Thursday, February 28, 2013

28 February - Blogs I'm Following

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Musical Interlude: Angels of Venice, “Sad Lisa”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 minutes ago
Angels of Venice, “Sad Lisa” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE8ET6wTE1Y

ELECTION RESULT

Anon at aangirfan - 37 minutes ago
*1.* The Sir Cyril Smith Party *2. *The Pentagon-Zionist Party *3. *The Elm Guest House Party *4.* The Tony Blair Party

February 28, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 39 minutes ago
The New York Times the next day, under the headline "Reluctant F.B.I. Gave Aide of Nixon Watergate Files." L. Patrick Gray 3rd., the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today that he had originally resisted making the bureau's file on the Watergate affair available to the White House, but that he had finally allowed a record of the investigation to be given to a Presidential assistant. It's Gray's first day of confirmation hearings, and it's an utter disaster for the White House -- and for John Dean, the assistant mentioned above, in particular. Here's Gr... more »

SCHOOLS AND PARENTS

Anon at aangirfan - 58 minutes ago
[image: Form Room] *By theirhistory* In the UK, 19.8% of school pupils have special educational needs (eg learning and behavioural difficulties) The EU average is 4% dailymail. *Photo by Bert Hardy* Why does one child succeed in life, and another one 'fail'? In* How Children Succeed*, *Paul Tough* writes that what matters most is character skills. These are skills such as self confidence, optimism, perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, and self-control. In other words, emotional intelligence, as taught by good parents, good mentors and good private schools, is what matt... more »

Video Wounded Knee Liberation Day 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 hour ago
Thanks to Clarence Rowland for sharing!

Vegan Recipe: Yellow Split-Pea Loaf with Almond-Cardamom Gravy

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 hour ago
*Welcome to the first Friday of the month ... the day we set aside for featuring a delicious vegan recipe. Why does a blog about green living include recipes? Because choosing a meatless meal is one of the easiest ways to live green. Simply put ... plant-based foods are easier on the environment than animal-based foods. I am so pleased to introduce you to this month's guest chef ... Alaiyo of Pescetarian Journal. Wait a minute ... Pescetarian??? Yep, you heard me right ... Pescetarian! Alaiyo features both fish and vegetarian recipes which include sustainable ingredients ... and sh... more »

Count Down To Sequester-- Is Obama Getting It Wrong?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Tomorrow, as the Sequester kicks in, President Obama has the Republican leaders coming over to the White House for a talk. You know, regardless of who *thought up* the Sequester, Obama signed it and Boehner pushed it through Congress, got his entire team to vote for it and bragged that he got 98% of what he wanted in the deal. These are the folks who got it wrong. When this ill-conceived legislation passed on August 1, 2011, 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted for it and it passed 269-161. An equal number of Democrats opposed the bill-- 95 of them, including virtually every pr... more »

Henry Corbin: The Biblical Flood As A Spiritual Event

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
In December, former U.S. Navy officer and famous oceanographer Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the Titanic, said he and "his team of researchers have uncovered evidence that suggests The Great Flood described in the Bible was actually based on real events," (Source: *"Was the story of Noah's Ark true? Archaeologist who found the Titanic claims Biblical flood DID happen 12,000 years ago,"* Leon Watson, Daily Mail, December 11, 2012). To learn more about this story, read *"Evidence Suggests Noah's Ark Flood Existed, Says Robert Ballard, Archaeologist Who Found Titanic,"* by ... more »

Koch's to Give ALEC Competition (for their $$'s)

2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours ago
Looks like the Koch brothers are planning on starting their own ALEC. They must see the writing on the wall for the old ALEC. Back in the good ol' days the Koch's gave old ALEC lots of foundation money - and then when ALEC went belly up the Koch's forked over a half a mil two different times to keep ALEC afloat. Well - evidently the current ALEC hasn't lived up to the Koch brothers expectations *(- yeh - ALEC's been a disappointment to me also)* So the Koch's are going to do what they do best - start their own KOCH ALEC - a better version - a more fascist version than the current one.... more »

Musical Interlude: Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
Tron Syversen, “Moonlight Reflections” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1EZ30fUHLA

Fiction peddlers

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 2 hours ago
Reading MoS, I'm struck not for the first time, that some senior members of the Air Staff here, I suppose Australia too, live in a fantasy world. If I were in charge (come on, we all have these moments), I'd retire or fire any military leader who couldn't see past the F-35. They be fantasists willing to bet the nation's defence on something non-existent. I'm less convinced than ever that Canada

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“How many arches can you count in the below image? If you count both spans of the Double Arch in the Arches National Park in Utah, USA, then two. But since the above image was taken during a clear dark night, it caught a photogenic third arch far in the distance- that of the overreaching Milky Way Galaxy. Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the band of the central disk appears all around us. *Click image for larger size.* The sandstone arches of the Double Arch were formed from the erosion of falling water. The larger arch rises over 30 meters ab... more »

Chet Raymo, “The Still Small Voice”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“The Still Small Voice”* by Chet Raymo "There is a power in nature, restless and terrible- storm, wildfire, earthquake, tidal wave. There is a delicacy too, to which we attend with a more perceptive eye and ear- the woolly bear caterpillar in the grass, the red-tailed hawk circling high and silent above the meadow, the six-dotted shadow of the water strider on the bottom of the pond. I think of lines from a poem of Grace Schulman, a poem called “In Place of Belief”: “...I would eavesdrop, spy, and keep watch on the chance, however slight, that the unseen might dazzle into... more »

WAR AGAINST IRAN: ‘TIME’ MAGAZINE OUTLINES THE PATH TO WAR

In a major article appearing in the latest edition of *Time* magazine, Massimo Calabresi lays out the reasons why 2013 may be the year in which the long-anticipated and much threatened war against Iran will be launched by the US. Rather than précis it here, it is worth going to the link and reading it in full for yourself. The argument as to whether ‘containment’ of a nuclear armed Iran was preferable to ‘prevention’ of Iran becoming nuclear armed is discussed and the conclusion is that, as far as President Obama is concerned, ‘prevention’ is the only logical step Obama could possib... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Proper Perspective..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
“Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it. What frustrates us and robs our lives of joy is this absence of meaning. Does our being alive matter?” - Harold S. Kushner “All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. Remember, it is always later than you think.” - Og Mandino “Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid t... more »

BC Liberals, Government Of Caught And II Apologies

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 3 hours ago
*Written by Grant G* Today Christy Clark issued an apology on behalf of the BC Liberal Government and promised an investigation into the expenditures of public tax dollars and use of Government employees for partisan party politics, very rarely do political parties or Government apologize, this happens only when they`re caught red-handed, and although the written words from Christy were sincere in tone, and Rich Coleman did speak in humble terms in our legislature on this issue, Rich spoke in question period, a place where this Government always throws back with partisan bluster, ... more »

The Poet: Maya Angelou"When Great Trees Fall"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"When Great Trees Fall"* "When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our so... more »

Just a Test!

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 4 hours ago
I'm seeing if the email notifications can include the title of the post. So sorry!

"Dealing with Difficult People: Opening the Channels of Communication"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"Dealing with Difficult People: * *Opening the Channels of Communication"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "We all have the experience of difficult people in our lives at one point or another and honest but clear communication is the answer. We encounter a wide variety of people throughout our lives. Many of them touch us in some positive way. Occasionally, however, we encounter those individuals who, for whatever reason, can be difficult to deal with. Perhaps this person is a colleague or close friend that you feel is deliberately being obtuse, inviting in trouble, or doing ... more »

Interview with Fred Wah

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
*Wikipedia:* Frederick James Wah (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and the current Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Columbia. His Canadian-born father was raised in China, the son of a Chinese father and a Scots-Irish mother. Fred Wah's mother was a Swedish-born Canadian who came to Canada at age 6. His diverse ethnic makeup figures significantly in his writings. On December 20, 2011, Wah was appointed as Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Mr. Wah... more »

Will Bob Woodward soon be sleeping with the fishes?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*"I know you may not believe this, but as a friend, I think you will regret staking out that claim."* *-- the "threat" issued by Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, in an e-mail to Bob Woodward* *by Ken* So what do you think? Has the Obama administration taken out a hit on America's Ace Reporter, Bob Woodward? Should the Woodman be taking out a special insurance policy on his kneecaps? For once, I thought there would be an advantage in turning to a dyed-in-the-wool Village stooge, and I looked at washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza's report, "Bob Woodward vs W... more »

Karma Is a Bitch

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 4 hours ago
I gotta say I'm enjoying the hell out of Tom Flanagan's implosion today. It's so good to see real-time karma in operation. And in this case two ugly vultures have come home to roost. First, it was First Nations youth, possibly/probably aligned with Idle No More, who instigated it. Arnell Tail Feathers (I've seen two spelling of that) recorded and uploaded it. Levi Little Moustache (again, two spellings) did the research and asked the question. Little Mustache, a youth on the Blood Tribe reserve southwest of Lethbridge, said everyone was shocked when Flanagan repeated his view. “T... more »

There are different ways of knowing

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
YouTube Video Description - [Channel: FerriniProductions]: Ferrini Productions is working on a film for Umass Lowell's Department of Work Environment. We found one of Chuck Levenstein's poems. When we heard it we thought of Earl Dotter's photos. I loved the poem and felt they cried out for Dotter's images. Adagio for Strings was suggested for the track and this is the result.

how to die

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 5 hours ago

First Nation Terrance Nelson 'Rigged Election!'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Rigged Election! How Canada controls First Nations, and keeps the 'scouts' on councils   Statement by Terrance Nelson First Nation Roseau River Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com February 28th 2013 In middle east countries, drones kill anyone who opposes the west. In Canada it is much more subtle, it is done with divide and conquer and helping the "good Indians"

The nitty and the gritty . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours ago
If you Facebook, very interesting pictures and information can be found on Blood-Kainai Tribe Politics & News. 

