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I am the founder of Starbucks and I am begging you to stop buying the Unicorn Frappuccino
Hello, my name is Rutherford Q. Starbucks and I am the founder of
Starbucks. When an employee first came to me with the Unicorn
Frappuccino idea I told him no. I gave you all the benefit of the doubt.
I told him, we here at Starbucks, we respect our customers and they
respect us. Our mission is to provide our customers a delicious,
caffeinated beverage to complement their day. SEE ALSO: Here's Un
All the best (and geekiest) signs from Marches for Science around the world
Scientists and science enthusiasts alike took to the streets Saturday
(Earth Day!) to support a worthwhile cause: facts. And you had to know
the signs were going to be amazing . Here are a few of the best — and,
of course, the geekiest — signs from not only the March for Science in
D.C., but marches and rallies around the world. Because reason rules.
SEE ALSO: Here's why thousands of scientists a
Mystery haul of gold coins found inside piano
The
treasure trove was found in Shropshire, England inside an old school
piano that was being retuned. A total of 913 coins, each thought to be
91.7% ...
'Most Haunted' crew films 'ghost' in old house
The
footage shows a shadowy figure walking up a staircase in a stately home
in Rotherham, England. Presented by Yvette Fielding, 'Most Haunted'
first ...
Power Outages in San Francisco, New York, and LA
Via:
Inverse: A series of power outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
New York City on Friday left people across the country struggling to
complete their morning commutes. There is currently no evidence to
suggest that this is more than just a coincidence, despite worries about
some sort of cyber attack. New York City […]
The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
Via:
MIT Technology Review: Last year, a strange self-driving car was
released onto the quiet roads of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The
experimental vehicle, developed by researchers at the chip maker Nvidia,
didn’t look different from other autonomous cars, but it was unlike
anything demonstrated by Google, Tesla, or General Motors, and it showed
the […]
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Don’t believe Theresa May. The election won’t change Brexit one bit | Guy Verhofstadt
From
Europe, it just looks like an attempted power grab by the Tories Having
informed European leaders that Britain is leaving the European Union
and, after laying out the UK’s negotiating position in a detailed
notification letter, the prime minister is now asking the British people
how they would like their full English Brexit served. In Brussels, we
now wonder who will be joining us at the brea
Rare parchment manuscript of US Declaration of Independence found in England
Two Harvard researchers have found only the second known parchment
manuscript of America’s formative text in a West Sussex archive When in
the course of human events it becomes necessary to visit a tiny records
office in southern England because it claims to have a copy of the
Declaration of Independence, a decent respect for history requires
investigation. On Friday two Harvard University resear
140 Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack on Afghan Base, Official Says
Details
were still emerging, but it appeared to have been the single deadliest
known attack on an Afghan military base since the war began.
‘Sherlock Holmes of Armenian Genocide’ Uncovers Lost Evidence
Turkish
denials have long rested on the lack of documentary evidence. But a
researcher says he has found a crucial telegram about the World War
I-era atrocity.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was just dismissed from his post as top doctor
He is a strong supporter of gun control and Obamacare. America’s top
doctor and an Obama-appointee, Vivek Murthy , was dismissed and replaced
by the Trump Administration on Friday. In a statement, the
administration said it asked Murthy to resign from his duties after he
helped with “a smooth transition.” “Dr. Murthy, the leader of the U.S.
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, was asked to r
An Israeli grandmother shares her 'close call' with violent settlers on Passover
Originally
in Mondoweiss We, three women in our 60s and 70s, wanted to see the
settlement reality for ourselves. We got a smaller but bitter taste of
the violence and hatred Palestinians in the area experience as routine.
During Passover, I traveled to the West Bank with two other women, all
of us members of Machsom Watch, an Israeli human rights group. Our goal
was to visit two Palestinian villag
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2017 March for Science: Live Updates
Follow
along during the March for Science on April 22, as scientists and
science supporters around the world gather to stand up for the integrity
of science.
China's first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab
China's
first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, successfully completed docking with
an orbiting space lab on Saturday, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center
said.
Thousands join March for Science rallies over 'alternative facts' (Update)
Thousands
of people rallied in support for science in Europe and Australasia on
Saturday ahead of a march in Washington, triggered by rising concern
over populism and so-called alternative facts.
