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Gaia Tholos, Delphi (Photo credit: Pierre Metivier)Chris Hayes has the latest on white people!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*One of our favorite pet peeves:* It has long been one of our favorite pet
peeves.
It’s also a problem which infests the journalistic treatment of academic
studies, such as they are.
The problem doesn’t quite have a name. So let’s get started with a tease
from Tuesday night’s All In.
At one point, Chris Hayes teased an upcoming segment. This is what he said:
HAYES (8/13/13): *White people don’t like affirmative action unless they’re
getting something out of it.* I’ll explain coming up.
Could that possibly be true? That’s what you might call a sweeping ... more »
Does Debbie Wasserman Schultz Want To Poison Your Family? Of Course Not... She Just Doesn't Care One Way Or The Other
Sugar is deadly.
I'm so lucky. While staying at a house in the country near a tiny village
in Tuscany, Montespertoli, I immediately noticed that the gelateria in the
square, where the whole town gathers every evening, serves dozens of
flavors of ice cream, including two-- lemon and cappuccino-- that are *senza
zucchero*, sugar free. My friends kept asking me why I'm such a fanatic.
Maybe I'll send them this article from today's *Business Standard*, Sugar
at "safe" levels may be toxic to health. I'll share it with you in a second
but let me say one thing first. About 8 years ago I ... more »
Sensational Illuminations Flow from All Gaia Ascension Portals
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* *Sensational Illuminations Flow from All Gaia Ascension Portals*
by ÉirePort
Sensational Illuminations are flowing from all Gaia Ascension portals
after recent energetic uplifts. Such may be "sensed" by stepping into
Higher Clarity Sensories.
"Sensational" refers to the grand awakening moment of humanity, already
preceded by Hue-manity.
Prior acts of Light caregivers are manifesting results required for
complete Ascension of all beings on Gaia, along with Gaia.
The phrase, "Sparks are flying" ("Sparkles are flying"), is most applicable
at this now moment.
ÉirePort | Au... more »
Chris Hedges on "Murdering the Wretched of the Earth"
There's a reason the Muslim poor flock to radical Islam, several reasons in
fact. They've been discussed at length before but Chris Hedges, in light
of the massacres ongoing in Egypt, recaps:
*Radical Islam is the last refuge of the Muslim poor. The mandated five
prayers a day give the only real structure to the lives of impoverished
believers. The careful rituals of washing before prayers in the mosque, the
strict moral code that prohibits alcohol, along with the understanding that
life has an ultimate purpose and meaning, keep hundreds of millions of
destitute Muslims from despai... more »
Zapatistas: Military fly-overs as Little School begins
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee –
General Command of the EZLN, announcing fly-overs by military airplanes
in the zones of the five caracoles. [Audio Transcription]
Communiqué from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee
– General Command of the EZLN, announcing fly-overs by military
airplanes in the zones of the five caracoles. [Audio
The Power of Apocalyptic Thinking
If you pay much attention to what's going on in the world, if you try to
stay on top of science and research, your worldview is bound to become a
bit apocalyptic. Things, just about all of 'em, are trending the wrong
way. I wish it wasn't so but it is.
That's why I found it interesting to read Hal Niedzviecki's op-ed in *The
Guardian *exploring the case for thinking apocalyptically. Here are a few
excerpts:
*The [upcoming] Uncivilisation festival is put on by Dark Mountain, a
publishing venture founded in 2009 with an annual journal and ongoing blog.
One of Dark Mountain's prim... more »
Obama cancels Egypt Military exercise but continues funding the military
*So
what message shall we take away from that!*
President Obama on Thursday *canceled a joint military exercise *with
Egypt*while leaving more than a billion dollars in annual aid in place,
*in a measured response to the government’s violent repression of
opposition demonstrations.
*Obama said American “national security interests in this part of the
world
and the belief that our engagement can support a transition back to
democracy” has prompted him to maintain $1.3 billion in annual military
to
Egypt’s interim government.*
But after the violence Wednesday against opposition demons... more »
SNC-Lavalinks in a small, small, small Con world.
Gwyn Morgan, chairman of SNC-Lavalin for six years til this past May,
portrayed the beleaguered company in his recent July G&M article as "the
victim of embezzlement by two trusted, long-time executives."
There are several long-time execs to choose from here so I'm not sure
exactly which two he is referring to. Morgan, you will recall, was Harper's
pick to head up his 2006 ethics and accountability commission.
Helping SNC-L out during this period of victimhood is the Harper
Government, who just extended them a defence contract worth $400 million
over up to ten years to provide Ca... more »
It's Come to This
It's here - anti-date rape drinkware. It is a line of straws and glasses
that change colour or pattern in the presence of GHB, ketamine or Rhoypnal,
common date rape drugs.
A company called DrinkSavvy is marketing a line of cups, glasses, straws
and stirrers with the ability to detect date rape drugs.
I don't know what do you think? A stocking stuffer for the girls for
Christmas?
What to dry when the tomatoes aren't ready yet
Here we have a side leaf from a collard, or maybe a broccoli or cauliflower
(much alike for my purposes), from which the bits we recognize from the
grocery store have been harvested. It's a but chewy for use in the kitchen,
and bugs have marred its looks. One might pull up the whole plant and add
it to either the chicken yard's entertainment division or the compost heap.
Another approach would be to harvest it for the solar dehydrator.
There are many, many kinds of leaves appropriate for this -- even some
kinds of tree leaves (but we're not "that desperate" at present). Here we
ha... more »
Colville Members for Justice granted initial hearing in Colville Tribal Court
Colville
Members for Justice granted initial hearing in Colville Tribal Court
By Yvonne L. Swan
Yvonne Swan
Censored News
Arguments will begin in Colville Tribal Court on August 21 from 9 a.m.
to 11 a.m. regarding a Civil Complaint filed by Yvonne L. Swan on May
23, 2013 against fourteen (14) tribal members who were then seated on
the Colville Business Council—John E. Sirois; Michael O
It's NOT their fault. Abortion makes them do it.
From the You-Can't-Make-This-Shit-Up file: Fetus fetishists want to shut
down Dr Tiller's recently reopened clinic because. . . .
it attracts noisy, violent, disruptive nutbars.
Now, anti-abortion groups in the state have come up with a new argument for
closing South Wind Women’s Center: They’re claiming it’s a disruption to
the community because it attracts too much noise. On Tuesday, several
anti-choice groups submitted a petition asking city officials to rezone the
area as “non business” so South Wind isn’t allowed to perform abortions
anymore.
According to the Wichita Eagle, a... more »
Okay Kids, We're Now Playing For The Second Half of This Century
A new report published in *Environmental Research Letters* focuses on
what's in store for mankind in the second half of this century if we don't
get our emissions under control.
The report claims we're already effectively locked in to more and hotter
heat waves up to 2040. There's not much we can do to change that.
If we don't start slashing our overall greenhouse gas emissions, however,
our grandkids and great-grandkids are in for a hell of a hot time.
How hellish, how hot? The researchers put it in perspective predicting
that toward the latter part of the century the coldest ... more »
Hey, Everyone: We Haven't Avoided Shutdown Yet
The conversation over the last couple of days has moved on from the threat
of an imminent shutdown of the government over Obamacare to a possible debt
limit breach over Obamacare. That's thanks to reporting by Robert Costa and
others that House leaders are pitching that switch to hard-liners. Which is
all well and good, except:
1. Costa's an excellent reporter. Nevertheless, it's not entirely clear
that he's reporting Congressional leader success -- or Congressional leader
spin. It is clear that Congressional Republicans are not going to stand
solidly behind Lee and Cruz, but especi... more »
Three Centuries of Drought Brought Down the Cradle of Civilization
French archeologists believe they have discovered the true cause of the
collapse of societies in Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East three
thousand years ago. Until now this was attributed to the invasion and
conquest by the "Sea People." The French researchers claim it was actually
due to a 300-year drought that hit the Mediterranean. Their conclusion is
that it was climate change, not sea people, that destroyed those
civilizations. From *The Australian:*
* **Historians have blamed the simultaneous breakdown of societies in
Egypt, Turkey, Greece and the Middle East on m... more »
Get UKIP (again)
As someone not wholly unsympathetic to UKIP, am *I* being biased in
complaining that the BBC is making an awful lot out of the accusations of
'sexism' against UKIP treasurer Stuart Wheeler?
The accusations originated with Claire Gerada of the Royal College of
General Practitioners. For the BBC she's merely the head of the Royal
College of GPs. For me she's an avowed socialist with little (or no)
sympathy for the party. As a result, I see her accusations in a very
particular light.
