Sunday, June 29, 2014

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Pitchforks and Inequality

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 20 minutes ago
This "memo" from Nick Hanauer to his fellow billionaires is an absolute must-read. Couched in straight forward language, he's basically saying to his class that not enough people have a stake in the system any more and this *will* pose them an existential threat unless inequality is sorted out. Here's a snippet: Some inequality is intrinsic to any high-functioning capitalist economy. The problem is that inequality is at historically high levels and getting worse every day. Our country is rapidly becoming less a capitalist society and more a feudal society. Unless our policies change... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 36 minutes ago
*The Populist Uprising Against Common Core Is Libertarian and It’s Winning* *It recognizes that there is no one answer to fixing education in America* When Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) announced last week that he would pull his state out of Common Core, he may have been sounding the death knell of the national education standards. Though a confluence of pushy and powerful interest groups have promised that they invented the solution to the American education crisis, people just aren't buying that more top-down standardization of America's education system is the answer. The populist ... more »

US & Europe Push Confrontation with Russia towards War

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 45 minutes ago
My husband states today "It's as if the US wants war with Russia" I reply "that is exactly what they want" Every opportunity the US and their toadies in the EU could have taken to bring this horrendous situation to a peaceful resolution has been instead used to increase the odds of confrontation- We aren't the only ones noticing. *The so called ceasefire has been a ruse * Claims by Ukraine of a ceasefire were mere perception management. A meme planted so the blame could be cast on Russia for it's failure- The Ukrainian thugs never stopped their killing. *As evidenced by abundant repo... more »

Border patrol policy - Israel vs. America

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 hour ago
A recent article appearing in *The Jewish Daily Forward* dealing with Israeli border patrol policy offered a striking contrast to American border patrol policy. *The Forward* reports: More than 1,000 illegal African migrants have been camping out near the border with Egypt to protest their treatment in Israel. The migrants walked out of Israel’s Holot detention center on Friday, and attempted to cross into Egypt, according to reports. The Israel Defense Forces prevented them from crossing the border. *The migrants*, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, *live in the open detention facilit... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation helps teach kids to fish ~Andrew Canulette, The Advocate* *Hidden in plain sight ~Fix the Pumps * *Climate Scientist: Manhattan Will Need “Venice-Like Canals” to Stop Flooding ~Claus Jacob, Next City* *~Editilla Cotellas~**1NONewsladder2 * *• 6 minutes ago* Mr. Jacobs, 80% of New Orleans flooded from 3 catastrophic engineering failures: 17th Street Canal flood wall, London Ave Canal flood wall and the Industrial Canal flood wall --NOT from hurricane Katrina storm surge. These flood walls breached at below design spec, due to a number of bad calls ... more »

John Baird is either a liar or stupid ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 2 hours ago
And, no, you are not limited to one or the other when trying to decide. I've said before that Harper and his incompetent thugs are nothing more than hillbillies playing at governing with no coherent plan and no clear concept of the world around them. No one epitomizes the intellectual laziness of the Harper regime than his so-called Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird. This is the guy

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, June 29th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
Yes, it is Sunday again, and as usual I am presenting my weekly rant of what I see is really happening in the world around us. It has been a very interesting week indeed, so lets get down to it... First, I am very happy that my son has finished High School here in Canada and graduated with honors last Thursday.... He has not decided yet what to do about his future and/or his future education, but he is definitely not set on going to any University... He fully understands that a University/College diploma is no longer a guarantee of employment, and instead is wanting to explore seve... more »

The Emperor of Ice Cream

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
It's the presidential summer of comfort food love. In the cruel absence of any economic relief for struggling Americans, and in the sordid presence of too much economic relief for the war profiteers of the global battlefield, Barack Obama is doing what he does best. He's out campaigning, mingling with the masses, and ... eating. Scarfing down gallons of soft vanilla ice cream and all-American burgers for our vicarious pleasure. To show that He Is One Of Us. To make us forget his alter egos of Emperor of Drones, Friend of Wall Street, and Deporter-in-Chief of thousands of refugee ch... more »

The Republican Guantanamo Bay Torture Camp Fetish

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 2 hours ago
Strangely absent from the public view has been outgoing Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, the fanatical authoritarian who is stepping down from a safely gerrymandered Michigan congressional seat for a career in right-wing talk radio. Rogers was a Sunday morning fixture for months as he defended the NSA Stasi for unconstitutional mass surveillance and data-mining as well as continued to pull out unsubstantiated allegations that former government contractor turned patriotic whistleblower Edward Snowden was a Russian spy. Well this Sunday he has made his r... more »

Mike's Story Part 64 - Spellbound

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 3 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * After we got back from Oregon, I was doing the shopping on Montague Street when I saw that our videostore was going out of business. That was too bad but the silver lining was the resulting sale. I snapped up some bargains including Spellbound, a movie about - among other things - psychoanalysis and repressed memories. Gregory Peck is the troubled new director of a psychiatric institution in which Ingrid Bergman practices.* * "You can take that back," Mike said, "I've seen it." * * "I haven't." * * A week later he said again, "You can take that ... more »

Mike's Story Part 63 - Oregon

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 3 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * I came across the complete account of the time Mike was bitten on the testicle.* * He and at least one other cop had been summoned by a sergeant, 6' 5''. When they arrived, they found him cornered by a small, wiry man holding a 35" T.V. above his head. The guy had a glazed look in his eye and a thin sheen of perspiration all over, telltale signs of PCBs. The cops wrestled him onto a gurney with Mike at the head. They managed to get plastic handcuffs on him and canvas restraints on his legs. The guy broke the restraints but not without consequence; his sh... more »

How is #teacherprep really different at Western Governor’s?