Pity poor Tom Flanagan.

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 5 hours ago
Had his verbal faux-pas occurred at any other conjuncture of the Harper dictatorship, a hastily-assembled crew of communications serfs would have nimbly cleaned up his mess. But the CPC propaganda machine has been woefully stressed to the cracking point recently, and so Flanagan was unceremoniously jettisoned. The first sign that his party had dumped him was a tweet from the PMO's Andrew MacDougall. It was eventually followed by another tweet, this one quite terse, from Stephen Taylor stating that Flanagan had been dropped from the Manning Networking Conference's line-up of speaker... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago

Introducing TruTube.TV

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 5 hours ago
Buh Bye Youtube, hello TruTube! Visit *TruTube.TV* to sign up! *_____________________________* Tomorrow afternoon, I will be hosting a *Special Broadcast of the Realist Report* on the Truth Militia Radio network. I'll be joined by * Truthwillout1003* from the United Kingdom. *Truthwillout1003* is the producer of the must-watch documentary series *Adolf Hitler - The greatest story NEVER told!* Calls will be taken throughout the conversation. The Special Broadcast will begin at 1pm PST. Be sure to tun in if you can!

Satire: "Chinese Hackers Drop US Government From List of High-Value Targets"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Chinese Hackers Drop US Government From List of High-Value Targets"* by Andy Borowitz SHANGHAI (The Borowitz Report)— "In a rare announcement from a notoriously publicity-shy group, Chinese hackers revealed today that they were dropping the United States government from their official list of high-value targets. “We have to allocate our time and energy to hacking powerful organizations,” a spokesman for the hackers said. “Right now, calling the United States government an ‘organization’ would be a reach.” He added that the hackers’ ultimate goal had been to hurl the U.S. g... more »

50 States, 50 Different Currencies ALEC Legal Tender Act

2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours ago
*TODAY * ** * * Arizona's* *Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to make gold and silver legal tender in the state. According to Capitol Media Services, Republicans who pushed the measure through said they feared the value of the dollar could tank, making the law necessary. While the U.S. Constitution bans states printing their own currency, supporters argued it does not prohibit private organizations from minting gold and silver coins. If the bill is approved by the state House and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R), *Fifty states* *Fifty different currencies* *P... more »

Ugly Problems Loom for F-35 Light Bomber

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours ago
Australia is becoming nervous about the planned purchase of 100 Lockheed F-35 light strike bombers. *The fighter's soaring costs have produced rising consternation in Australia, with a number of politicians questioning whether the air force can afford to purchase the 100 fifth-generation stealth aircraft it initially intended to buy.* *****U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, principal executive of the Pentagon's JSF Program Office, candidly addressed the issue of F-35 cost overruns recently met with Australian defense officials at the Avalon air show in Melbourne, Victoria.* ***... more »

Paul Craig Roberts, “One Nation, Under Monsanto: Polluted America”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“One Nation, Under Monsanto:* *Polluted America”* by Paul Craig Roberts “In the United States everything is polluted. Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians. Accountability is polluted with executive branch exemptions from law and the Constitution and with special legal privileges for corporations, such as the Supreme Court given right to corporations to purchase American elections. The Constitution is polluted with corrupt legal interpretations from the Bush and Obama regimes that have turned constitutional prohibitions into executive branch ri... more »

When aid is a crutch and not a solution

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 7 hours ago
I spent an unsettling afternoon yesterday listening as people from a very poor village in this region inadvertently revealed to me one of the major problems with international aid. The village is home to about 100 families, virtually all of them scratching out the most meagre of existences from land that's too steep and too full of clay to be good for farming. Their five-year-old school is looking the worse for wear, but there's no money to fix the screens or stop the water that's making its way into one of the two classrooms. The roof is in danger of collapsing on the local church.... more »

Can We Talk About....Sequestration?

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago
*Are you serious?* * *"Both parties see silver lining in cutbacks; Key constituents, core tenets could withstand effect" by Jonathan Weisman | New York Times, February 28, 2013 WASHINGTON — With time running short and little real effort underway to avert automatic budget cuts that take effect on Friday, substantial and growing *wings of both parties are learning to live with — if not love — the so-called sequester*. ‘‘It’s going to happen,’’ said Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio and a leading conservative voice in the House. ‘‘It’s *not the end of the world*.’’ * **T... more »

our common destiny

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 7 hours ago

FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: A slow news week?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
*This week I’ve had time to ramble around the internet. Here’s some of what I found.* Nice for those who can get it. “A Crown Treaty negotiator has pocketed $1.5-million, another more than $1m and several others large six-figure sums according to information released in response to detailed questioning by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson revealed that $5.5-million has been paid to 14 individuals since 2008, several of them former Cabinet ministers and MPs.” *Mike Butler: Treaty troughers revealed* – Mike Butler, BREAKING VIEWS... more »

In Current US, We Reward the Liars and the Corrupt - First They Steal Your Schools: Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism (How the Nazis Enforced Their Regime?)

The first thing that impressed me (negatively) about the Obama regime was the choice of Arne Duncan, a Chicago-based advocate of anti-union charter schools (privatization) as Education Secretary. The whole idea of someone like this at the top of the US education pyramid spun my head around (reminding me of the need for a US political exorcist). The second thing was all the ex-Goldman Sachs

Good Riddance RATzinger.

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 7 hours ago
Ratzinger is gone! The despicable architect of Vatican II has left the Papacy behind, after fulfilling the task of his Talmudic masters, of destroying the Holy See. Ratzinger was the driving force in the Vatican II process, which saw the Latin Mass abandoned, in favour of 'modernisation', to make the Church fit in with the decadent morally-repugnant world which was swept into existence by the Jewish victory over Europe at the end of the Second World War. Vatican II paved the way for the touchy-feely œcumenicalism which destroyed the Christian world. It relaxed restrictions on ho... more »

Blue Dog Mike McIntyre Finally Draws A Credible Primary Opponent

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Mike McIntyre's reelection in November was the last race called-- and the closest call as well. The Republican-dominated North Carolina state legislature had carefully redrawn McIntyre's district in the hope of getting rid of him. NC-07 gave Obama a meager 39.9% of it's votes, one of his worst-performing districts in the state. Republican David Rouzer fought McIntyre to a near draw-- 168,697- 168,042-- in a district where blue areas in Wilimington, Lumberton, his hometown, and Fayetteville (where McIntyre had his 3 district offices in the past), were unceremoniously put into neigh... more »

Boob Woodward: Dumb like a Fox

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
Slow news cycles breed stupid media obsessions -- with themselves. Thanks to long past his prime DC hack Bob Woodward, the Capitol Hill courtiers found a springboard to launch into an endless bitchfest about their dismal treatment at the cruel hands of Obama's White House. If somehow you missed the red siren alerts, last night Politico posted an interview where Woodward claimed to have been threatened in an email from an unnamed, highly placed, White House official. Today, the White House released the Woodward email exchange that nearly had him hiding under his bed. Here's the the ... more »

Untitled

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 8 hours ago
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Attention Ontario Separate Schools!

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours ago
Pull your collective head out of the middle-ages and pay attention to what happens to homophobic bullies in this day and age. They find themselves really unfavourably...called out, named, tweeted, written up, written down, sued, countersued, broadcasted, googled with unsavoury terms. Prominent gay media personalities marshall vast resources to aid victims of homophobia. Yeah, you might wanna

STOP WAR GAMES, START PEACE TALKS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
*Statement Opposing U.S.-South Korea Joint Military Exercises * *Key Resolve Foal Eagle* The Korean War, known in the United States as “The Forgotten War,” has never ended. Every year, the United States stages a series of massive joint war games with its ally, South Korea (ROK). These coordinated exercises are both virtual and real. Among other things, they practice live fire drills and simulate the invasion of North Korea—including first-strike options. While we - peace, human rights, faith-based, environmental, and Korean solidarity activists – are deeply concerned about No... more »

Tom Flanagan self-destructs

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 9 hours ago
PMO not happy, Wildrose and CBC dump him. The University of Calgary is at least showing signs of discomfort and I imagine there's a meeting or two taking place. The conservative pundit and University of Calgary political science professor made the comments at a lecture about changes to the Indian Act in Lethbridge, Alta. on Wednesday night. They were recorded and posted online by someone in

Hey, Pollsters: What's "Waste"?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
I recommend to everyone an excellent Mark Blumenthal summary of the polling on government spending. The results are familiar, but still worth re-reading: Americans generally want to cut government spending, but do not want to cut spending on specific programs; indeed, most people want to spend more on most programs. Blumenthal brings in Democratic pollster Mark Mellman, who tries to square the circle by noting that most people also believe that large portions of federal spending are simply wasted. Now, that doesn't quite work, at least not entirely; unless people actually believe th... more »

Exposing the UN's dirty little secrets - The Commentator

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
' As unfathomable as it may sound, some 20 percent of Mauritanians, about 600,000 people, are still slaves. Mauritania uses Sharia to justify a racist system where Arabs exploit the country's black African population and which "runs counter to Islam's humanist principles," Merzough explained: "From early on, people are taught in religious schools that slaves are the masters' properties, who are passed along as inheritance and where the condition of slavery is transmitted from parent to child, where women slaves must submit their bodies to their masters."' More here - http://www.t... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Political Paranoia'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
MNN: POLITICAL PARANOIA Posted on February 28, 2013 MNN. Feb. 28, 2013. Political paranoia is being considered a mental disorder. Those who question everything and especially conspiracy theorists, are considered to suffer from political paranoia. Every social disaster or political movement has its loonies: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot. Jim Jones, Duncan Campbell

Mohawk Nation News 'Corporatist Usurpation'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
MNN: CORPORATIST USURPATION Posted on February 27, 2013 MNN. Feb. 27, 2013. Cayuga chief of the Iroquois Confederacy, Deskahe, was sent to the League of Nations in Geneva in 1922 to apply for membership and to try to influence it to become an egalitarian system. The bankers wanted one world government with a hierarchy controlled by them. We were sponsored but usurped by the

Bob Woodward goes where the wild things are!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013* *How will the children react:* Last evening, Bob Woodward went on CNN with Wolf Blitzer. While there, Woodward proceeded to play the fool—and to do a few things which were worse. After a lengthy, largely pointless discussion of antique understandings about the sequester, Woodward went where the wild things are. Blitzer initiated the exchange—but Woodward was eager to follow. Below, you see the passage in question. Woodward makes no attempt to debunk or deny Blitzer’s claim that “it's getting pretty nasty” over at the White House: BLITZER (2/27/13): *... more »

THE RUSSIAN ARE COMING?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
Swedish warmongers, including the head of the armed forces, have recently trotted out the Russian bear again to frighten the people into acceptance of more military spending, deeper involvement with USA/NATO wars, etc. In response to that silliness, a Russian TV program has produced an appropriate non-military reaction.

