
Radio Network on BlogTalkRadio*. I will broadcast live beginning at 8am
Pacific time on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. All archives will continue
to be available at the *TalkShoe page for The Realist Report*. The TalkShoe
page has all past editions of The Realist Report, going back to when I
first began hosting internet talk radio programs. I have also uploaded many
of my guest appearances on other radio programs to the TalkShoe page for
The Realist Report.
As most of you know, *The Realist Report* is ... more »
Cherry Blossoms
There's nothing like being in Washington, DC during Cherry Blossom season.
The Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, the Capitol Building, the Washington
Monument and the new World War II Memorial. There's the Vietnam Memorial,
the Martin Luther King Memorial, the Holocaust Museum and so much more. The
city is a shining light on the hill but the Congress is dysfunctional,
ineffective and embattled in political battles that are unproductive and
destructive to the health and well being of the nation.
At this time, Common Core or National Education Standards are nice, but
high stakes testi... more »
Kansas Jewish Center Shooting Hoax: A Must See Video That Exposes the Fraud
I have been asked to offer up my opinion about the recent Kansas Jewish
Center "shooting" and all I can say is that considering that Sandy Hook,
the Boston Bombing, and other "shootings" are proven hoaxes, this one
definitely fits that same pattern and therefore again we are dealing with
an absolute fraud.... Originally we were told that 3 people died in this
Jewish center and that the shooter was a member of the "Ku Klux Klan" (how
convenient is that) who after the shooting was captured and when
apprehended shouted out "Heil Hitler" to the people present. The fact that
this man wa... more »
Musical Interlude: Hong Kong Festival Orchestra Flash Mob 2013: Beethoven's “Ninth Symphony, ’Ode to Joy’"
Hong Kong Festival Orchestra Flash Mob 2013: Beethoven's “Ninth Symphony,
’Ode to Joy’"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzKk7upkdE#t=211
Transitory Income and the One Percent
From today's* NY Times*:
Thomas A. Hirschl of Cornell and I [Mark Rank of Wash U] looked at 44 years
of longitudinal data regarding individuals from ages 25 to 60 to see what
percentage of the American population would experience these different
levels of affluence during their lives. The results were striking.
It turns out that 12 percent of the population will find themselves in the
top 1 percent of the income distribution for at least one year. What’s
more, 39 percent of Americans will spend a year in the top 5 percent of the
income distribution, 56 percent will find themselves ... more »
REPRESSIVE NEW WORLD
They try to sell all of this new surveillance technology as a way to make
our lives more secure and easier. But there can be little doubt that these
technologies are all about tracking every move we make.
The next step will be getting rid of money and just having all your
financial dealings computerized. Then if you move into opposition against
the corporate oil-i-garchy they could just have your computer file turned
off and you would have no way to travel, buy food, or the like.
Think I am being paranoid? Think again. We are being sold a pig in a poke
here that will make it ea... more »
Shooting near Slavyansk Ukraine/ Sniper reports
Happy Easter to those so inclined and thanks for the good wishes
Been reading about the shooting... outside of Slavyansk.
-We clearly have local (pro-federalist) victims. As many as five.
-We have sniper reports.
-We have cars that left with shooters and potential victims?
-And, we have the western/NATO media spinning on the same message that *"We
don't know what really happened" *. That in itself is very, very curious. *Because
NATO media always knows.*
The know Assad, Hussein, Qadafi and Putin are all Hitler.. They knew Saddam
had WMD's.
The NATO media 'knows' that the uprisings in Sy... more »
Barry Cryer jokes
*Broadcasting House *today. Barry Cryer. Jokes. Including parrot jokes.
(1) A couple going out for dinner, and she's in the bathroom trying on a
new dress, and she came out of the bathroom and said to her husband, "Does
my bum look big in this?" He said, "Oh be fair, love, it's quite a small
bathroom".
(2) A parrot in a cage in the window, and a woman walked past in the road,
and the parrot said, "You're a fat cow", and she was outraged and
complained to the parrot's owner, and he said, "Behave or I'll sellotape
your beak up". So the parrot stopped. And two hours later the same wo... more »
1991
"What do Ronald Reagan, President George Bush, former CIA Director William
E Colby, Democratic presidential candidate Bob Kerrey, billionaire and
second richest man in America and now head of Salomon Brothers - Warren
Buffett, and Ronald Roskens, the current administrator of the Agency for
International Development, all have in common?" I asked my close friend and
adviser William Colby one day in 1991.
