Friday, May 31, 2013

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Friday Morning Linkage

Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 33 minutes ago
Elvis Duck because I’ll be drinking Bourbon in Memphis tomorrow night. Julien Barnes-Dacey and Daniel Levy want de-escalation, not more arms for Syria Unintended consequences? The Syrian conflict has been good for American-Turkish relations. An “ancient” U.S. weapon makes an appearance in Syrian fighting: the M40. A new Gallup Poll: 64% of Americans say Continue reading

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 35 minutes ago
*Parishes prep for active hurricane season * *~Above: Hurricane track "spaghetti models" for Louisiana to date.* *Evacu*spots (n) ~Evacuteer.org* ~*1.* The official meeting places where anyone can go for a safe ride if the Mayor of New Orleans must call a mandatory evacuation. *2.* The exact same places residents will have a ride back to once the City is safe and re-entry begins. *Some wonder whether it's legal to swim in Lake Pontchartrain ~WVUE* *Dozens of backyards sinking into the Bonnabel Canal ~WWLTV* *New Orleans Oyster Festival! ~Scott Gold* ~No fewer than 24 restaurants are ... more »

ALEC Pushed Virtual Education Harming Our Children.

2old2care at Because I Can - 47 minutes ago
Important to know · *K12 Inc.*, Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference[12], member of ALEC's Education Task Force [54 ALEC legislators and ALEC are always pushing the privatization of public education. ALEC legislators and ALEC are always pushing the fallacy that for-profit educational opportunities are superior to public education. *ALEC legislators are always manipulating the education market - to favor ALEC corporate members - through the use of ALEC "model legislation". * Well – time and time again this ALEC delusion is proving to be wrong. Another example of how ALEC... more »

New Dem Patrick Murphy (FL) Is Asking For A Favor. Why Doesn't He Ask Big Oil Instead Of Bothering Us?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 50 minutes ago
Lifelong Republican Patrick Murphy now calls himself a "New Dem" Murphy's pathetic, pleading spam yesterday: We've done so much together already-- we've stood up for students, called for sensible budget solutions and so much more. I'm so proud of the work we've done so far, and we have so much more to do. But, Democrats nationwide are facing big end-of-month budget deadlines tomorrow. And, our campaign is no different. We just had not one but TWO opponents announce they were getting in against us. We need to have a strong showing... We've got to show my opponents that we mean busine... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Happy Birthday to D.M.C., 49. Good stuff: 1. Francis Wilkinson on the House and immigration. 2. Andrew Gelman on "those 'Psychological Science' papers (menstrual cycles and political attitudes, biceps size and political attitudes)." 3. And Alyssa Rosenberg on being a writer.

Over a Half-Million Viewers Share Rubenstein’s Resignation Speech

Captured in 10 minutes here are so many of the truths known by teachers everywhere during these Dark Days. When teachers begin to speak this way while still employed, rather than as they walk out, only then will we see progress in rolling back the influence of the oligarchs to create a new breed of […]

Broadcasting Despair

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour ago
It is tempting to enjoy the downfall of the Ford Brothers -- most particularly, perhaps, because their troubles are of their own making. But, Paul Saurette warns in today's *Toronto Star*, progressives need to understand the danger inherent in their ruination: Even progressives who regret the damage the Fords have done to the municipal agenda and disdain the faux-populist affectations of a couple of self-entitled rich guys passing themselves off as regular joes, should mourn the events of the last few weeks and think carefully before indulging in too much schadenfreude. For alth... more »

Friday Nerd Blogging: Silly Charity Stunts

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
The lesson apparently is that Lucasfilm still exists? This is the second year that the Nerdist folks have combined with Lucasfilm to raise money for charity. How so? By having a relay of folks carrying a lightsaber to Comic-con in San Diego. Oh, and posting a series of silly youtube videos. Here is the first Continue reading

Is Meat the Next Oil?

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
Heard this on the radio this morning Prices are hitting record highs as the summer grilling season starts. Beef prices are hitting record highs just as the summer grilling season begins. Just so you are aware *We are not talking about family farms producing that beef.* We are talking about corporate profits. We are talking about corporate control of the food market. We are talking about corporate profits. This is NOT about feeding America - like the family farm was about - THIS IS ABOUT CORPORATE PROFIT. Corporations do not care if YOU can afford food. Corporations only care about... more »

Were Dzhokhar and Tamererian Tsarnaev framed for the Boston bombings ? We know their Mother and an Aunt say yes. But consider what Digital Journal as dropped in the special report concerning photoshopping !

Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://rt.com/usa/family-tsarnaeva-boston-tsarnaev-948/ ‘I am absolutely fine’ – Accused Boston bomber speaks to his family for the first time since arrest Get short URL Published time: May 29, 2013 16:15 [image: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (photo by FBI)] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (photo by FBI) Share on tumblr Trends Boston Marathon bombing Tags Blast, Law, Russia, Terrorism, USA Six weeks after a pair of homemade bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the mother of the suspects has finally made contact with her only surviving son, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told Bloom... more »

Japan currency gyrations set off by comment fro Takatoshi Ito that overvaluation of yen versus dollar has been corrected ( prompting another sell off in the dollar versus the yen ) , how can Maignot Line at 100 yen be maintained ? China rumor of weaker official PMI Saturday morning , April unemployment data from Europe as usual ....some pressure on equities in Europe and US this morning... Apple hikes Piad and Ipod prices by 16 and 14 percent respectively. - go Abe ! ..

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-31/new-record-european-unemployment-101-usdjpy-tractor-beam-breach-bring-early-selling New Record European Unemployment, 101 USDJPY "Tractor Beam" Breach Bring Early Selling [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/31/2013 07:08 -0400 - Apple - Bond - Brazil - Central Banks - Chicago PMI - China - Consumer Confidence - Consumer Prices - Consumer Sentiment - CPI - Credit Conditions - Crude - Deutsche Bank - Equity Markets - European Central Bank - Euroz... more »

Moms March Across America - July 4th Everywhere Join Moms Who Care About Their Childrens Health.

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours ago
*A second revolution to take back America from corporate rule. Make your Forefathers proud.* ** *Best wishes and best of luck, Moms everywhere.*

Blockupy protests in Germany - May 30 , 2013 ! Youth Unemployment in europe serves as a motivator for fighting the bizarro and destructive policies imposed on the Eurozone States....Data on retail sales in Germany , Consumer spending in France and Italians jobs data - all disappointing !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
One picture sums things up nicely....... Angelika Beer @*piratenbeer* «@*TheCitizen_de* German Police tanks protecting Deutsche Bank HQ in Frankfurt from peaceful #*Blockupy* protestors: pic.twitter.com/HHsMHipBKx # *1j* 6:19 AM - 31 May 2013 [image: View image on Twitter] *25* RETWEETS *1* FAVORITE - ** http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/31/eurozone-crisis-unemployment-youth-inflation-markets Graph: Jobless rates compared And this graph compares the eurozone unemployment rate, now at a re... more »

Turkey captures al - Nusra fighters plotting a major attack in which sarin gas was to be used - how did these Syrian rebel fighters obtain two KGs of sarin and has Turkey finally figured out they are being manipulated by false flag attacks by the rebels or others seeking to draw Turkey further into the Syrian War ? Syrian rebels who can't agree among themselves - manage to agree they won't talk with Assad , won't talk while the Government is fighting back apparently ! McCain makes a fool of himself in Syria , with his reckless stunt ....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/05/30/turkey-captures-al-nusra-fighters-plotting-major-attack/ ( Hello , UN and US - choose to offer any comments now on whom might be using those chemical weapons in Syria ? ) Turkey Captures al-Nusra Fighters Plotting Major AttackReports: Fighters in Southern City Had Chemical Weapons by Jason Ditz, May 30, 2013 Print This | Share This Turkish police have arrested 12 fighters from the Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra. The full details of the arrests, which spanned three cities but appeared to center around a plot in the southern city of Adana, remain... more »

EU Panel: Human robotization, Nano implant technologies, Mind control slavery – The "Transhumanist Agenda"

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 3 hours ago
as a modernistic counterfoil to my May 2013 update to Free Planet's 2012 post about UFO researcher Dr Young-Hae Chi's findings that 'alien abductees are being shown footage of global apoclaypse and being monitored watching these scenes', here's an EU Panel hosted by Alfred Labrement Webre. TOPICS COVERED: - Shift from electromagnetic to scalar waves - Six million brain-entrained humans in the European Union alone - Homeopathic gold is effective protection - Parties behind Transhumanist Agenda - Can the Transhumanist Agenda be stopped? Panel consists of: Magnus Ols... more »

"Don't try to fix it. I just need you to listen."

