Wednesday, August 14, 2013

14 August - Blogs I'm Following

10:25am MDST

How The Jews Won The West!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 minutes ago
I have always used this blog as an important source of information for anyone to come in, read, and take the material for themselves and spread to others.... The message is quite clear, and must be told to everyone about the true evil that has now almost achieved total victory over the rest of mankind, and as a result our enslavement for generations to come.... I came across an absolutely fabulous article just the other day that I definitely want to share with all of my own readers here... It comes from thewebsite: The End Of Zion, at www.theendofzion.com, and is entitled: "How The ... more »

Relaxing

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 30 minutes ago

CIA SNIPERS IN CAIRO?

Anon at aangirfan - 30 minutes ago
This photo allegedly shows "snipers above Cairo university buildings killing peaceful protesters." "A British cameraman is among at least 100 killed as an operation to clear two camps filled with thousands of protestors loyal to ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi descended into violent chaos." Snipers have been "spotted on rooftops close to the two protest camps and reports claim that machine-gun fire has been heard" *"Video footage taken from a camera on board an army helicopter was released by officials this morning who say that it shows protestors firing on security fo... more »

CLOSING IN ON RUSSIA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 40 minutes ago
The US, and a cancerous NATO, has their eyes on bringing Georgia into the alliance next. Already more than a dozen former members of the Soviet-era Warsaw Pact block have been brought over into NATO. Georgia, sitting along the strategic Black Sea on Russia's southern border, would be the grand prize. In 2008 the US encouraged Georgia to attack the two break away provinces Abkhazia and S. Ossetia (which have large Russian populations). The brief war was a disaster for the US and Georgia as Russia counter-attacked and pushed Georgian forces back. I blogged quite a bit about all ... more »

Michael James : Fading Away: JFK in Mexico City, July 1962

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 44 minutes ago
JFK with Mexican President Lopez Mateos in Mexico City, July 29, 1962. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Fading away:  JFK in Mexico City, July 1962 At the time I was a Kennedy fan... I was also, however, becoming aware that many in the world didn’t see the USA as the land of the free and the

How well does the Washington Post explain schools?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 44 minutes ago
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013* *Emma Brown explores passing rates:* Monday morning, the New York Times displayed its vast incompetence concerning the public schools. In “an analysis by the New York Times,” the great newspaper floundered and failed in extremely basic ways. Click here, then avert your gaze. This called to mind a similar type of report in Sunday’s Washington Post. Education reporter Emma Brown focused on one DC school which has shown large gains in passing rates, and on a second DC school whose passing rates have collapsed. As she started, Brown profiled the good news ... more »

Wednesday Addams Linkage: Special Andragogy Edition

PM at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
Sorry for the lack of Wednesday linkage posts recently. Bizarrely, on a day when I undertake an intercontinental move, I finally have time to catch up on linking. To commemorate the end of summer teaching and the brief respite between summer school and real school (hey, didn’t I join academia so I could have summers Continue reading

Jack Germond

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Jack Germond, presidential politics reporter, RIP. Germond was, at his peak in the Reagan/Bush years, mainly known for two things: his quadrennial books (with Jules Witcover) about the presidential elections of 1980 through 1992; and his appearances as a regular on The McLaughlin Group. He and Witcover also had a syndicated column for years. The books were...well, they carried on the tradition of White's "The Making of...", which these days is "Game Change." As I remember them (and I think I read at least the 1984 and 1988 editions, maybe more), they had the strengths and weaknesses... more »

EYES WIDE SHUT: Nothing to look at, the author said!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013* *Part 2—Where’s the outrage:* Like you, we can see the announcement already. Next April, the judges will issue their happy statement, conferring a joy on the world: PULITZER COMMITTEE (4/15/14): For a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation, using any available journalistic tool, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). OR: For a distinguished example of investigative reporting, using any available journalistic tool, Ten thousand... more »

Litvinenko

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
Marina Litvinenko Launches Appeal to Fund Inquest into her Husband's Deathfrom Spike1138 on Vimeo. * **"As seen in the poisoning of Russian ex-FSB and KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, there are solid links between Berezovsky, the Russian-Israeli Mafia, and Islamist guerrillas in Chechnya and abroad. "However, British intelligence... has been unable to crack down on the Russian-Israeli Mafia infiltration of Britain since the billions of pounds in dirty money has made its way into the coffers of top Labor and Conservative politicians."* * Boris Berezovsky*, defeated by *Ro... more »

Modern Science Has Gone Wrong

Harry Dale Huffman at The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage - 1 hour ago
I have posted the following response to a comment on my November 2010 Venus: No Greenhouse Effect article: *Good Morning, Astrobiology,* *The proper statement, of fact not theory, is that the Venus/Earth temperature ratio, at points of equal pressure in the two atmospheres and over the range of Earth tropospheric pressures, is determined only by the ratio of their distances from the Sun (in accordance with the fundamental physics that relates mean absorbed radiation intensity with attained temperature, at equilibrium), and nothing else. That fact has implications for the temperature... more »

Xenon-reduction and the global Fukushima disaster. Why the CTBTO is right and so useful.

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 2 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/TVmR3PZuZ1g *At a first glance* this subject may surprise you... But is the fast growing spread of nuclear agents across the globe as 'safe' as pretended? In *nuclear medicines* for example, where a.o. Xenon noble gas is used in 'scanners' for the benefit of patients. How safe are nurses and specialists, working with it on a day to day basis? What about *Fukushima*, where -as is mentioned in several sources (1, 2, 3)- underground processes caused by some 'disappeared' reactor cores seem to get out of control ever more since the infamous Tsunami accident of 11 M... more »

Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Anthony Freda Art Paul Craig Roberts Americans will soon be locked into an unaccountable police state unless US Representatives and Senators find the courage to ask questions and to sanction the executive branch officials who break the law, violate the Constitution, withhold information from Congress, and give false information about their crimes against law, the Constitution, the American people and those in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Guantanamo, and elsewhere. Congress needs to use the impea... more »

Snowden Tells NYT That Media Sold Out After 9/11

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Activist Post* NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden had some harsh words for the *New York Times* and the rest of the corporate media. In an interview with Snowden, put together by filmmaker Laura Poitras who worked with Glenn Greenwald on the original disclosure, the *New York Times* got an earful indictment of their complicity to government policies. Snowden told the *New York Times* that the media "abdicated" its role as a watchdog of government after 9/11: After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdi... more »

DC's Revolving Door is Fascism, Pure and Simple

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Eric Blair The revolving door of useful idiots swapping positions from the U.S. government to private industry is pandemic. It permeates every single industry; but especially banking, energy, war, food, medicine, prisons, and now surveillance. It's fascism, pure and simple, and it's time we start admitting it. *"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.* We're already well aware of the revolving door at the Pentagon to keep the war mach... more »

WotW: Complete Those Everyday Tasks Again and Again

Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 2 hours ago
Hi, my name is Seth, and I am a taskaholic. Really, I am. I thrive on making task lists just so I can mark them complete. There's something deeply therapeutic about getting something off my task list. I didn't use to be this way. Until about a couple years ago, I kept everything in my head. Consequently, I was always stressed out and on edge, trying to balance too many things at once. So I started writing tasks down. And I haven't stopped. I'm constantly looking for the next best thing when it comes to task lists. They have freed up so much of my brain power to focus on other, mo... more »

"They Kidnapped Our Child": Why CPS Needs Transparency Now

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
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A Messiah By Any Other Name

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *The banned name is actually one of the top growing baby names...* *Messiah doesn't look too worried* Amanda Warren Another example of a judge seeing an opening and running away with it. And it's another real one. A simple dispute between two parents over their child's last name somehow magically turned into the judge bestowing a new *first* name and banishing his actual name, *Messiah*. Tennesee child support judge Lu Ann Ballew ordered Jaleesa Martin to change 7-month-old Messiah DeShawn Martin's name to Martin DeShawn Mc... more »

Reports of intel chief leading ‘independent’ NSA surveillance review denied by White House

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Robert Gates and James Clapper, 2011 Madison Ruppert The Obama administration is now denying the reports stating that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will lead the “independent” review of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs. This choice was heavily criticized, which is hardly surprising given that Clapper lied under oath. Indeed, he himself admitted that he made “clearly erroneous” statements before the Senate. However, the Obama administration is now stating that Clapper won’t actually ... more »

This Is The Biggest Cluster Of Hindenburg Omens Since The Last Stock Market Crash

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 2 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Michael Snyder Are we heading for a major stock market decline? Warnings about a crash of the financial markets are quite common these days, and usually they don't materialize. But this time may be different. A number of top analysts are pointing out the fact that the biggest cluster of "Hindenburg Omens" has appeared since the last stock market crash. And those that have studied this insist that the more "Hindenburg Omens" there are in a cluster, the stronger the signal is. Meanwhile, another very disturbing sign is the ... more »

From Dream To Obsession To Delusion

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Having nixed the Northern Gateway Pipeline with their over the top rhetoric -- and with the future of the Keystone Pipeline in doubt -- you would think that the Harper Conservatives would re-examine their sales pitch. Instead, Tim Harper writes in today's *Toronto Star*, they are using the same strategy to sell the Energy East TransCanada pipeline. Harper asks: How can we believe in the integrity of a “science-based” environmental study of the pipeline when Harper is not only cheerleading for the project, but has left final approval in the hands of his cabinet? It is just this typ... more »

