Friday, October 25, 2013

25 Oct - Blogs I'm Following II

Brünnhilde brings Sieglinde to her surprised s...Brünnhilde brings Sieglinde to her surprised sisters. Illustration to Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Sunday Classics preview: Brünnhilde asks, "Who am I if I were not your will?" Question: Is it ever OK for a daughter to say such a thing to her father?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 39 minutes ago
*Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde and Bryn Terfel as Wotan in the new Met production of Die Walküre, 2011* *BRÜNNHILDE* [*answers *WOTAN* softly*]: To Wotan's will you're speaking; you can say what you will; what am I, if not your will alone? *-- English singing translation by Andrew Porter* *[A]* *[B]* *[C]* *[D]* *Our four Brünnhildes could be drawn from this list (in alphabetical order): Kirsten Flagstad, Rita Hunter, Birgit Nilsson, and Astrid Varnay* *by Ken* There are, of course, parents who truly don't want their children to be independent -- indeed, whole cultures that depen... more »

Caballo trotando entre los árboles de hojas secas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Enormes rascacielos a orillas de mar azul

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Hermoso paisaje nevado listo para la navidad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Lindo ramo de rosas amarillas

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Montañas rocosas rodeadas de pastos verdes

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Untitled

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 2 hours ago
*NORMAN BETHUNE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION: A GREAT CANADIAN LIE * If you visit pretty well any Canadian government site, or one receiving its funding from the government, you will come across the claim that the Canadian Communist surgeon Norman Bethune founded the *first*mobile blood transfusion unit in the world during his brief stay in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. This claim was set forth by Bethune himself, and it has been repeated by such institutions as Library and Archives Canada, Parks Canada, The Canadian Encyclopedia and the National Film Board. The reality is quite... more »

No thanks to Senate Republican obstructionists, Democratic-appointed judges begin to take their place in the federal judiciary

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*by Ken* It seems to me just a matter of time before those polls showing voters ready to punish Republicans for the antics of their farthest-right cohort start to fade. Even the Teabaggers are likely to be let off the hook, but it's not going to be that long before we're hearing that *only* the unabashed nutjobs, the certified far-right crazies, are to be held accountable for turning the functioning of our government into a pirate-themed carnival. So it seems to me all the more important to get out the word that the modern-day Republican Party is hooliganish, mentally defective g... more »

Does Mike Allen Wonder Why People Don't Vote? I think I may know why.....

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 3 hours ago
Back in the spring I wrote a post about one of our local MLA's here. The guy is foolish enough to go to Minnesota on government business and got caught up in a prostitution sting. Yeah, big oops. Being a politician, he gave the appearance of doing the right thing (after he was caught, naturally) by resigning from the Tory caucus the next day. With an upcoming trial (which has now seen a delay from September until next month) I was hopeful he'd do the right thing and resign his seat as well. So much for that. Sure, he's not my MLA as he represents the other half of Fort McMurray, bu... more »

Friday Baseball Post

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
So, Tim Lincecum, two years, $35M. Here's what I think. It all comes down to one thing: is Tim Lincecum likely to be a reasonable rotation starter for the next two years? If you think so, then...well, yes, he's overpriced, but it's better to spend $17M on a $10M starting pitcher than to spend $10M and give 20+ starts to a guy who shouldn't be on the roster. Sabean was looking at three open rotation spots; there's absolutely no guarantee that he could have filled all three with guys you want to take the ball 33 times each at any price. At any rate, if he's a league-average starter t... more »

African Immigrants

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 4 hours ago
So, in my line of work, I've ended up working with co-workers who are African immigrants. This is really a new one on me. In retrospect, it's not all that amazing. I've heard of Somali refugees, and Eritreans, ... and there've been a couple of cabbies from the Sudan come to think of it. But in my working experience, immigrant co-workers have been mainly Eastern European, South Asian, and Vietnamese, truth be told. One dude was from the Congo. He grew up in Brussels, Belgium though, lived in Paris, London, New York City, and settled finally in Toronto. (For some strange reason, he'd... more »

WALK PHOTOS FROM AUGUSTA EVENT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
Finally got the photos from inside the Hall of Flags in Augusta a week ago for our Maine Drone Peace Walk closing ceremony. Photos by Roger Leisner

BitCoin surging again - CIO of Fortress recommends investing in BitCoin now - another smash set up for BitCoin ?

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Why do I smell a set up here..... Head Of Fortress Recommends Investing In Bitcoin [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/24/2013 19:51 -0400 - Private Equity inShare At first glance, when the CIO of Fortress Investment Group says: *"Put a little money in Bitcoin...Come back in a few years and it’s going to be worth a lot."* One might think, the firm that manages $54.6 billion is advocating the end of the USD as we know it... Or is this more muppetry at work? *Via Bloomberg:* *“Put a little money in Bitcoin,” Novogratz, principal and co-chief inv... more »

Walkin' West: Long Walk 4 toward Gunnison Colorado

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Photo by Bad Bear Sampson Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Bad Bear Sampson. By Censored News Thank you for sharing with Censored News. Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz is walking to uphold Native American sovereignty. The walkers today, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, are walking west from Monarch Pass on highway 50 toward Gunnison, Colorado. The walk departed from

Israelis and Ishmaelis - two sides of the same depraved and unacceptable coin

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 6 hours ago
The following is a genuine email sent in by a liberal fanatic hell-bent on seeing the destruction of the European world through Talmudic control, of the economy and Establishment, and Islamic domination of our lands at the common level we have to live at: Greetings Rufus There is a widely accepted piece of conventional wisdom that Muslims and Jews are enemies and will always remain so. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. The perception that Muslims and Jews are inherently hostile to each other is actually of fairly recent vintage; an outgrowth of differences over the... more »