The story features on the home page of the BBC News website - *UKIP man
denies sexism in debate -*... more »
News Emerges of Iraq’s Kurdistan Trucking Oil To Iran Again
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For the last several years the media has found examples of the Kurdistan
Regional Government (KRG) smuggling oil to Iran. This adds to its conflict
with Baghdad, which wants to control the country’s energy policy, and with
Western countries that have imposed sanctions on Tehran for its nuclear
program. Since this is a longtime business that the Kurds have been
operating for at least the last two decades there is no reason for them to
stop, and the ruling parties may even have plans to expand it in the coming
years.
In August 2013, Reuters and Asharq Al-Awsat reported that the... more »
Jill Lawrence sings the guild’s memorized tales!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*Carter, Dukakis and you:* Back in the day, minstrels had to memorize
Homer. They'd never *heard* of books!
Memorization plays a key role in modern punditry too. Just last week, we
looked in on Jim Lehrer as he recited some memorized tales.
All leading pundits know these tales, although they often aren’t true.
We also checked out the National Journal’s Jill Lawrence as she sang famous
old tales. We were linked to Lawrence’s songs by this Ezra Klein post.
Lawrence was musing on Martin O’Malley’s chance to win the White House.
Right out of the gate, she ... more »
Bruce Melton : Kick the Climate Deniers off the Island
The
Greenwood Acres fishing pier on Lake Buchanan, west of Burnet, Texas.
Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.
The climate science is certain:
Time to kick the deniers off the island
In just eight years, permanent climate conditions across the North
American Southwest (including Austin) will be comparable to the worst
megadrought in 1,000 years.
By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / August 15,
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be deconstructing the Sandy Hook "shooting"
PSYOP, and elaborating on how we can all recognize and protect ourselves
against media deception.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Main Discussion Points:
- Dealing with information
- Envelope/Letter analogy
- Human Cognition and its exploitable limitations
- 7 Components of Deception Magic and how they are used
- Analysis of Competing Hypotheses as a hedge against being ... more »
BOOKS / Ivan Koop Kuper : Vicki Ayo's 'Boys From Houston' Documents a Thriving '60s Music Scene
Vicki
Welch Ayo's 'Boys From Houston'
describes a thriving '60s music scene
The book is a real eye-opener for those who would have never believed
that the city once known as 'Baghdad on the Bayou,' referring to its
oppressive climate and its brackish waterway, was anything but a
cultural wasteland.
By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2013
[Boys From Houston: The Spirit and Image
Thorne Dreyer : Houston Was an Unlikely '60s Hotbed
The
staff of Space City!, Houston's late '60s-early '70s underground
newspaper. Cover photo -- from the paper's June 8, 1971, issue -- by
Jerry Sebesta. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
Boys From Houston:
Bayou city was unlikely '60s hotbed
Houston may not have had a center, but it certainly had a heart.
Montrose, still one of the great neighborhoods of the world, and long a
haven for artists,
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTERS IN EGYPT
Video footage from army helicopters show men behind palm trees firing
Kalashnikov assault rifles at police lines.
*1.* *The Egyptian police are quite capable of peacefully dispersing
demonstrators, so long as there are no mysterious provocateurs shooting at
them.*
In Egypt, on 14 August 2013, *"state television announced that a second
demonstration site at Nadha Square, near Cairo University, had been cleared
with relative ease before midday...*
"ONTV news showed firearms and rounds of ammunition allegedly seized in the
raid.
"The demonstrators fled while some skirmished with an... more »
MIXED BAG
- I've been going at a frenetic pace all week and today is my day to
stop. I've been like a man obsessed and I need to slow down. I type this
still in my pajamas. It's a good start.
- This morning I was greeted to many back-and-forth comments in my email
box relating to Bradley Manning's sort of apology yesterday at his trial
sentencing for spilling the beans on the US governments deception and
war-mongering. Some folks were upset with him that he didn't throw himself
on a sword and others were much more understanding and supportive,
especially afte... more »
Sexual Harassment in Political Science and International Studies
The last two years saw some major stories in my corner of the blogsphere
concerning sexual harassment. Colin McGinn’s resignation from the
University of Miami saw widespread discussion across the academic
interwebs, even if we didn’t say much about it. McGinn’s case seems not
terribly unique in philosophy, as the What’s it Like to be a
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Fools and Posturing Celebrities
I know I should be used to it by now, but I’m still shocked and taken aback
by the intensity of feeling expressed by the ‘Hitler was right’ brigade.
It’s particularly upsetting when it comes from the music world, around
which I hover on the periphery.
I often read Norman Lebrecht’s bog ‘Slipped Disc’ and a while ago I came
across an unusual guest post by pianist Peter Donahoe who had been
performing a series of concerts in Israel. His piece ‘Israel Diaries’ can
be read on his own website. He gives a positive account of his experiences,
adding that he was not especially au fait with ... more »
Jesse Jackson Jr.
*"As regards the allegations concerning The Reverend....*
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*...he will have to defend himself."*
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*- Jesse Jackson Jr. *
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*on the 2000 Dept. of Justice report commissioned in the wake of the Guilty
verdict in King Family vs. Jowers et al. (1999)., for the purpose of
clearing "SCLC Minister" and "Memphis Minister" as accessories to Murder,
April 4th, 1968*
Mayor Rahm Emanuel of the Mossad from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
WASHINGTON – The end of the Jackson family political dynasty arrived
Wednesday as a Chicago power couple ready-made for the cameras learned the
next few yea... more »
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*New Orleans, City of Living Metaphor*
One can often see more of New Orleans in the blink of an eye or casual
glance than in all of the photographs, television exposes or movies every
shown.
Hidden in plain view, bundling out of flower pots or cool, shaded courtyard
gardens behind little wrought iron doors with tiny windows in the middle of
them, she is a city of *living metaphor*, and as such, must be handled with
care.
In this city, neither Cliche’ nor Metaphor will honor what they seem in
life nor what you would wish of them in death. There is so much here to
see, hear, taste and ... more »
"Plan B" From Outer Space: The Hype Over Iran Continues
The
following is the 79th update to my comprehensive, ongoing compendium of
constant predictions and prognostications regarding the supposed
inevitability and imminence of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapon,
hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three
decades.
As predicted, tautologies based upon the speculative allegation that
Iran is "pursuing a parallel track
EYES WIDE SHUT: Did Elisabeth Rosenthal actually say that?
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013*
*Part 3—In search of a pulse:* By all accounts, the New York Times’
Elisabeth Rosenthal is on her way to a Pulitzer Prize in April 2013.
She’s doing this without blowing cover, and without a discernible pulse.
Rosenthal has published three lengthy, front-page reports about the massive
looting which characterizes American health care. But with the exception of
Terry Gross, no one in the far-flung press corps has said a word about
this, not even the fiery, corporate-paid “progressives” on The One True
Liberal Channel.
Rosenthal’s topic lies at the heart o... more »
Elysium vs World War Z, setting the agenda and mass mind control
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Ruth Hull
Movies and literature inspire and program the masses to love, to hate, to
protect or to kill. If Dennis Kucinich made a movie, it would be *Elysium*,
a movie which teaches that all people have the right to immigrate, to have
health care and to live.
*There are no illegal humans* -- Dennis Kucinich
Movies do make a difference. In *World War Z*, genocidal slaughter of the
ill and unfortunate was made acceptable and a positive goal to be
applauded. In *Elysium*, the elitists learn there will be consequences for
mis... more »
What To Eat When You Are Broke
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Daisy Luther
The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about
what you feed your family.
This probably isn’t an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you
feel like experimenting, try to buy a week’s worth of healthy food for a
family on a budget of, say, $50-75. Food manufacturers that target lower
income shoppers with more affordable products tend to include more GMOs and
toxic ingredients in their offerings.
It just isn’t possible to stick to my usual food restrictions. Generally
speaking ... more »
Child Sex Trafficking and the Oklahoma State Government
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Dave Hodges
Something is wrong in this country, terribly wrong. Many children are going
missing from Child Protective Custody supervision, all across this country,
with no record of what has happened to the thousands of missing children.
*Oklahoma Is the Latest State to Tolerate Child Sex Slavery Rings*
In Oklahoma, Seventy-eight children have gone completely missing with no
explanation. The most frightening aspect of this development is that these
children went missing while in custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human
Se... more »
How to Boycott Big Food
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U.S. Nuclear Missile Base FAILS Key Safety Inspection!
