Homemade Oreos
There are few things in this world that I love more than Oreos, slathered in peanut butter, but these Homemade Oreos might be one of them. They are delicious, soft and totally addicting. I know better than to keep them around the house unless I am OK with eating the entire plate. They are easy to make, and the homemade frosting for the middle is absolutely perfect. You will need for the cookies: 2 Devil Food cake mixes 4 eggs 1 1/2 cup shortening You will need for the frosting: 1 8oz package of cream cheese 2 tsp. vanilla 4 c. powdered sugar 1/2 square butter Mix the cookie dough to... more »
Hey Apple take a bite of what I am Thinking Aboot
First of all forgive my ignorance. I know less about I tunes than you have forgotten. What I would like to see. 1) Easy ways to burn my content to disc/copy to USB in a universal format, especially for Hi Resolution Audio tracks. I always save Apple loseless. I have made MP3 discs to play in my car but it was a nightmare. 2) Support for Hi Res Audio on the I phone. How about a DAC headphone amplifier you can attach to any IPhone? 3) Let me print my play list or copy it to a file. Thanks, jobs for you from Steve.
WATCHING STORY GROW: The darnedest things!
*WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014* *Part 3—Maddow’s sleight of hand:* Journalists say the darnedest things when story starts to grow. Last night, near the end of Piers Morgan Live, the CNN import said this: MORGAN (1/14/14): Well, I suppose the obvious thing that struck me with all this, and I've always been a big fan of Chris Christie's, interviewed him several times and find him extremely impressive character in many ways… *What could be a bigger issue to the governor than to have the busiest bridge in the world brought to an absolute standstill for a whole week?*And yet in that week,... more »
Paul Krassner : Predictions for 2014
The all-seeing and all-knowing one lifts the veil. Just a little. Enough for a peek. By Paul Krassner | The Rag Blog | January 15, 2014 Steve Jobs, the late founder and chief designer of the Apple Empire, will be … finish reading Paul Krassner : Predictions for 2014
Foreign affairs
When I used to write for the Biased-BBC blog between 2009 and 2012, as David Vance frequently used to point out to his critics, the above the line contributors were volunteers, unpaid, working in our own time and at our own pace. Nevertheless, many people seemed to assume that we were sitting by our radios and televisions monitoring the output all hours of the day, seven days per week. In some ways, simply by presuming to write a blog about BBC bias, we were duty bound to do a certain amount of watching and listening, so there’s no use getting all indignant about it. These days I w... more »
let them stay week day 5: write a paper letter to chris alexander
Today we go old school. Take out a pen, or turn on your printer, and send some paper mail to Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander. Tell him to stop deporting US war resisters in Canada, and to enact a provision to let them stay. Tell him why. Find an envelope, and send your letter to: The Honourable Chris Alexander House of Commons Justice Building – 306 284 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 If you live in Canada, you don't even need a stamp.
GLADIO - The Kelly Thomas Provocation
This HAS to be a provocation - like Rodney King and Trayvon Martin and Mark Duggan, but for White America. No chance in hell they were acting alone. *"The third scenario for FEMA came with the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King brutality verdict. Had the rioting spread to other cities, FEMA would have been empowered to step in. As it was, major rioting only occurred in the Los Angeles area, thus preventing a pretext for a FEMA response.* *On July 5, 1987, the Miami Herald published reports on FEMA's new goals. The goal was to suspend the Constitution in the event of a nati... more »
Ed Miliband thinks there's a difference between 250,000 and a quarter of a million...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3KCQkIGR_o&feature=youtube_gdata_player If a Conservative politician had made this gaffe, it'd be all over the BBC but as it's a Labour ally of the BBC, shhh not a word.
Golf Bicycle Trailer
Pictured above is a fantastic idea. Combining Golf and riding a bike on a well groomed natural trail. For those who have never ridden trails its like comparing walking in the grass barefoot to wearing shoes. I am sure they have done their homework but it looks a little compromised to me. Instead of reinventing the wheel, design a golf bag trailer that can hold two standard sized golf bags and has a built in cooler. A solar panel would recharge the phone. Golfers can rent both the bike and the trailer. The cost of my product would be much less than the $1200 suggested for the dev... more »
Ethnosectarian Displacement Returns To Iraq
The on going fighting in Iraq’s Anbar province has led to thousands of families fleeing their homes. The Iraqi Red Crescent claimedthat up to 13,000 families, roughly 78,000 people had left their residences so far. Once the situation becomes more secure however, many of these people are likely to return. What is much more worrisome is that ethnosectarian displacement appears to be returning to Iraq due to threats and attacks in not only the north and center of the country where the insurgency is based, but in the south as well. This is another sign that security is deteriorating ... more »
Fidlar: Trailer Park Boys with a punk Beatles Vibe
H/T Warren Kinsella
ZSRDF Commisons Offical Command Vehicle
Its an Audi A8 factory modified armoured car. V12 powered and looking entirely stock. The head of alien intelligence would never suspect Major Jones Spaceman and other heroes of the ZSRDF were cruising the boulevards. A taxi picking up the fares of galactic defense. Me I am flying in my Taxi, taking tips getting stoned
TBS Cam Was Up Today
Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
The TBS cam was back up today. I don't know if its running an old loop. For the sake of my sanity I'm going to presume that today's feed was from today. The good news is the DAIICHI plant does NOT appear to be burning or steaming any worse than it has in the past. The bad news is I witnessed quite a few camera glitches that might possibly have been flashes, followed by significantly increased pixilation. An hour later the pixilation was mostly gone, although heat waves could easily be seen coming up from the area of unit 3. Those heat waves are not new. They've been visible since... more »
It's Wednesday ...