Syria news of the day October 25 , 2013 - Has the leader of al- Nusra front been killed near Latakia ? Take with the grain of salt - Syria State Television says yes , time will tell if this is accurate ..... More credence can be found in reporting that US and GCC backed rebels in Syria are spreading into Iraq ( especially border areas with Syria ) causing an unwind of whatever benefit came from previous advances against Al Qaeda or Sunni rebels in Iraq ......Syria's UN Envoy accuses Saudi Arabia of supplying Chemical weapons used at Ghouta attack - further accusations leveled against Turkey and Qatar , UN slammed as being selective regarding atrocities in Syria !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/al-nusra-leader-killed-syria-753/ Leader of al-Nusra Front killed in Syria – state TV Published time: October 25, 2013 20:43 Edited time: October 25, 2013 21:25 Get short URL [image: Members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front (AFP Photo)] Members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front (AFP Photo) Share on tumblr Leader of the al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliated fighting force in Syria, has been killed, state television reported. According to reports Abu Mohammad al-Golani, has been killed in the Western province of Latakia. Syrian State TV did not provide any further ... more »

Blog outage...

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Apologies for being away, folks, computer and other problems, will be back normally in several days. - CP

Gold and Silver October 23 , 2013 - News , Data for the day and view touching on the precious metals ! Was former IMF Director Dominique Strauss Kahn set up on a sex scandal and hurriedly drummed out of his job due to his demand for a independent audit of the Federal Reserve ( after the Fed refused to deliver 191 tons of gold to the IMF as previously agreed upon ) ? William Engdahl say " Yes " , that is what went down- and by the way , the Fed allegedly has no gold reserves ! Note we keep hearing this absence of gold from different sources .......... Has Germany received any gold back this year from the Fed ? ?

Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
Jesse...... http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/10/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_23.html 23 OCTOBER 2013 Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Don't Fear the Reaper "Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned in the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe, reason, and take precautions, and thus escape the flood. For these few gold has been the asset of last resort." Antony C. Sutton "Like liberty, gold never stays where it is undervalued." J. S. Morrill Gold and silver were being capped most of the day on rather light volumes. The CM... more »

Stephen Harper flip flops ... now says a ‘FEW’ people knew about Nigel Wright’s $90,000 cheque to Mike Duffy .. not just Nigel Wright

leftdog at Buckdog - 7 hours ago
*'Where there was once just Nigel Wright, the prime minister said for the first time Thursday that a “few” people knew of the scheme to pay Sen. Mike Duffy $90,000 for his questionable housing expenses. Stephen Harper made the comment Thursday during question period in the House, immediately drawing jeers from the opposition benches.* ***“Mr. Wright has been clear. The decision to pay Mr. Duffy with his own money was his and his alone. He informed very few people,” Harper said. “Any insinuation, any suggestion that I knew or would have known is incorrect. As soon as I knew, Mr. Sp... more »

Friday Nerd Blogging Extra: Just Some Good Advice

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Watch Game of Thrones or you might be foolish enough to dare a mighty Khal to engage in a slap game.

Miscellany for another weekend

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
*Fatwa Lifted* I suppose the BBC could have named Fergal Kean’s series “Militancy through Time the BBC’s prism”. But they didn’t. They’ve lifted the fatwa on the word ‘terror’. *Terror through Time*. TERRORˈtɛrə/*noun* 1. extreme fear. "people fled in terror" Fergal Keane celebrates sultry failed hijacker Leila Khaled, referring to her as “an icon of terrorism”. ICONˈʌɪkɒn,-k(ə)n/*noun* a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration. *** “Always something there to remind me” *but not in a good way.* When the BBC News channel reported the convic... more »

Elsewhere: Nominations, Tree-Shaking

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Today at PostPartisan, I suggested the possibility that daily briefings are driving the need to have something to say at the daily briefings, rather than the other way around. And that it reminds me of the "shake the trees" business from the end of the Clinton administration. Yesterday, I put in another call for reforming executive branch nominations. And one earlier one: I wrote a pretty optimistic assessment of the ACA website fiasco. That's all for now. Should have the usual Salon column over the weekend and a Monday TAP piece; that seems to be getting to be a fairly regular sch... more »

Is Ted Cruz Really The Political Reincarnation Of Joe McCarthy?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Hopefully you remember Corey Robin and his amazing, penetrating book, The Reactionary Mind. Yesterday he was tweeting about a *NY Times* apologia by Robert "Mr. Republican" Taft's grandson, John G. Taft, The Cry of the True Republican. It starts with an admission: "I am a genetic Republican." And then veers off in an attempt to disassociate his family's heritage-- and identity-- with Ted Cruz and the sociopaths who have captured the once-respectable GOP. Throughout my family’s more than 170-year legacy of public service, Republicans have represented the voice of fiscal conservat... more »

The power of mentorship: a reflection

Stacie Goddard at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
In the Monkey Cage’s recent symposium on gender and political science, David Lake writes how important it is that our scholarly networks become less gendered, how male scholars must make an effort to mentor women in the field. In my view, the importance of mentorship cannot be understated. Without the support of several scholars in Continue reading

Engineering Peace

Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Can third parties do more than foster temporary, unstable ceasefires? Without perpetually holding the belligerents at arms’ length via heavily militarized buffer zones? Is it possible to make peace self-enforcing at a reasonably low cost? Recent work on conflict management suggests not. Less intrusive approaches to mediation, such as information provision, fail to solve the Continue reading

