SYRIA COMMENT
Loyalty over geography: Re-interpreting the notion of ‘Useful Syria’ — By Matthias Sulz
Loyalty over geography: Re-interpreting the notion of ‘Useful Syria’ By Matthias Sulz * For Syria Comment : Sept. 6, 2018 As the offensive to reconquer Idlib starts, it is useful to recall that the notion of ‘Useful Syria’ as geographic reference to the population-rich axis of Aleppo-Homs-Damascus, as well as the coastal areas of Latakia and Tartus, does not accurately reflect the regime´s intent
60 years after Iraq’s 1958 July 14 Revolution by Christopher Solomon
60 years after Iraq’s 1958 July 14 Revolution by Christopher Solomon @Solomon_Chris The black, white, and green tricolor flag emblazoned with the eight-point red star of Ishtar fluttered amongst the marchers. The flags waved by members of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) had previously flown over a period of Iraq that had long been forgotten by the rest of the world. A distant, but positive memory
DAMMIT JANET!
Anti-Choice in Our Schools
Dammit Janet! / 9d
New school year, new challenges and questions. For parents and students alike. In Ontario, the Fraud government is trying to axe the "new" sex ed curriculum and is running into more trouble than it expected. In Calgary, the school board has severed ties with a fake clinic that taught sex ed in PUBLIC schools . A couple of other school boards in Alberta have done the same. @ABProchoice tweeted a th
SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME
If My Office Is Closed Due to Hurricane Florence, Do I Get Paid?
It's time, unfortunately, to re-run this popular and necessary column. I hope you make out okay in Hurricane Florence and suffer no damage. However, you may be wondering if you're getting paid. Whether you’re entitled to be paid when the office is closed depends on whether you are “exempt” salaried or not. Just being salaried doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t entitled to overtime. It’s possible
New EEOC Miami Policy: No Opportunity For Employees To Respond
In the bad old days, after an employee filed a Charge of Discrimination, employers would file a position statement and then one of two things happened: either the investigator would read a summary of the position statement quickly over the phone, or the investigator would write up a summary of the position statement. Then the employee would have 10 days to respond. I say the bad old days, because
SCHOOLS MATTER
Brief comments on "hard words"
S. Krashen. Sept 16, 2018. Hard Words (https://tinyurl.com/ybgv4742) champions systematic intensive phonics, teaching all the rules of phonics is a strict order to all children. Here are objections to their conclusions. (1) Researchers admit we have not discovered all the rules. (2) Even among those rules that have been described, some are extremely complex. (3) Many children learn to read with l
Blockchain: Welcome to Your Permanent Record
by Alison McDowell (previously published at Wrench in the Gears ) I realize my Blockchain video presents an abundance of information that may be difficult to absorb all at once. For that reason, I’ve pulled together images from the video and accompanying text into a slideshare that people can review at their own pace. Access the slideshare here. Access a PDF of the script here . I hope the scenar
Why Parents Want Their Kids to Stay Out of Teaching
This year's annual PDK/Gallup Poll of public attitudes toward public education found for the first time a majority of American parents unwilling to advise their children to become teachers: Two-thirds of Americans say teachers are underpaid, and an overwhelming 78% of public school parents say they would support teachers in their community if they went on strike for more pay, according to the 201
Marc Tucker Digs Up New Rationale for Public School "Unbuilding"
Schools Matter / 1d
Marc Tucker is at it again , with a newly-excavated rationale for blowing up public schools and universities. My reaction: Tucker continues to weave a narrative that entirely ignores the systematic formation in the early 20th Century of a racist and classist education system that reflected the prejudices of social efficiency zealots, who threw open the doors to the new education factories they bu
At least 920 Florida teachers out of jobs after failing state test, desp...
ABC affiliate is on the story of how the State of Florida is using a standardized test to weed out qualified teachers across the state. Two reports below, the first from July of this year and the second a follow-up attempt to get a straight answer from Commissioner Pam Stewart, who is more concerned with losing her lunch break than providing a sensible answer to a very good question.
