Monday, April 01, 2013

1 April - Blogs I'm Following II

English: Alpheus bellulus (Snapping shrimp) wi...English: Alpheus bellulus (Snapping shrimp) with partner Cryptocentrus cinctus (Yellow shrimp goby). A symbiotic relationship where the blind shrimp digs the protective burrow and the keen eyed goby serves as lookout. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Carrito Manicero, decorado en filete porteño p...Carrito Manicero, decorado en filete porteño por Jorge Muscia, 2006 colección particular (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sea Tulips (Pyura spinifera) get their vivid c...Sea Tulips (Pyura spinifera) get their vivid colours from a symbiotic relationship with a colourful sponge (Halisarca australiensis). Oak Park, Cronulla, NSW (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Scottish lichens Close up of a slab b...English: Scottish lichens Close up of a slab by the road in upper Glen Quaich. The most durable symbiotic relationship that I can think of is between algae and fungi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Leafhoppers excrete sugary sap that is collect...Leafhoppers excrete sugary sap that is collected by meat ants, which protect this valuable food resource (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Symbiotic Relationship Bee gathering ...English: Symbiotic Relationship Bee gathering pollen from a fist-sized thistle head beside the Wisley glasshouse. http://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/gardens/wisley/index.asp (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Tesco Express & Chip Shop A symbiotic...English: Tesco Express & Chip Shop A symbiotic relationship. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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The Humor Of The Global Warming Nutters Never Ceases To Amaze Me: Irish Newspaper Claims That Spring Snows Are A Sign Of Global Warming (!)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 3 minutes ago
Right now, there is about 3 feet of snow still on the ground around here, and daytime temperatures in this part of Canada are hovering some 5-10 degrees Celcius below seasonal normals. We just completed what may be one of the coldest months of March on record, and there is little change now starting in April. It is again further proof that the nutjobs behind the Global Warming scam should be running to the hills for trying to continue to claim falsely that the world is heating up! But fear not, for the nuts behind the Global Warming scam are still trying desperately to convince ... more »

Pinos en la orilla del rio de agua clara

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 9 minutes ago
[image: Pinos en la orilla del rio de agua clara] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de árboles* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Hermoso amanecer en las montañas de flores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 minutes ago
[image: Hermoso amanecer en las montañas de flores] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de amaneceres* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Hada blanca con su varita magica

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 20 minutes ago
[image: Hada blanca con su varita magica] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de hadas* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Cascada de agua verde rodeada de flores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 minutes ago
[image: Cascada de agua verde rodeada de flores] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de cascadas* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Caballo negro corriendo en los pastizales

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 23 minutes ago
[image: Caballo negro corriendo en los pastizales] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de caballos* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Bella isla junto a las montañas cubiertas de nieve

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 33 minutes ago
[image: Bella isla junto a las montañas cubiertas de nieve] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de islas* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

Love And Marriage, Horse And Carriage... Conservatism And Corruption

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 39 minutes ago
A few days ago I happened to mention-- just in passing-- that there is no way, and has never been a way, to separate conservatism from corruption. The two have always gone hand in hand, as they do today. And I'm not just talking about the Republican Party, the Blue Dogs and New Dems or even just the United States. All through history and all over the world conservatism and corruption have had a symbiotic relationship. Tyler Durden uncoveredhow it worked in the big Cyprus bank robbery. A little background: Cyprus' new president, Nicos Anastasiades, is a right-wing hack politician, h... more »

Thinking about my summer vacation in Chicago...

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
I've got cabin fever - time for sunshine and other things. MM...MM...MM August 7 - 9

This Is No Joke: Newest Canadian Budget Has Made Bank Accounts In Canada As Safe As Those In Cyprus!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
It is April 1st, and traditionally, this is the date that many pranksters come out and pull their puns on unsuspecting individuals, only to finish the prank by saying "April Fool"..... But what I have seen in a recent article from the Activist Post website, at www.activistpost.com, is absolutely no joke... For it appears, according to this article, entitled: "Canadian Deposits As Safe As Cypriot Deposits", that the criminal Canadian Harper Regime in Ottawa has quietly and sneakily placed a major provision in their 2013 Canadian federal budget that calls for Canadians to be on the h... more »

EUROZONE: The Finance Ministers’ Salon

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 hour ago
* * * * *The Finance Ministers’ Salon* by Paula Humfrey April 1, 2013 I can't help it: the whirl of 'Eurozone finance minister' imagery in the articles that I've been reading since Cyprus' crash began in earnest last week is so evocative that there's no way I can resist bi-locating back to Paris, to the weeks just before the start of the French Revolution. Think 1789. The Bastille is still standing, but it won't be for much longer. We already know this. I find myself channeling Julie Lespinasse, one of the more storied salonnières of the French Enlightenment. She knew how to brin... more »

Video Interlude With Nature: James Horner, Soundtrack, “Legends Of The Fall”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
James Horner, Soundtrack, “Legends Of The Fall” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtxdl36WnC8

Re-post from January: A Conversation w/Heather Tucci-Jarraf

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
*Re-post from January: A Conversation w/Heather Tucci-Jarraf* Thanks D for the idea of re-posting this video. This is the first recorded conversation we had with Heather from back in early January. Many people have reported to have gone back and re-listened to this dialogue and it helped them to put some of the pieces together. One day soon, the need to find answers beyond ourselves will be a thing of the past. Until then, I am happy to continue pointing those searching in the direction of Truth. Much Love and Gratitude to ALL <3 ~ Brian

"A Look From The Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
"Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music. Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas. On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth's thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of... more »

Chet Raymo, “Into The Pool”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“Into The Pool”* by Chet Raymo “Let's start with a bit of late-Victorian soft porn, “Hylas and the Nymphs”, painted in 1896 by the Pre-Raphaelite John William Waterhouse. (Click to enlarge.) Hylas is one of the Argonauts, sailing with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece. While the ship is stopped at an island, he goes in search of fresh water. As he stoops to fill his jug at a woodland spring he encounters a bevy of naiads, who fall madly in love with the heartbreakingly handsome youth. They invite him into the pool- and he is never heard from again. Did he find with thos... more »

Do-it-yourself gated communities and police in Honduras

paul at Paying attention - 2 hours ago
Gated communities are different in Honduras. New subdivisions in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, the two big cities, tend to be built behind walls and gates. But that happens in North America too. But people in existing neighbourhoods also throw up their own barricades and gates, blocking city streets into the neighbourhood with concrete blocks or corrugated steel and allowing limited, controlled entrance. There are no permits, or traffic studies. One day you can drive through, and the next you can’t - at least without showing ID and explaining where you’re going. La Prensa reported ... more »

Is this photo grounds for death?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
[image: One of the pictures Amina posted on social media.]Should this photo be grounds for death? It is in a Moslem country: Two weeks ago, a young Tunisian woman known only by the name “Amina” posted political self portraits to Facebook to protest the continued oppression of women in the Arab world’s first democracy. Posing topless, one photo (right) featured Amina smoking with the Arabic declaration “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of the honour of anyone” scrawled across her chest; the other showed Amina standing defiantly, her middle fingers raised to camera... more »

Wherein I praise Lady Gaga for the first time

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago
I appreciate her worth ethic and her originality but I've never cared much for her music. Nonetheless, I'm impressed Lady Gaga turned down $1 million to perform for the RNC. And they pitched hard to get her: Jennings, whose company is being sued by AAN, was instructed by Meachum to try to make the offer to Lady Gaga more tempting by telling her it would be an event "honoring women who run for public office." "Also, tell them that $150,000 will go towards a domestic violence shelter," Meachum further instructed Jennings in an effort to make the offer harder for Lady Gaga to refuse.... more »

U.S. dominated global disaster losses in 2012: Swiss Re

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago
[image: This photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach, 29 October 2012. Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already mostly under water and saw a piece of its world-famous Boardwalk washed away earlier in the day. Photo: Dann Cuellar / 6abc Action News / AP Photo] By Andrew Freedman 1 April 2013 (Climate Central) – The insurance industry had its third-most expensive year on record in 2012, with global economic losses from natural catastrophes and manmade disasters totaling $186 ... more »

Cease & Desist Orders for Bankers

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
On Apr 1, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Paula Humfrey wrote: AK, following below is a manifesto to park in front of Eurozone Cease & Desist orders for bankers (also found below): Manifesto: There was always destined to be a single trigger to bring down the Eurozone, which is recognized as an inherently unstable system. Cyprus appears to be pulling that trigger. Derivatives will take down the entire zone very shortly, and the global cascade that follows this event will be immediate. There is no ‘ring fencing’, no preventative to ‘contagion’, when the exposure of even the smallest of Eurozo... more »

