Where Are You?! (Photo credit: Shahrashoob)
English: Inauguration of the United States embassy in Juba, South Sudan, July 9, 2011. Left to right: Johnnie Carson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs; Ret. General Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State; Susan R. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and U.S. Ambassador R. Barrie Walkley. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Susan E. Rice (middle) at the USCIRF hearings (November 27, 2001). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)In Iranian Town, Recycled Stones Make For Groundbreaking Architecture
(Photo
Credit: Omid Khodapanahi / AbCT)
The ancient town of Mahallat in central Iran, located roughly halfway
between Tehran and Esfahan, boasts Hellenistic ruins from the time of
Alexander the Great, Zoroastrian fire temples, castles, caravansaries,
lush gardens, mountain caves, and curative and therapeutic hot springs.
It’s also home to one of the most modern, innovative, sustainable,
The hopelessness never ends at Salon!
*FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013*
*Susan Rice and the lemonade sale:* Can we talk? Our career liberal just
isn’t real sharp. This afternoon at Salon, Alex Seitz-Wald offers this:
SEITZ-WALD (5/10/13): Critics have always been right that Ambassador Susan
Rice’s talking points were wrong; *rather than the attack being caused by a
spontaneous protest, as she claimed on several Sunday morning talk shows
after the attack, it was a terrorist plot.* But the fundamental question
was whether the administration knew it was a terror attack and
intentionally lied when it blamed the death of Ambassador Chr... more »
What Has Happened to Germaine Greer?
From the dawning of the popular press through to social media, the
opportunities for the great and the good to out themselves as toe-curling
cretins has progressively multiplied over time. And when the occasion
availed itself to Germaine Greer on last night's *Question Time*, she not
only made herself look like an idiot, she went some way to burying her
reputation as some kind of feminist.
Picture the scene. A question on whether those accused of rape should have
the right to anonymity until after a conviction has been made is responded
to by ex-Tory MP Jerry Hayes. He argued "yes"... more »
Does Michael Gerson know how to read?
*FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013*
*How about Stephen Hayes:* Does Michael Gerson know how to read? How *well*does the gentleman read?
We constantly ask such questions about the nation’s fourth-graders. How
about major conservatives like Gerson and Stephen Hayes?
We ask in part because we read Gerson’s column in today’s Washington Post. Early
on, he quotes something Susan Rice said last September 16:
GERSON (5/10/13): After the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks that killed
four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, the facts were
initially clear. The fog was a later addition.
... more »
Jung Platform presents Michael Meade 'The Light Inside Dark Times: Tales of Healing and Change'
*Title: Jung Platform presents Michael Meade 'The Light Inside Dark Times:
Tales of Healing and Change.' YouTube Video Description - [Channel:
jungplatform. Uploaded on October 18, 2011]:*
The Light Inside Dark Times - Tales of Healing and Change
Whether it be the fear of financial crisis or the uncertainties of climate
change, the world has a more fearful and uncertain place. Yet, soul often
awakens in the darkest hours as something deeper and wiser stirs within us.
The soul is the light hidden inside the dark that secretly holds things
together within each of us and within the ... more »
Want 15 Minutes of Anti-GunNut Fame?
Have to tell you the truth - I don't really spend much time over at Daily
Kos.
I browse through there hovering over the links for the diaries and then
reading the first line of the diary - sometimes I read the whole diary ,
most times I don't (couple of people I read most of their stuff) .
(Definitely don't read the comments - the constant bickering about
grammatical syntax and endless threads about semantic differences, is
tedious to me.)
Anyway.
Today this was posted - and yes, I stole the whole entry, without
permission - no sense making you track back.
(I know 999 and they are... more »
Was Syria "Nuked"? Evidence Now Seems Overwhelmingly... YES!!!!!
In the last report I placed here in this blog yesterday, I linked some
damning evidence presented by none other than Jim Stone that showed clearly
that Israel's "aerial bombing" of targets in and around Damascus, Syria a
few days ago were actually a nuclear attack... Most probably using several
small tactical nuclear weapons.... Many people to my chagrin do not agree
with this conjecture, and I do feel that it is time for a follow up
report...
Therefore, I want to present the following most interesting report from the
Press Tv website, at www.presstv.ir, that brings forward some da... more »
Atmospheric carbon dioxide rises to 400 parts per million for the first time in human history – ‘We are creating a prehistoric climate in which human societies face huge and potentially catastrophic risks’
[image: Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration at Mauna Loa Observatory,
1958-2013. This is also known as the 'Keeling Curve'. Concentrations of the
greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere crossed 400 parts
per million (ppm) for the first time in human history on 10 May 2013.
Graphic: keelingcurve.ucsd.edu]
By Kerry Sheridan
10 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has broken
above 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, US
monitors announced Friday, indicating a record level for greenhouse gases.
Climate scientist... more »
Terrafugia's TF-X flying car - it'll never get off the ground - licensing restrictions
what's the ONLY PROBLEM with Terrafugia's TF-X - flying car?
Well, that's nowhere near the truth of the matter, "What's the REAL problem
with Terrafugia's TF-X flying car?"
Military air space and flight licenses.
This issue comes up every time one tries to discuss any manual or 'automated
personal transportation device' into the air on this legislation-crippled
cunt of a planet, LICENSES: someone on some show (might have been Top Gear)
once calculated that you'd need about one-three THIRTEEN forms of
vehicle/driving license to get any car-plane hybrid into the air. Then
there's the... more »
Brian Kelly's Blog: Citizen Hearing on Disclosure: Reverberations. WOW!
*Citizen Hearing on Disclosure: Reverberations. WOW!*
May 10, 2013
Found this awesome article on Exopermaculture.
First, a growing list of media exposure. Haven’t read through it; who
knows, much, or even most of it might still feature “the ridicule factor.”
But people are stripping off their sheeple suits so fast that I doubt this
way of controlling minds will last much longer.
Second, a press release announcing what’s next: bringing the UFO issue
before the UN.
Long List of Media Coverage regarding the 2013 Citizen Hearing and UFO
Disclosure!
May 9, 2013
by ryanc... more »
Look what showed up in my backyard!
Seems the Peacock is my totem of the week!
invitation to be spirit hacked - part three - available to work off-world
reply here ... if you're keenDear spirit-world, parallel-world or off-world
entities,
I'm very keen on changing my whole outlook on the universe but (thus far)
I've had no proof that anything other than 'this prison planet' exists.
Would you be so kind as to fix it for me to have a job with one of your
off-world offices and maybe I can bring the 'spirit of the universe back
with me' to spread to my fellow man and live the remaining years in
happiness that there's 'something better' to look forward to with an
enlightened, educated and aware race of beings as I'm convinced we can
bec... more »
Volkswagen's Too Cool Autostadt
If you live in certain parts of Europe, you can get a Volkswagen directly
from the factory. Your car is built to order and then stored in one of
these 60 metre/200 feet silos where it awaits your arrival to take
delivery. Among other things you get your car with "zero" on the odometer.
There are two of these silos at the VW car store or Autostadt near the
factory in Wolfsburg. This video shows how the lift fetches a new car for
a waiting customer.
Mohawk Nation News: Pimp 'Canada'
PIMP “CANADA”
Posted on May 10, 2013
MNN. May 9, 2013. A beautiful Indigenous 15 year old
girl did not realize for a long time she was being followed by a
60-year old man. One day she realized he was frequently on the same
buses and coffee shops watching her. She contacted her mother, took a
picture and reported him to the police.
@HuffingtonPost Rhee is now a “so-called” corporate reformer.
Here is the perfect example of HuffPost cheerleading for “so-called”
corporate reform. In an article concerning Michelle Rhee and the
possibility of Student’s First shoddy record, Joy Resmovits said, Which is
to say that much criticism of Rhee, the most visible member of the
so-called education reform movement, has been based on ideology. In
Washington, […]
Extremely Unusual Object and Event Videotaped at High Altitude
**
First, this effect can not be emulated by anything we have that flies. It
also seems that we will have a fight on our hands it we want to pretend it
was photo shopped. Way more important is the obvious angular size of this
object. It is big if not huge. Yet when it deliberately breaks up, we see
components and it is apparent that the travel of the object is not towards
us at all but it is close because the separation is quick.
This I am sure will join a list of unanswered questions such as the
obvious rectangular sunken space port on Mercury I made note of earlier
this y... more »
Coming Soon to Canada, "Fortress B.C."
The CBC's Stephen Smart sees rough waters and rocky shoals ahead for
Ottawa-B.C. relations after Tuesday's provincial elections.
Perhaps for the first time in his reign our eastern ruler may be confronted
by a province spoiling for a fight.
*Most of the past dozen or so years can be seen as the golden era in B.C.’s
relationship with the rest of the federation. *
***Former premier Gordon Campbell went to exhaustive lengths to maintain
good relations with other provinces, especially Western provinces, and also
with the federal government.*
*...But that was then, this is now. That go... more »
Why we should work hard to raise the CO2 concentration
Many texts about the climate and related issues are highly, boringly
repetitive. I believe that a typical person who regularly follows the
research and debate about similar issues has heard 99% of the things that
are written about the climate change or carbon dioxide etc. Even the
research that claims to be new is often just rehashing some memes that have
been around – and we usually have very good reasons to suspect that the
results of the research were decided before the research was performed.
But there are some good exceptions. Two days ago, ex-moonwalker Harrison
Schmitt and ... more »
The Highest Paid public employees by state.
There’s a pattern here. See if you can figure it out. Filed under: CHALK
FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: deadspin, public employees,
salaries, sports
A Friday Night Rule 5 Music Video - Definitely NSFW
This video by Robin Thicke ft. T.I., Pharrell for 'Blurred Lines' has been
receiving quite a lot of admiring looks, and you can see why.
