Tuesday, April 01, 2014

1 April - Blogs I'm Following II

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MSNBC: Rep Grijalva on opposition to Keystone XL pipeline

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 minutes ago
. Spirit Camp Rosebud March 31, 2014: MSNBC's Ed Show was at Rosebud Spirit Camp, broadcast includes Lakota protection camp from Keystone and interview with Arizona Rep Grijalva, vice chair of Native American Caucus

The Trip

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 28 minutes ago
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's The Trip was a real joy as the two comedians/comedic actors entertained us and themselves as they wended their way around some of the North's better eating places in search of fine food, a decent mobile phone signal and of course 'themselves'. A new series set in Italy from Liguria via Rome, Pompeii and Ravello, to Capri has been announced as coming soon... I can hardly wait. If you can't wait another few weeks, then here are all of the impressions from the first series... And here's some impressions from the upcoming Italian Trip; it's the Batman pi... more »

Farewell Frankie Knuckles

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 29 minutes ago
I was hoping it was a cruel April Fool's joke when I saw it on Twitter this morning. Unfortunately, no. I am gutted that Frankie Knuckles - a man weighing in at just 59 years of age - has been cruelly snatched away. For the non-dance people who frequent these parts, to house music he was the Beatles, Black Sabbath and ABBA combined, except more important than that. He arguably *invented* the genre that paved the way for the world domination of dance music. It's an awful, awful shame that Frankie has died so young. What better way to remember his immortal legacy by chewing your way ... more »

Colloidal Silver. It will truly keep you Healthy. It will kill all bacteria and viruses, including Ebola Virus

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 1 hour ago
The Ebola Virus has been in the news recently. It is claimed there is an epidemic of it and it is spreading. One thing I know for sure is Colloidal Silver is something everyone should have. It is easy to make yourself. When you make it yourself it is Ion Silver. The silver is suspended in the water in minute particles, through the positive and negative reactions. There are places on the

Why Did Raj Chetty Allow His Research to Be Used Against Teachers in Vergara?

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
An expert witness for the plaintiffs in Vergara v California, Tom Kane, argued that effective teaching, and presumably ineffective teaching, in the Los Angeles schools can be measured. Vergara, of course, seeks to strike down teacher due process and it is about as overtly anti-teacher of an action as can be imagined. In a previous […]

The Realist Report - Dr. E. Michael Jones: Jewish Revolutionary Spirit

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Dr. E. Michael Jones, editor of *Culture Wars magazine*. Dr. Jones and I will be discussing his book *The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit and Its Impact on World History*. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.

How Does Fred Upton Define Bribery?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Undoubtably, the most winnable Republican-held seat in Michigan is MI-06, in the southwest part of the state, centering on blue-blue Kalamazoo. Alas, though, multimillionaire Republican Fred Upton is extremely vulnerable, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel refuses to target his old frat brother-- or any other senior Republican policy-makers, part of a quid pro quo that leaves his own seat safe from a challenge by the NRCC. Just look at this poll PPP conducted, not for the DCCC, of course, but by MoveOn.org: There are almost NO Republicans being targeted by the DCCC who are as vulnerable... more »

CHILD ABUSE NETWORKS

Anon at aangirfan - 2 hours ago
Bodybuilders Word por Kurt Stallaert. Certain documents explain how child abuse networks are protected. *The following is from:* *The Institute for the Study of Globalization and Covert Politics* The first document was a death bed testimony from an old woman named *Jacqueline Smolders*. (Schaarbeek Police, Jacqueline Smolders interview, March 18, 1997) Smolders started out by saying: "I want to testify in relation to the murdered and missing children, the investigation of which is ongoing at the District Attorney's Office and the examining magistrate in Neufchateau." (Neufchâ... more »

The latest about the dead jellyfish!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014* *Stelter interruptus:* This past Sunday morning, we let the analysts settle back to enjoy some CNN. They were watching Reliable Sources, the famous channel’s weekly show about the work of the press corps. In our view, Brian Stelter, the program’s new host, has been improving his offerings of late, after a very soft start. Good lord! Stelter even spent the first segment asking if CNN has perhaps been overdoing its coverage of the missing plane! We thought Jim Fallows did a poor job explaining what was wrong with the coverage. But the question was a good one... more »

Laymen's allergy to the holographic principle

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago
*Sabine Hossenfelder isn't excited about key modern physics because she has no clue about it* An overwhelming majority of the best and good theoretical physicists and formally oriented particle physicists would consider the insights about the holographic principle (and AdS/CFT) as insights belonging among the five most important developments of theoretical physics of the last 20 years and a very large part, possibly a majority, would place it at the very top. Your humble correspondent's views coincide with those near the boundary of these two (overlapping) groups. For many decades... more »

Patricia Weitsman Scholarship

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
Patty didn’t want flowers, so instead endow a scholarship at Ohio University. This is from an email her husband sent out to her supporters: Please visit Ohio.edu/ Give and note in the online form that the gift is in memory of Dr. Patricia Weitsman and request that funds be designated to The Patricia A. Weitsman Continue reading

Argentina: UFOs Reappear Over Lago Puelo

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 3 hours ago
*Source:Realidad OVNI Argentina and Planeta UFODate: 04.01.2014* *Argentina: UFOs Reappear Over Lago Puelo* *By Julio Gonzálezhttp://realidadovniargentina.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/siguen-las-visitas-de-los-ovnis-en-el-lago-puelo/* Lago Puelo is a reservoir surrounded by the Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42 in northwestern Chubut province, Argentina. A few months ago, eyewitness Ariel de Chazal claimed to have repeatedly seen "luminous spheres" traveling from one spot to another in the "Tres Picos" region. Chazal, not customarily a seeker of these objects in the sky, nonetheless ... more »

Betrayed: What really happened to Chinook helicopter "Extortion 17" shot down in Afghanistan?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 3 hours ago
*make of this what you will. * *More:* The Blaze: Congress Sheds New Light on Horrific ‘Extortion 17’ Tragedy That Claimed Lives of 30 U.S. Troops

WORLD WITHOUT FACTS, AMEN: Outrage ratcheted by Pareene!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014* *Part 2—Nuzzi cribs from Zernike:* When Bridget Kelly sent that email, did she do so at the direction of her superiors within the Christie camp? We can’t answer that question. To all intents and purposes, the Mastro report doesn’t ask. Kelly’s famous email to David Wildstein said this: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.” Wildstein proceeded to plan, then execute, the now-famous access lane closings. What did Kelly think she was doing when she sent that email to Wildstein? And did she check with her superiors before she sent it? The Mastro report... more »

LATEST GUEST

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
The latest edition of *This Issue* features Doug Rawlings from Veterans for Peace (VFP). He shares his story of transformation into a peace activist while serving in Vietnam and the contemporary effort by the government to whitewash the Vietnam story and VFP's planned response. Rawlings also discusses the US 'pivot' into the Asia-Pacific, Ukraine, and the upcoming April 12 VFP rally at BIW during the 'christening' of the new Zumwalt stealth destroyer.

TN BATs Out of the Cave and Into the Limelight

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
Democracy is alive and well in those organizations that truly advocate for children and public education. Two such organizations are *Tennesseans Reclaiming Educational Excellence* (TREE) and *Badass Teachers of Tennessee*(BATS). Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn, authors of *The* *Mismeasure of Education*, were the guest speakers on March 1 at a Community Forum on *Standardized Testing: Tested to Death* in Nashville, Tennessee hosted by TREE and attended by members of both organizations as well as members of the public. What is striking about both organizations is their passion for publ... more »

Musical Interlude: Bryan El, “Solaris”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Bryan El, “Solaris” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgda8K1cXfE

Did George Galloway really say this? Or is this an April Fool?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
Not just the Ukrainian Conspiracy Theory at the end but the agreeing with his caller...

Ownership, Worship, Bullsh**

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 4 hours ago
~Sophia

Dmitry Orlov,“In The US, Democracy Is Now A Sham”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“In The US, Democracy Is Now A Sham”* by Dmitry Orlov “The founding principle for this new form of government which emerged in the 18th century, was that the Common Man was the ultimate source of power. Citizen legislators would enact the laws and shape the nation’s destiny. But instead, our republic is now strong-armed by professional politicians. The two dominant concerns of these careerists are to STAY in power and to do the bidding of those who ENABLE them to stay in power. Anyone who doubts this statement might try explaining why campaign finance reform and term limits are pe... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

How Will Voting Take Place In Iraq’s Anbar With The On Going Fighting?

