Paul Weyrich - Undertaker for the American Dream (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)
English: A map of United Kingdom constituencies showing which constituencies were 'won' by the candidates in the 2010 leadership election of the UK Labour Party. Green indicates constituencies won by David Miliband, light blue for Ed Miliband, pink for Andy Burnham, yellow for Ed Balls and white for a tie. All ties with the exception of Wigan were between David and Ed Miliband. Northern Ireland was counted as one constituency. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Conservative Party propaganda (Photo credit: PabloBM)
Red Planet (Photo credit: chiaralily)
2004–2007 Škoda Octavia II vRS (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Skoda Octavia MPI photographed in Gothenburg, Sweden. Category:Škoda Octavia II (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
New Orleans at Night (NASA, International Space Station, 01/26/11) (Photo credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)
New Orleans Skyline (Photo credit: joseph a)Very Cute Tiny Green Pea Car...
11:41am MDST
Jenn from Rules of Engagement topless
You know Rules of Engagement, it's repeated on E4 seemingly endlessly
during the daytime. The only reason to watch this programme would be to see
Jenn scantily dressed. If you don't know the show then here's Jen
That's Bianca Kajlich aka Jennifer.
This is Bianca Kajlich showing somewhat more of her body in the film 30
Minutes or Less.
Bianca Kajlich - 30 Minutes or Less *by thisjeenius*
Free Planet - technology - stealth living
*original image* (c) Bison Lu
No, no, no, no - this free planet post isn't about futuristic 'technology'
of 'cloaking devices' for interlinked hexagonal Floating Homes?
It's not.
It's about the 'technology' of LEAVING NO HUMAN FOOTPRINT upon this Earth.
As far as Free Planet is concerned, with the potential for local solutions
for Energy, Waste, Water and Well-being, we don't need to 'leave our mess'
all over this wonderful world. We're clever enough to just have a limited
i.e. virtually 'no presence', impact upon this Earth if only we put our
mind to it (abandon PROFIT) and try to... more »
OK Unions are A-OK With Me!
I am so in love with the union workers in Oklahoma that protested ALEC
yesterday - I wish I could actually give them all a big old hug for their
shoutouts (literally) to the extremist right-wing American Legislative
Exchange Council.
They did such an amazing job!
*Here's a post of the rally protest on Daily Kos with pictures (like this
one).*
*>>>HERE<<<<*
UK Elections-- A Bad Day For The Conservatives, The Establishment And Austerity But A Swell Result For British Fascism
British Tea Party makes huge gains across England
The U.K. had 35 council elections-- like state legislatures-- across
England (plus one in Wales) yesterday, as well as a parliamentary
by-election in South Shields, a traditionally Labour area, to fill the seat
for David Miliband, who held it since 2001 and resigned to take a job based
in NYC. The seat has been in Labour hands since 1929. Going into the
elections, the Conservative/Liberal-Dem coalition was expecting to get its
ass kicked. And it did. Pollsters predicted that the Conservatives could
lose more than 300 seats and the Lib... more »
VISIT EGYPT?
www.ibtimes.co.uk
*Egypt's president Morsi, put into power by the CIA, wants a war crimes
trial for Syria's Assad, whose country is under attack by the CIA.*
Egypt's President Morsi criticises Syria's President Assad, while Egypt
collapses into chaos.
*Lynched. Egypt today.*
"Standing... on the Cairo ring road with an AK-47 automatic rifle pressed
to his neck, he did not deliberate long before giving in to the three men
who, with a spray of gunfire, had forced his Skoda Octavia to the side of
the road."
www.thenational.
In Egypt, interior ministry officials say that the crime... more »
Untitled
*I’m Living in New Orleans Now ~Rabbi Stone Goodman*
* *
*Craig Giesecke: Hey Jazzfesters — Be nice or leave ~Uptown Messenger*
*Stacy Head Issues Stripped-Down Food Truck Ordinance After Veto ~NOLA
DEFENDER*
*Flood maps prompt costly insurance hikes for homeowners ~DisasterMap.net*
Robotic Birds are a Thing Now
This is such a breathtaking design accomplishment that I'm blocking out the
paranoia I'm feeling re: national security applications.
The Face of Globalization
When you're racing for the bottom dollar, it eventually costs some people
their lives.
Red Ink Premiere Party: Pine Ridge and Tucson May 3, 2013
RED INK will be holding dual premier parties in both Tucson, AZ and Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
"We begin by letting the Powers know that
we are willing to be their servants to
others."
--
Fools Crow, LAKOTA
Please
join RED INK and friends as we celebrate the release of the
long-awaited Volume 16.2/17.1 "
The NRA Installs A New President And He Is Proof Of How Mentally Deranged The American Right Has Become
"*Jim Porter of Birmingham, a longtime board member whose daddy's name
graces an NRA championship shooting trophy, is expected to take office
tomorrow in Houston at a national shindig that will include speeches by
Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, and John Bolton.*
**
*In addition to bearing a passing resemblance to Pappy O'Daniel, Porter
works at his own law firm, where his areas of expertise include "defense of
firearms manufacturers" from product-liability lawsuits. His NRA election
announcement also identifies him as a "special assistant attorney general
for the state of Alabama," wh... more »
New Study Examines Media Coverage of Iranian Nuclear Program
Late
last month, The University of Maryland's Center for
International and Security Studies (CISSM) released an extensive new
report examining the mainstream media's coverage of the Iranian
nuclear program and its attendant developments and implications over the
past four years.The study, entitled "The Media &
Iran’s Nuclear Program: An analysis of U.S. and U.K. coverage,
2009-2012" [PDF] and
International Workers' Day
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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an
international industrial union that was formed in 1905. The origin of the
nickname "Wobblies" is uncertain.
The IWW promotes the concept of "One Big Union," contends that all workers
should be united as a social class and that capitalism and wage labor
should be abolished. They are known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace
democracy, in which workers elect their managers and other forms of
grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented. IWW membership does
not require that one work in a represented workplac... more »
Blog Break
This blog is going to go silent for the summer, as I turn my attention to
completing the 2nd edition of *The Honest Broker*.
I'll keep up my blogging at The Least Thing and my periodic column at The
Breakthrough Institute. You can also find me on Twitter @RogerPielkeJr.
Have a nice summer and tune back in here in the fall!
Preventing the Next Catastrophe
Wisdom from David Romer.
The last time CO2 was this high, humans didn’t exist – ‘There is the possibility that we’ve already breached the threshold of truly dangerous human influence on our climate and planet’
[image: CO2 levels are far higher now than they have been for anytime
during the past 800,000 years. Graphic: Scripps Institution of Oceanography]
By Andrew Freedman
3 May 2013
(Climate Central) – The last time there was this much carbon dioxide (CO2)
in the Earth's atmosphere, modern humans didn't exist. Megatoothed sharks
prowled the oceans, the world's seas were up to 100 feet higher than they
are today, and the global average surface temperature was up to 11°F warmer
than it is now.