*what's going on - besides me hating that useless little "n" in Wednesday?* Angry White Dude: *Whither After Us?* Charles Hugh Smith: *Resolution #1: Let's Call Things What They Really Are in 2014* Always on Watch: *Caution: Children At Play Diogenes Middle Finger: *Obama Daughters Listed as ‘Senior Staff’ In White House $424,000 Summer Africa Trip* The Blaze: *Governors Looking at Constitutional Convention to Reign in Federal Spending* The Other McCain: *The ‘Emerging Awareness’ Continues* *Lonely Conservative: Gee, What A Shock, Another Obamacare Deadline Delayed * S... more »
A Tale Of Two Countries
When it comes to oil, Mitchell Anderson writes, Canada and Norway have written two different narratives: A recent news item showed that Norway's massive pot of petroleum of money, now totaling CA$909.364 billion, has made every citizen a millionaire in Norwegian kroner. That works out to about $178,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. By contrast, every Canadian lumbers under an individual debt of $17,000 as Ottawa is in hock to the tune of $600 billion. What accounts for the difference? It all comes down to taxes: Alberta has run consecutive budget deficits since ... more »
The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.
The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.. via The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr.. via The Triumph of Conscience, Martin Luther King Jr..Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
High Arctic Relocation
In August 1953, seven or eight families from Inukjuak, northern Quebec (then known as Port Harrison) were transported to Grise Fiord on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island and to Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island. Grise Fiord The families were promised better living and hunting opportunities in new communities in the High Arctic. They were joined by three families recruited from the more Northern community of Pond Inlet (in the then Northwest Territories, now part of Nunavut) whose purpose was to teach the Inukjuak Inuit skills for survival in the High Arctic. The Inuit reported t... more »
Appointment of Justice Nadon: Tempest in a Teapot
*I just do not see what the fuss is about. * *Appointments to the Supreme Court are entirely within the power of the PMO anyway. The real challenge is to bring those appointments in line with other judicial offices and have proper search committees and recommendations as elsewhere. * *The idea that a Federal Court of Appeals judge doesn't qualify as a legitimate candidate for the Supreme Court strikes me as pettifogging:* OTTAWA -- A constitutional battle will be engaged today over whether the government is free to change the rules for the top court in the land. It didn't star... more »
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*Live blog: Lawyers suing oil & gas industry to appear before Jindal's CPRA Koch Suckers ~Bob Marshall, The Lens* *~The Lens will live-blog what could be a wetlands’ version of “High Noon” at Wednesday’s meeting of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Attorneys for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East say they have accepted an invitation from coastal chief Koch Sucker Garret Graves to present their client’s case for its controversial lawsuit against oil and gas companies for coastal land loss – which Graves strongly opposes.* *Dear Editilla,* *Oppos... more »
Canada Park
When Stephen Harper visits Israel this month, he will likely make a stop at Canada Park, opened by John Diefenbaker in 1975 and completed in 1984. Twenty-two years ago, CBC's Fifth Estate aired the powerful program above on the origins of Canada Park, built on top of three Palestinian villages bulldozed by the Israeli army and paid for by 15 million dollars in Canadian donations to the Jewish National Fund who continue to maintain upkeep of the park. Harper announced his intention to visit Israel from the JNF's annual Negev Dinner fundraiser in Toronto in December, where he perfor... more »
We want any car - driving me nuts
We want any car.com have a series of film based advertisements currently running on TalkSport. One is based upon The Italian Job and features a poor, but recognisable, impression of Michael Caine. The one that is driving me nuts is the one based upon James Bond's Aston Martin DB5. This is a car most famously driven by Sean Connect, although also by Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig, so why is the impression of Roger Moore? It's a dreadful impression of Roger Moore as well but why not Sean Connery? Do facts not matter any more?
