New in Home Nature Report
New in killing Mother
Being the change we want to see in the world - a personal approach to climate change
Gasoline, natural gas, coal and crude oil are not necessities for life.
Clean water and air, shelter, food and the companionship and love of
other humans and non-humans are actually what we need to survive.
Unfortunately, the quest and lust for all that we do not in fact need is
undermining the viability of the ecosystems that underpin that which we
do. The showdown in North Dakota stands as a st
We the Majority have the Actual Power.
With the Electoral College U.S. Presidential win by Donald J. Trump,
self-proclaimed racist, xenophobe, misogynist, scientific skeptic and
assaulter of women, the majority of people in the United States woke up
on 11/9/2016 in a state of shock, bewilderment and despair. Trump's
proposed agenda [of stepped-up corporate welfare, dramatic tax cuts for
the 1% (who are already not paying their fair sh
New in LILITH NEWS
Lån uten sikkerhet og lovdata
Finansdepartementet jobber kontinuerlig med å gjøre nordmenns
privatøkonomi bedre. De er til stadighet ute i media og foreslår nye
lover og regler som skal regulere […] The post Lån uten sikkerhet og
lovdata appeared first on Lilithnews.com .
Avida Finans – fleksibelt forbrukslån
Avida Finans er en svenskeid bank som har etablert virksomheten sin i
Sverige, Finland og Norge. Bedriften har helt siden 1985 drevet ulike
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10 økonomiske ord og uttrykk
Økonomi er en svært viktig del av hverdagen til de fleste, og slettes
ikke alle har like god kontroll på økonomien som de kanskje burde […]
The post 10 økonomiske ord og uttrykk appeared first on Lilithnews.com .
New in Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues
Rump: Couldn't The Republicans Come Up With Somebody Better Than This?
By
Manifesto Joe One thing I've learned in 60-plus years on this planet is
that political ideology is not the measure of a person. As a veteran
blogger, I've personally known right-wingers who are stand-up folks, and
lefties who aren't worth their own shit. And trying to change someone's
mind on politics is like trying to change their religion. It tends to
be a cognitive thing that one learns from
New in Middle Class Political Economist
Clinton's lead now more than a million votes
As
I explained last week , Donald Trump was elected to the Presidency
despite having fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. She has already set a
record for the biggest popular vote victory despite losing the Electoral
College; according to CNN , she now (11/17/16 5:00am EST) leads by
about 1,045,000 votes, roughly twice the margin of Al Gore's victory
over George W. Bush in 2000. This equates to 0.8%
New in Middle East Today
Major Problems Facing the Egyptian Economy
Egypt recently requested a $12,000,000,000 USD loan from the
International Monetary Fund to be paid back in three years. On November
11, 2016, the request was approved, and the first payment to Egypt,
totaling $2.75 USD, will be delivered on November 15, 2016. Furthermore,
the Egyptian government has already implemented the conditions imposed
by the bank. These conditions include floating the Egy
New in New Orleans Ladder
Homes bought out in Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster provide place for tornado victims ~David Mitchell, The Advocate
Homes bought out in Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster provide place for tornado victims ~David Mitchell, The Advocate
The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US ~ Daily Mail Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a...
The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US ~
Daily Mail Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS
analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the
massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular,
those which feed the Mississippi River, in pink
Study says New Orleans will see one of the highest levels of sea level rise in the world ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
Study says New Orleans will see one of the highest levels of sea level rise in the world ~Bob Marshall, The Lens
New in News From Atlantis.
Decline of the Knowledge Is Power Forum
In October 2011 I started the Knowledge Is Power Forum . In the 5 years
since it began, it attracted 96 users, 57 of whom posted (39 just
lurked), with 44 getting involved in debate (13 posted once only). The
Forum gained 499 unique topics, with a total of 1757 posts. These
figures are right, as of the time of writing. In addition to the figures
above, the Forum attracted a poster who flooded it
New in Not Quite Unhinged
The Ultimate Conspiracy
Donald
Trump's problematic relationship with facts and the truth has been well
documented. But of the analysis I have read, each assumes Donald knows
he is lying. I don't agree with that. It doesn't quite match the
behaviour we have observed. A consummate liar familiar with the facts
skillfully distorts and dodges. Donald shows no such skill. He's a bull
in the China shop of facts. He doesn't
Yes, as a Matter of Fact, I do Blame You!
