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Hi from me and baby Midas, who now tops the scales at 16 pounds! He is
growing like a little weed and seems to have increasing energy every day
which exhausts Kurt and I as well as Gretel. We still love the little guy
though,.
I have no clue where to start and cannot believe it's been 2 months since
my last post! Life has been crazy busy. So much to do, so little time.
Literally.
Plan right now is for Kurt to start the move to Costa Rica in late April
with me moving sometime in May.
Trying not to be overwhelmed with everything we have to do before we
leave.....ugh. On top of... more »
Ponca Casey Camp at Rights of Nature Summit Tribunal in Ecuador
Opening
Ceremony of Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature – January 14, 2014
- Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca), Osprey Orielle Lake, Elise Garcia, Silver
Donald Cameron and Cormac Cullinen.
Photo by Sister Patricia Siemen, OP
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The Rights of Nature Summit and Tribunal is now underway in Ecuador. It
follows the Rights of Mother Earth Conference in Cochabamba,
New Jersey Bridgegate scandal news January 16 , 2014 - Lead story --- New Christie bridge scandal subpoenas target governor's top aides, advisers -- 17 people issued subpoenas today ! Another major development -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has found no evidence that lane closures in Fort Lee during the second week of September were the result of a traffic study according to a statement issued by the U.S. Senator investigating the controversy today.
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/new_christie_bridge_scandal_subpoenas_include_governors_staffers.html
( Bridgegate heating up as subpoenas fly ... )
TRENTON — Some of Gov. Chris Christie's closest aides and advisers — as
well as his re-election campaign committee — are among those subpoenaed
this evening by the newly formed state Assembly panel investigating the
George Washington Bridge scandal, The Star-Ledger has learned.
Kevin O'Dowd, Christie's pick to serve as the state's new Attorney General,
is among the 17 people issued subpoenas today, according to a source ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Gold News January 16 , 2014 - China's relentles accumulation of gold and th curious case of Germany M.I.A gold ( MIA from France and US Central Banks ) getting more coverage as German concerns regarding gold manipulation become more active and visible .....Even Glenn Beck has caught on to gold manipulation and Germany missing gold !
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2014/01/china-claims-to-have-third-largest-gold.html
( This seems a tad low , but take it for what it's worth. Could simply be
what China is willing to acknowledge having at this point in time.... )
16 JANUARY 2014
China Claims To Already Have the Third Largest Gold Reserves in the World
*It should be noted that this report is sourced from 'ScrapMonster.' I have
found it on the webpage for the Shanghai Metals Market. The numbers in this
article do not agree with the latest reports from the World Gold Council,
which by the way is hopeless... more »
Lies of the US Government January 13 , 2014 -- Benghazi LIE -- Fox News’ James Rosen is reporting that newly declassified documents show that, minutes after the initial terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the president was briefed on an “attack,” not a protest or a video......... Fukushima - lies to the US sailors on the Ronald Reagan , lies to the rest of us about the ongoing hazards.......... Healthcare..... Today's whopper from Harry Reid ......... NSA , WH lies --- Government Is Spying On Us Through Our Computers, Phones, Cars, Buses, Streetlights, at Airports and On The Street, Via Mobile Scanners and Drones, Through Our Smart Meters, and In Many Other Ways
Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Benghazi..... President and Hillary told big whoppers !
http://twitchy.com/2014/01/13/fox-news-president-briefed-on-attack-on-benghazi-not-protest-or-video/
Fox News’ James Rosen is reporting that newly declassified documents show
that, minutes after the initial terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in
Benghazi, the president was briefed on an “attack,” not a protest or a
video. Rosen reports:
Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on
Sept. 11, 2012, the nation’s top civilian and uniformed defense officials
— headed for a previously scheduled Oval Of... more »
Financial News of note January 16 , 2014..... Who Are The Top Holders Of US Treasurys ( And the top holder is neither China nor Japan ) ..... HSBC cruising for a bruising ? The Latest HSBC Scandal: An $80 Billion Capitalization Shortfall ..... Precious Metals Manipulation Worse Than Libor Scandal, German Regulator Says - Deutsche Bank a focus of Bafin interviews ? Detroit Bankruptcy Judge trets Bank of America and UBS as the unsecured creditors they are -- Detroit bankruptcy judge blocks $165 million payment to banks
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-16/who-are-top-holders-us-treasurys
Who Are The Top Holders Of US Treasurys
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2014 20:21 -0500
- China
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Yesterday, when the Treasury released its TIC data early by mistake, the
update that China's holdings rose to a record $1.317 trillion caused a stir.