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Staged Terror Attacks to Follow NSA Leak
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Mining 30: Some Conceptual Considerations in Mining Tax
* This is my article today in Mining Week
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There are several proposals to amend the mining tax policy as contained in
RA 7942 or the Mining Act of 1995. The dominant proposal so far is to have
a 10 percent tax (7 percent on gross revenue + 3 percent on windfall
income) on gross profit (ie, net of operating costs) to replace the two
percent excise tax and royalties. The government says it will raise an
additional P10 billion a year on average.
Another proposal, raised by Prof. Winnie Monsod, is to have the Malampaya
gas revenue sharing where the government and Shell/private... more »
The Evolution of Non-Lethal Weapons
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Dees Illustration Nicholas West
*This is an update to the ongoing look at the technological evolution of
supposedly non-lethal weapons.*
A lot of attention has been paid recently to the massive buildup of lethal weapons
purchased by DHS and the ongoing government secrecy about the stockpile.
When combined with the increasing rhetoric against anyone professing a love
of independence, there is rightful concern that this weapons hoard will be
turned inward upon the American "Patriot."
Many argue that, in the end, most military... more »
"DHS is Building a Domestic Army to Take on Citizens" Marine Corps Colonel
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Orwellian Smart Grid Exposé to air Sept. 5
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Rady Ananda
A single smart meter measuring a home’s electricity usage, by appliance,
emits radiation 100 times higher than the level internationally recognized
as “extreme concern” and 450 times higher than a cell phone.
These are but two of the facts presented in Josh del Sol’s long-awaited
documentary, *Take Back Your Power*, which will air online September 5.
Foster Gamble, creator of *Thrive*, calls it an “astoundingly great job.” *Take
Back Your Power* is a beautiful, tasteful, authoritative and touching
account of the ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Stephen Breyer, 75. Yeah, 75.
Some good stuff:
1. Sometimes, a good obliteration is exactly what you're in the mood for.
If so, Amanda Hess has one.
2. "[Milton] Friedman hasn't disappeared from policy discourse; he's
disappeared from *right-wing* policy discourse." That's Noah Smith, nailing
it.
3. And Tom Nawrocki's appreciation of Jack Germond.
Is The Democratic Party Still Alive As A National Organization?
Tuesday, conservative polemicist Byron York was worrying the Republicans
could lose the House in 2014. And if the Democratic Party was even vaguely
competent, they could.
Republicans haven't worried about losing the House because, first, having
won by a landslide in 2010, they got to control the redistricting process,
and they have used that power to draw districts that give them an
advantage. Second, Barack Obama, having won re-election, is not
particularly popular, and his ratings could slip further by November 2014.
And third, history teaches that the presidential party just d... more »
Are The Egypt Protests A Foreign Propaganda Campaign?
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image source Brandon Turbeville
With recent reports[1] coming out of Egypt regarding the death of close to
150 people as a result of the Egyptian military’s and security forces’
crackdown on “protesters,” the temptation to react with horror and
revulsion toward the Egyptian government is justifiably real. However,
considering the recent history of African and Middle Eastern internal
politics (i.e. Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc.) and, in particular, the track
record of Western mainstream media outlets, it would be wise to hold suc... more »
Family Homestead Raided by SWAT Team for "Weeds"
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*Bob Tuskin*
Arlington, Texas -- A family with a passion for gardening and conscious
living was raided by the Arlington SWAT team early Friday morning. All 8
adults present in the house were initially handcuffed at the gunpoint of
heavily armed SWAT officers, including the mother of a 22 month old and a
two week old baby who was separated from her children during the raid.
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Sorry, it’s not a ‘law of capitalism’ that you pay your employees as little as possible ... IT'S A CHOICE!
*By Henry Blodget,*
*Financial Post*
"One of the big reasons the U.S. economy is so lousy is the American
companies are hoarding cash and 'maximizing profits' instead of investing
in their people and future projects.
This behavior is contributing to record income inequality in the country
and starving the primary engine of U.S. economic growth–the vast American
middle class–of purchasing power. (See charts below).
If average Americans don’t get paid living wages, they can’t spend much
money buying products and services. And when average Americans can’t buy
products and services, t... more »
The Poor Pick Up The Tab
The bill for Stephen Harper's Wonderful World of Austerity is coming due.
Nick Fillmore writes in *The Tyee*:
The austerity program and other government cuts have had disastrous
consequences for millions of Canadians. According to a July report by the
Canadian Medical Association, there are staggering disparities in life
expectancy based on the amount of education a person receives. Residents of
rich neighbourhoods live an average of 86.3 years, while those living in a
poor neighbourhood average only 65.5 years, a difference of 21 years.
Meanwhile, Canadians grow increasingly hun... more »
Our nuked environment
*Chinese chess pieces.*
Wow. Making the rounds since last night is the news, not exactly unknown,
that the KMT government is totally despicable. The Min. of Economic Affairs
purchased internet keywords, including the names of anti-nuclear activists,
to promote its pro-nuclear propaganda:
The anti-nuclear activists from various civic groups discovered that when
they searched for their own names on Google, Yahoo and other search
engines, a pro-nuclear power Web site (anuclear-safety.twenergy.org.tw)
operated by the ministry will appear as the first suggested Web site.
As the Web sit... more »
Futurama Pimps Out Young Audience to Monsanto
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Daisy Luther
If you wanted to reach an audience of smart, hip young people, how would
you do it? If you wanted to convince the young, energetic idealists that
something was a good idea, how would you target them?
One way to reach such a group would be through a fast-paced funny bit of
“light entertainment” geared towards a slightly geeky, intelligent, and
witty teen and young adult audience. A simple animated television program.
Take the show *Futurama*, for example.
Aired at different points on Fox, the Cartoon Network, and... more »
Feel of Poppies
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European Refugees - why are these youngsters fleeing?
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 6 hours ago
Many years ago I was working as an 'emigration contact officer' for the
Dutch government. At a time after World War II that still several skilled
workers weren't satisfied with life in Holland. I had to deal with families
that wandered out to Canada and Australia. A happy few succeeded, a part of
the expatriates returned disillusioned. For me it was important to prevent
such failures or see them land in the right places to succeed. Often
failure appeared to be caused by homesickness of the emigrant's wife. How
different the times are now!
Young, unmarried professionals (without fami... more »
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*700-plus roosters rescued from N.O. East breeder* *~Also~ Arabi man
arrested after 32 dead dogs found stuffed in his fridge*
*South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East Board Meeting today @
9:30am, *
*Meeting Room 221, *
*Franklin Administrative Complex,
6920 Franklin Avenue*
Vacation Memory Box
This summer I took a trip with my mom and my husband to New York. It ties
with London as the best trip I have ever taken. My husband had a conference
during the day, so my mom and I spent all day being tourists in the city
and then in the evening, after my mom had turned in, my husband and I would
enjoy the night life. We saw Cinderella on Broadway, spent an entire day in
The Met and had our portraits draw in Central Park.
I don't love scrapbooking, but, I didn't want to lose any of memorabilia
from the trip, a vacation box seemed like the perfect fit. This post is
part of a pa... more »
Rising interest rates - have they slipped beyond control of the Fed , BOE , ECB ? The Slog says beware ...... And note this is occurring as the economy and major companies show objective signs of weakness !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-15/10y-yield-jumps-new-2-year-high
( based on the chart , things will get nuts if we cross 3.00 on the ten
year - expect a big effort to try pin the ten year at 2.75 percent ! Update
after 8:30 data - ten year at 2.80 ! ! Stocks , bonds gold selling off as
data supports sept taper ! )
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Trifecta Of CPI, Initial Claims And Empire Manufacturing All In Line, And
All Pushing The Market LowerSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/15/2013 - 08:46
If there was one thing the bulls did not want this morning, it was a
goldilocks ... more »
TURMERIC
*According to articles at NaturalNews and Greenmedinfo:*
*naturalnews - turmeric curcumin - drug_alternatives. / **
http://www.greenmedinfo.com*
Literally thousands of published, peer-reviewed studies conducted and
compiled over the years lend credence to the notion that:
*Turmeric works the same as, or even better than, at least 14
pharmaceutical drugs currently on the market.*
1) *Statin drugs for cholesterol. *
Popular cholesterol drugs like Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) and Crestor
(rosuvastatin) are completely unnecessary when taking standardized doses of
curcuminoids extra... more »
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report - August 15 , 2013..... Data for Wednesday , news and views for Wednesday and early Thursday.....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-14/physical-gold-supply-tightness
( for the video , go to the link... )
On Physical Gold Supply Tightness
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/14/2013 22:25 -0400
- Backwardation
- Dubai
- NYMEX
- Precious Metals
It's been a busy few days for the precious metals... it seems the physical
demand is creeping back into paper prices...