So how about a look at the alternative uncensored (for which you can read
topless) version?
OK but only because you've been very good this week...
Aren't I good to you?
2016 Cycle Has Begun
Republicans are counting on incredibly bad leadership at the DCCC and the
DSCC to work magic for the GOP in 2014. Steve Israel has shown himself
either uninterested or incapable of winning and Michael Bennet seems
determined to take Patty Murray's incredible work that led to a
breathtaking string of unlikely victories in 2012 and turning them into a
smoldering ruin in 2014. Despite record contempt for Congress by American
voters and a recognition that Republican economic sabotage is undermining
everyone's financial well-being, the Republicans are likely to win back the
Senate and... more »
Friday Anti-Nerd Blogging: Matthew Kroenig Meme
Things have been getting too nerdy here on the Duck. And what is less nerdy
than a hot guy? I give you Matt Kroenig of Georgetown University
Those who disbelieve conspiracy theories are doomed to be victims of massive global conspiracies regarded by our complicit government to be too big to jail: The latest stunning evidence is reported here.
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Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever
The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year
reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks
can't fix
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Read more: Go here. Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on
Facebook
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Illustration by Victor Juhasz
By MATT TAIBBI
April 25, 2013 1:00 PM ET
Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the
Rothschilds and ... more »
Too Stupid for Satire?
Is political satire too risky for American consumption? Luke O'Neil argues
in *The New Republic* that fake news has to go.
*Did you hear the one about the racist NRA president? You probably did if
you've been on Facebook or Twitter in the last forty-eight hours. A widely
shared article from the website the Free Wood Post headlined, “NRA
President Jim Porter: ‘It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before We Can Own Colored
People Again,’” has been making the rounds (44,490 shares and 66,000 likes
on Facebook), and rightfully so. It's an inflammatory, attention-grabbing
hook that plays right ... more »
Creating the Conditions for War
Majia here: War can be fought using weapons or currency. War can also be
fought electronically. Electronic war may seem too futuristic and esoteric
to have significant 'real world' consequences when in fact broad-scale
electrical outages caused by cyber-attacks could destroy humanity within a
short time period.
Nuclear power plants are particularly vulnerable to electrical disruptions.
In this video, nuclear engineers Mr Arnie Gunderson and David Lochbaum
discuss how vulnerable nuclear power plants are to electrical disruptions.
Their analysis even addresses the many vulnerabilit... more »
OLIGARCHY FEARS THE PUBLIC
Attorney and author Glenn Greenwald confessed Wednesday that he thinks
America’s oligarchs appear to be mostly focused right now on consolidating
surveillance and military might without regard for discontent across
society, risking major civil unrest.
See more *here *
No Warts, No Boils - Yet
No boils. Not a wart to be seen.
I was a little worried about what I might discover when I looked at myself
in the bathroom mirror this morning. Yesterday I voted NDP for the first
time ever. For this guy.
Now, in fairness, I didn't have a lot of choice. The B.C. Greens were not
running a candidate in my riding. But still, the NDP and, to top it off,
I had to vote in a church hall, fundamentalist at that!
I didn't really have a lot of choice, none at all in fact. Even if the NDP
seem a bit wobbly, the alternative party is steeped in dishonesty, deceit
and corruption. ... more »
Video: Timelapse satellite views of human destruction of the biosphere over three decades
By Jeffrey Kluger
(TIME) – Spacecraft and telescopes are not built by people interested in
what’s going on at home. Rockets fly in one direction: up. Telescopes point
in one direction: out. Of all the cosmic bodies studied in the long history
of astronomy and space travel, the one that got the least attention was the
one that ought to matter most to us—Earth.
That changed when NASA created the Landsat program, a series of satellites
that would perpetually orbit our planet, looking not out but down.
Surveillance spacecraft had done that before, of course, but they paid
attention ... more »
Christopher Cuomo keeps getting trashed!
*FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013*
*In our view, he richly deserves it:* Tuesday evening, we were desperate to
escape the mawkish coverage of the crimes in Cleveland. When Anderson
Cooper threw to Christopher Cuomo, we decided to accept this escape.
Cuomo was doing a special interview program with Amanda Knox. We had never
followed that case. We decided to watch.
We expected to watch one segment. Cuomo’s performance was so appalling that
we ended up watching the entire program—and it turned out to be 90 minutes
long!
We’re glad to see that Cuomo has been getting roasted for his appalling
beh... more »
Hearsay admissible in Child Welfare matters only if a traditional exception or principled approach applies
Nunavut (Director of Child and Family Services) v. S.Q. and L.K., 2013 NUCJ
05, released a few moments ago holds that the hearsay rule applies to child
welfare cases in Nunavut. While relying on local legislation the case - a
Superior Court level - is telling in that it suggests even when admissible
some hearsay evidence has next to no weight.
The Cost of Wind Part I
I have said on numerous occasions that the inspiration for "Nuclear Green"
came from David Roberts on Grist. Roberts maintained that the cost of
nuclear energy was significantly higher than the cost of renewable energy.
I decided to test Roberts' claim by investigating the cost of wind energy.
I wanted to find a means of estimating the cost of a one million mega watt
(Mgw) wind generator and compare that to the cost of one million Mgw of
nuclear generation capacity. In fact, units of one billion watts are
probably easier to calculate and determine than the one million unit, but
the ... more »
Probability and Statistics
So Southern Man is hanging with some church-singles friends and a game of
Yahtzee broke out. Yeah, we're wild and crazy like that. Southern Man's
first five plays were:
- Large Straight (one roll)
- Small Straight (one roll)
- Full House (one roll)
- Yahtzee in 6s (two rolls)
- Yahtzee in 5s (three rolls)
That's 195 points in only eight rolls. What are the chances of that ever
happening again?
THE WORLD'S WORST POLICE FARCE
*On 10 May 2013, a report by the West Yorkshire Police states that there
was no police cover-up of the sex crimes of Sir Jimmy Savile. (Photo: *Pigs
Of The Police State)
In most countries, it is the police, and the military, who organise the
pedophile rings for the top people.
Over a period of 20 years, a vast number of people reported to the police
that they were sexually abused by Sir Jimmy Savile.
The police took no action to arrest Savile.
www.dailymail.
*Savile was a regular visitor to the child-abuse-island of Jersey, where
children were reportedly tortured and murdered by... more »
"Untermensch" Enters the American Right's Political Dialogue
*The Heritage Institute* - neo-conservative America's premier think
tank
- is warning Americans that Hispanics are way too intellectually
inferiorto be accorded U.S. citizenship. In High German I think the
word is
*untermensch*.
*Earlier this week, the Heritage Foundation released a new report, “The
Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer,”
that
confounded nearly everyone who read it. Using some preposterous
methodology,
its two authors, Jason Richwine and Robert Rector, concluded that
providing
undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship woul... more »
Capitol Caching
With duties at the soon-to-be-former job completed for the day Southern Man
had several hours to kill before his evening class so he wandered up the
road to the State Capitol (which he'd not visited for many years) to see
the sites and do a little geocaching.
Capitol exterior. There is a geocache inside the building, tucked away in a
corner of the library.
The State Seal.
Under The Dome.
The Guardian.
The nearby Battleship *Oklahoma* memorial, which pretty much gives away the
identity of Southern State for any reader that hasn't yet figured it out.
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.10.13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.10.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Israel bombed Syria at the beginning of the week, and it has huge
possible consequences to the U.S., Middle East and the world. The Israelis
reportedly attacked multiple sites in Syria. Part of the raid was meant to
destroy Iranian rockets that could strike just about anywhere in Israel.
At least 100 Syrian soldiers were killed. These scud rockets are a fourth
generation missile that are precision guided, carry a 1,000 pound payload
and have a range of 185 miles. The Israelis are afraid of these rockets
falling ... more »
What Must Prince Charles Think of Canada's Prince of Darkness?
If there's one bunch of Canadians who adore the monarchy it has to be
Conservatives. That's why it was no end of fun to see the Royal next in
line for the throne set fire to the coat tails of the climate change
"forces of darkness" which has to include our own Steve Harper and his
minions.
*Hosting a two-day conference for forest scientists at St James's Palace in
London, Prince Charles – who is taking over from the Queen at this year's
meeting of the Commonwealth in Sri Lanka – savagely satirised those who
stand in the way of swift action on the climate.*
*He characterised them ... more »
THE LOATHING WARS: Krystal Ball dislikes the Roma!
*FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013*
*Prelude—Fox culture spreads:* Lawrence O’Donnell was off to a very good
start last night.
In his first segment, he interviewed Senator Manchin about the way
background checks are viewed. (We’ll grant you, Lawrence glossed the major
limitations in the Manchin-Toomey proposal.)
In his second segment, he interviewed Senator Gillbrand about sexual
assaults in the military.
Each of these segments was sane and on-point. “Why can’t Lawrence *always*be like this?” one of the analysts asked.
At this point, Lawrence began his third segment. Rather quickly, we saw t... more »
FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
*Catholic Father Moon is carried away from the tent area while playing
accordion**Mayor Kang from Gangjeong village trying to defend the tents
across from Navy base construction gate*
*Village protest chairman Go Gwon Il chained to top of tent*
*Village protest cook Uncle Jonghwan*
Gangjeong villagers last night were removed while protecting tents they had
long used just across the road from the Navy base construction gate on Jeju
Island, South Korea. The government appears to be continuing with its
fierce crackdown since the election of the new president Park Geun-hye, the
daughte... more »
Compound in Broccoli Found to Suppress Tumor Growth, Halt Cancer in its Tracks by Elizabeth Renter
Compound in Broccoli Found to Suppress Tumor Growth, Halt Cancer in its
Tracks
by Elizabeth Renter
Natural Society, 10 May 2013
Too many followers of the Standard American Diet (SAD) believe that diet
only affects things like weight, diabetes and heart disease. The connection
between diet and things like cancer or Alzheimer’s still hasn’t sunk in.
