Tuesday, August 20, 2013

20 August - Blogs I'm Following

A very important beginning day: USS Iowa (BB-6...A very important beginning day: USS Iowa (BB-61) display for the LA Harbor Commission meeting to get a museum ship approved! (Photo credit: Konabish ~ Greg Bishop)
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 minutes ago
*State moves to fill 3 East Bank levee authority seats, including posts held by president, vice president*

Iraq’s Unemployment Rate Much Worse Than Officials Say

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 24 minutes ago
Iraq’s unemployment rate has seen a slow and steady decline. Baghdad likes to claim that its policies are the cause for this drop since it provides thousands of public sector jobs each year. People have always criticized the official statistics however, and now a new study by Booz & Company has found that the reason for the decrease is not the creation of new employment opportunities, but rather large numbers of Iraqis giving up looking for work. That affects the young the most, which is the largest and fastest growing group within the population. That could cause severe problems d... more »

Personalized Scrabble Pencil Boxes

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 30 minutes ago
I can't believe that summer has come and gone. We have one more week in this house until school starts, but in essence it is over. We have been school shopping and bought new clothes, shoes and school supplies. As sad as every child is that summer is over, that is how excited I am for school to start. I have always loved getting my all of my school supplies together and of course, new clothes. I did it every year up until I graduated college. The first fall that I didn't go back to school, even though I was happy to be done with school, I still missed getting ready for school. Now... more »

The Gay Agenda And The War Against God

NO ONE TO VOTE FOR at NO ONE TO VOTE FOR - 35 minutes ago
. The Independent reports today that schools in the UK are practicing homophobic policy that was outlawed under Tony Blair. A columnist in the same paper refers to the relevant (and detested) 'Section 28' saying "...it did lasting damage to adolescents trying to come to terms with their sexuality, because *responsible adults were inhibited from telling them that homosexuality is a natural occurrence.*" This statement brings us close to the heart of the matter. The idea that the LGBT/Judeo-Masonic lobby want to force on our children is that homosexuals are born not made, that homos... more »

No, Really, You Can't Skip Iowa (First 2016 Edition)

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 49 minutes ago
Yes, it's time to roll this one out already: The first question Team Christie will have to confront will be whether they play in Iowa at all. (Christie adviser Mike DuHaime declined to engage questions for this story.) The last two GOP victors of the caucuses — Rick Santorum in 2012 and Mike Huckabee in 2008 — were ardent social conservatives, backed by gritty grassroots networks of evangelicals, pastors and home-schoolers and bolstered by a relentless retail repertoire. At first glance, the Hawkeye State does not look like hospitable turf for the bawdy, biting Christie who has c... more »

"Magical" DNA- quantum fields and communication

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 hour ago
*I've put together a smorgasbord of articles that we have been reading, re-reading and discussing over the past month or so. Suddenly more and more of these topics are coming out into the lime light of the almost main stream and main stream media. Our DNA holds the key to the universe. Literally.* * **I've posted excerpts of several articles below, with their corresponding links. Take a wander through the information and ask yourself "What do I know?" then sit back and enjoy the information over load.* * **Homework: Look up Melanin - with special attention to neuro melanin- and ... more »

PIECES OF THE PUZZLE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
- I taped the latest edition of my public access TV show yesterday. My guest was Shenna Bellows, the Executive Director of the ACLU in Maine. We talked about our work together on a drone bill in our state legislature last spring. It passed but with an exception to allow for weaponized drone testing in northern Maine. Interestingly enough our right-wing Gov. LePage demanded that exception then vetoed the bill anyway. We parted ways with the ACLU once they agreed to the weaponized drone exception - ACLU felt it important to give on that issue in order to... more »

Caption Contest

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 hour ago
No matter how much coffee he drinks, poor Chuck Schumer still can't get the taste of Wall Street executive semen out of his mouth. What else is going on in these great United States aside from Ted Cruz going birther on himself?

LIVE COVERAGE OF 9 11

Anon at aangirfan - 1 hour ago
WHO CONTROLS YOUR MEDIA EXPOSED! - YouTube Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare BBC removes musician’s anti-Israeli comments from performance Fake Al Qaeda Actors EXPOSED! Adam Gadahn & Yousef al-Khattab... more »

RODEO CLOWNS: No trains lead to Finland!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013* *Part 2—The information vanishes:* Did you happen to watch The Lady Vanishes on PBS Sunday night? We happened to do that! That morning, we’d chuckled at the synopsis shown below, which appeared in the Washington Post. Its author refers to several characters in the famous old tale: CUTLER (8/18/13): *Soon, Miss Froy simply vanishes from the moving train.* *Many people definitely saw her, though they deny it.*People have their own reasons for lying. Iris is made out to be mad or—as is more favored for 1931—a hysterical young woman in need of supervision. ... more »

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Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours ago
*Eric Draitser appears on Press TV (August 16th, 2013) to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing political crisis in Egypt. He explains the growing conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar as it relates to Egypt and the region more generally. Additionally, he examines the nature of the Egyptian ruling establishment and the role of the United States in this developing crisis.*

Some Wise Words From John Lennon

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours ago
*You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!* ** ** *I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.* ** *Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.*

Are Weapons Inspections about Information or Inconvenience?

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
Editor’s note: this is a guest post by William Spaniel, a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester. See this previous Duck post describing some of his work, and this post at his own blog providing more information about the research discussed here. Spurred by a new International Organization article by Alexandre Debs and Nuno Continue reading

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
Happy Birthday to KRS-One, 48. Good stuff: 1. Hey, academics: you'll want to read "How Not To Publicize Your Research" from Seth Masket. 2. Amy Fried: Maine is the whitest state in the country (96.9% white) and Vermont is the second most white (96.7% white). Obama won both, convincingly. Twice. In 2012, Obama won 56.3% of the vote in Maine and 66.6% in Vermont. In 2008, Obama won 57.7% of the vote in Maine and 67.5% in Vermont. And how did LePage do in Maine in 2010? Not anywhere near Obama’s total — just 38%. 3. And I'll lump the baseball ones together: Joe Sheehan on Dempst... more »

Yes, criminal charges ought not be driven by public pressure -- but this is the the Federal Government's current policy -- so it's hardly surprising it applies to the Sammy Yatim case...