The Wisdom of Helen Keller

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 hours ago
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. *Helen Keller* *Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she fell ill and was struck blind, deaf and mute. Beginning in 1887, Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her make tremendous progress with her ability to communicate, and Keller went on to college, graduating in 1904. In 1920, Keller helped found the ACLU. During her lifetime, she received many honors in recognition of her accomplishments.*

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Bruce Thomas, 65. Good stuff: 1. Good summary by Ramesh Ponnuro of the case against Newt's revisionismabout the 1995-1996 shutdown. 2. An argument for the fact-checkers from Lucas Graves. 3. Byron York on the rodeo clown that's been in the news. 4. Seth Masket on Colorado recalls. One question for him: if successful recalls have an additional benefit of intimidating everyone else, what about unsuccessful recalls? Do they intimidate because it's a pain to go through even an unsuccessful recall -- or do they backfire because they reveal the weakness of the recall... more »

The U.S. Has Been Overthrown

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
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Gun Sales DOUBLE In Newtown Connecticut After Sandy Hook Massacre

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
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In the two horse race between Janet Yellen and Larry summers to replace Ben Bernanke as Head of the Federal Reserve Bank - has it come down to President Obama appointing Larry Summers just out of spite ? Does he do it just because of the pushback to Summers' candidacy ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
Anyone else wondering why " Zero " is hung up on putting Larry Summers in the Fed Catbird seat ? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013 Why is Obama So Keen to Appoint Larry Summers to the Fed? Felix Salmon pointed out today that Larry Summers is now being touted as the odds-on favorite (65%, to be precise) to be Obama’s nominee as the next Fed chief. Felix stresses that Obama’s reason for favoring Summers is based on the sole criterion on which Summers could conceivably be depicted as preferable to the other widely-touted contender, Janet Yellen: he is believed to be better than Yellen would b... more »

Being and Becoming Human: A Maiz-based Ethos and Philosophy of Life

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 3 hours ago
In Lak Ech Panche Be Hunab Ku Men K’ochil Et p’iz Yaxche–baalche To Give and to Receive — —As taught in MAS, highlighting the responsibility one assumes in learning these ethos or concepts. Not a counterstory —They are gleaned from the works of Maya scholar, Domingo Martinez Paredez. They include: Un Continente y Una Cultura, El Popul Vuh tiene Razon, HunabKu, ParapsicologiaMaya, El Hombre y el Cosmos

NSA Spying Keeps Fear Fresh

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
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Terrorist Group Seeks Military Tank In New Hampshire

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Youtube* A "terrorist" is a one who terrorizes others; the Concord City Council and police force in New Hampshire are attempting to terrorize peaceful residents with military weaponry. Subscribe to Amanda Billy Rock's Channel *RELATED ARTICLE:* *NH Police View Peaceful Libertarian and Occupy Activists as Terrorists* Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Live blog Wednesday: Flood Protection Authority appears before legislators ~Bob Marshall, The Lens* *Who or what is Response Systems? Wisconsin firm has $900K contract to help with LA. hurricane evacuations ~Louisiana Voice*

UA CLASS THIS FALL: The Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 3 hours ago
*Special Topics: Fall 2013 Class MAS 496A* *The Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery* *Professor Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, PhD* *DATES 8/26/2013 – 12/11/2013* *Tues 3:30-6pm* *Cesar Chavez Bldg, Rm 104*** * * *Rodrigu7@email.arizona.edu** 520-626-0824* *Office Hours: TUES 1-3pm or by apt* *COURSE DESCRIPTION*: This class will examine the dark ages philosophy of the Doctrine of Discovery, that which created the colonial model of the world. It will examine how this doctrine continues to be alive and have reverberations in Arizona today. It will examine the papal bulls of the c... more »

Bitcoin Comes Under Full Scale Attack by Regulators

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Activist Post* Digital cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, still have a long way to go before mainstream use, but they seem to pose a huge threat to the existing financial paradigm as evidence by the recent frantic reaction by regulators. To be clear, cryptocurrencies are threatening because no central entity can fully control them and they also represent a nearly free and anonymous payment application. It's an algorithm that has the potential to make central banks, commercial banks, private banks, and the tax collectors obso... more »

Tyrel Ventura Gives EPIC Smack Down to Rachel Maddow Over Conspiracy Theories

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 3 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *Youtube* Tyrel Ventura drops an epic beat down on Rachel Maddow and the whole of the news media in this rant defending conspiracy theorists. Subscribe to The LipTV Channel Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.

Tommy Freedom's New World Ordure

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
Thomas Friedman, favorite columnist of President Barack Obama, dutifully took up the White House megaphone today and blared out even more bombastic bloviation than is customary for him. Here is just one portion of the crime against journalism that the *New York* *Times* saw fit to print: *Considering the breadth of reforms that President Obama is now proposing to prevent privacy abuses in intelligence gathering, in the wake of Snowden’s disclosures, Snowden deserves a chance to make a second impression — that he truly is a whistle-blower, not a traitor. The fact is, he dumped hi... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Green groups keeping mum on flood authority lawsuit opposed by Jindal ~Bob Marshall* *Coal exporter, state detail pact on river diversion ~Amy Wold* *Exquisite Corps take over Lake Vista green space* *Cochran pushing for measures aimed at protecting shrimpers ~MS Business Journal*

Egypt launches a very lethal crackdown - some accounts indicate 300 protesters dead and hundred more injured !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/egypt-police-disperse-protesters-471/ Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad claimed that as many as 2,000 people had been killed and 10,000 injured in the police operation. Gehad El-Haddad @*gelhaddad* 8 hrs of mass killings & not single sane person in Egypt or in world 2 stop this !! Over 2000 killed & over 10,000 injured & world watches 7:50 утра - 14 августа 2013 Jamal Elshayyal جمال @*JamalsNews* Photo shows snipers firing rom an Intelligence Agency building at #*Rabaa* pic.twitter.com/YYaKcOcAB3 #*Egypt* #*AntiCoup* 1:31 утра - 14 августа 2013 [image: П... more »

War watch - August 14 , 2013 .... Terror-Rama advocates try " Dumb Blonde " defense ....... Obama's foreign policy regarding Syria - such that it is , dissected..... US informed that it should try a more forthcoming approach to Iran... Egypt Coup still not a coup - Egypt Junta ousts last of Civilian Government and appoints Generals as Governors ...

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Terror-Rama.... US al-Qaeda Panic Focused on Intercepted ‘Code Words’Words Led US Spies to Believe Attack Was Imminent by Jason Ditz, August 13, 2013 Print This | Share This The scrambling around a potential al-Qaeda plot that led to the closure of dozens of US embassies worldwide came from the use of certain “code words” in intercepted al-Qaeda communication, according to officials familiar with the situation. The code words convinced US spies that the attack was likely imminent, but gave no information about where the attack was liable to actually take place, leading to the global... more »

Not A Coup, Just A Little Innocent Bloodletting-- Today's Massacre In Egypt

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
U.S. law states that if a democratically-elected government is overthrown in a military coup, U.S. aid stops until democracy is restored. After the Egyptian military coup against Morsi, Congress and Obama were complicit in breaking the law, while U.S. corporate media cheered. So who will arrest them all? Californians were bedding down when the killing started. In DC everyone was fast asleep. In Europe people were just having their morning coffee. A speaker on stage in Raba'a pleaded with the army: "Don't kill us, we are not Israelis, we're not terrorists, we are Muslims, we... more »

Argentina: UFO Sightings in Fortín Tiburcio

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 5 hours ago
*Source: Diario Democracia (Argentina) Date: August 4, 2013* *Argentina: UFOs Over Fortín Tiburcio* *The astonishing experiences of local residents.* It took place in a town some 38 kilometers from Junín: a place called Fortín Tiburcio, where local residents reportedly saw an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO). Similar eyewitness reports have been received for many years, but only a few days ago, several people saw lights that flared up and objects that they were unable to identify. Ariel Cherchetti, 51, a former municipal delegate, is among the witnesses consulted by this newspaper... more »

MEXICO: Another UFO Photographed Over the Popocatepetl Volcano

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 6 hours ago
*Source: Panorama Diario Date: July 22, 2013* *MEXICO: Another UFO Photographed Over the Popocatepetl Volcano* Majestic and imposing Popocatepetl, the Mexican volcano, has returned to the world's headlines as a result of a strange unidentified flying object having been photographed in its vicinity. The mountain, which has acquired notoriety since last year as a result of the multiple and enigmatic photo sequences of UFOs taken over its crater, is once more a mute witness to these anomalous phenomena. This time, a fixed camera from the "Webcamsdemexico" site, which monitors activi... more »

More Ketchup With Books On The Side

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 6 hours ago
Earlier this year we wrote an article, ‘Does Publishing Have Ketchup On Its Hands?’, which was about the promotion of free books with fast food from McDonalds. Some said ‘so what?’, one commented that ‘McDonalds are engaging in a wholly legal promotion, one which also encourages literacy among children and supports the waning fortunes of a primarily bricks-and-mortar bookseller'. Some of the personal emails we received also suppored of a position of, ‘books at any cost’. Today we read in eBookPortugal that a promotion is being launched in Portugal that is offering digital books ... more »

LG event as promotional stunt-Twenty hurt

*The company has supposed that twenty people were injured, with seven sent to hospital, when a promotional stunt in Seoul for LG's G2 Smartphone went wrong. *LG has cancelled a series of events promoting the handset as a result of the event in Seoul on Friday. People arrived with BB guns and knives on sticks for a race to grab smart phone vouchers hanging from helium balloons. LG has taken liability for the condition and said it would cover related medical costs. A statement from the firm supposed that LG Electronics deeply regrets that a number of Korean participants were injur... more »