Thoughts for the Brain

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
Russell Brand, in his unstated quest for universal intimacy, has become the main advocate of revolution in English-speaking culture. Anyone who’s likely to read this is also likely to wonder how did we get to this state? The Crisis (of which the SWP crisis is merely one very prominent aspect) has shaken a number of structures, reducing them to rubble. Others have been hollowed into shells. With regards to the second extravagant metaphor one can’t help but note Unite’s witless handling of the Grangemouth dispute. It’s hard to imagine what a union such as Unite would have done; it w... more »

A Farewell to Liberal Conspiracy

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 8 hours ago
And it came to pass that another star that once burned brightly has abruptly winked out. This time it's Liberal Conspiracy. Sunny sets out his reasons here. The blog will remain, however, as a remnant adrift in the cold space that exists between active political blogs. I'm not going to write Sunny an obituary. After all, he's not kicked the bucket. If anything the transition he's made to the mainstream media increases the likelihood of readers bumping into him. But, if we're honest, I've had the sense Liberal Conspiracy had been eased out of its niche. *CiF*, *New Statesman*, *Indy... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Was fix in for Mi'kmaq Warriors at Elsipogtog?'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
Was fix in for Mi’kmaq Warriors at Elsipogtog? Mohawk Nation News MNN. Oct. 25, 2013. Journalist Miles Howe was at the anti-shale protest at Elsipogtog throughout. He stood with the grassroots people and the warriors. His stories were reasonable and factual. Some of those who worked with our enemies genuinely thought they were helping. They did not realize how much damage they could cause

United Way of Central Indiana to Start the Mitch Daniels/Dennis Bakke/Bart Peterson Handouts to the Corporate School Wealthy

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
by Doug Martin While some United Way branches across the Hoosier state are investing in early learning initiatives like Success by Six, the United Way of Central Indiana, now run by former Mitch Daniels, Dennis Bakke, and Bart Peterson operative Ann Murtlow, is planning on handing out cash to charter schools in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion ,and Morgan counties. In a press release to *Inside Indiana Business* and other outlets, United Way of Central Indiana officials write that “Grants for one to three years can range from $50,000 to $750,000” and will target poverty... more »

Why There is a Recession/Depression During Every GOP Regime

Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 8 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentiaist Cowboy* Every major economist has espoused the 'LABOR THEORY of VALUE'. That includes the conservative Adam Smith and the left-leaning Karl Marx. ERGO: a declining "real' wage that should be going to labor TRICKLES (in fact, FLOWS) upward to the ruling. The Axis of Reagan/GOP are wrong. Wealth does not and has never 'trickled down'. "Suppy Side Economics" was and remains a scam, a con sketched out, it is said, on a napkin by Arthur Laffer. Laffer is remembered for his "Laffer curve" said to illustrate the theory that reducing taxes for the very wealt... more »

Excerpt: "Washington served as cheerleader, as did most economists and libertarians, while US corporations, greedy for short-term profits and executive bonuses, offshored US industry and manufacturing, calling it free trade. The obvious and predicted result is that China’s demand for resources needed to fuel its industrial and manufacturing power now dominates markets. This means that the US dollar is being displaced as world currency. The only market that America dominates is the market for financial fraud."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours ago
------------------------------ *As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ October 23, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap* * * Paul Craig Roberts The year 2014 could be shaping up as the year that the chickens come home to roost. Americans, even well-informed ones, don’t know all of the mistakes made by neoconized and corrupted Washington in the past two decades. However, enough is known to see that the US has lost economic a... more »

Alan Grayson Was Right. Is This Really up for Debate?

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 9 hours ago
or, *A Plausible Suggestion That Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is Huffing Styling Gel Fumes* If I had to pick one Democrat to get primaried like a sacrificial lamb in my own version of political equality, I'd pick Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. As Chairwoman of the DNC (Defeat 'n' Capitulation), Schultz represents, to me, everything that is horridly wrong with the eternally and pre-emptively supine Democratic Party. In a statement recently, Schultz had this to sayabout Alan Grayson's inflammatory fund-raising email that hit a bullseye in comparing the Teabaggers to the KKK: “Obviously I... more »

Cats are better than dogs...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*you betcha!* (But, dogs are pretty cool, too)

intervention

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago

THIS IS WHERE I COME FROM, WHAT I CARE ABOUT

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 10 hours ago
Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman (UK) debates Russell Brand (comedian, actor, radio host, and author) about voting, revolution and beards. Well worth a listen. See more by Russell Brand *here *

Bill Whittle: Common Core - The Cookie Cutter Curriculum ...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 10 hours ago
*yet another reason to home school.* Maggie, over at her Notebook, has done *a wonderful job of exposing Common Core standards * (link takes you to all her articles tagged "common core.") that are being rammed into the schools in every state except for a few that have opted out. *From Bill Whittle: * SAT question: education is to the Common Core System as healthcare is to ______________. If you answered Obamacare, you'd be right. The Common Core is a massive power grab to the federal bureaucracy, and just furthers liberals' plans of indoctrination. Join Bill Whittle in this editio... more »

BREAKING: Steve Israel May Actually Let The DCCC Try To Beat A Republican Committee Chairman!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
I've been very excited about how the MoveOn/PPP polls show all those Republican committee chairs who Steve Israel tries to give free reelection passes to are vulnerable because of their support for shutting down the government. Israel only knows how to go up against hapless backbenchers and leaves the evil-doers alone. Opponents to Republican policymakers like Buck McKeon, Paul Ryan, Darrell Issa, Fred Upton, Mike Rogers, etc get no support from the DCCC. In fact, Israel personally calls big donors and tries bullying them into not contributing to candidates running against his Rep... more »

