The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Temple of Apollo in Delphi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Temple of Apollo in Delphi. eigen foto Sofie Debognies april 2005 Categorie:Afbeelding architectuur Categorie:Afbeelding oudheid (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Rios Montt and Arpaio: Where Impunity Reigns
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 7 minutes ago
photo: noblewomensinitiative.com
by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
In Guatemala, former dictator Rios Montt was first found guilty of genocide
and crimes against humanity, and then the Supreme Court overturned the
verdict. His 80-year sentence was also vacated. A few days later, Sheriff
Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona, was slapped down by US District
Court Judge Murray Snow. The federal judge ordered him to halt his racial
profiling practices, particularly his immigration sweeps that target people
of "apparent Mexican ancestry."
Sometimes there are news items that go together... more »
Pythia
Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 minutes ago
"Pythia" by Anne Russell
The Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the priestess at
the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus,
beneath the Castalian Spring. The Pythia was widely credited for her
prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the
8th century BC, although it may have been present in some form in Late
Mycenaean times, from 1,400 BC and was abandoned, and there is evidence
that Apollo took over the shrine from an earlier dedication to Gaia. The
last recorded response was given during 393 A.D., when th... more »
The Roots of Our Slavery
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 18 minutes ago
*In the Midwest, USA summer is just days away; gardening season is upon us.
The blossoming has begun and in a few weeks time the green grass will be
merely a backdrop for a vibrant explosion of color. We’ll be surrounded
with flowers.*
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*If you’ve done any yard work then you most likely know the most efficient
way to keep weeds at bay. You’ve got to dig deep and pull them out into
the sun, exposing the root. They’ll decompose and nourish the soil, in
turn feeding the flowers and vegetables you’d like to keep. It takes a bit
of effort, yet it’s a permanent fix – a... more »
healthy slow-cooker recipe of the week: vegetarian chili
laura k at wmtc - 22 minutes ago
This has turned out to be one of our favourite slow-cooker meals. It's
delicious, incredibly easy to make, super healthy, and inexpensive. Adapted
from nowhere: it's my own.
Canned beans, properly rinsed and drained, have the same nutritional value
as dried beans. They're much easier to use and work well with the slow
cooker. Combined with brown rice, they make a perfect protein, and give you
lots of fibre. And lots of yumminess.
1 19-ounce can of each:
- corn niblets
- black beans
- white beans
- chick peas
- diced tomatoes
1 large onion, diced or run through food processor
1 red b... more »
Pelosi: "I'm a practicing and respectful Catholic"...(video)
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 33 minutes ago
*who happens to think killing babies is okay.*
Abortion is “sacred ground” and it “shouldn’t have anything to do with
politics.”
It is clear in watching this woman that her synapses are not firing
properly. For Pelosi to stand there and defend abortion as "sacred ground"
and waltz up to receive communion on her Sunday treks into church is an
abomination. Exactly when are the weak-kneed bishops of the Catholic
Church going to stand up, act like real men, and put a stop to this?
It seems when it comes to "social justice" (code for Marxism) issues, you
can't shut them up. Backing ... more »
The Real Solution to Agenda 21
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 52 minutes ago
image source CDay
Agenda 21 is not a conspiracy theory. It is an easily viewable global plan
that can be found executed in your local county. If you live near a metro
area, you just need to look up your local county’s ‘comprehensive growth
plan’ on Google to see the extent of this plan. You will see maps of your
street, future train lines designed to transport workers to designated work
areas, areas allowing mixed use, areas allowing 120 residential dwelling
units per acre in Manhattan-like density, and maps of greenspace unsuitable
for human habitation.
Anything built in the f... more »
Glyphosate and Roundup’s Implications on Modern Diseases
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 52 minutes ago
*An interview with Stephanie Seneff, PhD: Co-author of "Glyphosate’s
Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the
Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases."*
image source Catherine J. Frompovich
In April 2013, independent scientist Anthony Samsel and MIT scientist
Stephanie Seneff published their mega studies analysis of glyphosate titled
“Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid
Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases” in the
online journal, *Entropy*. With 286 peer-reviewed papers analyzed, Samsel ... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 53 minutes ago
Kevin Drum listened to the disgraced former Speaker saying about
anti-terrorism methods that "people will tolerate it as long as it's
genuinely secret." Drum:
Yeah, I guess people will tolerate just about anything as long as they
don't know it's happening. This is why Newt is the philosopher king of the
Republican Party.
The thing is: Tom P. Baxter (as I like to call him) has always been exactly
that same kind of fraud, and it was pretty clear from his presidential
campaign that just about every party actor from the precinct level on up
knew it, but yet they're still perfectly happ... more »
MORE TRUTH ON NSA, CYBER COMMAND AND GOVERNMENT DECEPTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 55 minutes ago
As the U.S. vows to take "all necessary steps" to pursue whistleblower
Edward Snowden, James Bamford joins Democracy Now to discuss the National
Security Agency’s secret expansion of government surveillance and
cyberwarfare.
In his latest reporting for Wired Magazine, Bamford profiles NSA Director
General Keith Alexander and connects the dots on PRISM, phone surveillance,
and the NSA’s massive spy center in Bluffdale, Utah. Says Bamford of
Alexander: "Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come
close to his degree of power, the number of people under his command,... more »
BEN FELLOWS, BUSH, CLINTON, SYRIA
Anon at aangirfan - 56 minutes ago
*Ben Fellows comes out of hiding to speak at Bilderberg fringe*
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**Video: Clinton, Bush and the CIA*
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*xymphora* - *Snowden and the war between the CIA and the Pentagon*
*Penny for your thoughts* -* Breaking: US and Allies lie together on claim
that Syria used chemical weapons*
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*Man Behind Syrian 'Chemical Weapons' Claim Is Fiction Writer Who Covered
Up Benghazi*
*Channel 5 Exposed: The Gadget Show’s RFID and Human Microchipping
Propaganda.*
Look What This ‘Conspiracy Theorist’ Said in 1984: “A Disgusting Procedure For A Professed Free Society”
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 59 minutes ago
Mac Slavo
Back in 1984, well before most Americans had ever heard of mobile phones or
used a computer, the Federal government was hard at work mining whatever
data they could get their hands on.
President Reagan was in office and given his staunch stance on limited
government no one could possibly have suspected that he, of all people,
would be the Commander in Chief presiding over a fledgling surveillance
state.
Despite the ignorance of our populace and attempts to keep the American
people in the dark, one lone wolf on the floor of the Congress had the
prescient insight to unde... more »
Vaccine Infects 10-Month-Old Baby with Polio in India
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 59 minutes ago
*According to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, eradicating polio is a
top priority.*
Melissa Melton
Sadly, anyone hurt in the process of achieving this goal is just collateral
damage.
Through “targeted vaccination campaigns, community mobilization, and
stronger routine immunization efforts,” the Gates Foundation, our world’s
largest philanthropic foundation, plans to eradicate polio as “an important
milestone for the Decade of Vaccines, a shared commitment by nearly 200
countries to extend the benefits of vaccines to every person by 2020″.
Gates reportedly even hired one of I... more »
Nicaragua Waterway to Happen
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 59 minutes ago
This project is actually going ahead and it is going ahead fast. They may
talk about private money but that is BS. It allows China to end monopoly
pricing in Panama and to capture a sweetheart rate for their shipping. I
also bet that this canal will be much larger than the Panama Canal. For
those reasons alone, we can count on huge Chinese money been involved.
There are other answers to global shipping but they also take initiative
and huge money. In the meantime, this is a direct alteration of the status
quo that impacts everyone.
I think it may be time to dust of some ... more »
US Supreme Court Rules that Human Genes are not Eligible for Patent Protection
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 59 minutes ago
It is only twenty years or so that we decided to allow patents in
genetics. Surely it is time to completely revisit the whole practice. The
reason for this is also clear. The cost of entry has dropped hugely and
the risk of reckless behavior is climbing daily.
Now by and large, we can trust our scientists, however under no
circumstance can we trust our corporations. They are in natural conflict.
We are presently conducting a huge mega experiment with GMO foods on a
global basis in the face of evidence of far less stability on a number of
core factors than original... more »
GMO Viral Time Bomb Discovered
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 59 minutes ago
I am deeply concerned with the whole GMO protocol.
1 It is all new science and it is playing in the one area in which Mother
Nature is most flexible. This article tells us already how specific issues
are slipping through either by design or by simple ignorance.
2 Actual empirical testing protocols are primitive and easily end up been
too little too late and at best a band-aid ahead of the real experiment in
which it is fully introduced to Mother Nature. One of those experiments is
going to go badly wrong and show up as devastating pandemic. We already
have the GMO induced... more »
Ancestral Diet Changed 3.5 Million Years Ago
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 59 minutes ago
This is extremely curious and since it differs totally from present day
practice and expectation, it begs a working hypothesis.
Grasses on their own are a terrible food source and the Savanna is a
terrible place to acquire other types of plant food. Yet the rhizomes of
elephant grass can cooked and eaten though not in great quantities. It is a
safe bet that other rhizomes would provide some useful food. If one such
rhizome became viable, then we have the explanation for this observation.
What this means, of course is that use of fire or converting to meat are
the two o... more »
These Tricks Are Played to Get You to Vaccinate Your Child
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Parents are often misled to believe
that vaccines are safe and effective Christina England
Countries around the world are coming up with more and more elaborate
tricks to pressure parents into fully vaccinating their children. Recently
we have seen them telling barefaced lies, denying unvaccinated children
access to daycare facilities and excluding students from attending their
graduation ceremony over a chicken pox scare. To learn more, please
continue reading.
