English: Protesters outside of AIPAC conference at Washington DC Convention center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Portrait of a Woman (possibly Elizabeth Warren) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This photo is from the Time 100 Gala - read how I feel about Elizabeth Warren. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Rachel Maddow in Seattle. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On Potential Employees
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 minutes ago
*About friggin' time! Bravo Senator Warren! Bravo! -Bill*
*Elizabeth Warren Wants To Ban Companies From Using Credit Checks On
Potential Employees*
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elizabeth warren first press conference as senator elect
Boston Herald
Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill today that would prevent companies
from using credit reports in hiring decisions.
Since the Great Depression, many unemployed Americans have struggled to
find a job once employers check their credit history. Many of these people
fell on hard times after the housing bubble burst o... more »
Fire and Ice
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 minutes ago
As the days carry on into weeks, months and years you become weary and
increasingly so. You have remained ever hopeful for change, for love, for
rejuvenation, for absolute peace and a place where all truth is recognized
as such, lived and understood. That is not the place you have now. Now,
what you have is contrast.
Those you know and love are choosing, as are you. You are right now,
today, on the threshold of new, of change, of another way. There has to be
more than what you see everyday and even than what you feel. This is not a
falsehood. Light is only visible in the d... more »
The Vedic Art of Leadership
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 20 minutes ago
Video Title: The Vedic Art of Leadership. Source: DharmaNation. Date
Published: December 21, 2011. Description:
Whether we refer to the unprecedented problems we are experiencing in the
economy, on the political scene, or in the rapid degeneration of cultural,
social and spiritual standards, we know that we are living in an era of
tremendous global crisis. As Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya explains in this
timely and important video, the root cause of all these peripheral crises
can be directly attributed to a deep crisis in leadership. We are lacking
able leaders. We are, today, lac... more »
Does "Progressive" Mean Something Else In Oklahoma? Meet Joe Dorman, Rachel Maddow's Idea Of A Progressive Candidate For Governor
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
I ran into a neighbor, one of the world's most talented drummers, the other
day and he asked me if the DCCC is as bad as I say it is on my blog. "Even
worse," I assured him, telling him about quintessential Steve Israel
recruit Jennifer Garrison. He asked me to suggest some candidates he could
contribute to who were the opposite of Garrison. I suggested the 2 Blue
America candidates in the L.A. area, Eloise Reyes and Lee Rogers since he
could meet either one of them if he wanted to. And then I remembered his
family is from Oklahoma. So I sent him some information about Tom Guild, ... more »
The Shah On AIPAC
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
An excerpt from, *"Some Might Call It Treason"* by Philip Giraldi, AntiWar,
December 19:
Neocon Noam Neusner recently provided an insight into what is going on in
Congress, boasting that *"Normally a party’s leadership will stand behind a
president in his moment of diplomatic achievement. Not this time." He
further explains that the "conspicuous silence" among Democrats is because
they are "the men and the women, after all, who are on a first name basis
with most of the board of AIPAC" and "they want to be in Washington long
after Obama leaves the White House." * And lest there be a... more »
Battle between Nihilism and Organization part One
Steve at Thinking Aboot - 2 hours ago
[image: Creative Commons License]
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License.
Just being optimistic.
The battle between Nihilism and organization.
The Nihilist are winning, and wining by billions. But its the organalizist
that are reaping all the rewards. The organized ones are manufacturing
Nihilist. It is the perfect divide and conquer.
Tom thought about changing his interface and it happened, his level of
augmentation was in now in God mode. He was now able to switch all his
senses to a quantum computed dream zone where the owner was the... more »
Do other countries teach better?
skrashen at Schools Matter - 2 hours ago
Sent to the New York Times, Dec. 19, 2013
The Times asks "Why Other Countries Teach Better?" (Dec. 18). But there is
no clear evidence that they do.
The most powerful factor in developing well-educated citizens, not
mentioned by the Times, is poverty: When researchers control for the
effects of poverty, our students score near the top on international tests.
A survey from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD), cited by the Times, confirms that socio-economic status is a very
strong predictor of literacy development and that this effect is much
stronger in... more »
POA failure to appear at trial hence convicted is constitutional
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
R. v. Jamieson, 2013 ONCA 760 holds that s. 9.1(1) of the* Provincial
Offences Act**, allowing a conviction where an accused has been* "issued a
notice of the time and place of trial" and failed to appear is
constitutional:
[47] In considering the application of these principles to the *POA*,
I note that the NIA option in the offence notice clearly warns a defendant
that failing to appear at the trial will result in a conviction. The
defendant must exercise the option to appear on the offence notice and
deliver it to the court office, so he or she does not retain a copy. Bu... more »
Chris Christie said he invented the Internet!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*Lawrence then and now:* Over the summer, Chris Christie announced, then
executed, a $12 million scam.
The larceny occurred in bright sunlight. Everybody say ho-hum and continued
on their way.
Today, a range of players are involved in creating a scandal around
Christie. Below, you see something we the rubes were told by Lawrence last
night.
Lawrence spoke with Hunter Walker, who he agreed to describe as “national
affairs reporter for Talking Points Memo:”
O’DONNELL (12/18/13): OK. And here is some more maybe fire in the smoke,
OK?
*Last week, the W... more »
A & E -0, GLAAD - 0, Duck Dynasty - 10...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 2 hours ago
*who benefits??*
If you'd never heard of Duck Dynasty before yesterday, you sure have now.
Does anyone really believe A&E would sabotage their cash cow?
Disclaimer: I've never watched Duck Dynasty because we don't have cable.
I did, however, have a pretty good take on what the show was about, and am
well aware that people who I admire really like to watch it.
However, last night I had to explain to my hubby what the show was about.
How many other people in this country are like my hubby? Probably
millions.
Driven by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), A&E thre... more »
Religious numbers declining in the US
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
If you live in the US, or want to, there’s a good argument for living in
these places…
California’s Alpine County, Hawaii’s Kalawao County, Nevada’s Esmeralda
County, New York’s Bronx and Richmond counties, Michigan’s Macomb County
and Nevada’s Clark County.
Why?
Because they are the parts of America with *the lowest religious
participation per capita*.
But there are other parts of the US with low participation, as you can see
on this map here from the *Washington Post*(more red equals more religious
participation, the paler it is, the less interest there is):
It’s a map tha... more »
Weingarten Joins Union Enemy John Engler to Plead with Governors to Keep Common Core
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
On December 10 Randi Weingarten flew into Newark with her gold-plated
bullhorn to protest the entirely predicted outcome to a teacher contract
that she helped negotiate just over a year ago.
At the time the Newark agreement gave bragging rights to Republican
governor Chris Christie for making New Jersey the first state in the Union
to base teacher pay on student test scores and on a teacher evaluation
scheme that was nothing more than a Christie promise when Weingarten signed
off on it.
Now, with teacher grievances piling up based on the meritless merit pay
plan that Weingart... more »
From Cupcake Wars to Candy Crush Saga!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 3 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*We don’t find this hard to believe:* At the start of this morning’s
column, Gail Collins had a confession to make:
COLLINS (12/19/13): *For the past couple of months I have been in the
thrall of a game called Candy Crush Saga.*
It’s about matching little colored thingies on your iPad or phone. I am not
going to explain it in any more depth because that would just make this
whole discussion more humiliating.
Presumably, no one familiar with Collins’ work will find this hard to
believe.
Just a bit later, the New York Times ace went into more detail:
... more »
Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
*Blossom Goodchild - 19 December, 2013*
Welcome to you. I would firstly like to open my heart in Love to you ...
DONE! ... and secondly, inquire about the beautiful magenta Pillar of Light
that was captured on a photograph recently. ( See blog post
http://blossomgoodchild.blogspot.com/) This, for me, is so similar to the
image you showed to me way back in 2011 when you first brought it up. Would
you please confirm as to whether this is what you were speaking of ... or
something else?
*Firstly we send Love in an abundant form to each one of you. We find it
necessary to consider t... more »
On how many houses must we figuratively wish a pox?
noreply@blogger.com (Námo Mandos) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours ago
The uproar in the diplomatic world today is the arrest of the Indian
diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a consular services official in the USA who
was arrested in front of her children at school, taken to a police station,
and apparently strip searched, leading to extreme annoyance from the Indian
government and Indian media.
This is one of those situations in which literally everybody doth protest
too much.
