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McDonald’s goes belly up in Bolivia
Nine foods you should never eat again
Health benefits of fresh grapefruit juice
Avocado Health Benefits: The World’s Most Perfect Food?
Dzokhar Tsarnaev's back-pack was photo-shopped out
1:36pm MDST
Way of the Future: Medical Abortion, Private, Safe, Cheap
This TIME writer has the right idea (my bold).
As both pro-choice and pro-life forces attempt to put Kermit Gosnell to use
to argue the moral rectitude of their position, and the jury in his trial
continues to deliberate, there is a danger that we will lose sight of what
Kermit Gosnell really is — an *anachronism*.
. . .
Gosnell was a stop of last resort for woman late in their pregnancies. They
sought an abortion past the point of fetal viability — a choice illegal in
Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. For these women, Gosnell and
his ilk are their only option.
But reg... more »
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*What’s gonna happen to Chess Piece Face? ~moosedenied*
Duncan (ALEC-ALUM) - Legislating "The Market"
Snips *from HuffPo* this morning -
*GOP Census Bill Would Eliminate America's Economic Indicators*
Posted: 05/01/2013 7:31 am EDT | Updated: 05/01/2013 9:06 am EDT
Rep. Jeff Duncan has introduced a bill to stop nearly all U.S. Census
surveys. ,
WASHINGTON --
The bill, introduced last week by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), would bar the
U.S. Census Bureau from conducting nearly all surveys except for a
decennial population count. Such a step that would end the government's
ability to provide reliable estimates of the employment rate. *Indeed, the
government would not be able to... more »
Look at all the hungry people
Think Progress looks at real world effects of Meals on Wheels cuts brought
to you by the GOP sequester clown car.
Directors of Meals on Wheels programs across the country spoke with
ThinkProgress about how they are coping with decreased funding. Some, like
Meals on Wheels of Western Broome in New York, are private nonprofits that
don’t rely on government funding and will therefore be shielded. But by and
large, the heads of these programs described facing deep cuts after having
already slimmed down in response to lean times over the past few years.
The list is depressing but olds g... more »
Best and worst jokes from the weekend’s big dinner!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013*
*Obama, O’Brien both score:* We’re sorry to return to Maureen Dowd, but we
were struck by the joke she chose to belittle in this morning’s column:
DOWD (5/1/13): How can the president star in a White House Correspondents’
Association dinner satirical film pretending to be Daniel Day-Lewis playing
Barack Obama in Steven Spielberg’s movie “Obama,” and not have absorbed the
lessons of “Lincoln”?
“Some folks still don’t think I spend enough time with Congress,” *he said
in an alleged joke at the dinner Saturday night.* “Why don’t you get a
drink with Mitch McCo... more »
Toronto Maple Leafs - 2013 Playoffs | Shake It Out
Toronto Maple Leafs - 2013 Playoffs | Shake It Out. Source: AMANJOTROCKS.
Bedroom Tax Bedroom Definition
The bedroom tax. An entirely punitive policy allegedly designed to shove
“under-occupying” social housing tenants into size-appropriate properties
when there is a massive shortage of one bedroom homes. Not that it matters
to the Tories, of course. Very few people hammered by this policy are
likely to place their cross against the blue party anyway come election
time.
But there has been something of a black hole in the rules governing the
bedroom tax. It boggles the mind, really. If you are creating legislation
designed to punish those who do not use all the bedrooms in their house ... more »
Michael James : Hope Springs Eternal
Comiskey
Park, Chicago, 1990. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book,
Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
Hope springs eternal on
opening day at Comiskey Park
By Michael James / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2013
[In this series, Michael James is sharing images from the past,
accompanied by reflections about -- and inspired by -- those images
She's so sorry
I'm sure you heard retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor issued
a sort of pseudo-mea culpa the other day. She didn't apologize for
inflicting the Bush years on us by voting to appoint him president, but she
was very sorry SCOTUS took the case at all because, in retrospect, it made
the court look like a gaggle of politicking assclowns.
Today Linda Hirschman at TNR unearths a tasty bit of historical trivia
making it rather clear Justice O'Connor voted her personal politics in Bush
v. Gore.
Although most of O’Connor’s papers are private, her legendary secrecy could
not p... more »
Telewarrants not to be granted merely as a convenience
R. v. Lao, 2013 ONCA 285 holds:
[65] It will be recalled that s. 487.1 of the *Criminal Code *permits
an application for a search warrant application to be made by
telecommunication where it would be "impracticable" to attend personally.
The trial judge found that while it would have been inconvenient for DC
Wallace to attend in person to apply for the warrant, it was not
impracticable. Having found that the standard of impracticability had not
been met, use of the telewarrant procedure was in breach of s. 8 of the *
Charter*.
[66] In reaching this conclusion, the t... more »
Dirty Coal on Navajoland: Hold the media responsible
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Navajo horseback ride to protect Black Mesa
The
media, like the Navajo Nation Council, is responsible for that vote for more
dirty coal energy from the Navajo Generating Station. The media has
refused to tell the real story. Reporters that could have been out
on Black Mesa all these years talking to the people, never bothered to
MORE TALKING STUFF
My workshop at the weekend conference in Syracuse.....
@teachingquality, please tell me this is a joke. It has to be. @edushyster?
Am I missing something? Teacherpreneurs, this sounds like a joke. Is this
author serious? Exhibit A: I know what you’re thinking. You want to make an
impact beyond your classroom while feeding your creative passions (which
probably drove you into teaching in the first place). Thirty years of
teaching in a silo might not sustain [...]
Harry Targ : Speaking Truth About Violence
Window
into violence: A boy and his bird in Gaza. Image from
chemicalcollisions / Tumblr.
Towards a just society:
Speaking truth about violence
Violence engendered by the rich and powerful and responses from the poor
and powerless are embedded in the system of structural violence.
By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2013
Establishing causal connections between “variables” and violence is a
ALEC, Legislation Without Representation
*TODAY - on the floor of the Ohio House and Senate*
*is pushing the ALEC right-to-work language.*
*The projection is that Ohio will be a right-to-work-for-less state*
*BY THIS FRIDAY.*
*By Friday - Ohio will be Michigan #2. *
*They are limiting the debate.*
*They are limiting public input. *
*YOU must watch YOUR ALEC legislator very carefully right now. *
*You must be ready to act, to mobilize - at a moment's notice.*
ALEC legislators try to make the public believe
– through MISLEADING press releases
that – ALEC legislation that is introduced
– it is done with transparency
– givin... more »
Into The Lair Of The Beast... Bula Journeys To A Paul Ryan Town Hall In Elkhorn
Yesterday our Wisconsin correspondent, Bula, covered Paul Ryan's town hall
meeting at the Monte Carlo Room in Elkhorn the Walworth county seat. Last
November it was heavy big margin Ryan had rolled up in Walworth County that
helped him overcome Rob Zerban's big win in Kenosha County.
*Has The Shine Worn Off Paul Ryan In The Conservative Heart Of WI-01?
- by Bula*
That was the question I wanted to find out at a Paul Ryan town hall meeting
in Elkhorn, WI.
This is not an election year for the Congressman, so I was curious to see
the turnout. The parking lot was only half full, but th... more »
ALEC Legislators Subsidizing Private Education Profit with Taxpayer $$$'s
*EXCELLENT* article this morning, brought to my attention at Crooks & Liars
Almost a month old and missed the mainstream somehow.
Here's only two snips - an excellent read
*>>>HERE<<< *
*The Corporations Colonizing our Public Schools*
April 10, 2013 - Culture Brew, News Brew - Tagged: April 15-May 15 Issue,
Brooklyn, Charter School, education, Impact Schools, Michael Bloomberg,
poverty, Queens, Restart School, schools
In an era of corporate aggression into the public sphere, not even the
classroom is safe. As the corporate reach extends into public schools, our
kids are increasin... more »
I don't think I'll be doing either today...
*sigh.*
H/T *Jon Acuff*
Watergate and Conspiracy Theories
For those who don't read the Watergate posts, I want to draw your attention
to a terrific comment from the April 30 edition. I'm just going to make a
post of it...this is all commenter Adam: I'll come back and add a bit more
at the end:
--
One of the key things this retrospective has taught me is not just the
limitations of Presidents, but the limitations of *conspiracies*. These
posts should be required reading for anyone tempted to believe in a
conspiracy theory.
Which isn’t to say conspiracies don’t happen. This is, after all, an actual
criminal conspiracy at the highest levels... more »
Ottawa "looses track" of 3.1 billion dollars meant "to fight terror"
Muddying the waters
Between 2001 and 2009, Ottawa awarded $12.9-billion to 35 departments and
agencies charged with ensuring the safety of Canadians to use for public
security and fighting terrorism. The money was allocated through the Public
Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative......
