English: Logo for Bob Barr presidential campaign (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate for US President, speaks at Carnegie Mellon University in October 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Oops, We Did it Again!
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.)
*“It is an immutable law of the universe that if you give government
power, it uses it.”*- Former Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA)
If, after 2016, we take away any real revelations and insights from
the Obama administration, it will be Republican-Libertarian Bob Barr's
maxim of government always using power if it has it given to it. Perhaps,
in a recycling of the Bush era cynicism of the overreach of government
power, we may also trot out Ben Franklin's bromide about those who
surrender liberty for a little security and d... more »
Prior to Free Planet - Blackmail'd will become the new blog status.
*I wanted to report* on the very interesting story of American Embassy
Worker Ryan Fogle who was kicked out of Russia today having been caught 'in
the act' of trying to recruit a Russian Special Service Agent to work for
the CIA. Fogle had the Jason Bourne identikit, passports, cash, comms,
wigs, compass, etc...
We all know racy Russian redhead Anna Chapman got kicked out of USA, along
with some of her spy colleagues.
Surely, the US intel services are gonna cry SET UP at some point and say
it's all a fabrication or tit-for-tat expulsion in a continuing war that's
looking more and m... more »
Victoria Nuland is worth more than Rice!
*TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013*
*Quite correctly, David Brooks defends the latest scapegoat:* Last Friday
night, viewers of Fox were treated to an obscenity from a fallen figure.
Tucker Carlson killed the pig while speaking on Hannity. For various
reasons, the highlighted portrait is obscene, ugly, false, vile:
CARLSON (5/10/13): Let me just jump with a couple of facts there. So, we
know actually some of what happened. The CIA offered up its analysis to the
administration, to the State Department. And *Victoria Nuland—who is a
Hillary loyalist and a well-known mediocrity and hack, by the wa... more »
Is This Our Civilization's Obituary?
From
the *New Yorker.* Nicholas Thompson, on the crossing of the 400 ppm
marker, tries to put our civilization's future in perspective, to show
the
moral collapse that we work so hard to ignore, and the brutal prospects
we
bequeath to our children and theirs. It's something of a
*pre-mortem*obituary.
*We’ve got more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now than at any point
since the Pliocene, when there were jungles in northern Canada. And the
number hurdles ever upward, as ocean levels rise and extreme
weatherbecomes routine. Three-fifty was the old target; four-fifty is
the new one. ... more »
Reiner Schürmann - Time, the Body, Nothingness
Related: *An Excerpt From Meister Eckhart's Sermon "Jesus Entered."*
*Wikipedia:*
Father Reiner Schürmann, O.P., Ph.D. (February 4, 1941 – August 20, 1993)
was Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New
York.
Born in Amsterdam in 1941 of German parents, Reiner Schürmann wrote all
his major published work in French. Director of the faculty of philosophy
at the New School for Social Research Graduate Faculty of New York at the
time of his death, he was the author of three notable philosophical works:
Maître Eckhart et la joie errante ("Master Eckhart an... more »
Raising awareness
I’ve been virtually incommunicado for a few days and didn’t manage to
finish follow-up piece in time to post before I left.
I read an article on Harry’s Place that explored, above and below the line,
Hawking’s boycott and related issues in depth. Sadly the comments will be
zapped all too soon. One in particular steered Hawking’s allegiance with
the BDS movement in the direction of the BBC. It was from commenter ‘mind
the crap’, whose blogging moniker forewarns the reader about the content of
his own comments, which, unintentional or not, is quite considerate. He
said:
*“**Maybe ... more »
“A university isn’t Disneyland and professors aren’t Mickey Mouse”
Ari Kohen on the value of “edutainment“: Finally, and most importantly, is
the central claim that the test of education is whether or not it’s
entertaining. Wales asks, “why wouldn’t you have the most entertaining
professor, the one with the proven track record of getting knowledge into
people’s heads?” Is there evidence that the most entertaining
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Un regalo mas especial - mi mundo en espanol
Just to reaffirm that old dogs can still learn new tricks, how's this news:
I'm reading Ken Follett's latest book in Spanish.
Yes, 16 months after landing in a Spanish-speaking country with
Spanish-language skills that were not much more than tourist grade, I am
now making my way through an epic set in the pre-war years as Hitler rises
to power. And I'm understanding it (well, mostly).
I've loved this time in Honduras for all kinds of reasons. But I think I
might love it most for the opportunity it has given me to finally fulfill
my dream to learn Spanish.
Ever since my daughter Rega... more »
Pick Your Scandal
It's a fact that the government spies on all of us. What's that massive new
data center in Utah for, anyway? But when the DOJ brazenly grabs the phone
records of one of the biggest press organizations in the world, it not only
makes Nixon grin in his grave, it gives him and all the paranoid
autocrats who ever lived a huge dose of post-mortem Viagra. Barack Obama
makes them all look like raving civil libertarians, even as he futilely
strives todistance himself from his own abusive orgy.
The best thing about this latest outrage is that maybe the media
themselves will get outraged, now... more »
The criminality of the megabanks caused the present recession, yet the Federal government treats them as too big to fail and too big to jail. But what if the states were to sue individual bankers accused of defrauding the public? How sweet that would be! And California's Attorney General is contemplating doing just that. Support her!
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Will JPMorgan Chase Bankers Finally Pay the Piper?
By Richard Eskow
Will California Attorney General Kamala Harris hang tough in her new
lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, the first to target individual bankers
accused of defrauding the public? If so, it would be the first time in five
years that executives at a major bank have personally paid a price for
their misdeeds.
*Weekend at Jamie’s*
Recent revelations have shown the world that JPMorgan Chase comes as close
as any institution in America to embodying all that is corrupt,
contemptible, and ... more »
America’s first climate refugees: Alaska native villages threatened with coastal erosion – ‘It’s real, global warming, it’s real’
[image: A child plays in a flooded area of Newtok village. More than 180
native communities in Alaska are experiencing flooding and loss of land as
ice melts due to climate change. Photo: Brian Adams]
By Suzanne Goldenberg in Newtok, Alaska
13 May 2013
(Guardian) – Sabrina Warner keeps having the same nightmare: a huge wave
rearing up out of the water and crashing over her home, forcing her to swim
for her life with her toddler son.
"I dream about the water coming in," she said. The landscape in winter on
the Bering Sea coast seems peaceful, the tidal wave of Warner's nightmare
t... more »
Untitled
*James Gill leaves TP to join The Advocate!*
*Mother’s Day shooting reminds us that no one is immune from street
violence ~Jed Horne*
*Mayor Landrieu lays blame on judges for shooting suspect being free ~WWL*
*Who should pay for flood insurance? ~Eric Holdeman*
*Top Chef Gets $375,000 From NOLA and Louisiana (Using BP Oil Spill
Recovery Funds) ~Hillary Dixler*
*Review: St. Lawrence, Ian McNulty goes gastropubbing in the Upper Quarter ~
Gambit*
*8th Annual Bayou Boogaloo Adds VIP Experience, Ticket Contest ~offBeat*
*Billy Iuso & Restless Natives tomorrow at Wednesdays At The Square... more »
It's Time For Change In BC ....
*-B.C. New Democrats*
*-Your B.C. New Democratic Candidates*
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BULLROAR OVER BENGHAZI: David in Wonderland!
*TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013*
*Part 2—If it’s Sunday, nothing has to make sense:* We’ve all been living
in Wonderland for perhaps the past 21 years.
In Wonderland, facts get invented, then adopted by all. Other key facts
disappear.
Embellished paraphrase is common. Routinely, these embellished accounts of
what somebody said will be accepted by one and all.
(In some cases, these embellished accounts of what somebody said begin to
appear inside quotes!)
Privileged children are paid millions of bucks to go on TV and pretend to
be journalists. And so it happened:
On Sunday, David Gregory ... more »
Scientists find extensive glacial retreat in Mount Everest region – Glaciers have shrunk by 13 percent in the last 50 years and the snowline has shifted upward by 180 meters
[image: A new study finds a decline in snow and ice on Mount Everest
(second peak from left) and the national park surrounding it. Glaciers in
the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last 50 years and
the snowline has shifted upward by 180 meters (590 feet). Photo: Pavel
Novak]
By: Sudeep Thakuri, Graduate School of Earth, Environment and Biodiversity,
University of Milan, Milan, MB, Italy, and Water Research Institute,
National Research Council , Brugherio, MB, Italy and colleagues
Contact: Sarah Charley, +1 (202) 777-7516
scharley@agu.org
13 May 2013
Cancún, M... more »
More on the Phils/Taiwan Fisherman Mess
*Delivering veggies in Tsaotun*
The Taiwan Coast Guard has a couple of reports on its website about this
(like to thank the anonymous commenter on a previous post). This one says
the shooting occurred at "approximately 164 nautical miles south-east of
Eluanbi (latitude 20 degrees 07 minutes east longitude 123 degrees 01
minutes)". The CNA graphic complete with a bit of unseemly nationalistic
blood, has it located....
It is difficult for me to look at that graphic and not see the Taiwanese
boats as operating in Philippines waters. In fact (read on below!) Manila
has it in a slight... more »
Farmacology with Daphne Miller
I just read this book and I certainly recommend it. What it captures is
the ongoing effort by individual farmers to achieve an holistic protocol
for agricultural production. This is not mainstream as yet and what we
understand as organic practice is very much a work in progress even if it
is now clearly shown to be superior to industrial ways.
