Saturday, November 23, 2013

23 Nov - Blogs I'm Following

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Livesay [Haiti] Weblog: “We cannot suffer with the poor when we are unwil...

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 27 minutes ago
Livesay [Haiti] Weblog: “We cannot suffer with the poor when we are unwil...: “We cannot suffer with the poor when we are unwilling to confront those persons and systems that cause poverty. We cannot set the capt... more »

Suddenly, it's 1963 again

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 41 minutes ago
Bit late to this but can't stop thinking about it. Of all the iconic images of the dreadful day of Jack Kennedy's assassination, this is one that burns the most vividly in my memory. I saw this unfold live on the television as an 11 year old who loved my President and the First Family and was struggling to make sense of this shocking event. Jacqueline Kennedy arrives Andrews AFB DC, met by Robert Kennedy, 50 years ago this moment: #AP pic.twitter.com/E7qEIOOKPZ — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 22, 2013 Jackie in that blood stained suit she refused to change. I'll never fo... more »

doTerra On Guard Beadlets Giveaway

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 hour ago
This giveaway is sponsored by My Natural Family. All opinions are my 100% own. I can't ignore it any longer. Winter is coming and with the changing weather comes sickness. There is never a good time to be sick, it tends to just seize you and force you to stay home. My husband's days off are pretty much all accounted for next little while with family plans and a new baby coming, so he really can't get sick this winter. We all have plans we don't want to miss, so doTerra has released On Guard Beadlets. We absolutely LOVE these in our house. They make it really easy to use doTerra ... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Not the only thing that mattered, but I'll go with the obvious one: the Senate going nuclear is a very big deal. What didn't matter? I'll stick with filibusters, and agree with Adam Ramey that if the legislative filibuster goes, it's not going to matter much...as long as there's divided government. Although even then, "less than you think" could still be a big deal, so I suppose this isn't a very good "didn't matter." Sorry; I've been so focused on the nuclear business that I hardly know what else happened this week, and all the things I can think of actually did matter. But maybe ... more »

Wintering in

risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 hour ago
Baby, it's cold outside. 19F yesterday morning, 22 this morning. The vines from missed potatoes that sprouted this fall have flopped over and are turning to slime. The calendulas finally bit the dust. Squirrels, who have madly squirreled away what looked like record numbers of acorns this year (it's what is called a "mast" year) have gone suddenly quiet. The chard is holding up so far, but is the likeliest of the greens to give up of what we have out there. Kale, collards, cabbages, beets, mangels, radish, turnips, Brussels sprouts and even onions are looking good. I picked a few ... more »

Photos from JFK 50th anniversary conference - Santa Barbara, CA

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 2 hours ago
To his credit, Dr. Fetzer did mention Israel as being a sponsor of the assassination, which really surprised me. Dr. Fetzer, the Master of Ceremonies, at the podium. Dr. Fetzer did a great job hosting this conference. Directly in front of Fess Parker Double Tree Hotel in Santa Barbara, CA.Beautiful Santa Barbara sunset. *Before the conference at Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor*

Not All Country Singers Have The Blake Shelton Perspective-- Meet All American Boy Steve Grand

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
If you're not moved-- probably profoundly-- by the song and video above, it's probably a waste of time to read the rest of this post. That's the self-made, independent ($7,000) video of "All American Boy" by Lemont, Illinois-born country singer, sometimes called the first out male country star, Steve Grand. Steve's 23 years old and the video hit YouTube last July… and exploded. It's not the kind of song country music radio would ever play. Not ever. Not anywhere. How do I know? Long before I wound up as president of Reprise Records, and before my partner Chris Knab and I started ... more »

Chuck Woolery: Sums up real healthcare reform...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*which is what those of us with more than two black eyed peas rattling around in our head have been saying for years.* H/T Moonbattery

Golf, Race and Class: Don't Blame the Caddy

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago
*"So I’m grateful, Bill, as well for the advice and counsel that you’ve offered me, both on and off the golf course... "* I have advice too. Given the extremely long and complex history as relating to Golf, Race and Class - don't dress like The Caddy and get photographed. Especially when your predecessor has on his Brainy Specs. But then, we all make mistakes... "Now, last, but never least, we honor a leader who we still remember with such extraordinary fondness. He still remembers as a child waving goodbye to his mom -- tears in her eyes -- as she went off to nursing school... more »

