English: Map of Lake Erie. Category:Michigan maps (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bath Iron Works (BIW), a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine (USA). BIW was purchased in 1995 by General Dynamics and is one of the largest private employers in Maine. Visible are three Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers being fitted out. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: This is a picture of Syncrude's base mine. The yellow structures are the bases of pyramids made of sulphur - it is not economical for Syncrude to sell the sulphur so it stockpiles it instead. Behind that is the tailings pond, held in by what is recognized as the largest dam in the world. The extraction plant is just to the right of this photograph and most of the mine is to the left. Deutsch: Tagebau der Syncrude Canada Ltd. zur Verarbeitung der Athabasca-Ölsande in Alberta (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Athabasca Oil Sands NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon using EO-1 ALI data courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Holli Riebeek. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
2009 Total Solar Eclipse Over Thimphu (Photo credit: Bhutan-360)Total SA dumps Canada oil sands project for $1.65 billion loss
[image: A Landsat satellite took this natural-color image of the Athabasca
Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada on 15 May 2011. Photo: Robert Simmon / NASA
Earth Observatory]
[Hopefully, the market will decide against further expansion of this
disaster.]
By Jen Alic, OilPrice.com
31 March 2013
France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) will sell its 49% stake in its Canadian oil
sands project to Suncor Energy Inc. for $500 million, netting the French
oil giant a $1.65 billion loss on the beleaguered project.
Total would have had to spend another $5 billion (at least) on the Alberta
oil sands Voyage... more »
Of the Not Normal, We're Really Not Normal
Look, there was a thing going around the blogs yesterday about the
twitters, which started when Nick Beaudrot said something smart. Or at
least, it sounded smart to me. And then Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias and Kevin
Drum all said things about it. Beaudrot has a follow-up today.
I could get into it more, in which case I'd probably take a position about
twitter working differently for different people, and not being for
everyone. But here's the problem: Drum talked about "the verbal,
well-educated, politically conscious social group that most bloggers belong
to," but the truth is tha... more »
A day in the life
After coffee and breakfast, Risa lets the poultry out, checks their food
and water, collects duck eggs, and waters the flats in the "greenhouse"
(potting shed with glass south wall).
Besides the potting bench in the greenhouse, she keeps a "spring bench" on
the north wall of the house, halfway to the garden, for hardening off. Not
only is this easy on the back, it's a far piece for slugs and snails to get
into the pots. Here we have peas, yellow storage onions, and assorted
greens. Below is the garden kneeler, some suds "chitting," and the
planting-out tray. The flats, tray and b... more »
Record-sized Lake Erie algae bloom of 2011 likely to become regular occurrence, study says – ‘Everything is trending in the direction of conditions conducive to more large blooms’
[image: This sequence of satellite photos of Lake Erie's western basin
shows the progress of the 2011 algae bloom. A: June 1, soon after a surge
of fertilizer-loaded storm runoff from the Maumee River has flowed into the
lake basin; B: July 19, as the bloom begins to grow; C: July 31, about two
weeks after the bloom's start; D: August 11, as the bloom spreads east
toward the central basin; E: Sept. 3, as the bloom reaches the central
basin and a second phase forms on the basin's north shore; F: Oct. 9, as
the bloom begins to decline in the western basin. Photo: University of
Wisco... more »
CUT DOWN BY MANGANESE
International steel magnate Samancor is charged with putting profits before
workers' rights. Former employees at their Johannesburg, South Africa plant
are dying from manganese poisoning.
There is growing concern that many workers at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in
Maine are exposed to manganese poisoning as they cut steel to make Navy
destroyers. The dust created is inhaled and over time destroys the person.
There are stories that many workers have been developing symptoms similar
to those in this video but when they went to the doctors provided by BIW
they were asked if they "wanted t... more »
Monbiot on the "Inveterate Bastards" Who Have Hijacked Our Democracy
He writes of the plight of Britons but he could as easily be speaking to
you.
*Most of the world's people are decent, honest and kind. Most of those who
dominate us are inveterate bastards...*
*"With a most inhuman cruelty, they who have put out the people's eyes
reproach them of their blindness." This government, whose mismanagement of
the economy has forced so many into the arms of the state, blames the sick,
the unemployed, the underpaid for a crisis caused by the feral elite – and
punishes them accordingly. Most of those affected by the bedroom tax,
introduced today, are disa... more »
Video: Two very different reports on China’s ghost cities
Desdemona has been following the “ghost city” story since *Business Insider*first collected satellite
photos of new, empty cities in China in 2010. NBC News did a story on the
ghosts that haunt China’s landscape in 2012. *Business Insider *has a new
story for 2013: Scary new satellite pictures of China’s ghost cities. Now,
Wade Shepard provides another perspective.
First, here’s the *60 Minutes* report from 3 March 2013.
Contrast that with the *Vagabond Journey* report from 29 March 2013.
By Wade Shepard
29 March 2013
(Vagabond Journey) – “We discovered that the most populated ... more »
Air pollution linked to 1.2 million premature deaths in China
[image: Shanghai in January. Researchers said the toll from China’s
pollution meant the loss of 25 million healthy years in 2010. Photo: Aly
Song / Reuters]
By EDWARD WONG
1 April 2013
BEIJING (The New York Times) – Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2
million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global
total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on
leading causes of death worldwide.
Figured another way, the researchers said, China’s toll from pollution was
the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population.
The da... more »
Iraq’s Oil Exports Recover in February 2013 After Two-Month Decline
December 2012 and January 2013 saw a large drop in Iraq’s exports from what
were record highs in the previous months. Finally, in February, foreign
shipments were able to recover, while prices went up as well. Iraq’s oil
industry is still at a plateau, which has happened in the last several
years.
