Syria (Photo credit: Yishac - Isaac Alvarez i Brugada)Chet Raymo, “We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”
*“We Are the Consciousness of the Universe”*
by Chet Raymo
“The leaves are raked and bagged. The grass is mowed for the last time. The
geraniums smile weak goodbyes. Now, as if by some law of compensation, the
curtain opens on the sky. The great starless spaces of autumn fall like a
black velvet drape into the west. The show opens. The sky begins.
As the Sun sinks beneath the horizon, the Pleiades rise in the east,
heralding the arrival of the spectacular winter stars. Aldebaran, the red
eye of the Bull. Sirius, the Dog Star. Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion.
Castor and Pollux, the Tw... more »
"We, The Jewish People, Control America, and the Americans Know It" ~ the recently deceased Ariel Sharon
You've probably seen the MAINSTREAM MEDIA eulogizing the "great" former
leader of Israel Ariel Sharon. In all the coverage you've seen, have you
seen his quote: “Every time we do something you tell me Americans will do
this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry
about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America,
and the Americans know it.”???
Of course not, and here's why:
*Six Jewish Companies Control 96% Of The World’s Media*
Where did Jewish control over most everything we see and hear in the U.S.
start? Try here:
Whe... more »
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Requiem for Stella
After a long illness Stella has moved to that great Dog Park In The Sky.
Stella was a Good Dog. Photo by Southern Sister.
As the Official Dog of Southern Man Blog Stella can also be seen here, here,
here, and here.
Will Nature, Young People and Future Generations Forgive Us?
*By Jay - Ottawa*
Earth scientists have documented five mass extinctions. In simple terms
extinction works like this: A new world blooms, life flourishes for a
while, a fatal problem develops and most of that epoch’s creatures are
wiped out. Forever. Sometimes the die off is swift, sometimes slow but
relentless.
Despite a handful of extinctions, Earth hasn’t turned into a Moon or a
Mars. The vital spark has survived –– so far –– through a few small, base
creatures who survive one epoch to reanimate another world full of life ––
but always a new world that never quite re... more »
'Ceasefires possible in areas of Syria', says John Kerry [Source: Euronews]
"Ceasefire" must be socialized into the mindset of every party to this
conflict. Each for its own reasons will see this as a "win" *if it is
framed properly*." - Dr. Marc Gopin, *"'Ceasefire' Is the Syria Word We
Need to Hear"*, Huffington Post, January 2.
A *quote* by Dr. Thomas Daffern, director of the UK-based *International
Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy*, talking about a
ceasefire in Syria:
*"What I'm calling for is a ceasefire, a unilateral, universal ceasefire in
Syria by all parties. But it's a mental or spiritual ceasefire I'm calling
for first. We're n... more »
“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”
*“9 Right-Wingers Who Said and Did Colossally Stupid Things This Week”*
By Janet Allon
“New Jersey’s vindictive governor may have grabbed all the headlines this
week, but that doesn't mean other right-wingers failed to dish up their
usual combo of inane and offensive statements.
*1. Ohio politician not sorry at all for sending out racist email. *Apologies
can be so very lame. It’s true. And they have such a variety of ways of
being lame. There’s the non-apology apology, aka the faux-pology, which
often starts something like, “I’m sorry if I offended you....” There’s the
apology th... more »
Weekend Update
And it is a busy one with Teen Daughter in town, plus the monthly geocacher's
lunch and Christian dance.
On Friday Southern Man zoomed up the turnpike to fetch Teen Daughter from
her mother. As always she chatted and sang all the way back. We ended up at
the mall for dinner and a scary movie.
Teen Daughter knows all of these movies by heart and was quick to identify
references to previous films when she wasn't cowering under Southern Man's
jacket.
Saturday morning was our monthly geocacher's luncheon.
A festive gathering.
Our luncheon hostess (on the left, who caches under th... more »
My third re-posted Paul Craig Roberts blog in a row(!), this one having to do with U.S. unemployment. The remarkable fact here is that the folks at the Bureau of Labor Statistics have finally come out with a payroll jobs report that disproves the alleged recovery. This has led PCR to "wonder how the BLS civil servants who produced it can avoid retribution" ...for letting us know that there is no -- and can never be -- a recovery from the "great recession" so long as 73% of the US work force continues to earn less than $50,000, millions of others have searched for but finally given up trying to find a job, and no new jobs are being created.
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*No Jobs For Americans — Paul Craig Roberts*
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No Jobs For Americans
Paul Craig Roberts
The alleged recovery took a direct hit from Friday’s payroll jobs report.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created 74,000 net
new jobs in December.
Wholesale and retail trade accounted for 70,700 of these jobs or 95.5%. It
is likely that the December wholesale and retail hi... more »
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MORE NEOCON NONSENSE FROM ‘MAD MAX’ BOOT
Neocon warmonger Max Boot writing in *Commentary* today seems to think that
the latest negotiations with Iran will “implicitly recognize Iran’s ‘right’
to enrich uranium”, adding “i.e., its ‘right’ to maintain breakout capacity
to build a bomb within a few weeks or months”.
First off, Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
has always had the right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and, while
Iran’s enemies have tried desperately to accuse Iran of having a nuclear
weapons program, there has never been any hard evidence produced to support
the claim. All t... more »
How Capitalism Saved Europe From Starvation
*When it comes to knowing their history, what most people know about about
most of history just isn’t so. There’s no more what-you-know-isn’t-so
about history than what people think they know about the beginnings of
modern capitalism and the coming of the industrial revolution…*
[A selection from *Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow*]
*by Ludwig von Mises*
[image: Wojciech_Gerson_-_Gdańsk_in_the_XVII_century]Two-hundred years ago,
before the advent of capitalism, a man’s social status was fixed from the
beginning to the end of his life; he inherited it from his ances... more »
Central bank propaganda from the central banker’s central bank
In a four-minute piece of video propaganda on what is supposedly their
specialist subject, money, the Atlanta Federal Reserve gets at least five
things wrong, explains Mish Shedlock, including:
1. What money is
2. Price stability
3. Exponential math
4. Who benefits from inflation
5. That Federal Reserve policies are responsible for asset bubbles that
grow increasingly larger over time
That's one hell of a lot of things to be wrong about [in just four
minutes], especially for someone "*big on getting our communications right.*
"
Read more (and watch the video... more »
Benefits Street
We Brits love our two minute hates, and going by the bile trickling down
Twitter this evening Channel 4's *Benefits Street* has cornered that
market. So a few points.
This programme, despite its obvious opportunism, was conceived and produced
by metropolitan elite-types. And metropolitan I, of course, mean London. In
typical path-to-hell fashion perhaps the filmmakers genuinely believe
they're helping the people involved in this show. There's an element of the
working class exotic about it, a whiff of the northern Other (despite
Birmingham not being 'the north'). It smacks of nice ... more »
Oh, that Daily Mail outlook
Yeah, it's more funny than sinister, but this unremitting drive to
pathologise normal socio-cultural discourse is dangerous. Everything short
of solid endorsement of the Dail Mail outlook is evidence of left wing bias.