*Scare Tactics Used in Australia*
Over the last few weeks, newspapers in Australia have reported that due to
the change... more »
Challenging Unconstitutional Spying
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
image source Stephen Lendman
Edward Joseph Snowden revealed what's vital to know. He exposed
unconstitutional spying. He did so courageously.
The 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act protects federal employees who report
misconduct. Federal agencies are prohibited from retaliating against those
who do so. Don't expect rogue Obama officials to act responsibly.
Whistleblowers may report law or regulatory violations, gross
mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse of authority, and/or acts endangering
public health, welfare or safety.
Unconstitutional spying violates core rule of law princip... more »
Censorship Abounds: The Handful of Companies That Control Your Perceptions
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Christina Sarich
Almost all the media channels you watch are controlling your perception of
reality – namely to get you to value their commodities (goods and services)
instead of yourself and your own morals and values. This affects you at
every level, from the food you eat, the friends you are more likely to
make, the goods your purchase, and even the careers you choose or education
you decide to get. It also affects your self worth, as you believe you are
only as good as the things you can buy or the ‘hot’ woman you can take out,
since sex and money are the primary ways media mo... more »
Bill introduced to declassify opinions of secret court behind ordering all U.S. phone records from Verizon
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Madison Ruppert
A bipartisan group of senators has proposed a bill that would declassify
the opinions of the highly secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court, the same body that ordered Verizon to hand over all U.S. phone
records for a three-month period.
Yet there are major problems, as you will see below.
*Previous efforts to withhold court opinions*
The legislation, which is sponsored by a group of senators led by Sen. Jeff
Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), is quite noteworthy because
the Obama administration has fought tooth an... more »
Turkey: Epicenter of Police State Violence
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
image source Stephen Lendman
For over two weeks, daily anti-government protests rocked Turkey. Police
attacked peaceful demonstrators intermittently. They've done so brutally.
Turkey's notorious for police state viciousness.
It's a democracy in name only. Prime Minister Erdogan is thuggish,
authoritarian, hardline and despotic.
Turkey's one of 28 NATO countries. Erdogan partners with Washington's
imperial wars. He's unapologetic about neoliberal harshness. More on that
below.
He's been prime minister for over 10 years. Why Turks put up with him
they'll have to explain. Growing ... more »
Congressman Tweets: “I Saw IRS Agents Training With AR-15's” At DHS Facility
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Kimberly Paxton
The IRS has recently been under the microscope for targeting conservative
groups with audits, fines, and other “special attention.” However, a
Congressman from South Carolina observed something the puts a whole new
spin on the word “target” - he witnessed IRS agents training with AR-15s at
the Department of Homeland Security.
Investment Watch Blog broke the story with captures of Rep. Jeff Duncan’s
(R-S.C.) tweets:
Later he added:
And this, for the doubters he ran into on Twitter:
But maybe there’s a reasonable explanation.
That was the opinion of one res... more »
7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Eliot Estep
The recent NSA leaks from whistleblower Ed Snowden have publicly confirmed
that digital privacy does not exist. The federal government and
intelligence agencies have direct server access to the world’s most popular
sites and services including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and more.
This means that all of your data when using these services including Skype,
YouTube, etc has been compromised and can be used against you whenever
strategically necessary.
Always remember, you are being recorded and monitored regardless of whether
you have done anything wrong or not.... more »
Sorry General, War is a Choice
Patrick Porter at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
General David Petraeus advises Americans and their allies to be coldly
realistic about what force can achieve. Oddly, he also advises them to
prepare for a future where small wars are pretty much inevitable, where
America must intervene early to prevent worse things happening later on,
and where ‘stabilisation’ is a core part of war
Continue reading
Water – The Survival Basic
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Gaye Levy
A frequent theme in the preparedness community is the importance of water.
Where to find it, how to store it, how to purify it and how to filter it.
Whether you are a prepping newbie or an experienced survivalist, water
should be high on your list of prepping priorities.
Every year or so, I like to share an article on water, not only for the
benefit of the many prepping newbies that visit Backdoor Survival, but also
as a refresher course for those of us that are more experienced. Today’s
article is an update to information that I have previously shared but that
does no... more »
Study: Glyphosate (Roundup) Feeds Breast Cancer Cell Growth In the PARTS PER TRILLION Range
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Sayer Ji
An alarming new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in
Roundup weedkiller, is estrogenic and drives breast cancer cell
proliferation in the parts-per-trillion range. Does this help explain the
massive mammary tumors that the only long term animal feeding study on
Roundup and GM corn ever performed recently found?
An alarming new study, accepted for publication in the journal *Food and
Chemical Toxicology* last month, indicates that glyphosate, the world's
most widely used herbicide due to its widespread use in genetically
engineered agriculture, is capabl... more »
ALEC's Newest Shell Game
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
www.bryanmarcel.com
The following entry was brought to my attention by another analysis of the
information that was done on a* **new webpage - Resist the Privatization
of Americ*a ( I strongly suggest you read their article – cause I won’t
re-hash what they wrote).
After doing more research I found that most people are just regurgitating
the verbatim post from Politico – without even thinking about what in the
hell it means - or doesn’t mean. Like it means something – what, who knows.
I have one main problem with this article from Politico.
I hate it when people don't source ... more »
Jeremy Scahill Discusses America's War Crimes
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
*Reason*
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Crimes Against Humanity: How Monsanto is Turning a Hawaiian Island into a Petri Dish Complete with Human Lab Rats
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Daisy Luther
If you ever wondered what results a controlled experiment of Monsanto
farming methods would yield, look no further than the unwilling residents
of Molokai. Until 1969, by fact of its geographical isolation, Molokai was
home for over 100 years to a leper colony. With the arrival of Monsanto’s
test fields, the beautiful island has become a laboratory and the islanders
are being treated as the lab rats.
The island of Molokai looks like paradise. Travel brochures call it the
“old Hawaii” and the most Hawaiian of the islands in the archipelago. It
has a small population o... more »
Member Of Congress: Edward Snowden’s Revelations Are “Just The Tip Of The Iceberg”
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Michael Snyder
According to U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez, members of Congress
learned "significantly more than what is out in the media today" during a
closed briefing about the NSA on Tuesday, and that what has been revealed
so far about NSA snooping is "just the tip of the iceberg". During her
interview with C-SPAN on Wednesday, she also stated that NSA spying is
"just broader than most people even realize" but due to security
restrictions she could not reveal more than that. So precisely what are
the American people not being told? And do our leaders ever plan to tell... more »
Well, Ladies, He's Back on the Market
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
Get him while he's hot - or at least still warm. 82-year old media mogul, Rupert
Murdoch, has filed for divorce from his wife of 14-years, Wendi Deng.
Murdoch, who is a sprightly 38-years Deng's senior, cited "irreconcilable
differences" as his grounds for divorce. What that means to a guy who
needs help to tell his testicles from his shoe laces is anyone's guess.
Your joke here:
What Idiot Thought Open Air GMO Trials Were a Good Idea?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
*I believe, at this point, it’s a fair question.*
Open air GMO Trials
make my gran gran sad Melissa Melton
Aren’t we all beyond fed up with our food being taken over by science at
this point? A piece by Andrew Gunther points out how open air trials of
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are insanely stupid:
The news that an unlicensed genetically modified (GM) wheat has been found
growing on a field in Oregon — almost 10 years after it was supposed to
have completely destroyed — sent shivers down my spine…we are now
witnessing a real ‘escape-from-the-laboratory’ nightmare and, i... more »
Organic Rebellion - The Farm Is Strong With This One...
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
Heather Callaghan
*The true ways of the Farm are almost nearly forgotten...*
In almost 40 years, do *Star Wars* parodies ever become tiring? No, they do
not. They are awesome.
Especially when people use their creative gifts and humor to harness some
great educational activism. What I wish was an actual full-action film is
really one of the best independent PSAs you'll ever witness. I mean, is
this not a laugh-out-loud funny ingenious piece, or am I just a big dork?
In this family-friendly adventure you'll meet Cuke Skywalker, Obi Wan
Canoli, Princess Lettuce, Ham Solo, Chew-Br... more »
Only 10% of Americans Have Confidence in Congress
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
*Activist Post*
As scandal after scandal rocks Washington DC, the American people are fed
up. A new Gallup poll reveals the *lowest ever confidence rating for
Congress*, or any institution ever polled by Gallup.
"This is the lowest level of confidence Gallup has found, not only for
Congress, but for any institution on record." Gallup writes.
Confidence in Congress fell to just 10%, down from 13% in 2012.
In 2009, in the afterglow of President Obama's historic election, 27% of
Democrats had confidence in Congress while only 10% of Republicans did.
There is no longer a significan... more »
Scores of People Massacred in Hatla Village by Western Funded Death Squads
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Brandon Turbeville
Only days after the brutal public execution of a 15-year-old boy by Syrian
death squads, the association of killers known as “rebels” have committed
yet another atrocity, this time in the village of Hatla in Deir Ezzor
Governorate.
According to reports by The News broadcast on the Syrian Official TV
Channel on June 13, 2013, Jabhat al-Nusra, one of many groups of the
foreign-backed death squads that have terrorized Syria for the last two
years, have now gunned down 30 villagers. The motivation behind the
killings, as is typical of the death squads, is currentl... more »
PATRIOT Act "Sneak and Peek" Searches Target Drug Offenders, Not Terrorists
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
*Youtube*
Wasn't The PATRIOT Act Supposed To Be About Stopping Terrorism?
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U.S. Openly Arms Syrian Rebels After Chemical Weapons ‘Red Line’
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
*Rinse, Wash, Repeat: Syrian regime change by same Western-backed al Qaeda
rebels who took down Gaddafi in Libya.*
Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton
The major corporate news outlets are on alert in effort to propagandize and
sell to the American public this premise: "Red Line Crossed: U.S. Officials
Confirm Syrian Chemical-Weapons Use"
After nearly two years of semi-covertly arming al Qaeda fighters in Syria,
Western support & arms for the Syrian Rebels (who admittedly used their own
chemical weapons) is going public now that a ‘red line’ has supposedly been
crossed by Assad’s report... more »
RUNNING ON INSPIRATION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
Here is the best story yet from Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey. Stories
sent via those damn "smart phones".
