Wednesday, November 27, 2013

27 Nov - Blogs I'm Following II

12:14pm MST

GIVING THANKS

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 minutes ago
*Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address* Words Before All Else Greetings to the Natural World We are gathered together in this place to greet the world in Thanksgiving. We bring our Minds together to extend thanksgiving and greetings to one another. With our Minds as one we offer thanksgiving to the Earth Mother who from the beginning of time has cared for our wellbeing. We direct our Minds to the Waters, the source of all that lives upon Earth Mother. With one Mind, we send greetings and thanksgiving to the Waters. We address all the Beings both seen and unseen that dwell in the W... more »

Assclowns of the Year #3: Why ACA? edition

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 20 minutes ago
Living in America these days is like being on a merry-go-round with a nitrous oxide tank attached to it as ride attendant Rob Ford is smoking crack while getting a blow job. This year, we’ve seen a noticeable escalation in the silliness, immaturity, venality, hatred and utter lack of accountability of certain figures who honestly do not know why their pronouncements and actions make them so reviled. And these people just happen to be the wealthiest, most beloved and powerful people on earth. Indeed, if any one year in American history proves we are the prequel for *Idiocracy*,... more »

It seems that the criminal big banks that brought on "The Great Recession" by creating the housing bubble by means of mortgage fraud followed by selling as tripple-A securities "collaterized debt obligations" (CDOs) consisting of doomed mortgages are now initiating another bubble by buying up forclosed houses, renting them out, and then creating rent-payment CDOs that will profit them without fear of loss because if and when this bubble bursts it will be the people who buy these new CDOs who will be the losers.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 30 minutes ago
------------------------------ The Empire Strikes Back *How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme -- Again* Posted by Laura Gottesdiener at 7:44am, November 26, 2013. You can hardly turn on the television or open a newspaper without hearing about the nation’s impressive, much celebrated housing recovery. Home prices are rising! New construction has started! The crisis is over! Yet beneath the fanfare, a whole new get-rich-quick scheme is brewing. Over the last year and a half, Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms have quietly amassed an u... more »

Bad Bear's Photos Long Walk 4 on 'Loneliest Road in America' Nevada

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 43 minutes ago
Longest Walk 4 on the "Loneliest Road in America" this morning, out of Austin, Nevada. Thanks to Bad Bear for photos and videos, Wed. Nov. 27, 2013

Can you hear me now? I only have one bar left.

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 59 minutes ago
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” Aung San Suu Kyi* Freedom From Fear    Can you hear me now?  Go read Creekside ... then read Northern Reflections.   *Aung San Suu Kyi is a renowned Burmese opposition leader. She has spent a long portion of her adult

Imágenes navideñas muy hermosas que podras disfrutar

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 hour ago

Can Charlie Crist Be Trusted?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
"I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role." Can you guess who said that? Hint: think of the 5 most brilliant progressives in Congress. still not? Narrow it down to 3 then. Bernie Sanders is from Brooklyn and Alan Grayson is from the Bronx. They came from Democratic households. So that leaves someone who was born in O... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 hour ago
Economy class seating on a Pan Am flight in the late 1960s.

Sinkhole in Sanica, Bosnia

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 hour ago
*Help the Bosnians to explain the mystery* The village people in Sanica, Bosnia saw that all the fish suddenly disappeared. The puzzling nothingness took the water, too. Including some solid matter around it. YouTube. A geologist could just say "a sinkhole". But – if you don't care about the scientific validity – other explanations are more intriguing. ;-) God could have simply been angry about the barbarian white rocket that is directed against Him on the picture above. Maybe, a giant cave opened its door. Or a volcano. Alternatively, the fish could have decided to detonate o... more »

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 2 hours ago
The US likes to pick fights. That is what bullies do. In early 2001 George W. Bush sent a lumbering propeller driven US Air Force spy plane bumping up along China's coastline. China scrambled two jets and brought the US plane down onto Hainan Island. The Chinese held the crew for a while and then sent them home. China took the spy plane apart and kept the interesting technology. Eventually they packed the plane parts into crates and shipped it back to the US. Sometime later Lockheed Martin (who built the US spy plane) built a military reconnaissance system for China on Hain... more »

Bear: Philip Pitseolak

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago

Fifty Shades of Greed

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
Since so many retail behemoths are starting their traditional Black Friday sales a day early to get a leg up on the competition, what once was a shocking anomaly is now the new normal. Somebody even suggested that we do away with the whole Norman Rockwell feel-good theme, and rename Thanksgiving "Gray Thursday." What sacrilege. It has the traditionalists seeing red while the retailers see the ever-dwindling green of the American consumer. Of course, this uniquely American holiday has long been devolving from that whole mythical over the river and through the woods scene. Because le... more »

AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND WOULD BE RICH

Anon at aangirfan - 3 hours ago
*Office of National Statistics, 2013. Published in the Glasgow Herald 27 November 2013.* If Scotland becomes independent its citizens will be richer than those in England. This might explain why a number of people from England have already moved to Scotland. Between 2007 and 2011, 820,000 people from the rest of the UK moved to Scotland. Scotland becoming the place to live *Office of National Statistics, 2013. Published in the Glasgow Herald 27 November 2013.* "Television property shows used to be full of English couples moving to the Med for a better life. Now an increasing ... more »

Harper's Credibility Gap

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Stephen Harper has never been a man to admit a mistake. And now -- confronted by the biggest mistake of his political career -- he refuses to admit that the problem he faces is of his own making. Lawrence Martin writes : In the face of Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair’s heavy artillery, Mr. Harper has contradicted himself several times on aspects of the story. The Commons has never seen him squirm so much. But on the matter of not knowing how Mike Duffy’s expense claims were repaid, he has held firm and likely will continue to do so no matter how much evidence is adduced to the c... more »

