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Friedrich Hölderlin - The Blind Singer
Related:
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Love*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Time of Socrates*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - To the Sun-God*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Ganymede*.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - Vulcan*.
Source: *Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine
Chernoff and Paul Hoover.* 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California.
Pg. 151-155.
*Friedrich Hölderlin - The Blind Singer*
Where are you, young one, who would always
Wake me in the morning, where are you, light?
My heart is awake, but the night always
... more »
Why Is Buck McKeon Gung-ho To Allow Insurance Companies To Deny Coverage To People With Pre-existing Conditions?
90% or so of Americans would like to see Congress pass a law to enhance
background checks for criminals, terrorists and the mentally-ill before
they can purchase a gun. But Republicans have steadfastly refused to even
allow a debate, let alone a vote, in the House. Instead, House Majority
Leader Eric Cantor has scheduled a 37th-- literally-- pointless vote on
repealing Obamacare... not on making Obamacare better, which most people
would like, but to *repeal* it, which would require a huge majority in the
Senate *and* a signature from President Obama. So why are Cantor and
Boehner ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Plastic
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! If this is your first visit,
please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges
we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage you to read through it
at your leisure ... however, if you are short on time, you might find the
following quick links helpful:
- The #CTWW Gang
- The Honor Society
- This Week's Challenge
Last week we left our shoes at the door ... a simple practice but one which
reduces toxins in homes. As we wander through the day, we walk across many
surfaces ... more »
Angelina Jolie’s breasts
Never has the disappearance of two breasts caused so much comment, so much
of it so completely unhinged.
(Add together celebrity + breasts +cancer and I think you approach the
formula for madness.)
Out of many, many candidates, I think this might be the most pathetic:
[image: image]
If true, I believe satirising that sort of ridiculous celebrity worship was
part of the point (and, yes, there was one) of this song by late-lamented
Australian band TISM. Enjoying this may perhaps be the most appropriate way
to mark this inauspicious occasion:
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Let`s Get Ready To Rumbleeeeeee!
Good evening friends, and foes, just back home after volunteering all day,
phone banks, door knocking and pep talks..
Not quite live blogging at The Straight Goods but.....I will be giving
updates, oohs and ahs..
Also, radio is playing in one ear, TV is in front of me and I`ll be dancing
around the internet..
Bragging rights, seat predictions, upsets and surprises..
Bob Mackin is stating that internal BC Liberal polls are bad, they may get
only 17 seats..
__________
Breaking: Liberal campaign manager's plea to the party
"*Its time running out for the BC Liberals?*
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Fix the World Project Documentary Intro Trailer
*Fix the World Project Documentary Intro Trailer*
May 14, 2013
I must say I was so incredibly honored when I received the call from Hope
to be a part of this ground breaking documentary. The work she and the rest
of the FTW team are doing is absolutely game changing. When I was on the
call with this amazing group of empowering women I described them as being
the fifth dimensional patriots of our time...indeed. Excellent work! I'm so
looking forward to seeing the final product! ~BK
Target your enemies
Just a week ago I talked about Richard Nixon’s Enemies List, and how New
Zealand law has been moving towards making it ever easier for the
well-connected to target their political adversaries.
As always, America is already far ahead of us…
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to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Castro’s decade-long exercise in brutality
[image: image]I saw a headline at *The Age *decrying “Castro’s decade-long
exercise in brutality,” and quietly gave thanks that his oppression of
Cuban people is finally being recognised by a mainstream media more likely
to lionise Castro and Che than recognise their inhumanity. But even as I
clicked the link, I was wondering why it was talking about “decade-long”…
Of course, it wasn’t talking about Fidel Castro’s decades-long imprisonment
of the Cuban people, but the decade-long imprisonment by his near-namesake
of three women (now released) in his Cleveland, Ohio, basement.
The... more »
SOUTHERN FUSION MOVEMENT UNDERWAY
If North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (R) is concerned about his place in
history, it looks like he's got something to worry about. Several of the
world's top historians, three of whom appear in this video, have been
arrested in recent days protesting what Rev. Dr. William Barber II called
an "avalanche of extremist policies that threaten health care, education,
voting rights." McCrory has said he will sign bills that threaten the poor,
the elderly, and minorities while giving tax cuts to the 23 wealthiest
families in the state.
