Saturday, October 05, 2013

5 Oct - Blogs I'm Following

7:04pm MDST

Michael Tellinger’s Presentation Ancient Sound Technologies

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 minutes ago
* * *Note: I disagree that the Anunnaki were the Elohim, they are sons of the Elohim as we are, they are 10 strand DNA we are 12 strand. The did create a species of human that is linked to their DNA and that has been the ruling elite on this planet. Its a common mistake that doesn't take into account what ben/bin means in semitic languages, its means "son of"... I'm sure the elites of this world wold like to say they have links to the "god's that created us" but they are only cousins to the rest of humanity. There is no doubt there is an Annunaki link to South Africa and its gold... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago

Fukushima: “Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
* * *“Radiation Soars 6,700 Times Legal Limit as Disasters Continue Unabated”* 'Clean-up' a litany of failures: near daily leaks, escalating danger, TEPCO and government cover-ups. - Sarah Lazare “TEPCO admitted Thursday that yet another spill at the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant has released water 6,700 times more radioactive than the legal limit, adding to the near daily news of fresh leaks and climbing radiation pointing towards systemic failure to mitigate or contain the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.The storage tank (bottom) from which workers detected water drip... more »

Madness, sheer madness!

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 hour ago
Stalinicos and Kafka have decided to avail themselves of the International Socialism Journal to explain the politics of the SWP crisis. You may have thought you had it down months ago, but no... And it turns out you were wrong and they were right. Funny that. It's also funny how they are allowed a glossy publication to receive their musings, while the party plebs get the IB. A couple of points worth noting: 1) "Political differences cannot be resolved administratively". Despite their education and experience this is something they've learned only in recent months. 2) The nerve of ... more »

Titles in need of stories...

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 hour ago
Wall of Ice Oh, You Scary Things The Apollonian Way Goodbye You Lizard Scum A Plate of Peas Very Stupid People You Again? Drama Mask

Police, Government, Corporations.

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 2 hours ago
D) Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Conservative Government of Canada Led By Stephen Harper. Part Four. Police, Government, Corporations. :The long awaited part IV in Professor Robin Mathews`s chilling ex`pose on the growth of Fascism in Canada and those petty tinpot dictators who are facilitating Fascism`s rise*.....* *"Like the tenacious probing and relentless determination of spring ivy modern Fascism must continually be beaten back and burned, for roots remain" Grant G:..* Police, Government, Corporations *Written by Robin Mathews * The common defini... more »

“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* * *“A Native American Perspective on the Government Shutdown”* by Ruth Hopkins “They’ve done it. A mere thirty Republican Tea Party extremists have managed to shut down the U.S. government, potentially tanking a national economy that’s already on life support. Ironically enough, the flawed logic behind their congressional temper tantrum, to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (coined Obamacare) by taking the country hostage, was a complete and utter failure. Obamacare remains unscathed by the shut down and full online enrollment in the program began October 1, ... more »

“’Dream School’, Dream World”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* * *“’Dream School’, Dream World”* by David Arquette “I recently had an incredible experience on - of all places - the set of a reality show. An adaptation of Jamie Oliver's U.K. series, Sundance Channel's 'Dream School' takes 15 at risk high school students and provides them with a 30-day educational and inspirational journey with the goal of getting them on track to graduate... But before I go into all of that, I need to get a few things off of my chest. Why are people so cruel? In a world full of self-appointed and uncertified judges who wildly swing gavels while pointing the... more »

Holding Elected Officials To A Higher Standard-- An Elizabeth Warren Standard

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
No one in the Senate is better at articulating relatively complicated ideas in a way that anyone-- or at least anyone who isn't brainwashed by Hate Talk Radio and Fox-- can comprehend. Thursday she was on the Senate floor explaining the shutdown and why the Republicans who are just shrugging it off are wrong when they say government doesn't matter anyway. "For years now," she began with a veiled swipe at Grover Norquist, "we've heard a small minority in this country rail against government. When I hear the latest tirades from some of the extremists in the House, Im struck by how ... more »

Ed's mouthpiece?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 2 hours ago
I've been largely well away from the world of current affairs this week, but on the rare occasions when I've switched on the BBC News - or seen the BBC News Channel while passing the TV at work - there seems to have been something on about Ed Miliband and the *Daily Mail*. It could just have been a coincidence that every time I've come across BBC News this week it's been discussing 'Ed v the *Mail*', or it could have been because the BBC has been engaging in one of its periodic frenzies. Being out of the loop for a few days, it's hard to tell. A piece in the *Telegraph*, however... more »

self-checkout is unpaid labour, gift cards are interest-free loans, and let's stop using both

laura k at wmtc - 2 hours ago
There are two current trends that I seriously dislike, and wish we would all organize to change: retail self-checkout and the use of gift cards as thank-yous and gifts. Neither practice will go away any time soon; indeed, I'm sure they only will become more ubiquitous. But both trends are in our power to stop, and I wish we would stop them. *A cashier is not a luxury* Buried in an earlier post about unpaid internships, I mentioned a few other forms of unpaid labour that have become commonplace. These days, most retail chain stores enjoy the benefits of an unpaid, uncomplaining labou... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Karen barely a trop. storm, watches dropped* *~Hey, Pope Francis is a Saints fan! Jus'sayin... it's only weird if it doesn't work!*

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Chris Franklin: Karen Weakens, No Longer Looks Like Tropical Storm ~WVUE*

FEDS TRY TO CLOSE THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
* * *Oh this is getting far too funny! I love how all is being show for what it truly is... -Bill* * * *FEDS TRY TO CLOSE THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN* http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/Feds-Try-to-Close-the-OCEAN-Because-of-Shutdown by MIKE FLYNN 5 Oct 2013, 7:08 AM PDT Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also pr... more »

Stuck in the Middle With You

educationalchemy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 4 hours ago
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you, And I’m wondering what it is I should do, It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face, Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place, Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, Here I am, stuck […]

Bond market jitters regarding debt ceiling issues , whether the X date is reached and what happens next , what is a technical default - what would the impact be ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-05/what-impact-technical-treasury-default What Is The Impact Of A Technical Treasury Default? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/05/2013 15:11 -0400 - Borrowing Costs - Cash Management Bills - CDS - Counterparties - Debt Ceiling - default - Equity Markets - Fannie Mae - Federal Reserve - Fitch - fixed - Freddie Mac - Investment Grade - Merrill - Merrill Lynch - Rating Agencies - ratings - Repo Market - Sovereigns inShare Yesterda... more »

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago

Obamacare, Deconstructed (video)...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 5 hours ago
*via Nice Deb - and we thank her.* This is excellent. Off to work now. See you all later...

