Saturday, November 23, 2013

23 Nov - Blogs I'm Following

Afghan Interim Chairman Hamid Karzai in 2002Afghan Interim Chairman Hamid Karzai in 2002 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Republican Elected Officials In Red States Are Giving Voters An Excellent Reason To Defeat Them Next Year

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 minutes ago
Joshua Holland, author of The Fifteen Biggest Lies About The Economy and a senior producer for Bill Moyers, has been spectacularly scrupulous in exposing right-wing talking points about the economy. This week he explained how "*all* private insurance premiums in the 25 red states that are refusing to expand their Medicaid programs will be 15 percent higher as a direct result of that decision." His overall assertion is what many people already knew in their hearts, namely that the single biggest problem with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act is a deliberate agenda of sabotage ... more »

War watch November 21 , 2013 - Afghanistan President Karzai pulls a fast one on US as while he urges support for the Bilateral Security Agreement sought by the US , he pushes back any signing until after Spring Elections in Afghanistan ( April 2014 ) ..... Iran nuclear talks updates - US still sending mixed signals as usual.... Syria updates on state of play for ongoing civil war...... Libya state of decay updates - another bank robbed by roadside gang........

Catharsis Ours - 27 minutes ago
Afghanistan and Pakistan..... Karzai Accuses U.S. Forces of Killing Civilians in a RaidBy ROD NORDLANDPublished: November 23, 2013 - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - SAVE - E-MAIL - SHARE - PRINT - SINGLE PAGE - REPRINTS - KABUL, Afghanistan — For the second time in less than a week, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has picked a high-profile fight with his American allies, in the midst of a grand council that he convened to support a long-term security agreement with the United States. Enlarge This Image Omar Sobhani/Reuters Hamid Karzai spoke at t... more »

IDOOM reinvents physics

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 58 minutes ago
From the IB3. It's a small thing, I know. It's a really, really small thing but look at this diagram and think what's* wrong here, *and I mean apart from the bullshit simplification. Alright it's one thing to insist you're defending 'Leninism' but do you have to destroy the laws of physics in the process? Perhaps gravity anti-socialist? Who knows.

Monsters

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
"There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things. Things that act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought..."

Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are fond of saying that CCSS “has been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia.” However, it seems that they refuse to mention the CCSS resistance that has found its way into state offices–often resulting in formal hearings. Below I offer the latest in CCSS unrest from 17 […]

JFK50: Rockerfeller Men

Paul Coker at News Spike - 2 hours ago
Rockerfeller Men arranged both the attempts on Ford, they removed Nixon, sabotaged. The '68 Paris Peace talks, extended the Vietnam War by five years, removed and assassinated Diem and Thieu, destabilised Johnson and killed John Kennedy. They were stooped by direct challenge by Cheney and Rummsfeld. Nelson Rockerfeller's sudden and bizarre death just following the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran and just prior to the 1980 New Hampshire Presidential Primaries, at which George Bush underperformed, despite the aid of the finest Dirty Tricks merchants the CIA had to offer, has ... more »

More Nonsese

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
everything that washes overme it washes over yu and that cesspools of flesh carries us on to a future were the ones that did not carry a load could tell us what we should know and in the courtrayad they put on a perfrace that he harest crtic would say only bravo broavo, broavo' brravo dotnt you know the the knife is at your neck for such a bullshit show

The New Yorker's Bob Mankoff pays tribute (after a fashion) to Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, "selfie" (hey, it could have been "twerk")

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Is this Ton Smits cartoon the precursor of the selfie?* *by Ken* This week *New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff devotes his blogpost, "Selfie Explantorie" to the alarmingly ubiquitous word *selfie*, explaining: "The fact that 'selfie' was named word of the year by the Oxford Dictionaries caused shock and dismay among the many advocates for 'twerk,' who protested by flooding social media with butt selfies." And there in one sentence you have two of my nightmariest words -- "twerk" because I still don't know what it means (and don't want to) and "selfie" because, alas, I do. He... more »