Agentwatch

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago

JFK50 / MOCKINGBIRD : Coop the Spook of CNN and the House of Vanderbilt

Paul Coker at News Spike - 4 hours ago
*"And of course, the White House press corps is here. I know CNN has taken some knocks lately, but the fact is I admire their commitment to cover all sides of a story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate."* * (Laughter and applause.)* *President Barack Obama, 2013 White House Correspondent's Dinner.*

Will Paul Ryan And John Boehner Stay In The Catholic Church Now?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
I wasn't raised with any religion. In my own life, I've embraced the teachings of several gurus, Jeus more than any of the others. But organized religion has always repulsed me. Since I started watching Pope Francis I've actually considered joining the Catholic Church. I wonder if Catholics from the Church-without-Jesus sect like Paul Ryan and John Boehner have been thinking about leaving the Catholic Church and joining some snake handler cult. His latest Apostolic Exhortation is line line with Jesus' teachings but not at all in line with the Ayn Rand approach Ryan and his greed-a... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago
*Corps of Engineers dictates terms for St. John Parish levee route, cuts off other parishes ~Richard Thompson, The Advocate* *Residents: Stronger rules needed overseeing salt dome caverns ~Mark Ballard* *KIPP New Orleans Schools spent $120,000 on training in Las Vegas ~Jessica Williams, Lens* *That's a lot of unused property sitting around in our little boom-town ~Library Chronicles* *Heart of Louisiana: Riding on the 'City of New Orleans' ~Dave McNamara, WVUE* *Old French Opera House ~Richard Campanella *

Read Stuff, You Should

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 4 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Randy Milligan, 52. Would presumably have had much more of a career today than back then. The "free so-and-so" campaigns of the 2010s just aren't what they used to be. Not a superstar talent, but a guy who could get on base 40% of the time really should have found a job somewhere. The good stuff: 1. Amy Lerman over at the Monkey Cage on public opinion, Medicare, and the ACA. 2. I really like Norm Ornstein's contribution to post-nuclear analysis;he's especially good on what happens now to holds, but the whole think is excellent. 3. And Josh Marshall looks for exam... more »

Education Reform as Collaboration, Not Competition

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
Education Reform as Collaboration, Not Competition. via Education Reform as Collaboration, Not Competition.

Libya updates November 27 , 2013 - Security related concerns in Benghazi lead News of the Day ....... Economic News will be led by Oil - security issues throughout the country impact oil production as militias assert control over oil from the toothless Central Government and feeble Army

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Security........ Congressional meeting with Benghazi security chiefs stormed by protestors. Three members manhandled *By Noora Ibrahim and Ahmed Elumami.* [image: Protesters inside the Benghazi meeting (Photo: Fadelullah Bujwary)] Protesters inside the Benghazi meeting (Photo: Fadelullah Bujwary) *Benghazi and Tripoli, 26 November 2013:* Three Benghazi congressmen were manhandled by protestors who had stormed a meeting in the city between security and military leaders and a large congressional delegation. Members of Benghazi civil society organisations forced their way into the room ... more »

Photo Benallys with XIT Reunion in Shiprock

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours ago
Jeneda Benally and her father Jones Benally (seated) with the reunion of the original XIT band members in Shiprock, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Photo courtesy Jeneda Benally published with permission at Censored News. Jeneda Benally said, "The original and legendary XIT! Their reunion concert in Shiprock was incredible! So happy to have met a band that has inspired me since I was a so

Interview with Ralph Ring

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
Fascinating interview with Ralph Ring about anti-gravity and Telsa technologies. So much of this interview matches what Heather has been telling me about the past 2 weeks. Everything is alive and everything interacts with consciousness... You can see his web site at: http://bluestarenterprise.com/getting-started/ Yes, I know he's got a Knight Templar cross on his left shoulder... not sure what that's about... but the interview is well worth watching.... -Bill

Happy Hannukah

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 6 hours ago
May this season of miracles be a harbinger of peace and enlightenment

The Opt-Outers are Outed

Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 6 hours ago
Found this posted over at @thechalkface HT to Shaun Johnson. Now it's time to move on and change the discussion and have a conversation about what should replace the test and punish curriculum. Need a new vision of what education should look like. *New York Magazine* The Opt-OutersWhat happens if enough New York parents say they don’t want their kids to take tests? - By Robert Kolker - Published Nov 24, 2013 Families and teachers protesting high-stakes testing in front of the offices of the Department of Education in April. (Photo: Greg Dunkel) More than a year before 7-year... more »

This week in epic Transparency roll out!

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 7 hours ago
Everything is moving so fast forward right now, that it's leaving a sonic boom in it's wake!! I honestly can barely keep up with the information that is rolling "off the presses" right now- thank goodness for the best Research team on the planet, and my husband who's constantly scrolling through various sites- they all keep me well informed!! The amount of TRANSPARENCY that has been throwing itself into the public's eye has been truly astounding. I'm going to outline a few articles that really jumped out at me. As usual, my highlights and comments in blue. http://www.washingtont... more »

Look To Russia To Understand Food Freedom: In 2011 The Dacha Gardens of Russia Produced 40% of the Nation's Food.

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 7 hours ago
Through Russia, Cayce said “comes the hope of the world. Not in respect to what is sometimes termed Communism or Bolshevism — no! But freedom — freedom! That each man will live for his fellow man. The principle has been born there. It will take years for it to be crystallized; yet out of Russia comes again the hope of the world.” In 2011 the dacha gardens of Russia produced 40% of the nation's food. 40% of Russia's Food is from Dacha Gardens  While many in the world are completely dependent on large scale agriculture, the Russian people feed themselves. Their agricultural economy ... more »

Monsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance by Ellen Brown

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 8 hours ago
Source: http://fengshuiserenity.blogspot.se/2013/03/new-england-town-declares-food.htmlMonsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance by Ellen Brown Global Research Canada, 26 November 2013 *“Control oil and you control nations,” said US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. “Control food and you control the people.”* Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnational corporations. But this agenda has been implemented at grave cost to our health; and if the Tr... more »

Academia, Drug Cartels, and Inappropriate Analogies

Brandon Valeriano at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
Given the intricacies of our job and the cushy lifestyle most academics live in, it disconcerting when academics use improper and incorrect analogies to describe the intricacies of their job. The latest is the idea that drug cartels and academia are similar enterprises. While I understand the spirit of the idea, the basic assumptions are Continue reading

Impressionable Youth

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 8 hours ago
It's weird how something you experienced as a youngster can make such a strong impression on you ....

