Monday, November 11, 2013

11 Nov - Blogs I'm Following

English: 'The Family of Man' This 1970 sculptu...English: 'The Family of Man' This 1970 sculpture by Barbara Hepworth was erected here in 1976 at the request of the Hepworth Estate, as a memorial to Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. It is on permanent loan from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Heroes

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 8 minutes ago
While every Remembrance Day is important to me, this year's holds a special importance as my Grandfather passed away October 29. Requiescat in pace.

Bonus Sunday Question (on Veterans Day) for Everyone

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 26 minutes ago
What do you think the chances are that football becomes a real political issue at some point in the next five years? Given the problems going on for both the NFL and college football, could happen at either a national or a state level (don't forget that in many states the local state college football coach has the highest state government salary of anyone). Or maybe, whether football's troubles remain or not, it never becomes a political issue. What do you think?

DIVIDE AND RULE

Anon at aangirfan - 40 minutes ago
You can criticise most things when you appear in the the media. You can call left wingers 'scroungers' or 'elitist'. You can call right wingers 'callous' and 'too fond of guns'. The 'Divide and Rule' strategy is used by the top people to keep themselves in power. *Divide and Conquer, the Sacking of America * The elite want us to argue about the *20% of details that keep us divided*, thus preventing us from acting on the 80% on which we agree. *Divide and Conquer, the Sacking of America* * * The elite want us to get worked up about liberals, gays, conservatives, blacks, Jews, Mosl... more »

Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 49 minutes ago
Kurt Vonnegut\’s Children\’s Crusade: Kindness. via Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness.

Sarah Palin schools Matt Laurer on Obamacare...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 54 minutes ago
*and does it quite well.*

Peace and poison

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 59 minutes ago
I thought the accent on pacifism sat rather uncomfortably in the remembrance edition of the Andrew Marr show yesterday. Shirley Williams was doing the paper review, and to end the programme tenor Ian Bostridge performed a Benjamin Britten arrangement of O Waly Waly. Shirley’s mother, Vera Brittain, was a well-known feminist and pacifist who was friendly with Benjamin Britten, (a pacifist) which provided two excuses to mention pacifism towards the end of the show, somewhat reverentially I thought. I suppose that was in the interest of balance? Pacifism is one of those issues, lik... more »

@TheDailyShow: @thechalkface radio is looking for Jon Stewart.

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
Dear The Daily Show Producers, My name is Tim Slekar and I am one of the co-hosts of @ the chalkface radio. @the chalkface is an internet radio show dedicated to exposing corporate education reform through a sacracstic, edgy, yet pointed critique. We have interviewed many guests over the last two years including Diane Ravitch (4 times), […]

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
The village of Bibury, England. [photo via Earth Pix]

Remembrance Day

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 hour ago
On Remembrance Day let's not celebrate wars but think of those who lost their lives. Let's not think of producing more deadly weapons of mass destruction but let's think of how we can bring about peaceful world. Wars are horror and destructions for all involved.

Before...

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 hour ago
...and after... By now, I'm sure you all have heard about the horrific devastation that had struck the Philippines when Hurricane Haiyan, or Typhoon Yolanda as it was known to the natives, made landfall. Haiyan packed winds of 200 mph and gusts up to 235 mph, with Tacloban City, shown above, in the epicenter. On top of high winds and tsunami-like waves reaching 20 feet high, those in Tacloban City couldn't have possibly have prepared themselves for what's been called the most powerful storm on record. I've read heartbreaking accounts of 30 members of one family gone missin... more »

Part 3: Has Corporate Education "Reform" Earned Another 25 Years to Complete the Resegregation and Privatization Agendas?

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 hour ago
Part 1 here and Part 2 here: The continued hydroplaning of NAEP scores nationally allows the world to see what the corporate education losers will not admit: the 3rd generation of test based accountability is not working. Rather than moving beyond corporate ed reform's status quo (oxymoron alert), however, Duncan and the shrinking elements of the corporate media that still print the CorpEd news releases point, instead, to the RTTT grant winners where scores rose in math and reading for both 4th and 8th graders: DC and TN. Ignored are the 17 RTTT grant-winning states where they di... more »

Teacher Evaluations: Moving From a Flawed System to a Fair System

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
As a teacher in a low socio-economic status (SES) public middle school, I can agree that the greatest in-school factor in promoting student growth is teacher quality. That being said, the main concern I have centers on how education reformers are holding teachers accountable for their students’ test scores. More specifically, I’m concerned with the DCPS IMPACT […]

Banksy

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour ago

Veterans Day Message from President George W. Bush...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*and we thank him.*

Local currencies - as BitCoin adoption particularly outside of the US grows , local currencies not only exist here in the US but have thrived for quite some time worldwide ! For those interested , info for local currencies available in your neck of the woods !

Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
On the subject of BitCoin..... As BitCoin Touches $400 The Senate Starts Seeking Answers... As Does The Fed [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/09/2013 12:38 -0500 - Central Banks - European Central Bank inShare2 Moments ago BitCoin hit $395, and will likely cross $400 in the immediate future (the chart looks a little less scary in log scale). So as more and more pile into the electronic currency, some due to ideological reasons, some simply to chase momentum, some out of disappointment with the manipulated gold price looking to park their ... more »

US threatened by peacemakers, spies on and imprisons them

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
Buffy Sainte Marie The US War on Peacemakers By Brenda Norrell Censored News If one reads through the Freedom of Information Act and whistleblower documents, it becomes clear that the US government considers the true peacemakers the biggest threat. Peace groups are the most spied on and targeted group by the US -- those who work for peace and work against war. The US spies on those who

Is the BBC stacking its audiences against UKIP?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
'... the BBC could be spicing up its debates by placing people in the audience "who can be relied on to take a rehearsed and provocative line" after producers identify them through BBC-run phone-ins where their names and opinions have been logged for future consideration as audience members. ' More here http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/1000-is-the-bbc-stacking-its-audiences-against-ukip To be fair it's not just UKIP that the BBC rig their audiences against, the Conservatives as well.

Storm of the Century

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
Let's just say that Typhoon Haiyan makes Katrina look like a gentle rain and Sandy a mud puddle in the backyard. The destruction is simply too huge to comprehend. Estimates of 10,000 people dead are probably, tragically, way too low. This was a poor country to begin with, with a long history of rotting infrastructure and political corruption rooted in American imperialism. The Filipinos are going to need all the assistance they can get. Starvation is already happening. You can find ways to help here. Meanwhile be on the lookout for the tycoons to cash in on the typhoon. They'll fi... more »

Veterans Day 2013

Southern Man at Southern Man - 2 hours ago
Southern Man salutes those who served, and those who currently place their lives in harm's way that we might be free.

Are The Others like us? Or are they different?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013* *Salon catches up with Chris Mooney:* It may be the oldest question in the history of warfare. Are The Others basically *like* us? Or are “those people” in The Other Tribe basically different? Perhaps even less than human? Throughout history, the Great Souls have tended to go with the first reaction. The war-makers have tended to pimp that second point of view. It’s tempting to think that The Other Tribe is unlike us, perhaps less than human. Our brains are wired to think that way. In prehistory, thinking that way may have been a survival skill. Today... more »

Poetry Defined by Dylan Thomas

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours ago
** ** *Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toenails twinkle, makes you want to do this or that or nothing, makes you know that you are not alone in the unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.* ** *Dylan Thomas*

Predictive Programming

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago

The Empire Lovers Strike Back - by Gore Vidal

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago
The Empire Lovers Strike Back *by Gore Vidal* Recently, Norman Mailer and I chatted together at the Royale Theatre in New York, under the auspices of PEN American Center. Part of what I said was reprinted in these pages on January 11, under the title, not mine, “Requiem for the American Empire.” I gave a bit of a history lesson about our empire’s genesis, and I brooded on its terminus last fall, when Tokyo took over from New York as the world’s economic center. My conclusion: for America to survive economically in the coming Sino-Japanese world, an alliance with the Soviet Unio... more »

Elsewhere: Tea Party, Boehner Rule

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 3 hours ago
It's a holiday, so no good stuff today. Just my latest columns (yeah, wise guys, very funny, you know what I mean). My TAP column today returns to what I was talking about back in the winter and spring: the Boehner Rule. It's actually Sarah Binder's observation, first; what Boehner devised to deal with his dysfunctional party was to let the Senate go first. Then if most of his conference wants things to pass -- even if they want to publicly oppose them -- they get a vote. One effect, which we see now, is a logjam of popular items passed by the Senate and waiting for House action. A... more »

STALKING THE FAUX EDUCATION REPORTERS! Admittedly, they’re from the best schools!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013* *Part 1—Who is Julia Ryan:* Who the heck is Julia Ryan? This weekend, we decided to check. Reason? We read Ryan’s latest news report on the web site of the Atlantic. Ryan’s report appeared last Thursday. It attempted to inform Atlantic readers about the nation’s new NAEP scores. We’d call Ryan’s news report/analysis piece an utterly clueless disaster. The work is so clueless, so under-informed, that a question crystallized for us: Who in the world is Julia Ryan? More specifically, why is she writing about public schools for a famous old publication lik... more »

Fisheries Act amendments November 25

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
Fisheries and Ocean Canada has published a new Fisheries Protection Policy, an accompanying Operational Approach for implementing the *Fisheries Act *changes, and transitional guidance for existing and new authorizations. These are available at www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/changes-changements/index-eng.htm.

Breaking Faith

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Today we honour the dead. And that's as it should be. "If ye break faith with us who die," John McCrae wrote, "we shall not sleep." It's easy to keep faith with the dead. It doesn't cost much. But we have broken faith with the living, the veterans who have come home and who will carry the wounds of war for the rest of their lives. Guy Parent, who replaced military ombudsman Pat Strogan, is doing the same thing for which Strogan was fired. Parent reports that the government has abandoned returning veterans. According to the Canadian Press, Guy Parent's long-awaited assessment of ... more »

Leadership: Speaker John Boehner, Alas, Will Never Be A Speaker Pat Murphy

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
It takes more to earn a Blue America endorsement than just the likelihood of voting right. We like to get to know the candidates and try too get behind the rhetoric. We look at past behavior of course but we also try to figure out two intangibles: character and leadership. We don't just look for someone to vote on the key issues that motivate progressives; we look for people with the inclination and ability to *lead* on those issues, which helps explain why we have been so enthusiastic about Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congressman Alan Grayson and Pennsylvania state Senator Daylin L... more »

