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LILITH NEWS2 unread articles // actions
Our Official Position on Global Warming Vs Global Cooling and what is causing Climate Change
By Suzanne MacNevin and Charles Moffat.We are writing this together because both of us have changed our minds about what we think is causing climate change.Up until now we were stern advocates that carbon dioxide (CO2) was causing global warming and climate change. We are here now because we are not officially changing our opinions on the topic. We are changing our opinions because we have both be
Federal Prison Rehab Program Reduces Sentences
Federal Prison Rehab Program Reduces SentencesAccording to studies and statistics, a large portion of the federal prison population suffers from alcohol and drug dependency. Many offenders have major alcohol and drug problems before they are arrested and convicted for their crimes. To address these problems and help rehabilitate inmates, the Bureau of Prisons initiated a drug treatment program ove
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MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST1 unread article // actions
Subsidy Tracker Reaches Major Milestones
Subsidy Tracker, the free subsidy database created in 2010 by Good Jobs First, has reached major milestones in its coverage of state, local, and federal subsidies.This month's enhancements to the database bring it to a once-unimaginable 500,000 individual incentive awards with a cumulative nominal subsidy value of $250 billion! That's starting to add up to real money!I explained two years ago how
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MORTON'S MUSINGS8 unread articles // actions
Dismissal for delay
Sickinger v. Krek, 2016 ONCA 459: [29] The principles that apply on a motion to dismiss an action for delay were set out by this court in Langenecker v. Sauvé, 2011 ONCA 803, 286 O.A.C. 268. As noted in paras. 6-7 of that decision, an action may be dismissed for delay where the delay is (1) inordinate; (2) inexcusable; and (3) such that it gives rise to a substantial risk that a fair trial
Constitutional Protection of Solicitor Client Privilege
Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20: [35] In our view, therefore, it is well established that a client of a notary or a lawyer has a reasonable expectation of privacy for information and documents that are in the possession of the notary or lawyer and in respect of which a requirement is issued. Indeed, the Court wrote in Lavallee that "[a] client has a r
Stay pending leave to appeal to SCC in a civil matter
Livent Inc. v. Deloitte & Touche, 2016 ONCA 395:[4] This court discussed considerations on this kind of motion in Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2014 ONCA 40. They are those set out in RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311 at 334: (1) whether there is a serious question to be determined on the proposed appeal; (2) whether the moving party will suffer
Charter breach following discovery of evidence can lead to exclusion of evidence
In a remarkable decision - one some might question - the Court of Appeal for Ontario holds Charter breaches occurring AFTER the discovery of evidence can be such as to lead to that evidence being excluded. R. v. Pino, 2016 ONCA 389:[77] So, should it make a difference whether the s. 10(b) breaches occurred before or after the discovery of the evidence? I do not think so. In either case, the
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@ THE CHALK FACE6 unread articles // actions
The experience of school choice as a teacher
A massive story on school choice in NYC is in the NY Times magazine. Many of these issues are local matters, but many are also part and parcel of the false promises of school choice, which all evidence underscores the fact that schools have become more, not less, segregated as a result. Moreover, choice benefits families […]
Yet another march and conference. Is this what we really need?
