Sunday, November 02, 2014

2 Nov - Blogs I'm Following

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laura k at wmtc - 17 minutes ago
Revolutionary thought of the day: Hunger isn't about the amount of food around. It's about being able to afford and control that food. After all, the U.S. has more food than it knows what to do with, and still 50 million people are food insecure. Raj Patel, author of *Stuffed and Starved* and *The Value of Nothing*, quoted by Naomi Klein in *This Changes Everything*

negative reviews and threats of lawsuits: let's not give in to corporate bullying

laura k at wmtc - 17 minutes ago
There's a new bully in town, and he's not going after fat kids in the school cafeteria. He's a corporate bully, and he's gunning for *you*, his dissatisfied customer. An increasing number of companies are threatening lawsuits against customers who post negative online reviews about their products or services. At least one company has actually sued a former customer for defamation, based on negative reviews - and won. This is a chilling development for anyone who cares about free speech, a free internet, and consumer advocacy. But it may not be as dire as it sounds. *A slightly mo... more »

The Islamic State Continues To Attract Thousands Of Jihadists

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 29 minutes ago
*Airstrikes Against Islamic State Do Not Seen To Have Affected Flow Of Fighters To Syria -- Washington Post* More than 1,000 foreign fighters are streaming into Syria each month, a rate that has so far been unchanged by airstrikes against the Islamic State and efforts by other countries to stem the flow of departures, according to U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials. The magnitude of the ongoing migration suggests that the U.S.-led air campaign has neither deterred significant numbers of militants from traveling to the region nor triggered such outrage that even more ... more »

Al Qaeda Forces Rout U.S. Trained Syrian Rebels. Heavy Weapons And Supplies From The U.S. Seized

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
A fighter for the moderate Free Syrian Army sits in a shooting position behind sandbags during clashes with loyalist forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 2. Moderate rebels elsewhere in northern Syria were pushed back by Islamists over the weekend. (Hosam Katan/Reuters) *Syrian Rebels Armed And Trained By US surrender To al-Qaeda -- The Telegraph* *Moderate rebels in Syria that the US have armed and trained to fight jihadists have surrendered to al-Qaeda * Two of the main rebel groups receiving weapons from the United States to fight both the regime and jihadist groups in Syria have s... more »

Tennessee Valley Authority dealing with dam seepage issue ( November 2 , 2104 ) - 7 nuclear reactors potentially at risk ? ( H/T Energy News ! )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://enenews.com/sinkhole-develops-dam-water-starting-seep-base-7-nuclear-reactors-downstream-nrc-notified-event-plants-evaluating-potential-impact-flooding-official-uncommon-occurrence-monitoring-continuousl Johnson City Press, Oct. 30, 2014 (*emphasis added*): Oct. 20 inspection of [Tennessee's Boone] dam revealed a sink hole… Six days later, an *uncommon occurrence* happened when *seepage was found near the location of the sink hole at the base of the dam*… NRC, Oct. 30, 2014: … BOONE DAM STABILITY ISSUES… “TVA conducted a briefing for government officials… after discovery of a ... more »

Pentagon Resents White House Management Of The War Against The Islamic State

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 1 hour ago
President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria, Saturday, August 31, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) *Military Hates White House ‘Micromanagement’ of ISIS War -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Daily Beast* The Pentagon brass placed in charge of implementing Obama’s war against ISIS are getting fed up with the short leash the White House put them on. Top military leaders in the Pentagon and in the field are growing increasingly frustrated by the tight constraints the White House has placed on the plans to... more »

UN Warns Of Irreversible Climate Change Without Concerted Change - Harper Guilty Of Environmental Criminal Negligence

leftdog at Buckdog - 2 hours ago
*U.N.: Phase Out Fossil Fuels By 2100 Or Face ‘Irreversible’ Climate Impact* *Stephen Harper Ranked #1 Worst ‘Climate Villain’ In The World* *Crimes against humanity: Stephen Harper and the ethics of climate change *

Selling the "ISIS" Brand - The BFP Roundtable Takes on "Islamic Terror"

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
*The best marketing strategy that ISIL has at its disposal is having the U.S. and the West pose as their enemies on the battlefield. The stupid "Mujahideen" hear about the U.S. airstrikes on their 1970's walkie-talkies and flock to the group that is fighting the "infidels." In reality, we know the U.S. is doing very little damage to ISIL's positions and military hardware in Syria and Iraq, and is secretly giving an endless amount of arms and money to the terrorist group via third parties such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.* Read the article *"ISIS Stunner: Terrorist Organizati... more »

What I Did With My $427.76 *Highly Effective* Winnings

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
In 2013-14, I was rated as a “highly effective” teacher. The rating was based upon two classroom observations by one of our school administrators, an in-house semester “exam” (the quotes around the word exam are meant to convey a shoddy, last-minute delivery of an exam that if it were an assignment for a course I taught, […]

France sees violent protests in Nantes after police grenade kills a protester ( November 2 , 2014 ) Mayhem seen previously in " MENA " spreading to Europe ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Tweets....... *RT* ‏@RT_com 40m40 minutes ago 100 arrested, 9 injured: Violent clashes in #France after protester killed ‘by police grenade’ http://on.rt.com/zc4gzs [image: Embedded image permalink] Top news story *Umanand Amin* ‏@umanandamin Nov 1 Violent *Protests* Erupt in *France* Over Alleged Police Brutality: Violent *protests* broke out on Saturday in two ... http://bit.ly/1u9xD3x NDTV [image: View this content on NDTV's website] Violent Protests Erupt in France Over Alleged Police Brutality Violent protests broke out on Saturday in two French cit... more »

Jon Stewart asks, "Who are these lovable scamp Koch Brothers?" and answers his own question

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*"How bad can they [the Koch Brothers] be?" Jon asks. "I mean, if they were evil, would a baby agree to appear in one of their advertisements?"* *"Now that we know the Koch Brothers are pouring an unending waterfall of money through a cleverly masked network of unaccountable organizations to peddle electoral influence, the ad sounds less inspiring."* *-- Jon Stewart, in the above report, responding toa Koch Industries ad placed on The Daily Show* *"The poll . . . shows that the proxy candidates of billionaires are likely to win ninety-eight per cent of next Tuesday's races, with th... more »