The
problem created by the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of
the United States of America, is not the fault of the Electoral College,
Hillary Clinton, President Obama, the Democrats or Jon Stewart. It is
the fault of the electorate. It is not the fault of neo-liberalism,
political correctness or the news media. It is the fault of the
electorate. Yes Hillary Clinton received a
New in Pesticide Action Network
Monsanto undermines EPA's scientific review
After halting the process in October, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) recently put its review of glyphosate back on the calendar
for December 13-16. Scientists will gather on behalf of the agency to
review the carcinogenic properties of the key ingredient in Monsanto’s
flagship herbicide RoundUp. EPA originally postponed the meeting after
Monsanto publicly attempted to discredit partici
Imagine a world without pesticides
On December 3, the anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal disaster , people
around the world commemorated "No Pesticide Use Day" with somber
remembrances and grassroots campaigns. Thirty-two years ago, more than
2,000 people were killed by a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in
India. From production accidents to pesticide drift near schools to
contaminated water and soil, these agricultural chemica
EPA greenlights two controversial pesticides
Amidst the election turmoil of the last few weeks, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly approved more harmful
pesticide products for use with genetically engineered (GE) seeds. EPA
put Dow's "Enlist Duo" cocktail of glyphosate and 2,4-D back on the
market, after pulling it off just a year ago due to widespread concern .
The agency also gave a green light to Monsanto's new formul
. . . and justice for all.
This is a very different post-election blog than the one I planned to
write. I was going to call the new president's attention to the
political importance of food and farming, highlighting the fact that how
we grow our food directly impacts the health of our families, the
well-being of our communities and the future of our planet. All of that
is still true, but the political winds have dramatical
Kid-friendly farming in California
In late September, California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation
(DPR) released a draft plan for protecting schoolchildren in
agricultural communities from drift-prone, health-harming pesticides.
The agency's proposed pesticide use rules don't do nearly enough —
luckily, some farmers are already doing much more. In brief, these are
the proposed new rules: Prohibit drift-prone pesticide applicat
Moving forward
Like other public interest and social justice groups across the
country, we're wrestling with exactly what the recent election means for
our work going forward. This will take some time to sort, but one thing
is already crystal clear: our efforts will be more challenging — and
more critical — than ever before. We're ready . There are already deeply
disturbing signals from the incoming administrat
New in Philosophical Comment
New article on the possibility of machines as moral agents online
One of the real perks of supervising PhD students is that they tend to
force you outside your established academic comfort zone, and explore
new territories of philosophical inquiry. This is what has happened when
I have followed the footsteps and eventually joined the work of Dorna
Behdadi , who is pursuing a PhD project in our practical philosophy
group on the theme of Moral Agency in Animals a
Come and Join our team in Practical Philosophy: One or more senior lecturers sought!
Our practical philosophy group at the Department of Philosophy,
Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg is
hiring. We are presently seeking one or several senior lecturers in
practical philosophy. This subjects includes all aspects of philosophy
relating to human action and social practices, such as applied and
general normative ethics, ditto political philosophy and phi
New in ProgressiveIslam.Org
Get Beautiful nose, a permanent facial feature with rhinoplasty
When it comes to weigh the beauty of someone’s face, the very first
feature that you must think of at the get go is definitely the nose,
which is the centric and probably the pivotal part of human of face that
influences the facial beauty to great extent. And when it comes to the
beauty of the nasal structure, the pointed tip and sharp nose is of
course everyone’s majestic imagination. But not ev
Soak your head with the factors contributing to a successful nose job
It’s the nose, which plays the cupid between Grecian sculpture and
flawlessness of a human face. Hence, the beauty of the nose influences
the overall beauty of a face to great extent undoubtedly. Round or oval,
whatever facial structure you have, the sharp and pointed nose is the
best implication, which is a wow addition to any ordinary face no doubt.