The civil resistance campaign is being led by Barbe... more »
Third Graders Being Investigated in New York
On the heels of the largest test boycott in American history, there comes
the other testing phenomenon that has swept the media lately. When kids
exercise their rights as citizens, no one cares. When there’s even the
slightest, itsy-bitsy hint that they might be cheating (even without any
real evidence), stop the presses! Call the […]
US Prepares to Overthrow Malaysian Government
Key to encircling and containing China, US sets proxies in motion for color
revolution in Malaysian streets.
*Image: US-proxy Anwar Ibrahim leads a Bersih rally in Malaysia. While
Bersih has attempted to claim it is "independent" and simply pursusing
"fair and clean elections," it is clearly a vehicle for returning Anwar
Ibrahim back into power. Additionally, Bersih shares the same ties to the
US State Department's National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as its
crypto-leader Anwar Ibrahim - representing a dangerous and seditious
conflict of interest. *
....
*May 15, 2013* (AltThaiN... more »
Air of reality test
R. v. Buzizi 2013 SCC 27:
[16] ... As the Court held in *Cinous*, "the air of reality test [is not]
intended to assess whether the defence is likely, unlikely, somewhat
likely, or very likely to succeed at the end of the day" (*R. v. Cinous*,
2002 SCC 29, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3, at para. 54). Rather, the relevant
question is whether the record contains a sufficient factual foundation for
a properly instructed jury to give effect to the defence.
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Blake Slonecker's 'New Dawn' Tells the LNS Story
A
New Dawn for the New Left:
Blake Slonecker's valuable history of LNS
“By distributing a common news packet to underground outlets, LNS
enabled local rags to cover national and international news to an
unprecedented degree, curbing their isolation and giving shape to a
vibrant Movement print culture.”
-- Blake Slonecker
By Jonah Raskin /
Tuesday Evening Linkage Club
I’ve been deficient in serving your delicious, piping-hot links. I
apologize. And to make matters worse, I have a very small selection of
links today. But you can take solace in knowing that these are
hand-crafted, artisanal links–the type of linkage that would make Henry
Kissinger envious. The worst restaurant in America. Yes, this is
Continue reading
Canada Is The Worse Israel Butt Kissing Country On Earth: Canada Contributes To Illegal Occupation Of Palestine - Harper's Conservatives Promote Military Ties To Israel!
I had just put up an amazing video in my last article that shows the truth
about how Canada now shows itself openly as being nothing more than
Israel's b*tch. I have long said that this proud nation has now slid down
the road to tyranny and the Harper government in Ottawa does nothing more
than obey anything that Israel demands and desires.... It is absolutely
sickening to behold...
Now I discover that there is more to this sad story about how my Canada is
on the road to ruin with its outright and tragic support for the criminally
psychotic state of Israel.... I want to present th... more »
Japan seeks to go nuclear - as in their Defense Plan - which will set off a regional race to also go nuclear ......... With their economy sputtering , Fukushima wrecking the country through constant radiation contamination , Abe now wants to revive militaristic fantasies of the glories of the past ......
*http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/12476*
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Japanese Defense Plan: Go Nuclear
Source: WSJ
TOKYO—Japan is preparing to start up a massive nuclear-fuel reprocessing
plant over the objections of the Obama administration, which fears the move
may stoke a broader race for nuclear technologies and even weapons in North
Asia and the Middle East.
The Rokkasho reprocessing facility, based in Japan’s northern Aomori
prefecture, is capable of producing nine tons of weapons-usable plutonium
annually, said Japanese officials and nuclear-industry experts, enough to
build as many as 2,000 bombs, a... more »
Canada Is The Worse Israel Butt Kissing Country On Earth... This Video Says It All!
When I saw the criminal Harper(stein) government in Ottawa throw Canada's
support behind the murderous psychopaths in Israel that had just nuked the
innocent country of Syria that killed thousands of people in the process
last week, I wanted to throw up. I have long said that this country is no
longer free and is in fact the most Israeli occupied country on Earth.... I
have seen absolutely nothing that has ever changed that analysis...
Now I want to present a very revealing short video that I came across
recently that tells the truth about this nation and how it is nothing more
th... more »
A public discussion nudged by Joe Sestak would likely be a noticeably better public discussion
*"The Senate needs an independent leader accountable only to 'We the
People,' not any other interests . . . a leader accountable for deeds, not
intentions."*
*-- former PA Rep. (and former three-star Adm.) Joe Sestak,
announcing a campaign for "Leadership for a Better America"*
*by Ken*
I trust everyone remembers Joe Sestak, the retired three-star admiral who
was elected to two terms in Congress before deciding in 2010 to run for the
Senate seat then held by then-Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, eventually
defeating Specter for, yes, the *Democratic* nomination and then losing by
a ... more »
Buena Vista School district closes door for the year a month early , fires all teachers - all school in the School District closed , voluntary camp to replace an education ! Pontiac School District also facing massive layoffs !
http://www.infowars.com/michigan-district-fires-all-teachers-closes-every-school/
Michigan District Fires All Teachers, Closes Every School
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*Yahoo! News*
May 14, 2013
Buena Vista High School, via bvsd.k12.mi.us.
