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Video Title: Great Decisions: "Energy Independence" by Dr. Flynt Leverett.
Source: USArmyWarCollege. Date Published: April 9, 2014. Description:
Energy independence, by taking the bargaining chip of oil dependence off
the table, would be good for American foreign policy. But the very
technological advances that make independence possible have created a
dilemma for lawmakers. In a government with fixed resources, should the
U.S. encourage more traditional fuel production or invest in the young
technology of renewable resources?
The Three La. Common Core Development “Teachers” Work for LDOE
This is the story of two press releases and three Louisiana “mystery”
teachers involved in “developing” CCSS. The first is the July 2009 National
Governors Association (NGA) press release for the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS) English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics work groups–
the “inner circle” that is the only group identified as “developing” CCSS
based […]
Tomorrow Lee Rogers Is Opening His New Campaign Headquarters In Santa Clarita
Tomorrow (Thursday), Lee Rogers is formally opening his campaign
headquarters in Newhall. They're having a little party, open to anyone in
CA-25, the district in northern L.A. County/Simi Valley that he's running
in. The festivities start at 6:30 and the address in 24265 Main Street.
In 2012 Rogers came closer to beating incumbent Buck McKeon, the only
congressman the district has ever had, and he actually won in the
fast-growing Antelope Valley, a third of the district. Rather than face him
again, McKeon decided to leave Congress and become a lobbyist for the war
industries that ... more »
How do you maintain your health?
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Holistic wellness encompasses all aspects of life.
So I began to wonder about all the ways we try to keep ourselves healthy
and which ways are embraced by most people.
That's the focus of April's survey.
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading
questionnaire tool.
Join us back here on April 24th for a discussion of the results.
*Sneak Peek: Do you hate it when kitchen cloths go "sour"? I've got a
solution for you!!*
James McEnteer : Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer.
As Washington Redskin fans debate the political correctness of their team
name, Indians fans and detractors grapple with the propriety of the
grinning visage of Chief Wahoo. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | March
11, 2014 It’s crazy … finish reading James McEnteer :
Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer.
China and Japan news and data -- April 9 - 10 , 2014 Asian Data Double Whammy Sparks FOMC-Exuberance Unwind ..... The Japanese Sales Tax Hike Verdict Is In: It's A Disaster As Sales Plunge 25% ..... Another Chinese High Yield Bond Issuer Declares Bankruptcy
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Asian Data Double Whammy Sparks FOMC-Exuberance Unwind
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All the gains that Japan's Nikkei 225 futures had achieved in the
post-FOMC-Minutes exuberance have been lost as first*Japan (huge miss in
machine orders) and then China (huge miss in imports and exports)* hit the
market with a disappointing data doubel whammy. US futures a... more »
Bitcoin Updates - April 8 , 2014 -- Major Security Flaw ‘Heartbleed’ Puts Critical Services at Risk ...... Gavin Andresen Steps Down as Bitcoin’s Lead Developer ...... Bitfinex Passes Stefan Thomas’s Proof Of Solvency Audit
Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
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Tens of millions of servers were exposed to a security vulnerability called
“Heartbleed” in OpenSSL, software used to encrypt much of the internet.
While an emergency patch has been released, sites like Yahoo have raced to
fortify security.
On Monday afternoon, the open-source OpenSSL project released an emergency
security advisory warning of *“*Heartbleed*,”* a bug pulls in private k... more »
@NPR @WHYY does #optout story. Cuts United Opt Out’s voice of truth, ME!
On Monday morning when I got to my desk I noticed that the voice mail light
was blinking on my phone. I picked up the receiver and went through the
steps to retrieve my messages. There was only one and it was a producer
from NPR the WHYY affiliate (Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware) inquiring
about my […]
Jonah Raskin : BOOKS | ‘Weed Land’ author Peter Hecht’s no gonzo journalist
In Hecht’s book, the Feds are always heavy, the growers usually naïve, and
it’s almost always bad news. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014
[Weed Land: Inside America’s Marijuana Epicenter and How Pot Went Legit …
finish reading Jonah Raskin :
*BOOKS* | ‘Weed Land’ author Peter Hecht’s no gonzo journalist
Important New Video: May Syria Prevail
I have been watching with disgust the last few days all of the information
coming over the alternative news sources about the criminals in the US
government now blatantly supplying the murderous mercenary "rebels" in
Syria with US anti tank weapons known as BGM-71, or popularly called
"TOW"..... I have known about these anti-tank missiles for quite sometime,
due to the fact that they were originally developed by the US to replace
their LAW anti-tank missiles that failed miserably in Vietnam. The
greatest quantity of these tank killers were supplied to NATO forces to
stem the expec... more »
Number Crunching the ISA Twittersphere
Felix Haas has written a monster blog post over at Bretterblog with
interesting descriptive statistics from the #ISA2014 hashtag. Among other
fascinating points: 11% of IR scholars at the conference tweet, compared to
only 2% of the global population The most popular tweet of the conference
contained the Sheraton lobby wifi password Most prolific tweeter:
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It's Bonus Time, Babies! (Rahm Emanuel’s Top Donor Bought Stock in Marriott Just Before It Was Awarded Huge Chicago Contract) Coming To A Deserted Schoolyard Near You (Clusterfuck Nation)
I remember bonus time back 20 or so years ago when an extra amount of money
would miraculously appear in your paycheck and you had been rewarded for
"doing your job." Yay. Today, not so much. Those getting the bonuses now
seem to be the people who've done US out of our jobs. Sniffing the Ethical
Rot in Wall Street’s Culture By Jim Hightower Not too many years ago, any
news story about
Fed Admits Policies Benefit Rich, Fears For "Nation's Democratic Heritage" ... Fed running for cover ? Well , if Steen Jakobsen is correct with his call for a 2.5 % 30 year US Bond , that should tell you where the economy is heading ( and where stocks are heading too ! )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-09/fed-admits-policies-benefit-rich-fears-nations-democratic-heritage
Fed Admits Policies Benefit Rich, Fears For "Nation's Democratic Heritage"
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- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Congressional Budget Office
- Federal Reserve
- Gross Domestic Product
- Hyman Minsky
- Monetary Policy
- Recession
- recovery
- The Economist
- Unemployment
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Is there a candidate prepared to take on "the biggest douchebag 'Democrat' in New York"? Maybe so!
*Yes, that's him in the nearest foreground: the biggest douchebag
"Democrat" in New York, NYS Senate Majority Co-Leader and President Pro
Tempore Jeff Klein. (Our Jeff is chatting with onetime -- one very brief
time -- Senate Majority Sort-of-Leader Malcolm Smith.)*
*"What's good for General Motors is good for the U.S.A."*
*-- now-obsolete old saying*
*"What's good for New York State Sen. Jeff Klein is good for New York State
Sen. Jeff Klein."*
*-- new saying *
*"What Jeff Klein has done is traitorous. It's betrayal not only of the
Democratic Party, it's betrayal of the Democratic p... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Bilston, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
Thanks for stopping by.
The Case of the Millionaire Carpetbagger
Things are really starting to heat up in the 19th Congressional District of
New York. Not only is an uber-wealthy political neophyte attempting to buy
a seat, he just committed the ultimate faux pas. He refused to be
interviewed by Politico! They came all the way up to his Ulster County HQ
to talk to him, and the door was locked! Then they went to the private
investment firm he started to loan money to local businesses to "create
jobs" in this economically struggling backwater of a district. (full
disclosure: I live here, so I know) And he wasn't there, either. So then
they went to... more »
Another in the continuing run of ECFA successes
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*Lost a toy on the roof...*
ECFA struck again in March, delivering massive gains in exports to
China.Hahaha, no, slowly declining trade with China. Of course! ECFA
missed the
golden age, which was during the Chen years, and now as China upgrades
manufacturing technology, it is starting to render Taiwan producers
either
irrelevant or vulnerable.
