English: The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet canal and an outlet from the canal into Lake Borgne, which is a sound ( a relatively narrow passage of water between larger bodies of water or between the mainland and an island ) on the Gulf of Mexico. The outlet in this photograph is approximately 50 miles (80 km) up the canal from the mouth of the canal into the Gulf and approximately 15 miles (24 km) (straight line) east of New Orleans. This picture is dated 1999, and later satellite photos show a considerable widening of the outlet since that date. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Supporter of a single-payer health care plan demonstrates at an April 4, 2009 "March on Wall Street" in New York City's Financial District (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Catch of the Day
To Scott Lemieux for (once again) shooting down liberal fantasies that the
only thing preventing Congress from passing single-payer health care
insurance in 2009-2010 was a failure of will from the president.
It's an excellent job, and sadly necessary, over and over again.
One key point that Lemieux doesn't mention this time: in one sense, this
really isn't about 2009 at all. It's about 2007 and 2008, when the three
leading Democratic presidential candidates converged on essentially the
same plan (with Obama famously omitting the individual mandate). That says
a lot. It says that no... more »
What Did The OPPT Really Do for Humanity?
*The following is Justin's article on the what the OPPT did. Comments
below in red are mine solely I thought I'd expand on some of the thoughts
expressed below. My comments are meant to expand on what is presented
below, this is not a critique what Justin has written to the best of his
knowledge and heart. I thank him for what he has written. -Bill*
*Reblogged from *
http://i-uv.com/justin-what-did-the-oppt-really-do-for-humanity/
*What Did The OPPT Really Do for Humanity?*
MONDAY, 02 DECEMBER 2013
By Justin stillness in the storm, published on December 2, 2013
There is a L... more »
Sandra Stotsky Responds to My Common Core-Achieve Post
On December 2, 2013, I wrote a post about the role of the governor- and
business-run nonprofit, Achieve, Inc. In my post I also discuss Achieve
connections to (now designated) “founding partner” of Student Achievement
Partners, Sue Pimentel, and I refer to the College and Career Readiness
Standards (CCRS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and […]
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*State may sue Army Corps of Engineers over Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet
wetlands restoration ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Federal NOPD monitor releases first report, chides NOPD for moving too
fast on policy rewrites ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate*
*Kristin Palmer Not Seeking Re-election ~NOLA DEFENDER*
*Judge Schloegel 'ponders with astonishment' actions of MS auditor,
attorney general ~Anita Lee, SunHerald.com*
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/02/5161557/schloegel-ponders-with-astonishment.html#storylink=cpy
So a guy who has never played a team sport writes a book about hockey ...
...
And we're supposed to believe that anything in it is in the slightest
bit accurate? Because Stephen Harper is such a renowned historian ... on
anything?
Stephen Harper has not provided a single satisfactory answer to any
question about his involvement in the alleged attempt to subvert a
senator and commit a fraud. Not one. And the thing just keeps getting
bigger.
And we've got a line-up
Christmas Tree Pine Cones
As the snow falls outside, we pull out the kids crafts inside. I love to
craft with my 4-year-old, especially crafts where she can make most of the
craft by herself, with some supervision. These darling Pine Cone Christmas
Trees were perfect!
You will need:
- Small pearl type beads
- Mod Podge
- Twine
- Glitter
- Plastic Snowflakes (I cut mine from a garland)
- Hot Glue
- Foam Brush
- Pine Cones
- Glue
Add Mod Podge to the edges of of the pine cone with a foam brush. I
supervised while my daughter spread the Mod Podge, and she did pretty good
all by ... more »
Constructive Dismissal
Hynes v. Qulliq 2013 NUCJ 25:
To reach the conclusion that an employee has been constructively dismissed,
the court must therefore determine whether the unilateral changes imposed
by the employer substantially altered the essential terms of the employee's
contract of employment. For this purpose, the judge must ask whether, at
the time the offer was made, a reasonable person in the same situation as
the employee would have felt that the essential terms of the employment
contract were being substantially changed. The fact that the employee may
have been prepared to accept some of the... more »
Why care about the Jews
The wheels are turning and the Jews are about to become the usual bulls-eye.
Long before DNA the Jews breed their people in a mixture designed to be
successful in a secular way. No matte where you stand on the promised land
there is one fact about the Jews you must understand. On a best practices
scale they have moved us to the future way out of proportion to any other
way.
Why Auburn outranks Arizona State!
*TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013*
*What every top sports pundit knows:* Who belongs in the BCS title game?
Following yesterday’s award-winning post, we offer several additional
points:
*The six computer systems:* Yesterday, we linked to one of the computer
services used by the BCS. If you want to review the other five, you can
just click this.
Note: In standard BCS fashion, that page links to all Sagarin computer
rankings *except* his rankings for football! To review those rankings,
click here.
*Alleged SEC results:* The SEC has a fabulous football culture. That said,
how strong has th... more »
Navajo Uranium Film Fest Day 2 Livestream!
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Live streaming video by UstreamClick arrow to watch livestream!
The International Uranium Film Festival is underway, Navajo Nation
Museum, Dec. 2 -- 4, 2013
On the second day of the International Uranium Film Festival on the
Navajo Nation, Shiprock NM Councilman Russell Begaye spoke on the
detrimental way uranium cleanup is being done in the Shiprock area.
Radioactive tailings
Reported Security Incidents Across Southern Iraq In 2013
MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 hour ago
Southern Iraq has witnessed plenty of violence in 2013, but it pails in
comparison to central and northern Iraq. While a province like Baghdad
might have five to ten attacks per day, some provinces in the south have
that many in a year. Different governorates have also gone through
different experiences. In Babil for example there has been a relentless
wave of attacks mostly aimed at average citizens. Basra has seen a mix of
Al Qaeda in Iraq bombings, and religious, political, and sectarian
violence. Karbala and Najaf have gone through repeated attempts to stir
sectarian tensions... more »
Australian eagle steals croc-cam and takes a "selfie"
This was posted at: Rumor Mill News
Full article at The Register
There is not truth, only progress over a road paved with cheap petrochemicals lies
Credibility Traps
These are everywhere and while you may escape them in your own time
in history they will rise up and bit you in the ass.
We live in an era where being serious is
not appreciated
but in the context of history
all those fuzzy edges will
become cystal clear
revealing that behind
the titanium mask of freedom
you where a villain indeed
not only did you line
your pocket with filthy money
Money of which John Wesley Harding
would have said gave him indigestion
Its money that they stole from us
and then repeated back as an affront
a vehicle to drive home
a tactical comprise
wher... more »
Harry and the Common Core
A couple of nights ago I was at a small gathering where Harry's mom was
responding to comments about how much Harry, now "five and a half" as he is
quick to tell you, has shot up in the past few months.
Oh, he's doing great, says Harry's mom, except for a bit of a dexterity
problem in his hands.
And how do we know of this problem? It has been pointed out by Harry's
kindergarten teacher when he does his practice tests by clicking with the
mouse pointer. (Unlike most of Tennessee's schools, Harry's Germantown
school already has all the technology in place that will be needed to t... more »
The danger of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster spelled out
------------------------------
Go to the original to find the earlier parts of this series.
*TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods*
Arnie Gundersen: Agencies overseeing cleanup like the IAEA are biased
towards defending and promoting nuclear power - December 2, 13
More at The Real News
*Bio*
Arnie Gundersen has over 40-years of nuclear power engineering experience.
He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he earned his
Bachelor Degree cum laude while also becoming the recipient of a
prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Fellowsh... more »
Ring: On Consciousness and Levitation- Free your Mind
I would like to ask everyone to take 1 hour and 40 minutes out of their
busy daily routine and watch this video. Heather sent me this link about
6 days ago and told me to watch it- and kept reminding me.... Last night I
finally had a chance to sit and watch.
.... I was blown away from beginning to end.
Ralph Ring worked with Otis Carr, who was Tesla's protege and who worked
with Tesla on several incredible projects. Including levitating.
Ring outlines his own personal history working from the 1950's on projects
BUILDING "flying saucers". He talks about his 40 years of being ru... more »
Don Bongino: Quote of the Day...
*and we thank him. *
*From: *
*Obama's Secret Service agent: Drain D.C. cesspool *
“Voting is not enough. It’s not. You haven’t done your duty by voting. If
you’re not calling your congressman, if you’re not sending letters to the
office, if you’re not volunteering for campaigns or volunteering for a
cause, if you’re not donating money to a cause or a campaign, even a
dollar, then folks you’re not part of the (solution), you’re the problem,”
Bongino said.
“We need you. We need your voice. The left has been experts at this for
years at whittling away our freedom. Voting is not enou... more »
The slow-motion car wreck known as Salon!
*TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013*
*Another sad sign of the times:* Early this morning, we clicked on Salon.
This exciting new report sat at the top of the pile:
*“How do I become a male porn star?”*
After I wrote about the adult film industry, I got emails from men all over
the globe with one common request
SUSANNAH BRESLIN
MONDAY, DEC 2, 2013 07:00 PM EST
Inquiring minds have been fleeing Salon. Apparently, those which remain
want to know about matters like this.
This weekend, we returned to our sprawling campus from our Thanksgiving
travels. On Sunday night, these are some of the repor... more »
End Zero-Tolerance Policies: A Reader
End Zero-Tolerance Policies: A Reader. via End Zero-Tolerance Policies: A
Reader.
The Rise of Libertarians
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Stillwater Paiute Shoshone Grand Welcome to Longest Walk 4
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A grand welcome for the Longest Walk 4! Photos by Carl 'Bad Bear'
Sampson, Western Shoshone long walker, on Longest Walk Return to
Alcatraz, at Stillwater Paiute Shoshone Indian Nation, Fallon, Nevada,
on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Thank you for sharing with Censored News.
How Edward Snowden is Transforming the Global Political Landscape
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The Anxiety Epidemic: Causes, Symptoms, Solutions by Christina Sarich
The Anxiety Epidemic: Causes, Symptoms, Solutions
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 3 December 2013
Are you anxious reading this? Millions of people throughout the world
suffer from some form of anxiety or another. In the US alone, more than 40
million people experience either a social anxiety disorder, obsessive
compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, some type of phobia which
causes them anxiety, or a generalized anxiety disorder.
These various types of anxiety cost more than $42 billion annually in
medical costs. A slew of medications are prescribed to help individuals... more »
Pandemic Potential Increases as H7N9 Spreads to Hong Kong at the Start of Regular Flu Season
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Chris Carrington
An Indonesian resident in Hong Kong has become the island's first H7N9 bird
flu victim. The woman who is 36 years old is in isolation and is in a
critical condition.
She recently traveled to Shenzhen on the mainland and had contact with live
poultry.
The World Health Organization has said that although:
There is no evidence of sustained human to human transmission, H7N9 is an
unusually dangerous virus.
Hong Kong's food and health secretary Dr. KO Wing-man said the woman
…has a history of travelling to Shen... more »
OUTSCORING FINLAND: Muddling ahead!
*TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2013*
*Interlude—New PISA scores:* Normally, we’re out of the house by the time
Morning Joe starts.
This morning, we lingered. For that reason, we heard the news from the
Morning Joe gang:
The new PISA test scores have been released, a group of shocked doomsayers
told us.
Before the week is through, we’ll look at the various things this clueless
gang said. For today, we’ll only say this:
None of the gang showed the slightest sign of knowing what they were
talking about. That didn’t stop them from waxing at length—from waxing and
rattling script.
Scarboroug... more »
Hurricane forecasts are worthless
I don't know the methods that folks in NOAA are using to forecast the
number of Atlantic hurricanes and I am not interested in these methods
because they clearly don't work. Pages such as this one (with different
years in the URL) show you tables with the predicted and actual number of
named storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes for the relevant year.
Let us look at years 2001-2013 and focus on the actual numbers from NOAA in
May. Note that the hurricane season includes months between June and
November and the 2013 season has officially ended last Saturday.
Let's start with ma... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Damon Berryhill, 50. I mentioned Jamie Moyer recently.
Moyer is a big deal for my larger cohort; Berryhill was a big deal, for
roughly the same reasons, for me personally. Hey, you could do worse. I
mean, if you have to pick a player who you want to have a long, long, long,
career, you could do worse than a professional backup catcher who
switch-hits. Alas, despite a very respectable 1997 season, he didn't get
another shot.
Good stuff:
1. Annie Lowry on ACA costs continuing to be less than anticipated, both
for consumers and for the government.
2. Dan Drezner on ... more »
Dutch Central Bank follows ECB and Fed with its warning against BitCoin , recall the parallel track for attacking BitCoin seems to be the UK co-opt plan to invade cyber currency space and make BitCoin and its cyber siblings unattractive / riskier and ultimately irrelevant ....
Regulatory action coming in 5 , 4, 3 , 2 , 1.......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-03/another-central-bank-warns-bitcoin-risks
Another Central Bank Warns Of Bitcoin Risks
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2013 08:31 -0500
- Bitcoin
- Central Banks
- ETC
- European Central Bank
- Volatility
inShare
First the ECB, then the Fed, and now the Dutch central bank have come out
and *explicitly warned of the dangers of virtual currencies*like Bitcoin
and Litecoin. Their explicit statement this morning, raising questions
about... more »
Ukraine's Tragic Mess-- And Iceland's Move Against Bankster-Imposed Austerity
Yesterday, on my travel blog, we took a little look at the demands in
Thailand that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of deposed
right-wing populist Thaksin Shinawatra, resign. There are widespread
anti-government demonstrations and increasing police reaction-- which have
already led to several deaths and scores of serious injuries. Ukraine looks
like it could be even worse. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators want to
see their country move out of the Russian orbit and towards the E.U. And
they're demanding that President Viktor Yanukovich resign. This morning a
no-co... more »
Mankind Is The Business Of Foreign Affairs
Trade Minister Ed Fast announced last week that, under the Harper
government, the Foreign Affairs Department would focus on "economic
diplomacy." Michael Harris writes that Preston Manning understood Stephen
Harper's limitations:
Former mentor and Conservative guru Preston Manning remembered this of
Harper’s time as a Reform MP: “One thing that did surprise me about Stephen
… He had no interest in international stuff. We simply couldn’t get him to
travel.”