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
We keep hearing about these NCTQ teacher preparation rankings. There’s so much critique out there of NCTQ as a legitimate research organization, of their data and methods, I don’t even have to get into it. I’m hearing a lot about Western Governors University. I was only vaguely aware of the institution prior to the “rankings.” […]

Kevin Carey Plays His Fear Card about American Colleges: It's a Deuce

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
With ALEC far on in writing model legislation to put steerage of higher education under the ham hands of the Tea Party and the Oligarchs (sounds like the worst band ever, right?), and with the federal government too in debt to the oligarchs to do anything about it, the only remaining stumbling block is the need to convince the public that higher ed is going to hell in a hand basket. Enter, Kevin Carey, to declare all rotten in higher ed. His evidence? Another test, of course, this one designed by the same international cabal that has turned the world PISA-centric with its period... more »

Obama Wraps War Mongering in Phony Gay Rights Crusade

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
The American war machine is constantly working to sell perpetual war based on such false pretenses as making the world safe for democracy, killing those who hate us for our freedoms, stopping the global communist menace, the war on terror, preemptively taking out the latest “new Hitler” and now making the planet safe for gay rights. This is a masterpiece of bullshit from the Obama regime and it will play very well with the ongoing cynical manipulation of gay voters as the 2016 election campaign begins. Liberals who have learned to love the wars that they at one time wanted George W... more »

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Mystery June 26 - 27 , 2014 -- INVESTIGATORS believe someone in the cockpit of MH370 turned on the plane’s autopilot before it disappeared, as Australian search chiefs announced a new phase in the hunt for the missing airliner ( Who do this ? ) .... Blamescaping ?? BUT WHO IS THE SOURCE & WHY ARE THE LEAKS MADE! Family, friends of MH370 pilot furious at 'prime suspect' report

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=309802:mystery-deepens-who-turned-on-mh370s-autopilot?&Itemid=2#axzz35nLqFLFk Friday, 27 June 2014 06:41 Map of new search area - h/t WSJ .... Malaysia Chronicle..... MYSTERY DEEPENS: Who turned on MH370's autopilot? - font size [image: decrease font size] [image: increase font size] - Cetak - E-mel - Komentar (0) Rate this item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - <a class="four-stars" href="http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=309802:mystery-deepens-who-turne... more »

Mass Killings

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
It is like capital punishment. If the state can kill you then to kill is okay. The Vietnam war and Gulf One, Iraq war etc have told the people, its okay to kill and make mistakes if your objective is worthy. In some ways its like the drug war.

Fukushima Updates ( June 29 , 2014 ) -- Lead items - Japanese Gov advertises seawater of all of the crippled reactors even outside for worldwide ideas to remove molten fuel from 3 crippled reactors ....... Highest density of Tritium measured from of underground wall ......... Study: Fukushima plutonium in playground 60 km from nuclear plant — “Proves that indeed Plutonium has been emitted by the accident” — Some “in the form of fuel fragments”? — Up to 14 Billion Bq of Pu-239 and-240 released ! Additional items on contamination and human impacts to ponder.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Fukushima Diary..... Japanese Gov advertises for worldwide ideas to remove molten fuel from 3 crippled reactors Posted by *Mochizuki* on June 29th, 2014 · No Comments Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services On 6/27/2014, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced to advertise for the ideas to remove molten fuel from Reactor1, 2 and 3 domestically and internationally. Tepco has been planning to fill the crippled reactors with water and remove the fuel from the top in 6 years. However they are starting to be aware of the difficulty to... more »

Mike's Story Part 53 - Spellbound

Jenna Orkin at From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog - 6 hours ago
*By **Jenna** Orkin* * After we got back from Oregon, I was doing the shopping on Montague Street when I saw that our videostore was going out of business. That was too bad but the silver lining was the resulting sale. I snapped up some bargains including Spellbound, a movie about - among other things - psychoanalysis and repressed memories. Gregory Peck is the troubled new director of a psychiatric institution in which Ingrid Bergman practices.* * "You can take that back," Mike said, "I've seen it." * * "I haven't." * * A week later he said again, "You can take that ba... more »

Is Japan joining the global unrest parade ? June 29 , 2014 --- ​Japanese man sets himself on fire in protest to reform of pacifist constitution