Exports to Southeast Asia—Taiwan's second-largest overseas market after
China and accounting for about a fifth of all exports—gained 5.7% after a
4.8% growth in February.
.....
*However, China stood out as a weak spot. Last... more »
Thorne Dreyer : PODCAST | Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radio
The delightful and talented Eliza Gilkyson performs on Rag Radio and
discusses her approach to songwriting and her new album, ‘Nocturne
Diaries.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 Hall of
Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
*PODCAST* | Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radio
NASA footage of UFOs
Watch the hundreds of ships that show in this one about 2:00 minutes in.
Ukraine updates April 8 , 2014 -- Russian FM Lavrov calls on Kiev, Washington not to ignore interests of all Ukraine regions ..... Kiev cracks down on eastern Ukraine cities after 2 proclaim independence ..... Deputies in the Ukrainian parliament brawled in the chamber on Tuesday after a communist leader accused nationalists of playing into the hands of Russia by adopting extreme tactics early in the Ukrainian crisis....... note russian speaking Ukrainians in not just eastern Ukraine but also southern regions are restless !
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Ukrainian hysteria ?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/ukraine-defense-ministry-warns-imminent-russian-invasion
Ukraine
Defense Ministry "Warns" Of Imminent Russian Invasion
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GA-42 Battle - Are Those Lies About ALEC?
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Whenever my bullshit meter goes off - it's time to sit down to the keyboard
and it went off big time today.
Saw this little battle going on in Georgia:
There are two people in Geogia battling it out for Senate seat 42.
Williams and Parent
and it's gotten nasty - slinging crap at each other.
I don't care who wins - but
this drew my attention.
And it's a good example of how far candidates will go to distance
themselves from the ultraconservative, pro-corporate extremist American... more »
Cyprus Life under Troika rule -- Updates April 9 , 2014 -- A Year Later, Cyprus Still Has "An Emergency Situation" And Capital Controls , THE House Legal Affairs committee has voted to bring a bill protecting the primary residence and small-to-medium business premises from foreclosure to a plenary vote on Thursday, despite a last-minute appeal by the incoming Governor of the Central Bank to postpone the vote......... Income tax revenue dropped 8.0 per cent or 27.3 million year-on-year for January and February, it was announced on Friday..... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees a return to growth in Cyprus in 2015 and a slight drop in unemployment this year and next. According to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF sees unemployment in 2014 revised from 19.8 per cent to 19.2 per cent, and 18.4 per cent in 2015. ...... CYPRIOT ten-year bond yields fell to the lowest point since March 2012, a year after the island agreed with international lenders on a €10 billion bailout - yield on the ten year bond now 5.6 % ( as compared with 16.4 % in June of 2012 . ) .
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-09/year-later-cyprus-still-has-emergency-situation-and-capital-controls
A Year Later, Cyprus Still Has "An Emergency Situation" And Capital Controls
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- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Reserve
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Imagine that your country and banking system are so broke that you have to
receive approval from a special committee just to send y... more »
“3 Ways to Not Get Drained by Needy People”
*“3 Ways to Not Get Drained by Needy People”*
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
“Do you sometimes leave a conversation feeling energized, and other times
you feel drained? Are you aware of the difference between people who have a
giving energy and those who have a taking energy? It's important in our
relationships to be aware of our own energy, and it's equally important to
be aware of others' energy. If you often leave a conversation feeling
drained, then you need to learn to be aware of what needy, draining people
do that suck the life right out of you - and what you can do to not get
dra... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Beyond Undoing"
*"Beyond Undoing"*
"Why, then have to be human?
Oh, not because happiness exists,
Nor out of curiosity...
But because being here means so much;
Because everything here,
Vanishing so quickly, seems to need us,
And strangely keeps calling to us...
To have been Here once,
completely, even if only once,
To have been at one with the earth -
This is beyond undoing."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Will Hillary Be The Official Candidate Of The Wall Street Plutocrats?
Hillary fans have been grumbling to me about the way I highlighted Mike
Lofgren's phrase stuck on awful for the next decade to equate Hillary
Clinton and Jeb Bush. Rather than defend myself in a series of emails, I
figured I'd say a few words about it, or around it, here at *DWT*, if you
don't mind.
The worst thing-- the most ugly and dysfunctional thing-- about running for
office in our democracy is that politicians have to spend most of their
time on the phone personally begging campaign donors for money-- hours and
hours a day, every day. So when a money machine like Bill Clint... more »
METRO | Tom Zigal’s gripping post-Katrina novel win’s state’s top literary award
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 AUSTIN — Austin novelist
Thomas Zigal has won the prestigious Jesse Jones award for fiction from the
Texas Institute of Letters for his highly-acclaimed novel about
post-Katrina New Orleans, … finish reading *METRO* | Tom Zigal’s gripping
post-Katrina novel win’s state’s top literary award
METRO EVENT | ‘Beloved Community’ sets May Day fest in Austin
Event: Celebration of International Workers Day / Día del Trabajo Occasion:
Launch of Austin Beloved Community website Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Time: 5:30-9 p.m. Place: Resistencia Books Address: 4926 East César Chávez
St., Austin TX The Austin Beloved Community … finish reading *METRO EVENT*| ‘Beloved Community’ sets May Day fest in Austin
An Academic Woman’s Rant of the Week: Professor vs. Teacher and Dr. vs. Mrs.
Like any good protestant preacher, I’ve decided to start a multi-week
series where we can examine a topic in depth from multiple angles.[1] My
chosen topic: women in academia. This is a topic that has been written on
extensively in peer-reviewed articles and on the blogosphere (see The
Monkey Cage’s wonderful discussion for a recent summary). However,
Continue reading
Jeb Bush’s Fact-Challenged Visit to Oklahoma City’s KIPP Charter School
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush joined Republican Governor Mary
Fallin at Oklahoma City’s KIPP Academy. They chanted the same old magical
incantations and repeated the standard slander about teachers in schools
serving every child who comes into their building. Given the way that Bush
and Fallin are caught in the Common Core bind, it was […]
Not moving on
I am a survivor and I know thats true
my latest problem
was deep
and I asked the VP
but there was no solution
My Itunes would not work
when I moved my mouse
So when there was no solution
did I pack it in
no my friends
I attached my Iphone
to the stereo
and here I
am living large
and getting tunes
blasing alfredo
Now I tell you about
this as babies
and I know there
are more sophistacted
people around.
We got to get our sound
we got to get our light
we got to have a routine
that does not make
]a 36 waste tight.
Chris Floyd, “False Flags and Imperial Facades: Tales of ‘Progressives’ in Power”
*“False Flags and Imperial Facades: Tales of ‘Progressives’ in Power”*
By Chris Floyd
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
- George Santayana
“Sy Hersh has a long piece in the "London Review of Books" detailing the
strong evidence indicating that the Turkish government worked with Syrian
rebels in a "false flag" operation of the worst sort: staging a chemical
weapons attack near Damascus in August 2013. The intent was to throw blame
for the attack on the Assad regime, thereby drawing the United States
directly into the conflict; the use of chemical weap... more »
Roger Housden - Faith Without a Religion + Trust the Change + Trust the Mystery
Roger Housden is the author of twenty books, including, *"Keeping the Faith
Without a Religion"* published in March 2014, *"Saved by Beauty: Adventures
of an American Romantic in Iran" *published in November 2012, and *"For
Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics"* published in
January 2009. Visit *his website* to learn more about his work.
Video Title: Faith Without a Religion. Source: Roger Housden. Date
Published: November 21, 2013.
Video Title: Trust the Change. Source: Roger Housden. Date Published:
January 24, 2014.