Let's hear directly from AZ GOP Rep. Matt Salmon's gay son Matt

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*The "It Gets Better" video posted by "Matt in Phoenix"* *"It's impossible to be brave without first being afraid."* *-- young Matt, replying to a comment posted on his video* *by Ken* Howie wrote this morning ("Republican Homophobia in Arizona? Jeff Flake Vs Matt Salmon") about the weekend TV babbling of a couple of Arizona right-wingers, Rep. Matt Salmon and Sen. Jeff Flake, dancing around the issue of same-sex marriage. The interesting wrinkle is that Representative Salmon has a son who happens to be gay. The congressman made clear that on the issue of marriage equality he's n... more »

Legacy Lollapalooza

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
What's more absurd -- the national obsession over a *New York Times*obituary co-celebrating a female rocket scientist's domestic and professional skills, or the national obsession with the legacy of a president who's only halfway through his eight-year gig? There are tasteless obits and then there are tasteless obits. But to be frank, I find the hoopla over Stroganoff-gate to be no less silly than the endless awful offal about how every Obamian burp, tooth-flash and fart will contribute to his almighty Legacy. Google "Obama Legacy" and you get 94,100,000 hits. Google "President Clin... more »

Morality of Capitalism

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
Is capitalism in crisis? Is it in *moral* crisis? Is capitalism itself moral? Important questions. Ayn Rand Institute head Yaron Brook answers them, respectively: no, no, hell yes, Philosopher David Schweickart responds, by contrast: yes, yes, hell no. They debate: [Hat tip Laissez Faire] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Ave exótica volando entre los árboles

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 4 hours ago
[image: Ave exótica volando entre los árboles] *Nota:* Click aquí para ver más *imágenes de aves* Por favor visite nuestra página oficial: www.fotofrontera.com

OLIVER STONE ON JEJU

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
Regis Tremblay interviewed filmmaker Oliver Stone for his new documentary on Jeju Island. Here are some outtakes from the interview that took place last week.

Removing the Shackles: Notes from Heather and D from April 1st

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
*AK Note: The following is from D's blog post today. I have fixed some of spellings and formatting for this blog, and changed the Galactic Federation from a mix of GFL and GF to only GF. There appears to be a bogus group run by the divines posing as the Galactic Federation of Light (GFL), and then there's the Galactic Federation (GF) a real group of Galactics who are here to help out. Its a different brand name if you will... You've probably noticed a sharp decline in channelings from GFL sources since January. The channelers mean well, the "divines" and immortals fooled many p... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Torrance, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

“The Adventure of My Defunct Hard Drive”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“The Adventure of My Defunct Hard Drive”* by Alexander Reed Kelly “In the everyday game between man and corporation, it is taken for granted that the house always prevails. Apple’s winning streak hit a snag last week however, when I won an exception to the company’s policy governing the replacement of warrantied hard drives. My laptop stopped working late at night Friday. When I sat down at my desk, an icon of a folder with a question mark in the middle blinked in and out of the screen’s white glow, while a soft clicking came from beneath the keyboard. I bought the machine... more »

ALEC Legislators Forced to Eat Hotel Food

2old2care at Because I Can - 5 hours ago
Couldn’t help thinking about this today: From about a week ago – a right-winger whining about ALEC being picked on and he wrote: The New Hampshire branch of the liberal wing-nut industry is anchored by Granite State Progress. Their current obsession is the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. ALEC invites members of state legislatures to go to conferences, eat hotel food, sit through PowerPoints, and share legislative ideas. Oh my – those ALEC members are going to be forced to EAT HOTEL FOOD. forced to EAT HOTEL FOOD forced - - - - - - to EAT HOTEL FOOD Well – a cou... more »

Satire: “Citing Exhaustion, Kim Jong-un To Stop Threatening The World On Weekends”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Citing Exhaustion, Kim Jong-un To Stop * *Threatening The World On Weekends”* by Andy Borowitz PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)— ”Saying that he could “no longer keep up the punishing pace of sabre rattling seven days a week,” North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un said today that beginning this month he will take weekends off from vowing to incinerate the world. After the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released a revised April Threat Schedule showing that Kim’s declarations of war and doomsday ultimatums would be limited to Monday through Friday, North Korea’s Supre... more »

American English

Russell Potter at History of the English Language - 5 hours ago
The history of American English usage marks the most recent, and in some ways the most dramatic set of changes in English since the days of Chaucer and Shakespeare. And yet, in this change, there was no single author, no single literary or political influence to credit, or blame; like the United States itself it was a patchwork affair, arrived at by degrees and with contributions from both immigrants and indigenous peoples over a period of more than four hundred years. There is, however, one name that is often linked to some of the key changes in spelling and usage which made Amer... more »

Kierkegaard On Martyrs of Truth

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
Related: * * *Kierkegaard On Socratic Ignorance*. *Kierkegaard On "Man."** * *Kierkegaard On Socrates And The Immortality of The Soul.* *Kierkegaard On God's Love.* *Kierkegaard On Passion.* Below is an excerpt from, "The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals." Edited by Alexander Dru. Dover Publications, Inc: Mineola, New York. 2003. Pg. 229-30. There is one thought which has been in my soul and occupied it from my earliest years, inexplicably deeply rooted, a thought which has to do with Socrates as a model, the man to whom I have been inexplicably related from ... more »

"I Insist On The Right..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James A. Baldwin • Me too, James, me too... and I will. We can do *so* much better, *be* so much better... - CP

Cyprus and the Unravelling of Fractional-Reserve Banking

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
[image: Photo of Joseph T. Salerno]*Why is Cyprus important? Because for one moment the curtain slipped, and modern banking was revealed again as just the latest version of the ‘Emperor’s New Clothes.’ Guest poster Joseph Salerno explains:* The “Cyprus deal” as it has been widely referred to in the media may mark the next to last act in the the slow motion collapse of fractional-reserve banking that began with the implosion of the savings-and-loan industry in the U.S. in the late 1980s. This trend continued with the currency crises in Russia, Mexico, East Asia, and Argentina in ... more »

DOWN TO THE DOCTOR’S: My Asian Expedition, (the Other) Hitchens on Guns, and Cowperthwaite on Statistics

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 6 hours ago
*[image: _McGrath001]This week, **Libertarianz** leader Dr Richard McGrath has been allowed out.* I write this from the "land of the free" - from a country never colonised by Western powers: Thailand. More specifically, my better half and I are spending a few days at the Sheraton Hotel in Hua Hin, three hours drive from Bangkok. And I've got to say, it's pretty damn good here - we're staying at a luxury resort on the western coast of the Gulf of Thailand, with cooling offshore winds that offer relief from the otherwise unrelenting heat (lately 35 degrees during the day, dipping to... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 6 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Rodney Martin, Director of *World View Foundations* and Co-Founder of the American Nationalist Association. This is the premier broadcast of The Realist Report on the American Nationalist Network, the new home for the American Nationalist Association. Rodney and I will be discussing the *Statement of Purpose and Statement of Objectives of the American Nationalist Association*, including our position on *Christianity, religion and spiritual matters*and on *the necessity of combining nationalism with historical revisionism* ... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

Ginsburg and the Senate

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
Over the weekend, I had a Salon column arguing that Ruth Bader Ginsburg should retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term (with retirement taking effect upon confirmation of her replacement). Today, I did a follow-up looking at where the votes would fall in the Senate. A few more thoughts...first: I don't understand the objections that this line of thought is insulting to Ginsburg, or what I think is a related argument that SCOTUS should be above politics. I think that's a real misunderstanding of the Court. It's true that Supreme Court justices don't, and shouldn't, simply... more »

Ex-CNN Reporter, Amber Lyon: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
*Ex-CNN Reporter, Amber Lyon: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran* * * *http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6f8_1364689575 * * * PRAGUE, (SANA)- Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work for the channel she received orders to send false news and exclude some others which the US administration did not favor with the aim to create a public opinion in favor of launching an aggression on Iran and Syria. Lyon was quoted by the Slovak main news website as saying that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create a propaganda ag... more »

The Lucy Lawless Law [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
The job of government is to protect individual rights. So whose rights are being infringed with Simon Bridges’s new law that “would stop deep sea protesters ‘from doing dangerous acts, with business interests with ships”, he said. This could result in 12 months’ jail or a $50,000 to $100,000 fine depending on whether it was for an individual or body corporate…’”? [image: _Lucy Lawless]This new law is in direct response to Steve Abel’s efforts off the East Cape, and those of Lucy Lawless and a grab-bag of fellow fruitcakes in occupying an oil exploration ship berthed at New Plymout... more »

God Save Me From A Normal Life — Part Four

What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 7 hours ago
OK, so our modern civilized world is lost, but we’re starting to wake up to the notion that we’ve travelled a long ways down a dead path, because we have been guided by a dead vision. We didn’t create this vision, we inherited it, and we have (so far) been unable to summon the power to acknowledge its fatal defects, reject it, and outgrow it — a long and difficult process. Luckily, as we move beyond the temporary bubble of abundant energy, the unfolding collapse will undermine the dead vision. The portion of the vision related to perpetual growth and insatiable consumption will ... more »

Karl Denninger, "Yes, The Looting IS In The Open"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Yes, The Looting IS In The Open"* by Karl Denninger "The simple fact of the matter is that we have now degenerated from a society based on the Rule of Law to one that is based on stealing whatever is not nailed down and half of what is, use the guns that government has to suppress the "little people", and do your level damndest best to take their guns lest they shoot you- which, incidentally, is exactly what a looter both deserves and under the law is entitled to receive. Money laundering by large international banks has reached epidemic proportions, and U.S. authorities ar... more »

Stick to Impartiality, sir!