As we near the record for the highest CO2 concentration in human history —
400 parts per mil... more »
Bishop Tobin to Catholics of Rhode Island on "same-sex marriage"...
*well said, Bishop Tobin. *
*As the Rhode Island General Assembly prepares to pass “same-sex marriage”
legislation and the Governor scheduled to sign the bill this afternoon,
Bishop Tobin offers the following pastoral letter to Catholics in Rhode
Island. The contents of this letter will be printed in the May 9, 2013
edition of Rhode Island Catholic Newspaper.*
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
Since the legislative approval of “same-sex marriage” in Rhode Island, a
number of people have requested that I offer some guidance on this
development. It is for that purpose that I write at th... more »
Greedy Bastards and Democracy
Teaching a class about American politics, Congress, interest groups, or
some related topics? You really should find room for this comment, from a
Ryan Grim and John Celock article about the online sales tax fight:
As one moderate Democratic senator put it during the swipe fee fight, "I'm
surprised at how much of our time is spent trying to divide up the spoils
between various economic interests. I had no idea. I thought we’d be
focused on civil liberties, on education policy, energy policy and so on."
"The fights down here can be put in two or three categories: The big greedy
bastar... more »
Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
*Subject:* Sign the Keystone XL Pledge of ResistanceDear Friend,
President Obama and his administration are moving toward approval of the
Keystone XL Pipeline.
If tens of thousands of people stand up as President Obama mulls his final
decision, we can convince the White House that it will be politically
unfeasible to go forward. I just signed the Keystone XL Pledge of
resistance - committing to participate in civil disobedience if the Obama
administration issues draft approval of Keystone XL.
*If you are also committed to stopping Keystone XL, read the call to action,
*and consi... more »
Tupac Shakur, 17, More Enlightened than Duncan
Thanks to Stephanie Rivera for posting; see some of the video below in
transcript HERE. Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical Tagged: Tupak
Shakur
Mohawk Nation News 'Canada, Your Goose is Cooked'
Canada,
Your Goose is Cooked
Mohawk Nation News
www.mohawknationnews.com
Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin
MNN. May 3, 2013. Indigenous worldwide all have common ownership of our
land and resources. For our use, not for profit; political power in the
hands of the people; everyone is equal and has a voice; no person
exploits another. We all use our inherent natural scientific methods
ALEC Legislators - Use Myopic, Ill-informed ALEC Tax Policies
YOUR State ALEC legilsators is an ALEC sheeple - just doing whatever ALEC
tells them to do when it comes to economic policy
YOUR state legislators are at the the ALEC meeting in OKC - supposedly
working on economic legislation - legislation that is detrimental to your
state and your personal economic well-being.
Take this example this morning from NonProfit Quarterly:
For example, News & Observer columnist Rob Christensen reports that
Governor McCrory has proposed to slash the budget of the Rural Economic
Development Center from $18 million to $6.6 million, the Biotechnology
Center... more »
Why Bother With Climate Change? The World is Ending Soon Anyway.
Apparently an awful lot of Americans have embraced *"End Times Theology".*
As they see it, the world is ending soon anyway so there's no point
worrying about trivialities like climate change.
A study by David Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David Bearce of
the University of Colorado concludes there is simply too much resistance to
hope for effective action by Congress to deal with climate change.
“*[T]he fact that such an overwhelming percentage of Republican citizens
profess a belief in the Second Coming (76 percent in 2006, according to our
sample) suggests that gov... more »
Void for Vagueness
R. *v.* Levkovic, 2013 SCC 25 deals with the concept of a law being void as
too vague:
[32] The doctrine against vagueness is founded on
two rationales: a law must provide fair notice to citizens and it must
limit enforcement discretion. Understood in light of its theoretical
foundations, the doctrine against vagueness is a critical component of a
society grounded in the rule of law: *R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical
Society* [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606, at pp. 626-27;*Canadian Foundation for
Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General)*,* *2004 SCC ... more »
China's new biological weapon?
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*IMMUNOLOGISTS are concerned about the "dangerous" work of Chinese
scientists in creating a hybrid bird flu virus able to spread in the air
between guinea pigs, and now living in a lab freezer. *
The team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Gansu
Agricultural University have written in the journal Science that they have
created the new virus by mixing genes from H5N1 "bird flu" and H1N1 "swine
flu".
H5N1, transmitted to people by birds, is fatal in about 60 per cent of
cases but does not transmit between humans - a characteristic so far
preventing a pandem... more »
The White House Ponders an Ice-Free Arctic Ocean
The domestic and international security implications of an ice free Arctic
ocean will be briefed at the White House this week.
*The meeting is bringing together Nasa's acting chief scientist, Gale
Allen, the director of the US National Science Foundation, Cora Marett, as
well as representatives from the US Department of Homeland Security and the
Pentagon. *
*
**Senior scientists advising the US government at the meeting include 10
Arctic specialists, including marine scientist Prof Carlos Duarte, director
of the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia. *
*In early ... more »
Talking Academic Journals: Publishing the “Best Work”
Note: this is the second in a series of posts opening up issues relating to
journal process for general discussion by the international-studies
community. All journals commit to publishing “the best work” that they
receive within their remit. All journals aspire to publish “the best work,”
period, within their specialization. This raises special challenges for
Continue reading
Beef Industry is asking Federal Government to approve food irradiation
Beef Industry is asking the Federal Government to approve irradiation of
food
**Everyone, everywhere: Say NO to radiated food. And say it loud!
While I am using Canadian news, this is not only ongoing in Canada.
The EU is looking at radiating food.
As for the US, sadly, it appears the food has been irradiated more
extensively for some time.
Yet, even that can be rolled back!
Canada's beef industry is about to ask the federal government to approve
the use of irradiation in meat-processing plants to kill dangerous E. coli
bacteria in a full range of meat products.
The Canadian ... more »
Naomi Klein Attacks Big Enviro
There's dissension in the ranks of the environmental movement.
Naomi Klein has written a piece in *The Guardian* attacking some A-list
environmental groups that, she claims, have been of more help than harm to
the fossil fuelers.
*...some of the most powerful and wealthiest environmental organisations
have long behaved as if they had a stake in the oil and gas industry. They
led the climate movement down various dead ends: carbon trading, carbon
offsets, natural gas as a "bridge fuel" – what these policies all held in
common is that they created the illusion of progress while allo... more »
VIDEO of Anti-ALEC Union Protest Rally in OKC
The American Legislastive Exchange Council got an earful yesterday in OKC.
