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"How It Really, Tragically, Is"
"Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul, before it will learn a simple lesson." - Dave Wells
“The Blueprint for World War III : ‘This War Will Be Utterly Devastating’”
*“The Blueprint for World War III: * *‘This War Will Be Utterly Devastating’”* by Dave Hodges *SHTFplan Editor’s Note: *”A lot has happened in the last 72 hours. By all indications the east and west are once again positioning for a face off that may well result in the next global conflict. Last time this happened over 60 million people across the planet were dead before it was all said and done. This time around humanity has weapons at its disposal that are so capable of widespread destruction that we could literally be facing the annihilation of the majority of the human race. Make... more »
Ukrainian Military Ship Sunk By Artillery Fire From Pro-Russian Separatists
*Ukrainian Patrol Ship Sunk By Artillery Fire -- IHS Jane's 360 * A Ukrainian patrol ship has been sunk in the Azov Sea after coming under artillery fire, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (DPSU) announced on 1 September. Two Ukrainian Coast Guard vessels based in Mariupol had been patrolling three miles off the Ukrainian coast near Bezimenne when they came under shore-based artillery fire on 31 August, the DPSU said. *Read more* .... *More News On Pro-Russian Separatists Attacking A Ukrainian Military Ship With Artillery Fire* Ukraine Launches Rescue Operation After Ship... more »
I like the fine stuff
I have fifty years of fine and have no wish to decline. So as I exist where can i comprise/ No never on sound that is sacrosanct our as the man knows the last place we can hook all these hippies I have been an audiophile since I was nineteen and I bought my first serious system I had lived through live with a Sanyo component product that in retrospect deserved a heck of a lot more respect My uncle bought it for me and I suspect the origin of the species was not playing on the 8 track, So it is well established I like my sound and vision but that is falling and I do not care so much peo... more »
“The Economics of Perpetual War”
*“The Economics of Perpetual War”* By Matt McCaffrey "We've always been at war with Eastasia." George Orwell, “1984” “The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I seems like an ideal opportunity to spread a message of peace and economic cooperation; sadly, 2014 has so far been a year of new and renewed conflict far more than one of reconciliation. By now, talk of the horrors of war is nothing new. Everyone knows about the total destruction war brings; in fact, we’ve known for millennia. As Lew Rockwell points out, “just about everyone makes the perfunctory nod to the trag... more »
Labor Day 2014
Happy Labor Day! I've featured Billy Bragg before, but via Blue Gal, here's his rendition of another classic: Here's Robert Reich from last year, about celebrating labor on Labor Day: Digby has clips of Barbara Kopple and her Oscar-winning documentary Harlan County U.S.A. (I met Kopple years ago, and she's a cool person in addition to being a great documentary filmmaker.) Digby also
Loving On Empty
Last week Rickie Lee Jones was in Orlando helping Alan Grayson turn out the votes in front of his 75% primary victory on Tuesday. A fews weeks before Peter Case did two concerts for Grayson supporters in the Bay Area. And Grayson isn't the only Democrat turning to musicians to help turn out young voters. Our friends at HeadCount are doing voter registration drives with, among others, Jason Mraz, Spoon, Wilco and the Black Keys. With young voters more apathetic about voting and government than ever, several organizations are trying to woo the “selfie generation” to the polls this ... more »
Russian President Putin Outlines His Terms For A Ceasefire Agreement In Eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Klimentyev *Putin's "Statehood" Gambit Raises Stakes In East Ukraine -- Reuters* Shift in Kremlin language steps up pressure on Kiev * Ambiguous 'statehood' comment played down by spokesman * Use of term 'New Russia' becoming more frequent * Putin keeps Kiev, West guessing over ultimate aim MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A shift in President Vladimir Putin's language on the conflict in eastern Ukraine reflects a transformation in the situation on the battlefield and sounds a warning to Kiev to negotiate sooner rather than later. ... more »
The Economy: “When?”
*“When?”* by Bill Holter “I have had many people tell me they agree with my thought process on events, but don’t understand “why” or “how” the financial system has held together. Why of course is the easy part, no one wants to see the system come apart at the seams, especially the ones running the casino and benefitting the most from it? I think the better question is “when.” I am constantly asked when I think we will see a systemic cascade and my standard answer is “it should have been two (or more) years ago as the question has not been “if” but when for at least that long. Actu... more »
NATO: LIE AFTER LIE
Stop the War's John Rees on why Nato -- on the coat tails of the United States -- is such a threat to peace and how we can mobilise to stop the relentless drive for more war in Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond.
Hope springs eternal
Talking of DB, one of his many catches at *Biased BBC *was the persistently biased BBC tweeter, Jane Bradley. Jane was a BBC London producer back then, tweeting things like "the brilliant John Pilger" and "Cannot believe Chomsky, Pilger, Assange are speaking in Trafalgar Sq and I'm too sodding hungover to go. From my sofa, I urge you all to GO". Now a Senior Broadcast Journalist for the BBC, working on *Panorama *(among other things), she remains highly active on Twitter. This is something she tweeted tonight: #Panorama excl: HomeOffice researcher "booked on diversity course" aft...more »
A Fascinating Answer - Question Session On Ukraine Between BBC Observer John Sweeney And Russian President Putin
*My Comment*: The body language. The look in his eyes. This video is a must see just for that.
The Spectrum of Misogyny
Consider three separate, seemingly unconnected incidents that have risen to media prominence recently. 1. The horrifying, systematic attacks on white girls by gangs of Pakistani paedophiles in Rotherham. 2. The abuse meted out to Zoe Quinn, a US video game developer and author of *Depression Quest.* 3. The theft of naked photos from the social media accounts of prominent Hollywood stars, including A-listers like Jennifer Lawrence and Kirsten Dunst, and posting them online for all the world to see. What drives a man to hack a woman's social media presence and repost details abou... more »
“6 Unhinged Right-Wing Moments This Week: Fox's Comical Beyoncé Freakout”
*“6 Unhinged Right-Wing Moments This Week: * *Fox's Comical Beyoncé Freakout”* By Janet Allon “*1. Bill O’Reilly’s 'Achey breaky heart' about Beyoncé videos. *Young women of America, please stop watching Beyoncé videos. It breaks Bill O’Reilly’s heart for some strange reason he has yet to coherently explain. The good folks at Fox News were mightily confused this week after viewing the pop diva’s performance at the Video Music Awards in which she appeared in front of a huge screen with the word “FEMINIST.” But here's the thing: she seemed to have forgotten her pants. Her pants! How c...more »
When ALECers Retire - There is Still Danger
*Two hundred plus *(200+) ALEC incumbents are not running for re-election in 2014 This may sound like good news – but – IT IS NOT Just because they resigned this year – does not mean they have left politics. Some are running for higher office And HAVE TO BE DEFEATED Some are running for Supreme Court, District Court or Justice of the Peace And HAVE TO BE DEFEATED AND WORSE Some are running for city and county offices To help the extremist, pro-corporate, we want right to work implemented at the local level - American Legislative Exchange Council expand their newest evil... more »
Russian President Putin Warns Of Nuclear War
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.(RIA Novosti / Alexey Druzhinin) *Putin Threatens Nuclear War Over Ukraine -- Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast* Raising the spectre of nuclear war over Ukraine, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is playing a new, and dangerous, game. On Friday, as Russian Federation tanks and troops poured across the border into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin talked about his country’s most destructive weaponry. “I want to remind you that Russia is one of the most powerful nuclear nations,” he said. “This is a reality, not just words.” Russia, he told listeners, is “strengtheni... more »
Russian President Putin: 'If I Want To I Can Take Kiev In A Fortnight'
Warning: Mr Putin (right) made a bellicose statement to the European Commission President, Jose Manual Barroso (left), telling him that his armed forces could 'take Kiev in a fortnight'. The pair are pictured here on August 20 *'If I Want To I Can Take Kiev In A Fortnight': Putin's Threat To Europe Revealed By EU Boss As Ukraine Loses Control Of Key Airport -- Daily Mail* * Putin made an incendiary remark to the European Commission President * He said that his forces could march to the Ukrainian capital in two weeks * Two seamen are missing after a rebel artillery attack on a patrol... more »
Alan Waldman : Britain’s ‘Bad Girls’ is a gripping, gritty gals-hehind–bars series
Strong English cast and writers make this popular prison series compelling television. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 1, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers … finish reading Alan Waldman : Britain’s ‘Bad Girls’ is a gripping, gritty gals-hehind–bars series
Oops
Oh Dear. It’s done it again. (oops) Israel has gone and created another obstacle to advocacy. Expropriating 4 sq km of ‘Palestinian’ land in the occupied West Bank might look like a good idea to some Israelis who (quite understandably) fear that Israel is not much further forward that it was more than 2000 deaths ago, but it’s not very helpful to anyone who taken on the seemingly un-winnable task of trying to defend Israel against accusations of ‘not wanting peace’. However justified it might look to lawyers and pro-Israel legal eagles who are willing to delve deeply into the legit... more »
NSA: There’s a Spy in my Soup!
