Lebanese Town Opens its Doors to Newly Arrived Syrian Refugees (Photo credit: UNHCR Photo Download)
English: Category:Images of North Carolina (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Sunday Classics preview: "Broadway in a Box"
*by Ken*
I was looking at this box, *Broadway in a Box*, that I got for some
agreeably modest price as an Amazon special -- 25 cast recordings of
Broadway musicals, mostly Original Broadway Cast recordings, but with seven
revivals mixed in, four from Broadway and three from the Music Theater of
Lincoln Center. I only had two on CD, and one of those wasn't an
original-label reissue, so I figured what the heck.
So I was looking at the box, which contains an interesting selection. Not
necessarily the 25 I would have chosen from the RCA and Coiumbia
musical-theater vaults (all now in... more »
Alan Waldman: 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie' Was Brilliant British Sketch Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
This was most people’s first exposure to the highly original comic
genius of English national treasures Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, who
wrote and performed many classic sketches.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / December 27, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have
Syria's Neighbours On Edge: A Corruption Scandal In Turkey And A Political Assassination In Lebanon Bring The Region Closer To Chaos
There are over half a million Syrian refugees in Turkey. In October, *Reuters
reported*, "The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has exceeded 600,000
and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the Turkish
disaster management agency said on Monday."
There are even more Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who account for as much as
20 percent of the overall Lebanese population. According to the UN, the
official number is a little under 800,000, but "Lebanese authorities say
the exact number could be even higher since many of the Syrian refugees are
unregistered and undoc... more »
Snowden the Spook
• Raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and later moved to Maryland.
• Attended a community college, but never completed his coursework and
never graduated from high school.
• 2003-2004: U.S. Army, discharged after training accident
• 2005: NSA, Security Guard, University of Maryland.
• 2006: CIA, IT security.
• 2007-2009: CIA, diplomatic cover, Switzerland.
• 2009-2013: NSA Contractor, Dell and later Booz Allen Hamilton.
National Socialism - The one and only true way to free ourselves from enslavement
Much to think about here...
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*Eight years after Hurricane Katrina and West End still lies unrepaired
~Troy Gilbert, GulfLatitudes.com*
Thailand: Another Protester Killed as Regime Thugs Do Drive-By at Rally Site
Same violence seen used by Thaksin Shinawatra in 2010, now unfolding again.
*December 28, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - At approximately 3am Saturday
morning, regime gunmen drove by the anti-regime rally site near Chamai
Maruchet Bridge and gunned down one security guard - leaving several others
injured. This comes one week after the regime's "red shirt" supporters began
threatening an armed campaign of violence against protesters if the
regime's sham elections were disrupted, and just after this week's violence
in Din Daeng where one policeman and one protester were killed.
In the l... more »
The Idiocracy Files (Redux), Part 3: Republicans Seek to Create a New Country. It's Called Crackpotopia!!!
[*We continue our encore presentation of Noah's Idiocracy series. And don't
forget Noah's new "Need a last-minute Christmas gift suggestion?," "50
Years Ago Today: The Beatles," and "A Tale of Two Popes -- the one in the
Vatican and the one in North Carolina."*]
[*On Wednesday Noah began chronicling a spate of 2012 "Idiocracy moments"
that recalled for him Mike Judge's 2006 film Idiocracy, a look 500 years
into the future at a world gone, well, you know. Yesterday he was back with
more, and still his list of sightings overflowed. So today we have Part 3.*-- Ed.]
*by Noah*
All hail... more »
"I'll be back..."
Roger Waters, Radio KAOS, “Tide Is Turning”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nqhVtq6xo
Obviously something pretty catastrophic happened health wise here, and I
have to suspend any blog activity for at least another few weeks while
recovering from 4 coronary artery bypass grafts, without surgical
intervention I'm assured there would have been be a zero chance for
survival, so I'm grateful for that. Recovery is usually 4-12 weeks, and
this is only week 2, so not a real happy camper at the moment. Thank you
for your patience as this new phase of life begins, I wish only the very
bes... more »
Bail conditions not reasonably connected to purposes of bail are unconstitutional
R. v. Thompson, 2013 NSPC 124:
[8] The purposes of a constitutional bail system were described by
Lamer J. (as he then was) in *R. v. Morales*.[1] They are not hard to
grasp: bail is structured to get the accused to return to court as
required, prevent the commission of further offences, and prevent the
commission of offences against the administration of justice; public
safety and evidence preservation are implicit in this.
[9] In order for bail to be reasonable, it makes sense that the
conditions of bail must be reasonable. A condition imposed upon the
liberty interes... more »
In Memory Carter Camp, Ponca
Carter
Camp on far right at Wounded Knee March 1973.
In Memory of Carter Camp, Ponca
Carter Camp on far left. Photo Brenda Norrell
Carter Camp has passed over to the Spirit World. In memory, a note of
thanks for Carter and all of those present for sharing this special day
in 2004. Prayers for a good journey, Brenda, Censored News
By Brenda Norrell
Human Rights Editor
UN
Sovereignty 101:Installment 2 - Cultivating Power
What is happening now is exceptional. There are no moments before this one
that you can call on as reference. None have gone through such a time as
you now navigate. You have no historical figures, no guidelines, no
memories to shape the world for you – to color your actions so you do this
the “right way”.
There is no “right way”, no “wrong way” – there is your way. Each thought,
word and action is creative. Your co-creators, your “oppressors”, those
found on and off planet are all participants in the formation of this new
era. Do not assume that any greater power is held b... more »
Focusing and clarification of all Gaia Higher Dimensional energetic constructs occurs at this moment
*Focusing and clarification of all Gaia Higher Dimensional energetic
constructs occurs at this moment*
by ÉirePort
Focusing and clarification of all Gaia Higher Dimensional energetic
constructs occurs at this moment.