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JESUS AND JUNG
*Carl Jung and family* According to Carl Jung: "We all must do what Christ did. We must make our experiment. "We must make mistakes. We must live out our own version of life. "And there will be error. If you avoid error you do not live." The Psychotherapist & Self Acceptance. According to the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, there is a 'dark side' to all our personalities. Think of anger, greed, fear and lust. This 'dark side', or 'shadow', is usually hidden within our 'subconscious'. *The 'dark side' or 'shadow' should not be seen as necessarily always 'evil'.* For example, t... more »
B P Earth Watch - Comet Siding Spring to obliterate Mars' atmosphere in October 20th 2014
Comet 20013 A1 (Siding Spring) to obliterate Mars' atmosphere in October 20th 2014. Youtuber BPEarthWacth's mission seems to be to pre-empt the End Times i.e. religious fever for DOOM. This urge motivates BPEarthWatch to look into all sorts of doomy news, weather and space events and ratchet up the paranoia and fear for THE END IS NIGH; you know BME or Biblical Magnitude Events. Plus, I really like his laid-back delivery in the face of his maker's potential for ultimate horror i.e. the universe we all live in. "Obliterate Mars' atmosphere, Mike?" yeah, this is an example of a) ho... more »
Richard Berman’s Declared Union-bashing Strategy
On January 13, 2014, I published a post about Richard Berman’s Center for Union Facts (CUF) attack on the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) via its five-story billboard in Times Square (and its similar, full-page New York Times ad in December 2013). I believe that this barrage of CUF ads is the direct result of recently-elected New York City Mayor Bill […]
Bill Meacham : Learning from Zarathustra
Zarathustra is appropriately called the First Prophet. He spoke of themes later to be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: a single universal God, the battle between good and evil, the devil, heaven and hell, and an eventual end to … finish reading Bill Meacham : Learning from Zarathustra
Government Of, By, and For The Rich? Remember When BlankGoldFein Said Goldman Sachs Had Been Doing God's Work? Still Paying Off Big Time! (Change In Payroll Jobs Vs Change In Employed Differs By Nearly 3 Million Since July)
If you believe that the Congresspeople who make the laws governing the 99% don't have much idea of how they (we) live, you would be correct. In a world of six-figure salaries . . . (they) inhabit a world exempt from parking tickets, where gym membership is free and health care is second-to-none, where you only have to work two, maybe three days a week, and get 32 fully-reimbursed road trips
Internet Party
Well, if in launching a political party your aim is to get everyone to talk about you, then the launch of Kim DotCon’s Internet Party has worked a treat. Although I imagine the publicity wasn’t supposed to be generated because Fartin’ Martyn Bradbury was stupid enough to leavea draft paper about the party’s plans and programme lying around for Cameron Slater to publish, or for it to be revealed therein that Martyn Bradbury was being paid to “consult” for Hone Harawira’s Mana Party while being paid $8000 to spruik DotCon’s Party Party to his friends and associates while also being... more »
Langkah Cara Menyusun Skripsi Akhir Baik dan Benar
Langkah Cara Menyusun Skripsi Akhir Baik dan Benar – nie buat mahasiswa semester akhir yang sedang empot-empotan dengan skripsi, pastinya sih kadang skripsi bikin kita pusing, apalagi dosen pembimbing yang kadang mintanya macem macem, bikin kami stress, tapi jalani sajalah, pasti lambat waktu skripsi juga pasti kelar kalau kami bersemangat. Dan pada kesempatan ini kami selaku admin
Call It What It Is: Predatory Reform
by Morna McDermott “Shutting down public schools and handing them over to private organizations is not a ‘turnaround,’ it is a heist.” – Sabrina Stevens- I am a member of a bloggers group called Basecamp, which has about 100 amazing bloggers comprised of teachers, activists, academics, parents and others from around the country. Frequently new questions or […]
Hone Harawira , aka Walking Eagle
On his taxpayer-funded junket to South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral, Maori Party M.P., Hone Harawira, aalso known as John Hadfield), was awarded yet a third name. Hone was invited to address a major gathering of the indigenous peoples of the African continent. The invitation was extended due to his recent examples of how to inflame the racial situation in New Zealand. Hone spoke for almost an hour, talking at length about social justice, about his representation of NZ’s anti-apartheid movement, about being the living incarnation of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.... more »
10 imágenes de categorías diferentes para inspirar tu imaginación
[image: Estatua de la libertad] [image: Dibujos del anime] [image: Aviones en el aire] [image: Carros en la nieve] [image: Coches de lujo] [image: Hojas de colores] [image: Jardines en la orilla del mar][image: Pegasos][image: Tormentas en el mar] [image: Tráiler de color azul]
On a motion for appointment of counsel on appeal the test is arguable issue only
R. v. Sykes, 2014 NSCA 4: [18] I agree with the comments of Doherty, J.A. in *R. v. Bernardo*1997 CanLII 2240 (ON CA), (1997), 121 C.C.C. (3d) 123 (Ont. C.A.) that to go any further than a determination of whether there is an arguable case would be unfair to the appellant. He observed: [22] In deciding whether counsel should be appointed, it is appropriate to begin with an inquiry into the merits of the appeal. Appeals which are void of merit will not be helped by the appointment of counsel. The merits inquiry should not, however, go any further than a determination of wh... more »
