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Vomitrocities
The last thing Barack Obama wants to do is to spoil the appetites of his rich benefactors or even worse, make them throw up after an expensive meal. Vomitoria are not yet fixtures in the homes of our contemporary oligarchs, as they were back in Caligula's day. Obama told attendees at the fundraiser, held at the Lincoln Park home of a top donor, that he was late because of the situation developing at the military base. According to the Associated Press, Obama's announcement drew gasps and cries of, *"Oh no." * "We're monitoring the situation carefully," Obama said, echoing a statem... more »
2014 White Privilege Conference - In their own words
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Panic in Gunland
It's difficult to remain solemn and respectful in the wake of yesterday's newest shooting at Fort Hood that claimed four lives and injured 16 others. Certainly, the tragic subject matter doesn't exactly readily lend itself to satire and snark. That's why we have people like Pat Dollard and Dana Loesch, "people", for want of a better word, who sally forth, heedless of social conventions by going where no wingnut has gone before, contemptuous of the Obama-era czars of basic human decency. Because, according to former talent agent Pat Dollard (Breitbart's Big Government,... more »
Pierre Poilievre -Minister for "democratic' Reform
How to dodge a question? Pierre Poilievre will teach you how. I felt sorry for Even Solomon. He did try but Poiliever proved that he is the champion of fudging.
$$$ Why Is High Spender June Draude Still Sitting At Brad Wall's Cabinet Table? $$$
*REGINA — Saskatchewan Social Services Minister June Draude came under fire Wednesday after it was revealed her expenses for an overseas trip last summer included more than $3,600 for a car service and over $200 for lunch with a friend. [...]* *There weren’t any reports produced as a result of the trip and Draude struggled to list any specific benefits for Saskatchewan resulting from the meetings she had.* *BY THE NUMBERS* *What was taxpayer money spent on during Draude’s overseas trip?* *$3,634.33 — car service for Draude and (staffer) Mantey while in London* *$4,366.43 — Mantey’s f... more »
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*New Orleans Saints agree to terms with S Marcus Ball on three-year contract* *La. lawmakers considering New Orleans blight reduction bill ~Tania Dall, WWLTV * *Lee Zurik Investigation: Plaquemines Parish woman demands federal probe* *New Orleans’ top food trucks come together for a cook-off ~Suzanne Pfefferle N.O. Advocate* *New Orleans chef Besh to co-star on new TV show ~seattlepi* *The Uptown Messenger guide to this weekend’s festivals and events*
WORLD WITHOUT FACTS, AMEN: The craziness of Matthews and Maddow!
*THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014* *Interlude—No respect at all:* Does respect for information and facts play *any* role in our “journalism?” Any role at all? More specifically: As the liberal world develops news organs, do we maintain any standards—any standards at all—for people like Matthews and Maddow? Chris Matthews has been an obvious journalistic fraud since the 1990s. More recently, Rachel Maddow has been in a remarkable downward spiral. Her work resembles Matthews’ work more with each passing day. We’re thinking of the way these TV stars have reported on the Mastro report. Before... more »
War? “Defending Everything = Defending Nothing”
*“Defending Everything = Defending Nothing”* By Eric Margolis “War fever is in the air. Fifty thousand Russian troops and armor are massed on Ukraine’s eastern border. Europe and Washington worry that the reborn Red Army may sweep west across Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltics – even into Poland. The West is suffering from a bad case of Cold War chills. Not only are the Western powers worried, they are discovering that they likely lack the means to stop possible Russian incursions into what was the former Soviet Empire. They should not be at all surprised that Russia is again showing sig... more »
Social Media and Protests
Editor’s note: A more detailed version of this post appeared at my personal blog. The Cairo protests that ultimately led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak received a great deal of attention on Twitter—the most used hashtag in 2011 was #egypt—leading much discussion over whether we were seeing ”a Twitter revolution.” But the mere fact Continue reading
The 'moderate' Iranian who thought Jews were too dirty to shake hands with
Do watch all of the video but the part that pertains to the title of this piece is from 5:16 to 6:15.
'Hitler should have killed all Jews,' teens in Holland say | The Times of Israel
Muslim teens of course. http://www.timesofisrael.com/hitler-should-have-killed-all-jews-dutch-teens-say/
“Obamacare Ship of Fools"
*“Obamacare Ship of Fools"* by James Quinn “It was so fitting that Obama sauntered into the Rose Garden on April Fools day to proclaim the wonderful success of Obamacare. We are the fools for allowing this fool and his fellow fools in Congress to further bankrupt our country with this disastrous government run clusterf*ck. He is a dangerous empty suit. The only thing that mattered to him and his sociopathic control freaks in the last two months was hitting an enrollment number that he could tout as success. Making sure there are enough doctors in the plan or ensuring excellent heal... more »
Tulle Fairy Wands with Disney's The Pirate Fairy
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. #CollectiveBias We are big Tinkerbell fans at our house. We love pretty much anything that has to do with Pixie Hollow, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and fairies in general. My 5 year old even has a Peter Pan quote hanging in her room. So when we heard Disney's *The Pirate Fairy* was coming to DVD, I knew we would be at Walmart first thing the day it came out to buy the movie and for supplies for some glitter fairy ... more »
National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”
National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”. via National Poetry Month: “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
"Human Nature..."
“The more one analyzes people, the more all reasons for analysis disappears. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.” - Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying”, 1891 ◆ "People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything- as well as make it up- to get it." - Julia Roberts ◆ "People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character... more »
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*Warning: College students, this editorial may upset you* *'Trigger warning' policies, like one proposed at UC Santa Barbara, are antithetical to college life* The latest attack on academic freedom comes not from government authorities or corporate pressure but from students. At UC Santa Barbara, the student Senate recently passed a resolution that calls for mandatory "trigger warnings" — cautions from professors, to be added to their course syllabi, specifying which days' lectures will include readings or films or discussions that might trigger feelings of emotional or physical di... more »
Differentiating Between Democrats In Primaries-- How About Anti-Choice Conservative Brendon Boyle In PA-13?
The biggest wedge issue in the Democratic primary for the blue-blue PA-13 seat Allyson Schwartz is abandoning to run for governor is Social Security. As we explained Monday, Marjorie Margolies has an anti-Social Security record going way back to when she was a crooked, mediocre, one-term ConservaDem a couple decades ago-- and she's still singing the same old Republican austerity song today. Daylin Leach-- as well as Val Arkoosh-- are duking it out with Margolies over Social Security… at least they are in theory. Completely depending on her relation to the Clintons-- her son/their... more »
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*Children who watch less TV are better behaved, slimmer and do better at school, researchers claim* *Because they are middle class, not because of the amount of TV they watch* Children who spend less time in front of a television or computer screen get more sleep, are slimmer, do better at school and are better behaved, a new study has revealed. Researchers found parental monitoring of the time children spend watching television, playing video games and being online can be associated with more sleep, improved school performance and better behaviour in children. The new study, publ... more »
Invisible Hand Masturbators
( I love the question. This is an intellectual exercise. There is an M in goverment, so his reference to the Market tells me he believed in big goverment) Their ejaculation is profit. Their porn is screwing the holi poli for hard earned income. There was a time when merely viewing the vacuuming of disposable income was good enough. But today the big hard on is for quasi monopolies and bound necessities like water, power, transport and waste. Unsafe at any speed. The X cars. Its not like GM had no warning bad engineering could lead to unnecessary deaths. Just one of these near deat... more »
Sheer Stupidity
The Harperites have always insisted that their principal virtue is competent economic management. But, recently, Christopher Flavelle has been making the point that their record tells a different story: When the Conservatives took office in 2006, the median family income was $47,600. In 2011, the latest year for which Statistics Canada has released figures, it was $47,700. (Both figures are in 2011 dollars.) In other words, at the end of Stephen Harper’s first six years as prime minister, a household in the middle of the income distribution was pulling in $100 more than it did whe... more »
Well which is it? Is early morning sunbathing good or bad for you?
Two articles in today's Mail caught my eye, mainly because they were all but next to each other. First this article revealed that: 'Holidaymakers wanting to lose weight on holiday should sunbathe in the morning rather than the afternoon, according to a new study. Researchers found early rays keep off the pounds as people exposed to earlier sunlight are leaner than those who opt for the afternoon. The report shows the timing, intensity and duration of light exposure during the day is linked to weight - the first time this has been shown.' Then this article told us that ; '(A) Woman... more »
Obama worry free on low NATO 'defence' spending -Asia pivot a GO!