Janet Phelan Okay, we now know that our phone calls are being monitored. Snowden has made it clear that none of our electronically conveyed communications are secure from NSA snooping. But to find that they are now listening to our potato chips? As revealed recently in an article in MIT News, technology has been developed which would allow our relentlessly nosy government to pick up voice prints from a bag of potato chips, a glass of water, a window or potted plant. This is how it works: The tiny vibration of objects as a result of a nearby conversation can now be picked up ... more »
Moffat Accredits the Memes: Appendix 1 - Like, Totally Metal, dude...
*Okay, just to deal with this separately, quickly - is he doing that on purpose...?* *Almost certainly not, but you have to wonder why it seems to keep happening, because it keeps randomly emerging from screen-grabs I have taken so far from episodes 1 & 2.* *Must still be a Malcolm Tucker thing...* It's *probably *worth noting, and getting on the record and out of the way early on, that (contrary to popular misinformation), the "Devil Sign", Metal Horns, Hook 'em Horns or Corna gesture is, and always has been, and still *is* (in Europe, at any rate) a tranditional, folk *prote... more »
Abbas at Doha: PA will give Israel authority of West Bank if border talks fail
*Haaretz-* You read that headline correctly! Abbas will *punish *Israel by giving them control of the West Bank. That'll fix Israel and the US right up! Yup. Don't mess around with Abbas. He's a tough negotiator! You have to read this article. Seriously. *Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly told Israel that if negotiations with the United States about establishing a Palestinian state within the 1967 lines fail, he will transfer responsibility of West Bank lands to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. * The report emerged Monday in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar, citin... more »
Why Israel is a journalist’s utopia
I'd like to recommend a thoughtful post by former BBC Middle East correspondent Richard Miron, entitled *Looking Back at Gaza *(first published on his blog Foreign Daze.) Here's a (fairly hefty) extract from it: During the recent Gaza conflict the Israeli authorities facilitated the movement of international journalists in and out of the territory. This allowed high-profile reporters and presenters to come and go during the conflict and for news organizations to rotate their staff during the hostilities. (This contrasted with the Israeli decision to close off Gaza to foreign rep... more »
The practice of lesson plan review
Beginning my second year back in the classroom, I am once again becoming aware of the obligatory lesson plan review by administration. I have no problem with this in theory, but I am curious as to the overall value of this practice. In many cases, schools are staffed by a lot of people who teach […]
Durham Schools Cutting Ties with Teach for America
A day to celebrate! From the Herald-Sun: Aug. 30, 2014 @ 05:51 PM Gregory Childress DURHAM — The Durham school district will honor its current contract with Teach For America, but the national teacher training program’s future with Durham Public Schools is up in the air. The school board voted 6-1 last week to honor its commitment to TFA teachers, including five hired to work for DPS this school year, but to not pursue any new relationships with the program beyond the 2015-16 school year. That’s when the five TFA teachers hired for this school year will complete their service ... more »
The Self-Driving Car is Going to End in Disaster
Joshua Krause On the surface, self driving cars sounds like a godsend. You could sit back and relax during your commutes, safe in the knowledge that your computer-driven vehicle will get you to your destination safe and sound. “Safe” being the keyword here, because these vehicles will supposedly be safer than any human driver. The computer will never experience road rage or fatigue, and will have lightning fast reflexes. So far, Google’s test vehicles have driven over 700,000 thousand miles without incident. However, we don’t really know how safe or effective they’ll be until ordi... more »
ISIS is America’s New Terror Brand
*Endless Propaganda Fuels “War on Terror”* Image Credit: Vice News James F. Tracy In the wake of World War I, erstwhile propagandist and political scientist Harold Lasswell famously defined propaganda as “the management of collective attitudes” and the “control over opinion” through “the manipulation of significant symbols.”[1] The extent to which this tradition is enthusiastically upheld in the West and the United States in particular is remarkable. The American public is consistently propagandized by its government and corporate news media on the most vital of contemporary iss... more »
NATO’s Options in Ukraine
Tony Cartalucci After provoking what is increasingly a devastating and expanding conflict in Ukraine, NATO appears to be out of options as its proxy regime loses its grip on both its military campaign against its own population in eastern Ukraine, as well as political control in the capital of Kiev itself. However, despite the turn of events, with NATO apparently rudderless, those seeking to undo and reserve the damage the West has created in Eastern Europe must not become complacent. NATO still possesses several options with which it can respond to its deteriorating proxy regim... more »
How Happy Is YOUR Labor Day?
Last week, prostrating himself before the Koch brothers and other right-wing billionaire campaign financiers, Mitch McConnell swore that if they helped the GOP take over the Senate-- and reelect him in Kentucky-- he would guarantee that there would never be a vote taken on raising the mimimim wage. Happy Labor Day… as the rest of the civilized world enjoys nice long vacation, regular pay raises, healthcare, pensions, maternity leave and benefits most American workers no longer even dream of. Yesterday, the *Lexington Herald-Leader* released a poll showing that most Kentuckians dis... more »
Labor’s Demise Is America’s Demise
*"Today the US has the most unequally distributed income and wealth of all developed economies and one of the worst in the entire world"* *Paul Craig Roberts* Anthony Freda Illustration Labor Day is a holiday that has outlived its time. Like Christmas, Labor Day has become a time-out period. As Christmas has become a shopping spree, Labor Day has become the last summer holiday. The holiday originated in 1887 to celebrate the contribution made by American workers to the strength and prosperity of the United States. The first Monday in September was chosen by President Grover Cl... more »
Teachers' dispute down to public pressure and first to fold
You can tune out all the rhetoric from both sides in the teachers’ dispute at this point. It has come down to a simple question - who will fold first. The government hopes the BCTF will accept a negotiated deal, to avoid - or reduce - the risk of legal challenges. Given its losing record in the courts, that’s understandable. The union would rather be legislated back if an acceptable deal can’t be reached, for the same reason. (The union leadership, after taking members out in a costly, ineffective strike strategy, also doesn’t really want to try and explain why the result was a medio... more »
Co-opting the Co-opted
I am going to give you some data. For many of you, most of this data won't mean much, but for some of you, this data will illuminate a lot of pieces of "the puzzle". I am not giving names, but will give details. In December 2010 a certain person was "picked up" (kidnapped) from his home and flown to Switzerland. This person is one of only two people with access to the Global Collateral Accounts (which I have mentioned a few times before). He was "asked" to activate "old" accounts that were dormant, and then was flown to Virginia (cough cough cough Langley cough cough). Whe... more »
The Bloody Origin Of Labor Day and The Real Maguire
*Most people know Labor Day as an extra day off of work. Fewer know the holiday comes from a time when the government was offing workers**.* Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/labor-day-2014_n_5738262.html *The Real Maguire - Who Actually Invented Labor Day?* It's clear that the first Labor Day celebration was held on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, and organized by the Central Labor Union, an early trade union organization operating in the greater New York City area in the 1880s. By the early 1890s, more than 20 states had adopted the holiday. On June ... more »
The Voters?
Where to begin. The Globe is reporting Harper is resisting a NATO-wide call to increase defence spending to two per cent of GDP. He says it's our fault apparently because us voters wouldn't support such an increase in defence spending. Maybe so, but concern about what the voters think has never really stopped him from doing anything before. [Hmm, I wonder if the F-35 is actually now too
Why John J. Mearsheimer is Wrong on Ukraine
When I arrived as an incoming graduate student at Ohio State University, I was labeled a realist since I studied extensively under John J. Mearsheimer at the University of Chicago. And despite the fact that I find such labeling exercises rather silly (plus, my advisor at both Chicago and OSU was actually Alex Wendt), there Continue reading
The Plight Of Iraq’s Yazidis In Ninewa Province Interview With Christine van den Toorn
--> The Islamic State’s recent attack upon the Sinjar area of Ninewa province has brought world attention to the plight of Iraq’s Yazidis. Insurgents have targeted the small religious group for years, but after Sinjar was taken there were mass executions and kidnappings of more than 1,000 women by the Islamists. The situation was made worse by unfulfilled promises by local Kurdish officials to protect the community. To help explain the situation is Christine van den Toorn who runs The Primary Source a Sulaymaniya based research group, and who is also reporting for Iraq Oil Report ... more »
Dark connections - Keenan working for the Cabal, not for the people.
- by GrandeLander (Aug 31, 2014). Keenan, guilty of Lèse-majesté? Evidence caught on tape. Why is Keenan spreading lies about Thailand's royalties and getting away with it? The answers will shock you. The following is a reader's reply to Neil Keenan unsubstantiated, false accusations about Thailand. Egbert Sousé AUGUST 29, 2014 AT 7:21 PM Double check with regards to the passing of Thai Queen Sirikit, as she just celebrated her 82nd birthday on 12 August, 2014. According to Thai law, you can be subject to imprisonment — even if you are a non-Thai citizen or non-resident regardles... more »
Last Day in a Fog
I'll post other things after I re-learn how to think. Maybe Tuesday will be my last day in the fog.
