Sunday, May 11, 2014

11 May - Blogs I'm Following

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 minutes ago

Thinking Moms Call To Action: Call The EPA To Recall Roundup May 12 - 16, 2014

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 minutes ago
[image: Moms Across Americas foto.] *MAY 12- 16TH - 2 CALLS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL FOR 5 DAYS BY THOUSANDS OF MOMS AND SUPPORTERS WILL LET THE EPA KNOW THEY MUST RECALL ROUNDUP NOW!* *Source:* *The Thinking Moms Revolution Facebook*

Tal Fortgang can no longer carry a film!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 minutes ago
*SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014* *Freshman star’s billing bumped down:* Tal Fortgang can no longer carry a film, or so they now think at Salon. The demonic college freshman headlined eight separate pieces this week. Just see our previous post. It looked like “Tal” was box office gold. Rumors flew that he would change his name to *Tab* Fortgang. The youngster’s privilege was running hog wild. But just like that, on Saturday afternoon, his billing was bumped way down: SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 12:30 PM EDT What “Neighbors” and “Chef” can teach us about white male privilege Seth Rogen and Jon Fav... more »

KIPP Pre-Ks With 8-9 Hour Days

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 35 minutes ago
KIPP's segregated charter reform schools are widely known for their 10 hour days, plus 2 hours of homework each night. With tons of federal cash soon up for grabs for those who promise to replace the effect of poverty with cultural and character sterilization programs, KIPP has plans to take the lead in the 3-4 year old market. KIPP would like to start with kids before age 3, but there is no money provided for that. Yet. Instead, for now they must settle to begin their cultish interventions where the federal money trail begins, and to move it forward, so that by the time childre... more »

Plain English ain’t what it used to be! (Again, for weekend wonksters)

bob somerby at the daily howler - 38 minutes ago
*SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014* *Our first pass at Godel’s theorem:* In her 2005 book, Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel, Professor Goldstein states a fairly standard view concerning Godel’s role in twentieth century thought. (For yesterday's post on this topic, click here.) “His work was, in its own way, as revolutionary as Einstein’s,” she writes on page 21 of her book, which is intended for non-specialists. Godel’s work should “be grouped along the small set of the last century’s most radical and rigorous discoveries, all with consequences seeming to spill far beyond th... more »

On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 47 minutes ago
On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag. via On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

OUTRAGE GROWS IN SOUTH KOREA OVER FERRY TRAGEDY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 47 minutes ago
*Yesterday in Ansan, South Korea, the hometown of the most of the Sewol Ferry tragedy victims. People are very angry with the government and the mainstream media.* Why are Sewol families so angry with the media?Some media coverage of the tragic ferry sinking has been inaccurate and reporters’ behavior has at times been insensitiveThe reason grief-stricken family members of victims in the Sewol ferry sinking headed for the Blue House [house of President Park Geun-hye] on May 9, carrying portraits of their children, was remarks by KBS newsroom chief Kim Si-gon that triggered an explos... more »

CALLING ON THE FCC TO KEEP INTERNET FREE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 59 minutes ago
FCC Can’t Handle All The Phone Calls They Are Getting. Call Them!Keep making telephone calls to the FCC and demanding net neutrality. The FCC is reporting they cannot handle the volume of telephone calls. So, keep calling. Call them often. Let them hear from you and tell everyone you know to do the same. Call the FCC at 202-418-1000 or 888-225-5322. You can also write them at openinternet@fcc.gov to express your outrage about the threat to net neutrality. Our demands: 1. Reclassify the Internet as a common carrier so it can be regulated in the public interest. 2. Put net neutr... more »

PLAN TO DESTABILIZE AND WIDEN CONFLICT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 59 minutes ago
Ukraine plunges into complete chaos-perfect timing to ship missiles to Kiev? America war hawks, including John McCain think so.

Aisha North – An update And A Powerful Confirmation – 11 May 2014

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
*www.aishanorth.wordpress.com* *Aisha North – An update And A Powerful Confirmation – 11 May 2014* Dear friends! Like many of you, I have receiving so much information lately. Some of it during mediation, but most of it has been in the form of articles, books or films that I have “stumbled across” or that others have found and have been guided to share with me. Much of this information is about the communication between our physical bodies, our consciousness and these “invisible energies”, and a recurring theme also seems to be scientific discoveries being made now that can con... more »

Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been acknowledged and accepted

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
*Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been acknowledged and accepted* by ÉirePort Humankind requests alignment with The One, and this request has been acknowledged and accepted. Accession to proceedings which follow conjoins elemental of Gaia with Essence of Humanity. Evolutionary pathways are terminated. *(I have no idea what this sentence means -AK)* ÉirePort | May 11, 2014 at 7:40 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-1E

Five hours of self pity?

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
I had another reason for not watching the Eurovision interminable bore competition last night, not that I would have watched it anyway - that is because I was watching the third and final episode of Generation War, and more particularly, Martha Kearney’s post series debriefing. I thought James Delingpole more or less nailed it in his review “Generation War does something very un-German - bottles it”. Even the trailer required total suspension of disbelief, something various critics have pointed out, viz; the opening scene, set in 1941, in which the childhood friends are joined in th... more »

The principle of the matter

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
Did you spot how Chris Mason, standing in for Eurovisionophile Paddy O'Connell on this morning's *Broadcasting House, *introduced LBC presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer with a clip where Bob Crow challenged her over her political views, but then introduced Lord Robert Winston as being a scientist with a lot of words after his name, and plenty before? The latter is certainly the case, as Robert Winston's full title is 'The Right Honourable Professor The Lord Winston, FMedSci FRSA FRCP FRCOG FIBiol FREng(Hon)' What Chris Mason (a BBC political correspondent) *didn't* mention is that Lo... more »

Fact of seeking lawful result not an appropriate basis for another disposition

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 hour ago
As every competent lawyer knows, overreaching in submissions runs the risk that the decision maker will not only ignore the submissions but will be inclined to the other side. Asking for a reasonable, but favourable, result is the best approach. That said, in Landrus (Re), 2014 ONCA 371 the mere fact lawful submissions were made was expressly held against the person making the submissions. That was held to be an error: [14] After rejecting the hybrid disposition sought by the hospital, the Board said the following: It remains to be seen whether or not Mr. Landrus will particip... more »