ROTHSCHILD WEALTH

Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago
*James de Rothschild (centre right). * Are the Rothschilds worth trillions? "Theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up *until the First World War *." *(Historian Niall Ferguson, in "The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999")* During World War II, the Luftwaffe seized the Rothschild family home in Paris. In 1981, President Mitterrand nationalised the Rothschild's French financial empire, Banque Rothschild. *The chances are that the Rothschild fortune has declined since the middle of the 19th century.* *We suspect that the CIA likes to blame everything on the ... more »

British Cabinet Member “lied” over UN Palestinian death figures

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Trending Central report: ' Senior Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Baroness Sayeeda Warsi stands accused of misleading the House of Lords and the public following the incorrect citation of the number of Palestinians killed by Israelis since January 2012. The question, posited by the contentious former Liberal Democrat Baroness Jenny Tonge, asks, “what assessment [the government] have made of the number of non-violent protestors killed and injured by (1) live fire, (2) rubber bullets, and (3) other weapons, in Palestine since 2002.” The answer, given by Baron... more »

LNG, Close To The Edge Down By A River, We Get Up, We Get Down

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 9 hours ago
Michael Smyth wrote a rather strange article today on LNG, as per usual with Michael Smyth his article was thin on facts, no research and to be quite honest, his blather was hardly worth reading... Before we get into the REAL details let`s have a look at some of the odd statements and observations made by the lazy one.. ____________ *The government says it will use revenue from proposed liquefied natural gas exports to create a $100-billion "Prosperity Fund" that would wipe out the debt forever.....* *But how can that happen without taxing the nascent LNG sector to the hilt? And... more »

Canadian Lemmings

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
From the *New Yorker, *August 5th ed.

Some physics links

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
*Carroll's QM, NYT's firewalls, Jester's whining on scales* Sean Carroll has unlocked the quantum chapter from his "Eternity" book, Quantum Mechanics Made Easy, which I found better than expected despite its misleading comments about the "collapse", "its" relationships with the "arrow of time", the meaning of the "Copenhagen Interpretation", the "many worlds" as the "leading alternative contender", and many other things (he omits Bohm etc.). Carroll's text is flawed in different ways than e.g. Brian Greene's musings about the interpretation of quantum mechanics but I wouldn't say it... more »

The Howard League kindly requests...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Free Fletch and Godber! The second-most important story in the world this morning is, according to the BBC News website, Do not jail thieves, says law expert Thieves and fraudsters should not be jailed, a legal expert says in a pamphlet released by the Howard League for Penal Reform. The anti-prison Howard League, according to the BBC, "plans to distribute the pamphlet, entitled 'What if imprisonment were abolished for property offences?' to every magistrates' court in England and Wales in an attempt to spark a debate on sentencing issues." The BBC is clearly doing its bit to help t... more »

How much is a quadrillion?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 10 hours ago
The question is, how much is a quadrillion? Answer number one: it’s twice Japan’s GDP. Answer number two: that’s how much the Japanese government now owes, after trying to lift up its economy by overspending on the back of rapidly expanding government debt. One quadrillion dollars. More than seven-million yen per taxpayer. One-thousand trillion yen in total, owed to Japanese’s aging savers. Here it is in zeroes: 1,000,000,000,000,000. And here’s the really sad thing: After twenty-three years of their government trying to fix their 1990 depression by borrowing and overspendi... more »

In Kinmen with FTV

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 12 hours ago
Another trip with Michella and FTV, this time a brief night in Taipei followed by a trip to Kinmen. I really enjoyed Kinmen's completely different atmosphere and its interesting and well-preserved old buildings. Hoping to get back there soon for a few days of cycling around the island. Click on READ MORE for photos and commentary on the visit. In Shulin we stopped at a night market to shoot some shots of a BBQ scallop place. I grabbed a pic of this innovative pot drying technology. Michella does some stills. The next day it was off to Kinmen. Here is a shot of the bed and brea... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Preserving Local Produce

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 12 hours ago
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)! Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet. Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World! If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far. This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »

Social Media-- More Profoundly Impactful Than You Think

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
The worst thing I can think of in terms of the impact of social media on society is portrayed in the short film (above) by Werner Herzog, "From One Second To The Next." A study by Joseph DiGrazia, Karissa McKelvey, Johan Bollen and Fabio Rojas at the University of Indiana illustrates how Twitter conversations can be used to predict election outcomes, whether they are determiniative or not. Rojas, an associate professor of sociology at Indiana State, explained what they found in an OpEd for the *Washington Post* on Sunday. Digital democracy is here. We no longer passively watch o... more »

This Is What FULL EMPLOYMENT Looks Like

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 12 hours ago
... in case you're wondering: ... Yes! I noticed the sub-texts of racism and misogyny too! This is a great historical artifact!

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours ago
The Perseid meteor shower at Stonehenge. [via The Guardian photo gallery]

Favela Ninjas and Apartheid Samurai

Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Neill Blomkamp’s “Elysium” packs a punch for an action sci-fi film even if its punches don’t land. So yeah … Jodie Foster doesn’t give her best performance and the other roles for women in the film are completely lame. A beefy Matt Damon, bless his heart, is poorly cast. The core plot line doesn’t make Continue reading

Bandar Bush, 'Liberator' of Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours ago
Pepe Escobar Asia Times Online Talk about The Comeback Spy. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, aka Bandar Bush (for Dubya he was like family), spectacularly resurfaced after one year in speculation-drenched limbo (was he or was he not dead, following an assassination attempt in July 2012). And he was back in the limelight no less than in a face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Saudi King Abdullah, to quote Bob Dylan, "is not busy being born, he's busy dying". At least he was able to pick up a pen and recently appoint Bandar as head of the Saudi General Intelligence Directorat... more »

The Asia-Pacific Perspective #6: Shadow Drills, Invisible Armies, Deadly Leaks

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 13 hours ago
*Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. This month: the South Korean and US armies prepare to stage the largest drills in the world to stoke tensions with North Korea; Japan's invisible army starts to uncloak; and the Fukushima leak is now (finally) an admitted emergency.* * * *Story 1:* South Korea, US military drill to fuel tensions http://ur1.ca/exnb6 South Korea approves S$7.6 million in aid for North Korea ... more »

@DianeRavitch speaks the language of #optout

Timothy D. Slekar at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
In case you missed @the chalkface radio (special Monday episode with Dr. Diane Ravitch) here’s your chance to listen to radio brilliance. We spent the entire day getting ready for our interview with Dr. Ravitch. However, five minutes before the show started Shaun and I realized we had no ability to contact our guest. Guess […]

August 14 , 2013 Bahrain Protests - Independence Day from Britain..... Tamarod faces off against draconian new Bahrainian measures to stamp down protests....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
Bahrain Protests 2013: August 14 Will Be Biggest Protest This Year - Brian Dooley - in - World - 3 days ago - Mic this!5 - - 163 - - 109 - 3 [image: bahrain, protests, 2013:, august, 14, will, be, biggest, protest, this, year,] Bahrain Protests 2013: August 14 Will Be Biggest Protest This Year © AP Bahrain is bracing for a series of protests likely to be the most significant in over a year. Inspired by the Tamarod Movement, which helped bring down the Morsi government in Egypt, Bahriani activists will take to the streets on August 14, ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

"Evolution of the Soul: Life Lessons Through Reincarnation"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* * *"Evolution of the Soul: Life Lessons Through Reincarnation"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Often we reincarnate on earth with our soul family and often our most intense relationships are with our soul family. You meet someone for the first time and feel as if you know them already. You’re in a town that you’ve never been to before, yet you recognize streets and buildings. You start playing a new sport and amaze everyone, including yourself, at your natural abilities and intuitive knowing of the rules. We often describe such experiences as déjà vu: the experience or feeling... more »

Michael Hastings working on Expose of CIA Director John Brennan before his sudden death ........ Who are the Terrorists ? Just maybe we need to reconsider the answer to the question..... How many folks even know who Michel Hastings was , that he is dead because he was doing his job as a real journalist , where is the outrage ? Is Washington's culture of criminality a scourge on humanity ? Paul Craig Roberts with a thoughtful Essay ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
Clarification on the cremation conspiracy theory...... Exclusive— Hastings ‘Unauthorized Cremation’ Mega-Rumor False, Family Says By Russ Baker on Aug 13, 2013 [image: False-300x198] According to a member of Michael Hastings’s family, a widely circulated story that the investigative journalist’s body was cremated by authorities without the family’s permission is flat-out untrue. The story that the cremation was unauthorized—further stoking credible suspicions aroused by Hastings’s strange death in a fiery one-car crash, complete with a dramatic explosion– has raged across the Inter... more »

“People Come To The Rescue”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
Alexandr Mish, “People Come To The Rescue” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EJpr2GPoWU

Chet Raymo, “Natural and Artificial”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* “Natural and Artificial”* by Chet Raymo "(You probably read the story last week about the European researchers who produced a lab-grown beef burger from stem cells from a living cow. Which raises again the distinction between natural and artificial. I started to write about this, then remembered that I had already done so back in 2007. I'm repeating that series of posts this week, to remind myself what I thought then, and to learn what you think now.) Nothing more exacerbates my nature writing colleagues than the mechanical metaphor for life. Think of life as a machine, they say... more »