Tanker docked in southern Iraq. The southern pipeline carries the majority
of the country’s exports and saw an increased flow in Feb. 2013 (*AFP*)
The flow through Iraq’s two major pipelines increased in February 2013. The
southern pipeline saw an average of 2.196 million barrels a day ... more »
Chris Hedges Takes Down Intellectual America - Iggy's On His List Too
To Chris Hedges, America's *intelligentsia* are a pack of sell-outs who
showed their true colours when they lined up to support George w. Bush's
war on Iraq. And Hedges is naming names:
*The war boosters, especially the “liberal hawks”—who included Hillary
Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Al Franken and John Kerry, along with academics,
writers and journalists such as Bill Keller, Michael Ignatieff, Nicholas
Kristof, David Remnick, Fareed Zakaria, Michael Walzer, Paul Berman,Thomas
Friedman, George Packer, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Kanan Makiya and the late Christopher
Hitchens—did what th... more »
...And Hilarity Ensued: The CKS Design Contest Pwned
*The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall website at about 6 pm today. The CKS
Design Competition is on the right sidebar, in glorious pink.*
The Ministry of Culture really did it this week with its announcement of a
CKS Design Contest (event website). The purpose of the contest -- no I'm
not kidding you, please finish chewing all the food in your mouth and don't
drink anything for the next minute or so -- was to commemorate the tenth
anniversary of Soong Mei-ling, celebrate the love that Chiang Kai-shek and
Soong Mei-ling had for one another, and of course, celebrate Chinese
culture. Th... more »
ACTION: Nobel Peace Prize to Bradley Manning
From common Dreams
Published on Monday, April 1, 2013 by Common Dreams
An Outpouring of Love and Support for Bradley Manning to Receive the Nobel
Peace Prize
by Norman Solomon
During the last week of March, more than 30,000 people signed a petition
urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize to
Bradley Manning. While the numbers continue to mount on the petition website,
so do the comments from individual signers.Pfc. Bradley Manning (Portrait
by Robert Shetterly / AmericansWhoTellTheTruth.org)
Thousands have already written personal notes to explain their... more »
Former TFA Corps Members Planning TFA Protest in Chicago
Click to enlarge.
Earth-cooling schemes need global sign-off, researchers say – ‘How do you get a consensus with seven billion-plus stakeholders?’
[image: Grimsvotn volcano erupts in Iceland in 2011. Solar radiation
management schemes spray particles into the atmosphere to simulate cooling
effects of volcanic eruptions. Photo: Egill Adalsteinsson / EPA]
By Ian Sample, science correspondent
31 March 2013
(The Guardian) – Controversial geoengineering projects that may be used to
cool the planet must be approved by world governments to reduce the danger
of catastrophic accidents, British scientists said.
Met Office researchers have called for global oversight of the radical
schemes after studies showed they could have huge and... more »
ACTION:A Million Comments Against Keystone XL
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Mexico: Paranormal "Shadow Play" in Yucatan
*Source: Revista Voces del Misterio
Date: 04.02.13*
*Mexico: Paranormal “Shadow Play” in Yucatan*
*By Jorge Moreno – SIPSE*
Today it is our readers’ turn to tell us their paranormal experiences and
stories. This time, Mr. Sebastian Pech contacted us about an “evil shadow”
that can be seen in such places as Sitpach and Cholul, commissariats of
Mérida located right across from each other.
Sebastián says that his uncle, whose name is Marcial Pat, told him that a
long time ago his grandfather spoke of “the shadow that chases you”,
referring to a shadow that had a life of its own and... more »
GATEKEEPERS DOWN: Sisters’ fact at the Washington Post!
*TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013*
*Part 2—Close enough for newspaper work:* Are white males
disproportionately numbered among the nation’s mass shooters?
Presumably, it depends on how you define “mass shooter.” However you define
the term, we will assume that males *in general* are disproportionately
numbered among that group.
That said, among the men who engage in mass shootings, are *white* men
disproportionately numbered? We have no idea—and there is no particular
sign that Charlotte Childress and Harriet Childress know the answer either.
That said, facts and logic aren’t required when y... more »
Untitled
*State Farm never called Katrina 'water' storm, adjuster testifies ~Anita
Lee, Sun Herald*
*A “Nowdygram” on the latest developments in USA Ex Rel Rigsby v State Farm
~Slabbed*
*Student newspaper editor sues LSU governing board over search for president
*
*A Quick Drink: Brandy ~Blackened Out*
*Rescue Effort for Tujague’s, a New Orleans Mainstay ~Roger Simonson, NYT*
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/04/01/4563908/state-farm-never-called-katrina.html#wgt=rcntnews#storylink=cpy
Raise your Integrity
At the *Financial Post* (Canada) Ross McKitrick has a very good op-ed on
the Marcott mess and its larger consequences:
In recent years there have been a number of cases in which high-profile
papers from climate scientists turned out, on close inspection, to rely on
unseemly tricks, fudges and/or misleading analyses. After they get
uncovered in the blogosphere, the academic community rushes to circle the
wagons an denounce any criticism as "denialism." There's denialism going on
all right -- on the part of scientists who don't see that their continuing
defence of these kind of prac... more »
My Favorite Book "Boyfriends"
Have you linked your projects/book reviews up to Creative Showcase yet
this week?
My husband always jokes that he has to share me with all of my
"boyfriends." I have loved to read ever since I was a child and I read
anywhere between two and eighteen books in a single week, so he has often
found himself eating cold cereal while I enjoy dinnertime with a favorite
read. Here are some of my favorite "swoon worthy" men from my latest reads.
I am linking up with the Broke and the Bookish.
1. Will Herondale from The Infernal Devices- In the first Infernal
Devices book Will is abra... more »
Are South Carolina Republicans Going To Hand Elizabeth Colbert Busch A Path To Victory Today?
Today is run-off day in South Carolina's first congressional district, a
strip of coast below Myrtle Beach and Georgetown almost as far as
Savannah's suburbs (including white Charleston south of Calhoun Street). On
Saturday we pointed out that underdog Curtis Bostic had Man-On-Dog Rick
Santorum campaigning for him-- as well as hilarious endorsements from Ann
Coulter, religious right charlatan James Dobson, and the district's former
congressman, once-removed, Henry Brown.
Conventional wisdom has it that this deeply red district-- Romney beat
Obama 58.3-40.2% (mostly because the lat... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Clark Gregg, 51.
Good stuff:
1. Melissa Harris-Perry on NSF Funding and Political Science.
2. Good catch from Dave Weigel: once sequestration hit, people lost interest,
at least in "sequestration" as a topic. Presumably fully media and
politician driven.
3. While sequestration actually is doing pretty much what was expected, as
Sam Stein and Amanda Terkel report.
4. And Dylan Matthews has a nice in-on-chart on the various budget proposals.
My main caveats: it matters how detailed the plans are (Ryan's,
notoriously, are not). It matters, too, as a few of us discu... more »
Why I Am Going to DC April 4-7
JIM HORN: WHY I AM COMING TO OCCUPY THE DEPT. OF ED. IN DC
Posted on March 3, 2013
I am coming to ODOE2 to remember and honor so many who cannot come and for
so many of the forgotten victims of high stakes standardized testing.
I am coming to DC for that Louisiana 4th grader in 2002 whose heart could
be heard pounding across the desk by the teacher who had to tell him he
would be in the 4th grade for the third time because he didn’t pass the
state test.
