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oil pipelines are perfectly safe...
So don't you even bother looking up the recent one in Alberta which broke,
spilling a half million liters into a nearby river. But it was a human
error. So it doesn't count. Anyway, the owner of the pipeline got a heavy
fine. Oilmen also say the follow "the highest standards in the world". So
everything is okay.
That's the problem, though, with those who discount the hazards of oil (and
shale gas). They point to two or three articles they've read, and call
themselves experts. They quote some oil executive who says, "We have the
highest safety standards in the world." And, anyway, ... more »
Supplemental: Can NAEP scores be trusted?
*TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014*
*Ruminations on the so-called gold standard:* We’ll be looking at NAEP
scores for the next several weeks during our series, “Our month of the
gaps.”
This raises a basic question: Can NAEP scores be trusted?
We’d be inclined to say yes, with a few reservations.
In recent years, a great deal of fraud has occurred in the nation’s
state-by-state, “high stakes” testing programs. For what it’s worth, no one
has been on the cheating beat any longer than we have.
We first approached the Baltimore Sun about outright cheating on
standardized tests in 1971 or 1972. W... more »
Statutory Interpretation
R. v. Montague, 2014 ONCA 439:
[18] The Supreme Court of Canada most recently re-stated the modern
approach to statutory interpretation in *Marine Services International Ltd.
v. Ryan Estate*, 2013 SCC 44, [2013] 3 S.C.R. 53, at para. 77, as follows:
Under the modern approach to statutory interpretation, "the words of an Act
are to be read in their entire context and in their grammatical and
ordinary sense harmoniously with the scheme of the Act, the object of the
Act, and the intention of Parliament" [references omitted].
Remember Toronto Rob Ford's Drug Antics? (Remember Why It's Important Not To?) Whoever They Are, They Lie With Inpunity (It's What Their Team Does All the Time)
BREAKING: Happy Birthday, Allen Ginsberg: The Beloved Poet Sings William
Blake’s “Songs of Innocence & Experience” GOP: Bergdahl Deal is Obama’s
‘Willie Horton Moment’ Even Though Bush Released More Detainees
Republicans, Limbaugh, Hannity, Rightwing Media are OUTRAGED at VA Health
Care...except on February 27, 2014 WHEN THEY BLOCKED A LANDMARK VA HEALTH
CARE BILL !!!!! When Fat Cats Meet
"I Don't Have Socks"-- But Shameless Wall Street Shill Maria Bartiromo Sure Does
Last week we looked at the conservative plan to undermine and then
privatize the V.A. This morning, the good government non-profit, In The
Public Interest, is releasing a new report, Race to the Bottom: How
Outsourcing Public Services Rewards Corporations and Punishes the Middle
Class.
This isn't the message the Maria Bartiromos of the world-- nor any other
self-proclaimed aristocrats-- want to hear. Sociopathic, narcissistic
behavior is what makes them so rich and the role of privatization isn't
just what created a class of criminal billionaires in Russia and China.
It's a key ... more »
Those who have grown apathetic about the National Security Agency violating privacy rights, may soon find their interest renewed, as the political is about to get very personal. "One of the big questions when it comes to domestic spying is 'Who have been the NSA’s specific targets?'" -- Glenn Greenwald
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AlterNet / *By* *Alyssa Figueroa*
Glenn Greenwald to Publish Names of Americans NSA Spied On
“This will be the finale, a big missing piece.”
Photo Credit AFP*May 29, 2014* | Those who have grown apathetic about the
National Security Agency violating privacy rights, may soon find their
interest renewed, as the political is about to get very personal. According
to *The Sunday Times of London*, Glenn Greenwald will publish the names of
Americans targeted by the NSA.
“One of the big questions when it comes to domestic spying is, ‘Who have
been the NSA’... more »
Mike's Story Part 39 Dinner With Friends
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
When I came home at four, Mike was edgy with hunger.
"I forgot to eat lunch," he explained.
"I think that's because you wanted to be served," I said.
"I think it's because I didn't want to eat alone."
That rang true, as well as endearing, but by way of admission that I
also had a point, he's been volunteering more to help cook and clean up.
I loaded the dishwasher with pots and pans.
"You're such a girl," he said.
****************
"I chose the location," Mike said, coming in from his morning cigarette,
which suggested that the locatio... more »
The Realist Report - Dr. Kevin MacDonald
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Dr.
Kevin MacDonald. Dr. MacDonald and I will be discussing moral universalism
vs. ethnic nationalism, the biological reality of race, the recent success
of right wing political parties in Europe and the reaction of the organized
Jewish community.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit the *AFP Radio
Network* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Reestablishing the Significance of Race: Nicholas Wade's "A
Troubl... more »
this year's garden and diego's new favourite food
Three years ago, we planted our first-ever garden, really a tiny
garden-ette, growing two tomato plants and some daisies. (I had forgotten
about the flowers til I saw that older post.)
I really enjoyed growing the vegetables, and was surprised and pleased to
learn that it wasn't very time-consuming, at least not on this level. The
following year we again planted tomatoes, but substituted herbs for the
flowers. Much more fun! I was so taken with snipping fresh herbs from my
garden that I cooked more often.
Last year's garden was a bust, thanks to the flood and our subsequent move.
T... more »
Harper's revisionism
PMSHithead is off to Europe to add more selfies to his MASSIVE gallery of
photo ops that feature mostly his-self.
This might be awkward, given the Harper government's crusade against unionsbut ... no.
InCONvenient perhaps, but nothing that a judicious pruning of facts -
something that his Politburo/PMO excels at doing - can't fix.
The irony in all this of course is that a large chunk of the CPC base is
composed of folks who escaped totalitarian regimes, came to Canada, thrived
here and were CONned by the party's Reformist/Evangelical populist
rhetoric.
There's a reason certain cou... more »
PRISONER OF WAR
We are all in some way prisoners of endless war......
Bowe Bergdahl, the last known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan, has
been freed in a prison swap with the Taliban five years after his capture.
Bergdahl was captured after reportedly walking off his base unarmed. He was
said to have left a note claiming he had become disillusioned with the
Army, did not support the American mission in Afghanistan, and was leaving
to start a new life.
Bergdahl’s parents, Bob and Jani, had first revealed their son was the
subject of prisoner swap negotiations three years ago when U.S.-Talib... more »
Rotary Notes 7: Fish for Life Project in Taguig-Laguna Lake
The essence of civil society is volunteerism, helping other people without
coercion and mandatory action, with penalties if people will not help. The
latter is the mark of uncivil society, where people are told what to do,
and be penalized if they do not do what they are told to do. Rotary and
other civil society organizations regularly show this spirit of civil
society.
Our Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio, RI District 3830, had a wonderful
partnership with another club from Germany, the Rotary Club of Koln-Ville
in Cologne. The latter's Club President, Stephan Zilkens, wrote t... more »
THE SIZE OF THE GAPS: From bottom to top!
*TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014*
*Part 2—Porter’s portrait confirmed:* Could Eduardo Porter’s portrait of
our schools possibly be accurate?
Two weeks ago, Porter devoted his Economic Scene column to a somewhat
formulaic treatment of our public schools. Porter isn’t an education
specialist. After reading his column, we’d have to say it showed.
