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Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg,
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of corruption scandals in Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen
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report that he went to give “foreign aid” to Canadian mining companies
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Arid regions of the world are 11% greener, mostly thanks to CO2
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effect of CO2. To solve that, one group suggests we need to look in warm
arid environments where water is the predominant limiting factor. These
are the areas which ought to show whether CO2 was
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unfolding economic catastrophe and take listener calls on a range of
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Guest’s Guest Post–Ted Jones of NEI on the ROK Gold Standard
For some odd reason, all comments have closed on my post on the
ROK 123 agreement extension. Since I happen to firmly believe in debate
and discourse, please see my colleague Ted Jones’ comments below
(italics) on the the matter and in reaction to a talk I gave on May 17.
You can see and read what I think thanks to Elaine Grossman’s piece. I
know some folks don’t agree with Ted and some folks d
Every War Must End
In a previous post, I asked the question whether the use of
drones for targeted killings could be become habit forming. President
Obama’s speech on U.S. counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense
University constituted a good-faith effort to answer this question. I
appreciate that he avoids bumper-sticker answers to hard problems. So
please bear with me for an overlong post.
Let’s begin wi
Bits and Pieces - May 29, 2013
I know, I know, not much posting lately. I've been traveling.
Here's a photo of an elephant seal near Cambria, California, to prove
it.I've known a few charming men in my life, but not a lot. Maybe two,
in fact. This article considers what charm consists of in men and why
men don't want to be charming. The world would be better if they were.
And I'm thinking now that some men I know (the word "guy
Down and Out in Harperconia
Sweet tit-humping Christ I’m tired.
Tired of the chronic lack of accountability in Ottawa. Of a
parliamentary press corps that been for far too long too prissy and
timid to rightly ferret and call out endless examples Conservative
corruption with tenacious vigour (see also: libel chill).
Tired of national apathy and cynicism understandably bred by a seemingly
never ending barrage of brazen disrega
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Appointment of New Members Reversed
The opposition talks in Turkey have ended in disappointment for many. A
Reuters article reports:
A crisis in Syria’s opposition deepened on Monday when liberals were
offered only token representation, undermining international efforts to
lend the Islamist-dominated alliance greater support.
To the dismay of envoys of Western and Arab nations monitoring four da
Has the War Reached Lebanon? Meanwhile, Obama Updates War on Terror
Lebanese soldiers patrol Tripoli, Lebanon. Photo: Daily Star
We previously discussed the advent of Lebanese Sunni and Shi’ite
fighters facing off on Syrian soil. Increasingly, this fight is moving
home, as well. Just as the Syrian conflict has involved foreign fighters
(jihadists from many countries fighting with Syrian rebels since 2011,
and the growing participation more recently of Hezbollah tr
No, they are just like us Sunday open thread
by liberal japonicus
I had this for the Friday open thread, but didn't want to blogblock dr
ngo's post. The Guardian, riffing about an AP report here, reveals that
al-Qaida is organized like a bad cubicle farm.
After 15 years as one of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb's top
commanders, it became clear that the Algerian terrorist Mokhtar
Belmokhtar was simply not a team player. In a lon
Othello's Occupation
by dr ngo
Nobody – well, hardly anybody – really believed the Who when they sang
“Hope I die before I get old.” Well, maybe Keith Moon, and a few other
rockers like Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix, but we still have Pete
Townshend and Roger Daltrey with us – and even Keith Richards. So we
have to assume that most of you are, believe or not, actually going to
get old one day. And I'm here to he
The IRS Scandal Continued
by Ugh
As I noted in a comment, another post on the IRS exempt organizations
scandal. As usual, all the links to everything you would ever want to
know about it are available at the taxprof blog, who for some reason is
determined to number the days (as if there is going to be some
definitive endpoint).
Since my last post, we've had three congressional hearings, a newly
appointed Acting Commis
Likeability and motives for reading
by Doctor Science
From Andrew Sullivan, I learn that Claire Messud, author of The Woman
Upstairs, was asked by Annasue McCleave Wilson of Publisher's Weekly,
about the protagonist of the book:I wouldn't want to be friends with
Nora, would you? Her outlook is almost unbearably grim.Messud exploded:
For heaven's sake, what kind of question is that? Would you want to be
friends with Humbert Humbert?
