Barack Obama & Vladimir Putin at Putin's dacha 2009-07-07 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: President Barack Obama welcomes Israeli President Shimon Peres in the Oval Office Tuesday, May 5, 2009. At right is Vice President Joe Biden. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Français : President Barack Obama accueille le président israélien Shimon Peres dans le bureau ovale mardi 5 mai 2009. A droite, le vice-président Joe Biden. Photo officielle de la Maison Blanche par Pete Souza. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)The Poet: Rolf Jacobsen, "When They Sleep"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 minutes ago
*"When They Sleep"*
"All people are children when they sleep.
There's no war in them then.
They open their hands and breathe
in that quiet rhythm heaven has given them.
They pucker their lips like small children
and open their hands halfway,
soldiers and statesmen, servants and masters.
The stars stand guard
and a haze veils the sky,
a few hours when no one will do anybody harm.
If only we could speak to one another then
when our hearts are half-open flowers.
Words like golden bees
would drift in.
God, teach me the language of sleep."
- Rolf Jacobsen,
"The Roads... more »
"In the Inbox"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 minutes ago
*"In the Inbox"*
“From: Coordinator of Volunteer Services
We have a young man, thirty-six, on hospice who has a very young child.
They want someone to help him do a life review and perhaps put some
pictures together for he and his wife so the child will know him. Call me
if you are willing to do this.”
"The next time, friend, your life seems too hard, check your Inbox."
- Jose Orez
Washington's Blog: Syrian Rebels Slit Throat of Christian Man Who Refused To Convert To Islam
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 21 minutes ago
Here is more proof that the "Syrian rebels" are assholes from hell. These
Jihadist terrorists have nasty, shitty souls. They have no real religion.
They have no principles. Their religion is murder. Their god is the god of
killing for killing's sake.
What do they bring to the table of life? Chaos and terrorism. And, so, by
extension, the governments that fund, train, and arm these Jihadist
terrorist killers have nothing to offer the world other than chaos and
terrorism.
*Below is an excerpt from, "Syrian Rebels Slit Throat of Christian Man Who
Refused To Convert To Islam, Taunt Fi... more »
Elsewhere: Torture and Syria, more
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 minutes ago
Housekeeping: I'm going to try to get a Friday Baseball Post up before
sunset...we'll see. I still should have one over at Greg's place this
afternoon, and my Salon column will run over the weekend (again assuming I
can get it done before sundown). What Matters? won't run until Sunday
morning, I guess. For those observing the holiday, G'mar Chatima Tovah, and
Shana Tovah.
My column at TAP this week was an argument that Barack Obama's failure to
deal with the fallout from ush-era torture was part of why the GOP was so
dysfunctional during the Syria episode. It is admittedly speculat... more »
We Are Infected With a Potentially Lethal Political Contagion
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 minutes ago
We have to shake our minds free, deprogramme ourselves, from this notion
that we are of one of a handful of states that is entitled to police the
world. Our leaders pompously sit as prosecutor, judge, jury and
executioner for supposed crimes of others that often pale to those they
themselves have committed. Consider these thoughts from *The Guardian's*John Pilger
:
*When the public is "psychologically scarred", as the Channel 4 reporter
Jonathan Rugman described the British people's overwhelming hostility to an
attack on Syria, suppressing the truth is made urgent. Whether or no... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 23 minutes ago
*Strap In, Who Dats: The Saints Will Only Get Better ~Black and Gold Review*
Bill Bonner, “In Praise of Mr. Putin”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 35 minutes ago
*“In Praise of Mr. Putin”*
by Bill Bonner
“Call us traitors. Accuse us of treason. Say we’re quislings and fifth
columnists. But don’t forget to mention: We’re also right! Yes – today we
stand shoulder to shoulder with Barack Obama’s arch-rival, Vladimir Putin.
We’ll come back to this in a moment… First, let’s check the latest market
moves.
The Dow eased off yesterday. But gold got whacked – WHACKED! – for a
$33-an-ounce loss. If gold really is in a bull market (as we believe it is)
it is doing a good job of keeping it quiet. Why did gold sell off so much?
Maybe it is becau... more »
Tzom kal
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 36 minutes ago
Now, I'm well aware than many of you won't like the idea of a piece of
music by modernist, twelve-toner Arnold Schoenberg...and I can see some of
you rushing to the exits already...but as this evening marks the start of
Yom Kippur and I love Schoenberg's lovely *tonal* choral/orchestral piece *Kol
Nidre*, I'm posting it anyhow!
Enjoy - and for all our Jewish readers, have an easy fast.
A Cautionary Tale - Steer Clear of GoDaddy
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
If you're thinking about getting your own web domain for your blog you
might have noticed the ad campaign being run by an outfit called GoDaddy.
For a modest sum they'll reserve your chosen domain name and, with that,
you're up and running. My computer savvy daughter and her even more
computer savvy fiance talked me into setting up with GoDaddy several months
ago. (It's a sign of getting old. I did it because they said it was a
good idea. Go figure.)
Then, a couple of months ago, I received an e-mail from GoDaddy confirming
my transfer of my domains to some Rios guy from Detr... more »
Seymour Hersh: Iran - Preparing the Battleground
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
Seymour Hersh: Iran - Preparing the Battleground from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
Following the National Intelligence Estimate of 2006, Bush/Cheney
fraudulently requested (and got) $400Billion for cross-border Special
Operations under JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) and covert
operations to destabilise the Iranian leadership, society and the Iranian
Nuclear program - which the NIE made clear has been dormant since 2003.
Iran has not attacked another country in over 200 years.
And the US was waging offensive war via covert operations against them for
years.
They have not retaliat... more »
The 21 Most Obvious Fatal Holes in Bushco's Version of 911
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 1 hour ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
The Conservation of Matter and Energy is summed up simply:
During an ordinary chemical change, there is no detectable increase or
decrease in the quantity of matter.
The result summed up in the quoted section describes what was --in fact
--observed at the site of the collapse of the Twin Towers on 911.
The fact that towers of steel were reduced to "dust" supports my criticism
of the BUSH CONSPIRACY THEORY (19 hijackers is, by law, a conspiracy); it
does not support the conclusion of Bushco's 911 commission, i.e, the steel
towers collapsed a... more »
Reaping the Whirlwind in Egypt
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour ago
If democracy is to have any chance of surviving in Egypt it's up to the
E.U. and the U.S. to move against the generals. The Egyptian army's
counter-coup is now a fait accompli. Expectations that toppling the
democratically-elected Morsi government would pave the way for a secular,
non-elected, democratic (???) civilian government have been dashed as the
generals moved to consolidate their hold on the country.
It's been suggested that Western governments and media demonized Morsi to
condition the public for his ouster. If so, it worked.
Mubarak was released, Morsi imprisoned... more »
Russia: Peacemaker
Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
There is an ongoing debate questioning if and how reputation matters in
International Relations. The question is important right now in relation to
the red line the United States setup regarding the use of chemical weapons
in Syria. I am not sure how reputation can matter if Russia is being held
up as the mediator
Continue reading
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey - and clinching proof of BBC bias
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 hour ago
'Long post' warning, but hopefully you'll find it interesting....
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey makes absorbing reading -
especially its interactive charts showing, in graphic detail (pun
intended), how British public opinion has changed between 1983 and 2013.
I'll try to summarise the findings here.
*Economy*
*1.* *Should the government increase tax and spend?*
*
*
Those saying it should rise increased from 32% in 1983 to a peak of 65% in
1991, dipped a little (and wobbled around) before climbing back to a peak
of 63% in 2002, before falling all the way back to 34% i... more »
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Join Progressive Mass In Endorsing Carl Sciortino
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
We've been talking about Carl Sciortino's race for the Massachusetts House
seat that Ed Markey gave up when he won the open Senate seat. Blue America
is raising money for him directly here and raising money for a billboard
campaign here. As you probably know, Alan Grayson endorsed Carl last month.
Yesterday, the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Raúl
Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), did the same. They cited his
leadership and consistency on progressive issues as a Massachusetts state
legislator as reasons why they got involved in the race.
"Carl Sciortino... more »
DARK
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 2 hours ago
The thing about Tim and Eric is that they present failure so
gut-wrenchingly real that you have to admire their artistry. The failure
looks so real, but it isn't, because no two guys could fail so convincingly
is so many different ways. All that having been said, the following two
characters are about the blackest in black humour about failure.
The Times reports why Christine Quinn lost!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013*
*Nobody cares about issues:* Yesterday, Gail Collins tried to explain why
Bill de Blasio rolled to victory in this week’s mayoral primary.
As we noted yesterday, she said de Blasio won because of race—because one
of his TV ads generated an “urban feel-good moment.” You see, de Blasio's
wife is black. And in the TV ad in question, the whole family seemed very
happy!
Like Collins, we don’t know why de Blasio won. It wouldn’t be easy to
answer that question, since it involves the votes of many New Yorkers.
That said, we were struck by how little Collins s... more »
Voyager I : Will we communicate with aliens someday?
LeDaro at LeDaro - 2 hours ago
*"Tonight NASA confirmed that after 36 years in space "Voyager I" has left
the solar system as we know it. That’s farther than any manmade object has
gone before, into interstellar space about 11 and a half billion miles
away. NASA says just in case it runs into intelligent life it is carrying a
gold-plated record with photos and songs from back on planet earth."*
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
The latest news is that Voyager 1 has not quite left the solar system yet.
Read details here.
Feynman lectures on physics: Volume I now free
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 hours ago
Some kind folks at Caltech have made the legendary 1964 Feynman Lectures on
Physics (book by Feynman, Leighton, Sands) available online for free. Well,
so far, you may only read Volume I but Volumes II and III should be added
in a foreseeable future.
The mathematics is typed using the newest MathJax \(\rm\LaTeX\), just like
you're used to from this blog.
The URLs are:
feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
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...Volume I TOC main server,
...Volume I TOC backup
Recall that the first volume is mostly dedicated to mechanics, radiation,
and heat.
I personall... more »
La sagesse de Peter Deunov
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours ago
**
*" J’appelle Humain de la Lumière, l’homme nouveau qui se crée
actuellement. Là où il va, tout s’illumine par la lumière qui émane de lui.
Par sa sensibilité plus fine, il perçoit la vie intérieure de la nature et
entre en communion avec les êtres intelligents qui œuvrent en elle."
Il ne se nourrit que de pensées et de sentiments positifs et vit le cœur en
joie. Optimiste et généreux, il surmonte aisément les difficultés. L’humain
nouveau est loyal et par sa grandeur d’âme et d’esprit, il utilise tout
d’une manière rationnelle, en éprouvant de la joie à l’égard de tout.