A room of her own

risa bear at A Way to Live - 11 hours ago
We had two sheds put up this year. One is for animal supplies such as waterers and feeders and the like; the other we have insulated and put in interior walls and trim, so it can be used as an office or dormitory. As soon as Kevin and Brenda, our builders, were done with the shell, I began swinging hammers and brushes inside. Mind you, I'm not a good carpenter, but I try to be persistent and also patient with myself, with the goal of producing results we can live with. We went with 1/4" plywood over wallboard, as I'm so-so cutting plywood and hopeless with wallboard. It took f... more »

Catholic Children's Hospital Neglects Haitians

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 11 hours ago
Too bad they ignore their Haitian children...Children's Hospital of Illinois- Peoria, IL - http://t.co/kZMvfxxkIy http://t.co/VyeQ79HM05 — John A. Carroll (@haitianhearts) October 25, 2013

Some sexy videos for fans of the 1980s sitcom 'Allo 'Allo

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
Helga's wedding dress Helga teasing Herr Flick

Cats That Look Like Ted Cruz

Paul Coker at News Spike - 11 hours ago

Sisi’s Neo-Fascism

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago
Back to Egypt: To understand where we're going let's step back to a previous post on Egypt Egypt: Creating a false paradigm to justify death and destructionAnd open with an excerpt from that piece: *"I wasn’t a recent coup supporter*. Certainly *not* because I am a fan of the Muslim Brotherhood. *Nor am I a supporter of religious extremism in any way shape or form. That includes the Islamic, Judaic and Christian forms of extremism. In fact, I don’t support organized religion. Period.* It’s all mind control in my book. * I simply could not support the coup because it looked to me to ... more »

BIW TOUR - WATCHING THE DECLINE OF THE WAR GAME SYSTEM UP CLOSE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
I took the last trolley tour of Bath Iron Works (BIW) for the season yesterday run by the Maine Maritime Museum. Mostly retired people, either on vacation or former BIW workers, filled the trolley for the one-hour ride through the bowels of the shipyard. A man sitting in front of me said to his wife while parked alongside the Zumwalt "stealth" destroyer that it was " a weapon of destruction." It was a pleasant surprise to hear those words. The highlight of the tour was to advertise the "top secret" Zumwalt that was supposed to be blessed by Christ and launched last Saturday. Th... more »

Head of the Lebanese Peace Party Roger Edde: Partition Is the Only Solution for Syria

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
*Wikipedia:* The Lebanese Peace Party was founded 12 July 2006 by Mr. Roger Edde, a businessman from the city of Byblos (Jbeil) in Mount Lebanon, alongside other wealthy businessmen and intellects. The Lebanese Peace party's main headquarters is located in Jbeil and enjoys reasonable support in that region. The party is currently allied to the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb Party and is part of the March 14 Alliance. It has no members in the Lebanese Parliament. Head of the Lebanese Peace Party Roger Edde: Partition Is the Only Solution for Syria. Source: MEMRI TV. Date Pub... more »

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Andre from *Total Fascism* and *The Daily Stormer*. Andre and I will be talking about the Golden Dawn in Greece and recent attacks on him by libertarian shills on YouTube. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *Golden Dawn state funding to be withdraw* - *The Guardian* - *White Nationalism is Ideologically Communistic in Nature & Thus Diametrically Opposed to Euro... more »

Guess what Obama is doing today?

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*if you guessed actually doing something that a president of the country would be expected to do as part of his compensation, you would be wrong.* He's hightailing it out of town. One of his stops is at some high-tech type high school. Maybe they have a fourteen year old available to fix his POS Obamacare website. Check out their website. Seems most the students are black. Isn't that racist? Presidential daily briefing at *10:25 am*? Who the hell starts there day at 10:45?? Schedule H/T to Keith Koffler - and we thank him. *10:45 am ||* Receives the Presidential Daily Brief... more »

Obamacare/ACA Update

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 13 hours ago
Andrew Sprung makes a good point: @JBplainblog has warned: if ACA succeeds, no one will know it's "Obamacare." Thanks to disastrous rollout, all users'll know (by 25th try)! I think that's mostly right. My sense of it has been that the sooner ACA simply becomes the way that people by insurance (on the individual market, which remember is only a slim percentage of all those who buy insurance), the less it becomes "Obamacare" in people's minds, and the more it's just a normal thing, and, for many people, the way things have always been. The more that it calls attention to itself, then... more »

When Does The Universe Compute?

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
Courtesy of Boris Kulikov The Physics arXiv Blog An alternative view of the best new ideas in science. About: http://tinyurl.com/p6ypk56 When Does The Universe Compute? The idea that every physical event is a computation has spread like wildfire through science. That may need to change now that physicists have worked out how to distinguish between systems that compute and those that don’t One of the hot topics in computer science is unconventional computing. This is the exploitation of unusual or exotic systems to perform computations. Examples are numerous. Perhaps the most a... more »

Wild Bill: Let's call them what they are...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
*Communists!* Something I've been doing for several years now.