Breaking: We have received definitive word!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013* *Outscoring Finland postponed:* We have received definitive word from our Holiday Schedule Analysis Desk. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Accordingly, we’re headed to Durham to get the scoop on life in today’s second grade. Our award-winning series, Outscoring Finland, will resume upon our return. We don’t expect to post again until Sunday. As a courtesy, we’re leaving one post behind. You’ll find it directly below.

Senate scandal : the missing emails

Alison at Creekside - 9 hours ago
Here's RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton explaining why he does not have access to the emails of Stephen Harper's personal PMO legal counsel Ben Perrin who handled the negotiations for the Duffy/Wright cheque deal with Duffy's lawyer Janice Payne: I was advised that the e-mails of Benjamin Perrin were no longer available because he completed his tenure at the PMO in April 2013. His emails were deleted the month before the deal went public because, as it happens, that's apparently their standard practice for a departing employee. How is that possible? Harper's dcomm Jason MacDonald explains :... more »

Squirrel

Paul Coker at News Spike - 9 hours ago
In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a red squirrel who runs up and down with messages in the world tree, Yggdrasill, and spreads gossip. In particular, he carried messages between the unnamed eagle at the top of Yggdrasill and the wyrm Níðhöggr beneath its roots.

Come To The Realization - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
*Come to the realization that all life in this realm is based upon the illusion that love conquers all. * *Love neither conquers or defeats. * *Love is an emotion that joins with the forces of the universe to bring order and a reason for living. * *For without love life would indeed be a living hell within your realm. * *Far too many are driven by fear and fretful emotions and few can see the joy that lies within all things. * *There is joy within the raindrop as well as joy within the sun's rays. * *The trees of the forest delight in the joy transmitted to them through the sou... more »

Obama to Close Vatican Embassy

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
People crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on occasion of the celebration of the Easter mass Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis is celebrating his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, which is packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/26/obamas-call-close-holy-see-embassy-slap-face-catho/ *Obama’s call to close Vatican embassy is ‘slap in the face’ to Roman Catholics* By Cheryl K. Chumley-The Washington Times Tuesday, November 26, 2013 The Obama administration, in what’s... more »

Howler-strewn interview at the Atlantic!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013* *In our view, another fine mess:* We’re headed to Durham to get the scoop on life in today’s second grade. We had planned to leave a short post concerning some aspects of our Kennedy viewing last weekend. Instead, we’ll note one point which kept occurring to us as we watched the many discussion programs on C-Span 3. As we watched, we kept thinking this: In truth, the American giant of that decade wasn’t President Kennedy. We were surprised by things several people said concerning President Kennedy’s recklessness with regard to crowd security issues. ... more »

Paget Brewster and Paul F. Tompkins "Here's To Us"

Kevin Wood at The Galloping Beaver - 10 hours ago
If Noel Coward didn't write this, he should have. I think it might be by Eban Scheltter. Paget and Paul are best heard as Frank and Sadie Doyle: The Toast of the Upper Crust and Headliners on the Society Pages…and oh, yes!…………They see ghosts! Also, their capacity for liquor is Beyond Belief.

CBS Sacrifices Lara Logan for Sins of Benghazi, and for Decades, Republican Conservatives Have Constructed and Carried Out Extensive, Well-Planned, Long-Term Communication Campaigns to Change Public Discourse and the Way the Public Thinks - Surprise!

It's either reaaaaallllly close to the end game of closeted right-wing control of all media information (nyaa, who could believe that one?), or that some of the main players have decided to stop being ever-so-secretive about some of their Machiavellian moves to suppress public knowledge (and eventually indignation) about what's been going on for over 30 years to the detriment of what's left of

Fibonacci CME Aimed at Comet ISON

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*Not a battle, more an activation.... -Bill*

The BBC choose what to report and what not to report, seemingly to help their Labour Party allies

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 10 hours ago
This BBC report on yesterday's OFGEM chief's comments to the Energy and Climate Change Committee is very detailed about one part of Andrew Wright's remarks: The energy regulator Ofgem has launched a scathing attack on the record and profits of the big gas and electricity suppliers. Andrew Wright, the acting chief executive of Ofgem, said there was a "deep distrust of anything the energy companies do or say". But that BBC report manages not report at all something that Sky News do manage to report: He also warned that Labour's proposed energy price freeze "puts at risk the proper f... more »

British Columbia`s LNG Future, As Told By An Expert, Full Of Holes, Guesses And Bafflegab

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 10 hours ago
I like to read, and occasionally write, and every now and then one runs across a story so well written, so articulate, compelling and in plain understandable English tongue, no ambiguity.. And tonight I read that article... *Focus Online* *Victoria`s magazine of people, ideas and culture* The article is titled.. *Manufacturing consent* *By David Broadland, *November 2013 I`m going to post a few passages from *David Broadland`s *outstanding worldclass article on LNG, and I know it`s worldclass because I have read thousands of LNG stories from around the world..This is the story ... more »

Ralph Ring shows General Motors - flying disc - it's working because we want it to work

Mike Philbin at PROGNOSIS II - 11 hours ago
here's Ralph Ring talking about his meeting the General Motors and the UTRON-powered little flying aluminium disc he showed. I'd love to see corroboration of this meeting, but I doubt it's (officially) out there. SCROLL TO 01:22:00 RIGHT NOW and keep with it while he talks about bumble bees and Schumann Resonance - it's rivetting, and then the GM meeting details. "The GLUE OF MAGNETISM holds everything together," Ring.