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
​Japanese man sets himself on fire in protest to reform of pacifist constitution Published time: June 29, 2014 13:03 Get short URL [image: Photo from Twitter/@JuhaniHeiskanen] Photo from Twitter/@JuhaniHeiskanen Share on tumblr Tags Health, Human rights, Japan, Politics,Protest, Security A middle-aged man has set himself on fire in the center of the Japanese capital in an apparent protest to government plans to change Japan’s pacifist constitution. Authorities hosed the man down and immediately rushed him to hospital. In a dramatic act of protest, the protester scaled a pedestrian bridg... more »

SUNDAY SONG

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago

Acne where did it come from?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
I am looking at WW1 photos and hearing testimony of old people that acne was never around for the most part. Now everyone has acne. In those days they could barely take a photograph so do not tell me all those clear skin faces where photoshoped. Considering Acne amelioration is the biggest source of income on the planet should someone not look into this? Something has changed from 1917 to now in terms of our skin condition. Our current economic model is all appoint treatment but no resource for the cause. Cause which for acne did not exist 100 years ago. One might think all the re... more »

Zhang Visit Unravels

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 7 hours ago
*A monkey inspects a vehicle on the 23 near Donghe.* The visit of China's Taiwan Affairs Office head Zhangzhijun ended ignominously as he fled the island in the face of relentless public protests. WSJ scribes: * China's top cross-strait negotiator, in Taiwan on a landmark visit, canceled three public appearances at the last minute Saturday after protests against his bridge-building trip turned violent.* Zhang Zhijun, head of Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, is the first ministerial-level Chinese official to set foot on Taiwanese soil after both sides split 65 years ago. *Mr. Zhan... more »

UKRAINE: NATION OF OLIGARCHS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Seek truth from facts with intelligence expert William Engdahl; economist Professor Michael Hudson; former US intelligence officer Scott Rickard; and the prosecutor who put Yulia Timoshenko's partner behind bars, Martha Boersch.

Hollywod Making More Money in China than America?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago
Teabagger you been played. The place where everything is pirated is the best source of income. Maybe someone will win a Nobel prize in economics explaining that. Or maybe they will die in the attempt?

Contempt And Criminal Justice

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 7 hours ago
http://xray-delta.com Eddie Greenspon and Anthony Doob write that Stephen Harper's contempt for all things institutional makes him a poor lawmaker: Stephen Harper’s high-handed personal attack on the chief justice of Canada is part of a pattern of contempt for legal institutions and the law itself. Harper’s so-called “defeats” at the Supreme Court of Canada illustrate his disrespect for principles of fairness and his complete lack of interest in attempting to create coherent, sensible laws. And the r... more »

Start of WW1

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
Least we forget It was the stupidest war in History planned my milquetoasts and delivered human slaughter that was new and more horrible than ever. The funny point is that all the people who started the war lost except the British. Unfortunately for humanity the British managed to entangle Americans in the great game. Americans never wanted part of the big game, but WW1 was a flesh wound that never healed. But it works both ways like Tony Blair. Very sad for us all. On the bright side it set Europe free, free of Royals, free of Barons, from of a legal Hierarchy. This has been the ... more »

"When Your Beloved Pet Dies, "Until We Meet Again," "The Rainbow Bridge"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*"When Your Beloved Pet Dies,* * "Until We Meet Again," "The Rainbow Bridge"* A friend recently told me about her beloved dog, a loyal and loving companion of many years, who is now nearing the end of her life. I hope this might comfort you when you need it, as it has me. - CP ․ *"Until We Meet Again"* Author Unknown "I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me with your human eye, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms, you think I am gone forever. You recall how I looked when I left this place, and you cannot remotely imagine that I ... more »

A Matter of Medical Education

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 8 hours ago
Key points to note: - Transgender medicine is rarely taught in medical curricula - Prior to the unit, 38% of students self-reported anticipated discomfort with caring for transgender patients. - Even in an endocrinology unit, prior to adding this subject, 5% of students reported that the treatment was not a part of conventional medicine. 1 on 20 new endocrinologists are completelely clueless without unusual training, and they're supposed to be the specialists! Fortunately, it doesn't take much to fill them in. A simple curriculum content change increased medical s... more »

The Congressional Budget Office: The Cost of Liability for Nuclear Accidents

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 8 hours ago
In a recent discussion of a Breakthrough institute Institute pos titled Nuclear Is Cheaper Than Solar Thermal a commenter who went by the name Solar Reserve stated: * . . . nuclear in the US cannot even be insured without the US government stepping in under the Price-A**ndersen act which provides billions in “no-fault” insurance to nuclear operators that cannot arrange the necessary insurance coverage.* I am am Reposting this 5 year old post because Solar Reserve and other renewable advocates continue to offer inaccurate information about the Price-Anderson Power Reactor Insuranc... more »

Running orders

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
The BBC, Sky and ITV have some shared news priorities this lunchtime on their respective news websites, but also some striking differences. Here are their respective running orders for you to compare and contrast at your leisure: *SKY NEWS* Radical Islamic Preacher's Family In Asylum Plea Iraqi Troops Strike Back In Tikrit Offensive England Fan Bites Supporter's Ear Off In Brazil Teen Gang-Raped After Walking Through Woods Rates 'May Return To Pre-Recession Levels' Policy Chief Hits Out At Miliband's Leadership All Staff Get Rights To Work From Home Sir Elton Says Jesus Would Back Gay... more »

Cassetteboy vs Dragons' Den

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Cassette Boy is a genius, I've been collecting his disks for years, this one was new to me but it's so good.