EX-BRITISH SOLDIERS ARRESTED IN INDIA

Anon at aangirfan - 4 hours ago
*The MV Seaman Guard Ohio, on which six British former soldiers were arrested, on 12 October 2013.* With elections coming up in India there is a risk that certain western security services might stage a false flag terror attack in India. The attackers who killed 166 people during the 2008 attacks on Mumbai reportedly arrived by sea. Six British former soldiers have been taken into custody in Chennai in India. The ex-soldiers were arrested on board *MV Seaman Guard Ohio.* The* MV Seaman Guard Ohio* was intercepted 10 nautical miles off the coast of India, after two alerts from in... more »

what i'm watching: ken burns' "prohibition", an excellent documentary

laura k at wmtc - 4 hours ago
This week we finished Ken Burns' excellent documentary "Prohibition," and I recommend it highly to everyone who enjoys history. Most of us know at least something about Prohibition, especially how it failed, but I'd bet that much of this film will be eye-opening. And, if you aren't a regular viewer of Ken Burns' documentaries, this three-parter could serve as a wonderful introduction to his signature style. It's on US Netflix, on PBS, and probably at your local library. I did know that the early movement against alcohol was deeply rooted in the early US women's movement. Women's ant... more »

Paul Craig Roberts: "China is going to let the dollar decline further in value." "This blow to the dollar in addition to the blows delivered by jobs offshoring and the uncovered bets in the gambling casino created by financial deregulation means that the US economy as we knew it is coming to an end." Translation: When the dollar ceases to be the world's reserve currency, your dollars may buy as little as half as much as they buy now.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 4 hours ago
------------------------------ *The Dying Dollar — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ November 22, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *The Dying Dollar* *Federal Reserve and Wall Street Assassinate US Dollar* Since 2006, the US dollar has experienced a one-quarter to one-third drop in value to the Chinese yuan, depending on the choice of base. Now China is going to let the dollar decline further in value. China also says it is considering undermining the petrodollar by... more »

CREATING THE CONVERSION PROCESS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 4 hours ago
Six folks turned up at various times yesterday during our 90 minute vigil at Bath Iron Works. We were there when the afternoon shift knocked off and the evening shift began so we saw lots of workers drive by. Our message was primarily about building something different at the shipyard. BIW has been there more than 100 years and the city's whole identity is wrapped up in shipbuilding so its a hard sell. But what we have heard from conversations with workers over the years is that as long as they have a job they wouldn't mind building rail systems or wind turbines. The union t... more »

U.S. Government And Their Mainstream Media Celebrate A Half Century Of LYING About The JFK Assassination

Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 5 hours ago
We are watching the U.S. government & mainstream media, one in the same, celebrate 50 years - a half century - of lying to the public about the assassination of JFK. It points out a multi-generational continuum of media & government lies as most of the original liars are dead. This also points to a controlled media spanning generations. It's also proof that both parties work together to COVER-UP false flags and we have no democracy and no choices in rigged elections. First: Let me start off with this fact: 75% of Americans do NOT believe the "official story" of the JFK assassinati... more »

Let me tell you a little something about me #edreform

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
Since 2009, in professional terms, I’ve suffered some fairly significant losses. I pursued a PhD in 2005 and completed it in 2009, thinking that higher education would lift me to some higher plane in terms of my understanding and practice of my chosen discipline. Understanding it brought me, indeed. And improvements to my practice, certainly, […]

Stagnation as an excuse for sustained high P/E

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 hours ago
*Bubbles will arrive before inflation* When I was six or so, I had an idea that many other kids – and many of you – probably have also arrived to. If one may buy anything for the money and someone is able to print the money, why doesn't he print an unlimited amount of money in order to make everyone happy and solve all the world's problems? The Keynesians and similar folks believe that this is a great idea even when they are adults. But many of us have managed to figure out – or were told – why this isn't such a great idea. After all, the nominal information expressed in the units ... more »

Federal Reserve trapped in QE trap , trying to wriggle free without blowing the present ponzi schemes sky high ( comprehending QR impact comes from ongoing flow rather than stock of holdings is recognition of the ponzi scheme aspect of QE Fed policy in place ) .... Hugh Hendry throws throws in his " Bear " towel and turns " bullish " , what happens when everyone is on one side of a boat ? Doug Noland's Friday Essay reflects on QE , whether the Fed can wind down QE , whether the Fed is hoist by its QE petard at this point , a review of the different QE programs that have been rolled out during the ongoing crisis and the way forward suggested by the Charles Plosser paper ...