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
But appeasing the families of victims, however terrific they may be; quieting the howling mob, however loud their cries; playing to the changing favourites of the public gallery, however much that may suit the agenda of government or agency, such things aren’t conducive to good decision-making. Worse, the only justice they have anything to do with is the sort preferred by the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. “No! No!” she cried. “Sentence first — verdict afterwards.” Story

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: 11 Facts About The ONGOING Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust That Are Almost Too Horrifying To Believe

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 3 hours ago
The Fukushima nuclear disaster is turning into what will probably go down in history to be the greatest environmental disaster that this planet has ever seen. The situation, in spite of what the liars in the media continue to promote as somehow being "under control" is very much totally out of control, with no hope in the near future of any solution possible. The fact is that nobody can even get close enough to the failed reactor cores to even try to clean up this mess, because to do so would mean a painful death from radiation sickness..... I came across a very disturbing articl... more »

Today Musharraf Was Formally Indicted For Murdering Benzir Bhutto

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Tuesday, there were three charges against Pakistan's former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf: murder, conspiracy to murder and facilitation of murder, shocking in a country which has had an unwritten rule that top military men are NEVER held accountable for their crimes, no matter how serious the offenses. (There has also been a lot of speculation that he's always been a CIA operative, which complicates everything.) Musharraf, who's been under house arrest in his palatial digs in Rawalpindi denies everything. Musharraf was indicted during a short hearing at a court in the cit... more »

Beware of ALEC Legislators "Copy/Paste" Press Releases

2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
On August 8 - ALEC released this press release on their webpage: State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting Promotes Collaboration, Participation in Policy Research On August 19th Del Norman - from who cares where released this press release: Del. Norman Attends American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting in Chicago *August 19, 2013*By Dagger News Service Leave a Comment From Del. Wayne Norman: *From Del. Wayne Norman* *Well - - - NOT REALLY* ALEC PRESS RELEASE – 8/7/13 Chicago, Ill. (*August 7, 2... more »

Quick note on PD in #k12

Chalk Face, PhD at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
A quick thought. When consultants do training on products, why do they feel the need to immediately disclaim that they don’t do sales or receive commissions? I know the materials are paid for, but what is this besides sales conference? Tagged: education, k12, professional development

Greece will need another ( third for those keeping score ) bailout , says German finance Minister Schaeuble ! And the Germna view is what matters , not the humorous declarations from Greece Prime Minister Samaras on how" reforms are on track " or Troika rep Asmussen discussing run ups to the next review.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/schaeuble-admits-greece-will-need-another-bailout Schaeuble Admits Greece Will Need Another Bailout [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 08:33 -0400 - European Central Bank - fixed - Germany - Greece - Reuters In the biggest non-news of the day, Germany's Finance Minister Wolfy Schaeuble finally admitted, officially for the first time, what everyone knows: Greece will need a third bailout. His exact words, as cited by Reuters,*"There will have to be another programme in Greece," *Wolf... more »

LinkedIn profiles for Children

*LinkedIn is reducing its minimum age for connection from 18 to 13. *Children's profiles will have default settings making less of their personal information publicly perceptible, with more important links to safety information. Support requests from teen members will also be dealt with individually. The conclusion comes the day after the social-networking site for professionals launched University Pages, allowing higher education institutions to set up profiles. Dr Bernie Hogan, of the Oxford Internet Institute, supposed the growth, which takes effect on 12 September, would assi... more »

Check Out Time

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday that he intends to run for re-election in 2015. Michael Harris at *ipolitics *gives ten reasons why Harper should retire. Consider three of Harris' reasons: First, Harper is tempermentaly unsuited for the job. He is a politician who doesn't like people: And as strange as this may seem, he doesn’t much like politics either. At least not the part most of us would associate with the world’s second oldest profession — meeting people, experiencing the world, trying to make things better for the people whose affairs you temporarily hold in trust. As P... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*Noise ordinance divides musicians, neighbors ~Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Advocate* *Sounding Board: Public Weighs in on Noise Ordinance ~William Dilella, NOLA DEFENDER* *The League Better Beware Brees’ Reloaded Gun ~Saints Tailgate* *Trying to wash us away ~Clancy DuBos, Gambit* *MAP: Global Flood Damage Could Exceed $1 Trillion Annually by 2050 ~Mother Jones* *Hens rescued from cockfighting raid find new homes* * * *~Cockfighting fairly prevalent, warns LA/SPCA*

“Honesty is such a lonely word…”: Jeb Bush Lacks Credibility (Again)

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
It is becoming a disturbing refrain in my head whenever I visit Twitter: Where’s the media? Jeb Bush offers a string of claims, no relevant evidence, and the all-too-usual glossing over of real educational problems in “Toward a Better Education System: A set of bold, proven reforms is the key to raising student achievement.” This commentary […]

Overnight summary ( h/t Zero Hedge ) - Asia and europe see equities slammed and bond markets crumbling in emerging markets as well ! Convenient timing for the US ten bond - hit 2.90 yesterday but catching a nice bid this morning - yield s down about 10 bps today ! News , data and views on the global markets markets ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 3 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-20/overnight-10-year-buying-offsets-usd-weakness-keep-futures-rangebound Overnight Safety Bid For 10 Year TSYs Offsets USD Weakness, Keeps Futures Rangebound [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/20/2013 07:01 -0400 - Activist Shareholder - Apple - Barack Obama - Best Buy - Bond - Borrowing Costs - Brazil - British Pound - Budget Deficit - CDS - China - Copper - CPI - Crude - Danske Bank - Department of Justice - Eurozone - Greece - Gr... more »

An American Rant-A Moral Imperative

Rufus Blaq and I Love The YO "This is on my mind in the wee hours of my morning Facebook. I have changed my profile pic to MLK on the anniversary of his historic "I Have a Dream" speech and to those brave souls in my hometown, Youngstown, Ohio who yearn for a better life than gangs and violence. We are still so far from realizing MLK's dream as a society. In fact we have "lost it". We have become fragmented, stiffled, oppressed, again. America is decompensating. We have an angry divided government that has become dangerous. We have begun to live in a new Dark Ages in America sinc... more »

free bradley manning, and all war resisters

laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
My thoughts on the Bradley Manning verdict at Socialist.ca: here.