*As over the top rhetoric can be used to convince NATO nations to impoverish their people further in order to enrich defense contractors! * *Obama worries NATO allies spending less on defense* * President Barack Obama says he's concerned that some NATO allies are reducing their spending on defense.* Obama says for collective defense to work, everybody has to pitch in. Obama says NATO can't just be a U.S. or British exercise. Obama says the situation in Ukraine, in his words, "reminds us that our freedom isn't free. Explaining why it is the media is pushing the alleged threat from... more »
Contact The FDA If GMOs Make You Or Your Children Sick
[image: Foto: The FDA says: "Consumers can play an important public health role by reporting to FDA any adverse reactions or other problems with products the agency regulates." Even though they market GMOs as safe, FDA scientists have previously warned that GMOs could potentially cause health problems. As more & more legitimate complaints are heard by the FDA, it will be more likely that we can force action. If you react to GMOs ...DON'T DELAY - REPORT TODAY! And please comment back on this post to let us know how the call went. Thanks! Main FDA page: http://www.foodsafety.gov/repo...more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Day 26 , 2014 --What do you mean by flight MH370 'ENDED' in the ocean, Pakistan asks Najib to CLARIFY ....... M'SIA BREAKS UNDER STRESS: Minister now lashes out at Boeing, Rolls-Royce as MH370 search remains FRUITLESS ..... And Enemies list being drawn up by Malaysian Authorities also demonstrates strange defensiveness..... ..... No signs of debris linked to Flight 370 on the surface found to date , Submarine joins hunt ..... The investigation into Malaysia Airlines' flight 370's disappearance may never find the true cause, the country's police chief warned on Wednesday......
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
02 April 2014| last updated at 04:25PM *http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-mh370-tragedy-font-submarine-joins-hunt-1.544943* MH370 Tragedy: Submarine joins hunt 7 34 Google +0 1 0 comments PERTH: The protracted search for missing Flight MH370 was boosted by the arrival of a British submarine in the Indian Ocean ahead of a visit to Australia by Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak The personal jet of Oscar-winning New Zealand movie director Peter Jackson is also now reportedly being used in the multinational hunt for the plane that vanished on March 8 with 239 ... more »
On Laundry
Best paper I've seen since attending a research seminar on the materiality and meaning of mantelpieces. This from the November edition of the *International Journal of Cultural Studies*. *Hanging out at home: Laundry as a thread and texture of everyday life* Laundry, one of the most mundane but most fundamental everyday life activities, has received little attention in cultural studies of everyday life. In contrast it has attracted the analytical attention of sociologists of everyday practices and social relations, and energy and health researchers. Here we suggest that an approach ... more »
SCOTUS Makes it Official: Democracy For Sale
Two events this past week should provide a wake up call to any who still believe that they really live in a functional democracy - we don't. That much has been apparent to anyone truly paying attention before Citizen's United flipped the latch on the gate and unleashed the pigs to feed. Today's predictable Supreme Court decision in ruling against the cap on campaign donations is more of the same only now it is completely out front that democracy is for sale to the highest bidder. The R-A-T-S being R-oberts, A-lito, T-homas, S-calia and the always phony fifth vote in the media hype... more »
Syria Updates April 3 , 2014 - Syria Revolutionary Front just another sham moderate group - The rebel leader touted as the West’s last hope to stem the tide of extreme jihadist groups in Syria has said he will not fight against al-Qa’ida, and openly admits to battling alongside them....... Self-immolation highlights woes of Syrian refugees in Lebanon: U.N.......Nusra Front members plotting in Lebanon after being pushed out of Syria........ Syria's chemical weapons: turning mustard gas into salt in a small German town .....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/i-am-not-fighting-againstalqaida-itsnot-our-problem-says-wests-last-hope-in-syria-9233424.html?printService=print 'I am not fighting against al-Qa’ida… it’s not our problem', says West’s last hope in Syria Rebel leader Jamal Maarouf is seen as a bulwark against extremists, but he has some unsavoury friends Isabel Hunter Wednesday, 2 April 2014 The rebel leader touted as the West’s last hope to stem the tide of extreme jihadist groups in Syria has said he will not fight against al-Qa’ida, and openly admits to battling alongside them.... more »
23 Healthy Benefits of Coconut Oil
23 Benefits of Coconut Oil & Why It’s So Darn Good for You If you currently don’t use much coconut oil in your cooking, here are a list of benefits that will likely make you want to start. All oils are not created equally, and many of them are not beneficial to the body. But others, like olive oil have been shown to add extra health benefits. Coconut oil is the same way, with plenty of side benefits to taking it that make it a top contender to be the number one oil in your kitchen. Diseases and Conditions *Prevents Cancer* – This is probably the biggest reason to use coconut oil ... more »
Innovative TV streaming and gaming device: Amazon
*Amazon has launched an internet-connected TV set-top box as it vies with Apple and Google to get a share of the well-paid television market.* Dubbed Amazon Fire TV, the device is a small black box similar to Apple TV and it will cost $99 (£59) and is accessible instantly in the US. It will permit consumers to stream content from Amazon's library, as well other video-on-demand services, unswervingly to their TVs. Users can buy a games controller, dubbed Voila, which looks much related to an Xbox controller. The move puts Amazon in nonstop competition with Apple TV and Google's ... more »
Fyodor Dostoevsky, “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”
*“The Dream of a Ridiculous Man”* by Fyodor Dostoevsky "For I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing it? I have seen the truth- it is not as though I had invented it with my mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul for ever. I have seen it in such full perfection that I cannot believe that it is impo... more »
Musical Interlude: 2002, “We Meet Again”
2002, “We Meet Again” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_OmsxDef9c
Chet Raymo, “The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself”
*“The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself” * by Chet Raymo "By now most of us will have seen this spectacular photograph of a dusty star-birthing region of the Carina Nebula, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. I offer a slightly different cropping from what you may have seen in the media or on APOD. Please click the image to see it it all of its glory. Let me add some context. The image shows an area of the sky that you could cover with the intersection of two crossed sewing pins held at arms length. Think about that for a minute. Hold two imaginary cr... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“These three bright nebulae are often featured in telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large nebula left of center, and colorful M20 on the right. The third, NGC 6559, is above M8, separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. * Click image for larger size.* The expansive M8, over a hundred light-years across, is also known as the Lagoon Nebula. M20'... more »
"Last Minutes With Oden"
*"Last Minutes With Oden"* “A brief, heart-wrenching documentary of a man saying goodbye to his loyal best friend. Thank you Jason Wood for allowing us this moment. Oden's struggle with cancer finally came to an end. May he rest in peace and his memory be eternal.” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOAcRKZxjy4#t=183
The Poet: Margaret Atwood,"The Moment"
"The Moment" "The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island, country, knowing at last how you got there, and say, I own this, is the same moment when the trees unloose their soft arms from around you, the birds take back their language, the cliffs fissure and collapse, the air moves back from you like a wave and you can't breathe. No, they whisper. You own nothing. You were a visitor, time after time climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming. We never belonged to you. You never found ... more »
Veneto Independence Movement Updates April 2 , 2014 - where is the UN and US State Department to champion the rights of the freedom loving protesters ? Italy Troops Crack Down on Secessionists Nationwide Troops Seize Bulldozer in Venice, Weapons in Lombardy - whiff of democracy has Italy deploying " special forces " nationwide ?
Veneto ‘independence plot’: Italy police arrest 24, seize ‘tank’ Published time: April 02, 2014 21:11 Get short URL [image: Venice's St Mark's Square (AFP Photo / Giuseppe Cacaca)] Venice's St Mark's Square (AFP Photo / Giuseppe Cacaca) Share on tumblr Italian police have arrested 24 “separatists,” including an organizer of the online Veneto independence referendum. Police suspect them of plotting to take over Venice’s iconic St. Mark's Square with a bulldozer which they converted into a “tank.” According to police, the suspects had built an armored vehicle, planning to deploy it to... more »
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Free Download: Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities"
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way." - Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities" ••• "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolutio... more »
"If They Are OK..."