Plus sen... more »
Parliament or legislature can overturn a precedent
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
*Régie des rentes du Québec v. Canada Bread Company Ltd*., 2013 SCC 46
makes clear the legislature can overturn a precedent set by the Court:
[26] It is settled law in Canada that it is within
the prerogative of the legislature to enter the domain of the courts and
offer a binding interpretation of its own law by enacting declaratory
legislation: L.-P. Pigeon, *Drafting and Interpreting Legislation* (1988),
at pp. 81-82. As this Court acknowledged in *Western Minerals Ltd. v.
Gaumont*, [1953] 1 S.C.R. 345, such forays are usually made where the
legi... more »
Almost Half of Tennessee Superintendents Sign Petition Against Huffman
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago
From the Timesfreepress.com: NASHVILLE – State Education Commissioner Kevin
Huffman today said he has not moved too quickly on school reforms despite a
letter signed by some 60 local school superintendents calling for his boss,
Gov. Bill Haslam, and state lawmakers to rein him in. Huffman said he has
yet to see a letter that […]
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 2 hours ago
An easy one this time, as Steven Benen goes the Ignore Those Polls! route
with regard to the debt limit.
Let this be a reminder to the political world: there's nothing quite as
useless as a debt-ceiling poll. Folks have no idea what the debt ceiling
is, what default is, what bond markets are, or what the full faith and
credit of the United States means, so polling on the subject tells us
nothing.
Since my position is that politicians should probably ignore all
deficit/debt polls in general, I obviously agree that they should ignore
debt limit polls.
While I'm here: I'd also say th... more »
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Giveaway Winner
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 3 hours ago
It is time to announce the winner of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey Circus tickets. If your name is Camille Copus, check your e-mail for
the e-mail telling you how to claim your prize. Didn't win? Information on
how to buy tickets is below.
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be in Salt Lake City
September 26-30th, at the Energy Solutions Arena, with the following shows.
- Thursday, September 26 7:00 PM
- Friday, September 27 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
- Saturday, September 28 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
- ... more »
Diverting the Bewildered Herd
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
Let's
see....
Income inequality in America has officially reached its highest
levelsince the Great Depression. Conservative estimates now have a third
of us
living at or below the poverty line, but in real life, fully 50% of the
population is teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe. Compared
to
the rest of the civilized world, only the recent dictator- devastated
Romania ranks lower than we do on the child poverty scale. These stats
are
a feature -- not a bug -- of what happens when plutocrats take charge,
and
government for the commonweal falls down the memory hole.
And add... more »
Noncompete Answers: Am I Bound If My Employer Violates FMLA?; Wages Cut Right After Signing; Can They Restrict My Livelihood?
Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 3 hours ago
Having received more questions on noncompete agreements than any other
issue, I can only assume that more and more employers are imposing these
contracts on employees all over the country. There are lots of defenses to
them, but defending takes money. I continue to hope that some legislators
will wise up and help their constituents escape indentured servitude, or
that some attorneys general will start fighting illegal noncompetes with
antitrust laws. In the meantime, I'll keep trying to answer your questions.
I encourage anyone who is being asked to sign one, or whose ex-employer is ... more »
MANY TO THANK
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 3 hours ago
In the days following Obama’s recent request to Congress to “delay a vote”
on authorizing his Syria attack many peace groups were sending emails
around declaring victory. In many respects it was right for people to
celebrate the fact that the House of Representatives was going to
resoundingly defeat Obama’s “red line” military strategy. Even the vote in
the Senate was becoming more contested than anyone ever imagined possible. Here
in Maine our Republican Sen. Susan Collins, always a loyal supporter of the
Pentagon and endless war, came out against the Obama Syria plan. That
... more »
Stephen Harper is enjoying his Pro-rogue with his buddies
LeDaro at LeDaro - 3 hours ago
Harper wants to be a ruler and enjoy his life. Hopefully Canadians will
remember his ways in 2015.
John Merrow Responds, and So Do I
deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 3 hours ago
Yesterday, I wrote a post about John Merrow’s decisions to both discontinue
his reporting on Michelle Rhee, a damaging reformer whom his media
attention helped create, and his creating a documentary in which he
declares New Orleans schools a success. I showed that since 2004, Merrow
has accepted approximately one million dollars from well-established
education […]
ADULT ABUSE: What the Times should report!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013*
*Part 4—Return from Gilligan’s Island:* Does anyone at the New York Times
know jack-spit about schools?
Certainly, very few *readers* do. Consider the way of the Times:
Last month, the former executive editor, Bill Keller, wrote in his weekly
op-ed column that the United States has experienced “decades of
embarrassing decline in K-12 education.”
Among journalistic elites, such claims are very familiar. They’re also
extremely hard to square with our best educational data.
That said, who gives a dang! Last Sunday, the Times handed the keys to the
gloom ... more »
"How It Really Is..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Oh, let me count the ways... ... ... ... ... this may take
awhile...
- CP
“’Privacy’ Held Hostage By ‘Security’ – Public Unimpressed”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“’Privacy’ Held Hostage By ‘Security’ – Public Unimpressed”*
by Mike Leahy
“Sometimes, the news of the day causes me to say, “Huh?” The New York
Times revelations last month about NSA programs and activities to enhance
the agency’s ability to spy on ordinary citizens prompts today’s “Huh?” Who
knew that our every phone call, Internet post and tweet is being recorded
by the government?
I have operated under the (apparently mistaken) impression that the
Constitution of the United States prohibits the random, warrantless
surveillance of ordinary citizens. In fact, I’m certain... more »
U.S. Presidential elections 2016
LeDaro at LeDaro - 4 hours ago
An aspirant for the president of U.S. has declared his candidacy. He is
both white and black. So you don't have to worry about the colour of the
candidate. He is very friendly and he will protect you.
*A clip from AGT*
Symposium — Of Paradigms and Assumptions
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Phil Arena. It is the
16th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to David A. Lake’s article (PDF). His post appeared
earlier today. Other entries in the symposium–when available–may be reached
via
Continue reading
Theory is Dead, Long Live Theory: The End of the Great Debates and the Rise of Eclecticism in International Relations
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 4 hours ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by David A. Lake. It is the
15th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to Lake’s article (PDF). A response, authored
by Phil Arena, will appear at 10am Eastern. Other entries in the
symposium–when available–may
Continue reading
Paul Craig Roberts perceives, and approves of, Vladimir Putin's seizing and holding a world leadership role and hopes that the war mongers in Washington can thereby be isolated ...averting WW III
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 4 hours ago
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*Putin Steps Into World Leadership Role — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Putin Steps Into World Leadership Role
Paul Craig Roberts
Putin’s article in the September 11 New York Times has the stuck pigs
squealing. The squealing stuck pigs are just who you thought they would
be–all those whose agendas and profits would be furthered by an attack on
Syria by the obama Stasi regime.
Included among ... more »
An anniversary that the BBC will not commemorate
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 4 hours ago
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
starts at sunset tonight.
I remember Yom Kippur 1973, I was but a child and did not stay at synagogue
all day with my father. Rather naughtily, I was at home sitting in front of
the television when I saw the reports of war in the Middle East. For some
reason I didn't say anything to my mum. Shortly thereafter we were all back
at synagogue for the Neilah service. The congregation was shocked from its
prayer by the phone in the rabbi's office ringing. Someone ran to answer it
and admonish the caller for daring to... more »
Two true experts on the Middle East assess the future of Syria: Rather dim, given the plans of the Obama/al-Qaeda/Israel/Saudi axis
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 4 hours ago
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*Rania Masri and Chris Hedges On Obama's Syria Address*
Pt 1: Scholar Rania Masri and writer Chris Hedges respond to President
Obama's Major Syria Address - *September 11, 13*
More at The Real News
*PT 2: Chris Hedges and Rania Masri On What the Future May Hold For Syria*
Pt 2 of writer Chris Hedges and scholar Rania Masri response to President
Obama's Syria address - *September 12, 13* Original Here
More at The Real News
*Bio*
Chris Hedges,... more »
David Landes
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 4 hours ago
Here is the *NY Times* obituary of the great Harvard economic historian.
Zawahiri holds a seance and channels Osama Bin Laden???
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
Oh wait, no, that's wrong.* *Because Zawahiri is dead and so is Bin Laden.
Let me reformulate.
Who held the seance or went into the trance that brought forth Zawahiri,
the already dead Zawahiri, who was then able to channel OBL from wherever
he resides in the afterlife, to deliver us this latest threat!
Or at least have ABC deliver it?
In other words what kind of deception is being pulled on the people with
this alleged news report?
blah, blah, blah.... Zawahiri attack in the US....
*Isn’t Zawahiri dead? If he ever existed at all in the form he is
presented to us as?*
And doesn'... more »
10 Reasons Why A Diplomatic Solution To The Syria Crisis Is Extremely Unlikely
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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war is coming Michael Snyder
Over the past few days, there has been a tremendous wave of optimism that
it may be possible for war with Syria to be averted. Unfortunately, it
appears that a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria is extremely
unlikely. Assad is certainly willing to give up his chemical weapons, but
he wants the U.S. to accept a bunch of concessions that it will never agree
to. And it certainly sounds like the Obama administration has already
decided that “diplomacy” is going to fail, and they continue t... more »
Remember The Robocalls?
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 5 hours ago
The robocalls investigation continues at a snail's pace. Perhaps that's
because, as Laura Stone reported this week, Conservative Party lawyer
Arthur Hamilton has been sitting in on the Elections Canada interviews.
But Hamilton was representing the Conservative Party, not the interviewees.
According to excerpts of interviews, Hamilton at times took charge of the
interrogation, telling witnesses what to say and speaking for them.
“You’ve spoken to your parents as well about this,” Hamilton says to one
witness.
“Yeah,” the witness says.
“Go ahead, type. Yeah. His parents live in Sa... more »
Susan O to Vermont Politicos on Common Core
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
Susan’s op-ed is from VTDigger.org: Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Susan
Ohanian of Charlotte [VT], a longtime teacher and author of 25 books on
education policy and practice. Her website is at www.susanohanian.org.
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest asked his state Department of Public
Instruction 67 questions about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Now
[…]
CIA and US State Dept. Sending Weapons and Supplies to Syrian Rebels: Report
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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Madison Ruppert
The U.S. government has been delivering weapons, vehicles, sophisticated
communications gear and advanced combat medical kits for two weeks via the
CIA and State Department, according to a *Washington Post* report.
However, the CIA has played a significant role in arming the rebels for
quite some time now as even *The New York Times* reported in June 2012. The
US government has been assisting in the arming of the rebels in other ways
as well.
There were also reports in August of U.S., Israeli and Jordanian co... more »
Animal And Marine Life Die-Offs Around The Globe Baffling Scientists
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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Chris Carrington
Starfish, salamanders, antelopes, elk and dogs are all experiencing large
die-offs that have scientists baffled.
Ohio State Veterinarian, Dr. Tony Forshey, said the following about the death
of the dogs:
Our results indicate that circovirus, alone or in co-infection with other
pathogens, might contribute to illness and death in dogs.
Not all infected dogs died, and the virus has been seen in dogs that
appear healthy, indicating that some dogs may have an immunity to the
virus.
Viruses and bacteria that... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 5 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Judith Martin, 75. True story: I've met her once. It was
at tea.
Good stuff:
1. Good analysis from Jonathan Cohn of the possible games that the
Obamacare dead enders may be playing.
2. Fascinating stuff on Ike and Dienbienphu, from Jon Western.
3. Dan Drezner on how Ph.D.s work in academia vs. among political
practitioners.
4. And Erica Chenowith fisks Putin.
A Brief History of False Flag Terror
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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*James Corbett*
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Nigel Farage's EPIC Rant for Peace in European Parliament
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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*Youtube*
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Distinguished U.S Marine Stands Up for American People and 9/11 Truth
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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*We Are Change*
This video was shot on September 11th 2013, in Time Sq at an Rethink911.org
rally. In this video John, a former U.S Marine with 5 engineering degrees
with an expertise in aviation and missile defense, says he knows the U.S
government is lying about the 9/11 terrorist events.
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GMOs in Your Beer?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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*LipTV*
Beer ingredients are being looked at for GMO and animal products, though
beer continues to be unlabeled on the market. Why is there no oversight for
beer labeling?
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Chris Cantwell Interviews Richard Gage of AE911Truth.org
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 5 hours ago
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*Chris Cantwell*
I had the chance to speak with Richard Gage of Architects & Engineers for
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NSA disguised itself as Google to fool web users while spying .... meanwhile up until the end of August , Google received a secret , very sweet fuel subsidy deal - sponsored by NASA to obtain jet fuel bought by the Pentagon.... Do no evil indeed....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/nsa-disguised-google-spy-801/
The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and
fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption
by redirecting users to a copycat site which relays all the data entered to
NSA data banks.
Brazilian television network Globo News released a report based on
classified data divulged by former CIA worker Edward Snowden on Sunday. The
report itself blew the whistle on US government spying on Brazilian oil
giant Petrobras, but hidden in amongst the data was information the NSA had
impersonat... more »
Almost No One Wanted An On The Record Vote On Bombing Syria
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
Not Adam and Steve, Adam and Aaron-- and both Republican congressmen!
Rumors have been flying that two 30-something Illinois congressmen-- Aaron
Schock and Adam Kinzinger-- have been having an affair. Schock is gay--
closeted but gay-- and Kinzinger is also bachelor. Club for Growth is
trying to end both of their political careers, though supposedly not
because of their sexual affair... or even foreign affairs. Although
Kinzinger, particularly, has been more out front in the Syria morass than
you usually find him. Not only was he one of the House's biggest supporters
of bombing Syri... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging: Two for the Price of One
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
This mashup is just delightful (only slightly NSFW) The true test of a nerd
is whether they can spout Monty Python and the Holy Grail line for line.
Well, this video makes the old movie look new again:
Schrödinger’s Cat and the Tenure Vote
amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
As I post this today, senior faculty in my department are voting on my
tenure case. I don’t really know how to describe what I’m feeling at the
moment. It’s a combination of zen-like calm that I’m finally at this
juncture in my career and a feeling of total and utter panic at the
small-but-ever-present
Continue reading
As we head into crunch time for end of the fiscal year deadlines , will we see real battles for a continuing resolution to fund the government , what will happen regarding the debt ceiling - as in how high does it go next time ( do they break 18 trillion or just make it a hair less for optics ? ) ..... what happens regarding Affordable Health Care Act - delayed for a year to get a meaningful debt ceiling increase ? Expect more bombastic statements from Harry Reid as the next few weeks go by ......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/09/13/nbcwsj-poll-shows-21-opposition-to-raising-the-debt-ceiling/
( Lame duck ..... )
NBC/WSJ poll shows 2:1 opposition to raising the debt ceiling
POSTED AT 8:41 AM ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY
The polling news hasn’t improved much for Barack Obama, even without a
military attack on Syria in the offing. A new poll from NBC and the Wall
Street Journal shows Americans lining up 2:1 against the debt-ceiling
increase Obama needs, and his credibility dropping on a wide range of
issues:
Americans overwhelmingly do not think Congress should rai... more »
Pro- Rebel Syria researcher Elizabeth O'Bagy - cited by the Obama Administration as being authoritative regarding Syria ( as well as by Secretary of State John Kerry and Senator McCain , Wall Street Journal also has mucho egg on their faces after publishing her Op Ed last week ) , fired for faking her Doctorate ! Looks like the Syria version of " Curveball " just struck out ! Day after the worst speech an American President has given in years - the reviews keep pouring in.... Why didn't he just can that speech ? Here is an idea - if chemical weapons are bad for Syria , they should be bad for all parties in the Middle East - which would include Israel ! Diplomatic , political and military moves of the day from the US and Russia !
Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2013/09/11/pro-rebel-syria-researcher-fired-for-false-doctoral-claim/
( Suspect source of Intel fired..... )
Pro-rebel Syria researcher fired for false doctoral claimPOSTED AT 12:17 PM
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 BY ED MORRISSEY
Elizabeth O’Bagy has been cited by the Obama administration, Senator John
McCain, and John Kerry as a key resource for their claim that the Syrian
rebel forces are mostly moderates and not Sunni extremists affiliated with
al-Qaeda. They’re going to have to find another source for that argument
after the think tank that employ... more »
Larry Summers Obama's pick for Fed Chief ? Gold hammered again Friday morning , after taking a major drubbing on Thursday.....a look at geopolitics ( Syria in focus ) , overnight news and data from Asia and Europe and a look ahead to US data for Friday .....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Is Larry Summers possibly getting the nod as Fed Chief the reason why gold
sold off the past two days ? Maybe yes , maybe no ....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-13/white-house-shoots-down-nikkeis-summers-trial-balloon
White House Shoots Down Nikkei's Summers Trial Balloon
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/13/2013 08:10 -0400
- Larry Summers
- Nikkei
- White House
inShare
Earlier today, when we observed the overnight "news" floated by Japan's
Nikkei we cautioned that...
zerohedge @*zerohedge*
Also the Nikkei is best known not fo... more »
Party Conference Watch 2013: The Greens
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
I used to closely monitor political interviews but I haven't done so for
quite some time, nor felt any great inclination to do so either; but, as
this is a blog (mainly) about BBC bias, a small-scale examination of how
the BBC covers this year's UK party conferences might be of interest.
I'm just sticking to *Today*'s coverage, however. (That's manageable.)
Does any party get disproportionate treatment? Does any party get a rougher
ride? What angles do the *Today *presenters take during their interviews
with party leaders?
The conference season gets under way today with the Green... more »
Seymour Hersh: Syria Calling: The Obama Administration's Chance toEngage in a New Middle East Peace
Paul Coker at News Spike - 7 hours ago
N.B. - This was Obama Administration Middle East Policy Prior to Rahm
Emanuel (The Architect of 9/11) Getting His Hands All Over It
Seymour Hersh: Syria Calling: The Obama Administration's Chance to Engage
in a New Middle East Peace
from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
*(Plus all the dirt on Dick Cheney's Executive Assassination Wing - under
JSOC)*
"Right now, today, there was a story in the New York Times that if you read
it carefully mentioned something known as the Joint Special Operations
Command -- JSOC it’s called. It is a special wing of our special operations
community that is se... more »
Syria updates - September 13 , 2013 - Syria scatters chemical weapons to defend assets against American missile and bombing strikes .....Russian announces plans to upgrade its presence in the Mediterranean Sea ....initial talks between the US and Russia on Syria - Geneva 2 set for September 28 , 2013....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 7 hours ago
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/09/13/Report-Syria-scatters-chemical-weapon-stocks-across-the-country-.html
The
Syrian army has been moving stockpiles of chemical weapons to as many
as 50 sites in an attempt to make it difficult for U.S. forces to track
them, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday.
A secret Syrian military unit has been tasked to shift stocks of poison
gases and munitions to various locations across the country, according
to
the report, which cited American and Middle Eastern officials.
Officials told the WSJ the move by “Syria's elite U... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*Levee board suit supporters are likely to lose seats ~Jeff Adelson, New
Orleans Advocate*
*Levee panel wants oil suit back in state court ~Kevin McGill, AP*
*Flash Floods Kill 3 in Colorado; Dangerous 93L Developing in Gulf of
Mexico ~Wunderblog*
*CDC: Amoeba found in four locations in St Bernard water system ~Blake
Hanson, WDSU*
*5 years pass since Ike visited coast ~Megan Wyatt, Daily Advertiser*
*Fish and Game: Under the Rigolets Bridge ~Don Dubuc, WWL *
Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for 'gruesome crime'
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 8 hours ago
"This is not the victory of truth. But it is the defeat of justice,"
defense lawyer A.P. Singh shouted at the judge when the sentence was read
out.
Can you imagine that happening here?!
Story here
“Putin Steps Into World Leadership Role”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Putin Steps Into World Leadership Role”*
by Paul Craig Roberts
“Putin’s article in the September 11 New York Times, below, has the stuck
pigs squealing. The squealing stuck pigs are just who you thought they
would be– all those whose agendas and profits would be furthered by an
attack on Syria by the Obama Stasi regime. Included among the squealing
stuck pigs are Human Rights Watch bloggers who seem to be financed out of
the CIA’s back pocket. Does any institution remain that has not been
corrupted by Washington’s money?
Notice that the reason Putin is being criticized is ... more »
Greg Hunter, “Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.13.13”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.13.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
“Syria, once again, is the top story this week. We heard from both
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Obama says
an attack must be done to punish Syria for using chemical
weapons. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Kerry tries to work out a deal to
take control of Syria’s chemical weapons so an attack can be averted. Putin
penned an op-ed piece in the New York Times that asked the U.S. not to
attack because it will make matters worse and it would “spread the conflict
far beyond Syria’s bo... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
“Cosmic dust clouds sprawl across a rich field of stars in this sweeping
telescopic vista near the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the
Southern Crown. Less than 500 light-years away the dust clouds effectively
block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way. The entire
frame spans about 2 degrees or over 15 light-years at the clouds' estimated
distance. Near center is a group of lovely reflection nebulae cataloged as
NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and IC 4812.