Chew On This For Earth Day: How Our Diets Impact The Planet
The foods we choose to put on our plates — or toss away – could have
more of an ecological impact than many of us realize. (Image credit:
MHJ/Getty Images)
The March for Science: What You Need to Know
Thousands
of scientists and science enthusiasts will march on Saturday in
Washington and other locations, with many motivated by President Trump’s
policies.
In Photos: 2017 March for Science on Earth Day
Scenes from the 2017 March for Science in Washington, D.C., and around the world.
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The Japanese Government Wants You to Date | Explorer
Explorer correspondent Francesca Fiorentini visits a
government-sponsored matchmaking event held in Japan as the country
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wilderness guide Hazen Audel travels to some of the world's most remote
tribal communities to learn how they have surv
Preserving One Square Inch of Silence
Gordon Hempton is on a personal quest to preserve silence in nature.
The “sound-tracker” circles the globe recording vanishing sounds,
including the most elusive one of all: silence. In 2005, Hempton
resolved to find the quietest place in Washington's Hoh rainforest,
itself a haven of silence. According to Hempton, the area he found is
precisely one square inch. But that little area of quiet—whic
Ellen's Role in Nicki Minaj's Feud
Two the the hottest rap stars, Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea, both
included Ellen their new music videos. All hail DeGeneres Queen! From:
TheEllenShow
Channing Tatum's 'Magic Mike' Surprise
The handsome star and the men of "Magic Mike Live" had a sexy surprise
for a lucky bachelorette and her friends. Cue the music – and the shirt
removals! From: TheEllenShow
Project Literacy - The Alphabet Of Illiteracy
Felt produced the music for the film at the heart of the campaign.
Pearson's animated viral 'The Alphabet of Illiteracy' is based on
sculptor Wilfrid Wood's work and cycles through twenty six distinct
issues caused or worsened by illiteracy. Felt created an adaptation of
the the song 'A - You're Adorable' most famously sung by Perry Como and
the Fontane Sisters. The adaptation was performed by si
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Is About To Grow: Here’s What It Means
The
Shanghai Cooperation Organization are preparing the ground for India
and Pakistan to join the group as full members. Russian foreign minister
Sergei Lavrov is hailing this "historic" move that will turn the
organization into a truly global force. So what is the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization and what does this latest move mean? Luckily,
James has the answers!
Meet The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
When
The Shanghai Five held its first presidential summit in China in 1996,
this innocuous group hardly registered as a blip on the geopolitical
radar. Within just five years, however, the loose-knit cooperative
organization of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan was
already attracting the attention of some of the premier globalist
institutions as a potential opponent to Western i
Interview 1268 – Derrick Broze on The Theory and Practice of Agorism
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Derrick Broze of TheConsciousResistance.com joins us once again to
discuss his latest book, co-authored with John Vibes, Manifesto of the
Free Humans. From the theory and practice of agorism and the importance
of language in shaping our thought and action to the immigration debate
and the creation of a new int
Interview 1269 – Larken Rose Explains How To Talk To Statists
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Ever wondered how to get your friends to understand that government is
inherently immoral? That no group of people can grant any government
rights that they don't have themselves? That taxation is theft? Well,
wonder no more! Larken Rose is touring a two-day workshop teaching
voluntaryists how to most effectivel
Fit For Thee, Not For Me (NWO Edition)
From German politicians and their swine vaccines to Bill Gates' kids
and common core, it's one rule for the powers-that-shouldn't-be and
another for the plebs. But surely you knew that already. What other
examples of this phenomenon do you know of? Leave your answers in the
comments section below.
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Marching for Indigenous Science
“Let us remember that long before Western science came to these shores, there were Indigenous scientists here”
Science Strikes Back: Anti-Trump March Set to Draw Thousands to Washington
Scientists
are ditching their labs for the streets in a mass protest against the
Trump administration’s war on facts, but will the effort resonate with
skeptics?
Chronicling Global Warming’s Impact on Antarctica’s Chinstrap Penguins
A conversation with Ron Naveen from the film The Penguin Counters
Of Turkey Tails, Samoans, and how Culture Imbues Food
Our bodies and what we eat don’t exist in a social vacuum, Big Food knows this only too well
Walmart Exposed for Selling Dolphin-Deadly Tuna in Costa Rica
Retail giant is sourcing its Suli brand tuna from Mexican fishing fleets that harass and kill marine mammals, says nonprofit
Can a Public Image Makeover Save the Mauritius Fruit Bat?