But not everyone is blessed with such beautif
Have a complete information about Rhinoplasty
The famous saying that the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder is
true undoubtedly. But if you are not that much happy with your overall
appearance, and especially there is some great flaw in your face, which
stops you from knocking everyone
New in Real History Blog
We need a constitutional upgrade
I
think we need a new constitution. There is so much that is simply
antiquated and outdated. For one, when the "two Senators per state" rule
was created, the states were smaller and closer together. I think
California deserves four Senators. The electoral college was a good idea
and is actually designed to prevent a madman from getting elected. But
what if the guy isn't perceived by enough
New in Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Bye Bye Nursing Breaks: Preparing For The Trumpocalypse Part IV
If
you are chomping at the bit to see the repeal of the Affordable Care
Act, you probably don't know all that you are giving up. For instance, I
bet you didn't realize that it was ObamaCare that brought us nursing
breaks for moms . That's right. It's the Fair Labor Standards Act which
requires workplaces to give nursing moms reasonable breaks to express
breast milk for a year after they give birth
Preparing Yourself For The End of ObamaCare (Bracing for the Trumpocalypse Part I)
Well,
Donald Trump is our President-elect. He has made a cascade of promises
throughout the campaign, and many of them will affect the workplace.
First up will be the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. That seems to be
Republican priority number one. With control of the House, the Senate,
the Presidency and soon the Supreme Court, they will get to do whatever
they want for at least two years. So t
Federal Contractors, You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone: Preparing for the Trumpocalypse Part III
President-elect
Trump has promised to undo all of President Obama's executive orders on
day one of his presidency. If you are one of those middle class folks
who voted for him, you may not realize what you voted for until he does
it. If you work for a federal contractor, you will lose a whole heck of a
lot if he keeps this promise. Here's what you've got that may be gone
soon: Paid sick leave : Yo
What Happens When The Feds Decide To Enforce Marijuana Laws? Preparing For The Trumpocalypse Part II
While
four more states legalized marijuana for recreational use and four
passed medical marijuana laws, meaning a majority of states now have
some form of legal marijuana, it looks like the Trump administration may
step up enforcement on the federal level. What does this mean for
workers who need marijuana for disabilities? Nothing good. So far, seven
states have passed laws banning discrimination
New in Stranger in a Strange Land
A Message From Julian Assange on 7 December 2016
A Summary Of The Framing Of Julian Assange. Testimony Cover letter by
Julian Assange: "Six years ago today, on 7 December 2010, I was
handcuffed and locked into Wandsworth prison by order of a Swedish
prosecutor, Marianne Ny. I had not and still have not been charged with
an offence. The claimed grounds for my arrest and extradition without
charge were so that Ny could question me. But it was not
I Stand With The Water Protectors Of Standing Rock, North Dakota
For more information: https://twitter.com/ReZpectOurWater
https://twitter.com/hashtag/standingrock
http://mnhopkins.blogspot.se/2016/09/call-to-action-in-north-dakota-stop.html
Accept Not A Fallen State Of Mankind. - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
So, we see how this world limits one's dreams. Forces are always at
work to put a damper on doers of good deeds and right actions. A few of
darkness project their own weakness out upon the lands and reward those
who portray or you could also say, betray there fellows. If one appears
to be strong or wise, he is discredited and made to look a fool. Every
roadblock is put in the path of one who seek
Happy Thanksgiving Day 2016
Happy Thanksgiving weekend 2016 to all in the States.
Think Not Upon All The Wrongs And Injustices Of Men - A Discourse by M.N. Hopkins
Think not upon all the wrongs and injustices of men, rather think upon a
future in which all co-operate and seek the greatest good for the
greatest number. Hold a vision that is joyous and life giving and share
it so that others can come to realize that such a joyous existence is a
possibility within the physical realm of existence. Be not discouraged,
for the gift of faith returns. A stronger mo
New in Syria Comment
Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi An emblem of Saraya al-Areen. The coastal
province of Latakia is home to a variety of militias aligned with the
Assad regime. One kind that can perhaps be distinguished consists of
groups that seem to be independent in affiliation but are clearly
associated with the Alawite community and identity. A previous case I
have examined is that of Liwa Usud al-Hussein (“The Lion
Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? And Other Tall Tales – By Ehsani2
Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? By Ehsani2
5 December 2016 For Syria Comment Roy Gutman, Journalist The Daily
Beast In a three-part series , Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Roy
Gutman relies on a number of Syrian opposition members to make the
central claim that “the Syrian regime’s collusion with the terrorists of
the so-called Islamic State goes back a decade.” This
Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Saraya al-Tawheed. In the centre is
the symbol of the Hizb al-Tawhid al-Arabi (“Arab Unity Party”), the
political wing of Saraya al-Tawheed. The involvement of the Arab Unity
Party- primarily supported by Lebanese Druze opposed to Walid Jumblatt-
and its leader Wi’am Wahhab in the Syrian civil war has long been known,
as Wahhab and his party have played a role
Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report
HRW witnesses KDP asa’ish preventing a Yazidi civilian family from
bringing rice and pillows for their own use into Sinjar. Photo: 2016
Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch has issued an
important new report on how the Kurdish Regional Government’s
implementation of an economic blockade of the Iraqi Sinjar region is
preventing Yazidi families (displaced during ISIL’s genocide of Yaz
China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East – by Dr. Christina Lin
China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East By Dr. Christina Lin
Syria Comment – November 13, 2016 Interview with Dr. Christina Lin about
China’s view of Syria, ISIS, Ughurs and Turkey What is China’s
motivation for a greater involvement in Syria, considering that many
Uighur fighters seem to be going to Syria, with the goal of making a new
permanent home for themselves, and thus not returning
Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar, featuring
Syria as the main part of the emblem and the group’s name beneath it.
