January snowfall in San Bernardino with Shandin Hills in the background. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: United States Supreme Court building in Washington D.C., USA. Front facade. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Tolls-- A Regressive Tax On The Middle Class Republicans And The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Love
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 minutes ago
One of the key line-in-the-sand differences between Republicans and
Democrats is how the two parties spend tax dollars and from who they
collect tax dollars. That line has been blurring, first under Clinton and
now under Obama. Republicans conveniently want to lessen the tax burden on
their wealthy campaign contributors at the expense of the middle class.
Corporate Democrats, just as conveniently, find that to make a lot of
sense-- and bring them a lot of campaign dollars. A few days ago, Ashley
Halsey III, writing for the *Washington Post*, examined one way this is
playing out th... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 minutes ago
“Are the nearest galaxies distributed randomly? A plot of over one million
of the brightest "extended sources" detected by the Two Micron All Sky
Survey (2MASS) shows that they are not. The vast majority of these infrared
extended sources are galaxies.
*Click image for larger size.*
Visible above is an incredible tapestry of structure that provides limits
on how the universe formed and evolved. Many galaxies are gravitationally
bound together to form clusters, which themselves are loosely bound into
superclusters, which in turn are sometimes seen to align over even larger
scale struc... more »
"Here's To The Crazy Ones"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 minutes ago
Paulo Coelho, “Beauty Exists Not In Sameness”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 minutes ago
*“Beauty Exists Not In Sameness”*
by Paulo Coelho
“Beauty exists not in sameness but in difference. Who could imagine a
giraffe without its long neck or a cactus without its spines? The
irregularity of the mountain peaks that surround us is what makes them so
imposing. If we tried to make them all the same, they would no longer
command our respect.
It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.
When we look at a cedar tree, we don’t think: ‘The branches should be all
the same length.’ We think: ‘How strong it is.’
When we see a snake, we never say: ‘He is crawling along the ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 minutes ago
San Bernardino, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
The Poet: Galway Kinnell, "Another Night in the Ruins"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 minutes ago
*"Another Night in the Ruins"*
"How many nights must it take
one such as me to learn
that we aren't, after all, made
from that bird that flies out of its ashes,
that for us
as we go up in flames,
our one work is
to open ourselves,
to *be* the flames?"
~ Galway Kinnell
Satire: “In Landmark Decision, Supreme Court Strikes Down Main Reason Country Was Started”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 39 minutes ago
*“In Landmark Decision, *
*Supreme Court Strikes Down Main Reason Country Was Started”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — “In what legal experts are calling a
landmark decision, on Monday the United States Supreme Court struck down
what many believe to be the main reason the country was started. By a
five-to-four vote, the Court eliminated what grade-school children have
traditionally been taught was one of the key rationales for founding the
United States in the first place.
“The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American
democracy for over... more »
Do you consider the environment before buying?
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 hour ago
[image: Do you consider the environment before buying?]
*Shopping impacts theenvironment*There are certain things that I refuse to
buy. For example, high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils are banned
from my shopping basket because I believe them to be unhealthy.
Other items, like bottled water and commercial cleansers, are off my list
because they hurt the environment.
Over time, I have researched products and now go to the market armed with a
list of things I consider safe ... for me and the environment.
So when I read a question about actively thinking about the impact of
... more »
60 Years Ago Today - The first sub 4 minute mile
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour ago
Sixty years on here's one of the most iconic sporting moments in history.
Roger Bannister had intended to retire after the 1952 Olympics but having
only come in 4th in the 1500m final he hung on for another two years to
make an attempt on the holy grail of middle distance running, the four
minute mile. Roger Bannister knew that two other milers had the same
intent, John Landy of Australia and Wes Santee of the USA. So Roger
Bannister ran very early in the season at Iffley Road, Oxford, and was
paced by his old friends Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway. Roger Bannister
finished taki... more »
Joke of The Day: UN chief Ban Ki-moon offers mediation on Ukraine crisis
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
Video Title: UN chief Ban Ki-moon offers mediation on Ukraine crisis.
Source: AFP. Date Published: May 5, 2014. Description:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday offered his mediation to end the
escalating crisis in Ukraine. Ban urged parties involved in the crisis "to
solve this problem through peaceful means", he told AFP in Abu Dhabi
ANOTHER PUSH FOR WAR AGAINST IRAN
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 2 hours ago
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 to
exist and the Palestinians are never going to recognise Israel as a Jewish
state. It was all very inevitable. As a result, the Palestinians have
adopted a new strategy of building an al... more »
Stories of Benevolence, Direct From the Freezer
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 2 hours ago
Did you ever look in the freezer for your car keys? I confess. I’ve done
it. So has George Carlin:
Hey, you might as well, sh*t, they might be in there. Wouldn't wanna pass
up a nice obvious place like the freezer, would ya'? 'Cause you can talk
yourself into it, you can picture them in there, that's what the mind is
for... picturing where you left your car keys.
Losing stuff is frustrating, right …
because, 'where is it?' See, basically, that's the part that bothers me
the most. I'm a
practical guy...'Where is it? I just had it.' You know that feeling, 'IT
WAS
JUST HERE!... more »
Change the Trend in ND - #VoteNo2ALEC
2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
Saw this tweet today
Let's change this trend around in #NorthDakota #NDleg #NDPol
pic.twitter.com/FTJrtdBj8J
— Rep. Ben Hanson (@BenjaminWHanson) April 30, 2014
and thought
There's one way to do that
#VoteNo2ALEC in North Dakota
*How do people get on an ALEC list?*
That question comes up all the time. The most common are:
They serve on ALEC task forces
They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances
They self identified themselves somewhere , anywhere as an ALEC member.
They have been shown as a signatory on an ALEC letter.
They have been listed by ALEC as a member,... more »
Two More Excerpts from My Book, A Chronicle of Echoes
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
On April 27, 2014, I announced my book, A Chronicle of Echoes: Who’s Who
in the Implosion of American Public Education. Here is the book
description: “Corporate reform” is not reform at all. Instead, it is the
systematic destruction of the foundational American institution of public
education. The primary motivation behind this destruction is greed. Public
education in […]
Chet Raymo, “The Force—Tons Of It—Is With The Mayflower”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“The Force—Tons Of It—Is With The Mayflower” *
by Chet Raymo
“On the floor of New England’s oak woodlands, the Canada Mayflower (Wild
Lily-of-the-valley) is making its play for the sun. Like two greedy hands,
the paired green leaves of that ubiquitous little plant are reaching for
sunlight, softening the winter woods and teasing us toward summer.