So, when new research shows just how *deadly diseases like cancer can be
prevented with simple foods like broccoli*, we have to do our part to get
the word out.
Sulforaphane Compound Found to Suppress Tumor Growth, Halt Cancer…AgainAl... more »
Flood alarms threatened by U.S. budget cuts – ‘Without these observations, our forecast and warning operations will be impaired, reduced, or discontinued on a location-by-location basis’
[image: A car is stalled after trying to cross a flooded bridge over Saline
Creek in Perry County, Missouri, on Sunday, 17 March 2013. Photo: Perry
Sheriff / AP]
By Jennifer Liberto
10 May 2013
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) – The U.S. flood alarm system is about to get smaller.
On May 1, the U.S. Geological Survey began turning off some 150 stream
gauges that monitor water levels on the nation's rivers and streams, thanks
to the federal spending cuts, also known as sequester.
It's a one-two punch for the flood monitoring system -- the agency could be
turning off another 200 gauges becau... more »
Internecine fight over climate change looms for U.S. Republicans – ‘There is a divide within the party. The position that climate change is a hoax is untenable.’
[image: Clarion call? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tours the devastation
in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Science, storms, and demographics are
starting to change minds among the Republican rank and file. Photo: Mel
Evans / AP]
By Coral Davenport
9 May 2013
(National Journal) – Kerry Emanuel registered as a Republican as soon he
turned 18, in 1973. The aspiring scientist was turned off by what he saw as
the Left’s blind ideology. “I had friends who denied Pol Pot was killing
people in Cambodia,” he says. “I reacted very badly to the triumph of
ideology over reason.”
Back then,... more »
Chronic Back Pain Cured?
This one is a stunner. Better, if we know forty percent of cases are
because of this infection, it is already likely that the problem will be
even larger. This compares to the ulcer discovery three decades.
Chronic Back Pain is infection driven and thus curable.
The additional warning here is that joint injuries can create an infection
site that produces pain. How about arthritis? What if chronic pain is
generally driven by this easily inserted bacteria?
So it is not only about back pain but also about joint pain itself Thay
shoe has not obviously dropped yet, but th... more »
Esoteric Knowledge is Reawakening
This is a helpful piece that sketches the outlines of esoteric knowledge.
The good news is that the white knowledge is reentering the world and will
inform our future in an accelerating mode because of the effectiveness of
the internet.
Tactically the christian world is reforming and is coming fully
evangelical while the core teachings themselves are now becoming properly
understood. True errors and omissions are readily corrected and that is
actually well underway. It is already beyond been stopped or defeated and
it is only now a matter of rethinking governance using t... more »
Pineal Gland Exercise
This is an extraordinary piece, particularly if you have practiced some
meditation techniques. It has been become apparent that the pineal gland is
central to all aspects of meditation and other related phenomena. Thus ca
method that targets it directly is well worth testing.
If you try this, I would enjoy receiving reports from you to attempt to
determine rough real world response levels that I can share with other
readers.
*Open Your Third Eye and Awaken Your Pineal Gland With These Simple
Exercises*
*Editor’s Note: This is an interesting method for awakening the ... more »
Untethered Biopsy Microtool Tested
This is a neat solution and joins others in the developing field of non
invasive surgery.
It also sounds like it can be fed in with effectively a needle already put
in place and then recovered in the same way long before it is necessary to
withdraw the needle.
I do not think that this can quite go much beyond this application but
then we can be surprised. Just doing great biopsies is a great start and
the healing here would be swift.
*Johns Hopkins Team Deploys Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in
First Animal Biopsies*
*
by Staff Writers*
*
Baltimore... more »
Qatar proposes condemnation of Syria at UN General Assembly
There will likely be updates to this post. Just wanted to get this story
up, because it didn't seem to get much coverage
*The media is calling it 'arab backed' however it looks as if Qatar was the
instigator..*
On their own? Or at the behest of another player?
The draft resolution, circulated by Qatar and obtained by The Associated
Press, would promote the road map for a Syrian transition adopted at a
meeting on June 30, 2012 in Geneva by key nations including the five
veto-wielding council powers — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France.
It calls for a political process that ... more »
Are ALEC "Ag-Gag" Bills Unconstitutional???
Good question!
Why hasn’t this come up before?????
*Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper calls 'ag gag'bill
'constitutionally suspect'*
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper says a so-called "ag
gag" bill passed by state lawmakers is "constitutionally suspect" under the
U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
The 10-page legal opinion, released Thursday, comes as Gov. Bill Haslam
continues to wrestle over whether he will sign the bill, veto it or allow
it to become law without his signature.
In the opinion, requested by Rep. Mike Stewart, D-Nashville, Cooper said ... more »
March for Lies A Bust
I'm calling it. March for Lies was a huge bust. Look at all the weaselling.
LifeShite:
Up to 25,000 pro-lifers packed Parliament Hill today under threats of
thunderstorms. The bad weather, however, held out, providing sunny
conditions for the 16th National March for Life.
This year was another record-breaking year for the federal parliament's
largest annual rally. Organizers estimated the crowd at likely near 25,000
given the evident substantial increase in numbers over last year, when the
count was 19,500.
Because, you know, every year *must* be bigger than the year before. And
1... more »
Untitled
*Saints sign 4, including top pick Kenny Vaccaro ~Sheldon Mickels*
*Self-defense classes in N.O. see increase in students ~WDSU*
*14 people face charges linked to OPP inmate videos ~WVUE*
*Most charged with looting during Isaac yet to face trial ~Mike Pearlstein *
*Eyesore will be transformed into a culinary model for rest of country ~Meg
Farris * *Antoine's is her family legacy, but is she ready? ~Molly
Hennessy-Fiske* *Tiny festival keeps Louisiana boat building alive ~Daily
Comet**
*
Friday Morning Linkage
More on the question of Red Lines. I asked so what? John Mueller wants
them erased. Malfrid Braut-Hegghammar wants them enforced. Must read from
Dexter Filkins on Obama administration’s thinking on Syria . Tom Ricks sees
some wisdom in the lessons from Iraq on Syria. Steve Walt applauds the
administration’s buck passing. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Continue reading
Republicans Handed The DCCC An Attack Against Overtime On A Silver Platter... Will Steve Israel Screw Up The Politics?
Ros-Lehtinen (l), sitting in a blue district, had no fear of voting to end
overtime pay because she knows Wasserman Schultz (r) will rescue her career
once again
Wednesday Cantor and Boehner finally managed to pass a bill to kill
overtime pay for workers, something Republicans have been trying to do
since the Fair Labor Standards Act first passed in 1938. (Conservatives had
kept it off the books from 1932-1938 after it was written by champion of
working families, Senator Hugo Black of Alabama.) This week, Carol
Shea-Porter (D-NH) tried to ameliorate the impact of the Republican bill ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Martha Quin, 54.
The good stuff:
1. Elspeth Reeve on generations nonsense.
2. A timeline on jumping into Senate races, from Shira Toeplitz. Useful!
3. Seth Masket, Robert Duffy and David Brown on funding political science.
4. And Boehner and his conference, from Brian Beutler.
War Watch - Afghanistan , Pakistan , Syria in focus....
Karzai shocks US - again !
Karzai: US Can Keep Nine Bases in AfghanistanUS Dismisses Comments as
'Premature'
by Jason Ditz, May 09, 2013
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While officials have tried to mostly keep last year’s agreement to keep US
troops in the nation through 2024 out of headlines, Afghan President Hamid
Karzai brought considerable attention to the long-term US occupation today
by announcing that they will be keeping nine bases across Afghanistan.
Karzai said that “very serious and delicate negotiations” are ongoing about
the particulars, but that the nine bases would be given t... more »
Big Steve Is Watching You
One wonders if the Harper caucus has any backbone at all. We know that Big
Steve has spent taxpayer money keeping an eye on his own MPs:
Opposition parties accused Stephen Harper’s government of spying on its own
MPs and being poor money managers Thursday after The Huffington Post Canada
revealed Conservatives had spent $23 million on media monitoring in two
years — including millions to track their own backbench MPs.
It sounds like life in the House of Harper doesn't breed much trust. Father
knows best:
NDP MP Charlie Angus told reporters the Tories are probably keeping tabs on... more »
MN AFL-CIO Retired - Exposes ALEC
Never know what you are going to find. This is a pretty good video.
This is a two part video.
Watch or just listen (that's what I do).
It's a really good overview.
*This was taped last year. - fourteen minutes*
"This is not something that they are advancing for the common interest."
"Common" interests is absolutely not something the extremist,
pro-corporate, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council is
concerned with.
*Part II - this one abruptly quits at 8 minutes - but they are a really
important eight minutes to listen to.*
Maybe - MAYBE if we are luck - the MN AF... more »
German Central Bank Chief slams France , G-7 Special Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bankers amid massive swing down in the yen and budding currency wars , QE around the world and note Ben Bernanke not present at the G- 7 meetings although other Central Bankers will be there !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-10/weidmann-slams-french-savings-widening-franco-german-divide
Weidmann Slams French 'Savings' - Widening Franco-German Divide
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/10/2013 08:01 -0400
- Budget Deficit
- France
- Germany
- headlines
While German finance minister Schaeuble 'blessed' the French two-year
grace-period for 'missing the deficit targets', adding that "he trusts
France.. and is aware of its duties and responsibilities," it is his fellow
countryman that is making headlines.
Though the pains t... more »
The “New” Discrimination: Retaliation Based on Health Care Rights
*Guest post by Ryan Price, Associate Attorney, Donna M. Ballman, P.A.,
Employee Advocacy Attorneys *
If you don’t already know, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), a/k/a Obama
Care, does not take effect all at once. (I say “if you don’t already know,”
because a recent poll shows that 42% of Americans are unaware that Obama
Care is currently the law of the land).
