10:47pm MDST
Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, “Blue World”
The Moody Blues, “Blue World”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBK3fXWnH50
Behind Boehner's Decision To Shut Down The Government: A Self-Pitying Personal Life
Will Boehner's son-in-law introduce him to Peter Tosh's music?
It's not a secret around Washington that Speaker John Boehner is an
unstable alcoholic. Anyone who's ever gotten within a couple of feet of him
has smelled the booze. Dozens of Members who have been sworn in by him have
told me he was somewhere between drunk and staggering drunk when he asked
them to put a hand on the Bible and take the oath of office. And reports
are rampant that his drinking went completely out of control this year.
Boehner got his wife Debbie got married 40 years ago. A vain and pompous
little man, he... more »
Retired police officer ( note retirement was thirteen years ago ) Thomas Piccard ( Picard ) opens fire at a West Virginia Federal Court House and a YMCA today for no apparent reason.....
http://www.centredaily.com/2013/10/09/3830346/marshals-gunman-fires-at-us-courthouse.html
WHEELING, W.VA. — A retired police officer armed with an assault weapon and
a handgun fired up to two dozen shots at a U.S. courthouse in West Virginia
on Wednesday before police returned fire and killed him, authorities said.
Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified the gunman as Thomas J.
Piccard, 55, of Bridgeport, Ohio. He was a retired Wheeling police officer.
Schwertfeger did not say whether Piccard used both weapons during the
assault on the Wheeling Federal Building or speculat... more »
Government shutdown - Day 6 October 6 , 2013 - Speaker Boehner rallies the GOP House to stand firm while adding there aren't the votes to pass a clean continuing spending resolution in the House ... Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says Dems and President Obama open to a reasonable discussion and that the President is willing to negotiate in good faith - regarding the debt ceiling , Jack Lew rules out the 14th amendment route to break a deadlock in Congress on raising the debt ceiling . Discharge Petition even if successful not likely to be heard before October 28 , 2013 . Round up of news and views as the second week of the Government shutdown begins !
Catharsis Ours - 55 minutes ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/can-the-treasury-prioritize-payments-if-the-debt-ceiling-is-breached-2013-10
Theoretically, breaching the debt limit doesn't mean the U.S. needs to
default on its debt.
Those who are sympathetic to debt ceiling brinksmanship rightly point out
that the U.S. has way more tax revenue coming in each day* than it has to
pay each day in interest payments, and so therefore the U.S. does have the
financial means to be good on its debt obligations without incurring more
debt.
The argument is that after the debt limit is hit the Treasury can
"prioritize" paymen... more »
Musical Interlude: Justin Hayward, “I Heard It”
Justin Hayward, “I Heard It”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ONxsCbDqE&list=PLF6BBBB6ABA85A3EC
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Almost every object in the below photograph is a galaxy. The Coma Cluster
of Galaxies pictured above is one of the densest clusters known - it
contains thousands of galaxies. Each of these galaxies houses billions of
stars - just as our own Milky Way Galaxy does. Although nearby when
compared to most other clusters, light from the Coma Cluster still takes
hundreds of millions of years to reach us.
*Click image for larger size.*
In fact, the Coma Cluster is so big it takes light millions of years just
to go from one side to the other! Most galaxies in Coma and other clusters
are ... more »
"Do You Remember?"
"Do you remember still the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leaped across the hurdles
of our wishes- do you recall?
And we did make so many!
For there were countless numbers of stars:
each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Chet Raymo, “Spiders In the Mist”
* *
*“Spiders In the Mist”*
by Chet Raymo
“We had a stretch of unusually warm weather recently. This generally meant
foggy mornings as I walked to college at dawn. And foggy mornings meant
spider webs were relieved of their invisibility by beads of dew. "What
refinement of art for a mess of Flies! Nowhere, in the whole animal
kingdom, has the need to eat inspired a more cunning industry," wrote Jean
Henri Fabre in The Life of the Spider. He should know. He spent a good part
of his life attending to spiders. Fabre made himself the Homer of insects
and arachnids, observing their ha... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Pensacola, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Assad Clarifies Reality For German Propaganda Rag Der Spiegel
Below is an excerpt from a recent interview that the German propaganda rag
Der Spiegel conducted with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (*Source:
Syrian Arab News Agency*. October 7, 2013).
Der Spiegel: The legitimacy of a president does not rest on slogans and
promises, but on actions. As a result of the gas attack against your
people, you forfeited every right to be in your position.
President Assad: We did not use chemical weapons; this is not true. And the
picture you are drawing of me is not true. The United States, the entire
western world, the richest countries in the Ar... more »
Gold news - October 9 , 2013 - Big news of the day is the relentless importation of gold by China . Data for August reveals 300 tons of gold imported into Hong Kong with another 110 tons into the Chinese mainland ! Even more interesting , note US and Switzerland were the two largest exporters of gold to Hong Kong . If China and India imports represent 90 percent of world production and with other central banks also buying gold , is there any surprise we have seen World Bank data reflecting the incredible shrinkage of western physical gold - but where is the gold coming from to meet that demand from non Chinese and Indian Central Banks ?
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/china-imports-110-tonnes-of-gold-through-hong-kong-in-august
****
The big news yesterday were the August gold import numbers for China. Here
are the updated charts courtesy of Nick Laird over at *sharelynx.com*. The
first one shows the monthly import data, and the second one is the yearly
import data, with the bar for 2013 representing year-to-date imports.
If they keep up this pace, China will import around 1,200 tonnes of gold
through Hong Kong in 2013, which represents about half of all the gold that
will be mined this year. And those ... more »
Stating the obvious
Is there really anyone who didn't know this? Anonymous senior GOP source
admits they need Democratic help to escape their own snares in the shutdown
insanity. Not at all clear they understand yet how little leverage they
have but this is a start.
This source believes that at the end of the day, enough people in the GOP
caucus could be OK with this because the economic implication of breaching
the debt limit "scares people." This source also acknowledged that under
this scenario, House GOP leaders may have to agree to pass a debt ceiling
bill without all Republicans on board, and wi... more »
A Matter Of Record
From the Congressional Record, 3/16/2006...
Apparently he was against it before he was for it.
"Far Too Easily..."
"Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak.
We are far too easily pleased."
- C.S. Lewis
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important Video -Nicole Sandler Speaks With Dr. Helen Caldicott
After I posted my last article that had Arnie Gundersen from Fairewinds
narrate a very good video that shows exactly what the TRUE situation is at
Fukushima Japan, I went and checked what a few of my friends and fellow
bloggers have been up to.... Believe it or not, but my friend Noor, who
writes the excellent blog: Snippits And Snappits, at
www.snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.ca had just posted a great article about
Fukushima herself!
For this article, I want to bring forward first the video that Noor had
posted at Snippits.... It is entitled: "Nicole Sandler Speaks With Dr.
Hele... more »
Dana Milbank says, "The Supreme Court is poised to legalize corruption"
*Is Justice Nino's great legal mind preparing
to further roll back campaign spending limits?*
*"It is what it is."*
-- *Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, pressed about
the Court's previous mangling of campaign finance law*
*by Ken*
Is it any wonder that some people herald Justice Nino's as one of the great
legal minds of our time? (They must be very stupid people, you say? But of
course!)
So meanwhile, while we're all wrapped up in the Shutdown Follies, back at
the Supreme Court . . . .
There's a certain irony in the Supreme Court remaining open while much of
the federal gove... more »
The Spanish Inquisition by Joseph Perez
*The Spanish Inquisition [*Joseph Perez, Yale University Press, 2005,
ISBN 0-10790-0 ; Translated from the French]
I found this brief history and analysis of the Spanish Inquisition to
be a real eye opener. The institution is followed from its inception in
1479 to its final abolition in 1834. The book is structured into two parts
the history per se and the setting of the 'Holy Office' in the political,
economic and social life of Spain.
It should be noted that the Spanish Inquisition, in contrast to the
Inquisition elsewhere in Europe, was more a creation of the state as... more »
Color requires light and dark
*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe*
I read some of Goethe's work on colors, its a remarkable study on the
nature of light that artists can appreciate. Quite different from the
approach of physics. -Bill
Light Darkness and Colors: A fascinating Journey Through the Universe
of
Colors
Alexandra Bruce
October 6, 2013
Reposted from:
http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/art/light-darkness-and-colors-a-fascinating-journey-through-the-universe-of-colors.html
This
film is unquestionably unusual: it's about how the renowned German
philosopher/poet, Goethe actually spent most of his... more »
International Institutions Mobilize Opponents Too
Members of international institutions typically honor their commitments.
But that does not, by itself, tell us much. States are unlikely to join
institutions that require them to do things they have no intention of
doing. Indeed, some argue that institutions merely act to screen out those
least likely to comply. Others, however, have argued that
Continue reading
The State Blogging's In
Long time readers know I'm a stickler for anniversaries. As it happens,
Monday just gone saw the passing of another - a full year since I returned
to blogging. Hasn't time flown? Surely only five minutes have elapsed since
I threw down some thoughts about Stephanie Flanders take on Marx? Nope, the
Earth had indeed made a single revolution around the sun. In the interval
between then and now this blog has attracted just shy of half a million
page views, and audience figures are around the point regular service ceasedin February 2011. I've also had the
odd piece go viral, and overall ... more »
As to prepping
As to prepping: when it really hits the fan, there will be rationing, first
in one place and then another. As that comes your way, you'll encounter
increasing propaganda as to how prepping is really hoarding.
You know what hoarding is; it's irrational storage of stuff you're obsessed
with, to the point of your being unable to function well -- you can't get
to the bathroom because your heap of Pez bottles is in the way.