So, US law enforcement procedures, well, they are notoriously made of a
combination of suck and human rights violation, and routine strip searches
are one of the precipitates. Pro... more »
Graphs of the Day: US GDP 1947-2011
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 4 hours ago
Total US GDP in constant 2011 dollars.
Proportion of GDP by sector.
- Government in 1960: 13.2%; in 2011: 13.2%
- Agriculture & manufacturing in 1950: 34%; in 2011: 13%
- Finance & services in 1950: 26%; in 2011: 52%
Data source: US BEA
The Sandy Hook Poem
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 4 hours ago
The following poem was written by Kelley from Tulsa, an independent
investigator of the alleged shooting said to have taken place at the Sandy
Hook Elementary School roughly one year ago. Kelley was a special guest *on
my radio program* this past Tuesday, so be sure to listen to that program
if you have not already. -JRF
*______________________*
*26 people they claim to have died,*
*YouTubers and bloggers call it the "Sandy Hook Lie".*
*The parents are too cheerful for this to be real,*
*for if your child had died, is this how you'd feel?*
*The motive is clear, they want our guns*
*a... more »
Another Blue Dog Bites The Dust-- Good Riddance Jim Matheson
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
Congress' most right-wing Democrat is finally retiring
Jim Matheson is one of the worst-- if not *the* worst-- Democrats in
Congress. Aside from voting more frequently with the GOP than any other
Democrat this past year-- his crucial vote ProgressivePunch score is
ghastly 23.13 (tied with fellow Blue Dog John Barrow and worse than 5
conservative Republicans!)-- Matheson was a corrupt insider who traded his
votes away to the corporations that financed his sleazy career. The only
reason he has been able to hang on is because enough slow-witted Utahans
though he was his father, popular ... more »
Strange Viruses, Sheik Bin Laden and The October Surprise
Paul Coker at News Spike - 5 hours ago
*"From 1981 through 1988, at least 15 individuals of various nationalities,
including William Casey, Director of the Central Intelligence, died in
unusual circumstances: *
*airplane accidents, *
*explosions, *
*strange viruses which led to virulent cancers; *
*sudden heart attacks or straightforward homicide. *
*There were attempts on the lives of a further eight and one former
National Security advisor tried to commit suicide."*
Havana. May 5, 2011
Bin Laden familyâs relations with the United States greater than supposed
Lázaro Barredo Medina
THE surname Bin Laden has been... more »
Spinning Iran's Centrifuges: A Quick Lesson in Alarmism
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 5 hours ago
Tennessee
Senator Bob Corker
On December 12, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
held a hearing on last month's interim nuclear agreement between Iran
and the P5+1, which means there was a tremendous amount of ignorant
bluster, conventional wisdom, wishful thinking, staggering ignorance,
and shameless posturing for lobbyist money on display. In other words,
Congress
CONSEQUENCES TO U.S. ARROGANCE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
Brazil has rejected a contract for Boeing's F/A-18 fighter jets in favor of
the Swedish Saab's JAS 39 Gripens. The unexpected move to reject the US bid
comes amid the global scandal over the NSA's involvement in economic
espionage activities.
PRIVATIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 5 hours ago
A recent protest in Springfield, Oregon as our corporate dominated
government moves to privatize the postal service. If we want money for
post offices, education, healthcare, infrastructure repair, and the
development of sustainable technologies then we'd better wake up and smell
the coffee.
The buried treasure chest is called the military budget. Make the
connections and survive.
LUNCH WITH THE FT - A FORMER HEAD OF PENTAGON DISINFORMATION
Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours ago
Dov is a 'disenchanted' former 'Head of Pentagon Disinformation'.
I meet him at the *Per Se* restaurant in New York.
Our 21 course menu includes a starter, which combines tapioca, oysters and
caviar; and an interesting foie gras dish.
Dov has asked me not to reveal his real name.
As Dov sips his Elderton Golden Semillon, I relate to him that a friend
called Mary writes a conspiracy blog and that some of her posts on Sandy
Hook come high in Google searches.
Dov smiles and explains: "Mary's posts will have high search engine
visibility on her computer; but not necessarily on som... more »
The Biggest Lies of "We Won't Back Down"
John Thompson at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
The movie "We Won't Back Down" was on television this week. It is a product
of the corporate-sponsored Parent Revolution. With the help of financing by
Walden Media and other business conservatives, the movie tells the
fictionalized story of the California "Parent Trigger" law allowing the
takeover of a failing school when 51% of parents file a petition. In their
telling, however, it also takes 51% of teachers who supposedly turned down
their due process rights to support the transformation. The National
Conference of State Legislatures does not list any states where a majority
of t... more »
Prancing homosexuals urge other homosexuals to "Get Enrolled"...w/Update
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 6 hours ago
*I'm speechless.*
From YouTube:
Out2Enroll is a coalition of organizations who want to help lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender people stay healthy by making sure that one of
the major benefits of the Affordable Care Act -- access to affordable,
comprehensive health insurance coverage -- reaches LGBT communities. Get
Enrolled is a holiday parody, produced by our friends at Full Frontal
Freedom, which aims to bring awareness to the final week of health
marketplace enrollment.
*Update:*
Moonbattery has more to say on this subject. I'm still speechless.
*Perverts Prioritized fo... more »
PUSHING THE NEXT PRETEXT
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
*New Chinese aircraft carrier was recently challenged by US Aegis cruiser*
Sometimes I just shake my head in disbelief.... the recent US-China
military near hit (the second time in recent months) indicates that our
nation is pushing this power trip thing way too hard. This game is being
ramped up to create "China fear" in the hearts and minds of the people
(here and around the world). China says it is not rolling over. Someone
or something eventually has to give way...
Foreign Policy reports on the recent naval warship "near collision" between
the US and China:
On Dec. 5, the U.... more »
Thursday Morning Linkage
Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 6 hours ago
What’s right and wrong in the world this holiday season? This is a sundry
list related to recent interests of mine, mostly related to humanitarian
assistance. UN seeks record $13 billion for humanitarian assistance in
2014, half of it for Syria More than half of Syria’s population of 22
million is now in need of aid, according
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The world in which we actually live!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*The actual New York Times:* For people who don’t like longer posts, we’ll
repeat a point made in the long post below.
This excerpt from today’s New York Times was written and edited by
functional illiterates. In this passage, Al Baker and Motoko Rich describe
New York City’s score gains on the NAEP over the past ten years:
BAKER AND RICH (12/19/13): More than a snapshot of achievement, the scores
released Wednesday illuminate overall increases the city’s fourth and
eighth graders have made in math and reading since 2003, the year after
Mayor Michael R... more »
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson)
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Our Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson). via Our
Dystopia Is Now: The Circle (Eggers) and Feed (Anderson).
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Israel, Hillel, and Idolatry
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Harvard Hillel banned a speech by former Israeli Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg.
The spiritual issue:
Israel, Hillel, and idolatry
The Hillel International prohibitions make the State of Israel, and indeed only one version of it, into an idol.
By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Recent controversies within Hillel International, the “home” for many Jewish college
FIVE KEY POINTS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: Who lost M. Night Shyamalan!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 7 hours ago
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013*
*Part 3—Misled by Diane Ravitch:* Yesterday, we criticized the New York
Times editorial board.
We described its members as “functionally illiterate,” at least in their
work on public schools and international test scores.
Today, we’ll apply the same term to the Times’ news reporting about New
York City’s schools.
At issue is this very significant news report, a report the famous paper
has buried deep inside this morning’s local section. Here’s what gives:
Yesterday, new test scores were released by the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (th... more »
Understanding Anbar Before & After the Awakening Pt. VIII Sheikh Majid al-Sulaiman
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 7 hours ago
Sheikh Majid Abdul al-Razzaq Ali al-Sulaiman is one of the two elder
sheikhs of the Dulaim tribe, one of the largest in Anbar province. He is
the uncle of Sheikh Ali Hatem Sulaiman, and both were leaders in the
Awakening movement. The elder Sulaiman has an interesting story because he
fled to Jordan in the 1990s after he took part in a failed coup against
Saddam Hussein and become involved in opposition politics. After 2003 he
quickly became disillusioned with the American occupation and retreated to
Anbar. There he became a target of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and that was what led
Sulai... more »
Dear Kansas Board of Regents
amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Dear Kansas Board of Regents, Greetings. You probably don’t know me but
I’ve been a long-time user of your services. I started my college career
taking dual-credit courses at Pratt Community College in 1996, I attended
the Kansas Board of Regents Honors Academy in 1998, and I am a graduate of
one of your fine
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WEST COAST IN DANGER
Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
Nuclear Engineer Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy
and Environmental Research, confirmed that ocean currents are carrying the
radioactive water to the West Coast. "There are several hundred tons of
radioactive water that are pouring into the ocean at the site every day,"
Makhijani said.