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
The long-running debate about whether the teaching of skills or the teaching of facts is more important has become highly charged recently, given that Michael Gove is leading the charge to get 'hard facts' - or 'content' - back into schools. The idea is that all of us need to know certain facts, concepts, works of literature and the like to be effective citizens and that this needs to be brought about in a structured way. As many children don't have the good fortune to grow up in homes where such knowledge is the stuff of everyday experience, Mr Gove believes that schools can mak... more »

The Economy: "Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Depositor Haircuts: The New Normal"* by Stephen Lendman "On March 29, Cyprus Mail said banks opened Thursday. They did so amid calm. Long lines queued. People waited patiently. A feared stampede didn’t materialize. Whether it’s the calm before the storm remains to be seen. Looting Cypriot bank accounts reflects the new normal. It set a precedent. It did so for Europe. More on that below. Wall Street banks operate the same way. So did MF Global. Grand theft reflects official policy. Money is made the old-fashioned way. It’s stolen. Nothing’s done to stop it. Corrupt politic... more »

Hunting-- At Least For Animals-- Has Exactly Nothing To Do With The Gun Safety Debate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Can you even call it a debate? All the NRA cares about is protecting the interests of the gun and ammo manufacturers who finance the organization and the comfy lifestyles of the people who work for it. That's not part of the debate. Theoretical debate. There is no debate. Why can't Obama get on TV with one of the extreme right-wing filibusterers-- Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio-- or even Miss McConnell if the other three are beneath his dignity-- and have it out? That's easy, the Republicans have no real leg to stand on. The extremists who are fueling the anti-gun safety jihad a... more »

The Final Dissolution Of The Iraqi National Movement?

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago
The Iraqi National Movement (INM) was formed before the 2010 parliamentary elections with Iyad Allawi as its leader to challenge Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his State of Law. The INM, otherwise known as Iraqiya, was always a divided list, because it was made up of so many different parties and individuals with divergent views. As soon as negotiations started for a new government, Iraqiya began to fracture. In the latest episode, Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, and several ministers decided to return to the cabinet, breaking a boycott by the INM. Mutlaq and the others ... more »

Pass or fail?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
How would you mark this: Me, I’d give her an A+. Maybe with a point off for misspelling the rectangle’s name. [Via 22 Words, HT Noodle Food] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 8 hours ago
All the cool kidz and other important journos are having a little snarkfest over Obama's poor showing on the basketball court this morning. Seems clear to me these people either have never hung around with children or else are the kind of cutthroat competitors who would stop at nothing to beat a youngster at a game. I look at this video and see a man who isn't trying to win. Seriously, look at Obama's form on these shots. Especially his hands. Not saying he didn't legitmately miss a couple of those, but does it really look like he was focused on sinking most of those shots? It doe... more »

HELP Stop the Spread of "Florida Formula Flu"

P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
This isn't an April Fools' joke, but I wish. My home state of SC is considering legislation that woud model state reading and grade retention policy on Just Read, Florida. Adult leadership in a high-poverty state has expressed support for holding back children based on test scores that show that those children have the audacity to be impoverished.... SC is one of many states addicted to punishment but blind to inequity... PLEASE read more HERE and share.

Breakfast with Auden during Nam!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013* *The things people do with their lives:* One week back, in the Sunday New York Times, James Atlas mentioned a college classmate of ours—a classmate who didn’t think much of his Harvard so-called education. If memory serves, we didn’t know this classmate from the street-fighting Class of 69. That said, we *definitely* recognized his complaint: ATLAS (3/24/13): Lately I've been hearing about a new trend—think of it as extreme adult education. I get a call out of the blue from a college friend whom I haven't heard from in more than 40 years. *Richard Hyland, now... more »

CENSORED BY CNN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
RT interviews former CNN Investigative Journalist, Amber Lyon, about CNN's corrupt media empire, calling into question a media establishment where censorship can be bought.

Hamas law promotes gender segregation in Gaza schools

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Some news that you won't find reported on the BBC. 'GAZA (Reuters) - New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip will bar men from teaching at girls' schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age of nine. The law, published on Monday, would go into effect next school year and applies throughout the coastal enclave, including in private, Christian-led and United Nations schools. Critics of the new measures say the Islamist movement is trying to force its ideology on society, but proponents say they merely want ... more »

Easier, more pleasant, less expensive path

skrashen at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
SENT TO The State (South Carolina) NOTE: This newspaper typically does not accept letters out-of-state. But I submitted it anyway. NOTE: The State is running a poll: The question and the results: Should South Carolina toughen standards that would hold back more third-graders not reading at grade level? 71% say yes, 29% say no. An easier, more pleasant, less expensive path to high literacy South Carolina is eager to require children to read “proficiently” by grade three. If they do not, they will be retained and given special remediation (“Education leaders: Florida holds key to SC li... more »

Don't Rush On Our Account

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
The federal information commissioner has finally, at long last, been pushed to investigate the Harper government's policies and practices for muzzing Canadian government scientists. *The office of Suzanne Legault is responding to a detailed complaint lodged by the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and the ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch.* ** *Their lengthy report filed last month laid out repeated examples of taxpayer-funded science being suppressed or limited to pre-packaged media lines across six different government departments and agencies.* * * *In a l... more »

Maarten Horst Interviews Dr Joseph Marra

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
* * * * *My apologies to Maarten Horst, I didn't realize the show was today, you should still be able to listen to the show even after it has aired live. -AK* Tune in today at 11 AM Pacific Time, 2 PM Eastern Time and 22:00 Central European Time on www.findingvoicesradio.com for a fantastic show with Dr. Joseph Marra. Dr. Marra is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and had an established practice in Altoona, Pennsylvania called the Urgent Care Center, until June 30, 2011. Practicing traditional medicine in conjunction with the more holistic approaches, Dr. Marra is also a Hypnotherapi... more »

April Fools...

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
The Fool is the spirit in search of experience. He represents the mystical cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world. -Wikipedia *April Fools * By Seraph April 1, 2013 9:50 AM Your government is real, and is there to help. Your bank has your best interest at heart, and your currency has real value. Your schools are designed to help you grow as a person and actually help you become financially free. Your legal system is real, and seeks real justice. Cops pull you over only when you have done someon... more »

Three Day Weekend

Southern Man at Southern Man - 10 hours ago
Southern Man seldom resorts to this but given the nature of Good Friday (the university closes at noon) he dismissed his Friday morning lab (and there was much rejoicing) to give himself a three-day weekend. Of course there was geocaching. One was hidden behind this tree. Oh, there it is! Southern Man spent some quiet time at the Ancestral Manor as well. Southern Son demonstrates his musical talents. Southern Man does not count "rapping" as one of these. Southern Father With the completion of some new homes near the Manor the crews had left a couple of cubes of brick out ... more »

A NRA Award Winning Gun Owner??????

2old2care at Because I Can - 10 hours ago
Iowa man hurt by ricochet after shooting a tree 6 hours ago • Associated Press LANSING, Iowa (AP) — Northeast Iowa authorities are investigating a shooting where a 27-year-old man injured himself. The Allamakee County Sheriff's office says the incident happened about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at a home near Lansing. Authorities say Logan Bunn fired a gun at a tree outside the home, but the bullet bounced back and hit him. Police were notified after Bunn showed up at a La Crosse hospital. Bunn is expected to survive. The sheriff's office says no foul play is suspected.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*OPP one of the worst jails in the U.S., jail expert testifies ~WWLTV*

Guardian Goggles

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Now that's how to send yourself up!!