Edward Snowden's Alternative Christmas Message (with Commentary)
A Christmas Message From Edward Snowden from Gendo on Vimeo. On December 25th 2013 Edward Snowden delivered an alternative Christmas message on the UK's channel 4 TV station. Before the broadcast a short version of the speech was leaked and immediatly uploaded to youtube. That upload was immediatly blocked but many re-uploads made the clip available everywhere. This is one of those places. If you want to thank Edward Snowden for giving up his relationship, familiy, job and any chance of a normal life to inform us all go here (http://freesnowden.is/donate/index.html) and donate. ... more »
Washington D.C Follies - January 14 , 2014......Unemployment Rate Set To Plunge As Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits Fails To Pass Senate ...... 1,582-Page Spending Bill Hinges On NSA Giving Congress 5 Years Of Records ....... War on Drugs just a scam ? NSA excuses regarding spying on congress - they are just fiddling with the Congress critters now ....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-14/unemployment-rate-set-plunge-bill-restore-jobless-benefits-fails-pass-senate Unemployment Rate Set To Plunge As Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits Fails To Pass Senate [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/14/2014 17:24 -0500 - recovery - Unemployment - Unemployment Claims inShare Following last week's surprising passage of the preliminary approval to extend emergency unemployment claims, i.e. emergency jobless claims, for 3 months, when six republicans sided with democrats and gave approval to the ori... more »
Terrance Nelson 'Samatha Kematch another victim'
Samatha Kematch another victim By Terrance Nelson Vice-Chair American Indian MovementSouthern Chiefs Organization Grand Chief Censored News Eight thousand First Nation children are in Child and Family Services in the Province of Manitoba. In a week or so, the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry Report will be released. http://www.phoenixsinc...lairinquiry.ca/ Phoenix was tortured and killed by her mother
homecomings update
This one has been reformatted, to take advantage of the eligibility for Amazon that's now on offer at Lulu, with the result that its print edition price is up; however the PDF and Epub remain as they were. And that's it for this series of posts. A small lifetime output, but one should always know when to stop yammering. :) homecomings By risa bear View this Author's Spotlight Paperback, 229 Pages [image: homecomings] Price: $12.99 Ships in 3-5 business days At the age of fifty-six, Risa sets out to find herself, having lived until that moment as someone else entirely. By the author ... more »
Alice Embree and Phil Prim : Remembering Judy Smith
Judith Hart Smith, 1944-2013 Judy Smith was the face of feminism at The Rag for many years. Judy Smith, who had a great and lasting impact on all who knew and worked with her, died November 6, 2013, in Missoula, … finish reading Alice Embree and Phil Prim : Remembering Judy Smith
Musical Interlude: Yanni, “Standing in Motion, Live At The Acropolis”
Yanni, “Standing in Motion, Live At The Acropolis” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rakCMMC1U
Today’s Bridgegate scoop on January 14 , 2014 : Christie met with official responsible for bridge lane closings while they were happening ...... The heat is turning higher on Christie - New Jersey Assembly announces special Bridgegate investigation committee as Christie's problems pile up , note that The committee, under the leadership of Assemblyman John Wisniewski, has been given special counsel and subpoena power it can use to find the motive behind the lane closures on George Washington Bridge last September. Gov. Christie is also facing a federal investigation into his use of Hurricane Sandy relief funds — and both scandals are ballooning as he has to deliver his state address on Tuesday.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/01/14/todays-bridgegate-scoop-christie-met-with-official-responsible-for-bridge-lane-closings-while-they-were-happening/ Today’s Bridgegate scoop: Christie met with official responsible for bridge lane closings while they were happening POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON JANUARY 14, 2014 BY ALLAHPUNDIT And I use the term “met with” loosely. I’m skeptical that Christie’s innocent but this story’sgetting way more hype today than it deserves. Gov. Chris Christie was with the official who arranged the closure of local lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge on ... more »
Gold And Silver Report January 12 , 014 - Ed Steer's Saturday missive ... And additional pertinent news , data and views touching on the precious metals !
Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/its-8amet-do-you-know-where-your-precious-metals-smackdown ( Manipulation so easy , even a caveman can do it.. ) It's 8amET, Do You Know Where Your Precious Metals Smackdown Is? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/13/2014 08:29 -0500 - Australia - Barclays - Bloomberg New - British Pound - Central Banks - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Deutsche Bank - LIBOR - London Fixing - Market Manipulation - None - Precious Metals - State Street <span id="l... more »
Is Fukushima iradating the west coast of North America?