Particle astrophysicist, PI commits suicide

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours ago
*Alberto Lemut worked in underground experiments* Just four weeks ago, we watched a press conference of an experiment in South Dakota, LUX, whose precision and sophistication allowed it to exclude all the hints of a light dark matter particle suggested by other experiments. Some really good work is taking place in the Sanford Lab. Sadly, that didn't guarantee that everyone in Lead, South Dakota was happy. The police and media revealed the name of a 37-old man who shot himself dead last Thursday. It was assistant professor Alberto Lemut. He was an important investigator of the D... more »

Nostalgia

Wit's End - 12 hours ago
Many of the news stories about the flooding in Colorado had headlines like the one that featured this photograph and read, "Scars Left By Wildfires Worsen Flooding in Colorado". A satellite spied the burned-out scar left by Colorado's Waldo Canyon fire on July 4 ~ NASA Unless you are a professional snarky fundamentalist preacher proclaiming"God Drenches Colorado With Floodwater, Weed Smokers To Blame" so that stupid people on the internet can get all agitated actually thinking you're serious, it is beyond obvious that climate change underlies the extreme precipitation. But the wildfi... more »

Updates On Syria [11.27]: Kurds Ask West For Support Against Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah Suffers Losses Outside Damascus, Turkey Plays Dumb About Role In Al-Qaeda's Rise

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
*1. An excerpt from, "PYD asks West support to combat extremists in Syria" pydrojava.net, November 24:* PYD Co-Chairman addressed the EU and US: *“The humanitarian situation is very difficult in Rojava right now, especially since the last year. We are living under the blockade of the Turkey, the Islamic / Arabic fanatics and Syrian regime. At the same time we got round half million refugees from different parts of Syria, mainly Christians, including Sunni and Alevi Arabs. Unfortunately, Kurdistan has no benefit from the so-called humanitarian help from the West. The tax payers’ mone... more »

Saudi Arabia Cautiously Welcomes Iran Nuclear Deal

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 14 hours ago
Monday's Saudi statement said the Geneva agreement should be followed by a comprehensive solution that "leads to the removal of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear, from the Middle East." Riyadh also called for unspecified further steps to "guarantee a right of all states in the region to use nuclear power peacefully." ~0~ Saudi Arabia Cautiously Welcomes Iran Nuclear Deal VOA News November 25, 2013Saudi Arabia has joined other Gulf Arab states in cautiously welcoming a nuclear deal between Iran and a group of world powers.Th... more »

Whose Side Is Chuck Schumer On? When He Says "Us," Who Does He Mean?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
Aside from AIPAC, Israel has two enormous guns buying leverage for it inside U.S. politics-- mobster Sheldon Adelson on the GOP side and another shady billionaire, Haim Saban, on the Democratic side. The two shovel out immense sums of money to politicians to keep Israeli national interests front and center above even American national interests. We've gone overAdelson ad nauseum here and I think most *DWT* readers know he's married to an Israeli and that he's a major figure in Israeli politics through ownership of large right-wing media properties. Here in the U.S., he and his wi... more »

Updates On Syria [11.26]: Regional Marijuana Trade Is Booming, Discontent In Southeastern Turkey Is Growing, Kurdish And Arab Militias Unite Against Al-Qaeda

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 15 hours ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Lebanon cannabis trade thrives in shadow of Syrian war" by Rana Moussaoui, AFP, November 25:* According to Abu Ali, a local resident, traffickers from Syria buy 30 to 100 kilogrammes to take on to neighbouring countries. "From Turkey, they sell to European traffickers, and from Iraq and Jordan, they sell it to the Gulf countries," he says. "Even though it's risky, 40 grammes that would sell for $20 in Lebanon will be sold for $100 in Syria and for $500 when it arrives in Turkey. "There are also fighters in Syria that buy in small quantities for their own consu... more »

The Sandy Hook HOAX: Judge Orders Sandy Hook 9-11 Tapes To Be Released December 4th, 2013

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 15 hours ago
In my last article concerning Sandy Hook, I released the fabulous video by Sofia Smallstorm that basically rips Sandy Hook apart and takes the firm stand that we are indeed dealing with a massive fraud, swindle, and hoax.... I have stated clearly that I firmly believe that absolutely NO children died that day, and that the entire "massacre" was indeed a criminal government operation that involved actors, stooges, and a compliant media for the sole purpose of scaring the general public,and using the massive psychological effect of fear to convince the American public into accepting ... more »

Teaching Strategies GOLD = Garbage waste of time

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
My colleagues in Pre-K hate, hate, hate GOLD. Then, these kids enter Kindergarten without being able to read or even write their own names. So, what the hell is going on? I received an email asking if I wanted to participate as a pilot classroom for GOLD. They even dangled a free iPad mini in […]

Good coverage of the #optout movement from NYmag

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
Read up. United Opt Out National receives a mention. Nice. Tagged: opt out, testing, united opt out

The Realist Report with John Friend

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 16 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Tom in Connecticut. Tom and I will be discussing a number of different subjects relating to psychological and information warfare, particularly as it relates to assaulting, distorting, and corrupting the worldview of a target population. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for today's program: - *White Genocide Flyers Yet Again Labeled White Supremacist - DailyStormer.com... more »

Afghan President Karzai welcomes President Obama , NSA Chief Susan Rice , Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador James Cunningham to the Afghan Bazaar.....Karzai latest demands for signing the US's hotly sought after Bilateral Security Agreement . include - termination of the US military raids of Afghan homes, release of Guantanamo Bay detainees, commencement of immediate peace talks by the US with the Taliban, inclusion of Bamyan in the list of the US-NATO military bases, and firm US assurance of non-interference in the forthcoming Afghan presidential election on April 5. High stakes poker being played as Karzai bets he can re-deal the cards and DC will take it or else.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/2013/11/26/a-windfall-afghan-exit-strategy-for-obama/ A windfall Afghan exit strategy for Obama The tough-talking, no-nonsense US National Security Advisor Susan Rice met her match at the presidential palace in Kabul Monday evening over a “working dinner”. One would have loved to be a fly on the wall. But there was no need, because no sooner than the pomegranates and grapes were eaten after the rich meal of pilav and kebabs and Rice reported back to Washington her conversation with President Hamid Karzai, which lasted several hours, the White ho... more »