Another day...

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago

Some Wisdom Of Buddha

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
*Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.* *To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.* ** *It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.*

"Something You Already Know"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where ... more »

The Poet: Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
* * *"The Peace of Wild Things"* "When despair grows in me and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting for their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." - Wendell Berry

I am Ray Fair

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours ago
Or at least we agree on most things, according to this website, which identifies which economist on the IGM Forum your opinions are most similar to.

The top 10 jokes from the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
1. *Rob Auton* - "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa." 2. *Alex Horne* - "I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was sole-destroying." 3. *Alfie Moore* - "I'm in a same-sex marriage... the sex is always the same." 4. *Tim Vine* - "My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily'." 5. *Gary Delaney* - "I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell." 6. *Phil Wang* - "The Pope is a lot like Doctor Who. He never... more »

Three insightful BH information papers

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
*...I mean papers on entanglement in quantum gravity theories...* Yesterday I discussed a paper on the black hole interior that I considered bad but today there's some better news, namely three papers that are interesting and not self-evidently wrong. Let me begin with Black Holes or Firewalls: A Theory of Horizons by Nomura, Varela, and Weinberg, three physicists who were previously pointing out that the black hole firewall arguments were flawed because they didn't treat the superpositions of macroscopically distinct states of black holes correctly, among related "interpretational"... more »

US TRYING TO WRECK EGYPT

Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
*Islamist militants slaughter 25 Egyptian policemen * Israel and the USA put Morsi into power, to weaken Egypt. "And even after the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, *US ambassador Patterson refused to give up on her bet, and convinced the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood to try and mobilize their loyalists and stir up violence*to convince the west that Egypt is on the brink of a civil war... "A few months after Morsi took office, he swiftly and regularly released all the Islamist prisoners, who got convicted over terrorist operations, including the murder of the late president Sada... more »

"A Flight Through The Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
"This animated flight through the universe was made by Miguel Aragon of Johns Hopkins University with Mark Subbarao of the Adler Planetarium and Alex Szalay of Johns Hopkins. There are close to 400,000 galaxies in the animation, with images of the actual galaxies in these positions (or in some cases their near cousins in type) derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7. And this is “only” about 400,000 galaxies in their actual positions, or just 0.0003% of the galaxies in the Universe, at most. Vast as this slice of the universe seems, its most distant reac... more »

Would Western Democracies Have Opposed A Coup Against Democratically Elected Hitler?

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
"One would never know from reading The New York Times editorials and a good deal of its coverage – along with that of other leading news organizations – *that the Egyptian armed forces had moved against a political movement attempting to impose an authoritarian regime on the country.*" - Egyptian professor Abdullah Schleifer, *"Media at odds with military in Egypt coverage"** *[Al Arabiya, August 13]. *"The Arab Spring, of course, a destabilization against all the Arab, North African, Middle East, and Islamic countries broadly. The Arab Spring was designed to destabilize all tho... more »

Guest Post - Stop losing money while you sleep! [Infographic]

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 12 hours ago
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Are Agents Provocateurs From The Coup Regime Behind The Attacks On The Coptic Churches?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
The leaders of Egypt's military coup has a very savvy propaganda operation, which I would bet anything is directed from what we used to call "Madison Avenue." The drum they were beating over the weekend was about biased western reporting. "Biased," from their point of view, means covering events independently of the lies the coup leaders are demanding is the story. It drives them crazy when western media-- like the *Times of Oman*-- runs dispatches like Sisi cannot get away murdering Egyptians. Egypt is getting soaked in blood virtually every day. Within a trifle over 48 hours of... more »

Flower Tower Power...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*in case you're sick of all the crapola going on in the world, I thought you might want to see something pretty.* I decided to make a flower tower for my front deck and I wanted it BIG - mainly because I didn't want to cut my fencing in half. *Waaaay *too much work. So my flower tower measures 4 1/2 feet tall from the deck to the top. Here's what I started with back in May: And here they are now: (Notice also that the disgustingly ugly metal mini-blinds are gone. We bought 2 1/2 inch Norman faux wood blinds from Blinds.com and couldn't be more pleased. Great service and super... more »

Annual goose egg blowout

risa bear at A Way to Live - 13 hours ago
*Re-re-re-post, I think.* Every year I have to learn all over again -- the margin of error, with the high-speed grinder and the basketball pump, is relatively small. I'm sure there are better ways to go about this, but this is what we do: We gather up containers for the freezer, and a Sharpie for writing on the container, spread out some newspaper, find a round toothpick, an old-fashioned milk bottle or a glass carafe, the basketball pump, the high-speed Dremel-style tool (ours is a Craftsman), and a bowl of soapy, salty water. With the little cone-shaped grindstone, we zip off a b... more »

Paulo Coelho, "Killing Our Dreams"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
"Killing Our Dreams" by Paulo Coelho "The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the Good Fight. The second symptom of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties. Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves ... more »

It's Here - Earth Overshoot Day, This Year 20 August, 2013

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
Tuesday, August 20, marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2013. This is not a record to celebrate. It tells us that, in under eight months, mankind exhausts an entire annual supply of renewable resources. After that, we're eating our seed corn. Another way of looking at it is that, at current rates of biomass consumption we need 1.5 planet Earths. Now you might be asking yourself how mankind could possibly be using up more renewable resources than the Earth can provide? The answer is we're very good at it or very bad at it. Biomass provides us the stuff we consume. It also absorbs ... more »

Kahlil Gibran, "The Madman"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* "The Madman"* by Kahlil Gibran "It was in the garden of a madhouse that I met a youth with a face pale and lovely and full of wonder. And I sat beside him upon the bench, and I said, “Why are you here?” And he looked at me in astonishment, and he said, “It is an unseemly question, yet I will answer you. My father would make of me a reproduction of himself; so also would my uncle. My mother would have me the image of her seafaring husband as the perfect example for me to follow. My brother thinks I should be like him, a fine athlete. And my teachers also, the doctor of phi... more »