ObamaCare updates - November 11 , 2013 - A nice overview fro Lambert Strether on the Rollout , why things went wronf due to organization dysfunction in the Administration and his observation of thw White house believe that any problem can be solved by better communication and more explaining ! Mish offers a reader's perspective on how ACA hits home for the newly non fulltime employees ! Identity theft raising its head as a woman in St Louis alleges she has had personal info stolen - from the ObamaCare website !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 The ObamaCare Rollout, Organizational Dysfunction, and Public Relations in the Administration *By Lambert Strether of Corrente.* Administration officials and defenders often claim that demand and volume overloaded the Federal exchange when it was rolled out. This claim is, in fact, not true, and I’d like to see what that lie tells us about organizational behavior inside the administration, and how it will react to future ObamaCare problems — which will be numerous. First, some examples of the false claim, both from the administration and its defenders: *Bara... more »

Twenty Five Greatest Books of all Time

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 4 hours ago
They are all sci fi because sci fi is the greatest form of literature ever. I think I have read 23 of them. I am working on a full list with reasons.

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Typhoon deaths climb into thousands* *~Aerial view of Philippines disaster*

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Ground games sputter for Saints, Cowboys ~Ramon Antonio Vargas, New Orleans Advocate* *UNO will develop map systems for the Navy *

Poppycock- Why rememberance rituals make me see red

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 4 hours ago
Excerpts from Robert Fisk : On the briefest of visits to London, I was appalled to notice that our television presenters and politicians and dignitaries have almost all resorted to stereotype by wearing those bloody poppies again – even though I suspect most of them would not know the difference between the Dardanelles and the Somme. How come this obscene fashion appendage – inspired by a pro-war poem, for God’s sake, which demands yet further human sacrifice – still adorns the jackets and blouses of the Great and the Good? *Even Tony Blair dares to wear a poppy – he who lied us int... more »

Chris Turner - comedian

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
Three decent jokes and several fair ones in 5 minutes,well worth a watch. The Christ/Dogma joke was a peach as was the Posh Spice one.

Is community rating fair?

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 6 hours ago
A large part of the motivation of the Affordable Care Act is to provide insurance to those with pre-existing conditions. Under the law, insurance is offered to everyone at a price based on overall community risk, not the risk estimated by the insurance company based on a person's particular characteristics. That has been deemed "fair" by advocates of the law. I wonder whether advocates of this view are concerned with other insurance markets. Teenage drivers pay a lot more for auto insurance. The old pay a lot more for life insurance. Life insurance companies require health screeni... more »

How Is It Supposed To Work?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 6 hours ago
I won't ask the Liberals. They're clueless. "Compassionate Capitalism" or some sort of nonsense. In their language, that means slashing services for the poor in order to afford their tax-cuts for the rich "come hell or high water." Of course, the rich are supposed to "create jobs" with their tax savings, but that's just a religious mantra, never explained. I won't ask the social democrats because they're too busy turning themselves into stupid liberals. So, I ask the radicals: How are your protests supposed to change anything? Some of you even believe we live in a total sham democ... more »

'The Day of the Doctor' is coming #SaveTheDay

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
Roll on Saturday 23rd November Meanwhile this clip has been leaked, 'Elizabeth's Credentials' - whatever that means Is the female scientist wearing the Fourth Doctor's scarf? For completeness, here's the earlier released trailer And here's Emergency Awesome analysing the 50th anniversary episode poster... So until the new Doctor Who 50th Anniversary trailer airs on 15th November at 19:30 on BBC1...

7 Super Spices To Have In Your Home

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
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The last great illusion

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
It is what holds you apart from your power. It perceives weakness. It imagines need. It sees the source of your essence outside of yourself. This final illusion is the greatest of them all. This last and greatest illusion is that you are less. This keeps us at bay; relentlessly asking, constantly searching, always doubting, never sure, forever waiting. It tells us fulfillment comes from someone, something, or someplace else. It is never here, not now and most certainly not you. The specifics matter not. What defines this illusion is that it depletes you. T... more »

The Mutilated Economy and Newt’s Revenge: Why Destitute US Labor Market Needs BIG Child Labor Law Revision (Liars Still Figuring/Figures Still Lying)

Firstly, for this week's BLS numbers from our friend R.J. Sigmund (pay close attention to the mysterious graph!): . . . the seasonally adjusted extrapolation from this October survey of households indicated that 143,568,000 of us were employed, 735,000 less than were employed in September, while 11,272,000 of us were unemployed, an increase of 17,000 over September; as the working age

Michael James : Going Off Campus, 1965

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours ago
Sam and Theophilius at sunset in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photos by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: Going off campus, Idaho, Wyoming, and Connecticut, 1965 I proceeded to quote Tom Paine: “Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils were I to

Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth [Source: Poetry Foundation]: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goo... more »

Bobblehead Trifecta

Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
The Toronto mayor's office is selling a Rob Ford bobblehead as a fundraiser for United Way. The Robbie Bobbie looks a whole lot more like Doug Ford actually and certainly the old Steve bobblehead could do with an update too so here's the whole teacon trifecta. h/t Willy Loman .

Deborah Tavares - Nasa Future Warfare - well, of course robotics is the way forward!