Anything to the left that's more vigourous than holding a copy of the
Guardian (Sherlock is seen holding a copy of the Guardian - the *Guardian,* it's
like a conspiracy!) is Cultural Marxism. This is an attempt (however small
and daft the example) to build the same kind of hysteria that infects
American public life.
The DCCC Doesn't Usually Back Normal People For Congress-- But It Does Back Millionaires And Shady Lobbyists
Corrupt Inland Empire conservatives rally around their boy Pete Aguilar,
including his pal Jerry Lewis, Bill Emmerson, Mike Morrell and, of
course, Gary Miller
Friday I was busy blaming Steve Israel of the DCCC-- and his counterparts
at the NRCC-- for the fact that more than half the Members of Congress are
millionaires. Israel, after all, recruits them-- and discourages ordinary
working men and women from running. But millionaires aren't even the worst
of the garbage Israel recruits. He also encourages the only profession
ranked below "Member of Congress" by ordinary Americans in... more »
Punctuation matters.
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Tobacco Tax 9: Why Earmarking Legislation is Wrong
The Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 (RA 10351) is one year old (enacted December
20, 2012) and after its first year implementation, it seems to have
exceeded its revenue target. BIR said sin tax collection in 2012 full year
was P50.4 billion, and January-November 2013 collection was P91.6 billion,
higher than full year 2013 target of P85.8 billion.
Now some legislators and the advocates of the law are asking, where is that
money?
See various reports yesterday,
Phil. Star, Cayetano asks where sin tax money goes
Rappler, Senators: Where is sin tax money going?
Tribune, After 1 year of rich... more »
John Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University
John
Kane to Address “Inherent Sovereignty” at Arizona State University
By Liz Hill
Censored News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 13, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and
national commentator on Native issues, will be a featured speaker at
“Who Decides You’re Real? Fixing the Federal Recognition Process,” a
two-day conference at Arizona State University in Tempe. Kane will be
one of four
Minimum Wage as an Antipoverty Tool
David Henderson reports:
If the federal minimum wage were increased to $9.50 per hour:
- Only 11.3 percent of workers who would gain from the increase live in
households officially defined as poor.
- A whopping 63.2 percent of workers who would gain were second or even
third earners living in households with incomes equal to twice the poverty
line or more.
- Some 42.3 percent of workers who would gain were second or even third
earners who live in households that have incomes equal to three times the
poverty line or more.
what i'm reading: just kids by patti smith
*Just Kids* is a memoir by the artist and musician Patti Smith, about her
life and relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is a
memoir of both Smith's and Mapplethorpe's coming of age as artists, and of
the path of their relationships, both with each other and with other people
who were formative in their young lives. *Just Kids* is also a memoir of
New York City in the 1970s, especially of certain slices of the art and
music scenes.
Although Smith met and hung out with many famous musicians, artists, and
writers during the time she writes about, *Just Kids* does... more »
let them stay week day 2: letter to the editor
*Let Them Stay Week 2014* kicked off yesterday with a flutter on social
media. Today we get underway in earnest by writing letters to the editors
of local newspapers.
Three ideas for letters are here on the War Resisters Support Campaign
website.
An excellent list of email address, along with some tips for writing
effective letters, is here, thanks to the good folks fighting for our
public health care system.
Your letter might reference one of three events: the 10th anniversary of
the first Iraq War resister to arrive in Canada, the recent release from
prison of war resister Kimb... more »
Colour Revolutions - Look Out, Brazil!
RevolutionLocationDate startedDate endedDescriptionCarnation Revolution
PortugalApril 25, 1974The revolution is associated with the colour
carnation becausecarnations were worn.Velvet Revolution CzechoslovakiaNovember
17, 1989December 29, 1989in 1989, a peaceful demonstration by students
(mostly fromCharles University) was attacked by the police – and in time
contributed to the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.Yellow
Revolution PhilippinesFebruary 22, 1986February 25, 1986The 1986 People
Power Revolution (also called the "EDSA" or the "Yellow” Revolution) in t... more »
'Daily Mail' Bingo
Those of us playing *Radio 4 Comedians Bingo *during tonight's *The
Unbelievable Truth *will have been pretty disappointed, as it was a
surprisingly low scoring edition of the show (and funny too).
Still, thanks to Jeremy Hardy, we were at least able to mark off the *'Daily
Mail' *as he took his inevitable Radio 4 comedians' swipe at that newspaper
over its 'fascist' past.
That makes it three editions in a row now where Radio 4 comedians on *The
Unbelievable Truth *(namely David Mitchell, Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy
Hardy) have had a swipe at the *Daily Mail* - surely ample testi... more »
Book Review: “North Korea in Transition” – Oh Wait, it’s Not in Transition…
I know book reviews bore everyone, but the journal where I published this
doesn’t post electronic versions of book reviews. So I thought this would
be a good place to put it for internet accessibility. I tried to make this
interesting by focusing on trends in NK, rather than just summarizing the
constituent essays. It’s
Continue reading
Wild Bill: Commie Rat Democrats...
are hard at work and doing a darn good job.
Things we can learn from Mr. Brady!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Star QB fights climate denial:* Tom Brady beat the Colts this Saturday
night.
In his typically modest way, he also fought climate denial.
How did Mr. Brady do that? Consider this passage from the sports section of
today’s New York Times:
ARATON (1/13/14): If you had the Patriots scoring six touchdowns without
Tom Brady throwing for any in a 43-22 thrashing of the Indianapolis Colts
on Saturday night, there’s a handicapping job waiting for you somewhere...
*In a New England downpour, a hard reign fell on Andrew Luck and the Colts
at Gillette Stadium.* L... more »
RODMAN ON HIS KOREA VISIT
Actually he is right....he is just a person trying to make peace in his own
way. Someone has to the break the ice at last - instead of a hot shooting
war - and it turned out to be Dennis Rodman. Sometimes history comes
calling and you have to go with it.....
WHO STILL BE THE DEVIL?
"Somebody Blew Up America" by Amiri Baraka with Rob Brown-saxophone,
recorded live on February 21, 2009 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media
in Troy, NY.
This production is part of "Free Jazz at the Sanctuary," a 13-part series
of performance videos featuring some of the world's most talented
improvisers. Each hour-long show is available on DVD directly from Downtown
Music Gallery (www.downtownmusicgallery.com). For more information on this
series, visit www.JazzSanctuary.org
WE ARE BEING SCHOOLED......
Frack U. Mexico. Directed by Greg "Gringoyo" Berger. Screenplay by Al
Giordano.