According to a study published in the Journal Deep Sea Research 1, it will
begin arriving this March.
TEPCO is in over their head and another earthquake could finish off the
Fukushima plant. At that point some scientists predict Japan would be
fully contaminated and the w... more »
Quacking is Dangerous to Your Health?
Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
I might have to re-think this whole life choice. Tenure is supposed to
mean more than just job security–that it is about academic freedom. To
teach and research in ways that may not always be popular and certainly in
ways that are not politically desirable. Yet in the past couple of weeks,
we have seen
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Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Tim Reid, 69.
I keep thinking that some blogging will happen, but it doesn't seem to be
(here; regular posts at PP all week). With any luck, this won't be the
third day in a row with only the good stuff:
1. Ta-Nehisi Coates, always.
2. Good analysis from Greg Sargent on Obama, John Podesta, and executive
action on climate. One additional point: a normal opposition party would
consider, given the possibility of significant action, cutting a deal to
protect party-aligned interest groups as much as possible (while, perhaps,
securing some other policy gains in return)... more »
Watch "Al-Aqsa TV Filler Tallies Terror Attacks by Hamas" on YouTube
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdUwuc1OOQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
In Defense of Teaching (and Grading) the Long Research Paper
Jon Western at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
There’s a Slate article titled “The End of the College Essay” circulating
in various Facebook and Twitter circles critical of assigning long essays
to undergraduates. The gist of the complaint mirrors the complaints I’ve
heard over the years from students and colleagues (and others outside the
academy) about assigning long research papers. Last summer, I
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Who Should Be On Trial-- Cheney, Morsi, Christie… Sisi?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Look, I'm all for holding politicians accountable for their criminal
behavior and abuse of power. After reading Barton Gellman's brilliant book
on Cheney, Angler, I'm more convinced than ever that Cheney should be
rotting in a prison for the rest of his short miserable life, along with
David Addington, his chief hatchet man. During the first Bush-Cheney term,
Cheney had his way on everything. He reinvented the NSA as a weapon against
American citizens which it still is today. By the second term, wiser heads
had prevailed on Bush to rein him in a little. Gellman: "In the second
ter... more »
Eminent Victorians
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 8 hours ago
It was a remarkable gaffe -- as defined by Michael Kinsley. Last Friday,
James Moore gave us a brief statement of what he really believes,
unvarnished by spin. When asked about the problem of child poverty, he
answered, "The government says it's my job to feed my neighbour's child? I
don't think so."
There could be no clearer statement of modern conservative boilerplate. In
Margaret Thatcher's words, "There is no such thing as society. There are
individual men and women and there are families." And it is a family's
responsibility to feed its children.
Government does not concern... more »
CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 Trillion ......Dodd - Frank working out just swell - those pesky technical coding issues are such a hassle !
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55
Trillion
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/19/2013 08:21 -0500
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Gross Domestic Product
- Transparency
inShare
What is $55 trillion between friends? Very little according to the CFTC. In
perhaps the biggest *under the radar news *of the day - to be expected with
every watercooler occupied by taper experts - the WSJ reports that the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday that *technical errors *at
two so-called ... more »
The German Climate Debacle
Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 9 hours ago
This
is a short piece I need to get out just so I can put all my attention
on the major post I'm working on.
Germany's shutdown of many of its nuclear plants has led quite directly
and inevitably to increased burning of fossil fuels. (Canadian Energy
Issues pegged this.) Contrary to the false claims of Chrisopher Arcus
on ClimateCrocks, all German coal-fired generation has risen, both hard
Luis Burgos: Observations on the Necochea Beach Humanoid
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
*The Necochea Beach Humanoid*
*By Luis Burgos (FAO/RADIO)*
The photograph taken by chance on a beach in Necochea on 17 November 2013
was NOT JUST ONE MORE CASE [*original emphasis—SC*]. It has only been
possible to capture humanoid figures “invisible” to the human eye on very
few occasions, when compared with the infamous “phantom” UFOs, and the
controversy these cases generate when they take place. Naysayers will
subtly state that “it was a person photographed against the Sun, very near
and from below, and this causes the deformation of the image, causing the
creation of the ghostl... more »
Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 9 hours ago
*Argentina: The Necochea Beach Humanoid Photo Analyzed*
*By Guillermo D. Giménez – Planeta UFO*
Necochea is a city located on the Atlantic Coast of the Province of Buenos
Aires, Argentina. It is the county seat and has a major port facility, as
it is located at the mouth of the Quequén Grande River and the Argentinean
Sea. The city is a chosen destination for thousands of tourist who spend
their vacation time in the widest beaches of Argentina. Necochea is
considered one of the finest beaches in the country.
The Miguel Lillo Park, with over 640 acres of pines and eucalyptus trees,
... more »
Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general(Photo: Mohammed Jaffer,
AP)*All this in the land of the "free and the brave"? You know of course
what will happen is they will put in a procedure to exempt diplomats and
continue treat US citizens this way... but at least this incident exposes
what has become routine in law enforcement in a very public way. All
secrets will be exposed... Eternal Essence is seeing to it. And they asked
"who will this be enforced?".... hahaha -AK*
*Prosecutor says strip search of India diplomat 'standard'*
Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 10:34 p.m. EST Dec... more »
Excuses, Excuses...
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 10 hours ago
In response to test scores for New York City:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's reign as head of the nation's
largest school system resulted in greatly improved graduation rates, but
test scores that lagged behind the pace of other large American cities.
New York City students' scores on national math and reading tests released
Wednesday didn't show significant change in 2013 from 2011, ticking up
slightly but not enough to keep up with other large cities....
The Bloomberg administration said it was harder for city students to
improve as fast as lower-scoring cities. "As you... more »
Secret Service probing potential Target data breach
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 10 hours ago
*Secret Service probing potential Target data breach*
Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY 12:01 a.m. EST December 19, 2013
Secret Service confirms investigation of potential breach that began around
Black Friday.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/18/secret-service-target-data-breach/4119337/
(Photo: By Don Campbell, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
*Potential breach involves information stored on magnetic stripe on back of
cards*
*Situation appears to involve nearly all Target stores in the United States*
*Target did not respond to telephone message left at headquarters Wednesday
night*
... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*Unvanished ~Library Chronicles*
*State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state
funding ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
*RTA, Veolia reportedly agree to run New Orleans ferries ~WWLTV*
*Funeral For George Rodrigue Today ~Eve Troeh, WWNO*
*Odd Words ~Mark Folse *
*Under the hood of "Under Milkwood": musician's cut ~NolaVie *
*A true original, James Booker stands above the crowd in a city famous for
its piano players ~Scott Barretta, ClarionLedger.com*
The #ChristmasMyths, #2: The Star of Bethlehem
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 11 hours ago
*Part of a continuing series looking at the pagan origins of the Christmas
Myths, one day at a time…*
[image: CARTOON BY CHRIS MADDEN, USED BY PERMISSION]
Long before the *Bethlehem Star* went into print, Jesus was born under a
star that guided three wise men to his stable door, stopping at Herod’s
palace to ask the way. So goes the myth.
The real story is marginally more interesting—especially its real origins.
The story of stars and wise men and Jesus only appears in *Matthew*. And
you may consider it passing strange for a few reasons:
- why this one author chose to add it... more »
Gaia Satellite surveyor lifts off
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago
*Europe has launched the Gaia satellite - one of the most ambitious space
missions in history. *The 740m-euro observatory lifted off from the
Sinnamary complex in French Guiana at 06:12 local time. Gaia is going to
map the precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars. This
should give us the first realistic picture of how our Milky Way galaxy is
constructed.
Gaia's remarkable sensitivity will lead also to the discovery of many
thousands of previously unseen objects, including new planets and
asteroids. Separation from the Soyuz upper-stage was confirmed just bef... more »
6 Reasons Why Public Ownership Is Better That Private
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
*Public Beats Private: Six Reasons Why*
by Paul Buchheit
*Private systems are focused on making profits for a few well-positioned
people.*
*Public systems, when sufficiently supported by taxes, work for everyone in
a generally equitable manner. The following are six specific reasons why
privatization simply doesn't work.*
*1. The Profit Motive Moves Most of the Money to the Top*
The federal Medicare Administrator made $170,000 in 2010. The president of
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas made over ten times as much in 2012.