Keiser Report: Russell Brand Talks Revolution with Max & Stacy (E620)

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 12 hours ago

Chris Alexander, Minister of IMPs and ICTs

Alison at Creekside - 12 hours ago
When Jason Kenney grandly announced his new temporary foreign worker program reforms last week - Putting Canadians First! - he slyly handed off the greater part of his troubles to Chris Alexander - Minister of G ollumization, Citizenship, and Immigration - and now also Minister of IMPs and ICTs. We don't hear much about IMPs (outside of childrens' books) - the* International Mobility Program* under which the majority of workers enter Canada. They do not have to pass a labour market test (LMIA) to determine whether they will be putting Canadians out of work because, as our new Mi... more »

Musical Interlude: Paul McCartney, "Mull Of Kintyre"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
Paul McCartney, "Mull Of Kintyre" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Y6xFOPPW0

Sisyphus

Spike EP at News Spike - 12 hours ago

Rearrange Blogger labels, share buttons, comments

Peter at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 12 hours ago
Here is how easily to rearrange the position of Blogger's labels, share buttons and comments in the posts. Just go to the Dashboard, click the down arrow and select LAYOUT: [image: Blogger Layout Select highlighted] Then in the Blog posts section in the middle of LAYOUT, click EDIT and you will get a pop-up and at the bottom will be a REARRANGE ITEMS section. Hover your mouse cursor over any item and the cursor changes to a cross: [image: Blogger Blog posts section rearrange items] Just drag and drop the selected item to your desired location and click SAVE.

Catholic social attitudes, gay marriage, Nigeria, "Islamophobia", the living wage and then gay marriage again

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 13 hours ago
This morning's *Sunday* talked about Catholic social attitudes, gay marriage, Nigeria, "Islamophobia", the living wage and then gay marriage again. First up, Catholic matters. (It wouldn't be *Sunday* if it didn't discuss Catholic matters!). The topic today were the early results of a Vatican survey into Catholic views on social matters. Ed Stourton talked to liberal Catholic commentator Fr Brian D'arcy about it. Ed said "people expect and hope there will be...change" as a result of it, and Fr Brian said "I hope...there could be a better pastoral approach" as a result of it. Th... more »

A Firm in a Firm : The Secret Wars of British Freemasonry

Spike EP at News Spike - 13 hours ago
A Firm in a Firm : The Secret Wars of British Freemasonry from Spike EP on Vimeo. "I, XXXX, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God, and this Worshipful Lodge, erected to Him, and dedicated to the holy Sts. John, 1 do hereby and hereon (Master presses his gavel on candidate's knuckles) most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, never conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of Ancient Free Masonry, which may have been, or hereafter shall be, at this time, or any future period, communi... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours ago
*Protesters walk 150 miles carrying 'troubled waters' to Governor's Mansion ~Xerxes Wilson *

The Jewish Question: A Problem Without A Solution (Part 2) - By Lasha Darkmoon

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
In my previous article : The Jewish Question: A Problem Without A Solution (Part I) - By Lasha Darkmoon, Lasha began this 3 part expose on the Jewish Problem by showing some of their evil machinations throughout history and how in the past many nations tried to solve this parasitic problem through expulsion and then eventually giving them the land of Palestine that was NEVER theirs in the first place! Now the planet is stuck with this tribe and their push for world domination, and the question becomes... What exactly is the solution? Now I want to present Part II of Lasha Darkmoon... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 15 hours ago
*No denying climate change deniers* *The article below accepts "Steve Goddard's" claims that Warmists have fudged the temperature data. Some readers however may be aware that prominent skeptic Anthony Watts has criticized Goddard's claims. Reading Watts in detail is however a little amusing. He agrees that the Warmists have misrepresented the data but says that was by accident and not deliberate. I smell Koolaid. I have previously suspected that Watts wants to be loved by the Warmist experts (e.g. when he warned Warmists that outsiders could get into their computer files) and... more »

The Jewish Question: A Problem Without A Solution (Part 1) - By Lasha Darkmoon

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
I have indeed been out of the loop for the last while, and now I am beginning to play "catch up" on many important articles .... One article in particular that has come to my attention, is a very important one written by Lasha Darkmoon, over at her site: Darkmoon (www.darkmoon.me). It is entitled: "The Jewish Question: A Problem Without A Solution (Part 1), and I have it right here to share with all of my own readers.... I do have some of my own thoughts and comments to follow: THE JEWISH QUESTION: A PROBLEM WITHOUT A SOLUTION (Part 1) — by Lasha Darkmoon *Part 1: The Jewish Prob... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
“Giant elliptical galaxy M60 and spiral galaxy NGC 4647 do look like an odd couple in this sharp cosmic portrait from the Hubble Space Telescope. But they are found in a region of space where galaxies tend to gather, on the eastern side of the nearby Virgo Galaxy Cluster. * Click image for larger size.* About 54 million light-years distant, bright M60's simpler egg-like shape is created by its randomly swarming older stars, while NGC 4647's young blue stars, gas and dust are organized into winding arms rotating in a flattened disk. Spiral NGC 4647 is estimated to be more distant than... more »