But Auditor-General Michael Ferguson said only $9.8-billion of that money
was identified in reports to the Treasury Board as having been spent
specifically on anti-terrorism measures by the departments and agencies. *The
rest was not recorded as being used for that purpose. *
* "The rest was not ... more »
3 More People in Custody in Boston Bombing Case - NYTimes.com
3 More People in Custody in Boston Bombing Case - NYTimes.com:
"BOSTON — Three additional people were taken into custody Wednesday in
connection with the Boston Marathon bombings last month, according to
Boston police and a federal law enforcement official."
'via Blog this'
Chief Arvol Looking Horse's Message May 2013
Reposted with permission from Raven Redbone
'Make No Bones About It'
http://ravenredbone.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/chief-arvol-lookinghorse-message-for-may-2013/
Photo by Mark Johns Colson
Hec'el oinipikte (that we shall live)
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the
Sacred White Buffalo Pipe
Mitakuye Oyasin!
My Grandmother shared with me a powerful time when the people
Aaronson's anthropic dilemmas
If you read my previous observations on Scott Aaronson's book including all
the comments, you will see my remarks about all the chapters up to Chapter
15 about the quantum computation skeptics – where I agree with almost
everything Aaronson writes although he seems to focus on the dumb
criticisms and writes too little about the more intelligent ones (and e.g.
about the error-correcting codes).
Chapter 16 is about learning; perhaps too much formalism if we compare it
with the relatively modest implications for our understanding of the
process of learning.
Chapter 17 is the most har... more »
Climate change compounds rising threats to koala – ‘The koalas are highly susceptible to heat stress and dehydration’
[image: A koala and its baby. Koalas are susceptible to heat stress, and
recent Australia temperatures have been beyond their 'climatic threshold'.
Photo: John Giustina / Getty Images]
Australia's iconic marsupial is at risk from shrinking habitats, road
traffic and dog attacks – and increasingly, global warming
By Neena Bhandari for IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network
30 April 2013
SYDNEY (guardian.co.uk) – Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat.
Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now
struggling to survive as habitat dest... more »
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e-International Relations asked me to write a piece about doing
policy-relevant research. I thought I’d cross-post it here, especially
timely given recent posts on this blog along with Ronald Rogowski’s screed
that our work is too policy-relevant but policymakers just don’t want to
hear what we are saying (HT: The Monkey Cage). Here is the
Continue reading
Why not support the site which is right!
*WEDNESDAY,
MAY 1, 2013*
*We’ve been right since 1972 and since 1999:* In this morning’s major
post,we blow our own horn about the statewide test-score scam we
uncovered a few
years ago.
Of course, when it comes to education issues, we’ve been right since
1972!
In that year, we first approached the Baltimore Sun about the problem of
cheating in Baltimore schools on the city’s standardized tests.
In February 1981, we wrote an op-ed column about some Baltimore schools
which had impossibly strange scoring patterns. To peruse the text of
that
ancient column, just click here.
The nation... more »
Your government at work: Terrifying video...
*let's make it go viral.*
H/T *Cold Fury*
An open admission from a “scholar.” #highered #AERA13
I am not a writer. I am not an author. I’ve written. I’ve authored. But I
am not a writer. I am not an author. I’ve written many papers. I’ve
authored book chapters and articles. Being halfway decent at writing these
documents is likely what set me up to pursue a PhD. It’s not as [...]
Jonathan Karl asks a sensible question!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013*
*As Dowd gets her usual pass:* It was left to Obama himself to mock the
absurd Maureen Dowd.
Two Sundays back, Dowd wrote her usual gong-show column about the way
Weakling Obama can’t make the Congress do what he wants. Just before
passing out on her shag, Dowd authored this ludicrous thought:
DOWD (4/21/13): *The White House should have created a war room full of
charts with the names of pols they had to capture, like they had in “The
American President.”* Soaring speeches have their place, but this was about
blocking and tackling.
Dowd had seen President... more »
ALEC – MORE Secretive, Intentionally HIDING Stuff
*What is the American Legislative Exchange Council HIDING? Why do they
need to hide it?*
* *
*Excellent, important read at PRWatch* this morning that documents ALEC’s
CURRENT deceptive practices to circumvent any type of transparency about
the organization.
Snips below - PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING
*>>>>HERE<<<<*
*ALEC Covering Tracks in Advance of Oklahoma Meeting*
by Brendan Fischer — May 1, 2013 - 8:18am
What's on the agenda for this week's meeting of the American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC) in Oklahoma City?
Hard to say.
Despite ALEC trying to spin itself as a "tr... more »
Iraq’s Oil Industry Still At A Plateau
After hitting a 30-year high in oil exports at the end of 2012, Iraq’s oil
output has since faltered. March 2013 was no different as the amount of
petroleum shipped out fell from February, and matched the average for last
year. The Oil Ministry tried to cover that up by claiming that the
aggregate numbers and revenue were up for the month, but that’s because
March has 31 days compared to February’s 28. Overall, the country’s leading
industry has hit a plateau for at least the short-term.
Tanker docked at one of Iraq's new mooring points in Basra (*Reuters*)
March witnessed a drop i... more »
Peters (SD-ALEC) Dems Will Benefit from ALEC
More
In relation to South Dakota forcing Dems to belong to ALEC.
Don’t blame me – this is what the paper wrote.
Group membership fees divide SD lawmakers
South Dakota Democrats say it's inappropriate for the state to pay for
lawmakers' membership in an organization they believe is a conservative
group dominated by Republicans and large corporations.
Republicans say the American Legislative Exchange Council involves both
parties, along with businesses, and is aimed at developing better policy.
The South Dakota Legislature's Republican-dominated executive board voted
recently to pa... more »
Seeds of the Dogmatic Scholar
The think tank as a pseudo-scholarly mechanism to promote free market
ideology depends on the dogmatic scholar. All aspects of education in the
U.S. have been directly and indirectly impacted by the rise of think tank
advocacy and dogmatic scholars, even as departments in flagship state
universities such as the school choice advocacy coming out [...]
THE PROFESSORIATE FAILS US AGAIN: This is the way our system works!
*WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013*
*Interlude—An earlier failure:* Why didn’t anyone fact-check the
world-famous Harvard professors?
Three years later, why was this task left to three graduate students?
Yesterday, we asked these questions about the case of Reinhart and Rogoff,
the bungling economics professors who managed to skew the world’s economic
discussion. Let’s quickly review the facts:
Early in 2010, Reinhart and Rogoff released a paper which became extremely
influential. We’ll ask Paul Krugman to give us the thumbnail account:
KRUGMAN (4/19/13): *At the beginning of 2010, two Harvar... more »
14 Year Olds Denied Their Civil Rights...
*will it never end?*
*
**The FDA is Pulling 14 Year Olds to the Dark Ages or Something*
Here’s what those “civil rights” organizations really wanted to say
The original post here. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary
Tagged: civil rights, copaa, dfer, easter seals, Education Trust, letter
DRONE STRIKES ARE THE FACE OF AMERICA
Farea Al-Muslimi, a Yemeni youth activist and writer, testified April 23 at
a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil
Rights and Human Rights chaired by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) on the moral,
legal and constitutional issues surrounding targeted killings and the use
of drones.
It is time for public school advocates to become “irate.”
This video is of a Boston man going into a beautiful rant against
right-wing conspiracy nuts affiliated with radio host Alex Jones, who
believe that the FBI purposely set the bombs during the marathon. I’m not
suggesting we make comparisons between “education reform” and terrorism or
vast government conspiracies. However, some are out there pushing [...]
A Luminous Doom
First daughter rides her newest horse
Sleeping In The Forest
~ Mary Oliver
I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
gr... more »
Why Should Young Voters Be Embracing Cynicism? Barack Obama
Keith Ellison is as crystal clear as one can be-- without coming out and
trashing Obama completely-- that the president's willingness to compromise
with America's mortal enemies (the Republican Party and the oligarchs and
plutocrats who own them) is bad for American working families. Yesterday
Alex Isenstadt explained the politics of this in a *Politico* piece for
people who have been sleeping for the last several months. He explains how
Obama has blurred the lines-- lines going back 100 years-- between
Democrats and Republicans on protecting working families with popular
social ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Von Joshua, 65. What's not to like? Picked up on waivers
from the Dodgers just in time for a freakishly good 27 year old season,
then let go 40 games into the next year after he turned back into a 4th
outfielder at best. I suppose the downside is that his "emergence" might
have had something to do with giving away Garry Maddox, but the Giants in
those years were foolish enough to have done that anyway, alas.