Like everything else, international volunteering gets easier with experience

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 3 hours ago
Home sweet home for the next four months Meet new boss: Check. Open Nicaraguan bank account: Check. Find place to live in Managua for the next four months: Check. And so we are ready, Paul and I, for whatever comes next. As we had expected, we are settling into our Cuso International positions much quicker this time around, having been able to draw on our last experience in Honduras and get things done in a much more efficient fashion. There will be unexpected bumps and frustrations to come; there always are. But how different it feels to be a more seasoned Central American v... more »

"UNFREE in Palestine" -- A most important new book for all who study national liberations

Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 4 hours ago
UNFREE in Palestine -- Registration, Documentation and Movement Restrictions By Nadia Abu-Zahra and Adah Kay PlutoPress, 2013, pp. 222 Book reviewed by Denis G. Rancourt, PhD The new book by academics Nadia Abu-Zahra and Adah Kay is a brilliant achievement, and a landmark in the study of both the ongoing Israel genocide in Palestine [1], and national liberation struggles in general. At

Fukushima Radiation Creeping Towards US West Coast

Waking Times at Waking Times - 4 hours ago
*Video - *What are the implications of Fukushima radiation approaching the waters off the US West Coast? The post Fukushima Radiation Creeping Towards US West Coast appeared first on Waking Times.

Watch Unspoken Words 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 4 hours ago
*Unspoken Words (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 7.4 Release : 05 May 2014 Duration : 125 min Genre : Action, Drama Director : Henderson Maddox Writer : Henderson Maddox Cast : Ajiona Alexus, Hannah Marie Bailey, Detra Bickerstaff, Terry Bookhart Synopsis Unspoken WordsBorn into the world as an orphan, Dante Jordan has all odds against him. His life was destined for despair, living in a group home with an abusive foster mother. Dante had a dream that leads him on a journey. Along the way he finds a love for slam poetry. Poetry develops his voice. He also finds himself in a... more »

Security in an Open Society - by DCI William E. Colby, Address to the NSA, 1973

Spike EP at News Spike - 4 hours ago
*William E. Colby* Approved for release by NSA on 12-01-2011, Transparency Case #3852 The following is an edited version of the address given in the NSA Auditorium in November as the feature of Security Week 1973. Good morning ladies and gentlemen.. It is a real pleasure to be be here. When I assumed this new post I made a talk to some of our people at CIA and others from the community and I made the point that my appointment by the President and my confirmation by the Senate was an appointment of the intelligence profession, not a personal thing, and that it was a mark of ... more »

Watch American Weapon Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 5 hours ago
*American Weapon (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 2.8 Release : 01 Mar 2014 Duration : N/A Genre : Horror, Thriller Director : Cliff Vasko Writer : Cliff Vasko Cast : Amin Joseph, Maria-Elena Laas, Benjamin Mouton, Nika Williams Synopsis American WeaponThe story of six beautiful travelers who head to the mountains for a getaway weekend, only to be terrorized by a homicidal war veteran, who has been programmed to kill without remorse. Description American Weapon American Weapon Trailer on Youtube *Watch American Weapon Full Movie* Search Result Related American Weapon

METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : The failure of Greg Abbott’s best arguments against marriage equality

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
It appears that the issue of marriage equality is less a matter of partisanship than it is of pandering to the religious right. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | November 2, 2014 Most lawyers are embarrassed to … finish reading *METRO* | Lamar W. Hankins : The failure of Greg Abbott’s best arguments against marriage equality

Saudi Scholar Sami Habib: Israel Is Responsible for 9/11

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago
At least some of the scholars in Saudi Arabia are waking up and challenging the official 9/11 narrative. This is good to see. It shows that they are not completely brainless. Hope it is a sign of things to come. It is about time that some of the brighter minds in Saudi Arabia are beginning to reexamine 9/11 and Israel's participation in that crime. Of course, it is a mistake to view Israel as responsible for all of the crises, injustices, and problems of the Muslim world, that's absurd, but there is no question that it played a big role in the 9/11 attacks that led to the criminal i... more »

“Keeping Our Minds Supple: Questioning Everything”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
*“Keeping Our Minds Supple: Questioning Everything”* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM “Being open-minded means that we are willing to question everything, including those things we take for granted. A lot of people feel threatened if they feel they are being asked to question their cherished beliefs or their perception of reality. Yet questioning is what keeps our minds supple and strong. Simply settling on one way of seeing things and refusing to be open to other possibilities makes the mind rigid and generally creates a restrictive and uncomfortable atmosphere. We all know someone w... more »

Some Comedy

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 6 hours ago
*Dogs on bike paths *sigh** This is an actual news report of an actual upcoming event: In order to provide people of foreign nationalities in Taiwan with the best tax experience and to prevent false receipts or unidentified sources of information, the National Taxation Bureau (NTB) of Taipei, Ministry of Finance (財政部臺北國稅局) is holding a talent show to promote taxation awareness on Nov. 9 in Daan Park at 1:30 p.m. *The Ministry of Finance invites foreigners over 14 years of age who are not native speakers of Mandarin to come and give performances related to paying taxes, all in Mand... more »

"Alas..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, time stays, we go." - Henry Austin Dobson Simon & Garfunkel, "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZdlhUDEJo

The Saker Podcast No1

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours ago
The Saker Podcast No1 * Don't Miss.....* *Ebola Today: WHO adopted a Global Vaccine Plan 2012*

"In The Middle Of Here And Now..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
"If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now, don't you think that we might see each other once or twice?" - Richard Bach, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

"In The Time Of Your Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
"In the time of your life, live - so that in good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unwor... more »

Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet, On Time"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"On Time"* "And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time?" And he answered: "You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattere... more »

"Time Travel In The Brain"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*"Time Travel In The Brain"* by Daniel Gilbert & Randy Buckner “What are you doing when you aren’t doing anything at all? If you said “nothing,” then you have just passed a test in logic and flunked a test in neuroscience. When people perform mental tasks—adding numbers, comparing shapes, identifying faces—different areas of their brains become active, and brain scans show these active areas as brightly colored squares on an otherwise dull gray background. But researchers have recently discovered that when these areas of our brains light up, other areas go dark. This dark network (... more »