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-22/we-will-soon-learn-how-strong-qe-trap-has-become "We Will Soon Learn How Strong The QE Trap Has Become" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/22/2013 20:28 -0500 - Capital Markets - Excess Reserves - Monetary Policy - Newspaper - Quantitative Easing - recovery - Unemployment - Volatility - Yen inShare6 *Submitted by Derrick Wulf via NoEasyTrade blog,* Reading between the lines of recent Fed communications, it’s becoming increasingly clear to me that the Fed wants to exit its ... more »

War Watch - November 23 - 24 , 2013.... Iran nuclear talks enter fourth Day in the latest round of Iran and P 5 + 1 talks ......Syria War updates - as the issue of chemical weapon usage by Assad fades away into the mist , the day to day fighting on the ground is the focus . And as far as that goes , Assad is holding his own . Syria rebels have morphed into a jihadist / Al Qaeda led collection of fighters ......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Iran..... http://www.debka.com/article/23461/The-US-and-Europeans-give-Iran-a-deadline-of-Saturday-night-for-concluding-a-nuclear-deal- American and European negotiators have given Iran until Saturday night, Nov. 23, the fourth day of negotiations in Geneva, to reach agreement on an interim nuclear deal, DEBKAfile’s sources report. After that deadline, those delegations plan to cut the talks short and leave. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif retorted that his government would not bow to threats. The US-EU deadline indicated that Washington, Paris, London and Berlin had reached... more »

Fukushima nuclear disaster updates - Weekend thread for November 23 - 24 , 2013 .... Fuel rod removal items , historical radiation release items , debris and radiation contamination items .........

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Energy News...... 07:51 AM EST on November 23rd, 2013 | 3 comments Watch: Underwater close-up of fuel assembly pulled from rack at Fukushima Unit 4 — Debris seen floating inside pool (VIDEOS) 01:15 AM EST on November 23rd, 2013 | 21 comments Tepco Adviser: 925 quadrillion Bq of contaminated water from trying to cool melted Fukushima cores in first few months after 3/11 — TV: “Tepco has no idea where the fuel is” (VIDEO) 05:00 PM EST on November 22nd, 2013 | 30 comments Sailors in Hawaii being asked to monitor Fukushima plumes — TV: New type of debris washing up on islands, “Really lo... more »

If You Have A Rep In Congress Willing To Compromise Away Social Security, You Have The Wrong Rep

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
In recent days, we've been talking a lot about the push from progressives in the Senate, particularly Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to combat the never-ending conservative goal of whittling away at Social Security by actually fighting to *expand* it. Earlier in the month, it was Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown who kicked off the effort to bring Tom Harkin's bill to the forefront of the legislative agenda. As Greg Sargent pointed out in the *Washington Post* Brown's strategy was to go on the offensive "rather than let Republicans and Beltway fiscal scolds frame the discussion as ... more »

To celebrate tonight's 'The Day of the Doctor' Doctor Who special - some gratuitious Amy Pond/Karen Gillan images

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
I am not 100% if the leather catsuit image is kosher. If you want to see some more images of Karen Gillan, may of which are photoshopped then this search may be of assistance but beware many are definitely NSFW.

President John F Kennedy Secret Society Speech

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 6 hours ago
"Listen to this incredible audio recording of a speech made by JFK before the American Newspaper Publishers Association where he warns the press about the secret societies that are the real power in global affairs."

Alien Connections - Freeman

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 7 hours ago
[image: Freemantv] Freemantv *Nov 18, 2013* http://freemantv.com/ Was Freeman abducted by aliens? Was he shown a vision of our future? What exopolitical message is revealed in his childhood art? http://truthconnections.com/

Future Technology From The Past - Jim Marrs

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 7 hours ago
It has been reported that Saddam Hussein believes himself to be the reincarnation of King Nebuchadnezzar, the babylonian monarch that tried to contact the prehistoric gods. It has also been reported that amazing new archeological finds were discovered in Iraq in the late 1990′s. Could these ancient texts provide the key to understanding the monatomic elements only now being studied by modern scientists? Could these elements – which may provide the secrets of limitless non-polluting energy, teleportation, longevity and even time and dimension travel be the true reason for the U.S.’... more »

Doctor WTF

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
Here's another post adding to the hype about tonight's *Doctor Who *whilst simultaneously moaning about it... My family were gathered around the TV last night, discussing BBC One's *News at Six*. Important points were being made about how all those fat cats who run places like the Co-op Bank (and their lawyers) all seem to have fat faces, and serious questions were also being asked about why some BBC reporter or other was needlessly standing in front of a village church that you couldn't actually see because it was night time. (He had to tell us he was standing in front of the v... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*2013 Fringe Parade Rolls Today!* *As Congress considers delay in flood insurance program, rates keep rising ~Leigh Isaacson, WVUE* *Vehicles still being pulled from Bayou St. John; many linked to theft cases ~Antwan Harris, WWLTV* *The 10 Best Neighborhoods For Renters In New Orleans via NOPD Crime Map ~Curbed N.O. *

A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 8 hours ago
A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013. via A MOMENT IN NCTE HISTORY – NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 2013.

SMASH THE BIG BOSSES!