Title I of the Act, which is considered one of the most controversial parts
of the Act, does not take effect until next year. Once it takes effect,
employers may not make employment decisions based on an employee’s health
care... more »
Families of Navy Seal Team 6 members blast Government and demand official investigation related to August 2011 Taliban downing of a Helicopter carrying Seal Team 6 members in Afghanistan ( 17 Seals died in the event ) .... Benghazi talking points underwent 12 revisions , scrubbed of terror reference - and how is it that Hillary testified not just reluctantly and very belated , but not even under oath ?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/9/seals-families-hit-2011-afghan-mission/?page=all#pagebreak
The families of Navy SEALs killed in an August 2011 downing of a helicopter
in Afghanistan came forward Thursday to blast the U.S. command and the Obama
administration for the mission and to call for an official investigation
into what they deem a whitewash.
They also rebuked the White House for its extensive leaking of details of
the Osama bin Laden raid in May 2011. Identifying the raiders as the
secretive SEAL Team 6 put a target on the heads of the members of the
doomed miss... more »
Overnight yen fall sets Asian Central Banks hopping to keep somewhat competitive , meanwhile the JGB is not having a happy ending !
Bernanke address leads calendar
David Russell | david.russell@optionmonster.com
SPX: SEE CHART GET CHAIN FIND STRATEGIES
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The only event on today's calendar is a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke.
The address to the Chicago Fed Banking Conference begins as the market
opens at 9:30 a.m. ET. Investors will probably monitor his comments closely
for clues about the direction of monetary policy.
Next week begins on a more active note, with Chinese industrial production
early in the morning and U.S. retail sales an hour before the opening bell.
Both have the potential to i... more »
Ken Livingstone, do you still think that Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi is "one of the most authoritative Muslim scholars in the world today" who "has done most to combat socially regressive interpretations of Islam on issues like women's rights and relations with other religions"?
I see that Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the man who Ken Livingstone defended
and described as "one of the most authoritative Muslim scholars in the
world today" who "has done most to combat socially regressive
interpretations of Islam on issues like women's rights and relations with
other religions"? has been at it again.
This time the delightful Qaradawi opined whilst in Gaza that "This land has
never once been a Jewish land. Palestine is for the Arab Islamic nation,"
Factually incorrect but what do you expect from a man who has previously
called for the death penalty for apostates
... more »
Libor becomes Isdafix becomes... too big to exist.
*The world is a rigged game.*
*Word has leaked out that the London-based firm ICAP, the world's largest
broker of interest-rate swaps, is being investigated by American
authorities for behavior that sounds eerily reminiscent of the Libor mess.
Regulators are looking into whether or not a small group of brokers at ICAP
may have worked with up to 15 of the world's largest banks to manipulate
ISDAfix, a benchmark number used around the world to calculate the prices
of interest-rate swaps.*
*Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and
sovereign government... more »
Business 360 7: Jeju Forum for Peace
* This is my article for Business 360, a flashy business magazine in
Kathmandu, Nepal, for their May 2013 issue. It is posted in EFN Asia today.
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*Asian Peace and Security, the Jeju Forum*
Attaining peace and economic prosperity for all people around the world is
a dream that any institution in the planet, private or government, should
aspire. They can disagree on how this can be done but the goal should be
common to all.
And securing peace and prosperity in Asia is of utmost concern more than in
any other regions or continents in the planet. Why?
Because Asia is inhab... more »
Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz Files Lawsuit Protesting 22 Consecutive Years in Solitary Confinement --An interview with Dan Kovalik and Bret Grote
(*PHOTO: **Maroon's daughter, Theresa Shoatz, with Chuck D at NYC event.*)
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*Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz Files Lawsuit Protesting 22 Consecutive Years in
Solitary Confinement*
*--An interview with Dan Kovalik and Bret Grote*
*By Angola 3 News*
Earlier this week, on Wednesday, May 8, lawyers for Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz filed
a federal lawsuit regarding his placement in solitary confinement for over
22 consecutive years. The written complaint, directed at Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel and the Superintendents of
SCI-Greene, where Shoatz was last held, an... more »
Shell is doing what BP did in 2009/2010 - a deep water massive oil spill to keep their heavy deepwater investment projects afloat.
"Shell plans to drill more than two miles underwater in the Gulf of Mexico
in pursuit of new sources of oil and gas. If successful, the Guardian
reports, the project will rank as the world’s deepest offshore facility."
Wait a minute, is this profitable?
Assuming minimum capex of $5 billion dollars in installation costs alone
(based on BP Thunderhorse), a 50,000 bbl/day extraction and a
"unreasonable" sustainable oil price of $95/bbl (based on current price),
it will take 1053 days (2.88 years) of deepwater production to earn back
the capex. That is without considering the high cos... more »
For the Children, (Why We Must Elect The NDP)
*For The Children*
**
*Written by Grant G*
Media spin, respected voices, subtle influence, propaganda on such a level
that unless you are very strong, resilient and determined it will eat you
alive.....
Occupy the world, occupy the universe, these words are meaningless if one
can`t occupy their own mind first, do you believe, is the cause righteous,
I get the impression that the contenders in this battle thought they would
get approval or praise and when the going got tough or tougher that many
contenders turned into but pretenders.
1000`s of injured worker... more »
The moderate Palestinian Authority and the BBC's refusal to report their genocidal wishes
Palestinian Media Watch reported on Wednesday that Senior PA official
Jibril Rajoub had said that: "I swear that if we had a nuke, we'd have used
it this very morning"
Something worth reporting by the BBC? Would the BBC have reported an
Israeli MK for saying similar?
Here's the context of the above quote:
'The following is the translation of senior PA official Jibril Rajoub's
interview, in which he swears that the PA would use nuclear weapons against
Israel, if it possessed them:
Lebanese TV host: "The American [John Kerry] came to the PA. They are
talking about reviving negotiati... more »
In the honor of the heterotic string
Heterosis or the hybrid vigor or outbreeding enhancement is the lucky event
(and an important component of Darwin's evolution) in which the offspring
has qualitites that surpass both parents, usually because it inherits the
good characteristics from both.
*The parents are on both sides.*
If you search for "heterosis" or "hybrid vigor" via Google Images, you get
lots of pictures of corn, puppies, cows, fictitious animal species, and
Barack Obama, among other things.
In 1985, four Princeton physicists ignited the second part of the first
superstring revolution (that began in 1984) ... more »
Freedom of speech under Islam
'A Nepali teacher who taught chemistry at Qatar Academy has been jailed in
Doha on felony charges for insulting Islam.'
Do read the whole article here
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/09/qatar-jails-a-nepali-teacher-on-charges-of-insulting-islam/
Why You Don't Want To Eat the Food Processed In the U.S.A. - And (Hush!) Obamabots Are Not Protecting You (Europe, Japan, China, and Russia Have Healthier Standards and Reject U.S.A. Imports!)
Arsenic is beloved of industrial-scale livestock producers because it makes
animals grow faster and turns their meat a rosy pink. It enters feed in
organic form, which isn't harmful to humans. Trouble is, in animals guts,
it quickly goes inorganic, and thus becomes poisonous. Several studies,
including one by the FDA, have found heightened levels of inorganic arsenic
in supermarket
TERRORISTS IN SWITZERLAND AND LIBYA
*Claude Covassi died at the age of 42.*
*Reportedly:*
Claude Covassi was a Swiss government spy who acted as a whistleblower.
He revealed that his spy bosses (in SAP) ordered him to organize a bomb
attack.
This bomb attack was to be blamed on Hani Ramadan, the director of the
Geneva Islamic Center.
Covassi refused to organise the bomb attack and fled the country.
*www.voltairenet.org/article177493.html - *VOLTAIRE NETWORK, 13 FEBRUARY
2013
*Terror events are usually an inside-job.*
Claude Covassi finally succeeded in obtaining an investigation into the
matter by a parliamenta... more »
Are "conspiracy theories" gaining traction?
*"... let us never tolerate outrageous 'conspiracy theories' concerning the
attacks of September the 11th, malicious lies that attempt to shift the
blame away from the terrorists themselves..."*
*- Former President George W. Bush, speaking at the United Nations*
The rise of the internet and blogosphere, social media outlets like
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and a government and media increasingly
blatant in their collusion to deceive and propagandize the American public
has led to a gradual public acceptance (or at least an entertainment) of
"conspiracy theories" - which the mains... more »
Your moment of Zen
Sign of the Cross. Blue Passion Flower. [source unknown]
GAIA PORTAL: Flowering Energies Emerge from Chaotic Events…
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* *Flowering Energies Emerge from Chaotic Events…*
by ÉirePort
Flowering energies emerge from chaotic events, a both outer and inner.
These appear as showering Gaia with "mists of emergence". Assistance is
requested of all Gaia Light Workers to coordinate individual situation
energies with the current Gaia "mists of emergence" energies.
Those viewing this communication with Higher Vision will understand their
roles.
As participation in these energies is individually accepted, global
acceptance and participation follows.
ÉirePort | May 9, 2013 at 23:38
URL: http://wp.me/p2... more »
North Carolina Republicans' Move To Shut Down Student Voting Provokes Social Unrest
The video above is from Rachel Maddow's Monday MSNBC show. It's another
story of how Republicans-gone-wild are trying to turn back history, this
time the enfranchisement of college students in 1971. Many conservatives
have fought that right from day one by putting obstacles in the way of
students voting in the towns where their colleges were located. Republicans
in control of legislatures across the country are doing it again.
In 2010, after the Tea Party takeover of the General Court of New
Hampshire, which is what Granite Staters call their 400 member legislature,
preventing co... more »
What's tough about green living?