This is still a glimpse of the true future of agriculture.
To fully emerge, holistic agriculture needs to integrate the people
themselves and overcome a long history of the low grade abuse of the land's
servants. This can be done ... more »
Graphene Based Hetrostructures
We need to learn a new phrase. Graphene Based Heterostructures. This was
an obvious promise of graphene research but it turns out to be unexpectedly
way more accessible than anyone imagined.
The rapid evolution of thin structures has now begun and it will dominate
all our lives. Most certainly, a high yield solar elegy protocol will be
one of the first obvious applications. Most though, I would like to see
thin skinned batteries and thin skinned coolants. Both are difficult in
three dimensional configurations but may now become surprising.
Both will be central to the f... more »
Global Fig Culture
This is an interesting issue. First of, it is the most transportable
fruit we can imagine. The simple act of drying allows it to be carried on
land and at sea. This likely even preserves pollination insect larvae. Thus
our conjecture regarding the global Atlantean world pretty well demands
such a global distribution. Plenty of other crops also made the Bronze Age
trip although with spotty results.
That a wide range of separate varieties gives a year round harvest
certainly drove any general effort to move the horticulture.
We have really just begun to explore this fr... more »
Grape Hypertension Linkage Identified
This tells us that the relationship is way more direct and important than
anyone ever imagined. It makes the lifestyle choice rather compelling.
Our primitive ancestors were clearly evolved to eat a lot of fruit on an
ongoing basis. Any animal protein was always a bonus and not always too
important. What the animal protein did was plausibly top off a steady but
often irregular diet of plants.
In our world, it is possible to consume a steady diet of fruit, vegetables
and nuts. This strongly suggests that we need to build our diets around
just that and use fish, insect... more »
Why the kids of the 1% are still better than your kids
Because they can afford to hire “disabled” tour guides to help them jump
ahead in lines at Disney. BOOM! From the New York Post. Filed under: CHALK
FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: 1%, disney, new york post, one
percent, wealth
Can We Agree to a New Approach to School Improvement?
PBS’s first education TED talk began with the promise that it would not
play the blame game. The great presentations that followed raise the
question of what could be accomplished if they obeyed that policy, stopped
pointing fingers, and promoted “win win” methods of school improvement. A
previous post, “What if School “Reformers” Kept Up […]
ALEC an Invaluable Resource to Businesses
Here’s a piece from the Roll Call regarding Congressional lobbying in
Q1-2013.
My emphasis - I’ve bolded the names of companies that are known past or
present ALEC members.
* *
*Top 25 Organizations Lobbying in First Quarter*
By Kent Cooper Posted at 7:40 a.m. on April 23
Here is the ranking of the top 25 organizations spending on federal
lobbying during the first quarter of 2013.
*Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A*. $10,140,000
*National Association of Realtors* $8,500,000
*U.S.** Chamber Institute for Legal Reform* $6,430,000
*Northrop Grumman Corporation* $5,820,000 ... more »
What If The DCCC Had A Special Category Of Targets Based On Who Does The Most Harm?
A certainty: you will never beat Cantor, Boehner & Ryan unless you try
The DCCC targets districts it thinks it can win based on a few factors.
They look at Republican-held districts, for example, where Obama won or did
well. The seven Republican-held congressional districts Obama did best in--
with margins of 5 points or more-- were:
*•* CA-31 (Gary Miller) Obama beat Romney 57-41%
*•* CA-21 (David Valadao) Obama beat Romney 55-44%
*•* NJ-02 (Frank LoBiondo) Obama beat Romney 54-46%
*•* FL-27 (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) Obama beat Romney 53-47%
*•* NY-19 (Chris Gibson) Obama beat Romney 52-4... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to George Lucas, 69. Despite everything. Graffiti and Star
Wars is still a one-two punch that stacks up with the very best, and then
add his contributions to Empire and Raiders, and the good bits of the rest
of his career (and I remain a big fan of Jedi)...He couldn't sustain it?
Well, he's not the only one; he just did it in a way more public way than
most.
And some good stuff:
1. Brendan Nyhan on the scandal(s) he predicted.
2. Fenno's Paradox and re-election, from Michael Ensley.
3. So much for rebranding, Ed Kilgore notes.
4. I think Conor Friedersdorf's continu... more »
ISA Theory Section Call for Conference Paper Awards
The Theory Section seeks nominations for its new conference paper awards.
All papers with a strong theoretical focus which were presented at the 2013
ISA conference in San Francisco are eligible. The Theory Section seeks to
honor excellent work in theorizing international politics across the
plurality of theoretical approaches. Two awards will be granted: one
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The definitive version - Space Oddity
Cmdr. Chris Hadfield's last task as commander of the International Station
before leaving for Earth - make this video.
He landed only a few hours ago.
Citizens, Not Consumers
Natalie Brender writes in *The Toronto Star* that, if disasters such as the
factory collapse in Bangladesh are to be avoided in the future, we are
going to have to stop acting as consumers and start acting as citizens.
Private initiatives by non governmental agencies aren't enough:
As usual, the reason for this state of affairs is that things are
complicated. The locations, actors, incentives and pressures involved in
today’s global supply chains are so diverse and complex that uncoordinated
action from any number of angles isn’t enough to make a major difference.
If private volun... more »
Russia makes various foreign Policy moves - Us / Iran and Syria in focus....
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/05/201351411202924723.html
Russia detains US diplomat over 'spy' charge
Security service says state department employee caught red handed trying to
recruit intelligence officer to CIA.
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The Russian security services say they have detained a US diplomat they
claim is a CIA agent.
The agent, Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, has
been accused by Ru... more »
Germany Confidence miss - current situation and overal German ZEW below expectations..... sovereign debt in Europe still doing the " Draghi Rock " - which will work right up until it doesn't .... Troika related news items - Finland and Single Bank Supervision / Resolution Regime in focus .....Meanwhile in Asian sentiment , Taiwan and Philippines follow China and Japan in battling over islands in the Sea !
Eurozone / Troika news.....
http://ransquawk.com/headlines/eurogroup-s-dijsselbloem-says-bail-in-rules-need-to-take-effect-asap-in-2015-14-05-2013
Eurogroup's Dijsselbloem says bail-in rules need to take effect ASAP in 2015
Says:
- Doesn't support uninsured depositor preference.
- Prefers equal treatment of senior creditors and uninsured depositors.
*Update details:*
- A bail-in of junior bondholder was first discussed following the
financial crisis in Cyprus which was a method of protecting uninsured
depositors but still gaining contributions from bank bond holders.
- This method of... more »
Ed Steer's Morning Report on Gold and silver - May 14 , 2013 !
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/paul-craig-roberts-gold-market-rigging-exposes-a-gangster-state
Paul Craig Roberts: Gold Market Rigging Exposes a Gangster State
May
*14*
- Yesterday in Gold and Silver
- Critical Reads
- The Funnies
- The Wrap
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"Gold was not allowed to seriously breach its 20-day moving average."
¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER
Gold was under selling pressure right from the 6:00 p.m. EDT time open in
New York on Sunday evening...and by shortly after 10:00 a.m in Tokyo, gold
was down about twenty bucks...and traded very close to the $1,430... more »
Argentina: Remotely- Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires
*Source: Diario Popular
Date: 05.14.13*
*Argentina: Remotely-Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires*
To the south of La Plata, these devices pursue cars or appear out of thin
air in the midst of the river, shoulders or cattle troughs to startle
drivers and fishermen alike.
A wide area bordered by the Bay of Sanborombón and Route 2 to the south of
La Plata have turned into a pole of attraction for the same UFO phenomenon
that researchers have associated with the “activity of remotely guided
luminous probes” – a miracle of nanotechnology – and which have allegedly
caused ac... more »
JGB watch - May 14 , 2013 - third halt in three days barely missed in JGB Futures ! .... ten year bond hits 0.84 , 5 year hits 0.40 - a 22 month high ...... can you say things are disorderly there at the longer end of the yield curve ?
Japan Government Bond Yields
2Y:
- *Current*0.13
- *1M Ago*0.13
- *1Y Ago*0.11
2Y5Y10Y30Y0.001.00
0.13
0.13
0.11
NameYield1 Day1 Month1 YearTimeJGB 2 Year Yield0.13%+3+2+401:30:44JGB 5
Year Yield0.40%+8+17+1703:05:39JGB 10 Year Yield0.84%+10+23001:31:24JGB 30
Year Yield1.78%+6+25-401:31:33
Change shown in basis points
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-14/jgb-futures-narrowly-avoid-third-halt-three-days-tick-5y-yields-jump-highest-22-mont
JGB Futures Narrowly Avoid Third Halt In Three Days (By A Tick); 5Y Yields
Jump To Highest In 22 Months
[image: Tyler ... more »
Four Easy Fixes for Corporate Taxation
Everyone
"knows" that the corporate income tax is a mess. Ask any company.
They pay too much in corporate income tax, face rates higher than in any
other OECD country, and are just following the law when they use tax
havens
to keep profits eternally deferred from taxation and to perform general
sleight-of-hand.