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 4 hours ago
With fighting continuing in Iraq’s western Anbar province for the third straight month many are questioning how elections are to be held there in April 2014. The Election Commission is moving ahead with its work and attempting to distribute voting cards within the governorate, while coming up with new schemes on how to deal with the hundreds of thousands that are displaced both within and without Anbar. At the same time, politicians are flip flopping on whether the process will work and be legitimate, while some within Anbar are actively encouraging people not to vote. It appears ... more »

Fed Up Federal Workers

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 4 hours ago
Pay freezes, pay cuts, pension cuts, benefit cuts, unpaid furloughs, the threat of prosecution if you blow the whistle on waste or fraud or worse, the threat of prosecution of you fail to turn in your co-workers as "insider threats." What's not to love about a job like that? So a few Congressional Democrats are baffled and concerned about a survey showing that morale among federal workers has been steadily falling in recent years, and they want an investigation. Three of them have sent a strongly-worded letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) seeking solutions on how to... more »

Psychology: “Are Positive Fantasies Counterproductive?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“Are Positive Fantasies Counterproductive?”* by The British Psychological Society “It's a trusted tool in the self-help armory - visualizing yourself having achieved your goals, be that weighing less, enjoying the view atop Everest, or walking down the aisle with the girl or boy of your dreams. Trouble is, reams of research shows that indulging in positive fantasies actually makes people's fantasized ambitions less likely to become reality. Why? A new study claims it's because positive fantasies are de-energizing. They "make energy seem unnecessary" say Heather Kappes and Gabriele ... more »

"A Dog's Purpose"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*"A Dog's Purpose"* Author Unknown "Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, we are all very much attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. The... more »

Irritant Time with the US

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
For pete's sake don't miss this excellent piece by William Pesek: Is China Losing Taiwan? on the protests. Except for its strange title -- China never had Taiwan -- it's awesome. Chang An-le the longtime gangster who started a pro-annexation political party here showed up in front of the LY to harangue the students today. A comical moment occurred when he accused them, basically, of not being good enough to be Chinese. I'm sure that was a really effective comment. He left at 5 but promised to come back. Rumors flying around that the legislature will convene to pass the pact tomorr... more »

Henry Miller, "The Meter Is Running"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"...the monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured- disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui- in the belief that overnight something will occur, a miracle, which will render life tolerable. And all the whil... more »

James Baldwin, "Nothing Personal"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Nothing Personal"* by James Baldwin "If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe. The forces thus released in the people can never be held in check, but run their devouring course, destroying the very foundations which it was imagined they would save. But we are unbelievably ignorant concerning what goes on in our country-to say nothing of what goes on in the rest of the world-and appear to have become too timid to question what we are told. Our failure to trust one another deeply enough to be able... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 5 hours ago
*Anti-Levee Levee Board Independence lawsuit bill OK’d by state Senate committee ~Mark Ballard, New Orleans Advocate* *Texas Brine Sinkhole swallows more land* *More violent incidents at Orleans Parish Prison prompt fresh criticism ~Justin Mustien, New Orleans Advocate* *NOPD body cam training begins ~WDSU* *Lee Zurik Investigation: Will House bill address campaign finance excesses?* *BREAKING: Calculation Error in Budget Creates $47 Million Hole ~LaPolitics* *Thus it begins: Developer wants to open mini-Disney World at Six Flags sit ~Meg Gatto* *Flooding remedy in the works for ... more »

The Poet: William Stafford, "Ask Me"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*"Ask Me"* by William Stafford "Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or to hurt: ask me what difference their strongest love or hate has made. I will listen to what you say. You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden, and there are comings and goings from miles away that hold the stillness exactly before us. What the river says, that is what I say."

Putin

Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
*"It’s a good thing that they at least remember that there exists such a thing as international law -* *Better Late Than Never."* Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon. Representatives of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol are here among us, citizens of Russia, residents of Crimea and Sevastopol! Dear friends, we have gathered here today in connection with an... more »

unreported 2012 news item - James Cabolt (Michael Prince) mass assassination confession - udder talk.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 5 hours ago
this either *HAPPENED AS TOLD* (and was never reported about) or James Casbolt (who calls himself Michael Prince) has lost *all contact with reality*. He does seem to 'believe' his own version of the events of the night at Sotherby's back in 2012. Was this the night the only one of the four versions of Edward Munch's *The Scream* in private hands was sold at auction for $119million? Anyway... Occupy riots outside and death and murder, and udders, within. so, that's that then, a full and frank confession of a multiple Rothschild-table assassination OR just delirium. And here's t... more »

What Really Happened In The FL-13 Congressional Race-- Did The DCCC And EMILY's List Blow It For Alex Sink?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Steve Israel to 25 DCCC field organizers in Florida: "Get out of Dodge, STAT!" I was surprised to wake up the morning after the FL-13 debacle and find a comment by an Alex Sink field volunteer on our election night coverage post. She started by asserting that the field director "was a pompous drunk, who held no-one anymore accountable than he did himself. They got hammered the night prior to the GOTV dry run." From her-- albeit narrow-- perspective this race was being lost on the ground. Higher ups in the Sink campaign, who are still interested in future employment, are talking about... more »

Rob Ford's interview re: Crack cocaine

LeDaro at LeDaro - 5 hours ago
Interview #2. Interview #3.

Dirty Conscience

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 5 hours ago
Well, as several Harry’s Place commenters have wisely remarked, last night’s Panorama was a bit of a damp squib. Since we’re using firework analogies, the background outlined on Trial by Jeory is the issue that is by far (potentially) the most explosive. Read the H/P thread. (Please) It has some interesting comments as usual. Lutfur Rahman’s dodgy practices were exposed, but on a scale of financial dirty dealings nought to ten, the revelations in this much too short programme didn’t seem to be revelatory enough to merit all the fuss. I’d give it foive. The underlying accusations of ... more »

Is THIS Why The Lunatics Running Our Governments Are Contemplating War With Russia?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
Yes, my last article concerning the whereabouts of the "missing" Malaysian flight MH370 has set off a firestorm.... But while the world continues to focus on that strange "disappearance", there is still the crisis in Ukraine that is continuing to escalate, especially with the outright LIES coming from our governments that Russia is "massing an enormous amount of troops" on the border of Ukraine for a planned "invasion" of that nation... Nothing could be further from the truth, and there has been no evidence of any Russian buildup of forces along that border whatsoever! I have been v... more »

A Sore Winner

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 6 hours ago
In his most recent column at *ipolitics*, Michael Harris recounts observations from people who have had to deal with Stephen Harper: “You have to appreciate Orwell to get a feel for Harper,” former Liberal interim leader Bob Rae told me. “His government doesn’t like alternate sources of information. It likes to be the sole source of information.” NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair met Harper in 2007, and was struck by the “strange” character of the man who has made his party “smug, smart-ass, and full of half-lies.” His utter dismissiveness of opponents was striking to Mulcair: “He never ... more »

Bear - Noah Parr

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
I met Noah Parr last year in Cape Dorset -- his grandson shows promise as a carver.

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 6 hours ago
*How statins could boost your love life: Cholesterol lowering drugs 'reduce erectile dysfunction'* *This is self-report data so should be treated with caution* Statins are known for lowering cholesterol but they could also improve your love life, according to a new study. American researchers have found the commonly used drugs may benefit men with erectile dysfunction. They now hope their findings will encourage men with high cholesterol to take their medication. Erectile dysfunction is common in older men, especially among those with heart problems, for which cholesterol-loweri... more »

5 Most Dangerous Vaccines To Never Give A Child

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
5 Most Dangerous Vaccines To Never Give A Child Family Health Freedom Network, 24 March 2014 All vaccines should be avoided, but for those on the fence and still deciding whether to vaccinate your child, please review the following information on these 5 vaccines before blindly following the advice of any medical doctor. Knowledge is power and when you understand the uselessness of specific vaccines, the decision to vaccinate or not becomes a very easy one. When it comes to vaccines, there are three levels of understanding: 1) The first group understands that all vaccines a... more »

Patrick Henningson: Ukraine, Crimea, Russia & the West

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
About an hour- good overview and worth the time to listen With thanks to Henrik @ Red Ice Creations *We'll begin discussing the absolute reality of globalists keeping the US and the west in a permanent state of war. Patrick talks about past revolutions and NGO's that prep the groundwork. Then, we'll talk about the misinformation surrounding Russia from anti-gay laws to Russia's desire to expand. This brings us to the situation in Ukraine. Patrick explains the history of Crimea and talks about why Russian military is really there, contrary to mainstream media reports.*

