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Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics
concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter
@PDiddie.
John Boyega's friends thought he was just an extra in 'Star Wars'
Leave it to your friends to keep you grounded
John Boyega, who plays Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — arguably,
the biggest film franchise of all time — stopped by The Tonight Show
Friday and revealed that since he had to stay so hush-hush about his
role in the film, his friends all assumed he was just an extra
They clearly weren't paying much attention to all the hype beforehand.
But th
Teenagers find 'alien eggs' in frozen lake
Two friends in Utah have recorded footage of a mysterious ice circle
filled with egg-like objects. The peculiar phenomenon, which was found
by the tee...
Inventor builds real-life working lightsaber
One man has found a way to build the Star Wars weapon using a very
cleverly disguised flamethrower. Arguably the most sought-after science
fiction wea...
The Corbett Report
Interview 1119 – New World Next Year with James Evan Pilato
[audio
mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2015-12-17%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]On
this 2016 edition of New World Next Year: from global conflict and
money madness to daddy government and divide-and-conquer, James and
James go through the top stories of 2015 and look ahead to the trends
that will shape the world next year.
The EnvironmentaList
Seeding an Agrarian Revolution in Rural India
Aided by a local nonprofit, marginalized women farmers are growing a rich harvest of crops using age-old farming traditions
Paris Climate Deal: Nearly 200 Nations Sign In End of Fossil Fuel Era
Two decades of talks have come to this: an ambitious agreement to hold
states to emissions targets – but already low-lying countries are
worried
New Draft of Paris Climate Change Deal Cuts Through Many Sticking Points
Talks are ‘extremely close’ to the finish line, says French foreign
minister. Leading non-government observers agree headway is finally
being made
Not Our Oceans, Not Our Whales: What We Must All Do To Stop Whaling
It’s time to move beyond our culture’s anthropocentric view of the living world
Is the BBC biased?
Good things
Has Anita Anand taken notice of all the flak that's recently been
coming her way for her "hectoring and disapproving and opinionated"
behaviour on Any Answers? I think she might have done given because her
behaviour on this week's programme could hardly have been more different
(for the most part). It really sounded to me as if she was deliberately
on her best behaviour, taking a much mo
It's a funny old world
It's a funny old world. One minute you're a hero, 'going viral' on
social media and being lauded across the BBC, for shouting "You ain't no
Muslim, bruv" at Muhayadin Mire, the London Tube terrorist suspect;
then next you are being tut-tutted at by exactly the same kind of people
for making dodgy assumptions about Muslims.Last night's The Papers on
the BBC News Channel looked at this sto
¡Olé!
I know it's probably not a major point but it is one I've mentioned
before (about a month ago) and one that intrigues me, so here we go
again...Up till about the Spring of this year, the BBC's coverage of
Spanish politics focused to a striking extent on Spain's far-left,
populist, anti-austerity answer to Greece's Syriza, Podemos, led by the
pony-tailed political science lecturer Pablo Iglesias. T
'Forget' something, BBC?
As David commented on a previous thread:BBC groupthink (and editorial
policy) priorities in evidence there on which group gets top billing.
Homosexuals come first, with Jews as almost an obligatory
afterthought.There really is a telling example of that in an an online
article published yesterday by BBC education editor Branwen Jeffreys.It
concerns Ofsted's slamming of various unregistered (Muslim)
@ the chalk face
@dianeravitch posts letter from LAUSD teacher about Esquith. Totally disagree.
Famed and beloved teacher Rafe Esquith was terminated by LAUSD and, for
a time, we didn’t really know why. So the education world at large,
particularly the blogosphere, went nuts. Here’s an account of the
affair. I will say that LAUSD is probably engaged in some pretty shady
stuff in its disclosures of information about the […]
How many events do your schools plan?