*Submitted by Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,*
If the physical gold market is anywhere near as tight as these two market
observers indicate, get ready for some... more »
War watch : Syria Free Army trial balloon that all fighter should unite under their direction and controlled quickly crushed - Al Qaeda aligned forces capture the FSA headquarters in Racqa and chase their fighters into Turkey ! Egypt sees death toll from the military . security force crackdown against Morsi supporters rise to an unbelievable 525 deaths ( including 4 journalists ) , 43 being security force members ( including 5 killed when a police van pushed off a bridge ! )
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/08/14/al-qaeda-ousts-free-syrian-army-from-key-city/
Al-Qaeda Ousts Free Syrian Army From Key CityFSA's Rasoul Brigade Flees to
Turkey After Losing HQ
by Jason Ditz, August 14, 2013
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Suggestions that the Syrian rebel factions unify into a “National Free
Army” seem more unlikely than ever today, after another major conflict
between two rebel factions, with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) fighters attacking
the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
The fighting took place in Raqqa, where AQI fighters overran the FSA’s
Ahfad al-Rasoul brigade, capturing the ... more »
dimanno: let's make sochi the gay games
When I read Stephen Fry's open letter to the IOC, and the continued calls
to boycott or move the Sochi Games because of the horrendous and
institutionalized homophobic violence within Russia, I couldn't help but
think of the Beijing Games. I absolutely understand the uproar over
Russia's anti-gay laws, and I agree, of course. But did the same people
make so much as a peep when the Olympics were in Beijing? China is one of
the worst human rights offenders on the planet, but all I heard during the
Beijing Olympics was "Go Canada".
I personally boycotted the Beijing Games (here's why),... more »
The Wisdom of St. John Of The Cross
Born: 1542
Born in Spain in 1542, John learned the importance of self-sacrificing love
from his parents. His father gave up wealth, status, and comfort when he
married a weaver's daughter and was disowned by his noble family. After his
father died, his mother kept the destitute family together as they wandered
homeless in search of work. These were the examples of sacrifice that John
followed with his own great love -- God.
Annals of Austerity FAIL, Eurozone Redux
July 31 saw the latest release of European Union unemployment numbers, and
Monday's gross domestic product figures brought no joy, especially for
Greece. As Think Progress reports, Greek unemployment hit a new record of
27.6 % in May, while Spain's June unemployment figure was 26.3%, according
to Eurostat. As the world's biggest experiment in austerity, the European
Union continues to prove a failure. Below is the Eurostat figure for
unemployment in member states for June, including new (as of July 1) member
Croatia, designated HR.
[image: File:Unemployment rates, seasonally adjus... more »
Bahrain protests: Will the House of Khalifa fall like a house of cards?
Nile Bowie
Russia Today
Mass protests in Bahrain are by no means a sectarian conflict, though they
threaten to further entrench political polarization and serve as an ugly
thorn in the Bahraini monarchy’s side unless they hear the popular calls
for constitutional reform. Despite Bahraini PM Sheikh al-Khalifa’s warning
to pro-democracy activists that they face longer prison sentences and the
stripping of their citizenship if they take part in August 14’s scheduled
opposition rally, protesters are expected to take to the streets en masse.
The tiny island nation has seen near-daily p... more »
NEOCONSERVATIVE PROPAGANDIST SUPPORTS THE MASSACRE OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTERS
Neoconservative propagandist Jonathan Tobin writing in *Commentary* writing
about the massacre yesterday of supporters of ousted Egyptian president
Mohamed Morsi, told his readers that: “Brutal though the attack on these
encampments was, the notion that it could have been accomplished by more
pacific methods is probably absurd”.
Tobin goes on to write:
*Egypt’s current leaders understand something that President Obama and his
foreign policy advisors never have: the struggle in Egypt has always been a
zero-sum game in which the choices are reduced to the military or the
Brotherhood.... more »
Policeman charged with leaking plans to arrest Anjem Choudary to his wife who worked for George Galloway | Mail Online
Just an average story from joyfully multicultural post Blair Britain.
'A Met Police officer leaked details of plans to arrest hate preacher Anjem
Choudary to his wife while she was working for MP George Galloway, a court
heard today.
Detective Inspector Mohammed Afiz Khan, 46, from Yorkshire, is accused of
passing confidential information to his wife Aisha Ali-Khan while he was at
the helm of the Muslim Contact Unit - part of the force's Counter Terrorism
Command.
Ali-Khan, 33, who worked as the Bradford West MP's parliamentary secretary,
is said to have asked her husband to use... more »
Kerry On Damage Control: NSA spying under fire in Latin America
*The massive NSA snooping revelations have cast a shadow over John Kerry's
trip to Latin America - his first visit there since he assumed the position
of Secretary of State. He has already received a chilly reception in
Colombia - where officials demanded an explanation to reports that
Washington had collected vast amounts of internet data there. The next stop
on his trip is Brazil - which allegedly was the top regional target of the
surveillance program. For more perspective RT talks to geopolitical analyst
Eric Draitser.*
*Eric Draitser is an independent geopolitical analyst bas... more »
Arnold Schwarzenegger orders gas chambers for some conservatives
*...with his thick Austrian accent...*
The Terminator's comments at the National Clean Energy Summit were...
unfortunate.
According to the Huffington Post (via Junk Science and Climate Depot), he
has proposed a final solution to some disagreements with his opponents that
seems to be highly popular among famous Austrian-born expats (let me not
mention a former German chancellor by his name), perhaps even more popular
than their irrational opposition to peaceful nuclear energy:
Speaking of greenhouse gas deniers: "Strap some conservative-thinking
people to a tailpipe for an hour and ... more »
Confronting anti-Semitism and Israel hatred in the UK: Baroness Warsi and her strong support for Islamic extremists
Oh dear, was Baroness Warsi's mistake part of a pattern?
More here
http://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/baroness-warsi-and-her-strong-support.html?m=1
The Poet: Mary Oliver, “The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem”
* "Flare, Part 12"*
"When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields,
consider the orderliness of the world.
Notice something you have never noticed before,
like the tambourine sound of the snow-cricket
whose pale green body is no longer than your thumb.
Stare hard at the hummingbird, in the summer rain,
shaking the water-sparks from its wings.
Let grief be your sister, she will whether or no.
Rise up from the stump of sorrow, and be green also,
like the diligent leaves.
A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatte... more »
Paulo Coelho, “Humans and Energy”
Paulo Coelho, “Humans and Energy”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1hOCiwHNA&html5=1
When will they withdraw council’s “powers of general competence”?
2002 was a red letter year for ratepayers.
Before 2002, councils were constrained to only do what they were empowered
by law to do.* After *2002 however*, *councils could do whatever the hell
they liked, and send you and I the bill. It was Sandra Lee’s 2002 Local
Government Amendment Act that was the key. This was the Act that gave them
what is called, with a straight face, the power of general competence.
Overspending councils were given carte blanche by Sandra Lee’s 2002 Local
Government Amendment Act to become rabidly indebted over-spenders. And, oh
boy, they sure have.
One... more »
The myth of failing schools and the unforgiven sins of wealth and power
There are no failed or failing schools! But there are plenty of buildings
that serve as museums to display the failed social policies and economic
disparities inflicted by politicians and their wealthy financiers. A
kindergarten class overcrowded with 35 children who lack basic healthcare,
nutrition, and access to books and safe neighborhoods is NOT an […]
Apocalyptic Chaos In Egypt: Views From Various Perspectives
*Source: AP Photo/Hussein Tallal.*
*An excerpt from, "Leader of Egypt's ruling party says violent intervention
necessary" [abc.net.au, August 15]:*
It was estimated that tens of thousands of Morsi supporters were stationed
in camps throughout the city. Mohammed Abul-Ghar [the leader of the
Egyptian Social Democratic Party] said these supporters posed a threat to
other Egyptian civilians and refused to negotiate.
*
* *‘They had arms, ammunition, and strong weapons and they built bunkers as
if it was a real battlefield,’ he said of the Muslim Brotherhood. *
‘There were lots of nego... more »
Happy Birthday to You Too
It's been my birthday only 39 minutes and I've already pulled a Brian Regan
twice. "I don't know when to say the 'you too' phrase. I can't handle it."
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and one day, when it's your
birthday, you too!