Comfort Food for the Heart

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 5 hours ago
October 5, 2013 I’ve moved – sort of. One would think, moving from a small upstairs apartment to the larger downstairs apartment would be easy. One would be wrong. After ten years upstairs, I had my sixty-plus years of “stuff” neatly tucked away in nooks and crannies and closets and open shelves, in the wicker […]

Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the dissolving of dimensional realities

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
*"For many of you the dreamtime platform may be especially vivid at this time..." Understatement of the year! LOL!!! -Bill* * * *Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the dissolving of dimensional realities* Posted: October 5, 2013 | Author: Karen Doonan Greetings beloved ones we are the Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and we come to guide and to continue our support of ALL as you now begin to move in frequency and begin to naturally dissolve the lower dimensional timelines that you previously resonated with. *For many of you the dreamtime platform may be especially vivid at this time, the human ... more »

Memewatch: Who’s afraid of a debt limit fail?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013* *Rand Paul speaks with Erin Burnett:* Where does bungled reasoning come from? Bungled understanding? Consider what happened when Rand Paul appeared with Erin Burnett. We know—that sounds like a terrible match! At one point in Wednesday night's CNN program, Paul stated a standard GOP position concerning the upcoming debt limit fight. Who’d afraid of a debt limit fail? Paul explained why failure to raise the federal debt limit wouldn’t necessarily lead to default: PAUL (10/2/13): *I'm for taking default completely off the table. I'm promising to the Ame... more »

ARE YOU LIKE RICKY MARTIN?

Anon at aangirfan - 6 hours ago
*Ricky Martin (second from the left)* Some of the people who comment on this blog are like Ricky Martin. While growing up in Puerto Rico, Ricky Martin criticised gay people. Many gay children commit suicide because of bullying. *Ricky Martin says:* "I was very angry, very rebellious. "I used to look at gay men and think, I'm not like that, I don't want to be like that, that's not me... "I took my anger out on those around me." "I look back now and realize I would bully people who I knew were gay." *Martin came out as a gay man* back in 2010. In a post on his website, he wro... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
It's possible to make too much of it, but sure, the shutdown matters. What doesn't matter? Most likely, it's the glitches -- very real -- in the ACA exchange rollout. My strong feeling is what matters is the product, not the interface. We'll see, I guess. What do you have? What was pushed off the front pages that we should know about? What do you think mattered this week?

The Cy Young argument for increased testing

skrashen at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
NEA president Dennis Von Roekel has made this argument: "Under the No Child Left Behind law, states have released test results that supposedly tell us how many students are proficient in math and reading. The problem is, each state sets its own benchmark for proficiency, and different students are held to different standards. Imagine if the batting average of one baseball player was based on at-bats against Cy Young winners, while another average was compiled from plate appearances in the minors. You couldn't tell much by comparing the two numbers." http://www.good.is/posts/th... more »

Do educators support the common core?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
Last month (September) the National Education Association announced " that a "Majority of Educators "strongly" support the Common Core State Standards" (headline of an article that appeared in NEA Today). I have been unable to find the details of the questions and the results on the internet, but the NEA's own report of the results are not consistent with their headline. First, the poll, done by the NEA, only surveyed NEA members. Second, we are told that 26% were "wholeheartedly in favor of the standards," 50% supported them with "some reservations" and 11% were opposed. Also, ... more »

Small is Beautiful

risa bear at A Way to Live - 7 hours ago
One acre farmAs to Permaculture Principle 9, "Use small and slow solutions," they are hitting me where I live. Most of the following has appeared on this blog twice before, as well as in this book ... When I see so many of my friends and neighbors thrown out of work, I'm reminded of that moment in Kurt Vonnegut's *Player Piano* when the protagonist's car breaks down, and a crowd of the great mass of unemployed gathers, which he views with suspicion until one of them wistfully says, as nearly as I can remember it from a distant read: "Maybe I could look at it for you. I used to be ... more »

Easy Football Recipes and Cheap Wireless Plans

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 7 hours ago
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. #cbias I honestly believe that the smart phone and unlimited plans are the greatest invention to happen to football fans and fantasy football fans ever. Instead of hours of sitting next to the computer checking the scores and stats of non-televised games for his fantasy football, he can pull his phone out of his pocket and know the score in seconds before coming back to what we are doing in the present.... more »

Mehdi Hasan and the Daily Mail

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago
1. So what if Mehdi Hasan pitched himself to work for the *Daily Mail*three years ago? Journalists, especially those without a berth - as Mehdi was at the time - have got to work to live. And of course he's going to emphasise how much a prospective employer's values are congruent with his own. I'm sure if he'd gone for a job at *The Morning Star*, he would have burnished his peace and socialism credentials. This is so much nonsense. In my time I've known teachers at Catholic schools who, in turns, were gay, an avowed atheist, and a Trotskyist. I've known Sainsbury's workers who prefe... more »

94% of Jews "guilt-free and proud"

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 7 hours ago
Picking up on a theme I highlighted in *a brief blog post yesterday*, I'd like to once again demonstrate the utter hypocrisy of the organized Jewish community when it comes to identity politics. Jews openly proclaim they are proud to be Jews and work for the own unique group interests above all others. Most Jews frame their life and actions around the question: *Is it good for the Jews?* And I suppose there is nothing wrong with this type of thinking. After all, it's natural to be concerned about your own unique racial and cultural group interests, and it's future. However, when a ... more »

Superdeterminism: the ultimate conspiracy theory

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
Sabine Hossenfelder has informed her readers that she was just writing a paper when she was pregnant and awaiting her daughters in hospital in late 2010. The nurses were hoping that she was writing something like *Harry Potter IX: Employed As Chair Umpire In the Empires of Vampires* but they didn't realize that she was actually writing something much spookier. It finally appeared as a paper called *Testing super-deterministic hidden variables theories* which is just a code for *Trying to Beat the Big Brother and Her Ultimate Conspiracy*. She tries to claim that she has a test to fig... more »

How Corrupt Is The Iowa Republican Party-- And What Does That Mean For The Presidential Caucuses?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Although this post isn't about it (this one is), I have been positively engrossed in reading Barton Gellman's gripping book on the Cheney (vice) presidency, Angler. There are many conclusions one can draw from his writing but one is surely that criminals-- like Cheney and his gang of accomplices-- should never be allowed to evade justice. I'll cover that in upcoming posts. Today I just want to talk about another criminal evading justice of a far less existential nature than Cheney's war crimes: Michele Bachmann's grubby money laundering and bribery scandals. My fear is that rumor... more »