Musical Interlude: Gandalf, “Blossoms Unfolding”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
Gandalf, “Blossoms Unfolding” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRf9scJDbb8

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
“Giant elliptical galaxy M60 and spiral galaxy NGC 4647 do look like an odd couple in this sharp cosmic portrait from the Hubble Space Telescope. But they are found in a region of space where galaxies tend to gather, on the eastern side of the nearby Virgo Galaxy Cluster. * Click image for larger size.* About 54 million light-years distant, bright M60's simpler egg-like shape is created by its randomly swarming older stars, while NGC 4647's young blue stars, gas and dust are organized into winding arms rotating in a flattened disk. Spiral NGC 4647 is estimated to be more distant th... more »

Paulo Coelho, “Things As They Are”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“Things As They Are”* by Paulo Coelho “Of course things don’t always happen they way we wish they would. There are moments in which we feel we are seeking something that is not meant for us, knocking on doors that don’t open, waiting for miracles that don’t manifest themselves. Fortunately that is the way things are – if everything went the way we wanted, soon we would no longer have anything to write about, nothing to guide our daily thoughts. This script serves our dreams as nourishment, but to our battles as energy. And as it always happens with the warriors that spend all thei... more »

The Poet: Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*"What I Have Learned So Far"* "Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit to no labor in its cause? I don't think so. All summations have a beginning, all effect has a story, all kindness begins with the sown seed. Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of light is the crossroads of- indolence, or action. Be ignited, or be gone." ... more »

Chet Raymo, “The Maintenance of Self”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“The Maintenance of Self”* by Chet Raymo "Ah, yes, the pitcher plant. Those devouring goblets. Those caldrons of digestive juices. And now naturalists have found the biggest one yet, as big as a chalice, on a mountaintop in the Philippines, its punch bowl filled with beetles, flies and wasps. *Come hither, ye who flitter. Admire my colors. Sip my nectar. Yes, yes, just like that, * *touch my milky pool. I'll be your Tar Baby. Your flypaper paramour. That's it. * *Sniff my irresistible scent. My buffet waits. Sip. Lap. Gorge yourself. * Gotcha! Countless plants use insects to consu... more »

The Daily "Near you?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
Rancho Cordova, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Tell Yourself..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” - Louise Erdrich

"For My Part..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” - Vincent van Gogh

"The Only Time..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
"Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got." ~ Art Buchwald

“9 Signs You've Found Your Soulmate (If You Believe In That Sort Of Thing)”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“9 Signs You've Found Your Soulmate* * (If You Believe In That Sort Of Thing)”* by Kelsey Borresen “Mention the word "soulmate" to a group of people and you're bound to get a few eye rolls. The idea that there's one magical person for you who you'll fall in love with instantly and never disagree with is just not realistic. What does exist- at least for many people- is a person who you know instinctively, who you connect with on the deepest level and who allows you to grow as a person within the relationship. When that person is a romantic partner, you've come across something truly... more »

Indonesia Threatens to go Fascist Again

Spike EP at News Spike - 19 hours ago
Freddie would NOT be amused by this... As the candidate who it was made for, Prabowo Subianto, once said, "Do I have the guts, am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?" A music video made by several singers as a tribute to Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is causing outrage with its strong Nazi overtones. Bali-based filmmaker Daniel Ziv described the video as bringing “Nazi skinhead imagery to Indonesian politics.”In the video, an adaptation of the Queen classic “We Will Rock You,” musician Ahmad Dhani sports a fascist-style uniform and holds a golden *Garu... more »

Indonesia Threatens to go Fascist Again

Spike EP at News Spike - 19 hours ago
Freddie would NOT be amused by this... As the candidate who it was made for, Prabowo Subianto, once said, "Do I have the guts, am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?" A music video made by several singers as a tribute to Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is causing outrage with its strong Nazi overtones. Bali-based filmmaker Daniel Ziv described the video as bringing “Nazi skinhead imagery to Indonesian politics.”In the video, an adaptation of the Queen classic “We Will Rock You,” musician Ahmad Dhani sports a fascist-style uniform and holds a golden *Garu... more »

From WaPo, on teacher demographics

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
A student laments in a blog for the Washington Post that his “school district hires too many white teachers.” My PhD dissertation was specifically on the lack of men in education, especially at the early childhood level. Overcoming the gender roles, sexism, and homophobia, among other things, that created the “feminization” of the teaching profession, […]

BEHIND THE SCENES

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 19 hours ago
The shaky truce in East Ukraine has been extended with both the army and anti-government fighters promising to recognize it. The ceasefire, which has been in place for a week, is part of attempts to bring peace to the region. RT's Maria Finoshina saw first-hand what Eastern Ukraine is like amid the promised 'peace'.