For Mother’s Day, embrace the complications

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
It’s hard for me not to be slightly cynical on special days like this because they’re largely capitalist confections created by skilled marketers. Take a look at how far we’ve come from the original connotations of “Mother’s Day,” from the Zinn History Project. What began as a call to action, now we eat brunch and exchange […]

NEWSWEEK: Israel Spying In The U.S. Hushed Up

Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 1 hour ago
Ummm...if you're a fan of this blog, you know I've been telling you this for YEARS. Now, for those of you who only believe "mainstream news": *NEWSWEEK: Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the U.S. Mostly Hushed Up* Too bad mainstream "news" stops short of telling you the WHOLE story: *FOX NEWS BANNED 4-PART INVESTIGATIVE REPORT OF ISRAEL CONNECTION TO 911* (this was reported just after 911, and then scrubbed/banned by FOX "news") *Now here's the BEST investigative reporter (I've been telling you THAT for years, too): Christopher Bollyn -* Israel is stealing our trade and tech secrets... more »

VOTING IN EAST UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
Despite the fact that Obama and the western media calls these folks "separatists" what they are actually voting for today is one of two things: 1) Greater autonomy for eastern Ukraine but still remaining a part of Ukraine. Under this plan they would continue their historic trade and cultural relations with neighboring Russia. 2) No change from the present situation How many media sources will even bother to tell us that bit of truth? “My problem is not Ukraine, it is the authorities in Kiev,” said Anton Karpov, a 31-year-old coal mine worker. “It’s good to live in Ukraine, but t... more »

FL ALECers - Spreading Evil Across USA

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
I figured it was about time to maybe give Florida a little love. After all ... Stand Your Ground - License to Kill passed in Florida first before it went to an ALEC meeting for mass distribution. Making welfare recipients pee in a cup - passed in Florida first before it went to an ALEC meeting for mass distribution. The least we can do is vote Florida ALECers out of office - so they can't take these crappy Florida laws to an ALEC meeting! * #VoteNo2ALEC* *How do people get on an ALEC list?* That question comes up all the time. The most common are: They serve on ALEC task force... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago

Voting Brisk in Eastern Ukraine

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 2 hours ago
*Brisk- means of course very well attended- high levels of participation* *VOA * Eastern Ukrainians began voting early Sunday in a referendum on secession - with most voters saying they were* voting for a break because of the military campaign by Kyiv *against Pro-Russian separatists. Other voters cited *an expectation for a better life if their region* is annexed by Russia. So the people are coming out to vote for independence for two reasons- the attacks launched against them by Kiev and hopes for a better life Voting was brisk this morning at polling stations in the Donetsk and ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 2 hours ago
*'We need more tiger-parents to push pupils': Expert says British are falling behind East Asian children because parents think ability is inherited rather than result of hard work* *Top IQ kids will do well in any system. But effort can make a difference in the middle IQ range* British teenagers are falling behind those in high-performing East Asian countries because too many parents in the UK believe that ability is inherited rather than the result of hard work, an expert warned yesterday. Sir Michael Barber, chief education adviser to publishing giant Pearson, suggested that hi... more »

The Meaning of Conchita Wurst

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 2 hours ago
Eurovision is merely the continuation of politics by other, musical means. Usually, the popular perception is of nepotistic voting, of kindred nation supporting kindred nation. Witness Greece and Cyprus, the Scandinavian countries, and so on. Another persistent trope is to read the blunt force trauma of geopolitics into the granting of points. Everyone east of the Vistula, for example, habitually votes Russia because Papa Putin will turn off the gas. Or so the argument goes. But last night something different happened. The blocs of old melted as gender and sexual politics came to th... more »

Mike's Story Part 18 - Decision

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 2 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* *Looking back, one purpose the Venezuela interlude served** in Mike’s life was that of expiation.** Any potential friendship threatened with the most guileless of questions, “What brings you here?” He couldn’t answer truthfully, that he was seeking political asylum (which on the phone, we referred to as “the ‘a’ word.”) When the reporter from the US newspaper interviewed him for seven hours, Mike acknowledged only that he was requesting permanent residency. Thus he was forced into solitary confinement with its attendant pastime, contemplating the sins that ... more »

Ted Cruz, Joe McCarthy And… Benghazi!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
Yes, Texas extremist Ted Cruz *looks* a lot like ugly, dead, alcoholic neo-fascist Joe McCarthy. But the superficial similarities are hardly the reason why people have dubbed Cruz "the new McCarthy." One of the most reviled villains in American history-- right up there with Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, Jefferson Davis, Herbert Hoover, Sam Giancana and Nathan Bedford Forrest-- McCarthy could be an icon for today's Republican Party. And that's why Ted Cruz and his obstructionist agenda have risen in esteem among the racists, bigots, greedy self-servers, and anti-American hate ... more »

Happy Mothers' Day

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*James Gill: Oil and gas owe Louisiana big time* *La. Sugar Growers Push Trade Tussle With Mexico ~NOLA DEFENDER* *Garrison Keillor, Tuesday at Le Petite Theater* *New children’s books explore New Orleans, its culture ~Chere Cohen, The Advertiser* *Original Big 7 Mother's Day Second Line, Downtown Super Sunday*

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 11th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 3 hours ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b] Yes, it is Sunday again, and it is time again for my rant and rave… Mostly rant considering with everything happening in our sick world there is little to rave about…. It is Mother's Day, and I especially want to say Happy Mother's Day to all those very important mothers out there… And especially to my own mother that put up with me and my antics for so many years….. I have already said so much already about what has been happening in the Ukraine, and all I see over the last while by the liars in our Jewish (Yes, it is Jewish controlled… Look at who owns it!) c... more »

National Interest and Self Interest

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Stephen Harper's enemies list grows ever longer. But, Gerry Caplan writes, the list includes not only persons but nations as well. When asked last week if Canada would support a UN peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic, Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary to John Baird told the House: “Of course, we are very much concerned about the situation in the Central African Republic, and are working with our allies in the United Nations to address the issue…. What is more important is that the Liberal Party, as well as the NDP, would like to put Canadian soldiers’ ... more »

"Prime Minister, shut up!"