The Complete Washingtonization Of Politics

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
This election cycle should serve as a case study in how not to run the DCCC. We've been referring to it as The Steve Israel Effect but, even if Israel is the worst practitioner ever, the DCCC's inability to do its job predated Israel for as long as anyone alive can remember. This goes beyond spending $4,000,000 in a blue-leaning New York City district for a recruit so unattractive that he could lose in a landslide to a Mafia thug with 20 criminal indictments. The story, or a version of it, can be told in any district in the country that Steve Israel stuck his nose into. As an exam... more »

Top 12 Reasons for Charter School Support

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
1) Charter schools allow corporate foundations and billionaires to impose a draconisn kind of paternalism on economically disadvantaged children who are thought to be in need of cultural and moral repair. 2) Charter schools allow for the imposition of schedules, curriculums, and behavioral control techniques that are not subject to public scrutiny. 3) Charter schools are cheaper because they reduce teacher salaries, health benefits, learning materials, and retirement plans. 4) Charter schools make it easier to segregate schools based on race, economics, gender, and ability. 5) Char... more »

“Time, Person, Year, Way...”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Time, Person, Year, Way...”* by Chet Raymo “According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, the 25 most used nouns in the English language are: time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, problem, fact. All very prosaic. Very workaday. Time leads the way, with year, day and week bucking up the calendar. Hand takes precedence over eye. Man, child, woman in her place. Case in point: government and company. Problem precedes fact. Work is always with us, of course; play i... more »

Crisis Pregnancy Centres in Canada: Now with Ultrasound Machines

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 7 hours ago
Doing some research for our ongoing series on public funding of crisis pregnancy centres (Part 1 and Part 2), I ran across some information about ultrasounds in Canadian fake clinics. First, regular readers know that DJ! has a fascination for the fetus fetishists' um, fetish for ultrasounds used to somehow magically connect abortion-minded women to their blobs and immediately reverse any desire for self-determination. In the US, the fancy-dress army of the Vatican Taliban, aka the Knights of Columbus, has a huge fundraising project to buy the machines for as many fake clinics as t... more »

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 7 hours ago
I was quoted in “The Plight Of The Yazidis *Still* Isn’t Over, Ctd,” in Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish. My article on Iraq finally getting rid of its fake bomb detectors was republished in Al Mada.

LOST AIR FORCE ONE SAVED FROM SCRAP ALONG WITH IKE'S PROPHETIC WARNING

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 8 hours ago
*The resurrection of Eisenhower's lost Columbine** Two** is somewhat parallel to his almost forgotten presidential farewell speech of 1961 where he prophetically warned of the dangers of **an out of control** Military-Industrial complex which he **helped **create and we are now** directly** experiencin**g** 53 years later: Allen L Roland, Ph.D* *"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persi... more »

Watch Swelter Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 8 hours ago
*Swelter (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : R Score : 4.5 Release : 22 May 2014 Duration : 83 min Genre : Action, Drama, Thriller Director : Keith Parmer Writer : Keith Parmer Cast : Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mindy Robinson, Josh Henderson, Alfred Molina Synopsis SwelterIn the vein of the brutal heist drama Reservoir Dogs, the modern crime thriller A History of Violence, and the classic western High Plains Drifter, SWELTER is a violent story of greed and retribution. Description SwelterSwelter Blu-ray despite stunning video and audio falls short as a Blu-ray release In the vein of the bruta... more »

Advice for a Junior Colleague

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
What kinds of advice do you give junior colleagues early on as they think about what it takes to get tenure and promotion? With some new colleagues, I’ve been giving that some thought based on my own pretty recent experience. Obviously, some guidance is institution-specific, and I have a fairly idiosyncratic circumstance in a policy Continue reading

Ebola Today: WHO adopted a Global Vaccine Plan 2012

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
*Ebola : WHO Adopts Global Vaccine Plan* I saved this from* 2012-* And, yes, it is relevant today. Why? Because it's a plan. And the elites love when a plan comes together! *This long term global vaccine plan *appears related to the hard sell campaign ,being pushed via the media, regarding the situation in Africa. All the hype around Ebola is looking more and more to be a blatant push for to promote a vaccine as "SAVIOUR" in a classic, problem reaction, solution type scenario. The article linked above is heavy on spin. The WHO can tell us whatever they want about why they adopted ... more »

Our current world: Speaking of dumb and dumber...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*here's some prime examples.* Skip the Sunday talking heads and take a gander at what we're really dealing with in our degraded and degrading culture. First up? Martha Coakley, who is running for governor of Massachusetts. Does she actually make Wendy Davies, aka Abortion Barbie, sound smart? Next up? Taylor Swift, a vacuous anorexic singer who needs auto-tune because, contrary to what some people think, she can't sing...on pitch anyway. And frankly, in my opinion, she's funny looking and would only be attractive to a man who likes adolescent girls. Taylor has come out (F... more »

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, November 2nd, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 10 hours ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b] Yes, it is Sunday, November 2nd, and time for my weekly rant… After spending a week of coughing and almost hacking up a lung, it is good to be back and tearing up the Jew spew media to shreds as usual…. Honestly, I do hate being sick… I really did not enjoy sitting laid up in a bed and not able to access a computer for several days due to my personal doctor's orders (she is a darling though)…..I left it up to Whitewraithe and others to cover what the hell was going on in my absence. Being finally able to get online as of today, I found that nothing has changed,... more »

Watch The Imitation Game 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 10 hours ago
*The Imitation Game (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : PG-13 Score : 8.9 Release : 21 Nov 2014 Duration : 113 min Genre : Biography, Drama, Thriller Director : Morten Tyldum Writer : Andrew Hodges (book), Graham Moore (screenplay) Cast : Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong Synopsis The Imitation GameBased on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the dark... more »

Industrial Ag

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago

Cut Off from Nature

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.