Good news! Mexico has the fourth largest shale gas reserves in the world,
and the Mexican Congress is about to change the constitution so that
private companies can drill for it. That means that U.S. companies will
soon be there, fracking for gas. Sure, there may be some complications from
the more than 500 chemicals that will be pumped into Mexico's aquifers, but
never fear: Joe T. Hodo, President of "Frack U. Mexico!" is here to show
you why Mexicans should stop worrying and learn to love fracking...... more »
NO MORE EXCUSES
On the 12th anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at the U.S. detention
camp in Guantánamo Bay, activists occupy the National Museum of American
History to create their own exhibit.
Christie gets his buddy back!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Ways to make story grow:* When the press corps invents a Standard Group
Story, their work can take several forms.
The main point must be driven, of course. But many less significant,
smaller points will make the story that much better—more pleasing, more
satisfying to the target audience.
When Bill Clinton got it on with Miss Lewinsky, the claim that she was a
“21-year-old intern” made the story *vastly* better. When the corps decided
to slime Candidate Gore, the claim that he grew up in a fancy hotel was
extremely pleasing.
Gore didn’t grow up in a fan... more »
Syria: Geneva II, Captagon trafficking and Iran/IAEA
* Going long, but, interesting*
*WP* PARIS — International backers of Syria’s fractious opposition warned
rebel political leaders Sunday that upcoming negotiations for a transition
government to replace President Bashar al-Assad may be their last, best
hope to bring their country’s civil war to an end.
With* less than two weeks to go before a negotiating conference in Geneva *sponsored
by the United Nations, the U.S.-backed Syrian Opposition Coalition has yet
to say that it will attend. Amid rising frustration among its supporters,
the group’s attempts to come to agreement and appoi... more »
Thorne Dreyer : December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal justice blogger, Chicano novelist
Our Rag Radio podcasts feature interviews with historian and graphic
nonfiction publisher Paul Buhle, Texas blogger and prison reform advocate
Scott Henson, and fiction writer Daniel Chacón, author of ‘Hotel Juárez.’
By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January … finish reading Thorne Dreyer :
December guests on Rag Radio include ‘Radical Jesus’ editor, criminal
justice blogger, Chicano novelist
No Jobs for Americans As Unemployment Number Drops From from 7.0% to 6.7%
Still thinking about those new jobs creation numbers and how the
unemployment rate came down from 7% to 6.7%? Dr. Roberts says it's a shill,
and he's got the logic and real numbers to prove it. I noticed today that
the financial media presstitutes were a bit hesitant to hype the drop in
the rate of unemployment when there was no jobs growth to account for it.
The Wall Street and bank
“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich"
*“Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich: *
*It’s Time for ‘Militant Nonviolent Resistance’”*
By John W. Whitehead
“Everywhere, “time is winding up,” in the words of one of our spirituals,
“corruption in the land, people take a stand, time is winding up.”—Martin
Luther King Jr.
We now live in a two-tiered system of governance. There are two sets of
laws: one set for the government and its corporate allies, and another set
for you and me. The laws which apply to the majority of the population
allow the government to do things like sending SWAT teams crashing through
yo... more »
Chris Christie's Political Ambitions: Dead In The Water-- And Getting Deader
On *Meet The Press* yesterday, Chris Matthews ended the segment on the rapidly
expanding Chris Christie scandal by pointing out that Christie's greatest
hit in the eyes of the general public was how much of an activist,
on-the-ground leader he was when Hurricane Sandy devastated wide swathes of
New Jersey. Matthews pointed out the incongruity of Christie's supposed
nowhere-to-be-found posture when his aides shut down the George Washington
Bridge for 4 days. Until now, people have seen Christie not as the corrupt overbearing
and thuggish bully he's always been, but as a no-nonsense... more »
Virtual tour to 7 power plants
There are 430 nuclear reactors but so far, there has been no comprehensive
virtual tour into the nuclear power plants' interior. The dominant Czech
power utility company ČEZ is changing that. For seven weeks, it will be
presenting a new
virtual tour to one of its power plants (click, main web).
*The Štěchovice dam (1945).*
On Monday, 10 a.m. Central European Winter Time, they release a new site.
The first plant that became available today is the hydroplant in Štěchovice,
a dam on the Moldau South of Prague. You may imagine that it is rather
low-tech (the dam was built between ... more »
Psychotic Mass Murderer Ariel Sharon Is Dead: Eulogizing A Mass Murderer!
I for one am very happy that one of the worse mass murderers in the last
1/2 century, Ariel Sharon, is finally dead! This psychopath has been
responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinians, and was
the Israeli Prime Minister during the time of the Israeli led 9-11 attacks
on the United States.
But as usual we find the Jewish controlled media, and many Jewish
controlled governments, around the world singing the praises of this
psychopath, and many are now heading to Israel to pay homage to this mass
murdering freak! To give a proper perspective on Ariel Sharon... more »
Beating on Christie hoping for some truth.
So Chis Chestier is given a power that he regrets later. This is as big a
distraction as i will screw you sideways and deny it much later, Is it
possible to find a leader that did not think it was anti popular to bring
out his mistress later.
Recently at Bloomberg View
I suppose I'll start a new post, and update it throughout the week, with
links to current posts over there. As always with these, I may or may not
update here in a timely way; your best bet is just to go over to my main
page there.
Here are the weekend links:
Friday Baseball Post
What Mattered?
Sunday Question for Conservatives
Sunday Question for Liberals
And Monday, January 13:
Read Stuff, You Should
Why Campaign Finance Laws Make Things Worse
Thailand: "Occupy Bangkok" Begins
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, hundreds of vehicles permanently
occupy intersections across Bangkok in opposition of Wall Street-backed
regime.
*January 13, 2014* (ATN) - The fourth, and largest mass mobilization yet by
protesters seeking to rid Thailand of unelected dictator Thaksin Shinawatra
and his proxy regime, has filled the streets of Bangkok with hundreds of
thousands of protesters, turning sections of the city's roads into walking
streets, campsites, stages, and protest areas.
*Images: Scenes from just a few of 8 major protest sites where permanent
encampm... more »
Basel Bestows a Break to the Banks, Belying Bankruptcy
Very interesting folks!!! My highlights and comments in blue.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579316584090630274?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303819704579316584090630274.html
Banks
Get a Break on Leverage-Ratio RulesBasel Committee Softens Terms of
Requirement Meant to Ensure Lenders' Soundness
Geoffrey T. Smith
Updated Jan. 12, 2014 4:31 p.m. ET
World banking regulators said they would soften the terms of a rule
meant
to ensure banks' soundness, bowing to pressure from banks that
had argued
it would stifle... more »
Gardasil: What Lack of Informed Consent Did For Me by Nicole Alexandra
Gardasil: What lack of informed consent did for me
By Nicole Alexandra
Sacramento California
Sane Vax, Inc. 10 January 2014
I had seen many Gardasil commercials on television and wanted to be ‘one
less girl’ affected by cervical cancer. My doctor said I needed the HPV
vaccine and I trusted the information I was given. I believed the vaccine
was important for my health. I chose to get vaccinated.