"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you." - Rita Mae Brown
dream - crustacean people - blood vampires
this was kind of a strange dream (aren't they all?), regurgitated in fragments, maybe the full-on version was 'just too much' to recall, but it goes something like this: - space vampires - crustacean bone set - fake human skin - real meaty marrow - directly feeding off human blood those are the fractures of images I retain. But it was 'weirder' than that, in that the outer-bones of these creatures were black - think of black pudding. They assumed the shapes of Human Muscle, too. Their external bones were hard, real hard, like tar or plastic. Inside was this ground... more »
The Mail versus The Guardian
On Tuesday The Mail published this article entitled 'Dying to get into Britain: Four desperate migrants are killed in Calais in just one week as they target lorries bound for UK.' Yesterday The Guardian published this article entitled 'Why are the nerves of empathy severed when it comes to immigration?' Please read both articles, I have. Now why doesn't Jonathan Jones in his Guardian piece ask these questions: If these poor people are struggling for a better life away from Africa or Eastern Europe, why are they so desperate to get to the UK rather than settling in Germany or France... more »
Earthquake updates April 3 , 2014 - Chile has strong aftershock ( 7.8 ) follow the larger 8.2 quake ( and ten aftershocks ) from April 1 , 2014 ... Panama has its own quake ( 5.8 ) ...... signs of more to come and a larger quake to boot ? .....
http://www.inquisitr.com/1197809/panama-earthquake-2014-tsunami-warning-risk-higher-after-chile-aftershock/ Panama Earthquake 2014: Tsunami Warning Risk Higher After Chile Aftershock? [image: Panama Earthquake 2014: Tsunami Warning Risk Higher After Chile Aftershock?] An earthquake hit Panama earlier today after the South American country was already under a tsunami warning. Considering that this new tremor was only a 5.8 magnitude it’s possible it’s related to the Chilean earthquake felt further down along the South American coastline. In a related report by *The Inquisitr*, the 8.2 ... more »
Europe IN or OUT - Nigel Farage (UKIP) vs Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) - TWO LIVE DEBATES
when Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appeared on the pre-election debates opposite David Cameron and Gordon Brown, he fared rather well against his opponent's colourless answers, and I posted very positively about his performance back in 2010. But over the last couple of televised debates vs UKIP's Nigel Farage on the subject of EUROPE, IN or OUT? it's clear that Clegg was facing off against a completely different animal. I've admired Farage's representation within the European Parliament over the last few years and it'd be great to see *'this sort of balls'* in Parliamentary deb... more »
Overnight data from Asia April 3 , 2014 --- HSBC China Composite PMI Tumbles To 28-Month Lows As Services Fell (& Rose) , Aussie Retail Sales missed by the most in 9 months , small and focused stimulus offering from China ..... check to the ECB !
Nothing burger from the ECB.... ECB Remains All Talk, No Action: Leaves All Rates Unchanged [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/03/2014 07:53 -0400 - European Central Bank - Greece - Monetary Policy - Unemployment inShare All talk, no action. That's what, as usual, happened at the ECB today where after much bluster and QE rhetoric from everyone including former permahawk Jens Weidmann, the ECB did precisely as most had expected. Nothing. *Monetary policy decisions* At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that th... more »
Tsunami hits Chile coast following 8.0 quake ...........
Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Tsunami hits Chile coast following 8.0 quake Published time: April 02, 2014 00:07 Edited time: April 02, 2014 00:56 Get short URL [image: Image from maps.google.com] Image from maps.google.com Share on tumblr Tags Earthquake, South America A tsunami wave has hit the northern coast of Chile after a massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's shore Tuesday. All of the Latin American Pacific coast is under threat for tsunami activity, according to the USGS. A tsunami warning has been issued for Chile, Peru, and Ecaudor, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Colombia, Pana... more »
U.S. bans astronauts
*Political fanaticism based on geographic ignorance turns America into a loser* NASA's 2014 budget is $17.6 billion which is something like 0.6% of the federal budget or 0.1% of the GDP. These percentages are much lower than in the 1960s when America was feeling humiliated by the USSR and the budget reached as much as 4.5% of the GDP. But it's still a lot of money. You would expect the country that has arguably been the #1 leader – well, at some critical points, #2 – to be able to send astronauts to space. You would be wrong. The space shuttle program looked like a great idea and ... more »
Honest GMO Research Is Career Suicide - An Interview With Howard Vlieger
[image: Foto: Listen to this great interview with Howard Vlieger, 3rd generation family farmer, soil expert & consultant as he explains the history of GMOs, the process of genetic engineering, refutes industry claims about the benefits of chemically intensive GMO agriculture and a lot more. Thank you, Howard, for sharing your knowledge & experience and for helping to get the truth out about GMOs! Listen here: http://foodintegritynow.org/2014/04/01/howard-vlieger-student-soil-gmos-soil-glyphosate/ #HowardVlieger #GMO #Herbicde #Bttoxin #Pesticide #Roundup #GMOFreeCanada #GMOFreeUSA] ... more »
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*How the Global Warming Scare Began* With John Coleman * Climate Anxious Children - can parents, and caring teachers, help correct the harm done by climate alarm materials?* *"Collectively, anxiety conditions are the most common mental disorders in children. Moreover, they often persist throughout life, causing significant distress and interfering significantly with social life and achievement both during the child’s formative years and later in adulthood."* The quote is from a mental health researcher, Kathy Griffiths There is considerable evidence that many children suffer... more »
Fabric Flip-Flops and Table Runners- You're Invited Creative Link-Up
Thank you to everyone that participated last week.This week's features are by Debra from Housewife Eclectic. Make sure you link up some projects and recipes of your own so you’ll be in the running for next weeks featured favorites. [image: You're invited header 2]I am backing hosting today with some of my favorite people including Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite, Holly from Bits of Everything, and Jonie from Just Between Friends. Housewife Eclectic has been full of new projects in the last month. I am cooking up a storm and creating new things for both my house and my 5-year-old. ... more »
Satire: “Supreme Court Defends Wealthy’s Right to Own Government”
*“Supreme Court Defends Wealthy’s Right to Own Government”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “By a five-to-four decision, the United States Supreme Court today defended the right of the wealthiest Americans to own the United States government. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts summarized the rationale behind the Court’s decision: “In recent years, this Court has done its level best to remove any barriers preventing the wealthiest in our nation from owning our government outright. And while the few barriers that remained were flimsy at best, it w... more »
U.S. President Admits American Role in Iran Coup...Way Back in 1991
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Vice President Richard M. Nixon greet the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Washington, D.C. It remains bizarre that, for years, certain agenda-driven scholars attempted to suggest that the United States had, at best, a middling or minor role in orchestrating the 1953 coup that overthrew popular nationalist Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. For
“McCutcheon Is One of the Worst Supreme Court Decisions of All Time- Here's What You Need to Know”
*“McCutcheon Is One of the Worst Supreme Court Decisions of All Time- * *Here's What You Need to Know”* by Mansur Gidfar “The Supreme Court just decided an incredibly important case called McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). The Court's ruling will allow unprecedented amounts of money to flow directly into our political system. McCutcheon v. FEC looked at the question of whether aggregate campaign contribution limits... You're already bored, aren't you? Let's try this instead: Imagine you're rich. See? We're having more fun already. Like most Americans, rich you has all... more »
Regardless How Deeply In The Sand Republicans Bury Their Heads, Our Nation's Future Prosperity Is All About Education
Compton Board of Education President Micah Ali DCCC Chair Steve Israel uses the empty phrase, "problem solvers" to describe the hopeless batch of mystery meat candidates he recruited and is leading down the path to slaughter in November. Most of his recruits are drudges who were recruited *because* they are drudges. The *idea* of "problem solvers," however, isn't as stupid as most of the claptrap that comes spilling out of Israel's mouth. This statement by a far smarter Member of Congress is anything *but* empty rhetoric: "I’m really getting tired of listening to people who don’t kno... more »
The Common Core License: Open for NGA and CCSSO Alteration
The so-called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are being billed as “Preparing America’s Students for Success“; as “important for your child”; indeed, as The American Education Solution: The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the […]
Robert Jensen : BOOKS | Barking dogs and sinking ships: Journalism’s search for metaphor and meaning
Dean Starkman explains why journalists often aren’t alert watchdogs, but he can’t see why limiting the profession to the role of a barking dog is, quite literally, a dead end. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | April 2, … finish reading Robert Jensen : *BOOKS* | Barking dogs and sinking ships: Journalism’s search for metaphor and meaning
Syria campaign being revitalized ? April 1 , 2014 Updates........ New Cold War with Russia Heating Up in Syria ..... Militants in Syria prepare chemical attack in Damascus – UN envoy ...... The Syrian Civil War May Be About to Go Fully Regional ......Obama weighs sending shoulder-fired missiles to Syrian rebels
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Info Wars...... New Cold War with Russia Heating Up in Syria - [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] *Chriss Street* http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/04/new_cold_war_with_russia_heating_up_in_syria.html April 1, 2014 As President Obama was his teleprompter on March 20th to announce sanctions against Russia, Syrian rebel forces led by al Qaeda-linked Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Nusra launched a surprise offensive in northwestern Syria ... more »
This is what a cartel looks like
The news is awash this week with stories of foreign doctors unable to find medical work in New Zealand – because, says the Medical Council, there are enough local doctors already, thank you very much. Which leads to an obvious question: Are the rules around licensing designed to protect doctors’ patients? Or to protect doctors’ salaries? Foreign doctors have to sit a local exam before being allowed to practice. The local Medical Council limits entry to foreign doctors by limiting the number of examinations it offers. Cosy. As Eric Crampton’s post makes abundantly clear, It’s... more »
Monetary Blockade Of Russia Begins or April Fools Day , Russia ( not ) : JPMorgan Blocks Russian Money Transfer "Under Pretext" Of Sanctions , which follows unilateral blockade by Visa and Master card of Russian Banks payments - Russia Considers Switching To National Payment System After Visa, Mastercard Block Banks Seven Russian banks were hit by economic sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea, government wants to make sure this doesn’t happen again ! Mucho hot air being emitted on Russian troop deployments and withdrawal or lack thereof ....... Working hard to get a rise from Putin ?
Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-01/monetary-blockade-russia-begins-jpmorgan-blocks-russian-money-transfer-under-pretext Monetary Blockade Of Russia Begins: JPMorgan Blocks Russian Money Transfer "Under Pretext" Of Sanctions [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/01/2014 14:56 -0400 - China - India - Iran - Kazakhstan - None - SWIFT - Transparency - Yuan <span style="display: inline-block !important; font-size: 1px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important... more »
"McCutcheon": a new Roberts Court buzzword to go with "Citizens United"
*This is the freest danged speech you ever will see!* *"Freedom of speech, in my view, does not mean the freedom to buy the United States government."* *-- Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders* *"Today's decision of the United States Supreme Court to strike down any real limit on the purchase of our democracy by big money may be the worst decision made by any Supreme Court since the Dred Scott case reaffirmed slavery in 1857."* *-- South Dakota Democratic Senate candidate Rick Weiland* *by Ken* In case you hadn't heard: *Supreme Court Defends Wealthy's Right to Own Government*... more »
OBAMA'S PRIORITIES REVEAL THE SOUL OF THE NATION
Obama's proposed allocation of $1.16 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2015. Discretionary spending, which accounts for 29 percent of the president's proposed 2015 budget, does not include earned-benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare. Rather, it includes programs whose funding levels are set each year by lawmakers during the appropriations process, including the military, education, job training, and the environment.
What will Chinese investment actually be? and other shorts/linkfest
Recall that President Ma himself has said that the services pact with the Borg (slogan: "You are Chinese; we will assimilate you") will create only 12,000 jobs. I got to wondering how much investment that represented. Fortunately MOFA has already told us in that letter they sent around. As of the end of January 2014, the government had approved 495 mainland Chinese investment cases, w*ith investment of US$870 million*. The mainland company officials, specialists and family members who have come to Taiwan in association with these cases number just 264, while these firms have provi... more »
The Ongoing Debate on Public and Private School Effectiveness: Vouchers, Representative Samples, Fundamentalism and Wal-Mart
To no one’s surprise, the market-oriented EducationNext, “a journal of opinion and research,” does not like the findings outlined in the recent book, The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools, which I wrote with Prof. Sarah Theule Lubienski. After all, the two large, nationally representative datasets we analyzed do not lend support […]
This is the best Paul Craig Roberts' recent interviews, and it's timely (dated today)! Become educated on issues the mainstream media deliberately obscures. (You may wish to skip directy to the interview 5 minutes from the beginning.)
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/AOblgFwPUAY[92] Paul Craig Roberts: IMF loans will hand Ukraine over to private banks *Boom Bust * Published on Apr 2, 2014 Our lead story: On Tuesday Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors, testified in front of Congress as to why it took her company so long to recall millions of vehicles. Monday, GM recalled another 1.5 million vehicles worldwide in order to fix steering system problems. Erin brings you the details. Our interview today is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts who talks about the US macroeconomy, Fed policy, the ongoing conflict... more »
Inferences at preliminary inquiry
R. v. Cavanagh, 2014 ONCA 251 [5] This was not a case of failing to consider relevant evidence, but merely a question of assessing the reasonableness of the inferences to be drawn from the evidence as the preliminary inquiry judge is required to do in a circumstantial case. As McLachlin C.J.C. said in *R. v. Arcuri*, 2001 SCC 54 at paras. 29 and 30: The question that arises in the case at bar is whether the preliminary inquiry judge's task differs where the defence tenders exculpatory evidence, as is its prerogative under s. 541. In my view, the task is essentially the s... more »
“The Expert”
Ever been in one of these meetings? I seem to have them with council consenting officers most weeks. *“What is stopping us from doing this?” **”Geometry.”* FYI: The sketch was written and directed by Lauris Beinerts and is based on the (Russian language) short story, “The Meeting,” by Alexey Berezin. [Posted at Laughing Squid. Hat tip Ceila C-L] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Whose Interests Are Served When United Opt Out Website Goes Down
With hundreds of billions of dollars depending upon the continuation of high stakes testing, the corporate fascists of the technology-testing complex have sent their dirty tricksters to detonate the United Opt Out website. If you don't think these billionaire thugs and their stooges are not playing for keeps, you're wrong. Until UOO gets another website up, those needing information should go here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unitedoptout/ Not sure how much longer it will last. I am going to try to get the 50 state guides uploaded to our FB group page to be on the safe side. ... more »
NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize - And since the media is told " If you publish what we’re doing, it will endanger lives, including NSA personnel, by making people angry about what we’re doing in their countries and want to attack us " , is the DOJ going to prosecute NSA General Keith Alexander and / or John Inglis for the following : John “Chris” Inglis just revealed to the world that the NSA was–is?–intercepting every single email, text message, and phone-location signal in real time for the entire country of Iraq. Obviously, the fact that the NSA has this capability, and used it, is Top Secret. What authority did Chris Inglis have to disclose this? Should a Department of Justice leak investigation be commenced ?
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/31/nsa-worlds-blows-top-secret-program/ NSA Blows Its Own Top Secret Program in Order to Propagandize By Glenn Greenwald31 Mar 2014, 1:35 PM EDT524 Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme fear-mongering to demonize transparency. In sum, every time an unwanted whistleblower steps forward, we are treated to the same messaging: *You’re all going to die because of these leakers and the journalists who publish their disclosures!* Lest you think that’s hyperbole, consider this headline from last week based on an interview... more »
Rescuers face dangerous toxins in Washington state mudslide recovery operation - keep the victims and the responders in your prayers !
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U.S. RESPONDERSFACETOXICCHALLENGEASDEATHTOLLCLIMBSINWASH.MUDSLIDE ARMY STAFF SGT. RORY FEATHERSTON/NATIONAL GUARD VIA GETTY IMAGES Sewage, propane, and other chemicals lie beneath the gray mud that engulfed a small community and left dozens dead March 31, 2014 1:49PM ET Updated 9:15PM ET Rescue teams struggling to wade through thick mud up to their armpits amid heavy downpours at the site of a devastating landslide in Washington state are facing yet another challenge — an unseen and potentially dangerous stew of toxic contaminants. Sewage, propane, household solvents and other chemical... more »
Fort Hood On Lockdown After Shooting ( April 2 , 2014 ) , Multiple Victims Reported; Shooter At Large ..... history repeating itself , not just rhyming .
Did mention this in a prior recent post..... Monday, March 31, 2014 Postcards From The Edge Of The Police State March 31 , 2014 .......True March Madness in Arizona -- Witnesses claim Tucson cops started violence; Police “were all dressed up for a riot and had no riot to go to” ....... Cops to Inspect Homes Without Notice For Illegal Rentals - Zero tolerance program slammed as attack on property rights ...... FBI, US military in hunt for one-time recruit planning ‘Fort Hood-style jihad’ ........ Thought crime advocates becoming more common - Liberal Fascist Calls For Global War... more »
Quote of the Day; On Climate Modelling [updated]
“The climate-modelling community, to my knowledge, has the worst predictive record of any prominent field of inquiry today. And yet their latest doomsday predictions are treated on par with the sun rising tomorrow.” - Alex Epstein *UPDATE*: In cased you missed some of them, here to remind you is The Great Big List of Failed Climate Predictions. All 107 of them! Which doesn’t even include all the failed climate models themselves… Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
(Newest Fake Bond Sale To Suckers?) Both Siderism: Meaning Both Parties Deeply Entrenched In Con Game Against Lower Classes (Inside Story of Wall Street Rental Scheme) Who Passed More Amendments In House Against Tea Party Obstructionism?