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 3 hours ago
"Don't try to fix it. I just need you to listen." Every man has heard these words. And they are the law of the land. No matter what. *Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.*

Evening wrap Europe - Focus on Spain , Slovenia , Greece

Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Evening wrap for Europe...... Definition of insanity on display , Spanish Edition http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-28/why-nonsensical-spanish-data-about-make-even-less-sense Why Nonsensical Spanish Data Is About To Make Even Less Sense [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/28/2013 14:48 -0400 - Budget Deficit - ETC - Gross Domestic Product - headlines - Michael Cembalest - non-performing loans - Recession - Unemployment *Spanish economic data does not always pass the sniff test.* *A simple example that JPMor... more »

Greg Hunter"Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.31.13"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
* * *"Weekly News Wrap-Up 5.31.13"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The Middle East is inching towards war. In Syria, the Assad regime wants high-tech Russian missiles to thwart new efforts for a no-fly zone that the Obama Administration may be calling for. Israel says if the Russians deliver them, they will attack and knock them out. The missiles would make a no-fly zone very difficult. Assad says he has the S-300 missiles, but the U.S. says not yet. More than 70,000 Syrians have been killed in more than two years of civil war. Syria has said it will attack Israel if Israel ... more »

On Think Tank Independence, Jeju Forum

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 5 hours ago
Jeju -- Today is our third day here in the *Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity* held in this big and sprawling Haevichi Hotel&Resort, southern island of South Korea. I am one of the 13 people from the EFN Asia and FNF Korea team who came here from Seoul last Wednesday, led by Lars Andre Richter, the Country Representative of FNF Korea (5th from left), and Pett Jurapaiboon of EFN Asia (4th from right). Our group photo on our first night here. Only Sam Rainsy from Cambodia not present here. On Day 1 (May 29) afternoon, I attended session [2-A], "Making Ideas Work: Challenges and Opp... more »

Rob and Steve in happier times

Alison at Creekside - 6 hours ago
The fishing buddies at a Ford family BBQ in 2011. Steve gives thanks for the Ford Conservative political dynasty, thanks Rob for his endorsement in helping get Steve elected, and makes a plug for a Harper/Hudak/Ford hat trick government for Canada. The Guardian did a nice piece on it yesterday. h/t West End Bob for Guardian link .

NEWSPAPER: CIA RUNS AL QAEDA

Anon at aangirfan - 6 hours ago
*Sibel Edmonds, who worked for the FBI. * * * Sibel Edmonds worked for the FBI. She knows that the US government supports al Qaeda and supports organised crime. Her allegations have been confirmed by journalists at The Sunday Times, a Rupert Murdoch newspaper. Two Sunday Times journalists say that the allegations were confirmed by senior Pentagon and MI6 officials. *Ceasefire Magazine* reports that *The Sunday Times report on the US government's ties to the boss of al-Qaeda was spiked on the orders of the US government* Only the first part of the The Sunday Times story was publis... more »

Climate Tricks 19: Global Cooling and Resilient Society

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 6 hours ago
Below is a research proposal that I submitted to the East Asia Development Network (EADN) for a regional research competition (RRC) on the theme, "Toward a More Resilient Society". Among the factors that they want to be discussed by research proponents is "disaster risk management in disaster-prone countries" and hence, is related to (man-made) climate change. Even if I know that this kind of research competition is tailored for the climate alarmists and planet saviours, I still joined the competition. My would-be partner in the research project is my PDE classmate and now Ateneo d... more »

Los Angeles public education events for the first weekend of June 2013

rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 7 hours ago
First published on solidaridad on May 30, 2013 Logan Street Elementary School Celebrates 125th Birthday Posted by Cheryl Ortega, May 23, 2013 at 10:46 am on Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch Saturday, June 1, 2013, 10:00 AM 1711 W. Montana Street Los Angeles, CA 90026 See previous entry for more photos In 1888 children came to Logan […]

Your Moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Ashikaga flower park in Japan.

Obama, Reagan And The GOP Double Standard

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 7 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe An old joke: Ronnie and Nancy are back in Southern California, at their favorite restaurant on Rodeo Drive. The waiter asks for Nancy's selection. "I'll have the filet mignon," she tells him. The waiter asks, "What about the vegetable?" Nancy quickly replies, "Oh, he'll have the same." Groan! I happened to think of that one because, in view of all the flack President Barack Obama is catching over (1) Benghazi (2) IRS beating up on poor little Tea Party folks and (3) AP reporters being subjected to wiretaps, the Republicans in Congress seem to be preparing impeachme... more »

Egypt's rebellion signatures hit 7 million (Video)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
For background about the Egyptian rebellion campaign, read the article, *"Egypt's anti-Morsi 'Rebel' campaign: An inside look"* (Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Ahram Online). An excerpt: Founders of Egypt’s 'Rebel' campaign, a newly established movement that aims to withdraw confidence from President Mohamed Morsi by collecting citizens' signatures, spoke at an open forum on Tuesday to discuss the campaign, which has recently gone viral online and on the streets. 'Rebel' campaigners hope to collect 15 million signatures and hold a mass sit-in on 30 June – marking the end of Morsi's firs... more »

Julian And JFK: The Tragic Heroes of Rome And America

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
*"Julian the Apostate Presiding at a Conference of Sectarians*, by Edward Armitage, 1875" (*Source: Wikipedia*). *I. The Narcissistic Nature of The Hero, The Western Conception of The Hero, And The Role of The Hero In Culture - An Excerpt From A Lecture By Professor S. Georgia Nugent Called, "Heroes, Heroines, and The Wisdom of Myth."* "If the epic hero strives for immortality in song, recognizing that a thousand shapes of death surround him, and he cannot become a god, the tragic hero dares to strive with the gods in his own lifetime, to lift himself up to the level of the ... more »

Nightmarchers - Modern myth or ignored natural phenomenon?

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 8 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/5WMaZmY3Zws But now for new science findings: Link: http://youtu.be/Y2ZwR9Dxbmo Earthquake lights, strange colours in the skies, strange clouds, balls of light floating around near tectonic faults, unexplained thunder appear to have a connection with electro-chemical reactions, the building of huge underground energies caused by sub-terrain stress. See the Hessdalen phenomena in Norway. Unidentified (flying?) objects or phenomena that resemble plasma in the Earth' atmosphere were far too long misrepresented or ignored. What earlier was done away with "figments ... more »

The Not-So-Complex World of Michael Bloomberg:When A White Person Does It, That Means It's Not Terrorism

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 8 hours ago
(Photo Credit: Jeanne Noonan / New York Daily News) Last week, a threatening letter laced with the deadly chemical ricin was sent from Shreveport, Louisiana to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a response to the mayor's outspoken support for stricter gun control laws.  Two identical letters, also containing the lethal substance, were addressed to both President Barack Obama and the

TWINS

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Jim Springer and Jim Lewis* Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were identical twins. As babies, they were put up for adoption and raised by different families. Both boys were christened "Jim" by their new parents. Both had dogs named Toy. Both married women named Linda, and then divorced them. Their second wives were both named Betty. Both named their sons James Alan. Both Jims were part-time sheriffs; both liked doing carpentry; both suffered severe headaches; both smoked Salem cigarettes, and drank Miller Lite beer; both had family vacations in St. Pete Beach in Florida. Twins. *P... more »

Stagger Lee...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
*the real Stagger Lee...* With all due respects to *Blazing Cat Fur* (who I dearly love) their* post of the Collins Kids* is an insult to anyone who admires vintage music. The little twerp in the posted video with a double neck guitar is a scam and brings shame on the music industry. *A statement from my master musician husband: * Those of us in the music business 60 years ago, knew that the Collins Kids, particularly, Tommy Collins, just because he could jump around like Chuck Berry, didn't mean he was a real musician. Most of us took it as an affront that he was considered as... more »

Back to work

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours ago
*by Ken* Michele Bachmann and her curious withdrawal from the world of electoral politics can wait. Ditto the steady drumbeat of the Israeli march to fascism. Because I went back to work today. I got a jolt when I settled into my desk this morning, for the first time since I shut down my computer at the end of the day on Friday, April 12, with knee-replacement surgery scheduled for the following Monday. I knew back then that I wouldn't be able to return to work until I was cleared by my doctor, and that that couldn't happen until my six-week follow-up exam on May 29. It's true, I... more »

Giving Syria A Chance Against Tyranny: Bashar Al-Assad Says Russian S-300 Missiles Have Arrived In Syria!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 9 hours ago
It is a fact now that the so called "rebels" in Syria, who are actually nothing more than paid for murderous mercenary thugs by the criminals in both the US and Israel, are badly losing their war against the popular Bashar al-Assad government forces....Everywhere across Syria these murderous mercenaries are losing battle after battle, and there is a strong chance that all of Syria could be free of these mercenaries, and foreign intervention, very shortly.... This is why the criminals in both the US and Israel are now pushing for a "no fly zone" over Syria, as a prelude to open invas... more »

Understanding The True Enemy Of Mankind: What The Heck Does It Mean To Be "Chosen"?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 10 hours ago
Ever since I was a young man who faithfully attended church services every Sunday (whether I liked to or not), I have always been perplexed by the Christian churches calling the Jews the "Chosen People" of "God".... To me, there is absolutely EVERYTHING wrong with that statement, in that how the heck can some group of people be considered better than everyone else? It has always troubled me that a supposedly loving "God" that has all living creatures as his creation and that all people are his children can be BIASED in having one group of individuals better than everyone else!...... more »

"After A Time..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“After a time, you may find that *having* is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” - Mr. Spock, “Star Trek”, "Amok Time"

"A Look To The Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would have suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record the expanding debris cloud as the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant. This sharp telescopic view is centered on a western segment of the Veil Nebula cataloged as NGC 6960 but less formally known as the Witch's Broom Nebula. Blasted out in the cataclysmic explosion, the interstellar shock wave plows through space sweeping up and exciting interstellar m... more »