Forget the skunk cabbage and the robin as signs of spring. I’ve seen skunk
cabbages frozen in ice. I’ve seen robins making tracks in snow. But when
you see the leaves of the Canada Mayflower pushing up through last season’s
leaf litter, y... more »
On this day - May 5, 1877 - Chief Sitting Bull's Sioux Cross Into Saskatchewan To Escape Genocide By American Troops
leftdog at Buckdog - 4 hours ago
*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 return to
the USA. *
*In 1881 hunger and cold eventually forced Sitting Bull, his family, and
nearly 200 other Sioux in his band to return to the United States and
surrender. *
*Chief Si... more »
"What You Really Should do"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
High-ish Court sez Kristian kouncil-meeting prayers are OK 'kause they're not Kristian, they're, uh, ceremonial
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*Slow Anthony, stop! We're laughing so hard, we're gonna bust a gut! We're
sure gonna miss the legal-comedy stylings of the High-ish Court's clown
prince when he's gone.*
*"The inclusion of a brief, ceremonial prayer as part of a larger exercise
in civic recognition suggests that its purpose and effect are to
acknowledge religious leaders and the institutions they represent, rather
than to exclude or coerce nonbelievers."*
*-- from Justice "Slow Anthony" Kennedy's soon-to-be-released debut comedy
album, Slow Anthony Live!*
*by Ken*
Someday we're going to miss the comedy judicial ... more »
Sentencing judge bound by finding from jury
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
R. v. Boughan, 2014 ONCA 360:
[6] A sentencing judge is bound by the express and implied factual
findings in a jury verdict. Where the factual basis is ambiguous, however,
the sentencing judge is entitled to arrive at her own independent
determination of the relevant facts: Criminal Code, s. 724(2); *R v. Brown* (1991),
53 C.C.C. (3d) 521 (S.C.C.). Here, that is what the trial judge did and we
see no basis for interfering with those findings.
Climate Tricks 30: On the term "CC Denial/Denier"
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 5 hours ago
Have a friendly debate today in fb with a physician friend, DiVa. She
showed a poster of Mr. David Koch saying he has “given $67 million to
climate change denial groups since 1997.”
I commented that the term "climate change denial" is stoopid. I am a
skeptic, and I do not deny climate change (CC). It is true. It has
happened, it is happening, and it will continue to happen in the future.
Climate changes from warming-cooling-warming-cooing-warming-cooling... in
endless, natural cycles. CC is mainly natural or nature-made, not man-made.
On the contrary, climate alarmists deny that glo... more »
“Martial Law, Detention Camps and Kangaroo Courts: Are We Recreating the Third Reich?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Martial Law, Detention Camps and Kangaroo Courts:*
* Are We Recreating the Third Reich?”*
By John W. Whitehead
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was
not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not
speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and
there was no one left to speak for me.”—Martin Niemoller
“Despite what some may think, the Constitution is no magical incantation
against government wrongdoing. Indeed, it’s only a... more »
Who Controls the Past Now Controls the Future...
Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
*"Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and inspiring
myths that everyone could believe in.*
*They might not be true - but they were necessary illusions.*
*One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."*
Hollywood Accredits the Memes: The Body National and the Myth of the Nationfrom Spike
EP on Vimeo.
"Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and inspiring
myths that everyone could believe in.
They might not be true - but they were necessary illusions.
One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the ... more »
8 Indian Herbs Proven to be Excellent Cancer Fighters, Though Not Recognized in Western Medicine by Christina Sarich
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
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Cancer Fighters, Though Not Recognized in Western Medicine]
8 Indian Herbs Proven to be Excellent Cancer Fighters, Though Not
Recognized in Western Medicine
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 5 May 2914
There are literally hundreds of herbs which possess cancer-fighting
potential – many of them able to do so by reversing oxidation of cells and
naturally boosting our natural killer cells, which are important immune
system supports.
Some of these herbs have been backed with clinical trials, and others are... more »
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery May 4 , 2014 ---MH370: IGP( Inspector -General of Police ) rubbishes Daily Mirror report, says alleged militants not probed over plane's disappearance -- KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police denied a Daily Mirror report which claimed that the 11 alleged militants arrested in Kedah and Selangor last week were being interrogated on the disappearance of Flight MH370. "That's rubbish! This has nothing to do with the plane," Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told The Star on Sunday ........... Three Bangladesh ships search Bay of Bengal for flight 370 plane , nothing found so far ( similar to fruitless Indian Ocean search ) .......... Two Chinese Military Aircraft return to China ( the show is over folks ) ....... Families of victims move out of Beijing's Lido Hotel folowing Malaysia Airlines decision to close all of its family assistance centers ( circus is over , nothing to see here family members - go home is the message form Malaysia. ) Underlining clear message to leave -- The doors of the ballroom where daily briefings were held for the families were locked up when the deadline expired. There was another notice put up to inform the families that MAS would make an advance compensation payment of US$50,000 (RM164,500) upon their return home to help them cope financially....... As much as Malaysia's Government and Malaysia Airlines want to move on , mysteries continue ( why were the MH 370 recording edited , what is the true story with the Cargo ? )
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Star Online .....
Published: Sunday May 4, 2014 MYT 10:09:00 AM
Updated: Sunday May 4, 2014 MYT 5:37:01 PM
MH370: IGP rubbishes Daily Mirror report, says alleged militants not probed
over plane's disappearance
BY NICHOLAS CHENG
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Life is not even fair on replay”
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
I liked this philosophical reflection on video-referees in sport. It has
much wider import than just AFL, or sport:
“The decision review system is a turkey. Really; we should all
of us be prepared to cop the umpire’s decision. That’s life. Life
is not fair. It turns out life is not even fair on replay.”
- from “E. Regnans on Carlton v His Collingwood,” Footy Almanac
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UKIP and English Nationalism
Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 7 hours ago
Let's look at some recent research by Edinburgh University. While UKIP are
basking in the warm glow of favourable polling, north of the border, Edinburgh's
polling finds them stuck on 10%. Respectable certainly, but not a political
earthquake. Interestingly in Wales their support stands at 20% - a good
nine points clear of Plaid Cymru but trailing 19 to Labour. As for England
UKIP are on 29 to Labour's 30, a score mirroring (trailing) recent polling.
If you look at voting intention by self-reported national identity,
'English Only/More English than British' identifiers are 42% for U... more »
The soil bank
risa bear at A Way to Live - 7 hours ago
*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 friends over regularly but they are mostly from the
urban center, twenty minutes away via gasoline.
One way to get to know people is to join the Neighborhood Watch and attend
meetings. We plan to... more »
Robert Jensen : Rape, rape culture, and the problem of patriarchy
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours ago
I don’t believe feminists are unfair or crazy. In fact, I believe the only
sensible way to understand these issues is through a feminist critique of
patriarchy. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | May 5, 2014 By the …
finish reading Robert Jensen :
Rape, rape culture, and the problem of patriarchy
those brave new tests
skrashen at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
Ed Week cheerfully reports field-tests for Smarter Balanced and PARCC tests
are going jus' fine:"Early Reports Suggest Few Field-Testing Snags"
[http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/06/30fieldtest_ep.h33.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1]
I posted this comment:
This "field-testing" seems to be mostly about technical aspects of
implementation. I get the impression that analysis of the test items will
be done later. But there is no indication that the big questions will even
be asked: Is all this testing, the largest investment in testing ever made,
worth it? Will it improve student achievem... more »
Is Another Aspect Of The TPP They Hid From Us, Legally Stoning Gays?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Psychotic assholes
"Money and principle," Orlando Congressman Alan Grayson told me this
morning, "are battling for U.S. foreign policy supremacy. Money is
winning." He was referring particularly to trade policy, especially the
TransPacific Partnership on which he is probably the top congressional
expert. Congress appears to be slowing the TPP down a little, but, alas,
not killing it off. Maybe a Hollywood boycott, though, can help.