50 Reasons Not To Vaccinate Your Children

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
50 REASONS NOT TO VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN Family Health Freedom Network, 24 March 21014 *1.* There is no scientific study to determine whether vaccines have really prevented diseases. Rather disease graphs show vaccines have been introduced at the end of epidemics when the disease was already in its last stages. In case of Small Pox the vaccine actually caused a great spurt in the incidence of disease before public outcry led to its withdrawal. *2.* There are no long-term studies on vaccine safety. Very short-term tests are carried out where the vaccinated subjects are checked ... more »

The Best Foreign Policy Money Can Buy

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 7 hours ago
With the resurgent neocons and the heads of the warfare state in the feckless President Barack Obama and his pet stammering buffoon John "Skull and Bones" Kerry up to their asses in Ukranian neo-Nazis and a corporate putsch that will put missiles on Russia's border the future seems very bleak today. You don't just pick a fight with a nuclear power especially one that is not borne out of necessity but rather of corporate greed and doing so with the US backed toppling of a democratically elected leader in Kiev to poke a finger in Vladimir Putin's eye and make some dough in the proce... more »

Announcement

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 7 hours ago
As chairman of the Harvard economics department, I am delighted to announce the merger of the Harvard and MIT economics departments. After consulting with the department chairs, the Presidents of Harvard and MIT have concluded that the synergies were too great for the departments to operate separately, only two miles apart, as we have for many years. As a result, a new building is to be built at 950 Mass Ave, between the schools and near the NBER, that will house both departments as a new single entity. The faculty will teach courses open to undergraduates at both schools. The PhD p... more »

ENTERING THE BLACK HOLE OF EMPIRE MAINTENANCE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
Some voices from around the globe: - We should never forget the Big Picture; as with the NSA Orwellian-panopticon complex, this [Ukraine] is most of all about the application of the Pentagon's Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine, which implies encirclement of Russia (via NATO), coupled with the pivot-style encirclement of China. And the overarching logic remains the same; this is The Empire of Chaos in action. (Pepe Escobar writes for Asia Times) - Australians prefer to see the isolated and exotic city of Darwin through stories about cyclones, crocodiles, Abor... more »

In Thailand, A New Kind of Protest

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 8 hours ago
Protesters put down placards and pick up pragmatism as they begin solving the problems created and/or neglected by the regime they oppose. *April 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - ATN) - Since late October, 2013, protesters across Thailand have taken to the streets, occupied rally sites, seized government buildings and made their grievances known to the world. They stand in opposition of the regime of Thaksin Shinawatra - a Wall Street-backed billionaire autocrat, convicted criminal, accused mass murderer, and fugitive who is openly running the country from abroad via his nepotist appoin... more »

To Journalists on the Eve of Autism Awareness Month 2014 by Annie Dachel

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
[image: April is Autism Awareness Month] To Journalists on the Eve of Autism Awareness Month by Anne Dachel Green Med Info, 29 March 2014 Dear Fellow Members of the Media: (That includes all of you at CBS, NBC, CNN, Forbes, New York Times, Chicago Trib, LA Times, et al.) April is coming up and I wanted to say a few words about the month dedicated to autism awareness. Many of us in the autism community are tired of stories about lighting the world up in blue and celebrating autism as if parents should be happy about a diagnosis. We've endured years of feel-good coverage abou... more »

Sorry, what does it mean to be alive?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 8 hours ago
so, as part of the pair of novels *(**Watcher** and **Reaper FP#3**)* I'm currently working on, I'm, "Investigating THE OTHER SIDE," whatever form that might take or whatever imagery that might put into your head. Let's put it this way, "Duality, or dual purpose/function, is an essential part of both these novels' narratives." They're not even necessarily 'the same book' seen through narrative filters; they have their own unique story to tell. I've seen this duality exist frequently in people's hands; double headlines, double fate lines, double heart lines, double (or doubled) l... more »

Harper's Perps with Perks #10

Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
Welcome Dimitri Soudas, Steve's one time comm. director, campaign tactician, faithful dog since their Reform days, and as of yesterday, Steve's* former* executive director of the Con Party of Canada after only four months on the job for using his exec position and the Cons CIMS database to try to shoehorn his fiancée Con MP Eve Adams onto an unwilling riding association. Then when the 10-year Con regional director Wally Butts objected to Eve-meddling, Soudas fired him. Ironically, Soudas had to be shoehorned into the Con Party exec job himself by Steve, "over the protests of cabin... more »

UKIP Censures Farage Over Putin!

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago
This is remarkable. UKIP have put out a press release in the name of their national executive committee criticising their best-known (some might say "only-known") member, Nigel Farage. It seems some people on the NEC are uncomfortable to see their leader heap praise on Vladimir Putin as an east-west stand-off builds in Ukraine. A sign of a party in crisis, or a realisation that all its members, to a degree, have to toe the line? Here, make your own mind up. *UKIP Statement on Nigel Farage and Russian President, Vladimir Putin* UKIP leader Nigel Farage apologised this morning for com... more »

Five Most Popular Posts for March

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 10 hours ago
The five most popular posts for the month were: 1. Niall Ferguson's Alternate Great War 2. Why Some Labour People Don't Like Blair 3. Ukraine and the Threat of War 4. Left Unity and the Labour Movement 5. ULU and Marxism 2014 Niall Ferguson's brain teasing 'what if?' commanded most views this last month. I suppose his "debate" with other eminent historians will be something of an outlier when it comes to First World War programming between now and August. However much the coming procession of documentaries lament the slaughter, I doubt a single one of them will question whether the ... more »

ETHIKOS 2: Pharma Companies and Patients

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
During the launching of Ethikos Movement last week, among the colorful speeches were those from two patient groups, the Kythe Foundation and the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO) headed by Fatima "Girlie" Lorenzo, and the Psoriasis Philippines headed by Mr. Josefino de Guzman, photo below. Both Girlie and Josefino detailed how difficult, even draining -- financially and emotionally -- it is to help patients with difficult cases. The issues can range from helping poor patients with costly treatment and medications to dealing with social ostracism. The two other col... more »

Word Order

The Arthurian at The Rules of Exposition - 10 hours ago
The words of each sentence must be in order such that the meaning of the sentence is never in doubt. "The next word" must never be allowed to create confusion. Every word must build on what has come before.

Egypt Vs. The Muslim Brotherhood – Preventing the Next Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours ago
*April 1, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The sentencing of over 500 Muslim Brotherhood members to death in Cairo – many in absentia – for their role in the attack, torture, and murder of an Egyptian policeman is the culmination of an all encompassing security crackdown across Egypt. The move has created a chilling effect that has left the otherwise violent mobs of the Muslim Brotherhood silent and the streets they generally terrorize, peaceful and empty. The move by the Egyptian courts has attracted the predictable condemnation of the US State Department. The Washington Post’s art... more »

Googles 2014 April Fools

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
A few spotted so far... First the Google photobombs feature, starting with David Hasselhoff. All you have to do is upload a new 'selfie' or group photo and leave a little room for a photobomb... Secondly Google's new Nest home-automation acquisition company have teamed up with Virgin Atlantic to allow you to individually control your environment on the plane. This would be a fantastic idea but a little tricky to implement in reality... Thirdly Google's social mapping software company, Waze, have taken over the Israeli social enterprise software startup SingleSpotter. The first ... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 12 hours ago
*An apologetic tone this time* *The latest IPCC report has got a lot of publicity wordwide. In Australia, the most Leftist newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, had a real blast today with 3 articles derived from the UN report. What is notable, however, is the apologetic nature of the coverage. They admit we have heard all this before and admit it is exaggerated. They clearly have no hope of new converts to Warmism. One such article is given below and there is another one here* In the lobby of the Sydney aquarium where the Australian launch of the UN’s latest climate chan... more »

What's missing from this story? 'BBC News - NHS facing biggest ever challenge, says new boss'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
In the whole of this BBC news article, there's not a mention of the huge increase in the UK's population that began under the last Labour government. Don't immigrants use the NHS? Or is it just BBC policy to avoid any negative reporting of immigration or indeed anything that might reflect negatively on their Labour allies?