I was not told that regular pap smears were an effective way to detect
abnormal cells which could be treated before they developed into cervical
cancer. I was not told the vast ma... more »
We are all Freaks
Just get over it an do as much as you can do with love.
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I heard the beautiful vibrations of sound
no one could deny
that they formed my future advance
to respond to a sound
that over I no control
or faced with a lawsuit
would not agree
this is the path
upon which vitalization
must advance.
If your ignorant and not well imfored
you will see that benath all of Cananda and the CBC
are minirals, great wealth for those that believe.
Gold bugs drive me crazy becuase they think this is the meauure
that defines humanity. Its like a weapon with lethal certanty.
Sure I can kill any progressive agnda like
a target on Daley plazza which in real life
was ki... more »
We came from someplace
I am all for our celebrities to be graded. It separates the Kim Kardahisn
and Kanye Wests from the real case. When you are looking at a starfield its
like a sportsteam, but in Hollywood its all about who could make us the
most money without complaining they were not first in line to that great
disbursement of a trust fest.
Time has revealed who where stars and who the gamma ray turned there
internal organs into some kind of midnfield.
Hollywood stars are the tissue paper of history. You could blow your nose
on them with love, but still for the most part they were stupid on policy
wh... more »
BECKHAMS AND BUTTERFLIES
For Harper Beckham's nursery.
*Metrosexual Quarterly* at The Newspaceman
*Harper*
~~~~
*PROTECTING THE PEDOPHILE RINGS*
*FEMALE MP IN PEDOPHILE RING*
*WAR CRIMES DOSSIER NAMES WALL*
Harper government:CBC Fifth Estate Documentary Exposing Damage to Scientific Research -"Silence of the Labs"
I knew about Harper's war on science but CBC's Fifth Estate documentary,
Silence of the Labs, was revealing, showing the full extent of the damage
being wrought by the Harper Conservatives. I never thought it was this bad.
The damage done is immense, scientists muzzled, world renowned research
projects axed, all in the name of politics.
An archeologist leading a team researching Viking landings on Baffin Island
- a project that received international media attention - was axed because
the Harper CONS wanted to emphasize British history, including the War of
1812, and did not want... more »
Islamic State of Iraq And The Levant Continues To Overplay Its Hand
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) attempts a comeback it
continues to repeat the same mistakes that turned most of the country
against it in the past. Part of its current Soldiers’ Harvest campaign is
to gain and hold territory in Iraq. As a result it has moved into certain
towns and cities and begun issuing warnings and orders to the population
about what it will not accept based upon its interpretation of Islam.
Recently it has banned wearing western clothing and listening to music.
Another bad trend is its tendency to attack anyone that does not agree with
it.... more »
@BBCRadio4 Thank you
Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign are pleased with BBC Radio 4 this
afternoon:
*CardiffPSC* @CardiffPSC25m
@BBCRadio4 Thank you for *the* afternoon drama *The* *Brick* set in #
Jerusalem about *the* ease with which #Palestinian history has been
obliterated
The object of their gratitude is Afternoon Drama: The Brick, "a compelling
portrait of Palestinian life by Selma Dabbagh...a British Palestinian
writer based in London".
Common Core Without Testing Is Like Vampires Without Blood
Not many people remember that Diane Ravitch was for Common Core before she
was against it, and what turned her against it was the certainty that any
benefit of second graders all learning to write memos rather than reading *Mrs.
Frisby* . . . would be negated by an increase in testing--which she had
come to understand to be the tool for destroying public schools.
Now Ravitch's friend, Randi Weingarten, has suddenly decided to "uncouple"
testing from Common Core. PhilaKen and whole bunch of other folks at the
Ravitch blog have noted that Common Core without testing is like sunshine
... more »
Mayor Sokolich seems to change his story!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Watching story change:* This morning, the New York Times presents a
2847-word background report on the lane closings in Fort Lee.
It’s a familiar type of report. Once a particular story attains a certain
critical mass, the Times assembles a coffle of scribes to offer voluminous
background.
In theory, this is a good idea. In practice, sometimes not.
Today’s report was assembled by the traditional cast of thousands. N. R.
Kleinfeld is the reporter of record.
Beyond that, “reporting was contributed by Michael Barbaro, David W. Chen,
Jim Dwyer, Matt Fleg... more »
October Surprise and Henry Kissinger : Strange Diplomacy in Iran - byRobert Dreyfus, 12/2/1980
This is interesting - just doing some debunking of debunking on the
Newsweek attack piece on Garry Sick and his book (which none of them had
read when they wrote it), and noticed something interesting;
First, they try and originate the first allegation of a secret deal to
LaRouche, on December 2nd 1980, who report Kissinger meeting in Paris with
people prior to the election (an old habit with him), as written up in
Executive Intelligence Review.
The LaRouchies have archived all their back issues (split up into either
articles or full issues) for EIR online, as PDFs.
So I pul... more »
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*"Watch Me Do My Thing: Surveillance in New Orleans." ~Jules Bentley,
Antigravity Magazine*
*On your side ~Library Chronicles *
California Readers--Read This and Act
K-12 News Network has obtained an email that the United Way sent to its
partner groups advertising an informational session held by Superintendent
John Deasy that will provide details on the rollout of Local Control
Funding Formula councils. These councils, part of Local Control
Accountability Plans, must by law include community members, parents,
teachers, and others who will participate in determining funding priorities
for Los Angeles Unified schools. They will be expected to review
preliminary budgets and provide feedback and oversight so that foster
children, those from low-inc... more »
Doctor Who Lego Figure Necklace
[image: Housewife Eclectic: Doctor Who Lego Figure Necklace]
I have a confession to make. I love to collect things. There is something
about looking for those last few pieces to a collection that I can't get
enough of. One of my absolute favorite collections is my Lego figures,
especially the Doctor Who Micro Figures I have collected over the last year
or so. Lego figures are so much fun because they are small, but carry so
much impact in the details.
A few months ago, I was looking for a birthday gift for a fellow Whovian
(people who love Doctor Who) and I knew she would love a nec... more »
Telling the World "I LOVE You"
I woke up this morning, knowing that in my sleep time I had been
"discussing" the frequency of Love- the cause and effect of LOVE on the
physical and etheric "bodies" of ourselves and even the surrounding energy
fields around us. While I wish I could remember all the details that I
discussed (ugh, I hate waking up and "forgetting"), the one major point
that stayed with me is that everything resonates through frequencies, and
that the frequency of LOVE is one of the strongest and most energetic waves
that we create and emanate.