Harper, Manning said, had a one track mind:
“The economy, the economy, the economy … The way into his head is the
economy. ... more »
War Watch december 3 , 2013 - Syria war updates and news relating to chemical weapon destruction...... Afghanistan news - why Karzai resists US and Nato pressure to immediately sign the Bilateral Security Agreement .....
Syria......
Kurdish Women Join Militias in Syria to Fight al-QaedaMilitias Won't Accept
Islamist System in Kurdistan
by Jason Ditz, December 02, 2013
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When al-Qaeda fighters started invading Syrian Kurdistan over the summer,
militiasissued a call to arms, urging every able-bodied Kurdish man to take
up arms against the foreign invaders. They got lots of men, and
surprisingly a lot of women as well.
While women haven’t been publicized as heavily involved in the Syrian civil
war, Buzzfeed has a new article detailing the Kurdish women who eagerly
joined up, fi... more »
War Watch November 30 , 2013 - Iran President Rouhani declares Iran will not dismantle its nuclear facilities and will maintain its uranium enrichment program ....Iran plays to domestic hawks as well as International critics , US and Israel continue public spat over Interim Deal , future of sanction center stage even as US oil waivers continue to key Iranian oil importers ....Afghanistan President maintains stance that the Bilateral Security Agreement will not be signed his preconditions are met - recent drone killings of two women and a child increase his leverage - US perceived weakness on display again as this US puppet refuses to play ball on US terms and is prepared to call another poor US bluff..... Similar to Afghanistan , drone killers lighting fires of unrest and blowback in Pakistan... Iraq sees the return of sectarian death squads .........
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Iran........
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-29/irans-rouhani-we-are-not-dismantling-our-nuclear-facilities-iran-will-maintain-its-u
Iran's Rouhani: "We Are Not Dismantling Our Nuclear Facilities; Iran Will
Maintain Its Uranium Enrichment Programme"
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/29/2013 16:27 -0500
- Barack Obama
- Iran
- Israel
- None
- Obama Administration
- Saudi Arabia
- Uranium
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In case there was any confusion just how "historic" last week's agreement
with Iran, loudly trumpeted by the Obama ... more »
ObamaCare Updates November 30 , 2013 - Another extended shutdown of Healthcare.gov , another indication that bolt-on fixes on the fly aren't going to cut it....Will the self- imposed deadline from the White house pass the smell test of functionality ? Whether or not the Rube Goldberg contraption works sufficiently not to crash once traffic comes back in volume , the more interesting question will be whether too many consumers have been turned off to care ? Technical problems still lurk beneath superficial improvements and major concerns surrounding security , verification of user identifications , transmission of accurate information to insurers remain and of course the payment processing aspect has not even been built yet ! Ironically , does Obamacare even provide increased access to medical care - NY Times says not so regarding Medicade ...
Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
I love the smell of hubris in the morning.......Healthcare.gov will be
working really well by .... wait for it .... 2017 ? Saying 2017 now is
like moving the goalposts to a Stadium in another State , right ?
CNN Tests "Fixed" Obamacare Website And... It Crashes
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/01/2013 18:04 -0500
- Barack Obama
- fixed
- Obamacare
inShare1
'If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free.'
- P.J. O'Rourke
If CNN was doing its best this morning to prove that the seco... more »
Coup Watch December 3 , 2013 - Thailand Police & Military Step Aside As Anti-Government Protesters Reach PM's Office; Declare Victory ......Note Prime Minister Yingluck still in power and Opposition Leader Suthep still faces insurrection charges.... Ukraine Government survives no confidence vote - Government promises to resume talks with EU concerning integration and a free trade zone - Allegedly EC and EU ready to consider financial compensation to Ukraine ...
Thailand ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-02/police-military-step-aside-anti-government-protesters-reach-pms-office-declare-victo
Thailand Police & Military Step Aside As Anti-Government Protesters Reach
PM's Office; Declare Victory
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/02/2013 23:56 -0500
- Consumer Confidence
- The Economist
inShare1
As the "peoples' coup" in Thailand gets the blessing of the country's
Military leader (who stated he would not intervene), the police have also
undertaken an unexpected reversal of strategy by *removi... more »
Setting up a password - NSFW language
This story is allegedly about setting up a password on the Obamacare
website but it could apply to so many sytsems...
*I decided to go on line to sign up for Obamacare. The first thing you
need to do is establish a password, so this is what happened.... *
*"You must enter a password to proceed."*
*-roses*
*"Sorry, too few characters."*
*-pretty roses*
*"Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character."*
*-1 pretty rose*
*"Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces."*
*-1prettyrose*
*"Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters."*
*-1fuckingprettyrose*
*"Sorry, you must use a... more »
Dave and Energy Bills
They just aren't switched on. Since Ed Miliband announced Labour's plans
for an 18 month energy price freeze should he be forming a government in
2015, the Tories have not been able to properly respond. Shouting
"Marxism!" had zero effect, their whinging about wholesale gas prices has
been unconvincing - especially when the Big Six energy companies are
posting burgeoning profits, and attempt to dub the 'energy price freeze' as
the 'energy price con' has gone nowhere. Even Dave's pledge to reduce bills
by cutting the "green crap" requiring companies to invest in sustainable
energy s... more »
iGradeU: The 7 Superpowers Every Teacher Must Master
Are you a superhero teacher? Well, what about a good teacher with
superpowers? Personally speaking, I rather be the latter. Here’s my list of
superpowers, which I’m constantly developing. By no means does this imply
that I have the magic formula. However, this is a list I use to remind
myself that teaching requires constant […]
About Gout
*Fields of chili peppers near Jhuolan.*
If you've lived in Taiwan for any length of time, you've encountered gout.
I know several foreigners who struggle with it. Apparently Taiwan is number
one in the world as new research observes gout has strong inherited aspect:
The oldest recorded disease in medical history, gout, has long thought been
thought to be a result of an overindulgent lifestyle; excessive drinking
and meat consumption leads to deposits of uric acid in the joints, causing
debilitating pain. *But new research done in Taiwan, where gout is most
prevalent in the world,*... more »
Over 300,000 defy protest ban in Ukraine
*Do they understand the financial state of the EU? -Bill*
*Over 300,000 defy protest ban in Ukraine*
*Fierce clashes erupt after protesters take to streets again, chanting
"revolution" as anger against government grows.*
Last updated: 02 Dec 2013 02:12
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/12/tens-thousands-back-streets-kiev-2013121123920784539.html
A protest by about 300,000 Ukrainians angered by their government's
decision to freeze integration with the West turned violent, when a group
of demonstrators besieged the president's office and police drove them back
with truncheons... more »
Join Us for Albert Woodfox's Fifth Circuit Court Hearing in New Orleans on Tuesday, January 7th (A3 Newsletter)
*Please sign the Amnesty International petition demanding Albert's release!*
Over the holiday, we learned that 2014 will begin with the final courtroom
chapter of Albert Woodfox's current struggle to finalize Judge Brady's 2013
ruling which overturned his conviction for a third time based on a finding
of racial discrimination in the selection of the grand jury foreperson.
On Tuesday morning, January 7th, 2014, a yet unnamed three judge panel of
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear oral arguments
from the State of Louisiana about why they believe Albert's convict... more »
THE ECONOMY IN 2014
Gold has been hit hard by a strengthening US economy.