Happy Birthday, Marvin Gaye! The ideology at work here isn’t really Wall Street or Main Street, red or blue; only green. It's good to know how JPMorgan and all the rest of the banksters fit into the liberal causes, isn't it? We shoulda guessed by now. Salon continues to do the important U.S. reporting of our time. David Dayen breaks ranks for US. Apr 2, 2014 07:44 AM EST
Imaginary Numbers, 2: Inflation
That figure you hear on the news reporting “inflation” – that thing called the Consumer Price Index – it’s really not anything like you think it is. And as John Crudele explains, it’s getting worse: The latest money-saving effort is something called a “chain weighted” measure. This is a version of something I’ve written about a lot — geometric weighting. In brief, it means that if something becomes too costly (like steak), then people won’t buy it. They’ll buy hamburger instead. So even though steak prices are up, that increase won’t show up fully in the CPI. Therefore, the ... more »
Public Health England (PHE) to rebrand as Public Health United Kingdom (PHUK in “PR Gaff of the Year”)
*PHE (Public Health England) to rebrand as Public Health United Kingdom (PHUK in “PR Gaff of the Year”)* *I think this is an April Fool's joke but it still funny... -AK* LONDON, ENGLAND, APRIL 1st, 2014 Exactly one year to the day after the UK’s Health Protection Agency rebranded to “Public Health England”, the agency has announced it is to change its name again – to Public Health UK, or “PHUK”. Amid raised eyebrows from government insiders – who have labelled the £500mn marketing initiative as “PR Gaff of the Year” – senior PHUKers firmly rejected claims that the new name would f... more »
The $8000 dollar table where all the value is in the wood.
Holzano delivering 50,000 year old woodies. H/T Gizmodo
If you dont not need no stinking watch
I have owned two solar watches, one cheap and worked great, another an expensive German brand that never worked right. IMHO wrist watches are trending like pocket watches, but if I was to buy another these would be the type I would seek. Currently when I wear I have a Swatch Skin, and a Swiss Army Orginal as a backup. My RADO is waiting for a Museum to call.
Dear Opposition Leaders: COOPERATE
I'm at my wits' end. Stephen Harper's government is making me literally sick. Our leaders and betters are crapping out. It's up to us. We've gotta do what we can. So, here's my first petition ever. *Canadian Federal Opposition Leaders: Cooperate to resist Government's anti-democratic/anti-environmental laws* While the Conservatives have a majority, there is little to be done to stop their more determined anti-Canadian laws and regulations. But what Opposition Leaders can do is act together to show Canadians voters that someone cares about big issues like the environment and democ... more »
Rah Rah, Sis Boom Bah-- We're Slightly Less Evil Than The Drooling Fascists
This morning, Quinnipiac released a poll that shows Americans continue to view Democrats in Congress as the lesser of two evils, with a negative 30 - 60% approval rating, compared to a negative 18 - 73% score for Republicans. 46% want Democrats to take over the House, while 45% want GOP control. One thing about the lesser of two evils-- it's still evil. But that's the best corrupt, compromised Democrats can muster to protect American democracy and working families from a nascent fascism that, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi describedas "not so much a vision as an ideological cover for a rapaciou... more »
Sarah Berlin : Radical justice and ‘Radical Jesus,’ coming to a bookstore near you
‘Radical Jesus’ rediscovers Jesus as a radical leftist thinker and traces changemakers inspired by his teachings. By Sarah Berlin | In These Times | April 2, 2014 A comic book might be the last place you’d expect to find Jesus. … finish reading Sarah Berlin : Radical justice and ‘Radical Jesus,’ coming to a bookstore near you
THAT RUSSIAN GAS PROBLEM
Russia has the world's largest supply of natural gas. America and the EU's top diplomats have met to brainstorm over how to break Europe's dependence on Russian energy. There were few concrete solutions, though the US again offered to ship US gas across the Atlantic. But as RT's Peter Oliver reports, that's easier said than done.
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Canadian Schoolgirl Shows Evidence Canadians Are Eating Radioactive Seafood!
The Fukushima disaster is still going strong... Over 3 years since the initial meltdown of three reactors due to Stuxnet virus infected safety systems, and the resultant release of deadly radioactive material into our atmosphere and Pacific Ocean continues unabated. We hear constantly from the liars in our Jewish controlled media and governments that this disaster is somehow "under control" but the facts are far different! I want to present the following article that comes from the RINF website, at www.rinf.com, that shows how a 10 year old Canadian schoolgirl, doing a simple scie... more »
Nick 'n' Nigel on the Beeb: Post-match analysis
So, did you tune in to watch Nick Clegg v Nigel Farage live on BBC Two just now? (I did - though only thanks to Sue, as I'd forgotten it was on.) I thought that Nick Clegg had a slight edge over Nigel Farage in the opening minutes but he lost it completely around the 20 minute mark. Nigel Farage was the clear winner from that point on, dominating the arguments... ...and just as I'm typing that in come the results of YouGov's latest poll: 27% think Nick won, 68% think Nigel won - an emphatic win for Nigel. Nick Clegg tried the aggressive approach (and some). In those opening minut... more »
Beware of STEM Fever
Sent to the Register-Guard, April 2, 2014 Before Eugene's educators continue with their plans ("Leaders eye transforming academy to STEM school," April 1), they should know that a number of studies have concluded that there is no shortage of science-technology trained potential workers in the US. Rutgers University professor Hal Salzman has concluded that there are approximately three qualified graduates annually for each science or technology opening. Recent studies have also shown the United States is producing more Ph.D.s in science than the market can absorb. About 1/3 of coll... more »
Circumcision is a cruel ancient ritual
*Circumcision increases the population growth rate by killing masturbation* The percentage of newborn boys in the U.S. who are circumcised has dropped from 83% fifty years ago to 77% today. The U.S. mainstream media present this nearly undetectable change as the end of the world (one of fifty ends of the world that they frequently cover). MSNBC's title reads Circumcision Rate Falls Despite Health Risks (MSNBC) while others offer even more dramatic summaries: Circumcision Benefits Exceed Risks 'a Hundred Times Over' (IB Times UK) ------------------------------ Circumcision should be s... more »
Imaginary Numbers, 1: GDP
*This guest post by John Cochran examines how measuring GDP encourages government meddling.* In a review of Diane Coyle’s GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History, aptly titled “Measuring the Unmeasurable,” James Grant highlights many of the difficulties involved in aggregate statistical attempts to measure economic activity. Grant summarizes critical problems in one succinct sentence, “Imagine deciding which nation produces what in a global supply chain. Or correcting price for quality improvements. The mind boggles.”[1] And well the mind should boggle. Even worse than the measureme... more »
Did Nick Clegg lie about EU not wanting an army?
'Britain has blocked EU proposals, backed by France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Germany, that would have paved the way for developing a new fleet of unmanned surveillance drones and a European Air Force comprised of heavy transport and air-to-air refuelling planes. A recent report by Lady Ashton's EU External Action Service revealed that work had already begun on ﾓremotely piloted aircraft systems", known as drones. The drones will be known as Males, standing for "Medium Altitude Long Endurance" and under commission proposals would have been "directly purchased, owned and operated ... more »
Baby, let them take us on a sea cruise!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014* *How the CNN tulip craze resembles the sexism narrative:* In the late 1950s, Lloyd Bridges—father of Jeff!—starred in a syndicated TV series called Sea Hunt. One thinks of CNN’s ongoing tulip craze when one reads this synopsis from the world’s leading authority on the TV drama: *Synopsis of Sea Hunt* (1958-61) Mike Nelson (Bridges) is a free-lance scuba diver who has various adventures. Nelson, a former U.S. Navy frogman (having left the service about 4 years before the series began), is a well-known expert on diving who is often called on for difficult o... more »
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*Coastal restoration financing is uncertain, but Louisiana has "ideas" to find $50 billion ~Bob Marshall, The Lens* Dear Editilla, [image: http://levees.org/] The major studies–including the Army Corps of Engineers' own study–found that fault for the levee breaks during Katrina lies squarely with the Corps. But few disagreed in 2006 that it was time for a new form of levee board that's better suited for New Orleans. And new legislation created an expert regional Levee Authority. Last July, this new Authority made history by filing lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies ... more »
US Senators push to terminate portion of Arapaho's Wind River land
Northern Arapaho Leaders Call On All Tribes to Oppose Bill By Northern Arapaho Tribe April 1, 2014 Censored News English/Dutch WIND RIVER RESERVATION, Wyoming—A new push by U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., toterminate a portion of the Wind River Reservation should appall and worry NativeAmerican people everywhere, Northern Arapaho leaders said Tuesday.Draft legislation by Enzi, and
Where in the World is Malaysian Airlines Flight 370?