There's nothing irrational about, say, food preservation: canning, drying,
freezing and fermenting your produce. Or buying farm produce cheap at the
height of the ... more »
Kyle Bass discusses US bonds and the " No Way Out " scenario if US Treasuries default ! World Bank whistleblower Karen Hudes gives startling interview - states dollar worthless and will soon crash !
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-09/general-collateral-turmoil-bill-battering-finally-slams-repo
General Collateral Friendo'd As Bill Battering Finally Slams Repo
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/09/2013 09:48 -0400
- Debt Ceiling
- Friendo
- Repo Market
inShare4
As we first pointed out, yesterday's stunning, near-failure in the 4-Week
Bill auction, was the straw that broke the illusion of the market
stability's back and as even Goldman pointed out, led to the first true
"fear-driven" drop in stocks. Today, things are getting from... more »
Holy hell, that joke Doctor Steve Perry unloads and unhinged on Twitter. Say hey, @drsteveperry
Can you believe this guy? Does he not know the internet is forever? Tagged:
edreform, Ravitch, steve perry
Operation Streamline: Expedited Indian Removal
On the left side of the courtroom, 60 to 70 short, dark-brown men and a few
women are seated, handcuffed and shackled from the wrists, waist and
ankles. All are silent. They take up about 20 rows, including the two
corresponding to the jury box. The scene is surreal. Their chains, their
color and height are very pronounced - yet in this courtroom, are hardly
noticed by the lawyers and other court officials, including the judge.
This kangaroo court called Operation Streamline is America's modern version
of Expedited Indian Removal; chase, capture, pseudo-judicial proceeding,
incar... more »
Who Are the Conservative Advocacy Groups (and Individuals) Behind the Shutdown? The United States Feared No More (Because We Look Like Dumb Asses?)
It's not a mystery as to whom the inhabitants of This Town are. Here are a
few who benefit from the price the shutdown has imposed on the rest of US:
Meet One of the Conservative Advocacy Groups Behind the GOP's Government
Shutdown Strategy Chris Moody, Yahoo! News The activists at Heritage
Action, one of the conservative groups that successfully persuaded enough
Republicans to refuse to
US finally decides Egypt had a coup , cuts Egypt's military aid .... Iran previews its offer to P5 + 1 on its nuclear program - how does the P5+! respond , will the US be isolated if it takes a contrary stance this time , how long before sanctions come off the table ? Anyone recall Syria , the War going on , the threat of chemical weapons ?
Egypt - more foreign policy confusion.....
Hours After Denial, US Cuts Egypt Military AidWill Withhold Heavy Weapons,
Cash Pending Election 'Progress'
by Jason Ditz, October 09, 2013
Print This | Share This
A 24-hour span has seen reports, counterreports, denials, and
counterdenials, but the Obama Administration has finally confirmed what was
reported in the first place, that the US is going to significantly cut
military aid to Egypt’s junta.
Just hours after State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf issued a public
denial of the reports that this was coming, State Department spokeswo... more »
The Rockerfellers Can't Read
Jules Abel, in his 1965 book about the Rockefellers, wrote:
"The influence of the Lincoln School, which, as a progressive school,
encouraged students to explore their own interests and taught them to live
in society has been a dominant one in their lives....Yet Lawrence gives
startling confirmation as to *"Why Johnnie Can't Read." *He says that the
Lincoln School did not teach him to read and write as he wishes he now
could. Nelson, today, admits that reading for him is a *"slow and tortuous
process"* that he does not enjoy doing but compels himself to do it. This
is significant... more »
"Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy"
* *
*"Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy"*
By Kathleen Geier
"Psychologist Daniel Goleman has written a fascinating piece** for today’s
New York Times about social status and empathy. It seems that the richer
and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have
for people who are lower in status: "A growing body of recent research
shows that people with the most social power pay scant attention to those
with little such power. This tuning out has been observed, for instance,
with strangers in a mere five-minute get-acquainted session, where the more... more »
Heavenletter #4702 Living and Loving in Oneness, October 9, 2013
*
* *
* *Heavenletter #4702 Living and Loving in Oneness, October 9, 2013*
God said:
Lift up your eyes to Mine. Even if you can’t literally see My eyes, I will
be looking into the depth of your eyes. We will look into the depths. We
will immerse in the Vastness, and you will know that it is not clear to you
which One of Us is Which. Just as Our hearts meld, so do Our eyes. We are
One, beloveds, whichever way you slice it. We are One. Oneness is, and We
are One, and We are Each Other as One. One it is. One is enough. One is
plenty. What more can We desire but to live in Oneness?
... more »
#Shutdown: Who slapped who?
*“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”*
- response attributed to Benjamin Franklin, at the close of the
Constitutional Convention of 1787
It’s fair to say that few commentators on the shutdown appear to know
anything at all about the American constitutional structure—and in that
number I include the President himself, who seems entirely unaware that the
division of powers entrenched by James Madison, John Adams and colleagues
was not intended to establish an activist all-powerful presidency, a a
virtual monarch presiding ov... more »
Manufacture of consent vs the wisdom of the crowd
Richard Seymour has an article on CiF riffing on a recent BBC poll. The
trouble with polls is that quite often the people polled are wrong. This
flies in the face of the Wisdom of the Crowd. The dregs of the Guardian
comment sections have roused themselves to condemn the article. It is true
that demagogues extol the virtues of the people until the people turn
against them. The thing is, in this case, Richard is the rationalist, the
commenters are the demagogues.
The wisdom of the crowd relies on the averaged computing efforts of an
average sample of people proving more accurate tha... more »
This is how it’s done, that professional development stuff.
I see how it is. So, teachers are offered the choice to join a pilot for
the Kindergarten GOLD assessments. In exchange, you get an iPad mini,
yours to keep. And a “day off” for training. Nicely done, consultants.
Nicely done. Tagged: gold assessments, professional development, reading
If you are this person, then you have no business in education. Quit now. Leave. Good-bye.
Here’s the model citizen in question. Are you a homophobe, or just so
blatantly stupid that it hurts? Quit. Tagged: education, gawker, homophobe,
teacher
Janet Yellen
This Means *Jobs.*
"Yellen is considered by many on Wall Street to be a "dove" (more concerned
with unemployment than with inflation) and as such to be less likely to
advocate Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, as compared, for example, to William
Poole (former St. Louis Fed president) a "hawk" (see definitions under
Inflation)."
Eldon Taylor: How what you do, affects the human heart
*
*
*
*
*Eldon Taylor: How what you do, affects the human heart*
Posted by American Kabuki
October 9, 2013
I was driving late last night and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory was
on the radio. George was interviewing Eldon Taylor and I found this
particular section on the heart pertinent to this moment of NOW. Many are
struggling with the concept of thinking with the heart rather than the
intellect, and I think this might help.
You can listen to the full interview here:
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2013/10/08
Perverse Incentive Watch
Okay, it's mostly funny that Ted Cruz showed up at a meeting of Senate
conservatives with a poll he himself commissioned that "shows" why his
shutdown strategy is a brilliant success, especially since his poll showed
that more people blame Republicans for the shutdown.
But if we want to stop giggling (Alex Seitz-Wald: I only trust polls
commissioned by Louie Gohmert.) for a minute at the possibility that his
colleagues might actually believe anything they saw in that poll...
The detail I'd note about it is that Cruz -- presumably his campaign
committee -- paid for the poll. Which me... more »
Untitled
*State shuffling dollars to pay for Bayou Corne sinkhole ~Michelle
Millhollon, The Advocate*
*So I hear my ears shudda been burning last night: A periodic examination
of the media and journalism in the public interest ~Slabbed*
*Sheriff agrees to pay $900G in legal fees to civil rights group that sued
prison ~Marta Jewson, The Lens*
Should I Tell My Boss About My Mental Illness? Why You Should No™t (And Three Times You Should)
A reader at AOL Jobs recently asked:
*I have 7 years tenure with my company with great reviews. My last 6 month
review I had met expectations in every area. I am going through a traumatic
personal situation. A new manager was hired in October, and she's the one
who gave my last review. In January, I disclosed to her I had PTSD. After
that she met with me a month later accused me of not working. Took me to
regional manager. They said I was making excuses and were disappointed. She
recently told me "maybe you can't do this job anymore". She then lied on
coaching logs saying I could no... more »
DRONE WALK UPDATES
I had a call this morning from the Grafton, New York Peace Pagoda where
Buddhist nun Jun-san Yasuda is based. They called to say that a dozen
Japanese would be coming to our Maine Drone Peace Walk.
We'll have about 20 folks at our house tonight in Bath for dinner and
sleeping and then we head off early in the morning for the long drive north
to Limestone. We'll stop in Bangor to pick up a couple more people and
then some others will meet us at the start point. So far the weather
reports look real good. The colors are changing on the trees and as we
begin the walk in Maine's p... more »
"Another Mask..."
"Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally
chase it down, is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and
fears."
- Hunter S. Thompson
Satire: “Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex”
* *
*“Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex”*
by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “In an escalation of the stalemate
gripping Washington, House Republicans voted today to shut down the
prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls reasoning and
impulses. The resolution, which passed with heavy Tea Party support, calls
for a partial shutdown of the brain, leaving the medulla and cerebellum,
sometimes referred to as the “reptilian brain,” up and running.