Arne Duncan Praises Worsening Segregation and Calls It A Tribute to Brown v Board

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 19 hours ago
Arne Duncan was in Tennessee last month to deliver the keynote at a corporate Education Writers Association. Duncan loves Tennessee, as it represents one of the few states that has remained loyal to the RTTT plan devised by the Gates Foundation. Since 2009 Duncan has been spewing the bromide that education is the civil rights issue of our time, but in Nashville in May, Duncan took his game up a notch. Now he's claiming that equality means equalizing test score results. Once that is done, by whatever means necessary (see documented brutality of KIPP and KIPP knock-offs), the equal... more »

Something wicked has arrived and most folks are clueless ( June 28 , 2014 ) Is the " planned " assault on the US Border and Border States the start of a larger assault ( Us Sovereignty ) ? Martin Armstrong discusses the Reset -- Martin Armstrong Warns Civil Unrest Is Rising Everywhere: "This Won't End Pretty"

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 19 hours ago
Assault on the Border..... *MEXICAN MILITARY CHOPPER CROSSES INTO USA, FIRES AT BORDER AGENTS... AMNESTY ADVOCATES STORM CONGRESS...Activists arrested at Rep's office...Illegals bankrupting border towns...'OBAMA GOING TO LET THEM GO'...PAPER: Central America Economies Dependent on Remittances...SURPRISE: FEDS TO FLY MIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA...BORDER PATROL AGENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR DISEASES...HIV FEARS AS MIGRANTS EXPOSED ON JOURNEY NORTH...Ranchers say criminal illegals 'everywhere'...Militia members form human chain to stop...* Dave Hodges...... The Trigger Even... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

"One Purpose..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago

"The Crash Course: Massive Change Is Upon Us- The Three 'E's”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 20 hours ago
*"The Crash Course: Massive Change Is Upon Us- The Three 'E's”* by Chris Martenson Submitted by Tyler Durden “The Crash Course has provided millions of viewers with the context for the massive changes now underway, as economic growth as we've known it is ending due to depleting resources. But it also offers real hope. Those individuals who take informed action today, while we still have time, can lower their exposure to these coming trends- and even discover a better way of life in the process. We'll show you how.” "It is fair to say that this particular constellation of issues, pro... more »

The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats

*C* at The Web (Untangled) - 20 hours ago
By NICK HANAUER [Source: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014.html#ixzz35r2xaXD3] Memo: From Nick Hanauer To: My Fellow Zillionaires You probably don’t know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries—from itsy-bitsy ones like the night club I started in my 20s to giant ones like Amazon.com, for which I was the first nonfamily investor. Then I founded aQuantive, an Internet advertising company tha... more »

"For Me, Not For Thee"

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 21 hours ago
*"Hey, kid, c'mere. Aren't you glad your mother didn't have you yanked with a coathanger?"* In the midst of this past week, with the fundraising drive to mitigate our financial circumstances, getting my three ebooks ready for the relaunch, the interview, editing *Tatterdemalion*, and attending to thousands of details that make up modern life, I neglected to write about the one big story that directly affected my adopted state of Massachusetts. Actually, there were two, the other being Gov Deval Patrick signing into law a bill raising the minimum wage to $11 ph by 2017, which w... more »

Saturday Live

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
You would have to have a heart of stone not to find yourself warming to parts of Radio 4's morning-hogging *Saturday Live. * At the same time you'd also have to have a brain made out of mashed potatoes not to realise that the programme has palpable designs upon us. *Saturday Live* is very obviously, actively, seeking to warm the cockles of our hearts. Gratitude, love, sorrows, youthful enthusiasms, affectionate memories, etc, are the strings upon which *Saturday Live* plays so well. Similarly, you'd have to be a complete curmudgeon not to be beguiled by its main presenter - the g... more »

“5 Sad Truths About Success And Happiness”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“5 Sad Truths About Success And Happiness”* by Bernard Marr “Even as medical science and quality of life continues to increase our life spans, it seems as though many of us are not really living the life we’re given. Too often we are caught in the “busy” trap, running, running, running—but never getting much of anywhere. But how would you live differently if you knew you were going to die? Finding true success and happiness: Not to be maudlin, but we all are going to die—sooner or later. And while death is something we humans pretty universally fear, thinking about our own demise ... more »

Enough

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 23 hours ago
June 28, 2014 “Round and round she goes and where she stops, nobody knows”. This has been a good week in my little corner of the world. Goldilocks weather – not too hot, certainly not too cold – meant I … Continue reading →

Whackin' Adlai : Goldwater, the Tower Commission, Dallas Nazis andtheYMCA

Spike EP at News Spike - 23 hours ago
*"Those who know how the security of President Kennedy is organized, know that it’s not possible for such a fanatic to commit such an assassination. * *A political crime, thoroughly prepared and planned, has taken place. It is not accidental that it took place in the Southern states, which are well-known as a stronghold of racists and other fascist scum. * *It is precisely here that Goldwater, one of the contenders for the presidency, gets his support.”* *Valerian Zorin, * *Moscow State Radio,* *November 22nd 1963* *The woman who assaulted Adlai Stevenson on 25th October 1963 - Cor... more »

Nancy Pelosi, "ardent Catholic", makes a bunch of contradictory statements in the Rio Grande Valley......

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*I watched so you don't have to.* Ms Pelosi flew down to tour the "humanitarian crisis" on the border where magically, thousands of unaccompanied children from Honduras and Guatemala have somehow made it all the way across Mexico, and are now being given new underwear that's way too big for them. At the 4:30 mark she says, "If you believe as we do that every person, every child has a spark of divinity in them and is therefore worthy of respect." She goes on to say that what she saw in the faces of the illegal immigrant children was "dazzling." Yet this woman, who calls herself ... more »

THE REVOLUTION NEEDS YOU: A Message from Russell Brand

noreply@blogger.com (Say No To Corporate America!) at Say No To Corporate America - 1 day ago

The Bullshit Chronicles:  Yes, It's What We Unleashed (They Want to Say That This Is Not Even Just About Iraq, But About Islamic Radicalism from Nigeria to Pakistan)

No one saw it coming. So "they" are now saying (again). Except for the hundreds of thousands of citizens who opposed, marched, and wrote thousands of essays against it. And the millions who were positively influenced by them but whose supporting opinions were ignored purposely by the powerful decision makers. For years. If it's not Tricky Dick Cheney and his prancing twisted spawn

Return To Paradise

Lori Anne Haskell at Our Paradise--Life in Costa Rica - 1 day ago
So, I went back to the States for a short time to attend the wedding of two of my favorite people, Ron and Erika. Flew Delta Thursday night and returned Spirit the following Tuesday night All flights were easy and no delays. Yay. Got into Michigan late Thursday night and Ron and Meghan picked me up from the Erika. Stayed at Ron's Thursday and Friday night. Friday I went to the office and had lunch with everyone and picked up all the random stuff I had sent to the office to bring back to Costa Rica with me. Packed it all in the extra suitcase I brought with me. Friday night ... more »

June 28: propaganda, cheap sensationalism and plain old trivia

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 1 day ago
Section D for June 28,has five - count them. five - full pages of pictures of grad dance couples. Apart from their parents, is it possible that anybody gives a damn? Yes, it is possible for a province that has been been brainwashed by generations of lazy, commercial journalism practiced by unprincipled and, seemingly, untrained journalists. They're still playing up the stunning courage shown by Moncton through its recent police shootings, and still marveling at the incredible resilience which shows that Moncton "will rise again". This is really the cheapest sort of sensationalist j... more »

Marina and the Diamonds - Primadonna

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 day ago
Blasting out the disco speakers tonight is ... this.

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Coastal lawsuit won't move back to state court ~Mark Schleifstein* *Student: My New Orleans school district hires too many white teachers ~Glen Sullivan* *A Salute to the James Beard Awards ~Poppy Tooker, It's New Orleans* *A Salute To The James Beard Awards * *June 28, 2014* *A Salute To The James Beard Awards * *June 28, 2014*

RADIO FREE IRAQ

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago

Quarter Two Local By-Election Results 2014

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 day ago
Party Number of candidates Total vote % +/- Q1 Average/ contest +/- Q1 +/- Seats Conservative 118 77,874 29.6% +1.0% 660 +233 -1 Labour 112 83,902 31.9% +0.7% 749 +208 0 LibDem 79 29,280 11.1% +1.0% 371 +169 0 UKIP 68 35,399 13.5% +0.1% 520 +243 +4 SNP* 5 4,463 1.7% -2.2% 892 +51 -2 Plaid Cymru** 1 329 0.1% -1.7% 329 -256 0 Green 45 16,639 6.3% +4.0% 370 +263 +3 BNP 1 327 0.1% +0.1% 327 +327 0 TUSC 13 896 0.3% -0.2% 69 -47 0 I... more »

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
I was quoted in “ISIL funding becomes increasingly self-sufficient” in Today’s Zaman and Andrew Sullivan's "The Ever-Expanding ISIS, Ctd" in the Daily Dish.

Common Core Writers Hate Balanced Literacy

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Another reason to dump the Common Core, from NYTimes: *. . . .The city’s Education Department turned away from balanced literacy several years ago amid concerns that it was unstructured and ineffective, particularly for low-income children. And Ms. Fariña is facing sharp resistance from some education experts, who argue that balanced literacy is incompatible with the biggest shift in education today: the Common Core academic standards.* *During her almost six months as chancellor, Ms. Fariña, a veteran of the school system, has reduced the role of standardized tests, increased collab... more »

Supplemental: Rucker keeps pouring it on!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014* *Also, the Times bungles Denmark:* Young elite “journalist” Philip Rucker just keeps pouring it on! This morning, he’s been bumped to page A3 of the Washington Post. But he continues to document every penny the Clintons have stolen since 2001. “Obscene” and “grotesque,” he says today, describing a payment for a speech which will apparently go to the Clinton Global Initiative. (Rucker fails to record that apparent fact, which was reported on CNN last night.) Rather, Rucker quotes a pundit who dropped those bombs. He quotes no one asking why the Post has e... more »

ALEC's Model Bill to Get Public Money for Corporate Charters Before Any Students Enroll

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
From Politico: — *ALEC will also consider two model bills* that could vastly expand funding for charter schools, including facilities funds. One would require states or districts to pay charters for their entire first year of operation based on the enrollment figures administrators projected before they opened their doors — not how many students actually show up. (Any discrepancies would be addressed with adjustments to funding in the second year.) Read the agenda and model bills:http://bit.ly/TAFxCC.