Saudis like to share
For people whose society is organized into a rather extreme
public/private divide, Saudis turn out to love sharing information about
themselves online. It turns out they share the most of any country on
earth.From a slideshow by Mary Meeker, a renowned analyst on internet
trends whose annual presentation at the D11 Conference is a geek
favorite:[via Daring Fireball]Permalink
Roger Cohen on the Leveretts' book on Iran
Pretty devastating opening paragraph in Roger Cohen's review of
Flynt and Hillary Leverett's new book on Iran:Flynt and Hillary Mann
Leverett are unusual among former staffers of the CIA, the State
Department, and the National Security Council in their deep affection
for the Islamic Republic of Iran. This attraction, which knows few
bounds, finds its apotheosis in Going to Tehran. Their stated goa
In Translation: Sinai has been kidnapped
I often choose Fahmy Howeidy's articles to translate in this
series not because they are particularly brilliant, but because they are
widely read, generally pretty cogent and quite influential on elite
opinion. The kidnapping (and subsequent release) of six policemen and
one soldier in Sinai last week is one occasion for Howeidy to do what he
does well: provide a bigger framework on an issue, anal
Hugh Pope on the "Istanbul Gas Festival"
Last time I was in Istanbul, a year or two ago, I had a chance to
have a lovely fish dinner at Hugh Pope's — he writes about Turkey for
the International Crisis Group — at his Istiklal Cadesi apartment. It's a
great location to monitor the ongoing protests against Erdogan, and
Hugh has a long post up on his blog detailing the events on the day.
Here's his take:So what’s new in all this? Social med
Orwell Discovers He is Beloved By Censored French, Unknown To Ugly Americans
(Another entry in the beloved Orwell is Eeyore series.)
∞
Early in 1945 I went to Paris as correspondent for the Observer. In
Paris Tribune had a prestige which was somewhat astonishing and which
dated from before the liberation. It was impossible to buy it, and the
ten copies which the British Embassy received weekly did not, I believe,
get outside the walls of the building. Yet all the French jo
Barking Mad Meth Monkey Michele Bachmann Abruptly Announces Congressional Exit
Michele Bachmann, the insane Congresswoman from out of Icepick,
Minnesota, placed on her campaign website at about 4 a.m. local time
Wednesday an eight-minute video in which she announced she would not
seek re-election in 2014.
Political observers were nearly unanimous in concluding that the
weirdsmobile wee-hours timing of the Bachmann announcement confirmed
longstanding suspicions that the unsan
Cleaning Up The Place
Filed under: Into The Light, La Musica, Outer Limits, Sunday Services, Variations In B-Flat
Wheels Of Commerce
Late the next day he came into the breaks of the Canadian, a
country of shallow, eroded gullies. He could see where the river curved
east, across the plains. He saw a speck moving across the plains north,
toward the river. His horse saw the speck too. Augustus drew his rifle
in case the speck turned out to be hostile. He loped toward it only to
discover an old man with a dirty white beard, pushing
The Denial of Justice
I don’t think any single person who has considered the matter
seriously, has any real doubt that Jack Straw was complicit in torture
in an active and involved way, and has lied about it continually. There
are some who would argue he was ethically justified, but that is a
different argument. It is not worth engaging in ethical argument with
anybody who maintains that the facts which are the basis
UN Condemns UK
Trenchant criticism of the UK by the United Nations over its
human rights record would have been major news in the pre-Blair days.
One of Blair’s “achievements”, which in the 1990s I should have thought
impossible, was to win the acceptance by the public and the media of the
practice of torture and other gross abuses by the state.
Ian Cobain continues his dogged work on the subject, and everyon
Liberty Reserve and Government Control of Money
I have my doubts about the closure of Liberty Reserve. It is
widely reported to have had 1 million users. I am not yet convinced
that a higher percentage of these were criminals, than is true in much
of the mainstream banking system. I have been told by an email – which I
cannot currently verify – that of the US $6 billion processed through
Liberty Reserve, only US$20 million has to date been s
Exactly as they intended.