'... at the height of the problems'?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
This BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26821070 ends thus: '... Sir David Nicholson, who announced last year he was stepping down after seven years leading the health service. He had faced repeated calls to resign over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal. Sir David spent 10 months in charge of the local health authority in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the problems.' Over a thousand people apparently died unnecessarily at Mid Staffs under the supervision of the last Labour government but the BBC categorise that just as 'problems'. That's the BBC always looking ... more »

Cold War 2.0

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
*April 1, 2014* (Eric Draitser - StopImperialism.org) - Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on RT’s CrossTalk to discuss the rekindling of the Cold War. Draitser examines the geopolitical context within which the conflict between US-EU-NATO and Russia should be understood, noting that NATO’s expansion since the end of the Soviet Union has been a critical destabilizing force. He also explains some of the motivations behind the demonization of Russia in Western media and the political agenda behind this. Draitser presents his analysis of US-NATO foreign policy, international ... more »

A 'Today' for today

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
I've never heard an edition of *Today *quite like this morning's, and it's only been on an hour so far. Evan Davis has just interviewed an anti-EU, anti-mass immigration right-winger without interrupting him once, and *neither* of the early press reviews has mentioned *The Guardian. *Astonishing! Then a BBC health reporter talked about the latest report into the NHS's failings and dissed - yes dissed - Danny Boyle's Olympic Opening Ceremony fantasy vision about the NHS whilst doing so. (He described it as "a North Korean-style piece of propaganda, minus the high-kicking female sold... more »

A great April Fools Day prank

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
“As dawn broke on March 27, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy stood almost directly above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory. In the dry, clear sky of Chile's Atacama desert, our galaxy's dusty central bulge is flanked by Paranal's four 8 meter Very Large Telescope units in this astronomical fisheye view. *Click image for larger size.* Along the top, Venus is close to the eastern horizon. The brilliant morning star shines very near a waning crescent Moon just at the edge of one of the telescope structures. Despite the bright pairing in the east, the Milky Way d... more »

Chet Raymo,“Sanctus”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Sanctus”* by Chet Raymo “Early in Claire Messud's new novel, “The Woman Upstairs”, the narrator asks herself and others whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible. I suspect most who visit this blog would prefer to fly. Me too. Until lately. More on that later. For now I want to ask a less frivolous question, one more likely to split down the middle: Do you prefer, as a matter of personal taste, Romanesque or Gothic? Gothic aspires, Romanesque inspires. Gothic soars. Romanesque hunkers. Gothic seeks to let go of the earth. Romanesque grips like a barnacle. Gothic f... more »

Iran Still Not Building Nuclear Weapons or Developing ICBMs

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 14 hours ago
James Clapper, February 11, 2014 Just as he has done year after year - and most recently a couple weeks ago - U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has told two Congressional committees that Iran is not building nuclear weapons.  Still, the official statement of the American intelligence community continues to be a study in conditional clauses; hypotheticals cloaked in alarmism

Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm Needs More Money For His Legal Defense Fund

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
Neither Democrat running against Staten Island Mafia thug Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm deserves to be elected-- not even over one of the worst and most corrupt Members of Congress ever. Domenic Recchia is a typical Steve Israel-recruited mystery-meat hack who isn't fit to collect a civil servant check, and Erick Salgado, a hate-mongering bigot and right wing sociopath, is even worse. (If Salgado sounds vaguely familiar, it may be be cause he came in 6th-- after Anthony Weiner-- in the primary in the recent NYC mayor's race.) Last Sunday, though, we discussed how Grimm is one of the ... more »

"Homegrown Tea" - Review and Giveaway

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 14 hours ago
[image: Use rose petals to make tea.]*Beautiful rose petals* *make delicious tea*Spring is finally here and that turns my thoughts to gardening. Since I live in an apartment with limited space, I grow fruits and veggies in containers. While I love flowers and ornamental plants, I avoid them because ... well ... growing food is a higher priority. That's about to change!! I'd like to introduce you to a fabulous book: "Homegrown Tea" *by Cassie Liversidge* [image: Homegrown Tea by Cassie Liversidge] [image: Author Cassie Liversidge]*Cassie Liversidge* *Author of "Homegrown Tea"* "Homeg... more »

Victoria Nuland

Paul Coker at News Spike - 15 hours ago
*Full transcript of the telephone talk between **the US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nulandand the US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt (posted on YouTube on Feb 6, 2014):* Victoria Nuland (V.N.): What do you think? Geoffrey R. Pyatt (G.P.): I think we are in play. The Klitchko piece is obviously the most complicated electron here, especially the announcement of him as Deputy Prime Minister. You have seen my notes on trouble in the marriage right now, so we are trying to get a read really fast where he is on the staff. But I think your argument to him which you’ll n... more »

The HORROR!!! (CIA Misled on Interrogation Program, Senate Report Says) U.S. Officials Say It Will Be Months Before Release to the Public

No big surprise. I've said for a long time that everything will come out. It always does. Eventually. This latest report emanates from the Washington Post. The facts are undoubtedly much worse. CIA Misled on Interrogation Program, Senate Report SaysBy Greg Miller, Adam Goldman and Ellen NakashimaUpdated: Monday, March 31, 7:37 PM A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Whistleblower suit claims DuPont’s Burnside plant conceals carcinogenic sulfur trioxide (SO3) leak more than two years ~Louisiana Voice*

Dismal Japanese data but contradictions from Chinese April 1 , 2014 - as usual -- Japanese Outlook Data Collapses As China's PMI Misses And Beats (And Economy Contracts & Expands)

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/japanese-outlook-data-collapses-chinas-pmi-misses-and-beats-and-economy-contracts-ex [image: Schrodinger's Cat] One picture to explain chinese data.......... Second Chinese Bond Company Defaults, First High Yield Bond Issuer [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/01/2014 08:01 -0400 - Bank of America - Bank of America - Bond - China - default - Fail - High Yield - Hong Kong - Housing Market - Newspaper - Real estate - Yuan inShare In the middle of 2012,... more »

ALECs Fingers in Fed Business

2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago
Wake up America. From the LinkedIn page of new lobbyist Michael Correia Director of Federal Affairs * American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) * Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Construction industry March 2007 – February 2009 (2 years) Lead ALEC external outreach on Capitol Hill and with the White House, including direct communication with 85 Members of Congress (ALEC Alumni). Worked with members, non-member organizations, non-profits, and corporations on issue advocacy. Developed and implemented Capitol Hill educational policy seminars used to build support on policy issues, inclu... more »

The Eisenhower Briefing Document, MJ-12, and the Del Rio UFO Crash

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 16 hours ago
I have argued for years that the Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD) is not authentic. I have argued that it was created in the early to mid-1980s because the information contained in it reflected the UFOlogical thought of that time. The one paragraph that seemed to prove that more than any other was the one referring to the December 6, 1950 crash near El Indio – Guerrero area of northern Mexico. I had suggested that this is the sighting made by Robert Willingham and that we know that he has changed so much of the information about it that it is clear that it never happened. “Why br... more »

Our heartfelt condolences to all grieving the death of veteran activist Irene Fernandez, one of Malaysian true heroes.

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 16 hours ago
Hospitalised with breathing difficulties last Tuesday, veteran activist Irene Fernandez passed away of heart failure this morning. She was 67. Comrades, colleagues and those who knew her share their condolences online: *Ambiga Sreenevasan (former Bersih co-chairperson): *Always there for the marginalised, you have fought the good fight with passion and courage. Rest now my friend. Rest in peace. *Abdul Malek Hussin (Head of the Opposition Leader's parliamentary affairs office):* I highly-respect Irene Fernandez. She was the one who advised me to set up Malaysians for Free an... more »

Whatever Will We Do If We Dump Common Core?

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
A component of pushing the so-called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) involves panicking the public into believing that in the absence of CCSS, states will have no standards. This message is promoted in the Associated Press. On March 30, 2014, Melinda Deslatte offers the following If Not CCSS, Then What? message in her coverage of the Louisiana capitol: […]

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago
*Anti-Levee Levee Board Independence lawsuit bill OK’d by state Senate committee ~Mark Ballard, New Orleans Advocate*

NETANYAHU PUTS IRAN BACK ON THE FRONT BURNER

After nearly five months of little being said about Iran by the Israelis while talks have been underway between the so-called P5+1 and Iran over Iran’s perceived ‘nuclear weapons program’, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put the issue of Iran well and truly back on to the front burner. It has been reportedthat Netanyahu and Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon have ordered the Israeli military to continue preparing for an attack against Iran for ‘sometime this year’. A budget of some $2.89 billion has been allocated to the military for the purpose. However, as has been point... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago

“‘Just Salute and Follow Orders’: When Secrecy and Surveillance Trump the Rule of Law”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“‘Just Salute and Follow Orders’: * *When Secrecy and Surveillance Trump the Rule of Law”* By John W. Whitehead “The Secret Government is an interlocking network of official functionaries, spies, mercenaries, ex-generals, profiteers and superpatriots, who, for a variety of motives, operate outside the legitimate institutions of government. Presidents have turned to them when they can’t win the support of the Congress or the people, creating that unsupervised power so feared by the framers of our Constitution...” - Journalist Bill Moyers and White House press secretary under Preside... more »