Tropical Storm Karen updates - October 5 , 2013 ..... landfall expected Saturday possibly on the Louisiana Coast , possible second landfall on Mississippi , Alabama or Florida coast Sunday ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Evacuations ordered as Tropical Storm Karen nears Gulf Coast October 5, 2013 3:15AM ET Governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama declare states of emergency to speed storm preparations Topics: Weather U.S. Gulf Coast ** ** ** [image: Tropical_storm_karen] Residents evacuate in New Orleans Friday. National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami said the storm was expected to strengthen slightly on Saturday.Marianna Massey/Getty Images Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas south of New Orleans, Friday, as a weakened Tropical Storm Karen closed ... more »

Gates Money and Common Core– Part VI

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
This post is the sixth (and final) post in a series I have written detailing Bill Gates’ mammoth purchasing of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). (Here are links to the previous five posts in the series.) In the fifth post, I mentioned that this final post would be Gates’ CCSS funding of education businesses. Then, I realized […]

EXPLAINING THE CRAZY: Fools for race?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013* *Part 3—Walsh goes off:* With apologies, it’s painful to write about Joan Walsh when she discusses race, or when she pretends to do so. Our basic ground rules: Because race has played such a savage role in our American history, we think people ought to be measured and mildly respectful when they address the subject. Also truthful, of course. Alas! When Joan Walsh brooks this most potent subject, she very much tends to go off. Below, you see the way she started the first of her two recent pseudo-discussions of race. We’ll include Salon’s twin headlines, ... more »

The Games Plutocrats Play

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 8 hours ago
*Many a tear has to fall, but it's all in the game*.* Even though Weeper of the House John Boehner rails, "This isn't some damned game!" It most certainly is, suavely counters Secretary of State of Affairs John Kerry. Think of this little tiff as a rare bad inning for the World Series champs. The fact that one upstart, extremist right wing faction seemingly has the power to bring the greatest nation on Earth to its knees should not be cause for too much concern, he reassured the wavering global client/fan base of Team America. This shutdown kerfuffle is merely an example of how ... more »

The Worst Form of Government: If This is Democracy, I'd Hate to See Fascism...

Paul Coker at News Spike - 8 hours ago
The Worst Form of Government: If This is Democracy, I'd Hate to See Fascism... from Spike1138 on Vimeo. *"Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Sir Winston Spencer Churchil Speech in the House of Commons November, 11th 1947* * * *Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich (The Enabling Act)* *March 24, 1933* * Translated from... more »

America's first self- immolation - which occurred Friday at the National Mall is Washington D.C has died from his burns ! And as Tunisia's revolution was commenced by a self - immolation , is this a first disturbing sign of the discontent " chickens coming home to roost " here in the US ? And was this a staged event ( as per the filming by a man not the victim using a camera on a tripod ) ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-05/man-who-lit-himself-fire-national-mall-has-died Home Man Who Lit Himself On Fire On National Mall, Has Died [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/05/2013 11:54 -0400 - China - Obama Administration - Saudi Arabia inShare In a tragic development, the unidentified man who set himself on fire on the National Mall at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday in between the Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery, and who sustained burns to 80% of his body, has died. AP reports: "A District of Columbia police spoke... more »

Fukushima debacle updates - October 3 - 4 , 2013 - More Tepco incompetence on display , more contamination for the world to absorb..

Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Fukushima Diary.. JP Gov “Analyze groundwater of shallow layer and deep layer” → Tepco “Manpower not enough” Posted by *Mochizuki* on October 4th, 2013 · No Comments Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Fukushima Diary reported Tritium density was stably increasing on the coastal side of reactor1 on 9/4/2013. (cf, [Mysterious No media coverage] Tritium level in groundwater still increasing near reactor1 [URL]) In order to see the connection among Tritium density, groundwater flow and the possible direct leakage from reactor1 turbine buil... more »

"The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appaling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football; possibly in the history of the game - Chile versus Italy"

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
The 1962 World Cup's infamous Battle of Santiago. Commentary and disgust by the BBC's David Coleman.

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 hours ago

News In Two Minutes - Organ Trafficking - Riots and Unrest - NSA and TOR...

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 9 hours ago

REMEMBERING THE STORIES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
Throughout my life, since living at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota as a boy, I've been studying the history, spirituality, and worldview of Native Americans. In particular the Lakota people. I am currently reading a book called "The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge" which is the true story of a century of Lakota Sioux life - an epic journal of cultural identity found, lost, and found again - told through the voices of a single family: the Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Many times over the years I've read about the massacre at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation on Decem... more »

Doug Noland's Friday Essay entitled "Night and Day " Doug explains how the Federal Reserve Bank's quantitative easing program has a myriad of flow impacts ( direct and indirect ) , contrast of QE ! from the current QE program of the Fed - and how the current QE program actually provides a much more substantial inflationary impact on financial assets and encourages more risk taking and speculative leveraging , yield seeking and clearly is not facilitating de-leveraging conduct - thus Night and Day between QE 1 and current program ! And yes , the Fed is once again creating speculative bubbles ! !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://www.prudentbear.com/2013/10/night-and-day.html DOUG NOLAND [image: Print Friendly and PDF]Night and DayOctober 4, 2013 posted by Doug Noland At least so far, markets seem fine with a pathetically dysfunctional Washington. The question arrived via Prudentbear.com and appeared simple enough: “Can you explain how QE funds are inflating the asset markets if these monies are being parked back with the Fed, collecting interest? Can they be in two places at the same time?” The impact of the Fed’s experimental quantitative easing (QE) program is an issue of great interest. In his t... more »

Al - Shabaab subject to raid by foreign military forces ( US special forces ) - apparent target Al- Shabab leader Ahmed Godane

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/05/foreign-military-raid-al-shabaab-somalia Foreign military raid al-Shabaab headquarters in Somalia, reports say Speculation that assault was targeting militant leader Ahmed Godane, who claimed responsibility for Nairobi mall attack - Share****42 - - - - inShare2 - Email - Peter Beaumont and agencies - theguardian.com, Saturday 5 October 2013 07.17 EDT [image: Members of al-Shabaab, which was reportedly targeted in a foreign military raid on the Somali coast] Members of al-Shabaab, which was reportedly targeted in... more »

MURDER DEATH KILL KILL KILL - Snowden Leaks To Reveal NSA's 'Central Role In The US Assassination Program'