"ALEC is not OK for Oklahoma - ALEC is not OK for America" - one of many
excellent quotes in this video.
Watch it and get ready to smile - - - - - - - - really big
It's and hour and a half - here are my most favorite snips.
The speech at minute 18 is amazing - - -
The speech at minute 55 is amazing - - -
Minutes 49 - 52 are PRICELESS!!!!! -
Makes the Communications Director
from American for Prosperity looks like a fool
- probably had to change his drawers after this.
Watch start... more »
Draft Gambling Legislation Passed by Cabinet
*Trash row.*
With the residents of Matsu approving gambling on their island via
referendum, the Cabinet has passed a draft bill. The Matsu gambling
referendum, as I noted in a blog post last year, is the camel's nose in the
tent....
In my previous post on this topic I collected the following information.....
The AmCham article notes that infrastructure on Matsu is primitive and bad
weather often shuts down transportation, making it the less preferable of
the two islands. It seems intuitively obvious that a referendum for Kinmen
is in the cards at some point.
This suggests also t... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Dule Hill, 38.
And some good stuff:
1. Scott Monje on the NRA and the UN Arms Trade Treaty.
2. James Fearon on the question of how many wars the United States is
currently fighting -- and what's at stake in answering that question.
3. Kevin Drum on what George Washington couldn't do.
4. Got behind on this, but David S. Bernstein on how the parties decide --
and enforce their decision -- in the Massachusetts Senate special.
5. And Sarah Posner on the National Day of Prayer (and the post-policy GOP).
Police Arrest Man Filming Police and Delete Camera Footage, Hacker Gets It Back
*YouTube - WeAreChange*
WeAreChange recently got a chance to meet up with Alex from Federal Jack
and Hack Miami, to get the full story of his arrest and destruction of
evidence by the Miami Police Department. Alex was arrested for merely
filming the police in Miami, the police later illegally deleted the footage
from Alex’s camera and charged him with resisting arrest. The Miami Police
officer who made the arrest, Richard Anastasi was later found guilty of
extortion and kidnapping in a separate case.
*See exactly how to recover camera footage deleted by police HERE*
Learn more a... more »
John Boehner-- Bad For America, Bad For Ohio
Republicans find it easy and natural to demonize Nancy Pelosi. After all,
conservatives have cast assertive and visionary women as "witches" and
"bitches" since time immemorial. It's part of their whole self-inflicted
patriarchal disease. And it's another manifestation of the pathetic
Republican Party War Against Women. But this week, Billy House at the *National
Journal* asked why isn't Boehner a target in congressional elections?
Excellent question and before we get into it, please let me remind you that
although Steve Israel and the DCCC work frantically to protect Boehner and
... more »
WHY WE CALL IT CIVIL RESISTANCE
On April 27, 2013, Ellen Grady and John Hamilton presented a workshop
titled "Civil Resistance, What is it? and why do we do it?" at the
“Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire" convergence in Syracuse, NY.
He's Worried
Carol Goar wrote* *in the*Toronto Star *that Stephen Harper is "at risk of
sneering himself into irrelevance." Boston has its suspected terrorists. So
does Canada. And Canadians are troubled:
[Harper's] comments on terrorism in the last three weeks have left
Canadians shaking their heads, hoping he doesn’t really mean what he says
and looking elsewhere for answers. They want to know how young men amid
them, going to the same schools as their kids, turn into mass killers. Who
is radicalizing them? How does this metamorphosis happen in plain view of
their unsuspecting parents, frie... more »
Non-Compete Agreements Can't Be Used to Prevent Competition
Whether you work in the copy room or in a corner office, you may have been
presented with something called a Non-Competition Agreement. Or maybe it
was called something sneakier, like a Confidentiality Agreement or
Intellectual Property Agreement. Whatever it was called, it said you can't
work for a competitor of the company for a year or two after you leave.
If you haven't been forced to sign one yet, beware. They're all the rage
with management these days. Physicians, managers, executives, professionals
and employees are often given the choice: sign or be fired.
While companies cl... more »
Along The Pilgrim Trail Dedicated To St. Olaf of Norway and the Seven Characteristics of The Pilgrim
Saint Olaf of Norway**
*During one of my wanderings, I came across a Church in Sweden that is one
of the stops along the Pilgrim Path that is between Skara, Sweden and
Trondheim, Norway. The Church was built in the 14th Century and dedicated
to St. Olaf of Norway. There was written there the seven key qualities or
characteristics of a Pilgrim. I found this good advise that can lead to a
balanced and happy life although somehow being difficult to fit into our
modern world.*
**
*I thought that I would share these wise and long forgotten words with all
whom visit my blog. I truly h... more »
Education “writers” are kind of annoying, or no?
I read a fluff piece on the Common Core at Inside Higher Ed. Pretty basic,
hits most key players. I checked the author, just a 2009 journalism
graduate. She quotes significantly folks from PARCC, SBAC, and other
supporters. Mentions a lot about teacher preparation, but no one actually
FROM teacher preparation. This has been an issue [...]
Ag-Gag Law is Now Prosecuting Activists
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ALEC - Can't Play Well with Others...
Last year at the ALEC Annual Meeting in Salt Lake - ALEC did this
ALEC is Using its Political Clout to Silence Dissent, Group Says
June 7, 2012
A room at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City
... ALEC is reportedly pulling strings behind the scenes to shut down
dissent at its annual meeting this summer. *The Alliance for a Better Utah,
a Utah progressive group, reports that after it reserved space* at the
Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City for July 25-28 — the same hotel and
dates where ALEC will hold its 2012 annual meeting — the *hotel called back
and canceled the group... more »
Did You Know: Natural Cancer Treatments are Hidden from You – But Why? by Paul Fassa
Source:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ryders-Army-Childhood-Cancer-Awareness/558890637473772
Did You Know: Natural Cancer Treatments are Hidden from You – But Why?
By Paul Fassa
Natural Society, 3 May 2013
The recent Texas Medical Board attacks on Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, who has
been highly successful at curing hopeless cancer victims in his Houston
research clinic, brought to mind an interview quote from Dr. Nicholas
Gonzalez. He referred to the cancer industry’s attitude toward treating
cancer outside the medical mafia’s zone of standard care. “It’s beyond a
double standard.... more »
We think Kevin Drum got it right!
*FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013*
*Despite that, please donate here:* Late yesterday, the analysts cheered
when they saw Kevin Drum refer to Maureen Dowd in a rude, dismissive way:
“I just don't get it. What does it take to convince the Dowds and Milbanks
and Fourniers of the world? How can any of them still believe that
Republicans will ever agree to real revenue increases?”
We recommend Drum’s full post. But this would be a different world if
career writers had dismissed the very influential Dowd that way over the
past twenty years. If they had been willing to sniff at her as one of “the
Dow... more »
THE PROFESSORIATE FAILS US AGAIN: Reinhart and Rogoff describe their key finding!
*FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013*
*Interlude—Do you understand what they said:* By all accounts, Reinhart and
Rogoff made some gruesome mistakes in their now-famous study.
Their paper appeared in early 2010. According to Paul Krugman, the paper
was “instantly famous.” According to Krugman, “it was, and is, surely the
most influential economic analysis of recent years.”
Gack! Three years later, three graduate students discovered and reported
the famous professors’ mistakes.
Given the consequences, citizens ought to be angry that the professors’
bungles occurred at all. Citizens ought to wonde... more »
Religious Freedom
The Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent
advisory body created by the International Religious Freedom Act to monitor
religious freedom abuses internationally, released its 2013 report, which
idenitifes “governments that are the most egregious violators.”
The 15 countries are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Vietnam, all of which severely restrict independent
religious activity and harass individuals and groups for religious activity
or beliefs. The... more »
GERMAN-AMERICANS RUN THE WORLD?
*Germany, after May 1945. **A girl in the Kloster Indersdorf children's
centre, photographed in an attempt to locate surviving relatives. *Displaced
Persons*
**
*Allegedly, the German-Americans run the world.
This is no doubt a slight exaggeration.
There is a theory that certain powerful Americans, both Jewish and
non-Jewish, financed Hitler and encouraged him to wreck Europe.
In 1939, there were German-Americans, and others, who* "dreamed of
scavenging the assets of a doomed British empire."*
*That special relationship*
How America planned to destroy BRITAIN and grab its wealth.... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.3.13”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.3.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"This week, the President was asked about State Department whistleblowers
that claim they are being pressured NOT to come forward.The President said
he was not aware of this. Meanwhile, whistleblowers are scheduled to
testify in Congress on Benghazi. Our Ambassador and three others were
killed in a terrorist attack on 9/11/12. Some are charging the White House
is stonewalling on important details to cover gross mistakes on foreign
policy.
War drums continue to pound around Syria. There are charges of chemical ... more »
Chimericana Books - rights returned deals secured - redesigned relaunch titles announced.
For the last decade or so, *Chimericana Books* has been a repository for
all 'rights returned titles' that I, Mike Philbin, have written in
collaboration with various writers or under various pseudonyms, Michael
Paul Peter, Hertzan Chimera and my role as editor of the Chimeraworld
anthology (which made it so its sixth annual issue).
I've recently re-secured the rights to all my paperback-published novels
from 2008 to the present day. As soon as the final-edit is completed on
CUSTODIAN (free planet¹), I'll be publishing it through the brand new
Chimericana Books (using a different... more »
Skin Probiotics Offer Best Defense Against MRSA Infections
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/05/skin-probiotics-offer-best-defense.html#more
Thursday, May 2, 2013
*Skin Probiotics Offer Best Defense Against MRSA Infections*
Case Adams
Activist Post
Researchers from the University of California at San Diego have determined
that healthy skin bacteria serve as defense mechanisms against infection,
and can fight off even the sometimes deadly MRSA infection.
This of course explains why not everyone who comes into contact with the methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria – or any other skin infective agent
for that matter –... more »
Two Parent Mice
This certainly infers that our generational experiment with single parent
families needs to be reviewed and carefully studied as to the presence of
deleterious biological impact. The implied assumption has been that there
is no problem.
Now we suddenly know that this is not quite true.
I would go further. We need to rethink how we organize our civilization
to optimize child nurturing even when parent hate each other or are simply
not there. If that is not important, then what is?
*Mice with 2 parents grow healthier brains, research shows*
*Calgary** scientists s... more »
Tower of Basel
This is a reminder that we do have a global currency in the form of the US
dollar. Everyone else would like to figure out how to create a global
currency that worked better and was less prone to the USA having
difficulties. Now that we are four years down the road, it is time to take
stock again.
So far it is not happening and it will not properly happen for at least
twenty years. I suspect that it will not be achieved until 2050 when
poverty has been reduced to such a level as to provide no further
competitive advantage anywhere.
At the present, the euro-currency is c... more »
Ethnicity Immunity Factor
In time we will have your genome and a way to target the problem even on
the fly. In the meantime we at least know to check for ethnic variation
even more carefully than previously indicated.
I do not think this is that particularly crucial but it can explain
failure in particular cases or the need for an alternative. Well covered
disease sees us shopping anyway.
We are steadily getting better at this DNA thing.
*DNA study suggests human immunity to disease has ethnicity basis*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Burnaby, British Columbia (UPI) Apr 19, 2013*
*
http://www.ter... more »
New Zealand Oil
I extracted this from Energy and Capital and it is a surprise. Best is
that jurisdiction works for everyone. Thus it will see quick development. I
know mega fields discovered in Africa over thirty years ago that remain
utterly untouched.
At least the rest of the world is now receiving a glowing lesson on how
the USA in particular is able to turn on a dime when local resource
extraction becomes possible. USA production has jumped an astounding twenty
percent in the last year. Better this growth appears poised to continue at
least until pricing drops.
New Zealand is also ... more »
Corrections and clarifications | From the Guardian | The Guardian
' In two articles (Ukip stands by candidate despite links with BNP, 25
April, page 6, early editions;Ukip candidates may have BNP or criminal
past, Farage admits , 26 April, page 21), we stated that Caven Vines, a
candidate for Ukip in Rotherham, had close links to the British National
party. This was incorrect. We apologise to Mr Vines for the error.'
From The Guardian here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/may/02/corrections-and-clarifications
Too little, too late? Job done?
A Modest Proposal for Effective Electoral Reform
Manitou only knows how we're struggling to find democratic reform for our
ailing electoral system. At the moment some type of proportional
representation is the favoured approach.
I have another idea, one that may even be superior to proportional rep.
How many of us have dutifully dragged ourselves to the polls only to have
to hold our noses and cast a ballot for the least odious of a motley crew
of candidates and their respectively odious parties? I know I certainly
have. Yes I have voted for representatives when I was less than convinced
that any of the candidates or their p... more »
Dine' Adella Begaye: The vultures of dirty coal
Dine' Adella Begaye responds after Navajo government signs lease to continue the dirty coal industry on Navajoland
Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz. on Navajoland.
By Adella Begaye, Dine'
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
The passage of the Navajo Generating Station by the Navajo Nation Council and Ben Shelly was a major
disappointment -- especially when they are being
The Harper Conservative Snub Of Astronaut Marc Garneau Should Tick Off Most Canadians ...