St. Hope Charter School Students Have Had Enough
St. Hope Charter Schools, Inc . is a small charter school chain owned by Kevin Johnson and his wife, Michelle Rhee . These are "no excuses" KIPP Model schools that enable Kevin and Michelle to live the lavish lifestyle to which they are accustomed, while providing the total compliance training and cultural sterilization pedagogy that makes this model so attractive to white philanthropists and the
DR CINTLI
Ua-Mas Women'S Plaza Honorees Campaign
Dr Cintli / 3d
UA-MAS WOMEN'S PLAZA HONOREES ( https://mailchi.mp/041d6123a4f6/l6scyiofvs ): The fundraising campaign continues. The Raza Studies struggle in Arizona produced many narratives. One rarely heard was the role of the young women - from middle school students (who got arrested May 12, 2010, along with 11 others, mostly students) to high school and college students who took over the school board (Apri
Please support Spring 2019 Maya-Maiz Living Roots Raza Studies Conference at the University of Arizona! This is the act...
Dr Cintli / 3d
Please support Spring 2019 Maya-Maiz Living Roots Raza Studies Conference at the University of Arizona! This is the active link here: https://www.uafoundation.org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=493&fid=Ar8Qg1Ky8nk%3d&fdesc=5tGaT3D3zD630judWyFfjNu0TvtKikii
FREE PLANET
Electric Universe - Jacob Gable - Electric Comets and Plasma Serpents in the Lab
Free Planet / 1d
Jacob Gable is re-creating archetypal plasma formations in his low-pressure jars in his 'lab'. Snakes digging for food. Craters cratering the rims of craters. Dualism of Birkeland circuit pairs reigning supreme.
seventeenth 9/11 anniversary - Trump/Pench speeches - same old corporate same old
Free Planet / 5d
chiming the sound of silence Gah, how utterly fucking disgusting and cynical, mainslime media here in UK, I'm talking about BBC and SKY obvz, is regurgitating the time-worn corporate message of 19 arabs flying two planes into three buildings and VOMIT HORROR BULLSHIT story later, I'm still as stunned as I am every fucking 9/11 anniversary. How can these people sleep at night, knowing (or at least
Electric Universe - David Icke - Saturn Worship
Free Planet / 12d
new novel coming in 2020 of all the alternative-mindset concepts the Free Planet blog has featured, like 9/11 and UFOs and Growing Earth and gah there's loads of them, Talbott and Thornhill's ELECTRIC UNIVERSE has proven to be the most alluring... for myself and others. While I've been banging on about electric universe for a few years now, I'm habitually 50/50 as to whether I totally subscribe t
Star Citizen - Roadmap Update - wot no multi-system?
Free Planet / 30d
after someone in the dev team accidentally uploaded a 3.3-3.6 Roadmap a couple of weeks ago that was all sortsa wrong, RSI aka CIG aka makers of both the Star Citizen and Squadron 42 games have finally uploaded THE PROPER ROADMAP charting the expected progress of the Star Citizen (it's not a f***ing sandbox) game through to the end of 2019... Most obvious omission this time, apart from Hurston-sy
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK
A landmark victory: Monsanto, Roundup & cancer
In a historic ruling in the San Francisco Superior Court earlier this month, a jury found the Monsanto corporation (recently merged with Bayer) fully liable for health damages caused by its herbicide, Roundup. The plaintiff, DeWayne Johnson, was awarded $289 million in damages. This victory is a landmark moment. It signals the beginning of real change — a loosening of the grip that corporations h
The Farm Bill is up — & it matters
Congress is taking up the Farm Bill again this week, and many issues key to our food and agriculture system are on the table — including how we deal with pesticides. Earlier this summer, the Senate passed its version of the 2018 Farm Bill. While flawed, the Senate bill was much better than the widely-criticized House version of the bill, which narrowly passed a week prior. A small group of Senato
Guest blog: In my community, you are what your plants eat
Pesticide Action Network / 19d
Adam Vega is a community organizer with Californians for Pesticide Reform. In this blog, he shares his experience living in the agricultural community of Ventura County, California, where pesticide use is high, children and farmworkers are at risk, and community members are stepping up to take action together. I am very fortunate to call California — Ventura County specifically — home. The Golden
Toward farmer justice in California
Pesticide Action Network / 24d
Members of the California Farmer Justice Collaborative (CFJC) have been hard at work putting issues of farmer justice in front of local policymakers in California. In fact, earlier this month, CFJC members had a powerhouse meeting with California Assemblymember Robert Bonta and members of State Senator Nancy Skinner’s staff to discuss next steps for farmer justice in California. Justice for farme
PAYING ATTENTION
My Tyee column: Skip the Dishes lawsuit signals need for new employment laws
If governments were doing their jobs, a Skip The Dishes food delivery driver wouldn’t have to sue for basic employment rights. Charleen Pokornik, who started driving for the company in Winnipeg two years ago, says the company is wrongly claiming the drivers are independent contractors, not employees. Increasingly, jobs have been changing — and generally for the worse. More part-time work, more pe
THE RULES OF EXPOSITION
"Infinite" versus "Endless"
The Rules of Exposition / 26d
"Infinite" is a practical impossibility. "Endless" happens all the time. Almost 70 years old before I figured out the difference.