UK destroys The Guardian's "Snowden" hard drives

Alison at Creekside - 14 hours ago
Just as we are absorbing yesterday's news that Glenn Greenwald's domestic partner was detained at London's Heathrow Airport for 9 hours under Schedule 7 of the UK's Terrorism Act while they asked him all about Greenwald and whistleblower Edward Snowden ?!?! ... comes this column today from the Guardian's Editor-in-Chief, Alan Rusbridge : *David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face* In it he describes how two months of visits from "senior government officials" demanding he hand over the Edward Snowden material culminated in an ultimatum a month ago : "..ha... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

Personal trivia

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
My friend and former employer gets invited to the occasional White House function but this encounter on the Vineyard happened by chance. Tom has spent every August there for many years. Boston Globe tells me: One diner who kept his distance was Northampton attorney and Obama fund-raiser Tom Lesser, who happened to be at the restaurant with his wife, Maggie Spiegel, and their daughters Grace and Elisabeth. Obama stopped to say hello and, before leaving, took a quick selfie with the girls. Patrons applauded as the president and first lady departed. I watched those girls grow up. ... more »

“Fukushima Apocalypse"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
* * *“Fukushima Apocalypse: * *Years of ‘Duct Tape Fixes’ Could Result in ‘Millions of Deaths’”* by RT "Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over 1,300 fuel rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan could lead to a series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic outcome, fallout researcher Christina Consolo told RT. Fukushima operator TEPCO wants to extract 400 tons worth of spent fuel rods stored in a pool at the plant’s damaged Reactor No. 4. The removal would have to be done manually from the top store of the damaged building in the radiat... more »

Philadelphia School District Financial Drama- Rama - Week of August 19, 2013 .. Monday opens with the news budgeting by the School District and SRc will NOT include money pledged from State ( with concessions from the PTF tied to release of any funds - as best one can tell , the negotiations are far , far from being concluded ) .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
Countdown, Day 21: Mayor says kids, not teachers, being asked to do heaviest liftby Dale Mezzacappa on Aug 19 2013 Posted in Countdown to calamity? Share on email COMMENTS (12)PRINT Superintendent William Hite and the School Reform Commission continue their commitment not to budget a penny that they are not sure of getting as schools struggle to prepare for opening under unprecedented conditions. They have decided that the $50 million from the city is gettable, despite the tug-of-war between Mayor Nutter and Council President Darrell Clarke over how to raise it. So they have put th... more »

JP Morgan to launch sale of its commodities assets in early September ( moving rather quickly .. ) Maybe the fact that the DOJ is investigating JP Morgan's Energy market manipulations is adding a sense of " urgency " ? Does the investigations by FERC and DOJ regarding Enron - like energy manipulations mean some day we have someone examine JP Morgans actions regarding gold and silver - or it that too much to ask ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323608504579022852576701892.html J.P. Morgan Chase JPM -2.74% & Co. has told potential buyers of its commodities assets that it expects to kick off sale efforts in early September. The bank plans at that time to circulate a memo that details the balance sheets and profitability of its physical-commodity assets, according to people familiar with the sale process. J.P. Morgan said in July it was pursuing strategic alternatives for these assets, which range from metal warehouses to pipeline leases and power plants, including a possible sal... more »

Marx and Dialectics

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 15 hours ago
If you're not a lefty geek you probably don't know a vast literature has grown up around scattered remarks by Marx on the 'D' word - dialectics. There, I said it. Listen carefully and you might hear half the audience clicking their mouse button to navigate away. And who can blame them? Dialectics have a terrible reputation on the left not least because they are abused to bolster a bit of dirge with some clever-sounding terminology, provide a posse of get out clauses should otherwise cast-iron prophecies not come to pass, or to position oneself as an adroit thinker and masterful int... more »

Gold and Silver news , data and views - BTW , Germany recognizes Bitcoin as a legal currency August 19 , 2013 .... Good posts from Jesse Crossroads cafe , Harvey Organ snippets , Gata items of note.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_19.html 19 AUGUST 2013 Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Goldman Was Buying Gold While They Were Saying 'Sell?' Gold and silver had quiet pullbacks today as the markets digested some of their recent gains. Overall trading is very quiet as many traders are on their summer vacations. Registered inventory bounced back up a little bit last week, but remains rather thin and indicative of an intermediate trend change. A reader informs us that: "For those with a bloomberg terminal, type up the comma... more »

Compound interest appropriate for breach of trust damages

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago
Bronson v. Hewitt, 2013 BCCA 367: At para. 17 of his supplementary endorsement, the motion judge explained why he awarded compound interest: Courts of equity have always exercised the power to award compound interest whenever a wrongdoer deprives a company of money which it uses in its business. On general principles it should be presumed that had the business not been deprived of the money, it would have made the most beneficial use of it available to it. Alternatively, it should be presumed that the wrongdoer made the most beneficial use of it. [Internal citations omitted.] I a... more »

At the Foreign Correspondants' Club of Japan, Oliver Stone speaks on the U.S. government's violations of the the 4th and 5th Amendments and its tacit abolition of the Magna Carta. He sees Edward Snowden as an American hero and Obama ...as a snake.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 16 hours ago
------------------------------ * the**REALnews - Permalink -* *Best of the Web: News and Analysis* *Oliver Stone: Snowden Is a Hero; Obama Is a Snake* KMC » 1pm - Aug 17, 2013 Oliver Stone criticizes massive US government surveillance as a violation of basic democratic rights and praises Edward Snowden as a hero who give up his own well-being for the benefit of all citizens. Cherchez la Verite

I wonder if this is still true?