Chet Raymo, “This View of Life, With Its Several Powers”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* “This View of Life, With Its Several Powers”* by Chet Raymo “Somewhere in his "lost" notebooks Loren Eiseley writes of the pleasure of exploding a puffball in a woodland clearing, or shaking seeds out of their pods. As I recall, he takes a gleeful satisfaction in messing with evolution, in hurrying the process along. I remember identifying with that sentiment when I read it. I like exploding puffballs too. Dropping insects into spider webs. Picking up turtles that are half-way across a road and placing them in a ditch on the other side. Most of all I like breaking off the stal... more »

Media refuses to meet with Holder

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 11 hours ago
I really hate it when I'm at odds with journalists I like and respect, (there's more of them than you might think), about the leak investigations. In the latest twist in the storyline, most of the major media heads are refusing to meet off the record with AG Holder to discuss the matter. I'm sorry to have to say this ends up looking like they care more about pumping up a so-called scandal than finding a solution to the problem. It's too weird to find myself in agreement with the WaPo and Politico who so far are the only major news orgs willing to say wait a minute, we routinely hav... more »

Musical Interlude: Mason Williams, “Classical Gas”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
Mason Williams, “Classical Gas” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMuCiAe6vA • Anyone else feel like your life's running at about this pace? lol - CP

@rweingarten has some explaining to do re: #AFT #commoncore survey

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 11 hours ago
At the Chalk Face was joined by intrepid researcher and educator Mercedes Schneider for an interview in January of this year as she demolished the state of LA’s flawed school evaluation data. You can listen to that here. My, how time flies. Today, she really dug into the March 2013 survey of teacher attitudes towards the […]

Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gDGcXIEQE

Gold and Silver - May 28 , 2013 ....... Data , news and views.....

Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/05/gold-closed-down-770-to-137910-on.html Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Gold closed down $7.70 to $1379.10 on option expiry day/OI for silver remains elevated at 146,232/1000 contracts of gold served upon longs today and the issuer JPMorgan/Middle East heating up/Japan experiences a sigma 3 bond yield rise last night/ Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold closed down $7.70 to $1379.10 (comex closing time). Silver fell by 40 cents to $22.18 (comex closing time) In the access market at 5:00 pm, gold and silver finished trading at the following pri... more »

Hello

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago

A Government Of The Rich, By The Rich And, More Than Anything Else, FOR The Rich

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
A bunch of slimy New Dems-- your father's Republican Party Almost half the Members of Congress (48%) are millionaires and most of the rest are there at the sufferance of millionaires and billionaires who finance their miserable political careers. The median estimated net worth of all 535 Members is about $966,000, although higher among the freshmen-- $1,066,515. The richest freshmen are New Dem mega-millionaires who bought their seats in Congress the way you go out for a nice dinner on your birthday-- John Delaney (MD) and Scott Peters (CA), each worth a couple million bucks-- which ... more »

COULD AL-ASSAD’S ENEMIES UNITE WITH HIM FOR WAR AGAINST ISRAEL?

If there’s one thing Bashir al-Assad’s enemies hate more that al-Assad, it’s Israel. Recently al-Assad has been quoted as saying that “The Syrian government will not stand in the way of any Syrian groups that want to wage a war of resistance to liberate the Golan”. Since Israel regards the Golan Heights as part of Israel, then Israel is likely to regard any attack against the Golan Heights as an attack against all of Israel. With Hezbollah now quite openly supporting al-Assad and the Russians apparently sending the Syrian government sophisticated air defence missiles and other more ... more »

Talking to the Forage Folks

Pete B at Grass Based Health - 13 hours ago
After watching the video of my presentation at the 2012 Ancestral Health Symposium, Nancy remarked that it seemed like I was more nervous talking about the forage agronomy topics than I am when I deliver purely dietary presentations. I agree. It may be that I hadn't been studying the forage material for a while, so I was conscious of being certain that I actually said what I wanted to say. It could have been, too, that I was expecting that audience to be a challenging one. I was very pleased with the response, however. And I'll be giving another presentation this August in Atlanta a... more »

"Life Is Hard?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Life is hard? True- but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies." - Edward Abbey

First-Ever Report on Local Subsidy Transparency Released

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 14 hours ago
Today, Good Jobs First released the first-ever report (report, press release) on local subsidy transparency in the United States, "Show Us the Local Subsidies." This is a welcome development, even if the bottom line is that the glass is nowhere near half full yet. The report analyzes 64 incentive programs in the country's 25 largest cities and 25 largest counties. Of these, only 1/3 (21) report the name of the subsidy recipient online. Of these, a mere 10 list the amount of the subsidy initially awarded, and only six the actual number of dollars ultimately disbursed. Memphis/Shelby... more »

FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The “It’s a Cartoon” Edition

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 14 hours ago
A former cartoonist wonders whether we’ve lost the art of robust debate. *Is This Racist, Susan Devoy?*- CoNZervative Her office shouldn’t exist. And as for this: *“Well unfortunately we have a right to the freedom of expression and freedom of speech.” “*Unfortunately”? *Cartoon prompts call for racism threshold change* - TVNZ Free speech for me, but not for you, say Minto, Henare, Flavell… *AUDIO: **Former editor and Minto debate role of cartoons* – RADIO NZ *Press Council won't act over cartoons yet* – 3 NEWS *Some propositions on free speech* – NOT PC, 2011 Message from Geor... more »

Keystone XL Pipeline-- The Coming Catastrophe, Politically Speaking

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
"If he honestly believes," says Van Jones in the video clip above, "that this pipeline-- which will be a huge part of his legacy-- is a good thing, he should call it the Obama Tar Sands Pipeline." Yes, a huge part of his legacy. The House may have made it easy for him-- whichever decision he makes. Last week they passed H.R. 3, which removes Obama from the decision-making process, despite this being a deal that involves the U.S. border, over which he has constitutional authority. So... he can veto it on that basis alone-- if it passes the Senate (a distinct possibility, since the... more »

solidaridad: Parent Trigger: Stop the Lies! Hear the Truth Rally in the Valley 2013-June-04

rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 14 hours ago
solidaridad: Parent Trigger: Stop the Lies! Hear the Truth Rally in the Valley 2013-June-04. Filed under: ROBERT D. SKEELS: Schools Matter Tagged: Adelento, alec, Ben Austin, Billionaire Boys Club, Gloria Romero, Heartland Institute, lausd, neoliberalism, parent trigger, Pat DeTemple, privatization, rdsathene

Love hurts

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 15 hours ago
http://www.artbywicks.com/poetry%20page%203.htmSomething I hadn't anticipated happening quite so quickly in this new international life was feeling passionate about Honduras. Oh, it sounds like a good thing. Doesn't the world need more people who arrive in a strange land and really connect? But what it actually means is that I now feel invested in the future of the country. I'm not just thinking warm thoughts about Hondurans and hoping things work out. I'm worrying about the place. Again, that probably sounds OK on the surface. Honduras certainly needs more people to worry... more »

Cosmic Impact Theory For YDB Event Supported - Pleistocene Nonconformity

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago
This is slowly becoming huge. Of course, no one has understood yet that this was a comet that impacted directly at the then positioned North Pole thirty degrees North. The impact shock wave ripped through North America, while the incoming shock wave killed everything in Siberia. These animals literally all died were they stood. Yet this paper pretty clearly polices up my original conjecture that I published here under Pleistocene Nonconformity. Again we have the advantage of knowing roughly were it impacted in the first place. Also no one really has understood that ... more »

X-ray Reconstruction Tackles Old Scrolls

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago
I think this should also work with that carbonized library they have in Italy. It is reacting with the non organics and that will work as well with those texts as well. Maybe we can recover the remainder of Livy's book on Roman history. What will be recovered are a lot of texts that went out of favor, a long time ago before the intervention of the printing press. Once that happened, the capability to reproduce disappeared while the texts then demanded marketability. There no longer was a machinery in place to copy the obscure. Thus treasured items simply became way to... more »

Potato Blight Genetic History Resolved

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago
Solving the specifics of the potato blight is academically important but that we were able to recover intact DNA from samples 150 years old is extremely good news. From the late eighteenth century through recent times, biology was about amassing huge collections of plants and critters, all maintained and stored in museums and libraries to this day. That is why I am optimistic that recovery of much of our extinct fauna and flora happens to be plausible. Most of it went extinct with contact, not so much us as our pests and particularly the rat. Extinction recovery is stil... more »

Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 15 hours ago
We have one more plant protocol to add to the cancer fighting arsenal that is part of the traditional Chinese medicine tool kit which means that it is even available. We have now listed a number of successful anti cancer protocols on this blog and they all share common characteristics. 1 They are not amenable to any form of patent protection at all and do not receive the heavy investment in drug development or the related marketing budgets. This makes them orphans that still attract low scale research support from the academic world. After all, scientists sti... more »

Representation Works (Weirdly Enough)

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Jordan Ragusa has a very nice post today using the business about PolitiFact ratings to write about research showing that, yes, Members of Congress keep their policy promises. As I've discussed at length, but not recently, there's more to representation than just policy promises. That's on of the main findings of Richard Fenno's work: promises also include all sorts of things, including style of representation. Among other things, that to me, is the "solution" to the question of whether representatives "should" be delegates or trustees; the answer is that they should do whatever the... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago

President Bashar Assad's interview (today) with Al Manar- Audio/Transcript & More