On 2 December 2013, Gold stood at $1,218 a troy ounce.
Jim O’Neill, former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, thinks that
the world economy will grow at a faster rate in the next decade than it did
in the last one.
He says that the economic crisis around 2008 was essentially about the USA
consuming too much and saving nothing, while China consumed very little and
saved too much.
He says the USA is now far more competitive and multinationals are now
moving back to the USA.
However, some economists think that the US ... more »
Consciousness, the Z Fire
http://www.giulianaconforto.it
Archangeloi of the ELOHIM message to humanity 1st december 2013
*Archangeloi of the ELOHIM message to humanity 1st december 2013*
Posted: December 1, 2013
Author: Karen Doonan
Category: Channeling
http://truthcodes.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/archangeloi-of-the-elohim-message-to-humanity-1st-december-2013/
Greetings beloved ones, we are the Archangeloi of the ELOHIM and we come to
guide and to support ALL as the energy of both Mother Earth and her
children now expand and deepen dramatically. For many of you who have taken
human form the expansion will be a very physical one, with many different
sensations being experienced on ALL levels of YOUr BE... more »
Feynman lectures on physics: Volume III now free
*Free online quantum mechanics course from a top guru*
In September, I mentioned that some folks were transforming the Feynman
Lectures on Physics to free web pages with MathJax, the same
\(\rm\LaTeX\)-based system to write elegant mathematical expressions that
has been used on this blog for two years or so.
Only Volume I was available at that time.
The URLs are:
feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
------------------------------
...Volume III TOC main server (primary),
...Volume III TOC backup (delayed)
It seems to me that all the errata have been incorporated. Recall that the
thir... more »
A (Sun)Day in the Life (of the BBC) - I.
As I'm prone to posting about BBC programmes broadcast on Sunday -
especially Radio 4's *Sunday *- I thought it might be worth tracking a(n
almost) whole Sunday's worth of Radio 4 programmes, and seeing what
emerges. The following posts will be a blog diary of what results. (If I
get bored, it will end prematurely).
Let's start at 5:43, this last Sunday. Yes, 5:43 in the morning, when you
were all probably fast asleep, awaiting the arrival of your morning-after
hangovers.
5:43 *Bells on Sunday*
I like bells on Sunday, and *Bells on Sunday. *
Here we heard the eight bells of St M... more »
China's India's 200,000,000 missing girls
oh, this is such a great topic for a Free Planet blog: *China's India's
200,000,000 missing girls*
*Reggie Littleton, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, was
recently in Hong Kong for the premier of the new project tellingly titled,
“It’s a Girl.” She told WND it appears the world is becoming increasingly
more aware of the violence perpetrated against infant girls in China and
elsewhere.* [source WND]
Well, when we say 'missing' we're, of course, being politically correct.
The politically incorrect version involves the revelation that women are
smashing the heads of girl... more »
Neoworx, neocounter: RIP
I thought that the Neocounter in the right lower sidebar was the prettiest
visitor counter on the market – because of the many types of geographic
statistics and the pretty animations that many of you were surely hating
(and you will cynically celebrate a few seconds by which the website speeds
up!) – and I was paying over $50 annually for that reason. However, I was
an exception and the counters went out of business today.
Your humble correspondent probably had an obsolete primary e-mail address
in the database. However, other users received the following e-mail today:
Dear user,
... more »
More on the Common Core: Achieve, Inc., and Then Some
I hesitate to publicly confess that I find reading tax forms interesting,
but it is true– especially as concerns the many nonprofits that are
imposing their wills upon the American classroom. The IRS 990 offers much
information on a nonprofit in a concise format, not the least of which are
a nonprofit’s salaried individuals, board […]
5 Reasons Why The P5+1-Iran Deal May Fall Apart
* "Let us talk now, so that we do not become mad animals!" - Joost A. M.
Meerloo.*
*1. Lack of Unity Among World Powers.*
Before the historic deal between the P5+1 (America, Russia, China, England,
France, and Germany) and Iran was finalized in Geneva last month, France *tried
its best to disrupt the process*, exposing discord and confusion among the
world powers. Look for this trend to continue despite the success of this
deal.
Time will reveal that the P5+1 is not a serious diplomatic partner. The
divisions will continue to rise to the surface, especially in nations that
are u... more »
Content copied? How to make Blogger DMCA complaint.
You found someone copied your content? Here is how to make a Blogger DMCA
complaint. Either follow the steps below or go direct to the Report alleged
copyright infringement form
Step 1:
Go to Removing content from Google
Step 2:
In the "What Google product does your request relate to?" section,
tick ( ) Blogger/blogspot
Step 3:
In the "What can we help you with?" section,
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Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party
I speak to plenty of Democrats who want Clinton as their party's
presidential nominee for one reason: she's seen as the Democrats' best
chance to hold the White House. A policy agenda almost never comes into
play in their thinking. Democrats look at the ideological civil war
wracking the Republican Party now and they don't want any of that in their
own party. So careerist hacks and Wall Street shills like Debbie Wasserman
Schultz and Steve Israel babble incessantly about a "big tent" that is big
enough to encompass mortal enemies of working families and of progressive
ideals. It's... more »
URGENT - Thailand: Regime & Western Backers Claim "Insurrection" - Penalty, Death
*December 3, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Anti-regime protesters, outnumbering
police at two locations in Bangkok, Police Head Quarters and Government
House, are poised to take over and occupy both locations peacefully as they
have other government sites throughout the city. However, the regime has
dropped leaflets over the protesters claiming that the anti-regime protests
constitute "insurrection" (which carries a maximum penalty of death), that
the leaders are to be arrested, and protesters are to return home.
In support of the regime, dishonest reporting by news agencies such as th... more »
(Medicare for ALL?) Has the Flawed Rollout Put the Rest of His Policy Agenda at Risk and, With It, Progressive Ideas about What Government Can Attempt and What a President Can Achieve at a Moment When an Unprecedented Expansion of Health-Care Coverage Could Validate Them? (Corporate Spooks (HB Gary/Themis/Palantir/Berico/Endgame) Employed by Banksters - BofA - to DeepSix Activists)
It's all true about the rollout of Obamacare going much better - and it
will work eventually (although for whom it still remains to be seen) - but
first, friends, a comment from my favorite candidate for President (or any
office for which he might decide to run): Dear Cirze (Dear America), I hate
to say "I told you so." But I told you so. I said, waaaaaaay back in 2010,
that anyone who
Spain and Japan criminalize dissent......Japan attempting to stifle legitimate Fukushima concerns .....Spain attempting to hold itself together as economic troubles prompt protests - the receation from Spain , outrageous fines geared toward shutting off said protests ! ....
War On Democracy: Spain And Japan Move To Criminalize Protests
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- European Union
- Greece
- Japan
- Liberal Democratic Party
- Reuters
- Unemployment
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*Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
As might be expected as political and economic policy failures pile up and
citizens become increasingly mad, the status quo is becoming increasingly
authoritarian (recall blogger “Mish” was just fined 8,000 euros for a blog
post).