*"Novelty"1 energy items are being discarded* along with all grids which
support such.
Authenticity is currently required for all new energetic and (so-called)
Light Work.
Flash Points of understanding come for non-resisting Hue-Beings, as well as
hu-beings.
The "Hue-Beings / hu-being" designation is now fading rapidly.
Global Gaia awakening is near.
ÉirePort | D... more »
NSA news for December 27 , 2013 .....The NSA's Massive Phone-Tracking Program Is Legal, New York Judge William Pauley Finds - this decision is in conflict with the decision of another Federal Court , Judge Richard Leon , who ruled the NSA's "indiscriminate and arbitrary" invasion of privacy is "likely" unconstitutional .... On to the Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court it would appear to resolve the conflicting decisions....Meanwhile back at the ranch , what does it all mean ? Is the mass culling producing useful intelligence - pertaining to fighting international terrorists ? On that point , it should be noted that ..... NSA Can’t Make Sense of Masses of Culled Data Too Much Useless Data, Warns Former NSA Coder William Binney .... Cutting through prior lies , Stanford Study: It Is Trivially Easy to Identify People With Metadata .... .....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-27/nsas-massive-phone-tracking-program-legal-new-york-judge-finds
The NSA's Massive Phone-Tracking Program Is Legal, New York Judge Finds
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Less than two weeks after Federal Judge Richard Leon ruled that the NSA's
"indiscriminate and arbitrary" invasion of privacy is "likely"
unconstitutional, giving a trace of hope that America may *rise above *its
Orwellian Banana repub... more »
Target customer alert December 24 , 2013 - Target hackers are believed by at least one major bank ( JP Morgan Chase and Santander perhaps ) to have stolen encrypted bank PINs - CONTACT YOUR BANK - Change PINs at a minimum , consider the replacement of your debit card ...... Note both JP Morgan Chase and Santander Bank have lowered limits as to debit card withdrawals and purchase ! Target story getting bigger as now two Banks have reduced withdrawals and spending limits on debit cards , class actions suits multiply - first by customers but the Banks are going to " target " Target also ..... Was the hack internal or did the hack come through point of service technology ? Krebs on security articles discuss Target hack , the black market for credit cards and who is running the scam
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://rt.com/usa/us-banks-magnetic-card-target-651/
(
The use of outdated technology in US ( when compared with Europe and
Canada ) gives thieves an edge - banks and retailers share blame for US
weaknesses )
Magnetic swipe: Obsolete credit card tech makes US prime Target for
fraudsters
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Mike Pence's Secret Santas
by Doug Martin
As we enter an election year here in Indiana, it is time for all of us to
start peering in on the campaign records of our beloved state politicians
and the front groups that are their publically-secret Santas. So here are
a few of Gov. Mike Pence’s, and they are many of the same people and
corporations who funded former Indiana and Florida supt. of education Tony
Bennett.
*ELI LILLY: SWINGING BOTH WAYS*
Eli Lilly’s PAC, this October, gaveGovt. Mike $10,000. Lilly, in its
various shapes and forms, has been a big player in privatizing Indiana
public schools and cl... more »
No shortage of high-tech workers
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 27, 2013.
In "Its no sin to be rich," (Dec. 27), Richard Riordan and Eli Broad state
that jobs that don't require higher education "have left the country" and
the "good jobs" that will stay require technological know-how. They
conclude that we must work harder at educating our workers in technology.
It is not clear that there is a demand for high-tech workers. In fact, some
studies conclude that there are too many qualified candidates. Rutgers
University professor Hal Salzman has reported that there are approximately
three qualified graduates ann... more »
Today The Fed Soaked Up A Record $95 Billion In Excess Liquidity Sloshing Around ...........while the Fed music is playing the bankers and traders will dance........ just beware the music will stop and most likely suddenly !
Today The Fed Soaked Up A Record $95 Billion In Excess Liquidity Sloshing
Around
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Once upon a time, back in 2010 and 2011, the Fed's Primary Dealers would
engage in a furious game of window dressing at the end of every quarter,
when they would sell their risky assets, and convert them into cash, a
phenomenon which could be followed on the Fed's Primary Dealer asset
holding page, and which we would showcase periodically such as on the chart
below... more »
The Republican War Against Women [cont.]: "Doonesbury" explores the GOP's "Lady Problem"
*DOONESBURY -- Wednesday*
[*Click to enlarge*]
*"Okay, I might've said it, but I was probably drunk."*
*-- how GOP pols should not respond to queries about"Lady Problem" gaffes,
says their special consultant*
*by Ken*
In our last post Howie took a nostalgic look back at the age-old and
still-raging Republican War Against Women. In case there are readers who
haven't been keeping up with this week's *Doonesbury* series, I thought we
might recap the story of this desperate GOP in-house attempt to deal --
with the help of a trainer from Sensitivity Solutions -- with what
*Doonebury* c... more »
When Schools Close
“The Arts & Technology Academy Public Charter School (ATA) is a Pre-K3
through 5th grade elementary school {Washington, D.C.} that focuses on
performing, visual, and media arts instruction, which is infused with an
extraordinary use and application of modern technology. Charter schools are
independently run, publicly financed, and non-selective of its students.”
Although ATA is a public charter school, the […]
@johnkuhntx guest post: The Wizards of Ed.