Still, Porter painted a very striking portrait at one point in his piece.
We’ll return to the question we asked last week:
Can the highlighted claim possibly be accurate?
PORTER (5/16/14): Tracking also happens within schools, where students are
ofte... more »
NATO CONTINUES WAR PREPARATIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
US-NATO call it 'collective defense'. I call it provocative and
destabilizing offense.
NATO also uses the word 'inter-operability' which means all NATO countries
buy weapons from the US military industrial complex and run them through
the enormous Pentagon space warfare satellite system. That ensures the US
military controls everything but the bonus is they get the NATO member
states to help pay for it.
US-NATO see their alliance as the global military arm of corporate
capitalism. It's the substitute for the United Nations which has that
sticky and uncontrollable General Assem... more »
Some Perspective on the US EPA Carbon Regulations
The graph above shows the mix of US electricity sources for 2012 and for
2020 and 2030 under the EPA carbon regulations which were proposed
yesterday by the Obama Administration. (You can click on the graph for a
bigger version). Sources can be found at the bottom.
Some points:
- First, lest there be any confusion, I support the regulations and hope
that they are implemented. My general views on using technology standards
to stimulate innovation can be found, for example, here. I'd also
encourage a close look at Japan's "Top Runner" programs.
- The rhetoric surroundi... more »
Syria- Assad's election win/Obama sudden change of 'mind'
Syria’s election is taking place today. Assad will, of course,win. Not
because the election is rigged. Nope. He will win because the Syrians will
elect him of their own free will.
Since all NATO media is spinning against the Syrian nation and it's people
I will link to an RT article
*‘Syrian elections show real Western contempt to democracy’*
*"It really shows the contempt that the Western countries have for
democracy. They have been calling for democracy in Syria for years, and
when the elections take place they not only denounced them but actually
banned Syrians from taking part i... more »
BAE Systems announces new suppliers for Type 26 Global Combat Ship Frigate programme
BAE Systems has today announced new design contracts for the Type 26 Global
Combat Ship, which will play a vital role in the programme to deliver the
Royal Navy’s next generation surface warship.
Six Design Development Agreements have been awarded covering key areas such
as propulsion, ventilation and electrical equipment, as well as combat and
navigation systems.
The design contracts have been awarded to the following companies:
- Babcock for the ship’s Air Weapons Handling System
- DCNS for work on the vessel’s propulsion shaftlines
- GE Energy Power Conversion for th... more »
Parent Insists Her Child Will No Longer Be Pearson Lab Rat
There was a time not so long ago when the post-test curriculum could take
hold after the March madness of state testing, when teachers could do a few
of the interesting units and projects that once engaged children from
September through February.
Now school after test time is increasingly filled with even more
rigorometry and grittiness in order to be ready for next year's tests and
in getting ready for the field tests that Pearson will pass out in May and
June to devise another billion dollar batch of high stakes stress for years
to come.
If you are impatient with opting out a... more »
Union Jack Rag Quilt Tutorial
Hello friends! I'm Lorene, and I'm an intermittent (self-invited) guest
here at Housewife Eclectic (my blog lives over at just Lu, but I'm only
there very intermittently between wrangling 3 kids and running my own
virtual assistant business).
Today I've invited myself here to take over so that Debra can take some
time to rest and snuggle with her cute girls. And I have a tutorial for a
cute and snuggly baby gift so that you can feel snuggly, too!
Sew a Union Jack Rag Quilt
*First off, I must give credit where credit is due. This tutorial would not
be here today without this fab... more »
Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders
Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders. via Education in
Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming
Radical
Air Force Lies about the Close Encounters Chase
Although the reason for my post on the “Close Encounters Chase” was simply
to point out that there had been a negative impact on the lives of some of
the police officers involved, other points have been raised. So, I have
been looking at some of other material available. My original intent here
was to just show that the part of the Air Force explanation was a blatant
lie (which is obvious from the record of the case), but I’m going to expand
it slightly.
First, the lie. The Air Force, on the Project [Blue Book] Card, lists the
following explanations. 1. PHOTO: (PROCESSING DEFECTS) ... more »
Destroying Information and Blowing Bubbles
The United States of America is having a terrible time economically. The
Wall Street crash did much more of a number on their economy than it did on
ours. But we're coming up on our own disaster. Here's why:
1. Successive presidential administrations doctored the collecting of
economic statistics so that the it became increasingly difficult to know
what exactly is going on in the economy.
2. As more and more people fell off the radar, the economy hollowed out and
this was covered over with technology bubbles, real estate bubbles and
massive transfers as wealth.
So now harper has tu... more »
Common Core's Emphasis on Computers May Be Undermining Thinking and Learning
NYTWhat’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
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The Turn Of The Screw
Yesterday, Barack Obama announced that the United States is moving to
restrict the emissions of its greatest polluter, the coal industry. The
objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal by 30% in the
next sixteen years. Stephen Harper responded by saying that Canada already
restricts emissions from coal. What he neglected to say, of course, is that
coal accounts for only 11% of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. The
Canadian equivalent of coal is the tar sands.
Since he came to power, Mr. Harper has done everything he could to pave the
way for bitumen -- and he has t... more »
Do You Trust Politicians Who Switch Parties For The Sake Of Electoral Expediency?
Scott Fistler (R-AZ) disguised as a Democrat and a Latino
Yesterday and the day before we talked about Blue Dogs Gene Taylor (MS) and Janice
Pauls (KS) making the natural transition from Blue Dog-- the Republican
wing of the Democratic Party-- to plain ole Republican. "I have made the
relatively easy decision to go from Blue Dog Democrat to Blue Collar
Republican," explained Pauls, a deranged anti-Choice fanatic who had led
the battle in Kansas against LGBT equality in her state. Taylor, who-- like
most Blue Dogs-- voted more frequently with the GOP than with his own
party, clearly s... more »
Lessons and Consequences of World War I: Back to the Future?
ht to KamNam for bringing this article to my attention.
I finally got around to reading it last night KamNam and it was worth
reading it, entirely.
Interesting perspective. The Syrian history was totally new to me.
Insightful
Here is hoping the author, Andrew Korybko*,(**Master’s Degree student at
the Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO)* doesn't
mind me posting every last word of his article.
*"The centennial anniversary of the First World War is a time for sober
reflection and deep thought about the causes and consequences of this human
tragedy. It has bee... more »
Europe on Draghi Watch June 3 , 2014 -- European Sub-zero Deposit Rates Imminent As Eurozone Inflation Tumbles To March 2009 Levels ......
European Sub-zero Deposit Rates Imminent As Eurozone Inflation Tumbles To
March 2009 Levels
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If Mario Draghi was waiting for the latest Eurozone inflation data to
cement his decision to unleash negative deposit rates, if not more, in the
Eurozone, he got it earlier today when Eurostat reported that May inflation
tumbled to 0.5% - matching the cycle lows and the lowest since March 2009 -
down from April's 0.7%, bel... more »
Cyber attack news June 3 , 2014 -- Reuters) - A U.S.-led international operation disrupted a crime ring that infected hundreds of thousands of PCs around the globe with malicious software used for stealing banking credentials and extorting computer owners, the Justice Department said on Monday. Authorities in nearly a dozen countries worked with private security companies to wrest control of the network of infected machines, known by the name of its master software, Gameover Zeus............The UK has warned its computer-users they have two weeks to protect their machines from two powerful viruses, GameOver Zeus and Cryptolocker, after a US-led multinational operation announced a coordinated takedown of malware........