Some green-living practices are easy ... and some are difficult.
I thought it might be fun to do a poll about what we consider challenging.
As always, feel free to elaborate on your answer in the comments section
below.
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading
questionnaire tool.
*Image courtesy of Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net*
The Daily "Near You?"
Lincoln, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Bill Whittle: What's Coke got to do with it?...
*conservatives need to act like conservatives and not "new" coke. *
Thursday evening peacefulness...
*there is beauty in the world. Let's not forget that...*
An Apology To Clowns: “Debt Limit Bill Passes House"
*“Debt Limit Bill Passes House, *
*Ordering Obama To Pay Only Some U.S. Creditors On Time”*
by Michael McAuliff and Sabrina Siddiqui
WASHINGTON - "The House passed a measure Thursday that would amount to the
rough equivalent of declaring bankruptcy for the United States, directing
the government to meet only certain obligations if Congress failed to raise
the country's borrowing limit. Republicans characterized the measure as a
responsible step to mitigate the fallout from such a failure, but Democrats
slammed it as the "Pay China First Act." The legislation, which is actually
c... more »
Abuse of process
*Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd*. 2013 SCC 26 holds:
[39] In *Toronto (City) v. C.U.P.E., Local 79*,
2003 SCC 63, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 77, Arbour J. wrote for the majority of this
Court that the doctrine of abuse of process has its roots in a judge's
inherent and residual discretion to prevent abuse of the court's process:
para. 35; see also P. M. Perell, "A Survey of Abuse of Process", in T. L.
Archibald and R. S. Echlin, eds.,*Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2007* (2007),
243. Abuse of process was described in *R. v. Power*, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 601,
at p. 616... more »
Flynt Leverett: Going to Tehran - Conversations from Penn State
Read: *Dissecting America’s Iran Debate: Flynt Leverett on “Conversations
from Penn State.”*
*Title: Flynt Leverett: Going to Tehran - Conversations from Penn State.
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: wpsu. Published on May 2, 2013]:*
Flynt Leverett, expert on the Middle East and author of he new book, Going
to Tehran, discusses U.S. foreign policy in Iran.
Professor Flynt Leverett had a distinguished career in the U.S. Government,
having served with the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department,
and the National Security Council. He is a founding faculty member at Pen... more »
Christy Clark, The Queen Of Scandals And Lies
John Dyble`s Ethnicgate Review, Two Legs Short
*Written by Grant G*
I have to congratulate John Dyble`s for his ethnicgate review, it was very
thorough, hard hitting , to the point, names names, however, an
investigation into a three legged stool scandal where you have only an
ability to interview and question but one of those legs is an exercise in
futility, we are left thirsty for more, a mere appetizer offered when the
public required a full meal, Dyble`s report points two other directions ,
it points to caucus, it points to party, Dyble had no ability to interview
caucus or cab... more »
paris, day one
We were up very early this morning, which was not difficult for me, since I
hardly slept all night, most likely from drinking alcohol too late at
night, which keeps me up... but what are holidays for. The Eurostar train
from London to Paris is twice the price later in the morning, and we'd both
rather have more time in Paris than an extra hour of sleep. Although don't
ask Allan to choose when the alarm rings at six.
We've taken the Eurostar once before, our last time in London and Paris
(1998). It now leaves from St. Pancras Station, a beautiful new glass
structure built expressly f... more »
TBS Cam This Morning
Majia's Blog - 18 hours ago
Daiichi
looks hot again. Yesterday (Fri) and the day before (Thur) it
looked slightly cooler than today. Today I see blue coming up from units
3
and 4. Someone at Enenews mentioned that the steam events were cyclical
in
nature.
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Teach for America Has Gone Too Far
It is not a secret that I am no fan of Teach for America. The very idea of
the organization I find absolutely baffling. (Let’s cure educational
inequality by exacerbating the inequality of placing poorly trained,
inexperienced teachers in our neediest classrooms? Huh?) But TFA’s recent
actions have sent me over the edge. Last night, on twitter, I was […]
Transcript : Deryl Zeleny’s Interview with Chris Hales April 2013
http://oppt-in.com/transcript-deryl-zelenys-interview-with-chris-hales-april-2013/
*Transcript : Deryl Zeleny’s Interview with Chris Hales April 2013*
April 15, 2013
An Interview with Chris Hales
April, 2013
Chris: Hi everybody, it’s Chris from the Collective Imagination. Today I’m
speaking with Deryl Zeleny. Deryl is one of the great supporters of the
OPPT process that’s been taking place and has been doing some pretty
incredible things in the background at great personal expense and some
personal risk. I’m here essentially to document the first part of his
story, because ... more »
Harvey Organ's Evening Gold and silver Report - May 7 , 2013......Ed Steer's gold and Silver Report - May 7 , 2013 ( morning report ) ... News and Views and data from Monday May 6, 2013 ! Additional news - Paulson Gold Fund takes 27 percent hit in April !
Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/china-s-gold-purchases-from-hong-kong-expand-to-record-in-march.html
China’s Gold Purchases From Hong Kong Expand to Record
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Gold imports by China from Hong Kong more than doubled to an all-time high
in March as buyers in the biggest consumer after India boosted purchases,
underscoring increased bullion demand in the world’s second-largest economy.
Mainland buyers purchased 223,519 kilograms ... more »
Satire: “Republicans Hold Hearings About Hillary Clinton’s Poll Numbers”
*“Republicans Hold Hearings About Hillary Clinton’s Poll Numbers”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Republican lawmakers asked increasingly
tough questions today as they held another day of hearings to investigate,
in the words of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), “Hillary Clinton’s
suspiciously high poll numbers and what can be done to make them lower.”
“With the help of Fox News, we have brutally attacked Hillary Clinton for
months, and yet she remains more popular than ever,” Rep. Issa said. “This
committee needs to know how that happened, and how we can k... more »
Today’s #AFT Kool Aid flavor is BLUEberry.
This button appeared in my school mailbox this morning. We received an
email to wear our buttons and dress in blue to support the AFT’s new “Do
what it takes before high stakes” campaign. I always participate in
solidarity “dress days” for local and national education issues. Today was
different. My state-wide union NYSUT is […]
Commonwealth: ECFA will destroy Taiwan's agriculture
*Jialeshui's lovely carved rock seashore.*
Commonwealth magazine had a great piece last month on China's inroads into
Taiwan's agricultural markets. Some highlights:
"In 2002, Taiwan's deficit with China exceeded US$300 million, but the gap
gradually narrowed after 2008 to US$38 million last year. In 2012, Taiwan
imported agricultural products worth US$827 million from China, a 6 percent
increase over the previous year, while agricultural exports to China –
mainly specific farm and fishery products – totaled US$789 million, 17.7
percent more than in 2011."
Note that -- in 2002 un... more »
Way Cool: Fuel Cell Scooters in Kenting
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This is so cool, had to give it a post of its own: Fuel Cells and 7-11:
Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies (APFCT) has been running a
demonstration program in the city of Kenting, a popular beach resort at the
southern end of Taiwan, since last November. The 80 scooters each use 2
metal hydride canisters- enough to give each of them about 80 km of range
(with all of the caveats about maintaining 30 kph and no hills). Twenty are
in use by the county government, with the remainder free for use by anyone
who stays at 17 B&B’s. So far the fleet has logged over 20... more »
Ooh, that Hillary makes the doody-brainers so-o-o mad!!!
-- Christopher Weyant's *New Yorker* Daily Cartoon today
*by Ken*
"Whistleblower's yarn fails to tie Benghazi lapses to politics" is the head
on the column the *Washington Post*'s Dana Milbank offered regarding the
much-ballyhooed "oversight" hearing promoted by House Republican master
criminal Darrell Issa, starring Gregory Hicks, then our no. 2 diplomat in
Libya, who who was going to blow the lid off the Obama White House's
politicization of the awful night in Benghazi when Ambassador Chris Stevens
and three other Americans were killed.
But despite Issa's incautious promise that... more »
Only One Major Federal Political Party WILL Abolish The Corrupt Crime Ridden Canadian Senate .. and it isn't the Liberals or Conservatives!
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*-Senate in ‘crisis’ as committee recommends two members pay back expenses
*
*-Senators ordered to repay housing and mileage expenses *
*-Sen. Mac Harb quits Liberal caucus after audit of housing allowance claims
*
* -Audit does little to silence Senate critics amid housing allowance
controversy *
* -Duffy held “informal conversation” with chair of Senate committee
leading expense claims investigation *
*-Brazeau, Harb must pay back housing, mileage expenses: Senate report *
*-Abolish The Senate - Why The NDP Won’t Appoint Senators*
Tepco to release allegedly uncontaminated groundwater to the Pacific - which has been the reality for awhile... 400 tons of water leech into the basements of the various reactors building every day and at some point , storage space for contaminated water becomes nil.... And once the public accepts this contamination of the Pacific , Tepco will contaminate even more by pumping tritium contaminated water to the Pacific ! .....
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: TEPCO to Release 'Uncontaminated' Groundwater to
Pacific Ocean, Starting Later This Month
Here we go. TEPCO plans to discharge water from the wells that they have
dug to intercept part of the groundwater before it leaks into the reactor
buildings, into the Pacific Ocean.
400 tonnes of groundwater go into the basements of the reactor buildings
every day. The 14 wells to intercept that water can only divert about
one-quarter of it. It is better than no diversion, but not by much.
TEPCO has been laying the pipes to transport the water fro... more »
The Economy: “Buffett to Bernanke: It's Easier to Buy Than to Sell”
*“Buffett to Bernanke: It's Easier to Buy Than to Sell”*
by Bill Bonner
“The Dow rose another 48 points yesterday. Gold was up $24 per ounce.