Ever hear of Brunei? It's a small (population 408,000, same as Omaha),
extremely rich (5th wealthiest nation in the world, entirely based on oil
and gas)... more »
Cunliffe Waves Hands, Brings House Prices Down [updated]
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
Last week the Labour Party’s “finance team” floated their new boat, a “new
tool,” a variable-compulsory savings rate tool which can be tweaked when
necessary, they say, to assist the Reserve Bank in keeping the inflation
genie under control.
Yet the boat they floated already looks holed beneath the water line.
Responding this morning to claims that his "new tool" just isn’t a big
enough lever for the Reserve Bank governor to pull – suggestions that
compulsory savings rates of 15% or more might even be necessary to have
anything like the effect on inflation claimed for it1,2 – Cu... more »
Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
Editorial 2: Rebeldia Zapatista: The Word of the EZLN
By Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
Mexico, April 2014. Twentieth year of the war against oblivion.
Italian:
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2014/04/25/editorial-2-rebeldia-zapatista-the-word-of-the-ezln
Compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth and the Zapatista Little School:
Here we continue to recount the words of the compañeras
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 9 hours ago
*Predicted exodus of offshore rigs from Louisiana turns out to have been
mere Obama bashing ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*
*Environmental groups protest bill aimed at levee board lawsuits ~The
Advocate*
*Public comment period extended on permits sought for oil drilling proposal
near Mandeville ~Robert Rhoden*
"It is an extraordinary thing that the US government, which markets itself as a light unto the world, the Great Policeman who defends, alone among nations, human rights everywhere, is in brutal fact a cruel, inhumane, vicious murderer of peoples all over the world. The murders of unarmed citizens that are underway in the Russian inhabited areas of Ukraine as I write are Washington’s murders. The neo-fascists, neo-nazis who are murdering Russians in Ukraine are murdering with Washington’s support and on Washington’s orders. The only conclusion I can come to is that the US government is in the hands of insane psychopaths." -- Paul Craig Roberts
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours ago
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*Putin Should Send Troops Into Ukraine — Finian Cunningham*
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May 4, 2014 | Original Here Go
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Guest Column by Finian Cunningham
*Putin Should Send Troops Into Ukraine*
Reposted from Debbie Menon’s My Catbird Seat
*Finian Cunningham’s title will strike propagandized Americans as strange,
as according to Washington Russia has already sent troops into
Ukraine.Whether one agrees with Cunningham’s advice to Vladimir Putin,... more »
Combining Boltzmann brains with additional psychotic explosions
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
*Sean Carroll has no clue about physics and is helping to bury the good
name of 2 graduate students*
Sean Carroll can sometimes give popular talks about physics, science, and
atheism and most of the content is more or less OK. He wrote an OK textbook
general relativity. However, when it comes to things sold as his original
research, he has been a borderline crackpot for years. I think it's obvious
that after his and two graduate students' latest salvo,
De Sitter Space Without Quantum Fluctuations,
it's time to permanently erase the adjective "borderline". I had to divide
the readi... more »
Rachel Maddow rips Kinder Morgan
Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
A clearly "gob-smacked" Rachel Maddow rips into Kinder Morgan for touting the
local economic benefits of oil spills :
"Spill response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities
for affected communities" depending on "the willingness of local businesses
and residents to pursue response opportunities"
in a 90 second clip from Press Progress who broke the original story.
Maddow's full show on pipeline and crude oil train transport safety opens
with the "12 meter geyser of crude oil" spraying over a Burnaby BC
neighbourhood in 2007 after a Kinder Morgan pipeline was a... more »
IN Arkansas - For the People to Rule - ALEC Must Go
2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours ago
*How do people get on an ALEC list?*
That question comes up all the time. The most common are:
They serve on ALEC task forces
They have paid ALEC dues through their campaign finances
They self identified themselves somewhere , anywhere as an ALEC member.
They have been shown as a signatory on an ALEC letter.
They have been listed by ALEC as a member, in ALEC documents.
They have been “outed” by a credible source, on the web.
They have attended an ALEC meeting.
They previously were employed by ALEC and now work in government.
Because these were pulled from the web and histo... more »
Choice of Counsel
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
The right for an accused to retain counsel of his choice is recognized by
section 10(b) of the charter and upheld in the Supreme Court Case of *R. v.
Willier*, 2010 SCC 37.
Most cases relating to the right to retain counsel of choice deals with the
initial duties of the police in informing a detainee of their charter
rights, however, turning to the law both in criminal and civil cases we can
see that the only limitations on the right to retain counsel of choice are
as follows:
1. The accused must be reasonably diligent in attempting to obtain
counsel if he wishes to do so. If th... more »
Ukraine: Obama mocked as mix of Hitler and Tymoshenko
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
*Mr. President, stop supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine and Al-Qaeda in Syria.
That is all that informed people are asking of the leader of the free
world. It's not a lot. They're not asking you to conquer galaxies, or cure
AIDS, just stop arming Nazis and Jihadist terrorists. Sounds fair? *
An excerpt from, *"Ukraine: U.S. Campaign Stuck Without Russian
Intervention And German Support"* by 'b' of Moon of Alabama, May 4, 2014:
Two days ago a mob, supported by the fascists Right Sektor, killed over 30
federalist Ukrainians in Odessa by pushing them from their camp into a
building and ... more »
Breaking: You aren’t allowed to invent your facts!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014*
*In writing opinion columns:* Are you allowed to make up facts in writing
an opinion column?
Several readers of the Washington Post don’t seem to be entirely clear on
this question. For reasons which aren’t entirely clear, the Post decided to
publish their letters this weekend.
The most recent flap began with this letter from Brant Olson, campaign
director of an organization called Forecast the Facts.
Olson’s organization had petitioned the Post, and other newspapers, not to
publish false information concerning climate change. In his April 11 column,Charles K... more »
Untitled
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
METRO UPDATE | More from Roger Baker on the continuing Texas drought
crisis, the latest science and, of course, Texas politics!
Diana Ravitch’s Grand Synthesis Explains the Collapse of Test-Driven School Reform
John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
This spring, once again, Diane Ravitch nailed the spirit of our education
age. Addressing the Network for Public Education (NPE) conference, Ravitch
came with an uplifting message. Corporate reform has failed. A new era of
school improvement is dawning. Many of its leaders come from today’s youth.
They are the new “Greatest Generation.” Today’s young […]
Hollywood Accredits the Memes
Paul Coker at News Spike - 10 hours ago
*1999*
*1988*
*1990*
*1995*
*(Opened the weekend following the Oklahoma City Bombing)*
EVIDENCE IS THERE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
*Members of ultra-nationalist Right Sector make Molotov cocktails that were
hurled into Trade Union hall in Odessa where anti-Kiev protesters were
finding refuge*
*Some of the 46 who were burned alive inside the Odessa Trade Union hall*
Yahoo News shared a story last night that came from German newspaper *Bild
am Sonntag* that reported US CIA and FBI agents were in Kiev helping to end
the rebellion in the east of Ukraine and set up a 'functioning security
structure'.
In addition there were photos on the Internet last night of NATO troops
from the US, Canada, Italy and other countr... more »
Run when you see the flags of facists
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 11 hours ago
They put me away for having six plants
but the fact of the matter is
I been in Jail for a long time
I was a wild young man
and I did many a deadly dance
but when the band stopped playing
I was alive, I was alive and my life had some meaning
Know I am more at home with the native people
You give me this shise to live in and call life
while you live the high life at the temple
God does not know your bar code
but to be a citizen of land
that reaps rewards from climate change
should make all those that
push this forward
ashamed.