*Piano concert in Taksim *
Istanbul, June 14, 1201 hrs.
Dear people,
Every revolution needs its heroes. Ours is called Davide. He is the piano
man.
Yesterday and tonight he has been playing in Taksim for twelve hours
straight, until ten o’ clock in the morning. When the rain started, people
held a canvas over him and his piano, and he continued to play. ‘Imagine’,
‘Let it be’, ‘We are the World’, ‘Bella Ciao’, etc. etc. Fifty meters away
there was a row of police buses a... more »
"Red Line" Lies Indicate Full Scale War Coming to Syria
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
It's a blood red line
image source Brandon Turbeville
On June 13, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama announced his plan to
authorize weapons shipments directly to al-Qaeda death squads currently
operating in Syria.
The Washington Post reports,
U.S. officials said the administration could provide the rebels with a
range of weapons, including small arms, ammunition, assault rifles and a
variety of anti-tank weaponry such as shoulder-fired remote-propelled
grenades and other missiles. However, a final decision on the inventory has
not been made, the officials said.
The Washington Pos... more »
Taking on a culture of violence with street art in Tegucigalpa
paul at Paying attention - 2 hours ago
I came across the Mona Lisa with a pink gun on a wall near a Tegucigalpa
hotel on a previous visit.
The work is part of a series by a Honduran artist who uses the name Urban
Maeztro. The prints mixed classic art images with the weapons that are part
of life for many Hondurans.
Street art can be dangerous work here. Authorities don’t like it, as in
most cities, but they express they’re disapproval more forcefully. And
gangs aren’t sure if Urban Maeztro is mocking them.
It’s not going to end violence. But anything that challenges the status quo
is a good thing.
You can read more about ... more »
TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Speaking of American children!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013*
*Outstanding young lady turns 7:* It isn’t every day that a cheerful young
person turns 7.
For that reason, we’re on our way to Durham to look in on one such event.
Before leaving, we had planned to review a front-page report in the New
York Times—the front-page report from Monday’s paper about so-called
“ability grouping.”
Doggone it! We find we aren’t ready to do the piece justice. And so we will
have to postpone.
Should “ability grouping” be used in American classrooms? We find it hard
to imagine how such practices could be avoided, given the wide rang... more »
WE SUPPORT BRADLEY MANNING!
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
St. Pete for Peace, Bradley Manning Support Network, Occupy Tampa, Tampa
Light Brigade, Vets for Peace and others protest at MacDill Air Force Base
in Tampa, Florida on June 1, 2013.
MacDill AFB hosts United States Central Command (CENTCOM), United States
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Special Operations Command Central
(SOCCENT) and a detachment of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Weiner says he invented the Internet!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013*
*The dumbness of the whale:* In our view, Noreen Malone performed a real
service in a recent post at TNR’s revitalized blog, The Plank.
What service did the street-fighting pundit perform? She drew back the
curtain on the sheer inanity of her post-journalistic tribe.
Malone recorded the inanity of pundit reactions when Hillary Clinton made
her debut on Twitter this week. We’ll include her scolding headlines and a
bit of her post:
MALONE (6/11/13): *Be Less Excited About Hillary Clinton’s Twitter,
Please/It’s unseemly*
*Hillary Clinton joined Twitter on Mon... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
Are we headed to war in Syria? The media seems to be going all in on
the chemical weapons ”red line“ justification. How close are we to moving
to implement a no-fly zone? Hezbollah is the real Red Line. Drezner:
realism trumps liberalism again. Behind yesterday’s UN Syrian Casualty
Count. Sunni clerics call for jihad against Assad
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#highered needs some consistency in its #MOOC concerns. Please. #AAUP
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago
We don’t really cover MOOCs here all that much. Perhaps we need to get on
it. But I was cued into a post on the Chronicle over the AAUP’s concern
with intellectual property rights and MOOCs. I like the AAUP. It’s a
relatively strong organization that seems to be the last really supporting
academic freedom, […]
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Matt Freeman, 47.
Plus a little good stuff:
1. Josh Putnam's latest update on the 2016 calendar.
2. The Founders online? Cool.
3. And Ann Friedman on "the daughter problem."
World Indigenous Conference 2014: Intervention by Indigenous Environmental Network
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
As
a group in Norway planned an Indigenous World Conference for 2014, the
Indigenous Environmental Network made an intervention. Will the
gathering in 2014 uphold the Rights of Nature? The outcome remains to be
seen. -- Censored News
Intervention by Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom Goldtooth
"This green economy regime places a monetary price on Nature and
creates new derivative markets
@educationgadlfy reviews state science standards, but something’s missing #NGSS
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago
For the record, a “gadfly” is an annoyance, right? Something that buzzes
around, maybe a thorn in the side or a stick in the craw? But this gadfly
is the status quo, let’s be clear. Nothing revolutionary coming out of
Fordham these days. Nothing subversive. All right. They gave the new Next
Generation Science Standards […]
The BBC brainwashing British children
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 3 hours ago
I know that I've commented on the BBC's Bitsize educational site's coverage
of religion but I thought it worth a revisit.
Here's some extracts from the section on War and Peace comparing the BBC's
coverage of Judaism and Islam.
First Judaism, (*my emphasis*):
'Jewish attitudes to war and peace are based on the teachings of the Jewish
Scriptures.
In the Jewish Scriptures there are examples of wars. Some of these were
Holy Wars where the Jews were trying to maintain their religion when other
people wanted to make them worship false gods. Others were perhaps ‘Just
Wars’ but *it could... more »
Heather Mizeur: Not Interested In Business As Usual At The Maryland State House And Not Willing To Settle For The Status Quo For Our Communities
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Rarely does a candidate come along offering this dynamic trifecta-- an
unabashed liberal... poised to break the glass ceiling as Maryland’s first
woman governor... who would also be the nation’s first openly gay governor.
I recently spoke with Maryland Delegate Heather Mizeur (D-Takoma Park,
Silver Spring) and she quickly caught my attention when she spoke of
courageousness and running to change the way we govern. "I’m fearless and I
speak the truth. I’m not an establishment or insider candidate. We are a
building a movement for positive social change."
She’s got an impressive b... more »
AmCham Taichung 2013 America Day, Sunday, June 30th
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
It's Sunday, June 30th, 2013. If you want to have a stall or visit, for
details click on READ MORE below
Dear Business Owner,
親愛的商家老闆
Once again, I am excited to inform you and your business about the
opportunity to be a part of the Taichung American Chamber of Commerce
(AmCham) 2013 America Day Celebration, taking place on Sunday, June 30,
2013. We are extremely excited to announce that for the second year in a
row this event is being held on one of Taichung’s best-known public
venues—the high-visibility, high-traffic outdoor Calligraphy Greenway. This
beautiful, recently-renovate... more »
Face Book: Scrabble app Changes Anger players
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 3 hours ago
Thousands of players have taken to Facebook to complain about changes made
to a accepted mobile Scrabble app. The changes have been made by Electronic
Arts (EA), which took over the running of the app from Scrabble brand
proprietor Mattel at the end of May. Players are angry that their player
histories have been wiped, the dictionary has distorted and the board no
longer refreshes itself after a turn.
Mattel also supposed new features included the aptitude to play the game in
six languages, customize the board, and pay for an ad-free version. *A
Facebook group set up by group of... more »
Sneaky Steve
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours ago
You have to admit, the phrase has possibilities, partly because of its
alliterative panache. But, Michael Harris writes, the real strength of
the
phrase comes from its accuracy:
Sneaky politicians are a plague on democracy — the dark avenue to
something
sinister. The prime minister of Canada is the Wayne Gretzky of
sneakiness.
Once again, he has been caught cheating.
This week, my colleague at iPolitics, Colin Horgan, broke an important
storyabout the Harper government stacking the selection committee tasked
with
coming up with the short list for the new Parliamentary Budget Office... more »
Why Should Employers Have All the Injunction Fun? How To Stop Your Ex-Employer From Harassing You
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 4 hours ago
By: Ryan Price, Associate Attorney, Donna M. Ballman, P.A., Employee
Advocacy Attorneys
When you leave a job and start working somewhere else, you may be greeted
with a letter from your former employer threatening legal action against
you unless you quit your new job. The ex-employer may claim you are bound
by a non-compete agreement, non-solicitation agreement, or a
confidentiality agreement. Your ex-employer may allege that you were privy
to trade secrets or other confidential information and claim you are
forbidden from working for the new employer, because it is a competitor of... more »
Kansas - Students Not in Science Oz Anymore
2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
An interesting little blurb on *Huff Po* this morning.
Not something I normally write about – but being that it happened in KANSAS
– coming from the land of the Koch’s (*BAM!! - there comes the Koch data
miners onto my site*) – I thought it was a little amusing.
It was evident that there aren’t any ALEC members on the KSBE (ok-maybe 2).
Next step is the American Legislative Exchange Council will force their
Kansas ALEC legislators to push through a bill requiring climate denial be
taught – like they are in other states.
*Kansas' New Science Standards Make Evolution And Climate Ch... more »
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Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
A bamboo bridge. Location unknown. [via]
The Disappearing East Coast
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 4 hours ago
[image: random_2]
*A beetle takes wing.*
I've blogged many times on the destruction of the East Coast by the forces
of development, on the magical transmutation process by which local lands
are seized and transformed into profits for big developers with the
apparent connivance of local government officials. A very representative
case is the disgusting Miramar Hotel development project just north of
Taitung city, but Hualien is also being ravaged by "development". This week
it was local Amis people complaining about the county government's surprise
annexation of tribal lands...