There is so much clutter out there who knows. What I do see is more and more stories like this breaking into the mainstream. Something is happening and Nuclear Experts are being mobilized to spin away. H/T Yesterdays Lies
Critics agree Upstream Color one of 2013 Top Movies
Rotten Tomatoes picks it as fourth best Sci Fi on the year. IO9 picks it as number one movie of the year. Suspended Disbelief Steve says its the first movie of the twenty first Century.
All I Wanna Say Is, They Don't Really Care About Us...
Beat me, hate me You can never break me Will me, thrill me You can never kill me Jew me, sue me Everybody do me Kick me, kike me, Don't you black or white me, All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us **** me, sue meEverybody do meKick me, **** me,Don't you overwrite meAll I wanna say is that They don't really care about us....*
let them stay week day 3: email or call minister chris alexander
Today is a very important day in Let Them Stay Week 2014. Today we flood some inboxes! If you support US war resisters in Canada, please take a moment to call or email the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Chris Alexander. Ask him to ensure that no more US war resisters are forced out of Canada for their opposition to an illegal and immoral war, and to enact a provision to let them stay in Canada. You can send an email from this Take Action page, or write your own message and email it to: Minister@cic.gc.ca and chris.alexander@parl.gc.ca. Please copy the opposition leaders a... more »
"in the midst of madness, one soldier has refused to participate": let them stay week, revolutionary thought of the day, and other coincidences
Don't you love it when everything comes together? It's Let Them Stay Week 2014, I'm thinking about the US war resisters in Canada, and about war resistance in general. And I'm reading a terrific youth novel, *Flight*, by Sherman Alexie, both fast-paced and rich with insight and meaning. And I come upon this passage. And if this doesn't qualify as a Revolutionary Thought of the Day, I don't know what does. Without stopping, the white soldier reaches down and picks up Bow Boy. Cradles the child in one arm. And the white soldier keeps running. He's running towards the faraway hills. To... more »
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*Show your support for our South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East this Thursday!* *Dear Editilla, Opposition to the Big Oil Lawsuit has not been quashed yet. * *At the last meeting in December, members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East were criticized for filing the historic suit.* [image: http://restorelouisiananow.org/]*The suit demands that the industry fix the damage it caused to our coast. * * We need to show the Board members we're still here in strong support. It's critical that we continue to show our support for the Big Oil Lawsuit.*... more »
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*Support Our Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East this Thursday!* Dear Editilla, Opposition to the Big Oil Lawsuit has not been quashed yet. At the last meeting in December, members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East were criticized for filing the historic suit. [image: http://restorelouisiananow.org/]The suit demands that the industry fix the damage it caused to our coast. We need to show the Board members we're still here in strong support. *It's critical that we continue to show our support for the Big Oil Lawsuit.* WHAT: Board meeti... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Scott Young and 'Iroquois Speak'
SCOTT YOUNG and “IROQUOIS SPEAK” Posted on January 14, 2014 Mohawk Nation News Jan. 13, 2014. It was a warm day in October 1965 when Scott Young, of the Globe and Mail, spoke to an elder and I In Toronto. We had just arrived from Kahnawake for a 3-day conference, the “iroquois Speak”, at the Royal York Hotel. We had struggled to get there in an old car. The passenger door was tied
Chris Hedges on the Nation's Largest Governor
From Nation of Change: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been Wall Street’s anointed son for the presidency. He is backed by the most ruthless and corrupt figures in New Jersey politics, including the New Jersey multimillionaire and hard-line Democratic boss George Norcross III. Among his other supporters are many hedge fund managers and corporate executives and some of the nation’s most retrograde billionaires, including the Koch brothers. The brewing scandal over the closing of traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge apparently in retaliation for the Fort Lee mayor’s refusal... more »
Musical Interlude: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”
Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZFVZ2YFdNo
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? No. In fact, a rarely discernable faint glow known as the gegenschein (German for "counter glow") can be seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky. The gegenschein is sunlight back-scattered off small interplanetary dust particles. These dust particles are millimeter sized splinters from asteroids and orbit in the ecliptic plane of the planets. *Click image for larger size.* Pictured above from last year is one of the more spectacular pictures of the gegenschein yet taken. Here a deep exposure of an extr... more »
"Human Life..."
“Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does of us in our absence. Human society is founded on mutual deceit; few friendships would endure if each knew what his friend said of him in his absence, although he then spoke in sincerity and without passion. Man is then only disguise, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in himself and in regard to others. He does not wish any one to tell him the truth; he avoids telling it to others, and all these dispositions, so removed from justice and reason, have a natura... more »
Monsanto Wins, who lost?