The predominantly Druze province of Suwayda’ in southern Syria has a
variety of militia factions, some of which lean more third-way and
reformist from within (most notably the Rijal al-Karama movement) and
others of a more Assad regime loyalist orientation. K
New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
What Do They Mean By "Climate"?
A few days ago (actually, on November 13th, so not just a few days ago)
I wrote the following comment on the American Thinker site, to an
article about "Trump and Hillary on Climate". (Mine was a scientific
comment, the site and the article are political. I don't argue politics
here, I am a scientist who tries to inform, even in the current general
insanity.) I would not be bringing this up here,
New in The Ergosphere
Fast, cheap, good biofuels: Can we have all 3?
Converting
biomass (lignocellulose) to high-quality liquid fuels has been a huge,
costly headache since the first log was retorted to make wood alcohol.
Acid hydrolysis of cellulose is costly and leaves lots of sulfate to
deal with. Enzyme hydrolysis is also costly in materials and typically
slow. Various types of pyrolysis have their good and bad points, but
while some products like "liquid
Bleg: Clean videos of A-tests
I
need some video of an above-ground nuclear test, shot from the ground,
with no watermarks and the original sound with no music or voice-overs.
Everything I can find has some problem or other, and the original
versions are buried way down the search results by all the crapped-up
and promoted copies to the point where I wore out before I could dig
that deep. ADVthanksANCE.
New in The Existentialist Cowboy
When Scalia Beamed up!
by Len Hart These flights are critical to the the government's
crumbling cover up! Without those flights, Bush and his murderous
co-conspirators will have to revise the big lie. They will have to
concoct yet another cover story from the ground up! A cover up is on the
brink of collapse when those guilty of capital crimes and high treason
either turn on one another or are forced to revise the lie!
New in The Galloping Beaver
More #ERRE thoughts
I'm
finding it interesting to contrast the Liberal and NDP supplements to
the ERRE committee report, found on pages 321-333. The Liberal
dissenting opinion makes frequent reference to witness testimony and
descriptive data from the report to make its case for a comprehensive
public engagement and knowledge building exercise prior to any hard
decision on electoral reform. In contrast the NDP
#ERRE report and poison pills
There's
a lot of hay being made of about Maryam Monsef's parliamentary attack
on the Electoral Reform committee's report. In brief, Monsef went on the
attack and accused the committee of failing in its job by producing a
recommendation for proportional representation and a referendum on
whether Canadians want it. In response, the committee members, other
MPs, and the general public bristled,
New in The Straight Goods
Christy Clark's Taxpayer Funded LNG Advertising Blitz, Fictional Ads Versus Economic Truths
By Grant G What i'm about to tell you is nothing new(for regular
readers)... This post is another slight against our domestic British
Columbia media... The Vancouver Sun....they reported nothing.. The
Province .............they reported nothing.. Global BC
................they reported nothing... CTV
.........................they reported nothing.. CKNW
.....................they reported nothing.
Papua New Guinea--Exxon--LNG--Corruption= The People of Papua New Guinea Gets Screwed
Landowners at Papua New Guinea's biggest resources project are
threatening to create "chaos" if the PNG Government does not honour a
deal to give them equity. PNG Government-owned company Kumul Petroleum
Holdings has withdrawn an offer to finance landowners' purchase of 4.27
per cent of the PNG LNG project, after some complained it was unfair.