Don't believe a word of it. While some economists believe we shouldn't
tax
corporations at all, the corporate income tax (CIT) is a necessary
backstopto the personal income tax (PIT). With no CIT or a rate lower
than the PIT,
individuals have an incentive to incorporate their ... more »
Christy Romer on Japan
Last month, I had the pleasure of hearing Christy Romer give a
great talk about Japanese monetary policy at the NBER Macro Annual
conference. You can now read it here.
Drug Innovation 12: H7N9, SARS, Bird Flu and Vaccines
Today, I read three stories of the SARS-like virus that has affected Saudi
Arabia, and bird flu virus in China.
Some 15 people have already died in Saudi Arabia alone, from SARS-like
coronavirus. There are some panic especially in the eastern part of the
country. See the news here.
A follow up article, also today, New SARS-like virus can probably pass
person-to-person. In one family alone in Eastern Saudi Arabia, the father
died and the three children got sick too with similar symptoms, two are in
the ICU already.
Then the news in China with 35 deaths already from a strain of H7N... more »
Vaccine Danger: Merck is Big Pharma’s Vaccine Monsanto by Paul Fassa
Source: http://www.prwatch.org/node/6263/printVaccine Danger: Merck is
Big Pharma’s Vaccine Monsanto
by Paul Fassa
Natural Society, 14 May 2013
The pharmaceutical giant *Merck* enjoys vast revenues if they’re able to
advertise and “lobby” politicians to pass laws promoting their
vaccinations, even while still paying huge fines and settlements for the
toxic aftermath of their other medicinal drugs.
Merck has paid out a total of *almost $5 billion to settle* nearly 27,000
Voixx civil law suits. This drug, intended for arthritic pain relief,
created 27,000 cases of heart attacks... more »
FAY WELDON - TRUE SELF
*Fay Weldon, who wrote the first episode of Upstairs, Downstairs.*
Novelist Fay Weldon claims to have had two 'near-death experiences' during
surgery.
Fay Weldon was an atheist, but her two 'out-of-body experiences' have made
her believe in an afterlife.
She says: "In one I saw the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, and
there was certainly an extraordinary sense of warmth, communality and
progress."
BUT, for anyone hoping for an easier life after death, Fay Weldon says of
life after death: "It was just more of the same - hard work, two steps
forward, one step back."
near... more »
Peter Mandelson and immigration
Lord Mandelson said:
‘In 2004 when as a Labour government, we were not only welcoming people to
come into this country to work, we were sending out search parties for
people and encouraging them, in some cases, to take up work in this
country.’
Remember that between 1997 and 2010, net migration to Britain totalled more
than 2.2 million, that's more than twice the population of Birmingham.
Also remember that the annual net immigration figure quadrupled under
Labour from 48,000 people in 1997 to 198,000 by 2009.
It was Andrew Neather who let the cat out of the bag when he revealed ... more »
Well done Danny Baker
The Sony radio awards were presented last night and I am pleased to report
that Danny Baker won gold in the Best Entertainment Programme section for
his 5Live show:
The Danny Baker Show
WINNER: GOLD
Danny Baker - Presenter
Lynsey Hipgrave - Co-presenter
Clare Davison - Producer
Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 live
What the Judges Said"Danny expertly sews the whole program together with
the flair and palpable enthusiasm of someone who oozes with a love and
desire to be on the radio."
I wonder if the 'pinheaded weasels' who sacked Danny Baker from BBC Radio
London, a... more »
Media links to the Barack Obama administration - "It's a family matter" (part 2)
Does this graphic make it easier to understand why the US media is so soft
on investigating Barack Obama especially re Benghazi?
No family links with the BBC, that I know of, so we'll have to put the
BBC's unwavering support down to love.
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by John Hardon of *Hardon's
Blog* and Cairo, both White Nationalists based in the United Kingdom. We'll
be discussing a variety of subjects, including the current state of affairs
in the United Kingdom, Muslim immigration, the Jewish Problem, Adolf Hitler
and European history, and related topics. Calls will be taken throughout
the conversation. Tune in for a lively discussion!
You can download the entire program *here*, or subscribe to the American
Nationalist Network via iTunes *here*. Thanks for listening everyone!
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Wu Ming Does the Middle Ages
Masterful
job by writers' collective:
Wu Ming does the Middle Ages
The reader is propelled into a tale of spies for and against the Church;
of bloody feuds between armies of the Church and peasant rebels; and of
communities organized along principles we would now call communist.
By Ron Jacobs / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2013
The Middle Ages might not seem like an exciting period of human
Buckling to Bigotry: The Newseum Dishonors Murdered Palestinian Journalists
Journalists
Memorial Wall, Newseum, Washington D.C.
(Photo Credit: Fallen Soldier/Wikimedia Commons)
Just two days before Palestinians commemorate the 65th anniversary of
the Nakba, the names of two Palestinian cameramen targeted and killed by
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza last November were dropped from a dedication
ceremony held to honor "reporters, photographers and broadcasters who
have
The Road Back If We're Brave Enough to Take It. It's Not for the Timid or Those Who Play Safe.
We like to call ourselves progressives but very little of what we write,
what we advocate for, is genuinely progressive. Far too much of it is
simply whining, bitching.
How many times can we chant, "Stephen Harper is a shit, Stephen Harper is a
shit," before we accept that we're not making anything better in the doing?
Of course he's a shit, so what? That shit has been in power for what,
going on seven years now? And he has a majority government to show for
his perfidy. So we've got a prime ministerial shit with a majority
government.
We keep focusing on all of his faults ev... more »
Evidence of Major Daytime Steam Release
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoUze59bLlk
Start at about 1:35.
Wotcha posted this at the Fukushima webcam discussion forum here
9 Fabulous Books that Deal With Tough Subjects
I love a funny, uplifting book as much as the next person, but life isn't
always funny and uplifting. Sometimes it is hard and heartbreaking.
Sometimes it is agony and unfair, but it is overcoming that makes life so
sweet. Here are 9 of my favorites books that deal with hard subject matter.
Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish.
The Picture of Dorian Gray- Would you sell your soul for youth? This
classic by Oscar Wilde touches on the innocence and the evils of the soul.
I love this commentary on human decision.
Dark Triumph- Some people have stories so tragic, you wonder how t... more »
One More Freaking Day
It has been such a long time coming but tomorrow we will end the arrogant
and abusive reign of British Columbia's corrupt and dishonest provincial
government.
The cheap hustlers, thieves and fixers collectively known as the British
Columbia Liberal Party will be kicked to the curb where they can indulge in
an in-house orgy of recriminations and revenge. I wonder how Christy Clark
sleeps amid the noise of all those Liberal knives being sharpened.
I will have to wait until tomorrow night to learn the fate of my own, once
very safe Liberal riding. *The Tyee* proclaimed Parksville-Qua... more »
Guest Post - Rewarding Teachers That Deserve it
As parents and their communities consider the available educational options
for American children, questions arise. Many different alternative modes of
education are presented by various individuals and groups who often promote
a specific philosophy or agenda. One thing that all sides agree upon is
that the individual who presents the educational material, be it a parent,
a formal educator or another person, will have a great impact on the
students' learning career.
Guiding children and preparing them to take their place in society, whether
that involves pursuing further studies aft... more »
Sometimes cartoonists tackle seemingly trivial subjects, and sometimes they tackle the really big ones
*"Oh, I know He works in mysterious ways, but
if I worked that mysteriously I'd get fired."*
*"If we're all wrong and God actually does exist, in my opinion He's going
to turn out to be Jewish. At least, I certainly hope so, because if He is
Jewish I figure He can take a joke."*
-- New Yorker *cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, in the
e-newsletter/blogpost* "The Cosmology of Cartoonists"
*"The idea of a god or gods doesn't hold for me -- but works great for
cartoons."*
-- New Yorker *cartoonist Chris Weyant (see below)*
*by Ken*
I've been meaning to get back to *New Yorker* cartoon editor... more »
New Zealand to Outlaw Patents on Software
*Guest post by **Dale Halling** *
According to Kiwi Blog, which calls this “A good move from the Gov’t on
patents,” there is a new Patent Bill that will prohibit patents on
software.
Logically, this suggests that there is something special about software
that is incompatible with patents. In order to determine this, we first
have to have a clear understanding of what software is and what a patent
is.
A patent is a property right that a person earns by creating a new
invention. But what is an invention? An invention is anything created by
man that has an *objective result*. Thi... more »
Mario Joseph and Father Jean-Juste
Mario Joseph awarded Doctorate of Humane Letters from Indiana University
defend.ht/politics/artic… via @defendhaiti
— John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) May 14, 2013
BOOKS / Bill Fletcher Jr. : Gar Alperovitz and Visions of a New World
What
Then Must We Do?:
Political economist Gar Alperovitz
and visions of a new world
The struggle for structural reforms is essential to changing the 'common
sense' of the U.S. political arena. But it is not enough to wound the
rabid beast; one must ultimately bring it down.
By Bill Fletcher Jr. / Jacobin / May 13, 2013
Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do?, will be Thorne
Liberal Victory in Labrador
MONTRÉAL– Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made the following statement today
on the by-election results in Labrador:
"I am immensely proud of Yvonne Jones and want to offer her my heartfelt
congratulations on this victory.