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 10 hours ago
News just in from Scahill and Greenwald, via BUSINESS INSIDER. *Over the weekend, investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill told an audience in Brazil that he and Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald are working on a project involving "how the National Security Agency plays a significant, central role in the U.S. assassination program." The information apparently comes from classified NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden to Greenwald (and others).* [source BUSINESS INSIDER] And this one from YAHOO NEWS *"The connections between war and surveillance are clear. I don't want to give too... more »

Hermosas fotos de la playa con agua azul y arenas blancas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 10 hours ago

Teachers Sabotaged by Unaccountable Text Book Companies

Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
Each day, the stories get more and more Kafkaesque. Perhaps while the teachers are waiting for their corporatized, standardized, soulless curriculum and text books to arrive, they can have the students and staff read Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error. From NYT: Tardy Deliveries Keep New Books Out of Teachers Hands *“They want to evaluate us on how well the kids do on the test,” Mr. Mulgrew said, “but they are not giving us the materials to teach the kids to ensure the kids are doing well on the test.”* *In interviews, several teachers said they got a sinking feeling over the summer,... more »

Afghanistan update - October 5 , 2013 - This will play out like Iraq ... The US will pull out , civil War will ensue , Afghanistan will be left in a state of disarray ( like Iraq and Libya after those Wars ) as the US moves onto the next battles....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
As with Iraq , we will leave Afghanistan on hot smoking mess ...... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/world/asia/impasse-with-afghanistan-raises-prospect-of-total-us-withdrawal-in-2014.html?ref=global-home Impasse With Afghanistan Raises Prospect of Total U.S. Withdrawal in 2014 Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times American troops with an Afghan suspected of Taliban connections. Washington has said it has no intention of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan after 2014. By MATTHEW ROSENBERG Published: October 4, 2013 104 Comments - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - SAVE ... more »

Ted Cruz In The Driver's Seat-- Miss McConnell Strikes Back!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Friday morning, the political class was chattering about Jonathan Martin's *NY Times* piece, GOP Elders See Liabilities In Shutdown, but not because Bob Dole, Haley Barber, Ed Gillespie or George H.W. Bush is warning House Republicans away from their lunatic lurch over the cliff. The theme that had the Beltway running around in full gossip mode was an account of a Senate Republican luncheon on Wednesday in which Ted Cruz got his ass wailed on by the rest of the caucus. And on Wednesday at a private luncheon, several Senate Republicans-- Dan Coats of Indiana, Ron Johnson of Wiscon... more »

Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry opposed to Charter of (Racism and Bigotry) Values

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago
What was Pauline Marois thinking? Former PQ and BQ leaders oppose this Charter of (Racism and Bigotry) Values; including Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. *"Despite his history, Parizeau had harsh words for the current PQ government, saying it goes too far with its proposed ban on overt religious symbols for employees in the public sector."* Read more here and here.

It's About His Judgement

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 12 hours ago
Stephen Maher has spent a great deal of his journalistic energy investigating the robocalls swindle. But this week -- after a second person was taken to the hospital from Patrick Brazeau's house -- Maher focused on Stephen Harper's senate appointments: The appointments of Brazeau, Duffy and Wallin were all announced on the same day, Dec. 22, 2008, along with 15 other delighted Conservatives. They must all have had a lovely Christmas, enjoying congratulations from friends and relatives at their good fortune to have been guaranteed an excellent income with near-absolute job secur... more »

White House fishing for Shutdown " Sob Stories " , so here are a few !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://twitchy.com/2013/10/04/desperately-seeking-shutdownsobstories-white-house-soliciting-tales-of-woe/ Desperately seeking #ShutdownSobStories: White House soliciting tales of woe The Morning Spew @*TheMorningSpew* The White House is asking for authentic #*ShutdownSobStories* Please feel free to oblige. 3:26 PM - 4 Oct 2013 The White House is looking for tales of tragedy from the four-day-long government shutdown. The avalanche of media attention given to Obamacare poster boy “Lying” Chad Henderson would suggest that, yes, works of fiction are acceptable, and perhaps even preferre... more »

Live show from DougCo Colorado today, 4PM EST

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
Tim and I are out here meeting with parent and teacher activists who are attempting to oust a school board that is rotten. This is actually a very interesting case study. You can understand at minimum the racism and bigotry that underscore inner city school reform. Even the white savior mentality that goes back to […]

Schama and the BBC

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Further to my observations about Simon Schama’s final episode of The Story of the Jews, I would just like to add a couple of excerpts from Haaretz,the left-leaning Israeli newspaper the BBC prefers to go to for their negative Israel-related news and stories. *“Schama relishes the thought that his high-profile series, which has received a huge deal of attention and healthy viewing ratings, has done something to improve the BBC’s image among his fellow-Jews. “They have been very good to me,” he says of the network that made him a household name in Britain, beginning in 1995, when i... more »

FUKUSHIMA UPDATE & URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
Journalist, author, activist and historian Harvey Wasserman has been reporting on, and participating in, the nuclear free movement for decades. In that time, by his judgment, only one other event matches the danger to the world posed by the Cuban Missile Crisis. That event is the ongoing nuclear disaster at Fukushima. Haven't heard about it in the corporate media? That's because the deadly and dying global nuclear industry and its allies don't want you to know. That's why he has organized a petition drive to the UN advocating international expert oversight of, and participation in... more »

Trouble Brewing.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago

Michael Tellinger - Earth rings like a bell - faster than light sound proven

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 16 hours ago
Michael Tellinger is a really intriguing character that I've featured several times on this blog. Here he's talking about SOUND and the careful application of free energy to the Human Grid that reminds me that a Free Planet is out there waiting to be activated. The water-boiling sound-emitter technology and the faster than light soundresearch are two things among many that make this video worthwhile.