The Government now says landowners need to find more
The Shredding of Rich Coleman's Latest LNG Bullshit Spinfest-A Straight Goods Special
Written by Grant G There has been some interesting developments on the
British Columbia LNG front.....and the developments are bad news for
BC's LNG superpower aspirations... As reported here in previous posts,
Japan has officially challenged the legality of "take or pay LNG
contracts"...Japan's LNG use is on the decline as a result of several
things..number 1..Japan's population is falling by mi
Hollowed Souls and The Inescapable Box, Donald Trump Edition
Written by Grant G Donald Trump's presidential victory ... I have
difficulty in describing the hollow feeling within, my internal compass
was and is still spinning wildly, not knowing what direction to point,
an emptiness filled my soul after Donald Trump triumphed and I'm not an
American nor do I live in that country so it's easy to relate to the
despair 50 million Americans are feeling.. Alone,
Beautiful British Columbia's Federal Liberal MPs ..... John Aldag -Cloverdale Langley Terry Beech -Burnaby North Seymou...
Beautiful British Columbia's Federal Liberal MPs ..... John Aldag
-Cloverdale Langley Terry Beech -Burnaby North Seymour Suhk Dhaliwal
-Surrey Newton Hedy Fry -Vancouver Center Stephen Fuhr -Kelowna Country
Pamela Goldsmith Jones - West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky
Country Ken Hardie -Fleetwood-Port Kells Ron Mckinnon -Coquitlam Port
Coquitlam Joyce Murray -Vancouver Quadra Joe Peschisolid
LNG-Kinder Morgan-Site C Discussion at length-Blogtalk Radio-LNG, The Very Little Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Canadian Glen and I had a robust conversation on Blogtalk Radio... The
View Up Here .. ....2 hours of intense myth busting, lengthy
conversations covering a few of BC's burning issues and scandals...
Kinder Morgan ..... Site C dam ..... LNG. ... Failed mainstream media
and blatant betrayals at the hands of elected politicians ...Pour
yourself a coffee, tea, ..whiskey, whatever you fancy, kick off
New in The White Hats Report
December 7 – White Hats Report #57 – The Trump Factor: Trexit, America’s answer to the Globalists and Exposure on a grand scale.
Following the lead of our friends across the pond, America delivered
their own version of Brexit by electing Donald Trump president. In the
year of miracles, add Trexit to Brexit and the Cubs winning their first
World Series in 108 years to the list of odds defying events. History
tells us that eventually the pendulum will change direction and swing
the other way and the number of casualties is g
New in thwap's schoolyard
Ted Rall on a Clinton Victory
Ted Rall writes about something I considered composing, and comes up
with pretty much what I would have. (Just with more details.) "Hillary's
Lost: Should We Care?" Here's some highlights: The Cabinet: ... Hillary
Clinton’s cabinet would have been composed of the neoliberal
militarists who’ve been running things for Obama. Taxes and the Economy:
Clinton proposed a slightly more progressive tax st
Both Trump & Hillary Supporters Are Stupid
I really don't want to start blogging again. But the US election farce
is finally over and I've had some thoughts and sharing bits of them with
one or two friends just isn't enough. So I'll express myself here and
then quit for a while. The whole response to this travesty has ratcheted
up my misanthropy levels. Hillary supporters deluding themselves that
Trump voters have rejected the way of ligh
New in Vagabond Scholar
Armistice Day 11/11/16
(Click
on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly
wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always seemed to me
to be special. Even if the reason for it fell apart as the years went
on, it was a symbol of something close to the high part of the heart.
Perhaps a life that stretches through two or three wars takes its first
war rather seriously, but I still
Forgiveness, Compassion and Generosity
Some
thoughts for Armistice Day (or Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day). How
does one deal with a tragedy? Or a great injustice? Or persistent
unfairness for years? How does one face violence, or conflict or hatred?
One of the most striking stories I've encountered this year is that of
Terri Roberts and her Amish neighbors. Both The Washington Post and
StoryCorps did excellent pieces
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
So,
It's Come to This? Dick Cheney Back in Fashion (The Gaslight Economy)
Dismal Jobs Report (Pittsboro NC Plans for Our Future) The Politics of
Rage
Don't
miss this. (Trump stealing from the progressive playbook?) It's like
not having to pay the gypsy. Just watch. And listen (and save your
money): Gee, I'm so glad we have Elizabeth Warren and Robert Reich and
Ralph Nader and Bill Black and Russ Feingold and Jill Stein and . . . oh
well . . . no one with real power to ensure that the feared, horrific
Trump War events on the horizon do
(Rethinking
Your Vote?) Italy's Referendum a Surprise or a Given? (2018 Dem Triumph
Gloating) Trumped Worse than Bushed? Who Cares! Pox on Both! (The Most
Dangerous Country on Earth: Was 11/8 a New 9/11 Or Has Nothing Really
Changed?)