Summer break has started very early for kids in one Michigan school
district.
Buena Vista schools have been closed for five days already, and on Monday,
the district’s website stated that the sch... more »
Nobody loves the IRS
Personally I prefer to call it a ginned up psuedo-scandal, but Josh is
right about the politics of the IRS mess. GOP will be dining out on this
one through 2014 and probably longer. This is Grade A prime rib for the
angry base. No investigation, no irrefutable hard evidence will ever
convince them they haven't been persecuted by the evel soshulist fascist
liberal Dimmocrats to steal their First Amendment rights.
God save us if somehow this gets tied directly to the White House for real.
Everybody loves a scandal and hates the IRS. The mass outrage will drown
out everything else for... more »
Leave to appeal from summary conviction appeal to Court of Appeal
R. v. Bresnark, 2013 ONCA 320:
[6] Leave to appeal to this court from a summary conviction appeal
pursuant to s. 839 is granted sparingly, and only when some exceptional
circumstance justifies a further appeal.
[7] The alleged error must be a question of law. Moreover, either
(1) the merits of the appeal must be at least arguable and the issue must
have general significance to the administration of justice beyond the
particular case, or (2) the merits of the appeal must appear very strong:
see *R. v. R.R.* (2008), 234 C.C.C. (3d) 463 (Ont. C.A.), at paras. 31 and... more »
Congressional Cons challenge Issa on Benghazi
This is the funniest thing I read today. Apparently the little people at
home are wondering why they never see *their *guy on the teevee. Thus, the Crackpot
caucus demands a piece of Issa's action.
House Republican members are defying Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and five
committee chairmen by endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel
to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
A growing number of members on the committees with jurisdiction over the
Benghazi matter — Intelligence, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform,
Armed Services and Foreign Affairs ... more »
False Flag watch - May 12 , 2013......a few things to ponder as we attempt to decode what's going on presently and what nasty surprises might come next !
Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/05/false-flag-o-meter-reaches-the-red-zone-why-a-government-orchestrated-distraction-event-is-highly-likely-to-occur-in-the-next-7-days-2644906.html
False
Flag-O-Meter Reaches The Red Zone: Why a government-orchestrated
distraction event is highly likely to occur in the next 7 days
Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:43
(Before It's News)
[image: Time-Bomb-Fuse-Ignite-Explosion]
A Small Victory Against the Tennessee Pipeline in Pike County, PA
A small victory! As much as Kinder Morgan wishes to turn Milford, PA into a
nineteenth century company town, residents still can't be guilty of
trespass on public land. In a victory for Pike County's rural heritage, I
was found not guilty today of trespassing for my March 4th parking job
blockade of the Tennessee Pipeline access road in the Delaware State Forest.
To join the campaign, follow our blog www.notennesseepipeline.org, check
our Events page, donate to our legal fund, or simply share with your
friends and family.
The Tennessee Pipeline Northeast Upgrade Project currently un... more »
Brian Kelly & Jake Ducey: Be The Change Show Premieres Thursday May 16th!
*Be the Change Show w/Brian Kelly & Jake Ducey Premieres on Orion Talk
Radio this **Thursday, May 16th at 9am pacific*
May 14, 2013
Gandhi said we must "be the change we wish to see in the world." One could
argue this message is more relevant NOW than any other time in the history
of humanity. The planet, and all 7 billion + of us who reside here, are
under going a massive state of transformation and transitioning. Not
because the world around and outside of us is changing, but because WE are
changing within. Things we would have never thought possible just a mere
50 years ago ... more »
Boston, here I come
I'll be speaking tomorrow at ALPFA's 7th Annual Latina Summit. If you are
in the area, there is still time to register. Come find mentors,
connections, inspiration, and new best friends.
Yes, you can buy Claude Megson’s house…
[image: 40FernGlennreshoot]
Now for sale by new owners, here's late architect Claude Megson's own
house, perched above tree-clad Dingle Dell in Auckland's St Heliers, with views
in the other direction out to Rangitoto and the harbour. A simple looking
exterior concealing an awful lot of living within.