The short answer is no. The longer answer is still no. Actually, I thought Save Our Schools was defunct. But since their initial march in 2011, which arrived with some very high profile speakers and great fanfare from those of us already embedded in various movements on behalf of public schools, things have been pretty quiet […]
We lost an amazing teacher and person this week
Here’s the obituary for a young man and teacher who left us too soon, Mr. Kaylor Keck. It’s been several days now, and as I type these words, I can’t believe it. But in our time of mourning, for those of us that knew Kaylor, this is when we share what was best about him. […]
Principals should be elected to four year rotations
Like a lot of things in today’s pubic schools, the principal is a position that harks back to factory models of schooling. The building principal is a middle-level manager, a waypoint between the rank and file teacher and central management. In highly centralized and hierarchical school systems, perhaps in many urban school districts with highly […]
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VAGABOND SCHOLAR1 unread article // actions
Memorial Day 2016
Memorial Day is meant for remembering those who died in military service (a worthy commemoration). It's also a holiday that naturally spurs thoughts of civilians killed in war, of living veterans and how they're treated, and how war is discussed in our country. It's only right to pause and remember the dead. And perhaps the best way to honor them the other days of the year is by challenging the
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THWAP'S SCHOOLYARD3 unread articles // actions
June Post
I've had five days straight off of work and a lot's been happening in the world. Blogging is a waste of time but I've got time to waste today so ..."Elbow-gate": - Ramming through legislation without debate is icky. NDP working with the Conservatives for any purpose is icky. The delaying tactics were silly. But Liberals do them too. Trudeau's choice of words showed that he lost his tempe
Brief Return On harper's Departure
So, stephen harper is retiring and plans to open a consulting group that dispenses foreign policy "expertise" (which is really just a polite fiction whereupon his corporate masters reward him for his services to keep him quiet until such a time, if ever, when they can kill him and whatever secrets he has on them go with him to his grave).**[Unlike most other things, it's impossible to go
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THE STRAIGHT GOODS4 unread articles // actions
British Columbia's Legislative reporters and Columnists go silent on Christy Clark's Epic Failures and LNG Broken Dream
Perhaps you wondered why I reposted this LNG article..http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2015/08/british-columbia-and-lngs-last-gaspa.htmlThe answer is obvious...For several years now I have been calling out the LNG industry, and calling out the BC Liberal government...been warning everyone who will listen that British Columbia arrived too late to the LNG game, very similar to those dupes who
Another Made In British Columbia LNG Tale
Written by Grant G Unfortunately I can't believe a word Christy Clark blathers, on anything.....Christy Clark through her entire youth and adult life has used every opportunity to advance her career, and she does it using the crudest of political smears...As a longtime watcher of question period and legislative proceedings... Christy Clark snickers, smirks and responds with nothing but smarmy lowb
Christy Clark's Golden LNG Road....(Funny how I remember)
"......I awoke last night to the sound of thunder, how far off I sat and wondered, started humming a song from 1962, ain't it funny how the night moves ,when you just don't seem to have as much to lose, strange how the night moves with autumn closing in......"Silk road riches and the fountain of youth, fleeting, mythical, shrouded in greener pasture aspirations...Can you picture it in yo
The Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada And Imperial Globalization. Part I
The Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada And Imperial Globalization. Part IWritten by Robin MathewsA characteristic of Imperial Globalization is criminal manipulation of people and events for the profit of a few. It includes massive ‘disinformation’ about equality, benefits, social development, law, improved standards of living, etc. The disinformation is spread by “authoritative” news sources.
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PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK8 unread articles // actions
We who believe in freedom
Berta Cáceres, an outspoken environmental activist and leader of the indigenous Lenca people in Honduras, was assassinated in early March. One of her colleagues was also killed two weeks later. After some dawdling and several irregularities, five men were arrested for the crime. The accused are associated with Desarrollos Energéticos (DESA), the construction firm at the center of a long stru
Will EU ban Monsanto's RoundUp?
The fate of Monsanto's flagship herbicide in the European Union (EU) remains unclear. Earlier this week, the standing Committee on Plants, Animals Food and Feed declined to extend authorization for glyphosate sales in the region. The sales license is set to expire at the end of this month. Concerns about potential impacts of the widely used herbicide on human health are the main driver of th
Carbon farming as climate solution
Regenerative agriculture can reverse climate change within our lifetime. That's the inspiring, well-documented message of longtime farmer and author Eric Toensmeier in his new book The Carbon Farming Solution. Deftly integrating explanations of science, local knowledge and public policy opportunities, Toensmeier shows how regenerative agriculture can and must be central to collective global
New GE report misses its own point
Last week, the National Academies of Science (NAS) attracted much media attention with the release of its new report, "Genetically Engineered Crops: Experiences and Prospects." The report assessed a range of health, environmental, social and economic impacts of GE crops. According to report authors, genetically engineered (GE) crops have failed to live up to the hype advertised by
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THE HIGH-FAT HEP C DIET2 unread articles // actions
Atkins, ketones, methylglyoxal and cancer
What you lose on the swings you make up for on the roundabouts. Recently this study enjoyed a bit a revival as it was used in a presentation at a DAA meet. I'm not sure of the exact context but the Dietitians Association of Australia has been outstandingly fossilised in its attitude to low carb diets.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Jun;1043:201-10. Ketosis leads to increased methylglyoxal production on
#Context - Butter, eggs, and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
When Ancel Keys started work on his hypothesis, in 1955, he reported that butter only accounted for 4.8% of fats consumed in the USA.[1] Remember that. It’s well-known that eggs are associated with type 2 diabetes in the USA, but there’s no such association in the rest of the world, and in Finland eggs have protective association with type 2 diabetes. “When stratified by geographic area, th
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REAL HISTORY BLOG2 unread articles // actions
When you say #ImWithHer, this is what I hear, and it isn't pretty
I just want you to understand what I hear when you say "I'm with her." I hear: You support fracking. You support lying to people routinely. You support allowing government officials to deliberately circumvent Freedom of Information Act statutes for the preservation and accessibilty of records. You support wars against people who never attacked us and had no means to attack us. You are ok
Dear Millenials: I feel your pain. You will feel joy, too!