Nothing remarkable. Nothing illuminating, either. The newspapers and TV
channels all reported the Dow 15,000 story as though it were just a
stepping-stone on the way to 16,000... or 20,000... or 30,000. Heck, the
sky's the limit!
Investors have reached a new level of bullishness. They're borrowing again
to buy stocks, confident that prices go in only one direction. Advisors,
too, seemed sure that this was not the end of a trend, but th... more »
ALEC E.D. Blathers in Public - SSDD
If you want to read the entire blatherings of the ED of ALEC – you can go
>>>>>HERE<<<<<
*ALEC chief: Group provides lawmakers a chance to share, learn and grow
Published: May 9, 2013
By Ron Scheberle
Ron Scheberle is executive director of ALEC*
Basically – he has nothing new to say, SSDD. He is just doing a PR attempt
that is trite and meaningless in today’s society. He is trying to mislead
the public with a stale pointless whitewash attempt of the American
Legislative Exchange Council – because-he-thinks-he-can.
- Not once does he mention “ALEC”
- Not once does he us... more »
Lumberjack Commandos . . .
THESE
FINE MEN AND WOMEN deserve better civilian management than what they've
suffered in recent years. Getting rid of Stevie should go a long way
towards achieving that.
Whether we talk about the EU , the US , World Bank - Government and Governmental type Organizations are out of control.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-05-09/eu%E2%80%99s-out-control-intelligence-services-don%E2%80%99t-exist-officially
The EU’s Out-Of-Control Intelligence Services (That Don’t Exist, Officially)
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- European Union
- Greece
- national intelligence
- Reality
- SPY
- Transparency
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
Brussels, the center of gravity of the European Union and seat of NATO
Headquarters, not only teems with lobbyists,... more »
A junkie named Raymond
Last night was a weird kind of night. Lot of people, including me, getting
all nostalgic on the internets. I was adding to my childhood photo album on
the Facebook. Which brought a bunch of old classmates to my yard.
Meanwhile, on the twitter John Stanton of Buzzfeed, a/k/a DCBigJohn, a man
who puts the BAM into hometown bama, was tweeting out an epic story of his
own. Storified here for your reading pleasure. This is Raymond the junkie.
The story is well worth a few minutes of your time.
G- 20 Finance Ministers ( along with the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee and Russian Ministry of Finance ) met on May 7 - 8th to discuss the international financial architecture, in particular, changes in the flow of global investments, local bond markets and growth in emerging economies, incentives and determinants of investment and other issues. ...... Hilsenrath " rumor " served up to spike Gold this afternoon ( start of another 3- 4 day wipeout ? ) But seriously , how can the Fed really stop the ponzi QE scheme it has placed itself in at this point - without blowing up equities here , reintroducing the risk off concept across stocks , bonds , commodities and FX globally , I mean really ? Additional articles - news and views on gold and silver for May 9 , 2013 !
Thursday, May 09, 2013 12:05 PM
Action Plan to Save Slovenia is Trifecta of Stupidity
As Slovenia struggles to avoid an inevitable bailout, it pursues a plan
that will instead make the size of the eventual bailout larger.
Please consider the inane "Action Plan" for Eurozone Straggler Slovenia.
The new government of struggling eurozone member Slovenia is expected to
announce Thursday an action plan aimed at avoiding a bailout, reportedly
including privatisations, "crisis" taxes and austerity cuts.
Moody's last week cut its rating on Slovenia two notches to "junk", the
economy ha... more »
Pearson Protest in NJ Changed to Thursday May 23
DEMAND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE THURSDAY, MAY 23, 12:00PM Hoboken
Ferry, 1 Hudson Place Hoboken, NJ Tell Governor Christie: Quit the
corporate welfare and fund our public schools! Protest Governor Christie’s
giveaways to corporate ed giant Pearson! High-stakes testing giant Pearson
Education, Inc. was offered an $80 million payday from the state of […]
Justin Trudeau : Do the Math
Thursday May 16 international launch of 42 minute doc Do the Math: The
Movie,
"the story of the rising movement to change the terrifying math of the
climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry."
In Vancouver it's showing at Langara and four other venues. To find one
near you, look here.
Meanwhile Justin Trudeau tours western Canada giving pressers criticizing
Harper for not doing enough to promote Keystone XL. I get the strategy.
Don't give Steve anything to hit and eventually when Steve implodes, the
oil industry will have a really popular hopey changey corporate guy in
... more »
FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: Brought to you by Henry Ford [updated]
*The Ramble this week is brought to you by Henry Ford, who said:*
"Anyone thinking they could be happy & prosperous by letting the
gov’t take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian"
Since the first reading of the fast-tracked GCSB bill allowing them access
to our homes passed this week, this suddenly seems directly relevant.
Simple answer: “yes.”
*Are All Telephone Calls Recorded and Accessible By US Government?* – Glenn
Greenwald, GUARDIAN
“Len Brown’s apparent moderate approach to rates increases should not be
allowed to go unchallenged. Especially when h... more »
Phil space
A fascinating discovery: the residual water on the Moon came from the Earth.
This means when the Earth suffered the likely collision that produced the
Moon it already had oceans and a hard crust, and that the water which made
it to the Moon survived the collision (quite a feat). Water is a volatile
substance. It had to be imported from the outer solar system, where it
could exist in a stable form. The water that eventually reached Earth is
the essentially same as the water currently buried in carbonaceous
asteroids in the asteroid belt, the water came from the asteroid belt, not
com... more »
Elsewhere/Housekeeping
At Plum Line today I talked about Benghazi, GOP laziness, and the
Republican-aligned press.
Yesterday at PP I argued that House Republicans seem to care more about
getting to use the debt limit for extortion than about any particular
policy goal.
And I have a new column at the Prospect taking some exception with idea
that all that matters in Congress is party affiliation.
Meanwhile, here at Plain Blog world headquarters, there was a very loud
BOOM outside and we lost power...and then when it finally returned, it
appears that some of the machinery was fried. So until everything is... more »
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*"Fear is just an annoyance." ~ Leyhma Gbowee, winner Nobel Peace Prize,
2011*
This morning I went to the 26th Annual New York Women's Foundation
breakfast -- 2,500 women -- a yearly event celebrating women. The
organization has helped more than 5.4 million women achieve greater
economic security, safety, and health.
The only all female mariachi band in New York City, Mariachi Flor de
Toloache, welcomed the guests with some bad-ass music. It was perfect
beginning for a rainy and coffee-less morning.
Tina Brown, Rachel Lloyd and Leymah Gbowee were honored for their inspiri... more »
Lobbyists Trying To Decide Who To Make Chair Of House Armed Services Committee When McKeon Retires Or Is Indicted
Wednesday, Michelle Ringuette from Amnesty International pointed to Buck
McKeon's shameful hypocrisy over the den of torture that Guantánamo has
become. But McKeon is unlikely to be in Congress much longer and the
Military Industrial Complex top lobbyists are already working out who
they
want Boehner to make the next chairman of the House Armed Services
Committee.
McKeon, struggling with a still under wraps national security
scandalstemming from his gambling addiction and immense sums he owes
organized
crime operative (and China puppet) Sheldon Adelson, is under immense
pressure t... more »
When You Think Bitumen, Think of the World's Poor and Needy
Who knew? It seems the Harper government's support for the high-carbon,
Athabasca Tar Sands is actually compassionate, even altruistic. We're just
doing our best to help out the world's poor and needy.
A gaggle of Canadian academics and science types just sent Ol' Joe Oliver a
letter asking him to be an adult about our bitumen trafficking.
*"...some of your recent comments give us significant cause for concern. In
short, we are not **convinced that your advocacy in support of new
pipelines and expanded fossil fuel climate change into account in a
meaningful way. *
*Avoiding da... more »
Faking it with planters
I don't do much with ornamentals, preferring to think of our food plants as
the beautiful ones. But I'm having over some folks (yes, you're invited)
Saturday afternoon in honor of my 64th birthday (Beatles will be playing in
the background). So I thought I would grab some planters and pretend-plant
them with color spots, to be re-purposed after the party as potato planters.
Son climbed down into the creek and got me a wheelbarrow load of rocks. We
filled the planters to within four inches of the top.
I covered the rocks with newspaper and filled the top of the planter with
potting ... more »
Boehner loses control of the House
Well if there was any tiny doubt left, it's clear now that John Boehner is
no longer leading the House. The crackpots are ruling the roost. Now that
they've lost interest in the battle of the budget, there will be yet
another vote on repealing Obamacare.
“We’ve got 17 new members that have not had the opportunity to vote on the
President’s health care law,” Boehner said, referring to next week’s ACA
repeal vote. “Frankly they’ve been asking for an opportunity to vote on it,
and we’re going to give it to them.”
It doesn't look like Boehner is going to be able to corral the crackpot... more »
Easy-does-it mulching
It's time to add mulch to the shade bed. But the greens here are a third
planting, still pretty small stuff. Risa doesn't like to work hard, or bend
over much, so she covers the little plants with inverted pots, handling the
pots with a pair of tongs.
Now she can throw straw without worrying too much where it lands, or having
to bend over and mess with misses. Toto supervises.
Oops, feet in the bed. Ignore, please. Once the mulch is down Risa lifts
the pots away with the tongs ...
... then sweeps up after herself. Done!
The power to paraphrase is the power to spin!
*THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013*
*A simple first rule for those who would paraphrase Rice:* Quite a while
back, we invented a useful bromide: “The power to paraphrase is the power
to spin.”
Here’s what that bromide means:
Inevitably, paraphrase will be part of almost all reporting. At some point,
reporters have to paraphrase the various things people have said.
But paraphrase is always subjective. Some facts are simply right or
wrong—full stop, no chance to argue. But when you paraphrase what someone
has said, you will always be involved in matters of judgment.