There is some news that simply isn't welcome. If you want to
read the full, gory details about the shocking murder of a child by a
stranger, then you're spoilt for choice. We don't know what Mark
Bridger did with the body of April Jones, but we can read the full
spectrum of gruesome speculation from the police, who don't believe his
almost confession to a priest in prison that he
Not quite out of the woods.
Considering the potential there was for serious unrest following
the murder of Lee Rigby, such was the immediate reaction to the crime on
both old and social media, a week on from the tragedy it seems as
though the immediate danger to community relations has passed. This
isn't to understate the number of reported attacks on either mosques or
ordinary Muslims, which are clearly unacceptably hi
Syria: where do you even begin?
For those taken with the question set for 13-year-olds seeking a
scholarship to Eton, asking them to write a speech for a future prime
minister justifying the shooting of unarmed rioters, here's another
hypothetical situation:For over two years, a foreign nation has been
beset by a crisis. The emergency began when protests, inspired by
regional upheaval, called for political reform. The authorit
Sovereign Citizen Sentenced for Filing False Liens
Even the steel doors and isolation of a federal prison can’t seem
to stop some antigovernment “sovereign citizens” from continuing to
file frivolous legal documents and liens against government officials
and judges.
But, as a recent case in Seattle shows, a relatively new federal law is
being used by prosecutors to punish inmates and other conspirators [...]
White Supremacist Sentenced to Life for Deadly 2009 Rampage
The day after Barack Obama was inaugurated on a cold January day
in 2009, becoming the nation’s first black president, a young, obese
white supremacist named Keith Luke went on a racially motivated one-day
rape and killing spree in Brockton, Mass.
Luke, who was 22 and had a history of mental illness, told authorities
he decided [...]
New Issue of Intelligence Report Released Today
The new issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence
Report, released today, contains an in-depth look at the decades-long
war between white supremacists and “anti-fascists” – highlighted by the
bloody battle that erupted last year at suburban Chicago restaurant.
The May 19, 2012, incident in Tinley Park, Ill., involved as many as 18
anti-racists in [...]
Author of Discredited Anti-Gay Study to Speak at NOM Affiliate Conference
Mark Regnerus, the author of a widely discredited 2012 study
purporting to show that same-sex parents are bad for children, will be
speaking this weekend at a conference sponsored by the Ruth Institute, a
project of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). Geared toward
college students, the annual It Takes a Family (ITAF) conference
addresses [...]
Oceans Under the Ice Worlds?
One of the things we’re going to be looking for at Pluto is
evidence of a sub-surface ocean. About eighteen months ago I wrote about
the work of Guillaume Robuchon and Francis Nimmo (University of
California at Santa Cruz). With Pluto’s outer surface thought to be a
thin shell of nitrogen ice covering a shell of water ice, these
researchers have been asking what surface features might flag an oce
The Angle on Pluto
The progress of New Horizons through the outer Solar System has
me thinking back to Voyager’s great encounters. In 1986, when Voyager 2
whisked past Uranus, I was about to head off for a weekend of intensive
work as a flight instructor — a client we had contracted with had a
large number of pilots in need of recurrent training, and I knew I would
be in the cockpit well into each night, as indeed I
SETI’s Colossus
For the most part, the focus of SETI since Project Ozma has been
directed at intercepting signals deliberately sent our way. It doesn’t
have to be so, of course, because extraneous signals from a civilization
going about its business would also be profoundly interesting, and even
a civilization not much more advanced than ours might be throwing off
powerful evidence of its existence through the pl
Supporting Starship Congress
Following last week’s highly successful Starship Century
conference, I’m looking forward to the Starship Congress coming up in
August under the auspices of Icarus Interstellar. Be aware that there is
a Kickstarter campaign now in place to support the event and the
organization. From the description:
Icarus Interstellar, a non-profit organization dedicated to achieving
interstellar spaceflight by t
The Problem Is Capitalism
In “Lean Socialist: Why Liberalism Needs Socialism—and Vice Versa” (May
2013), Bhaskar Sunkara calls for the rebirth of a socialist movement
that would work alongside liberals for immediate gains for working
people, while simultaneously offering a vision of a socialist society
that would extend democracy into the economic sphere. And, at the same
time, that movement would fight for the structura
We Need Bats
Approximately 45 miles southwest of Bangkok is one of Thailand’s most
popular tourist spots: the much-photographed Damnoen Saduak floating
market. Here, women paddling canoes ply their fresh flowers, fruits,
vegetables, sweets and meats, cold drinks, quickly cooked snacks, hats,
bags and various commemorative merchandise to a daily horde who arrive
to take a brief boat ride through traffic-jamme
Bad Green Jobs
Today, New York City launches the largest bicycle sharing program in
the country, CitiBike. It will be run by the company, Alta Bicycle
Share, Inc., that is responsible for Washington, D.C.'s flagship
program, Capital Bikeshare. Based on a European model used in Paris and
London, the program is touted as a greener, healthier form of public
transportation.