By John Kuhn There is a conundrum facing American K-12 education. It is the
same conundrum that has always faced American K-12 education. How do we
educate “those” kids? “Those” refers to the kids who are dealing with any
(or all) of a host of disadvantages. They are from the “wrong” side of the
tracks. […]
A College Rating System Designed to Benefit the Testing Industrial Complex and the Efficiency Zealots
In these days of casino capitalism, the corporate education losers look
more like losers every day. If those of us who are determined to restore
sanity to our schools and colleges keep pushing, the whole corrupt and
cowardly con game known for decades now as "education reform" will continue
to unravel in the coming year. They will not go easily, however, which
means that the education affirmation movement must keep pushing, debunking,
uncovering, revealing, analyzing, and dissecting.
No one wants the planned college rating system dreamed up by Pearson,
Gates, and the short-sighted... more »
Jon Swift Memorial Roundup 2013
(The
Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)
(A 2007 Jon Swift picture.)
Welcome to a tradition started by the late Jon Swift/Al Weisel. He left
behind some excellent satire, but was also a nice guy and a strong
supporter of small blogs. Lance Mannion put it well in 2010:
Our late and much missed comrade in blogging, journalist and writer Al
Weisel, revered and admired
Only one civil standard of proof - balance of probabilities
*McLean v. McLean*, 2013 ONCA 788 makes very clear there is only one civil
standard of proof – balance of probabilities:
[39] The trial judge held that Helen was required to provide
“convincing proof” of a prior common intention to support her claim for
rectification. He relied on the decision in Performance Industries Ltd. v.
Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club, 2002 SCC 19, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 678, at para.
41, in which Binnie J. held that in cases of rectification, “convincing
proof”, that is, “proof that may fall well short of the criminal standard,
but which goes beyond the sort o... more »
TOUCHING HEARTS
Sent to me this morning from a friend in Maine......
Republican War On Christmas Might Be Over For The Year, But Their War Against Women Never Ends
Sometimes we cover the Republican War on Women, and invariably some pompous
Republican asshat denies that there's any such thing. But it's very real
and very serious and profoundly undemocratic. And it's got to stop. I've
been reading The Brothers, Stephen Kinzer's much-acclaimed book about the
two most venal Republicans who lived in any of our lifetimes, John Foster
Dulles and Allen Dulles, two deeply corrupt men-- in terms of using
government office for self-enrichment-- the former the most destructive
Secretary of State in American history and the latter, the bumbling head of
t... more »
I have nothing to say...
*so how about some cute baby animals?*
2014 Resolution: Educate the Whole Child to Curtail School Shootings
The professional education community, as a whole, must do a better job in
addressing school violence, i.e. school shootings, in 2014 and beyond.
Unfortunately, since the devastating event in Sandy Hook, we’ve witnessed
twenty-seven school-based shootings. We MUST do a better job in
acknowledging the problem, and recalibrating our focus beyond simple test
scores. We […]
Pussy Riot have no credentials to advise anyone
*And the boycott of the Olympics is indefensible and mean*
Vladimir Putin and friends are working hard on a reconciliation with
various foreign political forces ahead of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi (Feb
6th-23rd). Mikhail Khodorovsky, a half-Jewish oligarch (who has lost most
of his wealth but that hasn't eliminated him from the list of billionaires)
and a prisoner of conscience according to Amnesty International, was freed
after almost a decade in prison. He was wise enough to keep a low-key
profile.
Two Pussy Riot girls were freed after 1.5 years, too. They are primarily
famous ... more »
Summary of Professional Conduct Rule 4.04 on Communication with Witnesses Giving Evidence
RULE 4.04
Communicating With Witnesses Giving Testimony
Witness Called By You or Witness Called by Party
Opposite
Sympathetic to You
During Yes, on matters not yet covered Yes
Chief
Between No
N/A
Chief and
Cross
During
No Yes
Cross
Between No
N/A
Cross and
ReExam
During N/A
Yes... more »
Anatomy of Charter School Advocacy
Anatomy of Charter School Advocacy. via Anatomy of Charter School Advocacy.
Friday Nerd Blogging: Winterfest Depression Edition
Sorry folks, but with intermittent wifi in the US (my mother-in-law is a
neo-luddite), the best I could do was this: Indeed, I spent part of this
break reading less of a dissertation than I should have. So, yeah,
there’s that. May your New Year’s Resolutions prove to be more resolute
than me.
White Christmas in Prague: 9 in 40 years, no trend
In recent weeks, the weather was often cold but we didn't have a white
Christmas almost anywhere in Czechia (as has been correctly predicted since
mid December). Klimaskeptik.cz mentions some interesting statistics based
on Centrum.CZ, NOVA.TV, PocasiCZ.CZ, and Infomet.CZ articles that make it
clear that we shouldn't have expected a white Christmas.
Well, during the last 40 years i.e. my lifetime, Prague has only
experienced 9 white Christmases.
December 24th snow cover in "cm" at six major Czech weather stations looks
like this:
The black and grey curves near the bottom dis... more »
Ma-Xi Meetup???
It's a common pattern for Ma to float ideas like a meet up with President
Xi of China in the foreign press -- in this case a Hong Kong paper -- and
then "explain" them to the home media. TT says:
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday defended the possibility of
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
(習近平) at next year’s APEC meeting in Beijing, insisting that such a meeting
would only be held if supported by Taiwanese and if national dignity can be
maintained.
The Mainland Affairs Council said that a Ma-Xi Mating would not be on the
agenda f... more »
The Usurper's Christmas Message
I'm sort of an all-or-nothing kinda guy. You know, if I don't believe in a
religion, then I stop going to church. Canada, and Canadians, are either
historical entities trying to build a just, humane society for themselves
and others, or they're not. Leftists should either dedicate themselves to
achieving change or they should just STFU.