Dear Millenials: Here's what I learned on my first political campaign, whose campaign I joined in 1991 because he said money in politics IS the problem, and to make his point, he refused to accept more than $100 from any one person. He had an 800-number, the equivalent of the fund-raising machine of Bernie Sanders nowadays: 1. The Democratic Establishment HATES populists. (So do the Republicans,
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THE GALLOPING BEAVER2 unread articles // actions
Threats? Oh dear.
Often, people who issue threats are betraying the precarity of the own position. As a major potential F-35 customer, a lack of or continued postponement a Canadian order likely increases the cost of the F-35 for other customers, perhaps prohibitively. This could be terminal to the program as it would also impact US orders. More to the point, Canadians generally find naked threats terribly
Events unfold, the centre cannot hold
Sometimes things just happen. In the UK just a short time ago, prime minister David Cameron created a monster in the form of a suggestion that, despite being publicly pro-EU, he would open a conversation, and later a referendum about Britain's withdrawal from it. Lord knows just what he was thinking (my own view is that he thinks very hard but finds thinking very hard). Fear of UKIP's fear of
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SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME2 unread articles // actions
10 Things Every Teen And Young Adult Should Know About Workplace Rights
If you're in high school or college, odds are you're looking for or starting a summer job or internship. Maybe you're even working during the school year. Of course, your school gave you detailed preparation on what your legal rights are when you work. Right? Ha. Not a chance. Schools do roughly zip to prepare teens for the real world workplace. You have to figure this stuff out on your own.If you
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SYRIA COMMENT7 unread articles // actions
“The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist,” By Stefan Winter
The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist By Stefan Winter For Syria Comment, June 14, 2016 This week marks the 80th anniversary of a now famous petition, supposedly addressed by six ‘Alawi notables from the Latakia region—including Hafiz al-Asad’s grandfather Sulayman al-Asad—to French prime minister Léon Blum on 15 June 1936. The six ‘Alawi notables criticize the negotiati
The Case of Mirsad Bectašević and Amer al-Hasani: A Liberal Conundrum,” by Tam Hussein
The Case of Mirsad Bectašević and Amer al-Hasani: A Liberal Conundrum by Tam Hussein For Syria Comment, June 14, 2016 In late January 2016, Amer al-Hasani, 20, decided to travel to Greece with his friend Mirsad Bectašević, 29. They had met at the local mosque in a Gothenburg suburb in Sweden. Amer, a devout Muslim, had been involved in Islamic proselytisation and charity work there. The two had tr
The ‘Martyrs’ of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja’afari Force)
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Current emblem of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya. Top: “If God supports you, no one can overcome you” [Qur’an 3:160]. Centre: “The Ja’afari Force: Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya.” Bottom: “The Islamic Resistance in Syria.” Readers may be familiar with the previous post on this site about Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (Sayyida Ruqayya Brigade, named for the Sayyida Ruqayya shrine in Damascus
General Gouraud: “Saladin, We’re Back!” Did He Really Say It?
Gouraud: “Saladin, We’re Back!” Did The French General Really Say It on Conquering Syria in 1920? by James Barr @James_Barr For Syria Comment, May 27, 2016 “Saladin, We’re Back!” So France’s general Henri Gouraud is said to have declared when he entered the Kurdish warrior’s tomb beside the Umayyad Mosque in August 1920 after the French had seized Damascus. French general Henri Joseph Eugène Goura
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THE EXISTENTIALIST COWBOY2 unread articles // actions
A Genius, A Saint, and SCOTUS Agree: Conspiracies Exist! by Len HartThe right wing spent the 1950s trying to convince th...