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Dept.: Fun with the "eraser challenge"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*For once, I was able to embed the clip, but not without its starting automatically, and goodness knows we don't want that. So instead, you can view it here.* *by Ken* Even when I was able to embed the clip I had mixed success with actually getting it to *play*. At first, for example, I was able to get audio, but for video just a couple of still pictures. At other times I wasn't able to get that much. If you can't get it to play, or don't want to bother trying, here's a text version of this Fox CT story: *Students Warned Of Danger Of 'Eraser Challenge'* by Mike Krafcik WTIC | Har... more »

Fukushima Updates March 31 , 2014 ( Thread for the week ) -- Japan Gives Residents All Clear To Return To Fukushima Disaster "Hot Zone" ( pretty much sums up Japan ) ..... Japan covering up severity of debacle ( Energy News items... ) ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Energy News....... 05:39 PM EST on March 31st, 2014 | 32 comments TV: Fukushima crisis “much more severe than we’re led to believe” — ‘Mind-boggling’ — Small quake could tip over reactors and start it all over again — Japan “selling soul to devil” if they restart nuclear plants (VIDEO) 07:44 PM EST on March 26th, 2014 | 220 comments NHK: Alarm goes off after accident at Fukushima Unit 4 fuel pool — Work suspended after crane trouble — “Workers have been monitoring radiation levels” (VIDEO) 02:49 PM EST on March 25th, 2014 | 239 comments Inside Source: Gov’t officials are withholding ... more »

Resurgent French Right Wing Claims First Target With Prime Minister Resignation -- Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tendered his resignation and that of his government to President Hollande...... Le Pen appears mightier than the sword indeed !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/resurgent-french-right-wing-claims-first-target-prime-minister-resignation Resurgent French Right Wing Claims First Target With Prime Minister Resignation [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/31/2014 13:08 -0400 - Twitter - Twitter inShare While French finance minister Moscovici embarrassingly losing his council seat in this weekend's muni elections is bad enough, we we warned earlier, the dismal loss for Hollande has claimed its first victim. As WSJ reports, *French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault t... more »

Climate Tricks 27: More Risks and Danger Ahead, Send More Money to the UN

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
Less rain or more rain, less flood or more flood, less snow or more snow, less dogs or more dogs, it does not matter. They are ALL proof of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (AGW) or anthropogenic climate change (ACC). To "fight climate change" and AGW, we taxpayers and energy consumers should send more money to the United Nations. ---------- *YOKOHAMA - Leading scientists and officials completed a fresh climate report Sunday expected to lay bare the grim impact of climate change, with warnings that global food shortages could spark violence in vulnerable areas.* *Part of a... more »

Ministry of Propaganda Smears Rand Paul Again

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 20 hours ago
Nowhere in the now thoroughly corrupt US state-corporate media has the neocon crusade for war without end been more prevalent than at the Washington Post, particularly the teeming snakepit that is the editorial section. The WaPo's business is WAR, whether it be trotting out a cavalcade of liars, death pimps and war criminals to shill for an attack on Russia - longtime hack Charles Kraüthammer recently called for a *"naval flotilla in the Black Sea"*. That such a provocation, especially in the wake of the onslaught of chickenhawk condemnation of the hated western devil Vladimir Put... more »

Massive energetic flows transfer prosperity consciousness from Cosmic to Humanity mind

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
*Massive energetic flows transfer prosperity consciousness from Cosmic to Humanity mind* by ÉirePort Massive energetic flows transfer prosperity consciousness from Cosmic to Humanity mind. Grand havens are established for those in the midst of such flows, and all will be benefited in numerous ways. Flight from such flows is not possible. Gaia requires this balancing. Portals are ready. ÉirePort | March 31, 2014 at 7:56 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-1e

What's Really Driving NHS Costs?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 hours ago
Let's get one thing straight from the off. The idea of charging a £10/month NHS "membership fee" is bloody stupid. Not just because it violates the principle that health provision should take place, but for a whole host of other practical reasons. But let's glide Lord Warner's suggestion into a lay-by for the moment and deal with the concern he aims to address: that the NHS budget is spiralling out of control and something has to be done to arrest it. Well, no. The NHS is not "unsustainable". The UK consistently ranks as a mid-table spender on health. But costs are increasing, and ... more »

Marianne Williamson: "I Will Slam It!"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
Is there any candidate for Congress *anywhere* like Marianne Williamson? Short answer: "No." Slightly longer answer, "Alas, no." I want to ask you to watch the remarkable video statement she just released explaining why she's running for Congress and what she expects to achieve if she gets there. That's why it's embedded on the top of the page. It's almost Grayson-like or Bernie Sanders-like in its scope. We don't do that in America. No, no, no… we repudiated an aristocracy 200 years ago. And I have the sense that we need to repudiate it again… Both of [the parties] are beholden... more »

EcoRamble: The ‘New IPCC Report’ Edition

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 22 hours ago
*“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic values of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literary or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain their freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.” - Richard Feynman, 1965 Nobel ... more »

Climate Alarmism: Just the Latest Big Lie (In a Long Line)

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 23 hours ago
Steven Goddard has a post on the "Big Lie" of climate alarmism, and says: "Climate change politics is straight out of the worst annals of human history, back to the days of burning witches for cooking the weather. Who could have imagined this would happen in the 21st century?" I submitted the following response: *Yet there are clear antecedents--albeit totally within science, and no political coercion--going all the way back to the inauguration of the current scientific paradigm, of undirected evolution of all that we observe in the world today. The origin of today's climate science... more »

Economics for Real People: Old World Crisis, New World Future - Dr Oliver Hartwich

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
[image: image] What’s going on at this week’s Auckland Uni Economics Group? Here’s the lowdown: Hi all. In place of our usual Thursday evening meeting, we will instead be attending what promises to be a fascinating presentation this Wednesday evening by Dr Oliver Hartwich titled *Old world crisis, new world future*, a presentation on how global population changes and economic repolarisation are ushering in a ‘new world order.’ The future will increasingly be dominated by the Asia-Pacific region. For New Zealand, which has traditionally been associated as part o... more »

What’s the matter with (the term) “rape culture?”

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014* *Valenti opines in the Post:* Jessica Valenti is often featured in the Washington Post’s Sunday Outlook section. Yesterday, she extended a fascinating recent discussion about either 1) the term “rape culture” or 2) the concepts behind the term “rape culture.” The fact that no one seems to know what is actually being discussed shows us something less than great about our emerging “progressive” culture. The current discussion (or non-discussion) started with a cryptic remark by RAINN, which describes itself as “the country’s largest anti-sexual-violence org... more »

What will Google's April Fool be this year?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
Last year it was Google Nose... This year... Watch this space!

Why ask WHY?

ancient clown at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago
*There are two posts related to this question and the things it shows for those with the eyes to see. "Why Ask Why" and "Why Ask Why - Update".*

Dedication's What You Need

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*BBC Watch* has published a fascinating account from Sam Green about how he finally convinced the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee to uphold his complaint against the BBC for a *Today *report by Kevin Connolly. It took him two and a half years though. Many would have given up (which is a lesson for us all). He encountered delaying tactics, faulty logic and deliberate obfuscation - and even now still doesn't know whether *Today *or Kevin Connolly actually accept the Trust's findings. Nor does he know what the BBC intends to do to make amends for this inaccurate and mislead... more »

North Korea, South Korea Exchange Fire

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
This guy is crazy and a threat to world peace. Kim Jong Un Fire exchange *More than 100 North Korean shells out of 500 or so fired landed in South Korean waters, prompting marines from the South to fire back with more than 300 rounds in the North's waters, defense officials in Seoul said.Seoul also scrambled F-15s on its side of the maritime border, they said."We believe the North's maritime firing is a planned provocation and an attempt to test our military's determination to defend the Northern Limit Line and to get an upper hand in South-North relations," South Korean Defenc... more »

UN Scientific Panel Releases Report on Climate Change

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a flock of Geese fly past the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets near Emmett, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) | AP *Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issued the 32-volume, 2,610-page report here early Monday, told The Associated Press: "it is a call for action." Without reductions in emissions, he said, impacts from warming "could get out of control."* ......... *Twenty-first century disasters such as killer heat waves in Europe, wildfires in the United State... more »

Thorne Dreyer : PODCASTS | Filmmaking, pupulism, the attack on public education, and Texas politics on Rag Radio