I was thrilled to campaign with Yvonne in Labrador, and am equally looking
forward to the strong track record of proven leadership that she brings to
both the Liberal caucus and to Parliament on behalf of her riding.
Today we have demonstrated that the Liberal message of hope and hard work
is resonating, and that Canadians are tired of the Conservatives' politics... more »
The Stereotype
(I intended to do this post some time ago but it just got lost in the
shuffle. Spring was late getting here this year so I haven't had the
opportunity to get out and hit some trails as I had hoped and my birding
list is woefully shorter than this time last year. But with decent-looking
weekend weather on the horizon I hope to make up for my shortfall of posts
in the very near future.)
As with many stereotypes there is usually a grain of truth in there. Since
I think I've heard just about every stereotype out there about Fort
McMurray in my short 3 years here, I thought it would b... more »
Uh oh, 29 pages of math practice homework for a first grader? Really? #stopcommoncore
Your common core, at work. Test prep… two years prior to an official tested
grade. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News
& Commentary Tagged: common core, first grade, math, test prep
Scientists: Ubiquitous household chemical could be killing cats – ‘Significant association’ between hyperthyroidsim and brominated flame retardants
By Jeff Burnside
8 May 2013
SEATTLE (KOMO News) – A chemical threat lies hidden in millions of American
homes, and top government scientists believe it could be killing cats.
Right now in the special session of the state legislature, lawmakers are
fighting powerful interests to ban versions of the chemical.
Dr. Dennis Wackerbarth is a top expert on hyperthyroidsim, and he said
countless numbers of cats die from the disease each year.
Millions of indoor cats have been hit in recent decades by thyroid glands
that go crazy, switching their metabolism into high gear. They become
ra... more »
Formosan Button Man
Military Intelligence: What US troops will see when Taiwan is taken: "The
Big Button Man!!" from the _Lubbock Morning Avalanche_ (Lubbock, Texas) 27
April 1945 Page 4. via Paul Barclay and the East Asia Image Collection at
Lafayette. Needless to say, no such tradition existed.
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Europe says " No " , " Non " to Europe ...... meanwhile watch out for the Troy revolt as Conservatives plot a referendum escape from Europe !
Just Say Non To The New "Sick Man Of Europe" - Support For EU Plunges In
France And Most European Countries
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2013 20:32 -0400
- Bond
- Czech
- European Union
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- Italy
- Monetary Policy
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Poland
- Portugal
- Reality
- Recession
- Sovereigns
- Unemployment
- Unification
In some surprising news, and quite contrary to what its record low bond
yields would indicate (for a key ... more »
The DCCC's Plague Of New Dem Self-Funders... And Worse
Umm... actually, corporate-oriented New Dem Suzan DelBene wrote herself $5
million in personal checks to crush her middle class opponents and buy a
House seat
Because of the innate nature of the Republican Party and what it has come
to represent-- basically the longtime conservative quest to preserve the *status
quo* or the reactionary quest to push for a *status quo ante*-- it
surprises no one when you see multimillionaires like Darrell Issa (R-CA),
Michael McCaul (R-TX), Fred Upton (R-MI) being "entitled" to committee
chairs. Of the multimillionaires who are 50 richest Members of C... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
San Jose, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Fukushima updates - May 13 , 2013 ! Tepco flailing away as usual ...... injecting Nitrogen into Reactor 2 building while hoping nothing goes boom ..... Tepco attempt to dump contaminated ground water turned down by fisheries associations that still want to have safe / edible fish to catch..... More Tepco hi- jinks , cover ups , lies.......
Fukushima thread for the next few days.....
Tepco just flipping and pulling levers - pushing buttons and praying
something works for awhile , no clue as to what they're doing.....
Tepco to start nitrogen gas injection into reactor2 for the first time,
“Not knowing the hydrogen gas concentration”
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Tepco is going to inject nitrogen gas into reactor2 as a test.
They need to keep the hydrogen gas concentration lower than 2% or it may
cause hydrogen exp... more »
Student “Takes Aim” at Common Core Math
Somebody has had just about enough of the developmentally inappropriate,
overbearing, confusing, and time-consuming program that Pearson thinks is
going to help him grow into a successful adult. Enjoy this student’s
videography: Filed under: KRIS NIELSEN: First, Do No Harm Tagged: ccss,
common core, envision math, pearson
Climate change will make hundreds of millions homeless – ‘It could become a permanent feature of life on Earth’
[image: Climate change is amplifying risks from drought, floods, storm and
rising seas. Photo: Simon Maina / AFP]
By Robin McKie, science editor
11 May 2013
(The Observer) – It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of
people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a
result of global warming. That is the stark warning of economist and
climate change expert Lord Stern following the news last week that
concentrations of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere had reached a level of
400 parts per million (ppm).
Massive movements of people are likely to occur... more »
Satire: “G.O.P. Split Over Whether To Waste Time Investigating Benghazi Or Repealing Obamacare”
*“G.O.P. Split Over Whether To Waste Time Investigating*
* Benghazi Or Repealing Obamacare”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “A deep divide has emerged within the
Republican Party over whether to waste Congress’s time investigating
Benghazi talking points or repealing Obamacare, G.O.P. lawmakers confirmed
today. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), sounded the first
discordant note at a press briefing this morning, telling reporters, “The
time for wasting day after day investigating Benghazi is over. The American
people are counting us to waste ... more »
Fraser (TX-ALEC) Knows How to Spend Other People's Money
Think twice before you donate to this guys campaign
In the last three years, Troy Fraser, chairperson of the Senate Natural
Resources Committee, spent more than $300,000 from his campaign account
maintaining his personal airplane, at least $33,000 on country club fees
and dues, and more than $4,000 on suits, on top of thousands of dollars on
upscale hotels for conferences and events everywhere from Hawaii to Buenos
Aires, according to his campaign finance reports.
Between 2008 and 2010, Fraser claimed more travel per diems – 361, valued
at more than $58,000 – than any other member ... more »
St Louis nuclear concern - what happens when an underground landfill fire meets a pool of nuclear waste ? If you lived in St Louis , would you want to discover what the answer is ? Is the answer a dirty bomb - brought to you by true domestic terrorists ?
St. Louis on the Brink of Nuke Waste Disaster
MAY 13, 2013
Reblogged from flying cuttlefish picayune:
*Rolling Stone*: *An underground landfill fire near tons of nuclear waste
raises serious health and safety concerns – so why isn't the government
doing more to help?*
"No one knows for sure what happens when *an underground inferno meets a
pool of atomic waste,* but residents aren't eager to find out."
*ENE-News* on it (with more info in comments) - …
Read more… 52 more words
*Mississippi River related . . .*
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*http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/st-louis-is-burning-20130510... more »
What? How Did This Get Past the G&M Editors?
This is incredible coming from the pipeline promoting, bitumen boosting
Globe & Mail. An urgent appeal to our next provincial government to deal
with our environmental challenges. That includes saving our remaining
stocks of old growth trees like this giant from the Upper Walbran valley on
Vancouver Island.
Is there any other place in Canada you can find trees this magnificent?
Harper has so emasculated and corrupted the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans that one of the recommendations is that British Columbia simply step
in and take over. Maybe, since Harper wants to str... more »
Bilderberger meetings set for June 6-9 , 2013 .... but with this weekend Emergency G- 7 meetings and the Mini - Bilderberg Meetings also this weekend , understand whatever plans are being considered are in the process of being finalized !
Are the Elites getting Organized ahead of this year's Bilderberg meetings ?
Two meeting of the Elites and G- 7 indicates yes they are......
Watford mayor on 2013 Bilderberg meeting
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Watford - Watford's elected mayor has spoken out about this year's
Bilderberg meeting in the United Kingdom, criticizing frequent Bilderberg
protesters as being violent.
It was reported in April that this year's Bilderberg meeting will be held
near Watford in the United Kingdom from June 6-9; and despite the rec... more »
400 gigabytes of off-shore tax evasion
Awhile ago I posted a story about the ICIJ getting information regarding
secret off-shore accounts being used for possible tax evasion. That data
drop was 260 Gigbytes of data.
Today the ICIJ release a new report that notes:
A statement from the British tax office puts the size of the data obtained
by the three tax authorities at 400 gigabytes, compared to the 260
gigabytes gathered by the ICIJ.
“The 400 gigabytes of data is still being analyzed but early results show
the use of companies and trusts in a number of territories around the world
including Singapore, the British V... more »
Bachmann Leaves Minnesota - Fears the Wrath of God
*“Sodom and Gomorrah thought they could defy the will of God – and we all
know what happened to them. If the governor signs this legislation into law
the Minneapolis-St. Paul region will be next.*
“I have a friend from Eden Prairie who’s already packed everything she owns
into her car and is driving out to Montana as we speak. These are very
scary times. I don’t want my family to be the last ones out.”
What was that all about.