Is your paraphrase reasonab... more »
Ed Miliband: Personality and Politics
"He mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, a bit like an action hero ... He
kept asking if I was ok, if I was hurt," she said. “He was there for a good
few minutes. What added to all the confusion was that he was actually
attractive and not geeky at all. Even the way he appeared was suave. He was
dressed casually but he had style." Who could Ella Phillips, the victim of
a cycling accident in Camden, be talking about? Believe it or not, the good
samaritan, the "action hero" of the piece was none other than leader of the
Labour Party, Ed Miliband. Good stuff.
Unfortunately, that's abo... more »
Opium - "A Source of Stability" Says U.S. Army
If the mightiest military in the world is okay with the opium trade then
what are we doing busting kids for pot?
The current opium policy of American forces in Afghanistan is strictly
"hands off." You don't destroy it, you don't trample through opium
fields, you don't even encourage the farmers to plant something else.
*“They’re a source of stability,” Maj. Charles Ford, the bookish operations
officer at 3-41 Infantry, says of Afghanistan’s poppies. Sitting in a
plywood-walled office at a Forward Operating Base in Kandahar city in early
April, Ford cites all the people in Afghan... more »
Apparently Photoshop (PS) enhancement is std professional practice in Mainstream Media even for the Pope.
As we dug into the Boston Marathon Bombing Theatrical (crisis acting)
scandal, we were even more surprised seemingly innocent pictures like the
pope leaving the Mass for Confraternities in the Saint Peter's Square at
the Vatican on May 5, 2013, were clearly photoshopped.
Do we have any honesty and integrity left in the Main Stream Media?
Our eyes are useless if our minds are blind. We chose this for photo
analysis because the crowd boxes seem to be floating and not anchored to
the ground. See for yourself if your mind is blind?
@HuffingtonPost and @educationweek: Time to Walk? UPDATED AT BOTTOM
Does writing for EdWeek and HuffPost really reach “other” audiences? I ask
this question with all sincerity. And I recognize the valuable writing
provided by the various authors that consistently post pieces in EdWeek and
HuffPost that pierce the corporate reform armor. But I wonder if we really
reach other audiences or if we just […]
GOP blocks environmental protection
We continue to see the fruits of Harry Reid's handshake agreement with
Mitch McConnell that derailed filibuster reform. Today Senate GOPers
prevented a vote on a new EPA chief by refusing to show up, thus denying
the committee a quorum:
Today, the eight Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee
will not attend the nomination vote of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On April 25, 2013 the Committee
Republicans asked Chairman Barbara Boxer to postpone the nomination vote
because they had not received answers to their questions.
The... more »
Too Hot to Handle
When we think of nuclear screw ups it's usually the Soviet Union/Russia
that comes to mind - Chernobyl, submarine accidents, old nuclear reactors
jettisoned at sea, that sort of thing.
It turns out the United States has its own nuclear quagmire, the 586-square
mile Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Benton county, Washington, hard
alongside the Columbia River. They've been accumulating nuclear waste at
Hanford going back to the Manhattan Project in WWII. From the early 40s
until the last reactor was shut down in 1987, some 208 million litres of
nuclear waste was held in now-decay... more »
"MICHAEL JACKSON ABUSED WADE ROBSON"
*Wade Robson (right)*
Wade Robson claims he was sexually abused by Michael Jackson at his
Neverland Ranch and a number of other homes between the ages of 7 and 17.
His lawyer said he was threatened and brainwashed by Jackson and the truth
only came to light after Wade suffered a nervous breakdown.
* Young Talent Time (not showing wade)*
As a very small boy, in Australia, Wade Robson performed with Johnny
Young's Talent school.
Wade Robson visited Disneyland, which reportedly has links to the CIA.
*Wade.*
When he was nine, Michael Jackson helped Wade Robson and his mother move t... more »
Christy Clark Style, Fake Callers, Fake Letters, Fake Concerns
Christy Clark, Brian Bonney And Pamela Gardner, "Today`s B.C. Liberals"
Boy oh boy are "*Today`s B.C. Liberals*" getting a little testy, 12 years
in power and now just 62 days until the Liberals move their diminished
caucus to the other side of the legislature, the opposition side of the
legislature, I`m sure this is causing much consternation in the Liberal
party..Funny don`t you think, the word party implying, party party party,
as in a festive celebration, well, I liken "*Today`s BC Liberals*" not so
much as a party but a death march...
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*The BC NDP is demanding... more »
THE NINE STAGES OF CIVILIZATION ~ WE'RE ENTERING THE EIGHTH, DEPENDENCE
*The United States is now firmly entering the eighth stage of all
civilizations ~ Dependence with only Bondage ahead of it. Apathy has
allowed our constitution to be shredded in stage seven which led to our
current state of Dependence on the state ~ but soon an IRS monitored
Obamacare program of 'Shared responsibility, or else' will usher in the
Orwellian ninth stage of militarized Bondage: Allen L Roland*
Last year I wrote that the average age of the world’s greatest
civilizations has been two hundred years and that these nations have
progressed through a nine stag... more »
Honors
As very nearly his last official act at his current employer, Southern Man
presided over the Fifteenth Initiation of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the
international honor society for the computing and information sciences.
The stage is set.
Honorees and attendees.
The Faculty read their parts.
Official UPE 2013 Photo.
Southern Man is pleased to be a Charter Member of this chapter of UPE. Girl
Programmer was running the show back then. Thanks, GP!
Posted below is an email appeal received just today from one of the few totally uncorrputed members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Alan Grayson. It exposes the most grotesgue plan ever initiated by the global corporations to enslave we-the-99%. Please read it and then sign the petition. (A donation would be welcome but is not necessary.)
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Dear David:
The United States Trade Representative has invited public comments on the
"Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership." (God, even the title
makes you ill, doesn't it?) The "Partnership" actually is a partnership
between multinational corporations and their sellout tools in government.
It features "investor-state" dispute resolution, which permits huge
corporations to file lawsuits to prevent government actions that they just
don't like, such as health and safety regulations.
*Tell our government what you think about this huge power-... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Sell-out Syndrome'
SELL-OUT SYNDROME
Posted on May 9, 2013
MNN. May 9, 2013. An Indigenous communal society is
made up of humans with familial ties. Each is free, equal and has a
voice. All work together to maintain the survival of the extended
family. Some are good hunters, or woodsmen, or fishermen or medicine
people or tradesmen. Some plant and maintain the
That 21-year-old intern has finally appeared!
*THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013*
*He draws back the curtain on Bloomberg:* Years ago, the nation’s
“journalists” invented a fictional character.
She was known as the 21-year-old intern. In fact, she wasn’t 21, and she
wasn’t an intern! But saying she was made the story sound good. And so, the
“journalists” pretended.
(Then they began to pretend about Gore. Liberal leaders let these things
go, or they played an active role in the clowning.)
Yesterday, in the New York Times, an *actual* 21-year-old intern finally
appeared on the scene! Thanks to this intern’s work, we have a clearer
picture... more »
The reality of Palestinian peace proposals - Partners in Peace?
'The Israeli side, which included representatives from right and left,
tried to understand the Palestinians' vision of the end of the strife–
"Let's talk business." The Israelis delved to understand how we can end the
age-old, painful conflict. What red lines are they willing to be flexible
on? What resolution will satisfy their aspirations? Where do they envision
the future borders of the Palestinian State which they so crave?
We were shocked to discover that not a single one of them spoke of a
Palestinian State, or to be more precise, of a two-state solution.
They spoke of one s... more »
Ah the North! Where else can you buy a can of Coke for $2.09
On "Super Special",,,
Same old song and dance on Capitol Hill
The calendar is about to turn on the all new and unimproved GOP debt limit
kabuki:
The federal debt limit is set to kick back into effect next weekend after a
three-month hiatus, marking the start of a political game of chicken likely
to culminate in the fall, when Congress will have to give President Obama a
higher limit or risk a federal default.
The GOP's problem is the budget deficit is disappearing on its own. In
fact, we're running a bit of a surplus and despite their best efforts at
sabotage, the economy is still slowly improving. Government won't run out
of money till the... more »
Saw this from Jose Vilson the other day, wanted to comment.
Educator Jose Vilson is a passionate supporter of public education. I think
my first encounter with him was watching poetry of his at the Save Our
Schools rally in the summer of 2011. He’s also a frequent contributor to
GOOD Magazine. Here’s one of his latest on the superficiality of Teacher
Appreciation Week. I’ve had […]
Honest but mistaken belief in consent not available where complainant incapable and accused aware of that
R. v. Colbourne, 2013 ONCA 308 holds:[14] On the basis that the case
was argued at trial, the sole issue was whether the complainant consented
to have sex with the appellant. Section 273.1(2)(b) provides that no
consent is obtained where the complainant is incapable of consenting to the
activity.
[15] Before us, the appellant submits that the trial judge was also
obliged to consider whether the appellant had an honest belief in the
appellant's consent. Inasmuch as we see no error in the trial judge's
finding that the complainant was incapable of consenting to sexual act... more »
Will Michael Bennet Be As Bad At The DSCC As Steve Israel Has Been At The DCCC? Take South Dakota...
US Attorney Brendan Johnson-- Michael Bennet forced him out of the race
Anna Madsen is a progressive theologian from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
She's also a trusted Daily Kos blogger who understands the difference
between a real Democrat and a side of bacon. In March we talked about why
reactionary Blue Dog Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, would be a disaster for the
Democrats if she runs for the South Dakota Senate Seat Tim Johnson is
giving up next year-- a disaster whether she wins or, more likely, loses.