A Honduras aid program, a crushing crowd, a dead baby

paul at Paying attention - 13 hours ago
Santos Pineda: 'No one is to blame, it's what God wanted' I had a blog post mostly done about the Bonos 10,000 progam, a Honduran government plan that is supposed to give $500 a year to the poorest families. Then I read about Santos Pineda and his wife Aida Fajardo, and their four-day-old baby. The little girl died in a hugely overcrowded room where the family had waited in a disorganized crowd for two hours to get the Bono. She apparently suffocated in her mother’s arms in the crush of people. The baby could have died anywhere, of course. She had spent three days in the hospital in a... more »

Provocation and Air of Reality

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
*R. v. Cairney*, 2013 SCC 55: C shot and killed his long‑time friend F. At the time, C was living with F and R, who was C's cousin and F's common law spouse. F had a history of physically abusing R. On the day in question, F was drinking, became angry with R and started to verbally abuse her. C overheard F tell R that if her back had not been sore, he would have thrown her across the kitchen. At F's request, C left the room. He retrieved a loaded shotgun. Disturbed by the argument that he was overhearing, C sat in another room, contemplating what to do. He decided to scare F ... more »

The Suits/Geeks Divide

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 14 hours ago
Arnold Kling diagnoses what went wrong with the new healthcare exchange website.

Mike Duffy: Story becomes more misty

LeDaro at LeDaro - 14 hours ago
Harper has changed his tune. Now his position on the Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy money exchange story has changed. If you remember Harper initially said that "nobody" knew about the exchange other than Wright and Duffy. Now he says 'very few people" knew about it. *Harper changed his tune Thursday, saying Wright "informed very few people" — all of them known to be key Harper confidantes. "Mr. Speaker, I refer the prime minister to Hansard of June 5," said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in question period on Thursday. "There was no 'very few' in there. It was 'nobody."' * Read more here.... more »

Grand Bargain Bait & Switch

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 14 hours ago
When is a Grand Bargain not a Grand Bargain? When the movers and shakers of the Beltway realize that "Grand Bargain" is now one of the most loathed phrases in America. When the bipartishits realize that the whole country is on to their collusion to defy the wishes of 80% of the American public by "reforming" the great social insurance programs of the 20th century. When they resort to weasel words and to Grand Bargain Denialism to throw the AARP and various progressive groups off the scent. The liberal blogosphere was orgasming today over the news that Majority Leader Harry Reid ha... more »

Authors Need eReward

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 14 hours ago
We read that the EU is now considering harmonising VAT on ebooks across the community and that the likely solution is that they will become zero rated. This would also negate the need for tax to be levied at point of consumption in 2015 and remove one aspect of the Luxembourg magnet for digital distributors and retailers. We also are all aware that a further ratchet twist of UK ebook pricing is taking place between Sainsbury’s and Amazon, with front list ebook titles dropping to 99p. We also read about the emergence of ebook subscription models and services which would generate ne... more »

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 15 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Nancy Cartwright, 56. With some good stuff: 1. John Ahlquist and Margaret Levi, "The decline of union membership and what it means for politics." 2. Andrew Sprung on Tafts, McCarthys, and Cruzes. The current Taft's claim of "adult" status for Republicans is pretty iffy over the 20th century period he's talking about -- and I wouldn't have suggested it for someone writing about the party of (to put it more crudely in this context than I would in others) the part of Anglo men. 3. I found this Philip Bump post on tech and ACA helpful. 4. Rick Hasen on Posner and vot... more »

NSA listens to World Leaders

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 15 hours ago
Duh, looks like the world will be adopting the communications protocols of Al Queda. Go long on carrier pigeon or if you like GOT crows. Why spy on friendlies? Knowledge is power, knowing about an affair or other indiscretion, priceless leverage. Everyone is wondering just how deep is this well? For example is Stephen Harper being briefed on Justin Trudeau's communications. Or more probable due to Harper's bellicose towards Obama, is Trudeau being briefed on Harper's?

Rand Paul Introduces Constitutional Amendment To Rein In Government Officials

Rand Paul Introduces Constitutional Amendment To Rein In Government Officials

Asheville City Council Unanimously Passes A Civil Liberties Resolution-- How Did That Happen?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Last cycle we saw the DCCC rush into westernmost reaches of North Carolina, the Catawba Valley and everything from Lenoir and Morgantown to the Tennessee border and back to Arden and Hendersonville, bust carefully skirting Asheville-- NC-11. "Ex-Blue Dog Steve Israel was petrified the progressive champion of the region, City Councilman Cecil Bothwell-- who had driven reactionary Blue Dog Heath Shuler out of the race-- would become the Democratic nominee. So the DCCC backed an even worse Blue Dog than Shuler, Hayden Rogers, and got him through the primary with cash and lies. In No... more »

Selective War on Reporters - depends on whether the reporting is critical analysis or officially sanctioned leaks , spoon fed pablum / talking points or propaganda ....... Europe leaders attempts to act surprised that NSA spies on their citizens - that will continue until Snowden documents reveal the extent of cooperation by intel agencies in same nations with NSA !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/exclusive-feds-confiscate-investigative-reporters-confidential-files-during-raid/ Politics Exclusive: Feds confiscate investigative reporter’s confidential files during raid A veteran Washington D.C. investigative journalist says the Department of Homeland Security confiscated a stack of her confidential files during a raid of her home in August — leading her to fear that a number of her sources inside the federal government have now been exposed. In an interview with The Daily Caller, journalist Audrey Hudson revealed that the Department of Homela... more »

'Til Death

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Yesterday, in the Postmedia papers, Andrew Coyne wondered why Stephen Harper would risk so much over Mike Duffy's expenses. He ended his column by paraphrasing Thomas More in *A Man for All Seasons:* "it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world . . . but for Duffy?" On the same day, in *The National Post*, Tasha Kheiriddin answered Coyne's question: The only real option for Prime Minister Stephen Harper is to fight to the death — to shred Mr. Duffy’s credibility, and with it, his story. The Tories are masters of the attack ad and the research that goes with it, ... more »