The Tea Party caucus cheered the passage of the bill, which was sponsored
by Minnesota Congresswoman Mi... more »
Wanted: A Primary Opponent For Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ)-- And Voters Sweep Away North Carolina Republicans
I've had a lot of feedback-- most of it great-- after Michelangelo
Signorile's post last week in *HuffPo* about how propounding
disappointing
LGBT freshmen Kyrsten Sinema (New Dem-AZ) and Sean Patrick Maloney (New
Dem-NY) have been. I've been blogging about these two clowns here at
*DWT*all year. No one in New York seems to have noticed that Maloney has
the
single worst (i.e., most Republican) voting record of any Democratic
freshman. But Sinema's constituents are far more alert and are making
life
very difficult for her inner transition from a self-proclaimed
progressive
to a dece... more »
Maybe Ngai Tahu should return the dosh?
After five “full and final settlements” from the taxpayer, South Island
tribe Ngai Tahu has now got their hand out for a sixth—as a $68.5 million
“top up” of the $170 million gifted them in 1997 by convicted criminal Doug
Graham.
But perhaps, argues Mike Butler, instead of another handout based on a
bogus history, it would be more appropriate if the taxpayer were to receive
a refund—“demanding the return of the $170 million paid in 1998 on the
grounds that it was paid in error.”
Or after this sixth “settlement,” on which a government needing a Racist
Party for votes will assuredl... more »
I have nothing to say...
*nothing.*
I admit it.
I *do* have some sewing to do.
See you later...
Our sunset on October 1st
Looking South
Looking East
Terrance Nelson: First Nations welcome Anaya to probe human rights abuses
While
the US continues its choke hold on the United Nations, First Nations
welcome Anaya to probe Canada's abysmal human rights record
By Terrance Nelson
First Nation Anishinabe, Roseau River
Censored News
October 9, 2013
Dear Abas,
Special UN Rapporteur James Anaya (indigenous@ohchr.org) is in Canada
after being delayed by the government in his request to visit
Internet Radio - a useful tool
Knowledge is Power, but without a means to transmit that knowledge to
others, it is of very little use. The strength of the Secret Societies has
been their ability to keep vital information tightly held within their own
circles. However, without an ability to transmit the information through
the generations, the knowledge they steadfastly hold to themselves would
have been lost. We, of course, are not in the same position as the secret
societies. Our task is not to keep occult knowledge hidden, but rather to
ensure that forbidden knowledge is made more widely available. In these ... more »
Reading Ripley: Praise for Poland’s poorest kids!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*Little regard for our own:* In Amanda Ripley’s new book, The Smartest Kids
in the World, the author visits American exchange students in Korea,
Finland and Poland.
At the end of Chapter 1, Ripley defines the nature of her pursuit. In the
following passage, she refers to average scores on the PISA, the set of
international tests around which she chooses to structure her book
RIPLEY (*page 24*): *Most successful or improving countries seemed to fit
into three basic categories: 1) the utopia model of Finland,* a system
built on trust in which kids achiev... more »
OPCW Press Conference on Syria
*Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. *
Video Title: OPCW Press Conference on Syria. Source: opcwonline. Date
Published: October 9, 2013. Description:
A press conference held on 9 October 2013 by OPCW featuring
Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü and members of the Syria Advance Team.
Kuwait: August 2nd 1990
Kuwait Cabinet from Spike1138 on Vimeo.
"Thatcher Pushed Bush into War with Iraq "
This cabinet meeting takes place on the morning of the Iraqi occupation of
Kuwait.
This is before Bus met with Thatcher in Aspen in the afternoon.
To Bush's left is Robert Gates, to his right is Dick Cheney and Paul
Woolfowitz is seated directly behind him; Colin Powell appears to be across
the conference table.
Watch the way they GLARE at him...
"Thatcher may have seen the handwriting on the wall, and may have tried to
save herself with yet another war. When the regime of Bush the Elder in the
Un... more »
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
This guy amazes me. He knows how to enjoy his life. Eat your heart out Hugh
Hefner.
*GRIMACING: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi held his head
on Wednesday at the Senate in Rome before Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s
confidence vote at the Parliament. After days of political chaos, Mr. Letta
won the confidence vote when Mr. Berlusconi abandoned his bid to topple the
government at the last minute. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)*
Baling out
Justifiably provoked by the BBC’s biased reporting, many of the
commentariat over at our former haunting ground (B-BBC) have an
overwhelming desire to vent their spleen. Some of the most enthusiastic
contributors would fall over themselves in the rush to pick up the ball and
run with it. In their haste they might ride roughshod over nuance and
subtlety and, frankly, get pretty out of control. Being discredited by
one’s supporters is like being sent flying by a big dog who’s only trying
to make friends.
An unintended consequence of being, may I call it ‘hoist by ones own
iconoclasm... more »
Murder and Intoxication
R. v. Gregory, 2013 NSCA 102:
[14] Turning first to intoxication, “drunkenness” is not really a defence
to a criminal act. It is a suggestion that, due to the consumption of
alcohol, or other mind altering substances, the Crown cannot prove beyond a
reasonable doubt the necessary mens rea to establish criminal liability. In
the absence of such evidence, the trier of fact is entitled to apply the
common-sense inference that a sane and sober person intends the natural
consequences of his or her actions.
[15] In terms of the offence of murder, consumption of intoxicants could
be to ... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'White Man with a Black Face'
WHITE
MAN WITH BLACK FACE
Posted on October 9, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Oct. 9, 2013. Promises! Promises! We Indigenous know about getting
“bad medicine” from those “who speak with forked tongue”! On October 2
Department of Health and Human Services told Congress that anyone
“lawfully present” inside the US would qualify for Obamacare even if
they are not citizens, that includes
Murder and intoxication
*R. v. Gregory,* 2013 NSCA 102:
[14] Turning first to intoxication, "drunkenness" is not really
a defence to a criminal act. It is a suggestion that, due to the
consumption of alcohol, or other mind altering substances, the Crown cannot
prove beyond a reasonable doubt the necessary *mens rea* to establish
criminal liability. In the absence of such evidence, the trier of fact is
entitled to apply the common-sense inference that a sane and sober person
intends the natural consequences of his or her actions.
[15] In terms of the offence of murder, consumption... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom
in Connecticut. Tom and I will be discussing the psychological aspects of
the White guilt phenomenon.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Organized Jewry: destroyers of Western civilization* by John Friend
- *The 20th Century: Talmudic triumph over Western civilization* by John
Friend
- *A Spineless Appeal to Emotion* by Andrew Anglin
- *94% of Jews "guilt free and proud"* by John Friend
- *Israel Z... more »
Cholera Lawsuit
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Tens of Thousands March in Support of Brazilian Teachers
[image: Well-supported: People pack the Cinelandia square during the march
in Rio de Janeiro]
Well-supported: People pack the Cinelandia square during the march in Rio
de Janeiro
Brazil faces a challenging security situation as it gears up to host the
World Cup in eight months’ time.
In June thousands of demonstrators, angered by the billions spent in
preparations for the event, clashed with riot police near the Mineirao
Stadium in Belo Horizonte.
'We don't need the World Cup,' said Leonardo Fabri, a 19-year-old
protester, at the time. 'We need education, we need better health servic... more »
Counting Backwards (I Count You In)
Grover Norquist is pretty much right about the basics about the 2012
nomination process:
After the speech, he said only three of the Republicans seeking the
nomination were really running for president: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and
Rick Perry.
“In 2012, we had ten people up on stage. Three of them were running for
president, the others were looking to sell books or be radio talk-show
hosts or marriage counseling or something, but they weren’t running for
president,” he said.
Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, showed he was genuinely running
for president because he quit th... more »
We Move About in a Bubble
Two
posts in a row inspired by a Rosie DiManno article.. This is a trend
that has to stop.
I have a simple observation. As a general rule, drivers are not thinking
of cyclists and pedestrians, cyclists are not thinking of pedestrians
and drivers and pedestrians are not thinking of cyclists and drivers.
I drive, walk and cycle and have come to the conclusion that 1 in 5
people are inconsiderate
Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws,
demands, and commands of a government. Henry David Thoreau's essay of the
same title is required reading. It's readily available; Southern Man's
e-copy was free at the Kindle Store. And we are - happily - seeing more and
more civil disobedience as citizens push back against a tyrannical
government who confuses a cessation of non-essential services to
barry-cading open-air parks and monuments and even shutting down
privately-funded facilities that just happen to lease their lots from the
Feds. And the shutdown ... more »
Meltdown not happening
I am a student of history, thus I have some perspective. If you ask me are
we on the verge of a great collapse, I could answer nothing but yes.
However we have so many reality distorting facilities in place that we
should not worry. Understand that the world economic system is based upon
fantasy. The only way our model could fail is for some body go rouge. So we
will muddle through this, and in history it will be same old same old.
Thought of the Day
I think we can all agree that Obama Care largely created the Teabagger
majority in the House in 2010. It'll also cost them that majority in 2014.
The Gas Plant Scandal
I wonder how much was incompetence and how much was corruption. Because
when you spend a billion dollar the cracks are very absorbent and hard to
detect.
As I understand it the liberal government made the brave decision to shut
down coal. The conservatives would not have done this but I expect the NDP
would have been all for. Coal is a cheap way to produce power, BTU per
dollar its great. However everything else is bad, mercury pollution alone
is reason enough to shut down these killers. Even if you can scrub the
heavy metals its still a green house gas gasbag. There is another elem... more »
The Brothers
When we think about contemporary brothers wreaking damage on America it's
natural to immediately focus on the John Bircher extremists, David and
Charles Koch, the billionaires financing a relentless campaign against
American democracy itself. If they're successful, history will remember
them as two of the most vile and destructive characters in American
history. But this post is about two different brothers from David and
Charles and set in a time many *DWT* readers may not have been following
politics or even born yet.