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Swiss GDP consists mostly of medium-sized companies which do not pay huge salaries to their bosses.* On 24 November 2013, Switzerland holds a referendum on reforms that would make it illegal for Swiss companies to give bosses more than 12 times the wage of their lowest earning workers. In 1998, the top salaries at the largest Swiss companies stood at 14 times those of the lowest-paid workers. By 2011, the top salaries at the largest Swiss companies stood at 93 times those of the lowest-paid workers. *When big companies are run by greedy pigs, trouble follows.* *It is the com... more »

The BBC just cannot help themselves

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
From the BBC's article entitled 'How did Doctor Who reflect the real world?': The first David Tennant story, The Christmas Invasion, contains a scene which echoes former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to sink the General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict in 1982. Penelope Wilton's prime minister orders the destruction of a retreating alien spaceship, a decision condemned by the Doctor. Doctor Who during the Russell T. Davies years often had politial echoes, this was one of the most clumsy. It was also perpetrtinga falsehood as the Argentinian ship's captain and ot... more »

Sign Petition To Help Fight Oppressive Health Laws and Censorship of Public Debate in Australia

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 10 hours ago
https://www.facebook.com/avn.living.wisdom Help Fight Oppressive Health Laws and Censorship of Public Debate in Australia – Sign Petition Child Health Safety, 22 November 2013 Please help fight for freedom of health information in Australia by signing this petition On Wednesday morning I signed an Avaaz petition *Do not give the NSW HCCC powers of censorship over public and individuals* opposing moves to silence criticism of the New South Wales health department. New South Wales is the most populace state of Australia. Within minutes my moderate and reasoned political statement w... more »

Boycott Wal-mart on Black Friday 2013.

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago
Right on!! Walmart employees and their supporters are staging a nationwide boycott on Black Friday, November 29. Walmart is one of the nation's biggest opponents of raising wages, despite being one of the world's most highly profitable cor...porations. Worse, each Walmart store has been shown to cost taxpayers upwards of $1 million per year in government assistance that their employees must qualify for to survive. Please share this image to let your friends now about this important action! Image by the campaign to Raise The Minimum Wage. Please join us by giving our page a "like"... more »

A Vaccine for Stress? Vaccine Madness is Rampant by Paul Fassa

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 11 hours ago
A Vaccine for Stress? Vaccine Madness is Rampant by Paul Fassa Natural News, 23 November 2013 What inspires a mainstream medical researcher or MD to develop a vaccine? Saving mankind from disease? Probably not – but maybe for some. I’s more likely the inspiration comes from a steady stream of royalty money and no liability for vaccine damages. Once a patent is issued and the vaccine hits the market, the producer gets sales revenue, but the creator gets royalties from those sales. Just about any Big Pharma drug can eventually be fined by government agencies or sued for dama... more »

Google search tricks

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 12 hours ago

Stephen Harper`s Thin Red Line

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 14 hours ago
We learned last spring that Stephen Harper ordered a complicit Canada spy agency CSIS to spy on Canadian citizens, dossiers and files have been created, records kept, photos taken, emails read, phone lines tapped and taped, targets identified.. http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/harper-governments-extensive-spying-anti-oilsands-groups-revealed-fois This was done at the behest of foreign multi-national oil companies, at the behest of American and Canadian oil companies.. Stephen Harper also ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to audit every charitable environmental group..S... more »

Friday Baseball Post

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago
I sort of think I must be overreacting to this one, but I'm just very pleased with the Tim Hudson signing. The 38 and 39 year old seasons of a fringe-HOF type pitcher who has aged pretty well? Yeah, I'll take that. Sure, he could easily go south, but the odds of 50-55 league-average starts over the two years seem reasonable high to me. There were a couple of guys out there I was worried fit the Sabean profile who I was a lot less confident in, so I'm smiling about this. Given that I'm also a Freak optimist at this point, I'm happy with Sabean. Of course, he hasn't dealt with the 1B/... more »

Sunday Classics preview: It's Hungarians vs. Russians in three Brahms scherzos

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
*Arnaud Sussmann, Jonathan Vinocour, Michael Nicolas, and Orion Weiss play the Scherzo of the Brahms Third Piano Quartet at the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, July 29, 2012. (Not much snorting and grunting here, not to mention inward restlessness or inward propulsion.)* *by Ken* Or, to be more accurate it's a Brahms intermezzo and two scherzos, though the Intermezzo in question clearly functions as the scherzo, or at any rate scherzo-equivalent, of the work in question. ("Intermezzo" is a term that Brahms came to use to describe, well, pretty much anything, as witness the a... more »

Tim Keller and John Piper Discuss the Influence of C.S. Lewis

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 16 hours ago
*"Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley"* by Peter Kreeft (1982). Description of the book (*Source: Amazon*): On November 22, 1963, three great men died within a few hours of each other: C.S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley. All three believed, in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they were right, and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation go?Peter Kreeft imagines their discourse as a modern Socratic dialog--a part of The Great Conversation that has been go... more »

Ted Cruz: Repeal Obamacare and expand access, and how about that nuclear option?...(video)..