Two things I thought would never be uttered: Thanksgiving and #commoncore, now with calcium

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
One more day before a short, but much-needed break. We’re culminating our study of the solar system tomorrow by launching a model rocket. But I just thought, for giggles, to peruse Google and Pinterest for some “Thanksgiving Fun” in case I had a few worthless minutes to spare. In 2013, is Thanksgiving in schools still […]

The "I told you so" connection of toasted cars, dustified buildings, holes in helideck & PMD

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 16 hours ago
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfmEUqmgsK4 Intricate Beam Control The beam control/fire control (BC/FC) system on the Missile Defense Agency’s airborne laser stretches from the rotatable turret on the front of the Boeing freighter to an area behind an airtight bulkhead that protects the crew from possible chemical leaks. It tracks a target, measures range to the target, compensates for atmospheric turbulence, and points and focuses the megawatt-class laser beam. Lasers As Weapons. http://backcountryvoices.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/lasers-as-weapons/ Several branc... more »

To call GOP senators "a bunch of babies" or "a bunch of baboons" is an insult to babies, baboons, and especially baby baboons

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*This toddler baboon is presumably the older of the two half-brothers (same father, different mothers) now in residence at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo. You'd figure that's his mother the young fellow is seen hanging out with here, but the Wildlife Conservation Society caption just says "one of its parents." ("Its"?)* *by Ken* Last night I suggested thinking of congressional Republicans as mutant life forms, possibly from Outer Space, while the night before, focusing specifically on the reaction to Senate Dems' imposition of a partial nuclear option, I called them con artists of ... more »

TPP PROTESTS AT OBAMA FUNDRAISER

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 17 hours ago
Before sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family, President Barack Obama shared the table with some very rich donors in Beverly Hills, Calif. During his West Coast trip, Obama has also been met by some vocal protesters, who are demanding a stop to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The trade agreement is being negotiated between 12 countries. Critics say the TPP will reduce labor protections, lift environmental regulations and restrict the Internet.

Was Typhoon Haiyan Deliberately Designed to Establish a Permanent U.S. Military Presence in the Phillipines?

Jason Leewig at Our Manmade Disasters - 17 hours ago
*Silly me. For one brief nanosecond I got all teary-eyed, thinking that the U.S. military, steaming towards the Phillipines, was actually on a humanitarian mission. I even let myself expand that feeling into a YES! This is what our bloated military could be used for, to help the world heal from devastations caused by climate change!* *Then I remembered dutchsince, his awful claim that Typhoon Haiyan was man-made.* *If dutchsinse is right, then my idealistic visions of the future use of the military, to heal the planet and help create peace on earth, are instantly obliterated by that... more »

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Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 17 hours ago
DREAM SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH HSF; IT'S OFFICIAL!!! November 26, 2013 Board of Directors pass policy to include DACA students as eligible for General Scholarship Los Angeles, CA- The Hispanic Scholarship Fund announced today that effective immediately, students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status are eligible to apply for an HSF General Scholarship at www.HSF.net. The application deadline is December 15th, 2013. According to a memorandum prepared by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS... more »

Hegemonic Conflict Watch: US Responds to China's ADIZ =UPDATED=

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
Wow (Yahoo): Two US B-52 bombers flew over a disputed area of the East China Sea without informing Beijing, US officials said Tuesday, challenging China's bid to create an expanded air defense zone. The flight of the giant Stratofortress planes sent a clear signal that Washington would push back against what it considers an aggressive stance by Beijing in the region. The move also represented a robust show of US support for Japan, which is locked in a mounting dispute with Beijing over disputed islands in the East China Sea. The unarmed bombers took off from Guam on Monday on a ... more »

ObamaCare updates November 26 , 2013 - White House finally acknowledges the obvious - Healthcare.gov still will be a hot mess come December 1 , 2013 ( another broken promise to toss on the broken promise bonfire of the vanities ) ...... Congressional Democrats who have waited until December 1st with the hope this would somehow go away soon will have tough decisions to make......Meanwhile Feds to increase risk payments to insurers who agree to un-cancel those already cancelled plans ..... Meanwhile the White House tries to slow down traffic so that fewer collapses of the Healthcare.gov buggy will crash and burn less than if swamped with heavy duty traffic....After Broinsurance and talking healthcare turkey over turkey this Thanksgiving , next epic fail marketing scheme - " Mind Your Mom , get ObamaCare . " Yikes !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 18 hours ago
Today's updates .....But first recall the prior post...... Monday, November 25, 2013 ObamaCare updates November 25 , 2013 - Who knew Desperation is a Destination ? Congressional Dems ready to flip the white house and turn on Obama IF the Healthcare.gov website is still a dud come December 1 , 2013 ? Besides isn't the website just a symptom for the worsening condition of the whole of ObamaCare ? So what did we glean today ? http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/26/white-house-website-wont-be-fixed-by-december-1/ ( I know , what a shocker..... ) White House: Website won’t be fixed ... more »

November Guest Commentary by Joining Forces for Education’s Ellen Lubic

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
Joining Forces for Education was formed in response to Ben Austin’s public school bulldozer outfit, the Walton Family Foundation funded Parent Revolution. Ellen Lubic occasionally contributes to Professor Ravitch’s site. Obama : With Banksters/Common Core/Race to the Top/College for All, and other fantasy legislation vs. Reality and Vocational Ed We, the People, wanted to believe in […]