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 10 hours ago
of course USA inc. would move away from having soft squishy human bodies on the battlefield or in the next-generation of flying, floating, driving vehicles. It makes sense that remote control of these next-gen combat models has a much higher g-tolerance than the warplanes and vehicles of today. I mean, look at reports of SUPER FAST g-defying 'ufo's from Area 51 - it's FAR MORE LIKELY that these 'ufo's are just highly advanced DRONES that can be submitted to massively more extreme g-forces during next-gen dog fights. In fact, for the last few years, Free Planet has been stating that ... more »

The White House Tribal Nations Conference that isn't at the White House

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
It's that time of year again By Brenda Norrell Censored News It's that time of year again, time for the White House Tribal Nations Conference -- that isn't at the White House. Once again, it will be held at the Interior Building. Really, why can't President Obama at least greet all the Native American leaders in the White House. It would seem odd if the leaders of other countries were

Megaloads head for Nez Perce Nov. 10, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
. By Wild Idaho Rising Tide Censored News Dates: Sunday, Nov. 10, through Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 a.m. Second and Washington streets, near Moscow City Hall, and Highway 95 and Interstate 90, Idaho Please join the committed environmental warriors of Wild Idaho Rising Tide and Spokane Rising Tide, and urge family, friends, and co-workers to attend the Stand Up! Fight Back! Against

Censorship and Dispossession in Japan

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 12 hours ago
Developments in Japan are concerning: First, according to The Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) is trying to accelerate returning people to Fukushima prefecture by measuring citizen exposure levels using individual dosimeters instead of official air sampling. The Asahi notes dosimeters have much lower readings than official air sampling and that the NRA’s draft policy has no discussion of health impacts. The proposed exposure level for returning evacuees is 20 millisieverts based on dosimeter readings alone (no inclusion of estimates of exposure from conta... more »

Defense Contractor Fat Leonard Lures Naval Officers Into Selling Out America With Hookers, Cash And Tickets To A Lady Gaga Concert

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
Fat Leonard (in the middle) is in jail in San Diego awaiting trial Yesterday we lamented at the lack of accountability in high places for high crimes. Grayson talked about how Wall Street is still ignoring the law today because no one was punched for their criminal behavior leading up to the 2008 crash and Recession. And we pointed out how the Cheney gang had gotten away with all their depraved activities in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Does that impact society on lower levels than the White House? You bet it does! Although it hasn't gotten much attention, there's been a huge ... more »

Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Dalara Soap Co

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 13 hours ago
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France, Once A Great Nation, Is Now Acting A Fool And Punching Outside Its Weight Class

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 13 hours ago
*France: Can you remove yourself from the international scene for like, 5 or 10 years, until you get your head straightened out? Good? Thanks. Sincerely, the human species. * An excerpt from, *"Why France Is to Blame for Blocking the Iran Nuclear Agreement"* by Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast, November 10: France blocked the first stage of a nuclear deal with Iran that had support from the United States, Britain, Germany, most of the rest of Europe, Russia, and China. The simple—too simple—explanation for the French obstruction? They just want to call attention to themselves.... more »

Alan Waldman: 'Keeping Up Appearances' Tops Second Tier of My Favorite Britcoms

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 14 hours ago
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: Patricia Routledge stars as a middle class woman who puts on aristocratic airs in this very popular Britcom. By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / November 10, 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

What's the proper response to an extremist mayor who demonstrates that he's both a bigoted hatemonger and an imbecile?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*Wasn't the genius really saying, "I'm too stupid to be mayor"?* *by Ken* Consider these responses to the genius mayor of Beit Shemesh's brilliant statement three weeks ago on the occasion of his (apparent) reelection (as reported below by *Haaretz*): "We have none of those things [gays] here. Thank God, this city is holy and pure." • "These statements by an incumbent mayor in the State of Israel comparing the LGBT community to lawbreakers who must be dealt with by the police or dangers to public health constitute incitement according to Statutes 144(b) and 144(f) of the penal cod... more »

Why is it shocking that the Public is revolting against the Political Elites Immigration schemes ? Consider all of lies that were used to sell the Affordable Healthcare Act ? This Immigration reform is being pushed by the Political Elites in both parties - and we have seen they will lie now , apologize later when forced to finally acknowledge the truth !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/10/Public-revolts-against-political-Obama-s-and-establishment-s-amnesty-efforts PUBLIC REVOLTS AGAINST OBAMA, POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT'S AMNESTY EFFORTS 1715 15 1099 7 ------------------------------ Email ArticlePrint articleSend a Tip by MATTHEW BOYLE 10 Nov 2013, 1:05 PM PDT 1629POST A COMMENT According to new national polling data from Pew Research, the American people have revolted against President Barack Obama’s and the GOP establishment’s efforts to grant amnesty to America’s at least 11 million illegal immigrants through com... more »

Police State updates November 9 , 2013 - Las Vegas installs Light fixture listening posts ..... NY cop pleads guilty to cyber snooping on his fellow cops......FAA sees widespread domestic drone use by 2015 .......Public officials admit to scamming by way of red light cameras..... Cannibal nation - gummy bears and pharmaceuticals made from human dna coming to a store near you ......America beng pushed to civil war - welcome to Syria / Egypt / Libya folks........ While more folks are in jail in the US than we have high school teachers or engineers , the criminals are becoming more randomly violent and vile !

Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.infowars.com/las-vegas-installs-intellistreets-light-fixtures-capable-of-recording-conversations/ ( If this is being installed , it will be used... ) Las Vegas Installs “Intellistreets” Light Fixtures Capable Of Recording Conversations - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Mikael Thalen* Infowars.com November 9, 2013 The Las Vegas Public Works Department has begun testing a newly installed street light system around City Hall w... more »

Update on Syria: Pakistan Is Exporting The Taliban To Syria, Under Saudi Tutelage

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours ago
*Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: Stop exporting Jihadist terrorists to Syria.* An excerpt from, *"Washington’s World: November 11th – November 17th, 2013"*Swoop: Although the drone killing of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was widely welcomed inside US intelligence circles, other Administration officials see the implications for relations with Islamabad as more disquieting. As the 2014 date for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan approaches, President Obama remains determined not to be drawn into what he sees as an unlimited residual commitment to guarantee Afghan governmen... more »

4 Corporate Education Reform Talking Points That Are Flat-Out Lies

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
If you listen to the buzz coming from the airwaves about education reform these days, you may notice that many things are starting to sound much too familiar–some even vomit-inducingly so. It’s almost as if someone gave the spokespeople from state education departments, private curriculum and testing firms, and astroturf groups the same script and […]

A Canadian on Horseback....(A Mary Mackie Remembrance Day Special)

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 15 hours ago
*A Canadian on Horseback* *9 July 1944 Memorialized in Bronze* *Written By Mary Mackie* Canadian and British troops liberated Caen after 33 days of the bloodiest battles of the Normandy campaign. A small but dramatic ceremony in the main square marked the historic first raising of the French flag, but a Canadian artillery officer on horseback made the moment symbolically Canadian too.. Although Caen was one of the D-Day objectives the Germans also recognized it as pivotal to their defence against the Allie... more »

DARPA's Flu Fighters Ramp Up Veggie-Based Vaccines

Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 16 hours ago
WIREDBy Robert Beckhusen 07.26.12 5:31 PM The military wants to boost vaccine production for the deadly flu, and do so with tobacco plants like these, pictured at a Medicago greenhouse in North Carolina in May 2012. Photo: Darpa In the event of a global and highly lethal flu pandemic, we’ll need to churn out millions of vaccines as soon as humanly possible. Not easy to do considering a true vaccine can’t be developed until the pandemic has already arrived. So it’s not surprising the military wants better vaccines that can be produced at blazing speed. Preferably ones it can grow.... more »

Disturbing on so many levels

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 16 hours ago
How many kids have been given the key to the kingdom and then crashed it royally? Without a doubt the most spectacular crash was observed when GWB bottomed out the World Economy in 2008. But don't worry it appears he is trying hard to make up for it. Really who cant wait for the apocalypse anyway?

Least we Forget

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 16 hours ago
My Grandfather enlisted at age 17 to fight the Hun for King and Country. Ypres, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and too many other bloody muddy field to mention he fought in them all. He lost a lung to mustard gas, but still soldiered on right until the end. I knew him for over 30 years and if you asked him about the war he would smile and tell one of two stories. Either drinking and celebrating Christmas one year with the Germans in an informal grass roots truce, or the time he was walking across an open field, some would have said and then the red baron came down on him on a strafing ... more »

Lest we forget

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 17 hours ago
And on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in the year 1918 the guns of the Western Front finally went silent and the human carnage of the First World War came to a close – in the West, anyway, if not in the Bolshevised East. Yet while the guns went silent, the results of the war would stay with us, like a bacillus, for decades to come. They are with us still. The world that emerged from World War I was vastly different to the benevolent, cultural milieu that entered it so optimistically four-and-a-half years before. The war into which American President ... more »

Breaking: Space junk falling to Earth

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
We've come to the point of space exploitation where these things are rarely mentioned. I don't recall any big buzz when this launched but now that this satellite is about to sort of crash to Earth within the hour it's slightly bigger news. Also too, it's an exceptional unit. [video at CNN] The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer -- a European Space Agency satellite known shorthand as GOCE -- was barely a dozen miles above the scientifically recognized edge of space as its orbit decayed, the ESA announced shortly before midnight Sunday (6 p.m. ET). GOCE is ex... more »

Gun thuggery in Texas

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
[photo via Moms Demand Action] Because nothing says responsible gun owner like terrifying unarmed mall shoppers, open carry crackpots choose to intimidate mothers and innocent bystanders. On Saturday, nearly 40 armed men, women, and children waited outside a Dallas, Texas area restaurant to protest a membership meeting for the state chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. According to a spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action (MDA), the moms were inside the Blue Mesa Gr... more »

Virginia GOP rigs the recount

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
The result of the Virgina AG race is still outstanding pending a recount. Apparently not at concerned about winning votes honestly, the Republicans intend to rig the recount to get their man into office. The Daily Press of Newport News, Va. reported Friday that Republican candidate Mark Obenshain had an unofficial lead of just under 1,300 votes over Democratic challenger Mark Herring. That tally did not include full provisional ballot totals, and as of Saturday, a fresh rule change was complicating matters. The beauty of this scam is they only changed the rule for one county, that ... more »

Lakota action outside White House Tribal Nations Conference: For the children

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 18 hours ago
'Our children are not yours to take' Wednesday, Nov. 13, outside Interior Building, where the White House Tribal Leaders Conference is being held By Lakota Peoples Law Project Censored News Tribal Chairmen of the Great Sioux Nation, Lakota women leaders, and the Lakota Peoples Law Project will hold a press conference next Tuesday, November 12, at the Washington Plaza Hotel at 10 Thomas

