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Sunday Classics preview: This is no happy wanderer Schubert presents to us
*SCHUBERT: "Der Wanderer" ("The Wanderer"), D. 493*
*Poem by Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck*
I come down from the mountains.
The valley streams;
the sea roars,
I wander, silent and joyless,
and my sighs always ask, "Where?"
Always "Where?"
[1:56-2:57]
*The sun seems so cold to me here,
the flowers faded and life old,
and what they say is empty sound.
I am a stranger everywhere.*
Where are you? Where are you, my beloved land?
Sought for, dreamed of, but never known!
The land, the land, so green with hope,
the land where my roses bloom,
where my friends go wandering
where my dead ris... more »
Cashing in on Kids Report Exposes ALEC
The Center for Media and Democracy has a new report out on ALEC (Good beach
reading) Despite widespread public opposition to the education
privatization agenda, at least 139 bills or state budget provisions
reflecting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) education bills
have been introduced in 43 states and the District of Columbia in just the
[…]
ALEC's First Agenda Item - "Hide the Legislation's Author"
*We will start tonight's festivities with*
*The Legislator Auction*
Pick a legislator - any legislator
Pick the legislator to introduce your corporate legislation.
*You don't have to know them.*
*You don't even have to like them.*
*Pick short*
*Pick tall*
*Their expertise in the matter*
*Doesn't matter at all*
*Just tell them what they should do and need to know*
*And our ALEC legislators will put on a "really good show".*
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**They will introduce your legislation to the task force for you*
*They've been doing it for years in their statehouses, so this is not new.
*
*We, here at ALEC, ... more »
Emperor Schauble and Queen Merkel visit the Greek colony ...... After the Germans leave , the plebes get back to the work of destroying their country....
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Schäuble’s high security visit provokes Greek anger
Greeks should stop lobbying for more debt relief, Wolfgang Schäuble said on
his visit to Athens yesterday that forced a lockdown of the city centre and
a ban on protests,Reuters reports. "I would like to ask all of you not to
continue at this time this discussion on a new haircut,” he said at an
event with the Greek Chamber of Commerce. "It is not in your interest."
Official lenders like the euro zone and IMF now hold more than 90% of
Greece's debt. That means the burden of any further debt relief - which
Athens hopes will ensue... more »
So the Common Core created top-notch lessons?
I see today AFT president Randi Weingarten was promoting the Common Core
via an interview with an Ohio NPR station back in May. Once again the
Common Core cheerleaders falsely imply that these new standards have
invented critical thinking and in-depth lessons. I would expect this type
of propaganda from the corporate reformers not from […]
Beck ( OH-ALEC) - Indicted on 16 Felony Charges
H/T to Dkos Diary
*Ohio Rep. Peter Beck of Mason indicted in investment fraudcase*
Posted: 07/19/2013
By: Kareem Elgazzar, WCPO Digital
CINCINNATI - Ohio Rep. Peter Beck (R-Mason) was indicted on 16 felony
charges in an investment fraud case Friday afternoon and faces a maximum
102 years in prison if convicted.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters
announced the indictments at a news conference Friday afternoon.
“John Fussner and Peter Beck knew CTech was insolvent and yet they did not
disclose this to investors," DeWine said. "They knew the tr... more »
Zapatistas: New Little School Dates, Information, a few other things July 2013
New
Little School Dates, Information about the Videoconferences and a few
other things
New Little School Dates, Information about the Videoconferences and a
few other things.
July 2013
http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/07/19/new-little-school-dates-information-about-the-videoconferences-and-a-few-other-things/
For:
The compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth and the Zapatista
EXPAND WAR MACHINE OR DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Denis Doherty (Australia) and I were on a commercial station TV show last
night for a 45 minute interview about the Obama "pivot" into Asia-Pacific.
The award-winning show reaches a regional audience in the Luzon area.
We had to drive about an hour to reach the studio through city traffic and
then the major highway connecting Manila and the Subic Bay region. Along
the way we passed miles of rice fields. There is great poverty in many
parts of Manila as people live in make shift cardboard shacks with tin
roofs. Just across the street from one such place was a golf course
surrou... more »
It's not too late (is it?) to give gifts to the family of VA Gov. "Slick Bob" McConnell
*There's undoubtedly a wisecrack to be cracked about the spectacle of a
grinning Maureen and Bob McDonnell pawing checks, but I don't have the
heart to crack it.*
*"[U]nder Virginia law, elected officials do not have to notify the state
about gifts to immediate family members. The officials have to annually
disclose any gifts to themselves worth more than $50."*
*-- from "Investigators looking into whether Va. first lady
got free dental work, 2 people say" by the *Washington
Post*'s Laura Vozzella and Rosalind S. Helderman*
*by Ken*
Let's say that you're the governor of a state. (H... more »
Michael Hasting death - a witness challenges the official story - body not burned beyond recognition ( and you have to wonder why Hastings body was cremated without family permission ? )
Eye Witness to Michael Hastings Murder Says Body Not Charred Beyond
Recognition
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Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones'
Facebook][image: Infowars store]
*Kurt Nimmo*
Infowars.com
July 19, 2013
Description of accident scene at odds with story provided by officialdom.
A witness to the aftermath of the Michael Hastings accident on June 18 in
Hancock Park in Los Angeles, California told Infowars Nightly News that the
journalist’s body was not badly charred as reported by the Los ... more »
Dzhokar Tsarnaev did NOT have a throat wound as alleged when captured alive - so , how did he get such a wound or is this another government falsehood ? No wonder the Boston Police Force went apeshitte at the PD photographer who unwittingly released proof of the false claims regarding the so called throat wound ! So , what else is wrong or just flat out lies folks ?
So , just how long before the media notices the fact that there was no
throat would on the Tsarnaev brother that didn't die ?
As note last night , my view of the Boston Magazine photos critically
failed to reveal a throat wound on the surrendering youth.....
http://fredw-catharsisours.blogspot.com/2013/07/boston-police-photographer-releases-new.html
Now another blog has picked on this......
http://www.infowars.com/dzhokar-tsarnaevs-throat-wound-another-government-lie-bites-the-dust/
Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s Throat Wound: Another Government Lie Bites the Dust
- [image: The Alex Jon... more »
President Obama's bad week.......Detroit gone bust ( so much for saving Detroit and what was that about the economy ) ......Affordable Healthcare weekly debacles...... Zimmerman case opens scabs on racial wounds always festering somewhere , with someone.......
Obama under pressure ..... apart from Detroit going bust , here are
other
political headaches !
Affordable Healthcare unilateral delay of Employer Mandate issue by
President Obama .....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-the-health-care-mandate-obama-reaches-beyond-the-law/2013/07/18/d442aefc-efb4-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_story.html
*Ronald
D. Rotunda is a professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University
and co-author of a six-volume treatise on constitutional law. He was
assistant majority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee from April
1973 to July 1974.*
Old-time mon... more »
know your rights, rental edition
After a week of looking at houses for rent, we found something we love and
put down a deposit. My dread of moving has been mostly replaced with a
mixture of resignation and excitement, as this will be a definite upgrade
in our standard of living. Life is full of the unexpected. We're very
fortunate in many ways - it could be way worse - and I don't want to lose
that perspective.
This experience continues to be educational! In addition to the rental
scams I saw on Craigslist, the basement disaster and our impending move
have provided a refresher course (as if I needed one!) in knowin... more »
Checks & Balances are DEAD; What Other Agencies are the Administration Abusing?
"Failure to Supervise" is the charge in the civil action being leveled by
the SEC against legendary hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. This story has
been running ad nauseum on CNBC since Friday afternoon. There is little
information to go on but my conjecture is that this is another agency being
directly used and abused by the Obama Administration to accomplish greater
control over anything financial.
Based up the well established pattern, his finger prints can be found
anywhere intimidation is being exerted by government agencies. The default
assumption with this President should ... more »
OKC / 2/26 : Terry the Farmer
Oklahoma City & "al-Qaeda": Terry Nichols & Ramsey Yousef (Summer 2001)from Paul
Coker on Vimeo.
Terry Nichols Wants To Reveal FBI Informant Role In The Oklahoma City
Bombing from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*Late 1992-Early 1993 and Late 1994:
Future Oklahoma City Bomber Said to Meet with Ramzi Yousef in Philippines*
Terry Nichols makes a number of trips to the Phillippines, apparently to
meet with al-Qaeda bomber Ramzi Yousef and other radical Islamists. Nichols
will later help plan and execute the Oklahoma City bombing
Nichols’s wife is a mail-order bride from Cebu City; Nichols... more »
Edward Snowden ayslum sage - thinking through how US - Russia relations move forward , how serious is the US in taking any serious actions against Russia , does Putin give a hot damn about what Obama says anyway ?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/CEN-01-190713.html
*Snowden: Moment of truth for Russia, US*
By M K Bhadrakumar
When the Group of Eight summit took place in Northern Ireland last month,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the diplomatic grapevine,
wanted to use the gym at the Enniskillen resort, but his American
counterpart Barack Obama had already booked it.