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
Well, well, well, so Andrew Marr told the British Prime Minister to "shut up" on his show today (h/t Guido Fawkes). David Cameron was talking about the school girl abductions in Nigeria, when Andrew Marr burst in with those highly unexpected words. Why did he do it? Well, James Galway was waiting with his flute and you *don't* keep James Galway waiting for anything, no sirree. So 'Shut it, Cameron, you slarrgggg!' it was then. At least the UK Prime Minister fared better than Nigel Farage. The UKIP leader was given a slap by Andrew Marr during last week's edition of the show, an... more »

Ukraine Updates May 9 , 2014 -- Hostilities have resumed in the streets of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the Donetsk Oblast - as per co-chairman of the government of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin ....... Unpaid Ukraine natural gas debt ( currently 3.5 billion ) could lead to suspension of gas supplies to Ukraine .... As Sunday Referendums loom , East ukraine remains mired in a de fact to siege by Kiev and Right Sector forces , talks to resolve Ukraine situation unlikely to lead to constructive developments .....

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Zero Hedge ..... Russia Celebrates Victory Over Nazi Germany As Putin Visits Newly "Acquired" Crimea [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/09/2014 08:35 -0400 - Germany - Ukraine - Vladimir Putin inShare A day after Russia shocked the world with an impressive demonstration of military preparation for what it dubbed was a "*massive nuclear attack*", the country is celebrating its traditional May 9 national holiday which marks the Soviet victory over Nazis in World War II. Among the people watching the traditional and impressive military de... more »

Douze points for...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 4 hours ago
As erudite columnists at the *Spectator, Times *and *Telegraph *are pouring out pieces about the main political event of week on the European landmass, namely the Eurovision Song Contest, *Is the BBC biased? *refuses to be left out of this mad stampede, so... I switched on after 10 o'clock (as usual) for the voting, turned the sound down and watched the results pour in from the Icelandic jury and others. I get to see the points being awarded, plus to smile at the wacky chaps and pretty chapesses who read out the results from each country, which is all I need from Eurovision. As ... more »

Eurovision 2014 winner Conchita Wurst's original song video

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
Am I wrong? Surely Conchita Wurst owes the late great Kenny Everett a big thank you for the inspiration of Cupid Stunt.

Talking about my... generational issues

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
*Towering.* *Why don't you all fade away* *And don't try to dig what we all say* *I'm not trying to cause a big sensation* *I'm just talkin' 'bout my generation* Popped over to Thinking Taiwan.com, where you should really be going, and read a lot today. One point that is made in various forms by many commentators there, and everywhere else, is that this generation of kids is different: it's the first to grow up under democracy. Well, that's true, yet this generation is different in another way too: it is the first to face economic prospects worse than those of its parents. This ge... more »

Ottawa job bank scam

Alison at Creekside - 5 hours ago
I'll bet you've already guessed what Step #2 is -- replying to the Canadian applicants. *CTV *: "Employers are required to post job listings seeking Canadian workers first, and leave those ads up for four weeks, before they can be given the green light to hire temporary foreign workers. "I probably apply for about five jobs a month from the job bank and I have for a few months," said one job-seeker, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of harming his employment prospects. "I have never heard a word back from any of the companies I've applied to." An email address set up ... more »

Demography 22: Japan's Depopulation and Migration Policy

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours ago
A good article here from WSJ last Wednesday. The author is arguing for a more liberal or freer immigration policy by the Japanese government because of the huge manpower requirements by the ageing population. Something like 650,000 new immigrants a year. In Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea, other developed economies in Asia, Europe and N. America, flat or declining population is a problem while in developing economies like the Philippines, India and Indonesia, their rising population is considered by certain sectors as a big problem, big liability, instead of looking at it as a big asset. Wh... more »

The Sun Has Got His Hat On again

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
I see the BBC has sneaked out a pretty short online report about Derek Lowe, the BBC Radio Devon veteran sacked for playing the pop classic *The Sun Has Got His Hat On *on his musical nostalgia slow simply because it just happens to contains the n-word, and that some listener was "horrified" at hearing the word in the 1932 song, and because the BBC was too craven and politically correct to stop the whole fiasco in its tracks right from the very start. The story is leading the *Mail on Sunday* and most other papers *(Telegraph, Times, *etc) are featuring it strongly. It's a story... more »

Alan Krueger

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours ago
The *Princeton Alumni Weekly* profiles the former CEA chair.

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 6 hours ago
*The Ethanol Disaster* *America's renewables policy is bad for consumers, the environment, and the global poor* Last November, when the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposed moderating years of escalating mandates by reducing the amount of ethanol that must be mixed into gasoline, a top ethanol lobbyist seemed perplexed. "We're all just sort of scratching our heads here today and wondering why this administration is telling us to burn less of a clean-burning American fuel," Bob Dineen, head of the Renewable Fuels Association, told The New York Times. Here are a few possib... more »

A mid-May 'Sunday'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Well, this morning's *Sunday *on Radio 4 certainly brought out the BBC bias, as you will see. {The bits in bold italics under the sub-headlines are direct quotes from the *Sunday *website}. *1. The Indian elections* *The Indian elections are drawing to a close. Monday 12th May is the last voting day. Rahul Tandon reports live from India.* This took the form of a discussion about the role of religion in this election and, inevitably for the BBC, focused on the concern of Muslims over Mr Modi's record during the Gujurat riots in 2002, about the BJP's plans to build a Hindu temple at ... more »