I am coming to DC for that other 4th grade child who scooted from his
wheelchair and hid under the bed, for god’s sakes, because he... more »
Profoundly Ignorant
Natalie Brender writes, in the *Toronto Star*, that the federal
government's decision to withdraw from the UN anti drought convention is an
enigma:
The Harper government’s latest nose-thumbing at the UN is a baffling move
that lacks any obvious political advantage to balance out the sizeable
blows it inflicts on the government’s domestic and international
credibility. It is taking this government’s foreign policy past the sphere
of contentiousness into the realm of unfathomability.
The reasons offered for the decision make no sense:
The $350,000 savings to taxpayers from leavi... more »
April Is World Autism Awareness Month
Source: http://www.homefromhomecare.com/
ALEC Ag-Gag Bills Cannot Be Ignored
If you think the current edition of the ALEC ag-gag bills can be ignored -
because you are not an animal acitivist - think again. There is so much
more that has to be considered.
Remember amendments to laws happen all the time!!!
The history of the ALEC Ag-Gag Bill
Most people don’t realize that the Ag-Gag Bill by ALEC has been around for
over 10 years.
In an article written in 2003 the following snips are important to remember
about the initial intent of the ALEC ag-gag bill.
9/29/2003
Model Legislation Targets Ecological Terrorists
Model legislation creating penalties for perso... more »
Christian Exodus in Middle East
The immediate and easy answer to Muslim oppression is migration to any
part of the Non Islamic world. What is worse, it has become progressively
easier. Traditional ties to the land have become irrelevant with the full
advent of modernism. You really do not want to live there anymore.
All of my many ancestors left small tracts of hereditary land and
centuries of folk traditions behind and left their so called homelands.
Those were proud traditions but still completely dispensable.
The twentieth century saw many such corrective migrations. All eliminated
oppression ... more »
Flow Batteries Advancing
We are still in the laboratory, but the technology is so basic that the
technical problems will be overcome. Type is not mentioned here and cost
does matter. The real take home is that inexpensive and stable energy
storage is a huge fix to our present system. It will easily double our
available energy if not a lot better than that. Add this to automotive
energy storage and you have a densely distributed energy system that can
run full out 24/7 filling batteries as efficiently as possible.
It also becomes immune to grid failure. This is a huge boost in
reliability as ... more »
Rutile Reveals History
Yes rutile will survive and gather information. It also happens to be the
best mineral for titanium extraction which pretty well explains its ability
to survive.
This sounds as if we are able to do far more with a scant sample than we
ever imagined.
Thus rutile will serve a key application as a pathfinder to mineral
deposits and their ancient formation.
*A tiny grain helps reveal the history of a rock*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Gothenburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2013*
*
"We can identify the rock from which the rutile originates, even if we only
have a tiny grain of rut... more »
Fable of the Dragon Tyrant
I have not fully voiced this paradigm, but life extension is now becoming
feasible. It is even hinted at in the cultural data and powerfully stated
in the original colonizing report in Genesis. The rate of understanding is
accelerating and it is becoming reasonable to expect this outcome.
Generally though, we will chose our time of death and this will be
generally in the third century. Obviously that is a superior outcome to the
present dispensation.
This curious fable makes the argument that it is time to invest heavily.
On the other hand, it is more correct to note ... more »
UCSC study: sea lions like Backstreet Boys
*...but the metronome is pretty good, too...*
The University of California in Santa Cruz – where I spent the first half
of the year 2000 – has done research into the question which mammals aside
from humans like Backstreet Boys. And I must emphasize that this is not an
April fool's joke.
The winner is Ronan, a sea lion.
You might conjecture – and people have conjectured – that pinnipeds and
similar mammals are way too primitive. Unlike humans and parrots – the
latter are role models for many humans while they see other humans as their
role models, sea lions don't display vocal... more »
Obama use school shooting to disarm America? posted August 2010, thread locked.
I've tried, as much as possible, to stay out of ANY debate on the Sandy
Hook school slaughter incident. Why? It was just rotten, rotten to the
core. I mean, I did a little piece about it, about Sandy Hook, in fact
about the Sandy Hook Tribute To The Victims which arrived on Vimeo and
other video sharing sites in NOVEMBER of 2012.
Even if you believed that 'some hacker' group or individual had gone about
glad-fingeredly altering datestamps on relevant FB and YT files, you didn't
even need to look into it. You didn't need to 'get involved'. There was so
much 'factionism' and 'in-figh... more »
Five Lessons from the Financial Crisis
From Olivier Blanchard.
IPR and Medicines 27: More on Glivec and India's SC Decision
A friend in our local health coalition, CHAT, commented in my earlier
article, Novartis' Glivec and India's IPR Ruling and argued that
*(A) medicine to be patentable should be NEW. This in essence only
disallows evergreening of patents which seems to be what Novartis tried in
the India case. And which most super power countries like the US and EU
where most MNCs are from, would like to change through the insertion of
TRIPs plus provisions in bilateral FTAs. *
*Precisely why the TRIPs flexibilites are in place is to promote the
primacy of public health and ensure that developing and... more »
Quarter One Local By-Election Results 2013
Polls have their place, but only actual, real elections quench the
psephological thirst of many a politics anorak. Wishing to "give something
back" to "the community", I've been tracking local by-election results over
the course of this last quarter. You can find them below.
Party
No. Contests
%
Vote
%
Average
Wins
+/-
Conservative
36
97
13,322
21.9
370
6
-7
Labour
33
89
23,033
37.8
698
18
+3
LibDem
28
76
7,750
12.7
277
8
+4
UKIP
24
65
5,668
9.3
236
2
+2
SNP*
3
2,223
3.6
741
0
-1
Plaid Cymru**
1
54
0.1
54
0
0
Green
15
40
1,929
... more »
dream - massive most insane global alien invasion dream ever - where do I get the sensory resolution and the emotional depth?
*where do they get this scale from?*how do people do it?
how do us 'mere humans' go about organising the internal turmoil, grief and
panic to create such spectacular scenes such as Global Alien Invasion?
how are dreamers like you, me and all those before us able to imbue our
nightly 'domestic sorting duties' with such spectacularly apocalyptic
detail, in terms of both pixel resolution, sound and entities within the
simulation, if these things aren't a) real events from our past or future
b) real events from a different 'dreamer' planet or c) we're just a lot
more creative AT EVERY L... more »
At last something for every lefty in Britain - Guardian Goggles'
I presume that this is an April Fools Day spoof, but I am sure that there
are many at the BBC just crying out for such a device.