Its not a clear-cut disaster but it does re affirm Monsanto's hold on the seed world. H/T Stranger in a Strange Land
Chet Raymo, “Imagination and Knowledge”
*“Imagination and Knowledge”* by Chet Raymo “A few weeks ago I mentioned a quote attributed to Einstein: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." I had not been able to discover its source. Reader Michael Medeiros came to the rescue. The quote is from an interview by George Sylvester Viereck in the October 26, 1929 issue of the “Saturday Evening Post”- which I now have in hand. GSV: "If you owe so little to the experience of others, how do you account for sudden leaps forward in the sphere of science? Do you ascribe your own discoveries to intuition or inspiration?" AE: ... more »
Skousen celebrates new non-destructive growth measurement
[image: GDP] As I mentioned the other day, mainstream economists are talking up New Zealand as a “rock star” economy on the basis both of expectations of greater demand from China for our milk products, but also because of greater consumption spending. The latter can only figure as “growth” if the way you measure growth is based on consumption rather than production, which is exactly what so-called Gross Domestic Product measures – measuring spending on retail goods or by government (which is *all* consumption spending) as production, but ignoring most of the production that make... more »
The Daily "Near You?
Troy, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Archaeology and Bias
Radio 4's often engaging *Beyond Belief *tackled the fascinating topic of 'Archaeology and Religion' this week. Ernie Rea's guests were: Professor Robin Coningham, the man who led the excavation in Nepal which seems to have proved that Buddha lived around 200-300 years earlier that is commonly supposed; Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou of Exeter University, an occasional BBC presenter who specialises in Israelite and Judahite history; and Professor Tim Insoll of Manchester University, whose main work is in the field of early Islam. All three believe that they are not biased in... more »
"13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare"
*"13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare"* by HuffPo Staff "Like Precalculus and Newton's laws, Shakespeare's plays are among the most groaned-about high school topics, begetting the complaint: "When will I ever need to know about this in real life?" Turns out, pretty often. Shakespeare can be credited for the invention of thousands of words that are now an everyday part of the English language (including, but not limited to, "eyeball," "fashionable," and "manager.") In addition to his being a particularly clever wordsmith, Shakespeare's word invention can be... more »
BOOK REVIEW: Antifragile?
*Guest post by David Howden* BOOK REVIEW: *Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, *Nassim Nicholas Taleb (New York: Random House, 2012). In the world of economists and policy wonks, no two buzzwords define the ongoing financial crisis more than “contagion” and “robustness.” The current interrelated nature of the financial system has bred a fragile situation where the success or failure of the greater economy supposedly hinges critically on its individual components, such as banks that are too big to fail. To combat this fragility, economists have increasingly sought to bu... more »
John Kane 'Back to our path is not a trip backward'
Back to Our Path is not a Trip Backward Photo by Stephanie Kane By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News Many of us are familiar with our expression Ohnkwe Ohnwe. It is what we use to describe ourselves as the original people of Turtle Island. The approximate translation is “real human being, forever.” There was never any question that we had a future. We were never tied to a spot
The Policy Implications of Market-Driven Research, Part V
I have long been frustrated by the Shanker’s Institute’s Matt DiCarlo’s equating the spin of corporate reformers with the counter-arguments of teachers and education experts. When reading DiCarlo’s earlier account of Thomas Dee’s and James Wyckoff’s “Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance,” I started cussing at the computer. He challenged the national education reformers’ chorus that […]
Is Our Economic Ignorance Increasing?
At the Financial Times John Authers writes ($) of the graph shown above: Compared to expectations pre-crisis, Richard Dobbs of the McKinsey Global Institute suggests companies simply expect less growth than they once did. More technically, Mr Dobbs points to a steady rise in Solow’s Residual. Named for Robert Solow, the Nobel laureate economist, it refers to the proportion of growth that cannot be accounted for by extra labour or extra capital. From 1920 to 1950, this figure was about 33 per cent. Now, according to McKinsey, the Solow Residual has risen to 50 per cent. What is the ... more »
REACTIONS TO AIPAC'S ATTEMPT TO KILL IRAN DEAL
There has been alot of buzz across the Internet the last couple of days about the swelling opposition in Congress to the Iran nuclear deal. Right-wing Republicans and Democrats have joined up for a strong effort to kill any deal with Iran by unilaterally increasing already painful sanctions. Israel wants Iran taken down. Below is an excellent take on the issue by Kevin Zeese who helps run PopularResistance.org It seems like right now there is not a lot of likelihood [Senate leader] Harry Reid will let any vote come to the floor. It is definitely a destructive bill that pushes... more »
AMRITSAR CONSPIRACY
The CIA, Mossad and MI6 were not keen on Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated shortly after the 1984 Amristar massacre. *Britain's SAS regiment helped carry out the massacre in Amritsar in India in 1984.* *Amritsar massacre* This is according to newly released official documents. *The documents show that a British SAS officer helped the Indian authorities come up with a plan, Operation Blue Star, to remove Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in the city of Amritsar.* The documents show that Margaret Thatcher was fully aware of the SAS involvement. Around 1,000 peop... more »
THE RISE OF FASCISM
- This is a very good video and fills many gaps in our US history. Our organizing needs to point out and name this corporate fascism or else it'smaniacal egowill grow and become even more repressive. We are right on the edge of the wall now. Time to protect the kids and push back. - I once saw George W. Bush's Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld briefly quoted on video. He was walking out of the Pentagon and spoke this one powerful line: "We plan everything." Rumsfeld was answering the question about the quagmire that Iraq had become and the press was wond... more »
I wish I could quote Marry Poppins
When you do not know what to say, “summon up this word and then you’ve got a lot to say! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” says Marry Poppins. I wish I could quote her when I do not know what to say to an MA student who wants to get a Ph.D. but perhaps should not. I think I Continue reading
Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation
Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation. via Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 1
** I accidentally scheduled today's show for 15 minutes. Once the 15 minutes of live air time were up, we had exactly one hour of recorded time. I didn't realize that and the show ended abruptly after 1 hour and 15 minutes. Eli will be joining me on Tuesday, January 28th at 8am PST to conclude our discussion on early American history and the Founding Fathers. Sorry about the mistaken today! ** On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pastor El James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing early American history, the American Revolution... more »
Can you hear me now?