Sunday Globe Special: Ryan Ready For a Fight

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 9 hours ago
*From the look what I found file.... * **"Paul Ryan says GOP has to pick its fights with Obama" January 27, 2013 WASHINGTON — Representative Paul Ryan Ryan said at the National Review Institute’s weekend conference on the future of conservatism, the major theme of the three-day meeting of conservative activists who also heard from Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.... Republicans said despite the losses, the party could return to power by projecting optimism and attracting new voters with a message of economic opportunity. Walker, a star among conserv... more »

COLA UPON LIPS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
A boy must escape a world where the processed food is killing his neighborhood -- literally.

GAIA PORTAL: Alignments with Gaia, Galactic, Cosmic Energetics

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
* * * * *Alignments with Gaia, Galactic, Cosmic Energetics* by ÉirePort Fortifications of purpose come to those aligning with Gaia energetics. Those of more Galactic essence find detachment from Gaia energetics may be necessary, as "humanity" transitions to "Hue-manity". Those aligned with Gaia-purpose have been intensified energetically, and given clear instruction via Deep Heart Guidance. *Judgement of any kind of any humanity or Hue-manity unit serves none but surface-ego, and only allows veil illusion to appear to continue.* Alignment with Gaia energetics... Alignment with Gal... more »

NANCY LANZA IS STILL ALIVE?

Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*Dorothy Champion / Hanson, Adam **Lanza’s maternal grandmother, who spends winters in a mobile home park in Brooksville, Fla. nydailynews.* * * Nancy Lanza is the daughter of Donald and Dorothy Champion. *Donald Champion was* a TWA pilot, and his wife Dorothy was a school nurse. Solid Upbringings for Adam Lanza's Parents - WSJ.com The Hubris of Boz: The BLOODLINE of Adam Lanza Nancy Lanza has two brothers, James and Donnie Champion, and a sister, Carol Gould, of Maine. Conn. killer's NH kin express sorrow | New Hampshire *James Champion, brother of Nanzy Lanza. * Dorothy and Do... more »

Summary judgment in Family Law

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 10 hours ago
*Shachtay v. Shachtay*, 2013 MBCA 17 holds summary judgment is not well suited for spousal support claims under *Miglin:* As well, we note the motion court judge’s comment that, relying upon Laskin J.A.’s decision in *Kelly v. Kelly* et al. 2004 CanLII 4328 (ON CA), (2004), 189 O.A.C. 305 at para. 22, a motion for summary judgment is often poorly suited to dispose of claims that must be resolved by applying the detailed analysis required by the decision in *Miglin*. * *

Nominated For Your Consideration: On Drones Brennan Confirmation

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 10 hours ago
*It's tantamount to torture.... * "Legislators urge drone program oversight" by Philip Elliott | Associated Press, February 11, 2013 WASHINGTON — President *Obama’s use of unmanned drones* to *kill Americans*who are suspected of being Al Qaeda allies deserves closer inspection, lawmakers said Sunday, and some of the president’s allies suggested an uneasiness about the program. Obama’s *stance toward the terrorist threats* facing the United States has left some Democrats and Republicans alike *nervous* about the unmanned drones targeting the nation’s enemies from the skies. Questio... more »

This Is Truly Mind Bending

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
Researchers have found that it's possible to electronically link the brains of two lab rats even across vast distances. *Scientists have wired the brains of two rats together and shown that signals from one rat’s brain can help the second rat solve a problem it would otherwise have no clue how to solve. * *The rats were in different cages with no way to communicate other than through the electrodes implanted in their brains. The transfer of information from brain to brain even worked with two rats separated by thousands of kilometers, one in a lab in North Carolina and another in ... more »

Mama, Print Me Up a Gun

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
The incredible, printed assault rifle. It's not just good for six rounds any more. Now the whole gun isn't made through 3D printing. The barrel, for example, is a true, metal component. That doesn't matter. Barrels are just a machined, metal tube. What is important is the "receiver" or the "action." They're the moving parts that load bullets into the barrel, fire them and eject spent casings before reloading. That's the guts of a modern instrument of mass mayhem and that's what you can produce with 3D printing. The first attempt lasted just 6-rounds. The new and imp... more »

Rob Ford is At It Again?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
I'm a long way from Toronto, a good long way, and people like mayor Rob Ford make me kind of grateful for that. Distance also let me avoid taking part in any of the commentary on Ford's recent legal troubles. Besides he emerged out of it seemingly contrite and said he'd learned his lesson. Then it emerges he's back at it again, sending hand-signed letters to lobbyists soliciting funding for his football foundation. *Andy Manahan, executive director of the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario, said he received a letter on Jan. 28 — only three days after Ford wo... more »

Sea Shepherd Piratical? Hardly.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours ago
Japanese whale "researchers" have persuaded a U.S. judge to declare the Sea Shepherd organization piratical. *The ruling was issued on Wednesday by chief judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th US circuit court of appeals.* *In his 18-page opinion, he wrote: "You don't need a peg leg or an eye patch. When you ram ships; hurl containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpos... more »

Video Wounded Knee 40th Anniversary Celebration

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago
Thank you Chase Iron Eyes for sharing the video!

It's 8:07 in Rome...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 11 hours ago
the Swiss Guards have left the Pope. * * *Sede Vecante*

what i'm reading (and why): for whom the bell tolls

laura k at wmtc - 11 hours ago
In anticipation of an upcoming trip to Spain, I'm re-reading *For Whom The Bell Tolls*, Ernest Hemingway's novel based on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. I haven't read Hemingway since the 1980s, and I'm enjoying it much more than I expected to. I had mis-remembered Hemingway as a harsher, more macho voice. Maybe it was his love of bullfighting and hunting, or his personal image as a tough guy, but I was expecting bellicosity and possibly sexism. I didn't find it. The voice is warm and generous, and he writes with great sensitivity and respect, and keen insight into human... more »

Call It What You Like - Homeland, Vaterland, Rodina - It's All the Same

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
On the 10th anniversary of the creation of America's Department of Homeland Security some are deeply worried about the connotation of the word "homeland" itself in the evolution of today's American security state. Could it echo the dark days of Germany's *Vaterland* or Stalin's *Rodina*? *Once upon a time, “homeland” was a word of little significance in the American context. What American before 9/11 would have called the United States his or her “homeland” rather than “country”? Who sang “My homeland, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty”? Between my birth in 1944, as World W... more »

Catch of the Day

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
Well, it was yesterday, but nevertheless: conservative columnist Philip Klein notices that there's no health care panel at the upcoming CPAC shindig and says that for most conservatives, interest in health care policy turned out to be a "fad": The biggest conservative policy victories, such as the advancement of supply-side economics in the 1980s and welfare reform in the 1990s, came when conservative intellectuals and activists rallied around ideas at times when liberals didn't have compelling answers to important problems. But conservative activists often disregard health care as ... more »

US Policy Vs. Syria Indicative of Exhausted Legitimacy

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
*February 28, 2013* (LD) - The US State Department, and to a greater extent, US foreign policy itself, having exhausted completely their collective credibility, has attempted yet another "reset." By bringing in John Kerry to pose as the next US Secretary of State, it is hoped global opinion will see US foreign policy in a new, more tolerant light. Kerry, however, has wasted no time attempting to simply resell verbatim the same failed, absurd policy US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton destroyed her career peddling, spinning, and covering up - as finalized in the case of Benghazi, L... more »

The Full Maron

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 12 hours ago
"Repelling down the pit of self"--Maron describing his state of mind near the beginning of this August 15, 2009 set at UCB in LA. Standup - Marc Maron from Troy Conrad on Vimeo.