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
Central Park in the spring. [source unknown]

PA English Prof Opts Out Son from PSSA Test

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
We need a hundred more examples like this one, and we will see the house of cards come tumbling down. From the *Pittsburgh Post Gazette*: _________________________ Why I Won't Let My Son Take the PSSA By Kathy M. Newman I am an English professor. So you can imagine how my pride was hurt when my 9-year-old son Jacob started bringing home low scores on his practice reading tests for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment. My husband and I have been helping Jacob with his test-prep reading homework every weeknight this year, and it has been a grim slog. At times I have found myse... more »

The Pill Too Bitter to Swallow

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
Oddly enough, they tend to be Republicans or at least they were in years past. Most of them were prominent insiders in Republican administrations up to but rarely past the Reagan days. And in slightly different keys they're all singing the same tune, "it's over." People like Paul Craig Roberts, Kevin Phillips and, of course, David Stockman are looking over the devastation *their* governments have unleashed and what they're seeing is ruin heading their country's way, unstoppable. Stockman began his epiphany several years ago. It led him to write this telling op-ed in *The New... more »

Egypt's Jon Stewart: Yousef Bassem

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
*The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook *The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*Photos From the 100th Louisiana Derby ~WWNO* *State audit: $2.7 million of equipment unaccounted for by RSD ~Fox 8 WVUE* *Aaron Neville Plays Not My Job ~Tom Bodet* *30 Things To Do In New Orleans While In Town For French Quarter Festival ~GO NOLA*

Not Every Homophobe In Congress Is Republican-- And The DCCC Wants To Spend Your Money On Anti-Gay "Democrats" Running For Reelection

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Jim Matheson (D-UT), a face of the Mormon bigotry against the LGBT community. Last year the DCCC funneled $1.3 million into reelecting him When you contribute to the DCCC, most of the money that gets earmarked for candidates goes to Frontliners, vulnerable incumbents viewed as having the worst chances to be reelected. There's a list. Most of them, though not all, wind up on the list because they vote like Republicans and local Democrats hate them and don't contribute to them or even vote for them. Like Mike McIntyre... who came within 650 votes of losing in November, will face a pri... more »

Listen to this radio interview with economists Paul Craig Roberts and Michel Chossudovsky. As explicitly stated by the latter, by listening to these interviews you will learn more about today's grave economic situation than a Ph.D. student in economics. Don't laugh. I've experienced the same sort of thing in "pure" science, where certain "truths" become dogma and any scientist who dares to disprove them risks losing his livelyhood. “In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- George Orwell

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------ *Welcome to PaulCraigRoberts.org* My new book, The Failure Of Laissez Faire Capitalism And Economic Dissolution Of The West, is available in ebook form at Barnes & Noble and at Amazon.com. Click Here. *PCR interviewed by KPFA California* ------------------------------ March 30, 2013 | Original Here http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/90132 *Guns and Butter* "The Bubble Economy" with Paul Craig Roberts and Michel Chossudovsky. The three bubbles in the U.S. economy: the bond market, the stock market, and the dollar; a negative real interest rate; of... more »

ASSORTED NUGGETS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
- I taped another edition of my public access TV show this morning and had Richard Rhames from Biddeford, Maine on as my guest. In my ten years of doing the show Richard has been my guest more than any other person. He's a vegetable farmer and long-time activist in the state and he's been doing public access TV in his community for more than 20 years. We talked about corporate agriculture killing small farms; 10-years since Bush II launched shock and awe against Iraq and the impact of US wars on the people; Obama's drone kill list; the drone bill now in ... more »

The Dream Of Life

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
*The Dream Of Life* * * The time has come for ALL to wake up from the dream <3 ~ Brian

Next in Line, Again

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
I like some of David Frum's advise to Democrats about 2016 and dislike some of it, but I'm afraid I'll mostly have to nitpick his premise. Yeah, it's the old next-in-line fallacy: Hillary Clinton came second in the nomination fight of 2008. If she were a Republican, that would make her a near-certainty to be nominated in 2016. Five of the past six Republican nominees had finished second in the previous round of primaries. (The sixth was George W. Bush, son of the most recent Republican president.) Democrats, by contrast, prefer newcomers. Six of their eight nominees since 1972 had ... more »

Raping the Land for Oil Exports

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
The recent oil spill in Arkansas illustrates the perils of transporting oil. Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude oil in Arkansas by S. Mufson March 31, 2013 The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/exxon-mobil-pipeline-leaks-a-few-thousand-barrels-of-crude-oil-in-arkansas/2013/03/31/6868d6f6-9a2e-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines [Excerpted] Exxon Mobil said that one of its pipelines leaked “a few thousand” barrels of Canadian heavy crude oil near Mayflower, Ark., prompting the evacuation of 22 homes and reinforc... more »

1 in 5 High School Aged US Boys Have Diagnosis of ADHD

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise by A. Schwartz and S. Cohen 2013, The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/health/more-diagnoses-of-hyperactivity-causing-concern.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130401&_r=0[excerpted] Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... The figures showed that an estimated 6.4 million childr... more »

April Fool's Day 2013...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*and I have nothing but random thoughts.* *This post has not been edited so I would implore the grammar Nazis to ignore the misplaced commas, heavy use of dashes (I love dashes), parenthetical thingys around just about everything (I love those too), ellipses (total infatuation), and anything else that makes you squirm. Thank you...* Thank you to all who wished me a happy Easter. My schedule is such that I've been unable to respond one to one. My bad... If anyone has had a doubt that the world is spinning out of control, the news for the past few weeks should be rattling some c... more »

Cherry Blossom Button Art

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
April always has me itching for spring. Flowers especially Daffodils and Cherry Blossoms always rank high on my list of favorite things at this time of year. It also makes me want to update the wall art in my house. The little library I have in my house has a distinctly Asian feel to it, that I absolutely love and I was looking for another way to incorporate Cherry Blossoms into my favorite room when I was given the chance to test out Cricut's new iron-on vinyl. I have to say I LOVE this stuff. It is easy to cut, easy to weed and easy to well, iron on. Supplies: a fat ... more »

Did The Stephen Harper Forces Murder Jack Layton?

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 13 hours ago
*Did The Stephen Harper Forces Murder Jack Layton?* *By rmathews@telus.net* As every serious contemporary researcher into economics, politics, and culture claims – we are living in a sudden era of global transformation. It is marked by concentrations of massive wealth in a few hands, the increasing impoverishment of ordinary people, exponential population growth, gigantic military expenditures, and unchecked assaults on the environment in the midst of global heating. Characteristic amid those... more »

Two Angles on One Story

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
Breaking news...from two angles... I spotted this story as it was 'breaking'. So far a *Google News* search brings up only a couple of results. That will change before long, of course. News 'breaks' fast these days. Though the gist of the story is similar in each account, I was struck by marked differences between the two takes - one from Reuters, one from the BBC. Please have a read of them for yourselves and see if you are struck in the same way: From *Reuters*: GAZA | Mon Apr 1, 2013 2:58pm BST Hamas law promotes gender segregation in Gaza schools [image: A Palestinian teach... more »

wake up

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 13 hours ago

What if Money Did Not Matter?