Christmas is supposedly a season when Christians celebrate the birth of
their saviour, but in our more secular times it's really supposed to be
about reaching out to others and gifting each other in the spirit of
self-sacrifice that this Jesus charac... more »
25-Plus Drugs In More Than Half Of America’s Drinking Water by Daniel Jennings
25-Plus Drugs In More Than Half Of America’s Drinking Water
by Daniel Jennings
Off The Grid News, 20 December 2013
You might be ingesting something poisonous each time you drink a glass of
tap water — small amounts of prescription drugs. Researchers have found
that half the water discharged from large water treatment plants in the
United States is contaminated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs,
according to a new EPA study.
The scariest part? The level of drugs in the water supply is much higher
than previously thought, and scientists don’t how these trace amounts o... more »
A tale of two Popes -- the one in the Vatican, who takes Jesus' words to heart, and the one in North Carolina
*As I confirmed during my December visit, there is evidence of backlash
against North Carolina oligarchist "Puppet Master" Art Pope's way-far-right
agenda.*
*by Noah*
There are two Popes in the news lately. Both represent organizations that
claim to speak for Jesus Christ. One's name is Pope Francis, leader of the
Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis is the better-known of the two, and his
actions befuddle and anger U.S. Republicans. The other's name is Art Pope.
Art Pope is the North Carolina Republican Party's pope.
Unlike many past Popes, Francis seems to take the reported actio... more »
Jennifer Aniston - "Sexy, very sexy, sexy"
The scene where Jennifer Anison takes her bra off and her pokies all but
are out of control. Jennifer Aniston's nipples always on display in
Friends, a truly great series!
Spellings Doubles-Down on “Incredibly Complicated” High-Stakes Testing
While political and popular debates teeter on the brink somewhere between
surreal and catastrophic—consider the mess that is Sarah Palin
homophobic-splaining the Phil Robertson controversy—the media access
afforded Margaret Spellings may be reaching a level that rises about
worse-of status for just a single year. I have offered the worst Op-Ed of
2013 and Bruce […]
US 10Y Yield Hits 3.019% on December 27 , 2013 - Highest Since July 2011 ..... and yet , Stocks Surge For Sixth Straight Session ( as of the close of trading December 26 , 2013 ) ...... Two trains racing in opposite directions.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-27/gold-silver-are-jumping
( Hmm , who let the dogs out ? )
Gold & Silver Are Jumping And WTI Crude Breaks $100
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- Crude
- Precious Metals
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- Twitter
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As the 10Y broke solidly through 3.00% so precious metals began to move and
after testing $20 in Silver overnight a few times, both gold and silver
have just run stops through key levels and are jumping like Twitter (or
Bitcoin) for a few minutes. *WTI Crude has ... more »
ObamaCare updates - Christmas Eve Edition...... Ho ho Ho from HHS and the White House !
Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
updates through 12/26.....
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/12/26/coming-up-next-obamacare-taxes-and-fees/
Coming up next: ObamaCare taxes and fees
POSTED AT 11:31 AM ON DECEMBER 26, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY
This reminder from the New York Post came on Christmas, when few paid
attention, but it’s worth noting today. The disastrous rollout of ObamaCare
is only the appetizer for Americans, the 2013 lead-in to higher costs and
fees built into the so-called Affordable Care Act. What most people haven’t
heard — yet — is the new fees that ObamaCare charges for access to those
higher prem... more »
Toxic To Civic Health
The conventional wisdom is that the price of political scandal can be
measured in money and reputation. But Robin Sears -- an old hand at
getting out the vote -- writes that the real cost of scandal is deadly:
There is an even higher price.
The damage that these scandals do to public trust. Not since the dawn of
universal suffrage in the established democracies have voters been more
angry at their governors. Nor have so many citizens in so many countries
acted on the bumper sticker exhortation: “Don’t Vote! It Only Encourages
Them!”
In fact, a cynic might conclude that it co... more »
Chinese Media Compares Japan PM To "Terrorists And Fascists"; Blasts Abe's Homage To "Devils", Urges Boycott ....... Only a matter of time before blowback occurs - Japanese Automakers Prepare For Abe 'Shrine Visit' Blowback , Japanese agricultural products also vulnerable !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-27/chinese-media-compares-japan-pm-terrorists-and-fascists-blasts-abes-homage-devils-ur
Chinese Media Compares Japan PM To "Terrorists And Fascists"; Blasts Abe's
Homage To "Devils", Urges Boycott
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- China
- Japan
- Newspaper
- Reuters
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On Thursday, Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe stunned the world by defying
everyone - including the EU and the US whose embassysent a tersely worded
letter in which is said that it is "disappointed tha... more »
War Watch - December 27, 2013...... Syria . Af-Pak and Egypt in focus
Syria........
Syrian Kurds Agree To Side With Opposition in Geneva Talks
by Mohammed A. Salih, December 27, 2013
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Despite an atmosphere of deep mutual distrust, two major rival Syrian
Kurdish bodies have agreed to attend an expected international conference
on the fate of Syria, known as Geneva II, on the side of the Syrian
opposition forces, Syrian Kurdish sources told IPS.
That is contingent on the possibility that only two sides will be allowed
to sit at the negotiating table: the government of President Bashar
al-Assad and the opposition groups.
Although th... more »
The Shining in 30 seconds enacted by bunnies
Sheer genius!
ROYAL SEX
*Felix, whom Edward VII tried to seduce.*
King Edward VII tried to seduce the homosexual Russian prince Felix
Yusupov.
(*Prince Felix Yusupov: The Man Who Murdered Rasputin* by Chris Dobson,
1989. Sexual perversion in the royal family,)
Edward VII was the son of Prince Albert, whose official father, Ernest I,
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was reportedly bisexual.
stuttering performance
But Edward VII also liked women.