Conservationists are working to recast perceptions of native pollinators in the wake of controversial culls
New in The Rules of Exposition
Illiterate versus Just Plain Stupid
From
W3Schools :" Tip: The element is very often used together with CSS, to
layout a web page ." No. Unacceptable. It has to be this way: " Tip: The
element is very often used together with CSS, to lay out a web page ."
"Lay out" has to be two words. Why? IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE DOING IT. Then
you have to be able to say: "I am laying out the web page." Two words.
It would be obviously wrong to say "I
"This is reality, whether you like it or not."
The
title is from Willa Cather, at Orange Crate Art . It reminds me... I
worked for a time with a bunch of foreigners, Czechs from
Czechoslovakia, from before the days of the Czech Republic. There were
minor problems with the language. The boss and his number one man didn't
get along at all. Number one never liked anything the boss thought we
should do. One time the boss said we should do so-and-s
Maybe a comma after "literally" would help
Some
years back, in The Atlantic : But the federal government stuck to its
guns, literally suppressing an armed anti-tax uprising in western
Pennsylvania in 1794, known as the Whiskey Rebellion. That sentence
would have been so much better if the word "literally" applied to the
imagery of sticking to guns, rather than to the fact of suppressing a
rebellion.
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To all the dogs I've loved
I can’t imagine what the dogs that run into Paul and I must think of us
these days, trailing what must be bits of the scent of a dozen or more
dogs on us at this point. Our itinerant way of life this past year has
brought us many animal companions for periods of intimate living, and
I’m sure it doesn’t all come out in the wash. It’s been quite the
animal-companion year since returning to the Isla
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John Keel was Right - Another New Roswell Witness
Well, it’s happened again, just as John Keel said it would. As I have
mentioned before, Keel had written in 1991 that by the end of the
century (meaning going into the 21 st century) there would be dozens of
people, if not hundreds, claiming to have been in Roswell at the time of
the UFO crash. Another one has appeared on the scene by the name of
Charles H. Forgus, a soldier who served during the
X-Zone Broadcast Network - John Burroughs
John Burroughs, of Rendlesham Forest fame, was my guest. We focused,
quite naturally, on the December, 1980, sightings there and what all
happened from his perspective. You can listen to the program here:
https://youtu.be/rN2llEG7v3s John Burroughs I, for a long time, had been
confused about the number of days over which the events took place. I
had asked Jim Penniston, John Burroughs and Charles
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Lorna Hunter
This week I talked with Lorna Hunter of The International Paranormal
Society about UFOs in Minnesota, especially the sighting known as the
Tin Can Man, and Val Johnson’s encounter that left his patrol car
damaged and, of course, we did get into the Paranormal briefly. You can
listen to it here:
http://differentperspective.rnn.libsynpro.com/a-different-perspective-with-kevin-randle-ep-0033-guest-l
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Alex Tsakiris
This week, my friends at Anomalist Books put me in touch with Alex
Tsakiris who wrote, Why Science is Wrong … about Almost Everything . The
book wasn’t exactly what I thought it was going to be. It was about
things that would be more normally found in the world of the paranormal
but with a scientific slant to it. While we began talking about
consciousness, or rather the nature of it, we evolved q
Chiles, Whitted, Turbulence and Ed Ruppelt
Yes, I thought we would revisit the Chiles-Whitted sighting just one
more brief time. As I was working on something else, I happened to thumb
through Ed Ruppelt’s book , The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
when something about the Chiles-Whitted sighting caught my eye. These
guys were airline pilots who suggested a cigar-shaped object had flashed
by their aircraft. In the hours that followe
X-Zone Broadcast Network - Larry Lawson
This week I chatted with Larry Lawson, who hosts the Paranormal
Stakeout show on the X-Zone Broadcast Network. We talked about ghost
sightings and some of those that he thought were good examples of the
phenomenon, about the definition of this apparitions, and some of the
assumptions made by others. We also talked about levels of evidence, the
gathering of that evidence, and what forms it would t
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Who is Daniel J. Levitin?