Neither would want to share the facility and Putin settled for a swim in
the frigid Lough Erne, which was beyond Obama's physical stamina. All this
might be idle gossip, but it helps capture the awkward nat... more »
Huffington Post: Facial Recognition Systems Turn Your Face Into Your Credit Card, PIN, Password
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* *Thanks to Pilar for this article! Is "Uniqul" pronounced "UNEQUAL" by
any chance? Hmmm... *
* -AK*
Facial Recognition Systems Turn Your Face Into Your Credit Card, PIN,
Password
The Huffington Post | By Betsy Isaacson
Posted: 07/19/2013 4:41 pm EDT | Updated: 07/19/2013 5:26 pm EDT
Earlier this week, Finnish startup Uniqul released a YouTube videoadvertising its pay-by-face authentication system.
In Uniqul's imagined future, faces will act like credit cards. At the
checkout counter, you'll give a "meaningful nod" to the scanner, which will
use your biometric informati... more »
Morsi's Decision To Cut Off Relations With Syria Crossed Egyptian Military's Red Line
*Source of photo.*
Related: * *
*Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q*.
*Tarpley On Why The Muslim Brotherhood Failed In Egypt - Part II*.
Renowned Egyptian journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal on Morsi's
irresponsible decision to cut off relations with Syria in a speech in June,
the need for a permanent diplomatic relationship between Egypt and Syria,
and the popular revolt against the Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey:
"A day that I felt was one of the days that had the most crises was when he
gave the speech where he cut off relations with Syria, which is the great
disas... more »
Michigan Judge halts Detroit bankruptcy as violative of Michigan and US Constitution - looks like Judge Aquilina is hoping President Obama bails out Detroit like he did GM and Chrysler ! Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's Eulogy on Detroit..... President Obama's Eulogy on Detroit ( you're on your own folks ! )
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/19/michigan-judge-halts-detroit-bankruptcy-because-it-dishonors-obama/
Michigan judge halts Detroit bankruptcy because it dishonors Obama
POSTED AT 5:11 PM ON JULY 19, 2013 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
Angela Corey should have tried this argument with Judge Nelson. 50/50 shot,
no?
Alternate headline: “Government in Detroit somehow worse than thought.”
Aquilina, who granted the restraining order, clearly was irked.
Prior to her ruling on Friday, she criticized the Snyder administration and
Attorney General’s Office for what appeared to be hasty action to outflan... more »
Louisiana sinkhole updates - July 19 , 2013 ( h/t Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle and Energy News blogs for reliably following this story ! )
Lake FUBAR Feeling Nauseated + New Vid
JULY 19, 2013
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From David H. -
*And the beat goes on…*
*We have positive movement commencing just prior to 05:00 am CDT
registering on…*
*LA 10 bottom*
*LA 12*
*LA 14*
*LA 17 185m*
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_temp/
*It looks like Lake Fubar is getting ready to dance again, and this time I
think she really means business.*
LINK - http://youtu.be/73QZ7oL37ls
03:25 PM EST on July 19th, 2013 | 10 comments
Hydrogeologist: I’m not kidding, we honestly don’t know what’s going on in
cavern below giant sinkhole — “Nobody’s ever encountered an... more »
Harumph! Kids These Days! On Changing Our Tone About Young People
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in
which it treats its children.” - Nelson Mandela A lot has been said in the
media lately about the degeneration of our youth and their seeming lack of
moral character, their resulting destructive behavior, and their defiance.
I, personally, was involved […]
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Clint
Richardson of *REALITY BLOG*. Clint and I will be discussing his
documentary *The Corporation Nation* and American law.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are links to some of Clint's videos:
- *The Corporation Nation*
- *The Corporation Nation 3: Ron Paul and The Federal Reserve*
- *CAFR SCHOOL: School Districts And The Lottery *
- *CAFR School: What Is Wall Street?*
Phil Space
My tuppence for the debate going on over at the IS about employing someone
to do some temporary admin work. It wasn't added to the main body of
documents to save space... that's what I was told anyway. Maybe I'm being
oppressed by a bureaucrat, who knows? Anyway, no sense in letting it go to
waste when there's space to fill:
The first thing to say is I am surprised at the vehemence of this argument.
Perhaps I should not be. We have, after all, just come out of the SWP.
Full-time, employed members (even the part-time ones) were seen as a
fundamental driver to the SWP’s current predic... more »
Double Dutch Radio "Viewpoint in the Now" Interviews American Kabuki (Excerpted)
I created an excerpt the Double Dutch Radio radio show with the interview
of me, for those of you who don't want to listen to the whole show which is
quite long.
The full show is in a post prior to this one. -AK
August 8th 1969: Motive #2,776 - Sharon Tate, Enemy of the State
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*Maoism vs. Manson*
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*Who killed Sharon Tate, and why?*
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I can't begin to imagine...
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Sofia Jannok: Our Rights To The Earth And To Our Freedom
*Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012 *
As a child of the indigenous Sami people, Sofia has been strongly
influenced by the powerful landscapes that surround her and the deep
connection that her ancestors
have fostered through their traditional livelihoods which bond them to
their land.
As a singer/songwriter, she has toured around the world performing her
unique blend of jazz and pop, fused with the Sami musical tradition of Yoik
.
Concerned over the destructive impact of industry on the Northern lands
Sofia is a founding member of the Arvas Foundation- a group that seeks to
re... more »
Who's The Real Cancer On The Ass of The Republican Party These Days?
Neo-fascist Denver oil heir/billionaire Philip Anschutz owns 2 far right
propaganda sheets in DC, the *Weekly Standard* and the *Washington
Examiner*(which failed as a newspaper as of June 14 and is currently
just a bizarre
right-wing blog). Anschutz, who is being sued for his role in the death
of
Michael Jackson, is obsessed with homosexuality and pours countless
millions of dollars into destroying the lives of gay men and women.
Anschutz and his front groups have also poured hundreds of thousands of
dollars into electoral campaigns on behalf of far right extremists like
Mike Coff... more »
Open Letter to Congress on ESEA Reauthorization
To Members of the 113th Congress: I write to express my concerns regarding
the various versions of the new ESEA now circulating in Washington, all of
which appear to have enough in common to be combined, perhaps, under a more
fitting title–something like The Corporate Foundation and Education
Industry Welfare Act of 2013. All of […]
The Economy: “Larry Summers' Bad Bet”
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*“Larry Summers' Bad Bet”*
by Bill Bonner
“We interrupt our regular programming to speak out in favor of Larry
Summers; he is the perfect candidate to replace Ben Bernanke. Poor Larry…
The critics are on his case. One called him a “high IQ moron.” No one likes
to kick a man when he’s down. Unless the man on the ground is Larry
Summers… More on that in a minute…
First, a quick look at the markets. As expected, the Fed is fully,
squarely, 1,000% committed to EZ money. Why? Because huge public policy
disasters do not stop until they’ve gone all the way to the end. Like a
real b... more »
In Forest They Smiled
"A human population approaching 7 billion can be maintained only by
desolating the Earth. If wild habitat is given over to human cultivation
and habitation, if rainforests can be turned into green deserts, if genetic
engineering enables ever-higher yields to be extorted from the thinning
soils—then humans will have created for themselves a new geological era,
the Eremozoic, the Era of Solitude, in which little remains on the Earth
but themselves and the prosthetic environment that keeps them alive."
~ John Gray
SourceSometimes it seems like just about everyone in the world has gone
... more »
Obama's Identity Crisis
It seems that Barry is getting jealous of Trayvon Martin. Sick though it
is, it is typical dictators with messianic complexes to become envious
when someone steals the headlines from them. Obama couldn't resist and had
to take back the attention apparently by saying that "Trayvon could have
been me 35 years ago."
I don't know about that but he certainly is a dead-ringer for Frank
Marshall Davis.
Emmy's snub the Walking Dead
Some people call it genre elitism.
It seems pretty accurate when you consider the #1 TV on television is The
Walking Dead - which is technically a drama, and not so much an action show
as some people might think - has been snubbed by the Emmy's again.
Emmy nominations this year gave more attention to Netflix and a lot of
female dramas - but it has completely ignored the AMC's smash drama hit The
Walking Dead which hasn't received a single nomination despite being the
best show on television in the key 18 to 49-year-old demographic.
Less quality programs like Scandal and Nashville ... more »
It's That Time of the Month Again
Or what passes for it at our age.
It's currently 98 degrees in Massachusetts, about 10 degrees higher
than Mrs. JP's old stomping grounds of Vero Beach, Florida, if you can
believe that. Cheapskate that I am, yours truly couldn't hold out any
longer and recently set up the trusty little 3700 BTU AC in the bedroom
window. But even that's going to drive up our electric bill since we have
to run it at least 12 hours a day. And that's not going to help with the
rent due in less than two weeks.