A gossip columnist once wrote: "There is nothing whatever between the
Prince of Wales and Lillie Langtry."
In his journal's next edition he wrote: "Not even ... more »
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*Know the enemy: Saints on Mike Glennon ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*
*New Orleans ranks #1 in-migration for 'Prime Workers' ~Don Ames*
*Steep flood insurance rate-hikes loom for La. homeowners ~Jordan Bloom,
The Advocate*
*$1 million project to fight waterborne amoeba ~WWLTV*
*Where Y'Eat: Act Two For Tujague's ~Ian McNulty, WWNO*
Top 100 Tweeting Bloggers 2013
That awkward interregnum between Christmas and New Year. What is one to do?
For politicos should we go full bore on our hobby horses as if it was a
normal week. Or should we ease off and enjoy the wine, the mince pies and
our recently-acquired selection of woolly jumpers? I'm all for a mix of
both, if I'm honest. A bit of r'n'r, a few reflective/year-in-review
postings on here, and business-as-usual on everyone's favourite
micro-blogging site. That's the cue to segue into my annual list-a-thon of
the Top 100 Tweeting Bloggers on, erm, Twitter. Long-time readers know this
is an annu... more »
Time To Rally Again For GMO Labelling In California on January 6, 2014
CALIFORNIA: IT'S TIME TO RISE UP AGAIN! Please share and show up!
#California #Sacramento #gmo #labelgmos #needtoknowgmo#freedom2chooz
#boycottgmos #prop37 #labelgmossacramento#gmofreeusa
RALLY ... Action NOW!! Come and bring a friend!!
An impressive line-up of guest speakers will share their knowledge on
January 6. The list includes: Pamm Larry initial instigator of Proposition
37 Label GMOs: Grassroots California, Zen Honeycutt, Director of Moms
Across America (MAAM), social justice songwriter/musicians Jenn Rogar and
Barclay Neumann, Adam Scow from Food and Water Watch, Paul To... more »
I Lived Through a Gardasil Nightmare by Lisa
Lisa
I lived through a Gardasil nightmare
by Lisa
Spokane, Washington 30 October 2013
My name is Lisa and I had a horrible reaction to the set of Gardasil
vaccines. It took almost six years to get back to being somewhat normal.
Back in 2007 when I was 22, I was going in for a normal woman visit and I
had a test come back positive for “abnormal cells.” They were cancer cells
caused by HPV.
I went in for the whole “cut and burn” procedure and my Doctor told me
there was a new vaccine called Gardasil for HPV to protect against cervical
cancer. She said I should get it so I don’t ... more »
J’ai vécu le cauchemar du Gardasil par Lisa
*Lisa*
*J’ai vécu le cauchemar du Gardasil*
par Lisa de Spokane, Washington, 30 octobre 2013
Je m’appelle Lisa. J’ai fait une horrible réaction à l’ensemble des doses
du vaccin Gardasil. Il m’a fallu presque six ans pour redevenir à peu près
normale.
En 2007, quand j’avais 22 ans, je me suis rendue à une visite médicale
routinière. Mon test s’est avéré positif. J’avais des « cellules
anormales ». Il s’agissait de cellules cancéreuses causées par le HPV.
Après m’être soumise à la procédure habituelle « couper et brûler », mon
médecin m’a dit qu’il existait un nouveau vaccin appelé... more »
Jacob Bernoulli: a birthday
Welcome back after the Christmas – thanks for your wishes and even gifts. I
hope you enjoyed the Saturnalia.
Jacob Bernoulli was born on December 27th, 1654, as the first big hero of
the Bernoulli family that turned out to be rather remarkable. It included 3
great sons of Niklaus Bernoulli (who was a descendant of some doctors and
spice traders etc.) in the 17th century; and 6 additional mathematicians
and physicists in the 18th century.
I would still say that Jacob Bernoulli (from the group of the 3 sons) was
the most important mathematician among these 9 men (Bernoulli numbers,
d... more »
dream - WWW - wiremesh wolfman world
as you can imagine, this dream is about a world made entirely of wiremesh,
or chickenwire.
But let's reverse back three hours. I can say this because (at about 11
o'clock) I challenged the 'forces of the parallel side' to reveal
themselves to me. Nothing happened, as usual. I have never seen nothing; no
spirit, no demon, no souls. So I called them CHICKENS and said I would
'meet them in my dreams' which was clearly the only place they felt
powerful enough to show themselves and 'cause some havoc'.
I did it, and it can't be undone. The results were very strange.
Wiremesh Wolfman Wo... more »
Watch this Link: Will Heritage Scrub Its Obamacare History?
Mike the Mad Biologist leads me to a host of articles on the crazy things
going on at Heritage Foundation, especially since former Senator Jim DeMint
of South Carolina took over as president of the organization. Mike quotes Alex
Pareene at length on how the rise of MBAs running both the Foundation
(DeMint) and Heritage Action (Michael Needham) has turned Heritage from a
respected think tank into a mainly political organization of the hard
right. Pareene, in turn, leads to a good analysis by Julia Ioffe in *The
New Republic*.
As regular readers know, Heritage is an organization that ... more »
(Need Pest/Parasite Control?) We Are Two Nations Surely When One Half Is Glad To Let the Other Starve (They Don't Care) Are We Already France? (Sex, Drugs, Uh-huh!) Or Just the CIA In Its Usual Attack Mode? (Progressive Dems Only Pols Made by Own To Pay for Sexual Indiscretions) Don't Suspect the Bilderbergs, Please!
Edward Snowden announces breathlessly (in a brief Christmas greeting on the
BBC's Channel 4) what we in netopia have been screaming about for years.