2 weeks to prepare for 'powerful' virus strike-back in major malware
offensive
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The UK has warned its computer-users they have two weeks to protect their
machines from two powerful viruses, GameOver Zeus and Cryptolocker, after a
US-led multinational operation announced a coordinated takedown of malware.
There are more than 15,500 computers infec... more »
War Watch - June 3 , 2014 - Syria Election Day , Updates on Civil War ...... Iraq and Libya both deal with political instability and daily death dealing .......
Syria....
Syrians vote in presidential poll
Voting under way in contest that incumbent Assad appears certain to win,
amid fears of violence around polling stations.
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Opposition activists have branded the vote a 'blood election', with Syria
in the middle of a civil war [EPA]
Syrians are voting in a presidential election which the incumbent Bashar
al-Assad is widely expected to win.
Voting is only taking place in ... more »
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*Obama’s racial profiling in the classroom*
President Obama and his appointees are hailing this month’s 60th
anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark school-desegregation decision,
Brown vs. Board of Education. Mr. Obama proclaimed that “we must continue
striving toward equal opportunities for all our children” and “reaffirm our
belief that all children deserve an education worthy of their promise.”
However, thanks to Mr. Obama, black and Hispanic students are increasingly
being stigmatized with lower expectations.
The Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 prom... more »
Ukraine Updates June 3 , 2014 -- Kiev continue the assaults on South East ukraine , gas talk continue between Ukraine and Russia as the next deadline for payment by Kiev of June 9 , 2014 is on the horizon
181 people killed, 293 injured in Kiev military op in eastern Ukraine
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an assault on a border command centre in the eastern Ukrainian city of
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Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”
Kindness as Antidote to Fatalism of “Grit”. via Kindness as Antidote to
Fatalism of “Grit”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Just a note on the Senkakus/Diaoyutai mess
*Oops.*
Jon Sullivan over at the U of Nottingham tweeted round this paper on the
Senkakus/Diaoyutai and western and eastern systems of international
governance (the next paper in that file discusses Taiwanese netizen
attitudes towards the Senkakus and sovereignty). It makes some interesting
points and is constructed in a very articulate and smooth propagandistic
way. However, it contains an interesting anecdote about the Senkakus that I
hadn't heard before....
...when former US President Ulysses Simpson Grant was visiting China and
Japan in mid-1879. Grant agreed to mediate the di... more »
Obama Sells the Exceptionalist Snake Oil
President Barack Obama ‘s foreign policy speech to the corporate cannon
fodder at West Point last week has been lambasted by the usual neocon
warmongers for not being sufficiently bellicose for their world domination
tastes. It was however a speech that while missing the bombastic rhetoric
that is so beloved by the Dick Cheney-William Kristol rat pack doubled-down
on that most obscene and dangerous concept of American exceptionalism. This
idea so long that it exists - and particularly when the political class in
the - USA! USA! USA! – toss it around so casually without regard to t... more »
Death Aid : Profile of a Psychopath
Death Aid : Profile of a Psychopath from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Psychopathy Checklist-Revised: Factors, Facets, and Items*
*Facet 1: Interpersonal*
Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative
*Facet 2: Affective*
Lack of remorse or guilt
Emotionally shallow
Callous/lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
*Facet 3: Lifestyle*
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Lack of realistic, long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
*Facet 4: Antisocial*
Poor behavioral controls
Early be... more »
Farglory Bribery Scandal engulfs Taoyuan county.
*A roach checks out possible danger.*
Taoyuan County Commissioner John Wu was out there apologizing to the
taxpayers for (yet another) land development scandal involving KMT
politicians....
Yeh Shih-wen (葉世文) was dismissed from his position as deputy Taoyuan county
commissioner on Friday last week, after prosecutors raided his office and
residence earlier that day as part of an investigation into corruption
allegations.
Yeh allegedly accepted bribes from Farglory Land Development Co (遠雄建設)
chairman Chao Teng-hsiung (趙藤雄) in connection with a land development
project in the count... more »
Russia to Test Two Bulava Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles This Autumn
[image: Bulava test launch]Russia will hold two test launches of the Bulava
submarine-launched ballistic missile by the end of the year, including one
from the Borey-class submarine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.
“There will be two launches this autumn – the first one will be held in
September, from the Vladimir Monomakh submarine as part of its trials, the
second [launch] is due in November,” Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov
said.
The rest of the Bulava test launches are scheduled for 2015. The missiles
will be launched by Northern Fleet and Pacific Fleet submarines... more »
Reality TV meets talent show meets porn "The Sex Factor Reality Porn Competition: $1M Prize" Maybe NSFW video
The Sex Factor is a reality competition where eight guys and eight girls
will compete for porn stardom and a ONE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE. None of the
sixteen contestants have been filmed before and America will vote to decide
the winners.
Judges: Tori Black, Lexi Belle, Remy LaCroix, & Keiran Lee
Host: Belle Knox
This reality Porn talent show could be big - sorry couldn't resist that pun!
Report: Chinese cruise missiles could pose biggest threat to U.S. carriers
[image: F-18 Hornet]Saturation strikes from Chinese anti-ship cruise
missiles could become the biggest threat to Navy carrier strike groups
(CSG), according to a paper issued by the Center for the Study of Chinese
Military Affairs at the National Defense University.
The paper, “A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China’s Cruise
Missile Ambitions,” draws from both Western and Chinese-language open
source documents and concludes, “experienced Aegis warriors will respect
China’s emerging capabilities.”
Written by cruise missile specialist Dennis Gormley, and China military
sp... more »
Turkey’s unmanned ambitions shift up gear
[image: Anka UAV]Shortly before parliamentary elections in 2011, several
election campaign billboards of the ruling Justice and Development Party
(AKP) featured blue skies with unidentified aircraft, accompanied with the
slogan: “Our aircraft is in the skies!”
“Our aircraft” was not in the skies by then, but was crash-landing during a
series of flight tests. And “our aircraft” was the Anka, a drone Turkey was
trying to indigenously develop and manufacture.
Since then, local efforts have really sent the Anka to the skies, and now,
more confident, Turkey’s defense planners have broade... more »
2nd of four Navy destroyers leaves Tuesday for Spain
[image: USS Ross (DDG-71)]Hundreds of Navy families are preparing for their
new home in Spain.
USS Ross is the latest Norfolk-based ship to be moved to Rota.
USS Donald Cook left in January; USS Porter and USS Carney will arrive in
2015. All are Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers.
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Snowden on 9/11
Snowden the Liar finally speaks out on the main Covert Operation of the Age:
*"You know, and this is a key question that the 9/11 Commission considered.
And what they found, in the post-mortem, when they looked at all of the
classified intelligence from all of the different intelligence agencies,
they found that we had all of the information we needed as an intelligence
community, as a classified sector, as the national defense of the United
States to detect this plot,” *Snowden said. *“We actually had records of
the phone calls from the United States and out. The CIA knew who thes... more »
MKU GmbH On-board the Euro 650 Million F-125 German Frigate Project
[image: F-125 class FFG]MKU GmbH is proud to be associated with the Baden
Wurttemberg class frigate project F-125 (7200 tons) which is being built
for the German Navy by two leading German shipyards, Thyssenkrupp and
Lurssen at a cost of over 650 million Euro each.