Starting tomorrow: The Houses of Journalist County!
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014Award-winning series begins:* Starting tomorrow, we’ll be presenting our long-awaited, award-winning series, The Houses of Journalist County. We’ll start where all journalism starts—on the cover of Parade magazine. Our award-winning work will appear at this site. For a high-ranking preview, click here.
Adult university students are entrapped unpaid workers, captured and broken by institutional schooling
By Denis G. Rancourt Adult university students are entrapped unpaid managerial-labourers, intellectual slave-workers in forced indoctrination camps. The institutionally imposed "study" is unpaid forced labour done by adults and minors. By virtue of entirely blocking a person's freedom of inquiry, and freedom to thus self-define within the unpartitioned community, schooling and university
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*Rapid erosion of Louisiana coast only expected to accelerate ~Bob Marshall, Al Shaw * *US judge blocks enforcement of new La abortion law ~AP, via WWLTV * *Report: City should sell World Trade Center site ~Tania Dall *
Dear PTA,
Dear ___________________ (Insert District/School PTA President’s name), Please accept my donation of $_____ to our school Parent Teacher Association. I/We truly appreciate the dedication and time that our local PTA devotes to enhancing the educational and social opportunities for our children and their school. I/We are choosing to donate money to our school’s PTA as […]
Links + Ma the Irritator + Bonus Ebola Paranoia = Something for everyone
*I love my Tokina 100 mm macro*. No blogging today, just too damn busy, but I thought I'd leave you with some links and this unhappy conjecture: lessee... Ebola in Africa... thousands of Chinese workers and investors in Africa... tens of thousands of Taiwanese in China... how long before that circle is closed and we see Ebola here? "Oh, I have pretty serious case of the flu, I think I'll return to Taiwan and have it treated." The Ma Administration's policy of irritating the US continues with its ongoing exhibition of the ROC's mad claims to the South China Sea. It's a constant rem... more »
Moffat Acredits the Memes: Part II - Dalek Counterinsurgency Warfare
*"Counterinsurgency was stylish, and exciting - and it suited JFK's needs perfectly."* *- PBS' Explanation for the Vietnam War.* "This was the metastasis of the cancer, the shift of the Venetian Party from the Adriatic to the banks of the Thames, and this has been the main project of the world oligarchy during the past five centuries. *The Venetian Party, wherever it is, believes in epistemological warfare. * *The Venetian Party knows that ideas are more powerful weapons than guns, fleets, and bombs.* In order to secure acceptance for their imperial ideas, the Venetian Party see... more »
CDC Whistleblower Revealed
US CDC Caused Thousands of US Black Children to Develop Autism & Hid the Data – CDC Whistleblower Named Posted on August 24, 2014 by ChildHealthSafety Start the video at 5 minutes in to see the key admissions, confirmations and identity of the senior CDC scientist and whistleblower who revealed the information about the misconduct by this US government agency: *Source:* *Child Health Safety* [image: CDC]
Labour Day 2014
http://www.cp24.com Just what is the state of Labour on this Labour Day? If you were to use Harper government policy a a yardstick, the answer would be "not very good." After all, this is a government which ends strikes before they begin, and which has vastly expanded the Temporary Foreign Workers Program in the wake of the Great Recession. But even Harper supporter Tasha Kheiriddin acknowledges that the majority of Canadians support unions: What does the public think about unions? A study conducted in late 2013 by Ha... more »
Editor's Note.
I live in Canada ... and today is a big national holiday. The girlfriend wants to do a family thing this morning and afternoon .... so alas .... blogging will return later this afternoon.
Is A Prairie Populist Building A Big November Surprise While The DSCC Wastes Its Time In Dixie?
If the Democrats lose the Senate majority in November it will be because Harry Reid and DSCC chair Michael Bennet decided to concede South Dakota without a fight. So far Establishment Republican Mike Rounds has spent $2,941,991 on the race to win the seat being abandoned by Democrat Tim Johnson, while populist Democrat Rick Weiland has only raised $1,094,098 in total and spent $650,325. The DSCC has put all its eggs in the baskets of much more conservative Democrats than Weiland-- and much more Republican-Leaning states than South Dakota, like Michelle Nunn in Georgia and Alison ... more »
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*OH: Pols say schools should be anti-suicide propagandists* A bill is being proposed in Ohio that would require community colleges and universities to have suicide prevention programs on and off campus. The proposal calls for access to mental health programs and crisis intervention, such as a hotline. Colleges would need plans for telling students about prevention activities and communicating with students, staff and parents after the loss of a student to suicide. The Board of Regents and the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services would post free materials online... more »
Labour accused of turning blind eye to abuse: Three senior figures say 'politically correct brigade' ignored warnings for fear of inflaming community tensions via Mail Online
'Ann Cryer, Simon Danczuk and Denis MacShane launch attack on Tony Blair They claim his administration turned a blind eye to abuses by Asian gangs Committee will ask whether social cohesion was put before investigations Three Labour figures have accused Tony Blair's government of turning a blind eye to child abuse and terrorism in the Muslim community – for fear of inflaming community tensions. Former MP Ann Cryer said the 'politically correct brigade' predominant on the left dismissed her warnings after she exposed a sex-abuse scandal involving Asian men in her constituency. Roc... more »
John Judge and the Pentagon Wall of Tears
*John Judge was a rather heavy man.* *The Pentagon Attack* *and American Airlines Flight 77* by John Judge researcher and founder for 9/11 CitizensWatch 21 February 2004 On the morning of September 11, 2001 I was at home in Washington, DC, about half a mile from the Pentagon, in Anacostia. I had been called by a friend to inform me of the first plane hitting the WTC tower in New York City. He sits on a transportation board for the county in Fairfax, Virginia, which includes Dulles Airport. He was immediately alarmed because he knew that no commercial flights come close to... more »
Leviathans of Space: Massive Unknown Craft
*Leviathans of Space: Massive Unknown Craft* By Scott Corrales © 2014 We were assured by space writers and science fiction authors that the vastness of interstellar space could only be crossed by mammoth space vehicles – “generation ships”, in the parlance of some spinners of space yarns – crewed by generations of space travelers hoping to reach their destination centuries hence. The concept was ripe for speculation. What if the children of the children of the first crew became a series of stratified societies aboard their vehicle, and had forgotten the purpose of their mission? ... more »
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe
Largest Study to Date: Transgender Hormone Treatment Safe Cross-sex hormone treatment of transgender adults leads to very few long-term side effects, according to the authors of the largest study to date to examine this issue. More than 2000 patients from 15 US and European centers participated in the retrospective study, called Comorbidity and Side Effects of Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment in Transsexual Subjects, and nearly 1600 received at least 1 year of follow-up, the authors reported. "Our results are very reassuring," principal investigator Henk Asscheman, MD, PhD, who heads HAJA... more »
Fukushima debacle Updates ( September 1 , 2014 ) ---- #Fukushima I NPP Progress Report on Ice Plug in Reactor 2 Trench: Time for Plan C (and Diaper Polymer May Be Back...) Energy News items regarding Fukushima.....
Ex SKF..... SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 #Fukushima I NPP Progress Report on Ice Plug in Reactor 2 Trench: Time for Plan C (and Diaper Polymer May Be Back...) *Plan A*, if you recall, was to freeze the highly contaminated water at the head of the trench right outside the Reactor 2 turbine building (Shaft A, on the northeast corner of the turbine building) to create an ice plug by placing several freezing pipes in the trench. Why is a plug needed? Because TEPCO wants to drain the highly contaminated water from the trench. *What TEPCO did not say was the existence of many obstacles at th... more »
Iraq / Syria Regional War Updates ( September 1 , 2014 ) --ISIS adaptation makes air strikes more complicated and less useful.......... Even as fighting in Iraq morphs due to the US air strikes , the battles in Syria rage on and Lebanon seems likely to be drawn into the conflict ......