Ordinary outrage

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 20 hours ago
Over the years the police have lied about their encounters with members of the public. They lied about Jean Charles de Menezes, they lied about Ian Tomlinson, they lied about Mohammed Abdul Kahar, they lied about Andrew and Christopher Hillard and Alfie Meadows and Christopher Alder. These are just a few examples. The police have also lied about prominent cases, such as the Guildford Four or the Birmingham Six, lies that lead to miscarriages of justice. Again these are also only examples. They’ve also told lies regarding a few well known public events, mass encounters such as the Hi... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 20 hours ago
*Has state found strategy to hold Corps of Engineers responsible for coastal erosion? Or is their plan to sue a ruse for the Oil and Gas industry? ~Bob Marshall, The Lens*

Harvey Wasserman knows what he is talking about. Particularly, the fuel rods in a shaky above ground storage tub that must be kept under water or else the protective tubes would spontaneously catch fire releasing the contained radioisotopes into that atmosphere. And this is sure to happen when the next strong earthquake strikes near by. The company TEPCO has no experts. And being a company they are more interested in making money than protecting against disaster. Wasserman argues that the world's top experts should now take over this critical problem. But there seems to be barriers to even getting the UN involved, while the news media, ignorant of the problem play it down. I, like Wasserman, love Japan but like him I would not go back there now.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 20 hours ago
------------------------------ *Best of the Web: News and Analysis* Original Here *Harvey Wasserman: Risky Operation at Fukushima Demands World Action* http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i5MATVzPzgg Published on Nov 19, 2013 Laura Flanders' show streams at GRITtv.org This week, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant began the process to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel, Nuclear researcher Harvey Wasserman talks about the risks involved and need for world intervention. Distributed by OneLoad.com Cherchez la Verite

BC Hydro, John Horgan, What Real Leadership Sounds Like

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 20 hours ago
I have very little to say right now...However John Horgan has plenty to say about BC Hydro.. http://www.cknw.com/audio-vault/ Cue up November 26th/2013..1:00 pm....And listen to *A sizzling fact-filled BC Liberal ball busting segment without a stitch of spin....* Listen to what real leadership and command sounds like. And for those that want contrast, listen to Bill(Knob Gobbler)Good and his guest David Austin`s version, Goodly gobbler Billy had on his 11:00 AM segment an IPP/PPP3 promoter, though Billy described him only as an energy lawyer with an interest in electricity.. ... more »

China Is Quitting the US Dollar

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 20 hours ago
This article is full of information and very very important transparency. The system is DONE. Collapsed. Oh and in case you're wondering, Bitcoin is under the control of the Federal Reserve Cartel, and new laws were passed this past winter that brought "virtual currencies" under the roof of the UST and pulls them into the umbrella of legally acceptable "currencies". Think Bitcoin is the future? Think again. All the news about Bitcoin is a propaganda campaign to pull in the money that the American Banks are so desperate for. Pretend its a renegade currency, making oodles of mon... more »

the pale blue dot

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 21 hours ago

What’s a “narcissist,” doctor?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
No, it’s not just my imagination. The word “narcissist” is being used more and more… [image: image] … even as fewer people seem to understand what the word means—often being confused in being used to describe someone with a healthy self-esteem. Psychologist Michael Hurd explains the distinction is based on difference between a focus solely on “the inner, subjective ‘me’” of the true narcissist, and the focus on the “objective ‘out there’ (aka, reality)” of someone with a healthy self-esteem. In other words, it’s the difference between being a “doer” and being a second-hander: ... more »

How Many Republican Congressmen Will Lose Their Careers Over Racism?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
Another poll came out yesterday, this one from the Public Religion Research Institute, showing overwhelming support by Americans for comprehensive immigration reform. Bottom line: 63% of Americans favor a path to citizenship-- including 60% of grassroots Republicans! Opposition comes from two places: overt racists and the Republican House leadership. We'll get back to that in a moment. Throughout 2013, there has been consistent bipartisan and cross-religious support for creating a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States. Today, 63% of Americans favor provid... more »

Judge Dale: Global Currency Reset and NDAs- VITAL INFORMATION!

Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 21 hours ago
I love Dale. He is one of the most amazing BEings I've ever wished to meet. I "met" Judge Dale on a conference call back in November 2012- and I can fully admit that I was all starry eyed and muted the phone to tell my husband that "I'm on a call with JUDGE DALE!!!!!" ...... hero worship at it's best, lol!!! (yes, I swoon over retired judges in their 80somethings!!) roflmfao!! Since then I've kept in contact with the awesome and outspoken patriot and truthteller. I would ask you to read this article carefully, because there is so much transparency in here that people NEED TO S... more »

Shameless GOPers

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
So I see our coke sniffing Republican Congressman Trey Radel is doing his rehab penance at some high class detox joint. He says he's feeling harrassed when all he's trying to do is to wait out the news cycle so he can skulk back to DC -- er -- focus on his family. Which is not say I think he should resign because of a drug problem. It's not like he was caught selling drugs to kids. I haven't heard it was affecting his job. He was only hurting himself. But that's not why I'm flagging this news. The real lede should have been Gov Rick Scott's incredible hypocrisy. "I agree with the... more »

One More Time on Subsamples (Ignore Those Polls! Addendum)

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 22 hours ago
Last week I took someone to task for placing too much weight on Gallup's reports of Latino voters supposedly disproportionate turn away from Barack Obama. One week more, and...it's disappearing even more. In the Gallup weekly reports, Obama trickled down to 40% approval overall after three weeks at 41%, but his approval among Hispanic citizens is up for the third week in a row and now stands at 54%, 14 points higher than his overall rating. That's consistent with where he was back in September (that is, it's down, but not down more than the overall dip). It's certainly possible that... more »

Little Merit in Rush to Report Merit Pay Report

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 22 hours ago
Mathematica reports and journalists have proven to be problematic—as I noted about the Mathematica claims about KIPP middle schools. With a fresh Mathematica study, Talent Transfer Initiative: Attracting and Retaining High-Performing Teachers in Low-Performing Schools, also comes the rush to report: Top Teachers Retained Effectiveness After Transfer, Study Shows, Stephen Sawchuck at Education Week What Happens […]