This is a unique project which features enhanced survivability - ensuring
that the ships remain operational in spite of severe damage due to accident
or enemy action.
MKU GmbH, is a leading manufacturer and solution provider for naval vessel
protection in Germany with over 28 years of domain experience.
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Old Taiwanese submarine to get new pressure hull: MND
[image: Guppy class SSK]The Navy Command Headquarters of the Ministry of
National Defense (MND) yesterday responded to earlier reports on the
necessity of the pressure hull replacement for an older submarine, stating
that the replacement is a necessity.
An officer of the naval command stated that agencies such as the China
Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC, 台船) and the Ship and Ocean Industries Research and
Development Center (SOIC, 船舶暨海洋產業研發中心) have been appointed as the
responsible agencies.
The officer also stated that the submarine in question is extremely old,
which is why the reconstru... more »
Submarine gets first lady's seal of approval
First lady Michelle Obama made her mark on the Illinois (SSN 786) on Monday
at Electric Boat’s Quonset Point facility by initialing a metal plate that
will be mounted on the submarine, the second vessel to be named after her
home state.
She joins Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and other first ladies who have
sponsored submarines.
“I am beyond excited, and I am truly honored and I couldn’t be more proud
that I have my daughters Malia and Sasha, who join me to serve as maids of
honor for this vessel,” Obama said.
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This is part of a recent documentary aired on North Korea's state-run
Korean Central Television.
It's the first time Pyongyang has publicly released video footage of its
strategically-important Romeo-class submarines and submarine base.
North Korea is currently believed to have about 70 submarines; around 20
are Romeo-class, their largest submarines, while the rest are of the shark-
and salmon-classes.
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Kauilapele's Blog: Bullion Bulls Canada 5-25-14… “U.S. Gasoline Consumption Plummets By Nearly 75%”
*A reader pointed this out to me at KP's blog...and it matches what I have
long suspected observing the California economy where the only economic
activity is in the very largest cities that have large concentrations of
defense or high finance businesses. Fringe areas California like of LA's
like San Bernadino's "Inland Empire", Fresno and the California high desert
are near economic ghost towns of what they once were. As are the towns
around Riverside. True unemployment rates in California are between
15-20%. *
*Keep in mind this from a person that makes a living from the Bull... more »
Panel Show
Harry and Paul's *The History of the Twos *was the funniest thing I've seen
on BBC television in years. James Delingpole called it 'comedy genius', and
it was.
Possibly my favourite section was their whistle-stop tour round the world
of *HIGNFY, QI, Mock the Week, The Unbelievable Truth* and* Never Mind the
Buzzcocks*, full of uncanny, funny impersonations which really need to be
seen to get the full effect. (And, yes, they *do* go on about *The Daily
Mail *a lot, don't they?)
Still, for those who love reading scripts instead...
PAUL SOMEONE (Head of Comedy): I think in comedy t... more »
Pi on T-shirts illegal due to a registered trademark
As a kid, I thought that \(\pi\approx 3.14159265358979\) is a very
important number, so I memorized the first 30 digits when I was 8. Because
the amount of "wow" I could see at school was higher than the efforts I had
to invest to learn the digits, I learned 100 digits when I was 10 – I can
still tell you how it goes – even though I was already recognizing very
clearly that there's no point in learning too many digits.
The number\[
\Huge \pi^{\rm TM}\approx 3.14
\] is arguably the most important irrational number in mathematics –
possible competitors are \(e\) and \(\sqrt{2}\). It... more »
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This should settle the bilingual education debate.
Sent to Education Week, June 2, 2014
Lesli Maxwell is right: Things have changed dramatically since the
dismantling of bilingual education in California caused by the passage of
Proposition 227 ("Proposal to restore bilingual education in California
advances," May 28). The most important change is that there is more
evidence than ever that bilingual education works, that bilingual education
does a better job of helping children acquire English than do all-English
"immersion" programs.
In their paper, "The consistent outcome of bilingual education programs: A
meta-analysis of meta... more »
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METRO PODCAST | ‘Queen of Austin Weird!’ Thorne Dreyer’s Rag Radio
interview with performance artist Aralyn Hughes, editor of ‘Kid Me Not.’
Untitled
*Barack Obama plans 30 per cent cuts in power carbon emissions*
The United States has unveiled a new regulation requiring the power sector
to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030, one
of the strongest actions ever taken by the US to combat global warming.
With hopes for major climate legislation long since vanished, it forms the
centrepiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy unveiled
the plan, saying it was not just about "disappearing polar bears and
melting ice cap... more »
Anthony Cody Reviews A Chronicle of Echoes
Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools, 18 of them as a
science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board- certified
teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He
is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education. With education at a
crossroads, he invites you to […]
Sunday and Monday
Sunday, we were pretty lazy. I went for a run in the morning and came back
to Kurt sitting by the pool with the pugs. I went for a swim to cool down,
then decided to join Kurt on the pool chairs and we both kinda dozed asleep
on and off for a while until it was lunch time.
Decided, after making Kurt lunch, to head into town to see if we could find
any trees/plants at any nurseries. Found a nursery, but could not find any
employees to ask questions to, such is Costa Rica, LOL. Anyway, found some
stuff we really liked, so we will go back when somebody is working.
Decided to ... more »
Tomorrow: A Battle Between The Two Wings Of The Democratic Party-- the Republican Wing And The Democratic Wing
Millions of Democrats are eligible to go to the polls tomorrow and put
their collective foot down and stop the rise of the Republican wing of the
Democratic Party. There are primaries in New Jersey, Iowa, Montana, and
California where the two wings are in deadly conflict. In most cases, most
Democrats aren't even bothering to learn the issues or understand that the
primary tomorrow is as important-- or in many cases-- *more* important than
the November election. Far more Democrats will *not* vote tomorrow than
will vote. Even though the most basic, core issues of values are at sta... more »
Guest Post - Why buy an electric bicycle? Go green and electrify your own bike!
*Have you ever consider a DIY ebike? I'd like to introduce you to Micah
Toll, author and ebike builder. He's going to talk to us, today, about this
exciting, Eco-friendly mode of transportation. Take it away, Micah ...*
[image: Why buy an electric bicycle? Go green and electrify your own bike!]
Electric bicycles have become a popular alternative to cars and public
transportation in cities and suburbs across the country. Ebikes can travel
at city speeds for dozens of miles on just pennies of electricity, give you
the freedom of choosing between the road, bike lane or sidewalk to beat... more »
Great New Video By Anthony Lawson: Israel's Apologists: Jon Faine Is At It Again
As I said in previous articles, Canada is definitely Jewish occupied
territory. This nation has a horrific leadership that does nothing but
grovel to their Jewish masters and will do anything to please their masters
in Israel. It is so disgusting to behold..
But there are definitely other nations on this planet that also grovel and
bow down to their Jewish masters. One nation that definitely makes this
list, sadly, is Australia. Australia has long had terrible governments
that bow down to their Jewish masters and will do anything to please the
criminal state of Israel.... Just ... more »
METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Aralyn Hughes, performance artist & ‘Queen of Austin Weird,’ on Rag Radio
Noted Austin storyteller Hughes is the editor of ‘Kid Me Not: an anthology
by child-free women of the ’60s now in their 60s.’ Interview by Thorne
Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 2, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features …
finish reading *METRO PODCAST* | Thorne Dreyer : Aralyn Hughes, performance
artist & ‘Queen of Austin Weird,’ on Rag Radio
From the Front Lines of the Class War
* Guest Post by William Neil*
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:
This essay was never going to be the usual post legislative session
follow-up “report” to Part I, which appeared at the end of February, and
which was entitled *Making Millard Tydings Proud, Economic ‘Justice’ in
Annapolis.* Even when I was an advocate for NJ Audubon’s legislative goals
in New Jersey in the 1990’s, I had an inclination to avoid euphoria over
what we had managed to achieve. That avoidance wasn’t difficult: it was
usually grounded in fact, because most of the time what we really wanted,
and what... more »
China Sends 4 More Fighter Jets To Oil Rig Area As Vietnam Threatens Legal Action ..... Two takeaways.... 1) China has refused to answer the case the Philippines filed with an international tribunal at The Hague. It is likely to pursue a similar strategy if Vietnam appeals to international law in its own disputes with China. 2) In his remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue, General Wang rejected U.S. criticisms that China isn’t following international law by noting that the U.S. has not signed onto the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas.
China Sends 4 More Fighter Jets To Oil Rig Area As Vietnam Threatens Legal
Action
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- Bloomberg News
- China
- Japan
- Newspaper
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A number of *Vietnamese officials have now threatened to bring legal action
against China* over their territorial dispute in the South China Sea; but
it does not seem to be having any impact on China's efforts to defend and
sustain their presence. As Bloomberg reports, a total of*five Chinese
fighter jets have now been deployed to... more »
"Lewy Body Dementia" sounds like more fun than it is -- that word "dementia" is probably a good tip-off
*Lewy Bodies may sound like things you'd enjoy playing with, but apparently
not so much.*
*by Ken*
Didn't I say way back, well, awhile ago, that one thing I really, really
didn't want was to find myself on the dementia beat? Well, here am I
bearing cheery news about yet another form we can add to the smorgasbord of
dementia delights we can hold ourselves ready for -- unless, as Michael
Kinsley might put it, a big, big truck comes along to carry us off first.
"Lewy Body Dementia"?
We all know all about Alzheimer's, right? And maybe a little about
Parkinson's -- especially if we've... more »
Paula : 1997
Saturday, December 13, 1997 Published at 07:38 GMT
*'I thought I was at the darkest point in my life - now this'*
DNA tests have confirmed that Paula Yates is not, as she has always
assumed, the daughter of the Stars on Sunday presenter Jess Yates.
Paula, recently hit by the death of her lover Michael Hutchence, is coming
to terms with the shock that her father is the late Hughie Green, who
created and presented the television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
The tests were taken after Noel Botham, a friend of Green's, named her as
the star's daughter following his death from ... more »
Sir John Tavener on Sacred Music + Sir John Tavener - Tears Of The Angels (Depart In Peace Excerpt III-The Ending)
Video Title: Sir John Tavener on Sacred Music. Source: YouTube channel
ImperiumUltimum. Date Published: January 10, 2014.
Video Title: - Sir John Tavener-Depart In Peace (Excerpt III-The Ending).
Source: YouTube channel George Agrofylakas. Date Published: May 3, 2013.
Description:
Linn Records
Produced by Andrew Keener
Clio Gould - artistic director & solo violin
Patricia Rozario - soprano
Scottish Ensemble
Matthew Rooke - tampura
Here is *part 1*, and *part 2*.
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*Impact of signing retroactive anti-levee authority lawsuit bill questioned
~ WWLTV *
*Louisiana's regulation and inspection of oil and gas wells, including
'orphaned' wells, is inadequate, Legislative Auditor finds ~Mark
Schleifstein*
*Anti-fracking fight in Texas draws St. Tammany interest ~Faimon A. Roberts
III*
*St. Bernard gets oyster reef to help protect shoreline ~Amy Wold, The
Advocate*
*What To Do With Bayou Bienvenue?: Amanda Moore ~WWNO*
*LSU researchers study storm surge data with hopes of minimizing hurricane
damage ~David Lippman*
*The View from Inside the Eye ~Nat... more »
Bob Feldman : People’s History of Egypt, Conclusion, Section 2, February 12, 2011-2013
The Egyptian people continue their fight against domination by foreign
governments, foreign-based transnational corporations, and foreign
government-selected or promoted puppet rulers. By Bob Feldman | The Rag
Blog | June 2, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob …
finish reading Bob Feldman :
People’s History of Egypt, Conclusion, Section 2, February 12, 2011-2013
Gold Report June 2 , 2014 --- Goldman enters into the collection of ancient relics ? Like 14 tons worth of golf from cash needy Ecuador ! Ecuador Transfers Half Its Gold Reserves To Goldman Sachs In Exchange For "Liquidity" .... Note that even as the price of gold is manipulated , the demand ( whether China , India or Wall Street Banks ) remains strong ! Silver Doctor items of note from Marshall Swing ( turbulence ahead for the PMs ) . Discussion of the Global Derivative Bubble , Alasdair Mcleod discusses last week's Options Expiration Manipulation , Koos Jansen note China demand rebounds week of May 19-23 .....
Ecuador Transfers Half Its Gold Reserves To Goldman Sachs In Exchange For
"Liquidity"
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- China
- Federal Reserve
- Germany
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Reserve Currency
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*Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
This is a great example of how the game works. *In a world in which every
government on earth needs “liquidity” to survive*, and the primary goal of
every government is and always has been survival (the retention of
arbitrary power at a... more »
AZ - The Epitome of ALEC Stupidity VoteNo2ALEC
Everytime I think of Arizona I think of Jan Brewer selling the capitol
buildings.
I love this statement:
"There's just one problem, most of our Capitol Complex, including the
building we gather in today, is not ours," Brewer said in the speech to the
Arizona Legislature. "So to fortify that symbol, to make all of our Capitol
truly ours once again, I'm asking that you send me a bill by Statehood Day
that allows me to buy back the Capitol complex. Together, we can celebrate
the burning of that mortgage.
It epitomizes the absolute stupidity of malleable ALEC members
The house the ta... more »
Discourse Analysis of Internet Trolls?: the whys and hows of analyzing online content*
Online mediums can be perceived as attracting wacky ranters
unrepresentative contributors and exchanges and, therefore, forums or chats
are often treated as if they do not provide an effective picture/sample of
political discourse. But since over 80% of Americans are online, 66% of
American adults have engaged in civil or political activities with social
media,
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ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: New Zealand’s Housing Crisis
Here’s what’s happening at this week’s session of the Auckland Uni Economic
Group. Why not come along?
New Zealand has a housing obsession. The topic dominates our dinner
conversations and it fills our newspapers.
A recent OECD report confirms what most of us know: New Zealand's house
prices are high by international standards and rising fast. So fast, in
fact, that it makes us university students wonder whether we will ever be
able to afford a house.
What has led us to this point and what are the solutions?
Are such causes market or regulation based, and which form ... more »
BBC Website 'fesses up to bias at last. Against Trotskyists.
The Butcher of Kronstadt, having a bad hair day
I'm staggered. Truly staggered. The BBC News website has posted a piece
about BBC bias.
Yes, really.
Is it a complaint from a UKIP supporter? No. An English Democrat supporter?
Hardly. A Conservative supporter? Dream on. A Lib Dem supporter? Nope.
Rosemary the telephone operator? No. Surely not a Labour supporter then?
Er, no.
So who? Who could it possibly be?
Well, a Trotskyist, that's who:
*Socialist Equality Party's Chris Marsden on BBC bias*
9 hours ago
A European election candidate claimed his only BBC TV interview ahead of... more »
the original sin was air conditionig
How hauty was the Man, to think he could take
climate control into his hands
when you make an eviorment
that was never meant to be
it carries an incredible bad
choice history.
Smearing Sergeant Bergdahl
Having had ample opportunity for practice on how to conduct dastardly and
dishonest smear jobs on Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald the US
State-Corporate media has put their crosshairs on the head of the just
freed from five years of Taliban captivity Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. The
twin travesties that are the unnecessary and costly wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan have produced plenty of lamentable moments that show just how
depraved and bereft of morality that the United States of America has
become since the transformation into *The Homeland.*
There has been the evisceration of ... more »
I am in Gitmo isolation
Every one I used to know says I am crazy and disturbed.
I say I did not know them that well and their opion
will be observed.
People like me who seek the truth have a limited
time line.
Its so expensive to arrange a small plane
donut time.
Kill me quickly but I warn you ahead of time
I will take one or two of you motherfuckers
to hell
just to ring a good chime.
Yeah now they are scaed those battle marines
maybe a little wimp like me has something
they have never seen.
The Third Egyptian Republic
*The Third Egyptian Republic*
General A. Al-Saisi won the Egyptian presidential election on May 26, 2014.
According to the Egyptian higher election committee, 47 percent of Egyptian
cast their votes.
Mr. A. Al-Saisi received 93 percent of the votes or 24,365,176 votes. Mr.
A. Sabahi received 2.9 percent of the votes or 895,149 votes. The rejected
votes totaled 4.10 percent or 1,577,840 votes. Nearly 25 million (out of 54
million) eligible Egyptian voters cast their votes.
The election fell short of what the Egyptian mass media continued to
project during the seven months prior t... more »
The Third Egyptian Republic
*The Third Egyptian Republic*
General A. Al-Saisi won the Egyptian presidential election on May 26, 2014.
According to the Egyptian higher election committee, 47 percent of Egyptian
cast their votes.
Mr. A. Al-Saisi received 93 percent of the votes or 24,365,176 votes. Mr.
A. Sabahi received 2.9 percent of the votes or 895,149 votes. The rejected
votes totaled 4.10 percent or 1,577,840 votes. Nearly 25 million (out of 54
million) eligible Egyptian voters cast their votes.
The election fell short of what the Egyptian mass media continued to
project during the seven months prior to... more »
Another Blue Dog Made The Natural Transition To The GOP-- Will Gene Taylor Beat Steven Palazzo In Tomorrow's Republican Primary?
Sunday morning we asked what it's like to be a Blue Dog in America today.
And the picture that emerged was far from pretty. When looking at the
natural progression from Blue Dog-- the Republican wing of the Democratic
Party-- to plain old Republican, we focused on the freak from Kansas who
led the anti-gay and anti-Choice forces of hatred and bigotry in her badly
afflicted state, Janice Pauls, finally finding her natural home in the GOP.
But tomorrow-- primary day in Mississippi-- another failed Blue Dog,
defeated congressman Gene Taylor is looking for a comeback… as-- what
else?... more »
The Greens Cutting Taxes?
Let’s start with the good news.
The good news about the Greens’s Carbon Tax Plan is what it takes away. We
would see the end of Nick Smith’s Appalling Emissions Trading Scam, income
taxes removed on the first $200 of income, and (maybe) 1% removed from
company tax.
Fair play to the Greens for that.
But the bad news is that these small, one-off tax cuts (around $319 per
annum per household, claims Norman, about 90 cents a day) are to make up
for their new, permanent and much larger Carbon Tax, which would raise the
price of *everything –* fuel, food, power, housing, transport, ... more »
TUSC's Exercises in Self-Deception
Under-appreciated they may be, but local elections are a vital component of
*any* party-building project. UKIP certainly accept this wisdom. They know
that a base in local government can give them a foundation on which to
build. And theirs is an ambitious project. It's not about taking Britain
out of the EU, but replacing the Tories. As such, their 161 new councillors
give them a start for 2015 and beyond. The far left have cottoned on to
this too. In addition to haphazardly standing in the European elections as
No2EU, the Socialist Party-led Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition s... more »
People will be free
Thats what keeps happening despite the right.
Slavery used to be part of commerce and that took
centuries to free.
There are so many other behaviors that should be
revealed as abhorrent.
We are on tribe, one village, one world.
Those who say that the weak will take us down
do not know the will that keeps them walking
Walking down your street should bring joy
and if that is not your neighbourhood
come talking
We humans are simple animals
we may think we are better
but when we score high in humanity
it leves the population feeling
better,
And We're Back...
OK, back online, thanks for your patience and understanding. Posting will
be sporadic as
I catch up and get my bearings again. I hope it was a happy and productive
time for everyone.
- CP
Oneness:The Force of Creation
[image: Picture] In Dan Millman’s “The Laws of Spirit” is found this
wonderful explanation of Oneness:
*“The ‘you’ who refers to it as ‘my’ house is of course separate from the
house…The ‘you’ who refers to it as ‘my’ body – is that ‘you’ also separate
from the body? …Language reflects our fundamental view of reality…The ‘you’
who speaks through the body, who refers to ‘my’ house, ‘my’ body, ‘my’
soul, ‘my’ higher self, is, in the truest sense, pure Awareness itself.”*
This life force coursing through everything is, in every sense, creation
itself. It never stops. Never. It is con... more »
The Police are Looking for Scapegoats
When a holiday road toll is low, the police always praise themselves, most
recently their “no tolerance” speed rule.
When the toll is not low, they blame everyone else.
And of statistical anomalies, which always happen with a small sample size,
they are always completely unaware.
Put that together, and after a holiday weekend of higher road tolls *despite
*Chief Officer NumbBum sitting immobile in his car all weekend recording
drivers’ speeds, you get the police blaming … tourists.
Over the Queen's Birthday weekend, four of the five people killed on the
roads apparently died as ... more »
Can You Say Blowback In 24 Languages? The EU's Terrorists In Syria Are Coming Back
Arming, funding, training and sending Jihadist terrorists to Syria was not
such a bright idea after all. The deaths of EU citizens in any terror
attacks in the future should be blamed on the MI6, the intelligence
agencies of France and Germany, the CIA, Mossad, NATO, and the Islamic
preachers who are being paid by these entities to spread their anti-Assad
propaganda. The MI6's corrupt preachers in Britain are recruiting gullible
young people to go to Syria to fight in an unjust and losing cause. And
that's only one example of Western governments' encouragement of Jihadist
terrorism.... more »
Montreal Loses game Six
There is no doubt in my mind that the Rangers were a better team. We had
our games but in the series they beat us fair and square. I do not blame
the loss on Kreider accidentally on purpose nailing Carey Price. However
Kreider is getting a reputation for putting himself in a position to have
such an accident. There has to be a new rule about hitting a goalie at 36
KPH.
We could have won this series. The biggest failure was the power play.
Games that should have been put away we lost due to the PP. That is the
number one job to improve this team. Our old slow and small defence was a ... more »
HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE - June 1 2014
*This channeling almost risks being an understatement. I don't know about
the rest of you but it seems like the time it takes a thought, negative or
positive, to manifest is down to mere hours rather than days or weeks in
the old energies. It really is a time to watch what you think and more
importantly your emotional state until we all get a hang of these energies.
-AK*
*HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE*
By Marlene Swetlishoff
June 1-8, 2014
Beloved Ones,
You have been passing through many portals through the last few months and
now comes the process of assimilation of the ene... more »
Gaia Portal: Centering and grounding of Ascended Gaia Energetics occurs at this moment
*Centering and grounding of Ascended Gaia Energetics occurs at this moment*
by ÉirePort
Centering and grounding of Ascended Gaia Energetics occurs at this moment.
Flash points are reached and released in rapid succession astro-points are
passed.
Sufficient Hue-manity numbers allow up-risings on planetary scales.
Solar accompaniments produce necessary planetary adjustments.
Phase nears completion.
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Benjamin Fulford - June 2, 2014: Pope Francis pushes for one world religion as Western elite hits the panic button
*More data, the views below are solely Ben Fulford's but some interesting
data in this one... -AK*
http://benjaminfulford.net/2014/06/03/pope-francis-pushes-for-one-world-religion-as-western-elite-hits-the-panic-button/
Monday, June 2, 2014
*Benjamin Fulford - June 2, 2014: Pope Francis pushes for one world
religion as Western elite hits the panic button*
During his recent trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis was able to get
agreement from Muslim and Jewish authorities for a unified monotheism but
was unable to convince the Orthodox Christians, according to P2 Freemason
sour... more »
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*Liberals Recognize Conservative Suppression On College Campuses*
All along Young America’s Foundation has said that college campuses
nationwide seem to be less and less objective—well now even Michael
Bloomberg agrees. At a commencement ceremony at Harvard yesterday,
Bloomberg stated that colleges are supposed to be a place where students
learn how to think, not where they are told what to think.
Just last week, Young America’s Foundation released its 22nd annual
“Commencement Speakers Survey” which reveals that 43 liberal speakers and
only 9 conservatives are scheduled to speak ... more »
Admission of consumption of alcohol alone is usually sufficient to objectively ground a reasonable suspicion
*R v Flight*, 2014 ABCA 185:
[46] The Manitoba Court of Appeal recently considered these
divergent approaches in *R v Mitchell*, 2013 MBCA 44 (CanLII), 2013 MBCA
44, 291 Man R (2d) 231.
[47] In *Mitchell,* the peace officer observed the following
before he developed his suspicions: the driver was driving at night without
headlights; the odour of alcohol was emanating from the vehicle; and the
driver admitted that he had consumed alcohol. The Court upheld the trial
judge’s finding that these factors were sufficient for the officer to form
a reasonable suspicion th... more »
Theocratic Prisons for the Crime of Being Imprisonable: Part 1000
Never, ever expect me to believe someone when they blather on about
morality needing divine sourcing. And don't bother with the "No True
Scotsman" fallacy that people, especially those noted below, weren't
authentically 'Christian'. When we talk about the horrors of the
Residential schools across Canada for Indigenous children and the
"Christian Brothers" for their wards in Newfoundland, we should always keep
in mind that the systemic, State-approved, religiously run prisons (because
that's what they are when people are locked into them with no chance to
leave of their own free will... more »
Fox Rothschild Responds To My Post About EEOC Mediators
In all fairness, I wanted to provide an update. I posted Friday that Management-Side
Firm Whines Because EEOC Mediators Are Doing Their Jobs. The piece was
about a claim made in a survey that EEOC mediators are biased against
employers. Fox Rothschild posted the survey in their blog, then posted a
guest piece by the author of the survey. I strongly disagreed with this
assertion of bias, and explained why.
I then let Richard Cohen, the blog's author, know that I had posted the
piece so he could respond. Here's what he said:
*Good post. But neither my blog or firm have taken or ... more »
Geoff Norquay - temporary foreign workers lobbyist
Dear CBC *Power and Politics* : The next time you invite Harper's former director
of communications Geoff Norquay onto your *Power Panel* to reflect on the
issues of the day, I think it's time you mentioned that from November 2012
until Sept 2013 he was a lobbyist for Tim Hortons to :
"increase the number of foreign temporary workers allowed into Canada under
the Foreign Temporary Worker's Program".
Norquay lobbied both *Citizenship and Immigration* and *Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada*.
Tim Hortons isn't Norquay's only TFW lobbying gig [bold italics - min... more »
Abdel Fattah al- Sisi's Triumph echoes Mubarek Era- including the Apathy
Meant to get around to Egypt's recent election- *Apathy over Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi’s triumph echoes Mubarak era*
Couldn't help but notice how quiet the US is on this election? No big
condemnation. Despite the low turnout? Despite the fact that even with the
addition of another day of voting and threats being made, not too many
Egyptians bothered? No ringing endorsement either- Perhaps better to keep
the attention off of a poor showing?
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared his candidacy for president while wearing his
military uniform
This is an interesting item-* US risks losing Suez ac... more »
Tomorrow Is Election Day Here In California
Right-wing carpetbagger Tony Strickland
Well, it's primary day in several states. And several of them have contests
that progressives are watching closely. The states with races where there's
nothing important going on, on the federal level at least, for
progressives: Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico and South Dakota. In the
latter, Mike Rounds is expected to win the Republican nomination for the
open Senate seat, where he'll face progressive Democrat Rick Weiland plus
two Republicans, Larry Pressler and Gordon Howie, running as independents.
Tomorrow Rounds has 4 opponents and one, ... more »
Invoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform Debate
Invoking “Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform Debate. via Invoking
“Oliver Rule (Expanded)” for Education Reform Debate.Filed under: PAUL
THOMAS: Becoming Radical
It's time to fertilize the lawn...
*and so begins the search for fertilizer which still has phosphorus.*
Why, you ask?
Because our stupid government has decided that phosphorus is dangerous.
It's why your dishes are dirty and cloudy after a run through the
dishwasher using detergent without phosphorus.
Let me say this as clearly as I can (Oh, good Lord - I'm starting to sound
like Teh One.)
Just about everything can be dangerous* if not used properly*. That also
applies to fertilizer and herbicides.
What's the unintended consequence of using fertilizer without phosphorus?
Nothing; that is, if your soil has ple... more »
Mike's Story Part 38: Blowing That Joint
*By **Jenna** Orkin*
January 2, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Mike calls.
"Have you got [his outpatient psychiatrist's] number? Please tell me you
have her number. I don't have it and they won't let me have a pen; this is
a psych ward. But if I have a psychiatrist, they'll let me out today.
Otherwise I have to stay here. I just want to get out of here."
I have the number. "Is there someone I can call with it so I don't have
to sit here all day waiting for *them*to call?" (The reception on my cell
phone is elusive.)
"Hold on a second." He goes off. In the distance I... more »
EDUCATION’S “OPEN DOOR” POLICY OPENED THE DOOR FOR CORPORATE ED REFORMERS
EDUCATION’S “OPEN DOOR” POLICY OPENED THE DOOR FOR CORPORATE ED
REFORMERS.Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face
JUST WORDS
The words
fit together
hand in glove
democracy
means capitalism
and capitalism
means democracy
Freedom means
free to pillage
and plunder
and kill
and grab resources
anywhere
anytime
on behalf
of Mr. Big
Freedom
means
you can buy
35 varities
of sausages,
or get the color
of the car
you most like,
or the big screen
TV
Freedom also means
Mr. Big can buy
election$
any time
politician$
are for $ale
there are serious limits
on what issues
election campaigns
can cover,
it's clearly understood
by the candidates
inside the box
Freedom does not
bring
freedom of the press
or freedom to
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Our month of the gaps continues!
*MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014*
*Below, we start Week 2:* Below, our month-long report, “Our month of the
gaps,” continues.
This week, we’ll examine the size of the achievement gaps which help define
the challenges facing our public schools.
In recent weeks, some journalists and professors have tried to avoid
discussing these gaps, which are often large. This strikes us as an
unhelpful approach—but then, what else is new?
Next week, we’ll discuss the challenges these gaps create within our public
schools. This week, we’ll try to define the size of these gaps, which our
loftiest elites ha... more »
THE SIZE OF THE GAPS: But first, the good news!
*MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014*
*Part 1—As found in graf 15:* From one perspective, the news about our
American schools has been extremely good.
You’re almost never allowed to *hear* that news, of course. In deference to
elite propaganda, the successors to our American press corps relentlessly
keep this good news under their hats.
Occasionally, the good news slips out. In April 2013, Stanford professor
Sean Reardon was allowed to share the good news in the New York Times, deep
inside a lengthy Sunday Review piece with a gloomy overall slant.
Reardon’s piece bore this headline: “No Rich Chil... more »
Rod Liddle v Tom Sutcliffe
My goodness, wasn't *Start the Week *fun today!
Rod Liddle really got under the skin of presenter Tom Sutcliffe.
In fairness, Tom Sutcliffe asked for it. He'd gone after Rod for "racism"
almost from the word go for daring to say, in print and on air - and on the
BBC no less - precisely the kind of things people like us tend to believe,
alongside huge swatches of the British populus - things that *aren't*racist.
Rod was completely unfazed by all this, and gave Tom Sutcliffe a cheerful
roasting.
Tom didn't sound to be enjoying it one bit though. His voice kept getting
higher in... more »
Advising The Iraqi Police In Anbar 2010-11 Interview With Morgan Smiley
Rebuilding the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) was considered one of the few
success stories of the U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq. When the
Americans withdrew in 2011 there were questions about whether the ISF would
be able to keep up the fight against the insurgency. Issues of training,
equipment, logistics and leadership were all brought up. To help shed some
light on this issue is Morgan Smiley who served as a police adviser in
Ramadi from 2010-2011 with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. He
retired from the army in 2013 and served as an adviser to Afghan, Iraqi,
and Saud... more »
GROWING PROBLEM OF SPACE JUNK
Tens of thousands of pieces of space debris are circling our planet at high
speed, threatening to strike satellites and bring down the International
Space Station. And some American experts even warn that in just 50 years
time we might not be able to fly into space at all.
"just because it's broken, doesn't mean it's not beautiful": ashlea brockway and brokenart mosaics
The Brockway family, 2013I want to tell you about an exciting venture: an
opportunity to help make art more accessible for all, to help a low-income
woman start her own business, and to help the family of an Iraq War
resister, all at the same time. I hope you'll read about BrokenArt Mosaicsand share Ashlea
Brockway's crowd-funding page.
Wmtc readers may remember my posts about the Brockway family. Jeremy
Brockway is an Iraq War veteran with severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
Denied medical leave and unable to return to combat, Jeremy and his family
came to Canada. Wmtc and Joy of... more »
Neither Racism nor Sexism Exist
It must be REALLY strange to inhabit the mind of a right-winger. Despite
all the evidence, racism doesn't exist. (Unless it's "reverse racism" for
some reason.) And, in the wake of the Isla Vista shooting, it turns out
that sexism doesn't exist either. (Unless it's the misandryst hatred of
radical lesbian feminists.) This is the world of the "Awesome Canadian."(Or the "Awesome American.")
In this topsy-turvy funhouse of a society, men and women encounter each
other as equals. They are different, with their own prescribed roles, but
equal. It's only when twisted, man-hating feminists ... more »
Thomas Piketty On Progressive Taxation And Democracy
Tonight at 8:30 (5:30 PT), MoveOn and HuffPo are broadcasting a dialogue
between Senator Elizabeth Warren and author Thomas Piketty from Boston's
historic Old South Meeting House. I wonder how many other Members of
Congress, or how many candidates for Congress, have read Piketty's high
acclaimed new book, Capital In The Twenty-First Century. I did an
unscientific survey and found that no one had. No one. His critique of the
debilitating economic inequality endemic to our current system of
irresponsible, unfettered greed-based capitalism, has been under
relentless-- and typically d... more »
BBQ Taquitos - Egg Roll Style
[image: Housewife Eclectic: BBQ Taquitos - Egg Roll Style]
Food should be fun. And few things are as fun as food fusion – mixing two
different food styles to create something new and different.
I've highlighted my BBQ Taquitos recipe before – a family favorite – but my
husband can't ever leave recipes alone and had this idea to make these
taquitos in an egg roll wrapper rather than a tortilla. And let's face it,
everything tastes great in an egg roll wrapper. This recipe is Mexico meets
Asia. And it's amazing!
INGREDIENTS2 chicken breasts
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1 tsp chili powder
1 ha... more »
US and France engaged in new rift over BNP Paribas 10 billion sanction ? June 2 , 2014 France Furious At US $10 Billion BNP "Masterful Slap", "Racketeering" Fine - The potential $10 billion penalty for BNP Paribas - France's largest bank - for alleged dealings with a sanctioned Iran has been called a "masterful slap," by Le Monde and Le Figaro said the U.S. was making an example of BNP to deflect criticism it had been "lenient with the American banks responsible for the financial crisis." This could make for an awkward week for Obama, not only facing Putin as he visits Europe to celebrate D-Day but as the allies themselves turn on him with France's Hollande likely to raise the matter and, as Bloomberg reports, newly elected National Front party called on the French government to "defend the national interest" in the case.
Was waiting for this one.....
France Furious At US $10 Billion BNP "Masterful Slap", "Racketeering" Fine
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/02/2014 08:45 -0400
- Credit Suisse
- Department of Justice
- European Union
- France
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Iran
- Newspaper
- Racketeering
- Reuters
- Wall Street Journal
inShare
With Eric Holder suddenly playing hardball with the banks (most notably not
US banks), it has not gone unnoticed among the largest European newspapers.
The potential $10 bill... more »
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