By
Denis G. Rancourt, PhD Who is Daniel J. Levitin, and why is he saying
false things about me? Mr. Levitin is a university professor, a
psychologist, and the author of the 2016 book "Weaponized Lies: How to
Think Critically in the Post-truth Era". Wikipedia states the following
about Mr. Levitin's book: "His interest in writing the guide [was] to
help people develop techniques to
On Syria - Peggy Mason is a dog of war dressed as a human rights defender
Canadian
dogs of war dressed as human rights defenders, from Trudeau to NGOs. A
very tired trick that must be exposed. Thank you Ken Stone. AND SEE
2017-04-15 UPDATE BELOW. 2017-04-12: < Ken Stone challenges Peggy
Mason to a public debate. Based on her attribution of the recent
chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun on the government of Bashar-Al-Assad, I
wish to challenge Peggy Mason to a
Until Death
It
is not my prison. It is my liberation. Depression and despair versus
action and agency. Starts and is maintained in the head and heart, no
matter the circumstances.
Ontological anxiety
My today's attempt at clever: Ontological anxiety is the defining psychic luxury of privileged existence.
Academic Freedom? - Michael Ignatieff is pathetic
Failed
politicians never die. They become embassy ambassadors and university
presidents. After Michael Ignatieff crashed the Liberal Party of Canada
he returned to Harvard University, was given an Order of Canada by
Trudeau, and became president of the Soros-funded Central European
University in Hungary. Hungary wants the Soros cancer out but globalist
Ignatieff is screaming "academic freedom
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Death Is A Sailing Ship Which Will Also Be Welcomed On Another Shore
Since I have seen my mother when she reached through the curtain and
touched me in an after-death experience in 1987 as well as my deceased
twin brother two years ago when he intervened and saved my life on
Highway 4. I am aware that my grandfather is still very much alive in my
heart and will eventually be welcoming me home to a safe harbor with
his soft heart and warm embrace ~ for those who we
Doomsday Clock Moves 2.5 Minutes To Midnight
On the 26th of January, 2017, the Doomsday moved forward to 2 minutes
and 30 seconds to midnight ~ created by the Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists in 1947 to convey the urgent threat nuclear weapons pose as
well as other threats such as climate change also taken into account.
Last year, the clock remained at 3 minutes. Today, with the Inauguration
of Donald Trump, the clock has moved half a minute c
Taking A Stand For A Great Truth
As our civil liberties slowly erode with a corporate state under
control of the Military/Industrial complex and global elite ~ that want
war ~ there will come a time when we all must take a stand for some
great principle, some great issue, some great cause or some great truth ~
The Unified Field is my great truth for which I take this peaceful
stand: Allen L Roland, PhD "Love alone is capable of
Obamas Were Real Thing Versus Fake Cardboard Cutouts
Trumps and Obamas on Inauguration day 2017 This picture of the incoming
and outgoing president on Inauguration day 2017 tells you everything
you need to know about Trump and Obama. One saw himself as President of
the people and the other sees himself unfortunately as a dictator and
enforcer of his mandate. Both have many things in common but only Obama
has maintained the childlike enthusiasm of a
Gamecocks Defense Will Prevail In Big Dance Final
South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar (21), Chris Silva (30) and Rakym Felder
(4) celebrated after defeating Baylor in Sweet 16 final. Credit Robert
Deutsch/USA Today Sports, via Reuters "South Carolina’s players said
Thursday that it was easy to pinpoint from where their defensive prowess
stems. It is from Coach Martin, who calls the defense his “baby” and
designed it in his image, an image he projects a
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A3 Newsletter: "Freedom Is A State Of Mind"
( PHOTO: Albert at the Innocence Project's Network Conference in San
Diego this last month, alongside Valerie Jarret, a Chicago lawyer and
former top adviser to President Barack Obama with Albert. ) A3
Newsletter, April 17, 2017: Taking on the Clarion Call - "Free 'em all!"