GREG MANKIW'S BLOG
Job Opening
I am looking to hire a couple part-time RAs. Information here . These positions tend to go to Harvard students, but I will consider applicants from comparable institutions.
NEWS FROM ATLANTIS.
Killed With Kindness, by Paul Dutton
News From Atlantis. / 17d
Killed With Kindness, by Paul Dutton The scene is set in Fallowfields Chesterton Cambridge there is an elderly lady in her 90’s her name is Matilda she used to sell ticket for Cambridge football club, she also put up a lot of players when they came to Cambridge back in the old days she also helped dig the holes for the spot lights when they were fitted she stopped helping Cambridge united football
MIDDLE CLASS POLITICAL ECONOMIST
New article on tax increment financing in Missouri shows impact of KS/MO border war
After several years of work, my colleague Susan G. Mason (Boise State University) and I have published a new article on TIF in Missouri, specifically in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas. "Exploring Patterns of Tax Increment Financing Use and Structural Explanations in Missouri's Major Metropolitan Regions" appeared in the July 2018 edition of the HUD journal Cityscape , downloadabl
LEFT I ON THE NEWS
Headlines for Sept. 14, 2018
Left I on the News / 2d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 14, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: This week’s “Fake News By Omission”: YouTube shuts down pro-Syrian government channels https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/09/youtube
Headlines for Sept. 7, 2018
Left I on the News / 9d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- Sept. 7, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *U.S. Accuses North Korea of Plot to Hurt Economy as Spy Is Charged in Sony Hack https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/politics/north-kore
Headlines for Aug. 31, 2018
Left I on the News / 16d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines (WMMFH) -- August 31, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *Democratic Embrace of Diverse Candidates Collides With Barbed Politics of Trump Era https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/us/politics/race
On Google's suppression of non-mainstream news outlets
Left I on the News / 19d
Trump is in the news today for complaining that Google searches for “Trump news” turns up only “fake news” from “left-wing” sites (in which he includes every single “mainstream” news source with the exception of FOX News!), and charging Google with suppressing news from conservative sources. Interestingly, moments after he tweeted that I went to Google and did just that (searched for “Trump news”
Headlines for August 24, 2018
Left I on the News / 23d
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted 11 minutes. The segment has been off for two weeks so some of the headlines below are "old". Worst and Most Misleading Headlines (WAMMH) -- August 24, 2018 CANDIDATES FOR “WORST”/”MOST DISGUSTING”: *BY FAR THE WORST, THIS SEQUENCE OF THREE HEADLINES FROM BBC: I
LAND DESTROYER
UN Report Cynically Spins Rohingya Genocide
September 12, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - Media headlines claim an independent UN report is calling for genocide charges against Myanmar officials. Qatari state media outfit Al Jazeera in its article, " UN report calls for genocide charges against Myanmar officials ," claims: Myanmar's senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya and other ethni
US-Saudis Enlist Al Qaeda For Yemen War
August 22, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Associated Press has revealed that the US-backed, Saudi-led war against Yemen includes the use of Al Qaeda as a mercenary force against Houthi rebels. This confirms as fact what was widely dismissed by Western politicians and a complicit Western media as a "conspiracy theory" since 2011. Evidence that the US and its allies enlisted Al Qaeda and other ex
Washington Post Covers Up US Meddling in Malaysia
September, 3 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The Washington Post has now repeatedly used its platform to systematically cover up extensive US political interference across Southeast Asia. Last month, the Washington Post attempted to deny US interference in Cambodia . Its article - however - did more to reveal US meddling in the process - exclusively citing opposition organizations and individual
US Meddling: Washington Backs Fugitive, Terrorist in Thailand
America's bid to install a compromised Thai politician into power is part of a larger bid to encircle China with hostile and dysfunctional client states. August 20, 201 8 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - The US is currently pressuring the Southeast Asian Kingdom of Thailand to hold immediate elections in a bid to return billionaire former prime minister and now fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra to power. The