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Al Reinert with singer Sima Cunningham; pundit Jim Hightower; education activists Julian Vasquez Heilig and Mike Klonsky; and politics with Glenn Smith and Jeff Crosby. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2014 Listen … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *PODCASTS* | Filmmaking, pupulism, the attack on public education, and Texas politics on Rag Radio

This Be The Verse

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The *Daily Telegraph* broke a highly significant story overnight - Parents who deliberately starve children of love face jail under new Cinderella Law: Changes to the child neglect laws will make “emotional cruelty” a crime for the first time, alongside physical or sexual abuse. The new offence would make it a crime to do anything that deliberately harmed a child’s “physical intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural development”. This could include deliberately ignoring a child, or not showing them any love, over prolonged periods, damaging a child’s emotional development. Ot... more »

BICEP is good news for string gas cosmology

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*Guest post by Robert Brandenberger of McGill University* The indirect discovery of primordial gravitational waves on cosmological scales via B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background is being interpreted by most people inside and outside of the cosmology community in the context of the inflationary universe scenario. The purpose of this guest blog is to remind the readers that gravitational waves on cosmological scales is a prediction which is not unique to inflationary cosmology. In particular, "String Gas Cosmology", a scenario initially proposed in 1989 for the earl... more »

Supreme Council Tries To Position Itself As Centrist-Nationalist Party Before Iraq’s 2014 Elections

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and its Citizen’s Alliance is attempting to move into another stage of its political career as it prepares for this year’s parliamentary elections. The party was originally formed in Iran to organize pro-Khomeini Iraqi forces on its side during the Iran-Iraq War. Before the 2003 invasion it aligned itself with the United States so that it would gain a seat in the post-Saddam government that the Americans would put together. Afterward it argued for a Shiite region and gained control of most of the south and Baghdad in the 2005 elections. I... more »

Hard Runway for Humantiy

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
There is a hard runway but it is always elusive and it let societies down in a small crash that keeps their economy from being sound and at the end of day the crash investigators say lets let in the IMF to be sure that you do not let any wealth go any other way Because we are like the Pope infallible economists who plan like banks of last resort we own you we own your kids and as a matter of calculated fact we got your grandchildren signed up in a Goldman Sachs account.

Can you hear the gritted teeth?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Poor Robert Peston is forced to admit that: 'This leads to two stupidly obvious thoughts. First, it would be wrong to characterise the recovery as debt-fuelled. Second, with austerity rolling relentlessly on this year, and GDP at market prices likely to keep rising faster than private sector debts, 2014 should be a year in which the overall leverage or indebtedness of the British economy falls pretty sharply.' Poor Robert Peston, having to report some good economic news with the Conservatives in government.Never mind, I'm sure he and the Labour party will have a new line of attack... more »

WAR GAME AGAINST RUSSIA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
US-NATO worked together in the cold, harsh environment of northern Norway as part of exercise Cold Response 2014. Altogether more than 16,000 sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines representing 15 nations participated in the exercise. Check out the map and see what country borders Norway at the north. Listen to one of the NATO brass say it's time we came home from Afghanistan and war-gamed something closer to home - now who could that be? Spain? Maybe Luxembourg...

"Wear Clothes That Make You Feel Happy" Peter Som's DesigNation Collection For Kohl's

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
“I participated in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Kohl’s. I received a gift card as a thank you for participating” Kohl's has always been my one stop clothing shop for my entire family. I love their darling and durable children's clothes and my husband willingly wears clothes from their men's department, which says a lot. I can also buy cute, fashion forward clothes for myself. All at the same store. This season I am looking to Kohl's and their new partnership for a new, fun look that I can carry from spring into colorful summer wear. This spring Kohl's has partn... more »

IT'S A TURKEY SHOOT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
One of the really big stories from last week not covered in the US media. US-NATO are working overtime trying to come up with a way to a justify full-blown attack on Syria. Turkey is a NATO member, if Turkey gets attacked then NATO comes to the rescue. Clean and simple, right? But oops they got caught.....

I Hate Mikheil Saakashvili

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

“Americans Have Become a ‘Slave Race’"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Americans Have Become a ‘Slave Race’" * by Bill Bonner “We went down to the town of Cafayate last week from the family ranch: a three-hour drive, mostly over unpaved roads. There, old friends Doug Casey and John Mauldin were holding forth. The "deep state," among other things, was their topic. "The term comes from Turkey," Doug explained. "People noticed that there was the government – you know the government that they teach you about in school. And there was a deeper, more important and more powerful government. It was not described in any constitution. The newspapers didn't rep... more »

Legislative exclusion

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*Surdivall v. Ontario (Disability Support Program),* 2014 ONCA 240: “[L]egislative exclusion can be implied when an express reference is expected but absent”: see *University Health Network v. Ontario (Minister of Finance)* (2001), 151 O.A.C. 286, at para. 31.

"OWN THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN"

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
- Even though it is officially spring in Maine we still have winter. Just this morning a cold wind blown sleet storm hit us. People here complain about the weather all the time but rarely a mumbling word about climate change is heard. - Yesterday I read a disgusting Op-Ed by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. He went for a ride on a nuclear submarine under the Arctic Ice to promote that new "field of conflict" to the American consumers. He wrote: I had spent the night on the sub as part of a group accompanying Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of n... more »

Are You A Marjorie Margolies Democrat Or Are You A Daylin Leach Democrat?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
This morning, Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed a Democrat running for a House seat in Pennsylvania. Senators don't often endorse in House races and almost never endorse in primaries in other states. Bernie is backing Daylin Leach because of his record of accomplishment in the Pennsylvania state legislature and because of the campaign he's running for Congress and for Daylin's unflinching focus on raising the minimum wage, making college more affordable, shrinking the gap between the rich and the poor and, most important in this particular race in PA-13, expandi... more »

metropolis

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist epic science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. The film was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou, and starred Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. A silent film, it was produced in the Babelsberg Studios by UFA. Metropolis is regarded as a pioneer work of science fiction movies, being the first feature length movie of the genre. Made in Germany during the Weimar Period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia, and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city's ruler, and M... more »

Why have people heard so many bogus Obamacare horror stories?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014* *We look at what Hiltzik left out:* We just looked in on MSNBC. What we saw was sad. On this deadline day for health care, the warring cable tribes are fighting about the numbers. One tribe is ratcheting the claim of 6 million enrollees up. The other tribe is working hard to whittle the number down. Our “progressive” cable tribunes would rather die than present the larger picture about our health care. Let’s say *sixteen* million sign up. Data like these will remain: *Health care spending, per person, 2011:* United States: $8508 Canada: $4522 Germany: $4495... more »

Satire: "Sheldon Adelson Says No Republican Candidate Worth Buying”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“*Sheldon Adelson Says No Republican Candidate Worth Buying”* by Andy Borowitz LAS VEGAS (The Borowitz Report)— “The casino billionaire and Republican kingmaker Sheldon Adelson met several 2016 G.O.P. candidates available for purchase over the weekend, but decided to buy none of them, Adelson confirmed today. After hearing speeches by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and several others who were for sale, Mr. Adelson concluded that none of them are worth owning. “I don’t want to spend millions on another loser,” said A... more »

Chet Raymo, “The Seat of the Soul”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Seat of the Soul” * by Chet Raymo "It was not my first visit. I had been there once before to talk with the great man, to the Castle of Cloux, near Amboise, in the valley of the Loire. He had been living there since 1516, at the invitation of Francis I, king of France. He was 67 years old, bundled up in a thick fur wrap by a roaring fire. His face showed age but not infirmity. Long white hair fell about his shoulders. White beard. Thick, downswept brows shaded his eyes like awnings. A strong nose. And of course the mouth, serious yet generous, not unlike the mouth of the Chris... more »

Easy Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
[image: Housewife Eclectic: Easy Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken] This recipe has been one of my mom's go-to favorites ever since my childhood. It is easy to pull together, needs minimal ingredients and is always a crowd pleaser. One of the things I love about this recipe is that you can make it in the slow cooker, or on the stove top. I prefer the slow cooker because it is so easy to throw together, but I love that if I forget to get it going in the morning, dinner isn't ruined. You will need: - Chicken Thighs 3-4 pounds, with skin and fat removed - 1/2 c. soy sauce - 1/2 c.... more »

"Do You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Honor is simply the morality of superior men." - H. L. Mencken "He does not believe who does not live according to his belief." - Thomas Fuller Isn't it curious how so many, especially politicians, "talk the talk", and how so very, very few actually walk it? I suppose that's because words are cheap and easy, actions aren't. Real easy to run one's mouth, not so easy to actually do something, is it? - CP ◆ Creedence Clearwater Reviva , “Fortunate Son” - http://www.youtube.com/

Good summary of enhanced parole ineligibility on second degree murder

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*R v Kayaitok *2014 NUCJ 11; the decision is not reported yet but I have a copy for anyone who needs it.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Monday is the deadline to sign up for health insurance subsidy law* *Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea' ~Laine Kapland-Levenson, WWNO* *Report: New natural gas pipelines needed in La. by end of the decade ~Greater B.R. Business Report* *Whistleblower suit claims DuPont’s Burnside plant conceals carcinogenic sulfur trioxide (SO3) leak more than two years ~Louisiana Voice* *Mardi Gras Indians continue storied tradition ~LaTonya Norton, WVUE*

Tecumseh, "Live Your Life"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of li... more »

Musical Interlude: Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
We're supposed to "make a joyful noise", according to some. Well, hard to beat this... Turn it up! lol Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk

Musical Interlude: Elton John, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Elton John, "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9wiT9RcMc

Earth Calling...