So any assistance you guys can offer between now and then will be
greatly appre... more »
Obama shoots off his mouth...
*again!*
He's probably upset there's not more rioting so he had to interject himself
into the stalking of Zimmerman and managed to make it all about himself.* *
*President Obama: 'Trayvon Martin Could've Been Me 35 Years Ago'*
I'm usually more interested in the comments on a story so I also took a
peek at the one on Yahoo and popped into Huff and Puff. Nearly 100% of the
comments are negative (even at Huff and Puff.) How's that working out for
you, Odumbo?
Federal government at fault for Lac-Megantic train wreck
July 19th 2013 - According to investigators a complete lax of safety
protocols in recent years is at fault for the Lac-Megantic train wreck in
Quebec. At which point investigators looked to see who is at fault for the
lowering of safety standards.
Turns out it is the Federal Ministry of Transport, aka Transport Canada.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has recommended federal regulators
urgently review railway safety procedures in the wake of the runaway train
that killed 50 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., earlier this month.
The TSB announced today that it has issued two urge... more »
Teenager madness!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*In search of what made Dzhokhar tick:* Why did Dzhokhar Tsarnaev do the
things he apparently did?
We can’t tell you that. But we were surprised by the lack of imagination
from Digby. She posted a set of speculations by Michael Shaw.
The list of speculations strikes us as weirdly limited:
SHAW (7/18/13): Rather than write off these people as evil and “other,”
what distinguishes us as a civilized society is the attempt to understand
who and why...*I mean, why did someone as personable as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
go over to the dark side?* Is it such an act of humani... more »
Double Dutch Radio Show Episode 4 07-19-2013
*There's a brief interview with AK within this show..... *
*Thanks Peter and Lucas!*
Ohana
As our concept of family changes, questions are initiated. Does a new
soul family negate the importance of the one we’ve always known? What will
happen to the relations we share right now, our parents, spouses, children
and numerous extended family members? Many of us relate to the feeling of
isolation and lack of understanding in our light/life’s work. Does this
soul family “calling of the clan” mean it’s time to move on? To leave
those we love?
Yes and no. Yes, it is time for movement. No, leaving anyone you love is
not necessary or preferable. This is the age of u... more »
Dr David Kelly - 7/7 bombings - patsy syndicate culture
THIS JUST IN, FROM DAVID ICKE on the Isle of Wight:
Crime syndicates can only function by employing criminals and others who
are terrified of the consequences of defying the orders of the criminals.
The State is just the same. Crime syndicates survive by destroying the
opposition and killing anyone with the knowledge and inclination to bring
them down. The State is just the same.
The great advantage that State organised crime has over the other variety
is that while crime syndicates can have insiders on the payroll within the
police here and there the State owns the police, the mi... more »
1st South African One People’s Hearing - 2013.07.25
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* *1st South African One People’s Hearing - 2013.07.25*
A Public Court of Conscience under Common and International law
One People Public Notice:
Come One. Come ALL! Come and autograph your Declaration of Peace and
Freedom!
This is a Family affair, take the day off!
Come and meet your first common law bonded public servants!
Learn how to become one too.
Hear the good news about the new system of exchange and what is being
created for you!
Come request your international common law card now!
On the serious side, come and formally file your complaint. Your voice will
be ... more »
Navajo Council votes to continue dirty coal power plant
Navajo Council vote for Navajo Generating Station July 18, 2013
Frankly, this is Rich again!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Fake facts never die:* In mid-March 2012, the story of Trayvon Martin’s
death went national.
A large array of fake facts were quickly invented and spread. And, as we’ve
often told you, false facts never die!
Yesterday, Frank Rich proved this point in his weekly Q-and-A at New York
magazine. Even by Rich’s ridiculous standards, this is a towering howler:
QUESTION (7/18/13): George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the killing of Trayvon
Martin enraged more than it surprised, prompting a lot of commentary on
racial profiling and the elusiveness of equality in America... more »
Catch of the Day
I like this Dave Weigel post on how entirely ineffective Ted Cruz has been
in the Senate. OK, I would have liked it better if he had linked to my Post
item on how Cruz got Cordray confirmed, but I like it anyway.*
One point to add. Cruz is campaigning in Iowa and, as Robert Costa reports
(via Weigel), saying that his price for getting a CR (and therefore not
shutting down the government) is fully defunding the ACA. Which is, you
know, charming. I mean -- never mind either the ethics or the efficacy of
holding the normal functioning of the government hostage to one's
preferences, but... more »
A hot day for democracy
The Honduran *Congreso Nacional* came to town yesterday, part of a
mobile-meeting plan for the legislative branch of government that gets the
politicians out of the capital once in a while to hear from "the people."
Apparently President Porfirio Lobo was here, too, but all I know of that is
I heard a helicopter coming in for a landing around 2 p.m., such a rare
event in Copan Ruinas that it had to mean something big.
Congress met in the municipal hall near Parque Central, so I wandered
down to the park yesterday morning to see what I could see. Not much, as it
turns out. The... more »
Why NCTQ Wants to Get Rid of Schools of Education
A social studies lesson on the business of education from Alan Singer,
Hofstra Uniersity: They think they found the solution to fix American
schools and it is really very simple: get rid of schools of education
because they fail to adequately train teachers. The NCTQ posted a list of
the advisory committee for its study on […]
Why Nick Ruiz Over John Mica?
Nick Ruiz is a dedicated progressive and lifelong environmentalist running
for the central Florida congressional seat currently held by GOP hack John
Mica. Blue America has endorsed Nick and if you'd like to contribute to his
campaign, you can do it on this Act Blue page. This week Mica cast his 38th
consecutive vote to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act despite
the fact that the legislation has begun to deliver for his own Orlando-area
constituents. As a result of the law:
*•* 10,900 young adults in the district now have health insurance through
their parents’ plan.
... more »
Harper's Auto-Generated Enemies Lists
If you're Stephen Harper you can assume that what you consider "enemies"
would include pretty much the entire membership of organizations such as
the Council of Canadians. So why would you waste time amassing enemies
lists when you can force these organizations to do it for you?
This e-mail I received from the CoC neatly explains the situation:
*A new federal Not-for-Profit Corporation Act (NFP Act) came into effect in
2009. Every federally incorporated not-for-profit, including the Council
and all other social justice and environmental organizations, must amend
their by-laws to c... more »
Kent Hawkins Comments on Nuclear Power
MasterResource, in general, and Kent Hawkins, in particular, have not given
a great deal of attention to nuclear power in the past. MasterResource has
its' origin in the fossil fuel industry and indeed from within one of the
more notorious fossil fuel businesses, ENRON. Hawkins is by no means
anti-nuke. He recognizes that in the near future global society faces major
changes in energy technology, but until quite recently has not focused on
nuclear power as offering a potential for energy change, however in a
recent post http://www.masterresource.org/2013/01/sound-energy-policy-ii/Haw... more »
Agenda 21 Chapter 8 – The Final Coup
Julie Beal
If you think the economy is simply going to collapse, think again. The
bankers, the corporations, and the United Nations have got *ecosystem
accounting* ready to rock and roll, and it’s set to change everything….
… the plan is brilliant. You reduce the number from 7+ billion by at least
33% without firing one shot. You simply privatize all natural resources and
then price access so that the bottom third of the globe’s population cannot
afford it. And so, they die; it will be the biggest die-off of the
Anthropocene epoch. From Papua New Guinea to Croatia, from Bolivia to ... more »
Who better to comment on Detroit than Dewey From Detroit...
*and we thank him.*
*The Motor City: Broken and Out of Warranty*
I'm predicting a federal bailout in 3,2,1... more »
Revenge of the Blackfish
A documentary, *Blackfish*, opening today at the Toronto International Film
Festival focuses on what marine "parks" around the world, like the GTA's *MarineLand,
*are inflicting on their captive orcas and how, after years of basically
being left in a bathtub, some orcas take their revenge.
Sorry but I'm with the orca on this one. Leave them in the ocean with
their pods where they belong. It's disgraceful that the people and
government of Ontario allow these creatures to be incarcerated for an
abbreviated life in horrible conditions.
Not So "Incompetent" After All, Eh Rupe?
*Some pictures are worth a thousand words*
Now that recordings have emerged trashing Rupert Murdoch's claims that he
knew nothing of his newspapers' phone hacking and police corruption, Ol'
Rupe is backpeddling.
At first he denounced the police investigation as "totally incompetent."
Now that the recording has surfaced, Murdoch has written to say that he had
"*used the wrong adjectives*".
*Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz wrote to Murdoch asking
him to comment on the secret recording.*
* **In a reply released on Thursday, Murdoch said: "I accept that I used
the w... more »
Removing the Shackles: Through the Looking Glass of Transparency
Posted at:
http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/07/through-looking-glass-of-transparency.html
Friday, 19 July 2013
*Through the Looking Glass of Transparency*
trans·par·ent
*adjective \tran(t)s-ˈper-ənt\*
Definition of TRANSPARENT
*1*
a *(1)* : having the property of transmitting light without appreciable
scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid *(2)* :
allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as X-rays or
ultraviolet light)
b : fine or sheer enough to be seen through : diaphanous
*
* *2*
a : free from pretense or deceit : frank
b ... more »
Snowden: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
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Stephen Lendman
Swedish Sociology Professor Stefan Svallfors nominated him. He praised his
"heroic effort at great personal cost."
He revealed NSA's lawless global spying. He told millions worldwide what
they need to know. He did so at great risk.
He deserves high praise, not persecution. He showed "individuals can stand
up for fundamental rights and freedoms," said Svallfors.
His nominating letter states:
"Best committee members!
I suggest that the 2013 Peace Prize (be) awarded to the American citizen
Edward Snowden.
... more »
39 Fantastic Prepping Tips
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Gaye Levy
People often ask where my ideas and where my knowledge comes from. When
that happens, I chuckle a bit to myself because just like the person
asking, my knowledge comes from a variety of sources: first hand
experience, books, online forums and of course, Backdoor Survival readers.
So you see, it is not that I am smarter or more clever than everyone else
but rather that I have taken my passion for preparedness and made it an
active part of my life.
That leads me to the topic for today’s article. Following my own art... more »
The Dismal Plight of Bradley Manning
*The Guardian's *Steve Bell captures what America's military justice system
holds in store for Bradley Manning:
*In a preliminary ruling on the multiple charges Mr Manning faces, military
judge Colonel Denise Lind threw out a defence motion that the prosecution
had failed to produce evidence to sustain a charge that Manning had 'aided
the enemy.'*
*...But in insisting on the 'aiding' charge and 11 others, the Obama
administration is holding out for another 154 years jail time – with no
parole option.*
*Claiming to be 'extraordinarily disappointed' by the decision, Colonel
Morris... more »
Cooper’s abject refusal to speak!
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Flatly false, also ugly:* Does Anderson Cooper like his job? His job as a
national *journalist?*
On Tuesday night’s show, he failed to challenge a guest when he plainly
should have. The guest in question made a false statement—a statement he
knew was false.
Elsewhere, Cooper has corrected this misstatement. Tuesday night, with high
feeling all around, he simply gave it a pass.
The guest in question was Barbara Arnwine, president of The Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Arnwine made this statement about the
juror Cooper interviewed one night be... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
Is it 1953 or 2013? 2013 Aspen Security Forum is currently meeting in
Aspen Meadows, CO. Here’s the list of speakers — scroll through and see if
anything strikes you. HT: Tamara Cofman Wittes. An excellent piece by
Naunihal Singh that concludes for all the talk of a unique people’s
revolution, the Egyptian coup
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Why Not Just Waterboard Them?
One of the dirty little tricks American interrogator/torturers adopted
during the War on Terror has made it to the homeland. It is subjecting the
prisoner to the prolonged stress of intense cold. That, according to
lawyers, is a method being used against hunger-striking prisoners by
California prison guards.
*Prison guards are trying to break a hunger strike involving thousands of
prisoners in California by blasting cells with cold air, confiscating legal
documents and, in one case, banning lawyers, according to legal
representatives and relatives.*
*Authorities have taken the... more »
Kent Hawkins Offers Reasonable Doubt About Wind's Carbon Mitigation Effectiveness (updated repost)
Nuclear Green Revolution had its' origin in a debate which I had with
GRIST'S David Roberts. Roberts argued that investments in nuclear power
would be a mistake. When confronted with the need for post carbon power
sources, Roberts claimed that renewables could provide all the power we
need at a lower cost than nuclear power. I did not have a source that
provided a strong contradiction, so I set out setting up a preliminary
source from scratch. My source looked at what renewables cost and what we
got for our money and what else it would take a renewable post carbon
system to work. M... more »
BBC News - Government borrowing fell in 2012-13, revised figures show
Can you hear the gritted teeth at the Labour supporting BBC as they have to
admit that:
'Nonetheless, three months into the fiscal year, the government remains on
course to reduce the budget deficit in line with its forecasts.'
Ooh that must have hurt. Just wondering what Ed Balls will have to say?
More gritted teeth comments here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23372309
It Worked for Capone, Now Let's Use It on Multi-Nationals
Tax evasion is a crime. Multi-national corporations are criminals. In
fact, the G20 is warning that advanced countries are facing "global tax
chaos" as multi-nationals evade taxes by laundering their revenues through
low-tax or no-tax havens.
The buggers really do think they're above the law, a clear impression
they've received from our politicians for thirty years or more.
*On Friday, the [British] chancellor, George Osborne, will hail a two-year
action plan drawn up by the OECD thinktank to clamp down on questionable
international corporate tax practices.*
*The long-awaited r... more »
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*State looking into piping problem in cavern near Bayou Corne sinkhole ~David
J. Mitchell, Advocate*
*Crazy Saints Fans Update: West Nile, The Dirty Bird Killa ~Saints Tailgate*
Criminal Enterprise Operations of the Police
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Dave Hodges
After moving to the border state of Arizona, I learned quickly that it
isn’t prudent to drive a car into Mexico because the Federal Police like to
pull over “American-looking” tourists and shake them down for cash (yes,
Virginia, the Mexican national police force does profile).
The practice of Mexican police harassing traveling Americans for their cash
is so prevalent, most insurance companies require a special rider on one’s
insurance policy before covering a car trip into Mexico.
I used to think that this abus... more »
The One People: Interview with Kiri from NZ 19th July 2013
Kiri creates her own documents to deposit her value and tells her story of
her journey...
Jay Inslee (WA) Likes ALEC - According to ALECer
ALEC supporters are really drawing at straws right now to justify the
extremist policies of the ALEC - making misleading public statements.
Twisting the facts, making broad misleading statements to prove that the
American Legislative Exchange Council is nonpartisan - lying, really.
They are publishing all kinds of crap.
Take this case in point
Jay Inslee –Governor,
State of Washington
(the state that passed legalized marijuana and marriage equality into
law in December 2012)
*From Daily Kos on Jay Inslee*
... he hasn't voted a straight line progressive caucus agen... more »
Complicity in international criminal law
Ezokola *v.* Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2013 SCC 40 deals with
complicity in a criminal organization for international criminal law
purposes:
[68] In sum, while the various modes of commission
recognized in international criminal law articulate a broad concept of
complicity, individuals will not be held liable for crimes committed by a
group simply because they are associated with that group, or because they
passively acquiesced to the group's criminal purpose. At a minimum,
complicity under international criminal law requires an individual to
... more »
SOCIETY DOWN: Is Anderson Cooper a journalist?
*FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013*
*Interlude—Journalistic star fails to perform:* Last night, Anderson Cooper
refused to do his job.
It would have been painful to do his job, but Cooper is well compensated.
He represents himself as a broadcast journalist.
There are certain unpleasant tasks such folk are supposed to take on.
Last night, through most of an hour-long program, Cooper kept walking away
from those journalistic tasks. In particular, he kept refusing to challenge
guests who were offering questionable accounts of a high-profile event.
What happened in Sanford on the night when Trayvo... more »
Hymenoplasty operations women virgins again increased NHS costs
Because the NHS has a bottomless pit of money to spend! Hymenoplasty and
breast enlargement are generally not necessary medical procedures, but are
for religious, cultural or personal pride reasons.
I don't want to pay for others to have this sort of operation, especially
when people are dieing because the NHS won't fund life saving cancer
treatment. Priorities, priorities...
More here
http://www.closeronline.co.uk/2012/06/rise-in-ops-to-make-women-virgins-again
Summarizing Declining Participation in Democracy
Owen at Northern Reflections beat me to it. Yesterday I read this excellent
summary by Alex Himmelfarb of a Samara study on declining political
participation in Canada and thought I'd blog about today.
Himmelfarb mentions "social trust" the "degrees of inequality in society,
and public policy as being vital to increased participation in, and trust
in democracy.
I'll spin it my way: Seems to me that in the 1940s and 1950s, an expanding
economy and a shared culture made white people less angry at each other.
(In the 1920s and 1930s, lots of people voted because mass democracy was
... more »
16 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True
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Michael Snyder
Are you a conspiracy theorist? If not, perhaps you should be. Yes, there
have certainly been a lot of “conspiracy theories” over the years that have
turned out not to be accurate. However, the truth is that a large number
of very prominent conspiracy theories have turned out to actually be true.