Failed science is not bad science

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
This neat cartoon hints at the helpful point that knowledge of scientific failure is still scientific knowledge. If the foundation of knowledge is causality, as Aristotle affirmed,1 then knowledge that A *doesn’t* cause C is as important as knowledge that B *does *. 1. “…we have knowledge of a thing only when we have grasped its cause” (*Posterior Analytics,* 71 b 9–11. & 94 a 20) and “…we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause." (*Physics* 194 b 17–20) Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission t... more »

Steven Seagal - Worlds Apart - Acting Tough

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 19 hours ago
one of the truly great American practitioners of the Japanese martial art of AIKIDO, *lawman and vigilante, fighter and peacemaker, (Steven Seagal) has played many roles in his career, but few seem as likely as an ambassador between the US and Russia. From disarming a nuclear weapon to helping with the War on Terror, can an actor become a true action hero, succeeding where countless politicians have stumbled? Steven Seagal joins Oksana to thrash out these issues.* [source RT] Steven Seagal, Actor. As a blogger with an interest in the Intelligence Patter, I LOL'd a little at thi... more »

I'm A Believer

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
I was always a kind of spiritual person, but one who was repulsed by religion. All my acid trips were spiritual. I talk to God every day. I admire some of the incredible Gothic churches of Europe and the Vatican art collection is spectacular but I've always tended to stay away from organized religion and tend to see all of them as Satan's paws on earth. Lately I've had Pope Francis on my mind. I liked him as soon as I heard he had taken the name Francis. I've been wondering about embracing Catholicism. The Church has way too much baggage for me and God only knows what kind of garb... more »

Last post - moving elsewhere

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
As you have read, MyOpera is shutting down in March. That's a while away. Yet, I decided to move on now. Thank you all very much for your interest! Should you look for me then go to http://drjohnsworld.weebly.com/ That is where you find me as of now. Wishing you all the best! John

Our episode with TX Superintendent John Kuhn

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
Here’s the link. Good guy. New book out for him, Test and Punish. Check it. Tagged: john kuhn, superintendent, test and punish

A disaster

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
The disaster in the Philippines seems impossible to put into perspective. Thomas Lumley at Stats Chat tries: There are reports that as many as 10,000 people may have died on the Philippine island of Leyte on Friday, drowned in the storm surge or killed by collapsing buildings. Leyte is roughly comparable in size and population to the Auckland Region (about 40% larger). Fewer than 8000 people died in Auckland in all of 2012. A disaster. That is a telling understatement. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at i... more »

The sickening first response of government to disaster

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 20 hours ago
*THE SICKENING FIRST RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO DISASTER* Typhoon Haiyan is perhaps the most devastating weather event to ever hit land. More than 10,000 people have been killed, and the full details are still very much uncertain. The Philippines has had more than its share of natural disasters - and man-made ones as well. What I find particularly disturbing and unfortunately quite typical is the *first* priority of the Philippine government to the events. As quoted in today's report in Al Jazeera the President of the country used a photo-op visit to one of the areas affected ... more »

Sunday Question for Liberals

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours ago
Simple one: Who do you want to run for president? Not who are you supporting, but who do you hope runs?

Pol. Ideology 53: Zero Government, Zero Taxes, Then What?

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
Zero government, zero taxes, then what? This is a question posed by a physician friend, DiVa, in one facebook group, the “University of the Philippines Libertarians”. There was no direct reply from the person being asked. I responded with the following. Hi Divs, I'm a minarchist and never a fan of anarchy or zero government. Your questions are straightforward -- zero govt, zero tax, now what will you do if you are the person that the community looks up to? Coercion and taxation is inevitable. You abolish any form of government today, you create one tomorrow. Why? I support the c... more »

Sunday Question for Conservatives

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 20 hours ago
I don't remember asking this one, at least not recently. George W. Bush: looking better in retrospect? Worse?

Does Shame Cause Cancer?

I vote yes. (Please consider making a contribution to the Welcome to Pottersville2 Quarterly Fundraiser happening now or sending a link to your friends if you think the subjects discussed here are worth publicizing. Thank you for your support. We really appreciate it. Anything you can do will make a huge difference in this blog's ability to survive in these difficult economic times.)

Paiute Chairman walks with Longest Walk 4 Salinas, Utah Nov. 10, 2013

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours ago
... . Photos by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz, Nov. 10, 2013. Thanks for sharing with Censored News! By Brenda Norrell Photos by Bad Bear Sampson Censored News RICHFIELD, Utah -- Koosharem Paiute Chairmen Elliott Yazzie walked with the Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz today, as the walkers

A new milestone in debt [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
The spin today is that the New Zealand government accounts are said to be “in slightly better shape than forecast.” And Bill English still promises a surplus in government accounts “next year.” (There’s always jam tomorrow.) But today, we see that his deficit for the last quarter was still a whopping $1.3 billion. (In 2008 it was $31 million.) And the money the govt owes, its total debt, has just hit $60 billion. (In 2008, when they took over, it was $10,2 billion.) Which is about $60,000 for every tax-paying New Zealander. (Of which there is barely a million.) Or about 28% of... more »

Maintaining Remembrance

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 21 hours ago
There's a very interesting piece for Remembrance Sunday on the *Sky News*website from Mark Stone in Burma. He visits the Taukkyan War Cemetery near the country's new capital. 6,426 Commonwealth soldiers are buried there, their headstones "lined up in perfect uniformity," many mere teenagers. I spot a Private Jones and a Corporal Johnson. Their names seem oddly incongruous so far from 'home'. It is a reminder of just how global the two world wars were. Mark notes there are 23,000 war cemeteries around the world, in 153 different countries, bearing the graves and names of 1.7 milli... more »

What Every New Cancer Patient Needs to Know

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 22 hours ago
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MyCancellation.com: Remember When Obama Lied ‘You Can Keep Your Health Insurance’?