CREATING YOUR REALITY?
"Recently I took a trip from California to the East Coast with my older
very bossy and vocal cat, who has never been outdoors except for annual
visits to the vet.
"She cries out loudly every time she is put into the carrier and shivers
nervously until we are on our way home.
"I knew that the plane ride could either be a nightmare with her being
upset, meowing loudly and disturbing other passengers, or shivering and
causing me alarm...
"I told my kitty we were going on an adventure.
"I said, 'You’ll be with me every moment. You’re going to feel safe, loved
and secure and you’ll b... more »
Time and the Soul - Interview with Dr. Jacob Needleman
*Wikipedia:*
Jacob Needleman (born October 6, 1934) is an American philosopher. He is
professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University.
He was educated in philosophy at Harvard University, Yale University and
the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Needleman has published many books, most of which draw from G. I. Gurdjieff.
Video Title: Time and the Soul - Interview with Dr. Jacob Needleman.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: Michael Goorjian. Uploaded on May 22,
2012]:
Based on the writings of internationally acclaimed philosopher Jacob
Needleman, Time and the Soul f... more »
Anti-Smoke Belching Racket, Part 5
The Anti-Smoke Belching Units (ASBUs) of various city governments in Metro
Manila are now among the modern highway robbers and road terrorists.
These photos I took last February 14, 2013, afternoon. I was riding an
air-con bus and have a good, elevated view of the other side of Buendia,
Makati CBD-bound.
These people flag down closed vans, AUVs and pick ups that run on diesel
engines. They NEVER stop jeepneys or government (red plate) vehicles that
also run on diesel engines.
Below are some troubling comments from ordinary motorists. The 5th comment,
below, was made only this morn... more »
GLADIO; TURKEY
*Gladio B* - Genie at The world we swim in
"Connecting NATO's Gladio operations to Turkish paramilitaries and
ultra-nationalists...
"How the operation continues through cooperation with terrorists and the
Islamization of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
"From Abdullah Çatlı's remarkable life (and death) to the rise of Fethullah
Gulen's $25 billion (CIA-supported) Islamic network to the NATO takeover of
the Afghan poppy crop in the wake of 9/11, you won't want to miss a moment
of this riveting conversation."
*Air Force chemtrails manual extracts*
Tapestry at the tap
Wanna Know How Cyprus (And the Rest of the Countries Already In Line) Could Crash the Currency-Centered Crowd? Clusterfuck Alert!
Here's how John Mauldin tells the tale (and it's a long'un so get a tall
drink before you get started): . . . Cyprus is a former British colony that
gained independence in 1960 after years of resistance. The island covers a
total of 9,251 km² (roughly half the size of Connecticut) and is split
along ethnic lines between the northern third, which is largely Turkish
Cypriot, and the southern
The Humor Of The Global Warming Nutters Never Ceases To Amaze Me: Irish Newspaper Claims That Spring Snows Are A Sign Of Global Warming (!)
Right now, there is about 3 feet of snow still on the ground around here,
and daytime temperatures in this part of Canada are hovering some 5-10
degrees Celcius below seasonal normals. We just completed what may be one
of the coldest months of March on record, and there is little change now
starting in April. It is again further proof that the nutjobs behind the
Global Warming scam should be running to the hills for trying to continue
to claim falsely that the world is heating up!
But fear not, for the nuts behind the Global Warming scam are still trying
desperately to convince ... more »
Pinos en la orilla del rio de agua clara
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Hermoso amanecer en las montañas de flores
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Hada blanca con su varita magica
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Cascada de agua verde rodeada de flores
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Bella isla junto a las montañas cubiertas de nieve
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Love And Marriage, Horse And Carriage... Conservatism And Corruption
A few days ago I happened to mention-- just in passing-- that there is no
way, and has never been a way, to separate conservatism from corruption.
The two have always gone hand in hand, as they do today. And I'm not just
talking about the Republican Party, the Blue Dogs and New Dems or even just
the United States. All through history and all over the world conservatism
and corruption have had a symbiotic relationship. Tyler Durden uncoveredhow it worked in the big Cyprus bank robbery.
A little background: Cyprus' new president, Nicos Anastasiades, is a
right-wing hack politician, h... more »
Thinking about my summer vacation in Chicago...
I've got cabin fever - time for sunshine and other things.
MM...MM...MM August 7 - 9
This Is No Joke: Newest Canadian Budget Has Made Bank Accounts In Canada As Safe As Those In Cyprus!
It is April 1st, and traditionally, this is the date that many pranksters
come out and pull their puns on unsuspecting individuals, only to finish
the prank by saying "April Fool".....
But what I have seen in a recent article from the Activist Post website, at
www.activistpost.com, is absolutely no joke... For it appears, according to
this article, entitled: "Canadian Deposits As Safe As Cypriot Deposits",
that the criminal Canadian Harper Regime in Ottawa has quietly and sneakily
placed a major provision in their 2013 Canadian federal budget that calls
for Canadians to be on the h... more »
EUROZONE: The Finance Ministers’ Salon
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* *The Finance Ministers’ Salon*
by Paula Humfrey
April 1, 2013
I can't help it: the whirl of 'Eurozone finance minister' imagery in the
articles that I've been reading since Cyprus' crash began in earnest last
week is so evocative that there's no way I can resist bi-locating back to
Paris, to the weeks just before the start of the French Revolution. Think
1789. The Bastille is still standing, but it won't be for much longer. We
already know this.
I find myself channeling Julie Lespinasse, one of the more storied
salonnières of the French Enlightenment. She knew how to brin... more »
Fool's Day 2013
Happy Fool's Day! This time, in honor of the purity wars, I thought I'd feature an Emo Philips story I referenced last year:
(Given my nom de blog, the Italian subtitles are a nice bonus.)
Here's an animated version.
Video Interlude With Nature: James Horner, Soundtrack, “Legends Of The Fall”
James Horner, Soundtrack, “Legends Of The Fall”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtxdl36WnC8
Re-post from January: A Conversation w/Heather Tucci-Jarraf
*Re-post from January: A Conversation w/Heather Tucci-Jarraf*
Thanks D for the idea of re-posting this video. This is the first recorded
conversation we had with Heather from back in early January. Many people
have reported to have gone back and re-listened to this dialogue and it
helped them to put some of the pieces together. One day soon, the need to
find answers beyond ourselves will be a thing of the past. Until then, I am
happy to continue pointing those searching in the direction of Truth. Much
Love and Gratitude to ALL <3
~ Brian
"A Look From The Heavens"
"Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A
compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the
International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music.
Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in
thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of
Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the
video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the
space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple
auroral peaks. Solar panels of... more »
Chet Raymo, “Into The Pool”
*“Into The Pool”*
by Chet Raymo
“Let's start with a bit of late-Victorian soft porn, “Hylas and the
Nymphs”, painted in 1896 by the Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse.
(Click to enlarge.) Hylas is one of the Argonauts, sailing with Jason in
quest of the Golden Fleece. While the ship is stopped at an island, he goes
in search of fresh water. As he stoops to fill his jug at a woodland spring
he encounters a bevy of naiads, who fall madly in love with the
heartbreakingly handsome youth. They invite him into the pool- and he is
never heard from again.
Did he find with thos... more »
Do-it-yourself gated communities and police in Honduras
Gated communities are different in Honduras.
New subdivisions in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, the two big cities,
tend to be built behind walls and gates. But that happens in North America
too.
But people in existing neighbourhoods also throw up their own barricades
and gates, blocking city streets into the neighbourhood with concrete
blocks or corrugated steel and allowing limited, controlled entrance.
There are no permits, or traffic studies. One day you can drive through,
and the next you can’t - at least without showing ID and explaining where
you’re going.
La Prensa reported ... more »
Is this photo grounds for death?
[image: One of the pictures Amina posted on social media.]Should this photo
be grounds for death?
It is in a Moslem country:
Two weeks ago, a young Tunisian woman known only by the name “Amina” posted political
self portraits to Facebook to protest the continued oppression of women in
the Arab world’s first democracy.
Posing topless, one photo (right) featured Amina smoking with the
Arabic declaration “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of the
honour of anyone” scrawled across her chest; the other showed Amina
standing defiantly, her middle fingers raised to camera... more »
Wherein I praise Lady Gaga for the first time
I appreciate her worth ethic and her originality but I've never cared much
for her music. Nonetheless, I'm impressed Lady Gaga turned down $1 million
to perform for the RNC. And they pitched hard to get her:
Jennings, whose company is being sued by AAN, was instructed by Meachum to
try to make the offer to Lady Gaga more tempting by telling her it would be
an event "honoring women who run for public office."
"Also, tell them that $150,000 will go towards a domestic violence
shelter," Meachum further instructed Jennings in an effort to make the
offer harder for Lady Gaga to refuse.... more »
U.S. dominated global disaster losses in 2012: Swiss Re
[image: This photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of
Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach, 29 October
2012. Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already
mostly under water and saw a piece of its world-famous Boardwalk washed
away earlier in the day. Photo: Dann Cuellar / 6abc Action News / AP Photo]
By Andrew Freedman
1 April 2013
(Climate Central) – The insurance industry had its third-most expensive
year on record in 2012, with global economic losses from natural
catastrophes and manmade disasters totaling $186 ... more »
Cease & Desist Orders for Bankers
On Apr 1, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Paula Humfrey wrote:
AK, following below is a manifesto to park in front of Eurozone Cease &
Desist orders for bankers (also found below):
Manifesto:
There was always destined to be a single trigger to bring down the
Eurozone, which is recognized as an inherently unstable system. Cyprus
appears to be pulling that trigger.
Derivatives will take down the entire zone very shortly, and the global
cascade that follows this event will be immediate. There is no ‘ring
fencing’, no preventative to ‘contagion’, when the exposure of even the
smallest of Eurozo... more »
Let's hear directly from AZ GOP Rep. Matt Salmon's gay son Matt
*The "It Gets Better" video posted by "Matt in Phoenix"*
*"It's impossible to be brave without first being afraid."*
*-- young Matt, replying to a comment posted on his video*
*by Ken*
Howie wrote this morning ("Republican Homophobia in Arizona? Jeff Flake Vs
Matt Salmon") about the weekend TV babbling of a couple of Arizona
right-wingers, Rep. Matt Salmon and Sen. Jeff Flake, dancing around the
issue of same-sex marriage.
The interesting wrinkle is that Representative Salmon has a son who happens
to be gay. The congressman made clear that on the issue of marriage
equality he's n... more »
Legacy Lollapalooza
What's
more absurd -- the national obsession over a *New York Times*obituary
co-celebrating a female rocket scientist's domestic and
professional skills, or the national obsession with the legacy of a
president who's only halfway through his eight-year gig? There are
tasteless obits and then there are tasteless obits. But to be frank, I
find
the hoopla over Stroganoff-gate to be no less silly than the endless
awful offal about how every Obamian burp, tooth-flash and fart will
contribute to his almighty Legacy.
Google "Obama Legacy" and you get 94,100,000 hits. Google "President
Clin... more »
Morality of Capitalism
Is capitalism in crisis? Is it in *moral* crisis? Is capitalism itself
moral?
Important questions.
Ayn Rand Institute head Yaron Brook answers them, respectively: no, no,
hell yes, Philosopher David Schweickart responds, by contrast: yes, yes,
hell no. They debate:
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OLIVER STONE ON JEJU
Regis Tremblay interviewed filmmaker Oliver Stone for his new documentary
on Jeju Island. Here are some outtakes from the interview that took place
last week.
Removing the Shackles: Notes from Heather and D from April 1st
*AK Note: The following is from D's blog post today. I have fixed some of
spellings and formatting for this blog, and changed the Galactic Federation
from a mix of GFL and GF to only GF. There appears to be a bogus group run
by the divines posing as the Galactic Federation of Light (GFL), and then
there's the Galactic Federation (GF) a real group of Galactics who are here
to help out. Its a different brand name if you will... You've probably
noticed a sharp decline in channelings from GFL sources since January. The
channelers mean well, the "divines" and immortals fooled many p... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Torrance, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“The Adventure of My Defunct Hard Drive”
*“The Adventure of My Defunct Hard Drive”*
by Alexander Reed Kelly
“In the everyday game between man and corporation, it is taken for granted
that the house always prevails. Apple’s winning streak hit a snag last week
however, when I won an exception to the company’s policy governing the
replacement of warrantied hard drives.
My laptop stopped working late at night Friday. When I sat down at my
desk, an icon of a folder with a question mark in the middle blinked in and
out of the screen’s white glow, while a soft clicking came from beneath the
keyboard. I bought the machine... more »
ALEC Legislators Forced to Eat Hotel Food
Couldn’t help thinking about this today:
From about a week ago – a right-winger whining about ALEC being picked on
and he wrote:
The New Hampshire branch of the liberal wing-nut industry is anchored by
Granite State Progress. Their current obsession is the American Legislative
Exchange Council, or ALEC.