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 16 hours ago
*"this administration is lawless."* Ya think? And how about Benghazi?? Whoever that woman is interviewing him (Betty Anne??) needs to buy her dresses at least two sizes larger.

Great New Article By Whitewraithe: LBJ And The Zionist Cover-up Of The Conspiracy To Kill Kennedy

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 17 hours ago
Over the last while, many people have asked me what has happened to my friend, and cohort, Whitewraithe. It has been a while since she last posted any material over at "Pragmatic Witness" at www.whitewraithe.wordpress.com..... I am glad to say that after a personal hiatus of a few months to get her health and personal issues back into order... She is back, and writing articles again over at Pragmatic Witness..... In support of her return to blogging, I want to present her latest work that is a must read by everyone... It comes from an article originally posted by Christopher Boll... more »

Want To Know How To Observe the Much-Touted 50th JFK Assassination Anniversary? Read the Unknown Stories of the Real Assassins &  Expand Social Security   (Vermont Begins Single Payer Health Care for Everyone!)

EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY! (Paul Krugman) Finally! PK chimes in with an argument that should make a big difference in the story going forward. Suck on that, Pete Peterson! In his latest column for the New York Times, Krugman celebrates the growing chorus in favor of expanding Social Security benefits and explains why America’s looming retirement crisis makes an expansion such a good idea. For

Excellent Video: The JFK Assassination Explained In Under 5 Minutes- "JFK, A Conspiracy Theory"

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 18 hours ago
Everyone is aware by now, unless you live under a rock, that today marks the 50th anniversary of that fateful day in Dallas, Texas that both shocked and changed the world in an instant.. That was of course the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.... As I stated in last weekend's rant, I am truly shocked that so many people today, 50 years later, still are under the false assumption that murder of JFK was conducted by a "lone gunman" by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald... It should be obvious to anyone by now that Oswald was indeed the "patsy" and the man set up to take t... more »

My LWV Speech and Debate of Common Core

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
On Thursday, November 21, 2013, I had the opportunity to speak to members and guests of the Baton Rouge group, Leaders With Vision, regarding my experience with and research writings on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). My speech and debate partner was retired St. Tammany teacher and fellow blogger/activist Lee Barrios. Barrios and I debated against two […]

The JFK assassination a half-century later -- marginal notes on an event that really did change everything, or nearly

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
*Bosom buddies -- um, not hardly* *by Ken* I don't know about you, but I'm mostly numbed by the prospect of enduring yet another JFK assassination anniversary. It's like we've been through this 50 times already. Don't you hate it when a bunch of clichés and bromides turn out to be true? An event that changed everything. The day America lost its innocence. And so on and on. You can pick at them all. It didn't change quite *everything*, and the innocence of America probably wasn't more than a centimeter or two deep. Still . . . . It *is* possible to find new takes on the event. The... more »

THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 19 hours ago
*THE SHADY SUCCESS OF THE SECRET SUSHI SYSTEM* Good old Time Magazine. It struggles on in the internet age, devoting more and more of its pages to bite-size "factoids" that rival websites for speed of transit through the intellectual digestive system. Each and every article has to be illustrated - over-illustrated. Colour and highlighting adds to the illusion of ethernet illusion, and the layout owes much more to Facebook than to any school of journalism. I *love* it, and I'm a long term subscriber who has lived through Time's evolution. Every once in awhile it digs up so... more »

ObamaCare clusterfark updates November 18- 19 , 2013.......Uh oh: White House might have even less time than thought to repair Healthcare.gov ....... Incoherence - Democratic talking points conflicting - Congress tries its hand having given up on coherent thoughts from the White House or HHS ? SNL hammers White House and Obama - when you have lost the comedians..........and are just a punch line - let's say it's not good !

Catharsis Ours - 20 hours ago
Does anyone have a clue what's going on in DC..... From my recent post as a backdrop.... Monday, November 18, 2013 Does anyone know what the heck is going on in DC - Foreign policy ? Domestic Policy ? What the heck gives ? With the above questions in mind , consider these mind-blowers on ObamaCare ! http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/19/it-begins-wh-edging-away-from-keep-your-doctor-promise/ It begins: White House edging away from “keep your doctor” promise POSTED AT 9:21 PM ON NOVEMBER 19, 2013 BY MARY KATHARINE HAM Allahpundit called it during the last press conference:... more »

Capitalism, Asperger's and Autism

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 20 hours ago
It's common sense that the oppression of women, of black and minority ethnicities, of LGBT folk all have histories. Things change. The same is true of disabilities. People with some form of physical or mental impairment have been variously treated over the centuries. Incarceration, sterilisation, and extermination have all been visited on disabled people over the course of the last century. But things, in Britain at least, began changing around the 1970s. Attitudes started shifting. Thanks to the efforts of activists with disabilities and their allies, efforts were made to integrat... more »

Tennessee Teacher and Parent Revolt Underway

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 20 hours ago
It was a long time coming. Here is an excellent story from Knoxille's *MetroPulse*. Where is the corporate media? Hiding out with the corporate losers in charge.