Roughly 15 years ago, when I started teaching, we had a back to school
night, maybe a reading or math night, and in the case of fifth grade, a
promotion event. As I moved on to supervising student teachers, several
years later, in the mid-2000s and early teens, I don’t recall many
events during that […]
Cowardly obsession with dashboard indicators in schools
Is it cowardice? Efficiency? Or, perhaps a genuinely misguided
understanding of what is most important? District leadership and
administration forcefully persuade teachers, especially those in
struggling schools (i.e., based solely on test scores), of the
importance of the dashboard variable, so-called because one can judge
the working order of a school as easily as one […]
Struggling to completely understand the impact of poverty
Before I returned to the classroom, and when I was a college professor,
I was completely convinced by the infallible innocence of those in
poverty. They are the victims of an insatiable capitalism and every
accommodation should be made to help them succeed, and every allowance
should be made to help their children succeed as […]
The Rules of Exposition
That would be who
From Investopedia:The Employment Cost Index (ECI) is a quarterly report
of compensation costs that is released in the final month of the
quarter... All non-farm industries are covered, with the exception of
federal government employees (which only make up 2-3% of the work
force).Federal government employees are people. For people, we use the
word "who". Therefore:... federal government e
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
Casita Copan: The home of Mami Zoila
Casita Copan Home for Abandoned ChildrenBackground and Project
OutlineDecember 2015The goal: Raise $15,000 to cover 12 months of
maintenance costs (approx $1,200 per month) at one of the three
family-style homes that Casita Copan operates for abandoned children in
Copan Ruinas, Honduras. This particular project will focus on the home
of Zoila, who has made a commitment to be the permanent foster m
Then and now: The children of Angelitos find their dreams at Casita Copan
It will soon be four years since we first met the kids living in
squalor, smell and deprivation at what was then the Angelitos Felices
home for abandoned children in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. We were on our
first Cuso International placement and needed a side project for our
weekend hours. Once we made our first visit to Angelitos, we knew we'd
found it. Friends and family back home did so much to h
A Different Perspective
Anne Robbins and Roswell
In the course of investigating many UFO cases, there are witnesses who
come forward to tell their stories. Depending on the nature of the story
or the investigator who hears it, that story might be added to the case
file or might be rejected. Anne Robbins, widow of T/SGT Ernest Robbins,
told her story, or rather her husband’s story after he died in January
2000. It related to Roswell and had all t
This and That
As many of you know, I have been reviewing a large number of UFO files
and have found some things that don’t warrant a complete blog post but
that are interesting. For example, Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico
was not named for Roger Ramey but for Brigadier General Howard Knox
Ramey. This Ramey learned to fly in 1918 and by the time the Second
World War broke out he had moved up the ranks. In B
Art Bell Retires from Midnight in the Desert
For those interested in such things, or for the fans of Art Bell, he
announced, abruptly, that he was retiring from his latest radio show,
Midnight in the Desert. He cited concerns for his family and that
someone was stalking him, even taking shots at him and at his house. To
read his statement
see:http://artbell.com/art-hangs-it-up-for-the-last-time/I will say that
I always found his show enterta
Death Bed Confessions
As I was working to get information arranged for a web site that would
feature many of the new scans of the Ramey Memo, I came across an
article, “Part II: Death Bed Confessions – Roswell 1999: What’s New?” My
first thought was that legally, what they were talking about wasn’t
actually a death bed confession since we weren’t dealing with a crime
and some of the people seemed to be old but not nece
A Very Public Sociologist
21st Century Terrorism in Historical Context
Terrorist outrages are appalling and disgusting. Yet one thing that has
struck me a number of times is how the panic around terror attacks are
far greater now than it was for those who grew up during/lived through
the Provisional IRA's British mainland bombing campaign. Some might
point to media cultivation of such a thing and, of course, they do bear
some responsibility. However, could it be that
Top 100 Tweeting Politics Commentators 2015
The annual roll call of top tweeting comment types has been baiting
clicks since 2009, and is probably the only reason why most of you turn
up here, like clockwork, at this time of year. I don't mind - honest!