Hate Talk Radio Fading-- At Least In Terms Of Demos Advertisers Are Interested In
Two stories this week in *Inside Radio* demonstrate, once again, why Hate
Talk Radio is doomed. In short, the format isn't reaching a demo and
advertisers-- other than adult diaper makers, the NRA and the Republican
Party-- want to reach. The key ad target demos don't want to hear bitter
old white men screaming crazy, hateful conspiracy theories at them. Only
very old, bitter white males listen to Hate Talk Radio (and Fox News). It's
not a small number, but it isn't one legitimate advertisers care about
reaching.
The chart (above) tells the story of why mainstream Hate Talk radio ... more »
Alas, Arak: Plutonium, the Press & a New Path to Propaganda
Heavy-water
production plant near the central Iranian city of Arak
The following is the 77th update to my comprehensive, ongoing compendium
of constant predictions and prognostications regarding the supposed
inevitability and imminence of an alleged Iranian nuclear weapon,
hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three
decades.One of the Wall Street Journal's
ECHELON
*Pilot's Eye view: Looking north west over GCHQ Bude (formerly CSOS
Morwenstow)*
Echelon - World-Wide Eavesdropping By The NSA from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*ECHELON *is the catch-all name used to refer to the signals intelligence
(SIGINT) collection and analysis network operated on behalf of the five
signatory states to the UK–USA Security Agreement (Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known as AUSCANZUKUS).
The system has been researched and reported on in a number of public
sources. Its capabilities and political implications were investigate... more »
Intellectual Jailbait: Hunting for Underage Ideas at APSA
APSA is around the corner and young academics should think about setting up
meetings with people who it would be good to know. Personal contacts are
much more important than they really should be in a business where it is
supposed to be the ideas that matter. Almost every single book blurb in
this world
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Oh, what Old Frank could teach Len Brown
It’s a lesson every big city planner needs to learn too:
Cities are made from the bottom up. They’re organic. They develop with each
individual decision about each individual building, letting the energy of a
city flow incrementally to the parts that are more or less highly valued,
to develop in a way that reflects the reasons for that valuation.
It’s the release of an abundant creative energy reflected in concrete form
in every great city.
Whereas all that the rules of a plan can do is to ban. And constrain. And
restrict.
And all that a monument builder can do is ride rough-shod... more »
So how’s that Australian election going?
First, some history, and a quiz …
… and as the election moves into its fifth year…
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"9/11 Pentagon Attack– Behind the Smoke Curtain"
*"9/11 Pentagon Attack– Behind the Smoke Curtain"*
By John Rolls
"Barbara Honegger’s presentation titled “Behind the Smoke Curtain” in
Seattle’s Town Hall Theater, January 12, 2013, on what happened and what
didn’t happen at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
- http://beforeitsnews.com/
•
*Links mentioned in this video:*
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: http://ae911truth.org
Patriots Question 9/11: http://patriotsquestion911.com
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth: http://pl911truth.com
Aaron Russo’s offer from Nicholas Rockefeller: http://youtu.be/iSii-xWoyKM
Another v... more »
I Will Never Accept A Smart Meter, Even If It Means Going Off The BC Hydro Grid
Please clich the first below link and watch the documentary trailer.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/08/12/crowd-sourced-documentary-exposes-smart-grid-shortfalls/2637497/
I can`t wait for the full documentary..Click the above link and watch the
trailer..
60,000 BC Homes in British Columbia stayed strong and refused the devices,
I am happy to say I am part of two of those homes that refused smart
meters....Even if it means going off the BC Hydro grid completely, we at
The Straight Goods will not capitulate...
Smart meters were never about a smart grid, we don`t hav... more »
"Economist: Obamacare Will Cost 4 Million Jobs"
* *
*"Economist: Obamacare Will Cost 4 Million Jobs"*
by Jason Farrell
“All that “affordable care” we’re about to be hit with just keeps getting
better. “Ask almost any employer and there won’t be much doubt,” says
Forbes writer and Daily Reckoning contributor John Goodman. “The Affordable
Care Act is likely to raise the cost of labor, discourage hiring and have a
negative effect on the economy.” As it turns out, that’s a bit of an
understatement.
Goodman cites the work of University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan,
an expert on labor economics. According to Mulligan’s number... more »
Neil Postman on Information (1995)
*"Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology"* by Neil Postman
(1993).
*Wikipedia:*
Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author,
media theorist and cultural critic, who is best known by the general public
for his 1985 book about television, Amusing Ourselves to Death. For more
than forty years, he was associated with New York University. Postman was a
humanist, who believed that "new technology can never substitute for human
values.", though with a much stronger preference for faith and religious
belief as evidenced by his book "Technopoly: The ... more »
WILL ISRAEL INVADE THE SINAI?
I’ve asked this question before back when the Egyptian revolution was
getting underway in late January 2011. An Israeli invasion then was
thwarted when the interim government that followed the ousting of President
Hosni Mubarak gave assurances to Israel that they would be honouring the
peace agreements made between the two countries in 1979. After the
elections of June 2012 that saw President Mohamed Morsi come to power, the
Israelis were again quickly reassured by letters from the new president
that he too would be honouring the 1979 peace agreements. However, despite
the assurance... more »
Ian Welsh says of the James Clapper appointment: "It is Obama Saying 'Kiss My Ass' "
*He's already shown he's wiling to lie for the cause. Who better to turn to
to protect the secrets of our secrets?*
*"It's really hard for most people to understand just how much contempt our
lords and masters have for us. . . . Starting at about the Senior VP level,
people decide that they deserve everything they've got and everyone else
doesn't. If they did, they'd have it. . . .
"If you have an ideology which glorifies greed and which claims that
society is a meritocracy when there is copious evidence to the contrary,
those who win will believe they 'deserve' what they have, an... more »
Captain Bernanke skillfully piloting the US Titanic right into the iceberg........
The Fed’s Confession: We Can Avoid A Crash At The End Of QE If Everybody
Believes That Everybody Believes In A Mirage….
Posted on August 14, 2013 by Wolf Richter — 1 Comment ↓
What rabble-rousers, economists (those banished from the mainstream media),
and bloggers have hammered on for years, a study by the San Francisco Fed *
finally* confesses: QE didn’t do a heck of a lot of good for the real
economy. Whatever it did for Wall Street, and however it shifted wealth and
destroyed what little remained of the free markets, and whatever
distortions, misallocations, and bubbles it created,... more »
Untitled
*Lawmakers, flood authority spar over wetlands lawsuit ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Lawmakers criticize Flood Protection Authority for suing oil and gas
companies ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Untitled
*Dat Dog Rising On Frenchmen Street ~NOLA DEFENDER*
US Postal Service to operate with just 5 days cash on hand starting October 1 ( New Fiscal Year ) .....
Uh, oh: The Postal Service will only have five days’ worth of cash-on-hand
in October
POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON AUGUST 14, 2013 BY ERIKA JOHNSEN
The relevant unions and their progressive Congressional allies have been
steadfastly resisting the repeated attempts at substantive reform of the
U.S. Postal Service, from both within and without the longstanding
institution — never mind that the quasi- agency is has been careening
ever-deeper into debt and is approaching a potential insolvency- and/or
bailout-scenario with every passing business day. In the latest twist of
poor financial new... more »
Kurds in Iraq and PM Maliki find common cause in fighting Al Qaeda aka islamic fighters in Iraq ? Enemy of my enemy is my friend....
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-iraq-kurds-reach-baghdad-fight-surging-al-121316145.html
Insight: Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda[image:
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And not just Britain…
To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, why are some parts of Britain flourishing while
too many others just suck?
Allister Heath’s answer: *The rest of the UK needs to copy London's
capitalist culture*
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Egypt: Creating a false paradigm to justify death and destruction
*This is one hell of an info packed post*. I would very much appreciate
the gift of your time to read as I gifted my time to research and write.
Thank-You in advance :)
When I began working on this post, news out of Egypt had just started
hitting the media. What was clear from those earliest reports is that this
had been a brutal operation. Starting at dawn, protest camps fogged heavily
with tear gas. Bulldozers, helicopters, snipers and live fire were all
immediately reported
Earliest casualty counts had approximately 40 dead. That seemed to low for
some of the imagery shown and t... more »
Louisiana Sinkhole Updates - More than a mouthful on Lake Fubar including recent flyover video footage and news / data for the ongoing debacle.....
Louisiana sinkhole updates .. h/t Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle ..
New Fly Over, Tues. News + Siesmic Shakes at Lake FUBAR
AUGUST 13, 2013
14
*LA 12 and 14 are especially active this noon. *[image: heli_button]
This is NOT work trucks:
[image: LA14_Aug13noon]
*LA17* very affected too . . . and it’s supposedly way over east of the
butane tanks.