A Genius, A Saint, and SCOTUS Agree: Conspiracies Exist! by Len HartThe right wing spent the 1950s trying to convince the nation that it was threatened by a vast world wide communist conspiracy. Now the right wing is trying to convince the nation that conspiracies don't exist at all! Right wingers have targeted Tin Foil Hatters for ridicule when it was not so long ago that the term applied better
Rush Limbaugh and Trump: Will our nation survive it?
Although Rush Limbaugh has never explicitly described himself as a creationist, he does bypass a few facts like the fossil record that supports evolution. Limbaugh claims that both creationism and evolution are based on faith. In Darwin there is no mention of "faith". That's why Darwin's work has passed every hurdle; most hurdles are the work of idiots. LIMBAUGH is among them! In Darwin
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THE EARTH AND MAN: SETTING THE STAGE5 unread articles // actions
No Getting Around It
The notrickszone site has a post debunking an AGW alarmist's theory about a slowdown in the Atlantic ocean circulation, to which I responded: Yet this article (quoting from climatecentral.org) still says: "...greenhouse gas pollution causes ice sheets to melt, which prior research has shown is causing the circulation to slow overall." So it doesn't even touch the core delusion, that ther
Responding to a Believer in False Science
I have just responded to a comment on the jonova site, from a skeptic who wanted to know how to respond to an AGW (anthropogenic global warming) believer, who claimed that skeptics "conflated natural with anthropogenic" factors in pointing out the infamous "global warming pause" since 1997, and so lacked mental acuity, or words to that effect. I responded by referring to a rece
The Greater Meaning of Deflategate for Science Today
The climateaudit site has a post on the "Deflategate controversy is due to scientist error" (about the claim that the Patriots football team was deflating their footballs to give themselves an edge in games). My response to Stephen McIntyre: "Information for Colt balls reconcile almost exactly, but there is a discrepancy of about 0.38 psi for Patriot balls. This discrepancy is almos
Six Categories: A Lukewarmer's Biased Take on the Climate Debate
The masterresource site has a post on "six categories" of positions in the climate debate, according to Richard Mueller of UC Berkeley, who, the article says, should be an "important voice" in the debate. My response: Bottom line: Mueller's categories are not valid, and he should not be "an important voice" for anyone looking for the truth. To say as he does that &quo
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THE ERGOSPHERE6 unread articles // actions
Getting steamed by nuclear power
District heating has been big in the Big Apple since the eighties... that is, the 1880's. The whole island of Manhattan is cris-crossed with steam pipes which occasionally make the news. On a whim, I tried to find the price of steam in Manhattan. I was somewhat surprised when I found it. Steam goes for about $31 per thousand pounds, and each pound carries about 1200 BTU of energy. This comes
Where to find scientific illiterates? Physicians for Social Responsibility, that's where.