In the latest disturbing n... more »
Continuity of NSA surveillance after martial law declaration ? Wonder why National Intelligence Director James Clapper thought running this through recently ( quite quietly with the fuss over the Obamacare disaster website providing cover ) was paramount ? As this was just signed November 12 , 2013 , is a national emergency looming ? NSA Employees receive talking points for Thanksgiving ?? And NSA surveillance of porn sites - and not just so called terrorists targeted of course....
http://www.infowars.com/directive-provides-government-with-intelligence-after-declaration-of-martial-law/
Directive Provides Government With Intelligence After Declaration of
Martial Law
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James Clapper’s directive fires up NSPD 51 providing Department of Homeland
Security with ominous police state authority.
*Kurt Nimmo*
Infowars.com
November 2, 2013
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China Launches Moon Mission
(Beiing, AFP) As Chinese rovers roamed its surface, China claimed the moon
today. A foreign ministry spokesman said: "Everyone knows that ancient
Chinese texts from the Later Han mention the moon. Indeed, the moon is a
staple of Tang poetry. Since Chinese were the first to see the moon, it
belongs to China."
Chinese netizens cheered as the historical wrong of China not owning the
moon was finally righted. "Everyone knows the One China policy includes the
moon," affirmed one netizen. Another netizen noted that the moon could be
seen from Taiwan prior to industrialization there, an... more »
What? WaPo editorial-page dunce Fred Hiatt writing about "unjust economics"? (Short answer: Whadderyou, nuts?)
*by Ken*
The working theory tonight is that a picture is worth, well, a whole lotta
words, and above you have a picture, not just of how washingtonpost.com's
opinion e-updates usually look when they arrive in my e-mailbox, with this
weird line breakage that pushes authors' names up into cahoots with the
(actual) previous author's column blurb, but an actual reproduction of the
way this morning's opinion roundup looked, making it appear to the
uncareful glancer as if *Washington Post *editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt
(aka the Dumbest Lunk on the Planet) had written about "unjust ec... more »
Bad Bear's Photos Longest Walk 4 in Paiute Country
Photos
by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson as Longest Walk
4 Return to Alcatraz arrived in Fallon, Nevada today, Monday, Dec. 2,
2013. Wesley Dick, Kwassuh, said, "It was good to join in the walk
representing the Numu Nations, renamed Northern Paiutes."
Wesley shared traditional food and craft making with long walkers on
Long Walk 2 northern route
@slekar dabbles with #edreform memes: Take 2.
I thought of the meme above while driving from Madison, WI to Dover, OH
for Thanksgiving break. This image has always represented (for me) the
pinnacle of the racist belief that education should “sanitize.” “Kill the
Indian. Save the Man.” There were no thoughts that equated the image above
and the modern education reform reference […]
Merry Critmass
It
was 71 years ago today, December 2 1942, when the very first controlled
nuclear chain reaction on earth was started in the "atomic pile" built
in the squash court at the University of Chicago. Rod Adams has more
details.
Exactly 15 years later, the first commercial nuclear power station at
Shippingport went critical for the first time. Thus swords were beaten
into plowshares, and 56 years
NYU Professor pens editorial published by the Washington Post to repeal 22 ND Amendment - which would allow Barack Obama and any other President ( Bill Clinton , George W bush et al ) to seek third terms ..... Looking at the current President's domestic and foreign policy record , what could go wrong ?
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-29/wapos-modest-proposal-dictator-obama
WaPo's Modest Proposal: Dictator Obama
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- Charles Schumer
- Free Money
- Iran
- John McCain
- President Obama
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*"It’s time to put that power back where it belongs,"* explains Jonathan
Zimmerman in today's Washington Post, "*Barack Obama should be allowed to
stand for re election *just as citizens should be allowed to vote for — or... more »
Commerce or Community
Originally published on CounterPunch
Because the history of the United States is comprised of contradictions
(proclamations of liberty, for instance, are coupled with the practice of
slavery), it should come as little surprise to find that the holiday of
Thanksgiving – so steeped in hyper-consumerism – itself derives from the
rejection of a compelled commercialism. This history is especially relevant
today, as we consider how to reconcile another crucial contradiction – the
conflict between commerce (the mercenary) and community (the common – that
which is shared).
Before the R... more »
Thanksgiving Holiday Day 4
*In which Southern Man goes to church and then spends the remainder of his
Day of Rest...resting.*
And that's really all there was to it: some early-morning geocaching, the
gym for a light workout and shower, Bible study, and then home where he
made taco soup and piddled around and generally relaxed. *Lord, thank you
for granting us this day of rest. Amen.*
Thanksgiving Holiday Day 3
*In which Southern Man continues the weekend of feasting with friends and
hams it up for lots of photos...*
Southern Man was up early and headed into town in The Titan to run errands
- the bank, the post office, the grocery store, the home store (for about
half a ton of concrete mix) - and then to a friend's home for another
feast.
Would you just look at those birds. There would be little left by the end
of the day.
These boys sure know how to party!
Party On!
Well at least Paul's not on his phone!
Happy Birthday Paul!
Southern Man with the lovely Jeri.
Southern Man with... more »
The price of privatizing the public commons
The 73 year old grandmother denied cancer medication and being clapped into
solitary confinement for an entire month in a private prison for
complaining about it, is just one story in the long and sorry annals of
private prison abuse. We're unlikely to close this book any time soon. The
Prison Industrial Complex has no incentive to change.
Though a court has not yet heard Lester’s case, the two prison companies in
question already face a string of allegations that they abuse or neglect
inmates. Because private prison companies must turn a profit, health care
and quality of life a... more »
Cop says “no” to War on Drugs
Retired cop Peter Christ comprehensively demolishes the arguments for the
War on Drugs. A commenter counts down the highlights, including…
… a very honest answer to a commonly asked drug question at 0:54 , the
easiest question to answer about the War on Drugs at 4:48 , the complete
destruction of the biggest argument anti-drug advocates use at 7:23 , using
the *Bible* to prove the ineffectiveness of prohibition at 13:55 [yes,
true], and a rapid-fire debunking of several myths all in one breath at
14:20. If you have to leave right now, just skip to 5:58 for the thesis
statement in ... more »
Myths, Myths, Myths
I did an item today about today's calls for Obama to start firing people
willy-nilly that was probably not nearly harsh enough. But the one thing I
left out that I really want to get to is yet another myth about a previous
president.
No, not the one about second-term presidents never recovering if their
approval sinks; I saw that again today, but I've already handled that one.
It's this one (my emphasis):
“I don’t know where the breakdown occurred on that, but it’s Obama’s ‘no
new taxes’ moment,” the official said, referring to *the broken promise
that is widely seen as having cost... more »
Prayers please... w/Update
Our little Frankie decided to snack on a bunch of fake Styrofoam grapes
covered in plastic last night.
He's on his way to surgery in about one hour.
Please say a little prayer for a successful operation and a speedy recovery.
Thank you...
*Update:*
Frankie is out of surgery and doing great. They found a whole pistachio
(shell and nut) and a fairly large hunk of the hard plastic wrapping from
one of the fake grapes.
The vet said if we had waited we would have been doing a resection on his
little intestines.
He can come home tomorrow.
Thank you all for your prayers.
*One of t... more »
What Turns A Normal Baby Into A Right Wing Sociopath?
Born in 1911, Ronald Reagan came from a normal working class Illinois home.