Top 10 Signs Walmart's Mistreating its Workers

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 3 hours ago
This past week, Walmart was the recipient of some unwelcome publicity in advance of Black Friday Thursday when an associate at the Canton, Ohio store sent a picture to OUR Walmart. It was of a series of bins asking associates to donate food items so their neediest workers can have a good Thanksgiving dinner. This sparked national outrage and even brought *ABC News* and actor Ashton Kutcher and his 15,000,000+ Twitter followers into the fray, sparking a flame war that lasted days. But the employee food drive to keep Walmart associates from going hungry on a Thanksgiving they're... more »

Kirov was murdered by a lone gunman

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
"It must be asserted that to this day the circumstances surrounding Kirov's murder hide many things which are inexplicable and mysterious and demand a most careful examination. There are reasons for the suspicion that the killer of Kirov, Nikolaev, was assisted by someone from among the people whose duty it was protect the person of Kirov. A month and a half before the killing, Nikolaev was arrested on the grounds of suspicious behaviour, but he was released and not even searched. It is an unusually suspicious circumstance that when the Chekist assigned to protect Kirov was being br... more »

Its not easy to make a perfect planett=

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 3 hours ago
I love hockey like a mother teat Is this not some kind of mind control even if my mother did not move me in this pursit Sport is war with referrees and for the most part no fatlities So why do we care so much why do we spend so mcuh to know our team is the one that stands alone in this competienn on the distant planet on the edge of the milkey way gulch What I am trying to say and you should all relizes being the best phiscal speciam with't the bese allies does not mean your going to be a saintesd heart at the end of all comprimise. No things take off' they fly away some days a muslim is... more »

The Fed's Exit

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 3 hours ago
Click here to read my column in Sunday's *NY Times*.

Longest Walk 4 arrives in Eureka Nevada over snowy mountain

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
. Today's photos of Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz by Western Shoshone Long Walker Carl 'Bad Bear' Sampson. Thank you for sharing with Censored News! Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 By Brenda Norrell Censored News Sharon Heta, Maori from New Zealand, in top photo, has been on the walk since DC with her husband Michael Lane. They were joined by their twin daughters. The

Arne Duncan Needs to Do His Homework

Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
THE SCIENCE IS IN. THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: PAUL THOMAS LISTS THE WIDE BODY OF PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND STUDIES BY A VARIETY OF SCHOLARS AND IT IS CLEAR THAT ARNE DUNCAN HAS FAILED. HE HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THE BODY OF RESEARCH OR READ ANY OF THE STUDIES ON HOW RTTT, NCLB AND COMMON CORE ARE IMPACTING SCHOOLS ON THE GROUND. IF HIS FRIEND PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL NOT FIRE HIM AND REPLACE HIM WITH AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR THEN PERHAPS HE SHOULD RESIGN. ARNE, THIS IS ON THE TEST AND YOU NO LONGER NEED IMPROVEMENT, YOU ARE INADEQUATE. THE TEACHERS HAVE SPOKEN AND YOU DID NOT DO YOUR HOM... more »

Censorship At Its Worse… Video: "Adolf Hitler, The Greatest Story Never Told" Under Attack By JEWISH Interest Groups To Prevent True History From Being Seen!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 4 hours ago
I will make this short and sweet… The fantastic video by Dennis Wise, called "Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told" is presently being yanked from Jewish controlled Youtube due to a "copyright claim by AdRev for a "third party"". This is nothing more than pure censorship at its worse... The copy of this fabulous video that I have in my left hand column of this blog is right now showing that message of being yanked due to this fraudulent and laughable "copyright claim" by this "mysterious third party"… I can guarantee that this so called "third party" is none other than our ... more »

Why Is Peter MacKay's Anti-Cyber-Bullying Bill ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 4 hours ago
... so goddamned big? Because, it's simply a reworded regurgitation of the repulsive Vic Toews Internet Surveillance Bill. You know, the one that got killed because the public was outraged at the idea of giving the police and government the power to spy on your internet activity. Now they want the meta-data out of your smart-phone too. Michael Geist breaks it down for you. You just knew the

Stupid & Shameless

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 5 hours ago
That's about the size of it for your "conservative" political base. Soon, we'll find out that somewhere between 15 and 20 % of Torontonians are debased enough to say: "Sure, he beats his wife and fucks underage girls, and drives drunk, and sends his city-paid staff to run personal errands for him, oh yeah, and then there's that whole 'media-circus' about the crack smoking with the gangsters and stuff, ... but I think he's done a good job fiscally." Or the Conservative Party delegates who came out of their last coven still believing in stephen harper, even though that asshole had, b... more »

Honduras election: Hoping for miracles, bracing for more of the same

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 5 hours ago
The scene in Tegucigalpa after the 2009 coupTomorrow is Election Day in Honduras. They have this odd system where every elected position in the entire country is up for grabs on the same day every four years, and I don’t think I’m just imagining that today feels kind of ramped-up and tense, even in quiet little Copan Ruinas. Politics are politics all over the world, and the strutting and throwing around of money in the runup to the election has been familiar. Canadian parties might not drive hooting and hollering supporters around in the backs of honking trucks playing the p... more »

Formula for Winning

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
Nobody is entirely bad or completely good. Okay Harper is an exception. But Chocula whipped this team to gCHuck levels but the defensive logic remains. Goat may smell like blue cheese but in retrospect he made some great moves. Time slides like TFS on a two on one, and the best way to defeat it is to not compromise. If you were take an advanced digit scale and measure a Stanley cup winner by the kilogram of heart, that would give any GM the diet needed to bring his will to victory. The good news is that there has never been more talent available. Thats why most NHL games look like the... more »

Day of the Doctor - Review

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
The weird thing about *Doctor Who* is it's more than the world's longest-running TV serial, it has *become part* of British culture. As such the 50th anniversary episode was, before broadcast, feted not so much as an event airing simultaneously to a global audience, *but a monument*. Was *Day of the Doctor* worthy of the hype? Well, no. Nothing could be, really. But it did a job of work. Whizz-bang special effects abounded. The rubbery monsters were a nice homage to baddies past. Loose plot lines were left unresolved (what *did* happen to those human/Zygon negotiations?) Daleks. A... more »

The End of the World as We Know it Will Suck Big Time

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 6 hours ago
November 23, 2013 This has been one of those weeks when I felt like banging my head against the wall until all the pain stopped. The gloom, rain and cold set the stage for it, I suppose. But it went … Continue reading →

20 imágenes espectaculares de Navidad y Año Nuevo 2014

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 6 hours ago

CAN CHINA INNOVATE ?

mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 6 hours ago
*CAN CHINA INNOVATE ?* The immense weight of China dominates much economic prognostication these days. Will it overtake the USA and become the dominant power of this century ? What are its strengths and weaknesses ? In the November 18 edition of *Time Magazine *Michael Schuman looks at this question from the perspective of China's need to learn innovation. Not simply to produce. This is one area in which it is well behind the USA, to the great comfort of American apologists. China is facing a period of transition and needs to adjust. "*China is a victim of its own ... more »

This evening

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
I listened to Radio 4's *PM* this evening before....ahem...watching *Doctor Who*. It was presented by Paddy O'Connell. As I hadn't had time to catch up with much of the news today, I came at it almost (but not entirely) fresh. The programme began by discussing the mysterious ongoing slavery story. Two people (of Indian and Tanzanian origin, we now learn) have been arrested for holding three women captive (one Malaysian, one English, one Irish) over several decades. In an unexpected twist, the police have said something about the victims being originally involved in "a collective", ... more »

Ralph Nader is No Saint

Charles Barton at The Nuclear Green Revolution - 7 hours ago
I first posted this essay in 2008. My purpose was to argue that what Ralph Nader lacks is expertise on nuclear technology. That expertise should be required of anyone designated to speak on this subject. The story goes that Ralph Nader's unemployed, high school graduate brother was able to save enough pennies on his own in the early 1970's, that he could afford to purchase a $100,000 home in an exclusive Washington neighborhood. Of course, Ralph was repeatedly seen sneaking into the house at night, but hay, he was only there to visit his brother, right? Later the deed to the hou... more »