ALEC invites members of state legislatures to go to conferences, eat hotel
food, sit through PowerPoints, and share legislative ideas.
Oh my – those ALEC members are going to be forced to EAT HOTEL FOOD.
forced to EAT HOTEL FOOD
forced - - - - - - to EAT HOTEL FOOD
Well – a cou... more »
Satire: “Citing Exhaustion, Kim Jong-un To Stop Threatening The World On Weekends”
*“Citing Exhaustion, Kim Jong-un To Stop *
*Threatening The World On Weekends”*
by Andy Borowitz
PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)— ”Saying that he could “no longer keep up
the punishing pace of sabre rattling seven days a week,” North Korean
dictator Kim Jong-un said today that beginning this month he will take
weekends off from vowing to incinerate the world.
After the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released a revised
April Threat Schedule showing that Kim’s declarations of war and doomsday
ultimatums would be limited to Monday through Friday, North Korea’s Supre... more »
American English
The history of American English usage marks the most recent, and in some
ways the most dramatic set of changes in English since the days of Chaucer
and Shakespeare. And yet, in this change, there was no single author, no
single literary or political influence to credit, or blame; like the United
States itself it was a patchwork affair, arrived at by degrees and with
contributions from both immigrants and indigenous peoples over a period of
more than four hundred years.
There is, however, one name that is often linked to some of the key changes
in spelling and usage which made Amer... more »
Kierkegaard On Martyrs of Truth
Related: * *
*Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*.
*Kierkegaard On "Man."** *
*Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.*
*Kierkegaard On God's Love.*
*Kierkegaard On Passion.*
Below is an excerpt from, "The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His
Journals." Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New
York. 2003. Pg. 229-30.
There is one thought which has been in my soul and occupied it from my
earliest years, inexplicably deeply rooted, a thought which has to do with
Socrates as a model, the man to whom I have been inexplicably related from ... more »
"I Insist On The Right..."
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and,
exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her
perpetually."
- James A. Baldwin
•
Me too, James, me too... and I will.
We can do *so* much better, *be* so much better...
- CP
Cyprus and the Unravelling of Fractional-Reserve Banking
[image: Photo of Joseph T. Salerno]*Why is Cyprus important? Because for
one moment the curtain slipped, and modern banking was revealed again as
just the latest version of the ‘Emperor’s New Clothes.’ Guest poster Joseph
Salerno explains:*
The “Cyprus deal” as it has been widely referred to in the media may mark
the next to last act in the the slow motion collapse of fractional-reserve
banking that began with the implosion of the savings-and-loan industry in
the U.S. in the late 1980s.
This trend continued with the currency crises in Russia, Mexico, East Asia,
and Argentina in ... more »
DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: My Asian Expedition, (the Other) Hitchens on Guns, and Cowperthwaite on Statistics
*[image: _McGrath001]This week, **Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrath
has been allowed out.*
I write this from the "land of the free" - from a country never colonised
by Western powers: Thailand. More specifically, my better half and I are
spending a few days at the Sheraton Hotel in Hua Hin, three hours drive
from Bangkok. And I've got to say, it's pretty damn good here - we're
staying at a luxury resort on the western coast of the Gulf of Thailand,
with cooling offshore winds that offer relief from the otherwise
unrelenting heat (lately 35 degrees during the day, dipping to... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Rodney Martin,
Director of *World View Foundations* and Co-Founder of the American
Nationalist Association. This is the premier broadcast of The Realist
Report on the American Nationalist Network, the new home for the American
Nationalist Association. Rodney and I will be discussing the *Statement of
Purpose and Statement of Objectives of the American Nationalist Association*,
including our position on *Christianity, religion and spiritual matters*and on
*the necessity of combining nationalism with historical revisionism* ... more »
Ginsburg and the Senate
Over the weekend, I had a Salon column arguing that Ruth Bader Ginsburg
should retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term (with retirement
taking effect upon confirmation of her replacement). Today, I did a
follow-up looking at where the votes would fall in the Senate.
A few more thoughts...first: I don't understand the objections that this
line of thought is insulting to Ginsburg, or what I think is a related
argument that SCOTUS should be above politics. I think that's a real
misunderstanding of the Court. It's true that Supreme Court justices don't,
and shouldn't, simply... more »
Ex-CNN Reporter, Amber Lyon: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran
*Ex-CNN Reporter, Amber Lyon: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to
Demonize Syria and Iran*
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*http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6f8_1364689575 *
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PRAGUE, (SANA)- Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work
for the channel she received orders to send false news and exclude some
others which the US administration did not favor with the aim to create a
public opinion in favor of launching an aggression on Iran and Syria.
Lyon was quoted by the Slovak main news website as saying that the
mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create a propaganda
ag... more »
The Lucy Lawless Law [updated]
The job of government is to protect individual rights. So whose rights are
being infringed with Simon Bridges’s new law that “would stop deep sea
protesters ‘from doing dangerous acts, with business interests with ships”,
he said. This could result in 12 months’ jail or a $50,000 to $100,000 fine
depending on whether it was for an individual or body corporate…’”?
[image: _Lucy Lawless]This new law is in direct response to Steve Abel’s
efforts off the East Cape, and those of Lucy Lawless and a grab-bag of
fellow fruitcakes in occupying an oil exploration ship berthed at New
Plymout... more »
God Save Me From A Normal Life — Part Four
OK, so our modern civilized world is lost, but we’re starting to wake up to
the notion that we’ve travelled a long ways down a dead path, because we
have been guided by a dead vision. We didn’t create this vision, we
inherited it, and we have (so far) been unable to summon the power to
acknowledge its fatal defects, reject it, and outgrow it — a long and
difficult process.
Luckily, as we move beyond the temporary bubble of abundant energy, the
unfolding collapse will undermine the dead vision. The portion of the
vision related to perpetual growth and insatiable consumption will ... more »
Karl Denninger, "Yes, The Looting IS In The Open"
*"Yes, The Looting IS In The Open"*
by Karl Denninger
"The simple fact of the matter is that we have now degenerated from a
society based on the Rule of Law to one that is based on stealing whatever
is not nailed down and half of what is, use the guns that government has to
suppress the "little people", and do your level damndest best to take their
guns lest they shoot you- which, incidentally, is exactly what a looter
both deserves and under the law is entitled to receive. Money laundering by
large international banks has reached epidemic proportions, and U.S.
authorities ar... more »
Stick to Impartiality, sir!