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours ago
*Bashar Assad's interview with Al Manar has been made available by Syria Report- * * **Thanks kindly!* *Audio*: *Transcript and updates at the end, be sure to check that out!* President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcast on Thursday Following is the full text of the interview: Al-Manar: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Assalamu Alaikum. Bloodshed in Syria continues unabated. This is the only constant over which there is little disagreement between those loyal to the Syrian state and those opposed to it. However, there is no common gro... more »

Karl Denninger, "Warning: Market Destruction Ahead"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
* * *"Warning: Market Destruction Ahead"* by Karl Denninger "Larry Kudlow loves to say "profits are the mother's milk of stock prices."So what do you take from this when the tit has run dry?"Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) decreased $43.8 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an increase of $45.4 billion in the fourth. Current-production cash flow (net cash flow with inventory valuation adjustment)- the internal funds available to corporations for investment- increased $110.9 billion in the firs... more »

Dmitry Orlov, "The 5 Stages of Economic Collapse"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
* "The 5 Stages of Economic Collapse" * by Dmitry Orlov "Elizabeth Kübler-Ross defined the five stages of coming to terms with grief and tragedy as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, and applied it quite successfully to various forms of catastrophic personal loss, such as death of a loved one, sudden end to one's career, and so forth. Several thinkers, notably James Howard Kunstler and, more recently John Michael Greer, have pointed out that the Kübler-Ross model is also quite terrifyingly accurate in reflecting the process by which society as a whole (or at... more »

Greg Hunter, “Collapse Isn’t Coming- We’ve Already Begun”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
*“Collapse Isn’t Coming- We’ve Already Begun”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "David Quintieri, author of “The Money GPS,” is so worried about the unfolding economic calamity he wrote a book about how to survive it. Quintieri says, “There is no other way out but a collapse... the collapse isn’t coming, we’ve already begun.” One sure sign the collapse is in full swing, Quintieri contends, “There’s no semblance of a free market what-so-ever, that’s completely gone. The numbers you see on TV and newspapers are completely fraudulent.” So, what do you need to do to prepare? Quinti... more »

“The Smoke of ZIRP and the Mirrors of QE...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
* * *“The Smoke of ZIRP and the Mirrors of QE...”* by Bill Bonner “The front pages of yesterday's newspapers were full of good news. A strong rebound in real estate prices, they said, meant a full recovery was in the bag. From Reuters: "Home prices accelerated by the most in nearly seven years in March as the spring buying season gave the sector traction, while surging consumer confidence pointed to some resilience for the economic recovery. The data on Tuesday also suggested the two segments could act as buffers as the broader economy faces the pinch of belt-tightening in Washin... more »

Louise Mensch and Conservative Feminism

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 16 hours ago
When I was an undergraduate I probably spent more time dosing up on heavy duty social theory than drinking until blindness set in. One module I took was on feminist social theory because, at that time, I was deeply concerned with questions around revolutionary subjectivity and the place socialism had in a fragmenting and media saturated society. Now, I wasn't a complete stranger when it came to feminism. At A-Level I learned about your liberal, Marxist and radical feminism (thanks Haralambos!), and read a bit around The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism/Dual Systems Theory. S... more »

I get these things from @educationsector

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 16 hours ago
I get some emails about new reports from this tank of thinkers. Back in the day, man, I loved me some Sara Mead. But now, oy, some trifling neoliberal nonsense. Example from a recent message touting a new report on keeping “top talent,” or some other consultant terminology. Here’s an abstract: Attracting and Retaining Talented […]

Obama, Drones, and the Matter of Definitions

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Tobias T. Gibson, an associate professor of political science and security studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. In the buildup to President Obama’s speech at National Defense University on May 23, the administration suggested that the speech would clarify US policy on the use of drones in Continue reading

Good to see a Mr. @john_merrow coming to his senses

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 17 hours ago
As this open letter to the architects of the common core indicates. Hmm. Could it have something to do with a recent interview perhaps? Hmm. Listen and see if you can hear any clues. I’m inclined to say, “YES!” Follow the arrow to the top. Filed under: CHALK FACE: General News & Commentary Tagged: common […]

Please, just shoot me before this happens

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
I loathe this stupid grumpy cat. I find the entire mythology that's grown around the damn feline to be mean spirited and not funny. Apparently I'm alone in this. Worse yet, Grumpy Cat has a movie contract. In fact, there's a whole bleeding franchise I didn't know about till now. Here, Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) will be given the power of speech. How much movie potential can a Grumpy Cat have? Well, she has been scratching at the door of fame in a big way. Among the indicators: Grumpy Cat was named the most influential cat of 2012 by MSNBC, a most important Meme of 2012 by ... more »

(Time To Roll Over?) Senators Swoon Over Schmoozy Billionaire Babe (The 184-Page Financial Disclosure Under-Reported Pritzker's Annual Income by $80M) Congress Puts Out BIGTIME for Plutocrats (Heil CitiGroup!)

I'm thinking we've got to get everything documented (not really joking here) because the plethora of corruption is almost drowning out (to churn a metaphor) the reality of the coming trials (for both parties). Why nominate a right-wing man (calling Goldman Sachs . . . Morgan Stanley!)when a right-wing woman will fulfill the gender requirement as well? (And she's so pretty. And rich!) Years

Email Shows Duffy Sought 'Perks' When Appointed To The Senate In Order To Fundraise For The Conservatives - He Suggested 'Minister Without Portfolio' To Get Car & Staff!

leftdog at Buckdog - 17 hours ago
** [image: Progressive Bloggers] *There are good reasons why I frequently use a pic of large 'hogs at the trough' when I post stories about the Canadian Senate ... (just sayin').* * **"Six months after he was appointed to the Senate, Mike Duffy was in consultations with Conservatives about an expanded role in the party and expectations of increased compensation, including his own suggestion he be named a minister without portfolio to get a car and staff, according to an email exchange obtained by CBC News.* ***The email, with the subject line "Duff" and dated July 2009, appears to ... more »

Puesta de sol en el jardín de las flores y mariposas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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Why MSNBC's ratings are down

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
Everybody has a theory. Certainly Steve M. points to some valid reasons for MSNBC's ratings drop. It's true compelling current events will trump opinion programming. Perhaps some of their core audience is disillusioned because of the scandals, but I don't think that applies as strongly. And as far as the summer lag in readership for left wing political blogs, as long as I've blogging these ten years, that happens every summer. I think that's more because every damn summer brings some blitz of GOP generated faux outrage that draws their base and the lack of real news leaves liberals ... more »

Pizza rica y muy colorida para saborear

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 17 hours ago
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Viewpoints on Syria

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
I've seen many, many comments over the last couple of years at the *Telegraph, Spectator, Commentator *and* Biased BBC *(among others), worded with varying degrees of strength, alleging that the BBC is siding with those who want the West to intervene in Syria on the side of the Syrian opposition. The BBC News website isn't exactly helpingg to dispel such impressions with its latest Viewpoints article, What role should the US play in Syria?. The first of its four contributors, Elizabeth O'Bagy, senior research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, argues that the US shou... more »

Pequeño lago en el campo de las flores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Lindo cachorro cariñoso junto a un venado bebé

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Imagen fantástica de casas en la cima de la montaña

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Hermosa cabaña en un paisaje de otoño

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Figuras abstractas de bellos colores

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 18 hours ago
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Increasing Your Odds of Survival

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
Dave Hodges Today, most Americans believe that the United States is on the verge of a total economic collapse and will soon be entering another Great Depression. The government believes it as well. However, unlike most Americans, the government is prepared as evidenced by DHS and their recently purchased 2.2 billion rounds of ammunition and 2700 armored personnel carriers. Only a small percentage of the people are prepared for what is about to happen. Just what does it take to be prepared? How much of this and how much of that are questions that many preppers ask. Unfortunately, m... more »

Bilderberg, Google and the G8: New Global Tax Regime Already in the Works

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
*This year’s annual Bilderberg conference is rapidly approaching – where the world’s political and business elite meet in private to discuss their agenda which will determine future policies that govern global affairs.* Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, North London hosts to Google and Bilderberg Patrick Henningsen Some aspects of this year’s Bilderberg agenda are gradually coming into view, and have the potential for directly affecting not only big multinationals like Google, but every business on the planet. The secret gathering has been gradually forced into public view in recent y... more »

Lifting the Fake EU Arms Embargo

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
Stephen Lendman On May 27, the so-called one-year EU arms embargo on Syria's opposition ended. Officially it does so on June 1. EU nations agreed to end what never existed. Since Washington's war on Syria began in early 2011, arms flowed freely. Western-enlisted death squads get them. At issue is replacing Assad with a subservient pro-Western puppet. Syria's being ravaged in the process. Washington, key NATO partners, Israel and rogue Arab state allies bear full responsibility. War rages ahead of Geneva II. Planned peace talks are pretense. Syrians genuinely want it. So does Ru... more »

The Real Reason Governments Are Killing Financial Privacy

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
image source Nick Giambruno *Casey Research* At the latest G-20 meeting, central bankers, finance ministers, and an assortment of other central planners touted what they hoped would be a new "global standard" of the automatic sharing of financial information. The US has taken the lead with the odious FATCA law, and the EU has followed suit with its own version. Through FATCA and other measures, both governments are aggressively seeking new ways to undermine financial privacy. Financial privacy should not be viewed in a negative light, as it is often portrayed. The Swiss view it a... more »

Rand Paul: "You're Voting to Arm Al Qa'ida"

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
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The Student Loan Delinquency Rate In The United States Has Hit A Brand New Record High