Watch The Mend 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 10 hours ago
*The Mend (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 7.1 Release : 09 Mar 2014 Duration : 111 min Genre : Comedy, Drama Director : John Magary Writer : John Magary (screenplay), John Magary (story), Russell Harbaugh (story), Myna Joseph (story), John Magary Cast : Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen, Cory Nichols Synopsis The MendA comic drama about rage, doubt, lust, madness, and other brotherly hand-me-downs. Description The MendThis year's Move It Week had a globetrotting theme and gave families across the UK the chance to get active and be inspired with food, sport and activ... more »

IPR and Medicines 30: R&D and Innovator Companies

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
Interesting data here. Out of the top 10 biggest firms in the world in terms of R&D spending, five are pharma (Roche, Novartis, Merck, Pfizer, J&J), three are IT (Samsung, Intel, Microsoft), and two are automobile firms ((Volkswagen, Toyota). Latest data March 2014. Source: Raconteur, Intellectual Property 2014 But in terms of top 10 firms in terms of number of patents held, zero from pharma, almost all of them are IT companies. From this article: *"It’s estimated that currently up to 80 per cent of stock market values are based on intangible assets. This compares to just 20 pe... more »

Watch Girls! 7 Nin No Idol the Movie 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 11 hours ago
* Girls! 7 Nin No Idol the Movie (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 5.9 Release : 10 Jan 2014 Duration : 53 min Genre : Animation Director : Yutaka Yamamoto Writer : Hiroshi Yamamoto (original story), Touko Machida (screenplay) Cast : Yoshino Aoyama, Shintaro Asanuma, Kaori Fukuhara, Kana Hanazawa Synopsis Girls! 7 Nin No Idol the MovieN/A Description Girls! 7 Nin No Idol the MovieThis site uses cookies and by using the site you are consenting to this. Find out why we use cookies and how to manage your settings here.,GET INFORMED. Industry information at your fingertips. GET ... more »

His Penultimate Hurrah

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
You knew this was coming. President Obama, according to the political celebrity-focused pundit class, will be faced with a theatrical conundrum after midterm elections. He must either continue pretending to ineffectually despise Republicans while pleading for ineffectual legislation like the $10.10 minimum wage. Or, he can finally drop the pretense and reprise 2011, venturing even more boldly out of his right-wing closet to give John Boehner 99.999% of what he wants, to save Hillary the trouble and precious political capital. Freed from the chore of grubbing money from Wall Street ... more »

Speaking of time management, what did you do with the hour you got back from DST? (Including my favorite story about DST "fallback" day)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
*DILBERT by Scott Adams* *Did it ever occur to you that salad tongs might be useful for those of us with, er, time-management issues.* *by Ken* I don't know how you feel about your time management, but I always have the feeling mine sucks, and on an especially hectic weekend (in the space of not much more than 24 hours three walking tours in three different boroughs of NYC plus a performance of *Ruddigore* plus maybe a few hours' sleep) it was a blessed relief when I remembered that this was the night when we set the clocks back to end daylight savings time. (You know,... more »

U.S. DoD to give $100k to Israeli "Homeland Security" start-up

John Friend at The Realist Report - 11 hours ago
A popular online Israeli daily newspaper recently published an article further bolstering *an argument* I have *been making* on this blog for quite some time now: namely, that the entire "Homeland Security" industry is an Israeli racket. The article, appearing in *The Times of Israel*, highlighted a U.S. Department of Defense contest in which $100,000 would be given to an Israeli start-up technology firm specializing in "Homeland Security"-related services and technologies. Israel-US relations may be at a low point, but *the US Department of Defense is so sure that the next big home... more »

Money, Money, Money, Money

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
[image: Picture] There is a sense of foreboding approaching as we begin November and it is escalating. This, a result of the observance and subsequent prediction of world events. Keep in mind always that the whole notion of “future” is a fallacy. *All is now.* In every now moment you retain creative control. Your actions, your thoughts, your words, your writing and your choice of watching/reading material are formative. You are not only an observer of world events – but a creator of them. There are no small actions, no “lesser” participants. The multimillion dollar propaganda machi... more »

Bibi crashes 9/11 plane into grassy knoll

Kevin Barrett at truthjihad.com blog - 12 hours ago
Israeli PM Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is suddenly embroiled in controversy – over the two biggest unsolved murder cases in American history. First, a cartoon in Haaretz, Israel’s liberal flagship newspaper, depicts Netanyahu as a kamikaze pilot flying a jetliner into the World Trade Center. Then Netanyahu, angered at being called a “chickenshit,” snarls out a threat to Obama referencing the famous Grassy Knoll from whence JFK’s brains were blown out. What's up with that? Full article: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/02/bibi911knoll/ [image: CArtoon-main][image: CArtoon-main]

Letter from Managua: Streets with no names

paul at Paying attention - 12 hours ago
I got used to the lack of addresses in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. We told people we lived in the Casa de Jorge Ramos on Calle Independencia. They usually knew where I meant. But Managua has upped the game, shunning not only addresses but street names. Beyond a handful of main highways, streets have no names. Finding your way around a city of 2.4 million people without any street names or addresses is like some kind of strange experiment in ingenuity.Alexis Arguello statue - just walk west Cuso International’s business cards and letterhead do not have an address for the Managua office, ... more »

T & W, Inc. Engaged in Racial Profiling Program in Huntsville

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
Raw Story reports that a shadowy outfit in Huntsville, Alabama, T & W, Inc., has been identified as the company in charge of a student spying program paid for by the Huntsville City Schools: Huntsville City Schools (HCS) paid a former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent $157,000 to direct security last year, but critics contend that the system he implemented is designed to monitor the social media activity of black students, according to AL.com. Chris McRae, the agent in question, was brought in to oversee the Students Against Fear (SAFe) program, which works by allowing students... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 12 hours ago
*Halloween continues to boost New Orleans local economy ~WWLTV* *Louisiana officials permanently halt transportation of Ebola waste to landfill ~WDSU* *Nerd heaven: Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop in New Orleans ~Mary Beth Magee, Examiner* *Voodoo Today!*

Testing and monitoring in Kindergarten

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
The picture in this article about new testing protocols for Kindergartners in MD reminds me of this memorable exchange from Shawshank Redemption: Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don’t have any idea what that means. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you’re ready to rejoin society… Red: I know […]

Change Comes Slow

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
It's snowing outside not normal snow usually after Thanksgiving it's the change coming our way things not finished with the garden nor putting away everything in the yard leaves not all raked hunkered in wood fire more doors closed keep heat in kitchen becomes community room go inside and ponder the deepest scars healing comes change comes slowly sometimes too slow

Misprision

gail zawacki at Wit's End - 13 hours ago
Misprision: treasonous failure to report a crime Silver maple, western New Jersey, November 1, 2014 This morning, courtesy of the unfailing source of the fascinating and obscure -synthetic_zero blog, I watched a lecture by Claire Colebrook. A professor at Penn State, she is the author of *Death of the Post-Human: Essays on Extinction, Volume I*. I haven’t read it yet, but considering the description, I certainly will, especially because it is available for free online: “Death of the PostHuman undertakes a series of critical encounters with the legacy of what had come to be known... more »

Arne Duncan on pre-school and, umm, “cultural hesitation.”