"Freedom is a state of mind" Albert said at the presentation that he
and King gave at Harvard last month. That may be how Al
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DPRK Wound Filament Airframes
High-resolution
photographs of the aiframe for North Korea’s Pukguksong
submarine-launched ballistic missile have a surprise. The airframe
appears be wound-filament, not the simple metal airframes we’ve seen on
North Korea’s space launchers. That opens up a lot of possibilities for
North Korea — and ticks off an important requirement North Korea to
build a solid-fueled …
A Three-Person Rule for Nuclear First Use
Quote
of the week: “We still tend to conceive of national security almost
solely as a state of armed readiness, a vast, awesome arsenal of
weaponry… We are haunted by this concept of military hardware.” —Robert
S. McNamara, The Essence of Security Whiffs of grapeshot and sarin gas
are in the air – enduring conflicts in …
Putting the North Korean Threat into Perspective
It’s
not easy, right? To put North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat into
perspective. Everywhere you turn, you’ll hear widely differing factual
claims, strongly opposed views on what to do or not do, etc. A
cacaphony. And that’s a little hard to take, especially if you’re
suddenly inclined to hunt for information on the subject. Serious
journalists often …
The Ghost Ship Anchored at Foggy Bottom
Quotes
of the week: “Focus on the action, not the distraction.” – Sandra
Savine “Also focus on the non-action, not the distraction.” – MK It
would take a consummate diplomat to be the face of the Trump
Administration’s foreign policy. Rex Tillerson isn’t a consummate
diplomat; he’s a titan of the oil business, learning a …
Kerr on the JCPOA
My
friend Paul Kerr — the original second blogger at Arms Control Wonk —
has taken time from his day job to write an essay that focuses on the
enduring value of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’s prohibition
on “activities which could contribute to the development of a nuclear
explosive device,” a prohibition that permanently define’s the terms of
Iran’s …
Syria: A Modest Proposal
Those
of us laboring in the vineyards of nuclear nonproliferation are forced
to learn, alas, at least a little about energy policy. If nuclear
technology only were good for making weapons, and not also for
electricity, our lives would be much simpler. Nuclear power is
especially important nowadays, since it offers the only low-carbon form
of “base …
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Take Action: Let Bill O'Reilly's Advertisers Know What You Think
.
. By MARC McDONALD Advertisers are fleeing the sinking ship of Fox
News' The O'Reilly Factor following the latest revelations and
allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct involving Bill O'Reilly.
Which raises the question: which advertisers have fled? And which
advertisers are still supporting The O'Reilly Factor ? Mediamatters.org
is on the case, as usual, and has put together a handy li
New in Cherchez la Verite
Paul
Craig Roberts: "The reckless and irresponsible war talk in the US
government and presstitute media and among NATO and Washington’s vassals
must stop immediately. Life is in the balance." "Putin has shown
amazing patience with Washington’s lies and provocations, but he cannot
risk Russia by trusting Washington, whom no one can trust. Not the
American people, not the Russian people, not any people."
Is That Armageddon Over The Horizon? April 12 2017 Is That Armageddon
Over The Horizon? Paul Craig Roberts The insouciance of the Western
world is extraordinary. It is not only Americans who permit themselves
to be brainwashed by CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the New York Times and Washington
Post, but also their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Australia, and
Japan, who rely on the war propaganda machine that
Welcome
to theREALnews.com, the only nation-wide news service that eschews
nuclear holocost that could kill us all. Yet the insane US "mainstream
media" can't wait to exchange ICBCs with Russia.
Original Here :
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=18856
Trump's Syria Attack Sanctioned by the Media Media critic Norman
Solomon says US media's uncritical coverage of Trump's Syria attack is
typical and has its roots in ratings spikes and in economic ties to the
military-industrial complex https://youtu.be/fW_UTtng7-s Norman Solomon
wrote th
I
would have put this up first, had I seen it first. So please read my
header on the one below. Both of today's posts bear on the deadly
reversal of Trump's view of Syria and Russia.
https://youtu.be/miLyF9C-zEo Cherchez la Verite
Given
that my readers visit infrequently, I have been trying to leave up
important posts a week or two before putting up the next. This is true
even if both are the work of Paul Crairg Roberts. However, this one is
extremely important, and so the one I selected was short enough to allow
the reader to also take a quick look at my two preceding posts. But for
those who wish more about Trump's criminal attack on Syria, PCR has
provided two longer articles spelling out all of the background you may
wish to know.