He was a labor union activist in the 1940s and the president of his union
from 1947 until 1952 and again in 1959 but at some point in there he sold
out to management and started secretly ratting out other actors to the FBI
as "communist sympathizers." He remained a Democrat and even helped
California Senator Helen Gahagan Douglas defend herself against the
deranged attacks from a sleazy, fascist-oriented political newcomer,
Richard Nixon. By then, though, he was dating Republican Nancy Drew and he
started... more »
Comment of the day
Russell Kenneth on December 2, 2013 at 11:39 am said:
Look into the software PROMIS invented by Bill Hamilton and stolen by the
NSA which merged it with AI (Artificial Intelligence). AI is also used to
syphon peoples money out of their bank accounts, without their permission.
This happened to Reza Palevi, the Shah of Iran, Saddam Hussein,of Iraq; and
to Marcus of the Philippines. AI is equipped with sensors that can detect
minerals and crude-oil deposits for further exploitation, while it is being
bet on in global stock markets.
The curious thing is that the movie “Matrix mentions thi... more »
The Pope and Capitalism
A friend from UPSE alumni association, Mike A. wrote me in our SEAA
yahoogroups and asked my views on Pope Francis, as he has made a
critique on the Free Market ideology, and the Social Darwinian "survival
of the fittest" philosophy. Below is portion of a news report from
theblaze.com.
*Pope Francis Made Some Pretty Big Comments on the Global Economy: Here’s
What You Need to Know*
*Nov. 26, 2013 1:26pm By Becket Adams*
*Pope Francis rebuked the culture of profit at any cost as he issued a
224-page mission statement for his papacy Tuesday, saying that mankind is
called f... more »
Chechens drawn south to fight in Syria
Last one for a couple of days-
*Following up on- Meet the Rebel Commander in Syria That Assad, Russia and
the U.S. All Fear*
The BBC article mentions the feared Commander, ethnic Chechen, Georgian
Army/Covert Operative- Tarkhan Batirashvili or U/Omar al-Shishani
Omar Shishani (centre) has urged Muslims to support the "jihad" against
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
*Chechens in Syria*
On the flight from Istanbul to Tbilisi, I had a conversation with a former
employee of the UN's refugee agency who had worked with Chechens living in
the Pankisi Gorge.
The remote area in north-eas... more »
Canada to file claim to dramatically extend Arctic boundaries
*This article is interesting for a number of reasons, but, I will focus on
three of them-*
Feel free to comment on what ever it is you think about this move.
*1st:* Looking at the map, I would almost wonder why the US didn't make
this claim?
Or is Canada making this claim as an expansion of the NAU?
*2nd:* I will highlight the fact that all this Arctic ice had to be dealt
with to undertake this mapping.* In direct contrast to all the AGW spin
informing us that the Arctic is devoid of ice. *Yet, whenever one reads an
article that is not pushing the AGW perception management, *lo and b... more »
Smothered Baked Potato Soup
I never knew I was a warm weather beach kind of girl until we moved to
Texas. We lived by the gorgeous Gulf of Mexico and it was warm all year
round. I missed skiing a little bit, but not enough to move back to the
cold.
Some how we ended up back in the cold anyway, it is supposed to snow
tonight and I am mourning the loss of the my summer sunshine. I like to
hibernate with a cup of hot chocolate and a warm blanket until spring time,
with soup on the menu almost every night. This particular soup is a family
favorite. It is easy to make and so yummy. It tastes like a smothered bak... more »
The good drone
I confess, when I first saw this I thought it was some sort of online
spoof. Apparently not.
Wow!
The technology is almost there. But what’s the big holdup?
Amazon said: "from a technology point of view, we'll be ready to enter
commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place."
Ah. Of course.
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Monday Evening Linkage: moustaches and Michelle Obama
Well it is officially December- and you know what that means…all the
hipsters and single dudes can finally shave off their Movember moustaches
(those are the only men who participate, right?). Movember is a fundraiser
for testicular cancer that has gained traction (in 2012 the campaign raised
29 million in Australia, where the idea originated)
Continue reading
Making glee compulsory
Clive James's delightful TV reviews at the *Telegraph *are too little read,
so here's an extract from his his latest essay - an essay which begins:
The BBC spent a whole week celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
Programmes without number were devoted to his continuing fame.
Here, however, is the essay's closing section - dealing with the
celebration's closing extravaganza. Enjoy!:
To rub the triumph in, there was a follow-up show on BBC Three called
Doctor Who: The Afterparty. There is a long history of fizzling disaster to
suggest that parties held in a TV studio neve... more »
This Is An INSULT To Canadians: Canadian Shill Prime Minister Stephen Harper "Rocks Out" For The Jews: "Israel Will Always Have Canada"!
Today, I am truly sick to be a Canadian... The more and more I have read
the last few days about this so called "Federal Government" that occupies
Parliament hill in Ottawa, and how it is nothing more than absolute butt
kissers for the Jews that control this once great country, and the
psychotic nation of Israel, the more I honestly want to puke! And the
Canadian public blindly or unknowingly put up with this garbage?
But I came across an article today that had me racing to the washroom
wanting to hurl.... According to this article, from the Daily Stormer
website, at www.dailysto... more »
Feinstein knows who should go for the gold!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013*
*Script never sleeps, college football edition:* John Feinstein knows who
should play Florida State for the college football title.
He has memorized a sacred script, college football edition:
FEINSTEIN (12/12/13): It also is true that Florida State hasn’t exactly
beaten Murderer’s Row. But the Seminoles’ 51-14 rout at Clemson is head and
shoulders above anything Ohio State has accomplished.
*Neither one can come close to matching the résumé of either Auburn or
Missouri*—which also is 11-1 with the loss to South Carolina in double
overtime. Auburn’s loss ... more »
Untitled
*State Seeking Lawsuit Against Corps Over MRGO ~Jeremy Alford, LaPolitics*
~Editilla Brotellas~ Jesus fork me and throw away the spoon. Mark my words,
this is a feign by Koch Sucker Governorcist Jindal to give the O&G industry
time to consolidate their political/legislature opposition to the SLFPA-E
Lawsuit. Hard ball. They have no intention of prevailing on their suit
against the Corps. No. Another go at MRGO will take DECADES. No, they only
want time, and taxpayer money to finish off South Louisiana. Because,
without land upon which to stand we will have no States Rights. Y'heard it... more »
Look of ‘pure evil’ in bulging eyes of Lee Rigby’s ‘killer’
*The Times* (online) is leading tonight with the latest news from the
second day of the trial of Adebolajo and Adebowale:
Look of ‘pure evil’ in bulging eyes of Lee Rigby’s ‘killer’:
One of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby had a look of “pure evil” in his
bulging eyes as he threatened a couple who tried to help the fallen
soldier, a witness told the Old Bailey today . Cheralee Armstrong said that
she and her partner, James Henegan, drove past the scene of what appeared
to be a road accident in Woolwich, South London, on May 22 this year. Only
when they stopped and stared at what wa... more »
Moral hazard at Australia’s Top End
*We welcome our irregular roving Asian correspondent, Suzuki Samurai, who
files this report from in hiding somewhere near Darwin, Australia…*
[image: image]Drive 1200km from Darwin along the northern right-hand
coastal tip of the Northern Territory of Australia,1 and you will end up in
the purpose-built mining town of Gove.