AIM West Bill Means: America's payments meant to ease US conscience

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
AIM VICTORY SONG Tuesday, AIM West, Nov. 26, 2013 Video by Censored News Bill Means: America's payouts are a way of clearing its conscience of genocide and stolen land Bill Means By Brenda Norrell Censored News Exclusive Today! Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 AIM West Un-Thanksgiving dinner feast, 12 to 6 pm, Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia St, San Francisco, with Bill Means, Madonna Thunder Hawk,

Canada Is Jewish Occupied Territory: Canadian Stooges Stand By Their Israeli Man!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 22 hours ago
Canada is fully under the control of Jewish interests, and has been for some time now... It is so sad that this country, that at one time was truly a nation that other nations would want to emulate, is now nothing but a YES man for the Jews and Israel's interests..... With the recent signing of the "deal" between the P5+1 group and Iran for "curbing" Iran's (non-existent) nuclear weapons program, most nations have finally begun to lift their illegal sanctions against that peaceful nation..... But according to this article, from Redress Information And Analysis, at www.redressonline.... more »

How TV Frames the Working Class

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 22 hours ago
That there Owen Jones has been in the media again, talking about the portrayal of working class people. Below is a much shorter American film about the same. Yes, it's a bit dated but the point comes through loud and clear.

JFK50: Evidence of Revision

Paul Coker at News Spike - 22 hours ago
"MindWar...is, in fact, the strategy to which tactical warfare must conform if it is to achieve maximum effectiveness. The MindWar scenario must be preeminent in the mind of the commander and must be the principal factor in his every field decision. Otherwise he sacrifices measures which actually contribute to winning the war to measures of immediate, tangible satisfaction. (Consider the rational for 'body counts' in Vietnam). ... "In its strategic context, *MindWar must reach out to friends, enemies, and neutrals alike across the globe* -- neither through primitive "battlefield"... more »

The battle for Ukraine

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours ago
*The battle for Ukraine* KamNam mentioned the geopolitical situation in Ukraine was about to heat up..Yet, again. Thanks for the heads up KamNam.!! Can’t say this turn of events would come as a surprise. No, not a surprise at all. Some of the featured article is pure spin to justify continued or new western intervention. But, there is some factual information present. After the Soviet Union fell two decades ago,* Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote that "without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire."*Tho... more »

Dan Rather was robbed

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 23 hours ago
Wondering if Logan and McClellan are being paid while they're away. Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of '"60 Minutes," informed staff Tuesday that Lara Logan and her producer, Max McClellan, would be taking a leave of absence following an internal report on the news magazine's discredited Oct. 27 Benghazi report. Fager's memo and findings of an internal review [are at the link.] Always thought Rather was set up to take that fall. CBS caved to wingnut's invented outrage. Certainly Rather's investigation was not so thoroughly disgraced at this Benghazi hoax, o... more »

World’s first “climate refugee” refused entry to NZ [updated]

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 23 hours ago
Back in 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) predicted that climate change would create 50 million climate refugees by 2010. In 2006, Al Gore’s film *An Inconvenient Truth *claimed "New Zealand may be refuge as rising sea levels displace hundred of millions of people." (John Key, for one, blithely sat through Gore’s presentation of this bunkum, leaving the Goracle’s Auckland presentation saying it had “pressed all his buttons”—presumably the ones that only function when his critical faculty is turned off.) Yet by 2009, even the BBC were admitting “fears of millio... more »

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM WALMART

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago

Canada Stands Alone - John Baird on Iran

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 day ago
Is John Baird trying to out-Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister? Canada used to be seen as a force for peace on the world stage, but Baird is opposing a widely supported deal that would see Iran eliminate its nuclear weapons program. President Obama and other world leaders played a key role in spearheading this deal, Secretary of State John Kerry is also to be commended for his efforts on this. John Baird and Stephen Harper are an embarrassment to our country on the world stage, they are standing for war and belligerence rather than peace and diplomacy. This is not the Canada I k... more »

Update: Shaky Honduran election process adds to challenges for winner Juan Orlando

paul at Paying attention - 1 day ago
It appears Juan Orlando Hernandez has won the Honduran presidential election for his National Party. Libre is challenging the results and alleging fraud. There probably was some, but the reports from election observers suggest it wasn’t massive. (Probably not a good sign for a democracy when the takeaway headline is ‘No massive fraud,’ but still....) Suspicions have rightly been aroused by the inept way the vote counting is proceeding. The polls closed Sunday at 5 p.m. Right now, noon Tuesday, a little more than two-thirds of the presidential ballots have been counted. Less than hal... more »

Book Review: Fire Light by J. Abram Barneck

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
Fire Light is the debut novel of J.Abram Barneck, you can purchase the Kindle version of this book here. Jake seems like a pretty typical kid. Part jock, part geek who hopes to escape his crummy home life and home town by getting a football scholarship. Although he seems typical, Jake feels different. He doesn't get sore from working out and he often gets the feeling that he is being watched. His normal life falls apart when he becomes the target of plan to annihilate all Druids, a magic society he didn't even know existed, let alone he belonged too. Fire Light was honestly a p... more »

FASCIST GOVERNMENT CONFRONTED IN SOUTH KOREA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Conservatives following President Park’s ordersThis cartoon depicts South Korean President Park Geun-hye as a military leader similar to her father, former President Park Chung-hee, directing conservative forces to attack Catholic Priest Park Chang-shin for his recent comments on North Korea’s 2010 shelling of Yeonpyeong Island. Father Park’s comments have provoked a strong reaction and allowed the president to distract from the ongoing scandal related to state institutions’ interference in last December’s presidential election. Because of the ruling right-wing government's intrusi... more »

BOMBING THE ISLANDS - HERE WE GO AGAIN

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
- I heard today from Jun-san Yasuda. She was the Buddhist nun who brought the large Japanese delegation on our recent drone peace walk in Maine. One Japanese student who walked with us, Maho with the great voice, is leaving for home tonight after having spent the time since the walk caring for Jun-san. Jun-san had to drop out of the walk after the first couple days when she was diagnosed with lime disease. Jun-san last night showed Maho the new documentary The Ghosts of Jeju. Already being translated into Korean, we learn that Maho was so moved by the ... more »

Republicans Claim Steve Stockman Hasn't Been Brought Before The Ethics Committee Because Dems Like Having Him Around As An Embarrassment To The GOP

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
In the spring of 1995, the FBI let domestic terrorism conspirator Steve Stockman (R-TX) off very lightly for his role in the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people and injured almost 700 more. He was defeated right afterwards but he found himself a district clueless and extremist enough in east Texas so that he could worm his way back into Congress last year. Since then he's been jousting with his immediate neighbor to the north, Louie Gohmert, over the bragging rights over who can be called the most far right imbecile in Congress. A ... more »

THE SANDY HOOK REPORT

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*The CIA was in the Fire Station at Sandy Hook. "The fire station was surrounded by news teams, and within its walls were the CIA, police forces, and despairing parents..." Newtown Visits for Project 20/20 Siyum* The Sandy Hook attack was allegedly carried out by Adam Lanza who reportedly had changed his name to Ryan Lanza. There are no photographs of Adam and Ryan together, and it is assumed that they are one and the same. *The authorities have now released their report on the 14 December 2012 Sandy Hook attack.* Danbury State's Attorney Releases Report on Sandy Hook Investigati... more »

The Holiday Boost: Why You Should Submit a Manuscript before Winter Break

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
What does any faculty member REALLY want for the holidays? It’s not a Lexus, it’s not jewelry, it’s a brand new revise-and-resubmit (R&R) manuscript. It’s really all that is on my list every year. That and, of course, world peace. How can one get an R&R manuscript? So far, I think R&R decisions are the Continue reading

Historic mistake

sue at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
Having rashly stated that the BBC was even-handed in yesterday’s reporting of the Historic Mistake by at least giving the Rabid Dogs a reasonable quota of space to defend themselves, I now have to qualify that, having watched last night’s Newsnight. I am of course, referring to the interview by a particularly supercilious looking Paxman, with Daniel Taub. Gurning with more distaste than normal, Paxman parroted some of the BBC’s well-worn memes and tropes. Googling Daniel Taub the other day, I saw another Paxman/Taube interviewand realised that but for the beard, the BBC could easil... more »

Charter Schools Are About Business, Not Education

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
*From NEPC:* *NEPC report finds 44% of charter school students in 2011-12 attended schools operated by EMOs* * Contact: * *William J. Mathis, (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net * *Jamie Horwitz, (202) 549-4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net* * Gary Miron, (269) 599-7965, garmiron@gmail.com* URL for this press release: *http://tinyurl.com/nzhgjup* *BOULDER, CO* (November 26, 2013) – A new National Education Policy Center report published today shows that across the nation, schools managed by for-profit firms such as K12 Inc, National Heritage Academies and Charter Schools USA, as well as nonprofi... more »

Democracy Hypocrisy

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 1 day ago
*The easy way out is to try to yell and pretend like I can do something by violating our laws. And what I’m proposing is the harder path, which is to use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal that you want to achieve — but it won’t be as easy as just shouting. It requires us lobbying and getting it done.* -- Barack Obama, 11/25/2013, explaining to a heckler why his immigration dragnet and record number of deportations will continue unabated under his watch. Okey dokey. So, Barack, either you weren't paying attention when Richard Nixon announced that "when the president... more »

Iraq’s Anbar Province Once Again Becoming A Center For Insurgent Operations

MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
Iraq’s Anbar province used to be one of the centers of the insurgency, and it might be becoming one again. Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha recently told the press that 40% of the governorate was under the control of militants. Today there is a free flow of fighters back and forth across the Syrian border. Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) is targeting the security forces and local politicians. More importantly, it is attempting to gain control of territory as there have been several assaults upon towns and cities this year. This has occurred despite the Iraqi security forces (ISF) announcing one ope... more »

Tuesday Linkage

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Rights groups criticize incendiary attacks in Syria. Important new report on Syrian child casualties. On corpse-counting in former war zones. “Terminator ethics” discussions among autonomous weapons proponents. Momentum among humanitarian stakeholders how to curb explosive violence. 972 Mag on tensions between animal rights and human rights movements. Time on how Continue reading

Mealy-mouthed, scum-sucking, self-absorbed, egotistical ...

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
“My difficulty with the prime minister at this point, Peter, is that I don’t think he’s been forthcoming and honest on fairly simple questions when there appear to be contradictions," he said. "My instinct is when someone doesn’t answer questions, even simple and fairly innocuous questions in a straightforward manner, there may be something else.” Stephen Harper 2005

Our Circular Journey

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
~ Re posted from December 2011 ~ I can't help but notice the striking polarity all around... our dream is shifting and we are all feeling the change in resonance. If there is one thing we can be sure of it is that "this too shall pass". (12/9/11) Love is love, and we are one. It is universal. It is complete and whole and it is you and it is me and it does not matter if we ever meet. We are the same stuff. I read about nationalities and star nations and generations and sexes, yet truly, it is all just costuming. Yes, there can be different degrees of comfort but truly,... more »

Goldie Taylor wants to help!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2013* *Bloom explains the buzz:* Who broke Samantha Scheibe’s coffee table? The question has been in the news. *Should* this question have been in the news? Like President Johnson before us, we can argue it flat or round. That said, Howard Kurtz seems to think the constellation of topics surrounding George Zimmerman has been in the news too much. Last Sunday, on his new Fox News Channel show, he asked Lisa Bloom why that is. To watch the full segment, click here: KURTZ (11/24/13): The Trayvon Martin murder trial was a racially divisive clash and a giant med... more »

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