This was confusing, since while China, which as we reported yesterday, now
has a record $3.8 trillion in reserves having grown by $500 billion in
2013, has barely invested in US paper, and in fact going back to 2010... more »
VIDEO Secwepemc Women Warrior Society say no to Kinder Morgan pipeline
Published
on Jan 14, 2014
Their opposition is to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline
proposing to cut through the heart of their Secwepemc Nation, crossing
countless clean rivers, creeks and streams, carrying 890,000 barrels of
crude oil per day, coming from the controversial Alberta Tar Sands. No
Pipelines! No Surrender! No Compromise! This unceded Secwepemc and we
speak for our
Here It Comes: Obama Considering Executive Order To Raise Minimum Wage - Here is the skinny - At his meeting with Democratic Senators last night, President Obama indicated that he is giving serious consideration to executive action designed to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors, according to one Senator who was present. ..... More talk or will he act ? Time will tell !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-16/here-it-comes-obama-considering-executive-order-raise-minimum-wage
Here It Comes: Obama Considering Executive Order To Raise Minimum Wage
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/16/2014 18:51 -0500
- Bernie Sanders
- Capital Markets
- France
- Great Depression
- headlines
- President Obama
- Reality
- White House
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We thought that all perfectly idiotic headlines regarding the encroachment
of central-planning would come from traditional banana republics as
Venezuela, and o... more »
Well, kudos to the kid at YEG...
...for
pointing out a massive hole in Canadian airport security. . What does
CATSA, the last stage before the departure gate, do with an actual bomb?
Sigh. Well, thankfully the young man wasn't shot or tased. Just wait for
the new security surcharges and second set of scanners common in other
countries.
Presidential Races - Progressive Liberals Weep.
I've watched for years while RepubliCONS sat in the White House.
and I wept
I've stayed up late to watch many hours of election returns
and most time - I wept
Voted for President Obama not once but twice - hoping I would see some
liberal progressive policies.
But alas 2010 elections gave him a RepubliCON house and all was for naught.
One man can not rule - that is a dictatoship - he needed a House and Senate
to support his policies and we didn't give it to him.and I wept
And then to top it off the RepubliCONS maliciously plotted against Obama -
vile RepubliCONs, a bunch of bullies - v... more »
let them stay week day 5: social media thursday
Today in Let Them Stay Week 2014 is Social Media Thursday!
- Change your Facebook picture to the picture above to show support for US
war resisters in Canada. You can also find the photo on our website,
resisters.ca.
- Invite your friends to change their picture, too.
- Tweet your support for war resisters, using #LetThemStay.
- Follow @WarResisters and retweet our messages throughout the day.
What Will New Jersey's Universal Pre-K Look Like?
Universal pre-K is a no brainer when it comes to providing children with a
good start. Then again, brains appear to be in short supply here in New
Jersey as voters swept a corrupt Christie administration into office AGAIN.
His record and polices that have hurt just about everyone in the state is
as clear as the view from the George Washington Bridge on a sunny day.
While Christie and his cronies in Trenton hide out from the media, lawyers
and the public, Barbara Buono's legislation on school funding reform is
making its way to the legislature and getting some serious attention,
F... more »
#CAEP strikes out.
As I have posted in the past I am no fan of CAEP (Council for the
Accreditation of Educator Preparation) and I have criticized AACTE
(American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education) for supporting the
CAEP standards. Today I simply would like to present three reasons why
opting out of CAEP is warranted. 1) Violates Academic Freedom and Research
Ethics 1.4 Providers […]
Does God exist?
This topic has perplexed me since I was a young kid and I still don't know
the answer. Input from the fellow bloggers will be appreciated.
*Does God exist?*
If the answer is 'yes' then why God is hiding from his creation.
*"The Hiddenness of God"A related problem is that of divine hiddenness.
Many people are perplexed and see as problematic that, if God exists, God
does not make his existence sufficiently clear and available. The problem,
concisely stated, can be put this way. If God exists as the perfect,
loving, omnibenevolent being that theists have generally taken God to... more »
Stephen Harper's gift to Canada
He is trying hard to make Canada prosperous.:)
"Psychopaths: 'Intra-species Predators'"
*"Psychopaths: 'Intra-species Predators'"*
by Various Authors
*A comment:* Sometimes what’s happening in this world seems nearly
indescribably insane. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, “Once you’ve eliminated
the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
Wars, economic crises, fiscal madness, none of these things just happen
spontaneously, all by themselves. Perhaps there is a logical explanation.
You'll find many posts about psychopathy on this blog, for very good
reasons. It would explain much... - CP
•
*"Study: Psychopaths Have 'Potholed' Brains"*
by Kate ... more »
"Mad-dog Mean..."
“Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make
it,
then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose
your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That’s just the
way it is.”