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at Global Political Awakening - 22 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Melissa Melton The President has been caught in yet another lie (or the same lie hundreds of times) when he said (over and over and over again): If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what. In case you aren’t sure when President Obama said that, watch him say it 36 times in the past few years here: (It almost needs a techno beat behind it. But anyway…) At this point, personal horror stories of premium price hikes and insurance cancellati... more »

DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW......

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
A US-led trade deal is currently being negotiated that could increase the price of prescription drugs, weaken financial regulations and even allow partner countries to challenge American laws. But few know its substance. The pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is deliberately shrouded in secrecy, a trade deal powerful people, including President Obama, don’t want you to know about. Over 130 Members of Congress have asked the White House for more transparency about the negotiations and were essentially told to go fly a kite. While most of us are in the dark about the contents... more »

More blogging

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
"So where does *Is the BBC Biased? *find itself, now, here in November 2013?", we ask ourselves, introspectively. Suddenly, the answer comes to us....and all hell breaks loose (if only): We find ourselves here, in November 2013, still breathing the refreshing air of the blogosphere. So, phew then! Being shy, retiring types (like nervous exiles), we rarely promote ourselves, thus finding ourselves under-promoted. We're, therefore, clearly the ultra-cool BBC bias-related blog equivalent of the Velvet Underground (minus the interest in drugs and sexual depravity), rather than being ... more »

Fukushima Updates November 8-10.....Overview of spent fuel problem facing Tepco , conundrum of where are the melted cores , pondering the unabated and uncontrollable releases of contamination in sea and ground water.... Tepco running out of trained workers and amateurs to be deployed for spent fuel pool work - would could go wrong ? Additional items of note touching on the Fukushima disaster presently underway since March 11 , 2011.....

Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
Energy News...... http://enenews.com/expert-there-may-be-an-accident-of-criticality-during-fuel-removal-at-fukushima-unit-4-tv-rods-could-crumble-frightening-that-tepco-is-in-charge-of-potential-catastrophe-videos ( Tepco in charge of the spent fuel removal is akin to Moe , Larry and Curly running the show... ) AFP, Nov. 7, 2013: Experts warn that any slip-ups could quickly cause the situation to deteriorate. Even minor mishaps will create considerable delays to the already long and complicated decommissioning. If the rods are exposed to the air they would release radiation and co... more »

Marketing adaptation . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 23 hours ago
While Dubya scares the bejeezus out of you, ponder Puma’s new plus size logo… from The Meta Picture. I guess pouncing porky puddies are a possibility. 

Stephen Harper and scandals

LeDaro at LeDaro - 23 hours ago
Senate scandal and his friend Rob Ford keeps people entertained with his shenanigans.

Grass Fed Beef Hamburger - Stock Your Freezer

cowboss at WALLACE SPRINGS CATTLE COMPANY - 23 hours ago
Our grass fed lean dry aged ground beef is made from the whole animal, not just the trimmings. This means it is not only lower in fat than traditional ground beef, but it also tastes better. Wallace Springs Farm beef is pasture raised as nature intended and never fed or otherwise given growth promotents, beta agonists, or antibiotics. SOLE (Sustainable, Organically principled, Local and Ethical) Food at it's finest. Our animals are processed locally at a Government inspected abattoir Available now. Paper wrapped, and frozen in approx. 1 lb packages at $4.99/lb We also have a goo... more »

BitCoin roller coaster ride Weekend of November 9-10 , 2013 ! Zooming to almost 400 and then back to less than 300 - in a span of about one half day ! Pros and Cons previously discussed , the questions for BitCoin investors may be how strong is your stomach as well as your tolerance for insane moves this this weekend ? Naturally , if BitCoin is attractive as a safe haven , one must consider manic moves in that equation . And like any other asset class , BitCoin is subject to manipulation - the current unknowns are if regulations comes in the US , what form or forms of regulation will be seen , by whom , what are the confiscation risks , what are the scammer risks ? To each their own , but don't put more in play than one could comfortably lose and still sleep well at night ( seems a prudent course. )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 23 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-10/bitcoin-plunges-25-government-scrutiny-first-btc-fair-value-reco-has-stunning-price- As BitCoin Plunges 25% On Government Scrutiny, The First BTC "Fair Value" Reco Has A Stunning Price Target [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/10/2013 12:39 -0500 - European Central Bank - Volatility inShare1 It took literally minutes following our report from yesterday that in addition to the ECB and Fed, it was the Senate's turn to finally shine the spotlight on the most notorious electronic currency with a hearing ti... more »