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*If you need a demonstration of exactly how petty, vindictive, nasty and
divisive the Harper Conservative's are ... look at their snub of Canadian
Astronaut Marc Garneau! *
*Wow ... just wow.*
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**Most Canadians agree .... (perhaps even a few self respecting folks who
voted for Harper) ... *
*-Ottawa Citizen *
*-CBC.ca*
Christy(Crash) Clark Rear Ends Car, Causes Injuries, Finally Settles Out Of Court
Laila Yuile has The Straight Goods...
According to court documents Christy Clark, the habitual red light runner
rear-ended a car and caused injuries, Christy Clark admitted fault and
settled the claim, (the car was leased to her ex-husband, the limp penis
guy, Mark Marissen)... Who was also named in the court case....
(*I Still haven`t determined how much Christy Clark had drank..Grant G)*
And in case you forgot, Christy Clark who ran a red-light then called her
son Hamish a liar when Hamish admitted to Jonathan Fowlie that her mom
Christy Clark always runs red lights..A common p... more »
Your moment of Zen
The future as envisioned by Science and Mechanics magazine in 1951. Aluminum
car via Roger Wilkerson.
May 2, 1973
At this point, the morning newspapers are just full of revelations and
accusations; the Times today has stories about the Ellsberg trial, where
it's been revealed that Ehrlichman met with Judge Byrne in April to offer
him a job, and about the details of the Fielding break-in. I love this one:
on the plane to California, Liddy and Hunt were traveling under assumed
names, presumably to cover their tracks. A flight attendant from that plane
now says that she had talked to Hunt, who later sent her a book (presumably
one of his? the story doesn't say) -- signing the accompanying note with... more »
Will you help John Cook "quantify the consensus"?
Climate fearmonger and kook John Cook sent me, because of this "one of the
more highly trafficked climate blogs on the web" you are just reading, the
following link:
Survey of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Research (University of Queensland)
I suppose that the gibberish characters at the end of the URL will be used
to identify the TRF readers.
If you have fifteen minutes or so, you may try to be asked about 10
randomly chosen (unverified) abstracts of 1991-2011 papers from "Web of
Science" and whether or not (at the scale 1-7) they confirm the "consensus"
on the hysterical man-made gl... more »
Vegan Recipe - Potato Soup
*The calendar may say that it's spring but in my neck of the woods, there
are still more than just a few wintery evenings. On a cool night, nothing
is more comforting than a bowl of soup.
This month's recipe comes from ... me. It is a hearty dish, packed with
flavor. I prefer using whole spices ... in my opinion, they taste better.
One can certainly use ground versions but I encourage you to try using them
whole ... you'll love the complex flavor.
I hope that you and your family enjoy this recipe.*
*Potato Soup*
*Makes 2-3 adult, main-dish servings*
*Ingredients*
1/2 teaspoon Cum... more »
Urban Gadabout: It's Jane's Walk weekend -- be sure to check to see what's happening in your area`
*The NYC subways' Brighton Line had its origins in the Brooklyn & Brighton
Beach Railroad, one of the railroads that connected to Brooklyn's ocean
beaches. The big news in summer gadding is that Jack Eichenbaum is devoting
another of his day-long subway-line odysseys to the Brighton Line.*
*by Ken*
Okay, I've been kind of grumpy about the fact that I'll be on the shelf for
one of my favorite weekends of the year: that of Jane's Walks, in honor of
pioneer urbanologist Jane Jacobs, who did so much to reorient the way we
think about urban life and to empower urban folk to feel that we... more »
Photo radar and taxes and the power of political myths
It’s interesting the way political orthodoxy emerges, without much real
evidence.
Take two examples - photo radar and irrational tax phobia.
Photo radar, it was clear during the leaders’ debate, is seen as political
poison. Asked about reinstating it, all four leaders said no.
The evidence from around the world is conclusive - photo radar reduces
crashes and health care costs and saves lives. In the six years that B.C.
had photo radar, road deaths averaged 408 annually. In the previous six
years, an average 534 people died on the roads. That’s 126 families spared
the death of a loved... more »
First Voices Indigenous Radio: Water, Borders and Resistance
Listen
to First Voices Indigenous Radio
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota from Cheyenne River
http://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/program_archives
Listen to the Program
May 2, 2013
CANDACE DUCHENEAUX (Lakota) (www.facebook.com) and
type in Mni or Mni Indigenous Water Summit to get the latest information
and
State Of Texas To Enact "Texas-Israel Day" On May 8th... Yes, This Is NO JOKE!
I had closed my files of absurdity a few years back, and maybe that was a
mistake... It seems that these days the lunacy of our society is becoming
more and more pronounced! What you will see in this article is a prime
example....
I came across the following article from the website: Liberty Fight, at
www.libertyfight.com, and I seriously had to do a double take and read it
again to realize it was no joke.... According to this article, that I have
here for everyone to view for themselves, the criminal legislators in the
state of Texas are going to honor (I really want to puke) the... more »
Social Injustice in Medicine
Science has revolutionized medicine but there was no revolution and no plan
for ensuring equal access. Excellence without equity is what you now
inherit. It’s the chief human rights problem of twenty-first-century
medicine, and only when we’re all under general anesthesia of the soul will
we be able to ignore it as the century marches on.
Farmer, Paul (2013-03-02). To Repair the World (p. 18). University of
California Press. Kindle Edition.
The process of drawing inferences from the evidence is not the same as speculating
R. v. Scott, 2013 ONCA 286 holds:
[12] The process of drawing inferences from the evidence is not the
same as speculating. In this case, the evidence at the preliminary
inquiry, fully considered in the context of a drug "rip off" robbery, did
not provide some evidence of the subjective *mens rea** *requirement for
second degree murder.
Peter MacKay's Hole in the Ocean
Sailors often complain that a boat is merely a hole in the ocean into which
you pour money. This brings us to Harper DefMin, Peter MacKay's
250-million dollar hole in the ocean.
*CBC News* is reporting a quirky deal surrounding Canada's Arctic offshore
patrol vessel programme. And, yes, it involves not only MacKay but Harper
hairpiece Rona Ambrose also.
*Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose and Defence Minister Peter MacKay
announced March 7 in Halifax that Ottawa will pay Irving Shipbuilding $288
million just to design – not build – a fleet of new Arctic offshore patrol
ships.*... more »
Historic snows hit Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa – Snowfall unprecedented in the historical record for the month of May
[image: Observed snowfall amounts in inches from the 1 May - 2 May 2013
snowstorm as of 9am EDT, 2 May 2013. A rare and historic May snowstorm
pelted Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with snowfall amounts unprecedented
in the historical record for the month of May. Graphic: NWS Minneapolis]
By Dr. Jeff Masters
2 May 2013
(wunderground.com) – A rare and historic May snowstorm continues to pelt
Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with snowfall amounts unprecedented in the
historical record for the month of May. Winter Storm Achilles has brought
15.5" of snow to Owatonna, Minnesota, about ... more »
Tom Corbett And His Big Bong Theory
The Tea Party Tide swept a lot of toxic garbage into governors' mansions
across the country-- Rick Scott in Florida, Scott Walker in Wisconsin, Sam
Brownback in Kansas, John Kasich in Ohio, Rick Snyder in Michigan, Bob
Forced Ultrasound McDonnell in Virginia, Nathan Deal in Georgia, Nikki
Haley in South Carolina, Puppet Pat in North Carolina, Jan Brewer in
Arizona, Paul LePage in Maine, Mike Pence in Indiana, Rick Perry in
Texas... to name some of the worst of the worst. How do you actually name
one overall worst though? Very difficult... but no one could leave
Pennsylvania's Tom... more »
Would you sign this?