Video Title: Trust the Mystery. Sourc... more »
model gone bad
I walk the line
no I walk the line
really I walk the line
yesterday and today and tomorrow
I walk the line
I see everything divine
I know at the top
this is just a small
percentage of the plan
Increasingly it seems our leaders
just know its going to collapse
therefore they behave like
the last members
on a sinking life raft
Humans are at the core
stink in cannibals
we will do anything
possible despite the
consequences to eat better
or have a bigger house
or a better car
lets not talk about the men
that shot a real partner
because she was not
long necked and young
So given the choice
I got t... more »
Americans have lost their minds to fear
The police are supposed to be there to serve and protect. Not to project
power. What purpose does a vehicle like this give to the stated goal.
If the goal is to intimate and distract and protect the fascist it makes
sense. Talk about wasted scarce resources.
MSNBC discusses the size of the gender wage gap!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014*
*Then succumbs to a slow transcript day:* Last night, the gender wage gap
was widely discussed on MSNBC’s programs.
That’s good.
The channel hasn’t posted its transcripts yet. That’s bad.
We aren’t going to do the transcribing ourselves. For that reason, we’ll
settle for our recollections of some of the things that occurred.
On the Chris Hayes show, a pair of bright young guests wandered off the
reservation. They said the gender wage gap is roughly seven cents on the
dollar when you adjust for factors like seniority, hours worked and type of
work.
It s... more »
THROUGH THE BACK DOOR: MORE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINE
There is growing concern about the possible use of mercenaries by Kiev to
quell anti-government unrest in eastern Ukraine. According to reports,
around 150 private-American military contractors have been brought in from
a private firm called Greystone.
Motion 503 and Pandering to Bigots
While I never really intended this blog to become what one might term an
"advocacy blog" there are certain times when I feel compelled to speak out
on certain issues. Motion 503, which would have required school boards to
develop policies to support students wishing to establish gay-straight
alliance groups and activities in their schools, was defeated on the floor
of the Alberta Legislature this past Monday. While this motion would not
have forced school boards to have such groups, it would have compelled them
to accept their existence should students feel the need to have one.
I... more »
Lost in America Updates April 8 , 2014 ...... When did the USof A lose its way ? ? Supporters of Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy violated a “First Amendment Area” by staging a rally in support of Bundy, who earlier declared a “range war” against federal authorities in response to a land dispute that threatens to escalate into a Waco-style standoff........ More Americans Go Hungry Than All But 2 European Nations ........ Cop Snatches Man’s Phone As He Videos Traffic Stop, Says It Could Be A Firearm ....... CPS Snatched Infant Because of Legal Medical Marijuana Prescription .......... Eric Holder wants gun owners to wear ‘smart gun’ bracelets ....... Navy unveils ‘leap-ahead technology’ that turns choppers into drones
Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Last Man Standing
Rancher: armed feds are surrounding my farm
[image: Government vehicles and personnel outside of the Bundy ranch /
Cliven and Carol Bundy]
Government vehicles and personnel outside of the Bundy ranch / Cliven and
Carol Bundy
BY: Elizabeth Harrington
April 8, 2014 7:34 pm
A two-decades-old battle between a Nevada rancher and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has resulted in officials armed with machine guns
surrounding the ranch and forcibly removing the owner’s cattle, according
to the rancher’s family.
Cliven Bundy, the last rancher in Clark County, Nev... more »
The Realist Report - John Kaminski
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *John
Kaminski*. John and I will be discussing some of his recent essays. We will
probably mention the Jews once or twice.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Psychology of Intelligence Analysis* *- Richard J. Heuer, Jr.*
- *A letter to the IRS*
- *Where Do Your Income Tax Dollars Go?*
- *German Student Apologizes to Holohoaxer for Imaginary Ancestr... more »
Censored News Most Censored April 2014
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Censored News photo collage
The most censored issues are at the US Mexico border where US Border
Patrol agents continue to smuggle drugs and "spot" for the cartels to
bring their loads across. The mainstream media continues to ignore the
arrests of Border Patrol agents for drug smuggling and the fact that the
agents are literally getting away with murder
K12NN: American Statistical Association has just released a very important document on Value Added Methodologies
First published April 9, 2014 on *K-12 News Network*
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*"The President of the United States and his Secretary of Education are
violating one of the most fundamental principles concerning test use: Tests
should be used only for the purpose for which they were developed. If they
are to be used for some other purpose, then careful attention must be paid
to whether or not this purpose is appropriate" — Gerald Bracey, PhD*
[image: VAM/AGT and other neoliberal corporate reforms have all scientific
validity of phrenology. They’re just as racist as well.]The Am... more »
Yes, Paul LePage Is A Little Bit Worse Than Susan Collins-- A VERY Little Bit Worse
Yesterday MoveOn.org released a new set of polls conducted by PPP from red
and purple states. In all seven states-- Maine, Kansas, Georgia,
Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky and Virginia-- large percentages of likely
voters thought that their state should accept federal Medicaid expansion
dollars. The surveys found that voters were significantly less likely to
vote for Republican candidates who oppose Medicaid expansion and that if
Democrats play it right-- a big if-- the Republicans' concerted Medicaid
Blockade could cost them dearly in November. Let's look at Maine, where
there ar... more »
“The Disturbing Truth Behind Your Next Income Tax Return”
*“The Disturbing Truth Behind Your Next Income Tax Return”*
by Jeffrey Tucker
“The least of the problems with income tax is that it takes your money. The
really big problem is that the income tax takes your life. It gives the
government direct access to the things you own and sets up the
political-bureaucratic sector to be the final arbiter of what you can and
cannot consider to be yours.
Illustrating this point is the bitter news that the IRS has considered it
completely legal to demand access to your email archive whenever it wants.
This news came about because of a Freedom of In... more »
Behind the CCSS Corporate Curtain: Gates, TURN, and the AFT Innovation Fund
I know it doesn’t seem healthy to continue to speak of the roles that
national teacher union groups are playing in our current corporate
education reform takeover, but this is kind of important, for three big
reasons: (1) Most teachers have never heard of what I’ll be writing about
here, because it’s not advertised. (2) The organizers who are a […]
Sexy-time sex talk and plenty of it!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014*
*Rachel and Lawrence thrill viewers:* Last night, at 9 PM, the Maddow
program started with a somewhat unusual topic.
The segment was 17 minutes long. This is the way the Maddow site headlines
the segment:
*Sex scandal exacerbated by insider silence*
Rachel Maddow reports on a burgeoning sex scandal made even more outrageous
by the mishandling of a police report and the silence of high level
politicians who allowed a man with serious allegations against him to
ascend in political rank.
The “mishandling of a police report” involves redactions by a black mag... more »
A Weaponized Human Refuse Dump
It's bad enough in the most drastic epoch of wealth disparity in American
history that most people are suffering economically. What makes this
particular era so heinous is that the hungry, the homeless, the unemployed,
and the underemployed are being kicked when they're already down. They are
being ground into human mulch for dumping in a vast neoliberal landfill.
People are not only poor, their poverty and suffering have literally been
deemed crimes by the elite class of sociopaths running the place.
As Henry A. Giroux puts it in his new *Truthout *essay,
Economists such as Paul Kr... more »
Kerry and US Military Clash on Syria?
Or so the narrative goes? Wanted to get this up yesterday, still very
relevant so better late then not at all
Premise Kerry is pushing for upping military aggressiveness
Pentagon Opposing? Sort of. But not really
*Pentagon Opposes Direct Military Intervention Against Assad*
*Pentagon opposes DIRECT military intervention? So, how about INDIRECT
military invention?*
WASHINGTON—Frustrated by the stalemate in Syria, Secretary of State John
Kerry has been pushing for the U.S. military to be more aggressive in
supporting the country's rebel forces. Opposition has come from the
instituti... more »
Costs for self represented parties and lawyers acting in person
Pirani v. Esmail, 2014 ONCA 279
[6] In my view the appropriate amount of costs lies somewhere
between the submissions of the two parties. As explained by this court in *Fong
v. Chan **(1999),*46 O.R. (3d) 330 (C.A.), lawyers who represent themselves
in a lawsuit are entitled to costs. Self-represented litigants, however,
be they legally trained or not, are not entitled to costs calculated on the
same basis as those of the litigant who retains counsel. … Costs should
only be awarded to those lay litigants who can demonstrate that they
devoted time and effort to do the work... more »
LET’S PLAY DUMBBELL: Matthews’ alignment has changed since 1999!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014*
*Part 3—The world-class dumbness remains:* Has anyone ever dumbed the world
down as much as Chris Matthews has?