*UPDATE: WED.* — This activity continues and it looks obvious work trucks
have stopped dumping fill on the berm roads (they make big marks on the
helicorder graphs) so is the Parish still under a *Code 1 alert* like they
said on yesterday’s blog... more »
Where Are All the Republican Realists?
In light of the brouhaha between Chris Christie and Rand Paul over foreign
policy, conservative columnist Ross Douthat opined in The New York Times
that the Republican Party seems to be missing the sort of realist
pragmatists of old that might have mediated between these views. He
attributes the realist decline to them being out of
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“Fukushima News You Don’t Want to Read About: Uncontainable”
*“Fukushima News You Don’t Want to Read About:*
* Uncontainable”*
by Dr. Sircus
"This has to be the worst picture I have ever seen. For all of us who
thought we were safer down here in South America, a hemisphere removed from
the jet streams blowing radiation directly from Fukushima over the United
States, we can now see how false that belief is. In this graphic from NOAA
we see that La Nina is splitting the jet stream sending radiation
increasingly over Hawaii and then on to South America.
In a petition to United States Senators we read, “Although the initial
meltdown of t... more »
Paper bag time . . .
MAYOR
FORD BECOMES a world-wide joke. Here's the latest on YouTube, titled
“Rob Ford's drunk Greek life, and the Toronto mayor's trip to jail”.
done by an outfit called Taiwan Animation. The people who posted have
some acerbic comments to go with it. Click on the link to read the whole
epistle.
Published on Aug 13, 2013
Toronto's walking facepalm of a mayor, Rob Ford, has made his city
SeaWorld chief is happy to have fewer people crowding his parks (and dumping cash in their coffers)
*Welcome to SeaWorld Orlando -- or maybe not*
*by Ken*
First it was Speaker "Sunny John" Boehner bragging about his House not
doing any legislating and dreaming of *un*-making rather than making laws.
Now the chief executive of the newly public SeaWorld conglomeration of
theme parks seems positively giddy about the sharp drop in attendance that
occurred at the very same time prices were raised at the ll parks an
average of 9 percent over the same period (second quarter) last year. (It's
"dynamic pricing" now, so it's hard to quantity the hike precisely.)
In case you were thinking... more »
A Nuclear Deal Between America And Iran Remains Off The Table In D.C.
*Read:*
*India, China Defy US Congress’ War on Iranian Oil (Juan Cole, August 13).*
*
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*On Iran Negotiations, US is Untrustworthy (AntiWar.com, August 13).*
*
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*Washington Ready to Repeat Past Mistakes in Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran;
Tehran Thinks About a Plan B (GoingToTehran.com, August 12).*
What could possibly save Egypt?
News overnight that Egyptians are being killed en-masse by their government
is hardly inspiring--especially since the reasons for the bloodletting this
time are not going away.
Sixty years of state brutality has suppressed violent Islamism, but not
killed it—and brutalised all of Egypt in the process. And democracy has
failed—delivering at first the radical Islamism the majority seem to want,
and now a return to the brutal suppression that has characterised too much
of “modern Egypt.”
So how to save Egypt—and the few liberals there that are the only genuine
source of hope?
A sug... more »
Geopolitical three dimension chess - focus on Russia , Azerbaijan , Jordan , China , Germany , Sudan and the role of the CIA ( ergo US ) in Syria .......
Geopolitical scrambles.....
http://www.panorama.am/en/popular/2013/08/14/az-weapon/
Azerbaijan is to suspend cooperation with U.S. and NATO to ensure energy
security
In the framework of Putin's visit to Azerbaijan, the parties coordinated
many issues in military sphere; in particular, issues of a rather
large-scaled cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia during the 22 years
of independence, the Russian military source reported this to "Doctrine",
the Military Journalistic Investigation Center, says Azerbaijani news
agency "Salamnews".
According to MJIC "Doctrine" information Az... more »
Egypt's Day of Terror
Egypt's day of terror has been brewing for a long time. 18 months ago,
Mubarak's regime suffered a mortal body blow on Egypt's Day of Rage as
millions poured onto the streets. Approximately two weeks later Mubarak
had
been swept from power by an alliance of convenience of *ancien
regime*opponents, and a military presenting itself as a neutral arbiter
and
guarantor of stability. The problem then became one typical of the fall
of
authoritarian governments. They are brittle things, despite the varying
levels of repression they mete out during their life time, but at
simultaneously the ... more »
TEA Challenges Huffman/Haslam Plan to Tie Licensure to Value-Addled Test Scores
You have to take the 18 minutes to view this news conference announcement
in order to appreciate the profound unfairness of using VAM for ANY high
stakes decision. For more context, detailed discussion, and a survey of the
mountain of research studies, buy the book. Tagged: teacher certification,
teacher licensure, Tennessee schools, value-added
Gold and Silver report - News and views of the day - August 14 , 2013.....
http://www.businessinsider.com/john-paulson-13f-2013-8
( Wrong way John Paulson.... dumped half of his GLD shares at end of Q-2 )
John Paulson's new 13F quarterly regulatory filing is out.
The highlight of the filing is that he's scaled back on his gold position.
At the end of Q2, Paulson held just 10,234,852 shares of SPDR Gold Trust,
down from 21,837,552 shares in Q1.
Paulson, who made a name for himself by shorting subprime mortgages when
the housing bubble burst, has been getting crushed by his bet on gold.
and....
http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/08/george-soros-sells-gold-john-... more »
Movie Review - Pacific Rim
Southern
Man gets the feeling that he's going to be posting a whole series
of scathing review on the upcoming crop of sci-fi movies. He already
knows
that *Elysium* is awful and he has a very bad feeling about *Ender's
Game*but we'll kick it off with the CGI-laden atrocity that is
*Pacific Rim*.
The plot is intriguing: alien beasts (called Kaijus in the film) from
another dimension invade not from the stars but through an
interdimsensional portal at the floor of the Pacific Ocean. They are
large
and ill-tempered and have the annoying habit of rampaging Godzilla-like
(but without Go... more »
NY Times blast Clintons over Clinton Foundation cronyism and conflicts - say a critical mass has been reached for these issues , multi- million deficits despite raking in about a half billion during the period of 1997 - 2007..... NY Times then suddenly hit by cyber attack ! Anyone naive enough to think that's just a coincidence ?
strange coincidence - NYT blasts Clintons , NYT hit by cyber attack the
same day......
*NY TIMES* : CLINTON FOUNDATION RIFE WITH CRONYISM
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On Wednesday, the *New York Times* ran a blistering investigative report revealing
the Clinton Foundation as a nonprofit rife with crony capitalist conflicts
of interest and multi-million dollar deficits despite raking in at least $492
million from 1997 to 2007.
In 2007 and 2008, the Clinton Foundation, wh... more »
The (American) Job Market and Interpretive Methods in Political Science
M. David Forrest, a soon-to-be-assistant-professor of American politics,
forwarded the following letter to the “interpretation and methods”
listserv. He agreed to let me post it at the Duck. Given the methodological
heterogeneity of our readership, I thought it would be of interest. It
reads: [I am an American Politics scholar who primarily uses interpretive
methods and
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Resistance is Not Futile.
A claim common among opponents of a treaty ban on autonomous weapon systems
(AWS) is that treaties banning weapons don’t work – suggesting efforts to
arrest the development of AWS are an exercise in futility. Now this claim
has been picked up uncritically by the editors at Bloomberg, writing in the
derisively titled, “No Really, How
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Why I detest the BBC’s Middle East news team, as Knell reports on prisoner release without mentioning their crimes
The BBC's pro Islamist terrorist coverage continues.
' Significantly, at no point during her shallow reporting of the "parties"
and "big family reunions" does Knell bother to make clear to her audiences
the significance of the fact that these events celebrating the release of
murderers are organised by the same (foreign aid funded) Palestinian
Authority which is supposed to be a 'partner for peace'. At no point does
she raise the question of how such official public displays of the
glorification of terror and violent crime against foreign tourists,
Israelis and Palestinians migh... more »
Iowa Republican Steve King On The Attack Again-- Except This Time His Target Is The GOP House Leadership
It's almost as though King has a political death wish. His House district
has been redrawn and while still the reddest seat in Iowa, it isn't nearly
as safe as it once was. The PVI is R+5, Romney beat Obama 53-45% and King
himself had a relatively close call, alos winning just 53% of the vote
against Christie Vilsack. Vilsack beat him in 7 counties, including two of
the three big ones, Cerro Gordo and Story. King spent $3,815,765-- even
more than he was able to raise. His seat is on the DCCC's radar and he has
a strong opponent next year in Jim Mowrer, a Boone farm boy who served i... more »
Now the Data-Miners Are Afraid of Being Counter-Data-Mined
The Pentagon seems to have had one of those "oh shit" moments when it
dawned on them that data-mining can be a double-edged sword. Apparently
some out-of-the-box thinker asked what might happen if a potential
adversary chose to sift through America's mountains of
commercially-available data?