How Are Those Wars Against Americans Working Out For You, Republicanos?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
The Republican War On Education, the Republican War On Immigration, the Republican War On Science, the Republican War On Gays, the Republican War On Women, the Republican War On Democracy... this has all been going very badly for them. Not only did they lose the presidential election, they were devastated in the Senate elections where "sure" wins in Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota, Montana and Wisconsin turned into routs almost entirely due to their wars against... well, the American people. Even the incompetently-run DCCC managed to chalk up a net win of a few seats against them ... more »

Purim Costumes on Parade: Twin Towers

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 12 hours ago
* UPDATE BELOW* Freethinker brought this article & the provocative pic from Ynet news to my attention Thanks freethinker! Lets walk through this Purim article and note the very different presentations. One for foreign consumption, the other for domestic. * *Ynet news: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4348121,00.html An article about Purim. How do I know, since this is not in English. Obviously, I put it through the translate function of Google, which results in this: http://translate.google.ca/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ynet.... more »

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Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
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It's Called "Green Fatigue" And There's a Good Chance You've Got It

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago
A survey of 22,812 respondents in 22 countries has found that only 49% consider climate change a very serious issue. Public concerns about environmental issues has slumped to a 20-year low. *Worries about climate change first dropped in industrialised nations but they have now also fallen in developing economies including Brazil and China, according to the survey by GlobeScan Radar.* *The declining interest in climate change comes amid a backlash against costly green energy investments in an age of austerity.* The "carbon bombs" have been primed, the fuzes lit. Voter indiffe... more »

CNN and the death of the west!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013* *Piers Morgan “interviews” Lott:* Last night, we experienced the greatest pain which can be dispensed by modern American “journalism.” Once again, we found ourselves watching as CNN’s Piers Morgan interviewed John Lott about guns. Broadcast journalism doesn’t get worse. Morgan keeps bringing Lott on his show to argue with him about guns. Here’s the problem: Lott tends to oppose most gun regulation—and Morgan starts to melt down after only a moment or two with this noxious guest. Last night, Morgan struggled as Strangelove once did, trying to restrain... more »

Now I am an Azotista

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 12 hours ago
Quite some time ago, ClimateProgress proposed a contest challenging readers to describe Canada in 2050. My friend Richard Brenne included in his submission the admonishment, "Zawacki is a verb that means I told you so". He was referring to my prediction that trees all over the world will die from ozone pollution (those that aren't dead already). I thought that was so funny I made it the title of a blog post using his essay. Back then most experts didn't even recognize the ominous trend that forests are in decline, let alone what is causing it to happen at a rate unprecedented in ... more »

INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : 'Fearless' Yippie Pioneer Nancy Kurshan Battles Prison Behemoth

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
Nancy Kurshan speaks to the press during the Chicago Conspiracy trial, 1969. To her left is Anita Hoffman and on her right, Susan Schultz. Back row: Ann Froines, Tasha Dellinger, and Sharon Avery. Photo courtesy Nancy Kurshan. An interview with Nancy Kurshan: From Yippie street protest to fighting the American prison behemoth “The prisoner usually has no idea how long he or she will be

PHOTO ESSAY / Judy Gumbo Albert : Visiting Viet Nam, 1970-2013

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 13 hours ago
From left: Genie Plamondon, Nancy Kurshan, and Judy Gumbo Albert in Viet Nam, 1970. A photo essay: Visiting Viet Nam, 1970-2013 Everywhere we traveled we were warmly welcomed. The Vietnamese still feel grateful to the U.S. peace movement. I came to understand that while my trip in 1970 was life changing, this trip was life affirming. By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / February 28, 2013

Abdication of the Pope, Phrophecy and Usary in Christendom

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
We are having a Pope-apalooza for today. I will add some news links later on. Enjoy the interviews and share some constructive thoughts!!! Tom Horn. Until I heard this interview this individual was completely unknown to me. So, this is all new to me. After listening, twice, it seemed worth posting Is anyone familiar with this author? Has anyone read his book? Thanks to Henrik @ Red Ice Radio for making this interview available Thomas Horn is an internationally recognized lecturer, radio host and bestselling author of several books including his newest books, Petrus Romanus: The Fin... more »

Pope Benedict XVI: "Buona notte"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*God bless our German Shepherd.*

A history lesson for Fraz

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
I've been having some frustrating conversations with someone by the name of Fraz (@FromFraz) on Twitter regarding Israel, settlements etc. Here's a video that he and his ilk should watch, especially from around 7:00, it might teach them something about the borders in the Middle East. Did you note the Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan from 1949 (at 22:38)? 'the Armistics Demarkation line is not to be construed in any sense as a political or territorial boundary, and is delineated without prejudice to rights, claims, of either Party to the Armistice as regards ultimate o... more »

Czech president's alleged high treason: a childish yet harmful game

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours ago
Even followers of stations such as Fox News could learn about a story that makes my homeland look like a banana republic: Czech president could face high treason charges for his controversial amnesty Czech president Václav Klaus will leave his job in 9 days – after 10 years which he spent at the Prague Castle by bringing inspiration and ideas to everyone and by impressively defending common sense, conservative values, and the Czech national interests – and the Club of Czech Klaus haters has prepared a nice gift for the economist: a trial to investigate whether Klaus has committed h... more »

MAN AND MANDARIN: The mandarin interviews the professor!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013* *Part 3—And the bio from Hell:* Last week, at the Daily Beast, Megan McArdle described a new class of Washington journalists. She compared them to the mandarin class which ran imperial China. She said this new class was extremely ambitious—that its members have been that way since third grade. Beyond that, she complained about the limited backgrounds of these new mandarins. Again, we think it’s worth reviewing some of what she said: MCARDLE (2/21/13): *It's not like I came up on the mean streets of Camden, or come from a long line of dockworkers...My e... more »

Are the US and Russia bridging the divide on Syria?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
Interesting article from Christian Science Monitor *Stalemate** in Syria* After a surprisingly positive first meeting *(so we are told)* between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Berlin Tuesday, Russian experts say they're hopeful that a real opportunity has opened up to pressure the Bashar al-Assad regime and Syria's fractured rebel movement to come to the bargaining table and discuss a negotiated end to the *stalemated* civil war that has killed around 70,000 people in the past two years. After a visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-... more »

The MYTH Of The Jewish Race: Further Proof That This Criminal Tribe Is Absolutely NOT A Race!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 13 hours ago
I have been under continuous fire lately for my stand that the Jewish people are absolutely NOT a distinct race of mankind, but consist of a multitude of different races, and are tied together by both Religion, and by their criminal activities against the rest of mankind. I have not wavered from that stand, and I am constantly presenting more and more material that shows proof of the Jewish racial fraud! I want to present the following absolutely fabulous video, narrated by Snordelhans himself, that shows again more proof of the MYTH of the "Jewish Race". I have that video, enti... more »

Nominated For Your Consideration: Lew Sails Through Senate

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 13 hours ago
*In contrast to Chuck Hagel's experience.... * * **"the hearing was mostly friendly with few tense moments"* "Treasury nominee echoes Obama on taxes, budget" by Martin Crutsinger | Associated Press, February 14, 2013 WASHINGTON — During a three-hour confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jacob Lew, President Obama’s nominee for Treasury secretary, fielded a broad range of questions about how he would handle a number of challenging issues, including Europe’s debt crisis, US-China relations, and the implementation of the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul. But the *sharpest questions* focu... more »

Río de agua clara entre el bosque

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
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Growing Resistance to Money-Draining and Miseducative Charter Schools

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Wilson School Board rejects business *charter school* Allentown Morning Call Joe Lewis, former Bethlehem Area *School* District superintendent and a consultant for the *charter's* founders, said he wanted to read the resolution before responding to the board's reasons for denying the application. He said he wasn't surprised with *...* See all stories on this topic »Senate approves online *charter school* moratorium San Francisco Chronicle SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would impose a temporary moratorium on new fully online *charter schools* under a proposal approved by the Senate. T... more »

REMEMBERING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
In 2008, Congress created a 13-year, $5-million-per-year propaganda project to clean up the image of the Vietnam War. It's called The Vietnam War Commemoration Project and it focuses on issues of individual honor and bravery. It avoids the controversial historical and moral issues of the war. In response, a number of Vietnam veterans have created The Vietnam War Commemoration CORRECTION Project as a provocation to open discussion as to what the Vietnam War means to Americans. Was the war even necessary? In 1945 did the US, in fact, betray its World War Two Vietnamese ally -- the ... more »

Perrito pensativo esperando a su gran amor

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
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Mariposas de colores cansadas de tanto volar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Photo Holder Turned Bracelet Storage

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours ago
I think bracelets might be my favorite form of jewelry, at least I buy them like they are. There is something fantastic about a cute bracelet that never seems to get old for me. Until about a month ago, I was throwing all of my bracelets in a box by my bed. Every time I was headed out somewhere I would dump the box and try and find the piece I wanted. It was driving me crazy. I love the organization I have for my earrings and necklaces, I decided I needed something similar for bracelets, where I could see them all at the same time. I headed to the thrift store waiting for the in... more »

Excellent Comment James

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
James I think your comment at Ex-SKF was right on! here You very clearly explicated how trolling operates. Obviously there are quite a few people who very much want the public to believe that NO PLUTONIUM was released at Fukushima. I'm going to be very busy today and tomorrow and won't have time to post on this subject but I will early next week. Detections of plutonium in Lithuania available here G. Lujanienė , S. Byčenkienė, P.P. Povinec, M. Gera M. (27 December 2011) ‘Radionuclides from the Fukushima Accident in the Air Over Lithuania: Measurement and Modeling Approaches’, ... more »

Jaguar enfuresido listo para cazar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Increíble ciudad llena de edificios entre el agua

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Amanecer en la isla rocosa

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Nominated For Your Consideration: Hamstrung Hagel

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago
*You might as well just resign now, Chuck.* * **"Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, prevailed in a 58 to 41 vote — the smallest margin for a defense secretary since the position was created in 1947, according to Senate records.... Nearly all recent defense secretaries have sailed through their final votes.... only nomineefor defense secretary to face a filibuster.... The narrow victory raised questions about whether Hagel would arrive at the Pentagon as a diminished leader.... even before Hagel takes office, questions are growing about whether the fight over his confir... more »

Conchas y caracoles en la orilla del mar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Ban Hunter-Killer Robots Now

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
We're on the threshold of a tipping point in combat weaponry - the deployment of autonomous attack robots. That's right, think *Terminator.* You're not far off the mark. *Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by scientists and will be available within the decade, said Dr Noel Sharkey, a leading robotics and artificial intelligence expert and professor at Sheffield University. He believes that development of the weapons is taking place in an effectively unregulated environment, with little attention being paid to moral... more »

Caballos listos para correr en los pastizales

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Bonito campo de trigo bajo el cielo azul

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge: ‘Climate change is a national security threat’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Former Pennsylvania Governor and former Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, 1 October 2012. Ridge joined 37 prominent political figures at the U.S. Capitol on 25 February 2013 calling for policymakers to figure climate change into national security strategy and budget considerations. Photo: Dan Gleiter / The Patriot-News] By Robert J. Vickers | rvickers@pennlive.com 25 February 2013 WASHINGTON (Penn Live) – Former Gov. Tom Ridge joined 37 prominent political figures at that U.S. Capitol Monday calling for policymakers to figure climate change into national securit... more »

Bella rosa frájil y perfumada

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Too close again! Please call!