Right now I'm reading two books about characters in American ... more »
Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile
*Osvaldo Murray: The Man-Birds of Chile*
*(From Revista Revelación, Santiago de Chile, May 1996 pages 10-13)*
There are some incredible stories, and this is one of them. So incredible
that not even I believe it, but the facts are there and I am not going to
change them, no matter how skeptical one may be.
The start of this story kicked off – as a sort of byproduct of terror – of
an equally incredible story: the death of a young woman in what the
Catholic Church described as demonic possession.
And I believe it in the sum total of the fantastic, despite the fact that I
myself have... more »
Stephen Harper in Indonesia attending APEC meeting.
Interesting dress.
Open Letter on Fusion
Over the past decade, research on alternate fusion protocols has blossomed
while the one off Tokomak approach has swallowed financial and human
resources to modest effect. There is a simple answer of course. Just
demand that Tokamak receive fifty percent private financing and do the same
for all other protocols. This will quickly reapply capital broadly to the
thriving protocols.
This is essentially what happened to NASA and we have been smiling ever
since.
Seven years ago there were a handful of protocols sitting mostly dead in
the water. That has changed. It has... more »
Cheaper Grid Battery
We do not get a lot here, including the all-important energy density.
Otherwise it appears promising and deliverable so we will likely see more
of this company. I do like the lack of an acid solution for the system
itself as that ends no end of operational difficulties.
Vanadium Redox has not gone away either, so the age of utility grade
energy storage is fast approaching. Flow batteries are the natural fix
there.
This particular aspect of grid architecture is the low lying fruit of our
grid system. A storage option hugely increases grid capacity.
*Startup Shows... more »
Oldest Petroglyphs in North America
The postulate here of an extreme gamma ray burst is certainly interesting,
but does not support the momentum transfer absorbed by the crust at the
time and supported by masses of conforming geological evidence. Yet this
may well have happened during the longer time window that includes the
Pleistocene Nonconformity and brings in evidentiary confusion. We may have
had two major events with the plasma event been dramatic and clearly
survivable. That we have linked petrography is compelling for ready
survival.
What is important is that the pinch glyphs are accurately... more »
Cattle Mutilations
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*It is plausible that some cattle mutilations are caused by natural
attacks from an unidentified creature such as my posited gargoyle. Yet ten
thousand animals over several years mostly demonstrating surgical sampling
techniques is nothing of the sort.*
*More important however in this report is that we get confirmation of
alien monitoring of our communications. I have suspected as much simply
because it is a natural to need to establish ground truth.*
*It is thus clear that aliens are testing our environment through the
sampling of cattle specif... more »
Hell Froze Over - #VoteNo2ALEC
Campaign season has started.
As a Dem precinct chair here in MN I get a lot of campaign emails.
People looking for support for the upcoming primaries and for party
endorsement.
Have to admit - I delete these from my email box - 99% of the time I just
delete them.
Cause I research the candidates, not just accept their promos.
For unknown reason - universe knocking at my door - I opened the email I
got last night.
And then
*had* to do a little research.
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom will seek DFL endorsement for secretary of state
By Joe Kimball | 06/21/13
State Rep. Debra Hilstrom, a DFL... more »
Invest in libraries, not more tests
Sent to the Houston Chronicle, October 9
Lisa Falkenberg ("Cutting libraries shows warped priorities," October 9) is
right: Spending money on increased testing while cutting libraries and
librarians is like investing in precise scales to weigh the animal, but
neglecting to feed it.
Decades of research show that the most important factor in developing
literacy is self-selected reading, or reading because you want to. For
children of poverty, the library is often the only place they have access
to books.
We hear pious pronouncements from politicians about the importance of
reading... more »
Photos Longest Walk 4 Dodge City, Kansas
Longest
Walk 4 walking west toward Dodge City today, Wednesday. Thanks to Bad
Bear for the great photos. www.returntoalcatraz.com
Tom Hanks and Public Myth
*"[Leo] Strauss believed it was for politicians to assert powerful and
inspiring myths that everyone could believe in.*
*They might not be true, but they were necessary illusions.*
*One of these was religion; the other was the myth of the nation."*
*
*
**
*Parkland is Tom Hanks' JFK Movie.*
Told entirely from the point of view of medical team at Parkland Hospital.
It's been attacked all over the place, so it must be somewhat good - I've
been part of a major effort for the last two years, lobbying Tom Hanks via
social media - he originally agreed to produce a movie on the subject
... more »
A New Review of “The Global Achievement Gap”
During my first year teaching, I downloaded Tony Wagner’s breakthrough
book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the
New Survival Skills Our Children Need—and What We Can Do About It. I will
henceforth refer to this book as G.A.G., which is simply an unintended
coincidence, not a pun. I promise. At […]
Joseph Atwill - Covert Messiah - the Genesis of Modern Psychological Warfare?
IS CHRISTIANITY THE GENESIS OF
MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE?JOIN US SAT. 19TH OCTOBER 2013 FOR A UNIQUE
SYMPOSIUMAT CONWAY HALL 25 RED LION SQUARE, LONDONIT'S NOT JUST ANCIENT
HISTORY
*The latest in Biblical scholarship has now uncovered new evidence that
provides a disturbing explanation: Christianity never strayed; Jesus Christ
is a fabricated cover story for an Imperial psychological warfare operation
born out of the First Jewish-Roman War in the first century.*
And this allegation of Jesus being FABRICATED to serve a (Roman) purpose
also ties in with Ralph Ellis' King of Edess... more »
Nir Shaviv: the IPCC AR5, first impressions
*The author is an Israeli astrophysicist and cosmoclimatologist, blogging
at sciencebits.com*
The IPCC summary for policy makers is out, and as I started writing these
lines so was the last draft of the main report. Of course, it will take a
while to digest the 2200 pages of the full report (it has a lot of
starch!). Until I do, here are my first impressions from having read the
summary and having skimmed the full scientific report.
My main conclusion is that this report is to a large extent a rehash of the
AR4 report. However, given the lack of any new evidence pointing to human... more »
Scientific Study Shows No Benefit From A Questionable MS Treatment Advanced By Both Medical And Political Charlatans ...
**
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * *
*There is nothing new about a politician trying to get in front of a parade.
* *Three years ago, Saskatchewan's populist Premier, Brad Wall elbowed his
way to the front of the line to thrust tax dollars into the hands of
medical researchers who were advancing 'false hope' for thousands of
Multiple Sclerosis victims.*
* July 2010 -****Saskatchewan's Wall vows to fund contentious MS treatment*
*"In a striking departure from his political counterparts across the
country, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his government will finance
clinical tr... more »
Winging It
This mountain top is familiar, yet not as comfortable as remembered. It
feels mostly, well, windy. Quiet. Stark. It is going to take some wings
to move on. Specially made wings, fitted for just this body.
It’s time to fly. It’s going to be interesting without the usual
navigational equipment. You see, it’s all broken. Not for a lack of
effort, mind you. All of the usual suspects were consulted to repair the
damage:
- Anger
- Blame
- Hurt
- Judgment
- Protection
- Illusion
- Pity
- Self defeat
None of them did the job.
... more »
Drip...Drip Shutdown Update
The list of Republicans who publicly support a clean CR is now at 24, as
Jennifer Bendery (who is doing a great job on this story) reports. That
number has been stable for a while, but partially because four Members who
were previously on the list have flipped.
As I said before, my sense of how this all plays politically is that
somewhere between this list reaching 25 and reaching 60, it becomes a large
enough problem for Republicans that their position likely collapses
entirely, and a shutdown vote really does happen. Because of that, if the
list is slowly increasing, Democrats get... more »
NUCLEAR DISASTERS - JAPAN AND UK
FUKUSHIMA: THE CHINA SYNDROME
*"The entire country of Britain could have been turned to a radioactive
wasteland overnight.*
*"A major nuclear incident was narrowly averted at the heart of Britain’s
Royal Navy submarine fleet,* The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
"The failure of both the primary and secondary power sources of coolant for
nuclear reactors at the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth on 29 July last year
followed warnings in previous years of just such a situation.
"Experts yesterday compared the crisis at the naval base, operated by the
Ministry of Defence and governme... more »
REECE MANLEY
*Reece Manley*
*In hospital, Reece Manley had a near-death experience.*
He says the God he observed in the place he called heaven during his
near-death experience was a God of acceptance.
He said his near-death experience taught him that God embraces gay people.
*Manley was brought up as an evangelical Christian.*
Manley said he has had personal experience with a religion that taught him
fear.
*"Spiritual abuse is real," Manley said, adding, "I show people different
ways to express spirituality."*
As a pastoral counselor, Manley worked with people who were raised in what
he desc... more »
The "legality" of abduction
From the latest press conference by Barack Obama:
Q: Did the capture of Mr. Libi comply with international law?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We know that Mr. al-Libi planned and helped to execute a
plot that killed hundreds of people, a whole lot of Americans. And we have
strong evidence of that. And he will be brought to justice.
We'll take that as a "no." Or a "who gives a shit, we're the United
States." By the way, note that Obama goes from what we "know" to "we have
strong evidence." "Strong evidence" is not "knowledge" (in fact, coming
from the U.S. government, it's just as likely to be a ... more »
Memewatch: Your Howler seemed to be getting results!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*But the Times just pretends to report:* Incomparably, your Daily Howler
seemed to be getting results!
Last Saturday, we started our current Memewatch series. We've been tracking
the standard GOP claim in which Republicans say, “What, us worry?”
concerning that silly debt limit.
After watching Rachel last Thursday, we had finally heard enough. We still
haven’t gotten around to discussing her clownish performance—and today, we
must defer to the mighty New York Times.