Edward Snowden’s Christmas Message: NSA Surveillance Exceeds Orwell’s
Imagination And that once esteemed Chamber strikes the gong for itself:
Chamber of Commerce Sets GOP Goal for 2014: ‘No Fools On Our Ticket’ The
nation isn't (διχοτομέω) cut
Egypt's Generals List Muslim Brotherhood As A Terror Organization; What Will Become of US-Egypt Ties?
Time Magazine declared Mohammed Morsi to be the "most important man in the
Middle East" a year ago. Heading into 2014, Morsi is on lockdown in prison
and his group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has been officially designated as a
terrorist organization by the interim Egyptian government that is under the
management of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who seized power in July on the
backs of a nationwide popular revolt to prevent the complete Islamization
of his country by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Morsi tried to take over a historic country with a proud identity without
an army. In hindsig... more »
50 years ago today: The Beatles
*On December 26, 1963, hastily pushed up in response to public demand,* *Capitol
Records released their first Beatles record, a single of "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her Standing There." It wasn't the first
Beatles release in the U.S., but it was the first by the group's official
label (or any major one), and the first properly promoted and distributed.
The rest, as they say, is history.*
*by Noah*
As a youngster in the early 1960s, I had a portable radio. You’ve heard of
"a boy and his dog" going everywhere together. Well, for me it was a boy
and his radio. And ... more »
Some Governors and Common Core: “Hot Friends Cooling”
Hoping to advance your own political career? Better be quiet about Common
Core. Amazing how a number of formerly outspoken, pro-CCSS governors have
strategically opted for silence (or some other form of distance) regarding
the now-highly-charged CCSS. New York: Andrew Cuomo It seems, for example,
that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has become somewhat of […]
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Is The Long Feared Fukushima Radiation Plume Already Hitting The American West Coast?
I have been tracking events pertaining to the Fukushima nuclear disaster of
March, 2011, for well over two and one half years now, and what I see is a
situation that is absolutely not improving at all.... The fact is, readers,
that the media and our own governments have been lying their asses off now
for that entire period of time, and this disaster is absolutely NOT under
control, period....
There has been growing fear that the full brunt of the Fukushima radiation
would be hitting the west coast of both the United States and Canada by the
end of this year, or even sometime in earl... more »
Back From A Much Needed Break
Yes, I am back... And I will be resuming writing articles, and of course my
weekly rant, very shortly..
It was a much needed break... I was seriously suffering from burnout the
last few weeks with a horrendous work schedule, family issues and needs,
and of course trying to keep up with this blog..... It does get very
depressing to see how bad this planet has been ruined by the Jewish
criminal elite, and even I have a feeling of helplessness at times in not
reaching enough people to fight their sick goal of world domination.
I have watched over the last while as factions within this... more »
before the onion, before the yes men, there was the post new york post
One day, as I was getting off the subway on my way from Brooklyn to my
workplace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, people were handing out
these tabloids. I never learned who made them, where they came from, or
where they went. But I'm so glad I saved my copy all these years.
It's a whole newspaper - news, sports, weather, ads for fake movies,
personal ads. Brilliant. In case you can't read the date, it was 1984.
And special bonus from one decade later, *The National OJ*.
I had to scan them in two parts, but they are each tabloid size.
after eight years, i have a less-than-ideal observation about ontario health care
Since moving to Canada in 2005, my experiences with Ontario's health care
system have been extremely positive. Through the public system, my partner
and I have been able to access health care whenever we needed it, in
convenient and pleasant settings, at no cost - that is, paid for with our
taxes. The quality of care has been at least as good, and often superior,
to anything I experineced in the United States.
I love our public health care system, and I would love to see it expanded.*
Single-payer, nonprofit health care is the only system that makes any sense.
When I fractured my f... more »
"I Have Nothing BUT Contempt for This Court..."
FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge on Tuesday twice expelled Ramzi bin
al-Shibh — one of five Guantánamo Bay detainees facing a death penalty
trial — from a courtroom at the military base there in Cuba after he
disrupted proceedings by shouting about his treatment.
Col. James L. Pohl, the judge presiding over the pretrial military
commission hearing, clashed with Mr. bin al-Shibh at the start of both the
morning and afternoon sessions. Each time, Mr. bin al-Shibh began loudly
complaining about torture instead of answering a question from the judge
about whether he understood his r... more »
Ed Snowden's Christmas Message to the Commonwealth
Well, of course.
The US Government asked Verizon if they could put in a man-in-the-middle
tap on ALL their customers communications, and they said "Yes. "
Because that's totally legal.
It's their property, their hardware, their infrastructure. They just didn't
tell their customers. But why should they?
They're not obliged to. They certainly never said that they wouldn't.
What's your point, Ed?
The Idiocracy Files (Redux), Part 2: Beware the Girl Scouts, Sheldon Adelson, and more
[*We continue the encore presentation of Noah's 2012 Idiocracy series. When
I told him I was rerunning the series (begun last night with Part 1), he
replied, "Running Idiocracy works fine. Repug nuttery is, unfortunately,
timeless." And don't forget Noah's new "Need a last-minute Christmas gift
suggestion?," "50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles," and "A Tale of Two Popes
-- the one in the Vatican and the one in North Carolina."*]
*FOX "News" in the age of Idiocracy*
*"As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point.
