think stencil art & graffiti cat (Photo credit: urbanartcore.eu)
Age of Consent Demonstration ~ London (Photo credit: Robert Croma)
The above is regarded by historians as the most accurate surviving likeness of Mozart, painted when the composer was 26 years old. It is a section of an unfinished 1782 portrait by Joseph Lange. The splotchy texture of the composer's cheeks, visible in the original painting on display at the Mozart Museum in Salzburg, was verified by Mozart's contemporaries. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Consent? All I wanted was sex, not degree studies in Existentialism. (Photo credit: ImNotMraBut)
Cover of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cover of Leonard Bernstein
Cover of Jim HornCommon Core: The Snickers Bar of Education
Diane Ravitch, not too long ago, wrote a blog post about her stance
regarding the Common Core State Standards, basically suggesting that she
could not support them because of their lack of evidence of effectiveness.
I also don’t support the Common Core for that reason, but I’m not
“agnostic” about them. I have seen more [...]
Sunday Classics preview: The symphonic Mozart dips into the minor
*Leonard Bernstein prepares listeners for listening afresh to Mozart's
Symphony No. 40. (Warning: It's pretty technical.)*
*by Ken*
I had a couple of possible post ideas that started to overlap and scrunch
into each other. I had in mind a post where we would listen to the iconic
first movements of Beethoven's Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, and I was
thinking separately about my curious ambivalence about Mozart's symphonies
with the notable exception of the G minor, No. 40. And it was hard to
escape one thing these three landmark symphonies have in common.
For tonight I thought we'd s... more »
Consent is not vitiated in all circumstances of sexual assault causing bodily harm
*R. v. Zhao,* 2013 ONCA 293 requires subjective intention to cause bodily
harm before consent for assault bodily harm is vitiated. The Court also
considered whether (without deciding) vitiation of consent is limited to
socially valueless conduct – such as consent fights. Consent might be
available as a defence even where bodily harm is intended and caused, as
long as the activity has social value – such as intimate (consensual)
sexual relations. *Zhao* questions older decisions which made consent no
defence in cases involving bondage type sexual activity (see para 79).
Some might ... more »
Channeling the Right-Wing
So, for the continuing entertainment value of left-wing Canucks who long to
see some similar thinking as they browse gloomily through the inter-tubes,
I've decided to try to think like a right-wing voter. Yes, yes. Crude
stereotypes, doesn't do justice to the nuanced worldviews of this
demographic, elitism, blah, blah, blah-fucking-blah.
Anyhooooooo .....
I believe that human life begins at conception. That means women should be
forced to carry pregnancies to term. They can put them up for adoption
afterwards. The stupid sluts. But they'd no doubt want to collect the
welfare. A... more »
Remember when I was at the 92Y Tribeca? Of course you do!
The reader may recall that on April 4th, I was invited by the group BLK
SHP, an innovative collective of entrepreneurs, to participate in their
Voices for Education event at the 92Y Tribeca. I finally received a DVD
copy of the event so I could tear my hair out as I watched myself. I’ve
uploaded [...]
Texas Plan Would Leave Burden of Racist and Classist Tests on the Poor
In an attempt to cool the political heat being felt from middle class
parents across Texas who are fed up with the miseducative state testing
system, state legislators are considering a plan that would allow children
of influential parents to escape the annual ritualized abuse of high stakes
tests. In situations where high test scores [...]
Flying to Chesterfield Inlet
On the way - maybe! - to Rankin and then Yellowknife.
They Can Not Get Their Wars Against Syria Or Iran Going, So They Are Again Trying To Demonize North Korea!
We have all seen over the last week as the US State Department in
Washington has been trying desperately to find Syria guilty of launching
"chemical attacks" on its own citizens... However these criminals are
failing miserably due to the facts that the Syrian government has the full
support of its own citizens in its battle against the so called "Syrian
rebels" ...But the facts have all shown that the "chemical attack" that
happened near Hons in Syria a few months back was actually conducted by
these same murderous "rebels" to have the blame put on the Syrian
government ( a false fl... more »
CoinLab sues Mt Gox for 75 million dollars - various acts / non actions , malfeasance / misfeasance claims for breach of contract to transition Mt Gox's US and Canadian customers to Coinlab's systems appears to be the major cause of action (dollars not bitcoins sought by the way ) , 75 million , which is several times the annual revenue of Mt Gox , would not Mt Gox quite backwards if they lost ! ...
http://coinlab.com/status
Status UpdateMay 2, 2013
I have more news on the Mt. Gox transition. Today, CoinLab regretfully
filed a formal complaint in Federal Court against Mt. Gox.