Trump
and His Betraying Makeover Italy’s Referendum Should Be a Warning to
Donald Trump Much like Donald Trump’s appeal to the working class in
America, Renzi took office in 2014 on an anti-establishment campaign.
Ironically, or perhaps not, Renzi used the identical words as Trump,
promising to clean out “the swamp.” The swamp in Italy includes the same
cronyism, political pay-to-play
(Trumped?
Jailed! Deep State Raises Ugly Head) Kissingered: USA War/Greed Factor
Overwhelming (Waiting for the Barbarians) Dear President Putin (How Dems
Could Win Again But WaPo Says NO) Too Many Americans Are Watching from
the Sidelines (Google Gives PRISM Petabytes of Personal Data But No Evil
Doers They!) Schmidt Next President? Commies Detected! (Hillary Running
on Obama Sand Legacy) EFF Denied
(A
few bucks in the Pay Pal to help cover server costs would be much
appreciated. It's the holiday season. Thanks for your support.) The war
is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. - George Orwell
Official Washington’s rush into an Orwellian future is well underway as
political and media bigwigs move to silence Internet voices of
independence and dissent. As an unemployed
The
Failure of American Liberalism (And Now, The Real (Terrible) News - Re:
The Game of Ethical Behavior Is Over for the USA USA USA!) Small-Town
Sleeper Cell Unravels (What Killed the TPP?) Still Always-At-War USA?
Fidel
Castro Dies at 90 The same people who railed against ‘political
correctness’ now seem to believe there should be no criticism of their
choice. You can’t have it both ways Vote shaming, anyone? rump voters
sure are sensitive lately. They’re upset that the cast of the hit play
Hamilton made a statement to Vice-President-elect Mike Pence, and that
the audience booed him. They’re
BE
EVIL Wins! (Cleverer Trump) Neofascist Bang, Not Whimper Ends Era -
Next Financial Catastrophe Upcoming (Google Evil Apparent) Hard Evidence
Trump/Pence Stole Election (So Where's the Left?) Why We'll Never Have a
Real Investigation of Anything Involving Acquisition of Power, Money
and Influence (Google/Facebook, Mass Surveillance and The Endless War)
.
"The neoliberal era in the United States ended with a neofascist bang.
The political triumph of Donald Trump shattered the establishments in
the Democratic and Republican parties - both wedded to the rule of Big
Money and to the reign of meretricious politicians." I think I've been
clear enough in my designation of Trump as the most clever candidate in
this past election - even cleverer we
(Trump
Is Obama/Hillary Legacy?) "Crosscheck" Lies Rule Election Choices
(Unhinged Normal) Who Is Huma Abedin? (Deep State Arms-Sales Collusion)
Power of the Shadow Gov't (Creeping Normality) They Paved Paradise &
Sold It (Liberal Progressivism's Alleged Failure) That's Not Liberalism
Trump
victory margin in North Carolina: 177,008 North Carolina "Crosscheck"
purge list: 589,393 Some final Election 2016 analysis? In the week
leading up to last Tuesday’s election the press was busy writing
obituaries for the Republican Party. This continued even after Donald
Trump’s “surprising” victory – which, like the 2008 bank-fraud crash,
“nobody could have expected.” The pretense
New in What Is Sustainable
Ancient Spirit Rising
Life in 2100 will look very different from today. Industrial
civilization is addicted to the mass consumption of nonrenewable
resources, a design that can have no long-term future. To add to the
excitement, climate change is a powerful wildcard. How did we get into
this mess? Many too-clever mistakes. Are the problems widely understood
now? No, most know little or nothing about ecological sustain
The Gallic Wars
After a long and crazy joyride in overshoot, enormous bills are coming
due. Industrial civilization is sliding toward foreclosure. Capitalism
gets the blame, but the roots of the madness go far deeper, older than
ancient empires. Many public buildings in America imitate the
architecture of the Roman Empire, with their rows of tall stone columns.