We are all tied together in one huge mosaic of spira... more »
Turkey corruption probe updates January 13 , 2014 ....Judicial Bill remains mired in controversy and rowdy debate and scuffles during a Commission Meeting...... Main opposition leader meets President Gül, requests withdrawal of judicial bill ..... Graft prosecutor Zekeriya Öz rejects relocation, takes annual leave ...... Brussels asks Turkey to be consulted to ensure judicial bill in line with EU legislation ...... Graft accusations aim to thwart Istanbul’s third airport and bridge plans: AKP spokesman
Main opposition leader meets President Gül, requests withdrawal of judicial
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[image: Many figures last week urged President Abdullah Gül to play the
intermediary for solving the ongoing crisis. DHA photo]
Many figures last week urged President Abdullah Gül to play the
intermediary for solving the ongoing crisis. DHA photo
Main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held a meeting with President
Abdullah Gül Jan. 13 in Ankara, voicing the Republican People Party’s (CHP)
position over a controversial bill giving t... more »
Wondering Who The Republican Party's Next Todd Akin Will Be? There Are So Many To Choose From
Get used to seeing pictures of New Jersey teabagger Steve Lonegan yelling
Steve Stockman's deranged "John Cornyn-is-a-liberal" campaign really is
something to behold. Stockman, a former vagrant strung out out on and
dealing a wide varietis drugs, is making a lot of ambient noise on twitterand producing amusing infographics like these:
In December, when he announced he would be abandoning his House seat to
primary Cornyn, he asserted that "Liberal John Cornyn wakes up every
morning and works to make the Senate a more liberal place. That’s why I am
running for the United States Senate... more »
For 11(b) applications the time period from the charge to the completion of the trial is properly considered in assessing inferred prejudice
*R. v. Lo*, 2014 ONCA 23:
[2] We also agree with counsel for the appellant’s submission that
the trial judge’s reasons are open to the interpretation that when
considering inferred prejudice, a trial judge should not have regard to
neutral time periods. If that was what the trial judge intended to say, he
was, with respect, in error: see R. v. Ralph, 2014 ONCA 3. The entire
period of the delay, that is the time period from the charge to the
completion of the trial, is properly considered in assessing inferred
prejudice.
WATCHING STORY GROW: Contradiction!
*MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014*
*Part 1—Maddow versus the Times:* What explains September’s lane closings
at the George Washington Bridge?
On Thursday morning, the New York Times gave a definitive answer. It
appeared in Kate Zernike’s news report, the featured report in the top
right-hand corner of the newspaper’s front page.
Below, you see the way the news report started. According to Zernike, the
truth about a “mystery” had finally been “revealed:”
ZERNIKE (1/9/14): The mystery of who closed two lanes onto the George
Washington Bridge—turning the borough of Fort Lee, N.J., into a park... more »
Exceptional Talent and US Immigration
I have an analysis of immigration and US Soccer up over at Law in Sport.
Here is how it starts:
Issues related to immigration and citizenship have long been debated in the
United States, and are reemerging as a political issue, with calls for
reform coming from both Republicans and Democrats.
President Obama says that "the US immigration system is broken ... there
are 11 million people living in the shadows."1 One consequence of the
broken immigration system can be seen in US soccer, where certain
immigrants to the United States are deemed ineligible to represent Team
USA, despite... more »
Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet
*I apologize for the lack of postings lately. Internet service has been
really bad since the solar flares last week. -Bill*
*Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet*
by ÉirePort
Stratum of Higher Gaia Light now covers the planet and the consciousness of
all inhabitants.
Such encompasses all levels of Gaia expression, and allows no "escape" from
the uplifting effects.
Those of humanity which have held the so-called "dark" contrast, are
encouraged by this Higher Vibration to release those rôles, and rise with
the rest of Hue-manity.
As always, resistance to the incre... more »
A War On the Poor
As Republicans and Democrats argue about whether they should extend
unemployment insurance to the long termed unemployed, Paul Krugman
writesthat the Republican argument is part of a war on the poor:
Right now Republicans are doing all they can to hurt the poor, and they
would have inflicted vast additional harm if they had won the 2012
election. Moreover, G.O.P. harshness toward the less fortunate isn’t
just a
matter of spite (although that’s part of it); it’s deeply rooted in the
party’s ideology, which is why recent speeches by leading Republicans
declaring that they do too care... more »
The grotesque pedophocracy reappears in the Quenelle controversy
*Flashback time.*
Why? We have been discussing the quenelle and the controversy surrounding
that gesture.
Gallier has been doing his due diligence and uncovered yet another reason
the psychopathic elites have their
"knickers in a knot" concerning a new show put on by Dieudonné
*The two most recent posts on the subject:*
* More from Gilad Atzmon on the censorship of Dieudonné & la quenelle
* The Economist explains "What is the quenelle"
*But, as usual, there is more............*
gallier2*January 13, 2014 at 3:39 AM*
*Okay, things start to get clearer now. There is one aspect of Dieudo... more »
If you like spin, you’ll love this
* “Almost a tenth of babies and toddlers in England and Wales are Muslim, a
breakdown of census figures shows.**The percentage of Muslims among the
under-fives is almost twice as high as in the general population. In an
indication of the extent to which birthrate is changing the UK’s religious
demographic, fewer than one in 200 people over 85 is Muslim.*
*One expert said it was foreseeable that Muslims who worshipped would
outnumber practising Christians.” It’s not inconceivable” said David Voas,
professor of population studies at the University of Essex.”*
*“Data from the 2011 cens... more »
Gardasil : comment j’ai payé l’absence de consentement éclairé par Nicole Alexandra
*Gardasil : comment j’ai payé l’absence de consentement éclairé*
par Nicole Alexandra, 10 janvier
*« Le Gardasil a changé ma santé, ma vie et celle de ma famille pour
toujours : physiquement, mentalement, émotionnellement et financièrement »*
J’avais vu beaucoup de publicité à la télévision pour le Gardasil et je
voulais être « une fille de moins » qui serait atteinte par le cancer du
col de l’utérus. Mon médecin m’a dit que je devais faire le vaccin contre
le HPV et j’ai fait confiance à l’information qui m’était donnée. J’ai cru
que le vaccin était important pour ma san... more »
Download Twitter for Android Versi Terbaru 2014
Download
Twitter for Android Versi Terbaru 2014 - ngobroli soal jejaring sosial
semakin hari semakin amat banyak umat menggunakannya, salah satu
jejaring sosial yang terkenal saat ini adalah "Twitter". Twitter yang
didirikan dalam tahun 2006 ini yang dibentuk oleh Jack Dorsey, saat ini
telah mendunia dan diperkirakan pengguna di seluruh dunia kini mencapai
100 juta pengguna bahkan mungkin
Untitled
*Our Who Dat Nation is down, but won't give up hope, no ~Don Ames, WWL*
*Chinatown, New Orleans ~Richard Campanella*
*Proposals to fill in canals not gaining much traction ~Amy Wold, Advocate*
*Guest Post | Hancock County Alliance for Good Government: 2014-A Year of
“Elections” and “Decisions” ~Slabbed *
*Flu spreading in state, locally ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE*
Codex Alimentarius
Ian R. Crane - Codex Alimentarius from Spike EP on Vimeo.