PREVIEW! Of The Documentary, Legalize Democracy: On Youtube Until October 27th

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
*Published on Oct 17, 2013* SNEAK PREVIEW! This video will only be online until October 27. DVDs are in production. Order your copy here: http://move-to-amend.myshopify.com/pr.... Legalize Democracy is a 30 minute documentary about Move to Amend. Fast-paced and action-oriented, this DVD is a great tool for folks looking to get involved in Move to Amend or help spread the word. Produced by Move to Amend, Directed by Dennis Trainor, Jr., financed by grassroots donations. Cost for the DVD is sliding scale -- you determine what you can pay ($10-25) -- additional funds will be used... more »

Don't Forget About Religious Discrimination When Throwing Your Office Halloween Party

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
Personally, I love Halloween. Adore it. I have zombies in my courtyard to scare the kiddies, and a graveyard in front of the house with various and sundry body parts poking out. Yes, Halloween is great fun for those who celebrate it. However, there are some religions that ban celebrating Halloween altogether, and some people who have sincerely held beliefs against it. Halloween is now a pretty secular holiday, but its origins are in the Catholic religion. The Catholic holiday, All Hallow's Eve, is the night before All Saint's Day. I'm not an expert, but I believe the idea was that s... more »

Fukushima Updates for October 22 , 2013 - dissecting not just the day to day miscues and miscalculations of Tepco and the Government of Japan , but also the bigger picture issues brought into play for everyone !

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://enenews.com/japan-journalist-melted-nuclear-fuel-sank-into-the-ground-under-fukushima-reactors-the-irradiated-groundwater-flows-into-ocean-through-sea-bottom-springs-its-too-late-to-do-anything-about-t ( Hirose's letter is a must read ... ) Japan Journalist: Melted nuclear fuel sank into the ground under Fukushima reactors — Irradiated groundwater is flowing into ocean through sea-bottom springs, it’s too late to do anything about this (PHOTO) Kyunghyang Shinmun (*Major daily newspaper in South Korea -Source*), Oct. 21, 2013: Japan‘s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, promoting T... more »

Solar Update: ...Cha Cha Chaaaa!!!

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 16 hours ago
So this time I was right and wrong! Last night we had an M Class 2.9 flare and a few hours ago we had and X Class 1.7 flare with a very bright CME (Coronal Mass Ejection). .... which I called yesterday. The shocker is that BOTH flares came from a very unassuming 1882 (previously numbered 1862) that is just barely peeking around the western limb of our sun! ... I didn't even see that one coming, lol! On top of the firey dance of the sun, the first of 4 CME's has impacted earth, with 3 more coming over the next 24 hours (two later today, one tomorrow). So don't throw out your GPS... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*The GOAT speaks: Knockin’ on heaven’s door ~Girod Street End Zone* *Trial of former C-Ray'Ray Nagin delayed until Jan. 27 ~WDSU* *'Glam Scammer' arrested in N.O. ~Clair Galofaro and Chad Calder* *Survival Guide: How to Stay Alive at Voodoo ~Fuse*

Friday Nerd Blogging: Indiana Jones and the Plot Hole of Power

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 16 hours ago
Two CBS sitcoms have references Indiana Jones in the past couple of weeks: How I Met Your Mother invoked Last Crusade as Barney imagined that Ted and he entered the room where the grail and the fake grails were stored at the end of Last Crusade. The ghostly knight kept playing a role, telling Ted Continue reading

Overnight news , data and views on Asia and Europe markets - October 25 , 2013 .....While Japan sees food and energy prices rising ( but non food and energy and wages stagnant if not declining ) and China continues to see liquidity become more precious and SHIBOR rises continue another day , stocks in Asia are naturally lower on the whole.... Meanwhile europe and the US remain in La La land where data is secondary to the hopes of infinite QE and Central Bank puts.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-25/japan-drowns-food-energy-inflation-chinas-liquidity-tinkering-continues-does-shibor- Japan Drowns In Food, Energy Inflation; China's Liquidity Tinkering Continues As Does SHIBOR Blow Out [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/25/2013 06:03 -0400 - CDS - China - Consumer Prices - Core CPI - CPI - Japan - Monetary Base - Monetization - Nikkei - Reality - Reuters - SocGen - Yen inShare Nearly one year into the Japan's grandest ever monetization experiment, the... more »

A Rally Against Mass Surveillance on Saturday, October 26th in Washington DC

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 16 hours ago
About the rally The NSA is spying on everyone's personal communications. It’s operating without any meaningful oversight. On October 26th, the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA Patriot Act, *we're holding the largest rally yet* against NSA surveillance. *We’ll be handing more than a half-million petitions to Congress* to remind them that they work for us — and we won’t tolerate mass surveillance any longer. A stellar group of whistleblowers, activists, researchers and others from both sides of the political spectrum will be speaking at this historic event. The list inclu... more »

Two for the Reference Library

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 16 hours ago
Good practice guidelines for the assessment and treatment of adults with gender dysphoria 2013-1-25 Royal College of Psychiatrists (PDF) The following organisations have endorsed the report: - British Association of Urological Surgeons - British Psychological Society - Gender Identity Research and Education Society - Gender Trust - Press for Change - Royal College of General Practitioners - Royal College of Nursing - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health* - Royal College of Physicians - Royal C... more »

Saudis flex their oil muscles

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 16 hours ago
Remember Bandar Bush. That jovial solid gold Rolex giving best friend of America. Well he is now royally pissed at the Obama administration. It has long been obvious that the Saudis and Israelis are best buds. For some strange reason Canada seems to be the only other country still hooked to these pair of strange bedfellows foreign policy. There is a lot of speculation that the saran gas attack in Syria was a false flag engineered by someones secret police. Will we ever know the truth, based upon the results of the inquiry into the Kennedy assassination its doubtful. The fact is t... more »

The iPhone has a serious problem

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 17 hours ago
Jerry Seinfeld's right,you can't slam an iPhone down, well not more than once!