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
If any of you have ever looked at your FBI file, you discover that intelligence agencies in general are extremely incompetent. That's one of the reasons why there are so many intelligence failures. They just never get anything straight, for all kinds of reasons. Part of it is because of the information they get. The information they get comes from ideological fanatics, typically, who always misunderstand things in their own crazy way. If you look at an FBI file, say, about yourself, where you know what the facts are, you'll see that the information has some kind of relation to the f... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours ago
*Barry: Lawsuit opposition based oil & gas politics ~New Orleans Advocate* *Water gates: Bob Marshall of The Lens on what it takes to activate New Orleans' flood protection system if tropical weather approaches*

Fukushima contamination updates - August 19 , 2013...... " Water World 2013 " - Fukushima Bay Tritium measurments hit highest ever as Tepco admits to 40 Trillion Becquerels have spilled ( who knows what the true numbers might be ? ) As the reality that Fukushima is the world worst nuclear disaster admitted to so far , Rube Goldberg schemes to keep things together for a day / week / month longer falling to the wayside.....Grim reality that Tepco flying / lying in the dark slowly utterd out loud ( that's when you know there's no hope really - the truth is slowly being vocalized ) ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-19/tritium-measurement-fukushima-bay-highest-ever-tepco-admits-40-trillion-becquerels-h Tritium Measurement In Fukushima Bay Highest Ever As TEPCO Admits 40 Trillion Becquerels Have Spilled Into Pacific [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/19/2013 17:22 -0400 - Newspaper - Nikkei - Reality Over the weekend we posted an in-depth narrative of what may happen in a * theoretical*worst case scenario in Fukushima, one in which the government * continues *to do nothing and pretends all is well, and where the en... more »

Simply so predictable

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
Glenn Greenwald says this is a misquote: "I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now. I am going to publish many more documents. I am going to publish things on England too. I have many documents on England's spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did," Greenwald, speaking in Portuguese, told reporters at Rio's airport where he met Miranda upon his return to Brazil. He's right. It wasn't an exact quote. Nonetheless, having read Glenn's version, I think Reuters captured the general sense of Glenn's statement. Even in his own words, it reads like a not so su... more »

#SurveillanceState: “But he’s such a *nice* man…” [update 4]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 18 hours ago
*[I]n Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella "Traps," which involves a seemingly innocent man put on trial by a group of retired lawyers in a mock-trial game, the man inquires what his crime shall be. "An altogether minor matter," replies the prosecutor. "A crime can always be found."* - Daniel J. Solove, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'” Instead of protecting our private communications, the state plans to invade them. There are people about, loads of them,who are okay with that. In a veritable swamp of stupidity that I had to confront around me yesterday, I thin... more »

Clean and Pretty Darn Funny and a Giveaway

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 18 hours ago
Have you heard of Pretty Darn Funny? It is a comedy web series produced by Desert Book, that is back starting today with its second season. It focuses on Gracie Moore, a mom to three and a member of an all women comedy troop. Watch the Mom Footloose Parody, a hilarious take on parents embarrassing their children. My child doesn't usually need me to stop dancing in public, just singing and all sorts of other embarrassing things. The first episode of Pretty Darn Funny, embedded in this post, came out today is about "Movie Cheating," or seeing a movie without your spouse. It is fun, ... more »

What is Bill Keller talking about!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 18 hours ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013* *Persistently, the New York Times simply defies belief:* Bill Keller’s column didn’t appear in today’s hard-copy New York Times. For that reason, we hadn’t seen it until we saw Paul Krugman’s link. We clicked the link and started reading. In paragraph 5, we hit this: KELLER (8/19/13): [The Common Core] is an ambitious undertaking, and there is plenty of room for debate about precisely how these standards are translated into classrooms. But the Common Core was created with a broad, nonpartisan consensus of educators, convinced that *after decades of embarra... more »

فتيات عاريات خارج

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 19 hours ago
*فتيات عاريات خارج* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Seed Newsvine

And The Purge Is On-- Fascist GOP Thought Police Will Not Tolerate Pro-Gay Members

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
I guess if Troy King is still in the closet, he can be on the Alabama GOP steering committee. BINGO! You may have read last week that top RNC leaders voted unanimously on a resolution stating that the national party "will not partner with the networks nor sanction any primary debates" if they they plan to sponsor and broadcast a documentary on Hillary Clinton. They're talking about excluding CNN and NBC (including Spanish labguage networks CNN en Espanol and Telemundo) from the Republican debate season, meaning Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes fans will have to look elsewhere in order ... more »

Christie, Strategic Politicians, and the 2012 Cycle

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 19 hours ago
John Sides makes the point today that Chris Christie's choice to pass on WH 2012 was consistent with the pretty good chance that Barack Obama would be re-elected. Strategic politicians, John says, consider the chances of winning in their decisions about running, and that a strategic candidate might have looked at the landscape in 2011 and said, “You know what, I’ll have a better shot in 2016.” And we aren’t suggesting that there aren’t idiosyncratic factors at work either. It’s just to say that Christie’s decision was nicely in line with what political science says. Put that way... more »

ISRAEL PRETENDS TO BEFRIEND EGYPT'S MILITARY

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*Israel wants the Sinai.* In the Israeli newspaper *Haaretz*, Anshel Pfeffer points to four reasons 'Israel would miss Morsi': 1. Morsi did not support Hamas. 2. Morsi operated decisively against the Gaza smuggling tunnels. 3. Morsi did not get close to Iran. 4. Morsi supported the peace treaty with Israel, and justified it to the Egyptian people. Mixed opinions of the Egyptian revolution in Israel - +972 Magazine *Al-Sisi is being courted by Israel.* Now that Morsi has been toppled, Israel fears that Egypt could become more friendly with Russia, and less friendly with Israe... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
"Between the acting of a dreadful thing, And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream." - William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

“First They Came”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 19 hours ago
*“First They Came”* Biting Our Tongues Doesn’t Keep Us Safe, It Only INCREASES Danger In the Long Run by WashingtonsBlog “Preface: German pastor Martin Niemöller initially supported Hitler. But he later opposed him, and was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp for years. Niemöller learned the hard way that keep your head down doesn’t keep one out of trouble, in the long run, it increases the danger to all of us. Niemöller wrote a brilliant poem – “First They Came” – about the manner in which Germans allowed Nazi abuses by failing to protest the abuse of “others”, first... more »

Cryptozoology: Follow Up - "A Strange and Enormous" Four Meter Fish Washes Up on a Beach in Villaricos

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 19 hours ago
Source: Ideal.es (Spain - Almeria Edition) Date: 08.17.13 Cryptozoology: Follow Up - "A Strange and Enormous" Four Meter Fish Washes Up on a Beach in Villaricos The photo uploaded to Facebook by a beachgoer captured half the world's attention; the nature of the "critter" is still not known. The photo of a strange creature uploaded by a beachgoer in Villaricos "went around the world" by means of the Facebook network, garnering a multiplicity of comments as it did so. The fact of the matter is that what is believed to be an enormous fish was found by a woman on Luis Siret beach in Vi... more »