Natural selection, the strongest, the smartest, the ... more »
DNA presence or absence and transference not mere "common sense"
R v Pruden, 2013 CanLII 83110:
[13] The nature of the DNA evidence in this case was
not straightforward and I agree that expert evidence was required to
explain the significance of its *presence* or *absence* in respect of
particular locations. See *R. v. F.M.*,2009 ONCA 485 (CanLII), 2009 ONCA
485 at para. 20, 250 O.A.C. 257. That is, the requirement for expert
evidence regarding the transference of DNA can also include situations
where the jury is asked to draw an inference from its presence as well as
from its absence. See *R. v. Robinson (C.L.)*,2003 BCCA 3... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, "Celtic Heart"
Justin Hayward, "Celtic Heart"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTAFGIM_0w
Egypt and Turkey: Destabilization and Destabilization
Unsurprisingly, truly unsurprisingly, the new *saviours* (alleged) of the
Egyptian people have now labelled Muslim Brotherhood a "terrorist
organization"
Yawn. This convenient branding will be used to further degrade and
destabilize Egypt.
But,* Egypt i*s not going to be alone in this campaign of destruction. The
labelling or branding/rebrand of Muslim Brotherhood as a 'terror' group
bodes very ominously for* Erdogan and the Turkish people.*
As I had mentioned way, way back in this July post: *Rebranding the Arab
Spring to Reorder the Middle East/Africa*
*Brief digression for back... more »
NETANYAHU WANTS WAR WITH IRAN, OBAMA DOESN’T; IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!
If only it were.
If it were just up to Obama there would be no war until he decides there
will be. But he’s just the President and, while he wields a lot of clout,
at the end of the day he has a Congress to answer to.
If Obama put his foot down and said ‘no’ to Netanyahu launching a strike
against Iran then Netanyahu wouldn’t do it. While there’s been a lot of
talk of Netanyahu launching a unilateral strike against Iran, there is no
way that he would do such thing without knowing that the US would come to
Israel’s aid if Iran decided to retaliate – which it almost certainly would.... more »
ALEC PR Poobah - Twisting the Words to Protect ALEC's ...
Oh, my - - - - - -
On Stand Your Ground - which was pushed by ALEC legislators from 2005 to
April 2012 - #LicenseToKill
*Meierling was quoted *as saying. “Every single person also knows that we
no longer have any model policy on that issue, or any firearms issues for
that matter.”
Push come to shove -* that's not true, really - not true*
Some of the "policies", not found on ALECs webpage.
On welfare drug testing - which was introduced to ALEC legislators at the
November 2010 ALEC meeting.
*Meierling declined to say *if the staff at ALEC endorsed the idea of
drug-testing welf... more »
The man accused of killing a TSA agent in LA last month has his trial scheduled for February 2014
Three or four months for a high profile first degree murder case. Hmmn. In
Canada we'd be looking at two years minimum. Maybe closer to three to four
years ,,,
Annual Report of the Red Mountain Pilgrimage
Well, I’ve survived yet another trip around the sun, and I hope you have,
too. It’s been an interesting year, and a good one. I’m busy doing the
work I was meant to do, and it’s finding an audience that appreciates it,
and respects me. It’s a bit sad that I spent so many years hauling stone
blocks up the latest pyramid, but I was always learning, too. It takes
time to make sense of this world. I never imagined that, at this point in
my life, there would still be so many fascinating new things to learn.
I’ve been living in the hermitage for four and a half years now, on a wee
b... more »
Leonard Peltier's Christmas Message 2013
Leonard
Peltier's Christmas Message 2013
By Leonard Peltier
Censored News
Greetings my relatives, friends, and supporters:
In this season of giving, receiving and acknowledgement of blessings, I
want to acknowledge all of the people who have helped me all of these
years and I want the supporters outside the United States to know I
appreciate them also. Sometimes I am at a loss for words.
Is Turkey As Corrupt As Wall Street? New Jersey?
Last night you may have heard me grousing about how Martin Scorsese left
out the real life political corruption in the story of the Jordan Belfort
scandal that shook Wall Street in the '90s. Belfort gave thousands of
dollars to notorious Wall Street shill Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) and,
at D'Amato's urging, a check for $100,000 to the RNC in a vain hope to get
the FBI off his back. Scorsese left that out iof his 3-hour film, *The Wolf
Of Wall Street*, which opened yesterday. Maybe Scorsese left that chapter
of Belfort's corruption out of the movie because no one would even fin... more »
A story of revolution….
The King and his policymakers gather in a large building making laws for
the people in lands far from the towers of the capital. The leaders
imposed a biased system of judgement that took away the opportunities for
localities to make their own decisions. People proclaimed that citizens
should be judged by their “peers” instead […]
Esto es cancer....fotos
*Como es la costrumbre de hacer comentarios propios antes de los articulos.
Se le sugiere que lean el articulo publicado en el 2006 de una revista de
salud en la Gran Brettania.*
*Se trata de una posible cura....Un estudio secreto que aun no se ha
publicado. Esta al final*
*Otro asunto, En los estados unidos no hay, ni permiten injecciones de
Vitamina C no gasten su tiempo preguntandoles a sus doctores Americanos. La
unica solucion es ingerir tabletas de Vitaminas C con accion
prolongada/demorada, por la sencilla razon de que nuestro cuerpo no puede
almacenar la Vitamina C como lo ... more »
ALECer DirectTV Spreading Trash Across USA
Been awhile - had some issues to deal with - but I'm back now.
Had an interesting discussion today about DirectTV - ALEC member - DirectTV.
DirectTV putting those ugly dishes on top of every roof they can and then -
- - abandoning them.
*True story - *
Person I work with bought a house that had a DirectTV dish on the roof.
They wanted a higher level of service - so DirectTV comes out to put a new
dish on their roof. While they are there my collegaue asks them to remove
the old dish
- DirectTV says no and leaves.