– “The Outlaw Josey Wales”
“Parasitic Derivatives - One Quadrillion Dollars: Too Big to Understand”
*“Parasitic Derivatives - One Quadrillion Dollars: Too Big to Understand”*
By David Hague
“I recently returned from two weeks of ‘high level’ meetings with a group
of Bankers [this is code for two weeks of subsidized debauchery with
bankers] in Rome. As I sat at my desk, I was hoping to motivate myself to
pursue a more chaste and pure existence. Unfortunately the Polar Vortex
experienced by North America drained me of my good intentions. The bone
chilling cold once again had me reaching for my trusty bottle of Jack
Daniels for warmth and inspiration. My time in Rome had not been com... more »
Thailand: Regime Threatens Terrorism If Elections "Delayed"
Wall Street-backed Thaksin regime plans to use armed militants if elections
are "delayed."
*January 16, 2014* (ATN) - Even as the Washington Post calls peaceful
protesters "anti-democracy militants," Thaksin Shinawatra's regime openly
admits it will use armed violence if upcoming sham elections are delayed.
In a stunning and terrifying admission published in Bangkok Post's article
titled, "Radical reds 'stocking arms' for city fight," it's stated that:
Independent red-shirt militants and former supporters of the Pheu Thai
Party from the lower Northeast region told the Bangkok Post... more »
Fort Lee: Working to avoid basic facts!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014*
*Rachel [HEART] Mayor Sokolich:* Over the weekend, an important new fact
emerged, or seemed to emerge, in the Fort Lee story. Here it is:
Mayor Mark Sokolich actually *was* asked to endorse Governor Christie!
This basic fact is only “new” because Sokolich made a point of saying the
opposite as recently as last Wednesday. Over the weekend, he changed his
story, as we first noted on Monday.
We’ve noted this fact several times because it’s a very *basic* fact, given
the way the Fort Lee story has been reported. You’d think the fact that
Sokolich changed h... more »
This Is Pathetic: Canadian Jewish Controlled Prime Minister To Become First Canadian Leader To Address Criminal Israeli Parliament!
As a Canadian, I am more and more disgusted with everything I see happening
in this country that at one time truly was probably the most free nation on
the planet. It sickens me to see that this great nation has become
subverted by criminal Jewish interests and is now nothing more than another
slave to the criminal state of Israel!
I want to present the following article, that comes from the Winnipeg Free
Press online news service, at www.winnipegfreepress.com, that absolutely
disgusts me... According to this article, the criminal Canadian Prime
Minister, Stephen Harper, will shor... more »
Gaza Wrecking Ball - A parody of the Miley Cyrus single
"They came in with a wrecking ball
Tore down our homes and all we loved
All we wanted was to live our lives
All they ever did was hate us
Yeah, they, hate us"
In August 2005, the State of Israel forcefully evacuated 9,000 Jews from
the Gush Katif "Harvest Belt" of Gaza and from northern Samaria. Orange was
the color of the protest. While billed as an act of peace, the operation
has caused untold devastation to both Jews and Arabs alike. Ultimately, it
was a strategic retreat, an act of appeasement of Palestinian terror and an
act of aggression against innocent Jews. The story of... more »
Public Meeting To Discuss Closing 12 Memphis Schools to Benefit Charter Industry and Gates Plan
A local columnist in Memphis, Wendi Thomas, has a cynical piece today in
the Memphis Corporate Appeal on the planned shutdown of 12 more Memphis
schools.
The Shelby County School Board, which represents the interests of the
corporate machine, has brought in an economist from Chicago to assure the
local media and politicians that the closure of 47 schools in Chicago is
fine, because, after all, the closures have not affected test scores in
Chicago. How the Chicago researcher knows this is hard to tell, since the
closures were only approved at the end of the last school year! So, s... more »
Books I am most looking forward to in 2014
2014 is going to be a good year for YA books. We are getting the
conclusions to some of my favorite series and some middle of series books
that should be excellent. We are finally getting the conclusion to some
series that we have been waiting years for. Here are the ones I am most
excited for, in general order by release date.
Evertrue- This third and final book in Everneath series features a
retelling of the Persephone story. Nikki has been tricked into becoming
part of the Everneath and now she must work to bring regain her mortality
so she can stay with the one she loves on E... more »
The BBC replies...
You may recall a couple of recent posts complaining about a recent episode
of 'Newsnight'. I'll quote from Sue's post about the incident here:
I forgot to mention Paxo’s interview with Dieudonne’s holocaust denying,
far-right political ally Alain Soral on Newsnight. I missed the intro, but
I hear he was introduced as ‘French writer and film-maker”. This is a
good example of the BBC breaching its guidelines on impartiality.
The BBC should tell the audience exactly whose opinion they’re hearing, and
not mask, where relevant, the extreme political/ideological affiliations of
a guest... more »
Did you know improperly disposed of batteries could burn down your house?...(video)
*on an intellectual level I did and yet I haven't ever disposed of
batteries properly.*
Which is strange considering I am more than a little paranoid about fires
and quite terrified of electricity. So terrified that when unplugging
stuff I used to pull the cord rather than pulling the plug out of the wall
to keep as far away as possible from the source of the current. My hubby,
whose father worked for the fire department, broke me of that very bad
habit quite quickly.
Here are some *indoor electrical safety things that are good to review *(and
teach your kids.)
*From YouTub... more »
Comments on "Arne Duncan: School Expectations Are Too Low in the United States"
From US NEWS and WORLD REPORT, Jan 14, 2014 My comments posted
on:http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/01/14/arne-duncan-school
expectations-are-too-low-in-the-united-states
ARE TEACHERS STUPID?
"... teachers in America often come from the bottom of the academic barrel
.... Duncan said ..."
There is no evidence this is true - Please see: "Are teachers stupid?" By
Jeff McQuillan: http://xmca.ucsd.edu/yarns/3792?keywords=
THE NO EXCUSES ARGUMENT, AGAIN
"(Kati) Haycock gave examples of schools across the country – such as Halle
Hewetson Elementary in Las Vegas, George Hall Element... more »
“Why Congress May Curtail NSA Spying”
*“Why Congress May Curtail NSA Spying”*
by Adam Dick
“Continuing revelations of the extensive scope of the U.S. government’s
mass spying program, piled on top of decades of foreign intervention and
liberty suppression at home, can lead Americans to question if they should
give up their work for peace and liberty. Nevertheless, there is reason for
hope that pursuing this work will yield success.
Speaking with host Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, Ron Paul Institute (RPI)
Advisory Board Member Andrew Napolitano warns that the U.S. government has
established a mass spying program so invas... more »
CLOSER LOOK AT AIPAC
*The Daily Show*
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US Senators from both parties imperil the prospect of peace with Iran.
We are marching
Into new times, who can fathom what will rule. I hope you have been
listening because it will be crucial to ride the tide of the new rule.
Sask Progressive Doug Taylor Passes
*Douglas James Taylor*
*1956 - 2014*
*I lost a very good friend this week. Doug Taylor, author of a number of
progressive Canadian political blogs died on Monday, January 13, 2014. I
met Doug in 1973 when he was still a high school student. His zeal for a
progressive and fair society dates back decades to his youth.*
*Doug obtained a BA in sociology at the University of Regina in the
1970's.. His first employment after university was a contract to write the
history of SGEU. This was the first of a number of works he authored,
edited or contributed to over the ensuing years. He th... more »
Fort Lee: Watching story stubbornly hold!
*THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014*
*Facts are not stubborn things, Hardball edition:* In our last post, we
described the way Hardball’s Chris Matthews is scripting a story about Fort
Lee.
Chris is good at typecasting drama. When it comes to facts, not so much.
His craziest moment still has to be the Hardball show from December 2007
when he said, all through the hour, that Candidate Obama’s “mother and
maternal grandmother” were “Islamic.” To gaze in the void, just click here.
By that time, Chris had been pimping Obama for almost a year, part of his
war against Hillary Clinton. Incredibly... more »
Paris Celebrates 20 Years of Zapatistas Resistance!
By
Christine Prat
http://www.chrisp.lautre.net
Censored News
PARIS -- On Saturday January 11, a week of commemoration of the
Zapatista uprising in Chiapas started with a walk through Paris, and in
the evening, a common celebration with the Berber association Tamazgha. A
representative of the Tuareg National Liberation Movement (MNLA) was
invited and a film about the famous band Tinariwen (
Thailand: Wall Street to the Rescue
Wall Street's Washington Post condemns protesters in Bangkok - silently
complicit with regime's terror campaign.
*January 16, 2014* (ATN) - An editorial board piece in the Washington Post
titled, "Thailand’s anti-democracy protests should provoke a harsh rebuke
from the U.S.," states in no uncertain terms that the US should condemn
ongoing protests against unelected dictator Thaksin Shinawatra and his
nepotist-appointed proxy regime led by his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra. The
Washington Post argues:
Popular demonstrations against democracy are becoming an unfortunate trend
in de... more »
Does Your Religion Excuse Homophobic, Racist or Sexist Behavior At Work?
When I wrote the piece about Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and his
suspension for making racist and anti-gay comments in an interview done to
promote his show, many readers told me that Mr. Robertson should be
protected by religious discrimination laws. After all, the argument went,
he was only expressing his religious beliefs about gays.
*Bob *
Tt is not freedom of speech, it is freedom of RELIGION--what Phil said was
congruent with what the Bible says. Violation of the free exercise clause
is the issue, not speech. Can you imagine firing an employee because they
expressed atheist... more »
Oscar Nominations
Twelve Years a Slave does not belong. It torture porn. True story
nevertheless.
Full Interview, Part II, with Former Charter Teacher at Brooklyn Ascend
Part I of this interview with Emily Talmage, former charter school teacher,
was posted yesterday here. Part III will be posted tomorrow.
INT: How did the parents of these children feel about that [the rigidity
with no accommodations]?
R: I don't really know because I don't really know if they were aware of
what actually happened in the school. I never saw a parent actually come
in and observe a classroom. I never once saw a parent actually in the
school during school hours. I don't think they really knew what their kid
was being expected to do, and why they kept getting in tro... more »
On Leaders and Teacher Responsibility
On Leaders and Teacher Responsibility. via On Leaders and Teacher
Responsibility.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical
Variations to Mareva Orders properly brought to Superior Court and not Appeal Court
First Majestic Silver Corp. v. Davila, 2014 BCCA 11 deals with a Mareva
Order that parties sought to vary. Such is common and the question arise,
is the amendment better as part of an appeal or a variation at the Superior
Court level? British Columbia seems to hold the Superior Court:
[47] As is evident from my analysis, I am of the view the Variation
Order strikes a reasonable balance in a fluid situation, pending further
disclosure by the defendants and greater certainty as to whether their
appeal will proceed. As more information becomes available, the Supreme
Court is th... more »
WATCHING STORY GROW: Typecasting the latest drama!
*THURSDAY,
JANUARY 16, 2014*
*Part 4—Chris’ new love affair:* Thirteen years ago, E.R. Shipp
explained
the way this low-grade conduct works.
At the time, Shipp was serving as ombudsman for the Washington Post. In a
column called Typecasting Candidates, she explained the way a person
like
Chris Matthews reacts when story starts to grow.
That headline was very important. In a short but sharply insightful
column,Shipp explained the way the Post was “typecasting” the four
leading White
House contenders:
SHIPP (3/2/00): *Typecasting Candidates*
*...[R]eaders react—sometimes in a nonpart... more »
I Can't Drive 55
Since today's my 55th birthday, I suppose I should be playing Sammy
Hagar's, "I Can't Drive 55" but since I never could stand Sammy Hagar
(especially after he replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen), I think I'll
take a pass.
The blessed event happened at 9:50 PM, January 16, 1959. My incredibly
pregnant mother was, for some reason, picked for babysitting duty while my
paternal grandparents were out for the night. The twins, my Uncle Bobby and
Aunt Peggy, weren't quite a year-old, my Aunt Cathy not much older than
them and, for some reason, my Uncle Frankie, who was 14 years... more »
The Truth About Israel's Secret Nuclear Arsenal
I have become increasingly alarmed over the last while from the reports
about how some US bought and paid for Jewish shill Senators are about to
push a bill forward for vote that will basically give the criminal state of
Israel the green light to go ahead and attack Iran. For the longest time
these criminals in the US government along with their Jewish masters have
continued to lie to the public about Iran's non-existent nuclear weapons
facilities, and have continued to promote the lie that Iran is "several
months" away from actually building a nuclear bomb... All evidence clearly ... more »
Turkey- IHH, terror and tables being turned? Pt2
*Turkey- IHH, terror and tables being turned? Part 1*
The IHH office raid is highly suggestive to me that Erdogan is going to be
shown the door.
Unless he makes appropriate changes. Having to do with state banks and EU
acquiescence.
Fettulah Gulen made it possible for Erdogan to take office in Turkey. And
so it seems he can make it possible for Erdogan to be removed from office.
The move on the IHH reeks of cleaning house.
But not just for the reason of possibly removing Erdogan.
*Libya *The IHH had an office open in Benghazi, Libya. But when exactly
that aid office opened was nev... more »
Involuntary admission for psychiatric assessment
There are three ways that a person may be involuntarily admitted to a
psychiatric facility in Ontariofor a maximum 72 hour observation period.
Note that during the period treatment may not be given except with consent
and the purpose of the admission is for assessment only. Admission for
treatment after assessment is not assured and the person may be discharged
without treatment:
*Police *
When a person is acting in a disorderly manner, the *Mental Health Act*(Ontario) allows the police to take someone
*already* in custody to a designated psychiatric facility for examination
by a... more »
The most expensive painting sold to date
The Francis Bacon painting sold for $142 million dollars. The purchaser
theex wifeof a casino magnet. I have seen some great art, this aint it.
Although I
have seen it I would not include the Mona Lisa as something my artistic
mystic would want to keep. Rembrandt, Klimt, Van Gough, and Picasso
would
open my wallet, but I can not imagine a stages so strong it could
support a
purchase of even one. I know a guy who can paint the same so well that
an
art expert without x ray vision would say same. This is some obscene
misdirection of capital that surely Marx frowned upon, but what say... more »
Walking and Talking with Secretary Duncan
While too little focus is aimed at the substance of education reform claims
and the criticisms of the reform movement, critics of misguided education
reform are often discredited for their tone.
Beneath the political civility of political appointees, such as Secretary
of Education Arne Duncan, however, are equally offensive implications,
which compound the lack of evidence for their claims.
On one level, Duncan seems content to speak in empty slogans instead of
facing the hard problems facing U.S. children and our public schools. He
has worn out, it appears, "game changer" so now he... more »
Mexico: UFOs or Drones Over Reynosa?
*Source: www.horacero.com.mx and Planeta UFODate: 01.16.2014*
*Mexico: UFOs or Drones Over Reynosa?*
*By Francisco Santibañez (photo credit: Francisco Santibañez)*
REYNOSA, Tams. - For some months now, the skies over the city of Reynosa
have been a source of polemics among citizens, as hundreds of witnesses
claim having seen unusual red spheres traveling in threes in a triangular
formation.
These strange spheres appeared sporadically during the first months of
2013, but alarm over the lights was unleashed in the last three months of
this year. Sightings have once again become mo... more »
Comparing CC Support with Evidence Against
AFT president Randi Weingarten has recently changed positions on
value-added methods (VAM) for teacher evaluation, but maintains support for
Common Core (CC). With that shift to rejecting VAM, based on the solid
evidence base that shows high-stakes implementation of VAM is at least
complicated if not misleading, I would like to request that Weingarten and
AFT apply […]
James Peck, sometime between 1876 and 1884, likely on Blacklead Island, Cumberland Sound
Rev Peck was a Church of England missionary to the Inuit who popularized
syllabic writing and made Anglican texts available in Inuktitut
Court of Appeal direction regarding sentencing is mandatory
*R. v. Jafarian*, 2014 ONCA 9:
[3] However, the trial judge erred in principle in using the
sentencing of the appellant as an opportunity to send a message that
sentences for this kind of offences were “ridiculously low” because of the
direction of this court. The trial judge is obliged to accept the direction
of this court and should have concentrated on the specifics of the offence
and the circumstances of the offender.
PARANOIA REVIEWS - Minority Report - 1109 mirror-ed reads?
due to the 'random interference patterns' of scheduling clashes and
ongoing Hollywood projects running over time, Steven Spielberg's MINORITY
REPORT (2002) nearly didn't happen.
But it did, and just in time to commemorate September 11th 2001, that day
when all sorts of plane/building physics and intelligence/military
safe-guards failed The American People.
*notice the interference patterns*
*The film was first optioned in 1992 as a sequel to another Dick
adaptation, Total Recall, and started its development in 1997, after a
script by John Cohen reached Spielberg and Cruise. Product... more »
Scranton , Pa - Residents plead for the City to file for bankruptcy as compared with higher taxes !
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/01/scranton-residents-plead-for-bankruptcy.html
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:12 PM
Scranton Residents Plead for Bankruptcy vs. Higher Taxes; Different Than
Detroit
City officials in Scranton Pennsylvania have ignored pleas from residents
pleading for bankruptcy.
Instead, the city raised property taxes and trash fees nearly 60% and
tripled rental registration fees. The city's school district, which faced a
$4-million deficit, raised taxes 2.4%. The City Council, which in 2012
passed a 5% amusement tax on live entertainment, is now d... more »
War watch January 16 , 2016 - Syria sees Al Qaeda continuing to pick off rival rebels ....... Iraq sees Al Qaeda making greater inroads in Anbar Province - note Al Qaeda marching toward Baghdad ... NSA news - Obama shows his colors once again by punting regarding NSA reforms , US has a lot of never to preach to the world regarding cyber war......
Syria......
Al-Qaeda Car Bomb Kills 26 Rival Rebels in North SyriaBlast Targeted Key
Base Near Turkish Border
by Jason Ditz, January 15, 2014
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A suicide car bombing tore through the Aleppo Province town of Jarablos
today,killing 26 people, almost all of them rebel fighters from factions
fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) recently.
The bombing was attributed to AQI by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
pro-rebel mouthpiece that said it was likely retaliation for a recent turf
war in which factions have seized several AQI possessions.
Jarablos is close to the bo... more »
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*Coastal authority, levee board attorneys at odds over lawsuit ~Amy Wold,
N.O. Advocate*
*~Hat Tweet @Editilla~ Wherein @garretgraves runs shrieking into a crowded
theater: "This is bullshit man!"
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/SinglePost.aspx?PostId=102084080&lang=undefined …
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http://wwno.org/post/flood-protection-authority-defends-oil-and-gas-lawsuit-baton-rouge …
@WWNO*
*New Orleans Saints guard Jahri Evans named to USA Football
All-Fundamentals Team*
*City employees solicit Landrieu endorsements from neighborhood leaders
~Karen Gadbois, The Lens*
*Orleans Parish Sheriff M... more »
In-App Purchases by Kids: Apple Will Refund $32.5 Million to clients
Apple Inc will repay clients at least $32.5 million to settle venerable
complaints that the technology company billed U.S. consumers for charges
incurred by children buying *mobile apps* without their parents’ consent.