This week, Anna explained it from the perspective of a Democrat living in
South Da... more »
Arab and Muslim anti-semitism
'The Arab goal isn't human rights. They want to destroy the Jewish state
and have Jews revert to the second-class status (at best) that they held in
the Middle East for the past 1400 years. The idea that Jews aren't meekly
submissive to their more numerous cousins is what causes this pure hate,
not land disputes or "settlements."'
More here
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/why-are-human-rights-organizations.html
New Report SLAMS ALEC Educ Report Card
SNIP
From the executive summary
*Read the whole report*
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*>>>>HERE<<<<<*
Overall, ALEC’s Report Card is grounded less in research than in
ideological tenets, as reflected in the high grades it assigns to states
with unproven and even disproven market-based policies. The report’s
purpose appears to be more about shifting control of education to private
interests than in improving education.
YOUR state legislators being indoctrinated with extremist ideology, "junk
science" from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
MUST READ - OpEd on ALEC
http://theadvocateonline.com/archives/4425
EXCELLENT Op-Ed today
A few snips to get your interest
Read the whole thing
*>>>>HERE<<<<<*
Posted by Ken Schauer | Contributing Editor | Comments Off
*Op-Ed – There is Power in a Band of Workin’ Folk** *
May 9, 2013
The single biggest threat to our Democracy is the American Legislative
Exchange Council. A group of so called liberty nuts are gung-ho to
exchange the tyranny of the people to the tyranny of the corporations. The
massive shift away from our workers rights to the rights of the employers
is insidious, branding m... more »
REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : 'La Vida Coca' in Bolivia and Peru
Pre-Incan metal vessels in the Larco Museum, Lima, for storing coca
leaves. Human-faced pots from some early Andean cultures (not shown)
have distended cheek pouches, where coca leaves are held during use. The
central figure above is using coca in the Amazonian/Caribbean way.
There the Kogi, Arhuaco, and Wiwa people use a hollow gourd (poporo)
associated with virility to consume coca.
Keeping Population In Perspective
Mankind now numbers well in excess of 7-billion and we're expected to reach
9-billion before long. Here are a few stats to help you keep that in
perspective.
When Columbus "sailed the ocean blue" and in American myth discovered the
New World, 1492, the world population stood at around 500-million people.
Somewhere in the early 1800's that doubled to a billion people.
In the 1920's we hit the two billion mark for the first time.
By 1959 we upped that to three billion. Less than one lifetime later
we're well past seven billion.
Now let's go back to the death and resurrection of C... more »
Yellowstone Fears
Although there is no evidence that Yellowstone will massively erupt, it has
in the past and we have certainly satisfied ourselves that it will do it
again. We have every encouragement to thing that the treat is distant.
At the present, our civilization will have difficulty handling such an
event, yet we are far less vulnerable than even a century ago. We do have
the real capacity to move people, even if that meant evacuating North
America.
However, it is certain that actual surface evacuation is a plausible future
contingency during the next million years and the easiest response ... more »
Sea Stalactites Provide Clues to Origin of Life
I do not see that there is actual evidence here for this speculation.
However we also know that another researcher froze some organic precursors
for twenty years and did get encouragement. The fact remains that we are
just breaking into slow cold chemistry to see where it all takes us and
right now we can expect surprises.
Thus brinicles become interesting if we can set up a stable experimental
system that uses them. They are the cold water analog of the volcanic hot
spring.
It is all suggestive for now.
*Sea stalactites provide clues to origin of life*
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by St... more »
US Home Prices up 9.3 Percent
In fairness, what this means to us is that we have switched from a
buyer's market to a sellers market and most transactions are taking place
without discounting. It still has to expand somewhat before we see forward
momentum in the market. It is clearly good news and we can hope to see
rapid growth in the new homes market to absorb this burgeoning demand. Yes
it is time to get aboard if it works for you.
What it also means is that a lot of demand stranded by the banks while
they sorted themselves out is now coming back into the banking system. They
have really sorted thi... more »
Inconceivable Complexity
This is a worthy article that powerfully reminds readers that looking for
a clear decision point from market driven data is impossible an d naturally
risky. Worse, we can organize and classify all that data to produce trends
that are briefly real. Yet that same trend swiftly brings about a dynamic
response from other decision makers.
Thus naturally analysis of the data produces counter trends that mitigate
the analysis and we are forced back to tossing coins.
What needs to be understood though, is that alterations in the
foundational structures will produce alteratio... more »
i-Spy With My Little FBI
When I compared President Obama to James Bond and their two
beloved Moneypennies in a recent post, I was half-kidding. But isn't it a
coincidence that the title of his latest *West Wing Week *propaganda video is called
"Nobody Does It Better" -- the theme song of *The Spy Who Loved Me?* Check
it out. It's just as overblown and satiric as the typical 007 movie. Every
time the camera pans to the White House press corps, for example, they're
frantically transcribing every golden Obamian word on their *steno pads*.
There are multiple shots of Obama in such an exalted state of being th... more »
PHOTO ESSAY / Otis Ike : The NRA War Party in Houston
Undercover
at the NRA: Otis Ike with new friend at the National Rifle
Association's annual convention in Houston, May 3-5, 2013. All photos by
Otis Ike / The Rag Blog.
A Klan rally without hoods:
The NRA War Party in Houston
There were children salivating over automatic weapons in an environment
where showboating adults were calling for the overthrow of the President
of the United States.
FBI thinks they don’t need warrants to spy on email, Facebook and other electronic communication
image: cliff1066/Flickr Madison Ruppert
New documents reveal that the Department of Justice takes a similar stance
to that of the IRS in claiming that they do not necessarily need warrants
to spy on emails, Twitter direct messages, Facebook chats and other private
communications of Americans.
In the case of the IRS, the head of the agency said last month that they
would abandon their policy that claimed the authority to read the emails of
Americans without a warrant. However, the agency did not say that they
would extend the new policy to all private electronic communications.
Th... more »
On Irony, Hubris, and Insanity
IRONY: Advocates promoting Common Core State Standards as a mechanism for
teaching critical thinking skills are themselves not using critical
thinking to make that claim. HUBRIS: “All the standards and tests that have
come before have failed, but I am the person who will make standards and
tests work!” [Recommended literary interlude] INSANITY: “All the […]
Obama Supports Expansion of Wiretap Laws
*U.S. Government to fine companies that do not comply with wiretap orders
that violate user's privacy.*
*Activist Post*
Spying without a warrant in America is a crime, a violation of privacy
rights protected by the U.S. Constitution. Yet, the government is asking
technology companies to commit this crime or be fined for insubordination.
The New York Times is reporting that the Obama administration is "on the
verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping
overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people."According
to the *New York ... more »
No, Campaign Money Isn't the Root of All Evil
The Brennan Center's Jonathan Backer gets upset with Ezra Klein's recent
(excellent) post in which he concluded that money in the 2012 elections
turned out to be rather less of a threat to democracy than many had feared
in the post-Citizens United world. Backer's point: well, maybe Super PACs
didn't change the election results, but surely they changed the politicians
who received all that money.
I doubt it. And Backer's examples certainly don't convince me.
First example?
The National Rifle Association spent nearly $20 million in the 2012
election on outside spending, making it the... more »
New "Connected Universe" Theory Offers Potential New Source Of Energy
PRNewswire -- A groundbreaking paper published last week sheds new light on
the theory of gravity and the potential to significantly impact global
issues facing the human race, including alternative energy sources.
Nassim Haramein, Director of Research at the Hawaii Institute for Unified
Physics (HIUP), has authored a paper titled "Quantum Gravity and the
Holographic Mass," which has been validated and published in the peer
review journal, Physical Review and Research International. This paper
discusses Haramein's "Connected Universe" theory, which offers a new and
alternative ... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Energetics of Gaia Set for Impressive Changes…
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* *Energetics of Gaia Set for Impressive Changes…*
by ÉirePort
Steadiness amidst chaotic moments is key to Gaia progression through coming
days. Energetics of Gaia, in particular, humanity-general of Gaia, is set
for impressive changes. Also may be stated as "changes which impress", or
"changes which create an impression", upon each individual human
consciousness. These changes cannot be avoided or swept aside, as they
encompass all of Gaia, all inhabitants, of all kinds.
Each Hue-man has prepared for these moments, and will embody the changes,
and rise above the chaos of th... more »
Adoring the Luv Guv, reviving a witch!
*THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013*
*Hello once again to all that:* It’s great to see Gail Collins settling
back into the nation’s policy wars.
Last Thursday, Collins returned to the New York Times after a three-week
break. These are the topics she has selected for her last two Thursday
columns:
*Thursday, May 2:* South Carolina Luv Guv Mark Sanford
*Thursday, May 9:* South Carolina Luv Guv Mark Sanford
Remember how we all swore, after September 11, that we would never do this
again? People like Collins walk one way. It’s dumb stupid piddle or bust!
That said, we’ve been struck by the way some... more »
Strange Bedfellows Indeed
The British government's energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, is
fighting back against climate change skeptics within the ranks of his own
coalition government. Davey is a Liberal Democrat. His party wants
action on climate change. The LibDems, however, prop up the Cameron
Conservatives where, true to course, the rightwing climate change skeptics
lurk.
*Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, is to use a major
speech at Clarence House on Wednesday afternoon to fight back against the
increasingly vocal climate change scepticism of other sections of the
coali... more »
Got Hemp Milk? The Benefits of Hemp Milk
Wiki image Joe Martino
Hemp milk is an incredibly nutritious and tasty alternative to cow's milk
as it supplies the body with essential nutrients without the harm that
dairy causes to the body. For some, it is an ethical choice to not drink
animal milk, for others it is an intolerance. Others choose to avoid it for
reasons of making healthier choices while others drink it as they want the
nutritional benefits and like the taste. Whatever the circumstance, is it
possible that we are not making the most healthy choice by drinking animal
milk? For those who are looking for an alterna... more »
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