Brian Kelly at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
*What if Money Did Not Matter?* * * Thanks to Julien for the pointer on this incredible video! ~ Brian

Part 3- Cyprus, Israel, Turkey, Syria: NATO and global resource diversion/control”

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 13 hours ago
Finally, after a brief respite the promised section on Syria. Be warned, it is long. But subjects such as this cannot be covered in a few sentences or a 30 second blurb. *An additional update at the end of the post: Very pertinent reading !!!* *Briefly recapping this sordid tale. * We first looked at, *in Part 1*, the strategic importance of Cyprus. *In Part 2* we learned about Cyprus’s massive energy resources. Known as the Aphrodite field. We read, how it isTurkey and Israel fit into this massive manipulation in the Mediterranean. We understand the *EU dealt a crushing blow to Cy... more »

Archduke Ferdinand Moment Or Will Cyprus Catastrophe Be Contained? (EMU Not So Benign)

The IMF’s Christine Lagarde has given her blessing to the Troika deal, claiming that the package will restore Cyprus to full health, with public debt below 100pc of GDP by 2020. Yet the Fund has already been through this charade in Greece, and her own staff discredited the doctrine behind EMU crisis measures. It has shown that the “fiscal multiplier” is three times higher than

John Lewis discusses the way he grew up!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013* *Being taught about being human:* Most Sunday mornings, we listen to part of Krista Tippett’s NPR program, On Being. For our money, Tippett has the most unusual voice on radio—the voice which is least like the others. Yesterday morning, she interviewed Rep. John Lewis for the full hour about the way he grew up. You can hear the whole interview here, or you can access the transcript. As he started, Lewis described his life at age 14: LEWIS (3/31/13): I grew up in rural Alabama about 50 miles from Montgomery, outside of a little place called Troy. My father wa... more »

Legislating to let Corporations Kill at Will

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
American legislators – state and federal – legislating away consumer rights – in favor of the corporations – becausetheycan. Snips from Jim Hightower's article – as published on Common Dreams (my emphasis) Published on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Creators.com *Corporate Kangaroo Courts Supplant Our Seventh Amendment Rights* by Jim Hightower Being wronged by a corporation is painful enough, but just try getting your day in court. Most Americans don't realize it, but our Seventh Amendment right to a fair jury trial against corporate wrongdoers has quietly been stripped fr... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Rootless Canada'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
ROOTLESS CANADA Posted on April 1, 2013 MNN. Apr. 1, 2013. Article 1 of the “Montevideo Convention 1933” defines a state as a person of international law, a corporation, having: a] a permanent population: Canadians have no common origin to distinguish them from other human beings. They settled on Great Turtle Island where they have no roots and no legal permission from

what could baseball, sexual abuse, and pitbulls possibly have in common?

laura k at wmtc - 14 hours ago
It's Opening Day! It's always a long, cold winter for a baseball-only fan, but winters for Red Sox fans have been especially long and cold lately. When was the last time we saw a meaningful game? (Don't answer that.) I lost interest 'round about July last season, unusual for me, but there's something about losing every night that doesn't inspire me to plan my life around the team's schedule. But that's all behind us now. Spring is here, and with it, a fresh start, new hope, and who knows, maybe a half-decent, rebuilding kind of season for the Sox. The 2013 season is also momentous... more »

AMS-02: dark matter is composed of a cosmic string

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
*...and its shape seems very "wiggly"...* The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer finally decided to expose its first batch of data at Princeton, two days before the talk at CERN. And it's pretty interesting. They detected a clear peak at the positron spectrum located at \(E=m_p/2\). Why would positrons carry the same energy as the proton mass? As Fox News, The New York Times, and others mention, the explanation wasn't hard to realize. The device carried by the International Space Station is observing decays of protons via\[ p\to e^+ + \gamma \] and the two final products approximately ... more »

GATEKEEPERS DOWN: Our own Ben Carsons!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013* *Part 1—The Washington Post couldn’t tell:* In recent decades, America’s journalistic “gatekeepers” haven’t served us the people real well. The examples are depressing—and endless. As a group, they have obsessed about all manner of trivia while bungling various matters of substance. A horrible fact, one that’s quite hard to spot, lurks in the bushes as these bungles occur: Despite the things Aristotle once said, we the people just aren’t especially sharp. Absent the service of strong gatekeepers, we the people will end up believing all manner of nonsense an... more »

It's Fossil Fools Day, Call Their Investors!

Alex Lotorto at Stop The Tennessee Pipeline! - 14 hours ago
Milford PA Mayor Bo Fean says "Dump Your Kinder Morgan Stock" *Happy Fossil Fools Day! *Below you'll find urgent divestment information that Kinder Morgan's investors deserve to know. A Phone Call Script and investor relations phone numbers for Kinder Morgan's top investors, are available on our Take Action page! *Tell them "You need to dump your Kinder Morgan stock!" * *For those interested,* a handful of us will be meeting in front of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline office in Milford, PA to make our investor calls together at 12:30pm this afternoon. The location is across from Altec La... more »

Drought has stranglehold on U.S. West

Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: This 28 November 2012 file photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows man-made dikes, perpendicular to the shore, and large sandbars exposed by low water levels along the shoreline of the Mississippi River South of St. Louis. Mayors from states along the Mississippi river said Thursday, 21 March 2013 that they would work with federal lawmakers to sharpen the national focus on the waterway after two years in which shipping has been threatened by flooding and then drought. Photo: Colby Buchanan / United States Coast Guard / AP Photo] By Andrew Freedman and Daniel ... more »

Denis Rancourt's physics paper about planetary warming has been downloaded more than 1000 times

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 15 hours ago
Denis Rancourt's radiation physics paper of 2011 has been download in its free-access pdf form more than 1000 times from the non-profit site archive.org: Radiation physics constraints on global warming: CO2 increase has little effect This paper is arguably the clearest and most accessible, yet rigorous, paper to describe the fundamental physics (radiation balance) of Earth's surface

Republican Homophobia In Arizona? Jeff Flake Vs Matt Salmon

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
In 2004, when the GOP introduced a constitutional amendment to forever ban same-sex marriage, it failed to get the needed 2/3s majority in the House. 191 Republicans (+36 bigoted Democrats) voted for it. 158 Democrats and 27 Republicans voted against it. Three of the Republican closet cases-- David Dreier (R-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL) and Jim Kolbe (R-AZ)-- voted against it. Most of the hypocritical GOP closet cases, like Ed Schrock (R-VA), Denny Hastert (R-IL), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Dave Camp (R-MI), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Phil English (R-PA), and Jim McCrery (R-LA), voted for it... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Rachel Maddow, 40. No shortage of good stuff today: 1. Really, just stop saying "weapons of mass destruction." Spencer Ackerman explains. 2. How will the GOP fight against ACA in the states play out -- if it succeeds? Ezra Klein with a good column on it. 3. Matt Yglesias points out some basics of politics and economics. 4. Excellent column by John Sides about ideology and 2012 (and the future).My position on this: Republicans don't need an ideological adjustment to win the presidency, but they do need reform if they're going to be able to govern successfully. ... more »

Stockman's Nightmare

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
David Stockman is in the Slough of Despond. Writing in this weekend's New York Times, Ronald Reagan's former budget chief argued that it was Sundown in America: So the Main Street economy is failing while Washington is piling a soaring debt burden on our descendants, unable to rein in either the warfare state or the welfare state or raise the taxes needed to pay the nation’s bills. By default, the Fed has resorted to a radical, uncharted spree of money printing. But the flood of liquidity, instead of spurring banks to lend and corporations to spend, has stayed trapped in the canyo... more »

Stockman Warns of Crash Of Fed-Fueled Bubble Economy - Bloomberg

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
'The U.S. economy is in a bubble inflated by "phony money" from the Federal Reserve and will burst within a few years, warned David Stockman, who was budget director for President Ronald Reagan. In an essay published yesterday in the New York Times (NYT), Stockman wrote that the Fed's quantitative easing policies in the aftermath of the credit crisis have flooded stock markets with cash even while the "Main Street economy" remains weak. The combination, he wrote, is "unsustainable." "When it bursts, there will be no new round of bailouts like the ones the banks got in 2008," wrot... more »

Who's Next? Italy's Monte Paschi Admits To Billions In Deposit Outflows | Zero Hedge

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
' It appears, given news from Italy today, that European depositors are increasingly coming to therealization that deposits in their local bank are not 'safe' places to put their spare cash, but are in fact loans to extremely leveraged businesses. In a somewhat wishy-washy, 'hide-the-truth'-like statement on Monte dei Paschi's website, the CEO admits to, "the withdrawal of several billion in deposits." Of course, the reasons why these depositors withdrew their capital from the oldest bank in the world will never be known though of course he blames it on "reputational damage" from ... more »

Egypt’s economy: Going to the dogs | The Economist

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
Some news about Egypt that BBC don't seem to want to report. http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21574533-unless-president-muhammad-morsi-broadens-his-government-egypts-economy-looks?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/going_to_the_dogs

Help Me Revise

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
My duties as chairman of the Harvard economics department have left me too little time to work on textbook revisions. As a result, I have decided to crowdsource the next edition. Anyone who want to make a change in the book is free to do so. Like Wikipedia. If you want to learn more about how you can participate in the revision, click here.