Karo... more »
The Lies that Won’t Die (Despite the Evidence)
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
To embrace the claims and policies of the education reform movement
requires ignoring a tremendous amount of evidence to the contrary. The
education reform narrative goes something like this: Education is the one
true way to overcome all of society’s ills, but our schools are failing,
and thus we must take the standards-and-testing accountability reform […]
Overnite Data , News and views - Keep your eyes on China ( liquidity crisis brewing ) , as much as Japan in Asia
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/chinese-cash-squeeze-leads-first-failed-liquidity-draining-debt-auction-failure-23-m
Chinese Cash Squeeze Leads To First Failed Liquidity-Draining Debt Auction
Failure In 23 Months
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/14/2013 08:25 -0400
- Bond
- China
- Failed Auction
- Federal Reserve
- Hong Kong
- Shenzhen
- Yuan
It was less than 24 hours after we warned that the Chinese "liquidity
shortage" had hit an all time high, as a result of the PBOC's intransigence
to inject liquidity in... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Past is not even past ~Library Chronicles*
**
*Geismar disaster: examining the chemicals ~Jennifer Hale*
*WWL-TV part of Gannett’s acquisition of Belo ~Advocate*
* * *'73 Upstairs Lounge fire 'worst mass murder of gays in U.S. history' ~
WWLTV* *Delta mayor sets new record with 10th term in office ~MBJ* *Rodrigue
Collaborates**~Summer Camp on ABC New Orleans and Benefit Concert*
Walker (WI-ALEC) - Jan 2013 Anti-Abortion Proclamation
2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
Walker signing the new anti-choice bill in Wisconsin is making the rounds
of the online news agencies this morning. While reading one it brought me
back to an entry that I had posted just five months ago - which should have
been seen a precursor to what is happening today. Some may have forgotten
about this - and I thought it would be a good time to dig it out of the
dregs.
My post from January 2013:
Making the rounds today is the fact that Scottie Walker signed a
proclamation on January 7th that no one knew about – no one except the
right wing extremists that Walker was panderin... more »
Glitter Tape American Flag Craft
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 4 hours ago
[image: Glitter Tape American Flag]
Glitter might be one of my favorite crafting supplies and one of my
husband's least favorite, but I finally found the perfect compromise. This
cute and easy-to-make American flag uses glitter tape from American Crafts.
Glitter tape is darling, sparkly and best of all, mess free. It is easy to
use and speeds up any glitter craft.
You will need:
- Navy Paint
- White Paint
- American Crafts Glitter Tape in Red
- American Crafts Folded Paper Star Pebbles
- 2 pieces of 2x4, one 3.5 inches long, the other 5 inches
[image: Am... more »
Korean war veteran, 87, dodges mandatory 3-year prison sentence; but what if he was Black and 23?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
The result here is the right one (although to my mind the charges should
not have been laid). But the problem is the result came because a Crown
exercised an unregulated and non-transparent discretion. Crowns generally
act responsibly but as my title suggests, what if all the facts were the
same but the accused was younger and black? Surely three years in jail
ought not to be decided, in effect, behind closed doors.
Mandatory minimum sentences reflect society's (proper) abhorrence of gun
crimes -- and in that context I think they are reasonable -- but there
should be an "opt-out... more »
Privacy or lack thereof rabbit hole just got deeper - as it's revealed dole out confiential data to the US Government in exchange for classified data , shrouded in secrecy and protected by governmental immunity !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/thousands-firms-trade-confidential-data-us-government-exchange-classified-intelligen
Thousands Of Firms Trade Confidential Data With The US Government In
Exchange For Classified Intelligence
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/14/2013 00:29 -0400
- FBI
- Google
- national security
- PrISM
- SPY
- Verizon
The rabbit hole just got deeper. A whole lot deeper.
On Sunday we predicated that "there's one reason why the administration,
James Clapper and the NSA should just keep their mouths sh... more »
Everyone should be monitored apart from radical mosques!
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
We've learnt recently that the Obama administration is monitoring the US
and foreign general public's voice and electronic communications in an
effort to identify terrorists or maybe just opponents of Barack Obama who
need to be investigated. What is less well known is that:
'Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits to FBI agents. No more
surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval
from a special oversight body at the Justice Department dubbed the
Sensitive Operations Review Committee.
Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobo... more »
Saturday, June 15th is Genetic Roulette Free Movie Day Around The World!
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
Source of poster: https://www.facebook.com/GMOFreeUSA
Saturday June 15th is Genetic Roulette Free Movie Day around the world!
Invite your friends and neighbors to join you for this free showing.
*Link to free showing:*
**
*http://geneticroulettemovie.com/MovieNight*
Czech police raid on lobbyists and politicians
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 6 hours ago
Trained plasma physicist and Czech prime minister Petr Nečas' government
named some prosecutors and created the environment in which they may
investigate and efficiently combat corruption and other economic crime on
the interface of the public and commercial sectors.
Ms Jana Bradáčová is the "Czech Cattanni" who has energized these efforts
and caught David Rath, a prince of the socialist democratic party, with
$350,000 in a box from wine.
*Mr Petr Nečas with his wife Radka Nečasová, the brunette, and his chief of
staff Ms Jana Nagyová who is also his rumored lover. There's a gene... more »
A Cherokee Proverb: "The Two Wolves"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* *
*"The Two Wolves"*
"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on
inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us
all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, generosity, empathy, truth,
compassion and faith.” The grandson thought about this for a minute and
then asked the grandfather, “Which wolf wins?” The old ... more »
Maine Senate Votes 35-0 To Label GMO Products - Go Maine
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
Senate OKs new version of food labeling measure By STEVE MISTLER
Portland Press Herald, 14 June 2013
State House Bureau
AUGUSTA - A bill that would require food producers to label products
containing genetically engineered ingredients continued to march forward in
the Legislature. The Senate voted 35-0 Wednesday to pass an amended
version of the bill, L.D. 718, mirroring a similarly overwhelming vote in
the House the day before. Supporters of the bill, including the Maine
Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, hope *Gov. Paul LePage* will
support a compromise provision that tr... more »
The BBC taking their time...
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
Trust Editorial 12 Jun to me
Dear Audience Member
I am sorry that the process of ratification is taking longer than
expected. The April meeting was a particularly long meeting but I hope to
be able to send you the decision at the end of this week.
Yours sincerely
Christina Roski
Complaints Adviser, BBC Trust Unit
Imagine a private sector organisation of a similar size to the BBC being
that late with it's minutes of a monthly board meeting...
N64TQYHFXEVT - people who have blogs on technorati know what this means
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 7 hours ago
N64TQYHFXEVT
Indeed!
*Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical
Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Chief interests are
ethics/moral philosophy, political philosophy and their applications to
practical issues*
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.14.13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 6.14.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“This week in the Wrap-Up, we’re going to play “connect the dots” to see
what kind of picture is developing in America. Let’s start with NSA
whistle blower Edward Snowden. He has released information that shows a
gigantic government surveillance program that is spying on millions of
Americans. It’s not only in the U.S., but this surveillance program is
reaching into Asia and Europe according to reports. Many say he’s a hero,
some say he’s a traitor. Snowden says he’s just an American, and he says,
he’s “here to r... more »
(Back in Pre-History) We Were Told How Bad "The Libruls" Were (While Having No Relevant Data About NSA's National Infiltration) and Now Non-Accountable Banksters Go After Reporters? Whom Does NSA Work for Again?
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 8 hours ago
Punchline: Kondracke is Fox News’ Idea of a “Liberal” ” … So-called liberal
contributors, who are at best centrists, include NPR’s Juan Williams and
Mara Liasson and Roll Call’s Morton Kondracke. … ” … but most of us view
him as a conservative: “John McLaughlin’s The McLaughlin Group, which went
on the air in 1981, is sponsored by a private corporation, General
Electric, with two liberal
LUNCH WITH THE FT - BARACK OBAMA
Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
Obama
I've been wanting to interview the American president, to ask him about
Syria and chemical weapons.
Barack Obama agrees to meet me for lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.
We both order the specialty Chili Half Smoke and some cheese fries.
As we wait for our order to arrive, I put it to President Obama that
President Assad of Syria is most unlikely to have used chemical weapons,
because Assad would not want to risk 'crossing the red line'.
Obama smiles and then reminds me that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass
destruction and was about to wipe out London.
"We need to provide direct ... more »
Harriet Harman has got it right
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
Yesterday The Guardian reported that:
'*Harriet Harman: time to consider media ownership cap as low as 15% *
Shadow culture secretary to say that plurality ensures no private interest
can set itself above public interest'
Apparently:
'A media ownership cap as low as 15% across newspapers, broadcasting
companies and online sites must be considered to stop companies feeling
they are "above the rule of law", according to Harriet Harman.
...
The Labour frontbencher will call on her Tory counterpart Maria Miller to
set up crossparty talks to help push reforms through.
Labour last yea... more »
Why?
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
'Targeting civilians is a crime punishable, and people targeting
civilians
will be punished for this, and I cannot understand this, also from
another
perspective," Kubis said. "Where is the honor in targeting civilians?
What
kind of show of "bravery," in quotations marks, is this targeting
civilians, killing unarmed people that are working for the people of
this
country?"'
Read more here
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/06/11/un-more-than-3-000-afghan-civilians-killed-and-wounded-in-the-first-five-months-one-fifth-of-them-children.html
It is odd that there are so many peopl... more »
Free Planet TED Talks
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 10 hours ago
it hasn't happened yet, but as Free Planet is the biggest global discussion
point NOT BEING DISCUSSED it's only a matter of time before TEDtalk and I
have a meeting to discuss the best way to bring this 'evolutionary ideal'
to the masses. In fact, I've received word back from TEDtalk just this
morning that 'they're on my case' so let's see how far this gets.