Is The GOP About To Go Down In Flames Over The Agriculture Policy Mess They Made For Themselves?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Earlier today I got into a bit of a revery about my days working at the Rainbow Cattle Company and the Cinch in San Francisco. What I didn't get into is that it was part-time work and the pay didn't even cover my meager pre-gentrified Mission District rent. Without food stamps… well, I don't know what I would have done. Certainly not start a record label that led to eventual payments of millions of dollars in taxes into the U.S. Treasury. There is no objective argument to be made that that wasn't one helluva great investment that taxpayers made! And perhaps it's that personal exp... more »

THE LUNACY OF POWER AND GREED

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
In his book, *Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism*, author and scholar *Henry Giroux* connects the dots to prove his theory that our current system is informed by a “machinery of social and civil death” that chills “any vestige of a robust democracy.” This week on *Moyers & Company*, Giroux explains that such a machine turns “people who are basically so caught up with surviving that they become like the walking dead – they lose their sense of agency, they lose their homes, they lose their jobs.” What’s more, Giroux points out, the system that creates this v... more »

Remember not that long ago when Nigel Wright was praised by the PMO for doing the honourable thing of writing that $90,000 cheque for Mike Duffy?

leftdog at Buckdog - 7 hours ago
*Harper is 'Ministerially' responsible for the activities of the PMO ... get real Conservatives!!* *(H/T to Creekside ... )*

Rich Coleman Is A Habitual Liar, He Lied To International Energy Reporters-Another LNG Story

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 8 hours ago
Another bold Straight Goods headline....Many of you wonder how this site and me personally hasn`t had our asses sued off for making these statements, the reason is very simple, when you tell the truth those who you insult, those who you call liars have no recourse, all they can do is slither back under the rock from where they came... Maybe you remember this, back in June of this year, the year 2013 the BC Taxpayers Federation created a British Columbia debt clock, at that time in June(5 months ago) the B.C. debt stood at over $57 billion dollars, that debt of course does not coun... more »

Sing a Song of Synchronicity

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 8 hours ago
Today we're going to do things a bit differently than I usually do. Many times I post an article and I post my comments on the article first, followed by the message that inspired my comments. Today I am going to post the article first and then follow it with my comments. I will add my own highlights to the article as well to direct attention to some of the points that really jumped out for me- that isn't' to say that other things won't have greater meaning to other people, lol- and some of my own comments in blue. The other thing that will be a bit different is that this is a ch... more »

Rob Ford smoking crack

LeDaro at LeDaro - 8 hours ago
One of many funny pictures of the man on the internet.

Thinking of sciences: Nature misunderstood

Fascinating story, indeed. I wonder why it is that 'scientists' are discovering things these days that were [...]

Talkin' Iran Negotiations on CounterSpin Radio

Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 8 hours ago
As negotiations over Iran's nuclear program continue in Geneva, I was lucky enough to do interview with Steve Rendall for CounterSpin, the weekly radio show of the vital media watchdog group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). You can listen to it here. My interview, which follows one with the great Trevor Timm, begins at the 18:35 mark and runs about eight and a half minutes. Here is

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

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 9 hours 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 - 9 hours 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 - 9 hours 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 o... more »

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours 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 - 10 hours 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 - 11 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! - 11 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 - 11 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 - 12 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 - 12 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 - 13 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 - 13 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 - 13 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 - 14 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 - 14 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 - 14 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 - 14 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 - 14 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 - 14 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! - 15 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 - 15 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 - 15 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 - 15 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 - 16 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? - 16 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 - 16 hours ago
*2013 Fringe Parade Rolls Today!* *As Congress considers delay in flood insurance program, rates keep rising ~Leigh Isaacson, WVUE* *Tour guides protest aggressive permit enforcement tactics ~John Simmerman, New Orleans Advocate* *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 - 17 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 - 17 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 - 18 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 - 19 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 - 19 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 - 20 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 - 21 hours ago

Stephen Harper`s Thin Red Line

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 22 hours ago
*Stephen Harper`s Thin Red Line* *Written by Grant G * 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... more »

Friday Baseball Post

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 23 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 »

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

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day 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 »
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