In the last month, many of you have contacted me directly and asked for
more details on our transition, and I would say (charitably) that I've been
frustratingly vague -- I just haven't been able to talk about it.
I'm going to take this chance to talk about it. I'm not here to complain,
our filing contains an accurate summary of events, but I want to talk about
what I see as most important for Bitcoin ri... more »
Very Important Video By Patrick Willis, AKA Snordster: Money Confiscation Legal? (The Facts Will Shock You!)
One very important subject that I cover here is of course our fragile and
very criminal financial system.... I have long said that our present
financial system is a fraud and has by design been doomed to fail....
Sadly, we are entering a new phase of monetary and financial uncertainty on
this planet where global financial collapse is definitely approaching....
Recently, I and others living in Canada were troubled by the passage of the
newest Canadian Federal Budget for 2013 that was just passed by the very
criminal Conservative Government under the ultra Jewish butt kissing
Stephen ... more »
Worldview Impediments
Excellent video put together by Siegfried. Be sure to check out his new
website *Ragnarok Now*.
Cheating and Lying Blues
Getting down to the roots. This guy is new to me and I didn't want this
song to end. And even if you hate the blues, watch this vid for the old
school dancing.
In crazy times, is it any wonder that the craziness numbers soar sky-high?
*"Weak Constitution": Jon Stewart reviews Fox Noisemakers' post-Boston gang
rape of the defenseless U.S. Constitution*
*As the living-dead Noisemakers wonder, for example, whether dastardly
terrorists should be read their Miranda rights, Jon Stewart is left to
point out: "First of all, not reading someone their Miranda rights doesn't
mean they don't have Miranda rights." (The link again.)*
*by Ken*
I pointed out recently that one unorthodox way of measuring the time I was
out of commission for planned-surgical reasons was by *Nurse Jackie*episodes. The season premiere happened the ni... more »
New Commerce Secretary - Another Disappointment This Week
You have got to read this article at Crooks and Liars AND watch the video.
The truth hurts and this hurts.
After putting a telecom lobbyist up for FCC Chair - Obama has now nominated
Penny Pritzer, as Commerce Secretary
And she is one nasty - pro-corporate, anti-education - 1%er piece of crap.
Oh - I wanna cry. How can we make progress - if the President we elected
is working against us? How? I'm so incredibly tired of being disappointed
again, and again, again. There are one issue Dem voters our there that are
happy - but the big picture - sucks royally!
*Read the article at C... more »
"Fix the Debt" - Promises the 1% Thrive
With so much going on with ALEC – I sometimes miss stuff not related to
ALEC, important stuff.
This morning this caught my eye in a diary on Daily Kos.
From *Daily Kos Diaries*
Why is Leslie Stahl sitting on the Advisory Board of an organization deeply
involved in a contentious political debate? And is her service on that
Advisory Board blessed by "60 Minutes"? Or were Stahl's superiors even
aware of her service? In any case, if "60 Minutes" has any inclination to
adhere to CBS' ethical guidelines, Stahl must be forced to resign from the
board.
Here is the straightforward story.... more »
Steve Greer and Sirius
I have disagreed with much of what Dr. Steven Greer has done over the
years. I suggested that he vet his witnesses with a little more enthusiasm
and have found a few flaws in some of the witness testimony he has
gathered. As a single example, he has an Air Force officer who talks about
seeing a classified document come through the message center that describes
a UFO crash. That is true.
Greer at Podium in Washington, D.C.
The problem? This refers to the Spitsbergen UFO crash. Several messages
were exchanged in the early 1950s by various government agencies. Those
messages have long ... more »
"The Truth was Still Putting on its Shoes", my first article to be published IRL
I haven't had my Diet Wars writing published before, unless you count my
many letters to the editors of The Herald, Listener, and Otago Daily Times,
letters which, I'm pleased to say, do often get published.
This is the first hard copy of an article that wasn't just a response to
some piece of stupidity in the press.
It was commissioned for inclusion in the first edition of the free Café
Reader. This will hopefully be available in every café in New Zealand.
Apart from my polemic, it also contains writing from the finest local
talent. I opened it at random (after checking my piece... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: The Eve of the Fourth
With tomorrow being May 4th, it is only good and proper that we mark the
eve of that most awesome of nerd holidays with this video. I have a serious
case of envy. It would be a heap of fun to do what it takes to join the
501st Legion. I would definitely choose to
Continue reading
US/European Missile Shield cancelled because of Russian Opposition?
*No.* *Non.** Nahi. **Na.** Ne. **Nai**. Nyet.*
No in any other language is still no*. *The so called missile shield was
not cancelled due to Russian opposition* *
*
*
*“*The United States has* effectively cancelled *the final phase of a
Europe-based missile defense system that was fiercely opposed by Russia and
cited repeatedly by the Kremlin as a major obstacle to cooperation on
nuclear arms reductions and other issues"
*Russian officials here have so far declined to comment on the announcement.
*
"Effectively cancelled" what does this actually mean? Well it really means
al... more »
The invisible hand of the market outsourcing
CBC Go Public's Kathy Tomlinson on The Current :
"A single mom, an experienced IT worker, couldn't find work for seven
months. She heard one of the Indian firms had a project going at one of the
banks here so she asked the manager who she knew who was here from India to
hire her to oversee it. He said he'd think about it. Then she says he
called back to say he would give her the job if she would agree to kickback
$8 an hour from her salary to him - a cash commission, he called it. She
took the deal because she says she'd rather pay him to work than not have
the job."
So Canadians ... more »
jeju island and the constitution-free u.s.-canada border: empire and resistance, at home and abroad
I've been hoping to write about this for months, but the right post and
adequate time never seem to arrive at the same time. Rather than put it off
any longer, I'll pretend this is Tumblr or Pinterest or somesuch, and post
it here without additional commentary.
* * * * *
From Save Jeju Now:
The Save Jeju Now website is an up-to-date record of the ongoing nonviolent
struggle to stop the Jeju naval base construction project currently being
forced upon Gangjeong Village, a tiny town located on the southern tip of
Jeju, the Peace Island, in Korea. Since 2007, The South Korean governmen... more »
Harvey Organ and other great articles - Data for the day , news and views for April 30 , 2013 !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/04/gold-refuses-to-buckle-on-attempted.html
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Gold refuses to buckle on attempted raid/In silver 14.86 million oz
standing on first day/ in gold a huge 4.46 tonnes standing/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up $3.80 to $1472.20 (comex closing time). Silver unchanged at
$24.18 (comex closing time).
In the access market at 5 pm gold and silver rose :
gold: $1476.30
silver: $24.35
At the comex, the open interest in silver fell by a healthy 1844 contracts
to 146,310 contracts as we had some short coverin... more »
Social Fractures
“Middle-Aged Suicides Surge” By T. Martin (2013, April 28) The Wall Street
Journal,
[Excerpted] “The number of deaths caused by suicide has risen precipitously
in the past decade, surpassing those caused by car crashes and even some of
the most fatal diseases, according to a government report released Thursday.
…Suicide rates for youth and elderly remain steady. But suicide rates for
working adults were double that of other demographics, with people in their
50s showing the highest numbers…[end]
Majia here: the article goes on to explain that most prevention programs
target you... more »
Very Strange Steam or Smoke at Fukushima Daiichi
Majia's Blog - 6 hours ago
Steam is moving quickly across screen. Tepco time stamp is April 27
approximately 00:43
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What'd YOU Get at the OKC ALEC Protest?????
When I go to a protest - I usually get sunburned or wind burn.
When I go to a conference - I get free candy, a free pen and maybe a tote
bag.
*Looks like ALECers get nicer stuff at their conferences.*
*ALEC members went to the protest*
*and all they got was a*
*lousy Oklahoma Thunder - Jersey*
*How much did that cost?*
*Does this exceed the gift ban exclusion in your state?*
*Who paid for them - A LOBBYIST??????????????? *
*Did the STATE of Oklahoma pay for these? *
*If so - who was forced to go hungry in Oklahoma *
*- so ALEC members could have a jersey? *
(Picture will probably... more »
If you are doubting that your bank would ever steal your account (see preceding post), watch this video. Not only will they do it, they will do it in criminal collusion with U.S. overseers ...and no one will even be indicted.