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
image source Michael Snyder 37 million Americans currently have outstanding student loans, and the delinquency rate on those student loans has now reached a level never seen before. According to a new report that was just released by the U.S. Department of Education, 11 percent of all student loans are at least 90 days delinquent. That is a brand new record high, and it is almost double the rate of a decade ago. Total student loan debt exceeds a trillion dollars, and it is now the second largest category of consumer debt after home mortgages. The student loan debt bubble has be... more »

Drone reportedly kills top Pakistani Taliban figure as Pakistanis continue to decry drone program

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
image source: State Department Madison Ruppert According to Pakistani officials and militants, a leader of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a drone strike on Wednesday while the people of Pakistan continue to decry the U.S. drone program. Despite President Obama’s claims that there would be new restrictions on and transparency in the drone program, American officials refused to confirm the strike or any details about it, despite the news being reported in Pakistan, according to The New York Times. If this drone strike is officially confirmed, it would be the first strike since... more »

Henry Kissinger Confronted While Receiving The Freedom Award

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
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(Peer/Non) Review

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
I understand that there’s been some recent blog-chatter on one of my favorite hobbyhorses, peer review in Political Science and International Relations. John Sides gets all ‘ruh roh’ because of an decades-old old, but scary, experiment that shows pretty much what every other study of peer-review shows: Then, perhaps coincidentally, Steve Walt writes a longish post Continue reading

Study: GM Salmon Will Make Mutant Babies With Wild Fish

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
*Activist Post* Super aggressive mutant animals dominating the wild is not science fiction anymore. Canadian scientists have determined that if genetically modified salmon get into the wild, they will breed with wild fish and pass on their modified genes. The study also showed that the mutant offspring proved to be more aggressive than both the GM salmon and the wild fish. The study published today in the *Proceedings of the Royal Society* is the first of its kind to demonstrate environmental impacts of hybridization between a GM animal and a closely related species. The study d... more »

The Day ALEC Died

2old2care at Because I Can - 18 hours ago
Screen shot Today on Google Search at 1:55pm central time Search terms: "American Legislative Exchange Council"

Israel Threatens Russia

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 18 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman Israel gives chutzpah new meaning. War on humanity defines its agenda. It's partnered with Washington's war on Syria. It's heading perhaps toward greater intervention. It warned Russia about supplying Syria with sophisticated defensive anti-aircraft missiles. It said Israel will react in response. More on that below. A previous article discussed Russian S-300 launch systems and other defensive missile sales to Syria. Vladimir Putin said existing contracts will be honored. Netanyahu tried to dissuade him. They met face-to-face. Perhaps Israel's early ... more »

Lamar W. Hankins : We Must Heal Our Wounded Vets

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 19 hours ago
Wounded Army vet waiting for a prescription for anti-seizure medication at a Colorado Springs doctor's office. Photo by Michael Ciaglo / Colorado Springs Gazette. We must 'heal the wounded': The military’s abuse of enlistees At this point, almost a decade since his last combat, it is unclear whether Jim will ever recover from his injuries. His treatment by the military has been callous and

Jean Trounstine : Italian Prison Inmates Perform Theatre Behind Bars

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 19 hours ago
Italian prison inmate performing in Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio Does Not Want to Die. Photo by Clara Vannucci for The New York Times. Compagnia della Fortezza: Theatre in an Italian prison Punzo says that it is not therapy that drives him but creating good theatre. By Jean Trounstine / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2013 I've been interested for years in the Italian prison theatre company recently

The rebel against the controlled world

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 19 hours ago
Jon Rappoport The campaign and attack against the individual takes many forms. In 2012, I was contacted by a disillusioned psychiatrist who had “left the field.” He told me he was interested in discussing his experiences. Here is a key remark he made in our conversation: Is there a normal state of mind? The answer is no. There is the ability to deal with the reality of the world, which is a very important skill. But state of mind is another matter entirely. You could have a million people who can deal with the world, and they’re all operating in different states of mind. There is... more »

Unapproved Monsanto GMO Wheat Caught Tainting an Oregon Field

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 19 hours ago
*While GMO wheat is not currently on the U.S. market, that does not mean it isn’t being grown here.* Melissa Melton Even though Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) wheat is not, and has never been, approved for sale on the U.S. consumer market, just last month a farmer in Oregon found it randomly growing in his field. Testing on Monsanto’s GM wheat stopped in 2005, but as far back as 1999, GM wheat was showing up in places it shouldn’t, such as Thailand where farmers complained that shipments of wheat tainted with a transgenic variety had arrived from the Pacific Northwest. Monsan... more »

Some Times the Words Just Aren't There

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours ago
I think I'll take a break for a few days. I spent too much time this morning trying to find a clever way to frame that first sentence but the words just weren't there. Time to take a breather, to take stock. The events of the past few weeks; the mountains of deception, duplicity, evasion and manipulation; the scandals from legislatures to Toronto City Hall, the Senate and the Prime Minister's Office, Elections Canada, the RCMP, one dodgy Harper associate after another - it's just too dispiriting to go at without a break. Harper said we'd never recognize Canada when he's done with ... more »

For no raisin

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 19 hours ago
A list of known planets and their attributes... Amazonia: is a planet covered in rain forests and lakes. It is inhabited by giant man-hating women, ruled by a femputer who is really a fembot. Amphibos 9: is a hot and steamy swamp planet. It is inhabited by Amphibosians. Byoria 6: home of the Quantum Lichen people. Chapek 9: is a small, featureless planet colonized 600 years ago by robots who hate humans. The surface of Chapek 9 is extremely barren with a few species of plants being the only native and organic lifeforms. The atmosphere of Chapek 9 is extremely thin, enough to s... more »

Texas landowner Eleanor Fairchild in Keystone XL erosion pit

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours ago
Texas landowner Eleanor Fairchild, previously arrested with Daryl Hannah on Fairchild's east Texas farm,  in erosion pit created by construction of the southern Keystone XL on her land. By Tarsands Blockade Last fall, 78-year-old Eleanor was arrested for trespassing ON HER OWN LAND while standing in front of a bulldozer to stop the Keystone XL: http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/

Scott Barta 'Why are We Here'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours ago
Why Are We Here     By Scott Barta Ho Cank/DaNakota Censored News As Two-Legged, we must strive to care for the temple of our heart, our physical body, the home of our Spark of Life from the Father Day Sun. We love the Sacred Earth and the Sacred Water; we don't pollute but maintain and drink the pure Sacred Mother Water that is our Life Blood. We respect the

Monbiot, science and stuff...

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 19 hours ago
I am very much enjoying George Monbiot self-puffing in the Guardian for his new book Feral… Who knows, if I have the means I may even buy the book. The latest piece has two points of interest. The first is megafauna. It’s astonishing to think that the Americas once had mammoths and giant bison with seven foot horns, sabre tooth salmon and a bird with a 26 foot wingspan. This is exciting stuff. The world was once very different and presumably will be in the future. It’s a step away from Another World is Possible. There are slight dangers in measuring the quality of nature by the qua... more »

The Issue Is ELECTION FRAUD

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 19 hours ago
Dan Gardner has an excellent question: Somebody using the ruling party's database tried to subvert an election. Why isn't the country on fire about this? huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/28/rob… — Dan Gardner (@dgardner) May 30, 2013 Let's turn our tiny, distractible minds away from the Senate train-wreck and the escalating Ford fuck-up. The Contempt Party of Canada cheated to win its 'strong, stable majority'. And doesn't seem the least bit concerned that their own database was used to commit fraud. Asked about the database breach, Conservative Party spokesman Fred DeLorey said: “We t... more »

RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Economist Gar Alperovitz Asks, 'What Then Must We Do?'

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 19 hours ago
Rag Radio podcast:  Political economist Gar Alperovitz, author of 'What Then Must We Do?' “Like a picture slowly developing in a photographer's darkroom, the potential elements of a new system, of something meaningful and very American, are beginning to emerge." -- Gar Alperovitz By Rag Radio / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2013 Political economist Gar Alperovitz, whose new book is What Then Must

Michelle Obama ate roasted sea bass!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013* *Clear proof that the Times is mad:* At the New York Times, the news division is officially angry at Obama, presumably because he doesn’t respect the press. (What else do these hacks care about?) You can tell the Times is mad from the highlighted text in this thoroughly woeful report: SHEAR AND BAKER (5/30/13): Perhaps it is nothing more than an accident of timing that as federal workers brace for a summer filled with unpaid furlough days, their leaders are traveling the nation and globe on trips that exude luxury. On Wednesday, President Obama left the Wh... more »

Level of scrutiny for jurisdiction motion

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 20 hours ago
Ontario (Attorney General) v. Rothmans Inc., 2013 ONCA 353 deals with the jurisdiction of Ontario's courts. In deciding that issue the Court considered to what standard a potential plaintiff had to show an arguable case: [106] In our opinion, on a jurisdiction motion, the motion judge is not required to subject the pleadings to the scrutiny applicable on a rule 21 motion. So long as a statement of claim advances the core elements of a cause of action known to law and appears capable of being amended to cure any pleadings deficiencies such that the claim will have at least some p... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Queen Mum'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
QUEEN MUM Posted on May 29, 2013  MNN. May 29, 2013. The Queen, representing the Crown Corporation [13 bloodlines] in 1867, set up the Corporation of Canada for business purposes under the Law of the Seas. She said, “Look at these resources! Let’s do business. What about all those Indians. We’ll have to give them a cut, but we’ll control it.” The video at the end explains the Indian