There was a time when to be a Canadian
filled ones sole with pride... more »
Asterisks R us
sue at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
J***** C*******
*The Jeremy Clarkson debacle is like something out of Brass Eye. No, it’s
like a parody of something out of Brass Eye.*
Eenie meenie mynie mo catch a n***** by his toe; if he hollers let him go,
eenie meenie mynie mo.
It’s an old fashioned ‘choosing’ rhyme, that’s all. Any racist meaning it
might have had in the past was long ago rendered meaningless by over-use,
and any such alleged meaning is obsolete in the way that
ring-a-ring-a-roses no longer means whatever it arguably used to mean. Even
if it did once have connections with lynching (think Strange Fruit) and ... more »
The Post-Constitutional Era
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 11 hours ago
Chris Hedges writes about the US Supreme Court refusing to hear the case
against the empowerment of the US military to detain US citizens. Some
highlights of his writing:
The 2nd Circuit overturned Forrest’s ruling last July in a decision that
did not force it to rule on the actual constitutionality of Section
1021(b)(2). It cited the Supreme Court ruling in Clapper v. Amnesty
International, another case in which I was one of the plaintiffs, to say
that I had no standing, or right, to bring the NDAA case to court. Clapper
v. Amnesty International challenged the secret wiretapping o... more »
Thorne Dreyer : PODCASTS | Gregg Barrios, Bruce Dancis, and Betsy Leondar-Wright on Rag Radio
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
A noted poet-playwright and critic, a Vietnam draft resister and pop
culture journalist, and an economic justice advocate join us in three
lively podcasts. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 5, 2014
Gregg Barrios, the noted … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
*PODCASTS* | Gregg Barrios, Bruce Dancis, and Betsy Leondar-Wright on Rag
Radio
"Here's Proof That Wealthy Elites Control Washington"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"Here's Proof That Wealthy Elites Control Washington" *
by Bill Bonner
“Dow down 45 points on Friday. Gold up over $1,300 an ounce. Nothing much
happening. Meanwhile, we had no proof. Just an observation. But it looks to
us as though government always begins and ends as a tool for those who
control it. It is not the product of a "social contract." It is not an
expression of the "general will." It is not the "price we pay for
civilization." It is not "captured by wealthy special interests." On the
contrary, it is as blunt and stupid as a crowbar. It is used by the elite
to pry weal... more »
Another Blow To Steve Israel's Anti-Progressive Electoral Strategy-- This Time In San Bernardino
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Crooked small town mayor wants Steve Israel to get him into Congress
Last week we looked at Eloise Reyes' first ad in the Inland Empire's CA-31
congressional race and, once again, examined the myriad contrast between
her and the pathetic empty suit the DCCC is trying to foist off on the
working families of San Bernardino, Pete Aguilar, a pawn of the Chamber of
Commerce and of wealthy Republican special interests. Over the weekend, the *San
Bernardino Sun* gave Eloise a resounding endorsement, another blow to Steve
Israel's campaign to stock the Democratic House caucus with worthless
... more »
Consumed by the Digital Divide
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
Consumed by the Digital Divide. via Consumed by the Digital Divide.Filed
under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Getting Started with Sprouting with Angela from Food Storage and Survival
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
*I am so excited to have Angela from Food Storage and Survival here today
to talk about Sprouting. I knew hardly anything about sprouting before this
post and now I am really excited about it. Be sure to check her out and
leave her some comment love. *
Hi! I'm Angela from Food Storage and Survival where I blog about
preparedness with a family focus! I am a stay home mom of four from toddler
to teen and author of a brand new book called Food Storage for Self
Sufficiency and Survival. I live in rural Utah with my husband, children,
and animal menagerie. Thanks so much to Debra for all... more »
May 5:Petty unprofessionalism.
Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 13 hours ago
I missed something in the issue of May 3. I'm no expert on photography; but
even I should have caught it. Stephen Downes, of Moncton Free Press (it's
on the web) is an expert on photography and on a good deal else to do with
news media. He spotted it right away. And it's a no-no in all but the
sleaziest of newspapers, the ones with headlines like "Shocking news.
George Bush is pregnant".
The picture on C3 is (it says) of three deer in Parkindale. And it's a fake.
The second and third deer are exactly the same (one) deer. The trees in the
forest behind them are fake. The whole photo ... more »
Friday beaver - Hey it's Monday already
Demeur at Demeur - 13 hours ago
Heads I win tails you lose
This is the Ukrainian coin toss Putin style. No rest for the wicked there.
The choice being being crushed by western debt or crushed by Russian debt.
Nice choice eh? The third alternative would be no better. Reject them both
and you're still bankrupt. Might be a nice place to visit but I wouldn't
want to live there comrade. How quickly those pro russians forgot what it
was like under the old Soviet system or maybe mom and dad forgot to tell
them. And really what benefit has any system gotten them? They have one of
the lowest standards of living of any ... more »
Supreme Being Supremes
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
The town in upstate New York that gained notoriety a couple of years ago
for the viral video of the bullied bus monitor has made the news again. The
Supreme Court ruled today that the monthly town board meetings of Greece
may now legally begin with a prayer from a "chaplain of the month."
Controversy and outrage ensue. While it's acceptable in this country to
pledge allegiance to the American flag as the symbol of "one nation under
God," swearing allegiance to God without the jingoism is still considered
undemocratic in public settings.
I don't get it. Because prior to every corpor... more »
實際美國勞動統計在這裡
Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 13 hours ago
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 recap: 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 milli... more »
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*GiveNOLA ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*La. Senate rejects Medicaid expansion proposal*
*Whistleblowers claim Dupont hid leaks in Louisiana ~David J. Mitchell,
N.O. Advocate*
*IndyCar commits to New Orleans race in 2015 ~Brett Martel, AP*
*The Ebb And Flow Of Louisiana Seafood ~Poppy Tooker, WWNO*
GCHQ
Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
GCHQ from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"On the eve of this year’s Bilderberg meeting, the Anglo-French
intelligence bosses have clearly shown their hand with two high-profile
attacks on Obama. Wednesday, June 5 marked the liberation of Qusayr, the
great Stalingrad of the Syrian terrorist death squads deployed by NATO
against Assad. With the rout of these terrorists, the main units of the
self-styled Free Syrian Army, along with the Nusra branch of al Qaeda, are
likely to face annihilation in the short to medium term.
On the same day that Qusayr fell, the British and French governments
hy... more »
Free Gaza Propaganda (2)
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
Further to our piece *Free Gaza Propaganda, *Hadar at BBC Watch has posted
her own take on the same story, entitled *Mainstreaming extremism on BBC
Radio 4. *
If you recall, Radio 4's *The Listening Project *chose to broadcast a
loving conversation between a hardcore anti-Israel activist and his mum.
Radio 4 chose not to tell its listeners that Adie Mormech is an anti-Israel
activist. We at *Is the BBC biased? *had to discover that for ourselves,
thanks to our good friend, Mr Google (an invaluable friend when it comes to
checking out who is that the BBC has chosen to broadcast at... more »
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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 14 hours ago
*Illinois House Passes Three-Year Ban on Online Charter Schools*
The Illinois House has passed a three-year ban on virtual charter schools,
shortly after an existing one-year ban expired.
“It’s an amazing story about what they want to do here in Illinois. We are
going absolutely backward in terms of education reform and education
innovation,” said Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy at the Illinois
Policy Institute.
Twenty-seven states have online schools, and five require students to take
a class online before graduating high school, according to the
International Associatio... more »
Burrowing NeoCons and Isolating Russia
Paul Coker at News Spike - 14 hours ago
It's not the Obama administration's decision, it's not their policy, it's
the State Department's policy, which means it's Kagans' policy.
There is a Kagan handing out doughnuts on the Euromaidan to protesters and
deciding the composition of the Ukrainian "Government" comprised of the
Kiev Criminals.
*"The thing about NeoCons is that they are extremely good at burrowing."*
And there is a fruit-loop NeoCon Kagan, ex-NATO Ambassador running Ukraine
policy.
Even Brezezinksi, who hates Russia more than life itself has always said,
all the time, in ALL his books - how can you isolate R... more »
Your Daily Howler calls its shot!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY,
MAY 5, 2014*
*Dowd says Clinton loves cash:* As Maureen Dowd keeps getting more
fatuous,
her paper—the famous New York Times—keeps giving her columns a higher
platform.
Yesterday, she was on the front page (Gack!) of the Sunday Review
*again.*By her third paragraph, she was typing the name most sacred
within her
religion, the name she loves typing best:
DOWD ((5/4/14): The First Family is all over the news, discussing the
management of the economy, income inequality, raising the minimum wage,
the
vicissitudes of press coverage and the benefits of healthy eating.
Everywhere... more »
Climate change is real
LeDaro at LeDaro - 15 hours ago
The world must pay attention. The erratic weather is one indication. The
U.S. faced some severe weather - tornadoes, heavy snow and rain, drought in
California. More tornadoes to come.
Please watch the video here
CCTV VIDEO: Ahmed Ali and Sarhang Hamasaeed On Iraq's National Elections
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
CCTV VIDEO: Amb Zalmay Khalizad On Iraq's National Elections
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
“TAKING BACK OUR SCHOOLS” May 17th
David Greene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
Come and bring your families, your friends, and your colleagues to NYC on
May 17th to show the world how we are from corporate
“reformers”.http://saveourschoolsmarch.org/event/nyc-metro-spring-action/Filed
under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
TUSCALOOSA LIBERALS: Portrait of a superb young person!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014*
*Part 1—A strange journalistic claim:* We’ve never been to Tuscaloosa, but
we can assure you of this:
With the inevitable struggling exceptions, Tuscaloosa is full of good kids
and fine young people.
They love their parents. They want to do good and do well in the world.
D’Leisha Dent, 17, is one such outstanding young person. She’s a senior at
Central High, one of Tuscaloosa’s three public high schools. Extending back
through three generations, her family’s educational history is described in
“Segregation Now,” Nikole Hannah-Jones’ flamboyantly-titled, lengt... more »
Ukraine sends special "special forces" to Odessa- Slavyansk heats up
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
* There are now several updates at the bottom- please check them out?!*
Ukraine sends “special forces” to Odessa . Why?
Not because of the horrible atrocity committed by the thugs and soccer
hooligans. No sireee.
Kiev is pleased with bloodshed. As is the IMF. And Washington is pleased
with those killings too.
Since NATO's leadeship and it’s bank are pleased with the killing what else
to do, but, guarantee more killing? The IMF all but stated Kiev had to get
things under control or lose money.
IMF warns Ukraine on bailout
*In a staff report on the aid program, published Thursday, th... more »
Matt Lynch-- He's Too Extreme For Ohio
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Tuesday is election day in Ohio. Yes, *this* Tuesday. And one of the most
important races for progressives is in the extreme northeast corner of the
state between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania border, CD-14. The Blue
America candidate there is Michael Wager and he's up against two
Republicans. Republican David Joyce is the incumbent. He's a mainstream
conservative fighting for survival against a bizarre far right extremist,
state Rep. Matt Lynch. Polling shows that Wager has an excellent shot to
beat Joyce, although it would be pretty close. Joyce is a tool for Big
Business and ... more »
The Making Of A Banana Republic
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Michael Harris doesn't mince words. Canada, he writes, is at a watershed
moment:
What’s it going to be: a modern democracy or a Steve’s banana republic of
the north?
The train wreck of the Harper government continues to roll down the
mountainside, crushing body after body, yet no one utters the right word.
Allow me. Canada is a dictatorship in the making.
Harper's spat with the Chief Justice is only his latest attempt to quell
all opposition:
Steve likes people docile. He appears to have tamed a lot of the realm. He
kicks, the subjects cringe. He kicks some more, they slip int... more »
The Paranoid Jew
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
Every once in a while, an article comes forward that absolutely hits the
nail on the head... I want to present one such article here that just came
out yesterday for everyone to view and spread around for others to see for
themselves......
The following very important article comes from the website: Intifada
Palestine, (www.intifada-palestine.com) and absolutely tells the truth
about the so called "Chosen Ones".... It is entitled: "The Paranoid Jew",
and I have it right here for everyone to view for themselves... I do of
course have my own thoughts and comments to follow:
[image:... more »
Over-reporting and under-reporting
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
For those partial to stats, here's a little study of the BBC News website's
coverage of Israel.
When I first started seriously looking at BBC bias around seven or eight
years ago, the BBC's Middle East page often looked as if it were an Israel
page, given the absolute dominance of articles on it about Israel and the
Palestinians. The BBC gave every impression of being absolutely obsessed
about Israel and the Palestinians back then - and not in a good way for
Israel.
As evidence for that, here are the results of a simple search of the BBC
website.
You can replicate it if you so... more »
Libya Updates May 5 , 2014 -- Libya has two Prime ministers but may not have any power ? Libya's deputy parliamentary speaker has rejected the election of the country's new Prime Minister, in the latest political struggle to strike the North African country. Hours after Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Prime Minister, the first deputy speaker declared the vote as invalid, as a power struggle erupted in the assembly. Al-Awami declared the vote invalid and instructed Abdullah al-Thinni, who had resigned three weeks ago, to continue ruling the major oil producer, according to the Reuters news agency.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Confusion surrounds Libya PM's election
Deputy speaker declares Ahmed Maiteeq's election 'invalid' after a disputed
vote and walkout by politicians.
Last updated: 05 May 2014 08:53
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Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn is as Prime Minister after allegedly receiving 121
votes [Reuters]
Libya's deputy parliamentary speaker has rejected the election of the
country's new Prime Minister, in the latest political struggle to strike
the North African country.
Hours ... more »
Who Do I Complain To About Discrimination If I'm HR?
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 17 hours ago
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 identify
quickly organizations that offer "Token" positions hoping to fill a quota.
These orgs provide no training, support or valid work responsibilities in
order to build a case of poor perfor... more »
Nigeria missing school children Updates - May 5 , 2014 --- Boko Haram claims Nigeria abductions Armed group claims responsibility for kidnapping 276 girls with leader threatening to "sell them in the marketplace" ......... Nigeria 'arrests abduction protest leaders' First Lady accused of ordering arrest of women leading protests over abduction of 276 girls, saying incident fabricated ...........Nigeria's president has appealed for international help to find, and ensure the release of, 276 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram fighters, amid criticism over government inaction. Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday that he had sought help from the US President Barack Obama, and also approached other world powers including Britain, France and China for help on security issues.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/05/nigeria-arrests-abduction-protest-leaders-201455103929656287.html
Nigeria 'arrests abduction protest leaders'
First Lady accused of ordering arrest of women leading protests over
abduction of 276 girls, saying incident fabricated.
Last updated: 05 May 2014 12:09
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A leader of a protest march for 276 missing schoolgirls has said that
Nigeria's First Lady ordered her and another protest leader to be arrested... more »
Adding alt, title attribute and caption for photos uploaded to Blogger
Peter at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 17 hours ago
I already have a post on uploading pictures in the HTML mode and adding alt
attribute to the picure, so to make it complete, let's make a post to
explain to show step by step how you can add alt and title attributes as
well as caption in the COMPOSE mode.
(alt attribute of the form alt="some text" will cause the "some text" to
display when if for any reasons the picture cannot be displayed. It will
also cause the text to be audible when a vision impaired visitor using
screen reading software visit a webpage with pictures.)
Let's upload a picture here while in the COMPOSE mode of th... more »
Breaking: Nuclear Alert
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
*VETERANS TODAY*
Friday, May 2nd, 2014 | Posted by Gordon Duff
Stolen Nuclear Material Heading into US
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—
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor—
*This is another story I don’t want to write or be interviewed about. I
only post these things because the sources are NOT internet gossip but are
too credible to ignore. I get no joy out of this. The obvious reason to
write this is to stop another 9/11.*
This is what I have:
Nuclear material, I am assuming highly enriched uranium, 1.05 tons, was
stolen from Pakistan on April 18, 2014. It was transported by air to the
UK whe... more »
Grand Puppetmaster Brzezinski Directing War Strategies from the Shadows
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
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*By Mike Whitney*
*“From the moment the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the United States
has relentlessly pursued a strategy of encircling Russia, just as it has
with other perceived enemies like China and Iran. It has brought 12
countries in central Europe, all of them formerly allied with Moscow, into
the NATO alliance. US military power is now directly on Russia’s
borders…This crisis is in part the result of a zero-sum calculation that
has shaped US policy toward Moscow since the Cold War: Any loss for Russia ... more »
Syria Updates - Having funded , trained and armed Jihadists fighters in Syria , now the narrative becomes those enabler nations now fear blowback ! Ironic to note the radical jihadists pledge to come after Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Canada , the US - nations who have been instrumental to their evergrowing role and present power in Syria. And the increasing in- fighter between the different camps of jihadists shows the enablers have lost control of their proxy army ( if they ever truly had control .) Syrian citizens - whether islamic or christian or kurd are caught in the cross hairs as usual in these situations.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/foreign-jihadis-in-syria-pledge-their-own-911-9321184.html
Foreign jihadis in Syria pledge their own 9/11
World View: Ambitious al-Qa'ida-type groups now control - or are free to
operate in - an enormous area
It is only a matter of time before jihadis in al-Qa'ida-type groups that
have taken over much of eastern Syria and western Iraq have a violent
impact on the world outside these two countries. The road is open wide to
new attacks along the lines of 9/11 and 7/7, and it may be too late to
close it.
Those who doubt that these are th... more »
Obama Yucks it Up With Presstitute Media at DC Soiree
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 18 hours ago
The White House Correspondent's Association dinner is a public display of
why there is no legitimate media in this country anymore. The annual event
is an opportunity for the sitting US President to play comedian, delivering
one-liners and gimmicks to a gaggle of adoring an self-important media
hacks whose invitation to the party is one of the key perks of being a
government conduit for misinformation and the crown jewel on the DC circle
jerk circuit. It is a celebration of Washington's own pompous self worship
and a pox upon what at least once in theory was a democracy were the po... more »
Enjoy some links....
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
*Water drops on a leaf.*
Too busy, too tired to blog today....
_________________
*Daily Links*:
- Taiwan is growing immigration destination for Hong Kongers (first
segment in this video)
- Irony is dead: President's Ma sisters show up at New May Fourth
rallywith Chang An-lo, the White Wolf, longtime gangster, at a rally to,
among
other things, "support" the police and rule of law. The government
announced that it is charging one of the underlings for the illegal
assembly of gangsters led by Chang An-lo to attack the students a few
weeks
ago. It has to punish som... more »
Good Times at Pottersville, 5/5/14
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 19 hours ago
This is the 2000th post at Welcome Back to Pottersville. ¡Viva la
Revolución!
Eating Organic Can Lower Pesticide Levels In The Body To Drop 90% In One Week
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
A new study to be published in July, 2014, in the Journal of Environmental
Research, found that only one week on an organic diet can cause pesticide
levels in adults to drop by nearly 90%. The study found particpants'
urinary dialkylphospha...tes (DAPs) measurements were 89% lower when they
ate an organic diet for seven days compared to a conventional diet for the
same amount of time. DAPs make up 70% to 80% of organophosphate pesticides.
This reaffirms the findings of a study done in 2006 on children. Organic
diets significantly lowered children's dietary exposure to organophosph... more »
Guest Post: Joining Forces for Education report back from the CSUN Parents’ Forum
Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
By Ellen Lubic, Director, Joining Forces for Education Recently, the CSUN
Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and the Los Angeles Education
Partnership, presented a public meeting titled Seeking an Authentic Voice:
The Role of Parents and Communities in School Change in L.A. The professor
in charge, Dr. Susan Auerbach, had sent me a personal invitation […]
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 21 hours ago
*The Warmist strategy: If the facts don't suit you, make up them up*
*There's no such thing as an honest Warmist and Michael Mann is a model of
that. He starts out below with an implication that a CO2 level of 450ppm
would be dangerous but blithely ignores the fact that for many years
Warmists said 400 ppm was the danger point. But 400 ppm has been reached
and nothing happened. So how do we know that any other ppm figure is not
just another figure plucked out of the air? It is exactly that of
courseThen he goes on to a real whopper: "the earth’s temperature has
ticked... more »
Gardasil Scandal Brewing in Colombia? by Maria Lamo - Jimenez
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
Maria Paula
Gardasil Scandal Brewing in Colombia?
By Mario Lamo- Jiménez
Sane Vax, Inc. 5 May 2014
Her name is María Paula Mejía, college student. Since receiving three doses
of Gardasil her health has deteriorated considerably. She now suffers from
constant pain throughout her body, muscle weakness, and bleeding from the
nose and gums. She has so much pain in her left knee and ankle that she
must walk with a cane, and cannot continue her college education. Paula is
one of the first in
Colombia to report a serious new medical conditions occurring after the use
of Gardasil.
Ll... more »
Daftar Harga Laptop Apple Terbaru Mei 2014
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 21 hours ago
Daftar
Harga Laptop Apple Terbaru Mei 2014 - bagaimana berita elo era ini ?
telah siapkah anda menyabet tantangan untuk mengalami era itu? kecil
pembuka untuk mengawalai perjumpaan kita-kita kali ini. dampak masa itu
kita-kita hendak balik meng update info harga Laptop terbaru, dari yang
sungguh murah hingga yang sangat mahal, dari yang kelas ecek ecek
sampai dengan laptop yang memasarkan
Russia to Provide Syria with First Batch of Jet Trainers until End of Year
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: Yak-130]Russia plans to send the initial batch of the Yakovlev
Yak-130 jet trainers to Syria until the end of 2014, with further plans to
fully complete the contract for 36 aircraft in 2016, the Kommersant
newspaper wrote Monday, citing a source close to Russian arms exporter
Rosoboronexport.