Good stuff:
1. Steve M. on "the low-information media." Oy.
2. Andrew Rudalevige has something to say about "juice," too.
3. Yes, Obama beats McCain without ... more »
One May Smile And Smile
Tom Walkom writes that no one should be taken in by the cosmetic changes to
the Temporary Workers program, which Jason Kinney announced two days ago:
The backpedaling Monday by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney underscores a
bitter truth about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.
It has been forced to retreat marginally from its long-running campaign to
push down wages in Canada. But it hasn’t given up the war.
Kenney’s tactical retreat was announced with much fanfare. As cameras
clicked, the minister announced numerous changes to Ottawa’s temporary
foreign wor... more »
FCC Nominee Wheeler - Former Telecom Industry Lobbyist
Awhile ago – I put up a request for people to sign a White House petition
for Susan Crawford to be the new Chair of the FCC
My update to that entry was:
*It is so disappointing to me - when people shoot themselves in the foot*
and
that is exactly what the readers of this entry are doing.
You are going to end up with some DAMN old fart from the Telecom industry
running the FCC - because you are choosing not to take this blog entry
viral - Shame on you. Don't you dare complain about Comcast. CenturyLink,
AT&T screwing you - here you have the chance to make a major contribution
to ... more »
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*John
Georges buys The Advocate*
*The Advocate: 1 SomeTimes-Picayune: 0 ~Ryan Chittum*
*Former Times-Picayune editors will lead Baton Rouge Advocate, which has
a
new owner ~Andrew Beaujon*
*Happy 42nd Birthday Amtrak!*
~*Today marks the 42nd birthday of Amtrak, America’s Railroad, and
there’s
a lot to celebrate. Not only have we connected more than 500
destinationsacross the country, but we’ve employed tens of thousands of
Americans,
including the more than 20,000 folks who keep your trains running 365
days
a year. *Special thanks for Photo above of the City of New Orleans as
she
c... more »
Unreasonable verdict
The principles applicable when there is an allegation of unreasonable
verdict are summarized in *R. v. R.P.*, 2012 SCC 22 (CanLII), 2012 SCC 22,
[2012] 1 S.C.R. 746. Deschamps J., for the majority wrote:
[9] To decide whether a verdict is unreasonable, an appellate court
must, as this Court held in *R. v. Yebes*, 1987 CanLII 17 (SCC), [1987] 2
S.C.R. 168, and *R. v. Biniaris*, 2000 SCC 15 (CanLII), 2000 SCC 15, [2000]
1 S.C.R. 381, at para. 36, determine whether the verdict is one that a
properly instructed jury or a judge could reasonably have rendered. The
appellate cour... more »
Lin Yi-shih's family gets a walk
*Sand dunes along the seashore south of Yuanli.*
Former Executive Yuan Sec-General Lin Yi-shih got an interesting sentence
yesterday. The Lin case had been closely watched. Before you read the Taipei
Times account below, go back and read my long post on some of the political
fallout and prosecutorial issues. Lin got 7+ years, basically two years for
one count and five for the other.
Taipei District Court spokesman Huang Chun-min (黃俊明) said the court ruled
Lin had not violated the Anti-Corruption Act (貪汙治罪條例) because as a lawmaker
at the time, he was not in a position to decide wit... more »
China's Labour Camp Expose
It has been clear for some time that we have a real civil war happening
between the two factions of the Chinese government and they are certainly
playing with fire. The reform faction does not have sufficient power to
forcibly purge the so called bloody hands faction outright although they
certainly have the moral high ground and the apparent leadership high
ground.
This explains the ongoing agitation taking place on China's borders that
serve no conceivable purpose whatsoever except to possibly trigger a nasty
border incident and induce all those countries to strengthe... more »
Ancient Microraptors Adapted to Fish
It is also pretty clear that larger pterosaurs were likely eating fish by
the expedient of diving into the water and going after the fish. They also
appeared to be nocturnal. This explains why some apparent extant creatures
are rarely seen.
The microrapter may have used similar methods.
The take home is that fish were hunted during the age of dinosaurs by
flying creatures as almost a preferred strategy. Such hunters would
generally be immune to most attackers themselves.
*Fish was on the menu for early flying dinosaur*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Ap... more »
Paper on Chinese Rice Lead Retracted
This article is a really good examination of the real difficulties every
scientist faces in his attempts to produce good data. Yes, these folks
muffed it and they should have done much better, but that it happened at
all is a reminder that most data gathering starts of with a ton of
mistakes. Then you figure out what works and all is good.
Let me share a story with you. When we assay for copper values in a
strange piece of rock, we send it to the lab and a value comes back. All
good if the chemistry is something the lab is used to.
However imagine instead that we are d... more »
Plesiosaur Updates
We have come to a pretty clear grasp of the life way of the pleiosaurs
that remains extant. I will also add though that there are additional
observations that suggests that we have more than one species involved.
However they all reside most of their lives in the deep ocean under the
thick surface layer, putting them well out of our reach.
Present observation is quite poor simply because we make an awful lot of
noise when we are at sea and thus never catch them unaware when they do
come to the surface. This did happen during the days of sail. The result is
rare sightings ... more »
Eye witness shares stories of oil spill Photojournalist in Kaikoura
What a long strange trip it's been!I will be making my public debut here
in NZ on Wed. It is an honor to be representing My friends and family in
the Gulf and my brothers and sisters of the Waterkeeper Alliance.
A local radio station here interviewed me today and I told them the truth.
We had thousands of people, hundreds of ships, boats and even Corexit and
we failed miserably at keeping it off of our shores and our people got sick
then and still today are sick from that failure!
This was in the local paper here in Wellington today.
Eye witness shares stories of oil spill Photojo... more »
Bad Economic Development Ideas from Conservatives
Good Jobs First today released a new study debunking so-called “business
climate indexes” and showing them to be cover for an ideological agenda of
cutting taxes and cutting wages.
“Grading Places: What Do Business Climate Indexes Really Tell Us?” is
written by University of Iowa emeritus professor Peter Fisher, a well-known
expert on investment incentives and fiscal policy, with a preface by Good
Jobs First director Greg LeRoy.
This is an ambitious study that analyzes six different indexes published
by five different groups. Four are simple combinations of a wide variety of
p... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for April
The five most read posts of the month were:
1. A Vile Product
2. The Demonisation of Paris Brown
3. Thatcher
4. A Quick Note on Ed Miliband and George Galloway
5. Dogging and Dogging Tales
Thatcher passes into the night and still the two hideous *Daily
Mail*scandals from the last four weeks trump her. An unremarkable post
pushing a
common sense interpretation on the "secret" meeting between EdM and
Gorgeous George got a surprising amount of traction while my pondering
of,
ahem, dogging pulled in the numbers too. I always knew you were a mucky
lot. What will feature next month? Your g... more »
“College and Career Ready” Contest Begins!
There it is again! Arne Duncan and John King said it at almost the same
time! “College and career-ready.” If someone would give me one dollar for
every time I hear that phrase come out of some Common Core supporter’s
mouth, I could probably leave work an hour early every day. Arne Duncan,
Barack Obama, [...]
Genus 5+ supermoduli space is not split
*In multiloop diagrams, superstring theory is more than bosonic string
theory with a cherry on a pie*
Three weeks ago, I discussed the possible shapes of the two-dimensional
torus. They were parameterized by the parameter \(\tau\in\CC\) with an
extra symmetry, "modular invariance" \(SL(2,\ZZ)\), identifying countable
sets of values of \(\tau\).
The torus may be considered as a genus-one Riemann surface (a sphere with
\(h=1\) added handle to it) and it plays the role – aside from other roles
– of the 1-loop "thickened" Feynman diagram in string theory (with purely
closed strings).... more »
DUTCH ROYALS; NAZIS; PEDOPHILE RINGS
*Holland gets a new King. Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al Misned,
Morocco's Princess Lalla Salma and Prince Albert II of Monaco.
http://www.dailymail.*
The Dutch Royal family is popular because of its alleged links to Nazism
and pedophile rings?
*New Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima*
Simon Kuper (The Beatrix factor) writes in the Financial Times:
*Holland's "Willem III liked to stand on the balcony of his Swiss villa on
Lake Geneva and open his bathrobe when a tour boat steamed past. *
"In Dutch slang, he was a 'pencil salesman'."
According to The New Yo... more »
wut d kidz r list n 2 deez daze
Stuck standing on the GO bus becauz all d yung-ass punx wanted to hear deez
muther-fukkerz:
sut=vevah
Your moment of Zen
Red tulips mean I love you. [Source unknown]
Was Kaesong a Hole in the Korean Iron Curtain, or a Subsidy to the Kim Monarchy?