*Click image for larger size.*
A characteristic blue color is produced as light from hot stars is
reflec... more »
Random Acts of Kindness by Margie Kern-Marshall
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
*Published on Jan 28, 2013*
**
Margie Kern-Marshall decided that for her 83rd birthday she would perform a
random act of kindness. See how she interacts with people in the street
when she hands out $83 and the incredible responses by the recipients.
Through the movie, learn what she means by random acts of kindness.
Charles Moore on 'The corruption of the BBC'
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
A less favourable take on the BBC's financial affairs than Ms Harman's
comes from Charles Moore at the *Spectator*:
‘Corruption’ is a subtle word, because it describes a process rather than
an event. It does not merely mean bad behaviour: it means behaviour that
becomes rotten out of something which was once good. That is why it often
afflicts high-minded organisations more than ordinary businesses. People
who think they are collectively moral are more self-deceiving than the
average market trader.
Hence the current embarrassments of the BBC about huge pay-offs. The reason
that ... more »
BREAKING: COURT REINSTATES WANG
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 10 hours ago
http://www.appledaily.com.tw
/realtimenews/article/politics/20130913/258387/1/【快訊】王金平黨員職權假處分獲准
【快訊】王金平黨員職權假處分獲准
王金平假處分案，台北地院剛剛裁准王金平以938萬元擔保金擔保，繼續保留行使國民黨黨員職權的權利。其餘假處分、暫時處置聲請均遭駁回。
Other links:
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/politics/20130913
/258391/1/%E5%9C%8B%E6%B0%91%E9%BB%A8%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%AB%E8%AA%AA%EF%BC
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國民黨律師說：「10天內抗告」
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/politics/20130913/258396/1/%E3%80%90%E7%9F%AD%E7%89%87%E3%80%91%E7%8E%8B%E9%87%91%E5%B9%B3%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%AB%EF%BC%9A%E8%AC%9D%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%9... more »
Birds of a Feather
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Ah, so BBC Head of Strategy James Purnell's warning against the
government's plan to allow the National Audit Office unfettered access to
the BBC's accounts (in the wake of the latest scandal over excessive
pay-offs) has now received the strong support of his former cabinet
colleague, Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party:
"[Culture Secretary Maria Miller] is suggesting a lessening of the BBC's
ability to set the terms of reference for what the NAO does … and let the
NAO set the agenda.
"It is important to think through the principles of this. I'm on the
sceptical sid... more »
Continuity of Agenda: Syria Catastrophe Engineered Under Bush, Executed Verbatim Under Obama
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 10 hours ago
The rise of Al Qaeda in Syria and the predictable bloodbath that followed
is the documented work of US, Israel, & Saudi Arabia.
*September 13, 2013* (Tony Cartalucci) - Tens of thousands of deaths,
devastated cities, and the scattering of terrified Syrian minorities add up
to a catastrophe that has unfolded in Syria over the last 2 years.
International organizations including the UN call it the worst humanitarian
catastrophe of the 21st century, and despite this, have put little effort
into tracking down the actual genesis of the conflict, the key players
perpetuating the violence, ... more »
MR. NOBODY - as long as you don't choose, everything remains possible
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 10 hours ago
what a lovely message from Hollywood, this time
new film by Jaco Van Dormael MR. NOBODY, it has a catchphrase of 'if you
never make a choice everything is possible' but in the film he actually
says, "As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible."
So, right there, duplicity via intent - and the intent is to have the
Global Gambling Game aka Corporate War for the few to make PROFIT, subdue
you with confusion and doubt. It's working. I believe. Twist.
The really weird thing about this 2009 film is it's JUST NOW appeared on Apple's
film trailer site, time slip or just slow... more »
'RUSSIA SHOT DOWN TWO US MISSILES'
Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
Reportedly, Russia shot down two US ballistic missiles that were heading
towards the Syrian coast.
On 3 September 2013, the USA fired two missiles, *allegedly* 'in the
direction of Damascus'.
"The trajectory of these objects goes from the central part of the
Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern part of the Mediterranean coast,"
Interfax news agency quoted a Russian spokesman as saying.
Russia detects ballistic launch in Mediterranean
On 3 September, Israel said it was unaware of any ballistic missile launch
being conducted in the eastern Mediterranean.
"We are not aware, at this... more »
19 Billion KM From Earth, Voyager Enters Interstellar Space ...
leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago
Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft has now completely left our solar
system and is officially now in interstellar space ... approximately 19
Billion Km from planet Earth. Very cool.
Earth farewells Voyager
Paul Mason: A Cameronite/Osbornist propagandist?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
If I shake my head in disbelief any more this morning I might end up
cricking my neck, or risk it dropping off into my cornflakes...
On last night's *Newsnight, *Paul Mason told us:
My final barometer of confidence is Twitter, because every time a report
like this goes out saying the statistics show signs of recovery a lot of
people tweet me saying, basically, I'm a Cameronite/Osbornist propagandist,
and when that stops I think that will be a fair sign that confidence has
returned.
Which suggests to me (a) that sections of the Twitterati must be several
eggs short of an omelette ... more »
The Armored Combat League - Battle of the Nations
Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 12 hours ago
Commenting on the all-pervasive *entertainment show* American Gladiators,
comedian Bill Hicks once said, "Give those fuckers chainsaws!" and that
looks like what we have here.
The Armored Combat League takes Superbowl tacticians to the Renaissance
arena with its 5-on-5 all-in medieval combat tournaments.
"A full-contact steel-weapons last-man-standing battle," so says
all-American ACL co-founder Andre Sinou in the following video.
Personally, I'd like to see more than 5 on 5, like 11 on 11 would sport-ise
it more, and get those shields interlinked: show me your strongest
defensiv... more »
Hyland's Homeopathic Gift Basket Giveaway
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 13 hours ago
*Do you have stress in your life? Hyland's Homeopathy wants to help!*
*
*
Starting *Monday, September 30th* Hyland’s will be hosting a 5-Day Stress
Challenge on their Facebook page that will challenge you to stress less.
The challenge will include tips and tricks that should help you manage the
stress of your daily routine. To promote the challenge, Hyland’s is
offering our readers the chance to win a Hyland’s Gift Basket valued at
over $75 and including the following goodies:
- Hyland’s Calms Forte, 100 ct.; Approximate Retail Value (ARV) - $9.59
- Hyland’s Nerve Ton... more »
While Victoria burns, Rex looks at bright shiney objects
Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 13 hours ago
Dear
Rex Murphy,
I, like all other Canadians who revel in your eloquance and scholarly
English, want to know.
What's happening in Victoria? The place is cooking! Yesterday it broke a
temperature record. It's friggin' hot!!! It's like Kamloops fer
chrissakes.
Jeez Rex. Remember when you told us that a snow storm in Vancouver, IN
VANCOUVER mind you, in winter, made you a global warming "skeptic"
THE FORGOTTEN
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
The world marks the 12th anniversary of 9/11. RT's Anastasia Churkina meets
with first responders who feel abandoned by the system, and share their
personal struggles of fighting illnesses while they wait for compensation
that they are no closer to receiving over a decade after the tragedy.
He May Be Hard to Take But He Makes a Point
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago
Russell Brand's frenetic comedy can be off-putting but, every now and then,
he proves he's worth a listen.
"Terrorism Totally Works!" and the five other "weirdest things we've learned since 9/11," courtesy of David Wong
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*by Ken*
I was going to give 9/11 a pass. After all, we've already been through 11
post-9/11 9/11s.
Oh, I admit I had some flashes of *déjà vu* on Tuesday, even though that
was only 9/10 -- especially in the early morning on my way to vote in the
primary on my way to work. It was a pretty nice day Tuesday, though not a
day in the class of, you know, *the* 9/11, one of those gloriously crisp,
perfect blue-sky days of which we are vouchsafed a few sprinkled through
September and October, days that make you feel grand to be alive.
And the morning went so smoothly that I got in and... more »
DREAM SCHOLARSHIP POSITIVE UPDATE
Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 15 hours ago
More than 1111 signatures were turned in to the HSF today... and the
response was immediate. Looks like [potential] victory... however, it's an
issue of timing. It's possible for HSF to change for this year's cycle...
though students may have to wait another cycle (next year). There appears
to be no ideological opposition to changing the policy. It may end up being
a question of urgency. I say we need the signatures to keep pouring in. The
DREAM movement has made this possible and have earned this. The more
signatures, the more urgency. More details forthcoming. Meanwhile, here's
... more »
Fascism And Contemporary Canada...Part Three. Canada’s First Nations and TEPCO.
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 15 hours ago
Fascism And Contemporary Canada. Locating The Conservative Government Of
Canada Led By Stephen Harper. Part Three. Canada’s First Nations and
TEPCO.
*Written by rmathews@telus.net*
Two major disasters point to the Canadian Conservative government lock-in
to blind neo-liberal policy … which appears more and more to the world as
disguised fascism (the uniting of governments and corporations to exploit
resources and repress populations in pursuit of private profit). The first
disaster – which is political - is pointed to by Russell Diabo (First
Nations Strategic Bulletin: June-... more »
Frank Seeburger - Unable to Die
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
*"The Open Wound: Trauma, Identity, and Community" by Frank Seeburger
(Published on September 14, 2012). *
"Frank Seeburger has been a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy
at the University of Denver since fall 1972" (*Source: University of Denver*
).
Description of "The Open Wound: Trauma, Identity, and Community" (Source:
Amazon).
A sustained philosophical reflection on trauma and recovery, this work is
an original contribution to contemporary trauma studies, integrating
material from psychology, sociology, history, literary studies, biography,
and fiction. It a... more »
Syrian Military Fights To Secure Christian Town Taken Over By Rebel Forces
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
Syrian Military Fights To Secure Christian Town Taken Over By Rebel Forces.
Source: MOXNEWSd0tC0M. Date Published: September 12, 2013. Description:
September 12, 2013 BBC News
http://MOXNews.com
Highest rated comment for the video below:
"So let me get this straight, Assad supports and protects christian and
christian churches, obama supports cutthroat terrorists who shot children
in their beds with high caliber guns and have no religion or morality at
all, hmmm, i think my vote goes for Assad." - Sholari Fenway.
Some leaders/conquerors want to protect life, and some leaders/conqu... more »
AUSTRALIA CENSORS ALL NEWS ON REFUGEE BOAT ARRIVALS
Damian Lataan at Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is - 16 hours ago
It’s
clear that the new Liberal coalition government under recently elected
leader Tony Abbott have opted to censor all news about any boat
arrivalssince coming to government last Saturday. As a result, Australia
and the
world will get no news about how many refugees have arrived in Australia
and, more importantly, what their fate will be.