CYPRUS PRESIDENT 'SCANDAL'

Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
*Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades. (Reuters / Yves Herman)* *Cyprus' President-related company transfers €21 mln to London prior to bailout agreement – report* According to a Cypriot newspaper, Haravgi, a company owned by relatives of the Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades sent €21 million from Laiki Bank to London. This reportedly happened on 12 and 13 March, just days before the bailout agreement was finalised. The company concerned is A.Loutsios & Sons Ltd. It is co-owned by Loutsios John, the husband of Nikos Anastasiadis' daughter, Elsa Anastasiades requests investiga... more »

IPR and Medicines 26: Novartis' Glivec and India's IPR Ruling

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 17 hours ago
A very good friend of mine here in Manila has a brother with leukemia. His physician recommended Gleevec or Glivec (generic molecule is "Imatinib") made by Novartis, as the medicine that can help him beat the disease. The problem was that Gleevec was very expensive, so the family approached a foundation. The foundation conducted a credit investigation re the financial capacity of the patient's family and determine how much free medicines they can get. The investigation agency suggested a "Plan 9", meaning Novartis through a foundation will give them nine months worth of medicines fo... more »

Secret Lib Dem-UKIP talks revealed

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
Very good April Fools Day article... http://www.libdemvoice.org/secret-lib-demukip-pact-revealed-33916.html But one joke idea actually makes sense... 'Individual desks with lids and storage for books will replace group tables in order to fit the children in.'

“Welcome to Globalization: How Big Corporations Are Unpatriotic”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“Welcome to Globalization: * *How Big Corporations Are Unpatriotic”* by Ralph Nader “Many giant profitable U.S. corporations are increasingly abandoning America while draining it at the same time. General Electric, for example, has paid no federal income taxes for a decade while becoming a net job exporter and fighting its hard-pressed workers who want collective bargaining through unions like the United Electrical Workers Union (UE). GE’s boss, Jeffrey Immelt, makes about $12,400 an hour on an 8-hour day, plus benefits and perks, presiding over this global corporate empire. ... more »

COLONIALISTS

Anon at aangirfan - 18 hours ago
*Dutch East Indies.* In 1948, in Indonesia, Dutch soldiers found some photograph albums. These had been abandoned by Europeans when the Japanese invaded in 1942. 30 crates of photographs were sent back to the Netherlands. *Dutch East Indies.* Holland's *Tropenmuseum* has put the unclaimed albums online at www.fotozoektfamilie.nl. Many Europeans died in the Japanese camps. Some died as prisoners in the Japanese ships torpedoed by the American navy. *1947 - Dutch troops in Rawagede.* The Dutch were the typical colonialists. In 1947, Dutch troops massacred 431 Indonesian men ... more »

“Crony Government Is The Threat”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“Crony Government Is The Threat”* By Andrew McKillop *“Doctrinal Default:* Some, like Brandon Smith of Alt-market blog claim the basic problem is as simple as the fundamental dichotomy, even schizophrenia of all persons who on the one hand will defend freedom of action and choice but want sure, reliable laws, order and authority. Smith says it is a split between those persons who value freedom regardless of risk or pain, and those who value slavish obedience in a desperate bid to avoid risk and pain. The problem is this can be one and the same person. When we look at what ... more »

“Cyprus: An 80% Wealth Confiscation Scheme?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“Cyprus: An 80% Wealth Confiscation Scheme?”* By Graham Summers “The news coming out of Cyprus only gets worse. It was bad enough that the political class even promoted the idea of STEALING depositors’ savings. But now we’re finding out that they lied time and again about how much they’d take. Initially the plan in Cyprus was the following: Simply TAKING 6.75% of ALL savings accounts up to the official insurance limit of €100,000. A 9.9% levy (THEFT) on all deposits above the official insurance limit of €100,000. The idea was put to a vote by the Cyprus Government, which re... more »

Monday Morning Linkage

Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
Good Morning Duckies… Happy April Fool’s Day. Here are some stories which we didn’t make up just for this day…: Nicholas Sarkozy will soon be an employee of Qatar. The four year long battle for the Euro is not over. The top US adviser in Afghanistan is a former kebab restaurant owner from Nebraska. The Continue reading

Daily Links, Monday, April 1, 2013

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 19 hours ago
*Woodpecker nest near my house. Dunno what that thing is in the tree.* Some links for monday. *BLOGS:* - Drew with a rare northern adventure. - Holi Festival in Taipei -- color pictures from Craig. - Hsinchu Coastline bike trail - Pretty shots from Josh with a B&W SLR film camera. Almost makes me want to fire up my AE-1 with the Kinon lens.... - The Foreigner rips a China Post commentary. And more. - More excellent Osprey shots from Fagan - LOL -- MKL spoofs the silly "Why I am Leaving China" letter genre. The reason there are no such letters here is that no... more »

April Fools’ fly-by: Four asteroids flash past Earth in one day

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
Image from nasa.gov http://rt.com/news/earth-asteroids-fly-by-april-130/ *April Fools’ fly-by: Four asteroids flash past Earth in one day* Get short URL Published time: April 01, 2013 00:57 Earth is experiencing an unusual cosmic bombardment as four large asteroids pass it in just one day. Fortunately astronomers don’t seem to joking when saying none are expected to pose danger. The largest is 4034 Vishnu, which is 800 meters across – the length of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – though much greater in mass. In comparison, the Tunguska meteorite that devastated hundreds of miles of Sibe... more »

Cyprus’ President-related company transfers €21 mln to London prior to bailout agreement

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades. (Reuters / Yves Herman) *This article is kind of ironic. A contact of mine says the Russians got their money out via Russian branches of Cyprus banks before the EU inspectors arrived. Seems everyone got their money but the citizens of Cyprus... -AK* http://rt.com/news/cyprus-president-money-withdraw-129/ *Cyprus’ President-related company transfers €21 mln to London prior to bailout agreement* Published time: March 31, 2013 19:29 Edited time: March 31, 2013 22:13 Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades. (Reuters / Yves Herman) A company owned by... more »

Is this the world's first cell phone? Film from 1938 shows a woman talking on a wireless device... but it is not 'time travel' family say to the disappointment of conspiracy theorists

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 19 hours ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301996/Was-worlds-mobile-phone-1938-film-shows-woman-talking-wireless-device-time-travel-family-say-disappointment-conspiracy-theorists.html *Is this the world's first cell phone? Film from 1938 shows a woman talking on a wireless device... but it is not 'time travel' family say to the disappointment of conspiracy theorists* *By DAILY MAIL REPORTER* PUBLISHED: 13:57 EST, 31 March 2013 | UPDATED: 02:10 EST, 1 April 2013 The mystery of how a woman could have been filmed while using a modern cell phone back in 1938 seems to have finally been solv... more »

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Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 20 hours ago
*Woodpecker nest near my house. Dunno what that thing is in the tree.* Some links for monday. *BLOGS:* - Drew with a rare northern adventure. - Holi Festival in Taipei -- color pictures from Craig. - Hsinchu Coastline bike trail - Pretty shots from Josh with a B&W SLR film camera. Almost makes me want to fire up my AE-1 with the Kinon lens.... - The Foreigner rips a China Post commentary. And more. - More excellent Osprey shots from Fagan - LOL -- MKL spoofs the silly "Why I am Leaving China" letter genre. The reason there are no such letters is that no one... more »

Christian Islamic Dualism.

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
Christian Islamic Dualism. This article began its genesis when I was asked to understand whether man is servant to GOD or GOD is servant to man. It came couched as a direct request from GOD, not something that I had specifically experienced before. Yet a sensitized friend received this question and the knowledge that he needed to share it with me. I paid attention. Many things became clear. He largely forgot that he had even acted as a conduit. The surprising answer is as simple as it comes. GOD was created by advanced life of which mankind is a part as the servant ... more »

Alert From Hekla

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
I like to keep a weather eye on Hekla. A long time ago it really blew up and the ash cloud ended agriculture across Northern Europe for a solid generation. The year was 1159 BC, twenty years after the Trojan War. Both dates are good as gold. 1159 BC is by Irish bog tree rings and the Trojan date by astronomical information in the texts. There is more to the story that just that of course and followers of my blog know that. Moreover, knowing the scale of the historical event and its damage warns us to never under estimate Hekla. It is survivable in the modern worl... more »

Dutch Boys Disgrace Anne Frank's Memory

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
What I find difficult to accept is the apparent ethnic insularity of non English speaking societies. Where the English speaking world, or much of it at least has found ways to ameliorate racial hatreds, language exclusive nations have generally failed to do so. Thus we continue to discover hatreds been taught to children by their long indoctrinated parents and a quiescent school system that does not confront the disease. The horror of the WWII caused a reset in the anglophone world not seriously accepted elsewhere. There is obviously far more to do. I think that a new d... more »

Voyager I Exits Heliosphere

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours ago
It appears we have now finally left the leading edge of the heliosphere. There may be some other unimagined effect to discover, but that appears rather unlikely really. I think we are cleanly out of it. The switch from one regime to another was clear and quick as one would reasonably expect. In reality, we have had little in the way of real surprises here. There was a bow wave and we passed through it. It was a lot thicker than expected perhaps, but that was unfounded opinion anyway. In the meantime, media coverage remains slight and it should be otherwise. The solar... more »