So it increasingly looks like the inter-Korean Kaesong industrial zone is
closed for good. (The Wikipedia write-up is a pretty good quick history of
it.) The zone was set-up during the Sunshine Policy period (1998-2007). It
was to do 3 things: 1) Lead to some liberal-capitalist spill-over in the
North, 2) Expose regular North Koreans
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Ypsilanti Vampire May Day
- As for the crisis of our own lives, in 2009 Matt Taibbi assigned blame to
the banks, calling Goldman Sachs “a great vampire squid wrapped around the
face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that
smells like money.” Reverend Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor, Michigan,
referring to the Emergency Manager which was wrapped around the face of his
city, said “he’s for the corporations that suck the life out of people.”
Banks, insurance companies, and corporations belong to the total circuit of
capitalism whence the sucking originates. When Alan Haber, the fi... more »
April 30, 1973
The resignations are released to the press earlier in the day, with Nixon
then returning from Camp David late in the day and giving a prime time
address. The key paragraphs, in which he again embraces the new cover story
for the cover-up (full transcript here; watch it here):
--
Until March of this year, I remained convinced that the denials were true
and that the charges of involvement by members of the White House Staff
were false. The comments I made during this period, and the comments made
by my Press Secretary in my behalf, were based on the information provided
to us at th... more »
Is It Wrong To Tax the Old Today To Enrich the Old of the Future? (Is It Only the Media, Stupid?)
Bill Greider has always been a voice of reason who provides excellent
historical context for the smoke and mirrors journalism deluging us today.
April 26, 2013 by The NationObama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth
of the Dead by William Greider President Obama discusses the federal
budget at the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) At the start of
his second term,
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
There's a lot of great information in this post and I encourage you to read
through it ... however, if you don't have the time right now, you might
find the following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- My Final Thoughts on Our Last Challenge
- This Week's Challenge
We continued our paper theme last week and asked that no more than 6
squares of toilet paper be used at one t... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Circle the Wagons"
CIRCLE THE WAGONS
Posted on April 30, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. Apr 30, 2013. Federal Court of Canada was
asked: Does Canada have a constitution? Are Sections 109 and 132 still
part of the British North America Act 1867? If so, our rights to our
lands, resources, funds and our sovereignty supersede that of Canada.
[Thahoketoteh
A Couple of Comments
Thought I'd paste my two New York Times comments in this space tonight,
since the subject matter is interrelated. I was so busy writing my rich
people post this morning that I missed Obama's presser, and didn't catch a
replay of the sadness until later in the day. This guy is not only a lame
duck, he's damn near a dead duck. All flapping wings, whiney quacks and
absolutely no soaring flight to the oratorical heights. It apparently
marked his 100th day of his second term in office. So, does that make him
the ill-fated *Barry of the Hundred Days*, starring Daniel Day-Lewis? Is
there a... more »
Arms transfers to Africa: Hold the phone!….China is the good guy?
This week’s topic for both my grad and undergrad human rights courses is
“foreign policy and human rights promotion.” On the list of
readings-not-on-last-year’s-syllabus is this little gem: “Enter the Dragon!
An Empirical Analysis of Chinese versus US Arms Transfers to Autocrats and
Violators of Human Rights, 1989-2006” by Indra de Soysa and Paul Midford.
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high stakes testing moratorium? @slekar says not enough!
Sorry, but Randi Weingarten’s call for a “moratorium on the consequences of
high stakes testing with the Common Core standards” is worthless! We don’t
need a moratorium on “consequences” associated with the Common Core. We
need the abolition of all high-stakes testing and dissolution of the Common
Core. Anything else is a capitulation to the [...]
While Harper's Conservatives chase after single Mom's on EI ... they let affluent Canadians accumlate over $29 Billion in unpaid income tax ...
**
*"But the leader of the Official Opposition didn’t have time to dwell on
the inconsistency of billions potentially being spent on something other
than that for which authority was granted. He was off on the next damning
chapter of the report — “turning a blind eye to $29-billion hidden in tax
havens” — followed in turn by another that criticized the Aboriginal
Affairs department for failing to co-operate with the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission to create a historical record of Indian
residential schools."*
*John Ivison*
Alan Waldman : Brit Crime Series ‘Cracker’ is a Gripping, Off-Beat Winner
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Former comedy star Robbie Coltrane is outstanding as an obese,
alcoholic, degenerate gambler and psychologist who profiles sicko
criminals for the Manchester Police.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / April 30, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV
“Aw, You're Just Figuring It Out, Are You? (WSJ)”
*“Aw, You're Just Figuring It Out, Are You? (WSJ)”*
by Karl Denninger
“One of the more-amusing aspects in observing and commenting on whatever
goes on in a given day, whether it be in the political or business arena,
is how many editors and writers ignore the obvious for weeks, months, years
or even decades and then drop a "quip" that sounds pithy but in fact
illustrates the vapidity of their mental prowess.
This is one of those times: One of the enduring—by now even
touching—assumptions of people who advocate for ideas like gun control is
that if the government waves its ha... more »
National Poetry Month 2013: Gods and Marble
April is National Poetry Month. As usual, I'm posting late and wanted to recommend the wonderful Favorite Poem Project.
This year, I thought I'd look at two poems involving the Greek god Apollo. The first one is better known:
Archaic Torso of Apollo
By Rainer Maria Rilke
(Translated by Stephen Mitchell)
We cannot know his legendary head
with eyes like ripening fruit. And yet his torso
is
Lamar W. Hankins : 'Dirty Wars' and Bush-Obama Foreign Policy
Yemini
writer Farea al-Muslimi testified before the Senate Judiciary
Committee. Screen grab from Democracy Now!.
Dirty Wars:
The terror of Bush-Obama era foreign policy
While some Bush policies may have been changed, the Obama administration
has found new ways to accomplish the same purposes using Bush’s and
Cheney’s tactics in slightly different ways.
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog /
If Gay Marriage Were Legal In 1998, Maybe Paul Crouch Would Still Be Preaching
Pastor Paul and his lover Enoch
Oh... he still is... at least on TV. Crouch, the founder of Trinity
Broadcasting Network empire, the country's largest "Christian" television
network, is 79 and pretty senile-- though not when it comes to sharp
business dealings and milking the cash cow TBN has become. His baby, the
international network, is bigger than CBS, bigger than Fox and bigger than
NBC. The Crouch family has been using it as a personal piggy bank for
years-- which has very serious-- and very unexplored-- tax implications. In
2010, *Forbes* reported that Crouch was paid just ove... more »
Replacing Nuclear Weapons
This is a guest post by Jarrod Hayes. He is Assistant Professor in the Sam
Nunn School of International Affairs. He received his PhD in Politics and
International Relations from the University of Southern California in
2009. His research broadly focuses on the social construction of foreign
and security policy. They are complex weapons. They are expensive.
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NDItech: In Bed with CISPA Sponsors, Seeks Hacktivists to Spread Corporate Fascism Worldwide
Seeking to co-opt the tech community, NDItech opens doors and taxpayers'
pocketbooks to lure in talent.
*Image: A visual representation of the corporate-financier interests
represented on the National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) board of
directors. NDItech falls under the umbrella of NED. While NED and NDItech
pose as fighting for "democracy," their corporate-financier interests lie
poorly disguised just beneath the surface. Surely Goldman Sachs, Exxon, and
the SOPA-sponsoring US Chamber of Commerce don't care about democracy or
freedom - on the Internet or elsewhere. *
....
... more »
“Off to See the Wizard”
*“Off to See the Wizard”*
by Byron King
“Author Lyman Frank Baum wrote the original book, “The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz”. The book, published in 1900, was whimsical. But among other things, it
poked fun and caricatured the gold and silver debate in the U.S. in the
1890s. More broadly, Wizard was an allegory about life and political
populism in the U.S. in the 1890s. Author Baum had a keen eye for the
gold-silver debate because he knew something about the subject. Baum was
wealthy, and heir to serious family money that came from the 19th-century
oil fields of Pennsylvania. So he ... more »
The Economy: "On the Value of Information"
*"On the Value of Information"*
by David Galland
“It has become tradition at La Estancia de Cafayate for Casey Research to
host an intimate conference in conjunction with the Harvest Celebration. In
the most recent of the series, Bill Bonner, co-founder of The Daily
Reckoning, kicked the program off with a thought-provoking discussion about
the nature of information. With a nod to Nietzsche, Bill dissected the
nature of information into two categories.
The first sort is that which is derived from direct observation. For an
example, Bill pointed to the tangible information th... more »
Blessings on a pagan holiday
A blessed Beltane to all. May the fire bring the sun and your fields, real
and virtual, be fertile and the Faeries be kind.
A Principal Retires on Principle
A colleague of mine shared this letter from her child’s beloved principal
here in Western New York. Kathleen Knauth’s “early retirement” is another
example of how the current education reforms are driving dedicated,
child-centered leaders out of our public schools. With Mrs. Kanuth’s
permission, I would like to share the letter to the parents at [...]