[image: image]
Megson took the small, boxy, brick house (right) designed by the architect
of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Richard Toy, and transformed it into
something magical, something giving the feel of having discovered a
particularly poignant tree-filled glade somehow touched b... more »
Department of Homeland Security commences putting hammer down on Bitcoin - shuts down Dwolla payments to and from Primary Bitcoin market Mt Gox !
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BITCOINS
Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down Dwolla Payments to and From
Mt. Gox
The DHS issued a "seizure warrant" for the funds associated with Mt. Gox's
Dwolla account.
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The Department of Homeland Security appears to have shut down the ability
to use Dwolla, a mobile payment service, to withdraw and deposit money into
Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin trading platform. A Dwolla representative conf... more »
Michael James : Doing the Whirlpool at the Paradise
Whirlpool
at the Paradise, Chicago, 2003. Photo by Michael James from his
forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul.
Pictures from the Long Haul:
When the water was flowing at
Chicago's Paradise bathhouse
I've been in lots of whirlpools, steams, saunas, and mineral baths: a
palatial bath house in Leningrad, a funkier setup in Donetsk, a treasure
of a place in
Yes, you can buy Claude Megson’s house
[image: 40FernGlennreshoot]
Now for sale by new owners, here's late architect Claude Megon's own house,
perched above tree-clad Dingle Dell in Auckland' St Heliers, with views in
the other direction out to Rangitoto and the harbour. A simple looking
exterior concealing an awful lot of living within.
[image: image]
Megson took the small, boxy, brick house (right) designed by the architect
of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Richard Toy, and transformed it into
something magical, something giving the feel of having discovered a
particularly poignant tree-filled glade somehow touched by ... more »
"Scroungers" and Class
I'm sure many readers were depressed to learn that Labour voters have swung
to the right over their attitudes toward people who subsist on social
security. According to Joseph Rowntree Foundation, who commissioned the
research:
* Two-thirds (66%) of the public identify an explanation for child poverty
that relates to the characteristics and behaviour of parents, compared to
the 28% who say it is down to broader social issues.
* Fifteen per cent of the public in 1994 thought people lived in need
because of laziness or lack of willpower, compared to 23% in 2010. Support
for the view... more »
Social democracy unravelling
For many years we took it for granted that the public was to the left of
the government, not any more. Since the beginning of the depression the
British Social Attitudes survey has shown a clear right-ward shift in
public opinion. According to this piece it has been driven by Labour
supporters.
According to the survey there has been a particular breakdown in social
solidarity. In 2011 47% of Labour supporters agree with the statement “if
benefits were not as generous people would learn to stand on their own
feet”, up from 11% in 1987. Thirty-one percent of Labour supporters now
t... more »
Child poverty is not rising but falling
John Boy Key is considering funding Hone Harawira’s “Food in Schools” bill,
saying, "There is some merit, obviously, for food in schools - the
Government has been supporting that in terms of a number of programmes."
But as Lindsay Mitchell points out, and as you’d expect with Hone Harawira
(whose whole career is built on artifice), the very bill to which they’re
considering lending their support starts with a lie :
From the bill’s Explanatory note:
*"Growing levels of poverty in New Zealand have resulted in too many
parents being unable to afford to provide their children with bre... more »
Is Sabotage A Crime Punishable By Something or Other?
Has the whole media signed an agreement to avoid the word "obstructionism"
when reporting on the Republican Party policy agenda in Congress? Because I
never see the mainstream media using that word-- and there is virtually no
other way to describe what Boehner, Cantor and Miss McConnell have been
doing for the past 5 years. Last week, the *National Memo* ran a bang-up
post of the 5 ways the Republican Party has sabotaged our economic recovery,
Republican Party sabotage being a direct outgrowth of Republican Party
obstructionism.
The GOP "made a conscious decision to slow the econo... more »
Summer has sprung?
Here we have April at the top and May at the bottom. Spring has sprung.
Spring, heck, *summer* has sprung. Twelve straight days of 80F+ highs,
simply unheard-of here, while snow continues to fall on friends elsewhere.
I have had to water, and water, and water, and some of the spring greens
have bolted anyway. And the creek, from which I'd thought to pump a bit of
irrigation, dried up over a month ahead of schedule. So it goes.
