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Scientist intimidated and forced into resigning: Lennart Bengtsson leaves the GWPF
Lennart Bengtsson joined the GWPF only two weeks ago. He’s a very
well respected Swedish leading climate scientist. But he’s been put
under — as he describes it — unbearable pressure to quit. Steve McIntyre
calls it a fatwa. What an extraordinarily raw letter: Dear Professor
Henderson, I have been put under such an enormous group pressure in
recent days from all over the world that has become virt
Heroic Cat Saves Child From Vicious Dog Attack
Warning: The end of the video contains images that may be graphic.
This cat is the new superhero in town.
A horrifying YouTube clip from Roger Triantafilo shows his son
innocently riding a bike at the end of the driveway when a vicious dog
approaches from behind the boy and attacks him.
See also: The Complete Hiss-tory of Cats on the Internet
Triantafilo's cat was nearby and rushed to protect the
Mark Zuckerberg vs. an Average 30-Year-Old Man
It's not easy getting older. Unless you're Mark Zuckerberg.
The Facebook CEO turns 30 on Wednesday, with enough milestones (and a
bank account) that could easily put an average bachelor into a plush
retirement. While most 30-year-old guys are just landing on their feet
in the workforce or perhaps finally leaving their parents' basements,
Zuck is entering his third decade with a pretty stacked resu
FCC: No More Equal Time Requirements for Political Campaign Supporters Over Our Public Airwaves
The 2014 FCC has now spoken [PDF] in response to a complaint filed
by my not-for-profit, the Media Action Center (MAC). Unfortunately,
their response comes as little surprise.
It might, however, come as a surprise to the 1972 FCC. That year, the
Federal Communications Commission discussed a ruling that became known
as the "Zapple Doctrine". The rule extended the federal agency's
interpre
A Looming Gilded Age: Capital, Affluence & Influence
If books could kill, the attempted oligarchic takeover of America
would be dead this week and Wall Street would be flushed clean of
villains, leaving a healthy and vibrantly flat-competitive capitalism,
in its wake. The best seller lists swarm with fact-filled appraisals
that should sway any portion of the population (that reads) into
action.For example, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Centur
Boys' Viral Anti-Bullying Song Brings Tears to 'Got Talent' Audience
Two teenage boys wowed the Britain's Got Talent judges with their
rendition of Faith Evans and Twista's "Hope," changing the rap verses to
reflect their feelings about bullying.
The duo — Bars and Melody — delivered an emotional performance that
brought audience members to their feet and tears to some of their eyes.
The video from last week's show has since gone viral, attracting nearly
Scientists learn how to induce lucid dreaming
Influencing the brain through electric scalp stimulation can allow
a person to control their own dreams. Lucid dreaming occurs when a
person becomes a...
Watch Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake's Throwback Music Video
Nostalgia never felt so good. A day after Michael Jackson's posthumous
album Xscape arrived, the music video for its first single, "Love Never
Felt So Good," featuring Justin Timberlake, hit the King of Pop's
YouTube channel.
The video, which was released on Wednesday, highlights Jackson's
standout moments from his memorable music videos such as "Thriller,"
"Beat It,&quo
The Corbett Report
Interview 884 – James Corbett Discusses the Anarchist Ideologies
via the Our Troubled Times podcast:
In this episode we are joined by James Corbett of The Corbett Report to
talk about Anarchy. We will attempt to dispel any misconceptions and
negative connotations of the term as well as try to understand what it
really means and the implications of allowing the world to continue to
be ruled by our bankster slave masters. Join us as we discuss what it
means to li
China’s “War on Terror”
by James Corbett
May 8, 2014
On October 28, 2013, an SUV carrying three passengers crashed into a
crowd of people waiting outside the gate of the forbidden city across
from the infamous Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing. All three
inside the car were killed in the subsequent fire, along with two
bystanders in the crowd. Thirty-eight others were injured. Although not
the most spectacular te
Interview 883 – James Corbett Lays Out How the West is Engineering Its Own Downfall
In this in-depth interview on Elijah Johnson’s Finance and
Liberty, James Corbett details the process by which Russia, China, Iran
and other so-called “resistance bloc” nations are being driven into each
other’s arms by the increasingly aggressive US-led NATO/IMF community.
James explains how this is analagous to similar periods from recent
history where an enemy was consciously and deliberately c
Interview 882 – Power Hour: Birth of the Global Tax Grid?
James joins Joyce and J.D. on The Power Hour every other week to
discuss economics, world events, geopolitics and everything else. This
time they discuss the new global tax transparency agreement that has
been signed by 47 nations and how it may feed into the globalists’
coveted global tax grid. Also discussed are Fukushima updates, Bitcoin,
Benghazi and cognitive dissonance.
SHOW NOTES:
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The EnvironmentaList
From India: An Urban Gardening Model That Could Help Keep Cities Cool
The Living Greens project shows that simple ideas can bring big change
WWF Staff Receive Death Threats for Opposing Virunga Oil Exploitation
Phone calls follow attempted assassination of Congolese national park's chief warden and increased reports of intimidation
Oglala Lakotas Oppose Expansion of Uranium Mining Near Reservation
Pine Ridge Reservation tribes cite unusually high rates of cancer, birth defects, and other health problems
Ogalala Lakotas Oppose Expansion of Uranium Mining Near Reservation
Pine Riddge Reservation tribes cite unusually high rates of cancer, birth defects, and other health problems
The Rules of Exposition
Petty Little Things
Working on a post for the economics blog. My technique is to read
and revise from start to finish. At the moment, I'm stuck in the title.