*Quote: *
*"The Codex Alimentarius Commission, established by FAO and WHO in 1963
develops harmonised international food standards, guidelines and codes of
practice to protect the health of the consumers and ensure fair practices
in the food trade. The Commission also promotes coordination of all food
standards work undertaken by international governmental and
non-governmental organizations. For more information see here:
http://www.codexalimentarius.org/about-codex/en/ "The reference made to
Codex food safety standa... more »
October Surprise: Anatomy of a Hit-Piece
*I quote The Enemy:*
"....the Reagan Administration, for instance, wanted absolutely nothing to
do with him; they considered him *far* too unsound...."
*- Christopher Hitchins, *
*The Trials of Henry Kissinger, *
*2001*
I quote the Editoral, Executive Intelligence Review, Vol. 7, Dec. 2nd 1980,
pp2.:
*It is a story that will not die--a dark tale of conspiracy and political
intrigue that, if true, would constitute something like an accusation of
treason against George Bush, the late William Casey and other members of
Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign. Briefly put... more »
Colourful Map of the body and it's emotional responses
An interesting Map of what the body looks like compared to emotions!!!
http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/
This data is very interesting in relation to the Ancient Mysteries and The
Alchemical process of realizing yourself and attaining Self Mastery. This
post goes well with Emotional Guidance Scale (Explained in detail) How to
be guided by your emotions, instead of controlled by them. By Justin. And
the post True Health: How to Tap Into the Healing Abilities of Your Chakras
.
Our Emotions, (E-Motion Energy in Motion) reflect to us physically, what we
have created within, our RE-Presenta... more »
Food Safety Lectures by Dr. Shiv Chopra In Ontario, Canada on January 26th & 27th 2014
Do you live in Ontario? World renowned public speaker and best selling
author, Shiv chopra, of "Corrupt To The Core" will be speaking at 3
upcoming events in Ontario. See poster below for more details.#DrShivChopra
#CorrupttotheCore #GMOs #Ontario #FoodSafety #Pesticides #Herbicides
#gmofreecanada
*Source:*
*GMO Free Canada Facebook*
Jupiter Ascending - Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum - Wachowski Wachonski
due Summer 2014, Jupiter Ascending is the latest release from the Matrix
Trilogy *'brothers'* the Wachowskis.
*Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) is an unlucky Russian immigrant who cleans
toilets for a living. She encounters Caine (Channing Tatum), an
interplanetary warrior whom the Queen of the Universe sent to kill Jupiter.
Caine tells Jupiter that the stars were pointing to an extraordinary event
on the night she was born, and that her DNA could mark her as the
universe's next leader.* [source SYNOPSIS]
"Your Earth is a very small part of a very large Industry," Hell, yeah!
Nukes have worked since 1945 - why keep affirming that - nuclear tests thru 1989?
unless the goal is to a) destabilise the west coast of USA (which has
happened) or the Russian continent or the mid-Pacific or b) destabilise the
health of humans around the world, why all these nuclear detonations thru
1989?
We know nukes have worked since Oppenheimer's Trinity i.e. July 16th 1945,
what's the point of RE-TESTING NUKES on this global scale?
*THIS POST EXCLUSIVELY SPONSORED BY WAR WORLD TECHNOLOGIES INC:*
*Lorien Howell, an estate manager at Oxford law firm Convo & Convo, is
seduced by her G3 whistleblowing client 'Actor Arrenay' to join him in
liberating mank... more »
Monday Morning Linkage
Hi. Here are some links to help you get your week started… Richard Shapcott
reviews Daniel J. Levine’s Recovering International Relations: The Promise
of Sustainable Critique. The book is compared to P.T. Jackson’s The
Conduct of Inquiry. Shapcott says that “Levine’s goal is to place the idea
of a moral/ethical vocation at the heart of the
Continue reading
Pilots for 9/11 Truth - 911 Intercepted - Skygate 911 trailer & scenes
9/11's *FOG OF WAR* happened, why?
"We can not call out for some reason..." Danielle O'Brien air traffic
controller at Dulles AFB, unable to work with her 'disabled' communication
system on the day of the 9/11 Event.
Here's commercial airline pilot Mitoa Edjang, at a Pilots for 911 Truthconference, saying why he's *not
convinced by* the (as reported) 9/11 Event.
*WHAT THIS POST'S REALLY ABOUT:* here's the latest documentary from Pilots
for 911 Truth, titled: Skygate 911
SAMPLE ONE:
SAMPLE TWO:
PROTECTING THE PEDOPHILE RINGS
*Mysterious death of child witness*
*In the UK, undercover police, including members of the notorious 'Special
Branch', posed as Sunday People newspaper reporters to get close to key
witnesses in the current child abuse scandal.*
*http://www.mirror.co.uk/*
This child abuse and child murder scandal involves huge numbers of top
people and huge numbers of children.
*Child-abuse pedophile networks for top people are believed to have been
active throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA
over many years, and reportedly they are run by the security services.*
... more »
Princess Leia in THAT metallic bikini slave costume... twice!
This picture, recently tweeted (@TheWookieeRoars) by Peter Mayhew aka
Chewbacca from Star Wars, would have set my teenage self's heart all
a-flutter and affected certain other areas too... It's Princess Leia and
her stunt double relaxing on the Star Wars set... both in their slave girl
metallic bikini costumes...
Still works on this middle aged man!
Chomsky
"In 1969, he was in the Boston area on an extended business function. He
therefore arranged a discussion with Chomsky.
Chomsky had initially agreed to a one-hour meeting in his office. Ray
brought only 3-4 pieces of evidence, including his work on CE 399, and a
series of stills from the Zapruder film.
Soon after the discussion began, Chomsky told “his secretary to cancel the
remaining appointments for the day.
The scheduled one-hour meeting stretched to 3-4 hours.
Chomsky showed great interest in the material. We mutually agreed to a
follow-up session later in the week.
... more »
It is the Death of History - by Robert Fisk (2007)
*2,000-year-old Sumerian cities torn apart and plundered by robbers. The
very walls of the mighty Ur of the Chaldees cracking under the strain of
massive troop movements, the privatisation of looting as landlords buy up
the remaining sites of ancient Mesopotamia to strip them of their artefacts
and wealth. The near total destruction of Iraq's historic past – the very
cradle of human civilisation – has emerged as one of the most shameful
symbols of our disastrous occupation.*
*Evidence amassed by archaeologists shows that even those Iraqis who
trained as archaeological workers in ... more »
Wilhelm Wien: 150th birthday
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was born on January 13th, 1864,
to a landowner father in Prussia and died in 1928. He received the 1911
Nobel prize in physics for his work on the black-body radiation.