The BAS just published a guest piece by one Steven Starr, among whose howlers I pulled this gem: many individual pools contain more cesium-137 than was released by all atmospheric nuclear weapons tests combined. These utterly lethal radionuclides will require some form of supervision for hundreds of thousands of years.... Clue for you, Steven: Cs-137 has a half-life of 30.17 years. Roughly 90%
The kabuki corpses of failed Green ideas: dead, but preserved and weilded by puppeteers
Atomic Insights has what appears to be a new Green troll. He dredged up the tried-and-discarded concept of shrouded wind turbines from a post at NBF. Such ignorance deserves derision, and I gave him some: Check this out. http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/08/japan-has-wind-lens-turbine-design-that.html Oh, look, a rehash of a concept from the 1970's that went nowhere then for the same reasons it
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A CLOSER LOOK: JODY PATERSON1 unread article // actions
Should I forget who I am, please give me the music to remind me
If you haven’t already seen the 2014 documentary “Alive Inside,” fire up Netflix tonight and watch it. And as soon as it’s done and you’ve mopped up what might very well be a small bucket of sad-happy tears at all the lives changed by something so small, you just might want to get started on your own music playlist. The documentary is about a quest to give people back their music, most
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THE DUCK OF MINERVA9 unread articles // actions
NATO Ministerial FAQ
This week is another NATO ministerial. What is that? Here’s a handy guide to the basics and why NATO is run like an academic conference. What is the NAC? Nope, not these guys. The North Atlantic Council refers to a meeting of the representations of NATO members (not partners–those who play well with NATO but are not actually members). Ordinarily, as in all the time in Brussels, the NAC con
Drones, Mansour and Policy Problems
This is a guest post by Tobias T. Gibson, Associate Professor of Political Science and Security Studies at Westminster College, in Fulton, MO. Late last month, a U.S. military “drone” killed Mullah Mansour, the leader of the Taliban. Because the drone was operated by the Department of Defense, the Obama administration was quick to claim the death of such an internationally contentious figure. Pub
Brexit Epiphany
As I was chatting with my dissertation adviser yesterday while in DC (yes, my dissertation was completed in 1993 but the relationship goes on), I had an epiphany that had been on the edges of my thinking but finally popped: the Brexit folks are secessionists. Sure, the European Union is not a country (nor does it have an army), but the effort to pull the UK out of the EU is very much like the eff
Jolie-Pitt, Trump and Bono Walk Into a LSE Classroom: why dedication and commitment isn’t expertise
Oh man, I really didn’t want to write about Angelina Jolie Pitt (AJP) and her damn LSE appointment. When I heard the news it just made me feel tired. But there has been an interesting/frustrating debate emerging and I just can’t keep my yap shut- even on maternity leave. In his post on the topic, Dan Drezner asks us to all calm the F down; he assures us that policy schools have always been oppo
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KILLING MOTHER2 unread articles // actions
The Great North American Mid-life Baseline Assessment
North America and I have reached mid-life. My doctor tells me that at 52, I am actually not in mid-life, but old, and I suppose the same is true for the United States and to a lesser extent, Canada. We have enjoyed the exuberance and productivity of youth, fueled by abundant energy. We reached our peak, thinking it would last, but now decline seems unavoidable and inevitable. I have spent the past
Suffer the Children
In his epic new work Half-Earth, renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson opens with the most poignant description of humanity I have ever seen:Storyteller, mythmaker and destroyer of the living world. Thinking with a gabble of reason, emotion and religion. Lucky accident of primate evolution during the late Pleistocene. Mind of the biosphere. Magnificent in imaginative power and exploratory drive, yet
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MAJIA'S BLOG35 unread articles // actions
The Politics of Uranium in Drinking Water: Post I
The EPA has proposed to raise the non-binding PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDELINES (PAGs) for radionuclides in drinking water to extraordinarily high levels.I am going to explore political dimensions of their proposal in a series of posts.Here is a pre-publication draft of the proposed changes:https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-06/documents/epa_drinking_water_pag_fr_notice_6-1-16r_pre-pub.pdf
Former Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Claims Japan Needs to Review Nuclear Plant Screening Methodology
Former Nuclear Regulation Authority boss calls for review of safety screening method JIJI Jun 13, 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/13/national/former-nuclear-regulatory-body-official-calls-for-review-of-safety-screening-method/#.V17R_aKYJmwJapan needs to review its current method for screening nuclear plant safety, seismologist and former senior regulator Kunihiko Shimazaki said in a
Who controls mainstream media news coverage of Fukushima in Japan?