My working title for the post wasThe Myth in 'The Myth of the Great
Moderation'But the first word in that title tells the reader there are
no other myths in the thing, just the one I'm writing about. I don't
want to say that. So I changed the title toA Myth in '
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A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
What to do about temporary foreign workers: Help them find work
Underneath all the current noise around temporary foreign
workers are a couple basic truths. One is that people who need money and
work will always be drawn toward countries that appear to have an
abundance of both. The other is that people already settled in those
countries will find ways to exploit that desire. And so we have this
latest news of Israelis lured to Canada to work in mall ki
In my mother's house
My mother throws dinner parties four times a week. Add in
three weekly lunch parties, afternoon teas with various friends, and
crib at odd hours with the little collection of men my mother has
organized to play with her, and it has been a bit like living in a
community centre since we moved in to her apartment at the beginning of
the month. While Mom’s love for social engagements and const
Sex Work Alliance guide to effective consultations with Ottawa
The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform has just put out
an excellent guide for sex workers and allies looking to be more
effective in driving legislative change. It's well-written, thorough and
well-organized, and while it's focus is decriminalization, the
information in the guide would be useful for prompting a change in
thinking around any number of issues under federal jurisdiction.
A tire goes flat, a meeting starts: Defining a culture
I suppose I’ll be comparing here with there for a while yet,
even though I’m a big believer in living where you’re at. But just two
weeks back, I’m seeing the differences between Honduras and Canada so
clearly right now with these newly returned eyes, and it’s pretty
interesting to reflect on what’s good and bad in each of our cultures.
I've come up with a little story that I hope demonstra
A Way to Live
The soil bank
A repost, because I've been looking around again and very little
has changed. ;)We only know a few of our neighbors, after twenty years;
it's a very conservative community and we're a "non-traditional" couple.
Yet the folks we've actually met, we like. Get-togethers are rare; if
you aren't going to the local church (ours is in town) you aren't going
to be invited to the parties. We have
There is generally something
Fog in the morning presages a high -- sunshine, warmth. This is a
time to hold off on setting out starts; they're fine in the potting
shed/greenhouse anyway. I give them a shot of water, tell them their
turn will come, and go to spread compost.Our compost contains a high
proportion of chicken manure, so we accumulate it in one of the three
compost bins until about this time every year, then pull a
Abraham says
Terrorizando el publico
A prime justification for surveillance – that it's for the benefit
of the population – relies on projecting a view of the world that
divides citizens into categories of good people and bad people. In that
view, the authorities use their surveillance powers only against bad
people, those who are "doing something wrong", and only they have
anything to fear from the invasion of their privac
We don't know what it says here
me晚上睡觉我的舌头被纳米分子散发的气动状态往外伸，不管你怎样去控制舌头，它都是向外伸，碰到牙齿，气动的非常厉害有些难受。过去我被隐
秘共产党虐的
时候骂父母骂的更厉害，隐共还控制着我的父母去配合着做试验。隐秘共产党用纳米分子控制着我打我父亲，扇脸扇了好多下。和老妈迎面走来，又用纳米分子控制
着我的吊，隐共说：”走一步，日一下，吊晃动一下。“老妈在拉屎，隐共又说：”日屁眼，带着屎日。老妈走过来，隐共又说：“往上翘着抠比。"我躺在那里，
隐共又说：”你手淫日你妈也."
并上图片。隐秘共产党又说：“把你的蛋往你妈比里面塞。”今天我被隐秘共产党用纳米分子控制着骂我妈，什么都骂随意骂，比如：“我草你妈了个比，你妈比，
滚你娘了个比等等。起因是我在沙发上睡觉，我妈唠叨我，我妈有种绵软的硬。老妈上厕所放了个大屁，隐共说：“你用嘴对着屁眼喝屁去。”并用纳米分子控制着
我想象成真实的那种
Medicina de las Plantas
Medicina de plantas Suplementos naturales para ayudar a conseguir
una mejor ... A continuación se presentan las plantas que
se pueda restablecer las funciones normales del estómago y del hígado o
que se proporciona demasiado daño no se hizo debido a "venenos
ingeridos" o intentos de suicidio. Leche Thysle La historia cuenta que
la planta Thysle leche se cree para dar la la
Medicine of plants
Not Finished....yet....Below are the plants that will restore the
normal functions of the stomach and or liver that is provided too much
damage was not done because of "ingested poisons" or suicidal attempts.
Milk Thysle The story goes that the milk Thysle plant was believed to
give the expectant mothersDandelionTurmeric Product A-8084An account was
set up for the readers of this blog.
Activist Teacher
My concise definition of institutional education
Institutionally imposed "study" is unpaid forced labour done by
adults and minors. It is as dehumanizing as any regime of forced labour,
and it
is not only unpaid but it imposes life-long personal debt and health
deterioration. It's ancillary benefits (socializing) are are only
tolerated as a necessary management allowance.
Links to Denis Rancourt's essays about the student condition and
Links to Denis Rancourt's essays about the student condition and student liberation
Plato as the post-60s student: Rancourt’s only chance?
Need for and Practice of Student Liberation University Student for Sale
Concrete Accomplishments of Student Activism of the 1960s
Students: Plan your escape from academia before you enter it
CLASSE analysis of Quebec student movement tactics
And on transforming education:
ACADEMIC SQUATTING - A democratic method of
Defamation law must be abolished -- Join the effort to abolish defamation law
Defamation law can't be fixed. It is the only common law tort
(cause of action) that presumes guilt. It is a legal abomination, a
persistent residue from Star-Chamber England.
Other torts are enough. This one must go.
Read this report published by the Ontario Civil Liberties Association:
OCLA position paper on Bill 83 – The tort of defamation must be
abolished in Ontario
Listen to this
Adventures with Kurt and Lori
Newest Member of the State Bar
This morning, Kory was sworn in as a member of the State Bar by
Judge Connie Kelley in Wayne County Circuit Court. It was a super nice
ceremony and Judge Kelley made it really personable. I loved it. Ron
was able to come to take pictures, Jennifer made it, and Angie got done
with her hearing just in time to make it. We are ran into a few other
attorney friends while down there.Here are some pi
The Bar Results Are In and..........
Kory passed! He got his results on Friday at around 300 PM.
Awesome news. I am taking him to be sworn in tomorrow in Wayne County.
He will be doing hearings the next day! Yay! I am bringing my camera,
so hopefully I have pics from that event soon.Had dinner with Rebecca
and Lesley at Howe's Bayou in Ferndale this week. It was super nice to
see both of them and my soup was awesome. Salad was
Suspense
Kory got notice today that bar results were mailed today, meaning
he should have them tomorrow!Once he gets those, I can start the process
to move. I cannot wait. I miss my family a lot. Sounds like Kurt is
getting a lot of things done though, so it will be less for me to figure
out once I get there. I have so much to do once he does get his
results though. Have to within 10 days of leaving ta
In Da House! The Jaco House
Kurt moved into the Jaco house on Sunday around 200 PM. Yay! The
pugs were excited to run around the yard and explore their new place. I
am relieved he is there and things are going well. He is now in the
process of obtaining a cell phone, getting utilities switched into his
name, and getting internet and satellite TV set up. I have only been
able to talk to him sporadically online and on the
Allen L Roland's Weblog
The Final Option
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 so
The 7th Stage Of Relationship Is Singing Your Own Song
The 7th stage of relationship is singing your own authentic
song from a place of celebration and service and in so doing we begin to
realize that we are part of something infinitely larger than ourselves ~
a loving plan in action. Our whole life is apparently a quest to find
our own true song and only through love can we find it for love not only
totalizes human energy but also individualizes i
Marina'S Story
Marina after meeting child in session
fourBorn in Ireland, 46 years old, catholic, breech birth who suffered
emotionally, sexual and physical abuse from father ~ Marina voluntarily
became my last private practice Skype client and in the process of
reading my Kindle book on Radical Therapy and doing its seven heart
centered self-healing sessions, Marina not only found the emot
Jesus, The Lonely Rebel
With the emergence of a popular pope this Easter
within a morally disintegrating Catholic Church, which is torn by sexual
abuse and corruption, it's time for a new look at the very human and
lonely Jesus, the ultimate populist rebel with a timeless cause ~ love
one another ~ but who also deeply knew something that most people chose
not to be conscious of: Allen L Roland "All
American Scofflaw
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Official numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for April.
Click on "civilian labor force level" to see the numbers. 155,421,000
--- that is 155 million willing and able to work. If 92 million are out
of work the unemployment rate is %59. UPDATE: The government has shut
off access to the labor statistics demonstrating that the real
unemployment rate in this nation is 59%!So, to rec
來自美國：這是廢話：由美國白人顯示瘋狂的偏執！ 或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
http://barbaradiamond.blogspot.com/2013/05/blog-post.html或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
Angola 3 News
A3 Newsletter: Solitary Reflections Lead to Congressional Action (May 8, 2014)
(PHOTO: US Congressman Cedric Richmond)The Solitary Study and
Reform Act of 2014Today we are thrilled to announce that U.S.
Congressman Cedric Richmond has introduced a simple but visionary piece
of legislation that seeks to first study and then actively reform both
the federal and state use of solitary confinement to ensure it is used
effectively, infrequently, transparently, and Constitutionally
Albert Woodfox Speaks to the Experts
The essay featured below, Albert Woodfox Speaks to the Experts,
from the Why Am I Not Suprised? blog is reprinted in full with
permission of the author. 42 years since Albert was first put in
solitary, Amnesty International has renewed its call for Albert's
immediate release (view Amnesty's recent statement and essay). If you
have not yet done so, please sign the Amnesty petition today.(PHOTO: Alb
A3 Newsletter: Beyond Imagining - 42 Years in Solitary (April 17, 2014)
(PHOTOS: A billboard campaign to mark the 42-year commemoration
launched in New Orleans today.)As we mark the 42nd year since the tragic
and as yet, unsolved murder of Angola correctional officer Brent
Miller, and the 42nd year since Albert Woodfox was first put in solitary
for a crime he didn't commit, we are confident that it will be the
last. We remain hopeful that the 5th Circuit will finally
BeggarsCanBeChoosers.co
How Unions Are Unfairly Scapegoated For Detroit's Woes
By MARC McDONALDThere are many reasons for the catastrophic
decline of the once-mighty U.S. auto industry over the decades. But it's
unfair and inaccurate to point the main finger of blame at unions, the
usual scapegoat.The world's two dominant auto-exporting nations are
Germany and Japan. The auto industries in those two nations are heavily
unionized. And what's more, unions in Germany and Japan
Cliven Bundy: The Real Welfare Leech
By MARC McDONALDI don't know much about the cattle business. But
I'd suspect that if one owns a cattle ranch, your biggest expense by far
is buying food for your cattle.Wingnut hero Cliven Bundy owns a
prosperous cattle business. His cattle get to graze for free on publicly
owned land. (That's right: all taxpayers, including you and me, are
subsidizing Bundy's business). He refuses to pay the $1 m
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NEWSWEEK: Israel Spying In The U.S. Hushed Up
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
UpToo 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,
Brave New World
Never Mind the Ethics - Get Children Reading
Today we are alarmed at the report in The Bookseller that Kobo and
Fast food chain McDonald’s are teaming with, Hodder Children’s Books
and National Literacy Trust (NLT) to give away ebooks to children when
they buy a Happy Meal Box at the fast food chain.Every Happy Meal box
will come with an e-book voucher, which will allow customers to download
a Famous Five book by Enid Blyton from Hodder Chil
HELLO! Books Are Digitally Different
So what will be the next technology must have and what will drive
its adoption? Will media come second and merely follow new technology?In
the last decade we have seen the transition from fixed location desktop
PCs, through luggable laptops, the life and death of the notepad, the
‘air’ laptops and the explosion of the tablet. We have seen single
functional devices such as the eink ereaders come an
Buy, Read and Then Return Your German eBook?
When we look at the Amazon dashboard we are often confused as why,
or how, there can be the odd one ebook return. After all you can see
everything you need on the screen, make your mind up and even sample the
content before you buy, so why is there a refund. The official Amazon
policy on returned eBooks is: 'Books you purchase from the Kindle Store
are eligible for return and refund if we receive
Do We Continue to Have Ketchup on Your Hands Today?
We first wrote over a year ago and asked, 'Does Publishing have
Ketchup on its Hands?' The article was about about the fast food give
away of books to children by MacDonald's. We were told by some that it
was the parent's choice, the food was not that bad and it was important
to reach children.Well since then we have all read many reports about
how childhood obesity is getting worse and is being
Buckdog
On this day - May 5, 1877 - Chief Sitting Bull's Sioux Cross Into Saskatchewan To Escape Genocide By American Troops
On This Day (May 5, 1877) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux Sitting Bull
refused to surrender to genocidal American troops and led his band
across the border into what is now Saskatchewan, Canada.Chief Sitting
Bull remained in exile in Saskatchewan (then part of the Northwest
Territories) for many years. His band lived near Wood Mountain, Sask.
Sitting Bull refused a subsequent pardon and the chance to retur
Harper Conservatives REFUSE Inquiry Into RCMP Report Of 1000 Murdered And Missing Aboriginal Women In Canada
Call it what you like. I call it what it is ..... racism."OTTAWA -
The Conservative government is resisting renewed calls for an inquiry
into murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls despite a media
report that suggests there may be hundreds more cases than previously
thought.Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney was asked Thursday to
finally call a inquiry in light of a report by the A
The Foul Odour Of Corruption That Comes From The Office Of The Prime Minister Of Canada ..
The Canadian Progressive hits the nail on the head with this
article.....New documents released by the RCMP suggest that the Senate
expenses scandal is closing in on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the
Conservatives. For Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, the documents show
that Harper, who came to office in 2006 promising to clean up Ottawa, is
"guilty of corruption“.The documents, filed in co
Danger Room
Black Hawk Drone: Army’s Iconic Helicopter Goes Pilotless
The Army's most iconic helicopter is about to go pilotless.
Pentagon’s Superpowered Autopilot Will Do the Work of 5 Crew Members
The Pentagon's research arm is developing a sophisticated, drop-in
autopilot that can replace as many as five crew members in the cockpit
of a military aircraft, and turn the pilot into a high-level "mission
supervisor" issuing commands through a touch screen.
The Silent Hybrid Motorcycles the Pentagon Will Use for Stealth Raids
Special Forces teams are all about silently penetrating remote
areas and executing complex, lightning-fast raids. Now DARPA is
developing a new vehicle to soundlessly race commandoes to their
missions: stealthy, hybrid-powered motorcycles.
Darpa Turns Aging Surveillance Drones Into Wi-Fi Hotspots
A fleet of surveillance drones once deployed in the skies over
Iraq is being repurposed to provide aerial Wi-Fi in far-flung corners of
the world, according to Darpa.
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DeadBanksterSociety
Mullins on the Federal Reserve Scam and how they print money out of thin air! Its All Black Magic!
Former Library of Congress employee and emancipator of Ezra Pound(Nobel
Laureate) says that Bankers practice Black Magic and fool the world into
becoming their Debt Slaves.
Banksters also immorally pollute the city they live in, similar to pigs
wallowing in their own filth!
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Fort McMurray Adventures
Fort McMurray-Athabasca By-election
If the paucity of election signs up around my little neck of Fort
McMurray is any indication, the campaign for the June 30 by-election is
off to a slow start. On my way over to Timberlea to run some errands, I
only recall seeing 4 signs, and three of them were from the same
candidate. Not that I was especially looking for them but they didn't
exactly scream out at me either. I'm sure things wil
A Little Spring Bonanza
Prodded by milder temperatures and a touch of cabin fever, I
grabbed the binoculars and headed out for a walk along a pretty familiar
route I take. It takes me to a number of good birding areas....urban,
boreal forest and some marsh lands....a good mix to see a variety of
birds. I wasn't disappointed. It was a bit wet underfoot and the
weather couldn't decide if it wanted to be sunny or rainy bu
Hours
I didn't really need Stats Canada to tell me about this but it was
still interesting to see actual numbers. Yes, on average, Albertans
work more hours per week than anywhere else in Canada. What did
surprise me was the figure of 32.1 hours per week as I thought it would
be higher. No doubt this is because living where I do, long hours by
Canadian standards are just par for the course. It wo
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Green & White
Getting back
I have been out of blogging for a long long long time, a lot of
things happening on personal front (including a little startup I have
ben doing my self). However during my absence I met a lot of people who
had followed GreenWhite at its peak, read the articles regularly.
I had hope there would be some one else who would come ahead and cover
everything going on and around us in the local tech world
GeniTeam launches official app for Pakistan Idol
GeniITeam has successfully launched an official app for PakistanIdol.
This is one of the first collaboration between a reality game show and a
local app development company. I am sure a lot more would follow.
Previously we have seen seenreport becoming the basis of mostly all
channels citizen reporting system (Like Geo Dost). This is a healthy
sign and with the advent of 3G round the corner it sh
IPS Inter Press Service Earth Alert: Confront...
Rural Costa Rican Women Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change
Olga Vargas next to the greenhouse with which the Quebrada Grande
de Pital Women’s Association began to revitalise its sustainable
business, whose priority is reforestation. Credit: Diego Arguedas
Ortiz/IPSBy Diego Arguedas OrtizPITAL, Costa Rica , Apr 2 2014 (IPS)
Olga Vargas, a breast cancer survivor, is back in the countryside,
working in a forestry programme in the north of Costa Rica aimed at
A Honduran Paradise that Doesn’t Want to Anger the Sea Again
One of the walkways built by the community of Santa Rosa de Aguán
to connect the local houses with the beach to preserve the sand dunes.
Credit: Thelma Mejía/IPS By Thelma MejíaSANTA ROSA DE AGUÁN, Honduras ,
Mar 26 2014 (IPS) At the mouth of the Aguán river on the Caribbean coast
of Honduras, a Garífuna community living in a natural paradise that was
devastated 15 years ago by Hurricane Mitch has
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Left I on the News
"Changing everything"
A year ago, two bombs left near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon killed 3 people and injured 264. As a result, this year in
Boston (and, I expect, all future years) was completely different in
many ways, all designed ostensibly to ensure security. But this wasn't
the first time a large group of people watching an event had been
bombed. Back in 1916 (see p. 3 of the link), a "Preparednes
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Lexicon Daily
Davis City Council candidates Q&A
Two questions for the 2014 Davis City Council candidates:1. The
City’s unit labor costs* have been growing faster than the City’s
revenues have been growing for many years. Do you believe that is
sustainable?2. If you think the growing unit cost of labor is
unsustainable, what reforms, if any, to the City’s labor contracts would
you suggest the next City Council pursue to make these costs sustaina
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Majia's Blog
Atomic Energy and the Masculine Will to Power
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
Unit 4 Bleeds Red May 7 and Again Today May 9
Unfortunately I left the screen shots from today at the office. I'll post a pdf of shots from both days Monday.
The Art of Deception
What aren't counted?That is my question when I read estimates of
Cesium-137 in dying sea lions and other animals:Enenews: Alarm as record
numbers of seals & sea lions ‘starving to death’ along California
coast — “It’s just spiked… calls started coming nonstop” — “So many
unhealthy… washing ashore” — “Extremely complex issue… multitude of
factors in play” — “Definitely a mystery, we’re hoping i
Cracks in Collective Denial About Fukushima
First let me thank all you who have offered your thoughts and
support regarding my father's ill health. Thank You! The path is hard,
but the support has been great.Now I turn to the recent mass-mediated
disclosures concerning the ongoing problems at Fukushima: I think we
have reached a turning point. Relatively mainstream sources are
admitting publicly that the ocean contamination is ongoing beca
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Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues
Young Vs. Old: Let's Face Who The Real Enemy Is
By Manifesto JoeA recent cover story on the AARP Bulletin focused
on the subject of conflict between young and old in America. Other
publications, such as the right-wing libertarian "Reason" magazine,
would have people believe that the old are ripping off the young. Hey, I
want to know where my cut is -- I'm still waiting for all that
trickle-down from back in the '80s. (Always felt more
From Joe's Vault, 2011: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (And Pay Little Or No Taxes)?
The Republicans just don't get it, and it looks like they won't in
the foreseeable future. With 40 cents of every federal dollar spent now
being borrowed, they want to give yet more tax bonanzas to the rich
while essentially abolishing Medicare and Medicaid.This isn't what
Americans voted for in 2008. A lower percentage of them, those who
bothered to vote in 2010, voted for such folly whether they
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Middle Class Political Economist
Basics: Is that a good economic development deal? Using the Megadeals database
It's a familiar situation: business and government officials are
promoting a new economic development deal which naturally includes
subsidies for the investor. They may be touting a consultant's study
touting massive ripple effects and fantastic taxpayer return on
investment. Should you believe them?Of course not. Consultants, whether
they technically are working for the company or the government,
April Tax-Cast Now Available
The Tax Justice Network's Tax-Cast has just been released, with
stories on US states fighting against tax havens, an interview with
TJN's John Christensen, and a discussion of a new paper by Paris School
of Economics professor Gabriel Zucman's (yes, he's a student of
Piketty's) new paper estimating the amount of financial wealth held in
tax havens ($5.9 trillion in 2008, on the low end of most est
Everything You Need to Know About Tax Freedom Day®
Today, April 21, is 2014 Tax Freedom Day®, according to the Tax
Foundation. The Tax Foundation is not exactly known for unbiased
research, and its promotion of Tax Freedom Day® is no exception.The
Foundation claims that Tax Freedom Day® is "a vivid, calendar-based
illustration of the cost of government." In other words, instead of
saying that its analysts expect total taxes in the United
Reading Picketty
Like everyone else, it seems, I'm reading Thomas Piketty's (many
good links there, including the technical appendix) Capital in the
Twenty-First Century. I can't remember when I last looked forward to
reading a 650-page non-fiction book with such anticipation. I'll report
back soon if work doesn't intrude too much.In the meantime, take a look
at Paul Krugman's review of the book here, and the roun
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News Center PK
Kim Kardashian Flashes her Blue Underwear En Route to Met Gala—Take a Look!
Uh-oh! Kim Kardashian suffered a wardrobe malfunction before even
stepping foot on the red carpet!
According the source of the E! star was running late to the 2014
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala and accidentally
flashed her navy blue panties while rushing out of the Lanvin store in
New York and into her car with fiance Kanye West.
However, Kim will have to be extra careful wit
Make Pakistan Polio Free Country
Written by Sajjad Shaukat
Polio is a deadly virus with its crippling affects which paralyze the
children, and thus gives a greater blow to a nation. Discovery of
anti-polio vaccine has made it possible to eliminate the virus and make
the environment free of polio infection.
In the recent past, Indian government through its High Commissioner has
advised the Pakistani travelers visiting to Indian ci
Carlotta Gall & US Twofold Diplomacy towards Pakistan
Written by Sajjad Shaukat
Despite the fact that a number of strategic institutes and thinktanks
play a key role in formulation of American external policies, but
contradictory statements of the US president, high officials and media
have always reflected that the United States has been acting upon a
twofold diplomacy twards Pakistan.
In the last few years, while ignoring the responsibilities of th
Defeat Terrorists through the United Front
Written by Sajjad Shaukat
Although war against terrorism is quite different, as it is against an
invisible and ruthless enemy which does not respect any rule, yet we can
remember Shakespeare’s poetic expression which described war as ‘sons
of hell’ is even applicable today in Pakistan where terrorists’ violent
acts of destruction, fire and devastation have engulfed the entire span
of living and so
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News From Atlantis.
UKIP - Sleepwalking the UK into Talmudic Servitude
UKIP is a notorious party operating in the UK. It is portrayed
by the media as some sort of racist 'nazi' organisation, but remarkably,
is afforded endless publicity by the same media which operates a 'no
platform' policy with anyone who rejects (or even questions) multi-culti
'political correctness'. In this respect alone, those who are familiar
with the absolute censorship of the UK media, sh
The Church of Rome is Dead
The Roman Catholic Church is a festering corpse which is only
being kept animate in order that it may be used as a battering ram for
the total destruction of Christendom. If anyone has any serious doubts
that the Church of Rome has been captured by the ancient Jewish enemy,
the double canonisation of the anti-Popes John Paul II and John XXIII by
the current imposters, Francis and Benedict XVI, s
Happy Saint George's Day!
Today is Saint George's Day. Saint George was a soldier in the
Roman Army, serving in his native Lydda (near the eastern shore of the
Mediterranean). Contrary to the lies of the anti-European BBC, Saint
George was Greek; he was definitely no Turk or other Asiatic. In Saint
George's time, Lydda was a part of the Roman Empire and the European
world.Saint George was a heroic soldier who was brave
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Not Quite Unhinged
Lament for the Arcade
Nothing makes me feel like a fossilized old nerd like modern video
games. I just can't play most of them. It's not that I don't want to, I
just don't have the time (or want to devote the time) required.
I grew up in the arcade era with Pac-Man, Q-Bert, Defender, Karateka,
etc. I owned and played on a Coleco Adam, Commodore 64 (then a 128), and
migrated to IBM PC games through the 386. One
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Orwell's Bastard
Maybe we could have an @OntarioPCParty online butthurt form, just to save time | #onpoli
Well, I guess when you're reduced to using whiny 21-year-olds for
staff, this is what you get.Not only lashing out at others for their own
fuckups, but doubling down on the stupidity and ignorance. I know, easy
targets, but hey, if they're going to leave the evidence there for
anyone to come along and use ...Teabagger Timmy's been having a rough
week, evidently. Getting called out on his bad math
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Our Manmade Disasters
Connecting USS San Francisco covert nuclear ops accident to 2004 Boxing day Tsunami.
- Amin FaseiPromote Peace my foot. Provocation more like it. War
drills lead to false flags just like Gulf of Tongkin Incident which
started the Vietnam War.US frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50) has entered the
Black Sea, according to the US Navy, as the Pentagon announces plans to
dispatch some 600 troops to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for
military exercises.The US claims the ship’s entry is “
308-MH370 - the saga of political expediency and top level conspiracy
Jane Doe A.C.T (Airline Crashes Truth) Movement (developing
story – last updated on 21 March 2014)100. Ever since the “News of the
World” scandal broke in 2011 (following revelations of unscrupulous
hacking and spying), people have become more aware of the fact that
mainstream media journalists are not as professional and incorruptible
as they were made up to be. Journalists used to report th
What a coincidence? A disaster on the 1st and 102nd anniversary of Boston Bombing & Titanic respectively.
-by Amin Fasei.How often do you make a prediction and it happens
right on que? Seems like the KZB (Khazar-Jews Zionist Banksters) are
truly desperate. Normally there is a cooling period between successive
wave of disasters. Could the house of cards that Rothschild built be
close to its final collapse? Desperation shows. Their days are numbered.
The number patterns are all over the place.
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Pesticide Action Network
Guest blog: Standing up for Central Valley children
Pesticides are an everyday part life in our town. Sometimes we can
see or smell the drifting chemicals, sometimes they are invisible. But
we know they are there — especially in the fall when fields are
fumigated, and this time of year when new plants are sprayed.
So I wasn't surprised when health officials released a report last week
showing that children in our part of California — the Central Va
On the side of workers
At a funder conference I’m attending this week, we began by
singing the venerable labor song, “Which side are you on?” I thought it
was an especially appropriate choice because at PAN, we’re joining our
allies around the world in reflecting on the intersections between
worker’s rights, safety and public health.