Over his lifetime, he was affiliated with German universities in Giessen,
Würzburg, Munich, Aachen, Göttingen, and Berlin as well as with Columbia
University in New York (in April 1913; yes, 7 universities for his 7
names). His PhD adviser was Hermann von Helmholtz. He would always work on
experiments related to light and electromagnetic radiation but he would try
to propose ... more »
Musical Interlude: R.E.M., “Everybody Hurts”
Not doing so well recovery wise today, a rough day, so apologies for no
posts, but thought of
this very sad but beautiful song and wanted to share it with you... Hold
on, you’re not alone...
-CP
R.E.M., “Everybody Hurts”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc
Scientists Don't Want The Moon To Become Like West Virginia
Imagine Freedom Industries with a charter to operate on the Moon! This
week, as the president of Freedom Industries, which is affiliated with the
Koch brothers, insisted that there's too much of a fuss being made over the
toxic spill on the Elk River, even just *touching*-- not drinking,
*touching*-- the water that comes out of their taps induces non-stop
vomiting for folks living in tens of thousands of homes in West Virginia.
And Freedom Industries is not subject to any permits or inspections by the
EPA.
The New York Times reported, “According to Department of Environmental
P... more »
Widespread Corruption
We have seen it in Quebec, want to bet its not the same in Ontario? Well in England
its epidemic. Beyond the Pale.
"The thing that corruption stories -- even astounding ones like this --
teach us is that our systems need to account for the possibility that the
authorities are corrupt, or sloppy, or duped. Creating laws that give
police and magistrates the power to declare anything anyone does illegal,
storing massive DNA databases, allowing for secret courts and warrantless
surveillance, creatingunaccountable systems of censorship, and letting
spies run wild are all examples of sy... more »
So how much of the "Paleo Diet" is based on an actual Paleolithic diet?
Since I stilll have this conversation about this fad diet with someone at
least once a week (sigh), here’s TED Fellow Christina Warinner, an expert
on ancient diets, answering the question:
*So how much of this "Paleo Diet" stuff is based on an actual Paleolithic
diet?*
The answer is *not really any of it*.
Who’s Christina Warinner, and what the hell would she know? Well…
Dr. Christina Warinner has excavated around the world, from the Maya
jungles of Belize to the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, and she is
pioneering the biomolecular investigation of archaeological dental calculu... more »
On the defense of @rweingarten by @dianeravitch
It’s really quite simple, actually. Simple for me, at least. To begin, you
can review Ravitch’s personal defense of the President of AFT. The American
Federation of Teachers is a political organization. It must operate in a
way that satisfies numerous interests and issues and permutations. I won’t
begin to understand that position as I […]
Updates On Syria [1.12]: Assad Is Rallying Sunni Leaders Against Saudi Arabia's Goons, Obama Admin Ensures Geneva II Will Fail By Saying Assad Must Go, Turkish Government Is Arming Al-Qaeda Under The Guise of Humanitarian Aid
*1. An excerpt from, "Conflicts Forum's Weekly Comment 27 December 2013 - 3
January 2014" Conflicts Forum, January 10, 2014: *
Yet, if we stand back from the region, it is clear that the Syrian
government, over the last weeks, is rapidly consolidating its military
situation. The circumstance of Damascus is far different today from even a
few weeks ago (as recent visitors to the city confirm to us). It is true
that, at one level, sectarian animosities (particularly Saudi ones) have
reached new heights across the region, but a new – and underrated – factor
is being felt: Sunnis are fa... more »
Big Law watch - After a Merger Falls Through, Patton Boggs Keeps Looking for the right merger partner...... A look at proposed mergers in big Law tht did not come to pass in 2013 , speculation on another prospective pairing.....
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/after-a-merger-fails-patton-boggs-still-seeks-partners/?_r=0
After a Merger Falls Through, Patton Boggs Keeps LookingBY ELIZABETH OLSON
[image: Tom Boggs, partner with the Washington-based law firm of Patton
Boggs.]Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images Tom Boggs, partner with
the Washington-based law firm of Patton Boggs.
For over a half-century, the Washington law firm Patton Boggs has been a
significant player
in the nation’s legal, lobbying and business worlds.
The firm has represented corporations like the Mars candy company and Exxon ... more »
Cis, Trans, and Privilege
I'm not one to rail on about Gender Politics. I'm interested in Human
Rights, especially as they effect Trans and Intersex people. I'm interested
in the Science of Sex and Gender. The sociology, politics, and ideology,
not so much. There's an awfully low signal-to-noise ratio there,
unevidenced conjectures declaimed with much conviction, and often inhuman
cruelty.
This blog is intended to be educational and informative, about a matter
that should be of interest to everyone. A matter of "public concern",
mixing education about the science, and information about how Trans and
Interse... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Old Hat'
OLD
HAT
Posted on January 12, 2014
Mohawk Nation News
Jan. 12, 2014: Unfortunately for Canada’s Prime Minister Harper and his
corporate overlords’ plans to control the world, soon the old technology
they use will become obsolete. Their tyranny of us and our mother will
be as extinct as they will become. Bill C38 is Harper’s version of
Hitler’s “enabling act” of 1933, to get money for
"I wish I could add a fond remembrance" (Jane Mayer on Reagan press sec'y Larry Speakes)
*"I wish I could add a fond remembrance of Larry Speakes . . . . There have
been plenty of accolades, and I'm sure there will be more. But it's worth a
note about how Speakes treated reporters who strayed from the company
line."*
-- *Jane Mayer, in a newyorker.com "News Desk" post,*
"Crossing Larry Speakes"
*by Ken*
Is there such a thing as a good White House press secretary? In this day
and age, maybe the interests of an administration and the media have
diverged to the point that there can't be. You can think of the
administration as either "just trying to get our story out" or ... more »
China Plans To Seize South China Sea Island From Philippines, Says "Battle Will Be Restricted" ..... I other news , Japan holds military drill as S. China Sea islands dispute widens
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-12/china-plans-seize-south-china-sea-island-philippines-says-battle-will-be-restricted
China Plans To Seize South China Sea Island From Philippines, Says "Battle
Will Be Restricted"
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/12/2014 19:00 -0500
- China
- Japan
- Obama Administration
- recovery
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Following Japan's proclamations that it will take over another 280
'disputed ownership' islands, it appears the increasingly dis-approved of
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's path of militarism and provocation... more »
Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership updates January 10 , 2014 - Obama Lame Duck Watch: House Democrats Stymieing Trade Deal “Fast Track;” Silicon Valley Surveillance Payoff Language Published ...... Congress introduces Obama fast-track authority on global trade pacts like TPP ....... Trade Expert: Why TPP — “NAFTA on Steroids” — Must Be Stopped
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/01/obama-lame-duck-watch-house-democrats-stymieing-trade-deal-fast-track-silicon-valley-surveillance-payoff-language-published.html<b
Does this school really care for the children?