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http://youtu.be/u9pG7yFTWhQ
*Fed Money Printing is No Longer Working: Karl Denninger Interview *
Greg Hunter
Published on Apr 30, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fusawatchdog.com%2Ffed-money-printing-games-out-of-gas-karl-denninger%2F&session_token=FJrYke-aHSIZZNn2GlxTcEJulLJ8MTM2NzYzMTE3N0AxMzY3NjE2Nzc3
- Karl Denninger of Market-Ticker.org says Fed money printing is no
longer
working, "We're seeing the leading edge of a great deal
of softness, and
this means the Federal Reserve's money games have run out of
gas." A weak... more »
Actually existing songs
Actually existing songs available as sheet music in the British Library:
Ball Tossing
Both Old Men or Young
Fair Cloris in a Pigsty Lay
Fixed in His Everlasting Seat
Galloping Dick
A Handy Little Thing to Have About You
I'll Place it in the Hands of My Solicitor
I'm a Very Potent Queen
I Smote Him on the Boko with My Whangee
A Lap Full of Nuts
A Large Cold Bottle and a Small Hot Bird
Miniwanka
Open Thy Lattice Darling
Say Mama, If He Pops Shall I Send Him to You?
They've All Got Sticky Backs
You Do Keep Popping In and Out
HOLY MASS AT DESTRUCTION GATE
Latest news from Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea from
Sung-Hee Choi (site of Navy base construction project that would port US
nuclear subs, aircraft carriers, and Aegis destroyers outfitted with
"missile defense" interceptor missiles).
“Policemen, if you move this altar, one billion Catholic followers all over
the world will watch over you.” The young Father from Jeju finished ALL the
orders of the Catholic mass despite the repeated remarks by Koo Seul-Hwan,
security director, who was embarrassed but continued to threaten him that
it is an obstruction of business. ... more »
How Does A Republican Know If He's Gay Or Not?
Let's take the best known Republican closet cases in Congress-- your
Lindsey Grahams and Aaron Schocks-- out of the equation for a moment and
look at the Ryan and Ryan Op-Ed in Last Sunday's *NY Times*, Homophobic?
Maybe You're Gay without that crutch. Ryan and Ryan start with a simple
question millions of Americans have asked themselves for years: "Why are
political and religious figures who campaign against gay rights so often
implicated in sexual encounters with same-sex partners?" This is something
that haunts the hate-filled far right of American politics for decades. The
lou... more »
Iraq’s Communist Party Celebrates May Day 2013
Iraq’s Communist Party used to be one of the largest and most powerful in
the country. Under the Baath it was mercilessly hunted down with much of
its leadership assassinated. Since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein it has
struggled mightily to rebuild itself. As part of that effort for the last
several years it has held marches on May Day throughout Iraq. These are
pictures of the Communist Party celebrating the event in Baghdad’s Firdos
Square, May 1, 2013.
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12 fotos nuevas de rosas de colores (Día de las Madres)
Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com
Oh why can't we have leaderly leadership
Jon Favreau is tired of hearing the whinging about why won't Obama lead the
pack of GOP lunatics to sanity. Worth a read in full but here's the most
important point that our insidery inside media doesn't seem to ever get to:
Today, a minority of senators can kill bipartisan legislation that is
supported by a majority of their colleagues. And they frequently do. In the
House, the speaker alone can kill bipartisan legislation that is supported
by a majority of his colleagues. And he frequently does.
They do this not by changing minds with persuasion, but by blocking it with
arcane pr... more »
El Pendejo Is Making Texas Look Even More Foolish With Demand For Apology
By Manifesto Joe
Gov. Rick "El Pendejo" Perry has already done plenty in his 63 years on
this planet to make Texas, and Texans, look foolish. His absent-minded,
tongue-tied participation in the 2012 GOP presidential race was
embarrassing enough.
Now he's demanding an apology from the *Sacramento Bee* for a Jack Ohman
political cartoon. Ohman's cartoon was something like this: In one panel,
Perry is shown standing at a podium, next to signs proclaiming low
regulations and low taxes, saying something like, "Business in Texas is
booming." The next panel, on the right, depicts the dead... more »
Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede
Related:
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*.
Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine
Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California.