Close Up

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago

Your Life Depends on Literally Taking Your Money Out of the Bank

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 17 hours ago
Dave Hodges October 24, 2013 The Common Sense ShowYour life depends on whether you begin to take your assets out the bank and begin to purchase life sustaining supplies.You need to start this process, today, in accordance with the principles I laid out in a previous article. The Death of the American Economy There was an obscure story which ran two years ago which is receiving scant attention and yet, it is the banking story of the decade. It is the number one banking story in human history. It is the story which will destroy America’s banking accounts. It is the story that spells ... more »

We're off on a mission of national import!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 17 hours ago
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013* *No posts today:* We're off on a mission of national import. We won't encounter Michael Hayden; we don't do the Acela. We won't be posting today, though we have a few topics backed up: What's *wrong* with making the ugliest possible denunications of tens of millions of people? Who has been making these denunciations? How well *does* Minnesota teach math, as compared to the other states? Also, in what way does Amanda Ripley's new book ignore low-income kids? For those who are fascinated by the new Salon, we recommend the latest Joan Walsh-inspired flap. I... more »

The most incredible piece of CCTV video ever

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
A dog, a lift, a long lead and a man with 30 eggs... what could possibly go wrong? LiveLeak.com - Dog escapes near death in an elevator How did 10 eggs survive that? I couldn't embed that LiveLeak video (does anyone know how to do that now) but here's a brave dog rescue in similar circumstances from Russia.

Raju, Papadodimas isolate the reasons why there aren't firewalls

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
*Wonderful new papers refine the black hole complementarity and show that the black hole interior operators are included in the CFT and other descriptions of the bulk while locality holds more exactly than previously thought* Kyriakos Papadodimas and Suvrat Raju, two careful and bright researchers with a refined Harvard pedigree, wrote their first paper about the black hole information puzzle in November 2012. Yesterday, they released two new papers that make the incorporation of the infalling observer's observations into a description of quantum gravity – especially the AdS/CFT... more »

Columbia U. Conference on Investment Incentives

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 19 hours ago
On November 13 and 14, the 8th Annual Columbia International Investment Conference will be held in New York City. Sponsored by the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, the conference is titled: "Investment Incentives -- the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Assessing the Costs, Benefits, and the Options for Policy Reform." The meetings will focus primarily on location subsidies for foreign investment, and primarily in developing countries. But there will also be plenty of coverage of North America and the European Union, as well as discussion of global institutio... more »

Not A Glitch (A Big Feature) This Town Has Sold Out, Nation Brought To the Verge of Ruin, Pensions Stolen (The Ultimate Green Party?)

(Please consider making a contribution to Welcome to Pottersville2 or sending a link to your friends if you think the subjects discussed here are worth publicizing. Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it. Anything you can do will make a huge difference in this blog's ability to operate.) As my long-time readers will attest, nothing that I'm commenting on now is new. I've been

Australia's Climate Follies: A New Cast, But the Show Goes On

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 20 hours ago
Over at The Interpreter, the excellent blog of the Lowy Institute, I have an analysis up which updates my 2011 paper on Australia's climate policies. Here is an excerpt: The mathematics of Australia’s emissions are not terribly complicated. To achieve a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 5% from 2000 levels would require a rate of decarbonisation of the Australian economy (measured as a reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per A$1000 of GDP) of greater than 5% per year from 2013 to 2020. This is consistent with my earlier analysis which looked at data through ... more »

he answered them back - no wonder they beat him up.

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Live Leak report the case of an American visitor to London who dared to answer a group of Asian men back and was beaten to a pulp for his insolence. An American student has been scarred for life after being subjected to a violent gang attack on only his third day in London. CCTV cameras caught Francesco Hounye, a 22-year-old from Florida, being set upon by a gang of five Asian men on Commercial Road at just after midnight on Monday 17th June. The group smashed a bottle into his face and then chased after him to continue their assault, repeatedly kicking and punching him - and po... more »

DUALITY

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
*Concentration camp victims. David C* * **Alexander Solzhenitsyn* said: "If only there were evil people somewhere, insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. "But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. "And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" *Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung* said: "Natural history tells us of a haphazard and casual transformation of species over hundreds of millions of years of devouring and being devoured." Hawks eat doves and humans... more »

United Nations: Disarmament Commission Civilian Weapon Confiscation Study Group

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 21 hours ago
This was posted at: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=290342 Click on image to Enlarge Nations Unies United Nations UNODA United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs A/CN.11/L.72 Distr.: Restricted 5 August 2013 Original: English Disarmament Commission – Civilian Weapon Confiscation Study Group New York, 29-31 July 2013 The issue of military grade weaponry in the hands of civilians looms ever larger in the face of the global implementation of 22/Agenda 21 by member nations. In particular, the United ... more »

Russell Brand railing against Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight!