Rolf

Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago
I told you so. I was told this by a policeman, a Metropolitain Police Commander on July 8th 2005 (imagine why I remember THAT date...) - East Sussex Police (in Brighton) KNEW, they had the pictures, he was formally questions and charges were never brought by the CPS. This was not a secret - many dozens, if not hundreds of people in various police forces and branches of the Judiciary (and presumably the BBC) knew about this, and with high confidence (remember, there were photos - Harris in a state of undress with a child other than his own) that this was true, and that Harris ... more »

Indian Air Force plans to upgrade ageing Jaguars hits roadblock

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 7 hours ago
[image: IAF Jaguar]The Indian Air Force's (IAF) plan to add much-needed new teeth with advanced missiles, engines and avionics to its ageing fleet of Jaguar fighters has failed to take off as the programme has got stuck with certain design and development issues. The IAF initiated the process of upgrading the Jaguars in 2009 to bring a fleet of 61 aircraft to DARIN (Display Attack Ranging Inertial Navigation III) standards. This meant that the more than four-decade-old aircraft would be transformed into a modern fighting machine with a head-up display, all-glass cockpit, advanced a... more »

Iranian Army Choppers Equipped with Guided Missiles

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 7 hours ago
[image: Iranian]The Iranian Army has mounted new guided missiles and rockets on its helicopters, one of which has a range of more than 4 kilometers, a senior commander announced. Speaking in a graduation ceremony for the cadets from the Army Ground Force airborne division (Havaniroz), Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said the country’s combat helicopters have been equipped with guided missiles and rockets. The missiles which have been mounted on the choppers enjoy a range of more than 4 kilometers, the commander said. Read more

Super Soldier War - Bases at the Barge Inn - James Casbolt aka Michael Prince

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 7 hours ago
"A clear fantasist? A fraud? Or something else?" Miles Johnston admits he's *playing with fire* in his introduction to what's turning out to be a SUPER SOLDIER WAR that's raging among the alternative media. *Super Soldier* James Casbolt aka Michael Prince speaks in public about his role in *ACTUAL corporate assassinations and the Demonic Nazi Overthrow of humanity by TPTB*, don't quote me on this crap. Some strong accusations made by Casbolt in this presentation are to be strongly refuted by Max Spiers and Sarah Adams in a future Bases edition, currently in edit. Pertinent to ... more »

Lugansk and Donetsk regions vote for self-determination May 11 , 2014 - polling stations have opened , local self - defense forces have boosted security , voters have lined up to vote - The heads of various industrial enterprises ( Metinvest , Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Azovstal Iron and Steel works ) called “to reject the practice of conducting large-scale battles in peaceful cities of Donbas with participation of the armed forces, the use of hardware and armaments”, noting that “Ukrainian military must immediately leave the city”.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
Itar Tass - voting updates.... 14:44 World Mobile communication restored at referendum with east Ukraine’s Krasny Liman 13:09 World East Ukraine’s Donetsk referendum turnout already above 30% 12:00 World Southeast Ukraine’s Lugansk referendum turnout at around 22% as of 8am BST http://rt.com/news/158160-lugansk-donetsk-referendum-vote/ Lugansk and Donetsk regions vote for self-determination ​Polling stations have opened in Donetsk and Lugansk regions seeking independence from central government in Ukraine. Local self-defense forces boosted security measures, fear... more »

The Know Your Rights Hour: Radio Interview With Doctor, Attorney & Author Mayer Eisenstein, Vaccine Rights Attorney Alan Phillips, Pharmacist Sandy Lunoe and Medical Researcher Dr. Paul King, Ph.D

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
Join Doctor, Attorney & Author Mayer Eisenstein, Vaccine Rights Attorney Alan Phillips, and special guests Norwegian pharmacist Sandy Lunoe and medical researcher Dr. Paul King, Ph.D. as they discuss the many vaccine ingredients that most people, including the doctors who administer vaccines, don’t know about, and the harm those ingredients can cause vaccine recipients; why you can’t get information about *all* vaccine ingredients, even through Freedom of Information Acts; why the vaccine industry hides some vaccine ingredients; why injections from multidose vaccine vials pose a p... more »

Rogozin, Romania, conflicts, and individual rights

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
On Saturday, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin went to Transdniestria to celebrate the anniversary of the 1945 victory over the Nazis with the local ethnic Russians – who have the same good reasons to celebrate (congratulations to them, and thanks to the Russian and Western Second World War veterans who helped to liberate my country) and who may feel oppressed by the surrounding nations these days. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they have established a de facto independent ethnic Russian republic which is a supernarrow strip on the border between Moldova and U... more »

FAA official: Drone, jetliner nearly collided over Fla.

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 8 hours ago
[image: QF-4 Phantom]A Federal Aviation Administration official warned this week about the dangers of even small unmanned aircraft, pointing specifically to a recent close call involving a drone and a commercial airliner that could have had "catastrophic" results. Jim Williams, the head of the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) office, discussed various potential perils during a presentation Thursday to those attending the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo. A video of his talk in San Francisco, and those of others, to those who operate, create or otherwise are involved or int... more »

If not the A-10 and U-2, what else can the Air Force cut?

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 8 hours ago
[image: B-1B Lancer]The Air Force’s plan to retire the A-10 and U-2 fleets has hit major congressional opposition that could ripple across the service and put other aircraft fleets at risk of being eliminated or downsized. The House Armed Services Committe on May 7 passed amendments to the fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, which, if approved by the full Congress, would leave the service scrambling for other ways to save money, both in fiscal 2015 and in 2016 when sequestration returns. “It would be great if Congress provided the Air Force with additional resources suff... more »

Chinese frigates spotted off Panatag Shoal–US 7th Fleet

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 8 hours ago
[image: Yueyang (572) Type 054A Frigate]The US 7th Fleet, during flight operations off Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, has spotted two Chinese frigates in the area. In a statement released by its public affairs office, the 7th Fleet said the Chinese warships, one bearing the bow number “572,” was spotted by an MH-60 “Knighthawk” helicopter flying off the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), the fleet’s flagship. The American ship was conducting routine training operations in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal when the Chinese ships were seen. Read more