Facing north. To the left here is -- we hope -- a Three Sisters bed of
beans, pumpkins, and sweet corn. To the right, greens, brassicas, alliums,
peas, root... more »
I come to defend Holder, not condemn him
The AP phone records story is still developing so I don't have much to say
yet. Still waiting for more facts to emerge from the noise. So far I've
seen nothing to suggest the government acted illegally. As a TPM reader
points out:
More important it is clear to anyone who understands what happens in this
type of investigation that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records.
Those records came from the phone company not from AP. They relate to dates
and times of phone calls not content. Under the law such a subpoena is
perfectly proper and under the law Justice and the phone com... more »
New Zealand Principal Offers Opt Out Option to Parents
We need six percent of parents to opt out to make results unusable for high
stakes purposes. New Zealand is on the their way to reaching that number.
From the Sydney Morning Herald: . . . .Paul Marshall, principal at Emmaus
Christian School in Canberra, took the unusual step of telling parents they
could withdraw […]
Alan Waldman : ‘Wire in the Blood’ is a Gripping British Crime Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Robson Green is powerful as an eccentric, troubled clinical psychologist
who helps police solve gruesome Yorkshire crimes.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada,
Prince Charles clearly listens to the Luvvies & Greens
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Prince Charles Vs Climate Sceptics - Again
With The Deepest Respect, Charles, Please Do Shut Up
Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics
for turning the Earth into a "dying patient", making his most outspoken
criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming just when the
heir to the throne is assuming a growing number of the duties of what is
supposed to be an apolitical monarchy. Prince Charles's views were
reinforced by Lord Stern, author of the 2006 report on the economics of
climate change, who called sceptics and lo... more »
“Jon Stewart Destroys Obama Over IRS Scandal”
“Jon Stewart Destroys Obama Over IRS Scandal”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3O2jNy0jvkY
Satire: “Kim Jong-Un Defends Right To Obtain Journalists’ Phone Records”
*“Kim Jong-Un Defends Right To Obtain Journalists’ Phone Records”*
by Andy Borowitz
PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)— “As controversy swirled around the
Department of Justice’s move to obtain journalists’ phone records, the
White House picked up a vote of support today from an unexpected source,
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un of North Korea. “I honestly don’t see what the
fuss is all about,” Mr. Kim said in an official statement today. “Of course
it’s the government’s right to know what people are doing at all times—and
journalists would be right at the top of the list.” Mr. Kim als... more »
Citizen Hearing and Alien Bodies
At the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, Merrill Cook asked a question that,
at the time was confusing for those of us facing him and his former
congressional buddies. He wanted to know, as near as I can figure now, if
anyone who claimed to have seen the bodies of the alien creatures had
mentioned it in 1947. We all struggled with this as he kept talking about
it and we thought of military men who had seen the bodies but who had said
nothing until years later. We didn’t think of anyone who had talked about
it in 1947, or how we could expect to find anything about that now?
The committe... more »
Untitled
*Deborah Cotton Updates ~New Orleans Good Good*
Blame Congress for the IRS mess - Updated
Once you cut through the self-serving noise over the IRS psuedo-scandal, a
few things become clear. Tea Party groups weren't really being targeted for
their political beliefs. They were being asked to prove why they deserved a
big tax exemption. And let's be real, if the name of your group stands for
Taxed Enough Already, you're begging to be tied up in paperwork.
As I said before, I think most of the smaller groups were run by grifters
who saw a prime opportunity to profit personally from the fear and anger of
misinformed conservatives. More than one of them has been exposed as a
... more »
FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT THREAT AND COVER UP CONTINUES
*A new study in April of 2013 suggests that nuclear fallout from Fukushima
in March of 2011 has led to significant elevated rates of congenital
thyroid illness among infants born on the West Coast and Hawaii ~ keeping
in mind that President Obama not only denied this threat but ordered the
EPA to stop weekly & monthly testing for radiation in April of 2011: Allen
L Roland*
*A creeping and never ending deadly fog of radiation, invisible to the eye
but not to the immune system, continues to blanket the West Coast while its
human cost is just beginning to be percei... more »
Anti-Choice 'Sophisticated'? ROTFLMAO!
I realize that books have to be flogged, but lately these people, Paul
Saurette and Kelly Gordon, have been all over Canadian media with a 'new'
take on fetus fetishist strategy.
Actually, it ain't new at all, but hey, those women's studies MAs (pdf)don't write themselves, you know.
The thesis is that the anti-choice movement in Canada is getting
'sophisticated', co-opting pro-choice language, framing abortion as
'harming women', moving the *undebate* into a discussion of free speech and
democracy, claiming that it's a 'youth movement', and playing the
'silenced' victim card.