So prophetic, so appropriate.

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours ago
*"Once the toothpaste is out of the tube it's going to be very hard to get it back in." - H.R."Bob" Haldeman* That is a Watergate reference. Stephen Harper - ever the opportunist and at times, plagiarizer - deployed that quote when describing the political situation in Egypt during the Arab Spring when Mubarak stepped down, throwing his authoritarian regime into a tailspin. We are reminded these days by the spectacle unfolding in the Senate and in the House of Commons, with regard to allegations of criminal fraud, corruption, collusion and subversion of the Parliamentary pr... more »

Woody's Wank Redux

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours ago
To no-one's surprise, attention-whore Stephen Woodworth is back with another non-abortion abortion gambit. Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth is out with another motion that could re-ignite the abortion debate in Ottawa, although he says it's merely about respect for human dignity in law. Yaaaa. Just like Woody's Wank I was *not* about abortion either. So why are all the usual suspects applauding the move then? Here's LifeShite: Tuesday’s media advisory was titled ‘Motion 312 – Next Steps’, suggesting Woodworth intends to piggyback on his previous efforts. Great idea, Woody. Becau... more »

Just so you know

noreply@blogger.com (Námo Mandos) at DAMMIT JANET! - 20 hours ago
It turns out that -- surprise! -- George Zimmermann really does use 911 calls as a deliberate tactic to obfuscate his violent tendencies. It just shocked me at the time, thoroughly shocked me, at how openly a huge segment of the Internet commentariat was willing to indulge even the barest whisper that Trayvon Martin might match some kind of template of the "young buck" for whose existence and loss thereof, we naturally should have no sympathy. I know, I've been on the intertoobz for a long time and should know better. But there you are. In this case, what we saw is what we got.

Blocking action on Syria makes an attack on Iran more attractive

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 21 hours ago
Something to consider............. * "Maybe an Israeli strike against the Iranian nuclear program will not inevitably involve the United States, but maybe it will — and maybe it should"* Uberzionist Dennis Ross. An older article, but, one that seems very relevant at this time The opponents of congressional authorization for military strikes against Syria are focused on one set of concerns: the belief that the costs of action are simply too high and uncertain. Syria for them is a civil war, with few apparent good guys and far too many bad guys. The use of chemical weapons is, in ... more »

Alberta Court of Appeal Criticizes Crown/Police Practice of Overcharging

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 22 hours ago
R v Cox 2013 ABCA 394: [24] We would like to add a final comment. As mentioned at the hearing of the appeal, the court was surprised that the criminal conduct of the appellant, which consisted of possession of narcotics, armed robbery and possession of 10 stolen and loaded firearms, should give rise to a total of 45 criminal charges. To illustrate, the robbery of the drugstore resulted in five charges, specifically: i) …did use a firearm in committing a robbery. ii) …was masked in the commission of an indictable offence, to wit a robbery. iii) …did, without... more »

Does DCCC Chair Steve Israel Seem A Little Too Cozy With The NRCC? There's A Reason

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 22 hours ago
No doubt, if you read *DWT* with any regularity, you've noticed that we keep an eye on the DCCC. We rarely have much to say about the NRCC, not because they're any better than the DCCC or less corrupt or incompetent, but,… who cares what they do? Unlike the DCCC, the worse the NRCC are, the better for normal Americans. Yesterday, though, they announced there 36 top districts for 2014 challengers, the "The On The Radar" list. The crème de la crème of this dreck will graduate eventually too the Young Guns list. Four of the Radar Republicans are ex-Members looking for rematches again... more »

18 imágenes hermosas para esta Navidad

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 22 hours ago

JFK50: JFK - A Conspiracy Theory

Paul Coker at News Spike - 22 hours ago
JFK - A Conspiracy Theory from Spike EP on Vimeo. http://www.corbettreport.com/jfk-a-conspiracy-theory/ Lee Harvey Oswald was your typical America-hating communist from Louisiana, and like every Russkie-loving pinko from the South he grew up watching American spy dramas, volunteered for a Civilian Air Patrol run by a CIA contract agent and joined the US Marines. Nicknamed Oswaldski for his tendency to speak Russian and spout pro-Soviet propaganda, he was given special training and assigned to one of the most sensitive facilities in the world running the radar for the U2s spying... more »