Photos: On the Road with Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 20 hours ago
Photos by Mexicanos de Rostro Desconocido. Thank you for sharing with Censored News! The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz began with a Sunrise Ceremony in DC on July 15, 2013. The walkers are currently in Indiana, nearing the Illinois border. Update from Long Walkers: Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013: We would like to thank the American Indian Movement Indiana-Kentucky for their

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 20 hours ago
Morning in the Meadows, Northampton, MA. [George Lenker photo]

The Life Of Nouri al-Maliki, An Interview With Journalist Ned Parker

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 20 hours ago
Nouri al-Maliki has been the prime minister of Iraq since 2006. His reign has been marked by increasing controversy as he has reneged on promises, and taken on his rivals using the security forces and corruption charges. His approach to government can in part be explained by his past. He joined Iraq’s first Shiite Islamist organization the Dawa Party in the 1960s, which was then an underground movement. He was eventually forced into exile in 1979, because of his activities, and became a leader in the armed struggle against Saddam Hussein in both Iran and Syria. After the 2003 inva... more »

Norman Tebbit: "no evidence the EDL are far-right"

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 20 hours ago
Yep, that's what he said. Normo Tebbs, finally reversing the Taxi Driver Argument. It seems you can't prove anything with facts. That said, Norman Tebbit is worried gay marriage will lead to a lesbian queen, so I don't really think he knows what he's talking about.

The Guardian: Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 20 hours ago
* * * * *Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation* * * *The detention of my partner, David Miranda, by UK authorities will have the opposite effect of the one intended* http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsaGlenn Greenwald The Guardian, Sunday 18 August 2013 At 6:30 am this morning my time - 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US - I received a telephone call from someone who identified himself as a "security official at Heathrow airport." He told me that my partner, David Miranda, had been "detained" at... more »

The bedroom tax, multicultural Manchester, and the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
My local BBC news programme *North West Tonight *was in full-blown campaigning mode this evening, leading on the issue of the bedroom tax. The programme's introduction used the phrase 'bedroom tax' without qualification or implied inverted commas [saying, *"A housing association promises that no one will be made homeless by the bedroom tax"*, accompanied by images of placards reading 'Axe the tax'], even though the government is adamant that it's not a tax and has complained about the BBC using its opponents' terminology without qualification. [So that showed 'em then!] Ah, but ... more »

This song has been running through my head for two days now, no idea why but I thought I'd spread the joy!

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Monty Python's I bet you they won't play this song on the radio.

Maureen Dowd dreams of the Lincoln Bedroom!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 21 hours ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013* *It’s time to tell Ahab to stop:* In yesterday morning’s New York Times, two of the newspaper’s columnists were killing time in the future. Despite the fact that it’s 2013, Frank Bruni was pondering Jeb Bush’s degree of interest in the 2016 White House race. And needless to say, Maureen Dowd was beating the meat concerning Hillary Clinton and her vile husband and daughter. Dowd’s column was so awful that it cries for a great deal of treatment. In our view, it’s inane to be writing about the 2016 campaign at this point. We will suggest that, when columnists... more »

Hey, Political Scientists!

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 21 hours ago
Next week it looks like I'm going to mostly be over at Greg's place, while he and most of the political world is on vacation. I'm already looking forward to scrounging for posts for Plum Line, but I'd also like to keep something going over here. So if you happen to have an APSA paper you've written that should get some publicity, or if you encounter someone else's paper that deserves a bit more visibility over the next couple of weeks, please let me know! Can't promise anything, but I'm very likely to be looking for items even more now than usual. Of course, this also applies to new... more »

The curse of the Sinai?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 22 hours ago
Karin: I concur completely the whole Egyptian meltdown has more twists and turns then a mountain road. Including the treacherous conditions! *UPDATED BELOW * This was starting to look like a case of needing more background. Myself, I am coming away with the idea that the military bloodbath and all that has ensued is serving as some sort of distraction from the Sinai region on one level. On any other levels? I am just not sure. Syria, Cyprus, Lebanon, Sudan. It's all there. I have been rolling the Egyptian scenario ‘round in my head. Thinking perhaps I need to understand the area ... more »

Oregon GOP Ups the TinFoil Hat Ante

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
The Oregon Republican Party has elected a new chairman and they got themselves a guy with a PhD and everything. He's Art Robinson and he's an idea man, big ideas - weird ideas. *On nuclear waste: "All we need do with nuclear waste is dilute it to a low radiation level and sprinkle it over the ocean—or even over America after hormesis is better understood and verified with respect to more diseases." And: "If we could use it to enhance our own drinking water here in Oregon, where background radiation is low, it would hormetically enhance our resistance to degenerative diseases. Ala... more »

How Germany Made a Killing on the Euro-Crisis

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours ago
Europe's fiscal crisis has hammered much of the E.U. from Ireland to Britain, Spain, Portugal, France and Greece. Germany, however, has made out like a bandit. The collapse of every nation around it made German debt much, much more attractive to investors looking for security. So much more attractive that Germany saved 41-billion Euros in interest charges. Sure, Germany put a lot of money into bailouts for countries like Greece but that totalled 599-million Euros to date. 0.6 billion they put out, 41-billion they saved. That sounds pretty good, doesn't it?

Mafia's Rep In Congress-- Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm-- Is Still Not In Prison

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago
Ken used to be an opera critic for the *NY Times* but, that aside, neither of us get many calls from ace *Times* reporters working on explosive investigative pieces about criminal congressmen. A couple years ago, though, several *Times* reporters called me because, it turns out, *DWT*was the first to report anything at all about a rogue FBI agent named "Mikey Suits" who went over to the Dark Side-- first to the Mob and then to the GOP for the Mob. It was 2005 and there was a frantic scramble to coverup a $400,000 payoff from Tom Kontogiannis to George W. Bush via bribe-happy San Di... more »

What Gave Him Away?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
It only took them two decades to track him down, but Indian authorities claim to have captured the mastermind responsible for more than 40-bomb attacks in India. No word yet on how Indian authorities spotted him. Maybe it was the white hat. Oh wait, I know, he's missing his left arm from a bomb-making mishap decades ago.