The ... more »
Who are the real enemies of the USA?...
*trees, meet forest.*
Does Obama really know what's going on? Probably not, nor does he care.
As a malignant narcissist, who cares only about flying around in his
tax-payer supported really big plane, hobnobbing with the scum of
Hollywood, and golfing - that is, when he's not playing basketball and
watching ESPN, he is, no doubt, not interested nor is he kept in the loop.
I believe him when he repeatably says, "I found out about this or that when
you, the little people, did." Or, "I had no notion of such a thing being
said about Benghazi." Really?
His handlers purposely keep... more »
Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You - "Rumsfeld's Rules"
He's back. Donald Rumsfeld has written a leadership guide entitled *Rumsfeld's
Rules* that is being released today. *Wired* has a review.
*Who better to impart life lessons than the only defense secretary in U.S.
history to screw up two wars at once? True to confident form, that’s what
Donald Rumsfeld attempts in his new book on leadership, Rumsfeld’s Rules.
He actually has good advice — so much that you really wish he would have
taken some of it at the Pentagon. *
*“If you expect people to be in on the landing, include them in the
takeoff” is good advice. “When negotiating, neve... more »
MANY AMERICANS SUPPORTED HITLER
*American Nazis.* *Johnny Milanos photos of the American-Nazis annual
convention in Atlanta.*
*"Before 1919, Hitler had been a political 'gun for hire' who had many
Jewish friends and had flirted with both Communism and Socialism."*
What sort of people would organise events such as: 9 11, genocide, the
torture of children, the lynching of innocent people....?
Think of Nazis and Zionists?
Or perhaps think of Genghis Khan, Caligula, the Medicis, the Hapsburgs, the
Ming Emperors, the Plantagenets, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers...
[image: Sisters. Tigray. Ethiopia]
*By courregesg*... more »
It's No Wonder the Beijing Politburo and our Harper Parliament are Best Friends Forever
It turns out that the Chinese Communist leadership and the Canadian
Conservative leadership believe in a lot of the same stuff.
They both want economic liberalism but political conformity and suppression
of dissent.
China's leadership has now sent out a notice to crack down on the
introduction and spread of dangerous Western values.
*The Chinese government has confronted demands for democratic reform from
activists emboldened by Mr Xi's vows to respect the law. In recent days,
some activists have cited rumours that the party issued a warning against
seven ideas that are considere... more »
What actually happened in Benghazi that night?
*TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013*
*Richard Cohen and Gregory Hicks seem to think they know:* The laziness of
the career liberal world does produce horrible outcomes.
Ever since last September, the liberal world has stood aside as Susan Rice
gets thrown under the bus. As usual, our leaders have all run off and hid
in the woods, just as they did all during the Clinton-Gore years.
As a result, we get this passage from Richard Cohen in today’s hard-copy
Washington Post. Again, we’ll call this obscene:
COHEN (5/14/13): So what is Benghazi? It is the place in Libya where the
United States maintain... more »
Today's Global Outrages
There doesn't seem to be a day that passes anymore that doesn't bring some
but today we have two outrages to pass along courtesy of the *Sydney
Morning Herald*.
First up is the mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto. Hashi, in a moment of
splendid Japanese cultural sensitivity, chose to deliver his views on the
"comfort women" who were kidnapped by the Japanese army and forced to work
in brothels serving Japanese soldiers.
*Mr Hashimoto told reporters in Osaka on Monday that the comfort women
served a useful purpose. "When soldiers are risking their lives by running
through storms of bu... more »
WEST CALLS OBAMA WAR CRIMINAL
Cornell West on BBC calls Obama a war criminal. He also calls the poverty
levels in the US spiritually profane.
The Obama team has taken to calling West un-American for having the
audacity to tell the truth about the president and his right-wing policies.
Sadly not many "progressive" black leaders are willing to speak out against
Obama for fear of retribution. But it's basically the same story with many
white "progressives" as well. Those who are attached to the Democratic
party are neutralized and unwilling to speak the truth about Obama's role
in perpetuating endless war, des... more »
“Grapes Of Wrath”
*“Grapes Of Wrath”*
by James Quinn
"And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great
owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the
great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away.