*The doomsday thinkers over at DARPA are looking for researchers to
"investigate the national security threat posed by public data available
either for purchase or through open sources." The question is, could a
determined data miner use only publicly available information -- culled
from Web ... more »
The United States Air Force Wants to Go All Nano on China's Ass
At times it seems the U.S. military is obsessed with finding ways to attack
China. They've already staged a full-dress rehearsal of a stealth
first-strike against China, *Operation Chimichanga*. That scenario
envisioned a wave of F-35 stealth light bombers, protected by F-22 stealth
fighters, catching the Chinese napping and wiping out their key air defence
infrastructure to seize effective control of Chinese airspace.
Apparently the Chinese can now read and they've figured out that the best
way to defend against a pre-emptive attack is pre-emptively. You launch a
pre-emptive ... more »
Inequality for All - Coming Soon, Very Soon, Oh Hell, It's Already Here!
A trailer for Robert Reich's new documentary, *Inequality for All*
**
Reich asks "*who is looking out for the American worker*?"* *We need to
ask who is looking out for Canadian workers? Harper has been waging a
relentless war on Canadian labour since he seized the reins of power.
There was a time when that would have sparked howls of righteous
indignation from the NDP - before they morphed into *Latter Day Liberals*.
As for the *Conservative-Lites*, well they're worse than useless.
Lamar W. Hankins : How George W. Bush Aided the Terrorists
Mission
accomplished! Have Bush's (and Obama's) policies boosted terrorist
recruitment? Photo from Reuters.
How George W. Bush aided the terrorists
(According to the government)
Bush’s bogus war in Iraq; the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and
“black site” prisons; waterboarding and other uses of torture; and the
civilian death toll from drone strikes have all served as recruiting
tools
Might we see Bank Bail -in for Europe by early 2014 ? A look at key points raised in the latet " The Slog " blogspot Global Looting series ....Meanwhile , while Germany and France see GDP improve , the greater european depression rolls on....
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/global-looting-the-numbers-that-all-point-to-imminent-bank-bailins/
GLOBAL LOOTING: The numbers that all point to imminent bank bailins
*U*npaid Greek bank loans exceed total Greek bank recapitalisation budget.
*€4 trillion hole in the EU banking system*
*US Fed ships €1.3 trillion of prop-up money into eurozone*
*French debt is 174% of gdp*
*ClubMed debt is now mathematically unrepayable*
“Ignore what they tell you,” a famous Wall Street trader once told Mark J.
Grant, “just look at the numbers”. This was always the advice I gave to
trainee advert... more »
Not All The Protesters In Egypt Are Peaceful (Video)
The video below shows two masked men firing at the Egyptian police. It
dispels the media generated myth that the protesters in Egypt are peaceful,
hippie-era lovers who just want democracy to be restored. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
Not all the protesters are unarmed and peaceful. There are many violent
extremists, agent provocateurs, and most likely foreign Jihadists brought
in by the Muslim Brotherhood gang to create disruption and disorder. Sure,
there are many protesters who have zero aspirations for power and believe
they are in the streets for the right reasons. T... more »
Update: The University of Minnesota Psychiatry Research Ethics Scandal
This is to update a little bit on the situation with regard to the
disgraceful twists and ugly and very possible bona fide cover-up activities
and general lack of transparency of the University of Minnesota management
to avoid a real investigation of the tragic, Astra Zeneca sponsored
psychiatry drug trials that caused several suicides and that raise a number
of serious queries about irregularities and abuse, such as possibly
falsified consent forms. I have reported about this increasingly shameful
affair here, here and here.
A petition to the governor of Minnesota to launch an inde... more »
MAINE DRONE PEACE WALK SCHEDULE
*October 10-19, 2013*
*Welcome & Register*
We invite you to consider joining the October 10-19 *Preserve our Privacy:
No Drone Spying in Maine* peace walk. The walk is being organized by the
Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home and Maine Veterans for Peace.
The peace walk will be led by Buddhist nun Jun-san Yasuda (Grafton,
NY) from the Nipponzan Myohoji order. They are an order from Japan and
specialize in doing peace walks all over the world.
We must push back against the expanding use of surveillance drones in the
US and weaponized drones around the world that are killi... more »
More Snowdens and Mannings coming soon as Anonymous inside the Army .... if inside the Army , more leaks will come out ! Items of interest on the surveillance scandal !
Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
One can see why NSA wants to fire as many humans as possible......
US Army’s Active-Duty Captain Reveals “More Leaks like Snowden coming soon”
because <h1 class="
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New Media, New Public Intellectuals | the becoming radical.
Thoughts for the Brain - language and stuff
English is the closest thing to a global lingua franca. This state of
affairs was established by two successive global empires, numerous wars,
occupations etc, centuries of oppression and exploitation. It is testament
to Walter Benjamin’s observation that each document of civilisation is
simultaneously one of barbarism.
One thousand years ago English did not exist. Five hundred years ago it was
of little account; it did not even encompass what is now known as England.
We can’t begin to know exactly where language will go in the next hundred,
let alone thousand years. There are two p... more »
Which news orgs was Maddow talking about?
*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013*
*Tabloidy star likes to clown:* Unless you enjoy watching millionaires
making convincing chicken sounds, Rachel Maddow is increasingly a
waste-of-time hack. (For link to clucks, see below.)
In recent weeks, Maddow has been telling a tabloidized tale about the death
of Ibragim Todashev, whom the FRBI shot and killed during an interrogation
on May 22, in Florida. Previously, Todashev had lived in Boston, where he
was an associate of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
He was being questioned about those associations when he was shot and
killed.
Maddow is certainly right... more »
A Breathtaking Look at the Changing Face of the Far North
*The Guardian* has posted a fascinating audio-slideshow, *Above Zero*,
narrated by photographer Olaf Otto Becker who chronicled the Greenland ice
sheet and how rapidly it is changing. They're quite amazing photographs
that deserve a look.
Climate Wars - Ranchers Versus Frackers in West Texas
Ranchers in Texas are reeling from years of drought and heatwaves. Now
they're seeing what little water remains being taken by frackers.
With a "bought and paid for" state and federal government, those ranchers
are pretty much in a David & Goliath battle only Goliath has cornered the
rock market.
The Ghosts That Haunt Pam Wallin
Pam Wallin wants you to know one thing - she will gladly pay back every
dime she wrongfully pocketed in expenses - plus interest. I believe her.
I believe she couldn't write that cheque fast enough.
There's something missing. It's the creaking noise from Pam's knees as she
supplicates herself, pleading for mercy. It's not the money, well not any
more, for Pam. It's the ruination she fears, real "end of the line"
reputational Armageddon. That, and of course, the prospect of wracking up
a criminal conviction or two in the process. She wants somebody to take
her off the hook.... more »
Shades of Jim Crow
It's been more than a little embarrassing to live in North Carolina since
the easily deluded voters here turned the joint over to the crackpot con
Republicans who are now in a race to turn the place into the wingnuttiest
state in the union. The latest attack on voting rights in Raleigh is geting
national attention. As it should. They mandated onerous voter ID
requirements, cut down early voting and made voter registration as
difficult as possible among other odious ploys to suppress Democratic
voters. But these two provisions are being largely overlooked though
they're likely to tur... more »
Catch of the Day
What Greg Sargent said:
This latest move from a shutdown-based strategy against Obamacare to a debt
limit-based one (presuming it will even happen) is part of a larger
pattern, in which GOP leaders try to talk conservatives out of the favored
insane and dangerous strategy of the moment by promising another
confrontation around some other leverage point later. Indeed, GOP leaders
have done exactly this in the past, in order to avoid a confrontation over
— yup — the debt ceiling...
Now we are being asked to believe that Republicans will use the debt limit
— on which they caved last t... more »
TBogg Leaves
The
always amusing and often savagely biting TBogg is retiring after 13
years of blogging. I hope he comes back occasionally, but thanks to him
for all the snark, which sometimes contained a well-placed dagger.
Contras
Bush-Reagan, Taxes, Reaganomics and Contras from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Oh! Mama, Mama look there!
Your children are playing in that street again
Don't you know what happened down there?
A youth of fourteen got shot down there.
The Kokane guns of Jamdown Town
The killing clowns, the blood money men
Are shooting those Washington bullets again
As every cell in Chile will tell
The cries of the tortured men
Remember Allende, and the days before,
Before the army came
Please remember Victor Jara,
In the Santiago Stadium,
Es verdad - those Washington Bullets again
And in the Bay of Pigs in 196... more »
How Agri-Business is Poisoning Our Lakes and Oceans
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) calls them
"biological deserts." They are the dead zones that are spreading along our
coasts and inland waterways.
"*Habitats that would normally be teeming with life become, essentially,
biological deserts*," NOAA says.
While there are various causes for dead zones in different places, the
majority are blamed on agricultural runoff full of nitrogen and phosphorous
from fertilizers that fuels algae blooms that, in turn, suck the oxygen out
of vast swathes of fresh and seawater, killing off the life that would
normall... more »
Marilyn Katz : Detroit and the Myth of Black Misleadership
Pedestrian walks past graffiti in downtown Detroit. Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images. Image from Minnesota Public Radio.
Detroit’s downfall:
Beyond the myth of black misleadership
How federal policy and Big Auto drove black blight and white flight.
By Marilyn Katz / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2013
It would be comforting to the rest of us if, as oft reported, Detroit’s current woes were
(Spitting On the Constitution: We Rule - You Don't) Why Jamie Di(a)mon(d) Will Never Be Called To Account
Yeah. He's smart all right. The smartest banker according to our smartest
President. Oh yes, and I forgot. Rich. And, of course, they're not going to
help the poor taxpayers of Detroit (or anywhere else for that matter).
After all, they aren't New York. Think the arrest of the two fall guys at
JPMorgan, means that Jamie Di(a)mon(d), Chairman, CEO, JPMorgan President
in Charge of Insider
Rachel Maddow vs. Russia
Maddow: Something's Very Rotten w. FBI Tsarnaev-Todashev Boston
Bombing-Linked Investigation from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
This is GOOD JOURNALISM - This is AT LEAST SEVEN FBI Murders now...
3 in Waltham, one in Florida, Tamerlane Tsarnaev, Sunil Trapathi and Mike
Mugaletta.
This is a threat to the FBI, and this is a threat to the Russians (somehow)
"No, no, no paperwork, just...
just sprinkle some weed on them.
Let's get out of here."
Why Are the Russians Launching a Full Bore Frontal Attack on Rachel Maddow?from
Spike1138 on Vimeo.
When Abby Martin says "this country" and "thi... more »
Discussion about old and new theoretical physics forums
I am not taking any positions about these matters – and about the Stack
Exchange forums, their contents, and their moderators, among related topics
– but this blog entry was written with the only purpose: to allow the
exchange of information and opinions between users who are interested in
the debate about the sufficiency of the existing forums and about the
possibilities to create and sustain new ones (and about their desirability
and role).
However, I must assure everyone that it is not easy to create and maintain
a discussion forum and to guarantee the appropriate amount of qu... more »
Help! I have a pre-born brainwashed soldier in my uterus!
This is interesting, not so much for the theology, but for the author's
view of the necessity of the argument.
A Catholic theologian, Charles Camosy, whom LifeShite tars as the guy who
invited 'pro-abortion' ethicist, Peter Singer, to speak, first refers to
the case in Phoenix in which a nun got excommunicated for saving a life.
Specifically, the life of a pregnant woman. And more specifically, by
approving a 'direct abortion'.
He says, rightly, that the Church was characterized (again) as
'anti-woman'.
The Church can do better.
And we must do better. The new moment in the abor... more »
Some Advice on Advice
My latest Bridges column is just out, and in it I provide some advice on
giving evidence to policy makers, fresh off my Senate testimony last month.
Here is how it begins:
Last month I was invited to testify before a hearing of the US Senate's
Committee on Environment and Public Works on the science of climate change.
It is a privilege to be called upon to share one's expertise with policy
makers. Yet most experts, and certainly most academic experts, receive
little training in how to engage effectively with policy makers in a formal
setting such as an evidentiary public hearing. ... more »
New Jersey... What Now?
Every New Jersey Democrat I know-- even the best of 'em-- are warning about
the need to rally around Cory Booker now that he's in a face-off against a
big bad right-wing lunatic. Early this morning, on her way to the airport,
Barbara Buono told me that "When the polls closed I went to Cory Booker’s
election night party. I know that Blue America members may not have
supported Cory in the primary. But now that the primary is behind
us, it's absolutely critical that Democrats in New Jersey and the rest of
our great nation unite behind our Democratic ticket this fall. The
reasoning be... more »
Your moment of Zen
A late afternoon egret at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. [Pam
Leavey photo]
Ron Jacobs : Remembering the Resignation of 'Nixon the Crook'
Front
page of The Baltimore Sun, August 9, 1974.
Let there be no question:
Richard Nixon was a crook!
He surrounded himself with men who did not believe in democracy but
understood what compromise might be required to maintain and consolidate
power.
By Ron Jacobs /
The Rag Blog / August 14, 2013
August 9, 1974, is one of my favorite days in history. On that day,
Richard Nixon resigned from
Another "New Normal" - Western Wildfires
NASA has announced another climate change-driven "new normal." This time
it's the sharp increase in the number, size and intensity of western
wildfires.
*NASA and U.S. Forest Service officials, who have been using satellites to
analyze weather patterns and better predict each wildfire season, said the
new pattern is likely here to stay.*
Paul Craig Roberts explains that "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 [a host of other countries]." The only way out is impeachment of "the lawless executive branch." "The US faces no threat that justifies the lawlessness and abuse of police powers that characterize the executive branch in the 21st century."
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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 in... more »
At Last, a Climate Change Winner
Climate change has a lot of losers but it also has a few winners. It's
good to learn that, among the winners, are the giant redwoods and sequoiasof coastal, northern California.
*Since the 1970s, some coast redwoods have grown at the fastest rate ever,
according to scientists who studied corings from trees more than 1,000
years old.*
***"That's a wonderful, happy surprise for us," said Emily Burns, science
director at the Save the Redwoods League, which is collaborating on a
long-term study with university researchers on the effect of climate change
on redwoods, the world's talle... more »
Insurgent Attacks And Technical Problems Beset Iraq’s Northern Pipeline To Turkey Cutting Into Exports
Iraq’s northern Kirkuk pipeline to Turkey has faced problems for a long
time now. Its old age means that it can only pump a fraction of its
capacity. Turkish and Iraqi insurgent groups have bombed it for years. Now
a series of leaks have shut it down for weeks during the summer. This has
undercut the Oil Ministry’s desire to boost output, and led to plans to
build a new pipeline to Turkey. It highlights the barriers that Iraq faces
to achieve its goals of becoming one of the largest oil producers in the
world.
2013 has been a bad year for the northern pipeline. In February, April,... more »
How The Jews Won The West!
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 »
CIA SNIPERS IN CAIRO?
This photo allegedly shows "snipers above Cairo university buildings
killing peaceful protesters."
On 26 Jan 2011, aangirfan wrote: CIA TO TOPPLE MUBARAK AND SPLIT UP EGYPT?
The CIA and its friends reportedly want a civil war which will lead to
Cairo losing the Suez Canal and Upper Egypt.
Mysterious snipers are shooting at *both* the military and the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Morsi, who worked at NASA on the development of space shuttle engines. Only
American citizens can work at NASA. Morsi's children are American citizens.
*(*The US /Egyptian Chronicles!)*In the election in Egypt,... more »
CLOSING IN ON RUSSIA
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
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?
*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
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
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!
*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
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
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 - 1 day 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
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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
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*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
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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
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
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A Messiah By Any Other Name
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*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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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Gun Sales DOUBLE In Newtown Connecticut After Sandy Hook Massacre
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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 ?
Anyone
else wondering why " Zero " is hung up on putting Larry Summers in
the Fed Catbird seat ?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/14/1231175/-White-House-said-to-be-telling-senators-who-don-t-want-Larry-Summers-as-Fed-chief-to-bug-off#
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No, no, no. A thousand times no.
After *The Financial Times* reported in late May th... more »
Being and Becoming Human: A Maiz-based Ethos and Philosophy of Life
In Lak Ech
Panche Be
Hunab Ku
Men
K’ochil
Et p’iz
Yaxche–baalche
To Give and to Receive
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—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
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Terrorist Group Seeks Military Tank In New Hampshire
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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.
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*NH Police View Peaceful Libertarian and Occupy Activists as Terrorists*
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*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
*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 »
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