NEXT STEP IN DRONE ORGANIZING - TALKING ABOUT THE SATELLITES & GROUND STATIONS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
Someone has subscribed me to the magazine called *The Atlantic*. I don't know who it was. I used to read *The Atlantic* back in the 1970's while in the military, before I knew much about alternative media sources. I'd say it's a centrist publication - Clinton and Obama Democratic Party with Cadillac car ads. The cover story in the edition that arrived in my mailbox today is called *Drone Warrior: Has it Become Too Easy for a President to Kill?* The article raises many good questions but then gives Obama a pass at the end by concluding, "Obama's efforts to mitigate the use of d... more »

Philadelphia School District financial travails - gridlock still rules - While Philly politicians want 45 million now , The State Budget Secretary Zogby says NO ! What is the biggest impediment - Zogby wants a new CBA with the Teachers Union before any new funding is released ..... PFT holding tight for now , School district and PFT far apart......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Philadelphia School Drama lingers.... Countdown, Day 27: Philly's elected officials want $45 million now; Zogby says noSubmitted by Dale Mezzacappa on Tue, 08/13/2013 - 14:34 Posted in Latest news | Permalink ***UPDATED with further reaction, 6:50 p.m.* The city's legislative delegation, Mayor Nutter, and City Council leaders joined Tuesday in urging the state to immediately release $45 million in state-authorized dollars to the District so that schools can open on time. They sent to Gov. Corbett a list of reform accomplishments that they say fulfills the state's requirements for rel... more »

Proxy war in Iran ongoing ? Yeah , that would be ever growing sanctions on not just Iran's finacial capabilities but it's oil industry ... India and China facing the US down ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
India, China Defy US Congress’ War on Iranian Oil Posted on 08/13/2013 by Juan Cole The US House of Representatives approved a bill at the beginning of this month aimed at completely closing off Iranian petroleum exports. Not since President Roosevelt told Japan in July 1941 that he was going to cut it off from American petroleum has the United States threatened to use oil to strangle a country so completely. And FDR’s threat caused the Japanese to decide to take Indonesia away from the Dutch, which required crippling the US Pacific Fleet at . . . Pearl Harbor. The bill is intended a... more »

ISRAEL AND THE ROLE OF THE NEOCONSERVATIVES

Without America’s support, Israel in all likelihood would not by now exist and, without the neoconservatives, there would in all likelihood be no American support for Israel. The interests of Israel have always been neoconservatism’s primary concern and it has been American neoconservatives that have lobbied the hardest to ensure American support for Israel. They have done this by integrating themselves into all levels of American society where they can be of influence including in government, public service, academia, political and social commentary, journalism, and think-tank org... more »

HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 6, 1890-1917

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 16 hours ago
Cairo street scene, early 1900's. Image from mfish. A people's history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 6: 1890-1917 period -- Early union-building and calls for economic reform. By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 13, 2013 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's history" series, "The Movement to Democratize Egypt," could not be more timely. Also

Joe DiGenova - a lawyer for one of the Benghazi whistleblowers - declares 400 surface to air missiles were stolen in Libya and given to some very bad people , like Al Qaeda....Intel community fear is they may be used to shoot down a airliner ....So , despite the tap dancing , we've being supplying deadly weapons to syrian rebels which include islamic fanatics - such as Al Qaeda and Al Nusra type rebels groups ? And despite widely dispersed accounting of CIA gunrunning - where is the outrage ? Liberal Dems not outraged , conservatives republicans not outraged - does a US or Western airliner have to be shot down and then would the blame for that fall on the Syrian Government ( like the so called chemical weapon usage - totally unproven to date and ironically grave concerns that the rebels actually have used chemical weapons ! ).

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
Benghazi Whistleblower Lawyer: “Stolen” Libyan Missiles Will Be Used to Shoot Down Aircraft - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com August 13, 2013 A former U.S. attorney, Joe DiGenova, who is representing a Benghazi whistleblower, told a Washington, D.C., radio station on Monday that 400 surface-to-air missiles were “stolen” in Libya and given to some “very ugly people,” aka al-Qaeda. “We had troops ready to deploy... more »

Gold and Silver Data for August 13 , 2013 , news and views touching on the precious metals !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.smartknowledgeu.com/blog/2013/08/the-incredible-shrinking-comex-gold-warehouse-inventories/ The Incredible Shrinking COMEX Gold Warehouse Inventories During this banker raid on paper gold and paper silver, while banking shill Nouriel Roubini was spouting more propaganda in the distribution channels of the mass media of a gold collapse to sub-par $1000 an ounce prices, we were busy informing our readers about the *“Lies of Nouriel Roubini” *(whose sole purpose in life, by the way, seems to be to scare uneducated people into selling off their physical gold and silver into t... more »

It Doesn't Help to Call Oprah a "Cannibal"

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 17 hours ago
The Swiss shopgirl at the centre of controversy for allegedly refusing to show Oprah Winfrey a purse, claiming she couldn't afford it, is defending herself - clumsily. The woman denies Winfrey's claim, says that never happened and there was definitely no racism involved in their encounter. *The clerk, who spoke anonymously, [said] she feels "powerless" in the face of the prominent media mogul's accusations. "I don't know why she is making these accusations. She is so powerful and I am just a shop girl."* *"I don't know why someone as great as her must cannibalize me on TV." *

"How It Really Is"

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

"Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
* "Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality"* By Paul Craig Roberts “Americans will soon be locked into an unaccountable police state unless US Representatives and Senators find the courage to ask questions and to sanction the executive branch officials who break the law, violate the Constitution, withhold information from Congress, and give false information about their crimes against law, the Constitution, the American people and those in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Guantanamo, and elsewhere. Congress needs to use the impeachment power th... more »

It's Santorum Again. He's Back.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 17 hours ago
Rick Santorum is not a classy guy. In fact, he denounces the term "middle class" as Marxist. Here's what he told an audience in Iowa: *"Don't use the term the other side uses. Who does Barack Obama talk about all the time? The middle class. Since when in America do we have classes? Since when in America are people stuck in areas or defined places called a class? That’s Marxism talk."* *The Daily Kos' *Laura Clawson answers Santorum's question. * * *Since when in America do we have classes? Aside from "since always"? (After all, when this country was founded, in most places only ... more »

Obama's hissy fit with Vladimir Putin over the Snowden asylum affair is analyzed by Asia Time's roving reporter, Pepe Escobar, concluding that POTUS "acted like a diplomatic dilettante at best." Don't let Pepe's humoristic writing style deceive you. Having followed him for years, I've concluded that he is the most knowledgeable correspondent on the economies and politics of the countries of the Asian continent, including many with names that end in "stan."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 17 hours ago
------------------------------ *OpEdNews Op Eds 8/11/2013 at 00:26:29* *Vlad the Hammer vs Obama the Wimp* *By Pepe Escobar (about the author)* *Permalink* opednews.com Source: Asia Times This is getting ridiculous. The President of the United States (POTUS) screamed and shouted because he wanted his spy (Edward Snowden) back. Snowden, following Russian laws, was granted temporary asylum. The White House was "disappointed." Then POTUS snubbed the bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow coinciding with the Group of 20 in St Petersburg in earl... more »

Fukushima updates for August 13 , 2013 ......ALPS ( this is a multiple nuclide removal system ) an epic fail as parts have deteriorated swiftly after just two months of test operations....Another counter measure ( in ground water storage ponds ) becoming an epic fail as ground water pressure causing the ponds to float ! Predictably the ist well to draw off groundwater ( recall target was 100 tons a day , actual groundwater flow per day - estimated at 600 tons per day ) working at a 52 ton per day pace - Tepco needs to pick up the pace.....Summing up the news for the day - Nuclide WATER WORLD.... ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/08/4-more-parts-found-severely-deteriorated-in-multiple-nuclide-removing-system-alps-only-2-months-after-test-operation/ 4 more parts found severely deteriorated in multiple nuclide removing system ALPS only 2 months after test operation Posted by *Mochizuki* on August 13th, 2013 · 1 Comment Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services Following up this article..*Serious deterioration found in adsorption tower of multiple nuclide removing system ALPS* [URL] According to Tepco, they found the same deterioration in 4 ... more »

The Most 90s Video Ever?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 17 hours ago
Amber may only be remembered by a few hardcore eurodisco geeks, but she might have inadvertently distilled the 1990s in her 1996 release, *This Is Your Night.* I'm not just talking about the video but the song as well. Okay, by the time it came out its sound was about three years off trend. Small wonder it didn't bother the UK charts. But it has a charm redolent of Culture Beat, Maxx, 2 Unlimited and La Bouche. All that's missing is the "techno, techno, techno".