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
Here: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that “cultural hesitation” makes it more difficult for some Hispanic parents to want to enroll their children in public pre-school programs because of their preference for family and friends. And: “Two different challenges that I think we have to face,” Duncan said. “One that [HHS Secretary] Kathy [Sebelius] […]

Editor's Note

War News Updates Editor at War News Updates - 13 hours ago
I am finishing up on a project right now. Blogging will return to normal late tonight.

Comforting The Rich

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
morningstaronline.co.uk Stephen Harper revealed his income splitting plan last week. It's classical Conservative policy. Comfort the rich, they say, and everyone else will benefit. Scott Clark and Peter Devries write: According to the Harper government, income-splitting will cost Ottawa $2.4 billion 2014-15 and $1.9 billion in 2015-16. That’s an awful lot of revenue to give up just to make a small group of well-heeled taxpayers happy. Why do these households deserve a deep tax break more than the vast majority of Canadian taxpa... more »

Sunday Song

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago

The "World Community's" Hypocrisy About the Ukraine

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 15 hours ago
Here's a headline from CBC News: "Ukraine rebels hold election despite international outcry." The "international community" in this instance appears to be the USA (the country that funded the fascist coup d'etat in the Ukraine and then recognized the plotters as the legitimate government of the Ukraine), the USA's tame poodles in the EU, and the United Nations, which appears to be only the compliant Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (I suppose the cowardly boot-licking stephen harper and his boorish foreign minister john baird could also be found crying about this.) Here's the thing; P... more »

Casualty of War?

Rural at Democracy Under Fire - 15 hours ago
This week has seen a multitude of individuals expressing concern that the Harper Regime will use the so called “terrorist attack” upon parliament to further increase the ability of the RCMP and CSIS to investigate Canadian citizens whilst reducing the already minimal oversight over their activities. There is little doubt that any country must protect its citizens, infrastructure and institutions from those who would use violence and destruction for whatever reason. To do so without restraints, without recourse for the accused or without checks upon those charged with this power is ... more »

Learning The Psychology of Self-Motivation

Waking Times at Waking Times - 16 hours ago
*Video - *A TEDx Talk on how to achieve self-motivation which can lead to finding the real meaning in our lives. The post Learning The Psychology of Self-Motivation appeared first on Waking Times.

Untitled

jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 16 hours ago
*Low income British pupils to leap admission queue as ministers tear up rules forbidding selection on basis of family finance * Poor pupils will be allowed to jump the queue for places at all primary and secondary schools in England, the Government has confirmed. Ministers have torn up admission rules that forbid selection on the basis of family finances. This will let state schools give low income youngsters top priority in return for extra cash as part of a flagship policy by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The shake-up comes despite critics warning of ‘large numbers of ch... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*2014 Won’t Be Warmest Year* *And what do a few hundredths of a degree matter anyway? That's the quantum of the differences between years this century. And across the entire thermometer record the differences are only in tenths of a degree Celsius* Contrary to projections made by environmental journalist Seth Borenstein in a widely reprinted article, 2014 will not be the hottest year on record. Based on average surface temperature data for January–September 2014, Borenstein said the year is on pace to be the warmest in the modern instrumental record. He’ll be proven wrong. Dr.... more »

Right Judgement - The Wisdom Of Rudolf Steiner

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
[image: Sunday Right Judgment 5 x 7] *Source:Notes Along The Path Blog*

MIF or Magic Intel Face - OMOTE - Moving Digital Makeup Projected in Real Time

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 18 hours ago
The OMOTE project is a collaboration between a group of engineers, artists, and other creative types that allows for real-time 3D mapping of a human face. OMOTE is a proof of concept at this point, but the possibilities are scintillating. Real-time 3D mapping and facial projection could make for some killer Halloween costumes and, if the projectors could be made small and nimble enough, even stage makeup Covert Operative Disguises.

10 Shocking Facts About Factory Farmed Animals

Waking Times at Waking Times - 18 hours ago
*Infographic - *Some solid reasons to boycott factory farmed meats and start buying local. The post 10 Shocking Facts About Factory Farmed Animals appeared first on Waking Times.

Arcturian Transmissions to Our Inter-Galactic Emissaries. Part 4 – Flashing Into Lightbody

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 hours ago
*Arcturian Transmissions to Our Inter-Galactic Emissaries. Part 4 – Flashing into Lightbody* Channelled by Suzanne Lie October 31, 2014 http://suzanneliephd.blogspot.co.uk/ There is a lower frequency of Earth that Gaia will “let go” as She releases her planetary body from the vast restrictions of the 3D Matrix. This Matrix was created during the demise and fall of Atlantis when Earth was in danger of total destruction. *The 3D Matrix served like a “net” to catch Earth as it plummeted into lower and lower frequencies.* *Unfortunately, the net that rescued Earth also entrapped Her. ... more »

former Lockheed Martin engineer Boyd Bushman - aliens are among us - UFOs are real

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 18 hours ago
"Mike, if you're a proponent of the savage intel-game sponsored by Boyd Bushman and the Area 51 cronies, why put it in the 'science fiction' category?" you'll be askin'. Well, alleged former Lockheed Martin and Texas Instruments engineer Boyd Bushman makes quite an astounding series of claims in the following video, with alleged photographs to back up his 'deathbed confession'... - *'Quintonians' (the alien race) live for 200+ years * - *they fly the 68 light years to Earth in 45 years* - *they have heads-up displays in their UFOs* Boyd doesn't say why they are interacti... more »