Julian Burnside QC, an advocate for asylum seeking refugees, has
recently
suggested that the whole of Tasmania be declared a place of detention
where
boat arrivals could be sent. Pontville detention centre could become
reception centre for medica... more »
NEA Says Its Members “Strongly Support” Common Core?
deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 17 hours ago
Here we go again with the CCSS support propaganda from an organization that
has accepted millions from Bill Gates to promote the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS). The National Education Association (NEA) wants you to
want CCSS. It conducted a survey. Surprise, surprise. NEA has decided to
fully follow in the American Federation of Teachers’ […]
Buster doesn't walk . . .
Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 17 hours ago
JUSTICE
FOR THE PEOPLE, and Const. “Buster” Babak Andalib-Goortani has a whole
new universe of problems. According Tu Thanh Ha's article, “Toronto
police officer found guilty of assaulting G20 protester Adam Nobody” in
the Globe,
Constable Babak Andalib-Goortani was convicted in Ontario Court of
Justice Thursday in the high-profile case of protester Adam Nobody,
whose arrest was captured on
Mining 33: Job Creation, Taxes and the Politics of Envy
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 17 hours ago
* This is my article today in Mining Week.
---------
A capital intensive industry would have less direct job creation compared
to a labor-intensive one, say on a per hectare of land area. But workers in
the former would have higher per capita income compared to the latter. This
higher income per worker means higher consumption power, which means
indirect job creation nearby. For instance, a person earning P30,000 a
month in a province would have the extra resources to hire a nanny for the
kids, compared to someone earning P20,000 a month or less.
In addition, higher productivity per... more »
The Weekly Update: Predatory capitalism, privatization, sequestration and our children, Common Core Standards and opting out
Michael Paul Goldenberg at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 17 hours ago
Reblogged from Seattle Education: Everyone is back in school, the
privatizers are not letting up but parents, students and teachers are
fighting back. Diane Ravitch is coming out with her new book on September
18th, a book that is totally awesome by the way. I will have a review
posted on September 17th. We've got […]
Syrian Rebels Are The Scum of The Earth
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
Below is an excerpt from, *"Chauvinists and Other Anti-Peace Voices"* by
Michael S. Rozeff, LewRockwell.com, September 12, 2013.
The most amazing of all reactions comes from the Syrian rebel coalition.
Assuming the translation of their position is accurate, they “announce our
definitive rejection of the Russian initiative to place chemical weapons
under international custody.” I find this amusing. The group that
Kerry-Obama supports with arms and military training, the group that
Obama-Kerry were willing to bomb for in the name of curtailing chemicals in
warfare, that group rejects... more »
I Wonder Why The DCCC Keeps Overlooking Michigan's 6th CD And Fred Upton
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
Fred Upton, Steve Israel-- corrupt cronies in Congress
The DCCC announcement this week of another batch of candidates has been
called their "worst recruitment effort in history." No one should be
surprised that most of Steve Israel's picks for their Jump Start program
could be barely described as "the lesser of two evils" in comparison to
their opponents. Of the 9 new candidates, there appear to be two worthwhile
ones, Erin Bilbray (NV) and Martha Robertson (NY). And on top of being
inherently bad-- take anti-Choice, antigay gun loon Jennifer Garrison
(OH)-- they're also a bunch of l... more »
Libya updates - September 12 , 2013... Water and Oil dominate the news ( the lack of both ! )
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
News from forgotten Libya......
Water.......
http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/09/12/protestors-threaten-to-cut-communications-to-the-south/#axzz2ejE2gnzg
Protestors threaten to cut communications to the south
*By Ahmed Elumami.*
[image: Protestors outside the]
Protestors outside the Ministry of Communications (*Photo: Ahmed Elumani,
Libya Herald*)
*Tripoli, 12 September 2013*:
A small group of youths from Zawia Street and elsewhere in Tripoli
protesting at the Ministry of Communications at the water stoppage in the
capital have threatened to force ministry staff to cut the communica... more »
Obama’s Dienbienphu Moment?
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 19 hours ago
We have a pretty good literature on how presidents use and manipulate their
information and propaganda advantages to move public opinion toward their
positions on the use of force. Both bottom –up, rational public arguments
and top-down elite cueing models look at the institutional advantages of
the presidency such as the bully pulpit, privileged access
Continue reading
"Mission Accomplished" Mr. Harper
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours ago
The greatest misconception the Canadian people have of Stephen Harper, the
same misconception that delivered him a majority government, is that he's a
competent manager of the Canadian economy. Says who?
Unlike our prime minister, the numbers don't lie and they're bleak,
miserable in fact. Despite squandering the public purse on expensive
television advertising campaigns about non-existing employment programmes,
blue and white collar Canadians have been taking a pounding on Harper's
watch.
*The great Canadian dream of a sprawling middle class, awash in home
ownership and healthy... more »
Coming Home to the Pleistocene
What Is Sustainable at What Is Sustainable - 20 hours ago
Paul Shepard (1925-1996) was a human ecologist and a turbocharged original
thinker who spent his life trying to understand (a) how ordinary animals
like us managed to evolve into a highly destructive swarm, and (b) how we
could correct this. Genetic evolution is the primary engine of change for
all forms of life, except humans. With humans, history and culture have
changed us far more, and much faster.
Shepard’s research came to conclusions that did not thrill the stodgy
professors of mainstream academia. He was more or less dismissed as a
nutjob. Most of his fame came after he... more »
Fun Town Pier in Seaside Park suffers massive fire today ! After being raged by Hurricane Sandy , this really is a tragic blow to this iconic shore town !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
This is truly tragic - Keep the brave folks along the Jersey shore in your
prayers....
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Large_fire_Seaside_Heights_boardwalk_Kohrs_Ice_Cream_stand.html
(Twitter) A raging fire erupted this afternoon on the Funtown Pier in
Seaside Park, New Jersey. The cause of the fire is unclear and there have
not been any reported injuries. Authorities have said that the fire
originated in the iconic Kohr's Frozen Custard Stand at 1807 Boardwalk and
Stockton Avenue, according to MyFoxPhilly. The Jersey Shore boardwalk blaze
can be seen from miles away as massi... more »
If PEERS was a person, I guess I'd call this love
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 20 hours ago
Find the newsletter at http://www.peers.
bc.ca/images/PEERS_Newsletter_0913.pdf
I can’t think of many former employers that I would happily continue to
work for without pay. But PEERS Victoria is clearly one of them, seeing as
it’s been six years since I finished my time there as executive director
and yet I still threw my hand up with genuine enthusiasm last month when
asked to put together PEERS’ latest newsletter.
What is it about the place that has caused this permanent attachment?
Part of it is the passion I feel for doing something that gets us
thinking about how ... more »
Concert Review - Sodder, Heaven's Basement, and Halestorm
Southern Man at Southern Man - 20 hours ago
Southern Man has been working very hard and when he saw that Halestorm was
playing tonight at a mid-sized venue just a few miles from work he decided
to treat himself to a night of rock and roll.
First up was Sodder, a local goth-rock band fronted by (get this) a
business major, Jennifer Newton, who (when not prancing about the stage)
runs the band like an actual business. According to their bio on
reverbenation.com they've slowly and steadily built up a following over the
last ten years. Years of exposure to Southern Son's music has left Southern
Man with a bit of a taste for hard... more »
Friday Morning Ramble: The ‘Anniversary?’ Edition
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
“Our research shows there’s no great mystery as to why house prices are
stable in some countries whereas in New Zealand and Britain they are rising
so fast that first-time buyers are rapidly being priced out of the market …
It’s about supply.”
*Rising house prices not a natural law* – NZ INITIATIVE
John Key, the deal-maker. “Here, have some money.”
*Key ignored advice over smelter deal: Treasury* – NZ HERALD
Why is this supposedly politically neutral non-partisan government body not
so?
*CERA - Now with Added John Key* – Steven Cowan, AGAINST THE CURRENT
Remember this week in 20... more »
O Canada! Our home and wasted land!
Alison at Creekside - 20 hours ago
O Canada!
Our home and wasted land!
True populist love in all thy folks command.
With angry hearts we see thee fail!
The Bitumen North bane and bond
From near and narrow,
O Canada, we stand no guard for all.
Tar keep our land vainglorious and thrall!
O Canada, we stand no guard for all.
O Canada, we stand no guard for all.
~ From a reader, writing in response to Alberta's reception of Neil
Young's comments about the tar sands being a wasteland.
Neil Young, speaking at the U.S. National Farmers Union conference in
Washington on Monday:
“Yeah it’s going to put a lot of peo... more »
Merrow and Gates Money: Et tu, John?
deutsch29 at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 21 hours ago
John Merrow has decided not to report on Michelle Rhee. He helped promote
her, and now he has decided to call it quits. Education historian Diane
Ravitch says not so fast, John; you owe us some follow-through in unmasking
Rhee. I agree. Merrow owes American education his service in unmasking the
monster he helped to […]
Trader Joe's- Fattening The Bottom Line By Cheatin'... Everyone?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
Workers too now?
I think of Trader Joe's as the big grocery story less than 5 minutes my
house with good prices on organic blueberries, pomegranate seeds and boxes
of 1.5 liter bottles of Fiji Water. Erewhon, where I do most of my grocery
shopping, has a better selection of the healthy foods I want but is half an
hour away and is slightly more expensive on most products. Founded in
Pasadena in 1958 by Joe Coulombe, there are 398 Trader Joe's-- with over
20,000 employees-- scattered across the whole country. New stores are
always opening; there are two more coming to Denver and Miami ... more »
More space
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 22 hours ago
Space is a demilitarised zone. You probably knew that though. According to this
piece current protocols (the most comprehensive being the 1967 Outer Space
Treaty) are in danger of being outflanked by modern technology. Most
societies run on satellite communication and most satellites are dual
purpose, civilian/military projects. There is already a cyber-war being
waged between nations (a short inventory here – the USAfor example lists
cyber-attack as legitimate casus belli).
An interesting question is just how much of capitalist development has
actually been pioneered by civil so... more »
When Hell freezes over
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
For those of you hoping for the end of the licence fee in the wake of all
the recent scandals at the BBC, JP Floru at the Adam Smith Instituteapplies Public
Choice Theory and comes to the conclusion that the licence fee will be
tackled "when Hell freezes over".
Here are *his* workings-out of the costs and benefits for three key
stakeholders (with apologies in advance for the skew-whiff formatting):
*The politician*
*Fighting the licence fee and the BBC*:
*Cost*: Very high. Death by BBC silence. Politicians live
and breathe by media attention.