"I give up," former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Colby
said. "What could that group have in common?"
"Three things," I replied, "all of them a burden at times for t... more »
Preaching From the Propaganda Pulpit on Easter Sunday
Pope Francis made a plea for peace in Syria and Ukraine on Easter Sunday
while the warmongers here in The Homeland took to the airwaves to sell the
exactly the opposite message. You would think that the corrupt
state-corporate media, the neocons and the American political class would
at least honor those who wish to celebrate the Easter holiday in peace with
their friends and family. In actuality, it is a great time to go on the air
with dishonest interviews of characters of ill repute, peddle outrageous
lies and reach the maximum desired audience so as to bring their horseshit
to... more »
Chet Raymo, “Live Long Enough To Live Forever?”
*“Live Long Enough To Live Forever?”*
by Chet Raymo
“Since we returned to New England from a winter on an island with little
access to medical technologies, my spouse and I have been busy sorting out
all those things that make life at age 77 active and enjoyable. Eye tests
and glasses. Hearing aids. Dental check-ups and repairs. Prescriptions
filled. Keeping the old bodies in working order.
I said to my spouse: "Just think, for most of human history our ancestors
didn't have spectacles or hearing aids." She replied: "For most of human
history our ancestors were dead before they nee... more »
Easter at the BBC
Kate Chisholm of *The Spectator *is impressed with BBC Radio's coverage of
Easter:
Given the decline of Christian belief in the UK, it’s surprising to
discover there’s quite so much about the Easter story on the airwaves this
week. You might have assumed that no space would have been found in the
schedules for a retelling of the central but yet most difficult Christian
narrative....
Yet on the evening of Good Friday, Radio 2 gave us an hour-long meditation
uncompromisingly entitled *At the Foot of the Cross *[actually, it was two
hours-long]. No avoiding, then, the implications o... more »
Friday Beaver - Was busy chasing Easter bunnies
Miscellaneous multi colored messages of meaningless meanderings. Put that
in you smoke and pipe it.
Almost be afraid to smoke the latest of BC bud lest the mind go into
intergalactic overdrive and that's not a far trip from what I hear. Ooh no
no no no this boy don't smoke it no mo cause ya never know who'd you wake
up next to. She didn't look that fat last night ewww.
But I digress there was a point here if I can just find it. Have to call
NSA and see if they can find it. Ah yes there it is in the last place to
look. Now why didn't I look there first? Bracket creep or more to th... more »
New broom at BBC Two
BBC Two has a new controller (and not a fat one). She's called Kim
Shillinglaw.
She worked for the *Guardian *(specifically Observer Films) before moving
to ITV and Channel 4, finally joining the BBC in 2006, where she helped
develop *Horrible Histories. *She worked in BBC News, including *Newsnight.* She
then became the head of science and natural history in 2009, overseeing the
rise of Brian Cox.
According to the *Guardian*, Kim's achievements have been to put more
science programmes into the BBC's schedules and more female experts and
presenters on screen.
She shares BBC dir... more »
All That Is Solid ...
Names matter. Take *A Very Public Sociologist*, for instance. What does it
*say*? Well, it suggests the author is a self-defined sociology fan. That's
pretty unambiguous. What then is a *public sociologist*? If you're not
party to the discipline's debates, chances are you wouldn't know that
public sociology is a movement that, surprise surprise, seeks to engage
with the public. Why is it that criminologists, economists, journalists and *even
psychologists* get a look-in when it comes to opinion pieces and
talking-headery. Where's our slice of the action? But there's more to it
than... more »
Easter In Iraq 2014
Easter service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Baghdad (*Iraq
Pictures*)Communion at an Armenian church in Dohuk (*Radio Free Iraq*)Mass
at Armenian church in Dohuk (*Radio Free Iraq*)Mass at Chaldean Sacred
Heart Cathedral Kirkuk (*AFP/Getty Images*)Mass at Our Lady of Flowers
Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Service at Our Lady of Flowers Catholic
Church Baghdad (*AP*)Our Lady of Flowers Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Communion
at St. Joseph Cathedral Baghdad (*Reuters*)Catholic Priest Emmanuel Dabgean
during Easter service at Our Lady of Flowers Catholic Church Baghdad (*AP*)Ser... more »
Ukraine thoughts
So
now that NATO is rediscovering why it exists and squaring off against
Putin's Russia, and RCAF is redeploying CF-18s to the Soviet Russian
frontier in Europe, does anyone wanna argue for why the
still-undeployable F-35 is the best warplane out there? Back to the
Ukraine, the media is still reporting Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine
as "pro-Russian activists". There are pro-Russian activists
@DCSDFagen pushing propaganda: “No Shelter” for Professional teachers.