Now my co-worker climbed up on the roof - removed the ... more »
Bitcoin news - December 23 , 2013 -- Thousands of Hoarded Bitcoins Flood the Block Chain in Mystery Transaction ( caused by old time miners , large exchanges , long term early adherents , Silk Road or other blow us ? ) .... Singapore Regulators decline to interfere with Bitcoin.....News anchor learns valuable lesson about BitCoin security.....4 Million buck Icelandic BitCoin mining consortium....Silk Road Accused wants his BitCoin back from the Government .....
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
December 24 , 2013......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-24/bofaml-asks-end-bitcoin
BofAML Asks "Is This The End Of Bitcoin?"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2013 17:13 -0500
- Bitcoin
- China
- Renminbi
- Switzerland
- Volatility
- Yuan
inShare
Following David Woo's initial $1300 fair-value price target for Bitcoin,
the BofAML strategist has had to suffer through some significant changes;
not the least of which is China's increasingly strict Bitcoin regulation.
The shifts, he notes, *raise key ques... more »
BBC Openly Sides With Regime - Portrays Protesters as Violent, Anti-Democratic
A regime run by a convicted criminal hiding abroad would be unacceptable in
any other country in the word and it is unacceptable in Thailand too.
What's unacceptable worldwide, is also unacceptable here.*December 26, 2013* (Tony
Cartalucci) - Thailand is currently run by Thaksin Shianwatra. Thaksin was
not on the ballot during the last general election, nor was he even in the
country, but as the New York Times reported in their article, "In Thailand,
Power Comes With Help From Skype," he is still very much in charge:
For the past year and a half, by the party’s own admission, the mo... more »
Catholics behaving badly...
*via the Blaze.*
Like a ton of other houses of worship on Wednesday, St. Patrick Catholic
Church in Miami Beach held a Christmas Day service.
And like most congregations, St. Patrick’s offered those assembled in the
sanctuary some special music to celebrate one of the holiest days on the
church calendar.
But it’s safe to say few, if any, had Andrea Bocelli singing during
communion. *read the rest*
Now check out what some in the congregation did immediatly after receiving
the body and blood of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Catholics believe
in the true presence - or at least... more »
THINKING ABOUT SWORD AND CROWN
*MB and I with our favorite gals at the Addams-Melman House yesterday. We
were looking at the new book called "Even Aliens Need Snacks"*
*Our neighbors house grows icicles*
- MB works for an organization that runs a homeless shelter/soup kitchen
in Portland. It's a 45-minute drive from here. In Maine jobs are few and
far between so people have to move around to work. She must be "on call"
during the holidays because her turn came up in the supervisor’s rotation.
So last night, Christmas night, at 12:30 she was woken by the beeper
signaling her that she had to ... more »
VAM, Sham, Thank You Ma’am
Here’s a short, but hopefully sweet, three-minute speech on why I believe
VAM is an unfair measure. ~ @angelcintronjr Tagged: teaching, vam
The Foisting of the Rejoicing
It's time once again to (belatedly) dust off that old seasonal standard, *Barack
and Michelle Do Christmas.* Talk about Deja Vu all over again*.* No wonder Thomas
Friedman is reportedly Obama's favorite columnist. Not only do these
chin-stroking dudes share the delusion that endless repetition is a
virtue, they share the same audience: an exclusive set of elites who never
tire of being told how virtuous they are when they temper their endless
acquisitions with an occasional spurt of noblesse-oblige.
So without further ado, The Obama Christmas Carol, 2013 version:
THE PRESIDE... more »
Things to make your life easier...
*like how to store those Christmas lights.*
For years I've wound my strings of light around egg cartons. It works
well, but does take up more space so I switched to pieces of cardboard.
Here's another neat idea:
How to Store Christmas Lights Around a Coat Hanger
John Foster Dulles vs William O. Douglas-- The Conservative Mind vs The Progressive Mind
Lately, I've been writing a bit about a book I'm reading, Prediposed by
John Hibbing, Kevin Smith and John Alford. As I mentioned the other day,
one of the themes is that "liberals and conservatives report distinct
personality and psychological tendencies and have different tastes in all
sorts of things from art and sports to personality traits and vocational
preferences… Conservatives' cognitive patterns reveal a comfort level with
clarity and hard categorization while liberals are more likely to value
complexity and multiple categories."
Another book I'm reading-- and loving th... more »
The Fordham Strong Arm of Letter Grades for State Standards
In my previous post, The Importance of Common Core for Nationally-pervasive
Ed Reform, I cite the 2009 Broad Foundation report in which a number of
major reformer “participants” told America of the reforms it might expect
to be in place in 2012– one of which is the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS). Among the list of “participants” […]
Childish, anti-White ADL Jews denounce John Friend as "anti-Semite"
Two days ago, Access ADL, the official blog of the White-hating, Jewish
supremacist propaganda and intelligence gathering organization known as the
Anti-Defamation League, *posted a blog* denouncing yours truly as an
"anti-Semite" in an effort to not only defame me, but also David North, a
fellow at the *Center for Immigration Studies*. Mr. North *appeared on The
Realist Report* last Wednesday, where we discussed the EB-5 visa program
and the proposed "China City" scheduled to be built in New York state.
True to form, the pathetic, childish, classless Jews writing for Access ADL
spe... more »
Thailand: Regime Escalates Conflict - Deadly Mayhem Ensues
*December 26, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Anti-regime protesters sought to
occupy the Election Commission venue at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din
Daeng, Bangkok for the third day today in attempts to disrupt the regime's
show-elections scheduled for February 2, 2014, but were met instead by
regime police. Clashes ensued, with police firing rubber bullets
indiscriminately at protesters, bystanders and journalists alike. Tear gas
flooded the streets of the densely populated urban district, forcing
residents to flee and schools to prematurely close for the day.
Police restrained and th... more »
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