Even the wonks don’t want to be bothered!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013* *We’d love to hear Wonkblog roar:* For years, we have been chronicling the liberal world’s apparent disinterest in public school issues. Put that another way—the liberal world’s apparent detachment from the interests of black kids. Hispanic kids too! Because no one cares about public school issues, the nation’s elites determine the way such issues get reported. For example, a set of familiar standard scripts determines the way reading and math scores get reported. All over the mainstream press corps, reporters stress the achievement *gaps*and disappear th... more »

POPE FRANCIS, JEWS AND OPUS DEI

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*'ITALIAN FASCIST' POPE FRANCIS and his friend Rabbi Abraham.* Rabbi Abraham Skorka is a friend of Pope Francis. Skorka is from Buenos Aires in Argentina. When Francis was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis and Skorka co-wrote a book on Judaism and Roman Catholicism. *'ITALIAN FASCIST' POPE FRANCIS (right), who has a PR man from Opus Dei.* Skorka says of Francis: "His commitment with the Jewish people is total." Francis grew up with Jewish friends. "He was a regular in shul (synagogue)," says Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious relations for the American Jewish Committ... more »

Algonquin Roadblock: Halt social services from removing children

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
ROADBLOCK to stop Quebec Social Services from wrongly seizing any more Native children from the Algonquin community of Lac Simon. The fast continues until Social Services meets to discuss their policies of removing children from families. Parents say policies are unnecessary and destructive. Support page: http://lakota.cc/17q3xw6 News article (in French): http://lakota.cc/1c2S1Xq

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. [image via]

The Disconnect Between the “College Push” and Projected Louisiana Career Reality

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
John White insists that Louisiana needs “the higher academic expectations” that supposedly come with the untested Common Core State Standards (CCSS). He insists that CCSS will “prepare students for the rigor of education after high school” and cites the lametable statistic that “fewer that 30 percent of Louisianans have a two- or four-year degree.” There […]

@thechalkface and @slekar talking turkey: Studio Versions

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Shaun and I have been doing the Sunday night radio show on Blog Talk Radio for the last three years. However, at the same time we have been traveling to Madison, Wisconsin to record professionally produced episodes of @the chalkface at MidWest Family Broadcasting. Over the last three years, during marathon interviewing sessions we have […]

Sovereignty! Shoshones lead Longest Walk 4 through cold toward Alcatraz!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz continues carrying the staffs today west to Alcatraz. Walkers headed out this morning after a snowfall on Thursday. They are walking west of Ely Shoshone, Nevada. Photos by Western Shoshone long walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson, thank you for sharing with Censored News! www.returntoalcatraz.com

Stephen Harper ... You are a gutless, sleazy liar. Resign!

leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago
*"Prime Minister Stephen Harper has fought for months to prevent the Senate spending scandal from tarnishing him personally. He no longer can.* *RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton’s 81-page narrative of the events surrounding Nigel Wright’s $90,000 payment to Duffy last March immediately enters the pantheon of transformative Canadian political writing. It reveals Harper’s command structure, at the level of his closest and most loyal confidants, to be a nest of corruption, intrigue and shameless deceit. Its contents raise serious questions about the prime minister’s own role, and, frankly, his ... more »

Bears

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago

Extension of time to appeal under the Provincial Offences Act

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
*R. v. A.E.,* 2013 ONCA 71: [19] Numerous authorities set out the appropriate factors that a court should consider in determining whether to extend the time in which to appeal under s. 85 of the *Provincial Offences Act*. Among the appropriate factors, it is usually significant whether: · the applicant has demonstrated a *bona fide* intention to appeal within the prescribed appeal period; · the applicant has accounted for or explained the delay in initiating the appeal; and · the proposed appeal has merit. And in some circumstances it will be signi... more »

Post-Nuclear Etc.

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Just a few notes to add to what I said elsewhere, including here for what the GOP was up to and here for something about power and control in the Senate. * I think the certainty among many liberals that Republicans would rapidly go nuclear as soon as they had unified control of the Senate and the White House is at best unproven. After all, they didn't do it when they had the opportunity during the George W. Bush years. If Democrats ratcheted down to Bush-level selective filibusters...maybe yes, maybe no. It may be true that the next GOP Senate would be more radical-influenced than t... more »