"Malaysian Three Seven Zero contact Ho Chi Minh 120 decimal 9,MH370: "Good night, Malaysian Three Seven Zero." April FoolMalaysia releases transcript of last words from missing planeSnip: *The last exchange took place at 1:19 a.m. Nothing appeared to be wrong, as Malaysian air traffic controllers told the pilots they were entering Vietnamese air space, and received a fairly standard sign-off with call sign in reply. Air Traffic Control: "Malaysian Three Seven Zero contact Ho Chi Minh 120 decimal 9, good night." MH370: "Good night, Mal... more »
Libya: The other side of the story
The *oldephartte *(in training), of course, left this piece for my reading pleasure a little while back It was an enlightening read. But, when to post it? Just trying to keep up with what is ongoing presently doesn't always leave us much time to recall past occurrences. Let alone take the time to process what really happened. And what was really lost. But, as luck would have it James Corbett did a most interesting interview! And, the time seemed perfect to link this *Libya: The Other Side of the Story * *Caveat: I do take exception with some of the language used and some adherence... more »
The Realist Report - Thomas Buhls: TradYouth
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Thomas Buhls, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the *Traditionalist Youth Network*. Thomas and I will be discussing TradYouth activism and philosophy, American identity, and the future of the White race. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Crazed Right Wing Billionaire Joe Ricketts Found A Victim: Republican Congressman Walter Jones (NC)
Yesterday, consistent with his principles of non-interference in other countries, embattled North Carolina Republican Walter Jones was one of only 34 congressmen-- 32 Republicans + Alan Grayson of Orlando and Beto O'Rourke of El Paso-- to vote against the rush by the Establishment to spend a BILLION dollars in taxpayer money to prop up a Ukrainian government of dubious legitimacy. The banksters and IMF profiteers certainly wanted the bill to pass but the 32 congressmembers who wouldn't go along with it had, first and foremost, American citizens' best interests at heart. Right aft... more »
An East-West Bridge for Ukraine
[Note: This is a guest post by Joshua B. Spero, Associate Professor of International Politics and Coordinator of International Studies at Fitchburg State University.] Since the Russia-Ukraine crisis accelerated with Russia’s territorial consolidation in Ukraine, Europe is back on the radar screen as great powers and international institutions struggle to de-escalate this security dilemma. After Continue reading
Why I don't trust the UNHRC on Israel and the Palestinians
The UNHRC has a “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” , in fact they are about to appoint a replacement for Richard Falk. That job title implies some sort of regional jurisdiction, however the UN mandate is unique in the UN system because it focuses on only one side, Israel. By way of contrast, violations of human rights committed by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others, whether in the form of terrorism against Israelis or the oppression of fellow Palestinians are excluded from the mandate. The UN... more »
What have they done with Motoko Rich?
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014* *Scribe reverts to form:* Remember how great it was last week when Motoko Rich really nailed it? For our report, click here. What happened to *that* Motoko Rich? This morning, in the New York Times, the old Rich seems to be back. Rich presents a weirdly fuzzy report about some new PISA scores. Her headline is strangely upbeat, and her facts are a bit hard to parse: RICH (4/2/14): *American Students Test Well in Problem Solving, but Trail Foreign Counterparts* *Fifteen-year-olds in the United States scored above the average of those in the developed wor...more »
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*In the Lower Ninth Ward, a Fight Over Height ~Sarah Goodyear, The Atlantic*
April 2: Watch your schools...
....the Irving press is on the warpath - and that means the Irvings have something in mind. but first..... __________________________________________________________________________ Page A1 has another winner of the Who Would Have Guessed? trophy. "Plow operators keep busy in storms" Now, these headlines are written by page editors; and they're supposed to give the reader an idea of what the story is about. This is a quite decent report by reporter Cole Hobson. But the editor does him no favour with that headline - because it's not about plow operators keeping busy. No. It's an inte... more »
More weasel words from the BBC, this time about Gordon Brown
'Gordon Brown - who employed Ed Miliband and Ed Balls as advisers during his years as chancellor - is often accused by opponents of selling off Britain's gold reserves far too cheaply. He decided to dispose of almost 400 tonnes of gold between 1999 and 2002 - the majority of Britain's reserves - for between $256 and $296 an ounce, only to watch it soar up to $1,615 per ounce.' The article about today's PMQs is here. The whole truth is rarely to be found on the BBC anywhere.
WORLD WITHOUT FACTS, AMEN: Kate Zernike builds a script!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014* *Part 3—The way our press corps works:* It’s startling to observe the intellectual norms of our modern, upper-end “press corps.” Consider Carter Eskew’s piece about the Mastro report. The piece appeared on the op-ed page of yesterday’s Washington Post, in its hard-copy editions. Eskew began with a warning about Chris Christie’s claim that he knew nothing about Fort Lee. “If he is lying, the prevarication would be worse than the action,” the upright Eskew said. From there, it was straight downhill for Eskew and his concern for the truth. Let’s ignore his ... more »
Ain't It The Truth?
Kev over at Trapped in a Whirlpool reminds us of an important truth: While banishing Harper and the Conservatives from power is a worthwhile project our problems go much deeper than the evil he has unleashed on our nation. Actually he has done us a favour of sorts in exposing the weaknesses in our electoral and parliamentary systems and institutions. None of that will change much upon his ouster. We will still have a first past the post electoral system and parliament will still be governed by conventions that require the government of the day to voluntarily submit to them. Just as i... more »
ROOTS OF LIFE
On the 28th of March, 2014, at about 4 p.m., the Afghan Peace Volunteers heard a loud explosion in the vicinity of their community home. It was the start of an attack on a guesthouse of Roots of Peace, a foreign-run NGO located nearby. For the rest of the evening and night, they anxiously waited for the sound of rocket fire and firing to stop. It was reported that a 10 year old girl, and the four assailants, were killed. Zekerullah's father had asked that Zekerullah travel back to Bamiyan to be with his family till after the elections. We had been thinking about an appropriate res... more »
D Responding to Zap Responding to D Responding to Zap: colour coding is essential, lol
Reblogged from my dear friend Dani at: http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/04/d-responding-to-zap-responding-to-d.html Before I begin, I have to profusely thank KP for the amount of work he put into getting this article sorted out, colour coding the various comments and keeping it readably organized- this is a daunting task!! Love you KP!! So, apparently someone forwarded an article I wrote last week, responding to ZAP's weekly update, to ZAP/office of poofness, and he has posted his responses to my responses to his comments.... and so now I am going to respond to Zap's... more »
While we've all been celebrating the 7.1 million newly insured in Obamacare (really?), another delay has been enacted...
*ICD-10 *(International Classifications of Diseases) If you're not in the medical field, ICD-10 doesn't mean much to you. However, it's impact on medical practices, hospitals, and medical coders is profound. Presently your medical records are coded using ICD-9. Starting on Oct. 1, 2014 all medical coding was to be done using the new ICD-10, at the cost of billions of dollars in training and office updates. Those codes are how doctors receive insurance payments, and God save their soul if someone screws up a code. It could amount to millions of dollars of fines. As part of the... more »
The Canadian Peoples' Platform
I started this on Twitter this morning: #CdnPeoplesPlatform. Enough of the fucking Middle Class. Enough of Working Families. Enough of environmental vandals. Enough of policy-based evidence made up for destructive initiatives. Enough of screwing over democracy to rig elections and stay in power. Enough of Strong Stable Fuck-the-non-Base Majority. Let's show the Fucking Useless Opposition® what WE want from a government. Good government for all of us. Please join in. (It's cathartic, if nothing else.)
How Not to Write a Query Letter
A few days ago, I was web-surfing and came across a site maintained by a fellow scribe. I saw a post he'd put up over two years ago in which he'd queried literary agents about what their pet peeves were in book proposals. Anyone who's been following me for even a few months knows my thoughts on literary agents. Depending on your willingness to maintain the current corrupt status quo, literary agents are either a necessary or unnecessary evil inflicted on us by a lazy, bottom-line-driven publishing industry. But that's not to say that literary agents don't have legiti... more »
Weingarten Pumps Common Core
Randi Weingarten just won't stop digging when she find herself in a hole dug for her by Gates and Bloomberg. She used the latest PISA announcement yesterday to manufacture another reason to support the chosen solution that has no proof that it will do anything other than to serve as the testing delivery system for another generation of human rights abuses in schools.