Washington Has Crossed Russia’s Red Line April 7 2017 Washington Has
Crossed Russia’s Red Line Paul Craig Roberts Washington’s military
attack on Syria is unambigiously a war crime. It occurred without any UN
authorization or even the fake cover of a “coalition of the willing.”
Washington’s attack on Syria occurred in advance of an investigation of
the alleged event that Washington is trying to u
As
most of you know by now, Paul Craig Roberts was Associate Secretary of
the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan and later Associate
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, but with the turn of the Century he
gave up such lucrative positions to expose the corruption of the U.S.
government and it's intention to conquer the rest of the world or die on
a nuclear holocost that would extinguish the human race. Here, Greg
Hunter, who is deeply conserned with these issues, interviews Paul Craig
Roberts in an extended video. Don't miss it.
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Former Assistant Treasury Secretary in
the Reagan Administration, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, sees trouble for the
economy. Dr. Roberts explains, “This image of a strong stock market is
based essentially on debt, borrowing and debt, money creation and debt.
It’s a false signal that shows prosperity, and it’s not really there. . .
. So, during a period of time when the
Taken
from Wikipedia: "The adjective Orwellian connotes an attitude and a
policy of control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of
truth, and manipulation of the past." And now, 67 years after the death
of George Orwell, we have a famous American university, Harvard,
adopting a full-blown Orwellian clamp-down of any American who wants to
know and/or spread the Actual Truth!
Harvard University has established a modern version of the Catholic
Church’s Index Librorum Prohibitorum , a list of prohibited online
publications which are tagged as “fake” and “false”, broadly following
the politically tainted “List” of censored independent and alternative
media. As we recall the Catholic Church’s Index was a list of books
“deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious”.1 Ex C
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Massive Win For Pro-Choice
Based
on research done by volunteers* for Abortion Rights Coalition of
Canada, one media outlet reported on a federal Canada Summer Jobs grant
of over $56,000 going to the Fetal Gore Gang last year. While literally
hundreds of anti-choice outfits are milking this program, what made this
news was the size and the MP. MPs apparently have a great deal of say
on what gets funded in their ridings. And
Rarely is the question asked: [What] Is our children learning?*
Back
here , we reported on the success of ARCC's latest research/data mining
project that resulted in the shutting down of federal summer job grants
to antichoice organizations. These grants were made under the Canada
Summer Jobs program which has specific criteria. Canada Summer Jobs
provides funding to help employers create summer job opportunities for
students. It is designed to focus on local
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Resistance Or A Permanent State Of Insurrection:
I have long wanted to have this debate... so on my part, here is the
opening salvo. Comments are welcome: In Chicano Manifesto (1971),
Armando Rendon made the radical claim that the United States and Mexico
were technically still in a state of war (1846-1848) because the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was violated prior to even its signing, and
that therefore, a state of war continues to this d
Do All Lives Matter? inShare Email
by Roberto Rodriguez April 10, 2017 The question at the Cesar Chavez
lecture at a packed auditorium at Sierra College was, do all lives
matter? It was a great forum and a great dialogue, but in a sense, it
was the wrong question. The reason is that each time the answer will
invariably mischaracterize, misdirect, or at best, deflect. In case
there is any doubt regarding this answer, one only need
Beware of Poisoned Orange Tree
by Roberto Rodriguez The White House appears to be an ethics-free-zone.
And it appears to be intentional. The reason there are few ethical
guidelines designed specifically for presidents is because it has always
been assumed that the person at the helm of the most powerful nation on
Earth would have little incentive to abuse the office of the presidency
of the United States of America, precisely
Re-indigenization is Underway
by Roberto Rodriguez Fleshing the Spirit: Spirituality and Activism in
Chicana, Latina and Indigenous Women’s Lives is a book that I regularly
teach. As I was going through my students’ papers this past week, I came
to the realization that something radical is happening within these
communities alluded to in this book. It is a process referred to as
re-indigenization. This is a huge development,
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A Look Back In Time
While the main purpose of last month's trip to Lethbridge was for
birding, I couldn't resist taking in a little history as well. Below is
Fort Whoop-Up, or least a close replica of the original, which was
actually constructed about 6 km to the south in 1869. This replica was
created in 1967 in Indian Battle Park to mark Canada's centenary. It was
the elicit whiskey trade which prompted the federa
Icy Trails
As the weather warms I find it increasingly difficult to stay inside.