Damascus will receive nine aircraft until the end of this year, and in the
next two years - 12 and 15 respectively, according to the informant.
"Thus, we will fulfill obligations under a previously signed contract for
the supply of 36 Yak-130 jets," the newspaper quoted the source.
Rea... more »
Russian aerospace defense troops get five advanced radar stations this year
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: 22Zh6 Desna M]Five advanced radar stations called "All-Altitude
Detector" were brought into service of the radio-technical regiments of the
Russian Aerospace Defense Troops which are on combat duty for air Defense
of Russia's capital, Moscow, and the central industrial district from the
start of this year, Defense Ministry's spokesman for Aerospace Defense
Troops Col Aleksey Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Sunday.
New radar stations can detect simultaneously more than 100 targets,
including airplanes, helicopters, remote-controlled aircrafts and missiles
at a distance of up to ... more »
Raytheon, US Army certify TALON Laser-Guided Rocket on Apache helicopter
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 21 hours ago
[image: AH-64D Apache]Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army have completed the
certification process for air worthiness release (AWR) of the TALON
Laser-Guided Rocket (LGR) on the Apache AH-64D/E Attack helicopter.
The AWR certification provides for potential operational employment of the
TALON weapon system on U.S. Army Apaches and Apaches in international
fleets.
The TALON LGR is a low-cost, digital semi-active laser guidance and control
kit co-developed with the United Arab Emirates. TALON integrates directly
to the front of the legacy 2.75-inch Hydra-70 unguided rockets.
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Russian bombers, fighter jets spotted over Crimea: report concludes
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Su-34 Fullback]Several dozen of what appeared to be Russian fighter
jets have been spotted above the Moscow-controlled peninsula of Crimea,
according to a report by the Agence France-Presse.
The agency reported on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin is poised to
visit Crimea for a May 9 military parade to mark Russia’s victory over Nazi
Germany in World War II.
A local aviation expert told AFP that he had sighted a number of planes,
including “supersonic heavy strategic bombers and heavy military transport
aircraft,” over the peninsula’s main city of Simferopol on Saturd... more »
Congress’s Chance to Fix Aircraft Carrier Drones
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: X-47B UCAS]Given the chaotic defense budgetary environment, one
could be forgiven for overlooking the fact that some truly strategic issues
are at play in the defense authorization bill markup taking place in
Congress this week.
One key issue involves how Congress deals with the Navy’s poor choices in
the development of a future carrier-based drone, or in Pentagon-speak, the
Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS,
program.
The Navy made a mistake by issuing requirements that guarantee the fleet
will receive a lesser drone than it could be get... more »
Turkey likely to choose Chinese air defense system, say experts
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: FD-2000 (HQ-9) missile defense system]Since the announcement of the
decision, Turkey has come under strong pressure from its NATO allies.
Furthermore, sources in the Turkish defense industry reported that European
and U.S. defense companies pressured Turkish defense companies by
indicating that partnerships in some areas might end if Turkey concludes
the deal with the Chinese company.
In fact, the acquisition of such a multibillion- dollar strategic system
naturally has multiple implications on political, economic, military and
technologic dimensions, and despite all the pr... more »
With $3.3 billion Zumwalt, Navy trying for smallest blip on radar
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
Sometime next year, the USS Zumwalt will begin testing the Tomahawk
missiles, GPS-guided munitions and “total ship” computing systems that will
make the $3.3 billion vessel the most advanced destroyer in Navy history.
But first come the cables – 2.3 million feet of them snaking above, below
and alongside every corridor of what is essentially a 600-foot-long
floating computer.
“Now you have an all-electric ship,” Todd Estes, manager of the DDG-1000
program at Bath Iron Works, said last week.
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Ten-year prison term for web user as China cracks 'foreign military spy' ring: state media
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: Chengdu J-20]An unnamed foreign country has for years used Chinese
social media and Internet forums to recruit spies and gather sensitive
information on Chinese military development, the overseas edition of the
People’s Daily said on Monday.
Since 2007, at least 40 people in 20 provinces have provided military
secrets to a foreign intelligence agent identified only by an online alias,
Feige, or "Flying Brother", said the Communist Party mouth piece.
The report said the foreign agent befriended internet users via online
bookstores or military fan web forums, which enjoy wides... more »
Women qualify to join submarines for the first time
Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 22 hours ago
[image: The Royal Navy's first female submariners]Three women have
qualified to be the first to serve on Royal Navy submarines in 113 years.
Lieutenants Maxine Stiles, Alex Olsson and Penny Thackray have earned their
dolphins badges, opening the door to join Britain’s fleet of Vanguard-class
submarines.
They will join male submariners under the waves for up to three months at a
time to maintain the country’s nuclear deterrent.
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The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Two
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
In 2008, the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief
State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc., released a
report, Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a
World-class Education. The report promotes a now all-too-familiar spectrum
of so-called “reforms,” including establishing the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS), CCSS-aligned curriculum and assessment, alter teacher
recruitment […]
Paul Buhle and Milton Knight : BOOKS | C.L.R. James: Back in style, black in style
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
‘C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain’ opens up the issue of the Third World
struggle in an elegant and memorable way. By Paul Buhle and Milton Knight |
Truthout | May 5, 2014 Author’s note: This marks the first appearance of …
finish reading Paul Buhle and Milton Knight :
*BOOKS* | C.L.R. James: Back in style, black in style
Untitled
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
METRO | Lamar Hankins reports that the investigation into Rick Perry’s
handling of the Lehmberg affair just may have legs.
The Art of Deception
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
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 it’s not the new
norm”
Expert officials are always (metaphorically) scratching their heads, saying
that the reported Cesium-137 level is not high enough to cause acute
radiation syndrome s... more »
Wise Egyptian TV Host Puts Bigoted Sectarian On His Ass (Source: MEMRI TV)
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Video Title: TV Host Slams Head of Egyptian Community in Paris for
Anti-Christian Remarks. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Published: May 4, 2014.*
In the video below, an Egyptian TV host speaks with a bigoted sectarian
named Saleh Farhoud, an Egyptian living in Paris who made the statement
that only a Muslim should be head of the Treasury in Egypt, and that
Christians should be banned from the position. The TV host put the
religious bigot on his ass directly on the spot and the clown hanged up.
Egypt is a country with deep Christian roots, so this is a socially
divisive, insensitive, and... more »
Are there "liberal" and "conservative" views on pain that correlate with liberal and conservative views on other stuff?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"Pain is the most vivid experience we can never quite describe, returning
us to the wordless misery of infancy."*
*-- Melanie Thernstrom, in The Pain Chronicles*
*by Ken*
So you've had a great weekend, right? And you're just rarin' to get back to
the workplace tomorrow for another week of stimulating and productive and
of course generously compensated labor, right?
What better time could there be for some seriously jolly chat about *pain*?
I think it's a subject that's likely to be of interest to just about
everybody, and when two people with both serious interest and serious
cr... more »
Tasha Hussey Body - #Review and #Giveaway
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
I recently had the good fortune to try out some great body care products by Tasha
Hussey Body.