Mixed Messages?
Reblogged from An Antique Teacher: Today, my inbox had two very interesting
bits of information. 1. Commissioner King's "News and Notes" showed up
telling me: "As you know, the Common Core will not just arrive in the mail
in a shiny, new box. (The truth is, the CCSS show up at schools in brown
cardboard [...]
The Harper Broadcasting Corporation . . .
STEVIE
IS MOVING IN ON THE CBC. According to Lauren Strapagiel at Canada.com
with an article, "If Harper ran CBC programming", there is "newly tabled
legislation that would give Prime Minister Stephen Harper a tighter
grip on Canada’s national broadcaster".
Go read the article, and keep Stevie from turning the CBC into the HBC.
Happy Birthday Duke Ellington
My apologies, I forgot to pay tribute to the great Duke Ellington on his
birthday this week, April 29. He would have been 114.
Ellington always said his instrument was his band. Here he is in a rare
performance video, playing beautiful solo piano on a tribute to his
co-writer and arranger Billy Strayhorn.
Here’s a trio take on his signature tune:
What looks to be his 1948 band (with Ben Webster back in the sax chair)
playing a classic Ellington medley:
And, proving his music can’t die, here’s the Harlem Jubilee Singers singing
one of the showstoppers from his *Second Sacred Conce... more »
Bob Feldman : More African-Americans Enter Texas Politics, Prisons, 1974-1995
Hoe squad from Texas' Clemens Unit in early 1970s. Photo from Texas Prison Museum.
The hidden history of Texas
Part 14: 1974-1995/1 -- More African-Americans in politics, prison
By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / April 30, 2013
[This is the third section of Part 13 of Bob Feldman's Rag Blog series on the hidden history of Texas.]
Between 1970 and 1990 the number of African-Americans who lived
A Real Food Manifesto
*The moment we restore food’s proper value, we begin to see where it
belongs—not at the periphery of society, but at its heart. For example,
“cheap food”—the apparent triumph of modern agribusiness—is an oxymoron, an
illusion created by externalizing food’s true costs. Once you factor in all
the fossil fuel consumption, rainforest destruction, soil erosion,
pollution, water depletion, carbon emissions, loss of biodiversity, rural
depopulation, animal suffering and obesity that result from cheap food, it
doesn’t look quite so cheap. In fact, we pay a very high price.*
picture cour... more »
An Offer of Service....with Love
*An Offer of Service...with Love*
By Brian Kelly
April 29, 2013
(The very first article I put out is what inspired this post) ~BK
When I decided to follow my heart and leave my 9-5 job in late February, I
took into consideration there was an outside chance I would need to raise
some funds before the new system launches and cash shortages become a thing
of the past. (Based on yesterday's post, it appears that may be happening
sooner than later).
I know, without a doubt in my mind, I need to stay committed to this work.
So, I carefully scanned my options and came up with a plan wh... more »
Photos: Occupation of Alcatraz Exhibit opens on the Rock!
'We are still here!'
Photos and video by Tony Gonzales, AIM West
Censored News
Photo 1: Eloy Martinez, veteran of the occupation of Alcatraz Island November
1969 until June 1971, speaking Sunday, April 28, 2013, on the occasion
of the National Park Service providing a secure site on the Rock to exhibit artifacts
during the occupation and that we are still here! And here to stay!
San Francisco: Indigenous Arts Coalition Tonantzin Jams
TONANTZIN
JAMS
INDIGENOUS ARTS COALITIONSUNDAY MAY 511-5pmTenderloin National Forest
509 Ellis Street, San FranciscoTraditional and contemporary indigenous
art, activists and rockers:
Speakers:Wichapiluta Candelaria (Ohlone)Anthony Sul (Ohlone)Douglas
Duncan (Pomo)Clayton Duncan (Pomo)L. Frank Manriquez
(Tongva-Acjachemen)POBREs/Po' Poets Project - Poets in Poverty Using the
word, to heal,
Elsewhere: ACA, Cruz, Post-Policy
Today I have a post over at PP about the ACA, implementation, and public
opinion.
Yesterday at PP I had a fun one about "How to be Ted Cruz." Alas, it sort
of got lost because Jennifer Rubin posted her Ted Cruz slam at almost
exactly the same time.
At Plum Line yesterday, I wrote about post-policy Republicans and the debt
limit.
Oh, and at Salon over the weekend, another one about term limits, focused a
little more on why it keeps coming back.
And I'm just going to add: I've been enjoying the last two months of
Watergate blogging, but I'm really, really, ready for things to calm d... more »
Pro-life Activist Lila Rose from Live Action on Bill O'Reilly...
*good for her.*
Let's save whales and kill our little human babies. That makes sense...
The next Elizabeth Warren
I've never heard of her before today, but it sure looks like Susan Crawford
is to telecom reform as Elizabeth Warren is to banksters. She was briefly
part of the Obama administration but quit out of disgust with the Beltway
kabuki. She's now taking on the telecom industry as a private citizen.
The telecoms loathe and fear her, with good reason. She's armed with
dangerous facts. Like this:
Last year, Americans paid Comcast a monthly average of $153 for television,
telephone, and Internet. According to a New America Foundation study,
Parisians paid as little as $34.47 a month for th... more »
Hardly working
There are millions of Americans who have been out of work for so long they
stopped even looking for a job. There are millions more who are barely
employed in jobs that don't pay a living wage. I've heard that there are
fast food joints that now require a bachelor's degree to apply for a
position as an assistant manager. Against that backdrop, this was the scene
at a Joint Economic Committee in the Senate hearing on long term
unemployment.
The hearing started with only one out of 20 members of the committee in
attendance. Eventually three others managed to show up. Shortly thereaf... more »
Yes, it’s May Day. Remember the fallen.
*“When, at the age of twelve, at the time of the Russian revolution, I
first heard the
Communist principle that Man must exist for the sake of the State, I
perceived that
this was the essential issue, that this principle was evil, and that it
could lead to
nothing but evil, regardless of any methods, details, decrees, policies,
promises
and pious platitudes. This was the reason for my opposition to Communism
then—
and it is my reason now. I am still a little astonished, at times, that too
many [adults]
do not understand the nature of the fight against Communism as clearly as I... more »
Native Youth Filmmaking Workshop! Outta Your Backpack Media
Outta Your Backpack Media
Greetings!
OYBM MAY 3-5, 2013 NATIVE YOUTH FILMMAKING WORKSHOP! MEDIA JUSTICE!
Greetings, OYBM will be hosting a Free Filmmaking Workshop at our Media Center located at 1700 N. 2nd St. East Flagstaff, AZ.
Come and join us to learn hands on script writing, camera operating, video editing, and media justice!
The
workshop is FREE & open to Indigenous
Recent Buzz
Is it only Tuesday? It seems like a full week already. Here is a quick
round-up of a few items of my week thus far:
- At the Guardian's Political Science blog James Wilsdon
(@JamesWilsdon)
and I have a piece up responding to George Monbiot's over-the-top
attackon newly appointed UK Chief Scientific Adviser Mark Walport. The
conversation continues in the comments and on Twitter.
- At the Lowy Interpreter I provide a rejoinder to the last few
defenders of the EU ETS. I suspect that its defenders will long
outlast
the program itself. My post is a response to a respon... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Shadow Government'
SHADOW GOVERNMENT
Posted on April 29, 2013
MNN. Apr. 29, 2013. The conquest of our resources by
a few who impose misery, oppression and indignity is ending. The
“Council of Chief Executives” CCCE describes itself
as a “not-for-profit, non-partisan organization” of CEOs of Canada’s
largest corporations. They are the shadow government devoted to theft
and genocide! It
Parents and Students Have the Power – Now Use It!
From the Atlantic Journal Constitution. How to end overtesting in schools:
Tell kids to answer only half of the questions
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/apr/29/how-end-overtesting-schools-tell-kids-flub-tests/
Filed under: JUDY RABIN: Schools Matter
Ted Cruz vs Chris Van Hollen-- How To Win Friends And Influence People
Ted Cruz wants to make a name for himself as the Senate's biggest douche bag.
Fellow Texans Louie Gohmert and Steve Stockman could give him a run for his
money in the House, but in the Senate... Cruz is as bad as it gets. I
suspect other Republican congressmen don't like being publicly referred to
as squishes by this loudmouthed Texas pissant. And outside of Texas, it's
not a good idea calling the grieving and sincere parents of the murdered
Newtown victims political props.