US-British Neo-Imperialism and its Modern Day 'Missionaries'
September 2, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The worst sort of deception is that perpetrated by those who pose as defending the most vulnerable when in reality, are leveraging their circumstances, exploiting their suffering, and in many cases, playing a direct role in perpetuating both. This is an apt description of Washington, London, and Brussels' global-spanning human rights racket - used rep
Idlib: Al Qaeda's Last Stand
September 7, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - The United States has raised tensions further amid Syria's ongoing conflict. It has issued a threat in the form of a "warning" against Damascus against retaking the northern region of Idlib. More specifically, the US has accused Damascus of preparing chemical weapon attacks as part of its alleged strategy to retake the territory. No evidence has been
WEEKLY GEO-POLITICAL NEWS AND ANALYSIS
MI6 says cabal rule could collapse within three months
There is a very real chance that Khazarian cabal rule will collapse over the next three months, and alternative power structures need to be made ready in time for that, according to British MI6 intelligence sources. The trigger is expected to be arrests of senior cabalists in the U.S. starting in October, the sources say. Pentagon sources, for their part, said, “The Cabal has been deaf and blind
“Good side” of Rothschild family says Trump will stage financial reset
The deadlock has ended in the undeclared U.S. civil war that lasted all summer, and the good guys have already begun a series of stunning moves against the cabal, including shooting down their secret satellites, multiple sources confirm. Also, a complete reset of the global financial system has already begun, assert CIA sources connected to the self-described “good side” of the Rothschild family.
U.S. civil war stalemate to end soon; Next phase of planetary liberation to begin
The death, probably by execution, of the traitor John McCain, signals a new phase in the removal of the criminal cabal that has controlled the U.S. since 1913, Pentagon and agency sources agree. “Traitor McCain may have been the first death penalty by military tribunal, allowed to die with honor like Rommel to protect the Navy’s reputation while spooking the deep state,” is how one Pentagon sourc
Pandemic scare brewing as cabal faces doom
A pandemic scare is looming as airplanes in multiple countries reported to be full of “diseased” people are landing and being put in quarantine. However, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) sources say the incidents all appear to be fake ones involving crisis actors. The pandemic scare comes as the execution of U.S. Senator John McCain sent shock waves through Khazarian mafia ranks, who are now act
Issues simmering over the summer may lead to war in the autumn
Several issues could trigger a brief, sharp war inside the U.S., in the Middle East, and possibly even in Japan this autumn, multiple sources agree. The key issue remains 9/11, a mass-murder event that remains unpunished and officially unacknowledged to this day. The 9/11 war crime was used as an excuse for the mass murder of Iraqi, Syrian, Afghan, and other peoples. Furthermore, if you dig deepe
Questions from a military man
Benjamin: I’ve been a follower for a while, and I’m a retired military with a high clearance. I have a couple of questions. First, what part of DoD are these folks working in who are discussing the cabal? I worked in both the agencies and the DoD and never saw any of the things you mention. I’m curious how they can keep things a secret within the ranks. Bear in mind that I was privy to a lot of i
SARDONICKY
Ten Years After the Lehman Collapse
Sardonicky / 1d
How a decade flies by when you're Richie Rich, and your class has sucked up a full 94% of all the household wealth "lost" in the financial crisis which began with the death of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. To hear liberal pundit Paul Krugman revise history by ignoring the endemic corruption of the global financial system and to foist the blame for the continuing economic social and econo
Struggles of the Rich and Famous
Sardonicky / 3d
It's no longer enough for the superstars of the media-political-entertainment complex to flaunt their hedonistic lifestyles on TV. Even the queen of conspicuous consumption herself, Kim Kardashian, has flaunted her political capital by recently orchestrating the release from prison of a woman sentenced to a draconian term under harsh American drug laws and before pot-smoking became P.C. Turn on t