The BBC hiding the truth about immigration
BBC News Graphics (@BBCNewsGraphics) tweeted at 3:37 PM on Wed, Apr 02, 2014: Polish up on your immigration facts ahead of tonight's #EuropeDebate? http://t.co/yTZjtHKY4r http://t.co/eo53c2SIl7 (https://twitter.com/BBCNewsGraphics/status/451367883906367488) Here's the graph that the BBC used to illustrate the article... So why would the BBC start this graph in 2003? Let's have a look at some alternative graphs with longer time periods. First the ONS 1964-2012, can you spot when the massive increase in immigration started? Oh yes, just after Labour's 1997 general election victory... more »
Occupy Redux?
That title is misleading, because despite all the post-mortems, the Occupy movement has been alive and well since the security state disbanded the last physical camp a little over two years ago. It's branched off into Occupy Our Homes, Occupy Sandy, The Fight for $15, Movement Against Monsanto and GMOS, Anti-Homelessness and Year of The Rent Freeze Coalition, Stop/Stop and Frisk-Stop Mass Incarceration Group, End The Fed, Ban Fracking Now, People’s Power Assembly NY/NJ, Occu-Evolve(OWS), Nationalize the Fed, Money Out Of Politics, The Alternative Banking Group of Occupy Wall Street... more »
GM: It is the profits which matter
If some lives are lost then that is not so important to big corporations like GM. That is the world we live in. It is a very sad state of affairs.
TANGLED UP IN FLAGS
We get so tangled up in the flags and corporate logos they become our connection mentally and spiritually We lose sight of the mother where does the water go when it rains? why is the wind blowing harder these days? what do I really need to live? We have so much stuff sold to us by the shops that have become distribution systems for the corporations that keep grinding out more plastic and other crap for us to buy on our maxed out credit cards La famiglia the family system is being ripped to pieces human to human connection squashed local cultures must be destroyed in order for the ... more »
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*IG report cites billing errors, grossly inflated office rental price in sheriff Marlin Gusman's monitoring program ~Dan Lawton, New Orleans Advocate* *~Also~**More reports surface of violence at Sheriff Marlin Gusman's prison ~Justin Mustian* *~Also~**Sheriff’s Office overcharged city for ankle monitoring program, IG report says ~Della Hasselle, The Lens* *Public health clinics fight to avert looming funding crisis ~Lee Isaacson, WVUE* *Another Hall of Famer could fit with Saints ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *Baton Rouge-New Orleans passenger trains don't have to be fast to be competiti... more »
A Modest Proposal: Subvert (Harper's) Democracy
I think it's fair to say that PMSHithead has hit some stormy seas lately. The details hardly matter; what matters is that the pundit class seems to have woken up to the little matter of Canadians' widespread loathing for the man, his lies, and his puppets. Even some of his puppets are tiring of his hand up their butts. Here's Chantal Hébert: That Harper is more isolated and less in control today than a year ago is not in doubt. Consistently mediocre poll results; heightened caucus unrest; public cabinet squabbles; a poorly handled Senate scandal and what has turned out to be a bad... more »
Translating Conference-Speak
I’m leaving for the Midwest Political Science Association conference this afternoon, a wonderful 3 days since I returned from ISA. I’m a little (*cough*) “conferenced-out” – it wasn’t a good idea to do both conferences so close to each other. I am excited, however, to see all the fabulous IO panels at Midwest. As I Continue reading
On Children and Childhood
On Children and Childhood. via On Children and Childhood.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
A Progressive Candidate In Nashville… Meet Mary Mancini
Let me introduce you to David Bither, a senior vice-president of Nonesuch Records, where he signed Emmylou Harris, Wilco, Ry Cooder, *Buena Vista Social Club*, T Bone Burnett and the Black Keys. I first got to know David when he worked at Elektra Records and helped launch successful careers for a diverse group of incredible artists, from Laurie Anderson, Youssou N'Dour and Sam Phillips to Billy Bragg, Tracy Chapman and Allen Toussaint. One of our old colleagues from the music business, Mary Mancini, is running for a Nashville state senate seat and I asked David if he'd write about ... more »
Monster in the Red Chamber
The monster Fair Elections Act, with its "sharper teeth, longer reach, and freer hands", is being fast-tracked to the Senate even before it passes in the House of Commons because Steve is in a huge rush to ram it - and its accompanying muzzling of Elections Canada's investigation into Con election fraud in the last election - through all the hoops in time for the next one in 2015. If the senators here look fairly relaxed about having a monster in their midst, it's because they already know how this particular story ends. This is the same bunch, after all, who just three months ago... more »
US nuclear news April 2 , 2014 updates ( check newsflow for the past week ) - - focus on WIPP and Fukushima contamination hitting US and Canada.....
Energy News..... 06:32 PM EST on April 2nd, 2014 | 6 comments Award-winning project finds seafood sold in Canada with high radiation levels — Many samples well over contamination limit — “Incredible discovery; Something unexpected may be lurking in Canadian waters” — Believes dangerous Fukushima pollution carried across ocean — “I hope people will open their eyes” 05:15 AM EST on April 2nd, 2014 | 23 comments Experts: Concern gases caused underground explosion at WIPP; Extent of contamination “could topple long-held assumptions” — AP: Plan to enter mine postponed — ‘Very excite...more »
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* Vassar College’s Recent Controversy Involving Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the International Studies (IS) Travel Class to Israel* Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a grass roots organization of over 30,000 academic members, expresses its great concern with recent events at Vassar College, growing out of a student and faculty response to the “International Studies 110” class (IS) which traveled over Spring break to Israel. The IS trip was taught and led by Vassar professor of Earth Science and Geography, Jill Schneiderman, and associate professor of Gree... more »
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*Caveman diet twice as effective as modern diets* The “caveman” diet popular with celebrities from Uma Thurman to Tom Jones has been given the seal of approval by Swedish experts who found that it was more effective than some modern diets. Women who adopted a so-called Palaeolithic diet lost twice as much weight within six months as those who followed a modern programme based on official health guidelines. They also saw a greater reduction in their waist circumference, although the difference between the two groups became smaller after two years of dieting. The Palaeolithic diet... more »
Furious Russia Will Retaliate Over "Illegal And Absurd" Payment Block By "Hostile" JPMorgan (“Any hostile actions against the Russian diplomatic mission are not only a grossest violation of international law, but are also fraught with countermeasures that unavoidably will affect activities of the embassy and consulates of the U.S. in Russia,” Lukashevich said) .... And JP Morgan backing down rapidly in 5, 4 , 3 ,2,1 ( JPMorgan could still process the embassy payment if U.S. regulators approve, the person familiar with that dispute said.) ...........
Furious Russia Will Retaliate Over "Illegal And Absurd" Payment Block By "Hostile" JPMorgan [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2014 08:02 -0400 - Bank of America - Bank of America - Barack Obama - Borrowing Costs - China - Citigroup - Fail - India - Iran - Kazakhstan - Real estate - SWIFT - Ukraine - Vladimir Putin - Yuan inShare While everyone was gushing over the spectacle on TV of a pro-HFT guy and anti-HFT guy go at it, yesterday afternoon we reported what was by far the most... more »
Love And Ambition
Taken separately, both are worthy pursuits. But, when combined with the catalyst of romance, they are an explosive compound. Consider the case of Dimitri Soudas and Eve Adams. Tim Harper writes: This week, we present deposed Conservative party executive director Dimitri Soudas and Conservative MP Eve Adams, he a man who has been spinning narratives for a living for years and has made enemies along the way, she a woman who has worn her ambition on her sleeve since arriving here, no matter how clumsily she has pursued that ambition. “At the end of the day I chose the woman I love o... more »
Gold and Silver ( as well as precious metals items ) April 2 , 2014 Ed Steer's morning report and his wrap up.... .....News and data touching on the precious metals ..... of particular interest - Virtu ( did you know they were an " authorized participant " with both GLD and SLV ETFs ) IPO delayed ( HFT blowback ) ..... 12 largest banks sued by Public Retirement Funds for FX rigging....... JP Morgan unilateral sanctions imposed on Russia , by way of blocking a diplomatic transfer...... Hugo Salinas Price as well as Dr Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler missives...... Vietnam places restrictions on entry and exit of gold .... Ed 's wrap and additional items to consider ( GATA ) , Jesse's Crossroads Cafe ......