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 14 hours ago
This morning we received reports that felling was occurring near tree sit. Cutting has since stopped but please call Tennessee Gas and let them know that the world is watching, and that we expect there to be no cutting that will further endanger any tree sitters. Tennessee Gas Pipeline 877.366.2650 570.296.7520

My Sequester Solution: 100% Tax on Excess Revenue

2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
So think about .... *Lets think about it for a moment folks* Most private citizens have been sitting in the crapper for almost 30 years. Our wages have been stagnant while our household expenses have sky-rocketed. Almost every household in the US (except the 1%) are dealing with deficit-spending. Because we have no lobbyists that work for us (and it's evident that most of our state and federal legislators don't either) - we have gotten screwed financially for the last 30 years. *Lets think about it for a moment folks* Taxes for the Federal Government are essentially revenue to ke... more »

Prenatal and Childhood Exposure to Flame Retardant (PBDE) Impairs Neurobehavioral Development

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 14 hours ago
Lasting Impacts: Pre- and Postnatal PBDE Exposures Linked to IQ Deficits Feb 1, 2013 *Environmental Health Perspectives * http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/2013/02/121-a58/ [Excer*p*ted] The largest study to investigate the effects of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants reports evidence of impaired neurobehavioral development in connection to both prenatal and childhood exposures [*EHP *121(2):257–262; Eskenazi et al.]. Associations were greatest for attention, fine motor coordination, and cognition in school-age children. The study focused on chemicals... more »

How The United States Abandoned The Idea Of An Interim Government For Iraq After The 2003 Invasion

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 14 hours ago
The United States suffered from poor planning when it came to preparing for post-war Iraq. There were always a number of different groups tasked with the job, but they were not coordinated. One of the few things that was agreed upon was the creation of an interim Iraqi government shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein. President Bush signed off on this idea just before the 2003 invasion. Iraqi exiles were consulted, and several meetings held, but then suddenly Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), scrapped the plan. Bremer reversed course from the U.... more »

Pessimists live longer and healthier lives: study – ‘Being overly optimistic in predicting a better future is associated with a greater risk of disability and death’

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 15 hours ago
[image: Illustrating the predictive effects of anticipated future life satisfaction for survival over 12 years. SOEP participants who foresee a dark future were at lower risks for mortality. The hazard regression model for mortality was residualized for age, gender, education, disability, and the age by disability interaction. Graphic: Lang, et al., 2013] Washington, 28 February 2013 (ANI) – Pessimism about the future may lead to longer and healthier life, researchers have suggested. According to a new study [pdf], older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may... more »

Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular events in recently postmenopausal women: randomised trial | BMJ

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 15 hours ago
Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular events in recently postmenopausal women: randomised trial Schierbeck et al *BMJ*2012;345:e6409 Conclusions After 10 years of randomised treatment, women receiving hormone replacement therapy early after menopause had a significantly reduced risk of mortality, heart failure, or myocardial infarction, without any apparent increase in risk of cancer, venous thromboembolism, or stroke. They used bio-identicals you see, not cheaper, artificial estrogen-like compounds as with other studies.

Nominated For Your Consideration: Hollywood as History

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*Worse than the newspapers because the American public is exposed to it so much more.* "In teaching history, Hollywood isn’t as good as high school" February 18, 2013 US REPRESENTATIVE Joe Courtney, a Connecticut Democrat, has historical truth on his side when he complains that “Lincoln,” the Steven Spielberg movie about the adoption of the 13th Amendment, distorts the Nutmeg State’s role in the congressional vote to make slavery unconstitutional. Whether Courtney also has dramatic truth on his side isn’t so clear, as *Hollywood insists that strict factual accuracy must sometimes b... more »

Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 15 hours ago
------------------------------ *Polluted America — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ February 24, 2013 | Go to original Democracy is polluted with special interests and corrupt politicians. Accountability is polluted with executive branch exemptions from law and the Constitution and with special legal privileges for corporations, such as the Supreme Court given right to corporations to purchase American elections. The Constitution is polluted with corrupt legal interpretations from the Bush and Obama regimes that have turned constitutional prohibitions into execu... more »

Checking the Boston Globe Basketball Scores

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago
*I wish I hadn't....* "Roundup: Braintree stuns BC High" by Kendall Salter | Globe Correspondent, February 28, 2013 Senior forward Steve Murphy scored a game-high 26 points as the 14th-seeded Wamps stunned third-seeded BC High, 66-62, in the first round of the MIAA South Division 1 basketball tournament.... No. 3 BC High rallied with tenacious full-court press to tie the score, but a bank shot and a free throw from Keyma Cannon put Braintree back up 3 before Murphy sealed the upset from the foul line. * **Okay, someone did a good job of editing because in my print paper -- I kid y... more »

Send the Pipeliners Packing!

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 15 hours ago
Video from Monday's action:

GEOFFREY DICKENS GAVE PART OF DOSSIER TO ANDREA DAVISON

Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
Geoffrey Dickens gave part of the missing 'Dossier' - Justice Denied Reportedly, UK member of parliament Geoffrey Dickens gave part of his UK child abuse 'Dossier' to child abuse investigator Andrea Davison. Andrea Davison's section of the dossier "was seized by the North Wales and Derby Police in January 2010". Geoffrey Dickens gave part of the missing 'Dossier' - Justice Denied *Andrea Davison said off Geoffrey Dickens:* "We had a common interest in exposing corruption, particularly police corruption, and child abuse. "Many of my documents and evidence was stolen by the Police... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Real or Man-made? The Mississippi's "gift" to Louisiana creates controversy * *Grand Bois neighbors say oil waste site in backyard causing cancer* *‘A thousand threads’ tie art to life, Luba Zygarewicz exhibit opens March 8 at Contemporary Arts Center* *A nontraditional Lenten fish fry on tap at Grow Dat Youth Farm* *Bernadette Peters: Live with the LPO*

"I would rather have a live daughter than a dead son."

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 16 hours ago
Mirrored from: UnCommon Sense: "I would rather have a live daughter than a dead son." Cemeteries can be pretty bleak places, but when it is on the outskirts of a faceless Dutch suburb under a grey January sky, it feel about as about as desolate as you can possibly get. When you are visiting the grave of a child who killed herself in her early teens, the feeling of despair, especially when accompanied by her mother, gives way to an urge to weep bitterly. It is an urge which I am unable to resist as I do the maths subtracting the date of death from the day she was born. It is one thin... more »

standup comedian hour - Oswald Grubel - we engineered the global financial crisis

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 16 hours ago
roll up, roll up, here's ex-UBS bank CEO Oswald Grubel telling a few one-liners to the attendees of May 2011's St Gallen Symposium. Note especially his comment at the TWO MINUTE mark. Was, "We Engineered the Global Financial Crisis," a key part of Grubel's resignation speech from UBS, which followed in September of 2011? Humour? Apocalypse? What the Hell is this guy saying? Does he have a reputation for being drier than a James Bond cocktail?

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Gavin McLeod, 82. Some good stuff: 1. Kevin Drum on outrages. 2. Worth reading: Ross Douthat on Rand Paul's foreign policy. 3. Joe White on sequestration and how we got here. 4. And Brad DeLong on Amity Shlaes and Calvin Coolidge. It's a good thing he stopped reading before he got to the point where she blames FDR for the Depression. Not for prolonging it. Just for the Depression.

Bonjour la pôlisse! Got a permit for your *protest*?

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 16 hours ago
Too, too funny. Montreal Police are holding a press conference and a "manifestation" - a protest or a demonstration - today in front of the SPVM headquarters for their union members. During *Le printemps érable* - literally, the Maple Spring - last year, at the height of the student protests against university tuition increases, the Charest government put pressure on municipalities to enforce their by-laws regulating demonstrations in public areas. Two veterans of those 100 and more days of protests, tweeted about the cops' media event. Very droll these two. frogsarelovely in p... more »

U.K. By-election In Eastleigh Today

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
In the middle of England's south coast is Hampshire and in the middle of Hampshire's south coast, just east of Southampton is Eastleigh, where today's by-election for Parliament is being decided. Affluent, it was a traditionally Conservative Party bastion from the time it was created in 1955 until 1994 when they turned to the Lib-Dems, who have represented it in Parliament ever since. The latest Member, Chris Huhne, has been a very senior Lib-Dem politico and the coalition Conservative/Lib-Dem government's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change-- until he was forced to ... more »

Thursday Morning Linkage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
I’m going to be filling in with some morning linkage in the coming weeks/months, so you’ll probably see some posts with a smattering of U.S. foreign policy, global health, climate change, and whatever strikes my fancy such as the following: - the triennial meeting of CITES, the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species, opens in Continue reading

If Only They Could Ditch The Charter

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Frances Russell is puzzled about why we need an Office of Religious Freedom: One question: why not just celebrate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? It’s right there at the top of the charter’s Fundamental Freedoms section: “freedom of consicence and religion.” Were the Conservatives unaware? Had they read it? Or are they elevating “freedom of conscience and religion” above other fundamental human rights and freedoms — creating a hierarchy of human rights? The answer is that what the Harperites call "religious freedom" trumps all other rights. It's a pat formula for a ... more »

When will the winter end?????