Miriam Carey - her sisters speak out - 'My sister just totally didn't deserve this'

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 16 hours ago
CNN has just run an editorial about the sisters of Miriam Carey, the woman who caused a LOCKDOWN of DC by driving her car into the barriers of the White House then speeding off in her car. She was later executed in public by Police. *"We are still trying to put the pieces together," Carey-Jones said. * *Neither she nor her other sister, Valarie Carey, know why Miriam Carey was in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. * *"We will never know what Mariam was thinking in those last hours before she died, and we can only speculate. Our real concern is why (this happened) and were things done pr... more »

WHY GOD CREATES GAYS

Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
*Jonny Saelua (right) androphilic male from Samoa.* Why does God, or nature, create gay people? Alice Dreger at Pacific Standard asks *Why has homosexuality survived evolution?* *Alice Dreger writes:* *1.* "Androphilic males - that is, males who are sexually oriented toward other males - show up in cultures around the world." *God is not a fundamentalist.* *2.* In many cultures certain types of Androphile males are reputed to be particularly kind towards members of their family. *3.* "In Samoa, for example, there is now substantial evidence for above-average kin-directed altr... more »

"Mission Impossible? Fukushima Scientists Brace For Riskiest Nuclear Fuel Clean-up Yet”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
* * *"Mission Impossible? * *Fukushima Scientists Brace For Riskiest Nuclear Fuel Clean-up Yet”* by RT “Scientists at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant are preparing for their toughest clean-up operation yet – two and a half years after three of the plant’s reactors suffered a meltdown in Japan’s worst-ever nuclear power disaster. The operation, to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel beneath the plant’s damaged Reactor No. 4, could set off a catastrophe greater than any we have ever seen, independent experts warn. An operation of this scale, says plant operator To... more »

Free Planet rantorial - GOD IS THE STRUCTURE OF LIFE, NOT THE NARRATIVE

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 16 hours ago
for me, as a once-ruthlessly devout atheist (leaning towards agnosticism as I get older) all this scriptural/religious mumbo-jumbo, this Christian/Muslim Voodoo, really pisses me off. It's just all too neat, all too clean. We have this book. This fucking book with its contradictory/bigoted kill list. That tells us how to live under Fascist rule, be it the Bible or the Torah or Koran. Who the fuck cares what this one fucking book says? It's (at best) a 'history written by the victor' pamphlet of propaganda. That's not how God made us. How do I know? Well, isn't it obvious. You hav... more »

KMT no appeal in Wang case

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago
KMT announces it will not appeal in Wang case (UDN). A friend with much legal experience here observes: ....the High Court did not dismiss the KMT's appeal. It heard the appeal and issued a decision upholding the District Court's injunction. Had it dismissed, there would have been no hearing or written judgment. Looks like the KMT has wisely decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court. That means hearings in Wang lawsuit will begin in a month or so. The case will take at least a couple years to wind through the courts, so it look like Wang will survive to complete his term. ________... more »

Realist News - Jamie Dimon resigns from J.P. Morgan Chase.

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 17 hours ago
I love this guy, and he reminds me of (a far more polite version of) the Artist Taxi Driver. Here, he's talking about the silver manipulation issue and the recent resignation of Jamie Dimon from J.P. Morgan Chase. I love these CRs or Citizen Reporters doing what they love best from their cars or home-made studios. I've requested an About or Bio on him and his Realist News channel... then this Nice, feels good to be justified, by fate, by G3 or Global Gambling Game. Eh?

The Great Phonics Debate Again! This time in Australia

skrashen at Schools Matter - 17 hours ago
Phonics debate in The Australian http://tinyurl.com/prp2ucv Contents: Our letter, then two responses, then our response The (limited) impact of heavy phonics instruction Published in The Australian, Oct 1, 2013 as "Foster Love of Reading" In "Bad teaching kills reading skills," (Sept. 30) Jennifer Buckingham claims that failing to include "explicit, systematic and structured" phonics is bad teaching. This means phonics instruction that teaches all students all the major rules of phonics in a strict order. Published scientific studies show that students who have experienced intensi... more »

NO SARIN IN GHOUTA

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*If Liberia’s President Charles Taylor is a War Criminal, Then So are Obama, Bush and Clinton*By Glen Ford, October 05, 2013 [image: syria-chemical-prepared-advance.si] *Saudi Arabian Backed Insurgents Responsible for Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack?*By Stephen Lendman, October 05, 2013 [image: lies vs truth] *Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On*By Washington's Blog, October 05, 2013 [image: Saudi_Arabia_svg] *Saudi Arabia Group behind Chemical Weapons Provocation in Syria: Source*By Global Research News, October 04, 2013 [image: heathcote_wil... more »

"Forever And Forever And Forever..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
“For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.” - James Baldwin

Syria is NOT a Civil War, It Is A Foreign Intervention

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 hours ago
*Video Title: Syria is NOT a Civil War, It Is A Foreign Intervention. Source: Global Research TV. Date Published: October 4, 2013. Description:* Syria is entering a new stage of secular-on-extremist violence, with the collective war against President Assad almost sidelined by the growing mayhem. Outside plans for chaos have begun uncontrollably to shift the war, according to a number of experts. Analyst and editor of the Corbett Report, James Corbett, feels it important to emphasize the gap between the motives displayed by various factions inside Syria and the initial aim of exte... more »

We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Looking For A Heart of Math

Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 20 hours ago
Why in the world does NCTM support the Common Core Mathematics Standards? NCTM leadership fantasizes that CCSSI will accomplish what 25+ years of NCTM’s efforts failed to get done. The reality may well be that CCSS will drive the final nails into burying the progressive mathematics reforms that NCTM has supported, by associating them in […]

Are Stephen Harper And The Conservatives Working With The Tea Party Republicans To Have Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Be Part Of Blackmail Demands Against President Obama?

leftdog at Buckdog - 20 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * * *OTTAWA - An anti-Keystone XL pipeline crusader has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, suggesting Canada's aggressive lobbying for the project played a part in the ongoing government shutdown south of the border.* *Tom Steyer, a San Francisco billionaire and a major Democratic party fundraiser, chastises Harper for saying he would not "take 'no' for an answer" from U.S. President Barack Obama on TransCanada's Keystone XL.* *In a question-and-answer session with the Canadian American Business Council last week in New York, Harper took a h... more »

Sunday Classics preview: In "I Pagliacci," is it so surprising that Nedda would choose the mysterious Silvio over her husband?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*Tonight we hear a chunk of the 1934 recording of Leoncavallo's I Pagliaccibuilt around the great tenor Beniamino Gigli. * *by Ken* In last week's *Pagliacci* post, we left Nedda in a state, after fending off the unwelcome advances of her troupemate, the hunchback clown Tonio. As unpleasant as that surprise was, she's now in for a pleasant one: the unexpected arrival -- scaling a wall! -- of a gentleman she immediately identifies as "Silvio." *WE ALREADY KNEW THAT NEDDA HAS A SECRET* When we took our close look at the monologue Nedda sings after her husband and Beppe go off to hav... more »

Rainy Saturday Links

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 21 hours ago
t *A wasp captures a spider by stinging it.* How many times since the summer began have I put up rainy day links? I can't remember a year wetter than this one. On to the links before they get soaked.... - President Obama cancels Asia tour due to government shutdown insanity. - Manufacturing hits 18 month high - Chinese tourist reputations so awful the government issues new regs to put a stop to their (in)famous behavior - Overseas Chinese group in US to cease celebration of ROC national day. - Taiwan number 4 nanotech patent holder - The Economist on Ma and interna... more »