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/world-gold-council-plans-another-seminar-for-people-who-dont-think-about-go ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER It was a very quiet day in gold pretty much everywhere on Planet Earth yesterday. Volume wasn't overly heavy, so not much can be read into Tuesday's price action. However, one thing I did note, was the price action on Tuesday was almost a carbon copy of the price action on Monday The high and low, if you wish to dignify them with that description, were recorded by the CME Group as $1,288.40 and $1,277.40 in the June contract. Gold finished... more »
War Watch March 31 , 2014 --Syria items of note - Christians flee Syria’s Kessab, Twitter cries atrocities, Armenia accuses Turkey , Syrians suffer as al-Qaeda, Chechen fighters pursue their own agendas: analysts .......Iraq items of note - Bridge Collapses in Iraq Attack; 56 Killed, 55 Wounded , Iraq Electoral Commission Retracts Resignation Nothing Resolved as IHEC Resumes Work , Kurdish MPs React to Question of Secession from Baghdad ...... Iran items of note - Latest news on nuclear talks , Iran asks Pakistan to transfer border security to it , Merchant ship shot at in Strait of Hormuz Sunday- NATO
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Syria....... Syria Ups Border Defenses Near Turkey as Tensions SoarAccuses Turkey of Arming Foreign Fighters in Latakia by Jason Ditz, March 31, 2014 Print This | Share This One week after Turkey shot down a Syrian warplane near the border, tensions continue to grow, and Syria has announced the deployment of anti-aircraft missile batteriesalong the border to repel “hostile” Turkish planes. It’s a possibility that seems more likely by the day, after a leak last week revealed the Erdogan government talking about using the security at an Ottoman-era shrine as a pretext for invading nort... more »
What is Len McCluskey Trying to Achieve?
Every so often Len McCluskey fires off an article or press release saying that if Labour isn't left enough, then there will be *x, y, z* consequences where union funding is concerned. This time, if Labour doesn't break from austerity and doesn't win next year, then Unite might withdraw its support. So what is Unite's general secretary playing at? There's a couple of dribbles of gravy I want to mop up before tackling the meaty real issue. First things first, we don't know what Labour's 'austerity lite' is going to look like. Ed Balls has made the usual noises about "tough choices", a... more »
While Michael Lewis's expose on HFT is a good first step , the larger and evaded issue is legalized theft ! Apart from those presented by HFTing , let's examine some other examples ......... What about Federal Reserve POMOs and Reserve Repos ? What about the Federal Reserve's low interest rate policy and its market bending effects and ripoffs of savers ? And of course , how about TBTF / TBTJ ?
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Monday, March 31, 2014 2:58 PM High Frequency Trading Hits 60-Minutes Scrutiny; Trading or Skimming? In the wake of a 60-Minutes report on High Frequency Trading, numerous people have sent dozens of links. Let's take a look at a few of them. *CBS Video* *High-Speed Traders Rip Investors Off* Michael Lewis says High-Speed Traders Rip Investors Off. The U.S. stock market is rigged when high-frequency traders with advanced computers make tens of billions of dollars by jumping in front of investors, according to author Michael Lewis, who spent the past year researching the topic ... more »
2014 Worlds Greatest Buildings
Like everyone who ever put two Lego blocks together I am a frustrated Architect. Click here to see the work of 49 people who paid the price of admission. You are what you eat and you H/T Business Insider
"8 Appalling Moments by the Right Wing This Week: Gay Marriage Wedding Cakes Edition"
*"8 Appalling Moments by the Right Wing This Week: * *Gay Marriage Wedding Cakes Edition"* *Known unknown: Donald Rumsfeld should be replaced by a trained ape.* By Janet Allon "The parade of right-wing morons and lunatics marched on this week. Some highlights: *1. Donald Rumsfeld: A "trained ape" would be better at foreign policy than Obama. *Donald Rumsfeld continues to both shock and awe us with his arrogance and his psychopathic inability to admit he was completely wrong about every aspect of the Iraq war. Being a psychopath, he still has the audacity to hold forth on questions o... more »
Libya updates April 2 , 2014 -- Libyan rebels agree to end eastern oil ports blockade within days , Saadi claims contacts with Jadhran; Jadhran denies it ......... Congress President Abu Sahmain expected to be axed ...... Morning Glory oil tanker intrigue continue - Attorney General set to release three Libyan Federalists involved despite Staff at AG 's office objections to said releases......
Libyan rebels agree to end eastern oil ports blockade within days Published time: April 01, 2014 23:05 Get short URL [image: The Morning Glory is seen at the Tripoli port, March 23, 2014. (Reuters / Hani Amara)] The Morning Glory is seen at the Tripoli port, March 23, 2014. (Reuters / Hani Amara) Share on tumblr Trends Libyan conflict Tags Al-Qaeda, Conflict, Energy, Libya,Military, Oil, Politics, Protest, Security ,Terrorism, UK Rebel forces in eastern Libya have agreed with the government to soon end its months-long blockade of oil export ports, according to a senior leader of the g... more »
Ukraine and Eastern Europe Updates -- March 31 , 2014 -- Kerry, Russian FM Deadlocked After Hours of Talks Lavrov Urges Wholesale Changes to Ukrainian Constitution , Four-plus hours of “frank” closed-door negotiations between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ended today with no deal, and the only agreement was that the two sides really want to reach some sort of agreement......Ukraine Election positioning- Poroshenko poised to sweep aside Tymoshenko...... Eastern Europe and the knock on efforts as secession interest rises in Eastern Europe , demands for NATO boots on the ground there rise and insecurity clearly remains in the forecast.....
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Later day news..... Ukraine urges Right Sector to vacate its Kiev HQ after downtown shootout injures 3 Published time: March 31, 2014 23:58 Get short URL [image: AFP Photo / Genya Savilov] AFP Photo / Genya Savilov Share on tumblr Tags Crime, Law, Police, Shooting, Ukraine,Violence Ukraine’s acting interior minister urged the far-right group Right Sector to vacate its HQ in Kiev after a downtown shootout instigated by one of its members injured three, including deputy mayor Bogdan Dubas. Kiev’s ‘Dnepr’ hotel, which serves as headquarters for the Right Sector movement, has been surrou... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula -- dust. The entire Orion field, located about 1600 light years away, is inundated with intricate and picturesque filaments of dust. Opaque to visible light, dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of particles. *Click image for larger size.* The Trapezium and other forming star clusters are embedded in the nebula. The intricate filaments of dust surrounding M42 and M43 appear gray in the above image, while central glowing gas is highlighted in brown a... more »
D Responding to Zap Responding to D Responding to Zap: colour coding is essential, lol
Before I begin, I have to profusely thank KP for the amount of work he put into getting this article sorted out, colour coding the various comments and keeping it readably organized- this is a daunting task!! Love you KP!! So, apparently someone forwarded an article I wrote last week, responding to ZAP's weekly update, to ZAP/office of poofness, and he has posted his responses to my responses to his comments.... and so now I am going to respond to Zap's responses to my response to his comments with my own comments. ... colour coded to try and keep the dialogue straight. I'm fully... more »
Matthew Schwartz: new textbook on QFT
Matthew Schwartz – whom I knew quite well when he was a student – is an associate professor at Harvard and he has also been teaching a very popular introductory graduate course on quantum field theory. A few months ago, he released his new 900-page-long textbook on *Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model*. I have only read some portions of the book so far but I may happily recommend this book to you. With some promotion, it could become the new superior standard that could beat Peskin and Schroeder and others. The book is composed of large pages with lots of stuff on them, l... more »
There Is Still A Hope That Shines Divine - A Quote bty M.N. Hopkins.
*For deep within the human consciousness there is still a hope that shines divine. A hope in a better and brighter future not just for their own children, but for all children.* M.N. Hopkins.
CHILD ABUSE NETWORKS - PART TWO
*Frits Salomonson (left) and Prince Claus* In 1998, in Holland, the authorities were investigating the* Rolodex *case which involved top people and pedophile rings. *The following is from:* *The Institute for the Study of Globalization and Covert Politics* The suspects in Holland's *Rolodex *child sex abuse investigation included: *1.* Frits Salomonson He was a judge in Amsterdam. He was the legal advisor to Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. He was a long time associate of lawyer Oscar Hammerstein, 'who has numerous ties to Dutch organized crime'. In 1996, Salomonson's neighbors r... more »
Derrick Jensen,“Love Does Not Imply Pacifism”
*“Love Does Not Imply Pacifism”* by Derrick Jensen “The people in power will not disappear voluntarily; giving flowers to the cops just isn’t going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.” - William S. Burroughs “Many hundreds of pages ago, and now for me many years ago, I wrote that this book was originally going to be an exploration of when counterviolence is an appropriate response to the violence of the system. In fact what has... more »
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