Her statement regarding the passage of the gay marriage legislation in
Minnesota
which BTW - passed today - will be signed into law by Governor Dayton
tom... more »
Saudis look for an exit with dignity from Syrian War campaign - Turkey and Jordan left to carry the water of the West ?
http://www.debka.com/article/22967/Saudis-explore-Iranian-options-for-Syria-Lebanon-in-talks-with-Iran%E2%80%99s-Salehi
Saudi Arabia has decided to explore dialogue with its great regional rival
Iran for ending the Syrian conflict and assuring Lebanon’s political
future, *DEBKAfile’*s Gulf sources report. They have given up on US policy
for Syria in view of Russian and Iranian unbending support for Bashar
Assad; his battlefield gains aided by Hizballah and Iranian Bassij forces;
and Turkey’s inaction after Saturday’s terrorist bombings in the town of
Reyhanli near the Syrian border ... more »
Verbal threats may amount to self-defence
R v Surette, [2009] Y.J. No. 149:
20 As to the argument by Crown counsel that words cannot constitute a
use of force within the definition of self-defence, I find that accepting
this position could lead to illogical or absurd results. As an extreme
example, if an individual is threatened by the use of force against him
which could result in grievous bodily harm or death, to the extent that he
is justified in repelling that force with deadly force, and he possesses a
loaded firearm, it would be a defence to that individual if he shot the
aggressor but not if he only threatened to... more »
Will the Housing Accord cure the land banks?
*Guest post by Phil Hayward*
*Now that a “housing accord” between the government and Auckland Council
has been announced it’s worth asking, what’s been agreed and will it make
any real difference. Last year after the NZ Productivity Commission
released its findings and recommendations over its Inquiry into Housing
Affordability, Phil Hayward said they *
*completely fail to identify the extent of market freedom surrounding
property development and the supply of land for it that is essential to
ensure housing affordability and economic stability. There is a very real
danger that “... more »
barcelona, day three
What a day we've had. We had two incredible architecture experiences today,
one of them among the most astounding buildings we have ever seen. It was
also a *long* day. We are currently recuperating in our hotel room. Allan's
blisters have blisters.
* * * *
We took off early today, heading for La Sagrada Familia. We booked our
tickets online the night before. If you ever go, this is a must, and a tip
we discovered by accident. There's no service charge or extra fees, and you
avoid hours of queueing up in the hot sun. We booked the first entrance
time, between 9 and 10 a.m., and ent... more »
“Nuclear Terror in the Middle East: Lethality Beyond the Pale”
*“Nuclear Terror in the Middle East: Lethality Beyond the Pale”*
by Nick Turse
“In those first minutes, they’ll be stunned. Eyes fixed in a thousand-yard
stare, nerve endings numbed. They’ll just stand there. Soon, you’ll notice
that they are holding their arms out at a 45-degree angle. Your eyes will
be drawn to their hands and you’ll think you mind is playing tricks. But it
won’t be. Their fingers will start to resemble stalactites, seeming to melt
toward the ground. And it won’t be long until the screaming begins.
Shrieking. Moaning. Tens of thousands of victims at once. The... more »
Data, Data Everywhere
Enjoyed Tim and Shaun’s discussion Sunday on InBloom thanks for bringing
Rachel from CO to educate us. if No Child Left Behind was propaganda, this
data mining bonanaza is another holy grail for corporate ed deformers. I
keep getting ads and invitations to update my Linked In account and once on
Facebook, people start popping […]
Searching For Identity and Purpose
Once upon a time, Carl Jung said, “I am not what happened to me, I am what
I chose to become.” He understood his calling, the special role that was
unique to his existence. He consciously pursued it, and he spent his life
on a path of powerful healing.
James Hillman was one of Jung’s apprentices. Hillman did not believe that
newborns came into this world as blank slates. He saw infants as unique
acorns, ready to spend their lives growing into unique oaks. Every oak
tree had a different form. No two were identical. The form of the tree
was influenced by the information stored ... more »
Let'em Eat Grubs
Think we don't have a global population problem? Think we're not
exhausting our environment? Well has the U.N. got a grub for you.
A new report from the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization says if the
world wants to achieve food security, a lot of people are going to have to
start eating bugs. The report, *Edible Insects - Future Prospects for
Food and Feed Security*, shows an assortment of supposedly delectable
little critters.
The report claims that bugs already form an integral part of the diets of
2-billion people. It holds, logically enough, that insects may provide the... more »
Why being called a bitch may not be such a bad thing for women
A friend recently called me a bitch while saying warm heartedly that,"it's
the thing that she loves most about me." In camaraderie she said that she
too was a bitch. I was not comforted, at least not right away.
To be called a bitch to my face, by a dear friend, I must admit that for a
second, shocked me. Me? No way? I am strong, I am honest, I am assertive, I
am confident, I am sweet, I am kind, but a bitch, I am not! Or am I? And
why take offense to the word since I am in great company--Hillary Clinton,
Gloria Steinem, Susan Rice, Dolores Huerta are purportedly "bitches" or
"bit... more »
The Final Meltdown
We're leaving together/But still it's farewell/And maybe we'll come back/To
earth, who can tell?
With UKIP doing well in the polls and benefiting from the most benign
coverage a party has attracted since Blair's halcyon days, Tory MPs working
furiously to no-confidence the Queen's Speech, AND senior cabinet members
and grandees alike throwing grist in t'mill, the enigmatic lyrics to
Europe's 1986 poodle mega smash fit the 2013 Tory party's trajectory quite
nicely. But whereas everyone's favourite rock anthem had a touch of
mystery, there is no such air about the fate awaiting the ... more »
The Man Who Fell Back to Earth
[image: image]Everyone’s favourite astronaut Chris Hadfield, who’s been tweeting
from the International Space Station everything from pictures of earth’s
cities to showing how tears work in zero gravity, bows out at the station
with a small rewrite of the obvious cover song, and some non-special
effects the original music video maker could only dream about:
Despite the good Commander’s voice being better suited for space work than
singing, David Bowie tweeted his endorsement.
[image: image]
The first music video shot in space now has over 1.8 million views!
Content is copyright P... more »
Benghazi is the new circle derp
Obama is right. The Benghazi frenzy is a sideshow. Actually I would call it
a freak show stuffed into a clown car, but not going to quibble about it.
Certainly, it's painfully obvious why the GOPers are pushing it. With
polling already being done showing she would blow anybody on both sides of
the fence out of the race in 2016, they fear the Hillary.
[graphic via]
What may not be apparent, at least to those who don't watch the media
players closely, is why our "both sides do it" journos suddenly got so
interested in pushing such an obviously fake controversy and in fact,
taking ... more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OPPT-IN Facebook Page & Radio Show Migration
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
Oppt-In went viral, and has become a universal conversation thanks to YOU
On January 22, 2013 (US) | January 23, 2013 (AU), as The Collective
Imagination radio show rounded the 77 minute mark of its 2 hour broadcast,
I announced our desire to launch a campaign called Oppt-In with the slogan
"I am Free. Oppt-In.". The idea was to get a conversation started, get the
word out that we are all free - in every sense of the word. IT WORKED!
That day, I suggested we start by posting an image of ourselves with the
words, "I am Free. Oppt-In," and I kick... more »
You Call That a Cover-Up?
Obviously, things don't have to be as bad as Watergate to be important
malfeasance, but given all the loose talk about "cover-up" and "worse than
Watergate" in the context of Benghazi, I figured it was worth just pointing
out quickly the general outlines of the Watergate cover-up.
* The cover-up was essentially directed by the president, overseen by the
White House Chief of Staff, and at the operational level run by the White
House Counsel.
* A false story was concocted.
* Both at the White House and at the campaign committee, everyone involved
destroyed evidence.
* Low-level p... more »
Will Hanabusa's Political Cowardice on LGBT Issues Come Into Play In The Hawai'i Senate Race?
Last week we took a look at a contentious Senate race shaping up in Hawai'i
between progressive incumbent Brian Schatz and more conservative (and
corrupt) Colleen Hanabusa. At the time I mentioned that "she can be counted
on to vote with Democrats on issues like Choice (though *not* marriage
equality)." I've had some pushback from the Choice community claiming she's
not been a good ally on women's health issues-- and we'll get to that in
another post-- and some pushback from Hanabusa's own allies saying she's a
good ally on LGBT issues. "She's evolved," goes the refrain-- so,
basi... more »
Can poor children learn?
By now the poverty does or doesn’t matter dichotomy is really starting to
get old. Anyone that truly cares about helping children from low
socio-economic environments succeed in school knows that all children(even
poor ones) can learn. It’s absolutely ridiculous when education reformers
insist that those of us “resisting” are claiming that “poor kids can’t […]
The Crap That Comes Out of Peter Kent's Mouth
Harper EnviroShill, Peter Kent, is one of the sleaziest actors in Ottawa.
His latest pitch - we have to get out from under the U.S. dilbit discount -
i.e. get those pipelines up and running from the B.C. coast - so that the
Athabasca oil barons will be able to invest in technology to curtail
pollution.
"*The ability of the oil and gas sector to absorb tough government controls
on their greenhouse gas emissions depends on Canada getting a better price
for its oil, Environment Minister Peter Kent says."*
That's pretty thin code for no supertanker highway to Asia, no tough
governmen... more »
Lamar W. Hankins : Guantánamo Turns Us All Into Monsters
Photo
by AP. Image from Salon.
The nation's shame:
Guantánamo turns us all into monsters
The President says the right things, but he doesn’t seem to have the
political will to release those wrongly imprisoned in Guantánamo.
By Lamar W. Hankins /
The Rag Blog / May 13, 2013
There should be no question that George W. Bush is the first to charge
for the shame of Guantánamo. But now
Globe & Mail Gives A 'Right Wing' Endorsement To BC Liberals With Error Filled Editorial ...