In his short time at the Capitol, Senator Ted Cruz, a freshman Republican
from Texas, has shown little rega... more »
Some Say, When the Wind is Blowing Right, It Still Does
1,900-million years ago, Ontario smelled like rotten eggs. Some say, if
the wind is blowing just right... more »
PROTECTING DRONE CRIMES
I was honored to be involved in the weekend drone conference and protest in
Syracuse, New York organized by the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones
and End the Wars. I've just returned home after spending Sunday night in
jail (with maybe one hour of sleep) and the long eight-hour drive back to
Maine. So my mind is slipping a few gears, my wrists still hurt after
about 11 hours of wearing handcuffs, but my heart and soul feel strong from
the experience.
The drone conference began on Friday evening at a local community center in
the Syracuse black community. More than 200 fol... more »
So Called 'Fiscal Conservative' Gov't Won't (or) Can't Explain Where Missing $3.1 Billion Tax Dollars Are!
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*"Federal departments and agencies spent about $3.1-billion less on public
safety and anti-terrorism activities than they were allocated, and no there
was no explanation for the gap. In a report released Tuesday, Michael
Ferguson revealed that the Harper government has been unable to explain why
so much money set aside in recent years for the anti-terrorism initiative
has simply gone missing. Furthermore, he found the government did not have
a clear handle on whether it had met the strategy’s objectives of keeping
terrorists out of Canada, and deterr... more »
Look at the HEAT coming from Fukushima Daiichi
The heat is both REAL and METAPHORIC.
The real heat can be viewed in this video clip. See it in full screen if
possible. I started at about 1:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZqPIrPANQ4&list=UUDu1KkkwuzybKx6MXQgGHuw&index=1
(hat tip: Elibi at Enenews posted the link from Enenews)
Majia here: Recent observations of radioactive heat at Daiichi I've made
include steam erupting from the ground, steam emissions directly above unit
3, the common spent fuel pool, and steam above the dry cask storage area.
The rising heat has also been documented in spiking radiation levels in
Fukushima ... more »
West's WMD Lies Fray as Syrian Army Overruns Terrorist Proxies
Absurd "chemical weapons" claims begin to fall apart amidst NATO's
desperate bid to save its collapsing terror front in Syria.
*Image: Chemical weapons were used extensively during the 8 year Iran-Iraq
War during the 1980's. Despite vast quantities of chemical agents being
used, both mustard and nerve gas, these "weapons of mass destruction" would
only constitute 2-3% of all of the war's casualties. Not only has the West
lied about Syria using chemical weapons, but they have once again lied to
the world about the threat posed by such weapons in the first place. *
.... * *
*May 1, ... more »
Anne Lewis : Corporate Crime Scene in West, Texas
Putting
on the makeup. Television reporter on the scene at the fertilizer plant
explosion in West Texas, Thursday, April 18, 2013. Photo by Patrick
Bresnan / The Rag Blog.
Getting the picture:
Corporate crime scene in West, Texas
How do we avoid the news story framework that gives us nothing but
heroes and victims when tragedy strikes? How can those narratives, as
seductive as they may be,
Lightning Round--Flake Popularity Craters, Reaction to Jason Collins, Obamacare is Still a Thing, Tebow Released, Blogs Are Dead
*TPM: *Several of the Senators who voted against the bill to reform
background checks for gun purchases have registered sharp drop offs in
support in polling done since the vote. Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona is
doing particularly poorly, hitting 32 percent according to PPP.* *Josh
Marshall attributes his poor numbers at least in part to his late decision
to vote against the bill, which alienated both sides of the debate. **
*
**DKos: *Most of the reaction to NBA player Jason Collins's announcement
that he is gay has been positive. The next three items are examples of the
opposite of... more »
Bill Goes for the Anti-Marketing Dollar
Bill Hicks planted seeds.
Official story unraveling for Boston marathon bombing; clear evidence points to bomb squad’s prior knowledge by Mike Adams
(NaturalNews) It’s now becoming clear that members of the Boston bomb squad
had *advance notice* of the horrific bombing that took place at the
marathon today. As an eyewitness reports, once the bombs went off,
officials began announcing, “this is just a drill!” This logically means
they were all informed of the “bomb drill” beforehand. Otherwise, why would
they respond with, “this is just a drill” ?
According to Local15TV.com, a University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach
said there were bomb-sniffing dogs at both the start and finish lines, long
before any explosions went off. He ... more »
Joel Klein’s latest pitch, featuring Charlie Rose!
*TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013*
*This time, he’s peddling MOOCs:* We always let the analysts shower after
they watch Joel Klein.
The former head of New York City’s schools now works for Rupert Murdoch.
Last week, he appeared with Charlie Rose, selling on-line education.
We’re not opposed to on-line education—to on-line college classes, for
instance. We *are* opposed to people who make grandiose claims like this:
KLEIN (4/25/13): I mean, you can get the greatest, take the ten best
professors in the world— *You know, take what Michael Sandel does on
justice. If you have sat in on his clas... more »
Nuclear time bombs
The problems at Fukushima keep getting worse:
Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world’s second worst
nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a
new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater that workers are
struggling to contain.
Groundwater is pouring into the plant’s ravaged reactor buildings at a rate
of almost 75 gallons a minute. It becomes highly contaminated there, before
being pumped out to keep from swamping a critical cooling system. A small
army of workers has struggled to contain the continuous flow of radioac... more »
Johnny Hates Jazz: The Comeback
This is weird. I doubt there have been many people who, over the last 20 or
so years have thought "you know who I really miss from my yuppie bar days?
Johnny Hates Jazz". And yet, remarkably, they're back with a new single,
video and album. I don't know, maybe it's just me - I think this is a very
weird comeback. Not because the song is particularly bad or far out, it's
not like they drop a few wub-wubs or anything. It's inoffensively pleasing
Radio 2 fodder for the shoulder pads and hairspray generation. But the
question I ask myself is is there any need for a new Johnny Hates Jazz ... more »
Oy, Fournier
Ron Fournier:
A president is in trouble when he’s forced to defend his relevancy, as Bill
Clinton did 18 years ago, or to quote Mark Twain, as Barack Obama did
today. “Rumors of my demise,” he said at a news conference, “may be a
little exaggerated at this point.”
Not wrong – just “exaggerated.” Not forever – just “at this point.”
Parsing aside, Obama channeled Clinton’s April 18, 1995 news conference by
projecting a sense of helplessness – or even haplessness – against forces
seemingly out of a president’s control...
“So my question to you,” ABC reporter Jonathan Karl asked Obama,... more »
A Voice from Guantanamo
When we think of the men held captive by the Americans at Guantanamo we
probably conjure up images of men in orange jump suits with long beards but
that's about it. Although most of them have been held for years, the
public hasn't heard their voices or learned much of their treatment in
captivity.
*Slate.com* is changing all that by publishing a 3-part memoir from a
466-page manuscript handwritten by prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi. In his
years of captivity the captive has taught himself English. He's still
there even though nobody, not the authorities in his homeland of
Maurit... more »
Colorado Observer and Sunana Batra (@cold666pack) Censor Comments supportive of Teacher Brian White
Do you remember Brian White? You know…the teacher from Colorado that
decided to fight back against corporate education reform. The teacher who
spoke these words at his local school board meeting: Good evening. My name
is Brian White. I’m a parent of two young children currently enrolled in
Douglas County schools, a taxpayer, involved community [...]
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”
[image: Marcel Proust]
― Marcel Proust
HANCOCK DRONE PROTEST IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
See the full news article *here*
Also a bit of coverage in the Portland Press Herald of my arrest (thanks to
Maine friend and fellow activist Lisa Savage for alerting media here in the
state.) See it *here*
Beyoncé Mrs Carter Show: the pictures she doesn't want you to see - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10027126/Beyonce-Mrs-Carter-Show-the-pictures-she-doesnt-want-you-to-see.html
On Receiving the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award
*Cualli Yohualli Nehua no toca Roberto Dr Cintli Rodriguez *
Tlazocamati huel miac – thank you to members of the Ella Baker/Septima
Clark Human Rights Award Committee, American Educational Research
Association, Division B, for 2013.
I first want to acknowledge the Ohlone peoples – the peoples Indigenous to
these lands. And I want to pass on a teaching I received: everyone of us,
we are all Indigenous… to somewhere. That should create the consciousness
within us to help us understand that we are all stewards of this earth,
responsible for the health of Pachamama.