Disaster Capitalism, Dugger, Indiana, and the Fall of Community Schools

Doug Martin at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
By Doug Martin As Naomi Klein shows in her frightening book *Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism*, for decades the big plan of America’s millionaires and billionaires and the government officials they buy with campaign money has been to slash taxes (“austerity" is their pretty name for it) so that funding is drained from public services across the board. Not only does this save the oligarchs money they don't hide overseas, it also creates a public crisis where private companies can sneak in, take control of public services, fire workers, and make a healthy profit. Fo... more »

JFK'S VISION FOR PEACE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rolling Stone On November 22nd, 1963, my uncle, president John F. Kennedy, went to Dallas intending to condemn as "nonsense" the right-wing notion that "peace is a sign of weakness." He meant to argue that the best way to demonstrate American strength was not by using destructive weapons and threats but by being a nation that "practices what it preaches about equal rights and social justice," striving toward peace instead of "aggressive ambitions." Despite the Cold War rhetoric of his campaign, JFK's greatest ambition as president was to break the militari... more »

Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You

Scott Ryan Anderson at Table Of Wisdom.com - 1 day ago
I have - never - asked what my country can do for me but would appreciate it if it's government would leave us the hell alone and mind their own damned business.

Friday Nerd Blogging: Gun Control, Dragon Control, and Star(Buck) Power

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
I realize I am putting my Twitter standings at great risk by potentially appearing to make light of an important social issue.* But when I found this treatise on the importance of tighter regulations for dragons I couldn’t resist sharing. Happy Friday! Game of Thrones – Dragon Control by TheShortsShow *Though I hate to disagree Continue reading

The Predictable Failure of School Improvement Grants

John Thompson at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
In the second annual data dump on the eve of the anniversary of the assasination of President Kennedy, the Duncan administration has again announced the disappointing results of its School Improvement Grant (SIG.)Once again, the SIG's failure is being released in the "take out the trash" end-of-the-week news dump. In retrospect, I was naïve about the SIG and its roots. My experiences teaching in the inner city, and in participating in whole school and whole system reform were crystalized by Mass Insight's "The Turnaround Challenge." In 2007, I saw it as one of the most profound anal... more »

Graphs of the Day: Major US Hurricane Drought Continues

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 1 day ago
Data here. The US good luck with respect to hurricane landfalls -- yes, good luck -- continues. The graph below shows total US hurricane landfalls 1900 through 2013. The five-year period ending 2013 has seen 2 hurricane landfalls. That is a record low since 1900. Two other five-year periods have seen 3 landfalls (years ending in 1984 and 1994). Prior to 1970 the fewest landfalls over a five-year period was 6. From 1940 to 1957, every 5-year period had more than 10 hurricane landfalls (1904-1920 was almost as active). The red line in the graph above shows a decrease in the number ... more »

GOP melts down under nuclear option

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I'm seeing speculation that the GOPers forced Harry Reid's hand as part of some eleventy dimensional liar's poker move. Maybe it's true that McConnell thinks Harry changing the rules slightly to get governance moving again is going to give him some kind of great cover if he ever gets the Senate gavel back and proceeds to immediately annihilate the filibuster altogether. Of course that assumes McConnell will survive to see that day. Looking at his current re-election chances, that's not necessarily a sure bet. Whatever sort of devious GOP plot this *might* be, for the moment their p... more »

Bill Whittle talks common sense about health care...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*and we thank him!*

Israel’s Spoilsports

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Christiane Amanpour likes to call Israeli politician Naftali Bennett “Mr. No” because he’s against making a bad deal with Iran. He makes the case for Israel on CNN to (somewhat unnecessary) theatrical effect with the aid of an ancient artefact, which he took out of the country illegally. "This coin, which says "Freedom of Zion" in Hebrew, was used by Jews 2,000 years ago in the state of Israel, in what you call occupied. One cannot occupy his own home." says he. Mr Bennet is by no means the only Israeli who the BBC sees as a spoilsport for not wanting to hug an Ayatollah. On... more »

What Happens To Our Body After Drinking Coca-Cola?

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 1 day ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Have you ever wondered what exactly Coca Cola is? After 10 minutes: The sugar contained in a glass of Cola can cause a devastating “strike” on the body. The cause being the phosphoric acid which inhibits the action of sugar. After 20 minutes: A leap in insulin levels in bloodstream occurs. After 40 minutes: Ingestion of caffeine is finally completed. The eye’s pupils are expanding. Blood pressure rises because the liver disposes more sugar into the bloodstream. The adenosine receptors become blocked thereby preventing drows... more »

Film Trailer 'Black Mesa Film'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Black Mesa Film Read more about this film work in progress, and the work of Bahe Katenay of Big Mountain and the filmmakers at: http://blackmesafilm.com/ By Brenda Norrell Censored News This is what education should become in the future, sharing the voices of Dine' grassroots people who know the real story of Black Mesa, and the real history of Peabody Coal, corrupt politicians, the
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