ISM'nt - the new Free Planet - campaign slogan

Mike Philbin at Mike Philbin's free planet blog - 19 hours ago
*new Free Planet campaign slogan.* The idea of the ISMn't (new Free Planet campaign slogan) is to effectively eradicate the collective dogma suffix ~ISM from our language. ISMn't, it's like ISN'T except that it's not; but what is it? I'll tell you what it ISMn't... Anarchism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Communism, Conservatism, Darwinism, Deism, Environmentalism, Egalitarianism, Fascism, Feminism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Liberalism, Marxism, Mormonism, Nationalism, Pacifism, Sikhism, Socialism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Zionism... *a non-exhaustive list*. GET RI... more »

What We Know So Far About The J-20

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 19 hours ago
Ahead of the Zhuhai air show, Aviation Week's International Defense Editor Bill Sweetman talks to Defense Managing Editor Jen DiMascio about the J-20 Chinese fighter. Source

Navy’s pride HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will depend on French’

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: HMS Queen Elizabeth]The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, Britain’s largest ever warship, was described as a “source of inspiration” by the Queen when she christened the vessel at Rosyth, Scotland in July. The ship is due to be launched in 2017, although delays are expected. But for three years while her sister carrier the Prince of Wales is being completed in Rosyth, there will be no dry dock large enough for Queen Elizabeth if she needs underwater repairs. Read more

J-31 could bring one-two punch to China's air power: expert

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: J-31 Gyrfalcon]China's mysterious fifth-generation J-31 stealth fighter jet, set to make its debut later this month, could form a lethal tandem with the country's existing J-15 carrier-based fighter aircraft, says a Chinese military expert. The J-31, also known as "Gyrfalcon," or Falcon Hawk by some military enthusiasts, is a twin-engine, mid-size fifth-generation jet fighter currently under development by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. The jet, set to make its debut at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition on Nov. 16, has already been seen performing test... more »

SA Government proposes ASC privatisation to keep submarine building program in Australia

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: Collins class SSK]The South Australian Government has proposed the privatisation of ASC, a naval shipbuilding company based near Port Adelaide. It made the submission to the Commonwealth's Defence White Paper as "one possible" solution for the Federal Government to consider. The ASC is owned by the Commonwealth and built the existing Collins Class submarines. Read more

NATO’s Bold Alligator mission begins off north American coast

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
NATO has launched Bold Alligator, a major military exercise off the north American coast. Some 8,000 soldiers and sailors from 19 countries are taking part in the amphibious landing training mission. The aim is to improve combat flexibility amid rising global threat levels. Dutch Commodore Rob Kramer, Commander of Bold Alligator coalition forces: “It’s clear that we live in a very dynamic world, we have got to be ready for everything. That’s what we are doing here and if need be and called upon, we are ready for it.” Read more

N. Korea launches ballistic missile submarine: gov't sources

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: Project 629A (Golf II) class SSK]North Korea has launched a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, military and government sources in Seoul said Sunday, raising further concerns over the North's evolving missile and nuclear threats. The communist country "imported a Soviet-era Golf-class diesel submarine and modified it," a government source said on condition of anonymity. The Soviet vessel was built in 1958 and decommissioned in 1990. "The new submarine is 67 meters long with a beam of 6.6 meters, and has a dived displacement in the 3,000-ton range," the source... more »

India alarmed over Sri Lanka opening port for Chinese nuclear submarine again

Ko Savonije at Naval Open Source INTelligence - 20 hours ago
[image: Type 094 (Jin) class SSBN]India has taken seriously the reports that Sri Lanka has permitted another Chinese attack submarine to dock at a Lankan port. According to some media reports, the second docking may soon take place. The presence of Chinese submarines across Palk Straits has troubled the Indian government which is making another call to Lankan authorities but this time they want to convey strong displeasure. This news came as a shock for the government right after the Chinese submarine docking in Sri Lanka was brought days after the visit of Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dun... more »

Republicans Are People Too-- Or So They Once Claimed On The TV

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
This week Rand Paul took a lot of heat for saying aloud something that everyone already knows: the GOP Brand sucks. Speaking in Detroit, Paul said, "Remember Domino's Pizza? They admitted, 'Hey, our pizza crust sucks.' The Republican Party brand sucks and so people don't want to be a Republican and for 80 years, African-Americans have had nothing to do with Republicans." OK, he has a point, but is it really the Republican Party that African-Americans are so wary of? Or is it the toxic conservative ideology that the party embraces? And that conservative ideology isn't owned solely ... more »

How a paper about dark matter interactions got misrepresented

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*A potential deviation from ΛCDM described via "eating"* At least sixteen news outlets ran stories about "dark energy that is devouring dark matter" in recent two days. I think that the journalists started with a University of Portsmouth press release that described the recent publication of a British-Italian paper in Physical Review Letters. The article by Salvatelli and 4 co-authors has been available since June: Indications of a late-time interaction in the dark sector (arXiv) It has 6 pages, 6 figures. As of today, it has only collected 2 citations but it's an OK paper, I think.... more »

Weingarten Tries to Steer New York Voters Toward Cuomo

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
We are nearing the Eleventh Hour for our November 4th elections, and I wondered if Weingarten would pull another backdoor, pro-Cuomo robocall. I’m still watching for it. After all, it is only November 1st. What Weingarten is doing is excusing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s October 29, 2014, statement about New York’s public schools as being a […]

Navajo and Hopi governments release statements on sheep impoundments

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Navajo Nation demands halt to livestock impoundment on Hopi Partitioned Lands Navajo Nation press statement Oct. 30, 2014 Published at Censored News President Ben Shelly and Speaker Pro Tem LoRenzo Bates are demanding that the Hopi Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs cooperate with a request issued by the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission Office to cease and desist from ongoing impoundment

Dirty Money, Dirty Water: Nature Conservancy teams up with Big Oil and Wal-Mart

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photo of lower San Joaquin River on the "Delta Loop" by Dan Bacher  By Dan Bacher Censored News Good Morning Below are my latest three articles, all about the big corporate money behind Prop. 1, Governor Jerry Brown's Water Bond. If you every had any doubts that the political process in California wasn't completely corrupt and driven by big money, please read the following articles about

Watch Demon Legacy Full Movie 2014 Streaming

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*Demon Legacy (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 3.3 Release : 19 May 2014 Duration : 93 min Genre : Horror Director : Rand Vossler Writer : Tracy Morse (based on an original screenplay by) Cast : Matthew Currie Holmes, AnnaMaria Demara, Eileen Dietz, Angelina Lyubomirova Synopsis Demon LegacyIn a remote mountain lodge, five sorority sisters accidentally unleash an unholy entity, and must battle evil and each other to stop it from devouring mankind. Description Demon LegacyPound Pup Legacy is an informational resource that advocates the needs of children in the child placeme... more »