**
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*The following article was published on The Tyee on May 13, 2013 and is
well worth reading:*
*The Globe and Mail published an editorial on Friday evening endorsing
Christy Clark and the BC Liberals to form the next government for British
Columbia. Adrian Dix and his New Democrats were deemed by the Globe too
"risky." The editorial cited among key reasons Dix's opposition to the
TransMountain pipeline and the fact that while he presents himself as
moderate, he is running with "left wingers" who would "wield influence."*
* *
*One might assume that at... more »
VERY Important Health News: The Vaccine Hoax Is Over, Documents From UK Reveal 30 Years Of Cover-Up!
One of the most important subjects that I cover here at this blog are of
course Health related issues, and especially exposing the lies pushed
forward by our so called Medical and Pharmaceutical industries. It is so
important that everyone stays healthy in this war against the criminals out
for our very enslavement.
For the longest time I and others in this, the REAL truth movement, have
harped on the fact that vaccines and the policy of vaccinations themselves
are complete frauds, and that vaccines themselves promote the very diseases
that they are supposed to be fighting... It i... more »
Common law guarantee defences can be ousted by sufficiently clear bank language
Royal Bank of Canada v. Samson Management & Solutions Ltd., 2013 ONCA 313
makes clear that common law guarantee defences can be ousted by
sufficiently clear bank language:
[61] Parties are entitled to make their own arrangements, and a
guarantor's decision to contract out of the protection provided by the
common law or equity will usually be respected by the courts so long as the
contracting-out language is clear and unambiguous: *Conlin*, at para. 4.
Common Core Rollback: One Down, 44 to Go
Indiana has officially become the first state to say no more Common Core.
The State Legislature will have another look in 2015. From Valerie
Strauss: . . . . Indiana is one of the handful of states that are either
pulling back or considering halting the standards, including Alabama, South
Dakota and Georgia. The Michigan […]
Media links to the Barack Obama administration - "It's a family matter"
Thanks to mrctv for the video.
Gosnell: PHILLY ABORTION DOCTOR CONVICTED...
* ON 3 COUNTS FIRST-DEGREE MURDER*.
More detail* HERE*
Gosnell verdict reached...
*waiting.*
To be read when??
Notice how all the news outlets (at least those that even say anything
about this case) use the word "snipped" when referring to what Gosnell did
to the spines of live babies? Snipped is such an innocent sounding and
tiny little word. It's akin to what a lady does to a loose thread on a
piece of fabric.
Certainly we can do better. How about "slashed?" Even "cut" would be more
accurate.
Untitled
*Fundraiser for victims of Mother's Day second line violence ~Kevin Allman,
Gambit*
Untitled
*The Louisiana Coast: Last Call — The Shape We're In Now ~Bob Marshall, WWNO
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What If School “Reformers” Kept Up Their Best Behavior?
John Legend introduced PBS’s first education TED talk with the promise that
it would not play the blame game. The great presentations that followed
raise the question of what could be accomplished if we all obeyed that
policy, stopped pointing fingers, and promoted “win win” methods of school
improvement. This post will show that even […]
What If “Reformers” Adopted a Positive Agenda?
John Legend introduced PBS’s first education TED talk with the promise that
it would not play the blame game. The great presentations that followed
raise the question of what could be accomplished if we all obeyed that
policy, stopped pointing fingers, and promoted “win win” methods of school
improvement. This post will show that even […]
How Will Harper Handle Hadfield?
There's nothing Steve Harper likes better than to bask in the glory of a
celebrity. He gets his nose so far up their bums that sometimes you wonder
how they'll ever get away.
So, what's in store for Canada's latest global phenom, Chris Hadfield?
I think Colonel Hadfield presents more than a bit of a problem for Sideshow
Steve and his government.
One thing that Chris Hadfield is known for world-wide is his utter
reverence for planet earth and, especially, our atmosphere. Look at the
many high-def photographs he posted online and the comments that go with
them. Hadfield seemed l... more »
Wild Bill: Will justice finally be served on the Obama administration?...
*I'm not holding my breath.*
“Attack of the Taxpayer-Eating Zombie Bureaucrats”
*“Attack of the Taxpayer-Eating Zombie Bureaucrats”*
by Dan Mitchell
“When it comes to finding creative ways to piss away other people’s money
and make bone-headed choices, American politicians and bureaucrats are
ready to meet the challenge. This isn’t empty patriotism on my part. For
proof, check out this Washington Examiner story about the federal
government sending bureaucrats to a posh, $1,000-per-person conference,
where they learned…I’m not making this up…how to respond to zombie attacks.
“When zombies attack, the Department of Homeland Security will be
prepared. …mon... more »
The Economy: “World War Z”
*“World War Z”*
by Bill Bonner
“If you're a movie goer, you've probably seen trailers for Brad Pitt's
zombie movie, “World War Z”. Pitt plays a United Nations employee forced to
deal with a global zombie pandemic of epic proportions. Hollywood is
picking up on a theme we've been discussing in these pages at some length...
First, let us remind you of what zombies are. We're not talking about the
computer-animated characters you see in the movies. We're talking about
real people who live at the expense of others... people who take but don't
give... people who twist "the syste... more »
Oy, Fournier
Say what?
Why does this matter? Because a president’s credibility matters. President
Bush’s second term effectively ended when Americans grew tired of his
administration’s spinning and dissembling over Iraq and Katrina. They
stopped trusting him. They stopped listening to him. He no longer had the
moral authority to lead.
That's Ron Fournier on Benghazi and the IRS story, and it's dead wrong.
What hurt, and then destroyed, Bush's approval ratings was very simple:
events. There was no way to spin the ongoing policy disaster in Iraq from
summer 2003 through, well, pretty much the en... more »
KENGATE; CHILD ABUSE; BOHEMIAN GROVE
*Child actor Ben Fellows, and the Queen*
The 'Kengate Tapes' were made by a TV company called Carlton.
The tapes allegedly reveal that the top UK government minister Ken Clarke
groped a young child actor called Ben Fellows.
*Ken Clarke, a top member of Bilderberg, which has links to Dutroux.*
UK Prime Minister David Cameron worked for the TV company, Carlton, when
the Kengate Tapes were made to disappear.
*UK Prime Minister David Cameron.*
*Ben Fellows writes:*
*David Cameron is responsible for destroying evidence of child abuse*
"David Cameron disappeared the Kengate Tapes whi... more »
Rubio plays the fool - Updated
Well, I suppose Rubio's ridiculous demand will play well with the rubes:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Monday called on the IRS commisioner to resign
in the wake of the agency's admission that staffers in the Cincinatti
branch targeted conservative non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in the
run-up to the 2012 elections.
You see, the well deluded base probably won't hear this on Fox News.
Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, *who was appointed by President Bush in
2008* and held by President Obama, left the agency in Nov. 9, 2012. Any
pre-election misconduct would have had to occur on hi... more »
Divide the Right: Fetal Gore Porn Gang Targets Harper
Woo-hoo!.
From the Fetal Gore Tour nutters:
*Anti-Abortion Face-Off with Stephen Harper
Postcards with Aborted Fetus Images Alongside Harper Images Go to
Constituents*
Calgary, AB. Starting today, a group of anti-abortion activists will
circulate postcards with images of Prime Minister Stephen Harper next to
bloody, graphic pictures of late-term aborted children to homes in Harper’s
constituency. Harper is the first of five politicians the Canadian Centre
for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) says it will make “Face the Children”—the
name of its new project. The group plans to distribu... more »
Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013)
Kenneth Waltz died last night. From an email sent by Robert Jervis: It is
with great sadness that I have to report that Ken Waltz died last night.
As many of you know, his health had been uncertain ever since he lost much
of his sight a year ago, and about a month ago he
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“Round the Clock Surveillance: Is This the Price of Living in a ‘Free, Safe’ Society?”
*“Round the Clock Surveillance: *
*Is This the Price of Living in a ‘Free, Safe’ Society?”*
By John W. Whitehead
“If you’re not a terrorist, if you’re not a threat, prove it. This is the
price you pay to live in free society right now. It’s just the way it
is.”—Sergeant Ed Mullins of the New York Police Department.
Immediately following the devastating 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the
illusion of invulnerability which had defined American society since the
end of the Cold War, many Americans willingly ceded their rights and
liberties to government officials who promised ... more »
Another Vision
Last night I was lying in bed ready to fall to sleep and I had my second
vision.
I describe the first vision here, which occurred May 19, 2012. That vision
was of a worm that surged up from the earth and then exploded into a
terrible fire in the sky.
Then, rapidly, a new image was burned into my brain. It was off a bridge
shrouded in mist. I could not see the other side of the bridge. It
signified to me the uncertainty of death brought upon by the worm.
Last night a new vision appeared in my mind:
*It was signaled by purple of the same color as seen in the Tepco webcam
trained on... more »
you and me
"I'm just the same as you...
I want to enjoy my life...
live and let live."