Rob Ford, The Canadian Chris Christie

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
Rob Ford is certainly a "fat fuck," but-- much worse-- he's a disgusting bigot, a thug and a quintessential conservative. But what's interesting about the "fat fuck" episode (just before the 3 minute mark on the video above) is that the reporter *didn't* call Ford a "fat fuck." It was the goon bodyguard who came up with the accusation that the reporter called him a "fat fuck" to change the subject and rattle the reporter. He and Ford then went on the attack, like two vicious overtly threatening hoodlums, chasing the reporter out of the room and ending the embarrassing interview. ... more »

One scourge of the modern progressive world!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013* *We just aren’t as sharp as we think:* At this point, it may seem hard to believe. But Salon was once a very bright journal with high intellectual standards. It seems to us that the decline in basic skill level at Salon has been little short of astounding. For the latest example, consider the new report which appears beneath these gloomy headlines: *Half of Americans below or near poverty line* The Census Bureau says 15 percent of the country is living in poverty, but the reality is much worse Are half of Americans really “below or near” the poverty line? ... more »

Juxtapose: Morgentaler and Tiller

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 21 hours ago
Nothing could be starker in a comparison between the US and Canada. Yesterday, Dr Henry Morgentaler died at home at the age of 90. (The best profile I've read is by Sandra Martin.) Four years ago tomorrow, Dr George Tiller was gunned down in the vestibule of his church. In coverage of Dr Morgentaler, Canadian media seem to want to stir things up, giving equal time to fetus fetishists to sanctimoniously offer condolences while lying their asses off about the growing strength of their movement. Here's CBC's Power and Politics interviewing Carolyn Egan and Alyssa Golob. Really? @p... more »

It's Thursday...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 21 hours ago
*what's going on.* *Islam: * Capitalist Preservation: The MUSLIM JIHADIST murderers of British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby: Who they are and there conections to MI5 The Lonely Conservative: When Muslims Attack, You Better Just Shut Up About It 1389 Blog: UK machete attack at Accrington barber’s shop; police looking for “gang of Asian [i.e., MUSLIM] men” Saberpoint: The Incredible Denial of Apologists for Islam *Scandal: * Jammie Wearing Fools: NY Times Notices Obama’s Out-of-Control Travel Spending Nox and Friends: * Krauthammer: The Real Scandal Behind Benghazi Freedo... more »

WOOLWICH FALSE FLAG EXPOSED STAGED EVENT!!

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 21 hours ago
Video found at Daryl Bradford Smith's excellent website * www.iamthewitness.com*: *_______________________* On Monday, June 3rd, I'll be discussing the concepts of false flag events, PYSOPS, and media fakery on *The Realist Report*. Why is it important to properly understand these terms and concepts? I will also analyze past and current events, particularly the alleged Jewish "Holocaust" and 9/11, and how they can be classified as both false flag events and PSYOPS involving extensive media fakery. Finally, the fact that fake events using scripted "actors" are being presented to th... more »

The Joy Boy of Joblessness

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 21 hours ago
Live long, don't prosper. Peter Orszag That's the advice from one of the brightest young stars in the Plutocratic Galaxy of Greed. If you're whining about being chronically unemployed, just shut up and be grateful. You'll have less risk of turning into highway splat now that you no longer have to commute to work. If you're stuck in the impoverished suburbs, you don't have to breathe in the polluted air in our big city jobs centers. If you're lucky enough to live long enough to become warehoused in a nursing home, rejoice. You'll probably get better care in an economic depression th... more »

Ignore Those Polls! (Scandals and the Economy Edition)

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
There's a new Quinnipiac poll out with findings about scandalmania that are drawing attention, including a ranking of the scandals (respondents answered that the IRS scandal is more important than Benghazi or the AP stories) and something that sounds very nice at the moment for Democrats: by a large margin, respondents say that the economy is more important than the scandals. Ignore those polls! First: people are notoriously terrible about predicting how events will affect their votes, or even their future opinions. People may say that the economy is more important than scandals...... more »

March against Monsanto: Rallying for our Future

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 22 hours ago
[image: Photo by Eric Draitser] *May 30, 2013 *(RT - Eric Draitser) - The worldwide March Against Monsanto this past Saturday was no mere political demonstration. Rather, it was a worldwide mobilization against corporate greed, the assault on our health and environment, and the oppression of small farmers. As the diverse crowd gathered in New York City’s Union Square on an unseasonably cold and rainy Memorial Day weekend – just as they did in hundreds of cities around the world – it was clear that Monsanto and the issue of health and food sovereignty transcends political ideology... more »

An extremely cloudy Prague in 2013

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
A Czech Canadian e-pal has complained to me that "the month of May was worth [an excrement]: cold, windy, rainy etc". But that's nothing compared to the first five months as we have experienced them in Czechia. The Czech media such as The Week (EN) have told us about some cold hard figures describing the weather in Prague between January 1st and May 17th, 2013. In this 137-day-long period, the number of hours when it was "clear skies" in Prague was just 80. To compare, it was 417 hours in the same period of the year 2011. I kid you not: the total length of the "clear skies" i.e... more »

COP STORIES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
- I am at the Portland, Maine airport preparing to head to San Francisco. I refuse to go through these X-ray security scanners so always get the pat-down from TSA agents. It's amazing to see how compliant we all have become with this ever present surveillance system that has been imposed on us. Do people going thru these machines ever have second thoughts about it? - Once through security I walked into one of the shops and was gazing at newspaper headlines. The New York Times had a color top-of-the-fold photo from Spain that jumped out at me. In a ... more »

Keeping Up With The Thwapmeister General

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 22 hours ago
I said that I'd take a break from online "activism" but yet, still I blog. It's because I'm an egotistical narcissist. Also, ... I'd say my blogging has been reduced. Also, I'd say that it's much more slap-dash. (I often don't bother to put in hyperlinks to stories. Look it up yerselves if you don't know already, is my attitude.) Plus, there's a lot less passion in the way I write. Not so much outrage. More contempt. I also understand that some people don't blog because they want everything to be perfect before they publish something and don't have the time for that. But they like ... more »

Real-time reports from the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013* *It happened in Benghazi, third and fourth accounts:* What actually happened in Benghazi? We aren’t able to tell you. But in real time, many journalists, citing eyewitnesses, said there had been a demonstration before the violent attackers arrived. They said the protesters and the attackers cited the offensive YouTube video at the cause of their actions. To read what the Washington Times reported, just click here. For the report from the New York Times, click this. Personally, we weren’t present in Benghazi. But below, you see part of what Greg Miller repo... more »

From “Surplussed” to “Excessed:” Dumped Memphis Teachers Go to Court

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 23 hours ago
With the blessing of Bill Gates and State Commissioner, Kevin (formerly Mister Michelle Rhee) Huffman, principals across Memphis and Shelby County are illegally dumping hundreds of tenured teachers in favor of TFA, TeachPlus, and TeachMemphis corporate missionaries, who are hired to instill in Memphis’ impoverished children the corporate psychology that can be summed up as “you can […]

Privatization Of Saskatchewan Hospital Laundry Services Will Force Hundreds Of Employees Out Of Work

leftdog at Buckdog - 23 hours ago
** [image: Progressive Bloggers] *The Saskatchewan Party lost the 2003 provincial election when their leader, Elwin Hermanson said to a reporter, "why wouldn't we look at selling crown corporations?" * *That one sentence resonated negatively with voters and ensured the defeat of the surging Saskatchewan Party. The New Democrats earned a fourth term in power.* * **Shortly thereafter, the Sask Party ditched Elwin and elected a charismatic, young MLA named Brad Wall to lead them. Wall had previously served as a ministerial aide during Conservative Premier Grant Devine's failed adm... more »

Stories Of Human Rights Abuses In Iraq From Amnesty International and the State Department’s Annual Reports

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 23 hours ago
Amnesty International and the U.S. State Department recently released their annual reports on human rights around the world. As usual, Iraq fared badly. Neither organization found any improvements in the situation within the country. The common charges of mass arrests, arbitrary detentions, holding suspects without charges and access to lawyers, torture and abuse of prisoners, holding people that should be released, corruption, intimidation and harassment of the media, and limiting freedom of speech and assembly were all heard. These abuses occurred at the hands of both the central... more »

Michelle Obama: "she and her husband are low-rent, no-class trash" according to Camp of the Saints...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*I agree.* * ** Good Golly Miss Michy / Sure Like To Ball(er)*

HTML5 To Be Put Under DRM?

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 23 hours ago
Many see the emerging HTML5 web standard as the way forward to address many of today’s challenges. Irrespective of device, as long as you have access to the web HTML5 and a browser you are connected. But then we have the vested interest of Hollywood and others who are fixated on control and locking up access. Today the body responsible for developing HTML5 standards, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), is locked in an ideological battle with bodies such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Should we care –Yes. Will the outcome impact us – Yes. The EFF have stated publi... more »

Why Are Taxpayers Paying for ALEC Legislator's Travel?