Stephen J. Hemsley, the CEO of United Health Group,... more »
Holiday crime watch December 19 , 2013 -- The Lead Story .....Major Security breach at Target ! The takeaway from Krebs on Security -- Krebs on Security, a closely watched security industry blog that broke the news, said the breach involved nearly all of Target's 1,797 stores in the United States, citing sources at two credit card issuers. The report said that "track data" from at least 1 million payment cards was thought to have been stolen before Target uncovered the operation, but that the number could be significantly higher.
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/us-target-breach-idUSBRE9BH1GX20131219
Target stores' customers hit by major credit card attack
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Shoppers are seen at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the
Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013.
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(Reuters) - Payment card data was stolen from an unknow... more »
Tanzania & GMOs - Chose Sovereignty Over Corporate Rule
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
Tanzania, the little country in Africa that ROARED... no we will not change
our laws to suit the scientists and agrichemical companies that develop
GMOs. Instead, we will hold you accountable for any harm: “Any person who
imports, transport...s, makes contained or confined use of, releases,
carries out any activity in relation to GMOs or products thereof, or
places on the market a GMO, shall be strictly liable for an harm, loss,
injury or loss caused directly or indirectly by such GMOs or their
production or any activity in relation to GMOs.” Sounds like they got it
right, don... more »
Engels on 'Social Murder'
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 13 hours ago
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that
death results, we call that deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in
advance that the injury would be fatal, we call this deed murder. But when
society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they
inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as
much a death by violence as that by the sword or the bullet; when it
deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions
in which they *cannot live* - forces them ... to remain in such conditions
u... more »
War Watch December 19 , 2013 ...Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With US , Al Qaeda / Jihadist forces continue eliminating Moderate US backed FSA leaders , Syria Army continues to take advantage of the split between Rebel forces by pressing forward on several War Fronts...... Iran nuclear talks at risk due to US Senate Bill , as well as the usual incoherent actions of the White House ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Syria.......
Syria’s Islamist Rebels Refuse Talks With USUS Envoy: Rebels Gave No Reason
for Refusal
by Jason Ditz, December 18, 2013
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Syria’s Islamic Front, a Salafist-dominated rebel faction, will not become
the Obama Administration’s new official “US-backed” rebels any time soon,
as the group has refused to have any talks with the US.
“The Islamic Front has refused to sit with us without giving any reason,”
noted Ambassador Robert Ford, saying the US remains ready to “talk to all
parties and political groups in Syria.”
The US interest in the Islamic Front ... more »
Langevin, Michelson, Millikan: anniversaries
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 14 hours ago
Paul Langevin was born in 1872 in Paris and died on December 19th, 1946, in
the same city. Because he was a rather important representative of the
French science and a science official, great physicists have encountered
him at many conferences. Langevin was also a leading figure who promoted
relativity in France.
The modern interpretation of diamagnetism and paramagnetism in terms of
electron clouds asymmetrically or anisotropically located within atoms is
due to Langevin. As a college freshman, we were taught the explanations of
these "canonical effects" like Langevin's diamagnetis... more »
Doomed!
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
A clip from the Salon article:
. . . . Few would dispute that we should hold our educators and the
children they are entrusted with to a high bar of excellence, but
evaluating performance on test scores has never been a viable strategy. As
Common Core test results have started trickling in, the results aren’t
pretty. In New York, they show a widening of the achievement gap between
black and white students. This leaves young teachers at a disadvantage
since they are often placed in high poverty schools and are still learning
on the job. They often have to also play the role of coun... more »
Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF)
bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public
that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation
of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. Right there, we begin with
stupid. The CUF attacks […]
Paul Krassner : Is There a Doctor in the House?
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 16 hours ago
Doctors
provide free medical care at the Riverside County Fair Grounds in
California's Coachella Valley earlier this year. Image from KESQ.com.
California tops in most uninsured:
Is there a doctor in the house?
The insurance industry has a preexisting condition known in technical
terminology as greed.
By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Although Coachella Valley in Southern
No technical issues in actor Paul Walker car crash
Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 16 hours ago
Los Angeles: Researchers have found no proof that the Mercedes holding
acting professional John Master had technical problems before it damaged,
eliminating the Fast & Furious celebrity.
The research also decided out waste or other street circumstances as
resulting in the car in which Master was a traveler to careen into a light
rod and shrub.
"We're looking at rate and rate alone," a police officer’s formal with
knowledge of the research informed the Associated Media. The formal was not
approved to talk openly about the research and talked on condition of
privacy.
The Nov. 30 ac... more »
BOOKS / Alan Wieder : Paul Buhle's 'Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith'
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 17 hours ago
Paul
Buhle's 'Radical Jesus':
Comic artists explore the history
and social message of Jesus Christ
By Alan Wieder / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2013
Paul Buhle, the noted historian, author, graphic novel publisher, and
editor of Radical Jesus, is Thorne Dreyer's guest on the 200th edition
of Rag Radio, Friday, December 20, from 2-3 p.m. (CST). Rag Radio airs
and streams live on
JAKARTA KID
Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago
*CHAPTERS*
1. JAKARTA: SIX DEGREES SOUTH
2. NIGHT AND DAY
3. THE HILL TOWN OF BOGOR
4 THE HIGHLAND CITY OF BANDUNG
5. TWO WEDDINGS
6. ONE HAND AND HIS MOTHER
7. BANGBANG ON JALAN SUDIRMAN
8. PELABUHAN RATU
9. SINGAPORE AND JOHOR BARU
10. FOUND IN KEBAYORAN LAMA
11. DOCTOR JOSEPH
12 THE HAVE A NICE DAY HOTEL 13. THE BOY FROM SUMATRA
14. THEY SHOT YOUR FATHER?
15. A LOVER LIKES HIS LOVED ONE TO BE POOR
16. HAMID'S GRANNY AND IWAN'S FEET
17. REJECTED BY HIS FAMILY 18. MOTHER LIVES FAR AWAY
19. FAMILY
20. BABY
21 TWO WIVES TO SUPPORT
22. SUKABUMI
23. NEW HOME
24. BANTEN AND MERAK
25. SAE... more »
Keith Baldrey`s Revisionist History Distortions
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 17 hours ago
Keith Baldrey`s tweet tonight(December 18th/2013)
____________
*Keith Baldrey* @*keithbaldrey* 2h
My Twitter account is worth $14,856.00, according to the SocialValuator
app. See how much you are worth: http://social-valuator.com
_______________
And we all know that Keith Baldrey is more concerned about twitter
followers than anything else..these private Twitter messages to me speak
for themselves...
I hardly ever tweet on twitter, however, I did tweet Keith Baldrey, I told
him to check out Global Facebook page..I told Keith Baldrey that their own
viewers are calling t... more »
McKeon Has Found The One Career That Normal People View As Even Less Ethical Than Congressmembers
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
Buck McKeon, Boehner's uber-corrupt head of the House Armed Services
Committee, is getting ready for his next career as a lobbyist. A bunch of
relatives have already started the firm and McKeon is busy lining up
clients by making sure the Military-Industrial Complex gravy train is not
interrupted by any sequestration. He has been busy tanking the chances of
Randy Forbes to succeed him as Chair because he isn't as much a shill to
arms makers and war contractors as McKeon's handpicked choice, corrupt
Texas congressman Mac Thornberry.
The revolving door between Congress and K Street ... more »
Thailand: Red Terror - Regime Thugs Firebomb Protest Leader's Home, Threaten Opponents
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
*Image: Protest leader, Chitpas Bhirombhakdi.**December 19, 2013* (Tony
Cartalucci) - After weeks of cyber-stalking by the Thaksin Shinawatra
regime's paid-PR machine, including disgraced former-Reuters editor Andrew
Marshall, regime thugs have fire-bombed the home of anti-regime protest
leader Chitpas Bhirombhakdi. In Bangkok Post's article, "Protest leader's
house firebombed," it was reported:
Four men early on Thursday morning threw a molotov cocktail at the family
home of Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, a former deputy Democrat Party spokeswoman
and now one of core protest leaders under t... more »
A Catastrophic and Catalysing Event: Millennial Futurology
Paul Coker at News Spike - 18 hours ago
*1993*
"To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades, the
Department of Defense must move more aggressively to experiment with new
technologies and operational concepts, and seek to exploit the emerging
revolution in military affairs. Information technologies, in particular,
are becoming more prevalent and significant components of modern military
systems. These information tech- nologies are having the same kind of
trans- forming effects on military affairs as they are having in the larger
world. The effects of this military transformation will have profound
i... more »
Page charges for appeal transcripts
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 18 hours ago
R. v. J.W., 2013 ONCA 723:
[16] In the circumstances, I am satisfied that the application should
be granted and an order should be made in accordance with the CSD policy.
Therefore, I find that for transcripts prepared for the Court of Appeal,
the court reporter is entitled to and shall be paid a fee of $3.75 per
original page. However, if the transcript has previously been transcribed
and produced at the lower court level for any reason, the reporter is
entitled to charge, for an appeal, $0.55 per page per copy for portions
previously transcribed, and $3.75 per page for any... more »
I am because you are... thank you for stopping by
Sandra Guzman at Sandra Guzman - 19 hours ago
Here are my favorite posts of 2013:
*Reflecting on what it means to be a bitch*
*Immigration Debate 2.0: No Human Being is Illegal*
*What makes a Hispanic Hispanic anyway? *
*Mickalene's Magnificence*
*Why playing is good for your brain*
*Love re-defined*
*Don't Cry for me: I am a Vegetarian*
*Favoritism will get you a job, and keep you employed*
*Are your cultural beliefs keeping you from achieving your potential?*
*Is being a good girl killing you softly?*
Months without their cherished rooster-brand sriracha? Can spicy-food addicts survive?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
*It looks like it'll be months before Huy Fong Foods resumes providing
hot-sauce-starved gastronomes with its "most popular hot sauce."*
*by Ken*
It figures it would be the doing of some California buttinskies, who don't
know what it means to mind their own beeswax. As a result, Huy Fong Foods
has been forced to shut down production of its "most popular hot sauce,"
the sriracha in the clear plastic squeeze bottle with the rooster logo and
green cap. Shock waves are rolling through hot-food aficionados from coast
to coast, with early reports of sriracha-deprived users jonesing.
And... more »
David Coleman's Common Core Shows How Less Can Be More, Boring
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 21 hours ago
Somehow I missed this in October from Perdido Street, but it is priceless:
NYSED ELA Lesson Module - 17 Days On One Short Story
As I posted earlier this week, the teachers who have had the misfortune to
have to use the Common Core lesson modules provided by NYSED at a website
they call Engage NY have found that the material is so full of
mind-numbing, soul-sucking drudgery that they had lost the interest of
students by the second week of school.
I have heard many complaints from teachers about one module that has
students read and re-read one short story over and over and over and ov... more »
Gold and Silver Report - December 18 , 2013 Harvey Organ post highlights , data of the day and more news and views.....
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Post - Fed Meeting Action December 19 , 2013..... Gold getting slammed so
far this morning ....
[image: Live 24 hours gold chart [Kitco Inc.]]
Trying to test the lows from June ?
http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/12/dec-182013gld-loses-another-42-tonnes.html
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Dec 18.2013:/GLD loses another 4.2 tonnes of gold/SLV remains constant/USA
tapers by 10 billion dollars/gold and silver slammed by the bankers/
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gold closed up $4.90 to $1236.10 (comex closing time ). Silver was up 22
cents at $20.01.
then came ... more »
India blast US for ignoring diplomatic immunity for its female Deputy Consul - Devyani Khobragade ...... degrading treatment on a alleged false visa application for a nanny brought arrest , repeated strip searches and cavity searches ! India has immediately retaliated as expected - India of course has become more sensitive to female mistreatment due to numerous recent rape cases in India . Apart from the rape angle , this is figurative " mistreatment " of the nation of India - what if India started enforcing its laws against Americans - such as by arresting same sex diplomatic couples ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Indo-U.S. Ties Hit Logjam Over Indian Diplomat's Arrest
The arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York has sparked furor in New
Delhi, damaging Indo-US ties.
[image: sanjay-kumar-q]
By Sanjay Kumar
December 19, 2013
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Whether you call it a reaction or overreaction (or vengeance), India has
initiated a number of reprisals against the United States after the arrest
of an Indian diplomat in New York last week, thereby putting at stake
friendly ties between the world’s two largest democracies. In a series of
unprecedented measures, New Delhi scaled down ... more »
Faith's vision
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*AK Note: **What follows in Faith 's vision. Consider it for what it is,
data. Use your own higher discernment. In some ways the vision corresponds
to what Sheldan and others have described at the time of the
planetary ascension of Earth. I can't say this is what will happen. We will
find out. **I don't know the reason or context for the Templars and
Dragons within this vision, but I do know the financial system is full of
Templars and Dragons, so I present it as Faith wrote it. I am not
promoting Freemasonry or any other Templar faction and neither is Faith. I
have slightly ... more »
Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
*Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points…*
by ÉirePort
Sensitivities of all Gaia inhabitants attain High Points, prior to
commencement of next phase.
This is a vital step on path to global Ascension.
Corollaries are now abandoned; primes are on point.
Flash points have been reached; required sparks follow in short order.
Release of all projection-with-resultant-fear scenarios is primary at this
moment.
All is at Peace with Gaia.
ÉirePort | December 18, 2013 at 20:13
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-qS
Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 22 hours ago
COLUMN OF LIGHT! Photo by Marlene Swetlishoff ©2013
*Marlene Swetlishoff’s Incredible Photo – Pillar of Light in Canada*
Posted by Stephen Cook on December 17, 2013
Reblogged from:
http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/12/marlene-swetlishoffs-incredible-photo-pillar-of-light-in-canada/marlene-beach/
On Sunday’s episode of Lift Your Spirit: Our 2013 Journey – Part 2 on
InLight Radio (the show that has everyone talking following Fran Zepeda’s
revelations about her own incredible Ascension journey) Blossom Goodchild
was guided to tell us all about a particular photo that appears on Marlene
Sw... more »
Not all orders to non-parties are final
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 23 hours ago
Ambrose v. Zuppardi, 2013 ONCA 768
[6] *Smerchanski *was further weakened in the subsequent decision
in *Royal Trust Corporation v. Fisherman* (2001), 55 O.R. (3d) 794 (C.A.),
in which this court, following *Sun Life**,* emphasized that *Smerchanski* does
not stand for the proposition that all orders in which the court denies a
request to obtain information from non-parties are final. Simply put, if
the motion requesting information is dismissed where the information sought
from the non-party may still be available from the parties to the action,
the order is interlocuto... more »
Teaching in Finland, Denigration in the U. S.
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 23 hours ago
We know what to expect when the NYTimes moneymen call on their token
minority, Brent Staples, to craft an Editorial of the Absurd on CorpEd's
antiquated reforms that have effectively blown up public education along
with the teaching profession. Staples' most recent effort does not
disappoint, as he uses the most recent PISA release to apply his pretzel
logic and funhouse lenses to make sense of the U. S. middle-of-the
pack-rankings. Rather than regarding PISA as the most recent example of
how CorpEd's policies have failed again to improve U. S. standings in the
international testi... more »
Happy Christmas? Dimon Daze? Pigs Snort In Glee - Clown Representatives Triumph! NC Crushing Unemployed and Employed: What’s Happened in North Carolina Since July Is an Indication of What Will Happen Nationwide (ALEC's Extreme Legislative Agenda for 2014)
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 23 hours ago
We can't blame the right wingers for everything, I guess. Although at this
season of the year it's beginning to seem a lot like Grinchmas. Everywhere
we look. Surprise! Paul Ryan’s Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy: Mr. Realism Returns
to Extortion The GOP wants concessions from Democrats in exchange for not
allowing the U.S. to default on its debts this spring, Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) said on Fox News
Ronnie Biggs, MK-ULTRA and the Fourth Reich
Paul Coker at News Spike - 23 hours ago
http://jimhougan.com/wordpress/?tag=the-great-train-robbery
"How Biggs, while hiding out in Rio, came to live at Scott Johnson’s
apartment, where he was patronized and protected by Huber and the others,
is an important question.
[An anecdotal account of Biggs' life in Rio, which discusses his friendship
with Johnson and Huber, can be found in Biggs: The World's Most Wanted Man,
by Colin Mackenzie, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1975.]