Stewart Air National Guard Base, NY

Paul Coker at News Spike - 21 hours ago
Now, this is interesting; the official caption for this DoD picture, taken with hours of the first inauguration reads: Description *English:* Vice President George Bush and other VIP's wait to welcome the former hostages to Iran home. - Location: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - VIRIN: DF-SC-82-06566 Which is interesting - since other sources cite the port of entry for the returned hostages was Stewart Air National Guard Base in upstate New York - which has, to say the least, an interesting pedigree. You may remember it from 9/11 and the Northwoods plan; thusly - . 3. A... more »

MaWangMess: Weeklong Blowback Edition

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 22 hours ago
*Hengchun gate.* * * What a week for President Ma "Blowback" Ying-jeou. It opened on Mondaywith the KMT losing its second court case. The High Court affirmed the district court's decision to reinstate Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng in the Party and in his position. The KMT then declared it would appeal to the Supremes. No matter how well Wang sings "Where did our love go?" I have some trouble believing that Wang will win there. I was saying last night how for years I was reading how totally out of touch Ma was said to be but never really believed it. But now... I believe. The re... more »

The Corporate Reform School First Grade

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 22 hours ago
Does this need commentary?

The GOP attack on the Affordable Care Act is confusing

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago
Let's assume the Act is as terrible as the GOP suggests. That it will fail miserably. So? Give the Democrats the rope to hang themselves with. No one can say the Republicans wear any part of the legislation. Ah, but maybe the GOP is concerned the legislation might work ,,, The Affordable Care Act aims to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. All laudable goals. It provides a number of mechanisms—including manda... more »

Mint the coin

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Screw the nattering nabobs of conventional wisdom. The platinum coin is a valid idea well worthy of discussion: It's not that there's no value in knowing what's possible or likely, it's that it isn't an argument against the value of the proposition. Most things which should happen don't. We talk about them anyway. So what if it's tied up in the courts for years? It's a legal solution. It would shut down the extortionists. Somebody has to do it. Clearly Boehner isn't up to the task.

“Memories of the Soul: Past Life Regression”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
* * *“Memories of the Soul: Past Life Regression”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM . "If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one." - Kahlil Gibran “The effects of a past life can manifest in your current life in many ways but should be used as a tool, not an excuse. Inside our subconscious lie our memories from past lives. Though we seldom remember even having lived these past lives, the experiences we had living them have had a hand in shaping who we are today. The effects o... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago
*NOAA's monitoring of storm surge for TS Karen is now being posted @ QuickLook Page* ~It will be updated continuously throughout the storm event for the NOAA storm hardened stations along the coast along with NHC advisories.

Musical Interlude: Jean-Michel Jarre, “Popcorn”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Jean-Michel Jarre, “Popcorn” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMhKdAwLbs

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"An intriguing and beautiful nebula, NGC 3576 drifts through the Sagittarius arm of our spiral Milky Way Galaxy. Within the region, episodes of star formation are thought to contribute to the complex and suggestive shapes. Powerful winds from the nebula's embedded, young, massive stars shape the looping filaments. *Click image for larger size.* The dramatic false-color image also highlights the contributions of hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen, energized by intense ultraviolet radiation, to the nebular glow. But the glow also silhouettes dense clouds of dust and gas. For example, ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Bradenton, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Chet Raymo, “Discorruption”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
* “Discorruption”* by Chet Raymo “The great foundational poem of religious naturalism is Walt Whitman's “I Sing the Body Electric”. Not for the first time, of course, but for the first time with a modern voice, a poet sings of the material soul. How long we labored in the Judeo-Christian West with a distrust of the body, seeing in it something verminous and corruptible. How long we dreamed of flying free of the blood and visera and foul excretions- the immaterial soul like a whiff of luminous vapor, ascending. “Mouth, tongue, lips, teeth, roof of the mouth, jaws and jaw hing... more »

A whistle-blower is vindicated (it appears), but his case may not provide much heart to others

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Ranger Danno self-published this book about his case.* *"We have seen all the types of retaliation he experienced. We just have not seen it all in one case."* *-- Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)* *by Ken* To amplify the above quote, the Washington Post's Miranda S. Spivack introduces it, in "Whistleblower in Snyder tree case moves on to a new job, wins settlement with park service," by noting that Jeff Ruch of PEER, "who aided Danno and his attorney, Peter Noone, said the reprisals against the decorated 30-year ranger were ... more »

Silk Road : Some Errors to Avoid

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
1. He boasted about running his international multimillion dollar drugs marketplace on his LinkedIn profile 2. He used a real photograph of himself for a fake ID to rent servers to run his international multimillion dollar drugs marketplace 3. He asked for advice on coding the secret website for his international multimillion dollar drugs marketplace using his real name 4. He sought contacts in courier firms, presumably to work out how to best ship things from his international multimillion dollar drugs marketplace, on Google+, where his real name, real face and real YouTu... more »

Planetary Code Red

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
Planetary Code Red from Spike1138 on Vimeo. *"Frightening, isn't it? To find out that there are those better versed in death than human beings..."*

Vote NO 2 ALEC

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
The entire House of Representatives is up for re election in 2014. Our United States Representatives are up for re election every two years, as mandated in the Constitution. How many times can a member of the House a Representatives be reelected? There is no limit of the times a congressman can be reelected. *Unless you are ALEC* How many times can a member of the House of Representatives be re-elected? there are no term limits on the house of representatives. *Unless you are ALEC* *ALEC Alumni* *House of Representatives (82)* Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) ... more »

Bank Blues

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*Out filming with the FTV crew again this weekend.* Bloomberg has an interesting article on the difficulty US financial firms are having with using Taiwan banks to enter the China market and the low value of Taiwan banks... "Taiwanese banks were attractive to the PE firms because they were seen as having a better chance of expanding into the mainland than international rivals,” Chuang Piyen, a Taipei-based banking analyst at Mega Securities Co., said by telephone on Sept. 30. “Unhealthy banks were targeted because they could be turned around and sold at a good price.” Carlyle and... more »