“America’s Descent Into Madness”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
* * *“America’s Descent Into Madness”* by Henry Giroux “America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but this is the worst I can remember: worse than McCarthyism, worse than the Bay of Pigs and in the long term potentially more disastrous than the Vietnam War.” – John le Carré “America is descending into madness. The stories it now tells are filled with cruelty, deceit, lies, and legitimate all manner of corruption and mayhem. The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible- stories that celebrate power and demonize victi... more »

Remember the Line About Horses and Barn Doors? Hey, Merv, Why The Rush?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 18 hours ago
The Harper government has pulled the operating licence from the now bankrupt Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad. Apparently the Canadian Transportation Agency concluded that MM&A doesn't have adequate third-party liability insurance. "*It would not be prudent, given the risks associated with rail operations, to permit MMA and MMAC to continue to operate without adequate insurance coverage*." The company has said it has less than $25-million in coverage. The clean-up costs alone for the Lac Megantic catastrophe are expected to exceed $200-million. It's time we had a rubber-glo... more »

"America’s Disappeared"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
* * *"America’s Disappeared"* by Chris Hedges "Big Frankie, Little Frankie and Al, three black men who spent a lot of time in prison and have put their lives back together in the face of joblessness, crushing poverty and the violence of city streets, abruptly stopped appearing at the prison support group I help run at the Second Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, N.J. This happens in poor neighborhoods. You see people. You make plans to see them again. And then without explanation they vanish. They get arrested for something, often trivial, after the police randomly stop them,... more »

Henry Geiger - Plato's Intent And Method (1976)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
*Related: * * Henry Geiger - Symbol And Myth (1974).* *Henry Geiger - The Present And The Long View (1979)*. *Henry Geiger - Moonshine And Sunlight (1984).* * * * Henry Geiger - The Uses of Make Believe (1983).* *Henry Geiger - Signs of A New Civilization (1980).* * * *Henry Geiger - We See What We Are (1980).* * * * ** Henry Geiger - An Ancient Question (1986).* * Henry Geiger - The Chains Of Prometheus (1959).* * Henry Geiger - Men and Gods (1973). * * * *Wikipedia:* Henry Geiger (1908?-15 February 1989) was the editor, publisher, and chief writer of MANAS Journal which pub... more »

Arms Race Update - Japan Launches First Aircraft Carrier Since WWII

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 18 hours ago
The Japanese navy has a new warship, the largest warship and first aircraft carrier it has built since WWII. The Japanese, sensitive to their past and current tensions in Asia-Pacific, are calling it a destroyer or helicopter carrier. Observers expect it's only a matter of time before it sails with F-35C warplanes aboard. Not to be outdone, India launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier this week. It's the INS Vikrant and it will carry the naval variant of the Mig-29. China is also working up its own carrier air arm. Like India, it began with a refurbished Soviet shi... more »

Immigration and the Statue of Bigotry

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*A friend speaking this afternoon at a public debate on the question “Should New Zealand be Going for Population Growth?” asked me to send him some articles on immigration I’d posted here a few years back. Since they’re still topical, I figured I’d repost them here, so everyone who didn’t see them then can see them now. But first…* At the foot of the Statue of Liberty, a gift from nineteenth-century France to nineteenth-century America, Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus sums up what the statue symbolised for the immigrants who helped build America . . . *From her beacon-han... more »

The Smart But Mistaken Case Against A Healthy Party

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours ago
This may be a little unfair, but I'm going to react in advance to a three-part series by Sean Trende about party makeovers. Despite that he's only published part one. Trende proposes to answer seven questions about elections: 1) What if elections are simply random? 2) What if it really is just the economy, stupid? 3) What if Republicans actually aren’t that out of step ideologically? 4) What if party makeovers don’t work? 5) What if the American people just automatically self-correct? 6) What if this period of introspection is just what out-of-power parties do? 7) What if it makes no s... more »

Georgia And U.K. Conservatives Have Something In Common- Demographic Shifts They Can't Adjust To

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
According to *The Hill*, Georgia Republicans are starting to panic that their party's demented and ill-informed base will saddle the party with "a flawed candidate" (meaning almost any of the crazy contenders) and allow Democrat Michelle Nunn to win the open seat. Recent polling shows the two candidates Republicans are most anxious about-- Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.)-- leading the pack. Whoever emerges from the clown-car primary, with seven candidates and counting, will face a candidate Democrats are high on in a state where shifting demographics benefit th... more »

Apple ring season

risa bear at A Way to Live - 19 hours ago
Apples are harder to come by this year than last, though not as badly as we had thought. Even though they could stand to stay on the tree longer, flavor-wise, worms are taking interest early (what's their hurry?) and so we have begun making apple rings. It's nice that we're still having hot days to run the solar dryers, too. The peeler-corer slicer makes quick compost (or vinegar if you prefer) of the peelings and cores. A single slice through half the spiral separates all the rings. Three days in the sun will suffice to dry the rings enough to put away in storage jars or bucket... more »

TtSD - the blog that loves to share

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 20 hours ago
Here is Adam Curtis writing about the astonishing and insane organisation called MI5. It all began in 1906, when a hack author called William Le Queux had his mad conspiracy novel about a German spy ring serialised in the Daily Mail, readers from all over Britain started sending him reports of German spies, which he took to the Committee for Imperial Defence, which bowed to the pressure and set up a secret service... and so MI5 was created... Things only got weirder from then on.

Is the BBC pogonophobic?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
Former BBC Director General Talking about BBC employees - and former employees - accusing the BBC of bias, Jeremy Paxman has accused his employer of being biased against beards, describing the BBC as being "generally as pogonophobic as the late-lamented Albanian dictator, Enver Hoxha". His former radio-bound colleague Robin Lustig concurred, saying that when he wanted to get into television he was told "that if I seriously wanted to do more, I would have to get rid of my beard." In an act of brazen defiance, Jeremy sported a fine set of whiskers on last night's *Newsnight*, provok... more »

The BBC's Rapid Reaction Force in action?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
This made me smile. The report into BBC bias by the Centre for Policy Studies - focusing on how the BBC reports the findings of think tanks from opposing sides of the political spectrum- received wide coverage in the last couple of days, and one of the examples used was the left-leaning New Economics Foundation. As a post here at *Is the BBC biased?* also showed yesterday, not one of the BBC News website's articles from the start of 2012 through to yesterday gave *any* political label to the New Economic Foundation (except for one use of 'independent'). Lo and behold, today t... more »

Anatomy of a cable news crash!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 21 hours ago
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013* *Grandpa battles the expert:* Lawrence O’Donnell is a real piece of work. Of that we can all feel sure. Last night, he devoted an entire segment to the guilty verdict in the Whitey Bulger trial. Wierdly, he did the entire four-minute segment is a light “Townie” accent. You can hear this if you listen again. The man is *very* strange. (In part because of Affleck and Damon, “working class chic” became tres chic at some point among arts-class Bostonians. O’Donnell is a genuine nut who likes to pose as a former street tough from Dawchestah. Last night, he to... more »

Tatterdemalion: Chapter 10

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 21 hours ago
Tatterdemalion Ch 10 by Robert Crawford This is the tenth chapter of my novel *Tatterdemalion*, the one that's starting to generate some buzz among my beta readers. The text is probably too small without extreme magnification (just click on the link and read the document directly on Scribd's website) but this is mainly to show you the cover I'd had professionally done two days ago by Samantha Hensler at Ebook Covers Galore. It cost me a pretty penny and I'll still need to pony up another $35 when it comes time to do the Create Space edition. But the way I look at it, it's like ... more »

Taking Back a Stolen Homeland - Scotland

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours ago
Few things show inequality more than Land Registry records and, when it comes to that, Britain surely stands alone. In the thousand years since the Norman conquest, most of the land in England has been held and remains held by a very small and select segment of the population. *According to the author Kevin Cahill, the main driver behind the absurd expense of owning land and property in Britain is that so much of the nation's land is locked up by a tiny elite. Just 0.3% of the population – 160,000 families – own two thirds of the country. Less than 1% of the population owns 70% o... more »

The Security "Failures" of Benghazi

Paul Coker at News Spike - 21 hours ago
Oversight Hearing Day 1 - The Security "Failures" of Benghazi from Spike1138on Vimeo. The Mormon Mafia Star Chamber Day 1. It's from around 58:10 onwards that the truth comes out. Romney and Rove's October Surprise Redux: The Smoking Gun from Spike1138 on Vimeo. Hillary Clinton went on National Television to blame internet video "The Innocence of Muslims" for triggering a spontaneous protest in Libya which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. Because that's the CIA told her had happened. That's NOT what they told the Romney/Ryan Campaign - they told THEM it was ... more »

Missionary Zeal and the Paradox of Paternalism | the becoming radical

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
Missionary Zeal and the Paradox of Paternalism | the becoming radical.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*SLFPA-E Levee board's suit moved to federal court* *Live Chat: Bob Marshall Of The Lens Discusses Coastal Loss Lawsuit Against Oil And Gas Companies ~WWNO* *RTA board approves ferry fare plan* *Carpetbaggers & the Go-Cup — A New Orleans Tale of Murdering New Orleans ~Kiss Me, I'm Cooking*

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 21 hours ago
*Army Corps Of Engineers Warns Of Possible Cutbacks On MS River ~Maureen McCollum* *Sinkhole bypass meeting set Tuesday in Napoleonville*

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
Encouraging the misplaced outrage was all fun and games until the "angry mob" turned on them. Now Republicans run from holding Town Hall meetings in order to avoid their angry base. And yes there's a few conservative Democrats who have been voting with them who are doing the same. Though Republicans in recent years have harnessed the political power of these open mic, face-the-music sessions, people from both parties say they are noticing a decline in the number of meetings. They also say they are seeing Congressional offices go to greater lengths to conceal when and where the meet... more »

“saw bias from the inside”

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
This is a striking scoop from DB at Biased BBC: Toby Young has written an article for the Jewish Chronicle about anti-Israeli bias in the British media. It drew this response from a parent at the West London Free School where Young is chairman of the governors: hanna white @hannabaconwhite @toadmeister BIG thank you for defending Israel, from WLFS parent/daughter of Israeli holocaust survivor/ex-BBC (saw bias from the inside) about 8 hours ago Daughter of a Holocaust survivor, ex-BBC journalist: “saw bias from the inside”. Interesting. Hanna worked for the BBC from 1997-2012, fo... more »

Watch trailer 'The Cherokee Word for Water'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Cast from The Cherokee Word for Water  Published on Jun 27, 2013 The Cherokee Word for Water is a feature-length motion picture that tells the story of the work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Set in the early 1980s, The Cherokee Word for Water begins in the homes of a small town in rural Oklahoma where many houses lack