In this video Liz Fagen (Douglas County Schools Superintendent in Colorado)
attempts to spew mythology concerning market place tactics for employing
and keeping teachers (pay for performance). First let it be known that
since 1710, market principles such as merit pay have been tried to motivate
and keep teachers. The result was a narrowed curriculum which […]
Fukushima Fallout, Neurological Disorder, and Organized Insanity in Medicare
The last three weeks have been hell. My dad, who has Parkinson’s Syndrome,
has been in steep decline over the last three months. On Monday I took him
to a new neurologist. She described his extraordinarily steep decline as
unusual and atypical, although she recently had another patient who
experienced the same pattern of steep decline.
On Tuesday my dad was hospitalized because he couldn’t move. The hospital
staff at Banner Thunderbird in Glendale AZ told me that they couldn’t admit
or treat Parkinson’s patients because Medicare doesn’t recognize this as a
treatment category for h... more »
youth books, children's book edition #10, and the best part of my job
I thought readers' advisory was the best part of my job, but that was
before I began running our library's teen book club.
Once a month, I spend an evening with a group of teens who choose to spend
*their* evening at the library, talking about books. We hang out, eat
snacks, talk about books, talk about life. Although I've never had an
interest in book clubs for myself, facilitating these young people's
enjoyment of reading is a joy and a privilege.
The teens themselves come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Most
are the first generation of their family born in Canada. Some ... more »
what i'm reading: eleanor & park, another truly great youth book for readers of all ages
If you enjoy youth novels of the realistic (non-fantasy) variety, *Eleanor
& Park*, by Rainbow Rowell, is just about as good as it gets.
Who else might enjoy *Eleanor & Park*? Readers who like beautifully drawn,
believable, yet quirky and unique characters. Readers who are teens.
Readers who have ever been teens. People who have fallen in love. People
who dream of falling in love. People who like to read.
*Eleanor & Park* is about two people who don't fit in slowly and tenderly
finding their way to each other. It's about the horrors that ordinary young
people endure, adults who mak... more »
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, April 20th, 2014
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Sunday... And yes, I have been busy these last few days taking care of
other matters,and therefore I do have a lot of catching up to do... Time
for my usual weekly rant!
First, it is Easter, and I do want to say "Happy Easter" to those who
celebrate this religious holiday... For me, I have not the time or the
patience for any religious garbage, period... I have studied enough about
all religions to see that they are used to brainwash and weaken the minds
of the masses. They are primarily used as another control mechanism for
the masses used by our criminal g... more »
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*Remembering ~Disenfranchised Citizen*
*Southeast Louisiana coastal restoration, hurricane protection are new ,
booming 'water management' economic sector, Data Center says ~Mark
Schleifstein*
April 20: Just thinking out loud
This may be short; I feel the need of a break. However, there's an element
in the Ukrainian crisis that news media have not touched on. Why should we
get involved in what's going on in Ukraine?
Oh, I know - we must help the weak; we must spread democracy; we must help
little girls go to school. I've heard those many times. The reality is that
no countries go to war for those reasons. To kill a million people so that
little girls could go to school is absurd. Ditto for the usual reasons for
war that we hear about.
Sure. And big business is just desperate to go to war to spread democ... more »
BOSTON STRONG: A Celebration of the Police State
*"It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable".*
*- Eric Hoffer*
On April 19, 2013 the police state came to Boston. Days after the heinous
act of cruelty and desperation that was the Boston Marathon bombing, where
two homemade pressure cooker bombs packed with shrapnel were detonated at
the finish line the order was given and the paramilitary police squads were
sent into the streets in search of one 19 year old punk. Injury was
followed by insult as a portion of the city was placed under an undeclared
state of martial law in a preview of what in the futur... more »
Eurovision 2014 Preview
Nation after nation are lining up to do battle. Natural allies and
surprising new ones will come together along a schism that will divide
Europe. No, we're not talking about the new Cold War with Russia some silly
people appear to be wishing for. We're talking about something more
important than that - the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Saturday 10th May
is the grand final from Copenhagen so, as per tradition, here are my picks
for this year.