…or is this what education has become? From a Georgia school: I have no
words. Please feel free to comment below.Filed under: CHRIS CERRONE: The
"Parentucator"
China's fairytale theatre of ice sculptures- Harbin Ice and Snow Festival
Though myself and so many others were freezing earlier this week...
Unusually so. In Harbin, China they are enjoying themselves at their yearly
Ice and Snow Festival .I gotta admit this icy cold display is pretty darn
awesome! I will post a few images. And link to the rest.
Or here
*"It took 7,000 artists to create this sprawling 6,458,400 square feet of
winter wonderland in Harbin, China's tenth most populous city in the
northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where winter temperatures drop to a
low of -40 degrees Celsius.* *Countless blocks of crystal ice were cut from
the frozen... more »
We’re rock stars
*Sex, Drugs and Rock'N'Roll 13** by chrismaverick on **deviantART*
WELL, LOAD UP ON drugs and bring your friends, because New Zealand is being
talked up as the “rock star” economy for 2014.
Hee haw!
This, by the way, is predicated on three things underlying what economists
call “growth” that these groupies see as fairly foregone conclusions:
1. The dairy boom.
2. The housing boom.
3. The Canterbury RebuildTM
But there are problems with each of these—the first problem being in the
way these alleged economists measure growth.
YOU SEE, IF IT is to mean anything at all, ... more »
Dawson Barrett : Kurt Cobain, King of the Outcast Teens
In recognition of the anniversary of the death of Nirvana leader Kurt
Cobain, a host of retrospectives will recognize both the raw potency of
Cobain’s songwriting and the tragedy of his heroin use and suicide. They
will hide that Nirvana … finish reading Dawson Barrett : Kurt Cobain, King
of the Outcast Teens
The Ravitch Conference, Featuring Randi Weingarten
Diane Ravitch and Anthony Cody started a new organization a year or so ago
called the Network for Public Education. Board members were chosen, and
the chosen board members chose Ravitch as President and Cody as Treasurer.
As NPE president, Ravitch will be the Keynote Speaker at a UTexas based
two-day conference in early March that, according to Cody, will "bring
together activists from around the country to network and learn together,
from one another, so as to strengthen our ability to act in defense of
public education."
Prominently noted on the conference poster at the NPE webs... more »
WAR CRIMINALS GATHER FOR WAR CRIMINAL’S FUNERAL
The war criminal Tony Blair will be present for Ariel Sharon’s funeral as
will be Australia’s Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop. Bishop was a member of
the Australian war criminal John Howard’s government that was part of the
group of nations that waged unprovoked war against Iraq knowing that Iraq
had no weapons of mass destruction and knowing that Iraq was not a threat
to Australia.
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to send Bishop to
Sharon’s funeral exposes the Australian government’s support of ruthless
Israeli Zionist policies against the Palestinian people and a ... more »
Richard Dawkins on Retiring Essentialism
As someone who exists in the real world, I'm always interested in the
annual "big question" event organised by edge.org, the online home for
clever folk who keep it real by talking about the real. This year, the
question posed by this forum of what the *Graun* likes to call the "world's
most brilliant minds" was "which scientific idea would you retire, and
why?" Interesting. You can read Ian McEwan's polemic against arrogance,
Azra Raza on the use of mouse models in science, and Stewart Brand on the
linear no-threshold radiation dose hypothesis. By all means, take a look.
It's inte... more »
Toss another book on the fire
Yeah, it's an old toon recycled for Steve's Libricide :
*CBC Fifth Estate : Silence of the Labs*
I see Steve has also recycled Dimitri Soudas back into play.
I like how Dimitri's new rug really ties the room together.
Quakes offshore Chiba and the new volcano growing offshore of Tokyo - are there connections between these two different events and perhaps a precursor of a large seismic event ?
5 continuous quakes offshore Chiba→JP Gov “New irregular diastrophism
on-going offshore different from 311″
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Following up this article.. *5 quakes Chiba east offshore within 7 hours on
1/2/2014* [URL]
The continuous earthquakes are assumed to be “slow earthquake [wikipedia]“,
according to Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Th... more »
Sunday Classics: Now we hear Mahler's heartbreaking "Kindertotenlieder"
*Baritone Matthias Goerne sings "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n" ("Now
will the sun rise just as brightly"), the opening song of Mahler's
Kindertotenlieder, with Jonathan Nott conducting the Mahler Youth
Orchestra, at a Proms concert in the Royal Albert Hall, Sept. 4, 2009.*
Now will the sun rise just as brightly
as if no misfortune had happened in the night.
The misfortune happened to me alone;
the sun shines for everyone.
Your must not hoard the night within,
it must be absorbed into the eternal light.
A little lamp in my shelter has gone out;
hail to the joyful light of the wo... more »
Top 100 Movies by Body Count
Full list over at MovieBodyCounts.com. Also thanks to Business Insider for
entering that data and drawing this graph.
North Carolina's Unemployment Misery Made Unbearable By Koch-Funded State Rethuglicans, But Not To Worry - Plantations Being Gov't-Funded To Return!
January 11, 2014 The Raleigh Experiment North Carolina is an interesting
place these days, and I mean that in the worst possible way. It’s a
southern state, but one with a major technology complex, growing foreign
investment, and what seemed until recently to be a moderating, increasingly
sophisticated political culture. But then came the Republican wave of 2010,
and NC was taken over
"Do ‘Question Time’ audiences need to be quite so hostile?"
It's interesting that Nigel Farage seems to have come to the same
conclusion as James Delingpole about the problem with BBC One's *Question
Time.*
Just as Dellers "totally believes" that the *QT* team tries its best to
ensure that their audiences reflect the political spectrum, so Nige also
says (in today's* Independent*) that he's "not pointing the finger of blame
at the *QT* team" for the peculiar hostility he and other UKIP members so
often face from *Question Time *audiences, and the evident fact that *QT *audiences
generally do *not* seem to reflect the political spectrum. ... more »
Visual Stimulation for a Sunday evening
[image: Someone at work finally paid attention to my warning sign.]
[image: Watch out!]
[image: Bilbo Baggins, everyone.]
and just in case you don't think that your eyes are the projectors ....
US Senator Ted Cruz speaks at Texas Public Policy Foundation's Policy Orientation 2014...
*take the time to listen. *
You won't be sorry...
Promise.
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 12th, 2013
Sunday.... And again time for my usual rant that will both surprise you and
piss many people off at the same time...
First, I want again to thank everyone for their support over the last while
during a time when I was led to believe that I had a heart condition... I
went for the followup this last week, and the doctor stated that my heart
is perfectly fine. There is no blockage and all the EKG and blood work
readings are back to normal. I can almost safely state that the cause of
all the commotion in the first place was most probably due to one heck of a
viral infection in my che... more »
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