The Last Waltz of Robert Mugabe

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
First the good news. Robert Mugabe is almost certainly on his final term as president of Zimbabwe. If he manages to serve his full, five-year stretch, he'll be 94. Now the bad news, at least for the long-suffering people of Zimbabwe. Waiting in the wings to replace president Bob are two real characters, one known as "*the Crocodile*", and his rival, "*Comrade Spill Blood*." VP Joice Mujuru took the name Spill Blood as a teen when she was a freedom fighter. Former spymaster, Emmerson "Crocodile" Mnangagwa got his nickname when, as a teen, he led a sabotage unit against the R... more »

Stop Imperialism: Podcast # 66

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
Lots of good info contained in the over two hour podcast. You can pick and choose what news you wish to take in as Mr Draitser from Stop Imperialismprovides a breakdown of time and place to get the info. Very glad to see that he is talking about Fukushima! The* ecofascists* don't touch this story except in the most meek manner imaginable, if at all. Example: Green Peace *Yet,* *Fukushima is the biggest global environmental catastrophe ongoing. And barely garners more then a passing mention.* *1. **Syria* [image: syria_80]Al-Qaeda militants travel to Syria Via Turkey CIA moved Lib... more »

Interview with Todd Brendan Fahey: Captain Trips- Al Hubbard

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
In this episode we discuss the “Johnny Appleseed of LSD” and it’s not Timothy Leary. In fact, today we’ll be discussing Captain Trips – Al Hubbard, the man who supplied ALL of North America, including the CIA, FBI, US Army and even Canada, with Sandoz LSD. Every dose of Sandoz LSD-25 that came from the Grateful Dead or Tim Leary, or anyone else, including those involved in MKULTRA, got their LSD from this man. Al Hubbard even personally dosed Aldous Huxley. Gerald Heard, Aldous Huxley and Capt. Al Hubbard *Thanks to Jan Irvin @ Gnostic Media. Always linked in the sidebar....* *DEFIN... more »

Hey, Pollsters! What's a Deficit (To You)?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Paul Krugman flagged polling showing that people (incorrectly) believe that the federal budget deficit is rising, and Kevin Drum explains it as information lag: "It takes a long time for public opinion to change on stuff like this, and that's especially true when one side is loudly trumpeting false narratives." Could be! But there's more than one possibility here: 1. People mean the actual federal budget deficit, but are misinformed (Krugman/Drum). 2. People mean the federal debt, not the budget deficit, and correctly believe that the debt is still rising (suggested by Megan McArdle... more »

A Hunted Woman

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
I've never been fond of those nature shows that get you to watch the beautiful gazelle going about its business and then pull back to let you see the pride of lions setting off a race that you just know is going to end badly for the gazelle. There's that look of panic in the prey's eyes that can be so uncomfortable to watch. I felt that same discomfort looking at this image of Senator Pam Wallin with a swarm of journos closing in as though for the kill. She's got that "prey look" in her eyes, across her face. Duffy, Harb, Wallin and Brazeau - they're like the contestants in *Th... more »

Transmutations of all Higher D portals proceeds at this moment

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 23 hours ago
* * * * *Transmutations of all Higher D portals proceeds at this moment* by ÉirePort Transmutations of all Higher D portals proceeds at this moment, bringing each in precise alignment to assist individual communities adjustments to Higher Incomings. Frontier transformationals enter consciousness of group, community, individuals prepared for these. Those "unprepareds" also sense these transformationals and transmutationals. Signing of Higher Contracts nears completion for Hue-manity, as caretakers of these transformationals and transmutationals. All is proceeding as Hue-manity int... more »

Republican Civil War Heating Up Again-- This Time AP Names The Names Of So-Called "Moderate" Republicans

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
Nothing left of the Tea Party Caucus but garbage The latest battleground is over the debilitating and draconian spending cutsextremist rightists who are in the pockets of the 1 percent are demanding. These are cuts even greater than the cuts neo-liberals in the Obama administration and among the New Dems and Blue Dogs have been implementing. The extremists want to get rid of public education, food stamps, Amtrak and start the process of ending Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, their longtime *bêtes noires*. AP insists there is a significant "backlash" from more mainstreamish con... more »

Got a Gut Feeling About Climate Change? You Just Might.

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
A study by the University of Zurich has found heatwaves can get one's bowels in an uproar. *Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at greater risk of relapse during heat waves, finds a study that could have significant implications in an era of climate change. * *Risk of hospitalisation for an IBD flare went up by nearly five percent for every day that a heat wave lasted, retrospective data from over 2,000 patients showed. * *By around the same margin, patients with infectious gastroenteritis (IG) were also more likely to have a flare during a heat wave compared with a cont... more »

Paul Toner, MA TURNcoat, Leads Charge for Common Core and PARCC

Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
Lawyer, corporate stooge, and MTA President, Paul Toner has sold teachers down the river in Massachusetts with support for test score based teacher evaluations, more segregated corporate reform schools, and now the Common Core testing delivery system. Toner has a propaganda piece at the MTA site that once again applies lipstick to the pig that he […]

Hoopa Valley Tribe intervenes for salmon on Trinity River

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Westlands files lawsuit against Trinity water release  Hoopa Valley Tribe intervenes, urges increased release of water  "A die-off of Trinity River salmon, if it were to occur again this year, would be very harmful to the many Hoopa tribal members who rely upon these fish." -- Hoopa Valley Chair Danielle Vigil-Masten by Dan Bacher  Censored News The Westlands Water

ELECTIONS ARE WON WITH BRAINWASHING; USA AND SCOTLAND

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*Nate Silver* Nate Silver, the statistician, correctly predicted the outcome of all 50 states in the 2012 US presidential election. Did he use Maths or did he read the minds of the 'Powers-That-Be'? The 'Powers-That-Be' had decided that Obama was to be re-elected. They arranged that the Republicans would choose as their candidate an 'unelectable' Mormon who would make a number of gaffes. They got the media to present Obama as the 'good guy'. Much of the US population was successfully brainwashed. Although it should be noted that less than half the electorate turned out to vote;... more »

How Much Can CNN Get Wrong About F1 Engines, Physics In One Article?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
' While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient.' More here in case you can't see why that sentence is gibberish http://jalopnik.com/how-much-can-cnn-get-wrong-about-f1-engines-physics-in-1111423405 If CNN are that wrong about F1 engines, how wrong are they about other matters?

Megaload Blockade Organizing: More Megaloads Headed to Northwest!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Nez Perce megaload blockade Anti-megaload activists from Northern Rockies Rising Tide are sending out an alert calling on all West Coast/Columbia River activists.  Breaking news from Northern Rockies Rising Tide (12:22 am Tuesday): "Thirty people just blocked the megaload for about five minutes. No arrests. Lots of cops, not much patience. Lots of good material.  By Wild Idaho Rising

13/13/Cat Blogging

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Luckily, I don't have triskaidekaphobia, or a fear of the number 13. Otherwise, this 13th day in the 13th year of this century would paralyze me with an additional phobia that no one in these scary times doesn't need. There are enough real things in this world, especially in this country, to fear without having to succumb to an irrational, numerology-based phobia to add to the pile. For his part, Popeye's only fears, it seems, is approaching storms that never affect him and the little bare circular spot in his dry food dish that occasionally appears. Meanwhile, I'm st... more »

Keep digging!

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
[image: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, second from left, poses for a photo opportunity with, from left to right, chairman of the Toronto Port Authority Mark McQueen, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto Friday, March 9, 2012.] Harper, Ford, Flaherty and some other entitled person. The photograph was used last evening at this event, sponsored by the Canadian Labour Congress. Julie Lalonde did a presentation for Hollaback! Ottawa. I'll post more about that later; my DSL is wonky and my internet connection... more »

US Border Patrol Impunity Must End! Border Patrol Getting Away with Murder!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Border Patrol Impunity Must End! Mother Demands Justice Carlos La Madrid loved to play soccer and guitar and was learning to work with solar energy. Image credit: Border Action Network. By Derechos Humanos Censored News Tucson -- Guadalupe Guerrero, mother of Carlos La Madrid, was informed this past Friday, August 9th, that the murderer of her son, Border Patrol Agent Lucas Tidwell, will

Steve Pinker is right to defend "scientism"

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
A week ago, Harvard's top evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker wrote an essay for The New Republic, Science Is Not Your Enemy: An impassioned plea to neglected novelists, embattled professors, and tenure-less historians, that defends the application of the scientific method to various fields, including those that used to be monopolized by the tools of humanities and other methods and non-methods. I think that both Pinker and your humble correspondent think that the would-be expletive "scientism" is being mostly used for the idea that scientific reasoning shouldn't be confined jus... more »

EU, knowing it is wrong, still refuses to correct "1967 borders" terminology

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
' Truth be damned! We all decided that they were borders, so they will continue to be called borders! The EU is literally changing history in order to strengthen its political position, rather than changing its position to adhere to those pesky little things called facts. Their pathetic defense is that they all agreed to lie, therefore the lie is now the truth.' Truth and the EU are not often happy bedfellows. More here http://elderofziyon.blogspot.no/2013/08/eu-knowing-it-is-wrong-still-refuses-to.html?m=1

BBC News - British Library's wi-fi service blocks 'violent' Hamlet

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Internet content filters are generally either over protective like the British Library one or far too lax. In fact, often they are both... More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23680689