Time to remind readers the rules governing this ludicrous exercise. All
below regularly provide comment on UK political affairs via the written
word, the telly, the radio, YouTube and what h
Farewell to Dan Hodges
You know Twitter has reached peak absurdity when someone like Dan
Hodges - really only known by super hardcore political people - has
become a trending topic. The occasion of Dan's elevation to internet
celebrity is yet another piece of finely crafted miserablism for the
Telegraph. His double whammy of likening Jeremy to hard right Tory
patrician Enoch Powell and announcing his resignation from th
Over-Interpreting Jeremy Corbyn's Christmas Card
The Daily Mail have apparently had a "fun" go at the hidden meanings of
Jeremy Corbyn's Christmas card, which is annoying as I'd pre-announced
this post on the Twitter a few days ago. No matter. Here's my take on
the hidden symbolism written in the snow and bikes and stuff.1. Let's go
with the obvious. The Merry Christmas legend isn't dressed up in the
swirly-whirly font that usually fes
A Way to Live
Work for one another
I'm a bit of a Murray Bookchin bunny, as may be divined by perusing the
link at the bottom of this rant. Please bear with me.In the 1970s and
1980s I was a member of a forestry services cooperative, The Hoedads,
Inc., as recounted in my book, Iron Buddhas. While our initial contract
bid bonding was put up by the founders by attaching liens on their real
estate, we capitalized our bonds and other c
Planning? What planning?
When it's raining out or otherwise makes it difficult for us to
appreciate the joys of getting out of our robes and into gum boots,
there are other homestead-y things we can do, such as pottering about in
the kitchen or sewing.Planning? What's that?Oh, actually we do have a
plan. It has kind of settled in, though, and does not need much
updating. Two posts ago, we talked about how the satellite vi
100 Views
100 Views of Life at Stony Run Farm Photos from 1993 to 2015 in
chronological order, showing the sweep and cycle of the seasons on a
small exurban homestead. It's a little heavy on the last seven years,
which is when I finally had what you might call a camera. Oh, well.
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Limits on Neuroplasticity - and the infamous BSTc layer
I found a wonderfully informative site I wasn't aware of, by an author
whose talents at conveying complex concepts to a lay audience exceed my
own. Even though I'm the one who's supposed to have a Grad Cert in
Science Communication from the ANU.It's Liz - Day by Day, a blog that
apparently started as a record of Transition, but has since become an
excellent resource on the science of Sex and Gende
Serious Stuff
Some quotes from a person of questionable sanity: " I don’t want to
reach the evil fuckers and give them more information, to teach them how
to con more Lesbians. I want them gone permanently. " Pseudo, you’re
right — they’re the ones who kept taking about violence and murder. But
really, they should be careful about giving some angry women those
ideas. I can’t imagine that every one of
Activist Teacher
What is Cancer? -- My article published in four parts on Dissident Voice
Cancer Arises from Stress-induced Breakdown of Tissue Homeostasis
Part 1: Context of Cancer Research December 4th, 2015 by Denis Rancourt
Review of Randomized Trials
Cancer Arises From Stress-induced Breakdown of Tissue Homeostasis: Part 2 December 6th, 2015 by Denis Rancourt
What is Cancer?
Cancer arises from stress-induced breakdown of tissue
Archived news articles about Denis Rancourt
News coverage and interviews with media
TVO - The Agenda, April 10, 2009.
[see more videos on the VIDEOS page.]
[Other media include Commentary, Magazine Features, Videos, Blogs (see main menu options)]
Spencer Van Dyk, "U of O urged not to sue", The Fulcrum, 4 September 2013.
Karen Birchard and Jennifer Lewington, "A Self-Proclaimed Dissident Riles Up Canadian Academe", The Ch
Archived magazine features about Denis Rancourt
Magazine Features about Denis Rancourt
2010.January-February, This Magazine (Toronto) : Re-making the grade
2009.March, Le Deliberant (french, Ottawa) : Le cas Rancourt
2009.February, Centre Town News (Ottawa) : Portrait - Fighting for academic freedom
2008.spring, Glue Magazine (Ottawa) : Ottawa Anarchists
2007.September, Ottawa Magazine : This City - Freethinking professor
2006.Nov-Dec
Archived notes on the scientific work of Denis Rancourt
Scientific work
Dr. Denis G. Rancourt, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.…
was a Full Professor with tenure in the Department of Physics, Faculty
of Science, University of Ottawa, a member of the Ottawa-Carleton
Institute for Physics, and a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience
Centre, when he was fired under false pretext on March 31, 2009. (Read
his statement about his dismissal HERE.)
As
a
Adrienne's Corner
Fourth Sunday of Advent...