Pol. Ideology 55: Jules Maaten's Lecture on Liberalism

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
A very informative lecture given by Jules Maaten last Tuesday night at our Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio, along with RC Makati Pio del Pilar. Not many people were able to come though although they really wanted to hear Jules' talk. Like at least three from the Initiatives for Filipino Liberty (IFL) group, at least three from our club, and so on. So this blog post is for those who were not able to come and regular readers of this blog. At the onset, Jules defined *Liberalism* as: * It is the philosophy of liberty * It is a philosophy of empowerment * Origin in protecting the... more »

After He's Defeated In November, Ed Jany Can Teach At A DCCC Mail Order School Specializing In How To Lose Blue Districts

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Steve Israel, as we mentioned earlier in the month, failed again. He always fails. He fails at everything. Tangent: one of his closest allies in Congress sent me a note yesterday to tell me that Israel's philandering has led to a second divorce and a catastrophic personal financial situationthat "puts him at risk of being unduly influenced by corporate interests who promise them a lucrative post-Congress future… [and] makes him want/need favors now, like a cheap refi on his home when he wouldn’t otherwise qualify. Will he turn up with $80,000 in the freezer?" Israel is the 6th most... more »

inBloom, BloomBoard, and the Undeniable, Corporate Reform “Need” for Student Data

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
On April 21, 2014, the Gates-funded data warehouse inBloom publicized that it was shutting down. The New York Times called it a “setback for the nearly $8 billion prekindergarten through 12th-grade education technology software market.” InBloom CEO Iwan Streichenberger calls it “a real missed opportunity for teachers and school districts seeking to improve student learning.” I’m sorry, but making […]

“Lost in Space Without a Clue: Ponderous Ruminations, Maybe Tedious”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“Lost in Space Without a Clue: * *Ponderous Ruminations, Maybe Tedious”* by Fred Reed “The world is too much with us, late and son. Before long, it can begin to seem reasonable. I have my doubts. The usual always seems reasonable. For example, existence seems reasonable. We wake up every morning and there it is. Actually it isn’t reasonable. It’s just customary. We avoid thinking about this so as not to become anxious. Or so, anyway, think I. The sun, we are told—and I have no reason to doubt it—is a roaring ball of hydrogen fire in apparently infinite darkness, an inexplicable voi... more »

Rhetorical and/or philosophical question

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
Let’s say that your school, a low income area of an affluent major city, enrolls some of the most, shall we say, challenging upper elementary students you/I have ever seen. Day after day after day, they fight instruction and they fight among themselves. Their education is interrupted in what starts each day as minutes, then […]

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada 'Avenges' Murdered Missing African Girls'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
CANADA “AVENGES” MURDERED MISSING AFRICAN GIRLS Posted on May 10, 2014  Mohawk Nation News Please post and distribute. MNN. May 10, 2014. The Corporation of Canada refuses to investigate the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous girls and young women in Canada. Our girls have no political value to them and an investigation into their disappearance may uncover a connection to law

Now Entering Nulandistan: US-Supported EuroMaidan "Democrat" Calls for Genocide

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
"If man cannot redeem himself of his everyday tensions through words, the archaic primitive demands within him grow more and more awake. The world falls prey to his accumulated obsessions, and in the end collective madness breaks through. Let us talk now, so that we do not become mad animals!" - Dutch-American psychoanalyst Joost A. M. Meerloo, *"Conversation and Communication."* Video Title: Now Entering Nulandistan: US-Supported EuroMaidan "Democrat" Calls for Genocide. Source: Global Research TV. Date Published: May 10, 2014. Description: The Ukrainian businessman Gennady Bal... more »

No Shame, No Respect, No Consequences

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 14 hours ago
*Mr. Netanyahu, take the anti-Semitism charge and stick it up your ass.* An excerpt from, *"Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the U.S. Mostly Hushed Up"*by Jeff Stein, Newsweek, May 8: As *Newsweek *reported on Tuesday, American counter-intelligence officials told members of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees at the end of January that Israel's current espionage activities in America are "unrivaled and unseemly," going far beyond the activities of other close allies, such as Germany, France, the U.K. and Japan. “It has been extensive for years,” a former top U.S. sec... more »

Malaysia flight 370 Mystery May 8 , 2014 - a new conspiracy theory floated by Dr Steve Piecznik - "The Americans have put up a good show. First diverting all the attention and search effort in the South China Sea while the plane made their way to Indian Ocean. Then they came out with some conflicting statement and evidence to confuse the world. The Australians are the co-actor." Could this incident actually be centered on the Us preventing China from obtaining a stolen command and control system stolen during the Afghanistan withdrawal ? This theory actually reinforces the plane being taken to Diego Garcia .....

Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
5/9/14 updates..... Friday, 09 May 2014 09:24PRE-PLANNED & TIMED? Two months on, missing MH370 jet story is off the radar - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Print - E-mail - Comments (2) Rate this item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (0 votes) [image: PRE-PLANNED & TIMED? Two months on, missing MH370 jet story is off the radar] Exactly two months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.41 am for Beijing, but vanished mid-air with 239 people on board. No trace of Flight MH370 has been found des... more »

If Grim "Mikey Suits" can't pop into his local FBI office, how will he pick up new crime tips?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
*by Ken* No, he hasn't actually made the FBI's Most Wanted List -- yet -- but apparently NY Congressman "Mikey Suits" Grimm, who of course represents Staten Island and a chunk of Brooklyln, *has* succeeded in making the Bureau's *persona non grata* list. As DNAinfo New York's Murray Weiss reported, in "FBI Bars Congressman Michael Grimm": STATEN ISLAND -- Rep. Michael Grimm, who quit as an FBI agent eight years ago, was barred from returning to its New York field offices -- even after he was elected to Congress, DNAinfo New York has learned. Federal security personnel at the FBI'... more »

“Time”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Time”* by Karl Denninger “Here’s something to contemplate. You've recently seen my essay on all of us having an hourglass full of sand with the top mostly-painted over, so we can't see how much sand is in there until it is about to run out. That is, it is almost-always true that one doesn't learn about their impending death until, well, it's impending. When was the last time you heard a doctor tell someone "you have 20 years left." No, they always tell you "you have six months", don't they? Time is a funny thing. It's the one commodity you can't buy more of no matter how rich yo... more »