Anti War..... US Air War Complicated as ISIS Blends in With LocalsISIS Targets 'More Discreet' Now by Jason Ditz, August 31, 2014 Print This | Share This The US war in Iraq continues to get more complex as easily foreseeable situations emerge and the Pentagon has no answers for them. The latest problem is that ISIS targets, which were mostly conspicuous at the start of the war, are starting to blend in with the local population. Since ISIS got its start as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), it was pretty obvious that they were experienced in insurgent-style tactics in addition to the recent da... more »
Minnesotan man builds the world's first 3D printed concrete castle in his own backyard,designing a kit that can print two-story houses
*From:* http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140826-minnesotan-world-first-3d-printed-concrete-castle-in-his-own-backyard.html *Minnesotan man builds the world's first 3D printed concrete castle in his own backyard, designing a kit that can print two-story houses* Aug. 26, 2014 | By Alec In Minnesota, contractor Andrey Rudenko is currently working on a project of gargantuan proportions that seems to be stretching and exploring the limits of 3D printing technology. Using a printer that was substantially modified and expanded, he has printed a concrete castle in his own backyard. And at ... more »
Five Most Popular Posts for August
The most read this month were: 1. When Genocide Is Permissible 2. Critiquing Doctor Who: Deep Breath 3. On Bombing ISIS 4. The Social Significance of Ian Botham's Penis 5. How Not to Write About Rotherham August's most-featured-in-the-news tops the page view tally for this month, followed not too far behind by the Doctor's return to our screens in Peter Capaldi's skin. Does having an openly Scottish Doctor indicate a clandestine contribution by BBC Wales to the Better Together campaign? Yes it's been a busy month on the blog, the most buzzing it's been since December 2013 no less. A... more »
Production of vacuum cleaners above 1600 watts banned in the EU
In November 2013, I reminded everyone that the EU had an incredibly irresponsible plan to simply ban all vacuum cleaners above 1600 watts of the input power. (The equivalent figure that Americans would use is 110 times smaller because the voltage is 110 volts and in amps, so 1600 watts is equivalent to 14.55 amps.) Today, on the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the ban came to force. I didn't want to believe that it would ever become valid but it really has. Czech media say that it's still OK to sell them and the retailers have huge inventories, indeed. Some Weste... more »
Divide & Conquer - The Age Old Game Continues
Source: *https://plus.google.com/u/0/108767350436427277961/posts* *Note: *Now we have elections in Europé . Another manifestation of this principal.
HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE - August 31, 2014
*HILARION's WEEKLY MESSAGE* by Marlene Swetlishoff August 31-September 7, 2014 Beloved Ones, As you move through each day, stay centered within your sacred heart space and send love and blessings to all that is around you. Practice this until it is an innate part of your constant experience. You are beings of light and love and this is the reason you are here during these turbulent times. Your calming and loving presence is much needed and you each have the capacity to create calm and peace within the sphere of your influence. This sphere is much larger than you can imagine, De... more »
Gardasil Changed My Whole Life Living In Denmark by Anika Hjorth
Hjorth FamilyGardasil changed my whole Life By Anika Hjorth Fredericia, Denmark I am the mother of three children, ages 1, 8 and 9. In addition to taking care of my home and family, I work as the sales coordinator for a local newspaper. I enjoy family outings and holidays. I used to run 20km at a time to stay physically fit. Gardasil changed all of this. The quadrivalent HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was approved for use in Denmark in 2006. I had read a little on the internet about it, but did not find any reason why I should not take the vaccine. On many sites, Gardasil was look... more »
Le Gardasil a changé toute ma vie par Anika Hjorth
Hjorth Famille *Le Gardasil a changé toute ma vie* par Anika Hjorth, Initiative Citoyenne, 15 août 2014 Je suis la maman de 3 enfants de 1, 8 et 9 ans. Outre le soin de la maison et l’éducation des enfants, je travaille en tant que coordinatrice de ventes pour un journal local. J’adore les sorties en famille et les vacances. J’avais l’habitude de courir régulièrement 20 km pour rester en parfaite forme physique. Le Gardasil a tout bouleversé. Le vaccin quadrivalant contre le HPV, le Gardasil a été approuvé pour utilisation au Danemark en 2006. J’avais un peu lu sur i... more »
China issues first airworthiness certificate for V750
China's unmanned helicopter, the V750, will receive an airworthiness certificate from Civil Aviation Administration next month. It will be the first such certificate issued by the country to a drone. It is the country’s largest drone. "It symbolizes that the drone has entered the market, and become part of the authorities’ management system," Prof.Gao Yuanyang with Beijing Univ. of Aeronautics said. Read more
Chinese reconnaissance and strike drone conducts test flight
[image: Rainbow NO.4 UAV]China's reconnaissance and strike drone Rainbow NO.4 has conducted a test flight and completed simulation target practice, marking a major step forward for China's unmanned technology. Rainbow NO.4 embarked on its maiden test flight straight from rolling out of the factory. "The test flight was very successful today. During acceleration and deceleration, the drone kept taxing on a central line on the runway. It's well positioned to carry out the subsequent missions," Li Pingkun, head of Rainbow No.4 Project, said. Read more
Israel Military Shoots Down Unmanned Aircraft Over Golan
Quneitra, Syria The Israeli military said it shot down an unmanned aircraft above the Israeli-held section of the Golan Heights, a plateau that’s become more volatile with Syrian rebels’ gains and confrontations with United Nations peacekeepers. Hours before a Patriot missile brought down the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country was ready to combat threats to its security on all fronts, including the Golan. At Israel’s first cabinet meeting since an Aug. 26 truce ending 50 days of Gaza Strip fighting, the prime minister said he hoped “the qui... more »
Naomi Wolf Schools War Propagandist on Needing Evidence and Congress to Go To War
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Australia to join multinational airlift against Islamic State in Iraq
Australia will join a multinational effort to help Kurdish fighters against the barbaric Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, flying plane loads of arms and munitions into the strife-torn nation. Tony Abbott has announced today that RAAF C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster aircraft will join aircraft from other nations including Canada, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States to help repel the jihadist extremists. The Prime Minister said today the “United States Government has requested that Australia help to transport stores of military equipment, including arms and ... more »
Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding poised to honor John Warner
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[image: USS John Warner (SSN-785)]Newport News Shipbuilding will christen the Navy's newest submarine Saturday in a ceremony that will more than mark a construction milestone. It will celebrate the legacy of retired U.S. Sen. John Warner, one of Virginia's most venerated leaders. Warner insists that others are more deserving of having a warship named in their honor. He said as much when President George W. Bush called to deliver the big news more than five years ago. When the phone rang that day, Virginia's senior senator had just climbed out of a swimming pool. He was in Florida wi... more »
Inequality 20: The Top 50 Richest Filipinos
Forbes has released the 50 richest families in the Philippines. This should be for 2014, or 2013. I copy-paste the list here. Please note that this is for the entire family, not just by one person or the patriarch. The top 5: Sy and family owns SM Prime Holdings, SM malls, and Banco de Oro, the country’s largest bank in assets. L. Tan owns Philippine Airlines, and the fifth largest lender, Philippine National Bank Razon owns International Container Terminal Services Inc, (ICTSI) that has port operations across Asia, the US, Middle East and Europe. Also owns Solaire Resort & Casino,... more »
IDF's Newest Submarine to Set Sail for Israel
[image: INS Tanin]Israel’s newest Dolphin II-class submarine is poised to set sail from Germany, where it was constructed. The vessel, named the INS Tanin (pronounced ta-NEEN), is one of three submarines being constructed for the Israeli Navy by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Kiel, Germany. The Tanin is the largest underwater craft being built in Germany since the end of World War II and are considered among the most effective in the world. Named for the biblical sea creature, alternately translated as crocodile, snake or dragon, the Tanin and its sister ships, the Rahav and a yet-... more »
What is the Jewish Caucus in the CA state legislature all about?
*The San Diego Jewish Journal* recently published a rather revealing article about the Jewish Caucus, formed at the beginning of this year, in the California state legislature. The article begins: The California state legislature’s first ethnic caucus was *the Black Caucus* which formed in 1967. A handful of years later, in 1973, *the Latino Caucus* formed. It wasn’t again until 2001 that California received another ethnic caucus, this time for legislators of *Asian and Pacific Islander descent*. Only a year later, *the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus* was created. *Th... more »
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*Warmists invent magic ice* *It melts and gets thicker at the same time, apparently. There are lots of findings that antarctic ice is increasing -- e.g. here -- but the galoots below say it has been increasingly melting* Sea levels around Antarctica have been rising a third faster than the global average, a clear sign of high meltwater runoff from the continent's icesheet, scientists said on Sunday. Satellite data from 1992 to 2011 found the sea surface around Antarctica's coast rose by around eight centimetres (3.2 inches) in total compared to a rise of six cm for the average of... more »
Swing Set Giveaway!