Teachers and administrators across New York State were told to sign this
“Confidentiality Agreement” before scoring the recent ELA and Math State
Assessments. Are the exams that are used to judge students, teachers, and
schools top secret? Should the public have the right to see the entire
test? State Education bureaucrats keep repeating the importance [...]
Shout out to a new member of the team: Anne Sullivan, the Antique Teacher
Check out the About page here and these are some of her first posts. The
Many Faces of NYSUT Mixed Messages? On Being “College Ready” We look
forward to many more. -At the Chalk Face knows Schools Matter Filed under:
CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: anne sullivan, antique teacher
Bagram aircrash (29 April 2013) explained
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 17 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/lksDISvCmNI - what caused it?
Link: http://youtu.be/eZbH62Bn0oM
Now you know... Center of Gravity too far aft. Have a safe weekend!
John
BEALE AFB DRONE PROTEST IN CALIFORNIA
MARYSVILLE/BEALE AFB, CA. – Five people were arrested around 8 a.m. on
April 30 after dozens of anti-drone demonstrators blocked the entrance to
Beale Air Force Base for hours, resulting in hundreds of vehicles being
prevented from entering the base.
The California Highway Patrol had to be called in to clear traffic which
had lines of hundreds of cars in several directions after peace advocates
from Sacramento, San Francisco, Nevada City and as far away as Fresno
protested President Obama’s U.S. killer drone program.
Those arrested were briefly held on misdemeanor charges, which coul... more »
Risking everything for a better life
Illegal immigrants aboard La Bestia, a notorious Mexican cargo trainIllegal
immigration to the United States is both bane and blessing for Honduras.
A young acquaintance of my boss is currently experiencing the bane side of
things, locked up in a prison in Tyler, Texas after she got caught last
month trying to enter the U.S. illegally. Prison officials are telling her
she'll be held in jail for two or three months as punishment, then shipped
back to Honduras along with the 2,500 or so other illegals from the country
who are deported from the States every month.
The blessing is, of co... more »
What's the Chance of a Northern Gateway Supertanker Disaster? Try 93-99%
Simon Fraser University has released a study of the likelihood of an
environmental catastrophe from the Harper/Enbridge Northern Gateway bitumen
pipeline/supertanker scheme. Not surprisingly, their conclusions aren't
quite as carefree and rosy as those put out by Enbridge.
The chance of a bitumen supertanker disaster during the operating lifespan
of the Northern Gateway? The research suggests it's a near certainty, at
least if you consider a *93 to 99 per cent chance *nearly certain.
Enbridge was claiming an 18% chance of tanker mishap.
Along the Northern Gateway pipeline its... more »
ALEC OKC - Protestors Outnumber, “ALEC Members” Attending
*THANK YOU OK Brothers and Sisters!*
*Oklahoma Labor gets the ALEC Gold Star*
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*What an Amazing Bunch of Protesting People!!!*
Oklahoma Unions set a new standard that
has to replicated in Chicago in August!!
Bigger and Better.
As I noted in a previous post – the ALEC legislative turnout for the OKC
meeting was dismal.
So much embarrassment for the struggling ALEC.
Anyhow on the first day of the ALEC conference – The AFL-CIO, Teamsters –
pushed along by the Professional Firefighters – had a rally – which they
livestreamed.
ALEC Not OK in Oklahoma
05/02/2013
Mike Hall
Not e... more »
Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf responds to Italian accusations on Lack of Validity of UCC Filings
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* *Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf responds to Italian accusations on Lack of
Validity of UCC Filings*
May 2, 2013
*Heather Ann Tucci-Jarraf responds to Italian accusations on Lack of
Validity of UCC Filings*
*This is an excerpt from a Skype room conversation this morning May 2, 2013*
* [8:05:26 AM] Heather:* In response to Francesca’s message (or whomever
was making the legal/lawful/commercial opinion) that the OPPT filings
are/were inapplicable t... more »
The Romantic Spirit: Triumph of Death
Title: The Romantic Spirit: Triumph of Death [Full Version]. YouTube Video
Description - [Channel: Steven Steinbach. Uploaded on January 19, 2012]:
"Triumph of Death" [Directed by Jean-Louis Fournier] - The 'art' of death
influences Romantic writers.
Oliver Hartwich: The never-ending Euro crisis - anatomy of an economic policy disaster
*Last night **The New Zealand Initiative**’s Dr Oliver Hartwich gave the University
of Auckland Economics Group an update on the never-ending Euro crisis,
including a brief history of monetary union (we’ve seen all this before!),
and a look at current issues and public debt, and hidden aspects like
TARGET2. “Germany is the key player in this crisis,” he says.
I took notes…*
There is no easy solution any more.
Monetary union: Today's Euro is not the first European monetary union to
have been undertaken, or to fail. Mid-nineteenth-century France pushed for
a Europe-wide monetary un... more »
Appearing tonight on "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann
I will be talking austerity tonight with Thom Hartmann on his show, "The
Big Picture." The program reaches 50 million homes in the United States,
and you can look for a station here. Alternatively, you can watch it online
here. The show starts at 7:00pm Eastern Daylight Time, and I am told my
segment will begin about 7:15.
The European Union released its unemployment figures this week. Eurozone
unemployment increased from 12.0% in February to 12.1% in March, up from
11.0% in March 2013. Greece reached 27.2% unemployment in January 2013
(most recent data available), while according t... more »
Does Your Heart Break For The Congressional Republican Leadership?
Yesterday there was a flurry of speculation that Texas' radical right
extremist Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada and is ineligible to serve,
would run for president in 2016. Intensely disliked and mistrusted in his
own caucus, there are probably plenty of Republicans-- cognizant that no
one is going to beat Hillary Clinton anyway-- who would be happy to see
Cruz run, lose and be gone from the Senate. But 2016 isn't going to be a
good year for Senate Republicans anyway. They have a *lot* of vulnerable
seats to defend. A Ted Cruz candidacy would positively kill them.
Oh, Dick Shelby... more »
@HuffingtonPost cheerleading for #edreform.