What is a Free Planet?
Well, it's a bit new. It's a bit different from the world you (think you)
all know about already. It's a world 'governed' by three basic principles:
Creativity, Passion and Kinship. In many ways, it's whe... more »
Camera Obscura – "Fifth In Line To The Throne"
Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar - 10 hours ago
This is a track from Camera Obscura's new album, and it seems appropriate to keep with the Scottish theme this week.
Just for the record...
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 10 hours ago
I'd like to clarify my views on some important issues for people that are
either unfamiliar with my website and radio program or who are old friends
or acquaintances and view the statements and posts I make on Facebook as
somehow "racist" or "anti-Semitic" or "hateful." This will basically serve
as an open letter to anyone interested in accurately understanding my views
on some very controversial issues.
*First*, the "New World Order" we hear so much about from media
personalities such as Alex Jones and many others is very real. There most
certainly is an organized effort to elimi... more »
“7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* *
*“7 Powerful Ways to Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online”*
by Eliot Estep
“The recent NSA leaks from whistleblower Ed Snowden have publicly confirmed
that digital privacy does not exist. The federal government and
intelligence agencies have direct server access to the world’s most popular
sites and services including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and more.
This means that all of your data when using these services including Skype,
YouTube, etc has been compromised and can be used against you whenever
strategically necessary.
Always remember, you are being recorde... more »
The Israeli Angle To The NSA Surveillance Scandal
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
Americans spying on Americans is not as scary or out-of-bounds as Israelis
spying on Americans. I want to see 'The Guardian' break that story. I want
to see the "mainstream" media cover that angle of the NSA spying scandal. I
want to see pigs fly and dogs meow.
Steve Sailer writes in his article, *"Does Israel Have a Backdoor to US
Intelligence?"* (Taki's Magazine, June 12, 2013):
And yet informed observers have assumed for most of this century that
American telephone metadata may well already be available to a foreign
military-intelligence complex via hypothesized “backdoors” ... more »
my life at the children's library so far (plus happy birthday to me)
laura k at wmtc - 12 hours ago
What a difference it makes when you enjoy going to work. What a difference
when you don't *dread* your job. Wow!
This is what I've done in my new position so far.
- I participated in the finale of Grade 4 Read To Succeed, in which the
winning classes - the classes that read the most books in each branch
library's catchment area - attended an event at Mississauga City Hall.
There were songs, games, prizes, and readings by two children's authors. It
was a bit weird for me, as I hadn't been involved in the program, but great
fun and very instructive.
- I did my first programming!! I a... more »
Is "system" really the word for our two-party, er, arrangement?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
*Do Republicans really grasp the significance of having people like VA
Atty. Gen. (and 2013 gubernatorial candidate) "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli as
the face of their party? The Dems meanwhile have their own problems; we'll
get to that.*
*by Ken*
It's not exactly news that here at *DWT* we don't have a whole lot of hope
for either of our major political parties. And since Howie has, as usual,
been keeping us up to date on the horror shows of both, I haven't felt the
need to chime in. (Not much anyway.) But a pair of items that have jumped
out of the news hole into the opinion pages -- ... more »
WHAT MORE PROOF DOES ONE NEED?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
It's a classic...shows you can't believe a word that comes out of any of
these guys mouths....they are all hacks.
Anyone that still believes anything that Obama-Biden say (and the
Democratic Party) need to have their heads examined. The evidence is more
than clear that both the Dems and Repubs are playing the American people
like a fiddle.
It's time to quit dancing with these crooks. Protest and survive. Remain
timid and we all go down hard. It's your call.
Musical Interlude: Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPrPgm_n2w
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on Big Ag and the Politics of Food
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 13 hours ago
Sustainable
food writer Tom Philpott at the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas,
June 7, 2013. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.
Rag Radio podcast:
Mother Jones' Tom Philpott on
sustainable ag and the politics of food
"As a writer for Grist and now Mother Jones, Tom Philpott draws links
between your kitchen, your food sources, your government, and the earth.
An organic farmer,
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*UPDATE: Geismar plant explosion: 73 injured 1 killed ~WDSU*
FNF Philippines and Liberal Challenges 2013-2016
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 14 hours ago
Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) Manila office held a good conference,
"Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San
Juan City, Metro Manila. Participants were some local executives (Mayors,
Governors) and Congressmen/women of the Liberal Party (LP) who won in the
elections last month, plus sectoral groups affiliated with LP (women,
labor, youth, etc.). Some alumni of the International Academy for
Leadership (IAF) in Gummersbach, Germany like me were also invited.
Below, Jules... more »
Bolivia's Law: The Rights of Mother Earth
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago
.
Bolivia's law: The Rights of Mother Earth
Censored News shares Bolivia's law safeguarding the Rights of Mother
Earth, as a standard for other governments, in the wake of the wholesale
exploitation of the earth for corporate gain. Far from just rhetoric,
the creation of law to safeguard the Rights of Mother Earth is a means
to safeguard the species and future generations from the
Rising Waters
Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 14 hours ago
I know I've been a tad behind on the blog (mainly due to work) but there is
another reason as well. As you've no doubt heard, parts of Fort McMurray
have been inundated rising flood water this past week. This played havoc
with my internet connection apparently as its been a tad spotty the past
week. So I apologize in advance if this post seems like I'm all over the
place.
I managed to get some much-needed yard work taken care of last
Friday....and then it started to rain. From last Friday until this past
Monday it rained. Actually, that's putting it mildly as it was down right... more »
DeMint Is Ready To Go To War-- Against Conservative Republicans
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
It was bad enough for the GOP's Know Nothing base of bigots and racists
when Jefferson Beauregard Sessions' filibuster of comprehensive immigration
reform was shut down Tuesday with an overwhelming bipartisan 82-15 vote.
But if the Hatred and Bigotry wing of the GOP didn't get the message clear
enough, the Senate was back 2 hours later to vote on the motion to proceed
with the debate and that one passed 84-15. It was sad and lonely to be a
racist in the Senate on Tuesday. Ted Cruz was so frustrated that he almost
cried. He admitted that the immigration reform bill would pass the Se... more »
The Criminals In Both The United States And Israel Are Getting Desperate: U.S. And Allies LIE Together On Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
We have all watched over the last few weeks as the Syrian government forces
have been winning battle after battle against the murderous mercenaries,
aka "Rebels" in the fight for Syria to be free of foreign intervention and
destruction. The writing has definitely been on the wall for what is left
of the criminal mercenaries as their forces have dwindled to the point now
that Syria could actually be free of these US/Israeli bought and paid for
murderers within the next few months! As a result, the US and their
masters in Israel have been searching out of desperation for any excuse ... more »
"Then What Is The Answer?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
"Then what is the answer?— Not to be deluded by dreams.
To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence,
and their tyrants come, many times before.
When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose
the least ugly faction; these evils are essential.
To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted
and not wish for evil; and not be duped
By dreams of universal justice or happiness.
These dreams will not be fulfilled.
To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear
the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand
Is an ugly thing and man dissevered ... more »
China mocks the US #SurveillanceState
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
Apparently, this cartoon appeared today in the *China Daily*…
[Hat tip We Stand With Edward Snowden]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Abdullah Öcalan, Leader of The PKK, On The Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours ago
Abdullah Öcalan is the founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
and has been in a Turkish prison on İmralı island since 1999. Recently, the
PKK and the Turkish state *entered a peace agreement*. In March, Öcalan
called on PKK fighters in Turkey to leave and cease its guerrilla
activities against Turkey.* *
The peace process has already produced results on the ground. In early May,
thousands of PKK fighters started to *make their way to the Kurdish region
in northern Iraq*. But it is still too soon to tell what will become of the
Turkish-Kurdish peace process. It could... more »
How to match beer with food
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
Now *this* is what I call a useful infographic: how to find the perfect
beer style to match your grub.
[image: Infographic: Mark Shaw]
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"Pity..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the
world’s pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the
world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispair. A good man will
seek to take pain out of things. A foolish man will not even notice it,
except in himself, and the poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper
into things and spread it about wherever he goes."
- William Saroyan
Musical Interlude: 2002, “Suddenly Yours”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
2002, “Suddenly Yours”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jQn4U-IxDL8#!
"In The Time Of Your Life..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 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
un... more »
"A Look to the Heavens, with Chet Raymo"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"This stunning image of the Orion Nebula was an Astronomy Picture of the
Day (APOD) last week. It reminded me of my long and continuing relationship
with this cosmic object.
*Click image for larger size.*
"Object"? Is that the right word for a swirling maelstrom of gas, dust and
stars, 40 light-years wide, 1500 light-years away? A stellar nursery!
"Object" seems so passive, so final, so so, uh, blah. We need another
term, something more Blakeian, more incendiary, more theological.
It was my father who first pointed out the Orion Nebula to me, as we stood
on the badminton court i... more »
"Above All..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never
get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life
around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its
lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and
understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."
- Arundhati Roy
"Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
* "Coming Full Circle: A New Level of Mastery"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Often the reappearance of an old pattern is a sign that it has come full
circle ready to be released. Life is a circular journey through our issues
and processes, and this is why things that are technically new often seem
very familiar. It is also why, whenever we work to release a habit, change
a pattern, or overcome a fear, we often encounter that issue one last time,
even after we thought we had conquered it. Often, when this happens, we
feel defeated or frustrated that after all our hard work we a... more »
Turkish protests continue - Erdogan ultimatum rejected. Check to PM Erdogan !
fredw at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
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Rob Ford knew some guys - big deal!