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago

What spending cuts

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
The Labour party and their propaganda arm, the BBC, are up in arms about the deep cuts to public expenditure being made by the Conservative lead coalition - "Too deep, too fast" is the mantra that they are still trying to embed in the British public pre the next general election. There's just one trouble with this narrative... This graph shows Public Expenditure from 1967 to date and the predicted next four years. You'll see the regular slow rise in Public Expenditure massively increase in rate in 2001 when Gordon Brown abandoned the prudent policies that he had inherited from the ... more »

Superconductive Leon Cooper: birthday

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
Sheldon Cooper is named after two people: physicist Leon Cooper and – with apologies to Sheldon Glashow – the film actor and producer Sheldon Leonard. Today, on the last day of February 2013 and the last day of a 700-year-long popeful period, the first man in the list celebrates his 83th birthday. Congratulation to Leon Cooper! He is of course most famous for his and BCS theory of superconductivity for which they received the 1972 Physics Nobel Prize. While it's a well-known fact that CBS named Sheldon Cooper partly after Leon Cooper, it is a much less well-known fact that CBS i... more »

Free Planet - what is truth - and why don't you want it?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 18 hours ago
"Do you just enjoy the game?" I'm asking you, YOU out there reading this blogpost, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year like it's just a gnat or wasp; nothing more than an irritant at the picnic. What are you doing here, if not SEARCHING FOR TRUTH? Whatever that truth might be. Why are you here? Why are WE here, together, sharing and wondering about REAL MEANING on a REAL WORLD in what might just be a REAL LIFE? In fact, why aren't our governments and mainstream media (that we pay for) already helping us along the Path To Understanding? It's what ou... more »

Now what could the explanation be?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
The Mail reports the confusing news that: 'Dozens of Mobula Ray fish were mysteriously washed up on the beach in Gaza City yesterday and carted off to market by Palestinian fishermen. It was the first time the fish had been seen on the beach for six years, according to a local video report purporting to show fisherman examining the Rays.' This article caught my eye as I love rays and indeed have swum with them. People do eat rays, so I did a bit of digging and found this on Ma'an News- Ma’an Network is the largest independent TV, radio and online media group in the West Bank and G... more »

Good Riddance To Pope Ratzo

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 20 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe Today is reported to the be last day in office for Pope Benedict XVI (real name: Herr Joseph Ratzinger). Not that I have any stake in this at all -- to me, one of the most telling arguments AGAINST conservatism's invocation of venerable human institutions is the Roman Catholic Church. But as far as I'm concerned, it's time for a going-away party. But it should wait until AFTER Ratzo is gone. Pope Ratzo embodies all that is corrupt and moth-eaten about Roman Catholicism. He may be just an asexual religious fanatic himself, but his just-under eight years as pontiff w... more »

SATURDAY at Noon! March Down Cummins Hill Road!

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 20 hours ago
On Saturday March 2 at noon there will be a march down Cummins Hill Road, Milford PA starting at Crawford Hill Community (about 1.5 miles up from Rt 6/209) where you can park your car. Along this 1.5 mile downhill march, you will see the area that TGP plans to clear cut, see the beautiful scenic cliffs and EV streams. The clearcut is currently only 150 feet from the road up the ridge (pictured). We've tied the trees with symbolic yellow ribbons in June and they are still standing - they were meant to be cut in November but have held out and hopefully we will be able to defend them ... more »

The BBC and free speech

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Further to this post I have just received this email Dear Sir, It appears not everyone was familiar with this part of the guidance – it is now being enforced. Yours faithfully, BBC News website My response Thanks you for your speedy if highly irritating response. Can I confirm that I can takeover ongoing correspondence if I am no longer anonymous? NotaSheep MaybeaGoat

Support A GMO Free New York, USA

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
Source: http://gmofreeny.net/ Welcome to GMO Free NY! ** *Our Mission: Mandatory labeling of GMO foods in NYS! * ** *If we are what we eat, let us know what we're eating! * *GMO Free NY is a grassroots campaign working in conjunction with allies in the nationwide Coalition of States for GMO Labeling to get a mandatory GMO labeling law passed in New York State in 2013.* ** ***We're not here to tell you about the controversies surrounding GMOs — the human health and environmental risks, the decreased crop yields and increased pesticide/herbicide use farmers are experiencing, the... more »

Ancient 'Micro-Continent' Found Under Indian Ocean

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Unbelievably, the one place that I needed to find continental rocks in support of the conjecture regarding the crustal shift of the Pleistocene Nonconformity happens to be the Indian Ocean about were this item focused. The land masses were there and what was missing was knowledge regarding just what they were deep down. Had they been merely oceanic rocks then cultural records and the crustal shift theory would have had a problem. The crustal shift generated two natural regions of subsidence. One is the Caribbean and the other is on the other side of the Globe generated... more »

There's No Way The F-35 Will Ever Match The Eurofighter In Aerial Combat

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
The moment of truth is arriving for this bird and it is not particularly promising. I will also argue that it is also unnecessary. Drone technology is advancing in leaps and it is just too huge an advantage to get rid of the on board pilot to not think that is exactly what is about to happen. We need to build a hot drone fighter that is able to blow everything out of the sky long before China or anyone else does. From this article, it is clear that the real fight has begun for this bird. Canada has already canceled their participation and it is a gimme that others are... more »

Scientists Confirm Tetrahedral Model of the Molecular Structure of Water

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
At least we are looking closer at the nature of water bonding. What will be welcome is when we can add the odd impurity and discover the implied effect. That will revolutionize chemistry. We are certainly close. What continues to surprise is the complexities of water as theory. Everything else appears simple. It is all good. *Scientists confirm tetrahedral model of the molecular structure of water* * by Staff Writers* * Mainz, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2013 * * http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Mainz_scientists_confirm_original_tetrahedral_model_of_the_molecular_struct... more »

Bigfoot DNA Report Published

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 22 hours ago
Not so fast on not so fast. We have one hundred DNA samples that have been I assume properly analyzed by a lab in the business and a number of check tests done with other laboratories. We have results that support two conjectures. The results are that the DNA has a recent human component in conjunction with an ancient unknown hominid lineage. We certainly can tell that much and there are enough samples to draw likely conclusions. 1 The human component may well represent contamination although that gets less likely as we increase our sample size. I am sure most samples... more »

The BBC will try anything to protect their Labour party allies

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
On 14 February I submitted a complaint to the BBC about their biased coverage of the horsemeat story. My coverage of this complaint can be read here. Yesterday I received this dismissive response: 'Dear Mr Goat, Thank you for your email. As you may be aware the BBC's guidelines on complaints stipulate that we will not entertain complaints from people who remain anonymous. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/protocols/2012/complaints_fr_work_ed_complaints.pdf For that reason we cannot take your complaint further. Thank you.' I have responded: 'Th... more »

Israel, the apartheid state?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
The pageant winner in racist, apartheid minded, Zionist entity is Ytayash Ayato, born in Ethiopia, a Jew mind you.

FOOD FIGHT - The Hood Says No to Processed Food

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 22 hours ago
*Published on Feb 26, 2013 * Food Fight is the story of a kid who lives in a world where the food at the local corner store is killing his neighborhood -- literally. We want to get the word out -- 25,000 views in the first week; can you help us reach our goal? SHARE IT? FREE CURRICULUM, & SONG DOWNLOAD at: * **http://SosJuice.com/foodfight* Buy Earth Amplified album: *https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ear...* Support the movement for thriving communities by getting this into schools and donating to SoS Juice: *http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/341...* Join the fight for foo... more »

LIBYA - SUCCESS OF THE ARAB SPRING

Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
Israel is no longer surrounded by 'effective' Moslem states. In Tel Aviv, London and Washington, the planners of the Arab Spring should be holding a celebration party. The Moslem countries which have recently been wrecked include Syria, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Iran, Pakistan and Turkey are apparently colonies of the West. *Libya: The party and the hangover - Feb 21st 2013* *According to The Economist:* "Jihadist militias... run... checkpoints in Benghazi and in Derna... "Smugglers and bandits are battling each other to control the flow of petrol, arms, drugs and peopl... more »

Red Ice Radio - Sterling Allan talks FREE ENERGY

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 22 hours ago
here's Pure Energy Systems (PES) Network CEO, Sterling Allan, talking about the UNMETERED FUTURE i.e. Free Energy for a Free Planet*. *Sterling Allan, a bioelectrochemist, is the primary driving force behind PESWiki.com, PESN.com, FreeEnergyNews.com, NewEnergyCongress.org and most recently EnergyNEST.org. Pure Energy Systems (PES) Network, of which he is CEO, is the premier news, directory, and networking service whose mission is to find and facilitate the best exotic free energy technologies.*[source RED ICE] I'm *kinda disturbed* that Sterling Allan keeps talking about *price poi... more »

Thyssen Krupp Arms Maker Executive to Become Vatican Banker

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
Ernst von Freyberg http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/new-bank-head-has-nothing-do-arms-trade-vatican-says *New bank head has 'nothing to do' with arms trade, Vatican says* John L. Allen Jr. | Feb. 15, 2013 NCR Today ROME An appointment intended to nail down Benedict XVI's legacy as a financial reformer today threatened to stir controversy on another front, as a *German lawyer and businessman with ties to a company that makes military warships was named the new president of the Vatican Bank.* The Vatican announced today that *Ernst von Freyberg* would become the new head of... more »

Looking back in perplexity: where did all of Alberta’s money go again?