This week, as we note both International Workers Memorial Day and May
Day (Internationa
California schoolkids in harm's way
This is very powerful data. A new, first-of-its-kind report from
California's Department of Health (DPH) shows that health-harming
agricultural pesticides are being sprayed close to schools across the
state.
Not just a few pesticides, either — or a few schools. More than 500,000
California children in hundreds of schools spend their days within 1/4
mile of pesticide applications. Of these, more th
TPP? Not so fast.
Things are looking up for opponents of the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP). Although a bill to "fast track" this wide-ranging
trade agreement was introduced late last year, opposition to quickly
green-lighting the TPP has led Congressional leaders to slow down the
process.
Labor and farmer organizations, among many others, have effectively made
the case for more transparency before appro
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Philosophical Comment
The Limits of Self-defense, the Threat of Violent Right-wing Extremism and the Job of Leviathan
One night, I'm being attacked in my home by a right wing extremist
neighbour, who doesn't like the anti-racism slogan on my door. He
catches me by surprise when I come home from this evening's grocery
shopping and, armed with a stick and bottle, he forces himself into my
hall as I unlock and open the door. Inside, he starts to push me inside,
yelling violent threats and hitting me. But I manage to
Old AJOB Rut re. Prenatal Dex Picks up New Steam as Undisclosed Double
Loyalties and Dependencies of Now Editor Skip Nelson are Revealed
I'm sure several readers remember a long series of posts across
2011-12, connected to a series of internal troubles in the management of
the American Journal of Bioethics. One of the roots of all that mess
was a controversy that eventually led to the resignation of Hilde
Lindemann from the AJOB editorial board in protests of its managerial
operations, followed by other weighty ones later by, e.g.
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Kazakhstan's Ancestral Apples In Trouble
We haven't had a post on fruit in a VERY long time.National
Geographic has a long article on apples and their birthplace in
northeastern Kazakhstan. They are ancestral to all the apples we know,
and they are endangered. A few excerpts:One of these threatened species,
Malus sieversii—a wild apple that Newton describes as "small but highly
colored with a very nice sweet flavor"—is one of t
Don't Believe Your Own Propaganda
The level and tone of propaganda coming out of Russia today vastly
exceed anything I recall from the Soviet Union. A quick look at the
absurd tweets from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@MFA_Russia)
and the bullying by Defense Minister Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) should
convince anyone. They are far from alone; RT (formerly Russia Today) is
going hot and heavy. And no, I don’t think I’ll lin
Bits and Pieces - Cinco de Mayo Edition
I'm still writing about Ukraine and other nuclear things at
Nuclear Diner. I keep having ideas for great posts here, but real life
keeps getting in the way. Although I'm fairly far along on one.This is
why there is so much bitterness about language in Russia and the
countries it has dominated. Russia is the universal language, so it is a
favor to make it the dominant language in the schools. Why w
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Tornado Op-Ed in the WSJ
I've got an op-ed in today's WSJ. Here is an excerpt:What we can
say with some certainty is that the number of years with very large
tornado losses has actually decreased. Consider that from 1950 to 1970
the U.S. saw 15 years with tornado damage in excess of $5 billion a
year. From 1993 to 2013 there were only four such years, with three
since 2008.Read the whole thing here. The peer-reviewed pape
Graph of the Day: Energy Access Analogues
From this article on energy access in Africa in today's WSJ.
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My Readers Change The World! ObamaCare COBRA Gap Fixed
I wrote a few weeks ago about The Little-Known ObamaCare COBRA
Catch-22. I thought this issue was so important that I asked AOL Jobs
readers for help. I asked you to sign a petition I started to alert the
President to this issue. I asked you to tell the President to close the
gap. And you came through.Not only did you sign the petition, but some
of you took action to help. Members of the National
6 Ways Same-Sex Marriage Will Affect Florida Employees
There are multiple lawsuits pending in Florida challenging the
state's ban on same-sex marriage. There's one in Key West, one in Miami,
one in federal court in Tallahassee, and there are probably some more
out there. It's almost inevitable that the ban on gay marriage will be
overturned here soon.So why does an employment lawyer care about gay
marriage? Here are just some of the laws that will aff
Who Do I Complain To About Discrimination If I'm HR?
An AOL Jobs reader asked me: I am a minority female HR
professional who has been working in the field for 18 years. I have
faced race based discrimination, and sexual harassment continuously
during my career. I'm often hired into a management role based on my
degree, experience and my SHRM certifications, only to be hidden and
given no real responsibilities. Over the years I have learned to identi
70% Of Employers Think Your Social Media Posts Are Their Business
A well-respected management-side firm (and sometimes opposing
counsel of mine, I should add), Proskauer, released a study they did on
social media this week, and I found it quite disturbing from the
employee-side point of view. Their key finding:While nearly 90 percent
of companies use social media for business purposes and almost half
allow employees to use social media for non-business activitie
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Deep Breath...