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
... With bad news. Via the Gray Lady: Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world’s oceans, scientists reported on Monday, and they warned that the problem was likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control. The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations group that periodically summarizes climate science, concluded that ice caps are melting, sea ice in the Arctic is collapsing, water supplies are coming under stress, heat waves and heavy rains are intensifying, ... more »

Education is a Human Right: Stop the Human Rights Violations

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
A few relevant Articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. *^ Top* Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection a... more »

WORLD WITHOUT FACTS, AMEN: Guess who isn’t shown weeping at all?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014* *Part 1—Zernike’s zombie idea:* In this morning’s New York Times, Paul Krugman describes the process by which we get fed our “zombie ideas.” Krugman discusses the bogus claim that there is a serious “skills gap” afflicting our economy. He notes that there are quite a few other influential bogus facts out there. He calls these bogus facts “zombie ideas.” According to Krugman—and we strongly agree—we may get fed these bogus facts as an assertion of “tribal identity.” This is Krugman, speaking accurately: *“The point is that influential people move in circles... more »

"That Dreadful Universal Thing..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“The more one analyzes people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.” - Oscar Wilde

Some Surprising Facts about Income Growth and Inequality

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
From Brookings's Gary Burtless. A few very nice graphs here, based on CBO data.

MeTA 17: CHAT General Assembly, March 2014

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Last March 14, 2014, the Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT) held its General Assembly this year at Dolce Latte Restaurant, Quezon City. Minimal Government Thinkers is among the original charter members of CHAT when a Civil Society Mapping was held in January 2009 at Diamond Hotel in Manila, two days before the 3-days MeTA National Forum, same venue. CHAT is an alliance of health-focused civil society organizations (CSOs), people's organizations and public policy research organizations or think tanks (including IBON Foundation and MG Thinkers) that works with the ... more »

Footnotes better living through chemisty

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Archaic indications that what you say had some basis in fact. Now through modern chemistry we have acrylic testimony. Plastic facts that can resist most natural elements.

Worthy Candidates-- Realistic Goals

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Blue America reached and surpassed our March goals for most of our candidates. Today's the last day of the month. We can make up for the contributions we didn't deliver next month. But, if you're inspired by all the spam from the DCCC and their dreadful candidates to give to candidates who would represent our values in Congress, these are the candidates we fell a little short on. Actually, first, these are the candidates where we hit the goals: *•* Alan Grayson (FL-09)- $13,000/ $13,694 *•* Tom Guild (OK-05)- $3,500/ $3,734 *•* Patrick Hope (VA-08)- $1,000/ $2,470 *•* Daylin Leach... more »

A Goddamned Outrage! “One Percenter Convicted Of Raping Infant Child Dodges Jail Because He 'Will Not Fare Well'”; A Comment

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“One Percenter Convicted Of Raping Infant Child * *Dodges Jail Because He 'Will Not Fare Well'”* by Ashley Alman "A Delaware man convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter only faced probation after a state Superior Court judge ruled he "will not fare well" in prison. In her decision, Judge Jan Jurden suggested Robert H. Richards IV would benefit more from treatment. Richards, who was charged with fourth-degree rape in 2009, is an unemployed heir living off his trust fund. The light sentence has only became public as the result of a subsequent lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, whi... more »

How to Dress like a Manly Man

CM at LILITH NEWS - 1 day ago
By Monique Bellamont - March 2014 Ack! It is that word many "manly men" shy away from - *metrosexual*. Which we women find silly because it reveals that many men are so homophobic that they refuse to deal with anything that is remotely "gay". As such men's high fashion has suffered over the decades to the point that men really can only wear suits and uniforms. Anything too risque and they feel they are being emasculated However done right, men's high fashion doesn't have to look metrosexual. What it should look like however is: *Rugged.* *Cool.* *Capable.* And a touch of James B... more »

How about we promote "diversity" and "tolerance" by throwing feces at people who don't agree with us?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*speechless.* From LifeSite News: Gay activists hurl feces at German parents protesting pro-gay school curriculum: report - Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:27 EST As parents in Germany have protested a new pro-homosexual “sexual diversity” curriculum in their schools, homosexual activists have attacked them by hurling feces and destroying their property, according to the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, which documents anti-Christian incidents in Europe. "Protesters were physically attacked and it was felt that the police failed to protect the parents’ b... more »

Ya, Ollie! – Skateboarding in Iran

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
Alireza Ansari, founder of the Iranian skateboarding collective TSIXTY, does a kickflip at a skatepark in Tehran. (Photo Credit: TSIXTY) The West is often plagued with a rather blinkered view, coupled with a voyeuristic obsession, of Iran and its people. All too often, news reports, photo essays, and viral videos make the Internet rounds accompanied by breathless, slack-jawed commentary,

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Diet pop can also give you diabetes* *Rubbish. Probable class effect. Poor people drink more pop and have worse health anyhow* Older women who drink two or more diet drinks a day are more likely to suffer from heart problems, high blood pressure and diabetes, a new study shows. Postmenopausal women with a two-a-day soft drink habit were 50 per cent more likely to suffer from cardiovascular-related diseases, the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study discovered. They were also 30 per cent more likely to suffer heart attacks and strokes compared to those who consumed the ... more »

some thoughts on emily brontë's wuthering heights

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Cover of 1943 Random House edition with woodcut illustrationsEmily Brontë published *Wuthering Heights*in 1847, under a pseudonym. Brontë died the following year, at age 30. It was the only book she would ever publish. How did an isolated young woman, a parson's daughter from a remote area of Yorkshire, who never married, rarely left home, and hated travel, come to create this story of ferocious passion and violent revenge that would shock her contemporaries, and enthral audiences into its second century? The existence of *Wuthering Heights* is one of the great arguments against that... more »

All Is Not Well

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
Dimitri Soudas is gone. According to Paul Wells, it was not a graceful exit: Tonight, Hand-Picked Dimitri has become Ass-Kicked Dimitri, having resigned (CP’s first version) or been fired (CTV’s version) or been told to resign so he wouldn’t be fired (the later CP version) from his job as dynamic and hand-picked Executive Director. And all with barely 70 days left to go in his urgent, pressing, critical, essential mission to save the Prime Minister and, with him (of course) everything Canadians cherish. Wells reminds readers that, when it comes to executive directors, the Conser... more »

Good GMO News From Maui, Hawaii

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
[image: Foto: BREAKING NEWS: HAWAII AT IT AGAIN: Maui Follows The Big Island With Effort To Ban GMOs. Thousands turned out on Sunday for the Defend Maui March. Residents of Maui secured the signatures necessary to put a GMO Ban on this year’s ballot. The Big Island (Hawaii County) enacted a GMO cultivation ban last year. Will Maui become Hawaii’s 2nd county to ban GMOs? MAHALO, Maui! A big thank you from the mainland! With much love and Aloha <3 #Hawaii #HI #Maui #DefendMaui #DefendMauiMarch #gmo #GMOBan #BanGMOs #babesagainstbiotech #gmofreemaui #gmofreecanada #gmofreeusa] [i... more »

“Islamophobia” and the BBC

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
I hope everyone will be watching tonight’s Panorama. Journalists like John Ware and Andrew Gilligan are too few and far between. However, it’s the shenanigans behind the scenes that are hugely troubling. You’ve got to read the piece that is cross-posted on Harry’s Place and Trial by Jeory This affair should be ringing governmental and journalistic alarm bells. Together with other corrupt scandals and practices such as the plot outlined in the infamous Trojan Horse letter (even though its authenticity is suspect, its substance is demonstrably valid) these emerging third-... more »