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
Ok, a massive police raid with 42 teams across the Province.
Neighbourhoods shut down at dawn by battering ram entry and
flash bang stun grenades. Dozens of arrests, 40 firearms seized, millions
of dollars of cash and drugs uncovered.
And what's the lead to the story?
"Rob Ford knew men in photo"
Errh, well, who cares?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/06/13/toronto-police-raids.html
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 16 hours ago
Ashburn, VA, USA. *No* thanks for stopping by.
*Click image for larger size.*
*Host Name: pool-74-96-72-66.washdc.fios.verizon.net*
"Verizon Business’ new headquarters sits on a large tract of open land in
Ashburn, Va., primed and ready for expansion to meet the next generation of
government communications. The connecting buildings- which resemble a giant
convention center or a major international airport’s departure terminal-
house the managed network services that Verizon Business provides to many
federal agencies, including the intelligence and defense communities. For ... more »
Bradley vs the Beast . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 16 hours ago
THE
AMERICAN STATE has become a mutant, vicious beast, beyond its own laws.
Julian Assange posted a letter on Wikileaks, commenting about the
persecution of Bradley Manning:
Statement by Julian Assange
As I type these lines, on June 3, 2013, Private First Class Bradley
Edward Manning is being tried in a sequestered room at Fort Meade,
Maryland, for the alleged crime of telling the
Kitimat and Prince Rupert, In The Line Of Fire
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 17 hours ago
Pemex gas plant explosion in Mexico..(December/2012)
Huge natural gas explosion in Sissonville West Virginia....
Kansas City 2012
Alabama 2013
Western Massachussetts 2012
Mexico 2012
LNG Tanker in China, 2012
Edison NJ..1994
2012..Natural gas pipeline explosion
The LNG Tanker, massive ship, the length of two football fields..
One LNG plant, for example the Petronas proposed project, 190 LNG transport
ships per year, 190 ships coming, 190 ships going, in reality it`s more
like 380 traverses per year, those ships that arrive must also leave..
That is one LNG plant, l... more »
Why I'm skeptical about Syrian death toll
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 17 hours ago
I've written about this before. Today the U.N. released a report asserting
that an average of 5,000 per month had been killed every month for the last
year, bringing the total deaths in Syria to 93,000. One reason this report
has little credibility is the assertion that "the figure of 92,901 was
reached at the end of April." Really? With no one on the ground, the U.N.
can confidently state that not 92,000, not even 92,500, but "92,901" was
the death toll at the end of April? One part in nearly 100,000 precision?
You couldn't come up with a statistic that precise in the United States ... more »
"Startpage Protects Your Privacy!"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
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*"Startpage Protects Your Privacy!"*
by Startpage
"Startpage, and its sister search engine Ixquick, are the only third-party
certified search engines in the world that do not record your IP address or
track your searches.
*Your privacy is under attack!* Every time you use a regular search engine,
your search data is recorded. Major search engines capture your IP address
and use tracking cookies to make a record of your search terms, the time of
your visit, and the links you choose - then they store that information in
a giant database. Those searches reveal a shocking amoun... more »
Satire: “Murdoch Divorce Stuns Satan”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
* “Murdoch Divorce Stuns Satan”*
by Andy Borowitz
HELL (The Borowitz Report)— “Word that the News Corporation chief
executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife, Wendi Deng,
came as a “total surprise” to longtime Murdoch confidant Satan, the Lord of
the Underworld said today. “I am totally blindsided by this,” Satan told
reporters. “He and I talk every day.” Citing his long history with the
media titan, the Hound of Hell said, “We go way back. I gave him the idea
for Fox News. I told him to hire Roger Ailes. That’s why this is such a
shock.”
A frequent dining c... more »
Breaking: US and Allies lie together on claim that Syria used chemical weapons
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 17 hours ago
*Liars, lying all together*
*This collusion is a bad sign.*
"According to an internal memorandum circulating inside the government on
Thursday, the “intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has
used chemical weapons on a small scale against the opposition multiple
times in the last year.” President Obama said in April that the United
States had physiological evidence that the nerve gas sarin had been used in
Syria, but lacked proof of who used it and under what circumstances. He now
believes that the proof is definitive, according to American officials.
But a flurry o... more »
Syria: Arming rebels? Easing sanction for mercs. Israel's strategy and more
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 18 hours ago
Look at this post at Part 2 of a series. You should very minimally listen
to the interview in the previous post
for some background. Syria- Lavrov Interview "Our priority is to stop
violence" Corbett interviews...
Unless you are on of the many who have been hanging around for a while now?
And yeah, we are going long. Then there will be a part 3. Breaking news and
it is despicable.
*Below is the post I began working on early this morning*
While searching around for news regarding the US decision to arm the NATO
mercs aka msm rebels some interesting news pieces came to my attention tha... more »
“'Metadata' Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phone Calls"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
*“'Metadata' Can Tell the Government More About *
*You Than the Content of Your Phone Calls"*
by George Washington
"The government has sought to “reassure” us that it is only tracking
“metadata” such as the time and place of the calls, and not the actual
content of the calls. But technology experts say that “metadata” can be
more revealing than the content of your actual phone calls. For example,
the ACLU notes: "A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study a few years
back found that reviewing people’s social networking contacts alone was
sufficient to determine their sexual o... more »
"27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
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*"27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government*
* Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine"*
by Michael Snyder
"Would you be willing to give up what Edward Snowden has given up? He has
given up his high paying job, his home, his girlfriend, his family, his
future and his freedom just to expose the monolithic spy machinery that the
U.S. government has been secretly building to the world. He says that he
does not want to live in a world where there isn't any privacy. He says
that he does not want to live in a world where everything that he says and
does is recorded.... more »
Do you own your job?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
Unions aren’t all bad, but the reaction to the private members bill by
newish MP Jamie Lee Ross allowing employers to employ non-union labour has
brought out the worst in those who speak for the monopolists of labour.
[image: _JamieLeeRoss]If passed, Ross’s bill would give employers the right
to employ replacement labour when unionised employees strike. Labour MP
Darien Fenton knee-jerk reaction to it say this “is another attack on the
hard-fought rights of Kiwi workers.” But is it?
Strike action by unionised employees is certainly their right. But the
unionised employees have no... more »
My Guest Post on Pam Bickell's, Notes Along The Path Blog
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
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*If you wish to visit Pam's blog, please click on the link provided below:*
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http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/06/12/return-to-the-now-a-guest-post-by-mike-hopkins/
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*It's entitled, Return To The Now.*
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*PS: She has a very nice blog.*
"How the Fed Screws the Middle Class"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
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*"How the Fed Screws the Middle Class"*
by Bill Bonner
"Dow down -126 points. Gold up $15 an ounce!
"Don't get me started," said the taxi driver. But it was too late. He had
already started. And he wasn't going to stop until we arrived at our
destination: an island in the Bois de Boulogne. The Bois de Boulogne is a
large park on the western edge of Paris. It includes a lake and an island.
On the island there is a nice restaurant. And in the restaurant were some
colleagues who had invited us to lunch.
"I started working when I was 15," our driver began, in French with a thick ... more »
Is It Insane If We All Do It?
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours ago
We are seriously mentally ill, as individuals and as a society. If you
don't believe it, just look at all the self-destructive things we do often
with a sense of achievement and invariably without thinking them through.
A fellow by the name of Jim Harris writes that modern economics is a form
of pathology. He notes how furiously we're working to liquidate our
natural capital, rebranding it "income" and congratulating ourselves for
our wonderful success.
Jim's right when you give it just a little thought. If resources are
non-renewable why are we so intent on depleting them to th... more »
Solar Energy In L.A.-- And Japan
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
Monday night I was at the Hammer Museum for a screening of Shaun Kadlec's
and Deb Tullmann's fantastic new film, Born This Way, a documentary on the
gay and lesbian underground in Cameroon. Afterwards I ran into Mayor-elect
Eric Garcetti. Eric's an old friend and one of the smartest politicians
I've ever met. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and he studied Urban
Planning at Columbia. I doubt L.A. has ever elected anyone as qualified to
be mayor in its entire history. I hadn't talked to Eric since he beat out
the DWP shill he ran against in the runoff. I've been dying to talk with... more »
ENDA May Have a Chance
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours ago
Here's how fast things are changing on issues affecting sexual orientation
and gender identity: there's actually a realistic chance that the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act could pass the divided Congress. And it
seems very likely that at the very least, Democrats will push it
aggressively.
That was the word from Harry Reid earlier this week, when he promised that the
Senate would take up the legislation "soon," although he didn't specify
when. And now Barack Obama may be planning to push it himself. It's no
surprise; the current bill has 48 co-sponsors; that's three more than th... more »
The Canadian government and the Honduran drug business
paul at Paying attention - 19 hours ago
You can draw a straight line from the Canadian government’s stupid and
cynical drug policies to crime here in Honduras.
Canada and the U.S. continue to follow a drug policy that has failed every
test since Prohibition in the 1920s. The governments spend billions in a
futile effort to block the supply of drugs and lock up users and dealers.
It has never worked. Over the 42 years since Richard Nixon declared the
“war on drugs,” nothing has changed. Drug use and drug-related crime
haven’t been reduced.
The beneficiaries are criminals. Gangs make big money because drugs are
illegal and w... more »
The Transformation of Society - as seen by James Corbett
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 20 hours ago
link: http://youtu.be/JHTDmZuDwYA
The assumed (!) massive eavesdropping operations from and within the USA
might have a history, explained by the state of mind of many common people,
like you or me. We can be influenced due to our educational systems. We do
learn WHAT to think, but unfortunately not HOW to think. That is to my
opinion (a.o.)the cause of governmental extravaganza's that seem to have
reached their *apex of the absurd* in these days, as James Corbett reports
with regards to the NSA drama. And it's not limited to eavesdropping only.