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: UNCONTAINABLE!!!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It has been over two years now since the original Israeli attack on Fukushima via their criminal Stuxnet virus (and possibly several small nuclear devices) that has left that facility wrecked and its reactor cores still in meltdown...And in spite of the Jewish news propaganda, still horribly out of control.... I have kept a vigilant watch over this disaster for two straight years, and NOW it does appear that the Jewish lying media criminals can no longer avoid this situation and are finally having to report to the world the truth.... I have been watching reports for the last few w... more »

There was a large house on Nantucket!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013* *Mark Leibovich makes forbidden remarks:* We haven’t yet read This Town, Mark Leibovich’s tattletale opus about Insider Washington. Still, we’ve read the pages permitted on-line. In those pages, Leibovich says several naughty things—naughty but instructive. By law, these forbidden remarks must be ignored by the rest of the “press corps.” So you can read these statements somewhere, we’ll reproduce them here. Let’s start with this, a snapshot from Tim Russert’s memorial service in June 2008, the scene which opens the book. As she enters the cathedral, Hill... more »

Political Background To Iraq’s Current Descent Into Violence

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
Iraq's insurgency is making a comeback. The number of attacks and deaths has gone up dramatically this year with almost weekly mass casualty bombings. The security forces have proven incapable of preventing any of these operations. The April 2013 raid upon the Hawija protest site in Tamim province is widely regarded as the spark that ignited the current unrest. There were larger political issues however, dating back several years, which led to the current deterioration in security. 2010 marked the breakdown of Iraq’s fragile post-sectarian war politics. In 2008, Prime Minister No... more »

The Glue That Holds the Crap Together

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
President Obama yesterday appointed National Intelligence Director James Clapper to head* a secret task force to figure out how James Clapper and the Spy State can lie more effectively to the American people. In spook-speak, it is called being the "least untruthful". In real-speak, it is called polishing off the dog shit being hurled at the public and calling it a kiss from a warm puppy. In a sign that the president not only holds us in utter contempt, but that he is now gleefully rubbing our noses in it, he wasted no time pivoting awayfrom promising an "independent review" at Friday... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Happy Birthday to Dallas Braden, who once was perfect, 30. It's a tough game for pitchers. Starting back up with a little good stuff: 1. Not a surprise that, as Paul Krugman reports, people (erroneously) think the federal budget deficit is going up; I still don't think most people mean the actual federal budget deficit when they complain about deficits. 2. Matthew O'Brien on Rand Paul and Milton Friedman. 3. And Garance Franke-Ruta suggests three questions that Hillary-attackers should ask themselves.

EYES WIDE SHUT: The silence continues!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013* *Part 1—Plutocrat looting ignored:* Amazing amounts of money get looted in the normal operation of American health care. Way back when, in 2005, Paul Krugman tried to raise this issue with a series of columns in the New York Times. He may as well not have bothered. The rest of America's press and pundit corps is committed to avoiding this ginormous policy matter. But along the way, Krugman offered the basic outline of a puzzling situation. On April 15 of that year—Tax Day!—he discussed the “amazing” state of American health care spending: KRUGMAN (4/15/0... more »

Blast from the Past: Cinema enters Taiwan

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*A rain squall seen from Shiti Port on the east coast of Taiwan.* From here (it downloads a .doc file): In August and September of 1899, an unnamed businessperson brought an Edison projection system from the US and showed a documentary short on the Spanish-American War. Encouraged by these new historical findings, film historian Ye Long-Yan dug deeper into the colonial archives and was greeted by an even greater surprise. *In August 1896, less than a year after the “invention” of cinema, a time coinciding with Japan’s acquisition of Taiwan, a Japanese merchant brought with him to ... more »

Economic Round Up: Beijing to strip Taiwan banks?

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*So hot on the east coast this weekend, everyone is taking a dip.* With President Ma away on a foreign trip, FocusTaiwan provides some of the most recent numbers on Taiwan's economic situation.... Taiwan's exports usually post strong growth in July, but that was not the case this year. A rare monthly decline in exports was recorded in July and the annual export growth rate for the month was also lower than expected. Even though exports rose 1.6 percent year-on-year, the growth rate fell far short of expectations, said Liang Kuo-yuan, director of Polaris Research Institute. .... ... more »

Amazon.com And You're Done

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 1 day ago
I remember in the late 90s siting in a strategy board meeting, where one director predicted that Bertlesmann would ‘crush ‘ Amazon and that the company would not last at the level of losses is was making. I tried to explain global branding, customer service, and how retail operations can work on positive cash flow, but I only got a glazed look in return. The outcome is now history. It is hardly surprising to find that the media that Amazon started with, books, is one that they cover so well. It is the width and depth of Amazon’s book vision and commitment that makes it different.... more »

Will Independent-Minded New Jersey Voters Prove Big Money And Corporate Media Wrong Today?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
And Cory Booker-- same crooked garbage Christie made sure that the election for the open Senate seat would not fall on the same day as his own election-- costing New Jersey taxpayers millions of dollars-- because he was afraid Cory Booker's celebrity status would turn out lots and lots of Democrats who might not otherwise bother voting... and who could tilt his own race towards Democrat Barbara Buono. So today's the day of the primary. Corporate media has developed a convenient pro-corporate fake bipartisan theme that Christie can't lose his race and that Booker can't lose his race.... more »

A Good Place To Start

NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 1 day ago
. WTC7....THIS IS AN ORANGE WTC7 .

It's Who They Are

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
It's not just the $140,000 in illegitimate expenses -- which Stephen Harper is on record as saying are "comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country." It's not just that Wallin's tab is considerably larger than Mike Duffy's tab. It's that she doctored her records ahead of the audit. It would appear that, like Bev Oda, Ms. Wallin feels free to alter official documents. And, of course, there is the matter of scale. John Ivison points out in *The National Post* that: Lest any of the senators currently in the spotlight have forgotten — which i... more »

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
Just so weird. Saw this: And wikipedia gave me the back--story and then some ...

US General Dempsey in Israel - is a no fly zone , 40 km buffer zone limited kinetic action looming ( Libya redux ) for Syria - to support Al Qaeda rebel forces ( not sure if this is part of core al qaeda we have on the run or the spreading cancer variety - that are currently droning in Yemen ? )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23191/Dempsey-in-Israel-Jordan-to-tie-last-ends-before-Obama-decides-finally-on-US-military-action-in-Syria Chairman of the US Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Israel Monday, Aug. 12 for critical talks with Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, followed by parallel talks in Jordan. DEBKAfile reports he has come to lay the ground ahead of President Barack Obama’s final decision to embark on limited US military intervention in the Syria civil war. The Obama plan, if... more »

Recalling the Great March 2011 Earthquake that devastated eastern Japan , how likely is another strong quake in Japan ? The answer is sooner than one might believe !

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Rare video of the effect of the great Japan March 2011 Tsunami...... The power of nature is amazing ........ http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350325/description/News_in_Brief_Japans_2011_earthquake_upped_Tokyos_risk News in Brief: Japan's 2011 earthquake upped Tokyo's risk Chance more than doubled that capital city will soon experience big temblor By Erin Wayman Web edition: May 10, 2013 Print edition: June 1, 2013; Vol.183 #11 (p. 20) A+ A- Text Size The magnitude 9 earthquake that shook Japan in 2011 more than doubled the risk that a big quake will rattle To... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Sandra Hester files lawsuit against city, mayor, police chief ~WWLTV* *A New Core ~Saints Win * *Saints’ Vaccaro ‘brings it’ in practice, on the field ~Brian Allee-Walsh* *Sequester limits coastal restoration payouts ~Jordon Blum, New Orleans Advocate* *Coast Guard Releasing Oil Spill Response Plan ~WWNO* ~Officials signing off on the plan include representatives of the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office. Local leaders represent Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany parishes. *Surpirse! Surprise! BP orchestrates media blitz to sway public opinion* *Ba... more »

Healed by Self - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Healed By Self ** *Searching for a cure* ** *Heal* ** *Searching for a cure* ** *Healing* ** *Searching for a cure* ** *Healed* ** *When I ended the seeking* ** *I was healed by mySelf* ** *M.N. Hopkins* ** *Note: *Written on August 12, 2013 and first published for the first time on my blog today. Dedicated to those who have forgotten the way of Self healing and perhaps have remembered this day.

Erwin Schrödinger and his cat in Google Doodle

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was born on August 12th, 1887, i.e. 126 years and 1 day ago, in our then capital, namely Vienna, Austria-Hungary (where he also died in 1961), to a German-speaking botanist and a mostly British daughter of a chemist. He was their only child. This background may explain some of this physicist's deep interest in the foundations of biology. However, he had some more unusual interests related to Eastern religions and pantheism – religious symbols often appeared in his work. In my opinion, this fact boils down to his family background, too. He was... more »

More news from 'the apartheid state of Israel'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'Shlayan went on to add, "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and the only one that protects Christians and holy places." The Arab uprisings have led to an increase in the persecution of Christians in the region and Shlayan believes that a "change in culture" is needed. He says that he has received messages from Egyptian Christian Copts that they would like to seek refuge in Israel.' The apartheid state of Israel that is in fact the only truly multi racial, multicultural state in the Middle East Much more here http://www.israellycool.com/2013/08/13/who-said-this

Is ALEC LYING About Membership Numbers?