And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold
they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that
sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit
the repressed." - John Steinbeck, "Grapes of Wrath"
"John Steinbeck wrote his masterpiece "The Grapes o... more »
An Old Brit War Vet Laments the Death of the Democracy He Fought to Preserve
Harry Leslie Smith says he's too old to fight those who today would
wreck
the civilization he and so many others fought and in too many cases died
to
protect. In his closing years Harry sees his civilization again
imperiledonly, this time, not from some distant fascist monster but from
within.
*Across the world death moved, for too many years in lock step with both
the season for sowing and for reaping. We were a world at war, and for
those of us in Britain the cost was enormous in lost and ruined lives.
But
it didn't matter because we believed that the cause was just and that,
wh... more »
Spectacular Video - Nature at Work on the Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency recorded this amazing video of a
massive ice surge along the Saskatchewan River.
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: Babbling Barons of Bubbleism Alert!
. . . important subtext of all the recent bubble rhetoric is the demand
that Mr. Bernanke and his colleagues stop trying to fight mass
unemployment, that they must cease and desist their efforts to boost the
economy or dire consequences will follow. In fact, however, there isn’t any
case for believing that we face any broad bubble problem, let alone that
worrying about hypothetical
The Economy: “Breaking Inequality”
“Breaking Inequality”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s-GWdpvgiIA#!
McConnell Upset By Working Class Guy In The Senatorial Race In Kentucky-- How Did That Happen?
*Special Guest Post by Ed Marksberry
Part 1*
Well, let’s start from the beginning; a working class guy Ed Marksberry who
has been an advocate and volunteer for past Democrats seeking election and
was the Democratic Party nominee for Congress in 2010, demonstrated from
the start of his campaign that it was time to give the ownership back to
the grassroots supporters, who have been ignored for years by the party
powers-that-be in past elections. Yes, that’s right, instead of a career
politician who is tainted by the political process and the influence of
money; we finally had a can... more »
The Palestinians view of Israel per Pew's latest market research
So we are told that the Palestinians want to live in peace alongside Israel
but Pew's market research shows that only 14% of those in the Palestinian
Territories think that there is a way for Israel and the Palestinian
Territories to coexist peacefully and that 45% support armed struggle as
the best way to achieve statehood with another 22% supporting armed
struggle along with non-violent and negotiations.
It's strange that the BBC and many western politicians keep telling us that
the Palestinians want peace and that Israel's actions are the main
obstacles to peace, when the P... more »
Maybe There's More Sarah Palin Than We'd Like to Admit in Our Own Politicians.
An eye-opener in today's *Guardian* reveals that, before she jettisoned the
Alaska governor's office to join John McCain's presidential campaign, Sarah
Palin was actively involved on the climate change front.
*In September 2007, a rising star of Alaskan politics dared to take on one
of the toughest, most challenging issues for any leader: climate change.
That summer, seasonal ice cover had fallen to its lowest extent since
satellite records began in 1979, leaving much of the Arctic as open water.
A few months earlier, Al Gore had won an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth. *
*It seeme... more »
Russia catches a US spy- linked to the Embassy/CIA
*Quite a public expulsion*........ *Odd?* *Timing?*
Coincidentally or not, the actual post I am in the midst of working on was
about Russia.
Making it more timely then ever.
Later today or tomorrow it will be up
Caught red-handed: Russia releases alleged U.S. spying letter after
arresting CIA agency
In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal
Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be *Ryan Fogle, a third secretary
at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, sits in the FSB offices in Moscow. *
Some of the confiscated belongings of Ryan C. Fogle, the third secret... more »
Videos: Roundtable Honoring John Redhouse, Dine' activist
Legendary activist John Redhouse (center) Photo courtesy Leona Morgan
Watch video one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkZYEmNxaDk
Watch video two at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_xZH_rswkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_xZH_rswk
Indigenous Liberation and The Grounds of
Decolonization: A Symposium to Honor the life and work of scholar and
activist JOHN REDHOUSE. The
Behind Iraq’s Impressive GDP Growth Rate
Iraq’s economy is noteworthy for its contradictions. Many experts believe
that it will be one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the
next few years. That’s mostly because of its tremendous oil and natural gas
wealth that fuels the entire nation. On the other hand, unemployment,
underemployment, and poverty are relatively high. The Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) is a perfect example of a figure that appears to show the
promise of the country, but upon further inspection shows the large
structural problems within Iraq.