Turkey: Military Plane Crashes-Erdogan does GW & NATOs mercs at work
Will this be spun as a reason for a no fly zone?
ht to anonymous linkie person..you know who you are :)
Turkey's military said on Monday that it had lost one of its F-16 fighter
jets near Osmaniye, about 50 km (30 miles) from the border with Syria, but
NTV television quoted military sources as saying *the crash had probably
been an accident.*
Last June, Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet off the Syrian
coast. It said it had acted in self-defence without knowing that the jet
was Turkish, although Turkey said the plane had been identifiable and in
international airspace... more »
If The Oceans Rise 40 Meters, Will Your House Be Underwater?
Sometimes I wonder why I bother following the deranged rantings of
right-wing sociopath Bryan Fischer on twitter. I keep wanting to delete him
from my twitter-feed but, it's like a 50 car pile up you just can't stop
watching... or it's my cross to bear. Yesterday I woke up with him racing
about how Republican are the science party:
The hate talk radio host and satan-worshipper is like a contrary indicator
of reality. I'm am glad he reminded me about global warming today though.
The science section of *The Guardian* has a warning for humanity that
satanists and End-of-Times acti... more »
Kurdish Alliance Agrees To Face Saving Agreement With Iraq’s Central Government To Return To Baghdad
Since March 2013, the Kurdish Coalition had been boycotting the central
government. This was the result of on-going disputes over the 2013 budget,
and the country’s oil policy. Recently the two sides came to a new
agreement that allowed the Kurdish ministers and lawmakers to return to
Baghdad. The deal was roundly criticized, because it gained no immediate
benefits for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The reason why the
Kurdish list agreed to return to office with none of its demands met was
that it was gaining nothing from its absence, and simply wanted a face
saving devi... more »
Amazon rainforest on path to lose 65 percent of biomass by 2060 – study
[image: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The country is under
pressure to expand agricultural production, yet deforestation could reduce
yields, according to a study from the Brazilian federal universities of
Viçosa, Pampa, Minas Gerais, and the Woods Hole Research Center in the
United States. Photo: Leonardo F. Freitas / flickr]
By Alex Kirby
10 May 2013
LONDON (Climate News Network) – Researchers see no winners if agriculture
made possible by widespread felling in the Amazon continues to expand.
Large-scale expansion of agriculture at the expense of the forest could
entai... more »
TED - when scientists and congress organizers cross lines...
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 23 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/_SGzu8TJsyo
TED unworthy? Who are the "mysterious peers" (one of which Jerry Coyne, a
biologist, atheist but believing in evolution) and their modus operandi?
What happens when scientists encounter other scientists who pose scientific
questions they don't like? Remember the climate scam, as but one example of
'extra-ordinary' or 'misunderstood' sciences. Worse it gets when this sort
of 'science-making' mingles with crackpot-politics, and not only for money.
A fair enough question seeing the financial crisis without any working
recipe for a solution from Nobel ... more »
Free @thechalkface propaganda gallery
Images are powerful and when there’s free time, I make them. So, we offer
you the following image gallery for free to use and share at your leisure.
Many are based on WWI and II propaganda posters, others humdrum internet
memes with an education twist. Myself and others will likely keep adding to
this gallery […]
BBC News - I do... for now. UK Muslims revive temporary marriages
The BBC report approvingly of sharia compliant for Shia Muslims anyway,
temporary marriages.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22354201
Not so popular amongst Sunni Muslims...
Obama and the IRS...
*dealing with devil.*
*I am the Face of the Obama IRS Attacks *
From: *Wayne Allyn Root*
We are dealing with a modern-day Nixon.
The IRS just admitted to targeting and intimidating conservative and Tea
Party groups. But why? The answer- the IRS thought a quick apology and
throwing a few “low level employees” under the bus could nip it in the bud
and make it all go away. They’re wrong. This will be one of the biggest
scandals in U.S. political history- *if the media does their job.*
This IRS scandal is a threat to everything America stands for. It’s why we
fought a revolution aga... more »
Spurious Impeachment? Probably Not
I've been writing about possible impeachment for a long time, and I said
back in 2009 that "If Republicans take back the House, the odds are very
good that they will impeach Barack Obama. "
Here's the thing, though. For all the impeachment talk -- and it's been a
constant beginning just a few months into Obama's first term -- the House
hasn't actually done anything remotely like that.
I think I was wrong, and I think the chances of a spurious impeachment are
a lot lower than I thought, and a lot lower than a lot of liberal bloggers
now think (see Jamelle Bouie today, for example).
... more »
The ZLB in My Favorite Textbook
In a recent blog post, Paul Krugman writes:
As far as I know, among basic textbooks only Krugman/Wells even talks about
the liquidity trap.
This is probably a true statement. It is not that other books don't cover
the topic, however. It is just that Paul Krugman doesn't know it.
FYI, here is what the leading introductory text says about the topic:
*The Zero Lower Bound*
As we have just seen, monetary policy works through interest rates. This
conclusion raises a question: What if the Fed’s target interest rate has
fallen as far as it can? In the recession of 2008 and 2009, the ... more »
Your moment of Zen
Hop Brook. Belchertown, MA. [Steve Toutant photo]
Ever Wondered What Goes on at the International Space Station?
As if being an astronaut wasn't enough to make Canadian astronaut Chris
Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) a rock star, he actually rocks, like with a
guitar. While I usually do not recommend reading the comments section of
anything, commenter ChickChosenTube sums up my feelings rather precisely:
"Chris Hadfield, you are an amazing human being. This is possibly the
coolest thing I've seen anyone do ever." When he says, "Planet Earth is
blue," you believe him because it is literally outside the window behind
him, right over his shoulder, blue as can be. I wonder if he takes
requests? "Gangna... more »
Mold a Tricky Problem for Condominium Owners
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day ago
By: Nathan Lamb
A mold outbreak is causing legal and financial headaches for residents of a
Palm Strings condominium complex, according to this story from the Desert
Sun.
The problem was discovered more than a year ago by retired school teacher
Rita Siegel, who found a water leak from a neighboring condo had seeped
through a shared wall and into her closet.
Siegel blames the damp conditions for causing a mold outbreak in her unit,
and she moved out of the Riviera Gardens complex shortly after. Living in
hotels while waiting for the problem to be fixed, she’s also been locked in
a... more »
A Premiership team to take on the PFA team of the year
This is the PFA team of the year.
David de Gea (Manchester United)
Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Leighton Baines (Everton)
Michael Carrick (Manchester United)
Juan Mata (Chelsea)
Gareth Bale (Tottenham)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Luis Suárez (Liverpool)
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
That team is a nice 4-4-2, with the option to play 4-1-3-2
Here's a team that I think could give them a decent match:
Pter Cech (Chelsea)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
Matija Nastasic (Manchester City)
Per Mertersacker (Arsenal)
Branislav I... more »
Whistle-blowing sounds like a good idea!
*MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013*
*Until you see Gregory Hicks do it:* Yesterday, David Brooks challenged an
emerging narrative concerning the CIA’s purity.
We want to take a similar stance concerning Gregory Hicks.
We don’t so this to criticize Hicks, although some of his testimony at last
Wednesday's hearing struck us as very shaky. We do it to counter a growing
narrative, in which people are failing to say how shaky his effort was.
Within an emerging narrative, Hicks is being sanctified as the good pure
whistle-blower. The sanctification started with the peculiar self-portrait
offered by H... more »
Fracking - Stealing Energy for Export
Frack
Export
Frack
Export
Frack
Export
And you thought that all the environmental damage caused by fracking was
for the US’s energy benefit
NOPE - energy stolen from the ground in the US to export to foreign
countries.
Fracking -
- this is not about conservation of energy sources for use at a later date,
- this is not about energy independence in the US -
It is about Corporate Profit and only about Corporate Profit.
*We can not entrust our energy needs or our environment to for-profit
entities.*
* *
*For-profit entities are only concerned with one thing – profit at any cost... more »
Oklahoma Lockdown Tarsands Resistance: Sixty year old arrested today May 13, 2013
WEWOKA,
Oklahoma-Monday, May 13th
Early this morning Bob Waldrop, 60, fourth generation Oklahoman and
prominent Oklahoma City community member walked onto an active
construction site for the Keystone XL pipeline in Seminole County and
locked himself to an Excavator, a piece of heavy machinery used in the
construction of the pipeline. Waldrop took a stand today in defense of
the land and the
Drought, cold cripple U.S. winter wheat crop – Western Kansas considered a disaster area
[image: Ben McClure examines a wheat stalk in a Reno County, Kansas, wheat
field. Forecasts for 2013 show a smaller crop due to drought and
late-spring cold. Photo: Travis Heying / AP]
By Roxana Hegeman
11 May 2013
(AP) – The winter wheat crop is expected to be far smaller this season
compared to last, particularly for hard red varieties used in bread, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday.
In the first government projection on the harvest's anticipated size, the
National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated winter wheat production
will be down 10 percent to 1.... more »
Creative Showcase- Creative Features and Link up
Phew.... running a day behind this week. For some good reasons and some
bad. My cute little brother came home from two years of living in England
this week and it is so good to see him. We also lost a close family member
this week unexpectedly. It has been a week of ups and downs for us, but I
am glad to be back to blogging and creating. Here are some of my favorite
link-ups from last week's Creative Showcase.
I have always wanted to try a gel manicure and there is a great tutorial
for it from the Warfield Family.
Look at this cute Light Weight Infinity Scarf from Mama To The Max.... more »
IRS/ Tea Party Crap is Republican Drama.