*Benefi... more »
Abenaki intervene to address US imperalism on occupied land
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Occupied
Abenaki Lands Desecrated by 9/11 Memorial
Protesters Intervene to Address U.S. Imperialism and Genocide
BY Anna Shireman-Grabowski: ashiremangrabowski@gmail.com
Amanda Lickers: amandalickers@gmail.com
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, VT -- At 3:00PM on Wednesday, September 11, 2013,
five protesters removed thousands of flags desecrating occupied Abenaki
lands. The U.S. flags were part of a
Cornel West Denounces His Former Friend, Barack Obama
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
Chris Hedges rallies to the defence of black intellectual Cornel West and,
in the process, issues a bill of indictment against Barack Obama for his
relentless assault on America's black prophetic movement and democracy
itself.
*“Jeremiah Wright was the canary in the mine,” West said when we met a few
days ago in Princeton, N.J. “The black prophetic tradition has been emptied
out. Its leaders have either been murdered or incarcerated. ... A lot of
political prisoners who represent the black prophetic tradition [are] in
jail. They have been in there for decades. Or we have leaders w... more »
Let's Start the Revolution - in Richmond, California.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
It's called the doctrine of *Eminent Domain. *It basically amounts to the
right of government to expropriate private property and it usually requires
the government pay market value compensation.
Now a California municipality wants to put eminent domain to good use to
rescue "underwater" homeowners by "seizing" their inflated mortgages and
reselling them for the actual value of the mortgaged property, not the face
value of the mortgage.
The mortgage company gets fair market value but not a dime more and the
homeowner gets a lower mortgage debt that, with any luck, will be
afford... more »
Take That Pauline
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours ago
This whole Quebec Charter of Values is a bummer. It's so bad it got me to
resurrect a term from the 60s. Must lift spirits. I know, let's see what
God's been up to. From the *Tweet of God:*
*- Already got my new iPhone5S. Got it from Steve Jobs himself.*
*- The mainstream media is exactly what the mainstream public deserves.*
*- The entire universe was created for one species on one planet who
correctly believe in an invisible entity.*
*- Seize the day. Then make it pay for what it did to you.*
*- I already know what you want. So why do I make you pray? Because I
want ... more »
MAD AMERICAN MOTHERS
Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*Alexandria, Adamiria, and Ariania Green, all set alight by their mother.*
Mothers in the USA are often under great stress.
*In Texas:*
A mother drowns her five children in the bathtub.
A woman beats her sons to death with rocks.
Three sisters are set on fire by their mother.
The girls's 29-year-old mother, Alysha Green, "was angry with her husband
when she coaxed her three daughters into a closet, doused them with
gasoline and set them alight."
One child Ariania died as the result of her burns.
All these events happened in Texas.
Another Texas mom hurt her own
Texas is not unt... more »
Another giant leap for mankind
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 23 hours ago
Io
It's pleasing that the most read article on the BBC News website tonight is
a piece by BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos, Voyager probe 'leaves
solar system'. It's proving even more popular than a piece about Harry
Potter. Proof of a public appetite for science stories perhaps? (BBC
programme makers, take note.)
Voyager-1, which first brought us face to face with Jupiter and Saturn and
then glanced back and saw Earth as a 'pale blue dot', has become the first
man-made object to leave the Solar System, passing beyond the heliosphere
(the protective bubble of charged particl... more »
Mohawk John Kane 'Servants of the People'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
“Servants
of the People”
By John Kane, Mohawk
Published with permission at Censored News
First published at Two Row Times
http://tworowtimes.com/opinions/columns/lets-talk-native/servants-of-the-people/#.UjIYenazKph
Servants
of the People
Traditionally, this title was an honor bestowed on those distinguished
both by willingness to serve and effectiveness in doing so. This was
our concept —
Roxane Gay mocks “wealth porn” in the Times!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013*
*Then quickly breaks our hearts:* According to Nexis, the term “wealth
porn” does *not* enjoy a rich history.
Within the Nexis archives, the term tracks to Matt Zoller Seitz, then of
the Newark Star Ledger. He reviewed a TV documentary in 2002 as the swells
made ready to summer:
SEITZ (6/1/02): *"The Hamptons" is an impressive achievement—a serious work
of social anthropology that can be enjoyed as pure entertainment.* The fact
that it's running over two nights on a major broadcast network is amazing
all by itself. (When a network has nothing to lose,... more »
Another #AssholeCop protected by the #BlueWall | #TOpoli @TorontoPolice @TPSDetBangild @DeputySloly
Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 23 hours ago
But hey, I could be wrong. Whaddaya say, @TorontoPolice Tweeter dudes?
Yeah, Jeff Bangild and Tim Burrows and Tony Vella and Peter Sloly, I'm
looking at you. Should be pretty easy to out this worthless piece of shit,
no?
I mean, you don't want the whole force to be condemned over the actions of
a few bad apples, do you?
After all, don't cops make a big deal of it when witnesses don't come
forward?
And it's not as if this asshole's buddies would suddenly go deaf, dumb and
blind or anything, is it?
Because God knows, if the rest of you just look the other way when scumbags
like t... more »
Luminogenesis and permanent dark matter domination
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours ago
*Creativity in a prison: Paul Frampton co-writes a new paper*
The latest 2013 Planck data tell us that about 68% of the averaged energy
density \(\overline{T_{00}}\) in the Universe is composed of dark energy
(as far as we can say, it's a positive cosmological constant), 27% is dark
matter, and 5% is visible matter.
For a few billion years, "we" have been gradually entering the
cosmological-constant-dominated era. The percentage of dark energy will
converge towards 100% as the remaining types of matter will be diluted. The
absolute magnitude of the energy density carried by the cosm... more »
AL QAEDA RESPONDS TO PUTIN
Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
* Al Qaeda supporters*
*Below is a statement by Jamal Ahmed al-Tahiri, the spokesman for Al-Qaeda
in Damascus*, slamming Putin's New York Times Op-Ed on September 11, 2013:
*Al-Qaeda Slams Putin's NYT Op-Ed, Says America Is Exceptionally Evil*
The halt to military action against the regime of Bashar the dog in
Washington has deeply disappointed Al-Qaeda in Damascus.
We were under the impression that America was possessed with a stronger
will to act against Assad.
Only an attack by America can ensure us victory in our holy war against
this malicious tyrant.
If America fails to r... more »
Kennedy Center Dishonors (2013 edition)
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 hours ago
(An annual tradition. Warning: No real political content here, and nothing
new except the details. Updated and lightly edited from the last years'
complaints. Rant follows:)
The new Kennedy Center Honors list is out. Now, granted, there's no reason
anyone should care about the Kennedy Center Honors, but nevertheless...
This year's popular music honorees are Carlos Santana, who I suppose is
fine, and...no, can't be. Not Billy Joel? Yup. Billy Joel. That makes three
years running that I can't even start my rant properly, because instead of
it being Paul McCartney (2010) or Bruce Sprin... more »
Musical Interlude: André Rieu, "Conquest of Paradise"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
André Rieu, "Conquest of Paradise"
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2MCGmypaY&html5=1
"The Stubborn Hope..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and
try to do
the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work... you
don't give up."
- Anne Lamott
Tewa Women United 'Gathering for Mother Earth'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Tewa
Women United & community organizations of concern welcome all
communities to bring their families and friends to the 17th Annual
Gathering for Mother Earth. Let us all celebrate cultural ways of giving
love and gratitude for our Earth Mother. Her life givers need loving
care to support us on our life journeys. It is beyond critical time to
stabilize energy with wisdom to unite for
Clive James on Nigel Kennedy
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Ah, the master is still at it, penning beautifully-written reviews of TV,
junk or otherwise.
Here's Clive James, blessing the *Telegraph* with his presence, on Nigel
Kennedy at the *Last Night of the Proms*:
In* The Last Night of the Proms *(BBC One) Nigel Kennedy might not have
looked like a violinist specifically, but he sure as hell didn’t look
normal either.
You could say that his clothes were just an assembly of random cloth that
hit him after a mattress factory exploded nearby, but his hairstyle was the
dazzling proof that his get-up was all his own idea. Spiked and shining... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Almaty, Almaty City, Kazakhstan. Thanks for stopping by.
"Not Enough Darkness..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“There is not enough darkness in all the world to
put out the light of even one small candle.”
- Robert Alden
Protecting Mayor Stupid
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
So Toronto's incompetent buffoon of a crack-head continues to get
protection from facing the consequences of his criminal hypocrisy:
The Crown recently provided lawyers for the media (reporters are not yet
allowed to see the material, or report it) with an 119-page police
document, of which 110 pages are entirely blacked out, according to
documents filed with the court.
Un-fucking believable! Waitaminnit! What am I saying? This is Canada!
Two-tier justice for scum like Rob Ford is standard operating procedure.
Quebec Values? No, just politics of separatism
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
The Quebec government plans to forbid the wearing of religious garb in
government facilities. There will be time limited exceptions for religious
hospitals or schools that elect to opt out. Absent such exception someone
wearing a kippah (and perhaps a sheitel) could neither work for or receive
services at a Quebec hospital. The expressed purpose of the legislation is
to protect Quebec values and traditions. Put differently, the legislation
is designed to make religious minorities as invisible as possible.
Apparently the proposed legislation is popular and at least one civil
service... more »
KIPP’s Use of Harriet Ball
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
In an otherwise solid piece of opinionating at Valerie Strauss’s site at
WaPo, Mike Rose leaves the impression that Harriet Ball had endorsed the
KIPP total compliance reform schools. She did not, and at the time of her
death, Ms. Ball felt just as used by KIPP as the thousands of discarded
teachers and students […]
The U.S. and Assad. America Has Been Down This Road Before.
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
Is the United States poised to repeat the same mistakes in Syria that it
made in Iraq after 1991?* Chatham House*, Associate Fellow, Nadim Shehadi,
warns that is exactly what might happen.
*Some of the statements on Iraq from that period are eerily echoed today on
Syria. Dick Cheney, then secretary of defence, declared when the 1991
uprisings happened that he was 'not sure whose side you'd want to be on.'
Colin Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote later that the
US's intention was to leave the regime in Baghdad enough power to survive.
President George H W Bu... more »
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING, RIGHT?
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Yeah, come on Putin, you gotta believe that the US-NATO first-strike
"missile defense" system now being deployed to surround Russia and China is
really aimed at Iran!
What's wrong with you Putin? Don't you trust Obama when he says it is not
aimed at Russia.
Putin has an Op-Ed in the *New York Times *yesterday entitled "A Plea for
Caution From Russia: What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria". See
it *here *
Koch's Continue their Path to Destroy Democracy in America
2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Well the Koch brothers aren't done scsrewing around with America - yet.