David Climenhaga at Alberta Diary - 23 hours ago
First World money and Third World roads. If we’re so rich in Alberta, why do we seem so poor? A motorist negotiates one of Edmonton’s famed potholes. Actual Edmonton drivers may not have snappy uniforms like this fellow. Below: Author, professor and former Alberta Liberal politician Kevin Taft, the cover of Follow the Money. There ... more »

Important Video: Comparing A REAL School Shooting To The Sandy Hook Fraud!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It has been over two months now since the fake shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, and the mysteries surrounding this operation are still prevalent and have not been answered by either the clowns in the Jewish controlled media, or by school or government officials. To me, this is appalling and definitely shows that Sandy Hook was indeed absolutely NOT as it seems... Right now I want to present a very important video that I just came across thanks to my friend, Gregg Kalina, who has been researching the Sandy Hook Operation himself for sometime now.... ... more »

Napoleon On Statesmen

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Related:* *Napoleon On Men of Destiny*. *Napoleon On Speculators And Profiteers*. *Napoleon On An Age of Transition & The Dangers of A Militarist Government *. *Napoleon On Alexander The Great*. *Napoleon On Public Debts*. *Napoleon On Public Opinion*. *Napoleon On Homer*. *Napoleon On The "Courage of 2 A.M."* From, *"The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words,"* edited and translated by J. Christopher Herold. Columbia University Press: New York. 1955. [Conversation, 1816] In antiquity statesmen were also men of letters, and men of letters w... more »

Review - Old Man Murray's Soap

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
I love organic, all natural, handmade soap. I mean ... I LOVE IT!! It doesn't compromise the environment or my health and, in my opinion, nothing could be more luxurious! So imagine my delight when I was contacted by Old Man Murray's and invited to try out two of their bars. I was THRILLED! A company's environmental commitment is important to me. So before agreeing to review their products, I visited Old Man Murray's site. My first impression was that, rather than rushing to sell us something, they were interested in sharing information with readers. There are a number of articles... more »

"Among its other infamies, the filibuster is blatantly unconstitutional" (Hendrik Hertzberg)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"The filibuster historically has been used selectively for a handful of issues to extend debate, but we don't have a sixty-vote rule. And yet, that's become common practice. And this is just the latest example."* *-- President Obama, last week, on the GOP filibuster that prevented a vote on the Hagel SecDef nomination* *"Among its other infamies, the filibuster is blatantly unconstitutional. There's really no room for doubt on this."* *-- Hendrik Hertzberg, in the newyorker.com blogpost* "The Filibuster: Obama Lets It All Hangout" *by Ken* Last night, in writing about Texas Sen. "C... more »

Gov't to Allow Referendum on Nuke Plants

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
Wow! The KMT government agreed to a referendum on the fourth nuclear plant in Gongliao, probably the dumbest public infrastructure project in Taiwan history. It even made the international news (AP). After noting that the government had agreed to the referendum, the Taipei Times reported: According to the plan, a referendum on halting construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant will be initiated by the KMT caucus tabling a motion next month in the legislature, KMT caucus whip Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) said. Lai said the plebiscite could be held in August as the Referendum Act (公民投票法) st... more »

Can We Talk About.... Iran?

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Well, if we can't talk about Syria we can't talk about Iran, but.... * **"Iran says it’s willing to work with West" by Ali Akbar Dareini | Associated Press, October 14, 2012 TEHRAN — Earlier, the country’s supreme leader said Iran would defeat its adversaries, who he said are using a combination of sanctions, military threats, and clandestine operations in an attempt to make Tehran back down on its nuclear program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks follow a precipitous decline in the country’s currency linked to economic sanctions, as well as remarks by Defense Secretary Leon Pan... more »

[OPPT: Your Ticket to BE] "Happy Beginnings"

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
[OPPT: Your Ticket to BE] "Happy Beginnings" Just an example of some incredible DO'ing by one of our OPPT Ground Crew -- Andrew Forbes Smith In-Joy!! In Absolute Gratitude Andrew, ~ Brian 

Big Morning

Lori Anne Haskell at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day ago
So, tomorrow morning is the big day! I am having laser eye surgery at Rahmani Eye Institute in Brownstown. Kurt is having it next week! It will be so super exciting to stop buying contact solution, contacts and glasses! I am super duper nervous, but excited at the same time. I have to stay home all day tomorrow, and have a re-check on Friday morning, and then I should be good to go. I cannot work out for 48 hours, and cannot wear make-up (GASP) for a week. I will post about the procedure after I can use a computer again. I am hoping the surgery exhausts me so the 24 hours af... more »

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Suddenly Yours"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
2002, "Suddenly Yours" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQn4U-IxDL8

Scalia Signals the Imminent Demise of Wing-Nut Conservatism

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Oh, don't worry. After the self-imposed death by bile injection of the Tea Party and after the putrid lingering death rattle from the five necrophilous toadies that make up the majority of SCOTUS, the media will resurrect once more the death worshippers to carry on the eternal political struggle to benefit the makers of of low-T treatments, hemorrhoid interventions, and the University of Phoenix. Until such time, we can only marvel and gasp at the pace that intellectual integrity now degenerates into openly-fascist froth. From SeattlePI.com http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics... more »

Hitler on the German economy

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
Video found at the excellent YouTube channel *Samisdat14*:

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“What kind of clouds are these? Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not appear to be harbingers of meteorological doom. Known informally as Undulatus asperatus clouds, they can be stunning in appearance, unusual in occurrence, are relatively unstudied, and have even been suggested as a new type of cloud. *Click image for larger size. * Whereas most low cloud decks are flat bottomed, asperatus clouds appear to have significant vertical structure underneath. Speculation therefore holds that asperatus cl... more »

"The Invitation"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"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 pai... more »

Paulo Coelho, “We Are The Revolution”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“We Are The Revolution”* by Paulo Coelho “My literature is totally committed with a new political attitude – human beings in search of their own identity. We are the revolution taking place. We are responsible for the world in every sense – political, social, moral. We are responsible for the planet. We are responsible for the unemployed. Of course, we can blame the banks, the disaster that irresponsible people created in the financial system, the political repression, the inability of the Govts. to hear what people has to say. But this will not help the world to become a bette... more »

The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
  *The Public Trust 1776 Resurrection of Forgotten Principles * by HopeGirl Here is the direct link to the article on Hope's blog: http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/the-public-trust-1776-resurrection-of-forgotten-principles/ If you have not yet had a chance to take a look at Hope's blog, I HIGHLY recommend it. Hope has taken DO'ing to a level beyond mental comprehension. Ever wonder how on Earth some of the biggest challenges that face the world today could ever possibly be remedied? If so, I highly suggest reading Hope's Fix The World Business Plan (link below).... more »

Oops, Wrong Address

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 1 day ago
Next month will mark 3 years since I've owned my house here and in that time I have to say the house has had a strange relationship with Canada Post. Occasionally, I still have mail show up in my box addressed to the previous owner. Of course, this has more to do with the actions of said previous owner than Canada Post but I still find it amusing. I've had mail show up for the young couple that moved in next door to me last year and mail for a house one street over that shares the same house number but different street name. Both street names do start with the same letter but on... more »

Professor Nick Bostrom On Existential Risk

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Read: *"Omens:When we peer into the fog of the deep future what do we see – human extinction or a future among the stars?"* by Ross Andersen. Visit: *The Cambridge Project for Existential Risk*. YouTube Video Description - [Channel: kirkt94]: Professor Nick Bostrom of the University of Oxford talks to Global Policy's Dr. Jill Stuart about the possibility of existential threat and how academics and practitioners can begin to think about how to tackle these risks. 'Existential risk is something that has never happened in all of human history. It is defined as something that eith... more »

Miss McConnell In A Tizzy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Neither of these China suck-ups is Chinese Miss McConnell, who was booted out of the Army after just one week for fondling a private enlisted man's private parts, has some kind of a Republican "marriage" to former Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. This kind of stuff isn't allowed to be written about in the Village. Outré, outré, outré... so outré. It's like when people used to talk about Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley having a hankering for teenaged boys or Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig enjoying himself regularly in public toilets. "How dare you!" the Villagers woul... more »

Who comes first? Shark or man?[updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Poor Adam Strange was killed yesterday at Auckland’s Muriwai Beach by a White Pointer shark. Despite police firing shots at the shark *after* it had killed Mr Strange, the man-eating White Pointer is a protected species in New Zealand, and has been since 2006. As I said when Chris Carter so cavalierly added the Great White to the Department of Conservation’s list of protected species, this policy conserves everything except human life. But in that, it is part of a much wider context that directly pits the anti-concept of 'intrinsic values'-- which environmentalists employ to sa... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Argyle, Minnesota, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

The Poet: Galway Kinnell, "Another Night in the Ruins"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Another Night in the Ruins"* "How many nights must it take one such as me to learn that we aren't, after all, made from that bird that flies out of its ashes, that for us as we go up in flames, our one work is to open ourselves, to *be* the flames?" ~ Galway Kinnell

White House threatens Bob Woodward:

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*"you will regret doing this."*

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
Top state official rebuts dire warning, insists coast can be saved ~Bob Marshall, *The Lens*

When Progress Means Regress

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
I treated myself to a teensy bit of misguided hope a few weeks ago when I read that more than 100 Congressional Democrats had written a letter to President Obama urging him to remove Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid from the chopping block in the latest installment of manufactured brinkmanship. Of course, if you'd paid attention to the actual semantics of the letter, you might have noticed that these congress critters didn't actually say they would vote* against* any such Grand Bargain Obama hopes to negotiate with the Republicans. And now that a few real Progressives have wr... more »

"Perspective..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be." - Douglas Adams

Collective Security, Collective Blame

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
[image: Coming and Going] The always admirable James Holmes has a piece in The Diplomat this week that exemplifies one of the major problems with commentators on Taiwan: blaming Taiwan for its defense problems: And second, the organizer exercised his prerogative as big kahuna of the event and posed the final question: aren't those of us who take Taipei to task for doing too little for the island's defense really objecting to the outcomes of the past two presidential elections, which installed a leadership committed to cross-strait rapprochement? Not really, quoth the Naval Diplomat... more »

"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Time, Life, and the Roller Coaster"* by CoyotePrime Remember when you were 10 years old, and summer felt like it lasted forever? Got a little older, not so bad, still plenty of time to do everything you wanted. Someone told me back then that time speeds up the older you get. Being young, and knowing everything as the young do, I of course ridiculed this idea. But guess what- it’s true. Now I view life, and time, as a roller coaster with just one enormous riser. As you climb the beginning towards the top time is slower to pass. At 30 or so you’re at the very top, then you start ... more »

Insurers: Fracking-related damages not covered by standard policies - Timesonline.com: Progress Edition

Insurers: Fracking-related damages not covered by standard policies - Timesonline.com: Progress Edition

BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : Zadie Smith's 'NW' Speaks in the Polygot of the Streets

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Zadie Smith's latest novel, NW, speaks in the polygot of the streets Smith never identifies the color of her characters -- well, not unless they are white. By Gregg Barrios / Critical Mass / February 27, 2013 "Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, springs and cavern, pipes and cables, springs and

Good One From "Sadly No!"