Today I have teamed up with some awesome bloggers to bring you a fantastic giveaway for a SWING SET! Awesome, right?! Enter below! *Welcome to the Little Tikes Tree House Swing Set Giveaway Event!*[image: LittleTikesSwingSetGiveaway]We have come together with our hosts Everything Mommyhood and Mom To Bed by 8 to offer our readers a Tree House Swing Set giveaway from Little Tikes. Special thanks to our co-hosts Budget Earth and Bayou City Mamas. *INSERT YOUR OWN WORDS HERE* A backyard “tree” house with swing set that includes a climbing wall, sliding board and more! Kids can climb to... more »
NATO's Options in Ukraine
*September 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - After provoking what is increasingly a devastating and expanding conflict in Ukraine, NATO appears to be out of options as its proxy regime loses its grip on both its military campaign against its own population in eastern Ukraine, as well as political control in the capital of Kiev itself. However, despite the turn of events, with NATO apparently rudderless, those seeking to undo and reserve the damage the West has created in Eastern Europe must not become complacent. NATO still possesses several options with which it can respond to it... more »
It's always harmful to attach negative adjectives to quantum mechanics
Sabine Hossenfelder attended a global summit dedicated to the question whether it's right for science writers to present quantum mechanics as spooky, strange, and weird. Imagine how much fuel would be saved if the participants could have stayed home and responded with the right answer which is No. There is really no room for long yet intelligent debates and diatribes. Quantum mechanics was surprising to the physicists and is still surprising to the beginners who are learning it today. But as Giotis mentioned in the first comment under Sabine's blog post, it is not really surprisin... more »
Defending Apartheid: Then in South Africa, Now in Palestine
Just like another Israel, by enemies surrounded, lost in the veld, but for another Canaan elected, led forward by God's plan. - Reverend J.D. du Toit, Potgieter's Trek (1909) This past May, in a relatively banal column touting the necessity of an impossible "two-state solution" in the context of what he deemed to be U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's "specious comparison" of a potential
Somalia's Intelligence HQ Attacked By Islamist Rebels
A Somali government soldier holds his fighting position against suspected militants during an attack at the Jilacow underground cell inside a national security compound in Mogadishu August 31, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Feisal Omar *Islamist Rebels Attack Intelligence Site In Somalia, 12 Killed -- Reuters* (Reuters) - Islamist rebels blew up a car bomb and gunmen attacked a national intelligence site in Somalia's capital where suspected militants are held, in an assault on Sunday that left at least 12 people dead. Three soldiers and two civilians were killed along with seven militants, ... more »
The #1 reason for #dirtypolitics: the barrenness of the "centre-right"
The #DirtyPolitics saga saw the commentariat almost immediately begin comparing John Key to their favourite modern-day bogeyman, Richard Nixon. [image: Embedded image permalink] On the face of it, the link looks seriously overblown. Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy led a shambolic dirty tricks team directly overseen by Nixon’s Attorney General that ran a series of lurid operations including luring political opponents with prostitutes, attempts to destroy political party conventions, and carrying out break-ins of journalists and political opponents. Cameron Slater runs a blog. If the... more »
Islamist Fighters Have Taken Over The Abandoned U.S. Embassy In Libya
*Islamist Militia 'Seize' U.S. Embassy Compound In Libya And Post Video Online Of Triumphant Gunmen Leaping Into The POOL While Giving Tours Around The Evacuated Residents Quarters -- Daily Mail* * Footage reportedly taken inside the compound shows men gathered around the embassy villa's swimming pool, with some even jumping in * An official claims the compound is being 'safeguarded' and was not 'ransacked' * The compound has been unoccupied since July 26 when U.S. diplomats evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort * It comes near the two-year anniversary of th... more »
EdNext and the “Promise” of “Charter Choice”–But Let’s Not Mention the FBI
I have written a couple of posts of late regarding the results of Education Next’s 2014 public opinion survey, especially as concerns EdNext’s and its editor-in-chief Paul Peterson’s attempts to sell the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to a public that is only half aware of CCSS– and with the half who are aware increasingly rejecting those […]
Douglas Carswell Leaves The Conservative Party For The Much More Right-Wing UKIP
Unless you're a Brit, you've probably never heard of Douglas Carswell, until last week, the Conservative Member of Parliament from Clacton a generally well-off, retirement seaside area in Essex, just northwest of London. Carswell, who often passes himself off as a libertarian, was on the extreme fringe of the Conservative Party, switched to the neo-Nazi UKIP last Thursday (August 28) and resigned from Parliament, triggering a by-election in which he will face off against a Labour candidate, Tim Young and an as yet unnamed Conservative candidate. If Carswell wins, he'll be the fir... more »
Happy Labor Day!
Have a safe and happy Labor Day folks, and thanks for stopping by!
Assad Is Deluded To Think That Washington Will Align Itself With His Regime In The Name of Fighting ISIS
*Washington will not sacrifice its proxy army ISIS for anybody, especially not Assad. From the U.S. perspective that would be a waste of a useful tool. The terrorist group's ability to promote Washington's aims in the region via unconventional means have proven to be very effective so far.* *1. An excerpt from, "Syria sees Islamist threat bringing detente with West, but not soon" by Tom Perry, Reuters, August 21, 2014: * There is no sign of any shift in Washington, whose policy is built on Assad leaving power and last year came close to bombing Syria after accusing him of using che... more »
Energy Econ 25: Coal Use and GDP Expansion, Is There a Correlation?
* This is my article in thelobbyist.biz last Friday. ----------- Energy is development. The more energy and electricity that an economy can provide for its citizens and private enterprises at low price and stable supply, the bigger is the growth and development potential of the economy. There is growing public interest for renewable energy like solar and wind and this is fine. But when there is also corresponding high opposition to coal, petroleum and even natural gas, then public policy is distorted, like more taxation of conventional sources, royalties for Malampaya natural gas. W... more »
Happy Labor Day? (No, Not Really . . . Not At All In Fact) The USA Con Was A Very Long One - And Deep - One of the Greatest Causes of the Ever-Widening Income Gap: A Bridge Straight to the 19th Century (Without Social Security or Security of Any Type)
Contributions for this blog's operation are always welcomed. Thank you, in advance. When I read any of Thomas Frank's books and essays I always marvel that his subject has also been mine for the last 30 years. And he's organized the arguments mathematically to back them up. If you stopped watching Jim Cramer and the rest of CNBC's money/politics shills long ago, it was probably because you
What creates wealth
Why are some countries rich and some countries poor? Is it access to natural resources? Is it tax policy? A motivated work force? These are important, but not determinative. The answer is deceptively simple - it's what's in our heads: knowledge. Thus, the surest way to promote economic growth is to cultivate an environment that encourages the spread of knowledge. Such an environment requires freedom, and intellectual property rights -- which is why the freest and most legally objective societies are the most prosperous. In five minutes, economist George Gilder explains why. ... more »
VOICES OF THE PEOPLE
My favorite blog, The Vineyard of the Saker, got a ton of comments today from people after he posted a piece about how corrupt and weak EU politicians are. Some of the comments were priceless so I thought I'd share a few here. Most of them don't give names so I will just put what they wrote below. It's encouraging to see such political sophistication out there. What we need now is a unified anti-corporate strategy across the globe. A good start would be a global weekend of protest against NATO. - Merkel, Obama, Poroshenko et. al. are dangerous - but as individuals th... more »
Lee County Board Member, Mary Fischer, Wants to Change Her Vote at 8:30 AM Tuesday Morning
Clip from News-Press.com: Opt-out may be a thing of the past. Lee County School Board member Mary Fischer said Friday afternoon that she changed her mind about the benefits of opting out, calling for the board to rescind the motion at a special school board meeting. Fischer, who served as the tiebreaker at Wednesday's 3-2 vote, called for the meeting to discuss repealing the sweeping decision. The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Lee County Education Center. The school board often needs four votes, known as a "super majority," to rescind a decision. But district ... more »
The Roswell Rock
So now we have the Roswell Rock. What is it? Just a rock found in New Mexico with some sort of crop circle design on it that some think is beyond our capability to make. There seem to be no tool marks found under microscopic examination, it seems to have some strange magnetic properties and it was found within twenty-five miles of the site that is alleged to have contained the alien bodies. It now takes it place with all those other things that have been identified with Roswell such as the Mexican Roswell, the British Roswell, the Chinese Roswell, the Russian Ros… well, you get th... more »
Fairness
You hear it all the time. That’s fair /that’s not fair. Life’s fair / life’s not fair / life’s good, but not fair at all. So WTF does “fairness” actually mean, why is there so much confusion about it, and why is there so much politics that takes advantage of this confusion? Philosopher Stephen Hicks analyses fairness, politics, ethics … and tennis. *Fairness* is a key concept of ethics but if you ask three philosophers what it means, you will get four different answers. Many of our ongoing public policy debates turn on competing conceptions of what is and is not fair. - *In... more »
Update: "Is this why we hate the gummint?" -- the sequel
*Again, pay no attention to the "NO BICYCLE RIDING IN SUBWAY TUNNEL" sign. After all, no bicycle riders did in the time the sign was up. It's gone now.* *by Ken* I just wanted to provide a quick update on the situation ("Closed for repairs that aren't being made: Is this why we hate the gummint?," December 10) at the entrance to the three-block-long pedestrian tunnel that links my stretch of upper Broadway (roughly at what would be 190th Street) to the IRT 191st Street station of the no. 1 train to the east, which lies far below St. Nicholas Avenue -- it's the deepest station in t... more »
"The Invitation"
*"The Invitation"* "It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mi... more »
EXCELLENT SHORT FILM ON FERGUSON
Fault Lines traveled to Ferguson to witness the demonstrations and the subsequent heavy-handed police reaction - and to find out how Brown's killing sparked something bigger, exposing tensions that have been bubbling beneath the surface for years.