The long-running debate about whether the teaching of skills or the
teaching of facts is more important has become highly charged recently,
given that Michael Gove is leading the charge to get 'hard facts' - or
'content' - back into schools.
The idea is that all of us need to know certain facts, concepts, works of
literature and the like to be effective citizens and that this needs to be
brought about in a structured way. As many children don't have the good
fortune to grow up in homes where such knowledge is the stuff of everyday
experience, Mr Gove believes that schools can mak... more »
The Economy: "Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal"
*"Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal"*
by Stephen Lendman
"On March 29, Cyprus Mail said banks opened Thursday. They did so amid
calm. Long lines queued. People waited patiently. A feared stampede didn’t
materialize. Whether it’s the calm before the storm remains to be seen.
Looting Cypriot bank accounts reflects the new normal. It set a precedent.
It did so for Europe. More on that below.
Wall Street banks operate the same way. So did MF Global. Grand theft
reflects official policy. Money is made the old-fashioned way. It’s stolen.
Nothing’s done to stop it. Corrupt politic... more »
Hunting-- At Least For Animals-- Has Exactly Nothing To Do With The Gun Safety Debate
Can you even call it a debate? All the NRA cares about is protecting the
interests of the gun and ammo manufacturers who finance the organization
and the comfy lifestyles of the people who work for it. That's not part of
the debate. Theoretical debate. There is no debate. Why can't Obama get on
TV with one of the extreme right-wing filibusterers-- Ted Cruz, Rand Paul,
Marco Rubio-- or even Miss McConnell if the other three are beneath his
dignity-- and have it out? That's easy, the Republicans have no real leg to
stand on.
The extremists who are fueling the anti-gun safety jihad a... more »
The Final Dissolution Of The Iraqi National Movement?
The Iraqi National Movement (INM) was formed before the 2010 parliamentary
elections with Iyad Allawi as its leader to challenge Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki and his State of Law. The INM, otherwise known as Iraqiya, was
always a divided list, because it was made up of so many different parties
and individuals with divergent views. As soon as negotiations started for a
new government, Iraqiya began to fracture. In the latest episode, Deputy
Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, and several ministers decided to return to
the cabinet, breaking a boycott by the INM. Mutlaq and the others ... more »
Pass or fail?
How would you mark this:
Me, I’d give her an A+. Maybe with a point off for misspelling the
rectangle’s name.
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
All the cool kidz and other important journos are having a little snarkfest
over Obama's poor showing on the basketball court this morning. Seems clear
to me these people either have never hung around with children or else are
the kind of cutthroat competitors who would stop at nothing to beat a
youngster at a game. I look at this video and see a man who isn't trying to
win. Seriously, look at Obama's form on these shots. Especially his hands.
Not saying he didn't legitmately miss a couple of those, but does it really
look like he was focused on sinking most of those shots? It doe... more »
HELP Stop the Spread of "Florida Formula Flu"
This isn't an April Fools' joke, but I wish.
My home state of SC is considering legislation that would model state
reading and grade retention policy on Just Read, Florida.
Adult leadership in a high-poverty state has expressed support for holding
back children based on test scores that show that those children have the
audacity to be impoverished....
SC is one of many states addicted to punishment but blind to inequity...
PLEASE read more HERE and share.
Breakfast with Auden during Nam!
*MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013*
*The things people do with their lives:* One week back, in the Sunday New
York Times, James Atlas mentioned a college classmate of ours—a classmate
who didn’t think much of his Harvard so-called education.
If memory serves, we didn’t know this classmate from the street-fighting
Class of 69. That said, we *definitely* recognized his complaint:
ATLAS (3/24/13): Lately I've been hearing about a new trend—think of it as
extreme adult education. I get a call out of the blue from a college friend
whom I haven't heard from in more than 40 years. *Richard Hyland, now... more »
CENSORED BY CNN
RT interviews former CNN Investigative Journalist, Amber Lyon, about CNN's
corrupt media empire, calling into question a media establishment where
censorship can be bought.
Hamas law promotes gender segregation in Gaza schools
Some news that you won't find reported on the BBC.
'GAZA (Reuters) - New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist
Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip will bar men from teaching at girls'
schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age of
nine.
The law, published on Monday, would go into effect next school year and
applies throughout the coastal enclave, including in private, Christian-led
and United Nations schools.
Critics of the new measures say the Islamist movement is trying to force
its ideology on society, but proponents say they merely want to c... more »
Easier, more pleasant, less expensive path
SENT TO The State (South Carolina)
NOTE: This newspaper typically does not accept letters out-of-state. But I
submitted it anyway.
NOTE: The State is running a poll: The question and the results:
Should South Carolina toughen standards that would hold back more
third-graders not reading at grade level? 71% say yes, 29% say no.
An easier, more pleasant, less expensive path to high literacy
South Carolina is eager to require children to read “proficiently” by grade
three. If they do not, they will be retained and given special remediation
(“Education leaders: Florida holds key to SC li... more »
Don't Rush On Our Account
The federal information commissioner has finally, at long last, been pushed
to investigate the Harper government's policies and practices for muzzing
Canadian government scientists.
*The office of Suzanne Legault is responding to a detailed complaint lodged
by the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and the
ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch.*
**
*Their lengthy report filed last month laid out repeated examples of
taxpayer-funded science being suppressed or limited to pre-packaged media
lines across six different government departments and agencies.*
* *
*In a l... more »
Maarten Horst Interviews Dr Joseph Marra
*
* *
* *My apologies to Maarten Horst, I didn't realize the show was today, you
should still be able to listen to the show even after it has aired live.
-AK*
Tune in today at 11 AM Pacific Time, 2 PM Eastern Time and 22:00 Central
European Time on www.findingvoicesradio.com for a fantastic show with Dr.
Joseph Marra.
Dr. Marra is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and had an established practice
in Altoona, Pennsylvania called the Urgent Care Center, until June 30, 2011.
Practicing traditional medicine in conjunction with the more holistic
approaches, Dr. Marra is also a Hypnotherapi... more »
April Fools...
The Fool is the spirit in search of
experience. He represents the
mystical cleverness bereft of reason
within us, the childlike ability to
tune into the inner workings of
the world. -Wikipedia
*April Fools *
By Seraph
April 1, 2013 9:50 AM
Your government is real, and is there to help.
Your bank has your best interest at heart,
and your currency has real value.
Your schools are designed to help you grow as a person
and actually help you become financially free.
Your legal system is real, and seeks real justice.