So the next time that you run into some “tin foil hat wearing lunatics”,
you might want to actually listen to what they have to say. They may
actually know some things that you do not. In fact, one recent study fo... more »
The U.S. Government Will Borrow Close To 4 Trillion Dollars This Year
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Michael Snyder
When you add maturing debt to the new debt that the federal government is
accumulating, the total is quite eye catching. You see, the truth is that
the U.S. government must not only borrow enough money to fund government
spending for this year, it must also "roll over" existing debt that has
reached maturity. Of course the government never actually pays off any of
that debt. Instead, it essentially takes out new debts to cover the old
ones. So the U.S. government is actually borrowing far more money each yea... more »
5 Examples of When You Might Not Know What You Are Eating
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*When we buy food at the grocery store, many of us expect to get what we
think we’re paying for.*
Melissa Melton
But, as it turns out, our food isn’t always what we think it is. From the horse
meat scandal that is currently rocking the United Kingdom — to the
widespread realization that the ground beef sold in many U.S. markets is
actually a mix of bits of meat, fat, sinew, bloody effluvia, and ammonia
dubbed “pink slime” — consumers are continually shown just how at the mercy
of industrial food conglomerates we truly are wh... more »
European Parliament may call on Snowden, NSA chief and Glenn Greenwald to testify about NSA spying
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With the European Parliament getting prepared to launch an investigation
into the massive National Security Agency surveillance programs,
whistleblower Edward Snowden, NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander and journalist Glenn
Greenwald may be called to testify.
The series of hearings on the recently revealed NSA surveillance programs is
slated to begin in September, which was established after the agency’s
global spying efforts were revealed in June.
The fallout in Europe has ... more »
Soon The Only Person Left In The PMO Will Be The Guy Who SHOULD Have Resigned In The First Place.
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*-Senior staffer who allegedly knew of Duffy payment leaves PMO (Chris
Woodcock) *
*-Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns *
*-Benjamin Perrin: ‘I was not consulted on, and did not participate in,
Nigel Wright’s decision’*
Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.19.13"*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"Fed Chief Ben Bernanke testified in front of the House and Senate this
week about the economy and money printing. The headline in USA Today says
it all, “Fed Help Won’t Fade.” Remember, this is $85 billion in bond buying
each and every month. That’s $45 billion in Treasury bonds and $40 billion
in sour mortgage debt. I call it the fraud and mistakes of big banks. Why
doesn’t anyone in Congress ask which banks are getting $40 billion each and
every month? This is a half-trillion bucks a year, and nobody in Congress ... more »
Everything Is Fine, But…
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Michael Snyder
Everything is going to be just great. Haven't you heard? The stock market
is at an all-time high, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that
inflation is incredibly low, and the official unemployment rate has been
steadily declining since early in Barack Obama's first term. Of course I
am being facetious, but this is the kind of talk about the economy that you
will hear if you tune in to the mainstream media. They would have us
believe that those running things know exactly what they are doing and that... more »
Anonymous Operation NSA - Exposing Dianne Feinstein
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*Youtube*
Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein has taken over $698,000 in bribes from
the surveillance-industrial complex since PRISM has been in place. She
votes in favor of them and against your rights. She violates the U.S.
Constitution.
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TSA: Keeping Travelers Safe by Inspecting Cars Left in Valet Parking
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Kimberly Paxton
Now not only does the TSA thoroughly inspect your person and your carry-on
bags – they can order an inspection of the car you left behind also.
A New York woman was shocked to return home from a trip to find a notice on
her car informing her that it had been searched after her departure from
Greater Rochester International Airport.
Apparently, only cars that are valet parked are subject to this treatment.
Valet attendants are under orders of the TSA to search the vehicles that
are left with them. (Valet atten... more »
Bernanke Confirms: “If We Were To Tighten Policy, The Economy Would Tank”
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Mac Slavo
Financial analysts have opined that the United States is well on the road
to recovery. They cite various data points to make the case that the
multi-trillion dollar bailouts and stimulus have brought us back from the
brink of a collapse so serious that Congressional leaders had been told that
should the bailouts fail, there was a real possibility of martial law being
declared.
We’re doing so well, in fact, that just a couple of years ago President
Obama assured the nation of our progress, claiming that we “reversed... more »
Texans Urged Not To Panic As Army Battles Radiation Leak
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Chris Carrington
30 people are undergoing testing for radiation poisoning after a leak was
discovered at Fort Bliss Texas. An above-ground bunker used to store
weaponry has been found to contain both alpha and beta particles and there
is concern that soldiers using the weapons may have been exposed to
low-level radiation.
It has also emerged that when the area was controlled by the Air Force,
contaminated material was buried around the site. A retired worker raised
concerns that a new housing development currently under cons... more »
Social Contract: The Exceptions to the Rule
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*individual rights are sacrificed so an elite "vanguard" can take more
power to itself.* ~anon
*The Social Contract*
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Susan Boskey
What do the September 2013 completion of the mega NSA data and surveillance
center in Bluffdale Utah, federalized SWAT teams smashing down homeowners'
front doors, and the July 2013 acceptance of the Obama Administration’s
appeal to retain portions of the NDAA for the indefinite detention of
Americans have in common? For those who are not in denial, these three
facts alone p... more »
UPDATE: Adam Kokesh From Jail
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*Adam Kokesh*
As many of you know, Adam Kokesh was arrested on July 9, 2013 at his
residence in Herndon, VA. The US Parks Police, aided by the local Herndon
police force and a coalition of other agencies raided and ransacked Adam’s
home. They provided a warrant only after they had taken Adam into custody
and had completed an extensive search. They also detained and harassed all
the occupants of the house for an extended period and would not provide
reason for the detainment.
Raymond Morrogh is the Commonwealth Attorney for ... more »
Feds vs. Raisins: Small Farmers Stand Up to the USDA
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Activist Adam Kokesh will run for President in 2020
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DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG
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Euroland news for July 19 , 2013 - Counting down the time until German Election on September 22 , 2013 and the return of reality..... Goldman's take on the ECB collateral shift ...... Spain's Deputy PM Saenz denies she will replace PM Rajoy - so you know the clock is ticking on Rajoy and who is replacement will be !
Two Months Until The German Elections And The Return Of Reality
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/19/2013 08:46 -0400
- default
- European Central Bank
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Portugal
- Real estate
- Reality
- Sovereigns
*Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,*
*“For what we regard as reality is conditioned by the theory to which we
subscribe.”*
* -Stephen Hawking*
Europe has denigrated into a strange place where *fantasy replaces reality
as necessitated by their go... more »
Detroit has filed for bankruptcy - keep your eyes on Illinois as Chicago School District has a second round of mass Teacher layoffs and pension reform is now part of the discussion there !
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-layoffs-20130719,0,4180625.story
By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah and Kim Geiger, Chicago Tribune reporters
6:34 a.m. CDT, July 19, 2013
Citing a $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Public Schools will lay off
more than 2,000 employees, more than 1,000 of them teachers, the district
said Thursday night.
About half of the 1,036 teachers being let go are tenured. The latest
layoffs, which also include 1,077 school staff members, are in addition to
855 employees — including 420 teachers — who were laid off last month as a
result of the dist... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Rick Ankiel, 34. Enough to make you a baseball fan.
The good stuff:
1. Nice one from Nate Silver on patterns and presidential elections.
2. More on ACA implementation from Jonathan Cohn.
3. Sarah Posner on Hobby Lobby.
4. And Steve Benen on the GOP-aligned partisan press.
Jimmy Carter: Snowden's Leak 'Useful', 'America Has No Functioning Democracy'
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Freda Art *Activist Post*
In an article appearing in the German-language, Spiegel, former President
Jimmy Carter expressed his support for whistleblowers and had sharp
criticisms of the Obama Administration.
Carter called the disclosure by Edward Snowden "useful" and said "the
invasion of privacy" and "government secrecy" has gone too far.
Carter said the leaks are "likely to be useful because they inform the
public."
"America has no functioning democracy," Carter stated.
From Spiegel translated by Google Translate:
The ... more »
What If A Drone Killed YOUR Grandson?
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Egypt braces for Friday morning protests on July 19 , 2013......Israel and US brace for islamists actions in the Sinai.....
Egypt braces for fresh Friday protests
Supporters of deposed president begin to gather at more than a dozen
locations across the capital, Cairo.
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Morsi supporters in Nasr City seem to be digging in for the long haul,
fortifying their sit-in with barricades [Reuters]
Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have slowly begun to
gather at more than a dozen locations around the capital to demand the
re... more »
What Does The Cordray Confirmation Mean?
Tuesday saw two very important Senate votes. First came Harry Reid's
cloture vote to end the nearly two year-long GOP filibuster of Richard
Cordray's nomination to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection. The Republicans and their Wall Street masters don't want
consumers protected from banksters and they oppose the Bureau itself and
have blocked Cordray's appointment for that reason rather than because they
found anything wrong with Cordray himself. Wednesday Lindsey Graham--
mostly preoccupied with grandstanding about boycotting the 2014 Olympics in
Moscow-- a... more »
Afganistan and Karzai thanks the US for its support by taxing and fining the US as the withdrawal proceeds along ! Meanwhile , Taliban and Afghans get ready for the post US and post Karzai world ?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/18/afghanistans-thanks-for-us-generosity-harsh-taxes-/
So much for thanks: As the U.S. accelerates its exit from a decadelong,
$100 billion reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, American generosity is
getting an unwelcome penalty in the form of taxes and fees imposed by
President Hamid Karzai’s government on U.S. contractors supporting the
rebuilding effort.
Everything from exiting military equipment and food for troops to new
federal contract dollars are facing levies, customs fees and fines — a wave
of taxation estimated to slice $1 bi... more »
Has Germany and Angela Merkel's government been implicated in participating in NSA's Prism Program ? Bild says Nato was cooperating in Prism back in 2011 - which is a contradiction to the position of the German government which denies knowledge of Prism...Additional news items touching on the now global spying scandal ! .
http://gigaom.com/2013/07/18/are-there-really-two-prisms-or-just-one-prism-with-nato-involvement/
Are there really two PRISMs, or just one PRISM with NATO involvement?
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Nowhere (U.S. aside) is PRISM a hotter topic than in Germany. With the
issue proving central to upcoming elections, some pretty wild claims are
flying around — and the rest of the world should take note.
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Is China planning to back its currency with Gold ? In the context of the huge demand for gold from China and its public concerns regarding the state of the West and dollar denominated assets , this is the important story of the day to consider.
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/07/china-reported-planning-to-back-yuan.html
18 JULY 2013
China Reported Planning To Back the Yuan With Gold
This is an interesting article for several reasons, not the least of which
is that it is from a Russian publication and perspective, reflecting on the
possible actions of China in the evolution of the global reserve currency
regime.
As you know Russia is promoting a rethinking of the post Bretton Woods
monetary system through their chairmanship of the G20 this year. There
are other shoes to drop yet from that.
I suspect that C... more »
Monsanto Drops Bid to Advance New GM Crops in Europe
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Freda Art *Activist Post*
Monsanto announced today that they are quitting their effort to get more
genetically modified crops approved in Europe.
"We will no longer be pursuing approvals for cultivation of new biotech
crops in Europe," the biotech company said in a statement.
"Instead, we will focus on enabling imports of biotech crops into the EU
and the growth of our current business there," Monsanto added.
Only two genetically modified crops are allowed to be grown in the European
Union (Monsanto's MON 810 maize and BAS... more »
Defense Contractor Quits Over US War Crimes
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Greg Rickford, Minister of Science and Technology
2011 : MP Greg Rickford - centre - proudly announces funding for fish lab
at Experimental Lakes Area, calling it “Canada’s most innovative freshwater
research centre.” The 58-lake globally renowned research facility in his
Kenora riding was responsible for the research behind the Canada-US acid
rain treaty,
May 2012 : The DFO announces it is dumping ELA to save $2M per year, even
though it will cost $50M to shut it down.
After months of hiding from his constituents and outraged scientists, Rickford
emerged to explain:
"Our mandate has moved to a smaller-scale research that reflec... more »
The Longer He Stays, The More Damage He Does
Lawrence Martin has admitted that the title for his latest book was
inspired by Rick Pearlstein's examination of the Nixon administration.
However, Martin writes, Harperland is not Nixonland -- at least not yet:
Harperland is not in a league with Nixonland, certainly not on the basis of
what we know now. But that doesn’t mean that the abuse of power by this
government is not of an extraordinary nature. It doesn’t mean that there
aren’t shadings of character and behaviour that are similar to Nixon’s.
There’s been a siege mentality at work here that calls to mind those times.
We hav... more »
Chi Federation of Labor to Say NO to ALEC
*Chicago Federation of Labor*
*Be there Thursday, August 8 to protest outside of the American Legislative
Exchange Council* [ALEC] 40th Anniversary Conference in Chicago August 7-9.
ALEC is bringing state politicians to Chicago to push a dangerous agenda
that rewards greedy CEOs at the expense of middle class families and our
public schools and puts our safety at risk. Forty years of ALEC is nothing
to celebrate.
When greedy corporations are allowed to make the rules, our community
suffers. Good full time jobs are outsourced or replaced by part time jobs
at low wages while CEOs an... more »
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*Sequestration Could Curtail 'Hurricane Hunter' Missions ~Scott Neuman, WWNO
*
*It turns out the Corps of Engineers has yet to figure out how to 'armor'
New Orleans' brand new area levees*
*Thibodaux firm lands $29.5 million pump contract in Plaquemines Parish ~Xerxese
Wilson, Daily Comet**~Also~ Nicholls State's Drone Mapping program gets
boost*
*Corps of Engineers signs first cooperation agreement with Nicholls State
University*
*Levee protection methods debated at meeting ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans
Advocate*
*New developments could revitalize upper Canal Street ~Lee Isaacson, W... more »
The Changing Distribution of Income
Click on graphic to enlarge.
Mark Perry points out: "Yes, the middle class has been disappearing, but
they haven’t fallen into the lower class, they’ve risen into the upper
class."
Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs by Christina Sarich
Greenpeace Tells the FDA: Stop Misleading the Public About GMOs
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 18 July 2013
Greenpeace is speaking up for the general public, by telling the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) that they have no right to claim that GMOs are
safe for Americans, or anyone else. Some call Greenpeace a militant
environmentalist group, but with the recent science coming out about how
harmful pesticides are to pollinators, and therefore a large portion of the
food supply, Greenpeace would more appropriately be called sane or
conscientious.
The FDA and Monsanto ha... more »
Antisemitism is the main obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace
'... in all too many mosques, schools and television programs across the
Arab and Muslim world, the public is indoctrinated
with the most vile anti-Jewish bigotry. Hatred is idealized to a degree
that the average American, and the average Israeli, cannot comprehend or
imagine.'
I can comprehend this hatred, I see it far too often on Twitter and the
Web.
More here
http://cifwatch.com/2013/07/19/resolved-antisemitism-is-the-main-obstacle-to-israeli-palestinian-peace/
Guest Post - Up-Cycling you’re Recycling
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One of the easiest things to do around the office is recycling: you make a
huge difference, while not requiring people to change their habits or
workload. The reasons behind recycling far outweigh any negatives to the
process. It’s really easy to do, and you can see the difference it makes,
especially when you start buying recycled products as well. Making products
from raw materials costs more than from recycled products, so when
manufacturers can use old objects, a lot of energy is conserved.
Not only does it protect the environment from draining natural ... more »
Union Push Back on Obamacare
Germany has had a successful universal health care system since it was put
in place under Bismarck. That is well over a century ago and the system
survived the catastrophe of two world wars including one in which outright
internal devastation was inflicted on the capital stock.
During the interim, special interests have used propaganda and bribes to
prevent a similar system been installed in the USA while not serving a
third of the population and gaming the other two thirds to pay the most
anywhere.
The attempt to convert the current horror into a universal system is ... more »
Evolution of the Throw
Skip the pointed stick theory. It is good but long before that it was a
simple throwing stone well aimed. Even our Bigfoot cousin has been observed
using that method. A pointed stick does need to be fire hardened and surely
emerged with the general acceptance of fire. Yet the whole development to
that point needed to be driven by need and accurate stone throwing is
sufficient.
Throw in efficient running and a loss of a fur coat and we are well up to
ourselves.
One of the earliest confirmation of stone throwing was a Saharan waterhole
with curious disc shaped stones that were... more »
Guayusa and Lucid Dreaming
The idea of lucid dreaming is a recent addition to our understanding of
mindfulness and this site develops it nicely, while marketing the benefits
of guayusa as an effective dream stimulant.
This appears to be a safe protocol and an assist for those also working on
meditation
Feedback is vital in situations such as this so feel free to tell others of
your experiences. It may well turn out to be modestly effective for most.
Lucid Dreaming
http://www.raisingmyvibrations.com/lucid-dreaming.html
*1. Write your dreams down every morning*
*
**This is the most important ... more »
What Do Ants Know That We Don’t?
This is a rich comparison between the way ants communicate and organize,
compared to that of our own. Unsurprisingly, they are similar and
naturally suggestive as well. This item suggests that it may even by
possible to learn from this. In the meantime, it is an excellent teaching
analogy for computer science.
Read and enjoy.
*What Do Ants Know That We Don’t?*
*BY DEBORAH GORDON*
*07.06.13*
*
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/what-ants-yes-know-that-we-dont-the-future-of-networking/
*
*Ever notice how ant colonies so successfully explore and exploit
resou... more »
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q
*Wikipedia:*
"Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (born 23 September 1923) is a leading Egyptian
journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974) he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo
newspaper Al-Ahram and has been a respected commentator on Arab affairs for
more than 50 years."
*Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's visit to SFS-Q. Source: GUQatar. Date
Published: May 22, 2013. Description:*
Renowned journalist and historian, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, met with
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students, at a discussion roundtable
at their Education City campus.
"Some analysts have noted that Sisi’s coup and ... more »
Major Fighting Between Kurds and Al Qaeda In Syria
*Al-Qaeda is the black death.*
Read for background:
*Kurds drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of Ras al-Ain*.
*II.*
*Al-Qaeda is a plague* that was invented by the spin doctors in U.S.,
Pakistan, England, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. It is not a legitimate social,
political, and spiritual movement. Any check that is put on this plague
from whatever army---Kurds, Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran,
etc---is a good and positive thing.
This plague won't go away anytime soon, especially if USrael and their
Sunni slaves in the region have anything to say about it.
I read somewhere t... more »
Naturalness and the LHC nightmare
Phil Gibbs wrote a nice essay,
Naturally Unnatural,
in which he discusses the annual EPS-HEP conference that just began in
Stockholm and the subdued/nightmare feelings that phenomenologists may have
due to the perfect agreement between the LHC and the Standard Model. He
adds comments about naturalness and the multiverse.
*Unnaturalness is sometimes in the eyes of the beholder.*
Nima is quoted as a defender of a \(100\TeV\) collider. A possible result
could be that nothing new is found which would be considered fascinating by
Nima because that would be a proof of some unnaturalnes... more »
Adrian Dix, Throwing Punches While Laying On The Ground Bleeding/NDP, The Hypocrisy Party
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Updated post/July 18/2013
*Written by Grant G *
Today and this week in question period the opposition NDP tried to make
hay with new revelations into the ethnicgate scandal...
I wrote this post about Dyble`s report, in this post I asserted correctly
that the BC Liberal`s had engaged and employed the ethnic outreach plan, a
plan to use public dollars for party work....I clearly stated that the plot
was not only thought of and contemplated but fully implemented..
I wrote many posts at the time, I highlighted how the Burnaby hospital
scandal was part of ethnicga... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
"A familiar sight to sky enthusiasts with even a small telescope, the Ring
Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation
Lyra. The central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably
deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different
telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much
farther from the nebula's central star.
*Click image for larger size.*
Of course, in this well-studied example of a planetary nebula, the glowing
material does not come from planets. Instead, the gaseous shroud re... more »
"Not Much Mental distance..."
“A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury of changing
his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can't afford
to admit — no matter how often he's reminded of it — that every day of his
life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley... Very few toads in
this world are Prince Charmings in disguise. Most are simply toads... and
they are going to stay that way... Toads don't make laws or change any
basic structures, but one or two rooty insights can work powerful changes
in the way they get through life. A toad who believes he got a raw d... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
San Antonio, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Mary Oliver, "I Want"
"Look, I want to love this world
as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get
to be alive
and know it."
- Mary Oliver
"March To The Sea, And Make Salt"
*"March To The Sea, And Make Salt"*
by Dan W
"Satya is the Sanskrit word for “truth”; agraha means "great enthusiasm
and interest". The two words combined may be rendered as "the firmness of
truth.” The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement,
and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi. It can also mean"the
force of truth." On March 12, 1930, Gandhi and 78 male satyagrahis set out
on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, 390 kilometres (240 mi)
from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. At Aslali, and the other
villages that the ma... more »
"The First Rule of Life"
"The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious
in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a
secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the
strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the
story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a
perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque
form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you."
- Elizabeth Aston
Chet Raymo, “Mentally Enhanced”
*“Mentally Enhanced”*
by Chet Raymo
"Here she is, folks, from a report in the May 14, 2009 issue of Nature, the
oldest known piece of representational art, a 35,000-year-old female
figurine carved from mammoth ivory, from the Hohle Fels cave in southern
Germany. Huge breasts. Explicit vulva. Tiny head. Are we surprised? The
first images our male ancestors looked at were - porn.
But wait. Why do we automatically assume that the artist was male? Maybe
while the guys were out hunting woolly mammoths, the gals were home carving
figurines, magical talismans, meant to enhance the... more »
Another Top PMO Aide Walks the Plank
And there wasn't so much as a splash to mark Chris Woodcock's departure
from Stephen Harper's nest of bent vipers, officially known as the PMO or
Prime Minister's Office.
This time it was Harper's Director of Management and Issues or Issues
Management which is a title that suggests nothing so much as a "fixer", the
very role in which ex-con Bruce Carson served Harpo until he was outed in a
scandal.
Woodcock is another senior PMO staffer fingered by the RCMP as having prior
notice of former Chief of Staff Nigel Wright's 90-thousand dollar,
under-the-table cheque to Senator Mike Duff... more »
A CRACK IN THE WALL
‘America has no functioning democracy’Former US President Jimmy Carter
lambasted US intelligence methods as undemocratic and described Edward
Snowden’s NSA leak as “beneficial” for the country.
Carter lashed out at the US political system when the issue of the
previously top-secret NSA surveillance program was touched upon at the
Atlantic Bridge meeting on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia.
“*America has no functioning democracy at this moment*,” Carter said,
according to Der Spiegel.
He also believes the spying-scandal is undermining democracy around the
world, as people become increas... more »
A live bull is hung from a tree until it dies for Chinese 'luck' festival
' Chinese villagers have defended their tradition of hanging a live bull
from a tree until it dies as part of a ritual to bring them luck and a
bumper harvest.
The 'cow-hanging ceremony' has been carried out by the minority Dong people
of southern China for almost 500 years and now attracts hundreds of
tourists. '
I won't hold my breath waiting for the lefty types who scream about animals
rights in UK and west to protest about this cruelty.
Read more here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2364099/Pictured-Horrifying-moment-live-bull-hung-tree-dies-Chinese-luck-festival.h... more »
Mining 27: Ensuring Responsible Mining from Small and Large Projects
A friend, Arcy Garcia, posted in his facebook wall my recent paper, Mining
26: Presentation at Rotary Club of Taguig Fort Bonifacio, and invited his
friends from the Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) and Philippine Misereor
Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) to comment on it. Only one commented, Mr. Samson
Pedragosa, and I’m glad he did, as Samson has some constructive ideas how
to further encourage responsible mining, not kill it.
Below are our exchanges from July 16-19, 2013 , with permission from Arcy
and Samson that I will use their comments. Thanks Arcy, Samson. This is six
pages long including p... more »
DETROIT - DEAD CITY
*Detroit*
In recent decades, cars made in Detroit have been generally inferior to
those made in Germany and Japan.
Now, Detroit has become the largest city in U.S. history to file for
bankruptcy - with debts of possibly $20 billion.
Healthcare and other benefits for retired people are likely to be affected.
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/*
*In March 2013, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted of
taking bribes and rigging contracts.*
The USA is good at producing ignorant, brainwashed people, but not much
else.
*BOEING* Dreamliner fire at Heathrow linked to ANOTHER l... more »
Detroit declares bankruptcy
*...but the distortion of the markets continues...*
Detroit declared bankruptcy according to the Chapter 9 of the federal law.
You may see what it probably means for the city and the bondholders and
others. We are talking about the "city proper" only – with 700,000 people,
it's the 18th largest U.S. city (but the population was 2 million just
decades ago). The metropolitan area hosts about 5 million people and is
largely unaffected.
A century ago or so, Detroit was the leader of innovation in the same way
as Silicon Valley is today (or at least was several years ago) after Henry
... more »
Continuing Conundrum: The New Technologies Replaced Many Jobs With Few, Created New Billionaires Without Principles, Made Us Into Commodities To Be Sold to Advertisers - And Almost Everyone Got Poorer (A Metaphor for Our Time)
Rebecca Solnit at Tom's Dispatch has a very perceptive take on what's going
down now and will happen even harder soon. And why. . . . there is massive
upheaval in Egypt and in Brazil, and in recent years there have been
popular rebellions in many parts of the Arab world, Turkey, Iceland,
Greece, Spain, Britain, Chile, and the U.S. itself with Occupy. The globe
is on fire with popular
MEDIA DAY
Today is media day for me in Quezon City, Philippines. Veteran Filipino
activist Corazon Fabros took me this morning to a "media forum" which is a
weekly gathering of journalists who discuss a particular topic. Fifty
TV/radio/newspaper journalists came to hear me discuss Obama's "pivot" into
the Asia-Pacific and its implications for their nation. It was great fun
and they really understand things quite well and see grave dangers in the
US military "coming back" into their nation.
Following that I did an interview for a local TV station and next I do a
print media interview over... more »
Marie's "Must Read"
Over at *A Puff of Absurdity*, Marie Snyder has written a terrific summary
of the wisdom of Noam Chomsky. It's a "must read" for anyone with
progressivism in their blood. Do check it out.