Finally, there it was! Right on page one, the New York Times seemed to be
reporting on ... more »
“U.S. Looks 50 Years Ahead on the Road to Serfdom”
* *
*“U.S. Looks 50 Years Ahead on the Road to Serfdom”*
by Dominic Frisby
“Want to know just how invasive the state is going to get in the United
States? Well, take a look across the pond. In terms of the large, invasive
state, we English are way ahead of you guys. We’re a good 50 or more years
further down the road to serfdom.
Nineteenth-century Britain was about as glorious a libertarian existence as
history has to offer. We didn’t call it libertarian then. It was known as
“classical liberalism” or “Gladstonian liberalism” - after our prime
minister, William Gladstone. From th... more »
Margaret Thatcher and the Decline of West by Webster G. Tarpley
Margaret Thatcher’s first high-profile political job came in 1970 when she
was appointed to serve as education and science minister in the cabinet of
the liberal Tory Edward Heath.
She imposed a series of brutal budget cuts, the most infamous of which was
the abolition of a program left over from the Great Depression, which
guaranteed a daily pint of milk to schoolchildren between the ages of seven
and eleven.
This was a program which had done much good in the poorer mining,
industrial, and farming towns and villages of Wales, Scotland, and the
north of England, where vitamin ... more »
“Democrat Voters Confused: ‘I Didn’t Realize I Would Be The One Who Was Going to Pay For It Personally’”
* *
*“Democrat Voters Confused: *
*‘I Didn’t Realize I Would Be The One Who Was Going to Pay For It
Personally’”*
by Mac Slavo
“Back in 2008, when then-candidate Obama promised Joe the Plumber and the
rest of America that he intended to spread the wealth around, most democrat
and liberal voters embraced the notion of wealth redistribution under the
guise of equality. A universal health care plan, that would be free for all
Americans, was the promise from the candidate of hope and change. Tens of
millions of Americans jumped on the bandwagon waving their flags, fainting
at his ap... more »
The Economy: “I Hate When That Happens...”
* *
*“I Hate When That Happens...”*
by Karl Denninger
“You know how it is, you're going along with the lies that are told every
day about "recovery" and "economic conditions are kinda ok" and "we're
doing all right" and then the mainstream media and "economists" like
Goldman's Alec Phillips screw up and tell the truth by accident. “Economists
at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., IHS Inc. (IHS) and BNP Paribas SA said they
expect the Treasury to husband the tax money it collects to make sure it
can meet interest and principal payments on the nation’s debt. Other
obligations, from salaries... more »
Saudis fear tide of Syrian war turning against their interests?
The mainstream media. Always months behind. Sheesh.
*Saudis fear tide of Syria war turning against their interests*
If you read here you're one of the aware individuals that already knows
Saudi Arabia has taken the wheel of the killing machine in Syria. FT makes
it seem as if this is just happening now. It isn't. **
This change started months ago. The ouster of Morsi. The selection of a pro
Saudi leaders for the Syrian opposition.
Egypt’s army ousted the Islamist president, to plaudits and generous
funding from Riyadh; the Syrian opposition elected a new pro-Saudi
leadership; and t... more »
Banksy Parodies the Syrian 'rebels' ( the reincarnated Contras)
And offends the spooky Brown Moses in the process. ( Pleasing me to no end)
Could it be that some people, such as Banksy and others, see the *rebels*as cartoonish characters created to have a certain
*undeserved* appeal to fools and dupes?
Thinking, of course, of the mainstream media insisting on these persons
really being 'freedom fighters'
President Ronald Regan and the media of the day, said the Contras were
freedom fighters also? What the Contras were in reality, is the same as
what the Syrian 'rebels' are, in reality. Killers! Bought and paid for
Killers!
From an early stage... more »
Corporate Christian Missionaries of Memphis and Many Shining Charters on the Hill
Education historian, Carl Kaestle, developed the thesis that the American
ideology developed in the 19th Century from an overlapping and mutually
supportive combination of three elements: protestantism, capitalism, and
republicanism. They are so closely linked, Kaestle argued, that a
challenge to one often brings defensive reactions from the believers of the
others, so that a skeptic of reading the protestant bible in school was
often attacked as un-American, or an organizer of unions might be attacked
as an ungodly and un-American.
Today in Memphis, we see this ideology brought to... more »
The world is upside down
'As things stand, the world remains upside down. The left rather than the
right defends reactionary religion, as long as the reactionaries do not
have a white skin. You should never tire of pointing out that they are
complicit in an enormous betrayal of progressive principles. Women, gays,
secularists, liberals and socialists from ethnic minorities ought to be
able to turn to British liberals and leftists for support against the
patriarchal men, who seek to control them. Rather than fraternal greetings,
they find indifference and hostility.'
Nick Cohen on the hypocrisy of the left... more »
GONNA STUDY WAR LOTS MORE: Con men to the right of us!
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013*
*Part 3—Students of war to the left:* Is the GOP in the grip of a
“nihilistic base?”
That may be what Thomas L. Friedman says in today’s New York Times. In his
second strong column about the shutdown, he offers this sweeping claim:
FRIEDMAN (10/9/13): The reason so many mainstream Republican lawmakers want
Obama to give something to Cruz & Co. is that they want to get out of this
mess, but they’re all afraid to stand up to the far-right fringe
themselves—with its bullying network of barking talk-show hosts and
moneymen. But Obama shouldn’t take them off... more »
A Pile of Hemorrhoidal Dog Poop Crawling With Fungus and Cockroaches
Somewhere in America, a claque of merry pollsters stuck in preadolescent
boy mode is getting paid to think up the most disgusting objects in the
universe with which to compare Congress. Last time around, they made
annoying dinnertime phone calls to unsuspecting people to find out whether
they preferred a root canal or a Congress Critter. Guess who won? At least
with a root canal, you get anesthetized.
It's getting harder and harder to come up with new lists of horribles, but
the PeePeePee outfit really outdid itself this year. With an unbelievably
high approval rating of 8 percent, ... more »
Complete 2013 Kurdistan Regional Government Election Results
After dealing with the complaints of several parties Iraq’s Election
Commission finally announced the full results of the Kurdistan Regional
Government’s (KRG) 2013 parliamentary elections. As the preliminary counts
revealed there has been a sea change amongst the Kurdish voters. The
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which has jointly run the region since
the 1990s has fallen out of favor to the benefit of the opposition Change
List, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group. The
issue now is whether those parties will be able to gain meaningful
positions in ... more »
CSEC data mining Brazil's mining data
Amusing to see both NaPo and the G&M are hosting remarks from former CSIS
deputy director Ray Boisvert dismissing the recent Snowden/Greenwald docs
which revealed CSEC spied on Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry.
Snowden was present at the Five Eyes conference where the CSEC presentation
on their Olympia spying program on Brazil took place.
Boisvert in both papers:
“We were all too busy chasing bad guys who can actually kill people. The
idea that we spend a lot of time, or any time at all, on a country like
Brazil is pretty low margin stuff, not likely to happen.”
The docs probabl... more »
Male brain vs female brain: How do they differ?
Male brain vs female brain: How do they differ? | Science | theguardian.com
My comments:
Important points:
1. Differences are both biological and social (I'd put it as 20%
biological, 80% socially constructed myself - but you can't ignore that
20%. It's real.)
2. Differences are *statistical*. It makes just as little sense to say "we
can't employ a woman to do X because women aren't good at it" as to refuse
to employ a woman who's 6' 4" tall because "women are too short". Even
though most women are shorter than most men.
3. Saying all this is unpopular. Those who are biological essen... more »
Nova Scotia Elections
Darrell Dexter lost his seat. I believe he is a good guy but that is the
way politics is.
*Darrell Dexter giving concession speech*
*Darrell Dexter — the man who led the first NDP government in Atlantic
Canada — couldn't secure his own seat, let alone clinch a second term as
Nova Scotia's premier.*
**
*Dexter lost his Cole Harbour-Portland Valley seat by 31 votes to Liberal
Tony Ince. CBC*
Liberal leader Stephen McNeil is the new premier of Nova Scotia. He is
relatively unknown but time will tell. PC's form the Official Opposition
and NDP is in 3rd place.
*The Liberals were elec... more »
Migration 20: Overseas Employment, Positives Outweigh the Negatives?
Overseas employment, do the positives outweigh the negatives?
A friend asked that question in facebook and my quick answer is Yes. The
positives outweigh the negatives. Overseas employment is a voluntary and
private contract between the foreign employers and Filipino employees.
People have the option to stay home and look for jobs here, but they opted
to go outside because the perceived benefits are larger than the costs. If
our constitution, economic and bureaucratic policies are friendly to
foreign investments and entrepreneurship in general, many of those foreign
employers would ... more »
Apaches pay tribute to memorial gathering on Dzil Nchaa Si An
Apaches
pay tribute to memorial gathering on Dzil Nchaa Si An
Article and Photos by Sandra Rambler
Censored News
Dzil Nchaa Si An, AZ – While the pine and ponderosa trees stood tall
and firm with a cool breeze in the air, on Saturday, Sept. 28, tribal
elders were joined by Peridot District Councilman, Wendsler Nosie, Sr.,
and prestigious leaders from various organizations as
WotW: Show the World Your Fancy New Digital Business Card
In the olden days (about a decade or so ago), people used to share their
contact information using these annoying little pieces of paper called
business cards. OK, they're still around, though you'd never guess it from
the unused stack of them on my desk at work. Today, though, everything is
digital. There are apps that allow you to quickly share your information
with people you meet.
But wouldn't it be nice if you had one place online that was your digital
business card? Enter About.me.
This free service allows you to create a personalized page all about you.