"humility is the foundation of all learning"
My grandmother had always referred to the universe as the Great Mystery. "What does it mean?" I asked her once. "It means all things." "I don't understand." She took my hand and sat me down on a rock at the water's edge. "We need mystery," she said, "Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility, grandson, is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unravel this. We honour it by letting it be that way forever." Richard Wagamese, *Indian Horse* (2013)
"A Look to the Heavens"
“This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. *Click image for larger size.* The above image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is presented in three colors chosen for scientific interest. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the... more »
"The Essential Thing..."
"The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." - Pierre de Courbertin
Chet Raymo, “The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself”
*“The Universe Becomes Conscious of Itself” * by Chet Raymo "By now most of us will have seen this spectacular photograph of a dusty star-birthing region of the Carina Nebula, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. I offer a slightly different cropping from what you may have seen in the media or on APOD. Please click the image to see it it all of its glory. Let me add some context. The image shows an area of the sky that you could cover with the intersection of two crossed sewing pins held at arms length. Think about that for a minute. Hold two imaginary cr...more »
"Why Are You Here?"
* "Why Are You Here?"* by Robert Lanza, M.D. "Why do you happen to be alive on this lush little planet with its warm sun and coconut trees? And at just the right time in the history of the universe? The surface of the molten earth has cooled, but it's not too cold. And it's not too hot; the sun hasn't expanded enough to melt the Earth's surface with its searing gas yet. Even setting aside the issue of being here and now, the probability of random physical laws and events leading to this point is less than 1 out of 100,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000... more »
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Manipulations watch ( August 31, 2014 ) - " There are no markets , just manipulations " ( in gold , silver , FX , equities ( and the Central Banks are the Ring Leaders....Consider the following from GATA !
From Gata..... Central banks get discounts for trading EVERYTHING through CME Group and Comex Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-08-31 17:40. Section: Daily Dispatches 8:45p ET Saturday, August 30, 2014 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: When a high school graduate told GATA's conference in Washington six years ago that "there are no markets anymore, just interventions" -- http://www.gata.org/node/6241 -- he didn't know the half of it. For Zero Hedge reports tonight -- http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-30/its-settled-central-banks-trade... -- that Eric Scott Hunsader, founder of market dat... more »
Ukraine / Russia Updates ( August 28 , 2014 ) -- Broad overview of Today's events - Obama threatens additional sanctions ( based on alleged escalation in Ukraine , that means Kiev can now be deemed to be faring poorly in the War with the Federalists ) ........... Russia denies troops / tanks and other equipment in Ukraine ( except those 9 paratroopers of course ) ...... Interestingly , protests in Kiev over Military Operations in South East Ukraine - heads of President and Defense Minister demanded .......... Putin seeks safe corridor for Kiev troops seeking to escape to Russia ... State of play regarding alleged Russian invasion , sanctions and counter sanctions , battlefield updates.......
Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Moon of Alabama..... August 28, 2014 "Zero Proof" - The "Russian Invasion" Of Ukraine *Updated below* The authors of this NYT piece, Ukraine Reports Russian Invasion on a New Front, are not really convincing when presenting these reports by the Ukrainian government as truthful: The latest incursion, which Ukraine’s military said included five armored personnel carriers, was at least the third movement of troops and weapons from Russia across the southeast part of the border this week, further blunting *the momentum Ukrainian forces have made in weakening the insurgents* in their ... more »
"Why We are Susceptible to Manipulation"
"Why We are Susceptible to Manipulation" by George Washington "Biologists and sociologists tell us that our brains evolved in small groups or tribes. As one example of how profoundly the small-group environment affected our brains, Daily Galaxy points out: Research shows that one of the most powerful ways to stimulate more buying is celebrity endorsement. Neurologists at Erasmus University in Rotterdam report that our ability to weigh desirability and value doesn’t function normally if an item is endorsed by a well-known face. This lights up the brain’s dorsal claudate nucleus, whic... more »
Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M
Plasma phospholipid linoleic acid is a marker of health.
A nicely controversial new paper from the American Heart Association, in which linoleic acid in plasma phospholipids is the only PUFA with negative correlation with total mortality. The more LA n-6 in the membranes of your red and white blood cells, together with your lipoproteins, the longer you live. So should we switch back from butter to margarine? (tl;dr; if you really care eat some nuts, nuts are the only LA source convincingly associated with reduced mortality, although nuts also being associated with exercise, wealth, not smoking and other markers of virtue, it's hard to be ... more »
The Poet: Thomas Centolella, "Splendor"
*"Splendor"* One day it's the clouds, one day the mountains. One day the latest bloom of roses- the pure monochromes, the dazzling hybrids- inspiration for the cathedral's round windows. Every now and then there's the splendor of thought: the singular idea and its brilliant retinue- words, cadence, point of view, little gold arrows flitting between the lines. And too the splendor of no thought at all: hands lying calmly in the lap, or swinging a six iron with effortless tempo. More often than not splendor is the star we orbit without a second thought, especially as it arrives and de... more »
"We Like To Think..."
"We like to think that we are rational beings; humane, conscientious, civilized, thoughtful. But when things fall apart, even just a little, it becomes clear we are not better than animals. We have opposable thumbs, we think, we walk erect, we speak, we dream, but deep down we are still routing around in the primordial ooze; biting, clawing, scratching out an existence in the cold, dark world like the rest of the tree-toads and sloths." - "Grey's Anatomy"
"A Message From The Hopi Elders"
*"A Message From The Hopi Elders"* "You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour. Here are the things that must be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water? Know our garden. It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader. This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift, that there are those who w... more »
"A Gathering of the Tribe"
"A Gathering of the Tribe" by Charles Eisenstein "Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and joy that few of us today dare to believe could exist, except in those exceptional peak experiences when we glimpse the true potential of life and mind. One day the shaman of the tribe called a meeting. They gathered around him, and he spoke very solemnly. "My friends," he said, "there is a world that needs our help. It is called Earth, an... more »
"The Truth Is..."
"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." - M. Scott Peck
Couldn't Make it Up : "World Order", by Henry Kissinger - Published Sept. 9 2014
ESSAYHenry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World OrderThe concept that has underpinned the modern geopolitical era is in crisis *The concept of order that has underpinned the modern era is in crisis, writes Henry Kissinger. Above, a pro-Russian fighter stands guard at a checkpoint close to Donetsk, Ukraine in July. * *"Libya is in civil war, fundamentalist armies are building a self-declared caliphate across Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan's young democracy is on the verge of paralysis. To these troubles are added a resurgence of tensions with Russia and a relationship with Chin... more »
USrahell Intends To Use Its Nukes To Wipe Out Its Neighbours And Consolidate Total Control Over Palestine
* Does this man look rational to you?* An excerpt from, *"Newly declassified documents reveal how U.S. agreed to Israel's nuclear program"* by Amir Oren, Haaretz, August 30, 2014: The Obama administration this week declassified papers, after 45 years of top-secret status, documenting contacts between Jerusalem and Washington over American agreement to the existence of an Israeli nuclear option. The Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP), which is in charge of approving declassification, had for decades consistently refused to declassify these secrets of the Isra... more »
“Some of the most serious allegations I’ve seen…”
"These are some of the most serious allegations I’ve seen," said David Cunliffe this morning, about allegations that bloggers Whale Oil and Cactus Kate wrote “attack blogs” at the behest of a paying client and a justice minister “gunning for” a minion. The Herald publishes a graphic calling a senior bureaucrat the “victim [their word] of a number of highly critical blogs.” Are these people serious? The *victim*? What, off mob violence? Of a violent mugging? Of a drive-by shooting? No, of some “highly critical blogs.” You. Have. Got. To. Be. Fucking. Kidding. Me. Someone wrote so... more »
US Army Drills to Battle Political Dissent and Fight Crime in 'Megacities'
Anthony Freda Art Eric Blair As we've witnessed recently in Ferguson, Missouri, the difference between police and military is already nearly indistinguishable. In other words, the Army is already taking on peaceful citizens in domestic cities. Tank-supported SWAT teams already grenade and raid homes to serve warrants for victimless, non-violent offenses. What more can they possibly train for? The U.S. Army is now officially getting into the crime-fighting business. According to the Army Times, the Army is training to fight battles in megacities, not against other armies, but to h... more »