The most important absurdity is tha... more »
The age of the £1 loaf...
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 20 hours ago
In the last 12 months Britain has endured the wettest autumn on record
followed by the coldest spring in 50 years. As a result food manufacturers
have had to make a net import of wheat for the first time in 11 years. The
weather has also caused problems with a number of other crops although,
apparently, the extra time needed for soft fruit to ripen has meant they
will of good quality this year… which is nice.
This is a taste of things to come, as the climate changes and weather
becomes more erratic. In the short-term the effect will be an even tighter
squeeze on living standards. A... more »
Repeat after me...Islam is a religion of peace
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
We've not had a post about Islam for a while, so here's what the BBC
teaches our children about that particular religion and its attitudes
towards war:
*BBC - GCSE Bitesize*
*Islam: attitudes towards fighting and warfare*
Most religions offer teaching on war and conflict. And over time religion
has been at the heart of conflict between nations.
*Islam – war and peace*
Muslim attitudes to war and peace are based on the teachings of the Qur’an
(the Divine Book revealed to the Prophet Muhammad). There are two ideas in
Muslim teaching that relate to war – Jihad (to struggle in the... more »
Jonah Lehrer is back in the saddle again!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 20 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*All tangled up in bull:* Truly, in modern American discourse, it’s
bullroar all the way down.
If you didn’t understand that fact, you might be confused by this news
report, in which Julie Bosman explains the triumphant return of the
“fallen,” “disgraced” Jonah Lehrer.
Since at least the late 1990s, American political discourse has been ruled
by inventive paraphrase and outright misquotation. As Bosman explains,
Lehrer took this developing practice to an unusual place—in his last book,
he invented quotes, then attributed them to Bob Dylan!
In a book whic... more »
The New York Times explains cherry-picking!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 21 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*Too hard for the regular paper:* Tuesday morning, three of our analysts
came right out of their chairs.
The youngsters are assigned to the science beat. As such, they were
scanning that day’s Science Times, the New York Times’ weekly science
section.
What brought the young analysts out of their seats? In a report about
climate change, Justin Gillis explained the practice of cherry-picking.
“The rise in the surface temperature of earth has been markedly slower over
the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that,” Gillis wrote. And
then, out of nowhere... more »
NEWS FLASHBACK!!! Conservative MP blows by Hill security check
leftdog at Buckdog - 21 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*A little retro story for our Conservative friends ... especially those
with conveniently short term memory ....*
*Conservative MP blows by Hill security check** *
*Tory MP Pierre Poilievre is in hot water again, this time for bypassing a
security check at Parliament Hill because he didn’t want to wait in line.*
*The Star*
The Challenges of Dissent: A Dissenter’s View
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
The commentary on Edward Snowden over the past several days and the various
discussions on dissent, resignations, and whistleblowing have given me a
lot to think about. I’ll leave discussion of the merits of Snowden’s
actions to Dan’s thread below. Here I want to think about the process and
pitfalls of whistleblowing and dissent. Twenty
Continue reading
Does Snowden Pass the Test?
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
As you’ve probably noticed, I’m working through two competing concerns: (1)
the legal and ethical obligations that come with holding a security
clearance and (2) the ethical and moral obligation to bring deeply
problematic government action to light. In comments elsewhere, I’ve put
forth two examples of what I think are relatively straightforward kinds of
Continue reading
Does lying matter?...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 21 hours ago
*Why yes. Yes it does.*
Powerful!
This whiteboard animation shows what happened when Hitler lied to get
elected and people don't care or pay attention to the lies of their
leaders, until they do care...and at that point, it is too late. Parts of
this video are narrated by a man who served as a German soldier and a
German woman who lived right by the railroad tracks the cattle trains ran
on that carried the Jews to their deaths.
Based on Andy Andrews' book, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Produced by www.thedrawshop.com
This is real, don't be fooled. This is happening.
Random Photos
Southern Man at Southern Man - 22 hours ago
A few random photos from the past week...
Teen Daughter self portrait.
Southern Man driving, by Teen Daughter.
Southern Man took this one.
Southern Cousin in the pool.
Southern Father.
Two turtles rescued from a nearby road and released at The Land. They have
been (tentatively) identified as a red-eared slider (top) and an eastern
river cooter (bottom).
NEWS RELEASE: INT'L SPACE CONFERENCE IN SWEDEN'S 'HIGH NORTH'
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
*Svalbard Satellite Station in **Norway helps serve US war fighting
operations thus violating the** **Treaty of Svalbard *
**
*For Immediate Release***
*Contact:* Bruce Gagnon (GN Coordinator) globalnet@mindspring.com (207)
443-9502 and Agneta Norberg (Stockholm) lappland.norberg@gmail.com
Concerned activists and writers from around the world will gather in *Kiruna,
Sweden* on *June 27-29* to discuss how the ‘High North’ of Sweden has
become one of the largest training places (called NEAT) for NATO war
exercises and advanced weapons testing.
The High North also hosts ground ... more »
'HEADLEY PROTECTED BY NSA'; SIX AMERICANS DIED
Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Alan Scherr, daughter Naomi, 13,and wife Kia - three of the six Americans
killed in Mumbai in 2008, during the attacks planned by David Headley. The
USA's NSA spy agency failed over a number of years to have Headley arrested.
*
America's NSA only took action on David Headley AFTER the USA had been
tipped off by British intelligence.
*US defence of snooping with David Headley case found flawed* / *Defenders
of NSA Surveillance Omit Most of Mumbai Plotter’s Story*
*General Alexander lied?*
The director of the *National Security Agency* *General Keith Alexander*told a Senate heari... more »
Thomas Mulcair Feels Wrath Of Rookie Gate Attendant On Parliament Hill ....
leftdog at Buckdog - 22 hours ago
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[image: Progressive Bloggers]
*It's sort of comical watching the Conservatives go through contortions
trying to equate difficulties the Leader of the Official Opposition
experienced this morning with a new employee (working the gate on
Parliament Hill) with their numerous ethical, legal and moral sins. *
*To hear the Conservatives tell it, Mulcair's traffic difficulty is equal
to Conservative sins such as: *
*-the missing $3.1Billion tax dollars *
*-the $90,000 mystery cheque to Senator Mike Duffy *
*-the mysterious resignation of Nigel Wright from the PMO *
*-Speaker Scheer's b... more »
Syria- Lavrov Interview "Our priority is to stop violence" Corbett interviews....
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
Excerpted for length: I like info such as this where pertinent persons
speak for themselves
Sergey Lavrov says the US and Russia must do “everything possible” to stop
violence in Syria, warning that people who fight the Syrian army are “very
well armed,” among them *“the terrorist organization created by the United
States - Al-Nusra Front.”*
*“This is a tragedy. What must be done and that's where the US and Russia
see eye to eye is to do everything to stop it. You know that alongside with
the opposition which is called Free Syrian Army terrorist organizations
fight. And one of th... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 22 hours ago
*UPDATE- Video: Injuries at explosion, fire at Geismar plant ~The Advocate*
The Unbearable Rightness of Being Certain
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 22 hours ago
Giving lie to the conventional wisdom that bipartisanship is dead, House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today heaved her well-maintained self upon an
increasingly crowded luxury bandwagon of Washington insiders, bull-horning
to anyone who would listen: *Bring Me the Head of Edward Snowden!*
**
The more that the Democratic and Republican elites are joining hands in
public to celebrate the death of the Constitution via massive domestic
spying by the United States military, the more obvious it becomes that not
only is the pseudoleft completely dead, it has been utterly replaced by the
Big... more »
A quiet time
risa bear at A Way to Live - 23 hours ago
The neighbors have all rushed to get in their hay before the next rain, and
most of them have succeeded.
The local grass seed farmer, though, whose acreage seems to comprise half
the valley, had to wait a bit longer to begin cutting for seed, and is
caught out; the windrowing machines will be busy for days.
Our new cherry trees, which made an effort last year, are sleeping on the
job, like most of the apples and pears. The pie cherry down by the mailbox
is more reliable. I picked it yesterday as neighbors drove past, waving,
and stored the small crop, lightly blanched, in the f... more »
A nice little retro song - She & Him "I've Got Your Number, Son"
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 23 hours ago
She and Him being Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward.
Zooey Deschanel was Trillian in the woeful 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy film and now stars in the very average US comedy New Girl, but she
sure can sing... What a lovely voice and a nice 60's girl group feel to the
song.
Confirming: Bamford’s report was completely ignored!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013*
*We had dumber things to discuss:* Yesterday, we cited Walter Pincus’
reaction to the current NSA revelations. To read that post, click here.
This isn’t real new, Pincus seemed to say. He recalled an article from
March of last year by James Bamford, a well-known expert on the NSA:
PINCUS (6/11/13): On March 15, 2012, Wired magazine published a long
article by James Bamford, who has written books about the NSA. *Bamford
described the agency’s new $2 billion Utah Data Center and its ability to
“intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’... more »
Former Republican Congressman Rick Renzi Is Finally Headed To Prison On Corruption Charges
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
You may have noticed that *DWT* spends a lot of time going after a few
especially bad Members of Congress. If you're a regular reader, you see a *
lot* of mentions of shady characters like Darrell Issa, Paul Ryan, Ted
Cruz, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Buck McKeon, Michele Bachmann, John Barrow,
Steve Israel, Louie Gohmert, Steve King, John Boehner, Miss McConnell, Joe
Crowley... the worst of the worst from both sides of the aisle. When the
blog got started in 2005, our focus was on people we rarely mention these
days: Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, John Doolittle, Dick Pombo ... more »
Mad Libs
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 23 hours ago
I've long held that listening to the self-censoring corporate
mainstream media and Obama's smiling fascist government is like trying to
follow a novel with all the consonants and half the punctuation missing.