Cops pull you over only when
you have done someon... more »
Three Day Weekend
Southern Man seldom resorts to this but given the nature of Good Friday
(the university closes at noon) he dismissed his Friday morning lab (and
there was much rejoicing) to give himself a three-day weekend.
Of course there was geocaching.
One was hidden behind this tree.
Oh, there it is!
Southern Man spent some quiet time at the Ancestral Manor as well.
Southern Son demonstrates his musical talents. Southern Man does not count
"rapping" as one of these.
Southern Father
With the completion of some new homes near the Manor the crews had left a
couple of cubes of brick out ... more »
A NRA Award Winning Gun Owner??????
Iowa man hurt by ricochet after shooting a tree
6 hours ago • Associated Press
LANSING, Iowa (AP) — Northeast Iowa authorities are investigating a
shooting where a 27-year-old man injured himself.
The Allamakee County Sheriff's office says the incident happened about 4:30
a.m. Sunday at a home near Lansing.
Authorities say Logan Bunn fired a gun at a tree outside the home, but the
bullet bounced back and hit him.
Police were notified after Bunn showed up at a La Crosse hospital. Bunn is
expected to survive.
The sheriff's office says no foul play is suspected.
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*OPP one of the worst jails in the U.S., jail expert testifies ~WWLTV*
Your moment of Zen
Central Park in the spring. [source unknown]
PA English Prof Opts Out Son from PSSA Test
We need a hundred more examples like this one, and we will see the house of
cards come tumbling down. From the *Pittsburgh Post Gazette*:
_________________________
Why I Won't Let My Son Take the PSSA
By Kathy M. Newman
I am an English professor. So you can imagine how my pride was hurt when my
9-year-old son Jacob started bringing home low scores on his practice
reading tests for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment.
My husband and I have been helping Jacob with his test-prep reading
homework every weeknight this year, and it has been a grim slog. At times I
have found myse... more »
The Pill Too Bitter to Swallow
Oddly enough, they tend to be Republicans or at least they were in years
past. Most of them were prominent insiders in Republican administrations
up to but rarely past the Reagan days. And in slightly different keys
they're all singing the same tune, "it's over."
People like Paul Craig Roberts, Kevin Phillips and, of course, David
Stockman are looking over the devastation *their* governments have
unleashed and what they're seeing is ruin heading their country's way,
unstoppable.
Stockman began his epiphany several years ago. It led him to write this
telling op-ed in *The New... more »
Egypt's Jon Stewart: Yousef Bassem
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*Photos From the 100th Louisiana Derby ~WWNO*
*State audit: $2.7 million of equipment unaccounted for by RSD ~Fox 8 WVUE*
*Aaron Neville Plays Not My Job ~Tom Bodet*
*30 Things To Do In New Orleans While In Town For French Quarter Festival
~GO NOLA*
Not Every Homophobe In Congress Is Republican-- And The DCCC Wants To Spend Your Money On Anti-Gay "Democrats" Running For Reelection
Jim Matheson (D-UT), a face of the Mormon bigotry against the LGBT
community. Last year the DCCC funneled $1.3 million into reelecting him
When you contribute to the DCCC, most of the money that gets earmarked for
candidates goes to Frontliners, vulnerable incumbents viewed as having the
worst chances to be reelected. There's a list. Most of them, though not
all, wind up on the list because they vote like Republicans and local
Democrats hate them and don't contribute to them or even vote for them.
Like Mike McIntyre... who came within 650 votes of losing in November, will
face a pri... more »
Listen to this radio interview with economists Paul Craig Roberts and Michel Chossudovsky. As explicitly stated by the latter, by listening to these interviews you will learn more about today's grave economic situation than a Ph.D. student in economics. Don't laugh. I've experienced the same sort of thing in "pure" science, where certain "truths" become dogma and any scientist who dares to disprove them risks losing his livelyhood. “In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- George Orwell
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"The Bubble Economy" with Paul Craig Roberts and Michel Chossudovsky. The
three bubbles in the U.S. economy: the bond market, the stock market, and
the dollar; a negative real interest rate; of... more »
ASSORTED NUGGETS
- I taped another edition of my public access TV show this morning and
had Richard Rhames from Biddeford, Maine on as my guest. In my ten years
of doing the show Richard has been my guest more than any other person.
He's a vegetable farmer and long-time activist in the state and he's been
doing public access TV in his community for more than 20 years. We talked
about corporate agriculture killing small farms; 10-years since Bush II
launched shock and awe against Iraq and the impact of US wars on the
people; Obama's drone kill list; the drone bill now in ... more »
The Dream Of Life
*The Dream Of Life*
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The time has come for ALL to wake up from the dream <3
~ Brian
Next in Line, Again
I like some of David Frum's advise to Democrats about 2016 and dislike some
of it, but I'm afraid I'll mostly have to nitpick his premise. Yeah, it's
the old next-in-line fallacy:
Hillary Clinton came second in the nomination fight of 2008. If she were a
Republican, that would make her a near-certainty to be nominated in 2016.
Five of the past six Republican nominees had finished second in the
previous round of primaries. (The sixth was George W. Bush, son of the most
recent Republican president.)
Democrats, by contrast, prefer newcomers. Six of their eight nominees since
1972 had ... more »
Raping the Land for Oil Exports
The recent oil spill in Arkansas illustrates the perils of transporting
oil.
Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude oil in
Arkansas by S. Mufson March 31, 2013 The Washington Post,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/exxon-mobil-pipeline-leaks-a-few-thousand-barrels-of-crude-oil-in-arkansas/2013/03/31/6868d6f6-9a2e-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
[Excerpted] Exxon Mobil said that one of its pipelines leaked “a few
thousand” barrels of Canadian heavy crude oil near Mayflower, Ark.,
prompting the evacuation of 22 homes and reinforc... more »
1 in 5 High School Aged US Boys Have Diagnosis of ADHD
A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise by A. Schwartz
and
S. Cohen 2013, The New York Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130401&_r=0[excerpted]
Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11
percent
of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
The figures showed that an estimated 6.4 million childr... more »
April Fool's Day 2013...
*and I have nothing but random thoughts.*
*This post has not been edited so I would implore the grammar Nazis to
ignore the misplaced commas, heavy use of dashes (I love dashes),
parenthetical thingys around just about everything (I love those too),
ellipses (total infatuation), and anything else that makes you squirm.
Thank you...*
Thank you to all who wished me a happy Easter. My schedule is such that
I've been unable to respond one to one. My bad...
If anyone has had a doubt that the world is spinning out of control, the
news for the past few weeks should be rattling some c... more »
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