Syria updates November 10 , 2013 .....Government officials and Syrian rebel forces reach truce allowing food to reach citizens in blockaded rebel held town ( Qudsaya ) ......Syrian Opposition meting to determine whether they will attend a proposed peace conference brokered by US and Russia ( and under what conditions they will seek to attend ) .... Fighting continues around Aleppo base protcting Government Aiport - reportedly changing control repeatedly in recently....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-activists-truce-made-blockaded-town-20842062 Syrian opposition agrees to attend Geneva talks with preconditions – SNC statement Published time: November 11, 2013 00:58 Get short URL Share on tumblr Tags Meeting, Politics, Syria The Western-backed Syrian opposition group has agreed to participate international peace talks, outlining conditions that must be met before they attend in Geneva, the group said in a statement. The Syrian National Council is demanding a guarantee that relief agencies will get unhindered access to rebel-held... more »

Sunday Classics: Thinking of the "snorting and grunting" Brahms's "inwardly restless and propulsive" piano playing

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) and husband Daniel Barenboim play the third-movement Allegro passionato of the Brahms F major Cello Sonata, the movement we heard in this week's preview.* *by Ken* For this week's preview I seized on a quote included by the program notes for the performance of Brahms's Second Cello Sonata I heard recently, with the fine young cellist Dmitry Kouzov, in British pianist-conductor-professor Ian Hobson's 14-concert New York series of "The Complete Solo Piano and Chamber Music with Piano of Johannes Brahms," under the general title *Brahms: Classical Incli... more »

GORE VIDAL EXOSED THE ELITE

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Gore Vidal, who once said: "Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies." Asked whether his first romantic encounter was homosexual or heterosexual, Vidal replied that he had been "too polite to ask".* *Gore Vidal claimed that the 'Bush junta' was complicit in 9/11* Gore Vidal claimed that *"We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the USA."* Interview - The Times September 30, 2009. *Gore Vidal with JFK* Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, had been a friend of the J F Kennedy family and of the Clintons. Gore Vidal reportedly slept with Anaïs Nin and enjoyed close friendships w... more »

MyCancellation.com: Remember When Obama Lied ‘You Can Keep Your Health Insurance’?

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Melissa Melton The President has been caught in yet another lie (or the same lie hundreds of times) when he said (over and over and over again): If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what. In case you aren’t sure when President Obama said that, watch him say it 36 times in the past few years here: (It almost needs a techno beat behind it. But anyway…) At this point, personal horror stories of premium price hikes and insurance cancella... more »

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Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
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Teachers and Parents Organize Against High Stakes Corporate Control in Knoxville

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
For those unfamiliar with the all-in corporate takeover of Tennessee public schools, here is a short list of readings to catch up: 1. *Schools Matter*: *Tennessee's* Milken Plan for *Teacher Evaluation* * ...* www.*schoolsmatter*.info/2011/.../*tennessee*s-milken-plan-for-*teacher* .htm...‎ - - - Nov 2, 2011 - Someone asking questions about *Tennessee's* off-the-Milken-shelf*teacher evaluation* plan? Teachers occupying their *schools* and threatening *...* Robert D. Skeels +1'd this 2. *Schools Matter*: *Tennessee Teachers* Will *... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Lovely downtown Noho. [Bill Dwight photo]

The 1991 World Championship 4 x 400 final - When the Brits beat the Americans - Black, Redmonds, Regis and Akabusi

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
I remember this well, Bambi on the opening leg, Derek Redmond soon to be famous for needing his father's help to finish the Olympic 400 metre final, Jon Regis doing a typically great 400 metre run (why did he not run it as an individual) and Kris Akabusi showing that on his day a 400 metre hurdles bronze medallist can beat a 400 metre flat gold medallist. This post should please Jack Whitehall.

The Impact of DCPS IMPACT: An Actual DC Teacher’s Perspective

Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Introduction This piece is a response to a recent report titled, “Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT” by Thomas Dee and James Wyckoff (2013). This response attempts to offer a ground-level perspective from a teacher working within a high poverty neighborhood public school; It’s not trying to undermine the report’s findings. In fact, […]

How London-Centric is Political Blogging?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
We know politics is. We know the news media is. But what about blogging? This has been something I've turned over since attending a bloggers' breakfast at Labour conference 2012 to launch UnionHome. The five-strong panel featured a clutch of Labour tweeters originally hailing from the four corners of the land. But all, bar one, had something in common. They were based in London. I asked about this and the comrades were pretty forthcoming. They recognised most were there because of the offline social networks living in the capital provides, *and* that it reflects the London bias in ... more »

You've always wondered ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
How could George W. Bush reconcile the financial destruction of his country over the invasion of Iraq? The "weapons of mass destruction" myth has long been buried under mountains of proof of manipulated and invented "intelligence". The conquest of an oil-state was pretty obvious. Think though. Is George W. Bush really smart enough to get his head around that concept? We have always held in the

A Self Unmade Man

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
In his review of Paul Wells' book, *The Longer I'm Prime Minister*, Crawford Killian writes that Stephen Harper has a history of political misjudgement: One of Wells' key points is that Harper is the author of most of his own misfortunes. He's the guy who ignored China until the Keystone XL pause taught him to seek foreign markets for oil; that made energy exports to China his priority #1. And that led to a declaration of war against "environmentalists and other radicals" who might stall the Northern Gateway pipeline to the Pacific. Perhaps his worst failings might be called huma... more »
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