Cops to City Council: ‘We Were Given an Illegal Traffic Ticket Quota’
Melissa Melton For those who still say it’s a myth that cops are given quotas for how many tickets they have to write, maybe you’ve never been to Waldo, Florida. The National Motorists Association listed Waldo as the third worst speed trap for a town of 50,000 people or less in 2012, and it’s so bad, billboards like the one above are taken out to warn drivers before they get there. But earlier this week, five police officers came forward to testify before the Waldo City Council that they are mandated to write a certain number of tickets each shift or face punishment — even though ... more »
The world is totally out of control
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Or more accurately I should say the dominant species has lost its mind there is a revolution comming big time China cracking down on Hong Kong Ebola in Africa Russia saying no no Mas in Ukraine and good old ISIS still playing Bob Dylan as a refrain The world could not be any more crazy and our leaders more insane burdened down with fixed position and special interests while Rome burns
Free Download: “A Letter To A Hindu”; Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Human Spirit
*“A Letter To A Hindu”* Tolstoy’s Letters to Gandhi on Love, Violence, and the Human Spirit by Maria Popova “Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.” - Leo Tolstoy "In 1908, Indian revolutionary Taraknath Das wrote to Leo Tolstoy, by then one of the most famous public figures in the world, asking for the author’s support in India’s independence from British colonial rule. On December 14, Tolstoy, who had spent the last twenty years seeking the answers to life’s greatest moral questions, was moved to reply in a long letter, which Das published in the Indian newspaperFr... more »
In 2011, U.S. And Turkey Killed 34 Kurdish Villagers, Mistaking Them For the PKK
*An excerpt from, "How the NSA Helped Turkey Kill Kurdish Rebels" by Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Michael Sontheimer and Holger Stark, The Intercept, August 31, 2014: * On a December night in 2011, a terrible thing happened on Mount Cudi, near the Turkish-Iraqi border. One side described it as a massacre; the other called it an accident. Several Turkish F-16 fighter jets bombed a caravan of villagers that night, apparently under the belief that they were guerilla fighters with the separatist Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). The group was returning from northern Iraq and their ... more »
Your in my space
If you look at all the sixties photos of leaders negotiating you can see the dominant one. Its like they knew a secret. Nowadays comming in to my space uninvited is ruin A victory for the public teaching of pyscoligy
The War on Job Corps
The first Monday in September was originally designated as "Labor Day" for the sole purpose of appeasing working stiffs who'd revolted against management in the bloody Pullman Strike of 1894. The legend that the Knights of Labor founded the holiday is only half true. That union did once hold a parade on the first Monday in September -- but Labor Day's eventual legal designation as a paid national holiday was essentially an olive branch proffered by nervous robber barons and the politicians who've always served them so well. The other pro-labor day, May 1st, is observed in most other... more »
NATO Membership For Ukraine – Another Move On The Grand Chessboard
image source Brandon Turbeville As the geopolitical tug of war continues to take place over the ravaged country of Ukraine, both sides of the conflict – NATO and Russia – have begun taking steps toward a more solidified structure of alliances that will no doubt have massive reverberations across the world and possibly lead to direct confrontation between nuclear powers. Indeed, as further evidence that the Western NATO bloc desires an ultimate conflict with Russia and the BRICS powers, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has indicated that Ukraine is firmly on the pat... more »
Guess who?
Talking of Jon Donnison (were we?)... Here's an 'amusing but true' tweet from our old friend D.B. tonight: Make your own @JonDonnison tweet: "How can Australians [insert activity] while the children of Gaza suffer?" — DB (@4d2b) August 31, 2014 Please see the comments field linked to below for an explanation. (Oooh, a self-referential link!): *http://isthebbcbiased.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/whos-really-hit-nerve-with-jon-donnison.html?showComment=1409419470675#c2414374237577688197*
CDC whistleblower’s confession: his personal safety is still an issue
Jon Rappoport On August 27, CDC whistleblower William Thompson came out of the shadows and admitted he had omitted vital data from a 2004 study on the MMR vaccine and its connection to autism. Thompson’s official statement was released through his Cincinnati attorney, Rick Morgan. The key piece in Thompson’s statement is: “I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal *Pediatrics*. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increas... more »
Doubts on Doubts: Part One
Dear Readers, apologies for the radio silence. The last few months have been eventful. But I am back in the saddle and getting ready for my graduate seminar on the politics of international law. Skepticism about international law is old but it seems to me Syria, Ukraine, Gaza, and other events deepened the cynicism. “International law Continue reading
Ghost of Sunday Classics: "Kaleidoscope" -- a fondly remembered LP happily holds up under decades-later scrutiny
*HOW DO WE GET FROM POINT A TO B TO C?* *Point A, the opening of the piece (as heard last night):* *Later we'll hear how we get from there to Point B:* *However, Point B leads directly into Point C:* *London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, cond. Philips-Mercury, recorded July 1961* *by Ken* Last week I reported my discovery of a hidden treasure trove (free!) of overtures, F. Reeder's Internet Archive compendium of "Overtures - Recorded 1926-1847)" -- 33 mp3 transfers of 29 overtures conducted by 18 conductors, most of them legendary (e.g., Barbirolli, Beecham, Furtwängler... more »
Little Putty Pout
This guy is no artificial creation he is James Bond real time So to understand the man we got to look at him as he walks the world what he thinks when he bends down to pick up a dime but in order interpret that information you must understand history Once more I as a history major come to the store that needed to save humanity working half time by employing me in a ruthless call center to survive in cutthroat competition' with another star that will no play by the rules of the game. Little Put Put would shred you on x box or play station because he knows these are wimp platforms but wo... more »
Iraq, Alevis in Turkey, Confucianism, domestic abuse, the Ordinariate, a 'super diocese', and Rotherham and Muslims
This week's edition of Radio 4's *Sunday* began with the subject of Iraq, launching it with the Archbishop of York's asylum calls for UK to grant asylum to Christians from *Iraq*. What followed, however, was an interview with Katie Harrison from the charity Tearfund. She has just returned from N Iraq and her testimony was a must-hear, which - just in case you *didn't* hear it - I'll partially transcribe, as what she was describing just beggars belief in 2014: Many people were telling us of the horrors of sex-slave markets. So, apparently, what happens is that women are rounded up... more »
Ukraine- Updates from Anthony & Attack on Ukraine Naval Vessel in Azov Sea
Anthony has updated myself and readers on the situation in Ukraine- Excerpts from his comments are below. There is also a news item I thought interesting and am not sure what to make of it? AnonymousAugust 31, 2014 at 6:16 AM The latest from the Donbass and it's as confused as ever. Here are some of the main points to note. The militia are still holding on to the recently acquired territory in the south and have Mariupol surrounded. Mariupol would be a fantastic prize to win before the winter sets in. A sea port and apparently has large stocks of food, although the Russians have pled... more »
Diane Finestone worries about the Flintsontes
You have to be kidding me Dianne. This was the most lame performance ever in your career defined by things other than excellence. Time to hang it up. You had to repeat cliches for the sake of filling air time without saying anything. Dianne Feinstien IMHO is the symbol of rot that cripples America. Build a new deck. She is eighty years old and a shipwreck. America would be well served by term limits but for sure taking out mem bers of congress before their due date might have run decades over having a voice that made sense to anyone.
Deep Tweets
Why I stopped reading the news. Photographer in press pool spots a bandage on the middle finger of Pres Obama's left hand. — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 31, 2014
Adventures in Canning: What to can...
*is as important as what not to can.* Some items are harder to safely can than others. My Hansel eggplants have started to spit out bunches of delightful little critters and so I decided to make Caponata, a Sicilian eggplant dish chock full of sweet and savory goodness. Hansel eggplants grow in clusters. You can harvest them starting when they are only an inch or two long. This is my first year growing them and I doubt whether I will ever go back to traditional eggplants. These eggplants have no bitterness, almost no seeds, and the you don't even have to peel them. The lon... more »
The Soap Opera of Teacher “Tenure” in Louisiana and New York
I am a tenured, career public school teacher. As such, I realize I am Public Enemy Number One to the fiscally-well-backed, non-teaching finger-pointers who call themselves “education reformers.” If only I could be fired without recourse, American education would no longer be “failing”; the security of my country would be certain, and we would once […]
An Amazing Video Featuring Some Really Cool Planes And Flying Scenes
*WNU Editor:* Director Eric Magnan from Airborne Films shares his showreel featuring some really cool planes and flying scenes. *Hat Tip:* Theo Spark
We Still Have Police Brutality? In America?