Let's begin with some Latvian hippies:
Readers know I usually have a guitar allergy, so something completely
acoustic - ugh. BUT Aarzemnieki... more »
Newark Citizens United Against CorpEd Miseducation Plan
*Signed by 77 local ministers:*
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: Obama Will Be Kidnapped
Hollywood Accredits The Memes: Obama Will Be Kidnapped from Spike EP on
Vimeo.
"These are warnings..."
* 18 U.S. Code § 871 - Threats against President and successors to the
Presidency*
Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for
a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper,
writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life
of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United
States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in
the order of succession ... more »
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: The Body National and the Myth of the Nation
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: The Body National and the Myth of the Nationfrom Spike
EP on Vimeo.
"Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and inspiring
myths that everyone could believe in.
They might not be true - but they were necessary illusions.
One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."
HFT round up continues -- April 18 , 2014 -- "Holy Grail" HFT Firm Virtu Questioned By NY AG - but what about Citadel ?
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-18/holy-grail-hft-firm-virtu-questioned-ny-ag
"Holy Grail" HFT Firm Virtu Questioned By NY AG
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/18/2014 11:08 -0400
- HFT
- Market Conditions
- Michael Lewis
- New Normal
- Risk Management
inShare
Having the trade record of Bernie Madoff and the braggadocio of a WWF
wrestlerwas just too much for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
to ignore.*Rigged Market HFT Poster-child, and recent-delayed IPO, Virtu
Financial has received a letter of inquiry fro... more »
Why does Easter move around in the calendar?
Easter and Christmas are both very important Christian holidays, but while
families always gather on Dec. 25
in the winter, the annual spring celebration changes drastically each year
on our calendars.
Steven Engler, a professor in religious studies at Mount Royal University,
says the basic reason the two differ is because Christmas is fixed to a
solar calendar, near the winter solstice, and Easter is based on the Jewish
lunar calendar.
He said the Last Supper, which according to Christian belief is the final
meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion, was a Passove... more »
One Weekend Jesus Would Love to Forget
Meanwhile, as we speak, the President is indoctrinating children into
the Socialist philosophy of boiled egg redistribution. Where will it end?
Spend part of your holiday with us at 6PM EST as we speak to GA parents with a strange #optout story
Here’s the deets. Now listen to the story.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD:
Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: at the chalk face, opt out, testing
Ukraine Updates - April 20 , 2014 -- Easter Truce broken by Kiev and Right Sector forces in Eastern Ukraine ? Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector paramilitary.
http://rt.com/news/slavyansk-checkpoint-shooting-killed-640/
Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern
Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three
protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector
paramilitary.
Read RT's live updates on Ukrainian turmoil
The deaths came after a night attack on a protester checkpoint on the
outskirts of the city. Four cars drove by the checkpoint and opened fire at
the local residents manning it, killing two people and seriously injuring
several others.
*“They app... more »
South Korea Ferry Disaster April 18 - 20 , 2014 --- April 20 , 2014 Updates -- Two more bodies recovered, raising death toll from sunken ship to 56 ........ Sewol's crew appears to have begun evacuation 40 minutes after distress call ....... -- April 19 , 2014 Updates -- Death Toll rises to 32 , 270 missing , the Ferry Sewol has sunk , Captain and two Crew Members arrested ...... April 18 , 2014 news of note - S Korea prosecutors seek ferry captain arrest , Death toll rises as details emerge that captain was not at the helm when ferry capsized....... S. Korea Ferry Incident: Transcript shows ferry captain delayed evacuation ....... S. Korea Ferry Incident: Divers pumping air into submerged ship
Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
Updates - April 20 , 2014 --
S. Korea Ferry Incident: Delay in ferry evacuation puzzles maritime experts
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MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
Worldwide 'Biblical' disasters predicted by new UN study; successive global
catastrophes served by a small sinister network of 'institutes'; and
corporate-funded gangs trained to troll web users. Seek truth from facts
with Merchants of Doubt co-author Professor Naomi Oreskes; As You Sow chief
executive Andrew Behar; and science writer John Gibbons.
My progressive friends prefer demagoguery over truth on education reform
My progressive friends in the broader media have it frequently wrong on
corporate education reform, touting views that are hardly socially just.