Ed Balls: Labour ran a structural deficit in 2007 - Telegraph

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
When you hear the Labour party or it's propaganda arm, the BBC claiming that the last Labour government was running a prudent economic policy and was only blown off course by the 2008. banking crisis, remember that: 'Ed Balls has admitted that the Labour government was spending more than it raised in taxes even before the financial crisis began. Under pressure from the BBC's Andrew Neil, the shadow chancellor conceded that the UK had a structural deficit at the end of the "boom years" running up to 2007/8. A structural deficit is a gap between tax revenues and spending that is not ... more »

New £15m City Centre Bus Station to be Demolished

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 20 hours ago
The release below from Stoke-on-Trent City Council is embargoed until midday, but I think the news is too important to sit on. My ghast is well and truly flabbered. Read it yourself. *Ref code:* 0104-2013 *Contact:* See contact details at the end of the press release. *New City Centre Bus Station* The City Council have approved emergency plans to demolish Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Bus Station. The new £15m facility, which opened on Tuesday 26th March is to be closed on Friday 5th April at 11:20pm. Temporary bus stops are to be erected around the City Centre to accommodate the 22... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Layers of Energetic Clouds are being Removed

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
* * * * *Layers of Energetic Clouds are being Removed* by ÉirePort Layers of energetic clouds are being removed from the Inner Gaia at this moment. The process is coordinated with the humanity so to allow as many opportunities for Higher Awareness, prior to the end date. "End date" being flexible as required. Post-layer-removal brings clarity of Higher Thought, Higher Purpose, Higher Awareness. And will feel to the Higher (and 3D) Senses as a clear, bright sky, and cool breeze. Gaia Ascension Process is in full movement at this time. We encourage releasing of all prior concepts r... more »

Marc McGowan - Artist Taxi Driver - The Great Cyprus Bank Robbery by Financial Terrorists

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours ago
last night, I dreamt of a harmless little black poodle my mum used to have called Petra -- THAT is what I get for asking to meet my spirit guardian. A poodle. I even had to carry that thing up a black wrought iron staircase that reminded me of this Elder Guide dream. And speaking of little harmless poodles who are restrained and meek, here's ARTIST TAXI DRIVER Mark McGowan soliloquising wisely on the topic of The Great Cyprus Bank Robbery. *AND FOR THOSE OF US* who remember the millions of Put Options on American/United Airlines stock and the removal of members of the Bin Laden ... more »

WHO ASSASSINATED THE PRIME MINISTER?

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Daphne Park. * Who assassinated the Prime Minister? "We did. I organised it," said Daphne Park of MI6. *British peer reveals MI6 role in killing* * *Was she working on behalf of the Kosher Nostra - Templesman, Oppenheimer, Gertler and Steinmetz? *Tempelsman* Lord David Lea reports: "I was having a cup of tea with Daphne Park… She had been consul and first secretary... which in practice meant head of MI6 there." Lord Lea mentioned the abduction and murder of the Prime Minister. Daphne Park admitted that she organised the killing. According to Lord Lea, Park argued that it was a... more »

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 21 hours ago
I've been on Lori Price's Citizens for Legitimate Government newslist for years, and this morning's newsletter was quite the shocker, *HERE'S (a small sample of) THE NEWS:* Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran *[Apparently, MSNBC and Faux got the same orders.] 30 Mar 2013 Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work for the channel she received orders to send false news and exclude some others which the US administration did not favor with the aim to create a public opinion in favor of launching an aggression on Iran and Syr... more »

Five Most Popular Posts for March

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 hours ago
The five most-read posts of the month were: 1. Sexism and Abuse of Power in the SWP 2. The SWP: A Short Obituary 3. A Note on Populism 4. Claim Benefits? Then Banks Charges are Illegal 5. Tories and UKIP after Eastleigh People's appetite for the justifiably toxic Socialist Workers' Party knows no bounds. But, fingers crossed, I won't feel compelled to write about them this month. Readers quite like the UKIP stuff I write so don't be too shocked if they show up in the next round up. Also as the wave of local election interest breaks on the shores of political blogging, I expect a bi... more »

Japan dem party wants TOEFL univ. entrance/exit in Japan

skrashen at Schools Matter - 22 hours ago
Sent to the Japan Times, March 31, 2013. English: A suggestion The Japan Times has it right: Money should be investing in teaching English, not testing it (“Testing English versus teaching it.” March 31). Here is a suggestion that will save money and give excellent results. Instead of investing money on expensive standardized testing, invest in English libraries, filled with interesting and comprehensible reading material that students are really interested in reading, including novels, graphic novels, and comics, magazines. Research done throughout the world confirms that those who ... more »

Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt)

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday! Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site: Do you have an Eco-friendly blog? Do you occasionally write about the environment or ways to live green? If you answered yes to any, you're invited to link up. Here are the rules: 1. If you have a green-living blog or a blog where you sometimes write about the environment, sustainability, etc., please use the "linky" below to list your site. 2. If you only occasionally write about green living, please use tags such as "green", "Eco", "Environment", etc. and then link to... more »

The Big Banks Are Still Getting A Pass

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
According to a widely distributed post last week by Ellen Brown at the Web of Debt Blog, It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors, the FDIC and Bank of England have plans on the books to deal with a bank meltdown the same way Cyprus has-- seizing deposits in return for worthless bank stock. [Note: I experienced something akin to this personally. As Steve Case and Jerry Levin were looting TimeWarner, they forced executives to take partial payment in stock options. I had approximately $10 million worth. When stock options go underwater, the value... more »

Fixing the Marcott Mess in Climate Science

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago
In 1991 the National Research Council proposed what has come to be a widely accepted definition of misconduct in science: Misconduct in science is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism, in proposing, performing, or reporting research. Misconduct in science does not include errors of judgment; errors in the recording, selection, or analysis of data; differences in opinions involving the interpretation of data; or misconduct unrelated to the research process. Arguments over data and methods are the lifeblood of science, and are not instances of misconduct. However, ... more »

Sirena asustada en el fondo del mar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Playa con rocas junto a la torre de luz

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Patitos de patas azules buscando comida

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Pareja de leones enamorados

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Gatitos en el campo mirando las flores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Casas junto a las montañas de rocas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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Bella dama en un hermoso jardín

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 1 day ago
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The New Yorker: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S.

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/03/bitter-scalia-leaves-us.html March 28, 2013 BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. Posted by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Justice Antonin Scalia dropped a bombshell on the Supreme Court today, announcing his decision to resign from the Court “effective immediately” and leave the United States forever. Calling this week “by far the worst week of my life,” Justice Scalia lashed out at his fellow-Justices and the nation, saying, “I don’t want to live in a sick, sick country that thinks the way this country apparently t... more »

Remembering Splitting the Sky (video)

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
23 Mar 2013 Remembering Splitting The Sky (video)  Watch video: http://www.corbettreport.com/remembering-splitting-the-sky-video/ Posted by Corbett Podcast: Play in new window | Download Mohawk activist. 9/11 truth campaigner. War criminal protester. Attica State riot leader. Gustafsen Lake Standoff organizer. Splitting The Sky had a remarkable life. Tragically, that life was

March 31, 1973

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Just a short segment today, with one big development. Ehrlichman and Haldeman (in California) talk to Kleindienst about the Gray nomination, which they all agree is dead, and about cooperation from Justice on Watergate -- but on the latter, Kleindienst talks about some sort of independent counsel (a three-judge panel) running the prosecutions. Back in Washington, Dean is continuing to tell his story to his lawyer, at Shaffer's Friendship Heights apartment. And that's not all: Jeb Magruder, having failed to talk his former assistant out of telling the truth to the Ervin Committee, de... more »

Tar Sands Spills - Happening Now not in the Future

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Lots of people think that the tar sands issue is a thing of the future. It's not. The evidence is already piling up that the pipeline is not a good idea. Tar sands going across the US - is not a good idea!!! ******************* * 2013* Minnesota Tar Sand Spill *Wednesday March 26* NEW YORK/CALGARY March 27 (Reuters) - A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border. The leak - the first major spill of the modern North Ameri... more »

You Tube is ready

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
You Tube is finally ready to select a winner and will be closed until 2023 whilst a winner is chosen. Ah, it's April 1st...