In yesterday’s post, we recalled the disgraceful way he dumbed the world
down back in the Clinton-Gore years.
Back then, Matthews was dumbing the mainstream press corps down. He did
this in service to Jack Welch, his conservative near-billionaire corporate
owner.
By coincidence, his salary went from $1 million to $5 million as he
provided this service.
Matthews was quite influential back then, when there were many fewer cable
“news” programs.... more »
April 9: Lies and more lies....
Yesterday, I opened with the report by Seymour Hersh, a superb
journalist, that Obama had planned to go to war against Syria, a war set to
begin on August 29. Hersh showed the cause for war, the use of sarin gas
by Syria, had been faked - and Obama knew it. It was the other side, the
one supported by the US, that had used the gas.
When the US military staff saw the Hersh report, it revolted,
pointing out that such an attack could lead to a disastrously wide war. So
Obama backed off. To cover up, Obama had Kerry look like a peacemaker by
carrying out talks with Syria to ... more »
The Clinton Chronicles
*Unlike the testimony in this video it was not just small aircraft
smuggling cocaine into Arkansas. **Since 1994 I have had three individuals
who did not know each other give me first hand and second hand testimony as
to the Cocaine running in planes marked as Arkansas Air Guard cargo
aircraft from Colombia to Little Rock. Whether they were actual Arkansas
Air Guard planes or covert CIA aircraft is not known.*
*A Little Rock TV man told a close contact of mine of the cement bag
pallets of Cocaine he found on tarmac at in Little rock. Normally the
pallets were under armed guard... more »
Electric bike gear shifter
Performance enhancement aside just getting rid of the cables is enough to
entice me. For now thats all because it cost is in the two thousand dollarrange.
Harry Targ : Do we all need a Moral Monday movement?
The burgeoning Moral Monday ‘fusion movement,’ with roots in North
Carolina, has spread throughout the South, and states like Indiana may be
next in line. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 The emergence of
Moral … finish reading Harry Targ :
Do we all need a Moral Monday movement?
Chile Says No To GMO
[image: Foto: Chile recently derailed the ‘Monsanto Law’, a law that would
have privatized seeds. This month, rural women, indigenous communities and
farmers found themselves on the winning end of a long-fought battle against
a bill that had come to be known by many in Chile as simply, the “Monsanto
Law.” The bill, which would have given multinational agribusiness
corporations the right to patent seeds, was withdrawn by the Chilean
government amid concerns that the law would bring harm to the country’s
small and mid-sized farmers. Hats off to Chile! A victory for now. But the
battl... more »
Duncan Lies to Congressional Subcommittee
Is Congress as stupid as Arne Duncan would like for them to be? Team Obama
has been pumping Common Core since Bill Gates became the real Secretary of
Education in 2009. Every state hoping for a chance at an RttT handout
signed on to Common Core as a prerequisite for any chance to win. Does
Duncan really believe that his lies will save the doomed corporate testing
delivery system that his team promotes?
A clip from Ed Week:
. . . ."I'm just a big proponent of high standards. Whether they're common
or not is secondary," he told members of the House appropriations
subcommittee that... more »
Three numbers that will tell the tale for Postmedia
Postmedia will releases its latest quarterly results Thursday.
Here are three numbers that will tell if the company is making any progress
toward a viable future.
*Revenue*: The amount of money the company takes in has been plunging since
Paul Godfrey and hedge funds bought Canwest’s assets. Nothing can save the
company unless the freefall is arrested.
Revenue will still be lower than the previous year, but unless the rate of
decline slows to *five per cent* or lower, there is little hope.
*Digital revenue*: Postmedia’s digital strategies have fizzled, and
managers have come and gone.... more »
A letter to the IRS
I just submitted my 2013 federal income tax payment to the IRS. I decided
since I had to pay this year, I would write the IRS a brief letter. Below
is an image of that letter along with a transcript of what I wrote.
*Click to enlarge*
*Dear IRS,*
*Enclosed is my _____ payment for my 2013 taxes. Please ensure this money
is spent to benefit and help America. Please do not spend any of this money
on the illegal, immoral wars of aggression in the Middle East. Please do
not spend any of this money bailing out crooked Wall Street banks and their
criminal CEOs and other executives. Please... more »
The Demise Of The Parti Quebecois - 'A Bad Campaign' by John Conway
Regina's alternative newspaper, The Prairie Dog, has an excellent article
by retired Political Science professor, Dr. John Conway:
A Bad CampaignThe party invented by René Lévesque in 1968 is in trouble*by
John F. Conway*
* The Parti Québécois (PQ) was founded with two missions: bringing about an
independent Quebec and creating a social democratic nation-building
project, rooted in the great achievements of the Quiet Revolution.*
*The goals were popular, and the Québécois working class became a fortress
of support for the PQ. And while there were zigs and zags over the years,
aft... more »
What is the holiest site in Judaism?
We keep hearing Muslims claiming possession of Jerusalem because it is the
third holiest site in Islam. Have you ever wondered what the holiest site
in Judaism is?
Well it's not as many would say, the Western or wailing Wall. In fact the
Temple Mount is Judaism's holiest site. The First and Second Temples were
built on the Temple Mount, which, according to Jewish tradition, is the
site of the Even Hashtiya, or foundation stone for the creation of the
world. As a retaining wall of the mount, the Western
Wall's sanctity derives from its proximity to the Temple Mount, within
which ... more »
No shit Sherlock - 'Arafat was lying when he condemned terror against Israel'
' Late PA head’s bodyguard says Egypt pressed him to denounce attacks;
adds
Islamic law permits lying in politics'
More here
http://www.timesofisrael.com/arafat-was-lying-when-he-condemned-terror-against-israel/but
never on the BBC who wouldn't dream of mentioning the Islamic concept
of taqqiya.
WAR MACHINES TOUTED AS AGENTS OF MERCY
I received a package in the mail two days ago from a friend in Hawaii. She
sent me the front-page story from the *Honolulu Star Advertiser* newspaper
that screamed with the headline "War machines touted as agents of mercy".
A large photo carried the caption that began with "US Defense Secretary
Chuck Hagel and Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers
toured the USS Anchorage at Pearl Harbor".
Hagel is on a mind-washing trip throughout the Pacific in order to sell the
notion that Obama's 'pivot' of 60% of Pentagon forces into the region is a
"sign of the humanita... more »
Maliki’s State of Law Fires A Shot Across The Bow Of The Islamic Supreme Council Of Iraq Before April Elections
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law (SOL) party began challenging
some provincial governments in 2014. The last one was Basra the economic
hub of the country. Even though SOL won the most votes there in 2013 and
gained the head of council it decided that it preferred the governorship,
held by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISC), and initiated a lawsuit
in March 2014 in the premier friendly courts to obtain it. Iran brokered a
truce between the two parties, but then State of Law brought it up again in
April. This time it appeared that Maliki was just using it to war... more »
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*Report: 'Oil is not gone; impacts to wildlife ongoing’ ~Amy Wold, The
Advocate*
~Dying dolphins, bluefin tuna embryos with heart defects and hundreds of
dead sea turtles washing ashore are proof the BP oil spill is still hurting
and killing wildlife four years after the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico,
the National Wildlife Federation claims in a new report.
The report, “Four Years into the Gulf Oil Disaster: Still Waiting for
Restoration,” includes a compilation of research so far about impacts of
the oil disaster on 14 species around the Gulf of Mexico.
*Prospect of oil/fracking we... more »
Woodworth: The Coming Zombie Puppet Apocalypse!