Japan's Radioactive Mutant fruits
We asked before where are Japan's mutations...Below we see what some radio
active particles can do to fruits...So we ask again where are the HUMAN
MUTATIONS?
Water melon with extra thick skin
A mushroom
A lettuce
Mutant Egg plant
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Guest Post – Dave Kang: "International Relations Theory and East Asian History"
It’s always a pleasure to guest-post my good friend Dave Kang. Dave teaches
at the University of Southern California and runs their Korean Studies
Institute (the pic). Here are some previous guest posts he’s written (one,
two, three). Here is his encouragement to actually apply international
relations theory to East Asia. I can’t agree more.
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Rebels without cause - The Economist Intel Unit analysis of Protest Movements
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/2ZpLQ5Exy_A - click in picture to start this film!
*The Economist's Intelligence Unit* produced an interesting analysis of
global protest movements.
Here you can find more details. There appears to be a variety of protest
engagement against 'traditional governance', whatever that means across the
world. The Economist IU concludes that "...one striking feature is the rise
of new social movements that defy easy categorisation and reject
conventional modes of political engagement." I would add: "reject the lack
of democracy" in a global society beyond 19th centuri... more »
Temps
Kelly Services, a temp agency, is now the second biggest private
employer
in the U.S. Only heavily subsidized, socially-toxic Walmart employs more
people across the country. Last month, Michael Grabell filed this
reportfor Pro Publica on the state of the temporary work in America. The
implications are profound, not just for the individuals involved and for
their families, but for our economic system going forward, for our
democracy and for our society overall.
Grabell paints a picture that sounds like the situation involving day
laborers in third world countries but that isn't what... more »
Boston Police Photographer releases new photos of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - first photo interesting does not real a throat wound.when Tsarneaev surrendered ........
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/18/boston-magazine-fires-back-at-rolling-stone-cover-with-new-photos-of-bloody-tsarnaev/
‘THIS IS THE REAL BOSTON BOMBER’: POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER FIRES BACK AT ROLLING
STONE COVER WITH NEW PHOTOS OF BLOODY TSARNAEV
Jul. 18, 2013 5:55pm Madeleine Morgenstern
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Boston Magazine has responded to Rolling Stone’s controversial new cover giving
accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the glam rock star treatment with incredible
new photos of his capture.
This Tsarnaev — bloody and in the fixed beam of ... more »
La Defensa del Agua de la Tribu Yaqui
Yaqui defend their water in Sonora, Mexico
Published on Jul 18, 2013
Desde el 29 de mayo de este año, la
Tribu Yaqui y el Movimiento Ciudadano en defensa del agua de Ciudad
Obregón, iniciaron el bloqueo intermitente en la carretera internacional
número 15 México-Nogales a la altura del pueblo de Vícam, primer
cabecera del territorio yaqui. Esta acción se organizó
And Now the Buzzards Descend to Pick the Corpse of Detroit
You might find this surprising but there's a group of mega-rich investors
just waiting to pounce on a parcel of Detroit real estate.
They call their vision the "Commonwealth of Belle Isle" and they have big
plans for the one decent park the people of beleaguered Detroit have
remaining to them. Belle Isle is a 982-acre island in the Detroit River
near where the river meets Lake St. Clair. It's the biggest
municipal-owned, island park in the U.S.
This is what the vultures have in mind for Belle Isle:
Consider it a fortress with a 12-knot moat, the ultimate gated
community/municip... more »
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Doctor Debunks AFP Ad on ObamaCares
Two minutes.
It's great - share it wide
Source: OccupyDemocrats
Gaia Portal: Finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully operational 5-7D planetary grid are in process at this now moment
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* *Finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully operational 5-7D
planetary grid are in process at this now moment*
by ÉirePort
Energetic couplings and finalization of Gaia portal connections into fully
operational 5-7D planetary grid are in process at this now moment.
Such connections and couplings have been designed for New Paradigm
multi-dimensional manifestations and will be experienced by multiple
Light-aware and non-Light-aware beings, across planetary surface, as well
as throughout Inner Gaia realms.
What some might term "mass awakenings" will occur in due time, ... more »
Fordham Institute’s Newsletter: Gadfly or Dung Beetle?
We called them tumble bugs when I was a kid down South. Dung beetles live
in, by, and for manure. They carefully roll it into balls, place it
underground, and lay their eggs in it. This provides a food source for
their larvae, or as the case with Fordham’s busy beetles, for Americans
seeking information […]
ALEC Legislators - Bottom Feeders
ALEC - Pimping for whoever can pay them enough money.
There are a couple of errors in what is said in this - but I don't care. I
love this.
Nine minutes of your time - you don't have to watch it - listen to it.
Funny that Pap mentions the Sagebrush Rebellion
ALEC has an act for that -but it is not what anyone would imagine.
Sagebrush Rebellion Act, it is designed to establish a mechanism for the
transfer of ownership of unappropriated lands from the federal government
to the states.
There doesn't seem to be much of a public outcry.
What?
Let's change that!
Let's say NO! to th... more »
As Detroit goes bankrupt, if you see anything the city owns that you like, try offering the "emergency manager" a few bucks
*See anything you like? Make 'em an offer. (Feel free to low-ball.)*
*"The best analogy I have heard for what is happening in Detroit is that
this is a five-decade Katrina. Now, you either get a voluntary agreement
from people holding long-term debt, or you get bankruptcy."*
*-- Peter Hammer, Wayne State University law professor
and director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights*
*by Ken*
The news is pretty stark. The *Washington Post* (with help from the AP)
reports: "Deroit goes bankrupt, largest municipal filing in U.S. history."
Detroit filed the largest municipal bankru... more »
Congressman Chaka Fattah ( Dem - Pa ) calls for Washington bailout of the City of Detroit ... White House we're monitoring but solve your problems Detroit........
Congressman Asks Obama For "Immediate Support" With Detroit Bankruptcy
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/18/2013 20:12 -0400
- Detroit
- Michigan
- President Obama
- White House
Four years ago he bailed out the city's automotive industry, and a whole
lot of union votes. Moments ago, Obama was just called in again, this time
to bail out the entire city. "Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a leader
of the Congressional Urban
Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama today calling on the
Administration* to lend a helping hand to Detroit*... more »
Summer Teaching – Why Teach and What Makes It Different
Recently, I finished teaching a month long summer course on International
Relations to mainly first and second year undergrads at the University of
Missouri. Although I’ve taught summer courses before, this was actually
one of my first experiences with having to –for the love of all things
holy! – do what my public school teaching
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On Writing Letters to Congress about ESEA
I received a very genuine email appeal from a fellow humane human engaged
in the same struggle to create public schools controlled by the public.
Here is part of it: As you know, ESEA will soon come before the house
floor for amendment. Would you be willing to encourage colleagues to call
their representatives and […]
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jueves,
18 de julio de 2013
#EZLN NUEVAS FECHAS PARA LA ESCUELITA, INFORMACIÓN DE VIDEOCONFERENCIAS Y
DE OTRAS COSAS.
NUEVAS FECHAS PARA LA ESCUELITA, INFORMACIÓN DE VIDEOCONFERENCIAS Y DE
OTRAS COSAS.
Julio del 2013.Para: Las compañeras y compañeros de la Sexta y
estudiantes de la Escuelita Zapatista.De: Subcomandante Insurgente
Mohawk Nation News 'Dim Apprentice'
DIM
APPRENTICE
Posted on July 18, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. July 17, 2013. Prime Minister Harper’s former economic hit man
within Indian Affairs, Jim Prentice, also known as “The-Dim-Apprentice”,
is warning us, his Indigenous landlords, to turn over our energy and
natural resources to the international bankers real quick, or else!
Harper’s scam-the-Indians-and-get-a-commission right
Martin Buber and Martin Heidegger in Dialogue
*"Martin Buber: A Contemporary Perspective"* edited by Paul R.
Mendes-Flohr (2002).
*Martin Buber and Martin Heidegger in Dialogue. Source: University of
Chicago. Date Published: July 15, 2013. Description*:
Paul Mendes-Flohr's major research interests include modern Jewish
intellectual history, modern Jewish philosophy and religious thought,
philosophy of religion, German intellectual history, and the history and
sociology of intellectuals. He serves as editor-in-chief of the 22-volume
German edition of the collected works of Martin Buber, sponsored by the
Berlin-Brandenburgisc... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The Earth Moved Under Our Feet Edition
Earthquake near Wellington this morning measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale
(and 16 stone on the ordinary household scale*).
*Recent Earthquakes* – GEONET
"Impossible to serve hot, good-quality food" in schools, says Indian state
education minister after 23 kids die.
*In India, Playground Now a Graveyard* – WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Maori population in Australia ("aka “Mozzies”) is growing faster than
it is here, and they’re earning much better too—some evidence, you’d think,
that race-based welfarism here at home is less beneficial than the melting
pot across the Tasman.
*Maori in... more »
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