City of Blood - Signaling the Black Awakening

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago
[image: The Open Scroll Blog] Sunday, May 04, 2014By every indication, the Black Awakening is about to break forth, and the bold warning signs coming from the Enemy's camp have grown in frequency. If I had the ability I would have posted dozens more videos with clips from commercials, films, TV shows and music videos calling these to your attention. Here's one of note that spills the beans, big time, from The CW network's episode of Arrow that was broadcast on April 30, titled, City of Blood. First, I want to highlight some dates that stand out in connection with the timing of the ... more »

Call the Cops at Your Peril

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago
* By Paul Craig Roberts* May 10 2014 "ICH" - “Live free or die” is the motto of the state of New Hampshire. I hope the residents are prepared to die, because living free is not what they do. NH is merely a cog within the Amerikan Stasi State, but I am referring to what goes on within NH itself, not the police state existence imposed by Washington. On May 5 attorney William Baer was arrested at a school board meeting at which he went over a 2-minute speaking rule while trying to get some explanation from the Gilford, NH, school board for assigning sexually explicit reading material to... more »

Dad Arrested for Speaking Up About Pornographic Content in Required Reading for 9th Graders

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago
[image: Freedom Outpost] Lily Dane May 6, 2014 A reading assignment has some parents in New Hampshire confused and upset. The controversial book “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult is required reading for some 9th grade students at Gilford High School. The book is a fictional story about a school shooting and has been part of the curriculum since 2007. School officials say that the book contains important themes, but parents say that message is overshadowed by what some call pornographic content on one page. The book was assigned to students last Monday, but the school failed to... more »

Back live next week. For now, enjoy a studio version with public school parent Michelle

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Enjoy your brunches. Then, listen to mom Michelle discuss her multi-year test refusal for her children.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: at the chalk face, optout, testing

Behind the Scenes on the Chicago Teachers Union Anti-Common Core Resolution

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
On May 7, 2014, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) passed a resolution against the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). That evening, I wrote this post and included my own experience and conversations on Lewis’ position on CCSS. In the post, I figuratively note that this is now a battle between Lewis and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) […]

Fukushima Updates May 10 , 2014 .... Special item on Rokkasho nuclear site ( impossible to evacuate residents , how can they go ahead with a restart ? ) H/T Simply Info !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Simply Info ...... Rokkasho Nuclear Site; Impossible To Evacuate Residents May 9th, 2014 | Add a Comment [image: Rokkasho Nuclear Site; Impossible To Evacuate Residents] The Aomori governor weighed in on the stalled safety review of the Rokkasho nuclear fuel site and how they are finding it impossible to come up with an evacuation plan. Municipalities and prefecture governments are expected to submit working evacuation plans for any nuclear facility that plans to eventually restart. This includes areas up to 30km from the facility. In the same area of Rokkasho resides the Higashido... more »

WIPP Updates May 10 , 2014 ........ Fukushima impacts here in the US and Europe !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Energy News..... ‘Kitty litter’ blamed for explosive nuclear leak at WIPP — “Incredibly important to act quickly” — ‘All these drums’ are at risk, including at other sites — Must be gathered ‘right away’ before they also burst — Summer heat will increase instability — Storage rooms must be sealed off to contain future ‘events’ Santa Fe New Mexican, May 9, 2014: *Nuke expert believes ‘kitty litter’ switch led to WIPP leak* — An absorbent material similar to kitty litter is the likely cause of a radiation leak [...] according to a longtime nuclear expert. [...] Los Alamos... more »

Bring Back Our Girls Updates May 8 -9 , 2014 --Lof of egg on faces today ( Hillary Clinton and Nigeria Government / Military regarding Boko Haram ) ........ Boko Haram ups ante in Nigeria -- A Boko Haram attack has killed hundreds in Nigeria's northeast, multiple sources have said, as police offered $300,000 for information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the armed group ..... This maasacre occurred after a second kidnapping of another 11 girls ( and rubbing salt into the wounds , the massacre hit a village left unguarded by soldiers looking for the missing girls originally kidnapped. )

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Nigerian army ignored Chibok attack warning Sources say the army did not act, despite advance notice of Boko Haram attack that led to schoolgirls kidnap. Last updated: 09 May 2014 18:20 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] The Nigerian military was given up to four hours' advance notice of the Boko Haram attack on the boarding school in Chibok from where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, according to sources independently verified by Al Jazeera and Amnesty International. Two... more »

Nigeria: Gold + Oil + The Most Corrupt Government on Earth.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 17 hours ago
*"Roland was a warrior* *From the Land of the Midnight Sun* *With a Thompson Gun for hire* *Fighting to be done* *The deal was made in Denmark* *On a dark and stormy day* *So he set out for Biafra* *To join the bloody fray..."* I quote The Enemy: *"Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south). * The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious ten... more »

THE FINAL OPTION

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 17 hours ago
*The final option became a split second of transcendence, an experience beyond the normal or physical level, and in the process I experienced the timeless and fearless world of soul consciousness where all answers are clear but can only be truly accessed through love: Allen L Roland * I have had many personal experiences of the sensory sensation of being in the *Unified Field* of love and soul consciousness that exists not only beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears but this one stands out ~ for it was a matter of life and death* and it became the foundation o... more »

Reaping the Whirlwind

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 17 hours ago
May 10, 2014 This will be a short post this week as I have spent most of the day looking at videos and pictures from the terrible Trade Union Building fire that took so many lives in Odessa, Ukraine, over … Continue reading →