Reading 1 Is 7:10-14The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from
the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as the
sky!But Ahaz answered,“I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”Then
Isaiah said:Listen, O house of David!Is it not enough for you to weary
people, must you also weary my God?Therefore the Lord himself will give
you this sign: the virgin shall conceive, an
The End of Prayer Shaming...
presented without comment.click on title to watch The End of Prayer
Shaming Enough is enough. It's time to take a stand. Today, students at
East Catholic High School rise up and declare that we're more concerned
with God than we are with being politically correct.We encourage you to
do the same. Please watch our video...then SHARE it with your friends
and encourage THEM to SHARE it as well. TAG a
Wild Bill: Thoroughly thumps Glenn Beck...
whoa, Bill's royally pissed off.Since I rarely listen to Glenn Beck
anymore, I'll have to take Bill's word for what Beck said about the Tea
Party.About the only person I listen to (since we don't have cable, it's
radio only for us) is Sean Hannity, not because of anything he may
have to say, but because he has great guests.Now, I must be off to
shovel a bunch of global warming.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
Dozens missing after massive landslide in China
Rescuers in the city of Shenzhen pulled four people from the debris but at least 27 people remain missing.
India gang-rapist freed despite petition
Protestors take to streets as the attacker of an infamous 2012 gang rape of a 23-year-old student is released.
Indonesia 'foils attack plot on Shia and Christmas'
Counterterrorism police carry out series of raids and arrested at least six people suspected of supporting ISIL.
Twitter was torn over refugees in wake of Paris: study
Analysis of over eight million tweets in hours after attack shows deep divide in sentiment towards refugees and Islam.
Allen L Roland's Weblog
Connecting The Dots / A Christmas Self Healing Gift
Time after time, in my self-healing heart centered consultations
with my clients, both civilian and veterans, I take great pride in my
ability to identify and connect the soul dots of their lives ~
identifying the people who have touched their hearts and souls and
setting the stage to acknowledge and thank them for being gifts in their
lives. That is the Christmas gift I share with you this yea
Trump Represents Ugly Face Of American Politics
When you fully open the window of the American Political scene ~ you
will see the true face of democracy as revealed in our Imperialistic
wars, interventions, the suppression of human rights, the demands of the
corporate state and it's all apparent in the face and words of Donald
Trump much like it was when Hitler became the angry fascist face of
Germany in the 1930's ~ reflecting the same right
Stephen Curry / Another Bob Cousy And Opiate For Our Troubled Times
Despite only accounting for five percent of the global population, an
astounding 31 percent of the world's mass shootings occur in the United
States ~ including the recent mass shootings in San Bernardino,
California. There were more gun sale background checks on this year's
Black Friday than any other single day on record, according to the FBI.
Amidst, this darkening cloud of gun violence, like a
An Old Cherokee Tale Of Two Wolves
One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson
about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle
is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.One is Evil. It is anger, envy,
jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt,
resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The
other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, h
AMERICAN KABUKI
We Were Made For These Times
FROM: http://prepareforchange.net/2015/12/13/we-were-made-for-these-times/We
Were Made For These TimesDecember 13, 2015 by Danell GladeWe Were Made
For These TimesClarissa Pinkola EstesMy friends, do not lose heart. We
were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are
deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of
affairs in our world now. Ours is a time
As We Shift - 10 Questions
Do you give help?Do you “do” share?Do you say yes?Do you have hope?Do
you see love?Do you “think” peace?Do you feel joy?Do you know truth?Do
you hold light?Can you let go?After several hours and pieces of crumpled
up paper, what’s left is only the last question: “Can you let go?”So
let’s start there.There is ever only one reason to hang on, and that is
fear. We are a fearful bunch.It manifests di
GAIA PORTAL: Heralds of ionics bring voices of new life
Heralds of ionics bring voices of new lifeby ÉirePortHeralds of ionics
bring voices of new life.Guardians are alit with passion.Masterfuls are
recognized.Masteries are accepted and utilized.ÉirePort | December 19,
2015 at 09:09 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-wE
ZEROHEDGE: "Everything's Crashing"
"Everything's Crashing"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/11/2015 10:07
-0500The writing has been on the wall for a few days/weeks, but it
appears a combination of global FX and equity turmoil and domestic
corporate debt market collapse is finally starting to roil US equity
markets. The Dow is down over 600 points in the last week or so, bond
yields are collapsing, the USDollar is tumbling,
Angola 3 News
Photos and Reportback from Dec. 12 Amnesty USA Art for Rights event in
New Orleans for Albert Woodfox and other political prisoners
Read the Amnesty USA press release here.Read a report from the day by the Times-Picayune here.All photos are by Nat Williams.