Watch Mahogany Sunrise 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*Mahogany Sunrise (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 7.8 Release : 05 Apr 2014 Duration : 102 min Genre : Adventure, Crime, Drama Director : R. Scott Leisk Writer : R. Scott Leisk Cast : Wesley Blake, Denise Downs, Jesse Campos, Drew Whelpley Synopsis Mahogany SunriseAfter being sent to a border town for work, Jackson a disheartened IT guy who longs to be a musician, stumbles upon a stash of loot. Thinking he's hit the jackpot he takes it but soon learns that his new found fortune comes with a price as he finds himself on the run from two ruthless hitmen. He later meets and ... more »

Video Etta Begay speaks on rangers impounding her sheep

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Black Mesa Indigenous Support Statement of Etta Begay of Red Willow Springs re: the recent livestock impoundments at her homesite. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', '

The Evil State Of Jewish Statism

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
**I am still doing some catching up… I have been basically out of commission for almost a full week, with plenty of articles that have been sitting in my blog that I was ready to post but just needed some final touches… The following is definitely a great one that everyone should especially read… NTS* Periodically, a great article surfaces that everyone should read, and heed its words… One such article comes from a writer over at "The Rebel" at www.therebel.org, named "Yukon Jack". It is entitled: "The Evil State Of Jewish Statism" and is a must read by everyone… I have it right ... more »

Israel DID 9-11: Jewish Reporter Uses Cartoon To Show Israel's Involvement In The 9/11 False Flag Attack!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Israel absolutely did the attacks of September 11th, 2001 that killed some 3000 innocent American citizens and plunged the United States into the fraudulent "war on terror". It is so amazing that some 13+ years since that fateful day that so many Americans and even those living outside of the United States just do not see that as absolutely the truth. It shows again the intense power these criminal psychopathic Jews have over the world's governments, and especially our BS media… I want to present a great article here for my own readers to read for themselves that comes from Greg... more »

Domestic Spying Advocate And Fake Democrat Adam Schiff Has An Opponent-- Meet Steve Stokes

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Voters in Hollywood, Glendale, Silverlake and Burbank have a choice-- Schiff is the CIA corporate candidate and Stokes is the grassroots progressive Adam Schiff, a conservative Blue Dog and New Dem with a Military Industrial Complex complex, is a bad fit for his new district, which saw much of its more conservative-leaning areas in the eastern third of the district, including most of Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Alhambra and Altadena, shaved off and put into Judy Chu's district. Schiff's district moved west and south to include Los Feliz, Silverlake, Hollywood and West Holl... more »

Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Hymn”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Vangelis, “Hymn” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7fnZ-AQNE

Free Downloads: Orison Swett Marden, “The Joys of Living”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Joys of Living”* by Orison Swett Marden “Resolve every morning that you will get the most out of that day, not of some day in the future, when you are better off, when you have a family, when your children are grown up, when you have overcome your difficulties. You never will overcome them all. You will never be able to eliminate all the things which annoy, trouble, and cause friction in your life. You will never get rid of all the little enemies of your happiness, the hundred and one little annoyances, but you can make the most of things as they are. The reason why our liv... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Sprawling across almost 200 light-years, emission nebula IC 1805 is a mix of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds. Derived from its Valentine's-Day-approved shape, its nickname is the Heart Nebula. About 7,500 light-years away in the Perseus spiral arm of our galaxy, stars were born in IC 1805. In fact, near the cosmic heart's center are the massive hot stars of a newborn star cluster also known as Melotte 15, about 1.5 million years young. *Click image for larger size.* A little ironically, the Heart Nebula is located in the constellation of the mythical Queen of Aethiopi... more »

3D Printing and the Age of Disruption

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
*November 2, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - Disruptive technology is that which overturns an industry unable to adapt or evolve to meet competition enabled by a technological edge. This has occurred across various media industries - from the newspaper to large network news channels, to music and movie producers - the dropping cost of entering the market and competing either directly or by undermining previously monopolized channels of distribution have challenged special interests' grip on information. Many have predicted such a disruption across other industries beyond the d... more »

"The World..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The world is your exercise-book, the pages on which you do your sums. It is not reality, although you can express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write nonsense, or lies, or to tear the pages." - Richard Bach, "Illusions"

Friday Nerd Blogging: Belated Halloween Edition

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I have fallen behind in my Friday Nerd Blogging contributions, so I have this belated Halloween video:

"Fortune’s Fools"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Fortune’s Fools"* by Phil Rockstroh “Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” — Miles Davis "As a general rule, musicians, artists, and writers, as well as those possessed of an ardor for self-awareness and a commitment to political activism have been advised to avoid a habitual retreat to comfort zones…to take note of the criteria that causes one’s pulse to quicken, brings flop sweat to the brow, causes sphincters to seize up, and delivers mortification to the mind. In order to quicken imagination and avoid banality, it is imperative to explore... more »

“What Is Perhaps the Most Powerful Word in the English Language?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“What Is Perhaps the Most Powerful Word in the English Language?”* by Michael S. Broder, Ph.D. “I'll spare you the tease. That word is "no"! The ability to be assertive and say "no" is a communication skill we all learn at a very young age. If you're a parent, you know better than anyone that once this word enters a child's vocabulary it's used very often. However, as an adult, "no" is often much more difficult to say. As life gets busier and obligations increase, the ability to say "no" is increasingly important. If you can learn to assert yourself, it can be the difference betwe... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

"Emotional Attacks: Choosing Not to Be a Target"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Emotional Attacks: Choosing Not to Be a Target"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "It is important to remember that if you are being attacked emotionally, it is more than likely not about you at all. Hurtful confrontations often leave us feeling drained and confused. When someone attacks us emotionally, we may wonder what we did to rouse their anger, and we take their actions personally. We may ask ourselves what we could have done to compel them to behave or speak that way toward us. It’s important to remember that there are no real targets in an emotional attack and that it is usu... more »

"The World Is Too Much With Us..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" - William Wordsworth, 1770- 1850

"How It Really Is"