Over the weekend, Jonathan Martin, writing for the *NY Times* postulated that because control of the Senate will be largely determined by the ability of Democrats to hold or win 4 southern states that were won by Romney with substantial margins-- Arkansas, North Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia-- there is a major effort to mobilize African-American votersbased, in part, on the police brutality and racism in Ferguson, Missouri. In black churches and on black talk radio, African-American civic leaders have begun invoking the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, along with conservativ... more »
Acceptance Speech
Sometimes I think there should be a reality show just for bloggers about BBC bias. Then we could all tell the world about our "journey". In lieu of that, I'll use this post instead to blah on about my "journey" with Radio 4's *Sunday**....* I've listened to every edition of the programme for well over three years now and, a couple of years back, finding it to be among the most reliably biased of all BBC programmes, thought it might make a great case study to launch a new experimental blog about BBC bias. I'd been led to that decision by my initial forays into analysing it, very s... more »
Michelle Rempel's Blind Rage
So, Michelle Rempel, MP and member of the Corrupt Conservative Party of Canada finds Justin Trudeau's comments about the sources of international conflict to be "blind-rage inducing." I won't get into the stupidity of her own "thoughts" on international affairs. I'd just like to remind everyone that one of the tiresome refrains that corrupt conservatives like to repeat was that leftists were so very, very angry. We were unhinged from "bush derangement syndrome" or "harper derangement syndrome" so that we couldn't think straight. IOIYAC though. Rempel trumpets her rage as something h... more »
A Look At The Legacy Of Adm. William McRaven, The Man Who Hunted Bin Laden, Saddam And Pirates
*The Man Who Hunted bin Laden, Saddam And The Pirates -- Peter Bergen, CNN* (CNN) -- On Thursday in Tampa, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel presided over a change of command ceremony during which Adm. William "Bill" McRaven handed over the reins of Special Operations Command to his successor, Gen. Joseph Votel. As McRaven stepped down he observed, "We are in perilous times." He pointed out that U.S. Special Operations Forces are helping to fight the fast-growing Islamic State in Iraq; the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines; the militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria,... more »
PROTESTS IN WALES
Some 400 people have joined a protest camp in Newport to protest against NATO. The march comes ahead of next week’s military summit that will see 60 world leaders descend on the area and is already causing considerable disruption to locals. "*Nuclear NATO - no, thanks!*" or "*Iraq, Ukraine - no more wars*" read the numerous placards against the upcoming NATO summit. Tens of thousands of people from across Europe and beyond are expected to join the protests during the NATO war summit.
U.S. income gap by race worse than apartheid era
Still reeling from the news that they're putting Uzis into the hands of nine-year-olds for fun in the U.S. (well, at least until they accidentally kill their shooting instructor), I now see that whites in the United States believe that anti-white racism is a bigger problem than anti-black racism. Oh, my. But there's loads more in this piece from the New York Times than that little depressing tidbit. Like how the income gap between whites and blacks in the U.S. is now greater than it was in South Africa during apartheid. Or how a white boy born today in the U.S. will live an ... more »
NSA Developed Search Engine is Another New Toy for the Surveillance State
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The NSA has developed yet another tool with which to wage the ongoing war on American privacy that has escalated in intensity under the damnable presidency of Barack Obama. According to a new story based on documents provided by former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Obama's Stasi has built the mother of all search engines. ICREACH allows for multiple government agencies to query numerous databases filled with data that has been gleaned under the pretense of the phony war on terror. The events of September 11, 2001 provided the government every excus... more »
Everyday Is Like Sunday
I always like it when blogs break away from their core mission to post some purely random piece of music one day a week. So, in that spirit, and as I'm Morecambe and it's Sunday, here's *Every Day is Like Sunday *by Morrissey. When Morrissey sings of "the coastal town/That they forgot to close down" where "Every day is silent and grey", he is, of course, talking about Blackpool.
A Respectful Revolution: Questioning Union Practice as an Act of Loyalty
The most revolutionary act one can engage in is to tell the truth. -Howard Zinn Does loyalty to one’s union require blind faith? Must one eschew raising questions and concerns to demonstrate solidarity? Over the past few weeks, I have asked myself these questions. Certainly, any organization worth protecting is worth holding up to […]
Dr. Kissinger on the now crumbling 'New World Order'
http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35605/Anthony-Wile-Dr-Kissinger-on-the-New-World-Order--Editorial-or-Policy-Statement/ *Dr. Kissinger on the 'New World Order' – Editorial or Policy Statement?* August 30, 2014 Editorial By Anthony Wile Dr. Henry Kissinger has written an article entitled, "*Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order"* posted at The Wall Street Journal. It's an important article written by an important man. Dr. Kissinger, the Journal tells us, "served as national security adviser and secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford." And his article i... more »
A Small But Significant Military Defeat For The Islamic State In Iraq
BBC *Iraqi Forces Said To Break Islamic State’s Siege -- Washington Post* BAGHDAD — The U.S. military carried out airstrikes on Islamic State militants near the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli on Saturday night, boosting morale for thousands of residents who have been trapped inside for two months, Iraqi officials and the Pentagon said. The assault, which came alongside a coordinated humanitarian aid drop, marks the second time this month that the United States has intervened militarily in Iraq to prevent an Islamic State attack on thousands of trapped civilians. Iraqi state media ... more »
KIPP Must Get "Municipal Solid Waste Development Permit" Before Opening New School
In 2013 KIPP San Antonio bought a former sewing factory that was located on a solid waste disposal site as the venue for its next San Antonio corporate reform school. KIPP paid the company that owned the toxic site over $3 million in money that was funneled through a holding company in Delaware. Below are two pages from the agreement. *Noteworthy is the bolded language on the second page*, which releases the seller from liabilities for all varieties of environmental problems affecting the property. We may guess this was not talked about with poor parents sending their kids for ... more »
No Democracy For Hong Kong
*China Denies Open Elections For Hong Kong -- Globe and Mail* A billionaire media baron pledged to join pro-democracy protests after Beijing offered Hong Kong a form of election that requires patriotic candidates and gives China significant influence in who leads the financial centre. For months, protesters have threatened to shut down Hong Kong if Beijing did not provide the right to openly nominate and vote for the territory’s powerful chief executive position. On Sunday, Chinese authorities offered a broad rejection of those pleas, allowing only a form of partially open electi... more »
To all the cynics out there about the “ice bucket challenge”
Yes, I’ve read the critiques. I get it. I actually never thought I’d actually do one, especially since I wasn’t nominated. But then school started, and I thought that this would set an interesting example for students. So, I did it, with a nomination of another staff member and a promise of a $100 donation […]
The Key Factors in a Sustainable Gold Standard for Money
David Redick *Introduction * I have been keenly interested in the nature of money since 2009 and have read many books and articles about it, and have heard discussions from forums and conferences. I have studied its origins and changes. This revealed the broad array of different plans for monetary systems as to who creates and controls it, and the role of commodities such as gold. In this article I will review basic issues and comment on some of the recently proposed plans. I use the word ‘Sustainable’ in the title because ALL money in the past has eventually been abused and ruin... more »
YOU NEED IRONY GUARD
*$* *- separate the S from the l and you get IS or ISIS*....
Strange transformation of Thai Buddhist DMC satellite channel to Ukraine Today TV
*A screen shot of the mysterious DMC Thai Buddhist Evangelical Channel, the channel does a lot of sound frequency "toning" on viewers... Most of the summer the channel was recruiting monks to be ordained in an almost Christian evangelical style campaign that seemed very untypical to the Buddhist traditions found around the world.* *This is one of the typical kitchey cartoons that ran on the channel. Reminds me a bit of "The Fruity Oatey Bar" sequence in the movie **Serenity** where River Tam gets programmed by a subliminal advertising cartoon...* Strange transformation of Thai ... more »
This Simple Mind Trick Puts Stress to Sleep
[image: Anxiety] Heather Callaghan As focus and fear turns to the amount of craziness and chaos in the world continuing to explode, it gets harder to stay sane in an insane world - or not get sick trying. Plus, we've all got our own problems to deal with personally. Simply put, stress is the "gift that keeps giving" until it's unwrapped. In that sense, it's benevolent. I think that's why it stays in what we call the subconscious until it is brought forth. Until your body/mind considers it safe to unwrap. Someone once said, "Hell is the possibility of sanity." In a manner of spe... more »
Corporations Join Droves Renouncing US Citizenship
*And now those "droves" are going to be paying an extra 422% to break free by renouncing citizenship, according to Forbes. - Ed.)* Click image to enlarge Nick Giambruno, *International Man* *Casey Research* Don’t be surprised to lose if you don’t make an effort at being competitive. And if you go out of your way to make yourself less competitive, *expect* to lose. If that sounds like simple common sense, that’s because it is. But it’s also exactly what the US has been doing for years—enacting tax policies that sabotage its global economic competitiveness. It’s like trying to get... more »
Citizen Jack's compendium of teacher reviews of Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy Empire
"They don't tolerate what we tolerate," she said several times. What is it HSA doesn't tolerate? According to my co-worker: disruptive children and parents who don't play an active role in their child's education. — Brian Jones "Jack," a frequent commenter on Professor Diane Ravitch's site, sent me the following compendium of reviews from a website that allows employees to rate their workplace. The workplace in question is reactionary Eva Moskowitz's corporate Harlem Success Academies (HSA). Ravitch did mention the site, and also referenced an article discussing the staggering turno... more »
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*New Orleans Saints trim roster to 53-player limit* *Bywater group splits on riverfront condos position ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate * *Southern Decadence Festival means big money for charities ~Liz Reyes, WVUE *
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