I'm confused. Is Woody threatening a zombie apocalypse or a Muppet movie
remake?
So reluctant is he to mention the A word that he is driven to moronic
allegories and now puppets (?).
Really the man makes no sense. (bold added)
Under Parliamentary rules Woodworth cannot, without unanimous consent,
bring this Motion to a vote so he will seek the unanimous consent of
Members of Parliament. During Woodworth’s Member’s Statement on Monday,
March 31, 2014 he noted that “If even one Member of this House refuses to
consent to this essential principle of democratic governance it will be a ... more »
HUGE Vatican FAIL
As long as I've been blogging on reproductive rights and justice (about
seven years), there's been wrangling in Philippines over basic
contraception and family planning.
And now it's over.
The Supreme Court in the Philippines has approved a birth control law, in a
defeat for the Catholic Church.
The law requires government health centres to distribute free condoms and
contraceptive pills.
The court had deferred implementation after the law's passage in December
2012 after church groups questioned its constitutionality.
Supporters of the law cheered as the court found that most of ... more »
Germany: "NSA operating without limits." Has denied Merkel Access to her own file they compiled from tapping her phone
Germany has stated the U.S. NSA is operating without limits and is out of
control. Merkel, the German Chancellor has been denied the information they
compiled on her from the tapping of her phone. They have ignored Germany's
request of information since last October. When you take everything that is
happening into account, the U.S., I believe has lost it's credibility and
standing
MI-08… Another Lost Opportunity For The Democrats Courtesy Of The Lamest DCCC Chair In History
I remember where I was when I found out the right-wingers in Dallas had had
President Kennedy murdered-- walking up a stairwell at James Madison High
School in Brooklyn. I also remember where I was when I heard that Mike
Rogers would be announcing his retirement from Congress a few weeks ago--
at my station, texting with someone who was on the phone with a big shot in
Michigan Democratic politics. I didn't care how big a shot he was, I said
it is impossible. Rogers would never retire. Then I remembered that this
was the guy who told me that Henry Waxman would retire a couple of da... more »
Democracy Itself
Pierre Polivevre has met all criticism of the "Fair" Elections Act with a
mantra of talking points and -- in the case of Marc Mayrand and Sheila
Fraser -- *ad hominem* attacks. It's all been rather depressing. But, Murray
Dobbin writes, those very tactics present opponents of the government with
a real opportunity.
The bill copies Republican attempts to suppress large segments of the
voting population. But those attempts backfired:
In at least some cases efforts at voter suppression in the U.S. have
backfired because the attack on black and Latino communities has galvanized
them... more »
Tens of Thousands Opt Out in New York: A Determined Movement Is Born
Michelle Chen has a nice piece in *The Nation, *which deserves double
attention. A small clip:
The families and educators who have opted out might be taking a militant
stance, but with the integrity of public education under threat, no
high-stakes data points can trump the defense of the open mind.
Rob Ford Nature Special by Jimmy Kimmel
It is really funny. The great white Ford.
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*CA: School wrestling coach gets wave of support as video of him taking
pupil down goes viral*
The mobile phone video from inside a classroom at Santa Monica High School
went viral late last week.
It showed Mark Black, a longtime teacher and wrestling coach, swatting at a
student with his arms, grabbing the teenager by the thigh and then crashing
into desks and the classroom wall as he tried to execute a takedown.
Moments later, Black had the young man pinned to the ground.
District Superintendent Sandra Lyon called the incident "utterly alarming"
and acted swiftly, placing the t... more »
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*Painkillers linked to higher risk of stroke: Alert over prescription
medicines used by millions*
*I am afraid that this is just another correlational study which takes no
account of WHY some people were on NSAIDS and some were not. It could be
the pre-existing conditions of the NSAIDS takers that led to the vascular
problems. When will they ever learn?*
Painkillers used by millions of Britons have been linked to higher risk of
irregular heartbeat that could trigger a stroke. The extra chance of
developing atrial fibrillation is as high as 84 per cent, Dutch researchers
say.
T... more »
Obamacare Updates April 9 , 2014 .......Latest ObamaCare surprise: Most won't be able to buy health insurance until end of year ..... Report: Obamacare causing insurance prices to skyrocket ....... Additional items of note For April.....
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/09/latest-obamacare-surprise-most-wont-be-able-to-buy-health-insurance-until-end/
Latest ObamaCare surprise: Most won't be able to buy health insurance until
end of year
[image: Jim Angle]
By Jim Angle
Published April 09, 2014
FoxNews.com
[image: obamacare-reading-internal-cropped.jpg]
March 27, 2014: People wait in line at a health insurance enrollment event
in Cudahy, Calif.REUTERS
There is yet another ObamaCare surprise waiting for consumers: from now
until the next open enrollment at the end of this year, most people will
simply not ... more »
9/11: Jumpers Inc.
Balcony Scene (Or Unseen) Atop the World; Episode at Trade Center Assumes
Mythic Qualities
*By SHAILA K. DEWANPublished: August 18, 2001*
The affair of the balcony ended, if indeed it ever began, with the
appearance in July of a slender book of curious title, obtainable in very
few places, one of them being an art gallery in a frosted storefront on *Broadway
near Franklin Street.*
Called '*'The B-Thing''* and produced by *four Vienna-based artists *known
collectively as *Gelatin*, the book is demure to the point of being
oblique. What little explanation it contains appears to h... more »
Does My Employer Have To Pay Earned Sick And Vacation Time When I Leave?
An AOL Jobs reader asked:
Donna I have a question please. I recently found out about a change in the
retirement pay out rule at the hospital where I have worked for over twenty
years. I have worked all these years under the rule that when I retire I
would be paid for all my saved PTO hours as well as half of the ESL hours I
have accumulated which in my case is half of 520 hours. Now it seems that
around three years ago they decided they would not pay out for the ESL
hours. In other words, we just lose that time. I can understand if they
change that rule but shouldn't that just affe... more »
Thailand: West Tearing Down Old World to Build a “New” One
[image: 336789]*April 9, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The first step in
subjugating a population is identifying their source of strength,
undermining it, and eventually eliminating it. This textbook strategy
employed by empires throughout human history is still busily being applied
around the world as Wall Street and London seek to achieve global hegemony.
In the past, it was done under the premise that the imposing empire was
socially, economically, and militarily superior, and that by subjecting
other nations, it was bringing them out of barbarism, and into
civilization. Today,... more »
Musical Interlude: Roger Waters, “Tide Is Turning”
Roger Waters, “Tide Is Turning”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nqhVtq6xo
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”
Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9dc5FhFYU
Lessons of the heartbleed bug for open source software, \(P=NP\)
Two days ago, Neel Mehta of Google’s security team as well as a team of
security engineers at Codenomicon have found a dangerous vulnerability of
versions of OpenSSL – 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 beta – called the Heartbleed bug that
allows the attacker to read pretty much any information from the vulnerable
server (keys to encrypt and the actual user passwords and data) in
64-kilobyte packages. See Google News.
It means that the safe "HTTPS" actually makes things more insecure than the
ordinary "HTTP".
About 17% servers allowing encryption are running the bad versions of
OpenSSL. The most pub... more »
Introducing "The Spark"
*April 9, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - "The Spark"(Facebook / Vimeo)
is an interesting and ongoing grassroots project that fits in well with an
older article featured on LocalOrg titled, "Decentralizing Big-Retail." The
article illustrated the waste, disparity, and exploitation promoted by the
current "big-retail" monopolies and the consumerist paradigm modern society
is dependent on, and suggests as an alternative the leveraging of
technology to replace entirely this paradigm with local solutions.
It featured a combination of projects from urban farming to technological
h... more »
Sentence of the Day
For Deacon Patrick Moynihan, Head of LCS [Louverture Cleary School], the
importance of teaching economics in Haiti is clear, “After
theology—economics is the most important science to study because the two
things that impact everyone are God and the market.”
Here is the source.
View Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds - Movie Trailer Video
*http://vimeo.com/86158068*
WATCH the trailer for the engaging new feature documentary film, OPEN
SESAME: THE STORY OF SEEDS. The film could screen in Union Square, NYC, for
EARTH DAY, but the filmmakers need your help to make it happen. The
filmmakers need to have advance ticket reservations in order for the film
to play (only 18 left to go!!).
Buy a ticket for the Earth Day screening: http://gathr.us/screening/7636
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 ay 07:30pm
Union Square Stadium 14, 850 Broadway, New York, NY
Reserve tickets here: http://gathr.us/screening/7636
*About the film: **htt... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by
bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by dust. A mere 1,000
light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the
edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud.
*Click image for larger size.*
This striking close-up view spans about two full moons on the sky or just
over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details
of the dusty region along with hints of contrasting red emission from
Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recentl... more »
Déclaration de soutien à Emmanuel Giboulot
Déclaration de soutien à Emmanuel Giboulot
Cher Emmanuel Giboulot,
Vous pouvez compter sur notre soutien sans faille dans l'épreuve que vous
traversez.
J'estime que, au vu du contexte, il est absurde que vous soyez aujourd'hui
condamné par le tribunal correctionnel.
C'est pourquoi je tiens à vous faire savoir que nous sommes des centaines
de milliers à vous soutenir, et à encourager notre entourage à faire de
même.
Permettez-moi de vous souhaiter, à vous et à votre famille, de surmonter
cette épreuve avec sérénité. Soyez fier du bel exemple que vous donnez à
tous les agr... more »
French Winemaker Faced Possible Jail Time, Fine for Refusing Pesticides by Elizabeth Renter
French Winemaker Faced Possible Jail Time, Fine for Refusing Pesticides
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 9 April 2014
*“I still don’t feel guilty. It’s intolerable today to be forced to hide
and to be frightened for taking a stand,”*
American farmers are far from the only ones feeling the pressure to douse
their crops with dangerous pesticides, and it’s not only in the U.S. that
organic growers are fighting for their right to produce toxin-free
harvests. *One organic winemaker in France was facing a possible 6 months
in jail after he ignored a court order that mandated h... more »
K12NN: American Statistical Association has just released a very important document on Value Added Methodologies
First published April 9, 2014 on K-12 News Network “The President of the
United States and his Secretary of Education are violating one of the most
fundamental principles concerning test use: Tests should be used only for
the purpose for which they were developed. If they are to be used for some
other purpose, then […]
Kaku, Krauss, Tegmark: stars of a pro-geocentrism movie
*With their hype, they have waited to be abused*
Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss wrote a Slate piece about his role in the movie
called "The Principle" that promotes geocentrism. Try the impressive video-based
website of the movie.
As the trailer shows, he as well as Michio Kaku and Max Tegmark found
themselves in a rather motley company (the adjective has nothing to do with
your humble correspondent).
Their comments about the coming revolutions in cosmology are being
alternated with equally sounding monologues by morons who believe now, in
the 21st century, that the Earth is the ce... more »
When hatred is all you've got
The gorgeous, and Jewish, Scarlett Johansson has a new film out by the name
of Under The Skin, the trailer is below. It looks like a rather cerebral
sci-fi film with some gratuitous Scarlett Johansson nudity, so right up my
street.
Of course the hate-filled just had to let rip in YouTube comments:
There's some really delightful people out there.
Responding to Karin Klein of the LA Times' 'Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing'
*"The U.S. can do a much better job evaluating children, teachers and
schools. That's why protests against standardized testing misuse and
overuse are exploding across the nation."—FairTest*
[image: Read Professor Chomsky's Media Control: The Spectacular
Achievements of Propaganda]The *Los Angeles Times*' long time school
privatization cheerleader Karin Klein penned an interesting piece today
entitled Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing. The
following is my response to her editorial:
Ms. Klein:
For roughly a decade you've mocked both education experts and acti... more »
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*Climate 'consensus': Is carbon dioxide the new cholesterol? *
*As some readers here know, I also follow the medical literature and what
the writer below says is spot on. Moreover, that is not the only recent
example of a reversed consensus in the medical literature. The wisdom on
peanut allergy has also recently done a 180 degree turn, for instance -- JR*
Imagine a public policy issue that could determine the course of millions
of lives. Imagine the science concerning this issue was complex and
confusing. Nonetheless, most scientists had reached agreement on certain
aspects of ... more »
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*Grappling with the Burden of Student Debt*
Every year the percentage of American high school graduates enrolling in
college increases. Yet the cost of attaining those degrees has been growing
at an astronomical pace, one that is harmful and unsustainable.
Using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to assess the rising prices of goods,
it is immediately clear that something very strange is going on in the
higher education market. The cost of attending college has increased by
nearly three times that of the CPI taken as a whole.
Today, most students can only afford college by taking out... more »
$500 Cash Giveaway!
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T... more »
"As I write I cannot think of one thing in the entire areas of foreign and domestic policy that the US government has told the truth about in the 21st century. Just as Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, Iran has no nukes, Assad did not use chemical weapons, and Putin did not invade and annex Crimea, the jobs numbers are fraudulent, the unemployment rate is deceptive, the inflation measures are understated, and the GDP growth rate is overstated. Americans live in a matrix of total lies." -- Paul Craig Roberts
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*Another Fraudulent Jobs Report — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Another Fraudulent Jobs Report
Paul Craig Roberts
The March payroll jobs report released April 4 claims 192,000 new private
sector jobs.
Here is what John Williams has to say about the claim:
“The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) deliberately publishes its
seasonally-adjusted historical payroll-employment and household-survey
(une... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke,"All Will Come Again"
*"All Will Come Again"*
by Rainer Maria Rilke
"All will come again into its strength:
the fields undivided, the waters undammed,
the trees towering and the walls built low.
And in the valleys, people as strong and varied as the land.
And no churches where God
is imprisoned and lamented
like a trapped and wounded animal.
The houses welcoming all who knock
and a sense of boundless offering
in all relations, and in you and me.
No yearning for an afterlife, no looking beyond,
no belittling of death,
but only longing for what belongs to us
and serving earth, lest we remain unused."
NEOCONS WANT ISRAEL TO START WORLD WAR THREE
In an article in the *Washington Post* today, right-wing Zionist extremist
and neoconservative columnist, Jennifer Rubin, writes that America should
give Israel a bunch of their latest bunker busting bombs with which to bomb
Iran’s nuclear facilities. And not only does she want America to provide
the weapons, but she also wants America to provide the Israelis with the
B52 bombers needed to deliver the bombs.
For the most part in the past Jennifer Rubin has been simply written off as
a neocon nutjob because of her outlandish and often outrageous ideas and
the chances of this particul... more »
"I Pity You..."
"Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, “I pity you. Yours is a hard and
dirty task.” And the street sweeper said, “Thank you, sir. But tell me,
what is your task?” And the philosopher answered saying, “I study man's
mind, his deeds and his desires.” Then the street sweeper went on with his
sweeping and said with a smile, “I pity you too.”
- Kahlil Gibran
Pork Barrel 9: Are PH Government Institutions Ready for Cleansing?
A friend, Vince Lazatin, convenor of the Transparency and Accountability
Network (TAN), posted some provocative questions in his fb wall yesterday.
Vince asked,
*Are our government institutions ready to handle the PDAF cases against
some of the country's most powerful personalities? Are our government
lawyers up to the task of facing the most expensive defense attorneys that
money can buy? Will the chips be allowed to fall where they may?*
*These PDAF cases will put everyone to the test, including non-government
actors such as the media, the citizens, and NGOs/CSOs. There will be... more »
Student Leaders could get years
*Pic from the SET TV link below.*
SET TV reported last night....the government wants years in jail for Lin
Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting. J Michael gives the sobering description.
Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) and Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷), two of the main leaders in the
Sunflower Movement that has occupied the Legislative Yuan since March 18,
could be prosecuted on five and six counts respectively, with the most
serious offense resulting in imprisonment up to seven years for Chen.
In all, the Ministry of Justice has listed 34 defendants in the case. The
charges against Lin and Chen include “Offenses Ag... more »
You Make My Work (Im)Possible: Reflections on Professional Conduct in the Discipline of International Relations
This is a guest post by Professor Cynthia Weber, Department of
International Relations at the University of Sussex Five months ago,
‘Michaela’ posted this query on the website Political Science Rumors in a
thread called ‘a good place to study queer IR?’ am currently a MA student
looking to move into a PhD program in
Continue reading
Mike Lofgren Willing To Say Aloud What Few Dare: The Roberts Court Itself Is Corrupt
Stuck on awful for the next decade?
Our favorite ex-Republican staffer and operative, Mike Lofgren, was busy at
Truthout yesterday, making clear what we all know intuitively, namely that
"Even in the absence of what Justice Roberts narrowly defines as 'quid pro
quo corruption,' a court that consistently decides all relevant cases on
behalf of corporate interests-- most recently McCutcheon v. Federal
Election Commission-- undermines its own legitimacy as well as the
Constitution." The case, Lofgren explains was about how one defines the
word "bribe," something we've been looking at fo... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Air Pollution
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
Korea's Test Scores High Despite Schools and Teachers
by Michael Horn for *Forbes*:
In my travels throughout Korea, in virtually every meeting I heard a
variation of the same theme. “Why does President Obama think that Korean
schools are good?”
Although there are disputes about how much Obama or Education Secretary
Arne Duncan like Korean schools—see here and here, for example—there is no
question that Korea’s students’ consistently high PISA scores and schools
attract some praise from not only Obama, but also many others in America
and worldwide. In particular, Obama has praised the role that Korea’s
teachers play in society—and many n... more »
Arne Duncan Plays the Common Core Distancing Game
On April 2, 2014, Louisiana has witnessed the lame demonstration of “Common
Core distancing” from the governor (Bobby Jindal) who signed the state onto
“the standards” (CCSS) in 2009– before they were written. In 2010, US
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan accepted Louisiana’s CCSS MOU
(memorandum of understanding) despite the majority of Louisiana school
districts rejecting the idea. Like Jindal, […]
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*Levee board lawyers offer to reduce fee to oil, gas defendants settle
lawsuit ~David Hammer, WWLTV*
Lamar W. Hankins : Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history / 2
Aslan provides embellishments that make for an interesting read but many of
his assumptions, according to Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman, lack historical
accuracy. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 8, 2014 Part two of
two. In … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins :
Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history / 2
"Are There Any Questions?"
"Are There Any Questions?"
by Robert Fulghum
"Are there any questions?" An offer that comes at the end of college
lectures and long meetings. Said when an audience is not only overdosed
with information, but when there is no time left anyhow. At times like that
you sure do have questions. Like, "Can we leave now?" and "What the hell
was this meeting for?" and "Where can I get a drink?"
The gesture is supposed to indicate openness on the part of the speaker, I
suppose, but if in fact you do ask a question, both the speaker and the
audience will give you drop-dead looks. And some foo... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Prescott Valley, Arizona, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”
*“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”*
by Sunnyway
"I've been asked numerous times by soldiers and family members for magical
charms to aid and protect our soldiers and news corps in the Middle East
and elsewhere. I've put together a collection of Galdrastafir - Viking era
"magical staves." Most of these talismans are very ancient and effective.
According to tradition, the Aegishjalmur "helm of awe" should be worn over
the forehead, perhaps scratched or drawn on the inside of one's helmet. Its
purpose is protection and "irresistibility" in battle (as in the Borg's,
"Resistance... more »
History: “Why the Vikings Were Feared”
*“Why the Vikings Were Feared”*
by Patrick Cockburn
“Journalism is said to be the first draft of history, but it is often
disappointing to find that the second or third drafts, by historians, move
little further in establishing the truth about what happened. Errors made
by reporters in the heat of the moment, instead of being eliminated, have
become part of the authorised version. Factors that are crucial in creating
the context within which events occurred go unmentioned.
That context is the mix of hopes, fears, hatreds and habits, frequently the
fruit of an individual’s or a comm... more »
"Justice..."
“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in
finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
“Matt Taibbi: ‘U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals’”
*“Matt Taibbi: ‘U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats *
*Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals’”*
by Alexander C. Kaufman
“A Wall Street bank accused of laundering money for drug cartels only had
to pay a fine. Meanwhile, a man caught with a joint in his pocket had to
spend 47 days in jail. For that, journalist Matt Taibbi thinks prosecutors
should be "ashamed." The former Rolling Stone writer- who recently
announced he's leaving the magazine to join an as-yet unnamed publication
at First Look Media- railed against the Department of Justice Monday night
for its failure to criminally ... more »
Simon Cowell had an AFFAIR? This is a joke, right? Somebody had SEX with him?
*Probably the young lady is just asking for directions, and it hasn't
occurred to her that by making actual physical contact she's likely to wind
up with Cowell-cooties. (What? You say the woman is --?)*
This comes of being out of sync with the Zeitgeist. You know quite well
enough who Simon Cowell is, but you try hard not to keep up to date with
his carryings-on. And so it's like being slammed upside the head when you
read, under the Aol.com headline "Simon Cowell admits affair, battle with
depression":
Though Simon Cowell's affair with his friend's wife was widely reported
last ... more »
Goldman abandoning High frequency trading updates April 8 , 2014 - First COO Gary Cohn bashed HFT in a WSJ Op ED .....Then Goldman bid goodbye to the NYSE and its own designated market maker post ...... Now the Trifecta has been completed - Triple Whammy Shocker: Goldman considering Shutting Down Sigma X , its own dark pool ? Just what does Goldman see in the near to medium term for markets ? More instability - And The CME Breaks (Due To "Technical Issues")
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/triple-whammy-shocker-goldman-shutting-down-sigma-x
Triple Whammy Shocker: Goldman Shutting Down Sigma X?
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/08/2014 19:27 -0400
- Credit Suisse
- Dark Pools
- dark pools
- FBI
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- HFT
- Michael Lewis
- New York Stock Exchange
- Sigma X
- Sigma X
inShare
Back on March 21, before the release of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys and
before the infamous 60 Minutes interview, when Goldman COO Gary Cohn wrote
his... more »
QUOTE OF THE DAY: On the Source of Today’s Inequality
“Capital in the form of credit is normally and, certainly, properly,
extended out of previously accumulated savings. In sharpest contrast,
credit expansion is the creation of new and additional money out of thin
air, which money is then lent to business firms and individuals as though
it were a supply of new and additional saved up capital funds…
“The truth is that credit expansion is responsible not only for the
boom-bust cycle but also for another major negative phenomenon for which
public opinion mistakenly blames capitalism: namely, sharply increased
economic inequality, i... more »
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 21, Section 1, 1992-2000,
The Mubarak government responds to Islamist violence with heavy-handed
repression; the Muslim Brotherhood splinters; Egyptian poverty increases.
By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | April 8, 2014 [With all the dramatic
activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's … finish reading Bob
Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 21, Section 1, 1992-2000,
Mike Wilson: US Border Patrol shot Tohono O'odham at border
.
Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham
Mike Wilson: Tohono O'odham government and police corruption perpetuates
US Border Patrol violence
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
SAN MIGUEL, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION -- Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham, said
the US Border Patrol shot two Tohono O'odham at the border, one in the
face. The Border Patrol claims O'odham side-swiped its vehicle in San
Miguel, "The
MI-08… Another Lost Opportunity For The Democrats Courtesy Of The Lamest DCCC Chair In History
I remember where I was when I found out the right-wingers in Dallas had had
President Kennedy murdered-- walking up a stairwell at James Madison High
School in Brooklyn. I also remember where I was when I heard that Mike
Rogers would be announcing his retirement from Congress a few weeks ago--
at my station, texting with someone who was on the phone with a big shot in
Michigan Democratic politics. I didn't care how big a shot he was, I said
it is impossible. Rogers would never retire. Then I remembered that this
was the guy who told me that Henry Waxman would retire a couple of da... more »
Wish I could go back in time
Where would I go
what would I do
there would be some
pain for the future
no matter what
timeline I pursue
I would go to
old America before
she had been borne
and made them
acknowlege a charter of right
do not worry about slavery
its really not a salient point
but giving human rights
to corporations
thats a despot
I would slant
Giving
You know yourself and when it comes
to giving your first in line
if the cause is worthy
you scrape down to your
last disposable dime
now should such cause
be tax deductible that giving
gets better over time.
I want to give so much
I want to see a Canada
where America can eat
at our brunch.
I rod a few fancy horses
but lost to Virgina
can we not
make a level
playing field
where a Canadian horse
can compete
full time.
“Global Rankings Study Depicts an America in Warp Speed Decline”
*“Global Rankings Study Depicts an America in Warp Speed Decline”*
By CJ Werleman
“If America needed a reminder that it is fast becoming a second-rate
nation, and that every economic policy of the Republican Party is
wrongheaded, it got one this week with the release of the Social Progress
Index (SPI).
Harvard business professor Michael E. Porter, who earlier developed the
Global Competitiveness Report, designed the SPI. A new way to look at the
success of countries, the SPI studies 132 nations and evaluates 54 social
and environmental indicators for each country that matter to... more »
German Gold Repatriation Watch April 7 , 2014......Germany getting a bit anxious about repatriating its gold from the US and France ? Bundesbank's president says it aims to hasten gold repatriation ...... German Gold Makes It Way Back Home From Fed, Slowly ........ And back at the end of 2013 , note that Germany Has Recovered A Paltry 5 Tons Of Gold From The NY Fed After One Year ! Adding together the 37 tons allegedly repatriated in 2013 and Ukraine's gold ( 33 tons as per William Kaye ) allegedly hustled out of the country and landing at the New York Fed , we get almost spot on to those approximately 69 tons of gold German has retrieved thus far ! Fascinating stuff.......
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/bundesbanks-president-says-it-aims-to-hasten-gold-repatriation
( Note FT Article was on 3/13/14... Ukraine gold airlifted out 3/7/14 ! )
)
Bundesbank's president says it aims to hasten gold repatriation
The head of Germany's Bundesbank has attacked Chancellor Angela Merkel's
reform agenda, warning that changes to the labour market and the
coalition’s softer tone on the country’s trade surplus risk weakening the
eurozone's economic powerhouse.
Jens Weidmann, the president of the central bank and a former adviser to Ms
Merkel, on Thursday s... more »
The Mystery Of Malaysian Flight MH370 Continues: Do NOT Believe The Black Box "Ping" Story!
It has now been a full month since Malaysian flight MH370 mysteriously
"disappeared" somewhere over the Indian Ocean. I for one am amazed that
the liars in the Mainstream Media have been able to continue their lies and
falsehoods as they spin their stories that this flight went down everywhere
from the South China Sea all the way to the Antarctic Ocean….. I again say
to everyone to look at what the liars in the MSM are absolutely avoiding,
and that is the "secret" US military installation at Diego Garcia in the
British Indian Ocean Territory that sticks out like a sore thumb in the... more »
Pump up the voume
It can make the lame
sound alright
if your skilled
enough and desperate
for a hit
it becomes a soundtrack
for a dead rose
You talk to BOB
and you will not
carry on like that
Everyone he had ever
known who was white
and not from his home
took everything they
could steal from his art
collection and they did it so
with anglo saxon zeal
this black story can
not be fueled
We got no
places lower we can go
so lets snuff this stuff
while our randy
coke smoking princess
real.
Entrepreneurship: The Driving Force of the Economy
*Author of The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur, Peter Klein has published
numerous books and articles on entrepreneurship from an Austrian
perspective. Dr. Klein, who is executive director and Carl Menger Research
fellow at the Mises Institute, was interviewed in late 2013 by eTalks' Niaz
Uddin on the topic of entrepreneurship:*
*Niaz Uddin: Tell us about entrepreneurship. What are the different
contexts of entrepreneurship?*
*Peter Klein: *The terms “entrepreneur,” “entrepreneurship,” and
“entrepreneurial” are used in many ways, not always consistently! On the
one hand, entrep... more »
Kerry and Obama Lying US into Yet Another War
President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry did their
damed level best to lie to Americans in order to pimp a war last summer
based on trumped up information in Syria and now they are doing the same
thing in Ukraine. In an ongoing spectacle that has all of the fascinating
qualities of one of those RNC talking point "train wrecks" the duo continue
to agitate and push for an ill-conceived and ultimately disastrous fight
with Russian leader Vladimir Putin who can't be counted on this time to
save the dynamic duo (or us for that matter) from themselves. Today's
escala... more »
Waking up in the Sonoran Desert
Photo
Thomas Wiewandt, Desert Dreams
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Waking up in the Sonoran Desert is a profound experience. It is silence
as never experienced before. Before dawn the Morning Dove is the only
sound in a silence that can only be described as delicious. At sunrise,
the noisy Gila Woodpecker starts making its noise. Somewhere out there,
cactus are bursting into bloom, and
Ukraine has no demarcated borders?
What to make of this?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has made an interesting statement on
Ukraine, which, for some reason, was overlooked by the Ukrainian media.
That’s according to the Ukrainian Choice news portal. The United Nations
Security Council has, for the umpteenth time, considered the Ukrainian
issue, and experts made a rather unexpected conclusion. It turned out that
Ukraine has no official boundaries. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union
in 1991, Kiev hasn’t demarked its borders. Nor has it registered at the
United Nations the demarcation of its borders as a sovereig... more »
Peaches Geldof and Celebrity
Like most people, I never knew Peaches Geldof. She was always someone who
lurked on the outer edges of my consciousness, bobbing up and down among a
pantheon of minor celebrities. I knew her, but paid her little mind. And
yet, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this, when her death was announced
yesterday it threw me a bit. Like millions of others I took to social media
to announce it, usurping and filling in for the news media organisations
who were tens of seconds behind. But there are a never-ending procession of
deaths of young women every single day. Each life ends, potential gone, ... more »
How could an individual exceed the limit
I have never wanted to be part of a two on one. Yes I can see the
attraction of those that would paddle their boats in alternity. Now it may
be very progessive and world changing to expect like Ranger Lothbrok that
you could have damesi in every respect, As this series expects you to do
think about the way,
we see women and just do not give them credit everyday. Rangar Lothork who
could not read an write gave humanity more respect than the republicanism
who I say without prejudice by evidence are the borg
The world is built upon Gilligans Island do not fake me
If your a critic you h... more »
‘The game is up for climate change believers’
The *Herald* -- the *New Zealand Herald* – *Granny* Herald --- published an
astonishing piece yesterday. Head there now and read it, before you read
the snippets below. It’s called: ‘The game is up for climate change
believers.’
That’s right. In the *Herald*.
Filched from the UK *Telegraph*, and presumably published while the present
NZH editor was on leave, the op-ed by former *Telegraph* editor Charles
Moore purports to be a review of a “tremendous book” by Rupert Darwell. It
is that, and more – it outlines, in a way you’d never expect to see in the *Royal
New Zealand Herald*,... more »
On being timeless
I paint a picture that is muddled off colour and even befuddled. I do not
accept the world the way it is. Those who thought we could ignore slavery
are still in charge and they use the same old skills to make what should be
a simple a victory something that causes good thinking citizens to think
they are on the cusp of some victory for those that would deceive.
We live in a world where facts are used
as a weapon to give the writers of the same
a heart attack
No matter what Ayn Rand or Adam Smith said
there is a kind of reality compnet
that one would of freard and the other just said
h... more »
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