The World Bank Reserve Table reflects the astounding fact that US physical gold is gone and as leased gold not counted , US reserves cupboard regarding gold is bare ! And so is Germany's cupboard , France has a mere 30 tone of physical gold ..... Jesse Crossroad Cafe missive focusing on mass exodus of gold - from the West !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://beforeitsnews.com/economics-and-politics/2013/10/treasury-refuses-to-sell-its-gold-even-in-the-event-of-default-2457056.html ( Treasury cannot sell gold that it doesn't own as same has been leased out , a cynic would say ... ) [image: Treasury Refuses to Sell Its Gold Even in the Event of Default] The New American Written by Bob Adelmann It took more than six months for the Department of the Treasury to answer Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch’s questions about how the Treasury would respond to a government shutdown or the failure of the Congress to raise the debt limit.... more »

Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and the birth of your new reality

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
* * * * * * *Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and the birth of your new reality* by Karen Doonan Greetings beloved ones, we are the Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and we come to guide and to support as the New Moon energies begin to heighten and begin to illuminate all that is holding you back from entering the higher dimensional frequencies in TRUTH. *For many of you this coming linear 24/48 hours will see an increase in emotion, this emotion may be triggered solely within you or within those around you and we guide for you to see this as TRUTH. For the old 3d earth taught you to anchor these... more »

Saudi black op team behind Damascus chemical weapons attack – Russian diplomatic sources launch charge against Saudis ! Are the Saudis and Turkey in line for payback once the Syrian War " smoke " dies down ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://rt.com/news/syria-sarin-saudi-provocation-736/ The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency. *“Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta was done by a black op team that the Saudi’s sent through Jordan and which acted with support of the Liwa Al-Islam group,”* a source in the diplomatic circles told Interfax. The attack and its consequences had a huge impact on the Syrian ... more »

Government shutdown is "bad for the Jews"

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
The federal government is officially "shutdown", as I'm sure many of you know at this point. And the Jews are upset. *Tablet Magazine* reports that the "shutdown" is "bad for the Jews." Why? Because their beloved "Holocaust" museum is closed: Yet another federally-funded casualty of the government shutdown, now in its second day? The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a Washington, D.C. institution. “The Museum is closed to the public due to the federal government shutdown. It will reopen when the federal government resumes operation,” reads a * message* at the top of the muse... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Hurricane watch canceled for Karen*

Obamacare has become the Un-Affordable Care Act

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*I noticed that you have to apply before it shows the prices...what is up with that? -Bill* * * *Obamacare has become the Un-Affordable Care Act* WASHINGTON, October 4, 2013 — Not only is Obamacare unpopular with the general public, but it also is losing favor among the very people it’s supposed to help. The White House has difficulty getting the uninsured to buy Obamacare not merely because the government website is bad, but mostly because the product is bad. It’s overpriced. The Affordable Care Act long ago became known as Obamacare. Now it’s time to re-christen it the Un-Affo... more »

Simplified Oneness

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
She: *You told me once you would hurt me, but I don't think so.* He*: I know, do you understand why I won’t now?* She:* Because I am as important to you as you are to me.* She:* Because you feel what I do.* She:* Because you want joy – for you, and for me, and actually, for everyone.* He:* Yes! And I cannot provide that unless I make myself dwell there.* She:* I love you. I can feel you "dwelling" there. It feels nice.* He:* If I want to hurt things, I have to hurt myself as well to do it.* He:* And if I want to love I have to love myself to do it.* * * It come... more »

This Week We All Met Marlin Stutzman

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
"Who they hell is Marlin Stutzman?" people were asking Thursday morning. No one had ever heard of him before. Now the whole nation knows who he is-- or at least knows he's the guy who said: *"We're not going to be disrespected. We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is."* President Obama, who had probably never heard of Stutzman 'til today either, answered him: "You have already gotten the opportunity to serve the American people. There's no higher honor than that… [T]he American people aren't in the mood to give you a goody bag to go with it. What ... more »

Shame on the Ugly Canadians

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
Just when you think the Harper Government simply cannot further embarrass us on the world stage or horrify us at home, there's this shameful news. International Development Minister Christian Paradis says the government will not fund overseas projects that allow war rape victims and child brides to obtain an abortion. To its credit, the NDP jumped in with appropriate outrage. “It is simply shameful to see Conservatives putting their ideology ahead of helping these vulnerable women,” said Official Opposition International Development Critic Hélène Laverdière (Laurier--Sainte-Marie).... more »

Annie Machon - LIBE whistleblower hearing at the European Parliament

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 1 day ago
recently, ex-MI5 whistleblower Annie Machon was joined by ex-NSA Tom Drake, ex-Department of Justice Jes­selyn Radack, and ex-NSA Kirk Wiebe to give a state­ment to the LIBE Com­mit­tee at the European Par­lia­ment about *whis­tleblow­ing and the NSA mass sur­veil­lance scandal*. As well as describ­ing the prob­lems they had faced as intel­li­gence whis­tleblowers, they also sug­ges­t some pos­sible solu­tions. *ADDITIONAL READING:* in this exclusive RT article, Machon goes on the PRISM offensive, suggesting that Spy agency heads won’t roll with US and UK allied because Rifkin... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Remember the number, boys and girls, real nice and easy: 1-800-FUCKYO "Need health insurance? The Obama administration has you covered. Simply dial 1-800-FUCKYO to reach the next available health-care provider. Far from being a mistype, that’s the official number that Health and Human Services wants Americans to dial when seeking health care. Obamacare’s national call center really did list its number as 1-800-318-2596, helpfully spelling out President Barack Obama’s tendency to blatantly flip the bird in plain view." - http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/

The Poet: Mary Oliver, “I Worried”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *“I Worried”* by Mary Oliver “ I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better? Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows can do it and I am, well, hopeless. Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it, am I going to get rheumatism, lockjaw, dementia? Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing. And gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.”

Washington Times: The cheap tricks of the game

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/pruden-the-cheap-tricks-of-the-game/ PRUDEN: The cheap tricks of the game By Wesley Pruden Thursday, October 3, 2013 The games politicians play: Barack Obama is having a lot of fun using the government shutdown to squeeze the public in imaginative ways. The point of the shutdown game is to see who can squeeze hardest, make the most pious speech and listen for the applause. It’s a variation on the grade-school ritual of “you show me yours, and I'll show you mine.” President Obama is not a bad poker player, but the man with all the chip... more »

Boston Dynamics - Cheetah just went mobile - Project Wildcat

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 1 day ago
at about this time last year, I wrote about the CHEETAH project from Boston Dynamics - a quadropedal robot that could run on a treadmill faster the Usain Bolt. Well, the cheetah project just went mobile/remote aka Project Wildcat. and remember, dear Conspiracy Theorists, this is RELEASED technology i.e. probably TEN YEARS old.