*They started another new nonprofit - that is funding all kinds of crap.*
And they wonder why American hates them.
The members of this new venture want to
Short says his members are “concerned that the nation that they grew up in
and that their businesses have flourished in will not be there for their
children and grandchildren,” and are “committed to trying to restore what
they view are free markets in a free society in America.”
Interesting approach - since whoever belongs to this NEVER had a view of
freemarke... more »
Greetings from Pope Frankie
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago
If cleanliness be next to godliness, is conscientiousness a workable
alternative to Catholicism?
Pope Francis (or *Francesco* as he refers to himself in the Italian papers)*
*was asked whether God forgave those who chose not to believe.
"*Given – and this is the fundamental thing – that God's mercy has no
limits, if He is approached with a sincere and repentant heart," the pope
wrote, "the question for those who do not believe in God is to abide by
their own conscience. There is sin, also for those who have no faith, in
going against one's conscience. Listening to it and abiding by ... more »
Shopping Extravaganza for Charity At Traverse Mountain
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Do you live in Utah? Then this Saturday you have a wonderful opportunity
to support local charities this Saturday at the Outlets at Traverse
Mountain. On Saturday September 14, from 10 am - 4 pm you can enjoy a day
of shopping complete with lunch, a dessert bar, live entertainment and a
chance to win all sorts of amazing prizes. Tickets are $15 a piece and all
proceeds support local charities.
The local charities include the Boys and Girls Club, Child Help Wasatch
Front Utah Chapter, Friends of the Food & Care Coalition, Habitat for
Humanity of Utah, Kid History Foundation, ... more »
Easy "Pin the Tail" Game
Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
When I was getting ready for our The Little Mermaid party, I wanted to
include a fun "Pin the tail" type of game. It was always a game I enjoyed
as a child, and my little girl loves it too. I was willing to purchase a
game, but I couldn't find anything that matched our theme. I finally found
this darling Little Mermaid place mat and I knew it would make the perfect
game that could then be used for something else.
You will need:
a character place mat
white printer paper
construction paper
scissors
tape
Trace the part of your place mat that you want to use as the "tail." In
this cas... more »
What the heck happened to Candidate Quinn?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013*
*Fascinating portraits today of Times journalistic culture:* Christine
Quinn was ahead in the mayoral race. She ended up losing badly.
This morning, the New York Times offers two assessments of this electoral
reversal. In our view, these two pieces, taken together, provide a
fascinating portrait of Times journalistic culture.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at this long analysis piece by reporters Kantor and
Taylor. They focus on the possible role played by “gender and
sexuality”—and on nothing else.
Not for them the tedium of the campaign’s various issues—of t... more »
"Something Wicked This Way Comes..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Click image for larger size.*
•
A song for you, dear NSA, and you too, Homeland Security. Love ya! lol
An interview with Brian Greene
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
If you have 15 spare minutes, here is an interview:
TV Real's interview with Brian Greene (click)
------------------------------
The video with some supplementary article (click)
He talks about the history and the (oscillating) value or non-value of the
popularization of science – while I have been doing similar things, I tend
to be mostly closer to Sheldon Cooper's opinion from Sheldon's dialogue
with Brian about the very same issue. Just kidding, a big fan.
Incidentally, my Czech translation of The Elegant Universe is getting ready
for the imminent 2nd edition after 12 years.
B... more »
The Poet: W.H. Auden,"Atlantis"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Atlantis"*
"Being set on the idea
Of getting to Atlantis,
You have discovered of course
Only the Ship of Fools is
Making the voyage this year,
As gales of abnormal force
Are predicted, and that you
Must therefore be ready to
Behave absurdly enough
To pass for one of The Boys,
At least appearing to love
Hard liquor, horseplay and noise.
Should storms, as may well happen,
Drive you to anchor a week
In some old harbour-city
Of Ionia, then speak
With her witty sholars, men
Who have proved there cannot be
Such a place as Atlantis:
Learn their logic, but notice
How ... more »
Syria: Alan Grayson vs Buck McKeon
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Buck McKeon, Alan Grayson
Grayson (D-FL), a relatively junior member of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, has led the battle to keep the U.S. out of another pointless war
in the Middle East. Although the Establishment is furious at him-- and
looking for pay-back-- Orlando, and Americans everywhere, should be very
proud of what he has accomplished on our behalf. Buck McKeon (R-CA) is the
polar opposite. Chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, he
was one of the forces pushing the U.S. towards war or, more accurately,
towards spending more money on war. McKeon is rum... more »
“Bad Dog”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Bad Dog”*
By Rachel Maizes
“My dog, Chance, is old. White fur circles his eyes, coats his muzzle,
sprouts between his toes. Although still alive, he looks like a ghost. He
used to stand like a champion, his chest and muzzle forward, his hind legs
back. Now he can hardly support himself when he sits, balancing
precariously like a pile of kindling propped against itself. He takes an
anti-inflammatory medication for arthritis and pumpkin for constipation and
fish oil and glucosamine for his joints and mind, though it may be too late
for the latter. He walks an endless circuit... more »
Biometrics: Taking a Bite out of Apple
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Andrew Pontbriand
The wireless age has grown leaps and bounds since the turn of the new
millennium. From big square cellphones, to flip phones, to the new touch
screen phones that can access the Internet wherever service is available.
However, communications just went 'Back to the Future'; 1984 to be exact,
and was secretly given over to Big Brother.
Apple's new iPhone 5s will come in many colors, and with a brand new
feature; Touch ID. Touch ID uses biometrics technology so users can scan
their fingerprints to better lock t... more »
Al-Qaeda Slams Putin's NYT Op-Ed, Says America Is Exceptionally Evil
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Related:
*Al-Qaeda Presents The Moral Case For U.S. Intervention In Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Is Disappointed In British Parliament, Calls On British PM To
Attack Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Applauds Secretary of State John Kerry's Latest Remarks On Syria*.
*Al-Qaeda Approves of Barack Obama's Glorious Declaration of War Against
Syria On August 31st*.
*Al-Qaeda Praises Obama Reaching Out To Friends McCain And Graham*.
*Al-Qaeda Demands Congress Pass Obama's Syrian War Resolution*.
*Al-Qaeda Rejects False Accusations That It Was Behind The Chemical Weapons
Attack At Ghouta*.
*Below is a statement by Jam... more »
Satire: “McCain Accuses Obama of Thinking Before Using Force”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“McCain Accuses Obama of Thinking Before Using Force”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) was
harshly critical today of President Obama’s nationally televised address
about Syria this week, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “The President’s
decision to think before attacking another country flies in the face of
American foreign policy. The United States of America has been involved in
countless armed conflicts since this great nation was founded,” Mr. McCain
said. “Many of those would never have happened if we’d stopped to think
about ... more »
Tell us what you REALLY think, Edward
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
There was an interview on *The World at One *today with Edward Lucas of *The
Economist *which caught my attention*. *
Discussing President Putin's carefully calculated two-fingered salute to
President Obama in the *New York Times, *Mr Lucas gave the following
appraisal of President Obama - and it's somewhat different to that given
by, say, Mark Mardell or James Naughtie:
I think that Barack Obama's proved to be the worst American president since
Jimmy Carter. Perhaps even worse than Jimmy Carter. It's a quite
astonishingly bad mixture of a very chilly attitude to allies, appeasing ... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*SI Part 3: Drug use rampant at OSU under Miles ~Mathew Harris, New Orleans
Advocate*
~A player on Miles’ 2001 team told the magazine he made roughly $1,000 week
selling marijuana. Former safety Chris Massey, who played from 1999 until
2002, and wide receiver Eric Allen (2003-2004), said teammates made money
selling drugs while they were on the roster.
Meanwhile, 30 former OSU players told the magazine they used marijuana
while on the team, which included members of Miles’ teams such as Cruz,
McGill, Allen, Tatum Bell (2000-2003), defensive back Ricky Coxeff
(2003-2004), linebacker V... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Preparing for 2018: a look back at New Orleans' prior commemorations ~Richard
Campanella*
"How It Really Is"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
How convenient, to be positively identified as to your exact location
every
time you make a call... come on, folks, not even Americans can be this
stupid...
Then again...
Apache Survival Coalition's Mount Graham Memorial Tribute
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
“What If A Typical Family Spent Like The Federal Government?”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“What If A Typical Family Spent Like The Federal Government?”*
It’d be a very weird family.
By Brad Plumer
“The Heritage Foundation wants us to consider an analogy:
*Click image for larger size.*
The idea here seems to be that the U.S. government is taking on a lot of
debt. True, the typical American family also takes on lots of debt through
mortgages and the like — the median debt burden is about $70,000 — but U.S.
government borrowing is even more massive than that.
Fair enough. This analogy seems incomplete, though. We should take it
further. If the typical family —... more »
OBAMA HYPOCRISY BUSTED BY HEDGES, MASRI AND ROLAND
Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 1 day ago
*President Obama took to the airwaves Tuesday night with a major televised
address regarding his plans for Syria but his hypocrisy was laid bare by**Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and** **human rights activist,
environmental scientist Rania Masri on Real News Network while Navy aviator
Veteran and a Veterans Today featured columnist Allen L Roland offered his
equally blunt post speech assessment of Obama's hypocritical performance on
Press TV.*
A key paragraph from President Obama's speech on Tuesday night regarding
Syria brought a similar impassioned re... more »
As More Children Are Left Behind, CorpEd Turns to Gain Scores to Mask Reform Failure and Increasing Gaps
Jim Horn at SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
A new study is out showing increasing inequality based on race, class, and
education, and with it comes the non-startling news that poor and minority
children are further behind than they were when NCLB became the law of the
Land, signaling as it did the full transition from the use of high stakes
testing for […]
“Ike’s Warning”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Ike’s Warning”*
by Bill Bonner
“We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether
sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for
the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must
never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or
democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and
knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge
industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and
goals so that security and liberty may prospe... more »
New Video From Anthony Lawson: Another War For Israel - Featuring America's Newest Allies: Al Qaeda (An American/Israeli Invention!)
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It does seem that this rush to war against the innocent nation of Syria has
momentarily hit a few stumbling blocks for the lunatics in both the US and
criminal state of Israel's governments. The so called "speech" a few
nights back by the criminal US President has definitely not swayed American
opinion, and in fact has made that criminal himself look like a liar. It
now appears that short of a new Israeli false flag attack on the United
States to be conveniently blamed on Syria, the long sought attack has been
"postponed"...
For this article, I want to present the newest video b... more »
The much missed Brian Clough putting John Motson
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The interviewis followed by a bit of football.