Read this account by Mathieu Gaulène, who addresses a Japanese-language book by Honma Ryu claiming that censorship was exercised by Japan's largest communication conglomerate, Dentsu: Mathieu Gaulène, M. (2016). Does the advertising giant Dentsu pull the strings of the Japanese media? Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 14(11.5), http://apjjf.org/2016/11/Gaulene.html Summary Dentsu, the fifth larg
Fukushima June 11 and 12, 2016
Fukushima June 11 3:35 AMHeavy Fog June 12 1:26 (Fog Thick at Futaba Intersection as well) View of plant from Futaba intersection entirely obscured (very unusual)
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WWF - LATEST NEWS14 unread articles // actions
Living Amazon Report 2016
The Amazon is under pressure from unsustainable economic activities and is undergoing unprecedented change, according to WWF's Living Amazon Report 2016 released today. The report highlights the regional and global realities that are impacting the Amazon and demonstrates why cooperation is so critical to the area's future.The Amazon spans eight countries and one overseas territory. It is home to 3
Leading consumer goods companies slow to deliver on sustainable sourcing
Gland, Switzerland - New WWF research published today indicates that only a handful of leading consumer goods companies and retailers have taken meaningful action to source sustainably produced soft commodities derived from forestry, farming and fisheries despite commitments.The report "Slow Road to Sustainability" released ahead of the Annual Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) in
WWF calls for industry standards in the Green Bond market to bolster a sustainable economy
New research commissioned by WWF and published today, shows that the proliferation of standards, frameworks and guidelines, as well as the diversity of market practices in terms of definitions and requirements for green bonds create complexity and confusion among issuers and investors which could hamper the confidence needed for the green bond market to thrive. Creating a large, liquid market in g
Europe's last remaining primeval forest faces World Heritage in Danger listing
A World Heritage Committee draft decision released today by UNESCO signalled a possible "in danger" listing for Europe's last primeval forest with the UN body expressing "utmost concern" for the site. The Białowieża Forest World Heritage site, which covers an area of over 140,000 hectares spanning the border of Poland and Belarus, is threatened by industrial-scale logging, whic
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A VERY PUBLIC SOCIOLOGIST18 unread articles // actions
It's All Just a Little Bit of History Repeating ...
A guest post by Caroyln Morell Despite the date having been written the wrong way round, the Stephen King televised serial, 11.22.63 was enjoyable bingeworthy TV (and is available on NOW TV for those, like me, who signed up for Game of Thrones and now has found fewer and fewer reasons for engaging in a real social life ever since). For the uninitiated, it follows the character of Jake Epping (play
The Lexit Delusion
Dave and co were hoping a spot of economic determinism would see them through the EU referendum. Unfortunately for them, and all our people who stand to lose should Britain exit, this is proving not to be the case. Drawing deep from a poisoned well sunk by tabloid after politician after demagogue, Leave have doused the referendum campaign in xenophobic and anti-immigration toxicants. As my comrade
Omar Mateen and American Culture
Some sketchy thoughts about the murder of 50 clubbers at Pulse in Orlando.1. It does not matter how tragic or bloody the event, there will always be people sick enough to try and score points off it. On this occasion, fast out of the gate was Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who thought it appropriate to gloat over the bullet riddled bodies of the victims. Remember, this man is supposed to b
On 'Student Teaching'
At our University of Derby learning and teaching day on Thursday, I dropped into a session concerned with students as "co-producers". Yes, it does sound like the unholy offspring of hippyism-muesliism and managerial piffle and this kind of rhetoric is normally enough to turn off anyone in a teaching profession. One of the reasons is while, yes, of course any learning situation is the co-
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MUSINGS ON IRAQ30 unread articles // actions
Security In Iraq, June 1-7, 2016
A high pace of violence continued in Iraq into the first week of June 2016. That was due to the continued spring offensive by the Islamic State and its counter attacks to government operations in Anbar. There were 161 incidents reported in the press from June 1-7. That was higher than the previous three weeks, but on part with the 160 recorded the first week of May. As usual Baghdad was the most
How Iraq’s Fallujah Fell To The Islamic State
As the Iraqi government is currently trying to free Fallujah it’s important to remember how the city originally fell to insurgents. Fallujah joined the protests that started in December 2012 against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. It quickly became one of the more radical sites in the country highlighted by the preponderance of Saddam era Iraq flags and banners of the Islamic State of Iraq with d
Who Was Al Qaeda In Iraq’s Abu Omar al-Baghdadi? Interview With Naval War College’s Prof Craig Whiteside
Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic State have had two famous leaders. First was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who founded the organization originally known as Tawhid wal Jihad. He was known for his beheadings and bombing campaigns against the international community and the Shiites, which helped spark the civil war. The other was current IS head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who announced the establishment of the Ca
Why Did Sadr Take Over The Green Zone? Interview With Cambridge’s Michael Clark
Moqtada Al-Sadr has moved into the center of Iraqi politics once again. His movement led a take over of the Green Zone in Baghdad demanding parliament approve a new technocratic cabinet. That threw the entire government into a tailspin, which could last for months. Both western and Iraqi papers have been full of articles trying to explain his strategy and tactics. To add to the debate is Michael
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NEW ORLEANS LADDER16 unread articles // actions
State says it’s still waiting on Gusman to prove deputies should get extra pay ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens
State says it’s still waiting on Gusman to prove deputies should get extra pay ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens
The Maps are not the Problem: In Perpetuating a Myth, Horowitz Misses the Key Point ~Dr. Ezra Boyd, DisasterMap.net~Andy...