JUSTIN BIEBER BOYFRIEND; ONTARIO PEDOPHILE RING; COCAINE; MIND CONTROL

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
Justin Bieber is from Ontario. Justin Bieber has an androgynous image. The Sun reported that the teen pop star partied in a gay bar. A member of Bieby's posse, Jason Boyd, known as Poo Bear by Beliebers, is involved in the international cocaine smuggling biz. Bieber's Cocaine Ties Precious Treasure Holiday Co. promised to arrange illegal encounters in Ontario for pedophiles. Justin has sung about a gay love affair. Ontario has been portrayed as a haven for child-sex tourism. Justin Bieber is managed by Scooter Braun, who is Jewish, and from Atlanta. *Dr Joseph ... more »

"More Drugs… More Drones… More Credit-Pushing Drivel"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *"More Drugs… More Drones… More Credit-Pushing Drivel"* by Bill Bonner “Dad, I’ve got to do something,” begins a panicky letter from one of the children. “When I changed my job status I lost my health insurance. The best policy I can find is $550 a month. What should I do?” “Don’t buy the insurance,” we suggested. “It’s a waste of money. Just don’t get sick,” we added helpfully. There are two ways a government can rip off its citizens – force and/or fraud. Health care uses both. Back in the time of Genghis, Attila, Caesar and Napoleon, things were simpler. People were conquer... more »

Very, very stupid people

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
Tommy Robinson, leader of the EDL has been stalking the proprietor of the EDL News website, an anti-EDL website, for those who don't know, sending him menacing messages and pictures of a block of flats, a front door and some mail (Roobin's Note: intercepting the mail is a crime under the Postal Act 2000)... OK so it was someone else's block of flats, someone else's front door and someone else's mail, you don't have to be smart to be a fascist, but I ask you, why hasn't the EDL been outlawed?

“Obamacare Just Gave Me A Death Sentence”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Obamacare Just Gave Me A Death Sentence”* By FedUpUSA.org "Sounds like hyperbole, right? Well, depends upon your perspective after you read what I have to say. Long time readers of FedUpUSA know me to some degree or another. I’m a real person. I’m not wealthy. I’m not special. I’m just your average person who happens to be rather opinionated and I share those opinions here on the Internets. The following is my reality after Obamacare smacked me upside the head last week. I’m prompted to share this rather personal story in the hopes that it will wake up a few more people. I’ve h... more »

90 Years from Now

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
In 2100, the world will look like "a global wilderness dotted with gardens", apparently. And there's full communism too.

CREATING THE MIND COLONIZATION CULTURE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Introducing the series "The Century of the Self" which is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, changed the perception of the human mind and its workings profoundly. His influence on the 20th century is widely regarded as massive. The documentary describes the impact of Freud's theories on the perception of the human mind, and the ways public relations agencies and politicians have used this during the last 100 years for their *engineering of consent*. Am... more »

Arbitrators cannot consider equity unless expressly empowered so to do

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*British Columbia (Forests) v. Teal Cedar Products Ltd*., 2013 SCC 51: [40] *Morriss* is also inapplicable to the case at bar because it concerned the jurisdiction of a *court* that was relying* on equity *to award compound interest. In reaching the conclusion that compound interest could be awarded by the court in that case, the B.C. Court of Appeal relied on the equitable jurisdiction of the court, which permitted the award despite the provisions of the*COIA*. The arbitrator in this case did not have jurisdiction to consider equity. Under the *CAA*, arbi... more »

It's Friday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*what's going on.* Let us today concentrate on just one issue, and it's not the government shutdown (who cares?), Obamacare (catastrophe), John Boehner (dope), or Harry Reid (insane.) As always, when there is a big brouhaha about something, in this case the government shutdown, I start looking around for what the puppet masters don't want us to see. So let's take a look at what's going on with the dollar. Some of these articles have been sitting in my tabs for weeks. Some are as recent as today. Several of these are fairly long and not easily digested articles. However, th... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Checking the Watch: Mayor Mitchmo Talks Tropical Storm Karen Prep* *Mayor Landrieu declares state of emergency for New Orleans* *Emergency declared in St. Tammany Parish* *Gulf Seafood Institute Responds To Seafood Safety Concerns During Government Shutdown*

Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the birth of the new paradigms

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Archangeloi of the ELOHIM on the birth of the new paradigms* by Karen Doonan Greetings beloved ones, we are the Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and we come to guide and to support as the New Earth begins to anchor and the new paradigms begin to illuminate clearly around you, within you and through you. For many of you at this time are now stepping fully out of the old earth, whether by choice at conscious waking mind level or unconsciously by following the heart space. The birth of the New GOLDEN AGE OF HUMANKIND is now birthed in the physical waking realm. For those who are in the tr... more »

The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform

Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
A study in evil from Julian Vasquez Heilig The Broad Foundation and Broadies: Kings of “Distruptive” and “Unreasonable” Trickle-Down Reform. Tagged: broad foundation, education deform, eli broad, privatization

The Problem With Charter Schools

Michael Paul Goldenberg at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Reblogged from Moi Naturale: In the fall of 2008, I decided I wanted to transition from journalism to education. While I was in a master's program studying broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California, I started volunteering at a local community center called the Jackie Robinson Community Center. Through this experience, I realized I […]

Higher D Blue Sphere of Light Surrounds the Gaia-ic Globe

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
* * * * *Higher D Blue Sphere of Light Surrounds the Gaia-ic Globe* by ÉirePort Higher D Blue Sphere of Light surrounds the Gaia-ic Globe. Sparkles of point crystals shimmer in this High Atmosphere. Standardized protocols have now faded completely from Gaia intention space. Gaia grids have been cleansed from the shadow web structures and are now free to operate as intended, without obstructions or restriction. Global resonance at hu-being levels is felt by all residing there. Hue-Beings now find application in Higher Realms. Inner Strength at individual consciousness points coales... more »

Procedure and the Politics of Procedure

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Sarah Binder took another look at why discharge petitions are rarely useful, and why that procedure isn't going to solve the current shutdown. She's certainly correct, and Greg Sargent's post about defeating the "previous question" is part of the reason why: if dissenting Republicans are willing to go against the party on procedural votes, they have a much easier way of doing it than a discharge petition. However, as Dave Weigel makes clear, Republican clean CR supporters aren't close to voting against the party on procedural votes. (Just as I was almost done with this...Greg now re... more »

Tax refund for $500 million for BlackBerry

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
If you’re a big corporation and suffer losses then you may qualify for hundreds of million in tax refund. More welfare for corporations and big businesses. If an ordinary person loses his/her job no tax refund. Read more here.