Yes, I wanted to do a little birding but I had no real destination in
mind. For the most part, I just wanted to stretch my legs and enjoy some
sun. I more or less randomly ended up over by the Birchwood Trails.
Trail conditions were much different since the last time I had been
here. Back in February, while there were icy patch
Over The River
I was up early on my first full day in Lethbridge in order to take
advantage of the warm weather and fit in a full day of bird watching. It
took a bit longer than expected as I had to fight my way through a huge
line at a Tim Horton's for coffee (one does not simply get up at the
crack of dawn on days off without coffee) but it was still only about
8:30am by the time I reached the river and other
Lethbridge
I spent a few days down in Lethbridge during my last set of days off
but didn't get around to posting about it until now. I also took a ton
of photos, so narrowing them down for a post was another reason I'm so
late in posting this. My decision to go was a little last minute which
is a bit out of character for me but with the weather slowly warming and
wanting to get a jump on some bird-watching
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jogging news - first real push - 2017 seven miles...
wow, that was hard, and what with 150,000+ steps already on my legs
from last week's family walking holiday in Minehead... and it's a new
record. FIFTY THREE MINUTES, for my usual seven miles course around west
Oxford's rolling hills. Warmed up with half an hour's yoga. Weather was
perfect, sun breaking through light cloud. No wind. No food since
yesterday evening. One cup of coffee for upper's s
art - Jeff Faust - floating bowls
another
day, another artist, and yes I realise it's not the bowls that are
floating ... delicious (and iconic) imagery from classy Californian
artist, Jeff Faust :
art - Troy Brooks - femme fataliste
yeah,
that's me indulging in blatant public Franglais , so what
e-fascist-istas ... I suspect Canadian figurative artist Troy Brooks
knows what I mean when I (try to) invent phrases like femme fataliste...
to describe his astonishing and fascinating and haunting oils on
canvas.
Ridley Scott - Covenant poster - Aliens vs Engineers
"You want aliens, I'll give you aliens," that's what Ridley Scott said
in response to the dirth of alien material in his so-called prequel to
his classic Alien (1979). And boy has he given us aliens (vs engineers)
in this new Alien Covenant poster from Fox.
Pen art - Helena Hauss - Paris, France
yes,
there are more-photorealist ball point pen artists out there, I've seen
a lot of them, but this one really caught my attention. witness the
AMAZING penmanship of biro artist Helena Hauss from Paris, France. I
mean, just stunning work.
Mike Philbin art - Introversions and Dichotomies 2017 - metallic paint gold and silver series
my
gold/silver metallic paints eventually arrived direct from the paint
manufacturer and, while the sun was out, I did some more pair paintings
on stretched canvas. The first one's a repaint with a lovely textured
underpainting, as you can see... 2 x 100 cm by 30cm The second one's a
new paint on virgin canvas... 2 x 50 cm by 50 cm
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How Best to Tax Business
Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times .
A Proposed Regulation
The
story about United dragging a passenger off an overbooked plane
highlights how crazy the current system is. I would not go so far as to
say that airlines should never overbook, but it seems that when they
overbook, they should fully bear the consequences. They should be
required to keep raising the offered compensation until they get
volunteers to give up their seats. If $800 does not work, th
The Rich Aren't Getting Richer
This paper by Fatih Guvenen and Greg Kaplan is worth a read by anyone
interested in inequality trends. An important excerpt: Since 2000,
different measures of top income inequality have exhibited very
different trends. Top income shares based on measures of total income
show a continued rise, whereas top income shares based on wage and
salary income show no increase in inequality post-2000. The m
The Myth of Stagnant Income
This paper by Bruce Sacerdote is worth noting: Despite the large
increase in U.S. income inequality, consumption for families at the 25th
and 50th percentiles of income has grown steadily over the time period
1960-2015. The number of cars per household with below median income has
doubled since 1980 and the number of bedrooms per household has grown
10 percent despite decreases in household size.
Is something wrong with macro?
A thought-provoking essay by Ricardo Reis .
How Not to Promote Education
Today's column by David Brooks is excellent .
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