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
From the meeting in Oklahoma this past May How embarrassing! “About 500 people, mostly lawmakers from across the country, are expected to converge next week in Oklahoma City for the spring meeting of an organization that promotes free-market and conservative ideas.” *ABOUT* FIVE HUNDRED “PEOPLE” *NOT* 500 legislative members of ALEC *500 PEOPLE* Let’s crunch some numbers on ALEC legislators: 2011– Before they started hiding the membership lists Civil Justice Task Force - 168 members Commerce – 214 members Communications and Technology – 181 members Education – 181 members Health an... more »

Shall We Sing Together - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
** ** Shall We Sing Together ** ** *From the depths of your being* ** *Comes a new song* ** *A song of healing* ** *A joyous song* ** *Sung with a chorus of angels* ** *Singing our joy to all of mankind* ** *Letting all know* ** *That an ending comes* ** *And* ** *A beginning is put into motion* ** *A new beginning for Mankind* ** *A new start* ** *A forgiveness* ** *No longer contained* ** *A joy* ** *Expressed* ** *A love* ** *No longer denied* ** *A sweetness in being* ** *A kindness* ** *To be shared* ** *Now* ** *Is the time* ** *Now* ** *Without the confines of time* ** *Now* ** *Ex... more »

Obama Administration Releases Previously Secret Legal Opinion on NSA's Associational Tracking Program

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
AUGUST 9, 2013 | BY CINDY COHN *Obama Administration Releases Previously Secret Legal Opinion on NSA's Associational Tracking Program* https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/administration-white-paper-associational-tracking-program Congress Does Not Hide Elephants in Mouse Holes The Administration released a White Paper on Friday that summarized its claimed legal basis for the bulk collection of telephony metadata, also known as the Associational Tracking Program under section 215 of the Patriot Act, codified as 50 U.S.C. section 1861. While we’ll certainly be saying more about th... more »

And you wonder why the Middle East is so ethnically divided

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/08/Levant_Ethnicity_lg-smaller1.jpg

Bandar Bush, Saudi Extraordinaire, Admits Funneling $100 Million To Mercenaries/Al-Qaeda/CIA To Topple Assad and Buy Off Putin (John Grisham Outs GITMO BS)

Bart Playing In the Rosemary I remember when George W. Bush said after he was no longer President that his only regret was not being able to "reform" (obliterate) Social Security. Leading me to wonder what Obama's will be. Perhaps not bribing enough foreigners? Or will actually obliterating Social Security be enough? Need I mention again . . . they are not that smart. But they are

LOCKERBIE: LOST VOICES

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
"So was the bombing of Pan Am 103 an elaborate plot to get rid of some CIA guys ... on board? "Were people taken off the plane for some unknown reason? "If the plane was truly on a heading of 270 degrees then could it have landed at Prestwick? "Was it headed there? "Did the Americans or any other forces interfere in the forensic investigation after the crash?" *Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Lockerbie: Lost Voices* Kathryn Samson went along to rehearsals - watch her full report below. *Lockerbie: Lost Voices on Vimeo* * * *aangirfan: LOCKERBIE IS ABOUT HEROIN* aangirf... more »

My Top 10 Books Set in a Dystopian Future

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
I am a dystopian lover. Usually the only recommendation that I need for a book is that it is set in a dystopian future and I will give it a chance. Here is a list of some of my favorites that I have read. Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish. Uglies- Set in a future where all teenagers undergo a surgery to make them pretty. Tally discovers over the course of the first book just what else the surgery changes. Overall, this is not my favorite dystopian series, but worth a read. I liked the first two books more than the last two. The Handmaid's Tale- I read this more gr... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Works like a charm, every time, too...

Was Mona Lisa Enigmatic... Or Just An Airhead?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Here in Florence, people-- not many but some-- are buzzing about Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting, *Mona Lisa* or at least about the woman who played Mona Lisa when he painted his masterpiece, Lisa Gherardini, who lived across the street from him back in the day. The painting itself has been in the Louvre since 1797-- except when it was stolen in 1911 and returned to Italy for a few years-- but Ms.Gherardini's bones were found in the basement of Sant'Orsola, a former Ursuline convent in Florence. Excavators found a bunch of bones from several people last year but they aren... more »

Constructive first degree murder arising out of unlawful confinement or attempted unlawful confinement under Criminal Code s. 231(5)(e)

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
R. v. Parris, 2013 ONCA 515 holds: [44] First, to establish first degree murder under s. 231(5)(e), the Crown must prove each of five essential elements beyond a reasonable doubt: i. that the accused unlawfully confined or attempted to unlawfully confine the victim or another person; ii. that the accused murdered the victim; iii. that the accused participated in the murder of the victim in such a way that the accused was a substantial cause of the victim's death; ... more »

Alan Waldman: ‘As Time Goes By’ is a Timeless British Comedy Classic

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: Dame Judi Dench and deadpan Geoffrey Palmer head a very clever cast in this long-beloved series. By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / August 12, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas, mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland, and

FILM / Jonah Raskin : Reviewing 'Fruitvale' and Remembering the Panthers

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Reviewing Coogler's Fruitvale Station and reflecting on the Black Panthers Fruitvale Station shows how far we’ve traveled since the days of the Panthers, and how little we’ve traveled. By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / August 12, 2013 The only Oakland, California, African-Americans I’ve ever known belonged to the Black Panther Party founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland in 1966.

Did Detroit need to file for Bankruptcy ? Richard Larkin says " No ! " I think I side with Kevn Orr on this one - Detroit was and is BROKE ! How will rising rates impact the Detroit Bankruptcy - might ice skating backwards through hell be easier ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/08/12/detroit-other-bankruptcy-exits-face-pressure-from-rising-rates-moodys/ Detroit, other bankruptcy exits face pressure from rising rates: Moody’s August 12, 2013, 12:37 PM The nation’s two biggest bankrupt municipalities have indicated that they plan to issue bonds as part of their plans to exit court protection. But the recent sharp rise in interest rates could make that difficult, say analysts at Moody’s Investors Service. Detroit, which filed a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition last month, said in a restructuring proposal handed to creditor... more »

Phantom markets - or why liquidity is always there right up until you need liquidity ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-12/phantom-markets-part-1-why-tbac-suddenly-very-worried-about-market-liquidity Phantom Markets Part 1: Why The TBAC Is Suddenly Very Worried About Market Liquidity [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/12/2013 15:26 -0400 - Ben Bernanke - Bond - Equity Markets - fixed - HFT - None - Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee - Volatility Perhaps the best source of real, actionable financial information, at least as sourced by Wall Street itself, comes in the form of the appendix to the ... more »

Today's best idea is spread by Norman Solomon: a Nobel Peace Prize for Bradley Manning

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"Now, the Nobel Committee and its Peace Prize are in dire need of rehabilitation. In truth, the Nobel Peace Prize needs Bradley Manning much more than the other way around."* *-- Norman Solomon, in* "Memo from Oslo: If Peace Is Prized, a Nobel for Bradley Manning" *by Ken* As Norman Solomon will explain in a moment, he's in Oslo today, and his mission was to "carry several thousand pages of a petition -- filled with the names of more than 100,000 signers, along with individual comments from tens of thousands of them -- to an appointment with the Research Director of the Norwegian... more »

Caregiving Mom to 9YO With Cerebral Palsy Needs Your Vote to Win a Cruise for the Family, No Money – Just Your Vote...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
I've been remiss in getting this posted. From Maggie at Maggie's Notebook: Grumpy Opinions notified me that one of his readers and an occasional contributor to his site has an 9-year-old granddaughter with Cerebral Palsy. She has never walked without assistance. She cannot speak without a specialized computer program. Now she has also been diagnosed with “mitochondrial degeneration.” Her name is Alexa Savage and her devoted Mom, Kimberly has been nominated to receive a “caregiver” cruise. If she wins, she can take the whole family along, including Alexa. All you have to do is visit... more »

ECONOMICS FOR REAL PEOPLE: Charter Cities

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Here’s your invitation to tomorrow night’s session at the Auckland Uni Economics Group…* Hi everyone, In 2010, the Harvard Business Review listed Paul Romer’s theory of Charter Cities as one of its top ten breakthrough ideas. As such, we are excited to be having along a local expert in Charter Cities, Ben Gussen, to speak to us about this topic on Thursday evening. The idea of Charter Cities is like a larger version of “skunkworks.” used to show an organisation whether an idea is workable or not. Hong Kong, for example, could be seen as the skunkworks of China, showing Chine... more »

Mugabe victory in Zimbabwe: Dictatorship or Decolonization?

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
Nile Bowie Russia Today With another 5 years in power, Mugabe promises to expand his “indigenization” policy, whose failure would beget a drying up of foreign investment and increased economic isolation. After Robert Mugabe has secured another five-year term as president of Zimbabwe, his self-empowerment policy, which gives black Zimbabweans a 51 percent stake in all existing foreign owned businesses, will hopefully inspire a regional shift towards pro-indigenization policies. Few modern African leaders have been both so passionately supported and endlessly condemned as President... more »

McVeigh Lives

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
OKC: Mcveigh Lives from Spike1138 on Vimeo. * * *I apologise for the TERRIBLE quality. If anyone had it better, please contact me or upload. * * * *But the information is sound.* A few days after Chandra Levy's disappearance, the FBI sheepishly admits on May 10, 2001, that they somehow "forgot" to give McVeigh's lawyers some three thousand documents. [Caused by details Ms Levy uncovered through the Bureau of Prisons?] So, the execution date is changed to June 11, 2001. There are ten media people selected to be at the death house window at the Terre Haute, Indiana, prison, to... more »

Mencken on drinking

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Those of you familiar with H.L Mencken might be surprised to know he counselled drinking in moderation. Well, sort of. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

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