"The Market Is Rigged" - Michael Lewis Explains How HFTs "Screw" Investors Every Day ..... Key takeaway -- A reoccurring metaphor Lewis uses in his book "Flash Boys" is one of "prey and predators."According to Lewis, the prey is "anybody who's actually an investor in the stock market." ..... Hat Tip for Zero Hedge for its relentless coverage and prior expose of same ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
"The Market Is Rigged" - Michael Lewis Explains How HFTs "Screw" Investors Every Day [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/31/2014 08:17 -0400 - Algorithmic Trading - HFT - Michael Lewis inShare It was almost excatly five years ago to the day, on April 10, 2009, that Zero Hedge - widely mocked at the time by "experts" - began its crusade against HFT and the perils of algorithmic trading (which of course were validated a year later with the Flash Crash). In the interim period we wrote hundreds if not thousands of articles discussing and ex... more »

Spring is here - sort of

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

Turkey Post - Election aftermath March 31 , 2014 -- FULL TEXT: Turkish PM Erdoğan's post-election 'balcony speech' ( payback for enemies promised ) , Main opposition leader sees no failure in local poll results , Ambiguity prevails in Ankara’s election results

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Ambiguity prevails in Ankara’s election results ANKARA Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: CHP's Mansur Yavaş announced the end of the 'Gökçek era in Ankara' in a press conference at 4:30 a.m. AA Photo] CHP's Mansur Yavaş announced the end of the 'Gökçek era in Ankara' in a press conference at 4:30 a.m. AA Photo Only two hours after the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for Ankara gave a balcony speech to his supporters early in the morning on March 31, in a declaration of victory for the second time within hours, the incumb... more »

Dear Friends of Patty

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Dear friends of Patty, The news is awful. The second battle with leukemia is over, but this time, Patty lost. The last effort to treat the disease failed, as she died last night. I thought her friends in the IR business should know. I found out about her struggle late during the first round of Continue reading

Fuddle Duddle 2.0

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
*Liberal leader Justin Trudeau used some decidedly un-prime ministerial language when speaking publicly at the Fight for the Cure charity boxing match in Gatineau, Que. on Saturday night.* *Invited by the ring announcer at the Hilton Lac Leamy, Trudeau climb through the ropes and took the microphone to say a few words about the event at which, two years ago, he thrashed a much larger Sen. Patrick Brazeau. (The two mens’ career trajectories since the fight are documented in a Citizen piece this weekend.)* *“I’m going tell you, there is no experience like stepping into this ring an... more »

"How Do We Grieve?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
How do we grieve the loss of our beautiful, precious world, and us, *all* of us, with it? I don't know if there are words for that... I don't know them, anyway... “My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was. But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well. So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And whe... more »

Meanwhile... there's an election on: posters!

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
Out and about in Changhua and Taichung, photo'd lots of signs for the party primaries. This guy is my favorite, running for County Chief. "In the future you'll see me! Look at the new hope!" his sign proclaims. It's a good thing these guys aren't egotistical or anything. The usual small signs. Lots of female candidates, as always. A DPP candidate's truck. Her platform is love and family. Several DPP candidates occupy a large space in Changhua near the confluence of the 1 and Alternate 1, as they do every election. Candidate ads seldom have concrete policies. DPP presidential p... more »

"All That Is Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Click image for larger size.* "You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Duncan Weldon: The shape of bias to come?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Radio 4 listeners got a sneak preview of TUC senior economist-turned *Newsnight *economics editor Duncan Weldon last week, and a chance to assess whether those concerns about the likelihood of him bringing more left-wing bias with him to *Newsnight *are likely to be borne out or not. He presented an edition of *Analysis *called *Why Minsky Matters*. The Minsky in question was the American post-Keynesian economist Hyman Minsky, and in the course of the programme we heard from various Keynsians, neo-Keynsians and post-Keynsians - namely George Magnus, Professor Steve Keen and Laur... more »

Musical Interlude: David Lanz, “Cristofori's Dream”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
David Lanz, “Cristofori's Dream” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxrB41PMhw

The White Wolf threatens the LY protesters =UPDATED=

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
[image: IMG_7845] UPDATED: Wall of people there to protect LY according to news reports, many locals joining in to protect their students. They know what is at stake. Chang An-le, the pro-unification gangster, is threatening to attack the students in the LY, as Cole reports: Chang, who should be in court defending himself, was released on bail in June 2013 a few hours after his return to Taiwan, which he’d fled amid a nationwide crackdown on organized crime 18 years ago. Rather than be tied up with lawyers and court summons, Chang, also known as “White Wolf” (白狼), has appeared on T... more »

I Finally Found An Organic Coffee Manufactured In A Healthful Way

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
I finally found a Swedish organic coffee that doesn't have a taste of chemical residual or a taste of heavy metals in the mouth. I'm under the understanding that coffee is dried by diesel fuel by most Swedish coffee manufacturers which leaves a diesel residual on the coffee. My wife & I contacted the customer service department at Arvid Nordquist Coffee Company in Sweden and were told that they are still using fans to dry their coffee which is perhaps more costly, but far superior if one is to produce a healthier coffee. I highly recommend you give this coffee a try to taste the... more »

"The Most Precious Resource..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time." - Steve Jobs

A piece of surprising polling data

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The excellent Political Betting website reports The chart(s) ...based on the finding new form of questioning which has just been tested by Opinium for its latest Observer poll. After the main voting intention question the firm asked *“You said that you would vote [Party] if an election were held tomorrow. Would you say that this is because you’d want to vote for [Party] or because you’d want to vote against someone else?”* For those who indicated that there choice was wholly or partly negative this was followed by a second question *“You said that you’d vote [Party] mainly/partly t... more »

Big Thanks To Scott & Nicole At The 180 Degree Organic Farm In Georgia.

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
THANK A NON-GMO FARMER. Sending a big thank you to 180 Degree Farm in Sharpsburg, Georgia, for your hard work, your generosity and your dedication to growing safe and healthy organic food. 180 Degree Farm is a 501c3 nonprofit CSA that donat...ed 24,000 pounds of organic food in 2013 alone, to churches, food banks and community organizers. Scott & Nicole Tyson founded 180 Degree Farm 3 years after their 3 year old son had an abdominal tumor removed. The Tysons chose an organic diet instead of chemotherapy and their son remains cancer free today. (DISCLAIMER: Please consult your do... more »

Gardasil: A Parent’s Worst Nightmare by Andrea Jimenez

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Tyler Gardasil: A parent’s worst nightmare by Andrea Jimenez Waipahu, Hawaii Sane Vax, Inc., 30 March 2014 *She has now been officially medically diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic daily headache with frequent migraine & dysmenorrhea. These are all conditions she never had to deal with prior to the HPV vaccine. The doctors refuse to admit any possible connection.* This is Tyler, my youngest daughter and an amazing young woman of God. During one of her regular medical check-ups, the doctor recommended that she be given the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. I trusted that the doctor wa... more »

Picture in the blog title, blog description, post title

Want to have a logo or other picture next to the blog title? No problem. I have tested putting the HTML img tag in the blog title and have found that it is possible to put HTML code in the blog title but subject to a maximum of 100 characters. To put a logo or picture next to your blog title, first thing you need to do is to upload your picture to the Internet. You can do that with a free account in Photo Bucket. After uploading to Photobucket, you will see to the right of the picture a section LINK TO THIS PHOTO. Take the URL listed as DIRECT. Sign into www.blogger.com (Das... more »

NO AMERICAN IS SAFE

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Rear Admiral Richard Butler, the commander of the Guantanamo concentration camp. New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany / **FBI Opens Files Proving Hitler Went To Argentina With Help From The Director Of The OSS Himself-Allen Dulles* Guantanamo proves that the USA is run by Nazis. These Nazis of course have Zionist and Mafia connections. *A Briton* who was 'cleared for release' in 2007 is still imprisoned at Guantanamo. He has never been charged with any crime. http://www.dailymail. *Countries fully controlled by the CIA* Obama appears to have lied when he s... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 1 day ago
*Climate change could make humans extinct, warns health expert* *And pigs might fly. The IPCC has just released its latest round of prognostications so floods of fears are breaking out worldwide at the moment. The article below is one example of that.The very first sentence is a lie. The earth is not warming at all and has not done so for 17 years. What the author has done is look at one of the IPCC "Scenarios" and take it as fact. And the one she has lifted is one of the more extreme scenarios. A 2 degree temperature rise is the one most predicted by Warmists but she h... more »
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