Pg. 179.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede *
Why do you sleep, son of the mountains, so crookedly,
Ill-tempered, and freeze on the bare banks?
Too patient, don't you think of grace when
Even the gods are thirsty at the table?
Don't you recognize your fa... more »
Santee Sacred Water Protection Teach In May 7, 2013
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Check Out Solar Impulse, Live, Online
Think of it as an aerial solar panel. The aircraft, Solar Impulse, is now
winging its way across the United States. It's currently on the San
Fransisco to Phoenix leg of the trip. You can watch it live at
live.solarimpulse.com
Right now it's at 15,900 feet with an airspeed of 26 knots that translates,
with tail wind, to 42 knots groundspeed. Onboard batteries enable Solar
Impulse to fly at night but the lightweight airframe is fragile and heavy
weather must be avoided.
Your Absolute Value - "Spend Like a Boss"
This is a place of knowing. You have come from a place of wishing it was
true, to a place of hoping it could be true, to knowing it is true. You
are the value. The value is not held in the 5, 6 or 10 billion. The value
is you.
The whole notion of cash was a set-up. A brilliant device used to enslave
and de-value you. It is no wonder the beings who devised this plan were
referred to as “gods”. With the creation of ownership, the game was on. It
is an old game, as evidenced by discoveries of hoards of ancient priceless
artifacts along with stories of servants and royal... more »
Christy Clark Liberals, Out Of Gas(updated)
Time to put an end to the polling spin zone...
2005 election results, vote percentages..
BC Liberals.....45.8%
BC NDP...........41.5%
2009 election results, vote percentages..
BC Liberals....45.82%
BC NDP..........42.15%
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Inside the latest numbers, The latest Angus Reid poll has the NDP at
41%...BC Liberals at 34%...
The NDP won`t slide any further, and personally I don`t believe they are
below 45%...As you can see from the last two general elections the BC NDP
base is 42%...Are we to believe with all the scandals under the BC Liberals
that the NDP hasn`t... more »
World Meteorological Organization confirms 2012 was ninth warmest year on record – ‘The sustained warming of the lower atmosphere is a worrisome sign’
[image: Global ranked surface temperatures for the warmest 50 years, ending
in 2012. Inset shows global ranked surface temperatures from 1850. The size
of the bars indicates the 95 per cent confidence limits associated with
each year. Values are simple area-weighted averages for the whole year.
Graphic: WMO]
GENEVA, 2 May 2013 (WMO) The World Meteorological Organization’s *Statement
on the Status of the Global Climate* says that 2012 joined the ten previous
years as one of the warmest — at ninth place — on record despite the
cooling influence of a La Niña episode early in the year... more »
My appearance on "The Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann
Here is a link for my appearance on Thom Hartmann last night.
One of the things brought up was a new study by the Institute for Policy
Studies and Campaign for America's Future showing that the CEOs behind "Fix
the Debt" have benefited from tax breaks for executive compensation to the
tune of about $1 billion in 2009-11, for just those companies. This tax
break lets companies count pay using stock options -- which doesn't cost
the companies anything -- as if it were cash pay and thus deduct it against
corporate income. According to Citizens for Tax Justice (via Common Dreamsand Huffi... more »
The Future of Luxury Cars = Hybrid Hydogen
I just learned today that Aston Martin is building a *hybrid
hydrogen-gasoline luxury car*.
They've even been testing it on the Nürburgring test track in Germany, as
shown in the photo on the right.
When it will actually be available is anyone's guess, but I can pretty much
guarantee the first hybrid-hydrogen cars will be luxury models aimed at the
population's upper crust.
In America owning a hybrid car is a status symbol.
It is something Americans buy so that they can have the bragging rights.
They don't really care about whether they are saving the environment, they
just want t... more »
"Radioactive"
I believe we are living in dark times if we mean by 'light' the successful
evolution of humanity.
It is true we have always faced existential threats to our existence.
We struggled to survive at all 'in the garden' through most of our
existence.
We left 'the garden' using our tools.
One of our most innovative tools - writing - documents that human
populations have been plagued by greed and corruption across all of our re
corded civilizations.
Our failings have been well documented in the world's religious texts.
Although we are also altruistic, loving, and appreciative, we allow... more »
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
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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: 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) Since long before the Charter, Canadian
criminal... 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 ...
**
[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.*
*
**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 »
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