Obamamania Ad Nauseum
Sardonicky / 6d
Charles Blow has added to the media hagiography with a column enthusiastically titled "Obama's Back!" After month after lonely and harrowing month of pundits like Blow "howling in the wind" and hoping against hope that the former president would finally step up to the mound as a closer/relief pitcher for #Resistance, Inc. What the gosh darn heck took you so long to reappear as the liberal class t
Murder On the Donald Trump Express
Everybody's digging for clues in the anonymously-written New York Times op-ed to discern the identity of its "high administration official" author. (***Spoiler alert: if you haven't yet read the book or seen the film versions of Agatha Christie's Murder On the Orient Express, stop reading.) I wouldn't be surprised if the revealed insider coup to effectively neutralize the presidency of Donald Tru
A Critique of Obama's Speech
There are two main "takeaways" (an unappetizing choice from the limited corporate news menu if there ever was one) from Barack Obama's speech at the University of Illinois speech on Friday. The first one is that he finally let loose and pummeled Donald Trump into pulp. The second one is that he has joined the progressive wing of the Democratic Party because he is endorsing Medicare for All. The f
Democratic Pandering Is a Warm Puppy
Sardonicky / 13d
The Democratic Party can't promise you nice things like a debt-free education, guaranteed job and income, or single payer health care. But thanks to one of its billionaire donors, it can at least offer you a therapy dog to hug and pet and alleviate your misery while they herd you to the voting booth for the November midterms. A voter drive called "Pups to the Polls" is aimed at returning college
MAJIA'S BLOG
Cancer Research: Is this why "environment" is reduced to a few "lifestyle choices"?
Majia's Blog / 18min
Have you ever noticed that cancer is represented in the mainstream media and medical literature as primarily hereditary or "random" (i.e., arising "stochastically") with few environment factors cited as playing a role beyond lifestyle choices such as "smoking" and "diet." I'm not implying that smoking and diet don't play a role in disease development. They clearly do. Rather, what I'm arguing is
Remaking Puerto Rico's Economy: Structural Adjustment and Austerity
Majia's Blog / 23h
I was reading the Wall Street Journal's weekend edition this morning and came upon this article addressing Natalie Jaresko's efforts to "remake" Puerto Rico's economy: Matt Wirtz (Sep 15-16, 2018). Remaking Puerto Rico's Economy. The Wall Street Journal, B6. Ms. Jaresko is a member of the Atlantic Council http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/natalie-jaresko She worked at the US State
Earthquake Alerts in Nago Japan
Majia's Blog / 1d
I've been super busy and haven't been able to track the news very carefully but my earthquake alert app has indicated a series of 3 earthquakes in Okinawa Japan over the last 12 or so hours, with the largest one reported on my app as 5.9, although the USGS is reporting 5.6. The US has an important military base in Okinawa where many weapons of mass destruction are stored: Joseph Essertier, Januar
Nuclear Catastrophe Bonds: A Losing Best for Everyone
Majia's Blog / 3d
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that " insurers face unique threat from storm " (Paul Davies Sep 13 2018 p. B12) because Hurricane Florence is anticipated to produce huge storm surges, significant flooding and destructive winds. The WSJ article is addressing the insurance and re-insurance markets for flooding, which is increasingly financed by catastrophe bonds . Insurance companies sell the
Nuclear Power Plants and Raging Hurricanes
Majia's Blog / 5d
As many of my readers point out in their comments, Hurricane Florence endangers aging nuclear power plants in the Carolinas. Below find maps of the expected landfall and precipitation and of the nuclear sites around the state of South Carolina https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-florence-slows-dramatically-approach-friday-night-landfall-104909001--abc-news-topstories.html "South Carolina has four
Turn Around
Majia's Blog / 5d
Last night I joined some of my generation in a celebration of our common punk heritage. We were of mixed descent and socio-economic class (mostly Caucasion, Hispanic, and Native American) and I must say that we looked worn with our 50 some years... Mike Ness and Social Distortion delivered our catharsis with this song in particular, whose lyrics I've posted below Children are taught to hate, pare
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