2old2care at Because I Can - 23 hours ago
This morning I found the infamous minutes from the South Dakota legislature Executive Committee that *had been in the news* three weeks ago regarding ALEC. And while reading the minutes I found this paragraph: *A LEGISLATOR*, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS, THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL, OR THE MIDWESTERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE *WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR EXPENSES*. ANY MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE NCSL, CSG, , ALEC, OR MLC WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL EXPE... more »

WHO IS SHARYL ATTKISSON: World-class hack!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013* *Part 4—With no fear of contradiction:* What does it mean to be a hack? One way to learn is to watch Sharyl Attkisson's May 12 C-Span appearance. To watch the full session, click here. For twenty years, the highly telegenic “investigative correspondent” has been a major figure at CBS News. But for 42 minutes that morning, she performed like a GOP hack with regard to the scandal-mongering which has surrounded Benghazi. What does it mean to be a hack? For 42 minutes, Attkisson challenged the motives of Democrats and defended the motives of Republicans. She of... more »

Call for Abstracts: Millennium Conference, 19-20 October, 2013

Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Millennium. Journal of International Studies Annual Conference “Rethinking the Standard(s) of Civilisation(s) in International Relations” 19-20 October 2013 London School of Economics and Political Science Deadline for abstracts: 7 June, 2013 The theme of this year’s conference will focus on the standard(s) of civilisation(s) in International Relations. In recent years, there has been a renewed Continue reading

US Wheat now has to be considered " contaminated " by GMO based on botched GMO field experiments by Monsanto ...... consider the global and US implications of the " mishap " , if that's what it was in fact.....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.infowars.com/japan-halts-imports-of-u-s-wheat-after-usdas-shock-finding-of-genetic-pollution-from-gmos/ ( impact on GMO contamination of US wheat didn't take long - Japans bans wheat ! ) Japan halts imports of U.S. wheat after USDA’s shock finding of genetic pollution from GMOs - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Mike Adams* Natural News May 31, 2013 It has already begun: Japan has just cancelled a large contract to purchase ... more »

DC Scandals de jour - Benghazi - Gate , IRS - Gate and SPY - Gate ........ and the Present " non scandal " outrage which should be on everyone's radar - how did China hack basically everything to wanted and what the heck are we doing about it ?

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Scandal Watch..... Benghazi..... http://thehill.com/homenews/house/302153-issa-subpoenas-state-dept-documents Issa subpoenas State Dept. documents on Benghazi talking points By Molly K. Hooper - 05/28/13 01:23 PM ET House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has subpoenaed State Department documents related to the Benghazi talking points, according to a *letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry obtained by The Hill*. In the letter, Issa states that the department's release of 100 emails earlier this month was "incomplete." Issa demands that Kerry produce "re... more »

Enough of the “I am a white person and I refuse to acknowledge the opportunity gaps created by poverty” narrative.

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Today in EdWeek, teacher (not really. instead she is a Teach Plus teaching fellow) Casie Jones attempts to use the poverty is no excuse crap to pat her own back and talk about how she makes a “substantial difference.” There is no doubt that a caring individual will help any child regardless of socio-economic situation. Love […]

special update for long-time wmtc readers

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
In 2009, I wrote this brief history of trolls at wmtc. At that time, the sad man who calls himself magnolia_2000 had been reading and leaving comments on wmtc for about three years. Now it's mid-2013, and Mags is still reading. It's been six years. *Six years!!* None of his comments is ever put through moderation. Ninety-five percent of his comments are deleted unread. But still, he continues to post. GaryStJ went away. The guy from the Naruto fan forums went away. But not Mags. Allan says Mags is my most loyal reader, and at this point, I can't disagree.

What's Wrong With The Republican Party?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I know... it would take too long and it's all been said before. And whatever it is, let's all hope they choke on it and writhe around in pain before finally expiring. But let's look at it from the perspective of people who *don't* want to see piles of congressional Republicans on the floor screaming in agony and begging God for their own deaths to come as fast as possible. Bob Dole, who was the Senate Republican Leader for what seems like decades long before he was either the GOP presidential nominee or a Viagra salesman, doesn't wish any ill on his GOP colleagues and friends. But... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Happy Birthday to Mark Sheppard, 49. Which brings us to the good stuff: 1. Good Ta-Nehisi Coates item about Medicaid expansion, ethnicity, and what "color-blind" means. 2. Greg Sargent listens carefully to Paul Ryan. 3. Scott Lemieux on the DC Circuit nominations. 4. Abby Rapoport looks at the Shor/McCarty data on state legislature polarization. 5. Lamar Alexander is off-message and on-reality on climate. Interesting. Coral Davenport has the details. Lamar! 6. Is the ACA too complicated? Dean Baker has a very nice answer. 7. And Andrew Sprung listens to Marco Rubio and hears L... more »

War watch - Iraq , Pakistan and Afghanistan items for May 30 , 2013 ....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Blood baths in Iraq...... Baghdad Wedding Bloodbath; 69 Iraqis Killed by Margaret Griffis, May 29, 2013 Print This | Share This At least *69 Iraqis were killed and 169 more were wounded*. These numbers include previously unreported casualties that occurred in yesterday’s violence. In three of those attacks, the figures were revised considerably upwards. Sometimes the numbers in attacks can rise throughout the day. This is often due to confusion following them. In *Baghdad*, a bomb at a wedding killed 18 celebrants in the *Jihad* neighborhood; at least 44 were wounded. A second bomb k... more »

As Japan rolls out the latest Mister Freeze plan to halt ground water rolling 500 tons of water daily into the Reactor Building at Fukushima --- Note the very quiet idea being floated for the Japanese Government to monitor all web browsing histories in Japan , better to stop harmful rumors ( or enable censorship and round up " rumormongers ? )

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Mister Freeze [image: Mister Freeze] Gallery Tokyo needs to send up the Bat signal if Mr Freeze type tactics are seen as " Winning , duh ! " http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/05/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-freeze-soil-to.html THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013 #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Freeze Soil to Block Groundwater I can honestly say "I knew that", because that's what one of our long-time readers, netudiant, suggested some time ago. From Yomiuri Shinbun (5/30/2013): 凍土の遮水壁で汚染水抑制…政府委が設置方針 Control contaminated water by ... more »

Tomato Basil Pasta With Fresh Herbs

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
My 4-year-old is a pretty picky eater. She doesn't eat meat and turns her nose up at most meals in general. One exception is this meal. It is simple, easy to make and comes together really quickly. I love the fresh taste of this meals and I absolutely love that it is filling but meatless. We try to serve at least a couple meatless meals a week and this the perfect one for a busy night. You will need: 16 oz Penne Pasta 1 teaspoon Gourmet Garden Fresh Garlic 1 can of tomato sauce 1 can diced tomatoes 3 Roma tomatoes, diced 8 oz of cream 1 teaspoon Gourmet Gardens Fresh Oregano 1 tea... more »

Looking The Other Way

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Over the last two days, Stephen Harper has tried every trick he knows to distance himself from Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright. But, Andrew Coyne writes, the quagmire in which Mr. Harper finds himself is about much more than those two men: The government’s multiplying, metastasizing scandals — from Duffy’s improper expense claims to the efforts, apparently coordinated between the Prime Minister’s Office and senior Tory Senators, to cover these up, to the robocalls affair, to the arrest on charges of fraud and money laundering of Arthur Porter, the prime minister’s choice for chairman... more »

Mystery regarding the shooting death of Ibragim Todashev deepens as it is now admitted that he was unarmed when shot to death while under interrogation by 6 police and FBI Agents - what happened to his knife , what happened to the tale of the FBI Agent being stabbed several times ? Why was he actually murdered - what did he know ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://rt.com/news/todashev-head-shot-father-009/ Kill shot? Man linked to Tsarnaev took FBI bullet to top of head (PHOTOS) Get short URL Published time: May 30, 2013 14:08 Edited time: May 30, 2013 20:01 [image: Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of Ibragim Todashev, attending the press conference at the RIA Novosti Agency.(RIA Novosti / Alexander Natruskin)] Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of Ibragim Todashev, attending the press conference at the RIA Novosti Agency.(RIA Novosti / Alexander Natruskin) Share on tumblr Trends Boston Marathon bombing Tags Crime, FBI, Human rights, Law, Polic... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Legislation to save Algiers, Chalmette ferries in front of La. House ~WWLTV * *Saints June Minicamp Open to the Whodat Nation! ~Greg Bensel* *Two Newspapers Battle It Out For The New Orleans Market ~Eve Troeh, WWNO* *Cops: Letters from Louisiana to NYC mayor test positive for ricin* *Tiny Bubbles in the Brine a year ago signaled sinkhole’s birth ~David J. Mitchell* *Bill lowering unpatriotic, cruel and unusual, marijuana penalties advances to La. Senate* *Hubig’s Pie Co. looking at three possible new bakery sites ~Danny Monteverde, The Advocate* *Bywater StormFest Eases New Seas... more »

Aberdeen Schools: One Smartphone Per Child

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 day ago
So what technology will prevail in schools? Will the schools invest in tablets, laptops, smartphones or teacher technology such as white boards? It’s often interesting to read how one district, school or even country decides to place all their bets on one platform and we see mass buying. The converse is as often true with many authorities unsure of what will prevail and opting to spread their bets across all platforms. At the end of day it’s often down to cost and budget and who happened to make the best offer. The Telegraph reports on Aberdeen's school authority which is plannin... more »

A Critique of Utilitarianism

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Pithy and funny.