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 21 hours ago
this is brilliant, Paxman vs Brand on Newsnight -- watch and learn, humans. *"PROFIT is a filthy word,"* methinks Brand needs to start spreading the Free Planet message - he's so close to just SAYING IT three times. "Free Planet, Free Planet, Free Planet."

Shutdown Postmortem: Republicans Seem Determined To Again Be A Long-Term Minority Party

Manifesto Joe at Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues - 22 hours ago
By Manifesto Joe I'm not going to predict the demise of the Republican Party, although a number of other bloggers have been daring enough to venture such predictions. I don't think that's good historical perspective. Such people underestimate the lure of reactionary politics, and the irrationality of humans. They also underestimate the vast talent of prehistoric vermin, like cockroaches, to reinvent themselves and survive. To wit: If you had told me in 1978, when it seemed like half the damned country was smoking pot, that possession of even small amounts thereof would still be a f... more »

Realist News - Edward Snowden and the 1/3 of a trillion dollar cost of government shutdown

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 22 hours ago
*"IT IS OUR DUTY TO RESET THE BOARD GAME,"* what Realist News doesn't realise is we 'shouldn't reset the game to a Profit-based game'. How does this tie in with this morning's Edward Snowden revelations that US accused of listening in on phone calls of 35 world leaders. The cynic in me is asking, "Was Edward Snowden paid by 'someone' to go about revealing shit the way he has?" Or did he really do it all off his own back? Well, either way, the genie's out of the bottle and you gotta start wondering what'll happen to *The American Way* once EVERYONE pulls out of funding their globa... more »

DEMMINK; THOMAS HAMILTON

Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago
*Joris Demmink en de jonge Mustafa - BOUblog - **Translate this page* * *Savile isn't the only obnoxious paedophile being covered up by the system. *Thomas Hamilton.** *

2013 Louisiana School Letter Grades: Recovery School District Gains Nothing

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
On October 23, 2013, John White released the long-awaited, capriciously calculated 2013 Louisiana school performance scores (SPS) and letter grades. In this “official” LDOE graphic, he attempts to sell the public on the “new,” “simpler” SPS/ letter grade formula and “easy to understand scale”, all the while maintaining that this latest attempt to label Louisiana education is “aligned […]

MORE ‘IRAN COULD HAVE BOMB IN A MONTH’ GARBAGE FROM SO-CALLED EXPERT DAVID ALBRIGHT

Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) today quoted US so-called nuclear expert David Albright as having stated that Iran could have a nuclear bomb ready ‘within a month’. This is the same David Albright who I have written about before detailing his fearmongering nonsense after having made similar claims for years. I won’t bother repeating it. You can find it here.

faludi: corporatist pseudo-feminism vs radical change for women and all working people

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
I would like to draw your attention to an excellent article by Susan Faludi in *The Baffler*: Facebook Feminism: Like It or Not. Faludi contrasts the corporatist, individualistic, me-first, privileged, self-centered, pseudo-feminism of "Lean In" with the collective, cross-class activism of some of the original feminists: the "Mill Girls" of Lowell, Massachusetts, who fought for human rights and labour rights for * all* women. Describing the links between feminism, class struggle, the labour movement, and even the abolitionist movement, Faludi demonstrates how all oppression is inter... more »

Judge In San Antonio Gives The Speech Maine Senator Susan Collins Should Have Given

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The *Dallas Morning News* reported on a Republican judge, Carlo Key, getting so fed up with Republican extremism that he switched parties. Bexar County Judge Carlo Key blamed the tea party for huge expenses to taxpayers and hardship to millions of Americans from the recent government shutdown. “I cannot tolerate a political party in which hate speech elevates a candidate to higher office rather than disqualifying them,” Key said in a video statement posted on YouTube. “I cannot be a member of party that is proud to destroy the financial lives of hundreds of thousands of federal ... more »

Guest Post - Eco-friendly Tips for Travelling Across Europe

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Its culture, art and history makes Europe a fantastic region to travel through. Not only does it attract tourists from the US and Canada, but Europeans themselves will often travel through the region exploring the many different traditions and cultures it has to offer. The fact that there are so many countries with such different traditions and characters compacted into a small region makes this an exciting and interesting part of the world to discover. [image: Eco-friendly Tips for Travelling across Europe.] Another great thing about travelling through Europe is that it is one of ... more »

Updates On War In Syria: Turkey's Unabashed Support For Al-Qaeda Continues, KSA's Syria Policy In Shatters

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Don't get too cozy. * An excerpt from, *"Syrian Kurdish Leader Discusses Son's Killing by Jihadists"* by Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor, October 21: *Taraf: * In our previous conversation, you suggested that Turkey’s policy might change after militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seized the town of Azaz and the border crossing opposite [the Turkish town of] Kilis. The Turkish military said several days ago they had opened fire on ISIS positions. Do you believe that Turkey’s support for those groups could be continuing, given these circumstances? *Muslim:* I thi... more »

THIS Is A Must See By EVERYONE: PSYCHO Jew Says The US Should Fire A Nuke At Iran And NOT Negotiate (!)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
With the war on Syria on hold (for now at least) the psychos in Israel and their tribal members in the United States have gone back to slamming Iran, and its non-existent nuclear weapons program. It has been amazing how much the sick Jewish media over the last while has racketed up the rhetoric about the need to destroy that innocent and peaceful nation. But today, I viewed a Youtube video that truly does take the cake....This video is entitled: "Sheldon Adelson Calls On Obama To Fire A Nuclear Weapon At Iran, Not Negotiate", and as the title states, this very psychotic and sick ... more »

Sixth-Grader Peyton Robertson Wins $25,000 for His Innovative Sandbag Design

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
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