Among other things, it suggests the possibility (indeed, the likelihood)
that the firm which provided cover (or an alibi) for Jim Jones’s activ... more »
Western backed mercenaries intensify their targetting of Christians & Allawites
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 23 hours ago
One news item that says so much about the *western backed mercenaries *brutal
war of divide to conquer in Syria.NATO. The blood of so many innocents
stain the nations that participate in this endless imperialism.
Yes, that includes Canada
*Militants have intensified attacks against Christians and Allawites*
A survivor of an August attack that killed nearly 200 people in the regime
stronghold of Latakia province walks near graves of some of the dead.
This month, rebels attacked the town of Deir Atiyah north of Damascus.*
Militants who participated in the attack alongside more moder... more »
Evil in a suit
Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 23 hours ago
A petition for the House of Commons to debate the issue of hunger and food
banks in Britain is successful. Iain Duncan Smith, the Minister for the
Department of Work and Pensions, fucks off when the debate starts. He is of
course a man determined to destroy welfare in Britain and terminally poison
the idea of collective provision for at least a generation. Austerity is
the Tory bid to reorganise society further in its favour (and that of the
capitalist class). Any normal person would be ashamed to do the things IDS
does. But stuff like this is water off a duck's back to Mr Smith. He ... more »
Summer Reading: What’s yours?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
Around this time every year, I generally post a pile of summer reading I’m
trying to stuff into my pack. I’ll probably do that in a few days, but in
the meantime, what books are you stuffing into your pack or eBook reader
this summer?
And what books would you recommend to others?
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Hope in the holiday season
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
by Jon Rappoport
December 18, 2013
www.nomorefakenews.com
Untold millions (billions?) of people across the world are waking up to
official lies, cover stories, and conspiracies.
These people are crossing the bridge, so to speak, to see what's on the
other side.
The question is, do they stay there once they've crossed over, or do they
try to retreat back to their former positions as ordinary citizens with
dimmed perception?
It's quite a trick to a) maintain the status of "normal person" while b)
seeing through the enormous ruse.
In fact, in the long run, it's impossible.
Therefore... more »
Meyer Lansky, the Jewish Mob and the Nazi Underground Reich
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"A revealing insight into this international f inancial and in- dustrial
network was given me by a member of the Bormann organization residing in
West Germany. Meyer Lansky, he said, the financial advisor to the Las
Vegas-Miami underworld, sent a message to Bormann through my West German SS
contact.
Lansky promised that if he received a piece of Bormann’s action he would
keep the Israeli agents off Bormann’s back.
*“I have a very good relation with the Israeli secret police” *was his
claim,although he was to be kicked out of Israel later when his presence
became too noted —and ... more »
Previously enormous story gets bigger!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013*
*Rachel continues bridge work:* As of Monday, the story had become
enormous. Or at least, so a little bird said:
MADDOW (12/16/13): The George Washington Bridge traffic jam story that
started as the teeny, teeny, tiny, tiniest little political story in the
entire world has just gotten enormous.
That was one of the teases on Monday’s Maddow show. Last night, we learned
that the previously enormous story had somehow become even bigger:
MADDOW (12/17/13): All right. If New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was
hoping that today was the day that people stopp... more »
Fat Free Econ 50: Growth, Bubbles and the PH Economy
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
* This is my article yesterday in interaksyon.com
---------
MANILA - A few weeks ago, an article from forbes.com written by contributor
Jesse Colombo, “Here’s why the Philippines’ economic miracle is really a
bubble in disguise,” went viral in the social media. One may not agree with
the analysis and conclusion but many data presented were useful.
The Philippines’ recent strong economic performance -- like the 7.4 percent
GDP growth in the first three quarters of 2013 -- is it a miracle or a
bubble in disguise, as Mr. Colombo and a few others would put it?
*Chart 1. Quarterly GDP gr... more »
Has Cheri Bustos Earned Reelection?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Who's worse to be hanging with, Pete Peterson or Rahm?
In 2010, the Democratic-controlled Illinois legislature gerrymandered the
state-- in the same anti-democratic way that Republican-controlled
legislatures did in states like North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Georgia and Michigan-- to create more congressional seats for its own
party. One of those seats, IL-17, was expressly designed to defeat freshman
Republican Bobby Schilling. The awkwardly-drawn district starts up in
Rockford and the suburbs of Dubuque and Davenport and works its way down
and across into the Democratic p... more »
I really don't give a rip what Barbara Walters said to Piers Morgan about Obama being the "Messiah"...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*and I don't really care that both of these people have faces that move
about as much as a cement sidewalk. *
However, I *do* find it interesting that they have both pumped so much
Botox into themselves that nothing moves. Piers Morgan's forehead would
make a marble statue jealous.
Dine' Ed Becenti: Ask not what your Navajo Nation can do for you
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Ask
not what your Navajo Nation can do for you
By Ed Becenti, Dine'
Letter to the Editor
Censored News
With the death this week of Nelson Mandela, we thought of people like
him and John F. Kennedy who really cared about their countries.
Kennedy’s quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you
can do for your country”
1963
Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
1963: Act I - The Good We Oft Might Win...
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by
fearing to attempt”
*Measure for MeasureAct I, Scene IV*
Mohawk John Kane 'There is no victory for us in U.S. or Canadian Courts'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
There
is no victory for us in U.S. or Canadian Courts
By John Karhiio Kane (Mohawk)
Censored News
The embarrassing failure of the U.S. prosecutor in the Three Feathers
Casino trial is not a win. It's not even a draw! Surviving the
persecution and prosecution of their law enforcement agents, lawyers,
judges and juries is a good thing, but it is not justice. It is not
justice when
Mohawk Nation News "Great Peace on Earth!'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
GREAT
PEACE ON EARTH!
Posted on December 18, 2013
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. Dec. 18, 2013. The US dollar started with the theft of Indigenous
land and resources here on Great Turtle Island. No one helped us resist.
Now it’s a worldwide problem. It will end soon!
The only impediment to peace on earth is the 13 crime families now known
as the bankers. When you follow the great white
Mohawk Nation News 'Shut the F--- Up about Ford!'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
SHUT
THE F— UP ABOUT FORD!
Mohawk Nation News
MNN. DEC. 15, 2013. The recent uproar in Prime Minister Harper’s caucus
when the Finance Minister swore at Jason Kenny, “To shut the f— up about
Rob Ford”, has Mohawk origins. “Flaherty’s profane rebuke to Kenny’s
Rob Ford comments.”
See.’2010 update on Flaherty’s Mohawk land grab’.
Jim and Christine & Flaherty fam’ heading out to
Jacob Ostreicher escaping Bolivia
Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 1 day ago
So the story is that a gang of kidnappers set upon Jacob in Santa Cruz,
demanded a ransom and
threatened to kill him...but decided to be nice and deliver him to his home
thousands of miles away in Brooklyn. OK. Some believe it, some don't. At
Chaplins and other comedy clubs in La Paz, this is a joke; the Russian
customers call it skazka - fairy tale.
The sad part is that there are two sides left hurt in this - the Jewish
Community and the La Paz government - but the real culprits are the drug
dealers, extortionists and political opportunists; the latter of whom
exasperated the La Pa... more »
Updates On Syria [12.18]: Erdogan's Brand Takes Another Hit While Assad's Image Is Recovering, 9 Reasons Why Kurds Are Defeating Al-Qaeda, Syrian Minister Says Regime Will Not Relinquish Power At Geneva II Conference
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*1. An excerpt from, "Assad Stays While Erdogan Goes?" by 'b', Moon of
Alabama, December 18:*
Yesterday the police in Istanbul arrested dozens of people related to
Erdogan's AK Party including the sons of three ministers involved in a
number of graft cases. Just hours later the five police leaders responsible
for the case were fired and two new prosecutors were named to oversee the
whitewash of the issue. More police chiefs were fired today after the
justice minister intervened. This hasty cover-up seems to show that the
cases are valid. This corruption and justice scandal comes on... more »
HEROIN, HAIRLESS BOYS, 9 11 HIJACKERS, TURKISH HISTORY
Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Ataturk*
Turkey is famous for heroin and hairless boys.
Ataturk, the leader of Turkey from 1923-1938, is still the most popular man
in Turkey.
According to Patrick Balfour, Lord Kinross, *Ataturk had sexual "adventures
with young boys*, if the opportunity offered and the mood, in this bisexual
fin-de-siècle Ottoman age."