What an Exodus Looks Like, Or Does It?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
This image, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, is said to show an exodus of Syrian Kurds, escaping the brutal civil war to take refuge in the autonomous Kurdish territory in Iraq. Is it real? I'm not sure. There's one fellow with a small travel bag but none of the others seem to be carrying even backpacks. Usually refugees don't leave their most valuable items behind and they usually wear as much clothing as possible. Also missing from this image is any sign of the usual family groups we associate with fleeing refugees - the kids, the parents, somebody helping grandma. It... more »

What We Know Now (and How It Doesn’t Matter) | the becoming radical

plthomasedd at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
What We Know Now (and How It Doesn’t Matter) | the becoming radical.

Egypt's Security Forces Stand Back As Islamic Extremists Attack Coptic Churches In A Province South of Cairo

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
"The caretaker at the Church of the Archangel Saint Michael in Gizeh shows the extent of the damage, several days after the church was attacked by a crowd of pro-Morsi supporters. Mehdi Chebil/France 24." *[Source: "In pictures: The ruins of a burnt-out Coptic church," France 24, August 19, 2013].* Below is an excerpt from the article, *"Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches"* published by AP on Sunday, August 18: After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women w... more »

Egyptian Professor Abdullah Schleifer Says The Media Has Misunderstood Developments In Egypt

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
Below is an excerpt from the article, *"Media at odds with military in Egypt coverage"* by Abdullah Schleifer, published by Al Arabiya on Tuesday, August 13: I have been shocked by the shallow way the Western media has covered the political situation in Cairo since the coup against former President Mursi. One would never know from reading The New York Times editorials and a good deal of its coverage – along with that of other leading news organizations – that *the Egyptian armed forces had moved against a political movement attempting to impose an authoritarian regime on the country... more »

Coastal Flooding - A Trillion Dollar a Year Problem by 2050

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
People who inhabit coastal areas don't waste much breath muttering about hoaxes or myths of climate change. They leave that nonsense to petro-heads and other drylanders. A new report warns that coastal cities could suffer flood damages of a trillion dollars a year by 2050. And the news is particularly bad for the United States. *More than 40% of these prodigious costs could fall upon just four cities – New Orleans, Miami and New York in the US and Guangzhou in China.* *Stephane Hallegatte of the World Bank in Washington and colleagues looked at the risks of future flood losse... more »

“The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*“The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’”* By John W. Whitehead “The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”—Senator Frank Church (1975) “We now find ourselves operating in a strange paradigm where the governmen... more »

Autism is NOT the new "orange".

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 23 hours ago
This hateful diatribe was surreptiously left by a pathetic creature. She claims to be a mother. From the vile tone of her letter, one might also suspect she's a "pro-life" zealot, one who wants government to police women's uterus as though they were public property, but doesn't want her taxes supporting pre-natal health care, or anything in support of children's well-being once they're born and dependent upon adults' care. Since the letter's writer suggests that the child she calls a hindrance should be euthanized and "whatever non retarded body parts he possesses" be donated to s... more »

How regular people behave at the circus!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013* *Mark Twain challenges Lawrence:* It’s one of our favorite passages from literature, little of which we have actually read. In Chapter 22 of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain describes the way an Arkansas crowd behaves at a low-grade circus. Being a live performer himself, Twain had seen people laugh: TWAIN: *It was a real bully circus. It was the splendidest sight that ever was when they all come riding in, two and two, a gentleman and lady, side by side, the men just in their drawers and undershirts, and no shoes nor stirrups, and resting their hands on their... more »

The Free State Solution (Mini-Documentary)

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Was CIA Chief John Brennan Behind Journalist's Murder?

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Is Japan's Prime Minister's Mansion Actually Haunted?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe won't set foot in the place. In 2007, during a previous term in office, Abe left the prime minister's mansion and, despite being re-elected seven months ago, he shows no signs of wanting to go back. *Rather than move into the presidential home, Abe has preferred to make the 15-minute commute from his family's house to the office and has shown no indication that he is preparing to move into the art deco mansion in the heart of Nagatacho, the capital's political district, where he lived during his previous stint as prime minister in 2006-07.* *Wh... more »

9/11 Revisited: Live Mainstream Media Coverage Conflicted with Official Story

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] *As the anniversary is shortly upon us, we decided to revisit footage captured from live local media broadcasts on the morning of September 11, 2001.* Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton TV news stations always have slogans like “news you can count on,” but when a major traumatic event happens, what percentage of the live mainstream media reports that you are watching are even really *happening*? On September 11, the nation watched in horror live as the second plane slammed into the World Trade Center, then later both towers ... more »

RODEO CLOWNS: And cable news hosts!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2013* *Part 1—Escape from the Klan:* Tuffy Gessling is, or was, a rodeo clown. Let’s make sure we understand what we mean by that statement. We don’t mean that Tuffy Gessling is *like* a rodeo clown. We aren’t using the term metaphorically, as a type of insult, the way it’s often employed. At some point, “rodeo clown” became a generic insult, a rude suggestion that some person isn’t enormously bright. When used in this insulting way, the term functions like “itinerant carnival worker,” or perhaps like “cable news host.” One example: In 2007, John Mellencamp in... more »

Albert Ortiz Photos: Long Walk 4 with AIM in Indiana

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. Photos by Albert Ortiz Censored News Walkers of the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz continue through Indiana as they approach Illinois. Thank you to Albert Ortiz for sharing photos with Censored News from the events in Indiana. Albert Ortiz said, "One of our members , Mary Horn, set everything up in Richmond Indiana which was their first stop. Then we hosted them

Spain: A High-Strangeness CE-3 in Huelva (1977)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Spain: A High-Strangeness CE-3 in Huelva (1977)* *Report by J. Mateos, A. Moya and M. Filpo - Grupo GERENA* *Location: Village of La Escalada, Almonaster la Real.* Ceferina Vargas Martín, 20, single, was on her way to visit her grandmother – who lived in a nearby village – following a trail along the edge of a stream. Suddenly, she felt a flash in her eyes from the stream, leading her to think it might be a piece of glass or a mirror in the water. She felt an instinctual urge to walk faster, yet something appeared to be slowing her down. After walking another 20 meters, she felt ano... more »

Terrance Nelson 'Why Indians stay in jail'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Canada continues systematic genocide with the incarceration of First Nations and failure to honor Treaties By Terrance Nelson First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe Vice Chairman American Indian Movement Censored News Dear Gord Hannon   You represented the Attorney General of Manitoba at the recent CN V Terrance Nelson court case. The court found for CN and further decided that I have