Thank you my friends

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
SUNDAY, 31 MARCH 2013 Thank you my friends I want to say a HUGE Heartfelt "THANK YOU" to all the amazing and wonderful people who heard the incredible call out from AK on American Kabuki and KP on Kauilapele (my awesome brothers in spirit) on behalf of myself and my family. Your incredible donations have made a ginormous difference to my family, and by the end of this week, I will have a new computer..... hopefully one that is kid and cat proof, lol! But besides the donations in $, it was the energetic exchange that I received from so many people that moved me to tears severa... more »

Nation’s international relations reference librarians despondent as Game of Thrones returns

Brian Rathbun at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
The Canard “All the fake news that’s fit to print” The long awaited return of HBO’s wildly popular fantasy series, the Game of Thrones, has not generated enthusiasm on the part of at least one group. The nation’s international relations reference librarians, those who help students and members of the public research the complicated dynamics Continue reading

An Eostre shrine

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I've made an informal study of comparative religions over the course of my rather long life. Pretty sure this was left in Atlanta's Grant Park as part of a nature based religious practice. (That's a rabbit in a carrot car by the way.) We don't know why it's there. Thinking it's a shrine to welcome spring and mourn the lost tree. [Stephen H Banks photo. Click the link. Buy his metaphysical mystery novel. It's a great read.]

Psst, buddy, wanna buy a used war cheap? (OK, maybe not so cheap)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*If you don't like these numbers, I say make up your own. As long as you understand what it means: that we have to cut back on Medicare and Social Security benefits.* *by Ken* I don't know about you, but every now and then I wonder idly, Jes' how dang much is them wars in Eye-raq and 'Gannystan a-goin' ta cost us? I especially wonder when we hear reports about those hearty congressional dinosaurs the buy-partisans sending out smoke signals that they're *jes' this close* to reaching agreement on a "compromise" that will finally give the Pete Peterson deficit-hawk partisans and thei... more »

New York's Race to Implement Common Core Before Revolt Breaks Out

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Corporate ed reform schoolers across the country are in emergency mode to try to implement the latest testing deliver system, the Common Core, before parents and teachers and students can force a halt to the madness. In doing so, deformers make their desperation apparent as their agendas take precedent over learning or the opportunity to learn. In New York, high stakes decisions will be made this year based on test scores for which teachers and students had no materials or time to prepare. This is the perfect opportunity to bring this violation into the courts. From *North Countr... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It is Sunday, and yes, I am back from vacation, and as promised, I am doing my usual Sunday rant... I just spent the last 5 days in the United States on a short vacation. I had decided about a month ago to go and take my son for Canadian Spring Break and go and see a few NBA basketball games in Minneapolis. My son has always wanted to see a live NBA game, and I figured this was the one trip that I would be able to grant his wish... It also provided my better half with a much needed break from her work to go and not only have some rest and relaxation, but for her to go and do some s... more »

Introducing the American Nationalist Network

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
We are proud to introduce the official radio network of the American Nationalist Association, the *American Nationalist Network*. Please visit the Blog Talk Radio page for the *American Nationalist Network*, where you can either listen to our broadcasts live or download the podcast archives. *John Friend*, Co-Developer of the *American Nationalist Association*, will host *The Realist Report* every Monday and Tuesday, which is an interview-based program that focuses on a wide variety of historical and philosophical topics. Rodney Martin, Director of *World View Foundations*and Co-D... more »

I am Dutch - what does that mean?

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/RobeOBwBXF4 Now you know.... John

'Revolution' film journey of saving the species and ourselves

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Screen capture from Revolution trailer by Censored News.   Wonderful to see familiar faces, and the beautiful cinematography in the trailer of the upcoming film 'Revolution' being released on April 12, 2013. http://www.therevolutionmovie.com http://www.facebook.com/revolutionmovie http://www.twitter.com/film_revolution  About 'Revolution' Revolution is a film about changing the

Tom Cheetham - "On the edge of chaos"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Related: *"The World And Society In 1913."* *Amazon:* "Tom Cheetham is a biologist and philosopher and the author of four books on the imagination and the meaning of Henry Corbin's work for the contemporary world. He is a Fellow of the Temenos Academy in London and Adjunct Professor of Human Ecology at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. He lectures regularly in Europe and the US." Below is an excerpt from Tom Cheetham's book, *"All The World An Icon: Henry Corbin And The Angelic Function of Beings."* 2012. North Atlantic Books: Berkeley, California. Pg. 247-48. ... more »

This is your future with the KXL pipeline

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
The Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline hasn't been authorized yet, but the filthy tar sands oil is already streaming through the heartland in existing pipes that have been retrofitted by Big Oil, in this case our old friend Exxon-Mobil. The unfortunate residents of this neighborhood in Arkansas got a hard lesson on what that means this weekend, when the pipeline sprung a leak. [photo via] Imagine walking out your door and discovering this. The town evacuated the neighborhood and shut down sections of highways because a single spark could blow up the whole damn place. Not to m... more »

1,000 words...

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 1 day ago
For anyone not aware, THIS is the problem with Sunderland FC employing Paulo Di Canio as manager. There is even more context than most people realise. He used to perform these salutes when he played for Lazio, a club that, on the basis of its followers, is known informally as Nazio, as the the lowest of the low. Di Canio was expressing solidarity, inciting his fascist brethren.

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*NOLA Pyrate Week Throws a Wench in the Works ~NOLA DEFENDER*

Exxon Mobil pipeline break spills Canadian crude in Arkansas

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
*MAYFLOWER, Ark. — Exxon Mobil Corp. says crews are working to contain and clean up an oil spill near Mayflower, Arkansas after its Pegasus pipeline ruptured Friday afternoon.* *** The pipeline carries Canadian heavy crude oil from Patoka, Illinois to refineries on the Texas Gulf coast.* *** Exxon Mobil issued a release that said the company was responding to a spill of more than 10,000 barrels, and that some 4,500 barrels of oil and water had been recovered.* *** The company said the 20 inch pipeline had been shut down as crews tried to prevent the spilled oil from reaching a ... more »

Seder Night in the White House

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The incredibly pro-Barack Obama Huffington Post reports on Barack Obama's attempt to appear pro-Jewish, holding a Seder Night. Of course as this is Barack Obama there's a subtext (*my emphasis*): 'For a president of the United States, the personal is inevitably political. But there is one annual event at the White House that truly is personal for its current chief resident -- or at least as personal as anything can be in the most watched building in the country. President Obama’s upcoming Passover Seder, scheduled for March 25, will host just 20 or so participants this year -- more ... more »

Is Anyone Asking You For Money This Weekend?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Nick Ruiz, a professor, not a politician-- he won't sell you out; not ever Today's the last day of the FEC quarter, and politicians are using a ridiculous fake deadline to wind everyone up for (often undeserved) donations. I get a lot of e-mails from politicians. But I think I got more this last week than the total since the November election. The DCCC and New Dems were especially aggressive in urging candidates to badger and barrage their lists with ominous and dire warnings. Elizabeth Warren sent out a plea for some of her colleagues with a message that started this way: "If your e... more »

Happy Easter

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
This is Mrs. JP's and my fourth Easter dinner together. We had a baked ham semi-glazed in pineapple juice, mashed potatoes, Charlene's Cheesy Potatoes, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, pork gravy and a good white wine that was a steal at $12.99. So, how did you distend *your*waistline?

ALEC - Twenty Years of Pro-Gun Propaganda

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Think about it – just think about it - - - - - Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986, culminated with the one-two punch of the Brady Bill—mandating background checks on gun buyers— in 1993, and the “Assault Weapons Ban” of 1994. Since then there has been a complete reversal of fortunes for gun control. Congress allowed the “Assault Weapons Ban” to expire in 2004, and passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005, which protects firearms makers from lawsuits. Think about it – just think about it - - - - - *During that time, * *ALEC has been "educating" you... more »

Cut to the (not so) quick

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The BBC News website has been leading all day with: Welfare cuts unjust, say churches Four churches join forces to accuse the government of making cuts in welfare payments they say are unjust and target society's most vulnerable people. Their main report goes on to say: The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Church of Scotland. "Easter criticism" by the churches? Well, not according to the *Spectator*: COFFEE HOUSE UPDATE It appears that the timing of this – Easter – may have been chosen by the BB... more »

Sunday Question for Liberals

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the legislative progress on guns and immigration?

Native Americans Rally to Save Hickory Ground at NIGA Conference

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Native Americans Rally to Save Hickory Ground at NIGA Conference Press statement Posted at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com   PHOENIX -- On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Native American sacred lands activists from throughout the country, including O’odham, Navajo, Havasupai and Muscogee Creeks, demonstrated at the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) conference to support
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