According to Irfan and Margaret Orga, in *Atatürk*, Ataturk "was used to
... the craze for handsome young men, (and) fleeting contacts with
prostitutes... His body burned for ... a boy."
According to H.C. Armstrong, in *Mustafa Kemal, An Intimate Study*, Atatu... more »
Las mejores imágenes de Navidad y Año Nuevo que podrás disfrutar y compartir
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 1 day ago
A Merry Banksy Christmas
Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
Five years ago, BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool walked from Nazareth to
Bethlehem, retracing the route taken by Mary and Joseph by donkey as told
in the Bible.
For ten days he and his donkey successfully negotiated the queues,
turnstiles and x-ray machines at some military checkpoints while being
turned away at others despite his foreign passport and Israeli press
credentials.
On the morning of December 22 on his trek, he talked to a New Yorker who
had emigrated to the Jewish settlement of Shilo built on Palestinian land in
the middle of the West Bank.
... more »
Today’s Tests vs. “Better” Tests
Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I sent this letter to the editor (below) in response to Alan J. Borsuk’s
article in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinal. In the article
Professor Borsuk laments low standardized test scores and over testing and
then simply (with the help of Marc Tucker, CEO and president of the
National Center on Education and the Economy) offers […]
Reddit: a major "share a random URL" server bans climate skeptics
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
I know the reddit.com server as one of the servers where you may "share an
URL".
Why someone would visit this server has always been completely
incomprehensible to me – the pages on reddit.com look like a collection of
trash – some random URLs – and the discussions attached to these URLs seem
to be overwhelmed by trolls. I have been thankful to reddit.com as one of
the sinks of the trolls' energy – a place where this foam of the Internet
interacts with itself so that it has less time to annoy decent Internet
users.
Even Reddit's official logo seems to confirm that this is the mis... more »
Forgotten Audio Gems - Tim Binnall Interviews Scott Corrales
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
Forgotten audio gems: *Community Video* over at the *Internet Archives*(archives.org) has hosted an episode of *Tim
Binnall*'s "Binnall of America" in which he interviews yours truly, Scott
Corrales, on the Chupacabras and sundry matters.
*https://archive.org/details/Season2Episode5ScottCorrales*. It was a lively
and informative exchange.
Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain,
Latin America and the Caribbean
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on Louisiana beaches
~Bob Marshall, The Lens*
Another heartwarming rescue by Eldad Hagar of Hope for Paws...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
Please consider a donation to *Hope for Paws* this Christmas season.
The Fight Against School Reform Is a Fight for Children
John Thompson at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Why did commenters say that Diane Ravitch's, "What Happens to Kids Who
Don't Graduate?" is her best post ever? Ravitch reviews the dramatic drop
in Kentucky and New York pass rates after instituting Common Core
assessments:
*In New York, the “passing” rate on the Common Core tests was 30%
statewide. Only 3% of English learners passed, and only 5% of students with
disabilities. The pass rate for African American and Hispanic students was
15-18%. *
If reformers "continue to insist upon a wildly unrealistic passing mark,"
Ravitch reminds, "the percentage of students who do not gradu... more »
Bone Doc
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
Southern Man got the call yesterday from the Bone Doc and saw him (or,
rather, his PA) this morning. That fracture blister was swollen to epic
proportions and the pic is sufficiently disburbing that Southern Man is
going to make you click on the link to actually see it.
Fracture Blister
They usually wait for these to go down on their own but this one was so
large that they lanced and drained it before applying the splint which
means that Southern Man must remove the splint, remove the dressing, clean
the wound, apply all manner of topical ointments and gels and such,
re-dress the ... more »
Caching On Crutches
Southern Man at Southern Man - 1 day ago
You don't think a minor setback like a fractured fibula is going to keep
Southern Man from geocaching, did you?
Dedicated cacher or just plain crazy? You be the judge.
Parents Opting Out of Tests: What is Your Goal?
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
After doing a segment on the local Albuquerque news channel about refusing
the state tests, I received a few responses. Most were questions or
suggestions for the website, which were all very good. Then, I received a
letter that was full of stuff I’ve heard over and over again, and to which
I’ve responded too […]
There’s a 1,200-year-old Phone in the Smithsonian Collections
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
From the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (Travis
Rathbone)
*There’s a 1,200-year-old Phone in the Smithsonian Collections*
*One of the earliest examples of ingenuity in the Western Hemisphere is
composed of gourds and twine*
By Neil Baldwin
Smithsonian magazine, December 2013, Subscribe
As a nomadic cultural historian, my subjects have led me in wildly
different directions. I spent every Friday for five years in a dim, dusty
reading room in West Orange, New Jersey, formerly a laboratory on the
second floor of Thomas Edison’s headquarters, deciphering the
blunt-... more »
Who Remembers Romney's 47% Host, Marc Leder? Now He's Raising Money For Another Economic Reactionary, Ro Khanna
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Shady billionaire-backed Ro Khanna primarying Mike Honda
Blue America has endorsed only 2 House incumbents facing reelection
difficulty. And one, Mike Honda, represents Silicon Valley-- CA-17, a
heavily Democratic area-- D+20 which Obama took with 72% last year. Honda
even did better than that, beating his Republican opponent 74-26%, more
than 100,000 votes separating them. The plutocratic interests in the
district-- and across the country-- know they can't beat Honda, a lifelong
staunch advocate for working families, with an outright Republican, so now
they're trying to a stealth Re... more »
Heavenletter #4771 Oneness Will Sing Its Song and Do Its Dance, December 17, 2013
AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Image courtesy: http://www.onenessblessingarkansas.com/
*This one jumped out at me. Heather was walking on the beach the other
night doing some meditation and a dolphin jumped out of the water and
landed in front of her. She got in the surf and pulled it back into the
water "this will not do she told it..." as it would have died if it stayed
on shore. We've been puzzling over the symbolism of it all since... and
here comes this curious post.... -Bill*
*Heavenletter #4771 Oneness Will Sing Its Song and Do Its Dance, December
17, 2013*
God said:
You are My seed that has sprouted. ... more »
The Realist Report - David North: Center for Immigration Studies
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by David North, a
fellow at the *Center for Immigration Studies*. David and I will be talking
about EB-5 visa programs and the "China City" project currently scheduled
for development in Sullivan County, New York, along with other issues
related to legal and illegal immigration policy in the United States.
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 this program:
- *China City: A perfect storm... more »
Pittsburgh School Board Reconsiders TFA Deal As Real Teachers File for Unemployment
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
From the Post-Gazette:
The board of Pittsburgh Public Schools heard from a dozen people Monday --
most of them teachers -- who oppose the district's plan to bring in Teach
for America teachers to take hard-to-fill jobs at its most challenging
schools.
The outgoing school board voted 6-3 in November to approve a contract with
Teach for America, despite a petition that asked them to defer the decision
to the new board -- with four new members -- that took office early this
month.
During a presentation last week by a Teach for America representative,
several board members challenged the... more »
Provocation
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
The criterion to be applied in order to determine whether there is any
provocation sufficient to reduce murder to manslaughter is a dual test,
the classic formulation of which was pronounced in Wright, [1969] 3 C.C.C.
258 (S.C.C.).Fauteux J. (as he then was), after quoting s.203(2) [now
s.232(2)], said (at 261 and 262):
One must then first consider the effect, on an ordinary person, of the
particular wrongful act or insult relied on. In the words of Lord Simonds,
L.C., the purpose of this objective test is "...to invite the jury to
consider the act of the accused by reference... more »
FIVE KEY POINTS AND ELEVEN SOLUTIONS: The New York Times and the PISA cult!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013*
*Interlude—Functional illiterates:* As many have noted, sometimes unwisely,
anti-intellectualism can be a troubling strain in the American fabric.
We liberals tend to focus on the anti-intellectualism associated with the
red state South. We tend to look away from the anti-intellectualism which
pervades our mainstream and liberal cultures.
That powerful strain of anti-intellectualism may service the needs of our
global elites. In a relentless series of columns, Paul Krugman has shown
how our economic discourse is shaped by such elites, then enabled by t... more »
The snowboarding crow
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
That crows are intelligent and use tools is understood but a crow
snowboarding...
Now that's an intelligent and fun loving bird!