Most of you have seen this: This is just a part of the latest $9 million advertising campaign embarked upon by the Harper government to convince you that they are wrapping their loving arms around you and are going to give you everything you ever wanted on your smartphone for a whole lot less money than you pay now. But, as with all things Harper, it is an ad campaign about nothing. You will
The Economy: “Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”
*“Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”* by Bill Bonner “US stocks fell about 1% yesterday (give or take). Let's see, the total value of the stocks trading on the NYSE is about $17 trillion. So, yesterday erased about $170 billion worth of 'wealth.' By our reckoning, there's about $7 trillion left to go. It's too early to call a top... but we wouldn't want to be sitting on the uppermost branch of this tree. The higher up you go, the more dangerous your perch. From where we stand – on the ground and in plenty of cash and gold – the whole thing looks scary. There are too many people... more »
GMOs, Greenpeace and Public Health
Sometime in July 2013, I had a debate with some Greenpeace activists, about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). I initially called them as “anti-CO2, anti-coal, anti-nat gas, anti-nuke, anti-GMO, anti-Bt corn, anti everything”. The GP guy, Francis, replied that they are “against burning coal and fossil fuels, not only because doing so produces CO2 that causes global warming and nuclear power is beset with a lot of issues, esp. safety issues. but we are not "anti-everything" in fact, we are for other cleaner and safer sources of energy and energy efficiency. our stand against GMOs... more »
Kornacki knows what he’s talking about!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014* *Suggests a billion good reasons for the access lane closings:* Steve Kornacki has been breaking the rules established for cable news talent. He seems to know what he’s talking about. He doesn’t restrict himself to the mouthing of nostrums and scripts and to the dropping of R-bombs. Kornacki is especially well versed concerning the state of New Jersey, where he began his journalistic career. This has made him the press corps’ most valuable player concerning the Fort Lee fandango. Why did those crazy lane closings occur? Kornacki explained his theory all ... more »
Fascinating! “Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”
*“Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”* “In 1927 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever color film footage around London. He captured everyday life in the city with a technique innovated by his father, called Biocolour. Though we usually think of French names like Lumiere and Melies when we think of early film pioneers, Friese-Greene’s technique captures London in striking detail, as if putting the whole city in a time capsule. The people, now long since gone, pass before us like ghosts. What’s striking is, apart from the noticeably formal clothing and a ... more »
"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"
*"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"* By Mort Amsel “Where is the plane? There are many basic questions that remain unanswered from the World Trade Center attacks 13 years ago. Why did WTC 7 fall, where is the plane in Pennsylvania, where is the plane here at the Pentagon? I think those 3 are the simplest and biggest questions left unanswered. Below is unaired, unseen-before footage in HD of the attack on the Pentagon that day. -Mort” Offically we’re told that “American Airlines Flight 77 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, ... more »
请邮寄此无处不在，你看到的文章声称，沙特做9-11，是恐怖分子等，这是为下一步的入侵又一石油资源丰富的国家。 作为媒体试图帧沙特阿拉伯9-11（就像他们在伊拉克所做辩解战争），你可能要花点时间回去看一些的9-11的故事。
The Secret Service at Booker Elementary: The Dog That Did Not Bark SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE CIA'S HIGHEST RANKS The Five Dancing Israelis Arrested On 9-11 Odigo Workers Received Warning of 9/11 Attacks All 9/11 Airports Serviced by One Israeli Owned Company The Israeli Spy Ring THE CONTROLLED COLLAPSE OF WTC 7 The BBC Announced WTC 7's Collapse 26 Minutes Before the Building Came Down Shaped Charges and the World Trade Center Collapses
JFK50 : Mark Lane of US Army Intelligence, and the KGB
*"...he had watched in horror from the windows of his embassy as officers of the hated Hungarian security service were strung up from lampposts. Andropov remained haunted for the rest of his life by the speed with which an apparently all-powerful Communist one-party state had begun to topple. * *When other Communist regimes later seemed at risk - in Prague in 1968, in Kabul in 1979, in Warsaw in 1981, he was convinced that, as in Budapest in 1956, only armed force could ensure their survival."* *In 1992, KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin defected to the UK with notes and copies of ... more »
WATCHING STORY GROW: Ditto-heads speak!