Like ancient empires, our economic tentacles reach
New in wmtc
librarians: celebrate human rights at your library #Write4Rights
December
10 is International Human Rights Day . The date commemorates the
adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the first
global human rights document. Every year on December 10, Amnesty
International Canada holds Write For Rights . All over the country,
Canadians use our own human rights to support people who don’t have
them. We write letters in support of prisoners of co
on a language adventure with mango languages
We
are going to Egypt! We're super excited about it. It's someplace we've
always wanted to go. In fact, it's the only country that Allan has
always wanted to see. (We went to my number one spot -- Peru -- in
2006.) Just after New Year's, we celebrate our anniversary, and we
always go away for the 5s and 10s*. I thought for number 30 we should go
someplace really special! The trip is in February. I
there is a major design flaw in the new blogger interface
Blogger
has rolled out a redesigned dashboard. For those of us who write or
manage blogs with comment moderation, it is decidedly not an upgrade.
And for those of us who manage multiple blogs with comment moderation,
it downright sucks. Unfortunately I can't illustrate this post; I didn't
know my dashboard was going to change, so I didn't screenshot the old
one. Previously, when I went to Blogger
before the flood: good information but ultimately a weak message
Tonight
we watched " Before the Flood ", Leonardo DiCaprio's film about climate
change, which I had heard such good things about. It's well done, and
is chock full of appropriately terrifying and depressing information.
But in the end, the film delivers yet another "it's up to each of us"
message, focusing on individual actions, rather than systemic solutions.
Early in the film, we hear that discu
fidel castro, 1926-2016
More
than any ruler I can think of, Fidel Castro defies our insistence on
seeing leaders as solely either good or evil. As this excellent
assessment in Social Worker (UK ) puts it, "History must judge him both
as the freedom fighter whose defiance humiliated US imperialism and as
the ruler of a repressive, unequal society." Castro was an inspiration
to freedom fighters the world over, including Ne
what i'm reading: welcome to the goddamn ice cube
Canadians might be disappointed to learn that Welcome to the Goddamn
Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North is not
about Canada. We sometimes refer to Canada as the Great White North, but
the Canada that most Canadians inhabit has little in common with the
stark landscapes that author Blair Braverman called home. In the
northernmost reaches of Norway or on an Alaskan gla
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Spain announces dredging ban to protect Doñana
Spain's Doñana wetland received a reprieve today when authorities
committed not to allow dredging of a river essential to the World
Heritage site's health. In a report to UNESCO, the country stated that a
plan to deepen the Guadalquivir River to allow larger commercial ships
will not be authorized. Failure to cancel the dredging project could
have triggered the inscription of Doñana National Park
Asian infrastructure boom could be end of the road for tigers
With massive infrastructure plans threatening all tiger landscapes and
risking recent gains in tiger conservation, Asian governments must adopt
a sustainable approach to infrastructure planning and construction or
drive tigers toward extinction, according to a new analysis by WWF.
Released at the halfway point of an ambitious global effort to double
the number of wild tigers between 2010 and 2022
Nations need to get serious about biodiversity loss or risk missing global targets
Gland, Switzerland (2 December) – Faced with dramatic declines in
nature, governments must come prepared to urgently implement their
collective commitments to global biodiversity conservation and
dramatically raise their individual ambitions at the upcoming meeting of
the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting comes as
nations are already on pace to miss internationally-agreed biod
Surge in seizures of captive-bred tigers strengthens call for Asia to close all tiger farms
With commercial tiger breeding in Asia threatening the future of the
world's remaining wild tigers, governments must announce concrete steps
to close all the continent's tiger farms within the next three years at
the international conference on illegal wildlife trade starting tomorrow
in Viet Nam. A full TRAFFIC report released today on tiger trafficking
found that an estimated 30 per cent of tig
Paris Agreement passes first stress test at COP22
MARRAKECH, Morocco – In response to the close of COP22, Manuel
Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF International's Climate & Energy
Practice, issued the following statement: "The UN climate talks continue
to be filled with twists and turns, but they have delivered what they
needed to this week – putting substance behind the promise of the Paris
Agreement so it can be fully implemented. The Marrakech work
Mediterranean swordfish on the verge of collapse: WWF raises the alarm
Rome – WWF is calling on 48 fishing nations gathering on Monday in
Vilamoura, Portugal to end over three decades of overfishing of the
Mediterranean swordfish and urgently adopt an ambitious recovery plan to
avoid the collapse of the species. Countries that are part of the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT),
including the United States and Japan, plus the Euro
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