The Maps are not the Problem: In Perpetuating a Myth, Horowitz Misses the Key Point ~Dr. Ezra Boyd, DisasterMap.net~Andy Horowitz’s recent New York Times opinion piece on the new flood insurance rate maps for New Orleans contains a number of inaccurate statements, fails to address the fundamental issue, and amounts to nothing more than picking on the “cash-strapped New Orleanians” as they continue
Beasts of the Southern Wild casting crew looks to Lafayette for movie talent ~Kris Wartell, The Advertiser
Beasts of the Southern Wild casting crew looks to Lafayette for movie talent ~Kris Wartell, The Advertiser
New surfaces absorb rain, helping property owners, drivers and environment ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
New surfaces absorb rain, helping property owners, drivers and environment ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
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AMERICAN KABUKI43 unread articles // actions
UPDATED: Sphere Alliance Message #170BIG MAGNETIC CHANGES IMMINENT! DRINK LOTS OF WATER!
Update at bottom of article. -AKTerran: Got any time tonite? I never got to speak to AnDreas.Terran: Bev is down for the night with a pounding headacheDenice: Here I am.Denice: Have a strange sharp pain on my left top scalp. Strange.Terran: Bev is suffering headaches too I feel pretty good better than I have for days.Denice: Ready for AnDREAS?Denice: 😊Terran: Sure I'm outside on the deck. Bev is
The Sky is Flashing
The sky is flashing in Texas. Mostly to the north of us. Trying to capture it on a digital camera but that is not working so well. Nearest storm of significance is 150 miles away no clouds at all very dark sky.
Help Request
I could use some money help. $500 is pretty much what I need for the rest of the month. I don't have to travel anywhere but there are expenses to pay of just living. There is a PayPal button on the right.For those who have a bank account but don't like PayPal, and want a bit more anonymity (Bitcoin has never been completely anonymous - just hard to identify), there is a QR code on right side of
Gaia Portal:Collapses of essentials are observed and surpassed
My apologies for not seeing this one... and the delay in posting it. -AKCollapses of essentials are observed and surpassedby ÉirePortCollapses of essentials are observed and surpassed.Fluencies are enabled as rhymes are validated.Corollaries of Light come to play.The Force of Love is experienced in full.ÉirePort | June 9, 2016 at 08:08 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-yN
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NORTHERN REFLECTIONS31 unread articles // actions
Getting To The Bottom Of The Afghan Prisoners Debacle
In May of 2007, The Toronto Star ran a story about how Afghan soldiers -- who had been captured by Canadians -- were being abused in prison. Michael Byers and William Schabas write:As one detainee told reporter Rosie DiManno, “They whipped me with rubber hoses. Another time, they used a chain to hang me from the ceiling, my head toward the floor.” The same detainee said Canadian officials visite
Envy Is A Very Unattractive Quality
Canadians are supposed to have a reputation for being polite. But, Robin Sears writes, that stereotype doesn't apply to the Canadian press corps. They are pretty good at stoking class envy:Rarely a month goes by without some lazy reporter, certain of a front-page story, digging up the shocking total of hotel costs of some well-travelled trade minister, or the abomination of the two bottles of Onta
It's Later Than We Think
The real battle in the United States won't be between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Chris Hedges writes that the real battle is between corporate power and ordinary citizens. And, if ordinary citizens are to win the battle, they must understand their opposition:The reach and effectiveness of corporate propaganda dwarfs even the huge effort undertaken by Adolf Hitler and Stalin. The layers of d
Who Says You Can't Buy An Election?
Donald Trump keeps rolling along. And things keep getting worse for Hillary Clinton. The real campaign hasn't even started yet. A lot of Clinton's misery is of her own making. Trump is a sociopath -- who will say anything and stop at nothing to win. But, Gerry Caplan writes, things will really get bad when "Kochtopus" is unleashed from its underwater lair. The meme refers to: Charlie an
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