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014* *Part 2—Maddow’s important new theory:* In this morning’s editions, the New York Times continues to report that the motive for the lane closings has been established: “Last week, documents showed that one of Mr. Christie’s top aides gave the signal to his associates at the Port Authority to close two lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in an act of political, *traffic-jamming vengeance against the mayor of Fort Lee, a Democrat who had declined to endorse the governor”* (our italics). So Kate Zernike still says. According to the Times, those d... more »
Tuesday Linkage
Digital Media and Human Security At Lawfare Blog, Jean Marie Simon’s review of Robert Nickelberg’s Afghanistan: A Distant War explores the role of digital photography in constructing wartime imaginaries. At Reductress, Andi Sharavsky describes the “Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging Third-World Children.” Is there no end to the damage caused by Edward Snowden? Iranians Continue reading
We Can't Protect Our Misleaders, Incompetent As They Are, And Expect to Prevail--Or Survive
In putting the welfare of her friend, Randi Weingarten, ahead of everything else, Diane Ravitch has triggered a firestorm of criticism against her friend by many teachers who have, in the past, set on the sideline watching, as Randi and her posse of lawyers have handed over mile after mile of public school territory to the invading corporate horde of insatiable profiteers and Washington extortionists. Here are Ravitch’s latest remarks in the comments section of her blog post, “Why I Defend Randi:” When you fight among yourselves–a bad habit among progressives–you lose. Watch “The ... more »
Is industrial hemp the ultimate energy crop?
Did you know that the US first President George Washington grew Hemp? By the way, did you know that the US Government/corporation owns all the patents on medical cannabis cures and treatments? Hemp is one of the ultimate renewable resources of our planet. From paper, to fabric, to bio fuel, to medicine,...... 60 Ways to use your Hempand another article of interest in the hemp arena http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/05/hemp-could-free-us-from-oil-prevent.html Original Article HERE: http://theconversation.com/is-industrial-hemp-the-ultimate-energy-crop-20707 2 Januar... more »
Kark Denninger, Health Care: “Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”; A Comment
*“Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”* by Kark Denninger "That's the overpressure relief valve trying to prevent it from blowing sky-high... According to the numbers released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only 24 percent – or 489,460 – of the 2.2 million people who signed up for ACA were in the coveted 18-to-34 age range. Uh, they were looking for 40%. They didn't get there. They didn't get anywhere near there. This is a major problem, because the rates that were filed were predicated on that. With the demographics that actually have come in, that is, people d... more »
Expressions Vinyl $25 Giftcard Giveaway
[image: Giveaway, Expressions Vinyl, What Does the Fox Say?] Last week I shared a couple of projects I made using Expressions Vinyl. It was my first experience using Expressions Vinyl and I have to say I am hooked. I used two different kinds of heat transfer in my projects and both were easy to use, easy to weed and ironed on beautifully. In fact, since posting the fox shirts, I have promised my five nephews to make them matching fox shirts too. Expressions Vinyl carries everything you could want for your cutting machines, including all of the Silhouette Starter Kits, rhinestones, he... more »
Blackfish. An Editorial by Barbara Ann Levy, LCAT, Creative Arts Therapist
As the curator of this site I don't speak out frequently but instead simply post videos on this blog for you to draw your own conclusions but this time is different. I am heartsick. The brutality of dolphins, whales and our environment must stop. Last night I followed *The Cove* postings on Twitter and broke down into tears of deep grief for the marine mammals as reports of heinous abuse, manhandling of female dolphins for example and their capture, torture and sadistic killing were tweeted by observors of small spotted dolphins. I have personal experience and have interacted w... more »
Iraq’s Oil Industry Stagnant In 2013
Despite hopes for continued growth, Iraq’s oil industry was stagnant in 2013. It not only exported less oil than 2012, but it didn’t earn as much either. That hasn’t stopped the Oil Ministry from predicting huge expansion in 2014. Most of the major oil fields in the south are going to increase production this year, but that can’t be exploited unless the government’s infrastructure projects are completed on time. There are several large ones that are to be finished by this summer. Baghdad has never done anything on schedule however, but they will eventually be finished, and when th... more »
MILITARY COUNCIL OF ANBAR VIDEOS
Rebels Outside Of Fallujah Jan 12, 2014 Iraqi Army soldiers surrender Jan 11, 2014 Rebels with Iraqi Army vehicles Jan 11, 2014
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