It's the digital equi... more »
Untitled
*At BP oil spill trial, Justice Department witnesses bolster larger spill
number ~Mark Schleifstein*
*BP Back on Trial ~Gulf Restoration Network*
*Texas Brine has outstanding balance with Assumption Parish Police Jury*
*New Orleans takes control of former Navy facility in the Bywater ~Andrew
Vanacore ~New Orleans Advocate *
*Chinese drywall hearing begins today in N.O.*
*Brain-eating amoeba found in DeSoto Parish water supply ~WWLTV *
*Documentary: 'MRGOing Going Gone' debuts at Loyola*
Read more here:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/08/3263966/documentary-on-mr-go-debuts-at.h... more »
Hormonal therapy and sex reassignment: a systematic review and metaanalysis of quality of life and psychosocial outcomes
Hormonal therapy and sex reassignment: a systematic review and metaanalysis
of quality of life and psychosocial outcomes Murad et al Clinical
Endocrinology Volume 72, Issue 2, pages 214–231, February 2010
Summary
Objective To assess the prognosis of individuals with gender identity
disorder (GID) receiving hormonal therapy as a part of sex reassignment in
terms of quality of life and other self-reported psychosocial outcomes.
Methods We searched electronic databases, bibliography of included studies
and expert files. All study designs were included with no language
restrictions. Re... more »
Confessions of a "Bad Teacher" Confronting Treachery During an Age of "Reform"
I read Rafe Esquith’s Real Talk for Real Teachers and James Owens’ Confessions
of a Bad Teacher during the same week. Esquith described many types of
educational malpractice being imposed in the name of “best practices” that
I have seen. In fact, he recounts disgusting incidents that are worse than
anything I have witnessed. On the other hand, Esquith describes the joys of
teaching. He makes it clear why teaching can be such a rewarding career.
Even as “reform” is calling into question the value of a teaching
profession where educators devote their entire working lives to students,
... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Brian Lamb, 71. As I always say: a Hero of the Republic.
Thank you for CSPAN.
Good stuff:
1. Rick Hasen on Justice Roberts and campaign finance. With all the other
things going on, I haven't paid as much attention as I should to this case.
I go in with mixed feelings. I'm pretty much against contribution limits in
most cases as a matter of policy...but that's not quite the same as saying
that I think they should be ruled unconstitutional. I guess I'm at the
point where I'd need to stop and think about it.
2. Josiah Neeley defends the US Constitution in large part ... more »
Boehner Says There Aren't Enough Republicans To Pass A Clean CR And Dems Say There Are. Who's Right?
Democrats, from President Obama (who has no relation with House Republicans
and doesn't know much more about it than any of us do) to Nancy Pelosi, say
there are enough Republicans and Democrats-- 217-- to pass a clean CR. Long
Island Republican Peter King agrees. Let's say that the 5 right-wing
Democrats who refused to sign Pelosi's letter to Boehner calling for a
clean CR-- John Barrow (New Dem-GA), Mike McIntyre (New Dem-NC), Jim Cooper
(New Dem-TN), Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT) and Ron Kind (New Dem-WI)-- can be
persuaded to vote for it, a reasonable, though not iron-clad assump... more »
Congratulations, Janet
*Click on graphic to enlarge.*
President Obama has made a great decision in choosing Janet Yellen to chair
the Federal Reserve.
The image above, by the way, is one of the illustrations in the next
edition of my favorite textbook (which is now in production). When
supervising the artist, I had to guess who the next Fed chair would be. As
you can see, I guessed right.
*Addendum*: Someone asks whether the helicopter in the picture is a
reference to the current chairman's somewhat pejorative nickname
"Helicopter Ben." The answer is no, not at all. I used a helicopter in
this interio... more »
SPACE WEEK UPDATES
*The space week poster was spotted at the Busan International Film Festival
in South Korea*
*At the front gate of US NSA satellite spy base Menwith Hill in Yorkshire,
England*
- The first photo above comes from Stockholm, Sweden where Women for
Peace organized a vigil in front of the Swedish Parliament Building with
banners that read "Drones kill". Global Network board member Agneta
Norberg is featured in the photo. In the evening they organized a panel
discussion on space issues with Swedish parliamentarians.
- From Global Network board member Sung-Hee Choi ... more »
A Reputation In Tatters
Stephen Harper is skipping the Commonwealth Conference. The man who put
"royal" back in the navy and the air force doesn't have time for the
Commonwealth. There really is nothing surprising about that. International
relations is not the prime minister's strong suit. As Tom Walkom points out in
today's *Toronto Star*:
Stephen Harper has little use for the international institutions that
Canada once championed. He plans to boycott an important Commonwealth
meeting next month. He regularly snubs the United Nations.
Harper likes to say that these institutions don't share Canadian val... more »
Alleged terror suspect Anas al - Liby detained for open ended interrogation at sea - while Libya demands the return of its citizen kidnapped inside of Libya , Obama avoids answering as to whether such a kidnapping is legal ... Of course this opens the door one day for China , Russia or any other nation to do the same to US citizens in the US based on alleged decades old terror charges , right ?
Obama Swaps ‘Black Sites’ for ‘Justice at Sea’Detainee Faces Open-Ended
Interrogation in International Waters
by Jason Ditz, October 08, 2013
Print This | Share This
Over the past 12 years, captives disappeared off the streets of foreign
cities have regularly found themselves in CIA “black sites,” held
incommunicado for indefinite periods of time for “enhanced interrogation.”
President Obama harshly criticized this policy at one point, but the
weekend capture of Abu Anas al-Liby has set up a distinction without a
difference, as he is being held in similar circumstances at sea.
Liby’s ... more »
HOW REHYPOTHECATION OF COLLATERAL WORKS....
How the Value of Collateral is Damaged
http://www.batr.org/negotium/100913.html
*Rehypothecation of Collateral* Before you get a headache or a pain in
your side, *rehypothecation* is not as difficult to understand as spelling
the word. Definition of '*Rehypothecation*':
“The practice by banks and brokers of using, for their own purposes, assets
that have been posted as collateral by their clients. Clients who permit
rehypothecation of their collateral may be compensated either through a
lower cost of borrowing or a rebate on fees.
In a typical example of rehypothecation, secur... more »
"US Military Spending: The 17 Foot Tall Insectoid Robo-Warriors From the Planet Zandor"
*"US Military Spending:*
*The 17 Foot Tall Insectoid Robo-Warriors From the Planet Zandor" *
by San Diego Veterans for Peace
"Let’s look at how the federal government spends our money… The pie chart
below shows the distribution of the total federal budget spending for FY
2013. (Click images for larger size.)
The “Social Security & Unemployment” and “Medicare & Health” take on a
major fraction of the federal spending, amounting to about 58% of the total
outlays, whereas “Military” spending appears to amount to just 18%. The
problem with this representation is that the Social ... more »
3 Ways Monsanto Threatens Our Planet (And What To Do About It) by Anthony Gucciardi
http://occupylondon.org.uk/events/march-against-monsanto-london-mam-london-world-food-day/
3 Ways Monsanto Threatens Our Planet (And What To Do About It)
by Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society, 9 October 2013
Through rampant and unchecked genetic manipulation, multinational
biotechnology juggernauts like Monsanto continue to churn out genetically
modified creations that threaten the entire planet in a way that we have
never before witnessed throughout history. Examining the role of genetic
manipulation, even going beyond the affects on human health, it’s easy to
see how the very g... more »
Fukushima nuclear calamity updates - October 6 , 2013 - the grim reality that Fukushima is beyond the existing technological capacity to remediate sinking in as Calidicot , Gunderson and Mousseau discuss Fukushima unprecedented challenges and the dangers residing at the crippled plant ! Japanese and US contamination concerns discussed - seafood clearly at risk if from the Pacific Ocean ! When does the NRA throw up their hands and just take over from " over its head " Tepco ?
Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://enenews.com/category/location/japan
( Japan focused news items and views.....)
02:57 AM EST on October 6th, 2013 | 3 comments
Leaked ‘Godzilla’ Trailer Hits Web — Features voice of nuclear pioneer:
“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds” — Photos during filming
show reactors, quarantine zone, evacuations (VIDEO)
07:02 PM EST on October 5th, 2013 | 25 comments
Caldicott: Fukushima much worse than Chernobyl — Nuclear engineers say
there’s no end in sight to this — I predict they’ll never be able to fix it
(VIDEO)
06:02 PM EST on October 5th, 2013 | 7 comments
Professor... more »
More about those upcoming power cuts, I did warn you back in September 2009
'I have been "banging on" for some years now about the upcoming shortage in
power generation in the UK and the resulting power cuts. My warnings, like
those re houses being over valued, were met with the usual "oh it's
NotaSheep being his usual pessimistic self". This morning The Telegraphreports that:
"Britain is facing the prospect of widespread power cuts for the first time
since the 1970s, government projections show.
Demand for power from homes and businesses will exceed supply from the
national grid within eight years, according to official figures.
...
The gap between B... more »
"Powerful Typhoon Danas Rips Into Okinawa, To Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant On Oct 10, 2013"
*"Powerful Typhoon Danas Rips Into Okinawa, *
*To Hit Fukushima Nuke Plant On Oct 10, 2013"*
bu Fukushima Diary
"According to Japan Meteorological Agency, Typhoon No.24 “Danas” is going
to hit Fukushima plant area on 10/10/2013. Currently it’s near Okinawa.
It’s heading for North East Japan at 30km/h. The central pressure is 935
hPa. Meteorological Agency states “Very strong”. Since mid September,
Tepco has had the contaminated water tank area overflow every time a
Typhoon passed near the plant.