Syria receives first shipment of Russian S- 300 anti-missiles , Hizballah increases its role in the Syrian War as fresh troops enter Syria and head to rebel stronghold Derea - this after Hiballah played a major role in the Syrian Government capturing Qusayr ....... bottom line is Assad is winning at this time and the rebels , wracked with internal disagreements , shortages of heavy weapons and fighting a better organized enemy , seem to be falling apart. Will the US intervene or let the rebels fall ? Will Israel intervene or let the rebels fall ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Assad taunts: First S-300s are here, more coming. Green light for Golan fight against Israel [image: Hizballah fighters in al-Qusayr battle] Hizballah fighters in al-Qusayr battle DEBKA*file* Special Report May 30, 2013, 10:09 AM (IDT) Taunting Israel, Bashar Assad says in an interview prerecorded for broadcast Thursday night, May 30, that the first batch of Russian S-300 anti-air missiles has arrived in Syria and a second consignment is on the way. Wednesday, May 29, DEBKAfile reported the landing at Latakia of a large Russian transport carrying 60 tons of unidentified freight. This ... more »

Video: The Philosophy of Hate Crime: Concepts, Values and Tensions in the European Context

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
As some may have noticed, from time to time I have posted materisls and ideas coming out of a European research project on hate crime policy of which I have been a part. The project *When Law and Hate Collide* is now officially over, but material will keep coming out throughout this as well as the next few years. For instance, at the moment, me and my philsopher colleague in the project, David Brax, are in the process of preparing a special issue on the philosophy of hate crime of the cross-disciplinary research periodical *Journal of Interpersonal Violence*, to appear in 2014, and ... more »

Barter is Beautiful - 10 Tips to Get Started

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*Image* Amanda Warren *"If you don't ask, you don't get." - former co-worker* Birds were swooping down to stick twigs and cigarette butts in my tangled bouffant. One biz that doesn’t seem to suffer during a depression is hair styling – even if more people are taking shears to their heads. But, even barbers need the cutting edge during an undeniable downturn. I'm pretty geeked to have used barter for something I don't like to spend money on - beauty stuffs. Hair in particular. Guys - you can use this example to barter for things that you like. Why spend money on an "extras" if yo... more »

21 Facts About Rising Government Dependence In America That Will Blow Your Mind

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Michael Snyder Government dependence in the United States has reached a level never seen before. Fifty years ago, the federal government handed out about 10 cents for every dollar that American workers earned. Now, the federal government hands out about 35 cents for every dollar that American workers earn. Yes, there are always poor people that cannot take care of themselves. We never want to see a single American going hungry or sleeping in the streets. But we are rapidly approaching the point where so many people are jumping on to the "safety net" that it is going to break. ... more »

10 Things Government Can Do That Would Land You in Jail

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*Activist Post* Anthony Freda Art ** Do you still believe the government represents the people? Are you part of the majority that genuinely wants the government to do good things? There remains a large portion of the population that believes government to be a force for good and they blindly support giving it more power even at the expense of their own liberty. Perhaps government should be a force for good represented by the will of the people. But, unfortunately, that is not what it is. Instead, the government does horrible things including breaking laws that regular citizens wou... more »

Free Download: Mark Twain, "Letters From The Earth"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *“Mark Twain's ‘Letters From the Earth’"* by Wikipedia “Letters from the Earth” is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. Initially, his daughter, Clara Clemens, objected to its publication in March 1939, probably because of its controversial and iconoclastic views on religion, claiming it presented a "distorted" view of her father. Henry Nash Smith helped change her position in 1960. Clara explained her change of heart in 1962 sayin... more »

WOOLWICH: ADEBOLAJO AND THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
Above we see a man who is said to be 'the MI5 agent' Michael Adebolajo. He appears to be trying to encourage the Clash of Civilisations. Most of the provocateurs are Christians and Jews pretending to be Moslems. *THE TERRORISTS BEHIND WOOLWICH*... *This Moslem terrorist is actually a Jew. DANGEROUS MOSLEMS* * *We should remember that Michael Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya in 2010. *Britain insisted that he be released.* *"The decision has raised questions over official involvement in Mr Adebolajo's release – and the true extent of his connections with the intelligence services..... more »

SUSY GUT with \(A_4\): six predictions for fermion masses

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
Stefan Antusch, Christian Gross, Vinzenz Maurer, and Constantin Sluka of Basel, Switzerland (Antusch is also affiliated with the Werner Heisenberg Institute, a part of the Max Planck Instiute in Munich) released an extremely intriguing preprint: A flavour GUT model with \[\Large\theta_{13}^{PMNS} = \frac{\theta_{\rm Cabibbo}}{\sqrt 2}\] Their model – or class of models – combines the constraints of supersymmetry, grand unification, and the \(A_4\) family symmetry to predict 20 parameters related to the fermion masses out of 14 parameters whose values they optimize. Among the 6 para... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

The Hague: No Memorial Plaque for Jews Killed in the Holocaust out of Fear of Muslim Reactions

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'The Paul Kruger School in The Hague was, under the Nazi occupation, a high school for Jewish children who had to leave other schools by Nazi orders. According to one of the teachers in the school, they prepared a design of the plaque, but decided not to go ahead with it after they received reactions that Muslim people now living in the neighborhood didn't consider it acceptable. All of this came to light when there was an Open Day at the school on National Memorial Day, May 4. On that day, a number of lectures about the war were held in the school. The announcement for it was not... more »

Chet Raymo, “Speak, Earth”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *“Speak, Earth”* by Chet Raymo “There is a passage toward the end of Vladimir Nabokov' memoir "Speak, Memory" where he compares the writing of a novel to "the zest of a deity building a live world from the most unlikely ingredients—rocks, and carbon, and blind throbbings." This is the season in New England when we watch the deity in action, when the cold, rocky foundation suddenly seeps and oozes the fluids of life, the blood and tears and intestinal juices and sticky protoplasm. The first rays of summer filter to the woodland floor and wild lilies-of-the-valley, bell flower... more »

Child Soldiers In The FSA

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Video: Teens Train with Weapons at Al-Qaeda Youth Camp in Syria. (Source: MEMRI TV). The Salafist terrorists in the FSA have resorted to putting weapons in the hands of clueless child soldiers and brainwashing their minds with empty slogans. Many of these weapons come from the United States and Europe. Let's stand back and see what is happening here from the vantage point of sanity. American and European leaders are arming and funding extremist groups led by fanatics that recruit children to fight in a sectarian-driven war against Assad that will destroy Syria and consume the regio... more »

US AND UK MERCENARIES IN SYRIA; KILLING CHRISTIANS; WOOLWICH CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
TV News has revealed the identity of two foreign Mercenaries who were killed in an ambush by the Syrian army in the western region of the City of Idleb in Syria. *"The first is a woman from the State of Michigan in the U.S.A. named 'Nicole Lyn Mansfield' born in 1980.* "The second is a male of British nationality named 'Ali Al-Manasifa' born in London." *Syriaonline | Facebook * *McCain and his al Qaeda friends. Senator McCain Hanging Out with al-Qaeda linked Syrian Rebels* *In Syria, the Free Syrian Army, supported by the USA and NATO, have attacked the Christian village of ... more »

Camp Bastion (Update)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The answer to the question raised in the last post, 'Did the BBC obtain those legal documents from the lawyers campaigning on behalf of the detainees at Camp Bastion?', is 'yes'. The BBC News website may have been coy about how the documents came to be seen by the BBC, but Evan Davis on *Today *wasn't. His introduction to an interview with the BBC's Clive Coleman at 6.30am was perfectly open about it, and the way he framed the story at this point - complete with its assertion of a comparison with Guantanamo - seems to reinforce my concern that the BBC risks being seen to have act... more »

Alexander Russo’s vicious attack on Weigand Elementary School Teachers

rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Photo courtesy of LS4C1. Alexander Russo’s vicious attack on LAUSD’s Weigand Elementary School teachers should be noted by everyone. In a piece where he gleefully sides with AEI’s Hess’ smear on the distinguished Professor Ravitch, he also decides to take aim at the hardworking women and men teaching at the school recently shot up by […]

Your Moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Seljalandsfoss Falls, Iceland. [photo via] [click to embiggen.]

Thursday Dinklage

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
If you are like me, you are pining for your next installment of Game of Thrones (and the Memorial Day week off was cruel, though not as cruel as the torment we have seen of late). In the meantime, I give you your weekly dose of Thursday Morning Dinklage. Top stories this week: Steve Walt puts Continue reading

thank you, dr. henry morgentaler

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Canada lost a true hero today, someone who spent the better part of his life defending the rights and freedoms of others. From the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the *Morgentaler* decision: Jillian Bardsley, Medical Students for Choice, Toronto Chapter, on Canada's lack of abortion providers, and what students are doing about it Michele Landsberg, author, former columnist for *Toronto Star*, instrumental in writing about abortion and other feminist issues Angela Robinson, Women's College Hospital, on anti-abortion by stealth, and how she found the movement Author and acti... more »

"Ballpark bipartisanship," Al Kamen calls it

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"McKinley and DeGette initially hoped to get 50 members to sign up for the outing, but they’re at nearly 100, and the new goal is to get 150 participants."* *-- from the item "Ballpark bipartisanship" in Al Kamen's *Washington Post* "In the Loop" column* *by Ken* "Ask old-timers why Congress is so divisive these days," our pal Al Kamen writes, "and many will say it’s because lawmakers of opposing parties rarely hang out and socialize like they did in days of yore." Now you or I might find the idea of hanging out and socializing with the average run of today's congresscreeps kind ... more »
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