Instead, they mine their neoliberal connections to peddle the same
corporate canards. It is obvious to me that mainstream progressive media
are so disinterested in education that their reporting on the issue is […]
Let's all go to the mall by Robin Sparkles
Let's All Go To The Mall by Robin Sparkles - "At the mall having fun is
what it's all aboot..."
If you watch How I Met Your Mother then this will make sense, otherwise
probbaly not!
And here's the cast of How I Met Your Mother singing Let's All Go To The
Mall at 2013 Comic Con
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*Changing dietary "wisdom"*
Cut sugar intake by half, eat seven or nine portions of fruit and
vegetables a day rather than five, avoid protein, shun low-fat foods –
these are just some of the often conflicting dietary tips we have received
this year as experts seek to reiterate that what we eat has a direct effect
on our health.
But with a growing list of things that we should supposedly avoid at
mealtimes, it might be easier to ask: What SHOULD we be consuming?
For those looking to the Government for help, there is currently little
resolution. A generation of Britons has grown up... more »
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*Pushback Continues: States Grow Increasingly Wary of Common Core*
Common Core is on the ropes. More and more states are pulling back from the
national standards as the 2014–15 school year implementation deadline looms
near.
In Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal (R)—formerly a Common Core supporter—is
now encouraging the legislature to remove the state from the Common Core
aligned Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers
(PARCC) test. And if they don’t act, he will.
Jindal’s new stance comes after eight members of the Louisiana State House
of Representatives ... more »
Stephen Marois?
On the surface, Stephen Harper and Pauline Marois couldn't be more
different. They have diametrically opposed visions of what is best for this
country. But, Haroon Siddiqui writes, they are disturbingly alike:
Both use phony wedge issues to consolidate their base and polarize the
public. Neither cares for the long-term consequences of deeply dividing
society. Her charter of Quebec values dealt with a crisis that did not
exist. He spent billions on “tough-on-crime” initiatives when crime has
been going down.
Both exploit prejudices against minorities. Marois was crude in going
a... more »
The Impermanence of Things
This morning's *Something Understood *meditated on the theme of freedom. It
was presented by an evangelical Christian *Spectator *writer, who made a
passing dig at public sector waste and featured The Beatles' anti-tax
classic *Taxman *among his selection of music.
Of course it didn't really. As if it ever would!
No, this morning's *Something Understood *actually meditated on the theme
of impermanence and was presented by a Buddhist *Guardian* writer, who made
a passing dig at zero hours contracts and featured a Billy Bragg song among
her selection of music.
Still, it wasn't bad... more »
Gold Updates for April 18 , 2014 -- First , examining the rising demand for physical gold in Asia and the seemingly confounding fall in price ........ Conspiracy fact: Top central bankers meet secretly every six weeks at BIS ..... Koos Jansen examinies Chinese Gold Demand and its relationship to the Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals ( third part of an ongoing series )
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Asia takes every ounce West unloads but gold will fall for two years,
GFMS says
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-04-17 11:54. Section: Daily Dispatches
Gold Price Likely to Average $1,225 in 2014 as Investors Shy Away: GFMS
By Ben Kilbey
Platt's Metals Daily
Thursday, April 17, 2014
http://www.platts.com/latest-news/metals/london/gold-price-likely-to-ave...
LONDON -- A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its
toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and
heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014.
The price forecast is ... more »
My Easter Post
Today is Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ, Who claimed to be the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.
George Friedric Handel wrote about Him in the famous musical
composition, Messiah, first performed on Easter Sunday in the Musick Hall
in Dublin on April 13, 1742. I believe Jesus is the Messiah. On September
13, 1981, […]
Mike's Story - Part 2
By Jenna Orkin
One morning a few weeks after he'd settled in to my apartment in
Brooklyn, Mike said, "Honey? I'm having a hard time this morning."
He was supposed to call his therapist but the prospect was causing him
such anxiety, he broke down in tears. I comforted him until the storm
abated - at which point he said, "Would you make me breakfast?"
* Is that what this was about? An appeal for pity so I'd make him
breakfast? *
"Why?" I asked suspiciously. I provided the first B of B&B since he was
otherwise homeless, and the ingredients for the second since he was liv... more »
'Sunday' in Belfast
This morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 was an Easter Sunday special from
Belfast, presented by William Crawley.
Its themes were (1) the criticism of the government for failing to include
the Church in plans for the future of Northern Ireland, (2) the dangers of
commericialisation at Easter, (3) the role of faith groups in Ukraine, (4)
the rise of Islam in N Ireland, (5) food poverty, (6) the legacy on the
ground of the Good Friday agreement, and (7) the question of whether there
should be an amnesty for those involved in the Troubles - a range of
familiar and expected *Sunday* topics, ... more »
He is Risen...
*Rejoice*
Download of Kelley's actual Hallelujah recordingKelley Mooney's website
The Islamic extremist threat to charities
The head of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross, has told his old
newspaper *The Sunday Times* that Islamic extremism is becoming the
deadliest problem faced by charities:
I’m sure that in places like Syria and Somalia it is very, very difficult
for charities always to know what the end use of their aid is, but they’ve
got to be particularly vigilant,” he says. “The problem of Islamist
extremism . . . is not the most widespread problem we face in terms of
abuse of charities, but is potentially the most deadly. And it is, alas,
growing.
This is the second story on Radio 4's ... more »
Navy's European missile sites move forward
Deveselu Air Base, Romania, home of the first of two European Aegis Ashore
locations
The military could speed up deployment of a land-based missile defense
shield in Europe to hem in a resurgent Russia, the Navy 3-star in charge of
the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in early April.
Vice Adm. James Syring said it was possible to speed up the deployment of
the second Aegis Ashore installation, planned for Poland in 2018, but such
a move would require some help from Congress.
“We’d need some additional funds in the [fiscal 2015] budget, and we’d need
to move up the development of th... more »
Portuguese navy’s drone launch ends in embarrassing fail
The Portuguese navy unveiled its new state-of-the-art surveillance drone
this week, but things didn’t exactly go to plan.
It was launched in front of the nation’s media and Portugal’s defence
minister at a Lisbon naval base, with disastrous results.
‘It will be highly effective in missions the navy has to fulfil,’ declared
minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco before the demonstration.
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Study: U.S. Combat Aviation Stuck in the Industrial Age
[image: F-22 Raptor]U.S. combat air forces are ill equipped to fight a
technologically empowered enemy, and it could be years or decades before
the Pentagon deploys more advanced weapons.
Such is the grim picture painted in a new study by the Center for Strategic
and Budgetary Assessments.
The authors, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula and CSBA analyst Mark
Gunzinger, make the case that aviation forces are not up to the challenges
of 21st century warfare and the Pentagon has only itself to blame.
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Boxing and Politics 3: Manny Pacquiao vs. BIR
After Manny Pacquiao beat Tim Bradley last week, grand celebration among
millions of Filipinos as well as other fans of Pacman abroad.
Then the next round of jokes and sattire went to Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares, in relation to its pending tax charges
against the boxing icon. of "tax evasion".
Public sentiment is predominantly against the BIR of course.
More Pacquiao vs Henares memes. The BIR will simply harass Manny,
especially if he will side with the opposition in the coming elections.
Aside from the prize money, reportedly at $20 million, plus poss... more »
Navy surveys female sailors for sub duty
[image: Ohio class SSBN]A survey meant to gauge interest among enlisted
women for submarine service is going out to the fleet.
Every enlisted woman in the Navy will receive an invitation to take the
voluntary survey, which asks questions about everything from their career
aspirations to their opinion on how switching to subs would affect their
career.
The survey was sent to reservists March 31 and to active-duty women a day
later — more than 57,000 enlisted women, all told.
Read more
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*Climate "science" as medieval theology*
*Re: "Why climate deniers are winning: The twisted psychology that
overwhelms scientific consensus" -- by Paul Rosenberg*
The Rosenberg heading above leads into a long article. The article is too
long to reproduce here but I thought I might make a few comments. I
initially found it fascinating that the author is an Al-Jazeera journalist
with an Ashkenazi surname.
The article is mainly a discussion of work by our old friend Lewandowski.
And it is notable that NOT ONE climate fact is mentioned in the article.
That Warmists are desperat... more »
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Mohawk Nation News 'Hanging Tobacco'
“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 day 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
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*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 *
Leveraging Laureen
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 »
Standard for interpretation
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 - 1 day 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
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
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”
*“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?"
“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”
*“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
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*"Krugman: Worried About Oligarchy? Y... more »
“Have you enlisted Katty too?”
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.
Is Bulgaria the Next US-Russia Flashpoint?
By Victor Kotsev on Apr 18, 2014
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*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
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 »
where is it? - where's the truth in this world? - I just can't find it
*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
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
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
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...
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 »
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