A powerful typhoon is moving north, with Okinawa and the remote islands of
Kago... more »
A litle physics humour to mark Professor Peter Higgs's Nobel Prize (shared)
A Higgs Boson walks into a Catholic Church one Sunday morning. The priest
looks up from the altar, sees the boson, points to the sanctuary door, and
yells, "We don't allow your kind in here!"
The Higgs Boson protests, replying, "But Father! You can't have mass
without me!"
*Thanks to Craig at Is The BBC Biased for that.*
Planck telescope: the funeral
In March 2013, ESA's Planck telescope – launched in 2009 – brought us the
most accurate cosmological data about the Universe. Last year, the unit
became mostly useless as it ran out of helium (the coolant) and the cruel
European Space Agency is putting the gadget down now (BBC).
Recall that the telescope was working at the L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5
million kilometers away from the Earth in the opposite direction than the
Sun. Because ESA is so cruel, they decided to make the funeral thorough.
Today, Planck is scheduled to burn the fuel for the first time. On Monday,
October ... more »
Bill Hicks + George Carlin: The Big Electron
Wonderful short video created from the performances of comedians Bill
Hick's and George Carlin.
Thanks to Carol for letting me know about this!
GAIA PORTAL: Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia
*Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia*
by ÉirePort
Galactic Connections assist Cosmic Portal openings throughout Gaia, as Gaia
has upgraded sufficiently to accept such.
Fortifications of Gaia portals and grids during recent moments allows
Cosmic Portal generation and opening to permit free flow of Higher Cosmic
Ascension Energies into Gaia.
Such Galactic Connections and Cosmic Portal generation and opening will
continue throughout the next months.
ÉirePort | October 9, 2013 at 02:50
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-p4
Hepatitis C Virus Replication is Glucose-Dependent
This blog exists to promote the hypothesis that carbohydrate restriction
(plus the restriction of the omega 6 PUFA linoleic acid) is an effective
antiviral strategy against Hepatitis C virus. Or conversely, that dietary
carbohydrate and linoleic acid are HCV growth promoters. (Of course this
blog also exists for my entertainment, self-aggrandizement and so on, but
clearly if my hypothesis fails I will have to find another title for it).
Thus far the hypothesis has rested on the emerging facts about HCV genomics
and life history and a second-hand copy of Dr Atkins New Diet Revolutio... more »
UN Climate Scientists Plead for Immunity from Criminal Prosecution: AR5 in Crisis
News
you'll never see or hear on the 'warmist' BBC's coverage of Man made
Climate Change.
'Today, prominent statistician Steve McIntye, one of the analysts often
credited with exposing past IPCC 'errors' points to why this fiasco may
rise to the level of criminality. McIntyre shows how UN officials
systematically hid adverse data contained in the final draft review but
omitted from the subsequent report now issued to the public.'
More here
http://principia-scientific.org/latest-news/327-un-climate-scientists-plead-for-immunity-from-criminal-prosecution-ar5-in-crisis.html
Influential former Czech President calls for EU exit, says EU doomed anyway - The Commentator
'As scepticism grows across the European Union and debate thickens in
Britain, former Czech President Vaclav Klaus says the EU is in any case
doomed, like empires of the past, including communism'
More here http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4245/influential_former_czech_president_calls_for_eu_exit_says_eu_doomed_anyway
but not on the pro-EU BBC.
Tucson uprising against polimigra!
The day the tucson community again rose up:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151633812755706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
Tucson Uprising II: At the beginning of this clip, people are pepper
sprayed -- left side of screen... then spray drifts and it affects all of
us... those sprayed directly were treated by paramedics... rubber bullets
were used too... plus a German Shepard was used against the
people:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151633898560706&set=vb.579770705&type=2&theater
Corbett Report - Tom Secker - Secrets, Spies and 7/7
Tom Secker of InvestigatingTheTerror.com and SpyCulture.com joins James
Corbett of Corbett Report to discuss his brand new book, *Secrets, Spies
and 7/7*. Secker and Corbett discuss the likely spies and provocateurs at
the heart of the plot, the alternative theories that have been developed
about the bombing and the programming that helped inspire them, and why the
truth about 7/7 still matters nearly 8 years later.
And before you listen to the interview, I'll quote from a Boiling Frogs
Post review of Secker's book:
*Dead men tell no tales. Muslim suicide bombers––even less. Accept... more »
Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“
Pink Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKiMbC6s2k
war of the worlds
what is that
he said what
lunar anomalies
did you see that
dome of the rock ufo
three aliens walk on by
view some ancient artifacts
smoking gun ufo footage
1952 washington d.c. ufo flap
giant ufo seen from the i.s.s.
the nasa tether incident
Musical Interlude: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gDGcXIEQE
Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells- Finale”
- http://www.youtube.com/
Musical Interlude: Kitaro, “Mirage”
Kitaro, “Mirage”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmBfbN20_eg
"For My Part..."
“For my part I know nothing with any certainty,
but the sight of the stars makes me dream.”
- Vincent van Gogh
A Fitting Wake ...
*
**Nova Scotia .. October 8, 2013 ....*
h/t to Brother Erin Weir *
*
Will Tea Party Congressmen Be Hoist On Their Own Petards Come 2014?
Too much? Even for mainstream Republicans?
Conventional wisdom is that congressional teabaggers are in such safely
gerrymandered districts that they have little to worry about from their overwhelmingly
white, angry, low-info constituents. Sure there are as many as 40
Republican incumbents in mainstream districts who could-- if we had a
competent or even partially competent DCCC-- be defeated. But not even
every *Tea Party* congressman is in a district as filled with idiots as
Louie Gohmert, Tom Graves and Steve Stockman.
Robin Marty, writing in the new *Rolling Stone* has outlined 8 ... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - A #Vegan Meal
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
It’s Janet
So, as expected, Obama has finally formally appointed Janet Yellen to chair
of the US Federal Reserve, taking over from PrintMaster-in-Chief Bernanke,
who took over from BubbleMaker-in-Chief Greenspan.
That’s Janet Yellen, the woman who sincerely believes that Japan’s biggest
problem was they didn’t print enough money. Of whom, when she was appointed
as Vice PrintMaster, Gerard Jackson observed,
Janet Yellen is an inflationist first and foremost. She has made it
abundantly clear that all of her policy suggestions will be geared to
promoting an inflationary policy. Like all Keynes... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“It looks like a lunar landscape but this remarkable photograph actually
shows our Milky Way and the planet Jupiter in all their glory - viewed from
a cave in America's Utah desert. The spiral galaxy, which cannot be seen
with the naked eye, was captured by photographer Wally Pacholka using a
35mm camera and 50mm lens on a tripod with a 30-second exposure - long
enough to collect the light but not to see the stars moving.
*Click image for larger size.*
Pacholka, 59, an architect from Long Beach, California, relied on the light
of a crescent moon to illuminate the subject and chose... more »
Mark Twain, “On The Damned Human Race”
*“On The Damned Human Race”*
* *by Mark Twain*
*
“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals
(so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man.
I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my
allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower
Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated
in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the
Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.
In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion I have n... more »
Shout Out to Sinead
I considered a doing post on the trillion tonne nonsense in IPCC, but I
decided instead to give a shout out to Sinead.
Enjoy!
Richard Tol wants something less Grammy-phied, I aim to please around here,
so here you go:
"Why Is There So Much Pain and Suffering?"
"Why Is There So Much Pain and Suffering?"
By Fred Pauser
"Mother Teresa said, “Suffering is a gift of God.” Well, it may be true
that suffering tends to build character, but it also sometimes builds
bitterness and criminals. In any case, we would naturally prefer to do
without it, especially the extreme forms of it.
We can derive much toward answering the question from a basic knowledge of
the evolution of life. Ernst Mayr succinctly summed up the process of
natural selection: “Natural selection is a two-step process: (1) variations
produced, and (2) variations sorted, with the... more »
"Why Are You Waiting?"
"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make,
who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"
~ Stephen Levine
The Daily "Near You?"
Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"And They Pay For It..."
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed
themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they
lead.”
- James Baldwin,
“No Name in the Street” (1972)
Chet Raymo, “Beyond The Porch-light of Language”
* *
*“Beyond The Porch-light of Language”*
by Chet Raymo
“The title of this post is another phrase from the poet Pat Boran. It
struck me, I suppose, because of the way readers sometimes refer to this
blog as "the porch." (I forget who first suggested the image; was it you,
Theresa?) A lovely image, evoking friends in rocking chairs sipping ice tea
or gin-and-tonics on a drowsy summer night. Out there in the darkness
lightnin' bugs flash their sleepy semaphores. Somewhere afar off heat
lightnin' illuminates the horizon. Our language drifts into the dark. We
have words too for star... more »
"A Test..."
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished:
If you're alive, it isn't."
- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
"A Life of Learning: Earth School"
*"A Life of Learning: Earth School"*
by The DailyOm
"Earth school provides us with an education of the heart and the soul. Life
is the province of learning, and the wisdom we acquire throughout our lives
is the reward of existence. As we traverse the winding roads that lead from
birth to death, experience is our patient teacher. We exist, bound to human
bodies as we are, to evolve, enrolled by the universe in earth school, an
informal and individualized academy of living, being, and changing. Life’s
lessons can take many forms and present us with many challenges. There are
score... more »
Alan Waldman: ‘Dalziel and Pascoe’ is a Dramatic Yet Funny Yorkshire Cop Series
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
For 59 episodes, its humorously mismatched lead characters stopped a
wide range of dastardly doings.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / October 8, 2013
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed, including TV dramas,
mysteries, and comedies from Canada, England, Ireland,
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Important New Video - Japan's Triple Meltdown: Tour Of Fukushima Daichii
It has been a while since I filed any new articles about the continuing
disaster at Fukushima Japan. Yes, this disaster is still going strong with
absolutely NO solution anywhere in sight. The three reactors that melted
down are still spewing out their deadly radiation into our atmosphere, and
TEPCO officials have had absolutely no choice but to dump contaminated
radioactive water used to try to keep the cores cool directly into the
Pacific Ocean. We are now seeing the result of the world's inexplicable
refusal to tackle this world wide life threatening situation with the
apparen... more »
The Bioregional State as "Constitution, Version Two:" Arguments Why a Federated Bioregionalism is Better than Secession (4 of 4)
In the midst of a planned national truckers strike next week with its own
political goals of DC shutdown, that will merge with the two other separate
ongoing independent shutdowns of the US federal government--by its two
gatekeeping, Wall Street parties of Democrats [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] and
Republicans [1] [2] [3] [4]. Both Democrats and Republicans conduct
standing ovations for murder of panicked women with children and only have
minimal support from anyone and both didn't get in power except through
vote fraud and gerrymandering. So in this interesting hiatus, it's g... more »
One coach who’s had a big year
Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott once told a reporter he always tries to keep
his emotions to himself.
Hard to believe …
[image: image](Click through to watch)
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Your moment of Zen
The last luna moth, somewhere in the south.
The Connecticut School False Flag Shooting: This Is Indeed Interesting - Sandy Hook "School" To Receive $50 MILLION To Rebuild (!)
I have hoped that by this time people everywhere would finally see the
Sandy Hook "massacre" for what it really was... A very poorly run false
flag operation that had NO shooter and most probably NO "victims"at all.
It was amazing that a true and thorough investigation into this "massacre"
has not taken place to this date, and from all indications will never
happen at all. It is also amazing that now we hear so very little about
the "victims" and even the "families" of this supposed "massacre".
Everything now points clearly that again this was a very poorly done false
flag opera... more »
The Intricate Plot That Is Common Core
If anyone tells you that Common Core (CCSS) is a “state-led” effort,
“developed by teachers,” that person is either misinformed or attempting to
deceive you. Morna McDermott of United Opt Out has mapped the organizations
behind CCSS. She presents discussion of their interwoven involvements in
this 9-minute youtube presentation. Once you view her work, you will no
longer […]
New Article From John Kaminski: Overcoming Our False History
I am back to my "normal" blogging routine... It really has been a strain
over the last few weeks juggling personal needs, my work, and other
issues. But I figured this was as good a time as ever to get back to what
I do best to unwind....
I came across the latest article from John Kaminski, who writes for the
Rebel News online network at www.therebel.org/news/kaminski, and I want to
share this amazing piece with everyone here at my own blog. It is
entitled: "Overcoming Our False History" and I have it right here for
everyone to view for themselves. I do have my usual thoughts and... more »
Alien Invasion?
I saw a “news” story asking the question, “Could Earth defend itself from
an ET invasion?”
Overlooking the fact that there would be no realistic reason for the aliens
to invade because everything they would want could be found elsewhere in
the Solar System, except, of course for our “Earth-like” environment and
the life found here, the answer to the question is, “NO!”
I remember one of the science fiction writers, I think Jerry Pournelle or
Larry Niven, but it might have been Harlan Ellison, say, “All they would
have to do is stand back and throw rocks at us.”
What that meant, sim... more »
Shutdown follies: Could we have a genu-wine crisis without Newt Gingrich contributing obfuscation and lies?
*Apparently when there's obfuscating and lying to be done, our Newt just
doesn't trust the upstart crop of right-wing obfuscators and liars to get
the job done.*
*"We decided to stick to our principles through a very contentious and
difficult period. Our attempt to balance the federal budget was distorted
in the news media as an effort to ruin family vacations, frustrate visitors
to the nation's capital and prevent government employees from going to
work."*
*-- Newt Gingrich, in* a 2011 Washington Post op-ed
*by Ken*
This is priceless. I guess former House Speaker Newt Gingrich th... more »
Nova Scotia election results
NDP screwed. Liberal majority, Cons official opposition and NDP in third
place. NDP leader Darrell Dexter may lose his own seat.
Ten questions for Nick Smith on his Special Housing Areas
While Nick Smith and Len Brown pretend their “dramatic” joint announcement
today that their “releasing” land on which to build 6000 houses is the
beginning of the answer to affordable housing in Auckland, the announcement
itself has less to it than meets the eye, and raises more real questions
than it does answers.
The announcement itself consists of a declaration of “10 Special Housing
Areas” and a map.
[image: image]
What makes the areas marked on the map so “special,” apparently, is this:
1. Building projects on land so designated can hope to gain consents in
six month... more »
smoother boondoggle?
JUST A SMOOTHER BOONDOGGLE?
Sent to Education Week, October 8, 2013
Three scholars have recommended testing students only every few years, and
using "higher-quality assessments that encourage more productive teaching"
rather than current multiple-choice tests. ("Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost
Student Achievement," October 9).
They note that these tests can be used without spending more money than we
are spending now on testing.
Phrased another way, they are saying that the new tests will cost just as
much as we are spending now, which is a lot, and that the cost will
continue to gr... more »
Where wills presumed to meet formal requirements.
*Yen Estate v. Chan*, 2013 BCCA 423 holds that in the absence of suspicious
circumstances or contrary evidence, the trial judge was entitled to rely on
the rebuttable presumptions that the execution of the will complied with
the requirements of s. 4 of the Wills Act and that the testator was aware
of and approved the contents of the will:
[14] The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the use of the presumption
by the trial judge. The Court adopted the interpretation of the Latin
maxim of the presumption from the reasons of Lord Justice Lindley in *Harris
v. Knight *(1890), 15 ... more »
Ann Barnhardt has a lot to say about what is going on...(a must listen)
*save this for cocktail hour (which should be starting about now on the
east coast.) *
How many of you have ever said, "It couldn't happen here?" Yeah, that's
right, I'm harkening back to the era of Hitler.
And how many of you think our police would not turn on us? Do you believe
that they wouldn't dredge up the excuse, "I was just following orders?"
Witness what's been going on the past few days - arresting Vietnam vets, terrorizing
seniors in Yellowstone Park, locking priests out of chapels and forbidding
them from celebrating Mass for military personnel, while protecting the ... more »
THE SEARCH FOR GOD EVENTUALLY LEADS TO LOVE
*The eye of God in outer space / *NASA photo taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope has been labeled the 'Eye of God' by frequent forwarders.
*God is NOT a particle, God is love, a loving plan in action ~ an
evolutionary process with which we all participate as co-creators. Only by
fully surrendering to love do we begin to realize our part in **a**universal loving plan: Allen L Roland
*
*We are put on earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of
love: William Blake***
*The external search for God is the ego's yearning for spiritual validity
but d... more »
"The Roots of the U.S. Government Shutdown"
* *
*"The Roots of the U.S. Government Shutdown" *
By STRATFOR
“In general, Stratfor deals with U.S. domestic politics only to the extent
that it affects international affairs. Certainly, this topic has been
argued and analyzed extensively. Nevertheless, the shutdown of the American
government is a topic that must be understood from our point of view,
because it raises the issue of whether the leading global power is involved
in a political crisis so profound that it is both losing its internal
cohesion and the capacity to govern. If that were so, it would mean the
United States ... more »
The best infographics don’t have to be complicated
Included in *Wired* magazine’s picks for the 13 best (American)
infographics for 2013 is this one, which is as simple as it is
self-explanatory.
Check out this one, too, a series of pie charts showing the evolution of
ten Impressionist artists, made with the help of a color extraction script
written in Python. [Hat tip Stats Chat]
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
"Default Is Not About Creditworthiness"
* *
*"Default Is Not About Creditworthiness"*
by Karl Denninger
“I know, I know, you're going to object. But please read this through
first, then object if you wish in the comments. There is a lot of hot air
flying around the mainstream media on the subject of "default." First, what
the media is calling "default" isn't, as I've pointed out repeatedly. To
"default" on an obligation it must first be a legal obligation that you are
compelled (by contract or otherwise) to perform.
There are none of those in the context of political promises. Among
political promises, I remind you, a... more »
The Realist Report with John Friend
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by
long
time pro-White activist and scholar John de Nugent. John and I will be
discussing the history of White Nationalism in American post-WWII.
Please visit *The Realist Report* on TalkeShoe to download this and past
episodes.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Willis Carto and the American Far Right* by George Michael (see
*here*for C-SPAN video of George Michael discussing his book)
- *In a Near-Final Collapse, the Neo-Nazi National Alliance Ends
Membership* by Mark Potak, an unhinged anti-W... more »
A gaggle of the most reprehensible congress people arrested by Capitol police for blocking traffic in support of illegal immigrants...
*correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't these people elected and now being
paid to represent Americans?*
All the usual suspects:
Rep. Keith Ellis (D-MN), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ),
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Al Green (D-TX), Rep. Luis Gutierrez
(D-IL), Rep. Jan Schawkowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
Not one of these people did anything to protect WWII or Vietnam vets.
One thing they have in common is room temperature IQ's.
We're in big trouble people.
*From The Blaze:*
*Eight Members of Congress Arrested For Blocking Rush Hour Traffic D... more »
Understanding human tendencies
Maria Montessori was an educational genius—her pedagogical system beginning
with the recognition of human nature, and how the young brain develops. But
the fruits of her genius apply to more than just education.
She identified several (what she called) “human tendencies” that are
reflected in the Montessori classroom—describing them as ‘life forces’ or
‘natural guides’ which drive man towards activities aiding his needs for
survival, and fulfilment. Clearly, they have universal explanatory power
far wider than just the Montessori environment.
Her son Mario Montessori explained th... more »
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment