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Privilege and Pandora
January 26, 2014
"Executive Privilege is an invention with a narrow purpose. "

Freddie Mercury (159442459) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Tahrir Square, with the Egyptian Museum on left, circa 1940s Cairo (over 70 years ago). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Freddie Mercury in New Haven, CT at a WPLR Show. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

10:22pm MST

Cairo Police HQ Bombed: US-MB Plot To Assassinate General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Is On The Table

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 minute ago

International diplomats have gathered at the Geneva II peace conference to discuss how to end the three-year long war in Syria. Meanwhile, Egypt is unraveling. On Friday, there was a bomb blast near the Egyptian's police headquarters in Cairo, killing three. For more information, read, *"Car bomb hits Cairo police HQ, killing 3."* Presidential elections are around the corner. On the anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolution, General al-Sisi used the special occasion to gain political momentum heading into the election. General al-Sisi's supporters are many and they are loud. *One ... more »

A Philosophy Of Governance-- Why We Help Our Neighbors… Or Not

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 minutes ago

Generally speaking, states that elect Democrats to public office spend far more money on public education than states that elect Republicans. The half dozen states that invest the least per student are Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma, Arizona, Mississippi, and Tennessee, essentially one-party states with solid GOP control who take all their orders directly from ALEC. This morning Reid Wilson looked at education spending around the country for *Washington Post* readers. "There is disagreement," he began, "within education circles over whether spending more money per pupil leads to better res... more »

Meatless Meals - How I got started!

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 22 minutes ago

[image: Organic carrots] I have always loved vegetables. It might have started when my Great Uncle, who had the best vegetable garden in town, took me out to pick carrots. He didn't speak a lot of English and I didn't speak Italian, but we understood each other. He helped me select the perfect carrot, washed it off for me, smiled as I enjoyed the sweet snack, and then brought me over to his rabbit cages to "recycle" the green tops. Of course, I also loved meat, especially my Father's famous garlic-burgers which he prepared once a year while my Mom went Christmas shopping. As an adul... more »

Scarlett's Letter: SodaStream's Global Apartheid Ambassador & the Enduring Effervescence of Ethnic Cleansing

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 46 minutes ago

On Friday, actress Scarlett Johansson, or rather her public relations team, finally responded to criticisms of her decision to become the first "brand ambassador" for the Israeli company SodaStream, which manufactures home carbonation machines and operates primarily out of a massive settlement complex in the West Bank. In a statement released to Huffington Post, Johansson dismisses outrage

Trouble Brewing.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 50 minutes ago

*"We never knew that Michael Jackson was a big fan of Freddie Mercury’s. Back in the early 80’s Jackson used to go to all the Queen concerts at the Forum in LA and he went backstage and became friendly with Mercury. * *They went out to dinner a few times and then Freddie said that Michael just stopped going out. * *He said he had everything he wanted at home and didn’t have to leave the house. * *Freddie was perplexed because he loved to go out every night and he thought having a lot of experiences improved his music."*

Bonnaci

Paul Coker at News Spike - 51 minutes ago

*Paul Bonacci in front of the ranch where, reportedly, Johnny Gosch, and other boys were held captive. Paul Bonacci has stated that, as a youth, he was forced to participate in satanic snuff films. He identified Bohemian Grove as the location of a satanic murder. Paul A. Bonacci said that, as a child, he was kidnapped by the US military, tortured and subjected to sex abuse and mind control. In 1999, in a court in Omaha, he won $1,000,000 in damages. * *(Mind Control Victim Awarded $1 Million)*

help me buy a tablet

laura k at wmtc - 53 minutes ago

I think I'm finally up for buying a tablet. I have a little Lenovo IdeaPad netbook that I bought for school. I thought if it made it through four years of grad school, I'd consider it a good buy. It did, and it was. By non-tablet standards, it's light and portable, and I love the keyboard, which is 90% of full-sized. I never wanted a tablet before. I always saw them as toys. Sleek, good-looking, fun, but non-essential, more for play than work, and lacking the crucial component: the keyboard. Now my netbook is getting cranky, and nearing the end of its (stupidly short) lifespan. Sin... more »

what i'm reading: four youth books and some kind-of spoilers

laura k at wmtc - 53 minutes ago

*Flight* is a thought-provoking short novel by one of my favourite youth writers, Sherman Alexie. The main character in *Flight*, a Native American boy who goes by the derisive nickname Zits, is a troubled soul with a long history of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. He seems to be on the brink of a major transition, either going off the deep end or beginning the long climb back. I don't know how to write about this book without spoiling it. So if you're like me, and you don't like to know *anything* about a book before you begin, and you like a book to reveal itself exactly as the ... more »

Dick Russell

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago

So this is a con game, and this is what they've been doing with you and me all of these years. First thing, Johnson got off the plane when he become president, he ask, "Where's Dickey?" You know who Dickey is? Dickey is old southern cracker Richard Russell. Lookie here! Yes, Lyndon B. Johnson's best friend is the one who is a head, who's heading the forces that are filibustering civil rights legislation. You tell me how in the hell is he going to be Johnson's best friend? *[applause]* How can Johnson be his friend and your friend too? No, that man is too tricky. Especially if ... more »

the dream of life

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour ago

So Jpmorganchase is paying Jamie Dimon $20M for 2013? My offer would have been minimum wage for 52 40-hour weeks

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago

*Says Cornelius Hurley, director of Boston University's Center for Finance, Law and Policy: "It doesn’t reconcile for JPMorgan to be paying out billions in fines while its C.E.O.’s compensation nearly doubled. You usually get fired for that, not rewarded."* *by Ken* I suppose it's none of my beeswax that that Jamie Dimon's compensation for last year was hiked to $20 million from the previous year's $11.5 million despite what the NYT calls in its headline a "rough year" for his company, Jpmorganchase ("Big Raise for JPMorgan's Dimon Despite a Rough Year"). After all, I don't have s... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

“It was a quiet day on the Sun. The below image shows, however, that even during off days the Sun's surface is a busy place. Shown in ultraviolet light, the relatively cool dark regions have temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius. Large sunspot group AR 9169 from the last solar cycle is visible as the bright area near the horizon. *Click image for larger size.* The bright glowing gas flowing around the sunspots has a temperature of over one million degrees Celsius. The reason for the high temperatures is unknown but thought to be related to the rapidly changing magnetic field ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

Ottawa, Illinois, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

(Davos Disaster?) Koch Plot Thickens/Global Economic Meltdown Coming (Fukushima Secrecy Syndrome Pervades World, The FBI Out-CIA's the CIA (The FBI as Outlier - The New Untouchables))

Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 4 hours ago

BREAKING: HSBC Bank on Verge of Collapse: Second Major Banking Crash Imminent Do the Koch's need more victories? Are they still feeling a little bit left out? Still not enough control of all the world's resources? Do we really need an answer? f the Koch brothers' political operation seemed ambitious in 2010 or 2012, wait for what's in store for 2014 and beyond. The billionaire

Are China's Banks about to implode , is the banking system running on fumes and needs a shutdown on both cash transfers as well as currency conversion - right around January 31 , 2014 ? ? Here is the story ! The People’s Bank of China , the central bank, has just ordered commercial banks to halt cash transfers ! What is the stated reason and how long will this last ? Due to the system maintenance of People’s Bank of China, Domestic RMB Fund Transfer through Citibank (China) Online and Citi Mobile will be delayed during January 30th 2014, 16:00pm to February 2nd 2014, 18:30pm. As to the fund availability at the receiving bank, it depends on the processing requirements and turnaround time of the receiving bank. In addition , note the following : During Spring Festival, Foreign Currency Transfer Transaction through Citibank (China) Online and Citi Mobile will be temporally not available from January 30, 2014 18:00pm to February 7, 2014 09:00am.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-26/no-there-no-stoppage-cash-transfers-china ( Zero Hedge clears this up quickly... ) No, There Is No Stoppage Of Cash Transfers In China [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/26/2014 21:35 -0500 - CDS - China - Citibank - default - Hong Kong - People's Bank Of China - Shadow Banking inShare Earlier today, Forbes managed to spook readers with a bombastic report that China's commercial banks had been instructed by the PBOC to halt cash transfers - something which would have dire im... more »

A parent “release” form for testing #optout from #DougCo Colorado

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago

I think this is pretty hastily written and there are legal implications to it. No alternative activities? If your child is in attendance they WILL be tested? And, the punishments to teachers and schools for low test participation are hardly clear, or as clear as they indicate. Case in point, there are no quotes of […]

The Economy: “Is The Coming Week Going To Be The One We Have Been Warning About?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

You were warned! *“Is The Coming Week Going To Be The One We Have Been Warning About?”* by Joseph W. Martin, Jr. "Well I won't stick my neck out that far just yet but every indication is that it's going to be highly volatile week at the very least. If the last few years have taught us anything it is to not underestimate the central bank's ability to print even more vast quantities of monopoly money to cover up the failures of fiat policy. After closing out last week on the DJIA with two down days in a row and Friday alone down 318 points; the DJIA futures are showing an opening pos... more »

"Strange Is Our Situation..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we are here for the sake of others...for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day, I realize how much my outer and inner life is built upon the labors of people, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.” - Albert Einstein

DCPS IMPACT 3.0?

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 6 hours ago

If DCPS is serious about investing in the 40 lowest performing schools, which I believe it is, then it must reassess current aspects of IMPACT 2.0. During the coming negotiation rounds between the Chancellor and the WTU President, the following questions demand discussions: How has IMPACT 2.0 faired in the 40 lowest performing schools? What […]

"Bread..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.” - James Baldwin, “No Name in the Street”

“Davos Billionaires: Oblivious to the Coming Revolution”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

*“Davos Billionaires: * *Oblivious to the Coming Revolution”* by Paul B. Farrell “You guys already own half the planet. Keep up the good work, getting richer, by the end of this century your family could be one of the world’s 11 trillionaires predicted in the new Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report. Capitalism is the ticket to owning everything. Cruising at 51,000 feet, Mach 0.85 in your $40 million Gulfstream jet, you know the world belongs to you. A few days at the World Economic Forum in historic Davos, Europe’s highest city, high in the Swiss Alps, and your world seemed even bigg... more »

Who's doing the setting up here?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago

Oh, good grief, I've only just begun listening to today's *Broadcasting House *and I'm already thinking an early night would have been a much better option. The programme began with Paddy O'Connell and BBC correspondent Louise Stewart gloating (sneering and laughing) over Michael Gove's 'spat' with the head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw. Well, OK, 'gloating' is how I heard it. 'Bias by tone' is hard to proof. Their loaded language, however, also had a strong whiff of bias to it, suggesting it was a right-wing plot. (Mr Gove seems to be *the* bogeyman of the Left). Here's how.... more »

Yonhap reports -- We now learn not only was Jang Song - taek executed , but all relatives of the executed uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, including children and the country's ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia, have also been put to death at the leader's instruction ... One must wonder what is the real deal with the health situation of Kim Kyong Hui ( Aunt of Kim Jong-un and wife of recently executed Jang Song - taek . )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago

N.K. NEWS NorthKoreaN.K. News All relatives of Jang executed too: sources 2014/01/26 10:37 - Tweet - Facebook Share - Google +1 - Reduce - Enlarge - Print SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- All relatives of the executed uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, including children and the country's ambassadors to Cuba and Malaysia, have also been put to death at the leader's instruction, multiple sources said Sunday. Jang Song-thaek, the once-powerful uncle, was executed last month on charges of attempting to overthrow the communist regime, including contemplating a milita... more »

An Exchange Of Letters-- Ro Khanna And Rep. Mike Honda

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago

Ro Khanna-- the Republican wing of the Democratic Party Ro Khanna, an especially slimy icon of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party, has raised immense sums of money from wealthy people looking to replace a dedicated tribune of ordinary working families like Honda. A perfect example of the kinds of fake "Democrats" backing Khanna is sleazy Wall Street bank lobbyist Harold Ford. Like Khanna, Ford is eager to cut Social Security benefits for retired people using accounting tricks like Chained CPI. Khanna is also being backed by out-right Republicans, like Marc Leder, the Florida... more »

Zionism vs. Bolshevism : A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People by Winston S. Churchill MP Feb. 8, 1920

Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago

*Illustrated Sunday Herald* *February 8, 1920, page 5* Mr Churchill's authorship of this article has been authenticated by one of the world's leading Churchill bibliographers, Richard Heinzkill, of the University of Eugene, Oregon. *A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People* By the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. SOME people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world. And it may well be that this same astounding race may at the pres... more »

GOP setting up another fake fight over debt ceiling ? New Fiscal Showdown Builds Over Debt Limit due to be exhausted by late February ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago

New Fiscal Showdown Builds Over Debt Limit - ARTICLE - COMMENTS (17) - BUDGET BATTLE - CONGRESS - DEBT CEILING - smaller - Larger - facebook - twitter - google plus - linked in - Email - Print By Michael R. Crittenden and Pedro Da costa Republican lawmakers insisted Sunday that any increase in the nation’s borrowing authority should have policy changes attached, a demand at odds with White House officials and Senate Democrats, who held firm in their position that Congress must pass a “clean” debt-limit increase. Senate Minority Leader ... more »

Financial Times sounding like Gold Conspiracy Wonks ? The FT Goes There: "Demand Physical Gold" As One Day Paper Price Manipulation Will End "Catastrophically" .... Ed Steer's Saturday January 25 , 2014 Gold and silver report -- data , news , views focused on / touching on the precious metals ! Of special note , there is a link to Doug Nolands's Friday missive " Credit is Gold # 1 and Icebergs " 1

Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago

You can see the set up , right ? Consider China physical demand and then look at Comex situation...... Week 3, 2014 Withdrawals From SGE Vaults 60 Tons, YTD 159 Tons Again an astounding trading week on the SGE; from January 13 – 17, 2014 physical withdrawals from the SGE vaults accounted for 60 tons of gold, year to date 159 tons. Although withdrawals are down 25 % from the previous week, the amount is still well above weekly global mine production. This strong demand could be related to the Chinese Lunar year, which is celebrated on January 31, 2014. SGE withdrawals in the fi... more »

"Quite Insane..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago

“Life calls the tune, we dance.” -John Galsworthy “Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” - Angela Monet Sly and the Family Stone, “Dance to the Music” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foL6eZzvzHo

"Thucydides in the Underworld"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago

"Thucydides in the Underworld" by J. R. Nyquist "Master, what gnaws at them so hideously their lamentation stuns the very air?" "They have no hope of death," he answered me..." - Dante Alighieri, "The Inferno" "The shade of Thucydides, formerly an Athenian general and historian, languished in Hades for 24 centuries; and having intercourse with other spirits, was perturbed by an influx into the underworld of self-described historians professing to admire his History of the Peloponnesian War. They burdened him with their writings, priding themselves on the imitation of his method, t... more »

New! Longest Walk 4 Photos by Lloyd Vivola!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago

. Thanks to Long Walker Lloyd Vivola for sharing his photos from the five month Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz with Censored News! Congratulations to the long walkers who made it to Alcatraz on Dec. 21, 2013! Please click on photos to enlarge!

Two things ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours ago

There are two things Harper isn't: an economist nor a statesman. Be clear on one thing. Everything Harper is doing now, on any file to which he actually pays attention, is for a single purpose - to retain power at all costs. And he will pursue any cynical course to make that happen, including the destruction of the Canadian middle-income sector. Harper has mismanaged the economy to the point

Bizarre Hawking: black hole work was my biggest blunder

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago

*By rejecting event horizons, Hawking has morphed into a hardy defensible maverick* A few days ago, Stephen Hawking wrote a paper arguing that firewalls are pure crap (so far so good) because they violate CPT, much like black hole remnants (it's no good anymore: these objects are wrong but not because of CPT violation). *The world's most famous theoretical physicist along with his high-tech friend* But he also says that event horizons violate CPT as well, they can't exist (see the media echo chamber that puts Hawking into the black holes don't exist category), and the right reso... more »

5 Ways IR Editorial Boards Can Help Combat Gender Bias in Citations

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago

I spent last weekend with the International Organization editors and editorial board at their retreat. As a newcomer to the board, I didn’t know what to expect and was happily surprised by the depth and richness of the conversations that took place for a full day and half, mostly around how to more fully realize Continue reading

"Say Yes..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago

"One must say Yes to life, and embrace it wherever it is found - and it is found in terrible places... For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes ou... more »

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: THEY'RE DIGGING UP THE DEAD

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago

Barrack ran for president against the Iraq war (the wrong one) but in favor of the battle in Kabul (the right one) But he's not had enough of the blood and glory he needs more so he vainly tries to kill the Iran nuke deal while keeping Tehran from the Geneva meeting to discuss peace (read more war) in Syria See on the map just how close Tehran is to Damascus practically next door neighbors but Uncle Sugar says they're not close enough to merit sitting at the same peace table the shape of the table keeps shifting depending on the whims of the red, white, and blue The South Korean robot ... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 26th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 8 hours ago

Sunday... And it is that time again... Time for my usual rant.... First, and foremost, I must state that I did listen earlier this week to the "debate" between Jim Fetzer, who has been researching the fraud of Sandy Hook for over a year now, and Keith Johnson from the TUT crowd and a firm supporter of the "official" story behind the Sandy Hook "shooting"....I was NOT impressed... I was especially disappointed in Keith Johnson that came into the "debate" with absolutely NOTHING... NO hard evidence, no facts and figures to back up the "official" story, and therefore had nothing to act... more »

The Lifeboat Hour

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 8 hours ago

Carolyn Baker will be hosting Michael Ruppert's weekly radio show, the Lifeboat Hour, tonight (Sunday the 26th) - and she has very kindly invited me to be her guest. Please tune in at 9 pm Eastern Time on Sunday, to www.prn.fm. We'll be taking questions during the last segment, so be ready to phone in!

Odds and Ends

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago

As it's Sunday night, there are various loose threads that I've left dangling in my head over the past few days and I don't want any passing cats to start playing with them and make a mess on the carpet. Much better to make that mess on a blog. Bouquets and brickbats galore for the BBC follow. A bouquet first. *Melvyn Bragg's **In Our Time *this week looked at the sources modern academics use to study early Chinese history. This was *In Our Time *at its best. I can't say I was exactly drooling at the subject matter beforehand but I found it absolutely fascinating. It helped hav... more »

Brussels Campaign for Freedom for Leonard Peltier!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago

Furious Backlash Forces HSBC To Scrap Large Cash Withdrawal Limit ..... If a Bank is allegedly suffering from a major capital shortfall , it isn't wise to prompt a full -on bank run ! Also , now Lloyds having banking " troubles " today - Lloyds customers hit by card problems

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago

That was fast...... First HSBC Halts Large Withdrawals, Now Lloyds ATMs Stop Working [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/26/2014 14:43 -0500 - Lloyds - Twitter - Twitter - United Kingdom inShare5 *Update: *things are back to normal - Lloyds will gladly accept your deposits again: Sky News Newsdesk *✔* @*SkyNewsBreak* Follow Lloyds Banking Group says problems affecting cash machines and debit cards have been resolved 3:24 PM - 26 Jan 2014 First HSBC bungles up an attempt at pseudo-capital controls by explaining that large ... more »

Malware " Dexter " spreading in Asia - interestingly in contrast to the cyber malware that hit US retailers such as Target and Neiman Marcus , this " Dexter " virus has hit apparently also online banking !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago

Is Dexter related to the cyber-malware that has hit US retailers such as Target , Neiman Marcus and Michaels Stores ? New Virus Threatens Banking Systems Posted by newsdesk [image: 8892505_s feature]Cyber security researchers have detected a virus in online banking transactions, warning customers who swipe debit or credit cards at shopping counters as well as companies who stock them. This is according to TechRadar Pro. The virus, which is spreading at a “severe” rate according to CERT, has been detected operating in point of sale (PoS) counters at retail terminals in Asia, ... more »

Grand Chief Terrance Nelson 'Our Berlin Wall'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago

By Grand Chief Terrance Nelson Censored News Good Morning Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come; As you may have heard, I was elected Grand Chief of Southern Chiefs Organization on January 9, 2014. SCO is 33 First Nations in southern Manitoba with a combined First Nation population of 72,000 on and off reserve Anishinabe, Cree and Dakota. Also there is another 30,000 First Nation people in

While the prior bout of global financial distress which started in 2008 and has resulted in major financial markets of the West ( and Japan ) being essentially captured by Central Banks of the Federal Reserve , ECB , BOE and BOJ -- We are seeing clear signs that things are globally unraveling once again and this time it would appear things actually could be different ! Michael Snyder offers " 20 Early Warning Signs That We Are Approaching A Global Economic Meltdown "

Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-24/20-early-warning-signs-we-are-approaching-global-economic-meltdown 20 Early Warning Signs That We Are Approaching A Global Economic Meltdown [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/24/2014 20:53 -0500 - Art Cashin - Baltic Dry - Bank Run - Brazil - China - Debt Ceiling - France - Global Economy - Italy - Meltdown - Sears - Turkey - Ukraine - Unemployment inShare10 *Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,* Have you been paying attenti... more »

Sunday Classics: Finally we get to the Final Scene of "Carmen"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago

*Teresa Berganza and Plácido Domingo sing the final scene of Carmen.* *by Ken* One loose thread we're going to not so much tie up as pull all the way out before we close up shop here is the Final Scedne of Bizet's *Carmen*, which we were headed toward ever so gradually in a series of posts that stretched out quite awhile and got us *into* the scene. But I had it in mind to continue through it, trying to explain, or describe, or just *show* the point at which the fates of Carmen and Don José intersect so tragically. Well, now that I'm past trying to explain or describe or even just ... more »

SWANSON COMING TO MAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago

*David Swanson in Brunswick, Maine* Feb. 15, 2014 Saturday 3 - 5 p.m. Curtis Memorial Library Sign up on Facebook. Flyer: PDF. *David Swanson in Portland, Maine* Feb. 15, 2014 Saturday 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Lee Hall, Wishcamper Center, USM, 34 Bedford Street Parking in garage next to Wishcamper Flyer: PDF. Talks & Book signings. Free and open to the public. David Swanson will discuss and sign copies of his new book, *War No More: The Case for Abolition*. Swanson's books include *When the World Outlawed War,* named by Ralph Nader as one of the six books everyone should read; the best-sel... more »

Honduras: The new president gets a lavish swearing-in

paul at Paying attention - 12 hours ago

There’s a certain over-the-top, bread and circuses aspect to tomorrow’s ceremonies for the swearing in of the new president of Honduras. Especially for a country that is, effectively, broke, with desperate unmet needs. The government has given all employees a half day off, in case they want to attend the ceremony or watch it on TV. A fleet of 450 buses has also been lined up to bring people from around the country. The national stadium in Tegicugalpa, the venue for the big event, is being repainted, and beginning Sunday night the roads in a wide area around the stadium will be closed... more »

Flashback: Canada/G20 peaceful protest crushed. Ukraine violent protest elavated

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago

I want, at this time, to remind readers here of the G20 protests in Toronto, Canada. I want to remind readers how our government in Canada really supports the rights of peaceful protestors. I want to ask Canadians and Americans why it is our governments always put down peaceful protests with such violence? And why our police forces resort to using provocateurs in amongst the crowds to justify the heavy handed, ultra violent responses. *Recall? I had this video up in 2010?* In the post titled- Report from a G20 protest attendee. Video footage.Where was JTF2 ? Queen & Spadina Protes... more »

Corporate Education Losers Dust Off Antiquarian "Reforms," Again

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago

Op-Ed published January 25 in *The Tennessean*: Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman continues a series of victory laps that began in the fall, when results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed improvement in reading and math scores for Tennessee’s fourth- and eighth-graders. Tennessee, however, remains far from the finish line in the federal Race to the Top that Tennessee entered in 2010. In 2013 Tennessee and the District of Columbia were the only two (out of 19) Race to the Top grant recipients to show performance gains over 2011 NAEP score... more »

ALEC Incompetency - Membership Lying to Board?

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago

ALEC's member department is evidently giving out propaganda - even to the ALEC Board. When things get really bad - do a bad job of lying, must be the new motto at ALEC. Really folks - with the ALEC home office lying in docs and letters, multiple ALECers plagiarizing using a copy/paste of ALEC headquarters PR in editorials in the newspapers this past week and ALECers lying to their constituents about their membership - - - When is the general public going to finally wake up to the political menace known as the American Legislative Exchange Council? *<><><><><><><><* Back to where ... more »

Michaels Stores Is Investigating Data Breach .... The U.S. Secret Service confirmed that it is investigating a potential data breach at Michaels. Also, Michaels has just issued a statement stating that it “recently learned of possible fraudulent activity on some U.S. payment cards that had been used at Michaels, suggesting that the Company may have experienced a data security attack.”

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago

Another Retailer comes clean regarding data breach Sources: Card Breach at Michaels Stores [image: facebook][image: twitter][image: google_plus][image: reddit][image: pinterest][image: linkedin][image: mail] Multiple sources in the banking industry say they are tracking a pattern of fraud on cards that were all recently used at *Michaels Stores Inc.*, an Irving, Texas-based arts-and-crafts retailer that maintains more than 1,250 stores across the United States. [image: michaels]On Friday morning, I put a call in to *SPM Communications*, the public relations company listed as the pr... more »

The Same One Hour 10,000 Times Is Not 10,000 Hours: Behaviorism, Math, and Utter Failure

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago

Speaking against testing isn’t an uphill battle; it is an upmountain battle—something like Pike’s Peak. But one of the most powerful and disturbing examples of just why traditional testing is such a failure to real learning is found in math classes—where behaviorism is both embraced and misused on a daily basis. We’ve all had this […]

Bitcoin news and views - January 25 , 2014 -- Nick Colas of ConvergEx offers his perspective on what challenges lie ahead for Bitcoin in 2014 ( The Three Critical Factors ) ..... And a look at Nick's critical three factors , with a focus on adoption of Bitcoin , implications and regulation .....

Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-24/bitcoin-2014-3-critical-factors Bitcoin In 2014 - The 3 Critical Factors [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/24/2014 21:24 -0500 - Bitcoin - Federal Reserve - headlines - Madison Avenue - New York City - New York State - None - Turkey - Volatility inShare1 In the last year Bitcoin has gone 'viral'. As ConvergEx's Nick Colas notes, a lot has happened in 2013: Price appreciation, yes, from $20 to +$800 – the result of this online “Currency” going from science project to m... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago

Ukraine, Noah's Ark, the first Anglican woman priest, politics and religion, a radical nun and anti-clergy abuse

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago

This morning's *Sunday *began by looking at the role being played by the main churches during the current unrest in *Ukraine*. William Crawley discussed it with the BBC's man there, David Stern. Apparently, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (formed in 1992 after schism from the Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Church) is strongly backing the protests. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church which became autonomous in 1990), on the other hand, is remaining cautious, initially ordering its priests not to back the protest... more »

54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago

Dozens killed in Egypt on anniversary of uprising January 25, 2014 2:45PM ET Three years after the uprising that brought down Hosni Mubarak, violence surged in the polarized country Topics: International Egypt Egypt in Turmoil [image: Egypt clashes] Security forces use teargas to disperse rallies held by opponents of Egypt's military coup to mark the third anniversary of the start of Egypt 2011 revolution in Cairo on Saturday.Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Twenty-nine people were killed during anti-government marches in Egypt on Saturday according to the country's health ministry... more »

NSA updates , revelations and news regarding potential NSA changes - January 26 , 2014 ....NSA is after industrial spying – Snowden to German TV ..... Microsoft May Thwart US Spying On Foreign Customers With A Radical Move [Report]

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago

NSA is after industrial spying – Snowden to German TV Published time: January 26, 2014 09:44 Edited time: January 26, 2014 13:23 Get short URL [image: National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland (AFP Photo / Jim Watson)] National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland (AFP Photo / Jim Watson) Share on tumblr Trends NSA leaks Tags Germany, Information Technology,Intelligence, Politics, Russia, Scandal, Security, Snowden, USA The NSA agency is not preoccupied solely with national security, but also spies on foreign industrial entities in US business interests, fo... more »

'Opposition' says NO to power share in Ukraine- Coup in process

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago

The protestors were never peaceful.... The protestors only made demands. The protestors do not want compromise. They want their way. Like petulant children. Does this look to be peaceful protests? Protesters lit tires aflame during clashes with riot police in Kiev. Clashing with riot police? I don't see any clashing? I don't see any riot police? I just see people setting fires and damaging property. Is that protesting? * Opposition Says No to Ukraine on Power Share* * In a striking concession* ( huge concession) aimed at defusing Ukraine’s civil uprising and preserving his own gr... more »

Richard Sherman’s GPA and “Thug” Label: The Codes that Blind

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago

Richard Sherman\’s GPA and \”Thug\” Label: The Codes that Blind. via Richard Sherman’s GPA and “Thug” Label: The Codes that Blind.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Canada's Herbert Hoover

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago

Some people rejoiced last week, when Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz announced that interest rates would remain where they are. But Scott Clark and Peter Devries write: Reading between the lines suggests that the Bank does not expect a strengthening in employment growth and any significant reduction in the unemployment rate over the next eighteen months — before the 2015 election, in other words. And there is very little the Bank can do about it, short of lowering the overnight rate further. The simple fact is that there is a need for more aggregate demand in the economy. T... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago

*Oil & Gas beneficiary and hatchet-man, Governorcost Bobly Jindal, politicking again to oust president of area levee board ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate* *Recent attacks have French Quarter employees, residents on edge ~WWLTV * *Marques Colston: 2013 season in review* *New Orleans to Host NADA Convention & Expo for 10th Time Since 1973 ~The Auto Channel* *Heart of Louisiana: Kaffie-Frederick General Mercantile Store ~Dave McNamara, WVUE* *Good Eggs: Web-Based Aggregator Expands Its Brick & Mortar Operation ~Poppy Tooker, WWNO* *New Orleans and Louisiana artists set to grab ... more »

Despite conflicting reports , it would appear ICBC will NOT bailout investors in Gold Credit Trust Product after all .... Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has been holding firm against calls to compensate about 700 investors who bought the three-year trust product at its branches in Shanxi. The product, which raised funds for a coal miner in the province, was issued by China Credit Trust and distributed by the lender.... Investors of the Trust Product vow that ICBC will make them whole from any losses on the product ICBC pushed - "ICBC and China Credit Trust dug a hole, covered it with a straw mat and told us to jump in," said Gao Yiyang, an investor who spent almost $500,000 of his family's money on the product. "It now appears our money was not used for any of the company's actual operations. It was purely fraud to get our money to fill a huge deficit hole," he told AFP. !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1412077/china-trust-products-fate-hangs-balance-amid-talk-bailout http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1412873/icbc-bailout-trust-product-unlikely ICBC bailout of trust product unlikely A default may spook the financial system since a large number of trust products mature this year PUBLISHED : Saturday, 25 January, 2014, 5:29am UPDATED : Saturday, 25 January, 2014, 5:29am Jane Cal in Beijing - [image: 628db3a2794d78d470ff272fdd6e58f8.jpg] ICBC chairman Jiang Jianqing said the bank would not "rigidly" pay... more »

The Far Right Continues To Work To Defeat Mitch McConnell

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago

Almost all the Koch-funded far right extremist groups have now joined the battle to nominate teabagger Matt Bevin over McConnell in the May 20th Kentucky primary. The latest, this weekend, was the Republican Liberty Caucus. The group, which has been around since 1991, has also endorsed Milton Wolf over Pat Roberts in Kansas, Lee Bright over Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, Pat McGeehan in West Virginia instead of the Establishment corporate shill (Shelley Moore Capito), and Owen Hill in Colorado (instead of Ken Buck, the other extremist lunatic in the race). They claim the endors... more »

Ukraine protests updates January 26 , 2014 -- Ukrainian opposition urges snap elections, continues protests despite Prime Minister post offering to opposition and review of the Constitution promised .... position offer

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago

http://rt.com/news/opposition-ukraine-rejects-proposal-203/ Opposition leaders called for an early presidential election following a Saturday meeting with the government, where top government posts were offered to protest leaders and a review of the constitution was promised. Read RT's timeline of the Ukrainian clashes. The proposal to offer positions within the Ukrainian government to opposition leaders will be considered by all three parties and discussed with the people, Batkivschina leader Arseny Yatsenyuk said. *“We are not rejecting the offer, nor are we accepting it. We are in ... more »

Indiana HB1320: The ALEC, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch Plan for Student Data

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago

By Doug Martin You would think with many more Hoosiers finding out each and every day about the complete scam known as Indiana school reform, the legislators in Indianapolis would be smart enough to give it a rest. But no, instead of doing damage control on the eve of the release of my book *Hoosier School Heist*—which spills the beans on the out-of-state money, the handing over of charter schools to campaign donors and friends, the plagiarism at the State Board of Education, school vouchers and torture, felonies, the breaking of Open Door Laws, and other scandals and outright cor... more »

Doge Duncan, without comment.

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago

Much reforms!Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face Tagged: doge, Duncan, reform

Taiwan Offshoring

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 16 hours ago

[image: FTV_Jan_2014_133] No time for blogging for a couple more days... Commonwealth strikes again with two great pieces on offshoring Taiwan's wealth here and here. Oh, and J Michael Cole on the truck driver who crashed into the presidential office _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

War Watch January 24 , 2014 - Syria : Syrian Officials, Opposition to Meet at Geneva Talks ; Recent rebel in fighting kill nearly 1,400 ; major newspapers push bomb Syria agenda ..... Iran nuclear talks updates ...... Obama " disaagrees " with Oversight Report finding NSA telephone metadata program illegal , unconstitutional and totally unnecessary ; Snowden rules out return to US even as a purported plea deal is being trial ballooned ........ Obama's Drone Wars detailed..... Af- Pak news of the day - foreign workers shun restuarants in Kabul as the militants strike fear and instability raises its head , Pakistan faces rising tide of political instability from drone wars and resurgent fighting from militants..... Turkey lira continues to weaken as corruption scandal continues unabated....

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago

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For the 50p Tax Rate

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 17 hours ago

Did Ed Balls announce the nationalisation of the top 100 monopolies or something at yesterday's Fabian conference? I was there, and he assuredly did not. To make sure the dangerous radicalism of putting 5p on the top rate of tax was boxed in, he even ruled out renationalising energy companies and the rail. And yet, according to Lord Myners in today's *Telegraph* restoring the 50p tax rate for earners in receipt of an income on excess of £150,000 is "old Labour" and the "politics of envy". As the good lord is on the boards of several successful firms, I think he has an interest to d... more »

'BBC EXECUTIVE ABUSED BOYS IN AMSTERDAM'

Anon at aangirfan - 18 hours ago

Like Lord McAlpine, Wifred De'ath is presumably innocent. BBC News - No charges against ex-BBC producer Wilfred De'Ath However, someone else is in trouble. Reportedly, a *BBC executive* *sexually abused boys at his home in Amsterdam.* *BBC embroiled in further scandal as executive 'filmed Dutch child abuse movies'* 26 January 2014, Express.co.uk *According to the Sunday Express, in the 1980s, the BBC executive reportedly -* *1. Had a known British child abuser staying at his home.* *2. Made child porn films at his home.* *3. Had boys from British care homes brought to his home ... more »

More or Less, or a lot less

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago

You may (or may not) recall that biased Radio 4 immigration debate from the start of this year, *Immigration: Good for Whom? * Well, Radio 4's excellent *More or Less *[h/t *hefyd *in the comments] returned to it this week after a listener queried the stats used by two of the contributors - the confident assertion by mass immigration advocate Susie Symes that immigrants contribute £70 billion a year to this country, and the confident but contradictory assertion by the more sceptical David Goodhart that their fiscal contribution was actually either neutral, or slightly negative. Th... more »

500 % Radiation Increase of "No Concern": Experts to Unveil Radiation Levels in California From Fukushima Fallout by Mike Barret

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago

In California 500% Radiation Increase of ‘No Concern’: Experts to Unveil Radiation Levels in CA from Fukushima Fallout by Mike Barret Natural Society, 26 January 2014 An Assembly member from California wants more transparency for citizens concerning the Fukushima fallout hitting their shores. Bob Wieckowski is asking for the Department of Public Health to post updated information about the true radiation levels on California coastlines, requesting that they be put in ‘layman’s’ terms to mitigate any concerns about the true radiation exposure that many citizens and the marine anim... more »

Church of England still 'Tory Party at prayer' but it's the difference between Jews and Muslims that helps to explain BBC attitude to both

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago

'... in the 2010 election, Muslims favoured Labour, while the Jewish vote went to the Conservatives.' No wonder the BBC so clearly favour Muslims over Jews, to think I thought it was just about Israel and the Palestinians... More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25889828

Theos - Voting and Values in Britain - Does religion count?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 20 hours ago

I always go out of my way to call the usually-abbreviated LSE, The London School of Economic and Political Science. Because it's important how close the ties are between Finance and Politics, and Science. They're 'like that', *intertwines fingers to show closeness*. Economics and Politics (Science of) are joined at the hip. So too, it seems, are Politics and Voting reinforced by research put forward by Theos* (a think tank which believes *"you can’t understand the modern world without understanding religion"*) suggesting that, wait for this stunner, "Specific religious denominations... more »

Thirded! (apparently)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago

Being, as you may know, something of a follower of Radio 4's *Sunday*, I like to keep an eye on its Twitter feed. It usually tells listeners what's coming up or what a guest on the programme has just said. It also occasionally retweets comments sent to it via Twitter. Its latest retweet, however, is something it just happened to pick up on Twitter about the findings of a Theos report on UK religious affiliations and voting patterns (which the programme had discussed). It's a rather partisan thing to retweet, isn't it? Retweeted by BBC Radio 4 Sunday *Stuart* ‏@Stuey_James 58m ... more »

For Sunday...God Whispers...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 20 hours ago

*remain calm.* *from my dear friend ** Biene Vallee - and we thank her. *

The never-ending common core boondoggle

skrashen at Schools Matter - 21 hours ago

Sent to USA Today, January 25, 2014. I was happy to read that "Some states get cold feet as Common Core testing draws near," (Jan. 24). As Theodor Rebarber noted, estimates of costs should include technology. All common core tests must be delivered online, on up-to-date computers, which many schools do not have. This will cost billions, and we can be sure that as soon as the system is functioning, most of the technology will be obsolete, which means a never-ending boondoggle for computer and testing companies at taxpayers' expense. If the brave new tests fail to produce improvement,... more »

Gold

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago

If you blog about bias it's surely inevitable that you'll end up throwing more brickbats than bouquets at the BBC; in fact, it tends to be pretty much brickbats all the way. Here, however, are a couple of bouquets for the BBC. One goes to whoever decided to choose Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal by Matthew Hart as last week's Radio 4 Book of the Week. Another goes to whoever abridged it (Peter Nichols, that's you!). The first episode recounted the author's descent into South Africa's Mponeng mine, the deepest man-made hole on Earth (2.5 miles deep) - an inte... more »

Good Points, Bad Analysis and Unread Links

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 22 hours ago

If you constantly call yourself an expert, you should probably do your best to know what you're talking about. Or at least read the content of links you provide to try and support your analysis. This seemingly obvious concept has again proven itself beyond the capacity of one of the Western media's most favored bearer of conventional wisdom and hackneyed talking points. In a short blog post

Sunday morning reading

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago

A little light reading to accompanying your bacon, eggs and sausages this morning... A couple of weeks ago, ITV accused the BBC of using licence-payers money to rip off TV programmes from its commercially-funded rivals in an “aggressive” pursuit of higher ratings in a submission to the Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee: The BBC’s pursuit of audience share regardless of distinctiveness or innovation has been evident where the BBC has rushed to commission or produce almost identical programmes to those by ITV, and then has scheduled them against ITV’s planned transmissions.... more »

the alien agenda

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

I have researched and studied the alien presence for 46 years. The early contactees of the 50's such as Adamski, Van Tassel, Menger, and Meier were contacted by alien groups who were here to offer us help. Their offer was rejected by our government and the military because they denied our requests for technology and required us to end war and destroy our atomic weapons. Other alien groups were then quick to offer the enticement of technology in exchange for certain privileges and a treaty emerged. In exchange for technology they would be granted secrecy and be allowed to abduct peo... more »

Al Haig, The NSC and the White House Spy Ring: The Nixon Story You Never Heard

Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago

*"...However, authors Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin were highly critical of much of Haig's behind-the-scenes work as Nixon's chief of staff in their 1991 book Silent Coup: The Removal of a President. * *They described several episodes where Haig misled the president and others, particularly those surrounding the court battles over Nixon's White House tape recordings, and Ford's eventual pardon of Nixon in September 1974. * *Having conducted dozens of interviews of key participants, including Gerald Ford, Robert Hartmann, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, John Dean,... more »

FL-13-- A Special Election All About Hypocrisy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

The DCCC and NRCC have already spent over half a million dollars in FL-13 smearing, respectively, NRCC candidate David Jolly and DCCC candidate Alex Sink. The DCCC spent $288,151 last week and the NRCC put in , $220,049 last week (bringing their total to $353,419). Two other especially sleazy outfits have jumped in, one on behalf of Jolly, (the Allen West Guardian Fund- $36,930) and one on behalf of Sink (EMILY's List- $15,264). As of last month, Sink reported having $1,054,488 on hand and Jolly, who just finished a bruising and expensive primary, reported $141,891 cash on hand. ... more »

Jack and Kwame

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

*President John F. Kennedy Attends Arrival Ceremonies for Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, President of the Republic of Ghana* *8 March 1961* Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy at Student Convocation, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, February 12, 1960 "Perhaps no area of the world deserves more of our knowledge and attention while getting so little as the great, throbbing continent of Africa. If we were to ask a group of politicians or college students in Africa about the United States, we would for the most part receive such stereotyped replies as: "America is rich," "... more »

The US Has Failed (For The Moment) To Sucker The American Public Into Going To War Against Syria - MIT Study Finds Syrian Government NOT Behind Rocket Attacks!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago

We all remember last August when the US/NATO/Israel, and the trained monkeys in the Jewish controlled media were screaming to high heaven that Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria, had committed an atrocity by launching a chemical weapon rocket attack on his own civilians in Damascus, Syria…. But luckily people were NOT fooled, and many automatically saw through the deception and knew from the beginning that this "rocket attack" was actually committed by the American/Israeli bought and paid for murderous "rebels"…. The sole purpose of the attack was indeed to try to sway and sucker t... more »

Wild Bill: Dr. Ben Carson for President?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago

*what do you think?*

Time To Put The "Global Warming" Fraud Out Of Its Misery: Sun Scientists Are Now Debating Whether Solar Lull Could Trigger Another "Little Ice Age"

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago

I have put up countless articles in this blog exposing the absolute LIES perpetrated by the hucksters behind the "Global Warming" fraud…. I figure that now with everyone waking up to the reality that it is indeed a massive hoax and swindle, it is time to focus on the present situation, where we see a steep downfall in solar radiation generated from our Yellow Dwarf Star, Sol, or commonly called "The Sun", and the consequences of that decline… There have been some recent alarming reports about how our Sun has gone "quiet"…. That quietness is actually the amount of solar activity in t... more »

the secret meeting

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

Taxes, The Beatles and Adam Smith

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago

A friend, Dr. Amado “Bong” Mendoza of the UP Political Science Department, posted his poem in his fb wall today…. *Taxing to death* *A septon on political economyTaxation is the purest of political gamesThe process determinesWho gets what, where, and whenSmith (Adam, that is) warnedIf taxes were onerousMobile capital can frustrate the avaricious princeTaxes are as sure as deathLennon and McCartney croonedDead men should declare the pennies in their eyes.* *© 2014 All rights reserved* -------------- I like it, so I added a stanza from The Beatles’ song, “Taxman”, *Let... more »

kitty wake up

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*Jindal the Koch Sucker tries again to oust president of area levee board ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate*

Should a parent go to jail for This?

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

Today, I learned about two “education theft” cases where a parent, Kelley Williams Bollar, served nine days in jail, and a set of parents, Hamlet and Olesia Garcia are facing up to seven years in prison. I’m ashamed I wasn’t aware of this problem before today – January 25th. However, now that I’m aware this practice exists, I’m […]

The Order of DeMolay

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

"Founded by Frank S. Land, a Freemason, DeMolay is modeled after Freemasonry. With the sponsorship of a Masonic body, a DeMolay chapter often meets in a lodge room or, if not in a lodge room, in some other appropriate room within the same building. Although none of the youth groups are "masonic organizations" as such, DeMolay is considered to be part of the general "family" of Masonic and associated organizations, along with other youth groups such as Job's Daughters and Rainbow. As with Rainbow, a family connection to Masonry is not a prerequisite for membership into DeMolay. DeMo... more »

The NYT Editorial Board takes on the Koch Bros' political money machine

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago

*"The clandestine influence of the Kochs and their Palm Springs friends would be much reduced if they were forced to play in the sunshine."* *-- from an editorial in tomorrow's NYT,* "The Koch Party" *by Ken* I've noted that the Koch Brothers have turned up in any number of posts from Howie and Noah, and worry that I haven't been wielding my wee cudgel often enough. That's the thing about Big Money, backed up by its all-but-invariable alter-ego, Deep Pockets: It rolls on and on, tending in the end to outlast and overwhelm contrary voices fueled by mere spunk. It's hardly an origin... more »

AIPAC Senator may face jail for helping gangsters

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago

*Stew Webb Whistleblower-Activist* AIPAC Senator may face jail for helping gangsters[image: 347457_Sen. Robert Menendez] Senator Menendez under investigation for ties to fugitive bankers … by Press TV, Tehran [image: AIPAC has been busy little bees lately] AIPAC has been busy little bees lately *[ Editors Note: Surprise, surprise...up pops the annoucement of what has had to be a long running investigation, and a sensitive one with a Democratic White house having a criminal investigation of an well known senator.* *Are we finally seeing some pay back by Obama for those working wi... more »

Princess Diana was an Anti-Zionist Jew - The Smoking Gun

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

*Born :James Michael Goldsmith* *26 February 1933* *Paris, France* *Died : 18 July 1997 (aged 64)* *Benahavís, Spain* *Cause of Death : Pancreatic cancer* *"Sir James, who was 64, started his career as a hotel cook and became one of the world's wealthiest men. He died on Friday night in Spain, apparently from a heart attack linked to cancer of the pancreas diagnosed in 1993."* No evidence of this WHATSOEVER. He was diabetic; there is no evidence he had pancreatic cancer.

Tiggy Legge-Bourke

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

*February 12, 1996* *Vol. 45* *No. 6* *Diana Draws Blood* By Michelle Green *Lashing Out at Tiggy Brings a Legal Warning and Enrages the Queen * Reports that became public last week suggest that Diana, 34, has recently played into the hands of those who may not wish her well. On Jan. 24, British papers pegged her as the source of a false rumor that Charles's aide Alexandra "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, companion to Princes William, 13, and Harry, 11, when they are with their father, had become pregnant by Charles last year and had an abortion. According to witnesses who gave thei... more »

Would I Lie to You?

antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago

Reblogged from An Antique Teacher:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9zF8OsR_8&w=660&h=495] This week, a very personable "professional developer" from BOCES came to my school to "guide" the K-6 teachers in the use of the Tri-State Quality Rubric - a rubric that is to help us all align our lessons to the CCSS and is to be used as a "learning tool". […]

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago

*State has explored illegally obtaining drug for upcoming execution ~Della Hasselle, The Lens*

Jew-loving mayor of NYC: my job is to defend Israel

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago

The headline from the Israeli daily *Haaretz* says it all: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a heartfelt speech praising Israel at a private gala event hosted by AIPAC at the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan Thursday night, the local website Capital New York reported. According to an edited audio recording obtained by the site (below), *de Blasio said that "part of his job description is to defend Israel"* and that it is *"elemental to being an American, because there is no greater ally on earth, and that's something we can say proudly."* The Israel lobby's event was closed to jou... more »

Is increasing reading instruction a good idea?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 1 day ago

Sent to Education Week, January 25, 2014 We need to take a much closer look at claims that increased time spent in reading instruction results in improvement in reading achievement ("Fla. Pushes Longer School Day, More Reading in Some Schools," Jan. 22). According the Ed Week article, scores were higher than comparison schools in only 20 of the 100 schools observed. In other words, in 80 out of the 100 schools, there comparison schools did as well (or worse?). In addition, we are told that teachers in the program were known to "effective in teaching reading," in other words, in incr... more »