Iraq’s economy is expected to expand tremendously ... more »
Graph of the Day: Continental scale reconstructions of surface temperature for the past two millennia
[image: Continental-scale temperature reconstructions. 30-year mean
temperatures for the seven PAGES 2k Network regions, standardized to have
the same mean. North America includes a shorter tree-ring-based and a
longer pollen-based reconstruction. Dashed outlines enclose intervals of
pronounced volcanic and solar negative forcing since AD 850. Graphic: PAst
Global Changes (PAGES) 2k Consortium]
By Darrell Kaufman
21 April 2013
(RealClimate) – In a major step forward in proxy data synthesis, the PAst
Global Changes (PAGES) 2k Consortium has just published a suite of
continental s... more »
Lockdown Tarsands Keystone XL Resistance: Young Women Arrested in Oklahoma!
Hughes County, OK, May 14th, 2013
Early this morning Bailey and Holly, both of whom are local
Oklahomans and with Cross Timbers Earth First!, walked onto a Keystone
XL active construction site in Hughes County, Oklahoma and locked
themselves to concrete filled barrels obstructing the use of heavy
machinery used in the construction of the pipeline.
Bailey and Holly are part of Cross
Catch of the Day
So many "scandals," so many silly analogies -- but Steve Benen appears to
be exactly correct about Lamar Alexander's ridiculous comparison between
Iran-Contra and Obama Administration efforts to raise money for publicizing
options under the ACA. Benen:
In order for Alexander's comparison to make sense, here's what would have
happened: imagine Obama asked Congress to approve the Affordable Care Act,
but instead, Congress did the opposite, approving a measure ordering the
president not to change the existing the health care system. Obama,
undaunted, sold weapons to North Korea and the... more »
Your moment of Zen
Swarovski Kristallwelten | Wattens, Austria.
[click to embiggen]
harpercon defeated; an okay day for Canada
It's tough getting around to visit all the small communities in a place
like Labrador. That's why getting free plane rides would give a huge
advantage to any candidate who could score 'em. And, the smaller airline
companies who serve Labrador might not have the liquid cash sitting around
to donate to the harpercon candidate who could get them some sweetheart
government contracts later, would have the wherewithal to provide those
free rides.
That's called corruption 101.
Penashue tried to blame it on his inexperienced enthusiastic staffer, but
that was bullshit.
In the end, blata... more »
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 vainly
tries to distance himself from his own abusive orgy.
The man is so obsessed with leaks, he's plugging the ephemeral dike
holes not with a judicious littl... 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*
*Citizens Rally at Site of Mother's Day Shooting (PHOTOS) ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*I Walk the Line ~Accidental Cajun*
*Mayor Landrieu lays blame on judges for shooting suspect being free ~WWL*
*Who should pay for flood insurance? ~Eric Holdeman*
*Levee contractors sued by leasing company who allegedly owe nearly $660K ~Louisiana
Record*
*Top Chef Gets $375,000 From NOLA and Louisiana (Using BP Oil Spill
Recovery Funds) ~Hillary Dixler*
*Review: St. Lawrenc... more »
It's Time For Change In BC ....
*-B.C. New Democrats*
*-Your B.C. New Democratic Candidates*
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
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.debka.com/article/22963/Putin-again-warns-Netanyahu-hands-off-Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent three hours with Russian
President Vladimir Putin at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi,
Tuesday, May, 14. He came for a last-ditch attempt to head off the supply
of advanced Russian anti-air S-300 missile systems to Syria. Instead, the
Russian leader turned the conversation around to focus implicitly on
Israel’s air strikes against Damascus on May 3 and May 5. After their
conversation he issued a warning: "In this crucial period it is especially... 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://www.acting-man.com/?p=23262
The ECB and Germany – Another Spat Develops
May 14, 2013 | Author Pater Tenebrarum
*ECB eager to Inflate*
As we noted in our update on the last ECB rate decision, Mario Draghi said
in his press conference that the ECB wishes for the creation of a larger
ABS market (asset backed securities) in Europe in order to be able to
monetize more debt. The difficulty for the ECB, as Draghi explained, is
that it is forbidden by statute from financing governments, while
monetizing bank loans directly has the disadvantage that they l... 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.naharnet.com/stories/en/82909-report-hizbullah-fighters-advance-to-syria-jordan-border
Report: Hizbullah Fighters Advance to Syria-Jordan Borderإقرأ هذا الخبر
بالعربية
by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 hours ago
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Hizbullah fighters have been advancing swiftly into southern Syria and have
reached the flashpoint southern town of Daraa near the border with Jordan,
media reports said on Tuesday.
A source close to Hizbullah told the Kuwaiti al-Qabas newspaper that
Hizbullah fighters played a significant role in helping the regime troops
to take full power of the s... 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 »
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