It seems Huffington Post is confused when it comes to defining civil rights
and labeling groups that fight for civil rights accordingly. In a story
that ran in Huffington Post yesterday, Joy Resmovits opened up with: As
droves of states wiggle out from some of the toughest components of the
much-maligned federal No Child Left Behind Act, [...]
RNC exploits grieving Newtown mother in new ad
It's true that this new RNC ad where they're celebrating their "victory"
over Obama in having squashed gun safety reform hits a new low in tasteless
GOP gloating. But I'm only posting this because it shows the footage of
Obama's last press conference where Jon Karl asked a stupid question about
whether POTUS thought he's "lost his juice" because the bill couldn't even
get to the floor for a simple up or down vote.
Our DC insider media was obsessed with this one stupid question. Everybody
covered it at length. I've seen Obama's response described as sarcastic,
defensive, irritated a... more »
China Crosses 'Line Of Actual Control' With Stealth Invasion Of India
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-02/china-crosses-line-actual-control-stealth-invasion-india
*China Crosses 'Line Of Actual Control' With Stealth Invasion Of India*
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/02/2013 15:10 -0400
● China India Newspaper
Whether this is just a 'misunderstanding' or a land-grab to make up for
Japan's Senkaku actions, the Indians are claiming that a platoon of Chinese
soldiers have crossed the so-called 'Line of Actual Control' in the
Indian-held Ladakh region. They have remained there for two weeks and even
as India complains, the Chinese deny, saying t... more »
This week's All the Hegemony You Can Eat
Here’s an interesting little story. The state of Louisiana currently
legislates for the equal teaching of evolution and intelligent design. The
state’s governor endorsed the act, asking the rhetorical question, “what
are we scared of”?
Disinvestment in science and technology is one thing. Students who hold
that the laws of nature can be suspended at any point are going to struggle
with the sciences. If the state education system will not foster a
scientific culture it will not turn out new scientists and will drive
existing ones away.
It’s an interesting illustration of the practi... more »
Transformational Tubes of Light…
*Transformational Tubes of Light…*
by ÉirePort
Transformational Tubes of Light connect doorways, portals, gateways, along
and within continents of surface Gaia, as well as throughout Inner Gaia.
Those with eyes for viewing these are already aware of the intense
transformational energies involved.
Transformational Tubes of Light are required for the proper direction of
these High Cosmic Frequencies. Tubes will appear and dissolve as required
for Golden Age type upgrades of humanity, to Hue-manity.
Rainbow Bodies become more visible, even to those with relatively
non-developed Hig... more »
How Embarrassing - ALEC Mtg OKC - No Quorum
How incredibly sad.
ALEC doesn’t have a quorum
– for their big meeting about writing and passing ALEC “model legislation”.
One of three meetings held annually, this one focuses on ALEC “model
legislation" and
only 15% of their ALEC legislators showed up.
How incredibly sad.
ALEC must be so embarrassed.
No Quorum – the votes on the legislation don’t count
No Quorum – the discussion is useless.
What a waste of taxpayer money –
They have NO quorum – they can’t do anything binding
May as well just put those 15% of ALEC legislators back on the plane and
send 'em home!
Here you have... more »
Break up the Too Big To Fail banks
Don't want to get too excited about this just yet, but it's the best shot
at killing the Too Big To Fail beast I've seen so far.
Last week, on April 24th, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and
Louisiana Republican David Vitter introduced legislation called the
"Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 Act," or the
"Brown-Vitter TBTF Act" for short. The bill is a gun aimed directly at the
head of the Too-Big-To-Fail beast.
Who knows if they'll get anywhere with it. Big Finance will be throwing
around a lot of big money to stop them. But there are quite a few sur... more »
The Pope tweets
Yes I know the Pope has something of checkered past. People change over
time. Let the person who has never done something they regret, or changed
their mind about anything, be the first to sit in judgment. Me, I'm taking
this tweet at face value.
Pope Francis: My thoughts turn to all who are unemployed, often as a result
of a self-centred mindset bent on profit at any cost.
Usually ignore the trolling replies but the crackpot con response to this
one is so jaw dropping I read the whole thread. There are some very sick
people on the internets.
Eric Cantor's Dilemma?
Ross Douthat is a fan of the ill-fated House health care initiative last
week, which was torpedoed by a faction who decided that voting for a
program to carry out a GOP talking point would, in this instance, count as
supporting Obamacare. Douthat had previously bashed Republican politicians
for not fighting for the policy ideas that some conservative wonks support,
but now decides that Cantor deserves credit for trying -- because, Douthat
believes, in his position he couldn't do more:
Because the Republicans are a minority in the Senate, because senators
represent broader constituen... more »
For whom the economy recovers
This isn't new, but it shows income inequality keeps getting progressively
worse every day.
In short, our current obsessed-with-profits philosophy is creating a
country of a few million overlords (shareholders) and 300+ million serfs
(employees).
It is also resulting in employees sharing less of the corporate wealth that
they spend their lives creating than they ever have before.
That's not what has made America a great country. It's also not what most
people think America or other lands of opportunity are supposed to be about.
This is an old chart I've had saved for a few mon... more »
GMO MONKEY BUSINESS
Ignoring the many existing alternatives our indigenous biodiversity and
knowledge offers to address the public health emergency of iron deficiency,
India's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has
signed an agreement with Queensland University (Australia) to provide AUD
$1.4 million (US $1.44 million) and INR80 million (US $1.43 million)
towards the cost of the Indian component to increase the iron content in
banana through genetic engineering.
Dr. Dale of Queensland University who will receive this generosity from our
government, and has already received $15... more »
WASTING YOUR $$$ IN AFGHANISTAN
Top Afghan officials have been on the CIA's payroll for over a decade,
receiving tens of millions of US dollars in cash. Afghan President Hamid
Karzai admitted to receiving the clandestine financial support, but
dismissed the sum as a "small amount."
You'd think the public and Congress would be screaming about this as we see
cutbacks to vital social programs in the US. Politicians get upset about a
few "welfare Queens" but this corruption makes that look like peanuts.
It Wasn't A Happy May Day, Not In Europe-- And Probably Not At Chez Paul Ryan
Except for Seattle, it was a pretty quiet May Day here in the U.S. where
Boehner, Ryan, Miss McConnell and Obama are introducing the devastating
Austerity agenda more gradually than they did in Europe. May Day was marked
by protests by workers across the globe, starting in Asia, with as many as
150,000 demonstrators getting the ball rolling in Jakarta, while smaller
protests sprang up in Seoul, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Manila.