You Know It's a Coup When

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
When you're an Egyptian, you know your uprising has actually been a military coup when the authorities release Hosni Mubarak. *It was unclear how Egyptians — particularly those who have welcomed the military action against Mr. Morsi — would respond to the release of a despised autocrat whose downfall united Mr. Mubarak’s secular and Islamist foes. News of the legal maneuvers came at a time of sustained bloodletting.* *Just in the past 24 hours, the Egyptian government has acknowledged that its security forces had killed 36 Islamists in its custody, while suspected militants we... more »

Yatim's Killer Charged With Murder

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
*The Execution of Sammy Yatim* Toronto constable James Forcillo has been charged with second degree murder in the execution of Sammy Yatim in a Toronto streetcar on July 27th. Over a span of 13 seconds, Forcillo fired nine rounds from his sidearm at the young man who stood alone in the empty streetcar. Within the first two seconds Forcillo fired three rounds sending Yatim to the floor from which he never rose. Then followed a break of almost five seconds before Forcillo fired another four rounds then a pause and the eighth round, another pause, and the ninth round. It was that... more »

Tweeting and Elections

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
I have a TAP column out today in which I'm not very kind to the sociologists who got a ton of publicity last week from a claim that "tweet share" could predict elections. I only had access when I was writing to an early version of the paper, and I wasn't impressed...but the bulk of my item was really about what polling and survey research is good for, based on one of the authors unimpressive op-ed which made implausible claims about the technique. Blog posts here go up, usually, as soon as I write them (although every once in a while I'll write in advance and hold it, or sometimes d... more »

Monday Linkage

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Rosa Brooks compares our drone wars to Egypt’s crackdown. Context by Fred Kaplan on the drone era. Lovely Umayam on the perils of crowdsourcing. Podcast: NPR’s Ian Masters and Columbia University’s David Philips on the Syrian refugee crisis. Area 51 documents have finally been declassified. The documents suggesting that there was never anything there but a secret spy plane program. Continue reading

Debunking the Defund Obamacare Myths...(video)

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*providing answers to the questions.*

The SAS Did Diana

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
Britain's SAS (Special Air Services) trained the Khmer Rouge. The British Special Air Services (SAS) firm Keenie Meenie Services reportedly trained the Tamil Tigers. (Southern India, Sri Lanka terrorist groups) The SAS trained bin Laden's Mujahedin fighters in Scotland In the early 1970s Rafael Eitan, head of the Mossad hit-squad known as the 'Kidon', toured Northern Ireland and the Special Air Services (SAS) base in Hereford, England. Shortly after his visit there were big changes in UK security policy, including the setting up of what was to become the Force Reconnaissance U... more »

Spain: UFO and Entity Sketches from Grupo Gerena

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
A collection of sketches of UFOs and entities compiled by Spain's Grupo GERENA, formed by *Joaquín Mateos Nogales, Manuel Filpo* and *Antonio Moya*. The sketches are the work fo Antonio Moya and formed part of the vast wealth of case files concerning the intense UFO activity that overwhelmed Spain's Andalucía region in the past. The information was painstakingly digitized by José Manuel García Bautista and Rafael Cabello in the early 2000s. Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

Spain: Policeman Reports UFO Phenomenon Along the Road to Gerena (1990)

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*Spain: Policeman Reports UFO Phenomenon Along the Road to Gerena (1990)* Mr. Antonio Márquez, a resident of Gerena, member of the National Police on duty at a commissariat in Seville, kindly visited ufologist Joaquín Mateos Nogales to report the following: “While travelling in my car to Seville from this community of Gerena to join the ranks, I witnessed something unusual at Kilometer 9 of the Gerena Road, at the crossing with the road to Extremadura. The time was 20:45 hours on the night of 6 February 1990. A brilliant, triangular-shaped OBJECT was some 40 meters to the right of th... more »

“The key to school performance is diversity of socioeconomic classes.”

Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
The quote above is from Richard Kahlenberg’s latest study for Little Rock schools. Here is a clip from the Arkansas Times blog about the study. Here’s the full report: . . . .Kahlenberg concludes that the magnet schools and transfer program have been successful in producing both racial and socio-economic integration. But he said that […]

Diana : A Manifestation of Zionism vs. Judaism

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*And did those feet in ancient time.* *Walk upon Englands mountains green:* *And was the holy Lamb of God,* *On Englands pleasant pastures seen!* * * *And did the Countenance Divine,* *Shine forth upon our clouded hills?* *And was Jerusalem builded here,* *Among these dark Satanic Mills?* * * *Bring me my Bow of burning gold;* *Bring me my Arrows of desire:* *Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!* *Bring me my Chariot of fire!* * * *I will not cease from Mental Fight,* *Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:* *Till we have built Jerusalem,* *In Englands green & pleasant Land* Okay, here's... more »

The Wisdom Of Lao Tzu

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Source: http://www.poetseers.org/the-poetseers/lao-tzu *Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.* ** *Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.* ** *Silence is a source of great strength.*

You've Been Warned

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
David Miranda was never even given the British version of his Miranda Rights. As a matter of fact, the legal term "Mirandized" may have just gotten a whole new meaning. Thanks to the Heathrow Airport arrest and detention yesterday of David Miranda, domestic partner of Glenn Greenwald, we now have irrefutable proof that our civil rights have eroded even faster than we thought. The whole world is a police state, and we are all deemed terrorists unless and until they decide otherwise. The familiar Miranda Warning, the one we see on TV cop shows, says "You have the right to remain ... more »

Stephen Harper's Economic Policies Are DANGEROUS For The Nation!

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
\ *If you listen to Stephen Harper, only he can be trusted with the Canadian economy. Nothing could be further from the truth ..... * * **"What I am telling you is that with the NDP and Liberals, what you see is what you get; dangerous ideas and vacuous thinking that would reverse all of the progress we have made."* *Stephen Harper* *August 18, 2013* *Would he please explain why he has run up the largest deficit in Canadian history AND why he used $114 Billion tax dollars to bail out Canada's huge Chartered Banks????* *-Stephen Harper is ALL ABOUT corporate welfare!*
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