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
"He's a renegade Jew and he's here to say ..."

Henry Corbin On "The Trilogy of the Soul"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Henry Corbin "was a philosopher, theologian and professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France."(*Source: Wikipedia*). To learn about him and his work visit the blog, *"The Legacy of Henry Corbin."* Tom Cheetham, author of, *"Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the Soul of the World,"* *writes*: "Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was a visionary Protestant theologian and a ground-breaking scholar and translator of Islamic mysticism. His understanding of the Imagination as the fundamental creative principle in the world is urgently needed in o... more »

Satire: “Oakland Rapper Pope Emeritus Threatens Lawsuit”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Oakland Rapper Pope Emeritus Threatens Lawsuit”* by Andy Borowitz OAKLAND (The Borowitz Report)— “The Vatican’s plan to call the retiring pontiff Benedict XVI “Pope Emeritus” hit a snag today, in the form of a threatened lawsuit by an Oakland-based rapper who has been recording under that name since 2006. “I don’t care who he is, I ain’t let nobody mess with my brand,” said Mr. Emeritus, who prior to 2006 recorded under the name Notorious P.O.P.E. While the Vatican said it was unaware that Mr. Emeritus had already claimed the name seven years ago, the Oakland rapper scoff... more »

First Drafts: Renovations

Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 1 day ago
I decided to walk home for lunch yesterday because the people working in the office of my apartment complex promised to replace my refrigerator and I don't trust them to get it right. So after a short walk home, I climbed the stairs to the fourth floor and rounded the corner where I noticed a very large garbage can in front of the door to my small studio apartment. That garbage can was a harbinger, my first clue that something more than a refrigerator swap was in play. This whole refrigerator conflict started weeks earlier when a maintenance crew entered my apartment while I was at ... more »

Progressive agenda is popular with Republicans

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Really try not to avoid encouraging poll mania, but this was such an interesting stat, it's worth sharing. Business Insider commissioned poll testing on alternatives to the sequester showed the Progressive Caucus’ plan was the most popular of the three choices by a rather unimpressive margin. However, this was surprising: – Shockingly, 47 percent of Republicans preferred the House Progressive plan to the sequester. This means that Republicans supported the House Progressive plan just as much as they supported their own party’s plan. [...] The CPC’s plan involves replacing the sequ... more »

Bubble Trouble: Is There an End to Endless Quantitative Easing?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: image]*Guest post by Detlev Schlicter* The publication earlier this week of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee minutes of Jan. 29-30 seemed to have a similar effect on equity markets as a call from room service to a Las Vegas hotel suite, informing the partying high rollers that the hotel might be running out of Cristal Champagne. Around the world, stocks sold off, and so did gold. Here are two sentences that caused such consternation: [image: _bernanke-helicopter]However, many participants also expressed some concerns about potential costs and risks arisi... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

The Economy: “Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Lords of Disorder:* * Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else” * by Richard (RJ) Eskow “The president's "sequester" offer slashes non-defense spending by $830 billion over the next ten years. That happens to be the precise amount we're implicitly giving Wall Street's biggest banks over the same time period. We're collecting nothing from the big banks in return for our generosity. Instead we're demanding sacrifice from the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the young, the middle class- pretty much everybody, in fact, who isn't "too big to fail." That's injustice on... more »

Polluting Ourselves To Death, DC's Stupid Game, Eyes Wide Shut On Iraq (This Is the Way In Which Unregulated Capitalism Works)

Is anyone else past their limit on hearing about the ongoing (and ignored or collusionally grossly misrepresented by the media) massive pollution of the USA USA USA? And since the price of gas has recently skyrocketed after falling precipitously - from $3.25/gallon to $3.91/gallon in central NC - (for no reason other than some type of price manipulation), does anyone doubt that "we" are going

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Ivor van Heerden on Settlement with LSU ~Levees.org

On the scene at Rosa Parks dedication

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
The photos from the Rosa Parks statute dedication are rolling in now. This is a great capture from the pre-ceremony mingling on the floor. Would love to know what was said in this conversation. [Pete Souza/White House photo] It appears our hapless Speaker John Boehner can throw some shade of his own, but he has nothing on Obama in that department. Meanwhile, no photo-op is complete without the requisite "kissing babies" shot. [photo via HuffPo] The little guy is a 3-year-old relative of Rosa Parks. Lot of subtext to that moment.

They occupied the church, and why that's a good thing

paul at Paying attention - 1 day ago
I went down to check out the church occupation in the main square today, as it entered its fifth day. The Catholic church is the dominant building in Copan Ruinas, as in most Honduran towns. It’s nice - two bell towers, a centre tower with a clock that usually shows the right time. Right now, the facade is spotted with hand-lettered signs protesting - politely - the transfer of the local priest. It’s only the second local protest I’ve been aware of since we’ve been here. The first was a road blockade on the highway to Guatemala when people got fed up with a couple of months of freque... more »

Both Sides Now

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
- The last time I ever saw my mom I had come to New York after visiting Joni Mitchell in the studio where she was recording a new version of her 1967 masterpiece "Both Sides Now." She and Herbie Hancock played me the nearly finished track and I was blown away by it. Joni had been one of my mother's favorite artists since the 1960s and I knew she loved this song. I knew she would love this version and I felt it was a very appropriate song to listen to when transitioning from this life to the next. Joni made me a CD and I brought it to my mother's hospital room. It brought some joy ... more »

Jim Turpin : Is the Imperial Presidency the 'New Normal'?

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The Imperial Obama? Image from The Express Tribune. The 'new normal'? The Imperial Presidency "Same as it ever was..." -- Talking Heads ("Once in a Lifetime") By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2013 First of a two-part series. Many presidents throughout our history, from revered to despised, have ignored the Constitution and taken on the mantle of imperial power. From Lincoln to

Snowy Panda

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

Hate speech

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Today’s decision in *Saskatchewan** (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott,* 2013 SCC 11 upholds stringent hate speech legislation. The Court goes so far as to hold ‘truthful statements can be presented in a manner that would meet the definition of hate speech, and not all truthful statements must be free from restriction.’ Accordingly, even truthful statements can fall within the ambit of hate crime. Some might ask whether the power to censor truthful speech is properly held by an administrative tribunal? In any event, the Court makes a statement regarding the importance of f... more »

"Uncertainty, Certainty..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Earth is home. Evolution connects us all. Death comes to all. On this blue planet we the human species are united by our common habitation, our common origin and our common mortality. The actual is greater than the superficial and the certainty of death can be a driving force for solidarity and not a suppressed anxiety that drives us towards division and despair. The uncertainty of life and the certainty of death unite all of us who come to this existence on this blue planet." - Carl Sagan

LEARNING TO TALK THROUGH THE CENSORS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Eric Mann, the leader the Labor/Community Strategy Center in Los Angeles, describes his work for what he calls the "think tank/act tank" for democratic, international social movements. Mann was presented to students at UC San Diego who are studying revolutionary activists in labor, poverty and environmental causes.

School Secrets No Surprise

Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago
*Not anymore.... * **"’90 sex abuse suit at Beverly school kept secret; Case at Landmark settled and sealed" by Walter V. Robinson and Katherine Landergan | Globe Correspondents, February 27, 2013 For two decades, Curtis H. Bryant has been a *respected figure* in the town of Rowley: director of the Youth Baseball and Softball League, parent leader in a high school student enrichment program, treasurer of the Democratic Town Committee, and a Planning Board member. Yet according to court documents unsealed last week, ­Bryant is *also an accused child molester*. He was charged in a ... more »

Why I Didn't Support the March on Stoke

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Depending on who you believe, between 600 and 60,000 marched from just outside Hanley to Stoke Town last weekend. The occasion? To protest the move of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's HQ in the opposite direction three years hence. As a veteran of many, many demonstrations in our fair city this was the very first time I've felt unable to support such a community-based march. And as this is my blog, I'm going to explain why. Needless to say, the City Council move has proven extremely controversial. It was the main reason why Labour lost a by-election to the City Independent group last ... more »

Obama's Impersonal War

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Obama's Impersonal War by Robert Crawford

Obama Works Diligently to Force State Secession

MrArbitrage at Table Of Wisdom.com - 1 day ago
This vlog I pulled from the archives dating back to March 12, 2012 (almost a year ago) is more fitting for today. The longer this Saboteur is in office, the more obvious it becomes. The longer useless idiots in Washington deny reality, the more damage the Saboteur will do in his attack on the states. Without further ado:

"Nuclear Expert: 'The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel … There Really Is No Containment' At Fukushima Reactors"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "Nuclear Expert: 'The Melted Core Cracked The Containment Vessel…* * There Really Is No Containment' At Fukushima Reactors"* Nuclear Cores and Spent Fuel Pools Have Both Lost Containment by WashingtonsBlog "Steven Starr– Director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Missouri/Senior Scientist at Physicians for Social Responsibility– said: "The Japanese basically lied about what happened with the reactors for months. They said they were trying to prevent a meltdown, when in fact they knew within the first couple of days Reactors 1, 2, and 3 at Fukushim... more »

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José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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