With 80 countries around the world marking May 1 as a public
holiday, Istanbul's Taksim Square was in lockdown on Wednesday, after the
Turkish government ban... more »
Mining 17: Palawan, Samar, Surigao and Mine Tailings
There is one lively exchange on mining in the facebook wall of a friend, JB
Baylon. The original exchanges were made last February 19, 2013. Then the
other day, one of JB's friends, that we will just call Mr. U, made strong
anti-mining comments and called those who posted about mining in Australia
and people wearing precious stones as "morons". It's personal attack of
course, shooting the messenger, not the message.
I am posting the raw, unedited exchanges, except the less substantial
comments. With explicit permission from JB and implicit permission from the
others. To see the raw ... more »
Don't give your Beer Money to ALEC!
The latest bad news came from* **Anheuser-Busch *InBev, the world's largest
brewer, which on Tuesday reported a* 4.1% drop* in sales to U.S. retailers
for the first quarter ending in March. Sales for *MillerCoors* brands,
meanwhile, *dropped 3.3%* in the quarter, parent company SABMiller recently
reported, while Heineken USA sales were down by low-single digits.
*From ALECExposed*
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.[14] Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance and
Economic Development Task Force and ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task
Force[35]
MillerCoors Brewing Company,[15][14] member o... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Indigenous Preparedness'
INDIGENOUS PREPAREDNESS
Posted on May 2, 2013
MNN. May 1, 2013. Theft of our Indigenous resources
is the cause of war. Some of us are standing up to it. All of us
resisting together will end war. A big danger for the bankers is that
the people will come to the Indigenous way and support the protection of
natural resources. In the bankers’ pursuit of world domination the
Top Secret Memo: U.S. Govt Admits UFO Subject is Most Highly Classified in U.S. Rated Higher Than the Hydrogen Bomb
*Citizen Hearing on Disclosure Day 4: U.S. Govt Admits UFO Subject is Most
Highly Classified in US Rated Higher Than the Hydrogen Bomb*
May 2, 2013
This is some of the best testimony I've seen so far. *"UFOs to be "the
most highly classified subject in the United States. Flying saucers exist."
*It doesn't get much more in your face than that! ~BK
Link to Huffington Post article here.
It's international day at the Citizen Hearing On Disclosure (CHD), in
Washington, D.C., in which several individuals, including military
personnel, will present testimony of UFO encounters in ... more »
Two Random Things
Almost a decade ago, I spoke to a group of socialist academics and
activists. I said that if we were to move forward we needed to come up with
something big but nevertheless doable with the political system as we know
it.
I proposed utilizing small-l liberal values about democracy and human
rights to begin campaigning for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing
liberal rights of citizenship (including freedom of speech, assembly) of
workers within their workplaces.
It's rather developed and I've discussed it elsewhere (to no effect!) so
you're free to read about it here or at enm... more »
We’ve been right about this too!
*THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013*
*We’ll grant you, it does no good:* Right from the start, for many years,
we’ve warned you about Maureen Dowd.
Make no mistake! Dowd has been very influential over the past twenty years.
Back in 1992, Katherine Boo warned the world about the insipid trend she
described as “Creeping Dowdism.”
Boo’s detailed warning was ignored. The simpering dumbness Boo denounced
has very much taken hold in the mainstream press. This has been a disaster
for modern pseudo-journalism.
We’ve endlessly warned you about this matter. We’ll grant you, it does no
good.
Public edi... more »
Stephanie Miller avoided the truth!
*THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013*
*This is the way the guild works:* Over at the New York Times, Gail Collins
had been off for three weeks.
This morning, she returned with her first column since April 13. Needless
to say, she wrote her column about “The Luv Guv.”
With three full weeks to dream up a topic, she wrote her column about Mark
Sanford, his fiancée and his wife.
The Times has insulted you in this way for a great many years. This brings
us to a striking segment we saw on CNN.
Not that many people were watching, but a problem was clearly defined. Erin
Burnett teased last night’s seg... more »
FILM / Michael Simmons : How Bob Fass Revolutionized Late-Night Radio
Bob
Fass in the WBAI studios in New York. Photo by, yes, Bob Fass. Photos
courtesy Radio Unnameable.
Radio Unnameable:
Bob Fass revolutionized late-night radio
Fass and 'Cabal' changed history and deserve the credit and Lovelace and
Wolfson have provided the first in-depth cinematic look. It resonates
like an epic tale with the hero emerging as a long-shot survivor.
By Michael Simmons /
Dirty coal wants Navajo water, and reporters are helping the cause
By Brenda Norrell
Power lines on Navajoland take electricity to the Southwest
Censored News
www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
May 2, 2013
The Salt River Project has not signed the Navajo Generating Station lease signed by the Navajo
Nation. SRP wants the Navajo rights to the Little Colorado River water
for the future, and SRP does not want to pay the amounts in the lease to
the Navajo Nation to
Why Democrats Lost the FAA Fight, and What They Should Do Next Time
I have a new column out over at TAP on the FAA fight:
Here’s what Democrats should have done, and should be ready to do next time
that a Republicans object to a specific program cut...Democrats should
collect all of their sequestration complaints: Head Start, Meals on Wheels,
and on and on. Next time Republicans squawk about a terrible spending cut
(maybe to defense contracts?), Senate Democrats should immediately rush a
bill to the floor to satisfy the Republican complaint along with a
similar-sized Democratic objection. And they should satisfy those
complaints, but not by giving a... more »
Iraq’s Protest Movement And Insurgency Split About Response To Hawija Raid
Iraq has been beset by a new wave of violence following the raid upon
protesters in Hawija in Tamim province. On April 23, 2013, security forces
entered the protest camp in the town looking for the assailants who
attacked a checkpoint four days beforehand that left one soldier dead and
three wounded. That resulted in 30 people being killed, and dozens more
wounded. Immediately afterward there were retaliatory attacks across
northern and western Iraq. The Baathist Naqshibandi group took
responsibility for many of these operations. That insurgent movement and
others have been trying... more »
Kristin Moe : Polluted Houston Neighborhood Draws the Line at Tar Sands
Children from the Manchester neighborhood in
Houston with oil refinery smokestack in the background. Photo by Tar
Sands Blockade. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade / YES! Magazine.
Houston's most polluted neighborhood
draws the line at Alberta Tar Sands
East Texas is the belly of the beast: the heart of America’s oil country and the seat of power for the fossil fuels industry.
By Kristin Moe /
Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S. – ‘The Earth will end only when God declares it to be over’
[image: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887.
Graphic: via youarenownearingtheend.blogspot.com]
By Eric W. Dolan
1 May 2013
(The Raw Story) – The United States has failed to take action to mitigate
climate change thanks in part to the large number of religious Americans
who believe the world has a set expiration date.
Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H.
Bearce of the University of Colorado uncovered that belief in the biblical
end-times was a motivating factor behind resistance to curbing climate
change.
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