[image: Tasha Hussey Body - Review and Giveaway]*Eucalyptus Mint Body
Butter* [image: Tasha Hussey Body - Review and Giveaway]*Eucalyptus Mint
Loofah Soap*
One of the things that I enjoy about doing reviews is getting to know the
people behind the products.
Tasha Hussey, who studied Fashion Design, had a clothing line for 12 years.
Each item was made from natural or organic fibers. Currently, she has a
line of Vintage re-purposed jewelry. Old focal pieces, some of which have
been sittin... more »
METRO UPDATE | Roger Baker : The continuing Texas drought crisis
Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 4, 2014 Roger Baker’s three-part Rag
Blog series, “Can Austin survive the current Texas drought,” garnered much
attention and was reposted widely, including by the highly-influential
Resilience.org. Roger wrote the following … finish reading *METRO UPDATE* |
Roger Baker : The continuing Texas drought crisis
War Watch May 4 , 2014 -- Syria in focus ........Rebel infighting ( this time the fighting seems centered around Syria's oil fields ) kills 62 fighters and force thousands to flee their homes in East Syria , Homs ceasefire holds for a second day as Rebel fighters prepare to leave their symbolic stronghold of Homs ( Syria Government slowly but surely retaking land held by the Rebels ) ...... Iraq Updates - Post election and while awaiting the results , the daily death dealing continues ....... Libya Updates - Still awaiting the next Prime Minister ( GNC unable to agree in its morning session on PM ) ........ Heavy fighting between Ansar Al- Sharia and Saiqa Special Forces in Benghazi
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Al Jazeera......
Aleppo next after the fall of Homs ?
Report: Thousands flee Syria rebel clashes
UK-based rights group says fighting between rival rebel groups have
displaced 60,000 people in Deir Ezzor province.
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The fighting comes as rebels agreed a deal with the Syrian government to
withdraw from Homs [AP]
At least 60,000 people have fled towns in the Deir Ezzor province in
eastern Syria which has been the scene... more »
The southern and eastern parts of Ukraine used to belong to Russia for 400 years and were given to Ukraine by Lenin and Krushtev back when they were all part of the Soviet Union. Part of the agreement was that 16,000 Russian troops would remain in Crimea until 2040. Because most Crimeans are Russian speaking, they will surely support the Russian troops against the muderous goons of the west paid by the U.S. In the meantime the armed forces of Ukraine and Russia are disinclined fight each other.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
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*On the ground in the Ukraine*
*What the occupation looked like in March*
*A report from Simon Ostrovsky of Vice *
I like VICE.
They actually go places and show you what they look like and talk to real
people.
The Lame Stream news media could learn a few lessons.
This footage is from March. We'll be showing more recent footage in future
broadcasts.
In this case, Russian civilians and Russian military units have just
surrounded the Ukraine's Naval High Command in Sevastopol.
They're blocking all the entrances and exists and the base is essential... more »
Randi to the Barricades Once More
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Randi Weingarten was donning her rain gear today as she protested a meeting
of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) and the profiteering loser swine
who get rich through corporate welfare privatizing strategies.
Randi's dramatic photos and angry shouts would be much more compelling if
AFT did not support and enable the primary corporate strategies that all
the DFER guys were discussing today indoors in the dry. I speak of course
of AFT's unrelenting support for Common Core and their long-standing
embrace of the most numerous and diabolical charter school variety: the
non-profit c... more »
KNOWING THE PLAYERS IN UKRAINE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
In this video former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko says, "I
want to say big thanks to all who came and fight in Odessa for our Ukraine.
Also I want to tell that all military action that will be released in
nearest future will be against any mass meeting of people."
In a leaked phone call on March 18 with Nestor Shufrych, former deputy
secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine,
Tymoshenko said, "It's about time we grabbed our guns and killed those damn
Russians together with their leader."
"I hope I will be able to get all my connections involve... more »
A critical review of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
Last Saturday, I arrived at La Guardia airport about 5pm Eastern time from
San Diego to begin my 3 day, 4 night vacation in New York City. It was a
much needed vacation - the first personal vacation I've had in quite a long
time. I've been to New York City before, however, it had been about 7 or 8
years since the last time I visited. And it was a very nice, enjoyable
visit, despite the cold, rainy weather the last day I was in town.
As you probably noticed, I haven't been doing much blogging, and I wasn't
able to host any radio programs this past week due to my trip. I will be
back ... more »
The Myth of the Non-Profit Charter School
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
The AFT, NEA, and all their non-profit corporate hangers-on attempt to
minimize their support for the total compliance segregated charter chain
gangs by trying to distinguish between the "bad" for-profit charters and
the "good" and the more numerous non-profit variety.
There are 2 principle reasons this distinction is as phony as the idea that
Dennis and Randi support the interests of teachers:
1) Many "non-profit" charters pay for-profit management companies to run
them:
How does it work? A non-profit group decides to form a charter school,
submits its charter to the state, and... more »
“State Of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“State Of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology”*
LA County Sheriff Admits Big Brother Is Here "But We Kept It Pretty Hush
Hush"
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"This is the future if nothing is done to stop it," is the ominous way The
Atlantic describes the recent Big Brother tactics used by LA County
Sheriffs to "police" areas such as Compton. Residents were unaware ("A lot
of people do have a problem with the eye in the sky, the Big Brother, so to
mitigate those kinds of complaints we basically kept it pretty hush
hush")that, as the police stated, "we literally watched all of Compton
during the time... more »
“It’s poverty stupid!”
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
What follows below is nothing original. It’s simply another reminder. I
know this is an unpopular thing to say in certain education circles but
someone has to say it: Common Core State Standards and the Smarter
Balanced Assessments will do little to nothing to help eliminate the
achievement gap! Why? Because the achievement gap is really […]
America Would Be SO Much Better Off Without Them
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This week, Harry Reid says he's bringing the Energy Savings and Industrial
and Competitiveness Act (S. 2262), sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and
Rob Portman (R-OH) to the floor for a vote. Support for a bill that should
be the height of uncontroversial is widespread... on both sides of the
aisle. But Republican obstructionists, content with nothing less than the
complete disruption of an orderly functioning of government have vowed to
prevent passage. The obstructionists, led by extremists like Ted Cruz,
Mitch McConnell, Mike Lee and the Southerners, still refuse to recognize ... more »
Kyle Bass discusses global risks and opportunities - presentation and video- great Q & A session ) .......proceed with caution !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
China data a good lead in ......
China Manufacturing PMI Misses 6th Month In A Row As Home Sales Collapse
47% YoY
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*For the 6th month in a row, China HSBC Manufacturing PMI missed
expectations*. With a 48.1 print for April (vs 48.3 flash) this is a very
modest rise from March's 48.0 but is the *4th month in a row of contraction* for
the broader-based HSBC-version of the PMI *(as opposed to the official
more-SOE-biased version which ... more »
Thomas Piketty’s Improbable Data
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Thomas Piketty has written a popular economics book. In 1936, a
difficult-to-read academic book appeared that seemed to tell politicians
they could do what they wanted. This was Keynes’s General Theory. Following
on from an earlier Guest Post, Hunter Lewis argues that while **Piketty has
been praised for his data collection, there are problems*.
Keynes’s keynote book, *The General Theory*, is loaded with economic
theory. There are only two pages of data in that book, and Keynes dismisses
the scant data he cites as “improbable.” By contrast, Piketty’s new book, *Capital
in the Twe... more »
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