My Best Day Ever

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 18 hours ago
Birth is an ending of one chapter of life and the beginning of another. For me, it was the end of a very painful chapter. Before I even knew I was pregnant, something felt off. My body felt foreign to me. It ached like I was hard core training even when I spent all day in bed. Migraines plagued me and I felt drained of life. One positive pregnancy test later, I was completely baffled. I had been pregnant before, I knew what it felt like and it felt nothing like this. I called the doctor and the nurse told me that I was most likely experiencing a miscarriage. Since my last doctor t... more »

paris day three encore, in which I admit ptsd is forever

laura k at wmtc - 18 hours ago
So it turns out it's not just my snoring that's keeping Connie up at night. It's noises "that sound like you're upset," says my mother. Allan recently told me that I cry or startle or semi-scream in my sleep on a regular basis. The incidents I think of as rare are not, in fact, rare. What's rare is my memory of them. I feel I must apologize for ever telling a fellow PTSD sufferer that it eventually goes away. I was 21 years old when I was raped. If it hasn't gone away by now, it obviously never will. Thank [something] I can sleep through whatever my subconscious is going through. I ... more »

paris, day three

laura k at wmtc - 18 hours ago
We are back in our cozy room after a long, fun day with R... who I very much hope is now on the train to London! Connie and I went to - you guessed it - Au Tramway for breakfast. We had the lovely *petit dejeuner complet*, with baguette, butter and jam, croissants, juice, and for me, plenty of coffee. Then we headed out to the Gare du Nord, hours in advance of meeting R's train, hoping to buy Connie a jacket or sweater. Somehow my mom left her jacket at home in New Jersey. In fact, when we went to Le Bon Marche on our first day here, it was to buy her a sweater... until we realiz... more »

CULTURAL NUTRITION/OPERATION STREAMLINE AND SALAZAR DOCUMENTARY

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 18 hours ago
CULTURAL NUTRITION/OPERATION STREAMLINE AND SALAZAR: These are student projects from my classes this semester at the U of Arizona: From the Mexican American Studies Overview class: Operation Streamline: Student and Community Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gabxf9ArwfU And the Ruben Salazar: Man in the MIddle Documentary blog: http://rubensalazarpbs.org/blog/roberto-dr-cintli-rodriguez/ From the Cultural Nutrition Class An Inspiration to Eat Healthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQtWEMjRGdA Ricas Raices Healthy Cookbook http://uofastudentcookbook.blogspot.com/

Pete Aguilar/Joe Baca Mudwrestling In The Inland Empire

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
DCCC shill and empty suit Pete Aguilar and former Inland Empire Congressman Joe Baca, are in a full scale civil war leading up to the CA-31 June 3, primary. Ceding the progressive vote to Eloise Reyes, they are tearing each other apart for backing from conservative voters, the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. Defending against a hoard of shady cash that Aguilar and his allies have deployed against him, Baca's Facebook page, Joe Baca for Congress, has become a compendium of the sleaze that Steve Israel finds so attractive in Aguilar, a front for Chamber of Commerce Republica... more »

NOW THEY WANT YOU TO PAY TO CLEAN UP SPACE JUNK

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
Presently there is no technological way to clean up the more than 30,000 pieces of space debris orbiting the earth traveling at more than 15,000 mph. Some scientists have long predicted that the International Space Station (ISS) will be someday destroyed by space junk. It cost $100 billion to build the ISS. Imagine the cost of cleaning up space debris - the aerospace industry must be drooling over the thought.

Déjà vu all over again. Again.

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
As the legendary baseball player Yogi Berra was said to have said when the ranger confiscated his latest pickernick basket, "It's like déjà vu all over again"... There's another mini-storm going on over party political 'plants' on the BBC's *Question Time *following an overblown anti-UKIP rant from an audience member this week (basically saying that Nigel Farage is worse than Hitler). People quickly betook themselves onto Twitter and Facebook to speculate about the offending audience member's identity, much as they did when another 'ordinary audience member' ranted about UKIP be... more »

May 10: How not to be an editor...

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 19 hours ago
...First, though check out the the comments at the bottom of this page. There is a post there telling where to find platform statements of the two candidates for city council. And, no, they aren't in the Irving press which pays professionals good money to write news stories about nothing. They're in the Moncton Free Press.ca - which is run by volunteers. Now - The banner headline on p.1, the story of the day, is "Brush fire season heating up" Get it? Brush fire - heating up. chuckle. chuckle. One of the first lessons in journalism school is that you don't make a joke out of a se... more »

Atomic Energy and the Masculine Will to Power

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 20 hours ago
An interesting headline: Osaki, T. (2014, May 9). Women’s group launches bid to deny sex to men who are pro-war. Japan Times, Available, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/09/national/womens-group-launches-bid-deny-sex-men-pro-war/#.U25tNPldWSo [paraphrase]A Japanese women’s group has launched a campaign for peace that makes sex contingent on resistance to Japan’s growing militarization. Women who participate the campaign must make sure that their sexual partners are: “not supportive of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-d... more »

Hey, Boko Haram Is Just Acting on "Conscience Issues" Too

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours ago
Justin Trudeau's decree that all future (not, note, sitting shoo-in MPs) Liberal candidates must be prochoice has twisted up some Conservative knickers. Specifically over the matter of sacrosanct "conscience issues." Here's the At Issue Panel. The abortion discussion starts around the 7:30 mark. Coyne does his thing. Then Chantal rips him a new one, starting around 8:40. Coyne is left blubbering "but not all anti-choicers" bububububub. Mansbridge does his patented mincy mouth. Watch. Coyne followed this up in the National Post, as did Jen Gerson and today the august NatPo edito... more »

March4Lies Part 1: Tits 'n Tots

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours ago
As fern hill reported, this year's March For Lies had a theme: RU4LIFE. When I arrived on Parliament Hill, where antiChoice and proChoice converge momentarily before we separate into our camps - their parade, our protest - a young woman was urging the crowd to call a number on their cell phones to enter a contest. Technology assists fundraising! I missed the ruckus that occurred when two Femen interrupted the usual blathering by priests at the microphone. QMI photographer Tony Caldwell took a series of photos, here's the gallery. In this one, appalled antiChoice parents cover th... more »

Rogoff on Piketty

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 21 hours ago
Here, via Project Syndicate. A tidbit: Would Piketty’s followers be nearly as enthusiastic about his proposed progressive global wealth tax if it were aimed at correcting the huge disparities between the richest countries and the poorest, instead of between those who are well off by global standards and the ultra-wealthy?