Never Silenced, Herman Wallace's Spirit is Smiling --An interview with filmmaker Angad Singh Bhalla
Canadian filmmaker Angad Singh Bhalla has never shied away from
examining politically controversial topics. Nor does he play down his
own artistic goal of using media to foster political change. Bhalla's
first independent work, entitled U.A.I.L. Go Back amplified the voices
of Indian villagers resisting an alumina project backed by the Canadian
company Alcan. The film became an important organizin
New Orleans, Dec. 12: Art for Rights / Write for Rights, Amnesty Intl. event with Robert King and BMike
Join Amnesty International USA in New Orleans on December 12, from
10am to 6pm, to celebrate art, human rights and international
solidarity. As part of the organization’s annual “Write for Rights”
campaign, Amnesty International USA is partnering with New Orleans
native, Brandan “BMike” Odums to host an “Art for Rights” pop-up
exhibition at Studio Be, 2925-2999 Royal Street in New Orleans. Attend
A3 Newsletter: From the Louvre to Louisiana
While the National and International community rally to the support of
Albert Woodfox, time seems to have stood still in Louisiana where the
long struggle to achieve freedom for Albert Woodfox after four decades
in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit drags on nearly
three years after a federal judge once again overturned Albert's
conviction.In France, the newly released " Cruel
ArmsControlWonk
Russian Cruise Missiles
Russian cruise missiles are in the news lately, from allegations from
strikes in Syria to ongoing allegations that Russia is violating the
1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Why are the Russians so
nutty for cruise missiles? Jeffrey talks to Tom Moore, a former
professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to
discuss …
Global Warming Up; Arms Control Down
Climate change has displaced nuclear risk reduction as an intense focus
of national leaders and activists across the globe. This sense of
commitment was reflected in the Paris pact that sets targets to reduce
harmful emissions to slow the pace of man-made climate change and the
rise of sea levels. Arms control activists, an increasingly …
Revisiting South Africa’s Bomb
There is a new book on South Africa’s Apartheid-era nuclear weapons
program by Nic von Wielligh, who participated in the program. Originally
published in Afrikaans as Die Bom: Suid-Afrika se Kernwapenprogram, the
book is now available in English. (The title is translated literally as
The Bomb: South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Programme.) The CNS office in …
Rebel With A Bomb
One of the major developments in the study of nuclear weapons has been a
shift from pseudo-rationalist explanations to empirical research based
on the decision-making style and outlook of actual leaders. A few
years ago, Bill Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova wrote a nice review
essay in International Security called Divining Nuclear Intentions that
surveyed this shift, …
Big Dan's Big Blog
Dueling Rightwing & Muslim FALSE FLAGS: Rightwingers & Muslims Need To Band Together Against FALSE FLAGS
Who will tell the emperor he has no clothes? More and more people
around the world are waking up to the fact that there is overwhelming
evidence that these "mass shootings" are staged government FALSE FLAGS.
The mainstream media will NEVER question the "official story" of a mass
shooting, even when the first question should always be: WAS IT A FALSE
FLAG BY THE GOVERNMENT? No m
Analyzing The Paris FALSE FLAG...YES, It Was Another FALSE FLAG...of course
Below: picture of Bataclan in Paris where suicide bombers exploded.
Really???The point of this post is to acknowledge that people around the
world are waking up to the fact that governments do FALSE FLAGS and
blame Muslims to keep the "war on terror" going and to strip liberties
from citizens in their countries in the name of keeping them safe from
the Muslim terrorist FALSE FLAGS they'r
Buckdog
"Credit where credit is due." - Oil Sands Companies Demonstrate Leadership On Climate Change
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Nov. 22, 2015) - Four of Canada's
largest oil sands producers have come together to demonstrate leadership
on climate change. Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy
Inc., Shell Canada Limited and Suncor Energy Inc., support the
Government of Alberta's climate plan related to the oil and natural gas
industry, which includes a carbon pricing regime couple
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