Secondly, I wo... more »
DANCING PRIESTS & NUNS
From Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Andre from *
TotalFascism.com*. Andre and I will be discussing a wide variety of
subjects, including some of his recent articles. We will also be addressing
potential political, social, and economic solutions facing our nation and
race from a variety of perspectives. Scott Roberts from *
TheForbiddenTruth.net* will likely make an appearance as well. Stay tuned
for what will surely be a lively and interesting conversation!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Network via iTune... more »
Bagram airfield crash 29 apr 2013 - YouTube
The weirdest planet crash ever? Seriously scary.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=icfVsql38oc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DicfVsql38oc&client=mv-vf-uk&safesearch=always
The Benefits (and Costs) of School Reform in Three Cities Part I
The contemporary school “reform” movement has been amazingly brazen in
proclaiming their supposed successes in increasing student performance. A
study by Elaine Weiss and Don Long of the Broader Bolder Approach shows,
however, that those achievements evaporate upon close examination.
“Market-Oriented Education Reforms’ Rhetoric Trumps Reality” documents the
minimal gains and the significant damage done [...]
A Moment to Ponder Time
If you want to beat your intellect to a pulp, ponder time. What is it?
Does it exist? Is it really what we perceive it to be or is it something
else or many other things?
The fact is nobody can prove that time actually exists. I heard that first
from the commander of the U.S. Naval Observatory who oversaw the operation
of the world's timepiece, the atomic clock.
Back in the fourth century, St. Augustine wrestled with the question of
time. Here's how he summed it up. "*What then is time? If no one asks me,
I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not kn... more »
Is the Truth Out There?
This is a fun video about ETs from Al Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/04/20134302349604843.html
I'm an agnostic on ETs myself.
I think that in some respects the ET debate is a distraction.
Too often ETs are depicted as race-destroying villains or saviors.
In truth, *we *are the ones that inhabit those roles.
Humanity needs to look to itself for salvation from the problems it has
engineered.
Consider our circumstances from the ETs perspective:
Would you want to save an alien race that is aggressively plundering and
destroying its own home ecosystem?
Would yo... more »
The Benefits (and Costs) of School “Reform” in Three Cities Part One
The contemporary school “reform” movement has been amazingly brazen in
proclaiming their supposed successes in increasing student performance. A
study by Elaine Weiss and Don Long of the Broader Bolder Approach shows,
however, that those achievements evaporate upon close examination.
“Market-Oriented Education Reforms’ Rhetoric Trumps Reality” documents the
minimal gains and the significant damage done [...]
The long winding route to a waiting ambulance >50 yards away when it could be as near as 5 yards.
Why choose the long and winding route to an ambulance > 50 yards away when
a direct (green arrow) path to a waiting ambulance could be less than 5
yards in <1/2 minute? That must be the question to ask.
In a real emergency situation, there would be no opportunity for the
cameramen to catch a glimpse of the STAR ICONIC VICTIM with the severed
blown legs, especially if the severed legs were covered with blankets on a
stretcher.
What! All that trouble and no photo-shots to display the severed legs to
billions of people around the world. NO WAY, Jose'. We need those "shocking
shots... more »
Ron George (MD-ALEC) Just Say NO to ALEC! on June 5th
Committee to Elect Ron George Special Campaign Announcement Scheduled
Annapolis, MD - 4/30/2013
By Committee To Elect Ron George, Anthony Pelura, Treasurer
Maryland State Delegate, Ron George (R-Annapolis) will be announcing his
plans for the upcoming 2014 elections at a special event, Wednesday, June
5th 2013 at 6pm at the Sheraton Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland.
*He serves on the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Tax and Fiscal
Policy Task Force. *
*PLEASE make sure that this person is NOT elected!!!!!*
*Would be nice if there were some anti-ALEC protestors at this
anno... more »
The Benefits (and Costs) of School “Reform” in Three Cities Part I
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ACTION: Need Your Help with Big Eddie
*Need your help.*
I have written to Big Eddie multiple times – including sending hard copies
of reports on the American Legislative Exchange Council to his office in
Fargo.
*To NO avail.*
Big Eddie NEVER talks about ALEC and when a guest does – he doesn’t
acknowledge the reference to ALEC – cause IMHO – he doesn’t know what ALEC
is and he is not taking the time to educate himself..
Big Eddie claims to speak for the people.
How can you do that if you aren’t aware of or talk about ALEC?
Please help me with an email campaign to Big Eddie.
Email Address:
ed@edschultzshow.com
If yo... more »
The Future of English
The future of English has long been speculated about, and science
fiction
and fantasy novels and films offer multiple notions about what it might
look and sound like hundreds of years from now. Bladerunner (1982)
famously
offered us "Cityspeak," described in Harrison Ford's voiceover as "
gutter
talk, a mishmash of Japanese, Spanish, German, what have you." And, as
shown in the original screenplay, it was exactly that, including words
from
Hungarian, Japanese, German, French, and Korean (thought notably
*not*Spanish). However, while it's true that on a drive through LA one
can pass
... more »
USW - Depicts the Nastiness of ALEC
From the webpages of
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers International Union
This webpage is a pretty good introduction to ALEC
RAPID RESPONSE NEWS | April 02, 2013
*Who the Heck is ALEC?*
Article Brief
As we continue to deal with a barrage of state focused legislative battles,
it is imperative that we understand exactly who is behind them. The answer?
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or better known as ALEC.
But this comprehensive graphic from their webpage is really good.
I would like to call it –... more »
C'mon, Take (More) Questions, Barack Obama
Barack Obama holds relatively few press conferences -- and must answer
fewer questions when he does than any other president.
At today's press conference he called on six reporters. Granted, some of
the questions were two entirely separate parts, but at best it was maybe
eight or nine questions.
Here's a press conference from Ronald Reagan in which, if I'm counting
correctly, he took 23 questions, although here's a later one in which he
took just 9. Counting question is sometimes pretty tricky; here's one with
George H.W. Bush, after the tax reversal, with over a dozen separate
que... more »
Can an assessment officer conduct an assessment where there is an underlying dispute between the solicitor and the client about the nature and validity of the retainer agreement?
Cookish v. Paul Lee Associates Professional Corporation 2013 ONCA 278 holds:
[16] Ms. Pagliaroli submits on behalf of the appellant that an
assessment officer does not have the authority in any circumstances to deal
with disputes concerning the retainer, other than disputes regarding
quantum alone. In my view, while that is true where an order is obtained on
requisition under s. 3(1), it is not accurate to say that such authority
may never be given to an assessment officer. However, the preferable
procedure is for a judge to determine these issues. Once they have been
reso... more »
Bill Good And CKNW, What Is Wrong With Them?
What is wrong with Bill Good, what is wrong with CKNW, will they ever
present honest talk radio, honest unbiased commentary, let me be clear, I
certainly didn`t expect Bill Good to jump on the Adrian Dix bandwagon but..
But how can you bring on air Gordon Wilson to give what Bill Good called a
honest assessment of last night`s television debate.
Gordon Wilson is not only a self serving pundit, he is extremely bias, he
has been bashing Adrian Dix on Twitter, bashing Farnsworth, Horgan, Jenny
Kwan and every other BC NDP...
How can you Bill Good bring on Gordon Wilson for an opinion ... more »
Well, Of Course Rich Kids Are Smarter Than Poor Kids
My pal Roland teaches in an inner city elementary school in one of the
toughest neighborhoods in L.A. Everyday he comes home exhausted and
frustrated and drained. "Maybelline was suspended again," he seems to tell
me more often than I ask him if he wants to eat at Ink or M.A.K.E.
Maybelline is 8. I remember when he first told me about her at the
beginning of the semester. He said he thought she might be a genius,
definietly the smartest child in his class. He seemed excited to play a
role in helping her reach her potential. Now he's relieved when she doesn't
terrorize his other st... more »
UNCLE RUSLAN, USING CIA AGENT'S HOME, SENT AID TO ISLAMISTS IN CHECHNYA
*Ruslan Tsarnaev, uncle of the 'Boston Bombers'*
According to researcher Daniel Hopsicker, *'Uncle Ruslan' aided terrorists
from a CIA official's home.*
In 1995 Ruslan Tsarnaev set up a company called the "*Congress of Chechen
International Organizations*."
This company sent aid to 'Islamic terrorists' in Chechnya in Russia.
Ruslan was listed as the company's resident agent.
The company's address was 11114 Whisperwood Ln in Rockville MD.
This is the home of Graham Fuller, the one-time Vice-Chairman of the
National Intelligence Council at the CIA under President Reagan.
*Graham... more »
Herschel retires
*...and other events and anniversaries...*
The Herschel Space Observatory lost its ability to see after four years: Science
World Report, Google News, Herschel on TRF.
The life expectancy, 4 years, is pretty short, isn't it? What was the
reason why Herschel had to end its mission? Well, it ran out of the liquid
helium coolant. Such things are finite. Incidentally, I think that the
general claims that we're running out of helium on Earth are heavily
overblown.