Forced out for playing 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On'

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
This is like something out of a Franz Kafka novel (and comes via *Biased BBC*). I would take a few blood pressure tablets if I were you before reading it... *(WARNING: Please don't watch the videos in this post if you are very easily offended.)* Imagine you're a veteran BBC local radio broadcaster who specialises in playing popular music of the mid 20th Century. You've had your own programme for over two decades, and played all the greats - Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Nat 'King' Cole (i.e. my dad's kind o... more »

the iron giant

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 22 hours ago
the iron giant

The Coming Death of the New Misogyny

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 22 hours ago
Thursday's *Blurred Lines* is well worth a watch. Kirsty Wark explores the thesis that popular culture is gripped by a new wave of sexism, and looks at 90s Laddism, porn and internet cultures as possible drivers. Well known "moments" of the new misogyny - sexism as a term is too twee to describe it - such as attacks on and persistent digital harassment of folk like Mary Beard and Caroline Criado-Perez; the abuse heaped on Anita Sarkeesian for producing short films, like this one on the representation of women in video games; the Steubenville rape case, and much else besides. If yo... more »

Why The L.A. Times Endorsed Lee Rogers Instead Of One Of The Two Right-Wing Republicans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
The *L.A. Times* is a Republican-owned newspaper and-- in a heavily Democratic city-- they tend to bend editorially towards as conservative a direction as they can get away with. In CA-33, for instance, they backed the more plausible of the two conservative Democrats-- Matt Miller over the discredited, sleazy and thoroughly disliked Wendy Greuel-- while ignoring the progressives in the race, Ted Lieu and Marianne Williamson. So far, the only other congressional race they endorsed in is for the CA-25 seat being abandoned by arch-reactionary bigot Buck McKeon. The jungle primary bo... more »

“More or less plain English,” she said! (For weekend wonksters only)

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014* *A masterwork of sustained bad explanation:* On Sunday, April 20, Professor Gottlieb reviewed Professor Goldstein’s book, Plato at the Googleplex. His 1200-word piece appeared in the New York Times Book Review section. On balance, we’d say his review was positive. This was his early nugget: PROFESSOR GOTTLIEB (4/20/14): *It's diverting to speculate on which aspects of the Internet would be embraced by time-traveling ancient thinkers.* The epigrammatic Heraclitus would surely have appreciated the enforced brevity of Twitter. Diogenes the Cynic, who made a spe... more »

Sing Yourself To Good Health

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 23 hours ago
[image: 15] Source: *Raw For Beauty Blog*

SATURDAY HISTORY LESSON

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 23 hours ago
Important episodes of Oliver Stone's *Untold History of the US*. Covers end of WW II and the corporate takeover of the US government. The second one below is the Bush II and Obama years. Worth watching... So much of what is happening today is connected to these two periods covered by Stone. Unresolved issues you might say. The revelations about internal US right-wing forces taking power is fascinating. "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana (Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist)

SATURDAY HISTORY LESSON

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Important episode of Oliver Stone's Untold History of the US. Covers the end of WW II and the turning of US democracy toward corporate control. Fascinating stuff and so connected to our present moment. "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana (Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist)

MEET MR. BIG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
- When you mix corporate power with the government, and the military, you get the toxic mix of fascism. Mussolini in Italy identified their WW II era fascist state that way - the wedding of corporations and the government. As the global economic and environmental crisis worsens we will be constantly given the notion that a massive military intervention and occupation are absolutely necessary in some tragic place and circumstances. The average person might wonder for a moment, but then they move on and accept what they hear from their government. We humans are a b... more »

China Blames U.S. for Maritime Tensions

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 1 day ago
[image: A Chinese ship (L) uses water cannon on a Vietnamese Sea Guard ship on the South China Sea near the Paracels islands, in this handout photo taken on May 3, 2014 and released by the Vietnamese Marine Guard on May 8, 2014]China's foreign ministry blamed the United States on Friday for stoking tensions in the disputed South China Sea by encouraging countries to engage in dangerous behavior, following an uptick in tensions between China and both the Philippines and Vietnam. China this week accused Vietnam of intentionally colliding with its ships in the South China Sea after Vie... more »

More scenes of apartheid on the streets of Israel

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Following yesterday's post, I thought I'd share some more photos from Real Jerusalem Streets, these are from Pesach 2014 Apartheid in action?

Free Trade Is Not Fair Trade

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Stephen Harper has been travelling around the world, signing "free" trade deals like a hockey player signing autographs. But those deals have been particularly detrimental to Ontario's economy -- and The Great Recession has put the province's manufacturers on the ropes. Tom Walkom writes: The North American economy is being put through a wringer, in a wrenching process that began with free trade. Before free trade, multinationals that wanted to sell in Canada had to produce here. Trade barriers may have been inefficient. But they kept people employed. Indeed, it is only thanks... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Presentation of Gaia Energetics requires Hu-manity vision upgrades

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Presentation of Gaia Energetics requires Hu-manity vision upgrades* by ÉirePort Presentation of Gaia Energetics requires Hu-manity vision upgrades, which are currently in progress. Succeeding steps in Gaia ascension process follow higher aligned energetics of Nova Gaia, utilizing upgraded Hu-manity vision. Current Gaia energetics request precision in intention by Hu-manity. Blue Star lines supplant previous Gaia grid structures. ÉirePort | May 9, 2014 at 06:04 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-ro

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*"I'm going to be at the parade, in the parade, all around the parade, all over the parade. I am the parade,"*

Cape Dorset

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

Poor Children Need More High Stakes Standardized Testing

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
How much longer will this nation and its political and corporate leaders continue to hide behind standardized testing and accountability for teachers while more children and families slip into poverty because of greedy sociopaths? Answer: as long as parents and teachers allow it. Do you think the Acosta children will cause their teachers to lose their jobs because they didn't reach 100 percent proficiency Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings? How many value added points will the children in Arkansas get because their houses were destroyed by a tornado? The wizard is standing there wit... more »
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