The general area (and sometimes the town) is also known as Nhulunbuy. It is
still called that by the Aboriginals and the more historically minded—and
Null-And-Void by cunning linguists. It is a surprisingly nice place to look
at, blessed with a blue sea the co... more »
Causality and Policy Outcomes: The Case of Presidents and Economic Growth
The WSJ reports today (and also the Washington Post) on a new paper by Alan
Blinder and Mark Watson (here in PDF, hereafter BW13) which tackles what
would seem to be a straightforward question: Why is it that since World War
II the US economy has grown significantly faster under Democratic
presidents than Republican presidents? This post looks at this question
from the broader standpoint of policy research methods. I conclude that
BW13 have asked the wrong question, one that lends itself to many answers
or none at all, and perhaps it tells us more about policy research methods
than... more »
Hey, Pollsters!
Three topics I'd love to know more about:
1. How many people know that Healthcare.gov is Obamacare? Especially the
people who actually use it. Also, the associated questions: how many know
that it's the Affordable Care Act, and how many know that there's more to
the ACA than the exchanges? I'm assuming that the number of people who
associate Healthcare.gov with Obamacare is higher than it would have been
if it had worked smoothly from the start...I'd expect the number to be
relatively high now, and start to shrink as time goes on. But either way,
I'd love to know about it.
2. How m... more »
Umatilla and activists block Tar Sands megaload shipment in Oregon
By
Trip Jennings
Portland Rising Tide
Censored News
UMATILLA, Oregon – Sunday: Two arrested as Tribal Members and Climate
Justice Activists blocked a megaload bound for the Alberta Tar Sands.
The action Sunday night prevented the megaload from leaving the Port of
Umatilla. Organizers from Portland Rising Tide urge supporters to join a
planned protest Monday night to continue blocking the
Free Online Showing Of "Food Matters" Documentary - December 1st to the 10th, 2013
From December 1st until December 10th. FOOD MATTERS, will be screening free
online.
Uncovering the sickness industry.
*"One quarter of what you eat keeps you alive and three quarters of what
you eat keeps your doctor alive...If you want to know what's wrong look
down at the table, it's staring back at you."*
*T*
*o watch the free screening, pleease clicklm on the link provided below:*
*Link To Free Viewing*
Arnon Milchan: A U.S filmmaker and billionaire also spy for Israel
Arnon Milchan was the first one who provided the necessary material to
Israel to makes its first atomic bomb. Why U.S, Canada and other Europeon
nations not go after Arnon Milchan. When it comes to Iran they are all gung
ho. Hypocrisy and double-standards.
Boehner's Unpopular Agenda Includes Blocking Any Congressional Curbs On Domestic Spying
As we mentioned yesterday, Boehner has made time for Congress to debate how
many fewer meals per week underprivileged children should be allowed to eat
per week, but has no time to debate the Senate's bi-artisan comprehensive
immigration reform bill or the legislation to prevent employment
discrimination against the LGBT community. There is also growing pressure
on him to get off his fat ass and allow Congress to vote on curbing NSA
domestic spying against American citizens. He refuses, although the bill
now has 102 cosponsors-- 51 Republicans and 51 Democrats.
As Maine Democrat S... more »
It's Monday...
*what's going on.*
Always On Watch: *ObamaFail*
Liberty's Torch: *Pre-Funeral Eulogies*
Asylum Watch: *Leftwaaard..Maaaarch! Left….Left…Left…*
The Political Commentator: *Video: Obamacare explained using a simple cup
of coffee!*
Freedom's Lighthouse: *Stuart Varney: ObamaCare is “One Giant
Redistribution Scheme” – Video 12/2/13 *
American Thinker: *The Schizophrenia of Barack Obama*
Fat Free Econ 49: Growth Amid Storms
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com, TV5's news portal.
-----------
MANILA - By storms, we refer not only to natural typhoons and widespread
flooding, but also to political storms that hounded both the Legislative
and Executive branches due to the prolonged pork barrel scandal in the
third quarter this year. It remains surprising therefore that the
Philippine economy was able to grow by seven percent in the third quarter.
In the first three quarters of this year, the Philippines' gross domestic
product (GDP) has grown so far by 7.4 percent. Gross national income (GNI) ... more »
Reader Highlights Logick of New York Times Editorial Board
Brent Staples and the other pampered fools on the New York Times editorial
board are at it again, this time advising the new mayor on how to do to
teachers what they would never dream of doing to themselves. Below is an
excerpt on the seniority issue, followed by one of the 175 comments that
lays bare the bankruptcy of thought that characterizes every utterance on
education by the billionaires' boys at America's newspaper of record:
. . . . Seniority trumps everything and is treated as a proxy for
excellence. Under current rules, a school that has an enrollment shortfall
or budget... more »
Livestream Navajo Window Rock Uranium Film Fest Grassroots Gathering
,
Live streaming video by UstreamLive from Navajo Nation: International
Uranium Film Festival, with grassroots talks and workshops Dec 2 -- 4,
2013.
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
NAVAJO NATION -- The grassroots gathering at the International Uranium
Film Festival on the Navajo Nation began this morning, with talks by
Native Americans battling uranium mining in their homelands.
Powley test for Aboriginal Rights
*R. v. Powley*, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 207, 2003 SCC 43:
The test is set out in ten parts:
1. *Characterization of the right *– for a harvesting right, the term
"characterization" refers to the ultimate use of the harvest. Is it for
food, exchange or commercial purposes? The Court said that the Métis right
to hunt is not limited to moose just because that is what the Powleys were
hunting. Métis don't have to separately prove a right to hunt every species
of wildlife or fish they depend on. The right to hunt is not
species-specific. It is a general right to hunt for food in the tradit... more »
IAP Announces New Price for TMoE
For those trying to order The Mismeasure of Education from Amazon, I
apologize for their being out of stock, AGAIN. My advice: forget Amazon.
Information Age now has both hardback and paperback with a new promotional
price. Another best reason this season not to buy from the exploitative
worker warehouse at Amazon!
LATEST THIS ISSUE
Guests are Lorry Fleming and Howard Waxman from the local group called Bath
Citizens for Responsible TIF Action which campaigned against the recent
corporate tax subsidy for Bath Iron Works here in Maine.
TERESA MAÑE MIRAVENT
*Teresa Mañe Miravent - Mother of Federica Montseny*
The following is a translation from Spanish. The Spanish original is
available at the *Biografias anarquistas *section of the website of the CNT
Puerto Real. Any errors of translation are entirely my responsibility.
Born on November 29 1865 in Cubelles (Garraf, Catalonia) - until
recently believed to be in Vilanova i la Geltrú- the educator, activist
and anarchist propagandist Teresa Mañe Miravent, better known under her
pseudonym Soledad Gustavo. Her wealthy family ran the Garden Hotel in
Vilanova i la Geltrú, known... more »
The out of control British state - The Commentator
' In an exclusive to the Telegraph, it is being reported that social
services in the county of Essex obtained a court order forcibly to sedate a
pregnant woman, surgically remove her child from her womb by caesarean
section, take the baby into care and put it up for adoption.