The IRS/ Tea Party crap is just more Republican drama.
Two years ago I reseach the Tea party at great length and did four entries
on them – because the information that I was finding in the press about the
Tea Party was contradictory on a daily basis .
What I found was three feuding factions that all claimed to be “THE Tea
Party”
– the gist of my four entries was – “Will the Real Tea Party Please Stand
Up”.
From the fourth entry I noted:
BTW: Are you the REAL Tea Party?
Or is one of these the REAL Tea Party?
The Tea Party Express
The Tea Party Coalition
... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Kahnawake Seigneury'
KAHNAWAKE SEIGNEURY
Posted on May 13, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. May 13, 2013. Montreal’s South Shore mayors are reeling. Quebec’s
Parti Québécois government returned 300 hectares of stolen land to the
Kahnawake Mohawks. The mayor of Châteauguay said the land belongs to
them as they stole it twice and expect to be
AS WE WAKE UP......
- I saw this new film, The Company You Keep, yesterday and really
enjoyed it. You know you are getting old when the stories of your youth
become "historical pieces". The film follows a young newspaper reporter
played by Shia LaBeouf, and after the arrest of a Weather Underground
suspect (Susan Sarandon), LaBeouf sets out on a journey to track down
another at-large member (Robert Redford) of the American radical left
organization. They got in some good statements about corporate control of
the government and our propensity to kill legions around the world.... more »
2012 Aquaculture at 42% of Global Fishery
If you inspect these charts, the one thing that is clear is that the wild
catch is not growing at all and is stable at 90 million tons. A fishery
collapse or two and it is heading down. At the same time aquaculture
innovation is continuing apace and will soon displace even the tuna with an
equivalent.
Thus it is apparent that aquaculture will surely surpass the wild catch in
2021. In time I also expect that aquaculture economics will also force the
wild fishery to contract and rationalize. In fact that has been happening
in many subtle ways.
In the long term, all f... more »
Reincarnated Boy
We have seen this story before and it is compelling. There are also a
number of rare comparables that capture a past life while producing a body
of conforming evidence gathered after disclosure. In this case we have a
followup to current and the child is continuing his life normally as
anticipated. Nothing has muddied the narrative.
At the same time we are having near death experiences coming under careful
physiological research. All this is creating a background outside the realm
of simple speculation.
It appears that the following conjectures can be proposed.
1 G... more »
Understanding Student Weaknesses
The take home of course, is that it is necessary to listen to the
students as they struggle with the new concepts been presented. That will
flush out already established error. From that starting point, the teacher
then has a chance to be effective.
Whenever we set out to change a paradigm in people's thinking, it is the
same problem. They already have a satisfactory solution in hand that they
have no reason to question. Electricity flowing like water is a great idea
and works very well. It just has zero connection to physical reality.
Let us not forget Newton's work. ... more »
Time Crystals
It is nice to know that we have a theory of time? Yet a crystal that is
apparently stable at the ground state is interesting as it is neither
releasing or absorbing energy. It may actually be an excellent tool to test
out ideas of time. This is not so much perpetual motion as frictionless
load free rotation. It is certainly not free energy.
I wonder how it might behave in low gravity.
I have not found anyone doing high level research on gravity and time
using a pure empirical approach without the built in assumptions of our
theory. If you are aware of such I could use a... more »
‘Dramatic decline’ warning for plants and animals – ‘Climate change will greatly reduce the diversity of even very common species found in most parts of the world’
[image: Forest Fire, Lake Arrowhead, California, 15 October 2012. Photo:
Pinterest]By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent
12 May 2013
(BBC News) – More than half of common plant species and a third of animals
could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate
change.
New research suggests that biodiversity around the globe will be
significantly impacted if temperatures rise more than 2C.
But the scientists say that the losses can be reduced if rapid action is
taken to curb greenhouse gases.
The paper is published in the journal, *Nature Climate Change*.
... more »
Do you see how it works now?
Even the BBC report that:
'The US Internal Revenue Service has apologised for improperly subjecting
conservative political groups to extra scrutiny, a tax official said.
In the 2012 campaign season, groups applying for tax-exempt status with the
words "Tea Party" or "patriot" in their names were singled out, the IRS
said.
The agency asked some for donor lists, in violation of its own policy.
...
The words "Tea Party" and "patriot" were added to a list of red flags
without the approval of senior management.
That's how the left operate, outside of the rules and line manager
appro... more »
Deception the Bedrock of Republican Policy.
The ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and their
henchmen - try to fool the public with the idea of ALEC being bipartisan.
That's a crock and the article below is an example of the the extremist
far-right manipulation, not only the public, but policy - through
deception.
Deception the bedrock of conservative Republican policy.
SNIPS - my emphasis
*Star Ohio tax witness paid $150K a year by trust*
COLUMBUS, Ohio — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio Statehouse witness on tax
and economic issues *who's relied upon for his objectivity* draws a hefty
stipend fro... more »
Dr Colin Ross: MKUltra & Mind Control Part 3
Having been so caught up in all the machinations surrounding Syria.. I let
this important interview slide longer then I should have.
If you have missed *Part 1* and *Part 2*, it would be worth taking the
time to listen to them before getting into the last installment of the
series.
Video
Audio
Audio version:
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38:14 — 56.3MB)
Thanks to Gnostic Media for making this available for us all to enjoy
I did leave a comment at Gnostic Media thanking Jan for a good series on
the subject. While there I had left a link to an interesti... more »
The Truth Is Where You Find It
Many critics of the current, false, climate consensus (on "global warming",
or "climate change") like to point to plate tectonics (or continental
drift) as an example of a once-heretical idea that overcame the former
consensus to become the central idea of all the earth sciences today. Steven
Goddard has made the latest such posting, and the following is my response,
based upon my own, much more "heretical" research findings:
*The bottom line is, truth is where you find it, not where everyone else is
looking for it. Reality is what it is, not what you would like it to be.
And the tr... more »
Brooks shoots down an emerging tale!
*MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013*
*How pure were the CIA's motives:* For our money, David Brooks authored one
of the most useful presentations about Benghazi on yesterday’s talking-head
programs.
In the statement which follows, Brooks challenged an emerging claim about
the way the now-famous “talking points” were developed.
How *were* those talking-points developed? According to an emerging
portrait, the CIA had all the wisdom and all the knowledge about the events
at Benghazi. Then, a group of meddlesome, politicized agencies messed up
the CIA’s work.
According to Brooks, that pretty much... more »
El Sueño De Morfeo - Contigo Hasta El Final - With You All The Way, Spain
*I heard this last night on Swedish TV and didn't understand the words, but
it gave me a happy feeling to listen to this song and music. I found the
Spanish and English text and now understand why I had this feeling.*
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*I hope that you enjoy.*
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*Here is the music video if you also enjoy beautiful images.*
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Youtube link: * **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5m8aCZSvws*
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The DCCC's Tighty Whities
Good target?
This is a list of the closest House races from last November. We list the
races where Democrats won first and then where Republicans won. The dollar
figure next to each name is the amount put into outside spending by the
DCCC and their SuperPAC, the House Majority PAC.
*DEMOCRATS*
*•* Mike McIntyre (Blue Dog/New Dem-NC)- *654* $2,005,888
*•* Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT)- *768* $1,269,713
*•* Patrick Murphy (New Dem-FL)- *1,904* $2,924,208
*•* Ron Barber (New Dem-AZ)- *2,454* $1,768,506
*•* Brad Schneider (New Dem-IL)- *3,326* $1,442,177
*•* John Tierney (D-MA)- *4,330* $861... more »
Stiglitz On Higher Education
Joseph Stiglitz writes in this morning's *New York Times *that, just as
America is beginning to recover from the crisis which rocked the world
financial system, another storm is about to hit:
The crisis that is about to break out involves student debt and how we
finance higher education. Like the housing crisis that preceded it, this
crisis is intimately connected to America’s soaring inequality, and how, as
Americans on the bottom rungs of the ladder strive to climb up, they are
inevitably pulled down — some to a point even lower than where they began.
Just as home owners found... more »
Extinction Denial - Will Not Work
Last Friday I read this on Common Dreams:
In 'March Toward Disaster,' World Hits 400 PPM Milestone
Levels of atmospheric CO2 have never been this high in human history;
We have succeeded in killing ourselves.
And if you're experiencing a sense of doom that we've reached a level of
CO2 the Earth hasn't seen for at least three million years, you're not
alone.
“It feels like the inevitable march toward disaster,” Maureen E. Raymo, a
Columbia University earth scientist, warned.
Yes, I have been feeling a sense of doom since Friday.
This morning, a little over an hour from the Twin Ci... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Lena Dunham, 27. Some good stuff: 1. Kevin Drum on the new fuel for Benghazi. Plausible. 2. John Sides has an overview of WH 2012 and electioneering. Helpful. 3. And Dan Drezner on the Richwine dissertation. Clarifying.Related articles
Russian FSB detains US diplomat accused of spying(newsherald.com)
Into the Mystery :)(kiwicafe.com)
CIA Spy Caught in $1 Million Recruitment Sting, Russia Says - Bloomberg(bloomberg.com)
Obama administration emails raise new questions on Benghazi(fox6now.com)
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