But Capital's workers have a f
Striking Back at the Sequester
"Joe Genova, Joe Genova, where are you, where are you? Hiding from the
workers, hiding from the workers, shame on you, shame on you."
Manhattan rang with a labor-themed rendition of Frère Jacques yesterday
morning as over 100 members of the Legal Services Staff Association and
their supporters picketed the offices of corporate law firm Milbank
Tweed. But it wasn’t sung in the low tones of a lu
Obama, Reagan And The GOP Double Standard
An old joke: Ronnie and Nancy are back in Southern California, at
their favorite restaurant on Rodeo Drive. The waiter asks for Nancy's
selection.
"I'll have the filet mignon," she tells him.
The waiter asks, "What about the vegetable?"
Nancy quickly replies, "Oh, he'll have the same."
Groan! I happened to think of that one because, in view of all the flack
President Barack Obama is catching over
The Right Expects, Demands Conformity
By @TedFrier
Imitation being the highest form of flattery, Chris Matthews provides an
example of a tactic used more than 50 years ago to promote group
solidarity that is still being used by right wing "movement"
conservatives today to keep their followers in line.
In his worshipful new biography, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, Matthews
tells the story of how Bobby Kennedy, as campaign manager for his
So, Who's Responsible for the "Culture of Intimidation?"
By @TedFrier
There is a flip side to the "culture of intimidation" Senate Republican
Leader Mitch McConnell accuses President Obama of creating when, as
McConnell baselessly alleges, federal agencies controlled by Obama
single out for "targeting" right wing groups like the Tea Party for
inordinate scrutiny and harassment.
The other side of the coin -- call it the "campaign of intimidation" --
is
"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" -- Who Needs 'Em?
By @BGinKC
If you think they are just manufacturing outrage to placate their base,
you're kidding yourself. The base will not be placated until they get a
vote on Articles of Impeachment. And faced with a lack of actual high
crimes and misdemeanors, they are just making shit up. Now comes Rand
Paul with the latest high crime committed by President Obama...He is at
risk of losing his "moral authori
Millions against Monsanto
Two million people, over 400 cities, more than 50 countries.
These numbers from organizers of the May 25th global “March against
Monsanto” tell the story of a tide that is turning fast and hard against
one of the greatest corporate villains of our time. From Tokyo to
Turku, from Tallahassee to Tasmania, people spanning six continents came
out to declare “Enough!”
The global response witnessed this
EU flags another bee-harming pesticide
Regulators across the pond are keeping up the momentum to protect
pollinators, with a new report from the European Food Safety Authority
(EFSA) adding fipronil to the list of bee-harming pesticides the agency
is concerned about.
Earlier this year, EFSA raised the alarm about three other insecticides
that pose a threat to bees. And the EU responded with a two-year ban on
the use of those chemicals.
Getting food & farming back on track
The Senate is in recess this week, but they'll be resuming Farm
Bill debate on Monday. The bill will be pared down in the coming days,
and PAN and partners are working hard to ensure that key policies that
support healthy food, farming and communities are included in the final
law.
Among the many amendments up for consideration, three rise to the top of
our priority list. These provisions take
Another sneak attack on clean water law
Don't do it, Senators. Yet again, an attempt is in the works to
roll back protections of our streams and rivers — along with the
critters who live in them and communities that rely on them — from
harmful pesticides.
This time the push to weaken our national water law takes the form of
two nearly identical amendments to the Senate's version of the Farm Bill
(#1100 and #1103). The rollback e
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