The woman, an Italian citizen who was in the UK on a training course,
wasn't even told that the procedure was going to happen to her. She was
whisked off to hospital one day, drugged up, and awoke to find that the
baby that had been growing inside her for 9 months had simply disappeared.'
What a country we li... more »
Einstein and Eddington: a film
Joseph Sykora sent me a link to a 94-minute-long 2008 BBC Two film about Eddington
and Einstein:
It's no documentary. Expect a drama movie that may be watched by those not
too interested in physics as well. I liked it a lot (despite the artistic
license to modify the history) and you should watch it, too.
Beware: the text below may contain spoilers. All of them.
The movie begins in 1919 when poetic Arthur Eddington and his assistant try
to measure the bending of light during the solar eclipse at Principe, an
island off West Africa (it was shot near the Adriatic beaches of Croat... more »
Do you believe these things really happened?
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013*
*On balance, we do not:* The piece was featured on page one of the New York
Times Sunday Review.
It was the only piece on page one. That’s a *very* high-profile placement.
Shown below are the opening paragraphs of the piece, headline included. Do
you believe this actually happened?
SMITH AND AAKER (12/1/13): *Millennial Searchers*
For Viktor Frankl, the Holocaust survivor who wrote the best-selling book
“Man’s Search for Meaning,” the call to answer life’s ultimate question
came early. When he was a high school student, one of his science teachers
decla... more »
This country is in serious, serious trouble...
*seriously!*
Capitalist Preservation: *Dan Joseph: College Students Describe
'Twerking.' Don't know who Vladimir Putin or John Kerry are.*
Reaganite Republican: *Products of California Public Schools React to
Martin Luther King's Fatal Car Accident...*
Repeal is Still Dead
A few bullet points on health care reform at the start of December...
*The brutal truth of "repeal" is that whatever the politics, every day a
flat-out repeal of the ACA becomes more and more nonsensical. The status
quo ante no longer exists; changing the law back to how it was in 2009
wouldn't bring back the health care situation that existed then.
*Hey, health care wonks! I've been using this line about how repeal no
longer makes policy sense for some time now, but while I'm confident that's
correct, I'm certainly not enough of a health care wonk to write up all the
details that m... more »
Why I Won't Be Buying a New Subaru to Benefit TFA
A letter I sent to a very nice salesman at the Memphis Subaru dealership
this morning:
To: davidellison@jimkerassubarusoa.dealer.com
Dear David,
I saw a friend the other night who bought a new Subaru from you earlier
this Fall, and I was admiring his car. With one of my cars on the verge of
needing a new timing belt, I was planning to visit your place just after
the Christmas rush to take advantage, perhaps, of any kind of year-end
deals.
All that changed, however, when I saw the Subaru ad yesterday that listed
the miseducative outfit, Teach for America, as a recipient of your ... more »
Mi'kmaqs never surrender! Fight fracking!
Mi'kmaqs
never surrender, fight fracking!
Photo above: Late Monday, row of tires burn for fracking blockade. Round
dance as more RCMP arrive. Arrests today, including one brutal arrest
of a woman. Twitter photo.
Native Voices United online radio
3 WOMEN HIT BY SWN, INJUNCTION EXTENDED, AND HIGHWAY 11 BURNS
https://www.facebook.com/NVURadio
DEC 2- Today along highway 11 things got rough.
'Tis the Season for Noblesse-Obliging
That most blessed season of heartwarming rags-to-riches Hallmark and
Lifetime specials is upon us once again. The same moralizing plots
are foisted upon us year after year. One favorite is the debunked
conservative prosperity gospel, in which the poor mom working three jobs is
rewarded for her toil with a millionaire hubby from Santa. The other is the
Scrooge legend, in which the millionaire boss fires everybody, they suffer,
he notices in the nick of time, and he hires them back with a
one-time bonus and a one-time-only party in the mansion.
Looking at this year's line-up, I think ... more »
THE REAL PIRATE STORY
MB and I went to see the new movie called Captain Phillips last night.
It's about the American commercial ship captain who was taken hostage for
ransom by Somali pirates. The movie was well done and the acting quite
superb, especially the Somali actors, but the film was rather slim on
telling the real story why the people of Somalia have been reduced to acts
of piracy in order to survive.
When I got home I watched several videos to find out more about the
situation. I've previously posted some videos about this but it is a good
time to do it again. Because there has been virt... more »
DELIVERY DRONES
Drones to deliver for Amazon and for take-out pizza. Who knows what comes
next. Maybe drones to deliver groceries too?
Bottom line is that before long hardly anyone will have a job
anymore....who will have any money to order anything from Amazon or any
other business?
The Guardian (UK) takes this story apart. Here are a few excerpts:
Here's the problem: it's all hot air and baloney. As Jeff Bezos, Amazon's
CEO, acknowledged in the 60 Minutes segment, his plan to begin delivery by
drone won't be enacted until around 2018 – and that's a hugely optimistic
timeline.
Bezos' neat t... more »
Explaining Iraqi Kurdistan’s Policy Towards Syria, Interview With Wladimir van Wilgenburg
The conflict in neighboring Syria has provided both opportunities and
problems for Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Kurdish President
Massoud Barzani and to a lesser extent the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
(PUK) have attempted to forge ties with Syrian Kurds and shape events there
to their benefit. These have only met with limited success as the Syrians
have their own agendas. To help explain this policy is Wladimir van
Wilgenburg who until recently was based in Irbil, and is an analyst for the
Jamestown Foundation out of Washington DC, and writes for Al Monitor.
Pres.... more »
OUTSCORING FINLAND: Script never sleeps!
*MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013*
*Interlude—A second-grader asks:* “Is it true that Patrick had an operation
that made him not ticklish?”
In all our years of truth-squadding, it may have been the best question
we’d ever heard anyone ask.
We liked the formal presentation. (“Is it true that...” rather than
“Did...”) And we liked one youngster’s instinctive search for the truth.
In this instance, a 7-year-old was fact-checking her older brother, a
junior in high school. Out in the living room, he had made an implausible
claim to protect himself against group attack from four marauding gir... more »
Britain leapfrogs Japan as world’s 4th most valuable nation brand
*If you had any doubt as to the corporate nature of countries... -Bill*
2 DECEMBER 2013 - 9:49AM
POSTED BY JOHN GLENDAY
*Britain leapfrogs Japan as world’s 4th most valuable nation brand*
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/12/02/britain-leapfrogs-japan-world-s-4th-most-valuable-nation-brand?
Britain has risen to fourth spot in a table of nations holding the most
valuable brands thanks in large part to the success of hosting the Olympic
Games in 2012 and a positive reception to the ‘Great’ Britain promotional
work, according to consultancy firm Brand Finance.
A double whammy from 2012,... more »
Definition of a Rebuttal, and conversations with Heather
*Definition of a Rebuttal, and conversations with Heather*
Posted by D.
reblogged from Removing the Shackles
I am posting a few pieces of conversation that have happened over the past
couple of days. Not only for Transparency's sake, but to help answer a
few lingering questions.
First off, I wasn't going to respond to this conversation last week- I
mean, I was, then I decided I wouldn't.... and now I've decided to make
just one last comment on the topic, followed by Heather's last comment on
the topic as well.
Here is the statement that ran all over the internet on skype and i... more »
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