Or, perhaps more accurately, it's like trying to grope one's way toward the
denouement of an espionage thriller using a Mad Libs book. Insert any noun,
verb, adverb or adjective of your choice and your story is as good and as
accurate as the next guy's.
And libs are indeed going slowly mad over this NSA wiretapping scandal
that should come as no surprise to anyone tha... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 hours ago
*At least 30 victims hospitalized after Geismar plant explosion~WWLTV*
INCONVENIENT INTERRUPTION
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Protesters in solidarity with whistleblower Private Bradley Manning
interrupted President Obama as he stumped for Ed Markey's senate campaign
June 12 in Roxbury (Boston) Massachusetts. They chanted 'Whistleblowing's
not a crime! Free Bradley Manning!' and blew whistles. One protester was
arrested.
The loyal liberal base, who hated when George W. Bush waged wars and
prosecuted whistleblowers, were not pleased that anyone would interrupt
their Democratic Party love fest with such inconvenient issues.
Our Maine friend Ridgely Fuller (top right of screen in black shirt
chanting) mad... more »
Recent Offerings from the Tweet of God
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Imagine if God had a Twitter account. Apparently He does! From it he
dispenses divine observations and wisdom to we mere mortals. Here are a
few of His latest offerings:
*
**I support marijuana. I created it for you. In fact the Garden of Eden was
full of it. That was Eve's downfall. She got the munchies. *
*John 3:16. Matthew 3:17. Luke 3:18. It was a very close race.*
*Once you go black hole, you never go back. That is literally true.*
*Even on the first day of Creation I remember thinking to Myself, "I hate
Mondays".*
*The NSA knows more about you than I do.*
*Every time y... more »
Test for discrimination
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 holds:
[53] The Divisional Court set out the following test for
discrimination. The Court said:
In order to prove a *prima facie* case of discrimination, there must be
evidence to support the following findings:
a. a distinction or differential treatment;
b. arbitrariness based on a prohibited ground;
c. a disadvantage; and
d. a causal nexus between the arbitrary distinction based on a prohibited
ground and the disadvantage suffered.
[54] The Court did not indicate from where it de... more »
115 Gigawatts!
Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 1 day ago
That's how much global energy-generating capacity from renewable sources
rose by in 2012, according to a report by the Renewable Energy Policy
Network for the 21st Century. Capacity rose by 105 gigawatts in 2011.
Apparently that's good. All I know is you need 1.21 gigawatts to fuel a
flux capacitor. The jump is attributed to a large drop in the price of
solar power technology last year.
For a better understanding, let's go to the relevant TED Talk, a short one
from Dave Follette, Director of Engineering at Aztera.
*Time* takes a look at California’s Ivanpah solar thermal plant, w... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Explosion, fire at the Williams Olefins plant ~Advocate*
*Olefins plant explosion, fire in Geismar ~WVUE*
An All-Harvard CEA
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
With the news that Betsey Stevenson is joining the CEA, the three-member
board will now have two Harvard PhDs and a Harvard professor. Just
saying.... more »
Thoughts on a teacher in a Catholic school fired for being a domestic abuse victim?
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
I’m torn on this issue. Unfair, dispassionate, and further stigmatizes
domestic abuse survivors/victims. However, this could definitely be a
safety issue for students at the school. Perhaps she could be put on paid
leave until this blows over, maternity leave, some kind of leave. Sick
leave? But outright termination seems unreasonable. Tagged: catholic,
domestic […]
Amazon: 3D printers below $1,200
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
When Howard Wolowitz bought a 3D printer to print figures of himself,
Rajesh Koothrappali, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, and other heroes of
The Big Bang Theory, he had to be chastised by Bernadette because it was
her money and it was $5,000 of them.
(Incidentally, I made some research of the 1200 XT 3D modeler PRO device
that appeared in the CBS sitcom and I am pretty confident that it's a
renamed 3D Systems InVision XT 3D Printer.)
But an ex-president of the Harvard Funds and the famous Pirate of Prague,
Viktor Kožený, a technological enthusiast who has just gotten access to $... more »
"It has been public information for a decade that the US government secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insouciant US public seems unperturbed." ... "Germans in the Third Reich and Soviet citizens in the Stalin era had a better idea of their government’s agendas than do 'freedom and democracy' Americans today. The American people are the most uninformed people in modern history." -- Paul Craig Roberts
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
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*What is the Government’s Agenda? -- Paul Craig Roberts*
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What is the Government’s Agenda?
Paul Craig Roberts
It has been public information for a decade that the US government
secretly, illegally, and unconstitutionally spies on its citizens. Congress
and the federal courts have done nothing about this extreme violation of
the US Constitution and statutory law, and the insoucia... more »
How Soon Tax Reform?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Earlier this week, Stan Collender wrote a longish piece about the prospects
for tax reform. His bottom line? Don't expect anything until 2017.
He makes several points, most of which I agree with. But I'm not sure I
agree with the conclusion. In particular, Collender argues, essentially,
that tax reform will happen only when Republicans give in to the Democratic
position that reform should be revenue-positive this time around, as
opposed to the revenue-neutral 1986 effort.
I strongly disagree with that -- as I've argued in the past, I think tax
reform is really only plausible when it... more »
Gene Patents: Told You So!
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
Just this minute, I was reached by the terrific news that the US supreme
court has finally ruled against patenting of human genes: here, here, here,
here, here, here. The ruling itself can be downloaded here.
With respect to my interest in this matter from the point of view of
promoting science, health and the interests of patients and the general
public, expressed in former posts here and here, this is mainly to rub it
in: told you so!!!
*Philosophical Comment Blog: Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical
Philosophy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Chief interests are
ethics/... more »
Ask and receive: #Commoncore cereal!
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Never too early to get college and career ready! Gotta have my jobs!
Tagged: cereal, common core, pops, profit
Your moment of Zen
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Go ask Alice, when she was just small...
CCSS, the Corporate Profit Black Hole
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
Unleash the Power!!!!! The power of corporate education reform to generate
profit for textbook, program, and testing corporations while childhood
poverty in the US skyrockets and children continue to be cheated out of
rich educational experiences… Sounds about right: —– I think Education Week
accidentally published the cover from an upcoming new young adult science
[…]
Abenomics is Not more Dangerous than the North Korean Missile Program
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I continue to be amazed at how the Korean government won’t admit that
Japan’s revival is really good for democracy in Asia and the prevention of
Chinese regional primacy. No less than the SK finance minister (pic)
actually said Abenomics is more dangerous to SK than the NK missile
program. Wait, what?? The worst totalitarianism
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LISTEN First Voices Indigenous Radio, Arvol Looking Horse, Debra White Plume
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First Voices Indigenous Radio
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota
http://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/program_archives
June 13, 2013
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Following the birth of a White Buffalo Calf in 1994, the Keeper of
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Coming Together for Solutions for Creating Respectful Learning Cultures
John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
I began this series of posts in response to the Los Angeles schools banning
of suspensions for willful defiance of authority. I oppose punitive
disciplinary systems and recognize that suspensions are a flawed response
to nonviolent behavior. We teachers must take risks in order to better
serve our students, so I would support restrictions on […]
Coming Together for Solutions for Creating Respectful Learning Cultures
John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
I began this series of posts in response to the Los Angeles schools banning
of suspensions for willful defiance of authority. I oppose punitive
disciplinary systems and recognize that suspensions are a flawed response
to nonviolent behavior. We teachers must take risks in order to better
serve our students, so I would support restrictions on […]
Mother Earth/Mother Tongue Trail Race South Dakota June 22, 2013
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
This country is becoming surreal...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*to the point where I feel like I am down the rabbit hole with Alice. *
First stop this am (after spending 10 hours yesterday outside working) is
Drudge, where I learn that:
"The Obama Administration “strongly objects” to a proposed amendment to
the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday that would have
protected the religious rights of soldiers – including evangelical
Christian service members who are facing growing hostility towards their
religion.
[...]The Obama Administration said the amendment would have a “significant
adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale... more »
Will Sweden Withstand the Planned EU Tobacco Directive Rules on Cigarette Packet Warning Labels?
noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
News just broke that the current Swedish government is planning to try to
resist the planned implementation of a new EU tobacco directive application
according to which cigarette packets must have warning labels covering 75%
of the packet's surface space. Why on earth would the government of one of
the world's top non- and anti-smoking and pro public health countries in
this way want to do the tobacco industry's dirty business for them, one
might ask. But according to the government, this matter is nothing of the
sort. The reason given for why the government plans to resist the propo... more »
Even the Canucks are profiting from our #commoncore obsession
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
From School Specialty of Canada, each grade level classroom can own one of
their own Common Core State Standards kits. For Canada, wouldn’t they be
called CC Province Standards, right? Thankfully, they are Title I funding
approved. By the way, does Canada have Title I? Not sure about that one.
Apparently, every kit comes […]
BREAKING! NO link between breast cancer and abortion
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
So, inquiring minds want to know -- how much (non) evidence will be enough?
Probably no amount will ever satisfy the nutters, but here's yet another
study that finds NO evidence of an association between induced abortion and
breast cancer risk.
In 2004 the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer
evaluated the worldwide epidemiological evidence on the possible relation
between breast cancer and previous spontaneous and induced abortion ad
found no link. The results, drawn from 53 studies, were published in the
Lancet.
A new study confirms this data, that *there is n... more »
21st century… dance skills? YES!! #commoncore
Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 1 day ago
The CASD has been released. Oh, you haven’t heard. Yes, it’s the Colorado
Academic Standards for Dance. This seven page document just covers the
Kindergarten.Dance.Standards. Standards have indeed jumped the shark. I
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