Fracking for natural gas/oil causes earthquakes

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
I believe it does. Are Oklahoma Earthquakes Tied to Fracking? Answer is yes. But gas/oil companies won't admit it. Please watch the video here.

Birth Control: Deeply Moral or Inconsequential?

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
You can't have it both ways. Either birth control is a highly moral issue on which physicians must be allowed to impose their "conscience" or it is a trivial matter with negligible consequences that can be easily dealt with. "A doctor at a Calgary walk-in clinic is refusing to prescribe birth control due to her personal beliefs." This caused a ruckus starting on Facebook and a comment was sought from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (bold mine). Under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s policy on Moral or Religious Beliefs Affecting Medical Care,... more »

Local Council By-Elections June 2014

Phil at All That Is Solid ... - 1 day ago
Party Number of candidates Total vote % +/- May Average/ contest +/- May +/- Seats Conservative 10 4,349 22.3% -7.8% 435 -276 +1 Labour 9 8,883 45.6% +14.5% 987 +221 +1 LibDem 5 362 1.9% -10.0% 72 -314 0 UKIP 8 2,253 11.5% -2.1% 282 -308 0 SNP* 1 1,170 6.0% +4.6% 1,170 +347 -1 Plaid Cymru** 0 Green 4 456 2.3% -4.6% 114 -287 0 BNP 0 -0.... more »

Hey little buddy

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
The fact is you fucked me for your own advancement. So well did I school you when you came to me because of your Mothers suicide attempt. I made that go away in the corporation and then you betrayed me for your own ends. I did not perform, I let the valve to regime change open. For this I do not blame you. I was wrong but when you where right, you where not there. That is something you will live to regret. Not because I will take any action. This all happened twenty years ago. I do not dwell upon it as I am sure you dont. I just wanted to say this is an anniversary of failure. Mine ... more »

Are U a Rob Ford Voter

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
1) Like your coke a) coke is sugar water b)powder my nose instead of flaming my lungs c) Rock on, Rock on and on an on 2) Transit preference a) Escalades only lanes b) If its not underground, its not expensive enough to not do c) Only failures ride buses d) I would like to ride Karen Stinz 3) Sexual preference a) Homos will turn Toronto to Salt, and I would love to pepper that b) any port in a storm is a good place c) I can not see my penis 4) The waterfront a) monorails, monorails and destination Ferris wheels b) big condos, just make them bigger because I have shorted all the ones... more »

FORUM IN BATH SUPPORTS REDIRECTION OF MILITARY SPENDING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
We had 100 people turn out last night in Bath for the public forum on Maine's growing dependence on military spending. A three-woman panel of speakers did a good job putting our present situation in context and offered ideas for ways we can begin to deal with our state's economic addiction to military spending. The key take away was that we need more local discussion across the state about how military spending is capital intensive - meaning that federal spending on military production creates fewer jobs than any other kind of investment. Studies have long revealed that if we pu... more »

FORUM IN BATH SUPPORTS REDIRECTION OF MILITARY SPENDING

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
We had 100 people turn out last night in Bath for the public forum on Maine's growing dependence on military spending. A three-woman panel of speakers did a good job putting our present situation in context and offered ideas for ways we can begin to deal with our state's economic addiction to military spending. The key take away was that we need more local discussion across the state about how military spending is capital intensive - meaning that federal spending on military production creates fewer jobs than any other kind of investment. Studies have long revealed that if we pu... more »

Jewish Defense Explained

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
I am making the case that people of Jewish persuasion are no different than other people of other persuasions. First they come for the Jews, then the homosexuals and then the downloaders. Yes this is what I fear. There is a economic and geographic HARDRAIN going to rain down upon me an you, and our children, I doubt they will be enough grandchildren to care about. The same people who decided exterminating some of their most productive creative educated citizens have not left the playing field. Its like Cambodia baby, if you think, you could be marginalized at the very least, and push... more »

Toronto Mayors Race

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
I expect John Tory to drop out. He will do this to stop Chow from winning. However no one is going to vote for Ford. Tim Hudak proved this.

IRS troubles just getting started ? June 28 , 2014 .....BREAKING: Meet Emmet Sullivan, IRS Judge Who Once Sicced a Special Prosecutor on DOJ Lerner, Holder, Obama: Are You Packing Your Bags?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
New York Observer..... BREAKING: Meet Emmet Sullivan, IRS Judge Who Once Sicced a Special Prosecutor on DOJLerner, Holder, Obama: Are You Packing Your Bags? By Sidney Powell | 06/27/14 8:44pm [image: Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner takes the Fifth before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, March 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)] Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner takes the Fifth before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, March 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevi... more »