Under the conditions of the settlement, announced on Wednesday by the
national Trade Commission, Apple also will be necessary to change its
billing practices to ensure it has obtained consent from consumers before
charging for items sold in mobile apps.
Apple's App Store offers many games for kids, a large number of which
permit in-app purchases to be made. These p... more »
Teaching is the mother of innovation.
Promote Innovation Through Education, IStockPhoto.com It’s often said,
“necessity is the mother of invention.” Although this statement is true, I
firmly believe the teaching profession, itself, creates several “necessity”
moments. Since teachers use their creativity, on a daily basis, they’re
definitely “innovative” people. As a result, I often wonder why teachers
aren’t the world’s best […]
Transparency: IRS has Rules.... Do YOU know them?
Big Thank You to Justin for bringing this to my attention- more and more
transparency being brought forward and made public!
Whether or not they like it, the IRS HAS to follow their own rules- just as
every other perceived "government" and "agency" and corporation must do.
But, they get away with NOT following their rules when people are not made
aware that these rules exist. The first defense of your Rights is the
kNOWledge of the RULEs. .....
.... Those who kNOW the "rules", RULE.
I would suggest that anyone currently battling with the IRS download this
document and review ... more »
Rights of Nature Summit and Tribunal in Ecuador this week
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE EMERGENT “RIGHTS OF NATURE” MOVEMENT
TO HOLD ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT
FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC TRIBUNAL OF ACTUAL CASES OTAVALO & QUITO, ECUADOR: JANUARY 13‐17, 2014
By Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
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Tantoo Cardinal and Margot Kidder at the White House Keystone Tarsands Protest Before Being Arrested Photo: Milan Ilnyckyj
Key leaders
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Mohawk Nation News '1st False Flag'
1ST
FALSE FLAG
Posted on January 16, 2014
MNN. Jan. 16, 2014. The American Revolutionary War was sold to the
British colonial settlers on Great Turtle Island as an effort to break
away from England so they could become free of indebted slavery.
Washington: “What! None of us an swim?”
Cornwallis and Washington would meet every Thursday night in the Masonic
Lodge to prearrange all the
This Is My Hiroshima
Initially, I was a bit hesitant to do this but spurred on by fellow blogger
Theresa, and also because I haven't posted anything in forever and a day, I
decided to take the plunge. If you are at all familiar with the latest
ramblings of Neil Young you have a pretty good idea as to the motivation
behind this post. Theresa raises an excellent point (which I don't think
is emphasized enough) that often those critical of the oil sands fail to
distinguish between the industry and the surrounding community. To lump
Fort McMurray in with the oil patch is not only dishonest but unfair. An... more »
NEWSLETTER DONE
We wrapped up the Global Network newsletter today and it is off to the
print shop. You can see it online *here*. Our wonderful web master Dave
Webb in England got it up on the web site in record time. Dave also chairs
the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and serves as board convener of
the Global Network. He is one busy guy but now that he has retired from
teaching he somehow finds the time to fit it all together. I can't imagine
how he did it all before he retired.
There is extensive reporting in this issue about the US "pivot" into the
Asia-Pacific and anti-drone campa... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Enigmatic spiral galaxy NGC 1097 shines in southern skies, about 45
million light-years away in the chemical constellation Fornax. Its blue
spiral arms are mottled with pinkish star forming regions in this colorful
galaxy portrait. They seem to have wrapped around a small companion galaxy
below and left of center, about 40,000 light-years from the spiral's
luminous core.
*Click image for larger size.*
That's not NGC 1097's most peculiar feature, though. The very deep exposure
hints of faint, mysterious jets, most easily seen to extend well beyond the
bluish arms toward the lower r... more »
The Sandy Hook Hoax: Just Released Newtown Evidence Shows Shooting Was A FAKE!
As I have said before, I will bring forward to this blog any new evidence
that shows that the Sandy Hook "shooting" of December 14th, 2012 was an
operation where NOBODY died.....To me it is still shocking that over a year
after this "operation" there are those out there that still believe this to
have been a real "shooting"!
Just the other day, I was sent the following video for my own
assessment.... After watching it, I knew it belonged here at this blog for
everyone to view for themselves.... It is entitled: "Just Released Newtown
Evidence Shows Shooting Was Fake! Special Edition"... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Isleworth, Hounslow, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.
"Fukushima Update, 1/15/14"
*"Fukushima Update, 1/15/14"*
by ENE
*“Dr. Michael Parenti, Ph.D*.(Yale University) political scientist,
historian, author, Jan. 13, 2014: President Obama has been as mute about
the calamity looming at Fukushima as the Japanese government itself- and
for the same reasons. First, the potential danger is stupendous and it is
in the manner of leaders, when facing something that might develop into a
super catastrophe, to keep the public’s mind off it. The last thing they
want is to put the public into a fright and fury about their own survival.