It's Wednesday...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*what's going on.*
Last Refuge: *Seriously ? – Pajama Boy Now Represents The Image of
ObamaCare*
American Thinker: *Left to Die in Benghazi*
iOwnTheWorld: *Mr. T Gets Unfollowed in Droves on Twitter For Saying
Something RADICAL*
Angry White Dude: *QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF KRYSTAL’S
IDEA? *
Proof Positive: * President Selfie is 111th Most Influential Person in
History *
I'm a Man. I'm 41: * Apple Approves An App That Allows Homosexuals To Meet
Up With Other “Gays” As Young As 12-Years-Old*
Jammie Wearing Fool: *CBS/NYT Poll: Only 15% of Insured Say ObamaCar... more »
Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Two-Headed Dragon of Education Policy. via Two-Headed Dragon of Education
Policy.
Low Level Attacks Characterize Violence In Iraq’s Ninewa November 2013
Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
According to the United Nations Iraq’s Ninewa has been the second deadliest
province for most of 2013. That’s because the governorate capital Mosul is
the major urban base for the insurgency. Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Baathist
Naqshibandi and others have been able to assert control over wide swaths of
the city and surrounding area. Unlike places like Baghdad where mass
casualty bombings are the norm, in Ninewa violence consists mostly of
low-level shootings and roadside bombs but with no less deadly results.
November 2013 saw the most reported attacks in Ninewa since the beginning
o... more »
Accountability without Autonomy Is Tyranny
P. L. Thomas at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
At The Answer Sheet, Valerie Strauss confronts What’s wrong with this
headline?:
What’s wrong with this headline speaks to what’s wrong with a lot of the
debate about school reform today. The problem is the indiscriminate and
inaccurate use of the word “accountability.”
While politicians and the media continue to pound at one nail—teacher
quality—almost no one confronts the nearly universal lack of credibility or
expertise among those politicians and much of the media—both of which
remain, somehow, above the accountability they constantly call for
impacting others, specifically tea... more »
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Hearing: Which court should hear coastal lawsuit? ~Janet McConnauhey*
Read more here:
http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/18/3165351/hearing-which-court-should-hear.html#storylink=cpy
*Study Shows Gulf Dolphins in Poor Health following Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill*
*HUD: State must negotiate with HUD on Gulfport port project or face
funding loss ~Anita Lee, Sun Herald*
Read more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/18/5204760/hud-state-must-negotiate-with.html#storylink=cpy
*Mid-City residents worry about railroad tracks ruining St. Patrick
Playground ~Della Hasselle, Mid City Messe... more »
2014 Educators’ Agenda
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Begin a movement to create and fund Deliver for America, temporary driver
pool to replace full-time drivers at FedEx. (See FedEx Celebrating Holidays
with TFA Donations.) Call for a nation-wide evaluation of political leaders
based on value added methods measuring their positive impact on the people
they represent; standardized tests administered for every elected official
should include […]
Birnam Wood Is Moving
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
The year end interview with CTV's Bob Fife is off. That's because there's
nothing Stephen Harper wants to talk about. It's been that kind of year.
It's been the kind of year that Eric Grenier believes may well have sunk
the good ship Harper:
The polls have gone from bad to worse for Harper, as his government plumbs
the depths of its time in power. Never before has support for the
Conservatives dropped so low for so long since they defeated Paul Martin in
the 2006 election.
Challenges by Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, who both led Liberals
into first place in the polls for ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 day ago
Happy Birthday to Alan Rudolph, 70.
Travel day yesterday, so I hardly saw any good stuff, but there are these:
1. Andrew Sprung, as usual, listens to Obama better than most of us.
2. Keith Bentele and Erin O’Brien track black voting and restrictions on
voting.
3. And really, no more (blogging) Dan Drezner?
What the Koran says - something for @sambarnet to read and listen to
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Earlier this year Robert Spencer was on the BBC Asian Network and at one
point the host (Nihal) asked him to quote verses from the Koran or the
Hadiths that he finds reprehensible. Robert Spencer quickly responded with
several verses from the Koran and one from the Hadith. Note that the Imam
(Dudwallah ?) to provide the proper ‘context’ for these verses, since he
objected to them being out of context. Note that he was unable to do so and
when put on the spot he claimed that this is Robert Spencer’s field, not
his. I did enjoy Nihal responding incredulously "But you're an imam!" Also ... more »
Is The Senate Actually Starting To Function Again?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Monday there were two votes in the Senate on Presdient Obama's nomination
of Jeh Johnson to be Secretary of Homeland Security. First came a cloture
vote. There were 57 ayes and 37 nays, with 6 Republicans not voting. Under
the bad old rules, that would have ended the chance to confirm the first
African-American ever nominated to that position. The only Republicans who
broke with McConnell and crossed the aisle to vote with the Democrats were
Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). That was at 5:59 pm.
Because shutting down a filibuster on most nominations no longer requires... more »
A blogger using the pseudonym "teacherken" collects a number of quotes by Bill Moyers and uses them as context bearing on his own history-based sense of what We the (99% of American) People currently confront, i.e., living under an extractive plutocracy, and how this nightmare fits in our history.
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
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*teacherken*
Daily Kos member
Profile Diaries (list) Stream
Original
Here
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SAT DEC 14, 2013 at 09:33 AM PST
I am going to ask, no insist, that you read something
by teacherken
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Bill Moyers recently gave a speech at the Brennan Institute. If you go to
his website, you can read an edited version of that speech, titled The
Great American Class War: Plutocracy Versus Democracy.
Simply put, Moyers provides context ... more »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justices Should Stay If They're Able To Work
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 1 day ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
Some liberals have recently called on Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so that
President Barack Obama can choose her replacement. At 80, she is the oldest
justice on the court. Some fear that if she chooses to stay, a Republican
succesor to Obama might nominate another A. Scalia. God help us! But
Justice Ginsburg believes that Supreme Court justices should not be
influenced by political assessments of a party's future prospects with
respect to the court.
One of Ginsburg's shining moments came with the dubious ascension of one
George W. BUsh to... more »
Widespread Snow On Christmas Eve/Christmas For The UK & Ire 2013?
rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Widespread Snow On Christmas Eve/Christmas For The UK & Ire 2013?*
The latest weather models are indicating that a rather wet and windy
picture will develop for the 2013 Christmas period across many parts of the
UK & Ireland.
A significant area of low pressure is set to feature across the country in
or around the Christmas Eve period (24th). This will also bring a period of
exceptionally windy conditions, with some severe gales developing in places.
However, it is also set to turn noticeably cooler across many parts of the
country from next week and as we head into the start of t... more »
Mild December? + What is really going on? + IMPORTANT rest of December & January update
rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Mild December? + What is really going on? + IMPORTANT rest of December &
January update*
High pressure will be a dominating feature throughout the start to this
week, resulting in relatively dry and more settled weather across a good
bulk of the country. It will also feel rather mild for the time of the
year, with the increased risk of some heavy rain and strong winds
developing later in the week (especially in parts to the west).
However, as with November, what is being projected by standard weather
models in the upper atmosphere, may not necessarily be reflected upon in
actual s... more »
Weather Wars Update & My Accuracy
rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 1 day ago
*Weather
Wars Update & My Accuracy*
*Weather Wars: Met Office denies predicting three months of
exceptionally
cold weather amid reports of Britain's coldest winter ever!*
*http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/weather-wars-met-office-denies-predicting-three-months-of-exceptionally-cold-weather-amid-reports-of-britains-coldest-winter-ever-8973755.html*
So
it's not acceptable when the Met Office are misquoted in
articles or
headlines are misinterpreted!
For example the recent six inches of snow headline (please see link
below).
I did feature within the article, but I simply sta... more »
Trifecta: President Obama Says Income Inequality is the Defining Challenge...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*as he heads off for seventeen sun soaked days in Hawaii. *
Breaking News: Russian Scientists Call For A 10 Year Ban On GMO
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Breaking News: Russian scientists urge 10-year ban on genetically modified
products.
READ:
http://rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/
*Source:*
*GMO Free Canada*
Serbia Bans The Growing Of GMO Crops
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
Serbia will not allow the cultivation of GMOs in its territory,
Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamocic stated, despite pressure to accept
GMOs from the WTO. "We have to harmonize our legislations with the EU
acquis, which does not mean tha...t we will allow the cultivation of GMOs,"
the minister told Radio and Television of Serbia, stressing that the
citizens should know that 95 percent of meat, milk, eggs that are imported
from other world countries are coming from animals which were fed by GMO
soy products. A draft law, which is underway, will clearly label all
imported produc... more »
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