The telescope was the largest space telescope sent by humans. It was named
after Sir William Herschel who discovered t... more »
Breaking: Obama- No Rush to Judgement on Chemical Weapons/Syria
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-no-rush-to-judgment-on-chemical-weapons-in-syria/2013/04/30/60eca3a6-b1a0-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
The
headline changed to some spin about Gitmo..Original url above
*
**Obama: No Rush to Judgement...*
*Obama said he needs more time to decide whether the Syrian government
has
used chemical weapons in such a way that would violate a “red line” he
has
set as a trigger for escalating U.S. intervention in the violent
conflict
in that country.*
*
**“What we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used
inside
of Syria,” h... more »
10 Tips to Make Sure Your Activist Group Isn't Set Up by the Feds
Jason Charles
The FBI and federal government have been caught red-handed setting up groups
, staging terrorists attacks,staging drills, creating patsies, and infiltrating
activist groups. Here are 10 good tips to avoid the embarrassment of your
group ending up in the headlines as another excuse to further the police
state agenda. No matter if you are a 9/11 group, anti-GMO, anti-war,
Christian, Muslim or whatever the cause may be. If you run a group these
tips are for you.
*#1 Make everybody introduce themselves each meeting*
When meeting as an activist group always have new peopl... more »
Disturbing report indicates Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s requests for a lawyer were ignored
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Madison Ruppert
A recent report reveals a disturbing fact about the treatment of Boston
bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: his multiple requests for a lawyer
during his interrogation were ignored.
While reports indicating that Tsarnaev’s Miranda rights were being withheld were
disturbing enough, this new aspect pointed out today by Glenn Greenwald is
far worse.
Apparently, Tsarnaev was Mirandized only because a federal magistrate decided
to hold an in-hospital hearing for the suspect during which he was advised
of his right to remain silent and appointed a lawyer... more »
Texas Prepares to Survive Global Economic Collapse
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Take your savings acounts out of the "too big to fail banks" before they confiscate them. It's perfectly legal ...and inevitable, given the precarious conditions of the big banks due to their derivative speculations and the fact that futher taxpayer bailouts are now against the law. It's called a "bail-in." The FDIC can't save you, it's already broke. And don't let your stock broker keep your cash in money market funds, because these are mostly run by TBTF banks.
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Bail-out Is Out, Bail-in Is In: Time for Some Publicly-Owned Banks
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Ellen Brown
“[W]ith Cyprus . . . the game itself changed. By raiding the depositors’
accounts, a major central bank has gone where they would not previously
have dared. The Rubicon has been crossed.”
—Eric Sprott, Shree Kargutkar, “Caveat Depositor”
The crossing of the Rubicon into the confiscation of depositor funds was
not a one-off emergency measure limited to Cyprus. Similar “bail-in”
policies are now appearing in multiple countries. (See my ear... more »
Stop Imperialism – Episode 64
*Lots of good info, if you have the time to listen entirely. If not it is
possible to pick that which interests you for listening.**1. United States
* [image: us]
Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, officials say
Martial law in Boston: American democracy in shambles
Canadian government unveils “terror plot” as it adopts draconian new law
New report on torture, extraordinary rendition
The money helping CISPA through Congress
CISPA’s immunity provision would allow corporate hacking
Segment Start: 00 h 11 min 08 secSegment End: 00 h 48 min 22 sec*2. Syria
* [image: syria_80... more »
Korean Toddler gets new Trachea at OSF-CHOI...OSF's Haitian Patients Refused Care
Toddler youngest in world to get lab-made windpipe in Peoria operation
shar.es/lpMUZ via @sharethis
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) April 30, 2013
Talking with GOD
If the only thing that comes forth from these episodes of lucid at death
experiences, happens be be a simple willingness to go through death's door
in expectation of bliss, than much has been gained. We do see also that all
those so affected returned completely settled in themselves, often for the
first time in their lives.
I will go further. The near death experience is extremely good for the
individual. That is an objective reality beyond denial.
What this describes is an actual communion with GOD and an instruction to
share the experience. I am seeing this instruction ... more »
Resuscitation Medicine
A lot of what we know about death is changing drastically. It is also
becoming clearer. I also think that CPR is additionally important in that
it keeps disturbing the oxygen rich blood and postpones real cell death.
That is not suggested here. It is noteworthy that the brain goes almost
immediately into a dormant state and stays there until it is safe to come
back.
What we do learn here is that if death is merely postponed, the
consciousness will recall activity even without the direct use of sight and
experience a common connection with an apparent entity that welcome... more »
Fertility Needs in High-Yielding Corn Production
The fertility needs of modern corn culture will not be resolved until we
master the biochar protocol which allows sequestering of all nutrients on a
continuing basis from either chemical treatment or natural decay based
release.
In the meantime, corn happens to be our most hungry crop. Thus fertility
is a challenge at best.
We need to perhaps find a way to engineer corn to somehow be a better
citizen as we are completely set up to work with it in particular.
*Fertility needs in high-yielding corn production*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 22, 2013*
... more »
Large Earthquakes can Trigger Another Far Away
I am sorry chaps, but if rock is cracking and breaking, then it is pretty
obvious that stress is moving through the system and not obviously settling
down however gentle it might appear. Put another way, when a real collapse
takes place, you have lost control of your assumptions and must wait until
it truly settles down before you begin testing your ideas again. Of course,
no one wants to do this.
This also naturally implies that stress release in one locale sets up
stress elsewhere especially in a quake environment. For that reason, we
observe long faults taking turns r... more »
Electric Cars Will Be Great
A number of things are somewhat overstated in this story, but that is not
particularly relevant. What is relevant is that we still do not have a
meaningful deliverable as far as the battery is concerned. We do have
several ways to get there now that are completely creditable but are still
grinding through the design realization stage. This always takes time even
when you know that you will touchdown.
What we have instead is a body of rapidly improving technology that is
simply waiting for the battery deliverable. Everyone knows now that we are
going to get there.
Also... more »
Never a dull moment
Almost May! Frost this morning, expecting 80s later in the week.
View from kitchen window. Fence has been set back up to regulate doggy's
bathroom activities (it's usually there in winter for when the poultry are
cleaning up the garden). Also at upper left, extension of poultry moat has
returned. Now the ducks and chickens get a ringside seat as things grow --
and get to help interrupt even more slugs migrating toward the goodies.
In middle ground, center, Lacinato kale going to seed. Foreground,
potatoes, knocked back by a freeze but recovering. Upper right, compost
drum and the... more »
Crazy Huge Mother's Day Giveaway!
Today I am thinking about my Mother. Every year I spend hours trying to
come up with the perfect gift for my mom. To try and show just a little bit
about what she means to me. I have come to the conclusion that even with a
million dollars I wouldn't be able to show my mom half of what she means to
me.
My mom went without year after year, so my siblings and I could play
sports, take music and dance lessons and just have money to see summer
movies and go to the pool. My mom is the most selfless person I know, she
serves everyone around her and blesses everyone that meets her. She i... more »
CCA Private Prison Stealing Tax $$ - Not Once, But Twice
Fool me once - shame on you
Fool me twice - Shame on Me
CCA - Stealing US taxdollars - not once - but TWICE
Shame on US.
*From Alternet*
*The Corrections Corporation of America's Latest Shady Business?Tax Evasion*
To save millions in money they would have to pay to taxes, the CCA is now
claiming to be a "Real Estate Investment Trust."
April 26, 2013 |
Earlier this year, the Corrections Corporation of America offered to take
over state-run prisons, provided that they remain 90% stocked full of
inmates ready for cheap labor. Now, the CCA -- which runs 44 private
prisons and deten... more »
Obama is having some sort of news conference...
*allow me to sum it up for you.*
Ahhhhhh, I, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, er, er, bbbbbbbbbbb, I,
I, I, ah, ah, ah, annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, thaaaaaaaaaaaaaat, I, um, ah, ah,
ah , ah. Ahhhhhh, um, um, I. um, um, um, um, um, um, I, um, um, er, er,
bbbbbbbbbbb, ah, ah, ah, *annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd*, *thaaaaaaaaaaaaaat,* um,
ah, ah, ah , ah. Ahhhhhhhh, ah, ah I...
Oh, yes - he took time at the end to praise Jason Collins for having weird
sex and the progress we peons have made in our acceptance of the
aforementioned weird sex.
And we as Americans should be proud!!
We judge ... more »
You're Not the Chamber of Commerce, You're the Government.
Canada's business community has the understandable view that the Harper
government is the handmaiden of commerce. And so, when the conservative
government was caught out over abuses of the temporary guest worker
programme and had to enact modest reforms, that set the business types to howling
in indignation.
Doesn't this government understand that filling jobs with cheap foreign
labour pads the bottom line? The Chamber of Commerce (corporate sector)
had a warning for the Chamber of Commerce (Harper sector) and the Canadian
public - stand up to us and these businesses will leave... more »
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