ADULT ABUSE: Does Professor Gordon know squat from squadoosh?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013*
*Part 3—Standard memorized gloomy claims about our broken-down
schools:*Does Robert J. Gordon know squat from squadoosh about the
public schools?
It’s our impression that he may not. Here’s why that’s a problem:
Professor Gordon, an economics professor, sounded off in Sunday’s New
York
Times about the state of the public schools. He wrote this long gloomy
piece for the Sunday Review.
As editors saw the piece, it told a familiar story. Here’s the way they
presented that tale to Times readers:
The visual which accompanied Gordon’s piece showed a broken-d... more »
Pauline Marois: Charter of 'hate' Values
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Will Pauline Marois allow the headgear, in Quebec, in the following
picture?
*OVERHEAD VIEW: Teachers gathered Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain, at the
University of Deusto, a Spanish Jesuit university, for an opening ceremony
for the academic year. (Alfredo Aldai/European Pressphoto Agency) WSJ*
But of course these are Catholic teachers.
Modern Warfare: Interesting Picture
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
This in fact is true. But I believe the cost of planes and bombs has gone
much higher now.
Syrian Opposition via Saudi media claiming another chemical attack
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
Syrian opposition: New chemical weapons attack in Damascus
Published September 12th, 2013
Syrian opposition websites have posted pictures of what they claim is a
fresh chemical weapons attack on Damascus, this time on the suburb of
Jobar. The alleged attack resulted in casualties, activists told al Arabiya
on Thursday.
Not finding this a credible claim. If I am not mistaken isn't this how the
previous chemical weapon claim began? Via the opposition and Saudi Arabia?
I'll be back later :)
James Purnell wants to keep the NOA at bay
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, has said that the National Audit
Office must have full access to the BBC’s accounts, linking her decision to
the controversy over excessive pay-offs for senior BBC executives.
The present situation is that the NAO can only access the BBC's accounts
once a quarter, and only with the BBC Trust's permission.
The corporation's Head of Strategy, former Labour Party cabinet minister
James Purnell, has responded, saying that such a move could endanger the
BBC's independence. He says that BBC journalists "should be able to be
incredibly tough on politi... more »
Why Aren't Dems Fighting on the CR?
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
This is one where I've apparently been completely wrong: contrary to what
I've assumed, Senate Democrats and Barack Obama are apparently eager to be
rolled on the CR, at least to a large extent. Here's Greg Sargent this
morning:
The key thing here is that the GOP leadership plan would actually work — if
Republicans could pass it. Senate Democratic aides have told me they would
probably pass the temporary funding of the government at current levels,
whereupon they would defeat the defund-Obamacare provision.
Kevin Drum is quite right: the correct way to characterize this is
"Libera... more »
The Ma-Wang Mess Spills its guts over the political scene
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*Went out this week and hunted bugs with one of my students who also has a
nice macro lens.*
*"I have no choice but to take a stand,” Ma Ying-jeou on Wang*.
The news that President Ma Ying-jeou has decided to deep six the Speaker of
the Legislature Wang Jin-pyng, a longtime rival within the Party, has
reverberated across Taiwan and abroad like the thunder of a landslide in an
empty valley. Basically, if I had a nickel for every email in my inbox
containing the keywords "Ma Ying-jeou", "Wang Jin-pyng", and "WTF", I'd be
a very rich man.
First, the fracas has now reached the inter... more »
Take your Money out of the Bank!
address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 1 day ago
Link: http://youtu.be/M-2eJQqXm7s
In Europe a directive from the European Commission (say: the European
'governors') *guarantees* up to 100.000 €uro on saving-accounts at Banks,
should they go belly-up. Interesting, not? But read carefully: ... up to...
It might be zero €uro as well. No wonder, than about 90% of European banks
can be considered insolvent. They wouldn't be able to pay you back your
money when everybody at the same time would ask for it, when a 'bank run'
occurred. Where should the money come from? Tax hikes perhaps? From
non-functioning EU country's "Central Banks" ... more »
Iraq Opposes U.S. Military Strike On Syria
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
As the United States Congress was discussing a military strike against
Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons, Iran’s new foreign minister
travelled to Iraq where he received widespread support for opposing any
such move. The Iranian diplomat met with a number of different Iraqi
politicians all of which warned about the negative repercussions of any
U.S. action against President Bashar Assad. This was a rare occasion where
Iraq’s elite agreed upon Syria. In the past, each political party has
carried out its own foreign policy with different groups coming out for the
Syrian ... more »
Terry Jones to burn 3000 Qurans
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
*"Law enforcement officers arrested a Florida pastor Wednesday as he drove
to a park to light nearly 3,000 Qurans on fire to protest the Sept. 11,
2001 terrorist attacks."*
It looks this guy is bored. He should be given a hobby in a jail-cell. Last
time he did that, I believe, it resulted in the death of Americans in
Afghanistan during a protest. Maybe he gets kicks out of it and is
desperate for attention. All the more reason that he needs solitude in a
jail cell. If he feels lonely there Pat Robertson can provide him company -
they're a match made in heaven or hell. Indeed they're... more »
Valdimir Putin's Message to Americans: Caution in Syria
LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
His full message was published in the New York Times. He is stealing
the limelight from Obama on the Syria issue.
I hope Putin can end the war in Syria with the co-operation of other major
powers - U.S. China, Britain and France. Enough slaughter of civilians has
already taken place.
Stop!
*Oliver Munday*
"It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign
countries has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America’s
long-term interest? I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see
America not as a model of democracy ... more »
Are The Real Enemies In Syria Or Washington?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Brandon Smith
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern
and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns
of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary
moment — that which they cannot anticipate. –Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The definition of what makes an “enemy” may vary from person to person. But
I would say that, generally, an enemy is one who has an active ability to
do irreparable harm to you or your essential values. He is motivated by
de... more »
Symposium — Maps are Theories, Cartographic Errors Make Flawed Debates
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Janice Bially Mattern. It is the
15th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to Patrick Thaddeus Jackson‘s and Daniel
Nexon‘s article (PDF). Their post appeared earlier today. Other entries in
the symposium–when
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Royal Mail For Sale
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
*"I bumped into an old acquaintance the other day. He told me he had taken
a job as a postman. He said it was better than walking the streets." *(Tommy
Cooper)
As they keeping saying at the BBC: Mrs Thatcher's government ruled it out;
John Major's government thought about it, then thought again; and New
Labour went quite far with the idea, then dropped it. Now here we go again.
Yes, it's Royal Mail privatisation time, take three (albeit *not* Post
Office privatisation).
I can't say I'm much struck on the idea myself, but I'd like to hear both
sides of the argument and re-consid... more »
PhD or Not a PhD
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
It was perhaps appropriate that yesterday’s tale of a young pundit’s career
unraveling due to falsely claimed PhD coincided with the first meeting of
the Doctoral Research Seminar I am teaching. Elizabeth O’Bagy had given the
impression that she had finished her dissertation, but apparently not so
much. After tweeting about it, I got some
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Symposium — The Most Important Emerging Theoretical Clusters in IR? Not What You Think
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Editor’s Note: This is a post (mostly) by Patrick Thaddeus Jackson. It is
the 14th installment in our “End of IR Theory” companion symposium for
the special issue of the European Journal of International
Relations. SAGE has temporarily ungated all of the articles in that
issue. This post refers to PTJ’s and Daniel Nexon‘s article (PDF).
A response, authored by Janice Bially Mattern, will appear at 10am Eastern.
Other entries
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Dictator Rising but Don’t Blame the President
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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In his address to the nation, September 10 2013, President Obama backed off
on attacking Syria but still reserves the right to do so if diplomacy fails.
…I'm also the President of the world's oldest constitutional democracy. So
even though I possess the authority to order military strikes, I believed
it was right, in the absence of a direct or imminent threat to our
security, to take this debate to Congress.
Like President Bush before him, President Obama makes it easy to blame him.
Maybe it just t... more »
TANKA, Not Tanks
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
*by
Nan Socolow*
The following are six comments I submitted to the *New York
Times*yesterday morning. I wrote all of these comments in TANKA,
Japanese form
of poetry using 5 lines of 5,7,5,7,7 syllables each.
Threaten to Threaten, Tom Friedman:
Arab Gulf leaders
Support Obama's effort.
Syria's amok.
We're not the Global Police
No need to aid Jihadists.
Who do you Trust? Maureen Dowd:
Pooty-Poot's given
Obama and John Kerry
The red-line exit.
Joe Six-Pack is anti-war
He was Bush's base.
Homeland Confusion, Tom Kean, Lee Hamilton:
Homeland not secu... more »
Obama Regime Checkmated or Merely Stalled?
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
"NoBull Peace Prize"
Anthony Freda Art Samm Simpson
Human beings around the globe anxiously await while the decrepit Obama
regime fumble and tumble in their desire to destroy Syria and then Iran –
and bring about the final confrontation. Whether a slip of Kerry’s tongue
was feigned or planned, it has opened the door for Putin’s diplomacy. As
most folks who peruse the Internet may suspect, a failure of diplomacy or a
false flag event will provide cover for the Obama regime to brainwash
Americans, get the Congressional votes and/or act on its own admission – or
should we say its NWO ... more »
Fall Provincial Election - Thornhill a Factor?
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
I don't agree with her slant but she makes some good points:
"In true Tory death wish fashion, the PCs are engaged in some embarrassing
infighting.
Fedeli became finance critic after PC Leader Tim Hudak fired Thornhill MPP
Peter Shurman, who refused to pay back a $20,719 housing allowance he'd
claimed for a Toronto apartment after he moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake.
He didn't qualify for the allowance in his riding. He did qualify in NOTL.
Add to that some mischief-making by Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington
MPP Randy Hillier and you have the Tories imploding on themselves once
ag... more »
Clara Curtiss Photos Long Walk 4 Marshall, Missouri
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photos
by Clara Curtiss
By Brenda Norrell
Photos by Long walker Clara Curtiss
Censored News
Join the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, as
they walk through Kansas City! Contact the walkers at Wabus44@gmail.com
or at their cell: 202-436-6576.
Thanks to Long Walker Clara Curtiss for sharing her photos with Censored
News of Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz
A Walk in the Park In the Land of the Bitterz
Wit's End - 1 day ago
“Man in his misguidance has powerfully interfered with nature. He has
devastated the forests, and thereby even changed the atmospheric conditions
and the climate. Some species of plants and animals have become entirely
extinct through man, although they were essential in the economy of Nature.
Everywhere the purity of the air is affected by smoke and the like, and the
rivers are defiled. These and other things are serious encroachments upon
Nature, which men nowadays entirely overlook but which are of the greatest
importance, and at once show their evil effect not only upon plants bu... more »
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