Southern Man needs to take a deep, deep breath, because a lot is
about to happen... This is the last week of school: lots of final exams
and viewing of projects and grading and ending with graduation Friday
night in a large convention center downtown. We'll have 1700 or so march
across the state. Then Saturday morning Southern Man parks at the
airport and heads for Spain for two weeks of geocachin
Facebook Meet
One of Southern Man's "Facebook Friends" - someone he had never
met but was a mutual friend of several of Southern Man's groupies -
arranged a meet-up in a local park... for her Facebook friends. Many of
us had never met face-to-face. The deeply reserved Southern Man
struggles with social situations at the best of times and one where he
knew no one at all was a challenge, to say the leas
Geocaching Luncheon
As is our habit some of the area geocachers meet for lunch and
games and good times. Today's lunch was in the "Bricktown" area of
Southern City. A merry gathering. Cachers "Gilo" and "Prairie Gypsy"
(our hostess). Let's eat! The "Gators," a much loved couple in the local
caching community. We love caching! They once cached as "Mustaing Jen"
and &qu
CITO
This is International CITO weekend for us geocachers. CITO stands
for "Cache In, Trash Out" and today Southern Man will join some fellow
'cachers from a semi-nearby city (as it turns out, the same semi-city in
which Southern Daughter lives with her mother, which will become
relevant later in this post) to clean up an area park. It was a
three-hour drive (well, with one hour in reserve fo
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Did the Killing of Abu Bassir Lead to the First Lattakia Offensive?
by Matthew Barber
Make sure to view this amazing video published by Vice News, entitled
“Wolves of the Valley.” The video contains daring reporting by Aris
Roussinos (@arisroussinos) who entered Idlib to bring us an interesting
picture of the front-line in the conflict between ISIS and SRF fighters.
Vice’s posting of the video is here.
Roussinos also has an article about the situation, published
Abdullah ibn Zubayr Battalions of Deir az-Zor Reject Fighting ISIS
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Since the outbreak of the wider infighting between the Islamic State of
Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) and other rebel groups, some factions have
emerged with a definitive anti-fitna stance, insisting on neutrality.
The latest case is the Abdullah ibn Zubayr Battalions of Deir az-Zor
province, which is instead directing efforts to fighting regime forces
in Deir az-Zor city. Fro
Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part Two)
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Back in December I profiled a variety of battalions of Sunni foreign
fighters (part one). Here are some more to add to the list:
Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
Logo of Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi
This group, which has existed at least since the summer of last year, is
the Libyan division of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS),
despite false rumours that the battalion ha
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Hard Men of Letters
Mary Beard’s insightful (and suitably uncomfortable) lecture on
the suppression of the public voice of women is a good starting point
for a more general discussion of oppressive language in the digital age.
This is no small matter of etiquette. Abuse is not everyone’s cup of
tea. While some revel in it, many others are put off from bothering to
contribute. This is not just an infringement of their
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Neocons Continue Push For War Against Iran
Top neocon propagandist Jonathan Tobin, writing online in
Commentary today argues that America’s ‘gift’ of the Iron Dome defence
system designed to counter rocket attacks from Palestinians in the Gaza
Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, does not mean that Israel should abstain
from attacking Iran if Israel believes Iran is close to a ‘nuclear
breakout’. Tobin writes:It’s not clear what, if anything, N
Another Push For War Against Iran
It has got to the point that the only way the US is likely to go
to war against Iran – albeit reluctantly – is if Israel attacks Iran
first. Any hope by the Zionists and their supporters of the US making a
pre-emptive strike against Iran have long gone.The Israeli-Palestinian
stand-off has reached a stalemate as far as talks are concerned. The
Israelis are never going to allow a Palestinian state
Why Is Netanyahu Pussying Up To Putin?
Just a quick thought today. It seems that Americas are a bit upset
with Netanyahu at the moment and its not just about the peace talks
with the Palestinians breaking down. Apparently Netanyahu has adopted a
neutral stance over the Ukraine crisis. One has to wonder why.One really
good reason I can think of is because Netanyahu doesn’t want to upset
Putin because he doesn’t want to give Putin an exc
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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 a week ago.
I do not know the people in those pictures and videos, but they are
horrifying. There was video of people in a crowd in front of the burning
building lobbing more fire bombs into th
Rendering Ourselves Extinct
May 3, 2014
“We are warming, and that comes with consequences. By the way, Earth
will survive this. People say ‘save the Earth.’ No, don’t worry about
Earth. Earth will be here long after we have rendered ourselves
extinct.” Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
From all the various articles I’ve read and all the videos I’ve watched
this week, this quote from Neil d
Just Keep on Gardening
April 26, 2014
Having decided the Empire has pretty much won the propaganda war over
Russia concerning the Ukraine and that, whatever is going to happen will
happen despite anything most of us can do about it, I’m doubling down
in the gardening department and catching up on things around here as
quickly as I can.
All of the starts I planted a couple of weeks ago are up, now, except
for those ta
Ukraine and Gardening – Yet Again
April 19, 2014
[My condolences to the family, loved ones and friends of Michael
Ruppert. I didn’t know Mike personally, but his writings on peak oil and
his blog, From the Wilderness, were among the handful of sources
available when I first struggled to understand the implications of peak
oil back in 2006 - 2007. I am very grateful for his work in this area.]
Well, those bad little boys, Obama
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The Growing Religious Self-Righteousness of Science
Steven Goddard has a post, "My 35th Year as a Global Warming True
Believer". My response is the following: "Global warming" hype is just
the latest step in a creeping degeneracy of science--particularly in the
earth and life sciences--that has been going on since long before I was
born. As a physicist, I am astounded by the poor quality of
introductory university physics texts
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Wind in Aruba: where's the beef?
Aruba is a very nice tourist destination. It has sun, sand and
water. It also has trade winds, which lash the eastern shore with heavy
waves. These winds are the energy source for the Vader Piet wind farm,
on Aruba's southeast shore.
Vader Piet exists because of a coup of clever financing. Arranged
during the credit crisis of 2008, Jerome Guillet managed to get the
turbine vendor (Vestas)
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untitled
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy IF you think the
politicians, the beauracrats, the asshole pundits in DC or NY et al, et
al care about you --just REMEMBER VIET NAM!The Kent State, the Woodstock
generation was was a generation not afraid to take it to the streets,
the campuses, the media! Alas --neither Democrat nor GOP administrations
gave a shit! Viet Nam was in no way "improved"
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