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

"A Message From 30,000 Years Ago"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Across 30,000 years of time the message is clear: "I am human. I am here." "Lascaux is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne departement. They contain some of the earliest known art, dating back to somewhere between 13,000 and 15,000 BCE, or as far back as 25,000 BCE. The Upper Paleolithic cave paintings consist mostly of realistic images of large animals procreating, including aurochs, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time.... more »

Watch Electric Slide 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*Electric Slide (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : N/A Score : 5.3 Release : 20 Nov 2014 Duration : 95 min Genre : Action, Biography, Crime Director : Tristan Patterson Writer : Timothy Ford (article), Tristan Patterson (screenplay), Tristan Patterson Cast : Patricia Arquette, Vinessa Shaw, Chloë Sevigny, Jim Sturgess Synopsis Electric SlideIt's 1983 Los Angeles - beautiful girls, luxurious mansions, glamorous parties and Eddie Dodson, a very hip, very charismatic dealer of high-end antique furniture for the rich and famous. When Eddie meets the cool and aloof Pauline, the attraction is... more »

Chet Raymo, "The Dark Cloths of Night"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"The Dark Cloths of Night"* by Chet Raymo "For years I taught a general studies astronomy course for liberal arts students. And often, when we reached the home galaxy, I asked, "How many of you have seen the Milky Way?" The answer was usually one or two at most out of a class of thirty. Which is no surprise. I can't see the Milky Way from my neighborhood, which is about half-way between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. You'd have to live somewhere pretty far out in the country to see the Milky Way from the eastern United States. We first came to this little isl... more »

"Fight For Your Dreams..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias and to fight for our dreams. We are all protagonists of our own lives, and it is often the anonymous heroes who leave the deepest mark.” - Paulo Coelho

Tax Cut 21: Taxation Without Income Discrimination

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Reposting a nice article by a friend, Wan Saiful Wan Jan, CEO of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in Kuala Lumpur. Originally posted in The Star and reposted in IDEAS website., October 28, 2014. ---------- In my column two weeks ago, I wrote about how taxes are a form of coercion by the government against the people. Since then, I received many comments saying that it is not fair to blame Barisan Nasional for everything. I want to start this column by clarifying again that when I use the word ‘government’ I do not refer to any political party. A government is... more »

Sodomy or BODOHMY

Amin Fasei at Zionist Made2Happen Disasters - 1 day ago
Written by Dean Johns, Nov 2, 2014. Oh me, oh my. As you can plainly see from the title of this, my 384th piece on perfidy of the BN regime, I’m finding it increasingly tough to find or even fabricate appropriate words to decry and deride the activities of this cabal of despicable crooks. Because just as they seem to have gone as low as it’s possible to go, they sink to depths that are even more difficult than ever to credit or describe. Stopping at absolutely nothing in their project to pervert every possible aspect of Malaysian life, from truth and justice to religion, reason and ... more »

TV Watch: "Town to town, up and down the dial" -- welcome back, "WKRP in Cincinnati"!

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*It looks like hell in this format, stretched and squashed into that tiny screen, and the voices sound kind of peculiar too -- has the pitch somehow dropped? Still, I think this may be my favorite WKRP episode: "Baby, It's Cold Inside" (Season 3, Episode 8). On this frigid, heatless morning, the station staff, which I describe below as "one of the great ensemble casts in TV history," is thrown into confusion by the unexpected early-morning appearance of Mrs. Carlson (Carol Bruce), media-mogul mother of station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson (Gordon Jump). Under the influence of wh... more »

Nov. 1: To the despair of my highland Scots ancestors....

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 1 day ago
....and the joy of my French Catholic ones, I read a newsletter from The Vatican. It's called Catholic News; and it carries a story of a talk given by Pope Francis to a convention of social activists. And it is brilliant. I recommend everyone read it. It's at www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1404449.htm He urged his audience to struggle against the structural causes of poverty and inequality - lack of work, denial of social and labour rights, and the "empire of money". He said that financial speculation on food prices is to blame for the starvation of millions around the world.... more »

Changing the Student Lending Industry

Waking Times at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Film - *Story of borrowers from different backgrounds affected by the student lending and their struggles to change the system. The post Changing the Student Lending Industry appeared first on Waking Times.

Watch The Good Lie 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*The Good Lie (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : PG-13 Score : 7.1 Release : 03 Oct 2014 Duration : 110 min Genre : Drama Director : Philippe Falardeau Writer : Margaret Nagle Cast : Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal Synopsis The Good LieSudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America arrive in Kansas, where their encounter with employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives. Description The Good LieFrom thanking your grandmother profusely for an awkward gift to telling a work friend that her less-than-sparkling presentation was fantastic... more »

Washington Bullies Hungary to prevent it from choosing it's own way...

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
ZAGREB/BUDAPEST, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The United States is* mounting a diplomatic offensive *to stop Hungary selling a stake in a Croatian energy firm to Russia, part of what Western powers see as Budapest's dangerous drift into Moscow's orbit. The U.S. government has already taken the *highly unusual step* of* blacklisting *six people with ties to the government in Hungary, a NATO ally and European Union member, from entering the United States, accusing them of involvement in corruption. Highly unusual? The US blacklisting people is pretty much the norm. *U.S. officials say tha... more »

This Drug is FDA Approved but Has an Appalling Safety Record

Waking Times at Waking Times - 1 day ago
*Dr. Mercola - *Fluoroquinolones are among the most dangerous FDA-approved drugs on the market. The post This Drug is FDA Approved but Has an Appalling Safety Record appeared first on Waking Times.

Watch Wake Up 2014 Full Movie Online

Vance Lindsey at MegaCinema HD Stream - 1 day ago
*Wake Up (2014)* Year : 2014 Rating : TV-PG Score : 9.3 Release : 21 Apr 2014 Duration : 11 min Genre : Animation, Adventure, Comedy Director : Elizabeth Ito Writer : Pendleton Ward (creator), Cole Sanchez, Andy Ristaino, Kent Osborne (story), Pendleton Ward (story), Jack Pendarvis (story), Adam Muto (story) Cast : Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Miguel Ferrer, Melinda Hill Synopsis Wake UpFinn tracks down who he believes is his father. Description Wake Upwake technical community college. Wake Tech enriches lives by providing quality education, training, and workforc