Should Obama broach the subject of Fukush... more »
Budget Just Passed Has Cuts For Everyone But Military (Surprised? Elated? Impoverished? Enriched?) We Have to Destroy Our Constitution to Save It!
If you were surprised at what today's budget deal contains, that just
indicates that you've been asleep for the last six years. And in a coma for
the eight years before then. With one relatively insignificant clause
buried on Page 364 of a massive budget bill that will get voted on today,
Congress told us everything we need to know about federal spending
priorities, the empty rhetoric of “
Gold news January 15 , 2014 - China remains the dominant force in physical gold demand while JP Morgan still holding the whip hand at Comex ( paper market )....
Gata.....
Another Chinese analyst says gold is crucial to his country's economic
security
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-01-15 21:03. Section: Daily Dispatches
4p ET Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today on another
leading personage in China's financial markets, Zhang Bingnan, market
analyst for China Central Television and vice president of the China Gold
Association, who told a financial conference in Beijing last year that gold
is essential to China's economic security:
http://www.ingoldwetrust.c... more »
French First Girlfriend Hospitalized After Francois Hollande Affair With Actress Exposed ....... More troubles in paradise ?
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-12/french-first-girlfriend-hospitalized-after-francois-hollande-affair-actress-exposed
French
First Girlfriend Hospitalized After Francois Hollande Affair With
Actress Exposed
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- Eliot Spitzer
- France
- Reuters
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Lunch Surprise
So this is the week of meetings and meetings and more meetings but after
one of the meetings most of the CS faculty decided to go out to lunch. And
lo and behold one of our number (the redhead two girls to the right of
Southern Man), who is retiring, paid for everyone.
Thanks, Mary!
Assange and MK-Ultra
*"When Assange was eight, Claire left her husband and began seeing a
musician, with whom she had another child, a boy. The relationship was
tempestuous; the musician became abusive, she says, and they separated. A
fight ensued over the custody of Assange’s half brother, and Claire felt
threatened, fearing that the musician would take away her son. Assange
recalled her saying, “Now we need to disappear,” and he lived on the run
with her from the age of eleven to sixteen. *
*When I asked him about the experience, he told me that there was evidence
that the man belonged to a powerfu... more »
Bitcoin news January 12 , 2014 .....Wells Fargo, America's Largest Bank By Market Cap, Pushing To Offer Bitcoin Services ...... Overstock's First Day Of Bitcoin: $130,000 Sales, 840 Transactions, CEO "Stunned" ...... Colorado Marijuana Dispensary Uses Bitcoin to Evade Federal Laws ..... New York State Department of Financial Services Announces Bitcoin Hearings ...... ‘Deep cold storage’ vault created for virtual currency bitcoin ..... Singapore is providing some clear guidance on how merchants can manage taxation on Bitcoin transactions.
Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-14/wells-fargo-americas-largest-bank-market-cap-pushing-offer-bitcoin-services
Wells Fargo, America's Largest Bank By Market Cap, Pushing To Offer Bitcoin
Services
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/14/2014 21:24 -0500
- Bitcoin
- John Stumpf
- Wells Fargo
inShare
Earlier we pointed out that mortgage origination at Wells Fargo - the
bank's bread and butter - is crashing at an unprecedented pace, and as per
the conference call, Q1 isn't looking any better. Naturally, it stood to
reason that the b... more »
Puerto Rico seen as likely to default on its debt ! With the Treasury Department on record as saying there would not be a US bailout for Puerto Rico , bond insurers MBIA , Assured , Ambac , Syncora and Financial Guarantee Insurance Co appear exposed at this time due to the amount of debt they've wrapped ( 15.7 out of the 70 billion in Puerto Rico debt .. )
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-15/puerto-rico-default-likely-ft-reports
Puerto Rico Default "Likely", FT Reports
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2014 14:36 -0500
- Bond
- Creditors
- default
- Detroit
- Illinois
- Puerto Rico
- Unemployment
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The market just hit a fresh all time high today which means another major
default must be just around the horizon. Sure enough, the FT reported
moments ago that a Puerto Rico default "*appears increasingly likely*" and
is why creditors are meeting with lawyers ... more »
Why Are Kids Shooting Each Other in School?
Yesterday, another child, who was way too young to be in possession of a
firearm, shot two classmates, who were way too young to be harmed by one.
It was at Berrendo Middle School, in Roswell, New Mexico. Although every
shooting shocks me and the rest of the country, this one was too close to
[…]
ACLU: US Border Patrol checkpoints in Arizona violate rights of residents
Border Patrol checkpoints in southern Arizona violate the constitutional rights of border residents, ACLU of Arizona demands investigation Formal complaint to DHS officials describes abusive and unlawful behavior by U.S. Border Patrol officials at checkpoints By Steve Kilar, ACLU of Arizona (602) 492-8540 or skilar@acluaz.org Censored News TUCSON –U.S. Border Patrol agents at southernRelated articles
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