Tuesday, January 14, 2014

14 Jan - Blogs I'm Following II

English: Dario Menasce, I.N.F.N. Milano http:/...English: Dario Menasce, I.N.F.N. Milano http://hal9000.mi.infn.it/~menasce (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Dogon village at the bottom of the Ba...English: Dogon village at the bottom of the Bandiagara escarpment, Mali Français : Village dogon au pied de la falaise de Bandiagara, Mali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dogon people, Mali.Dogon people, Mali. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Secretary Arne Duncan Visits New York, Discuss...Secretary Arne Duncan Visits New York, Discusses American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 04 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Richard Berman’s Declared Union-bashing Strategy

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
On January 13, 2014, I published a post about Richard Berman’s Center for Union Facts (CUF) attack on the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) via its five-story billboard in Times Square (and its similar, full-page New York Times ad in December 2013). I believe that this barrage of CUF ads is the direct result of recently-elected New York City Mayor Bill […]

Bill Meacham : Learning from Zarathustra

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
Zarathustra is appropriately called the First Prophet. He spoke of themes later to be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: a single universal God, the battle between good and evil, the devil, heaven and hell, and an eventual end to … finish reading Bill Meacham : Learning from Zarathustra

Government Of, By, and For The Rich? Remember When BlankGoldFein Said Goldman Sachs Had Been Doing God's Work? Still Paying Off Big Time! (Change In Payroll Jobs Vs Change In Employed Differs By Nearly 3 Million Since July)

If you believe that the Congresspeople who make the laws governing the 99% don't have much idea of how they (we) live, you would be correct. In a world of six-figure salaries . . . (they) inhabit a world exempt from parking tickets, where gym membership is free and health care is second-to-none, where you only have to work two, maybe three days a week, and get 32 fully-reimbursed road trips

Do You Believe In Extraterrestrials?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
If the extraterrestrial agenda calls for the creation of a global electronic surveillance system meant to hide all true information about their presence here on earth as they enter into the “final phase” of their end plan for total assimilation and world rule, why do they allow the History Channel to keep broadcasting? When *Shahs of Sunset*, *The Amish Mafia* or *Princesses: Long Island* aren't on TV, I settle for one of the endlessly repeated History Channel exposés on aliens building the Pyramid, aliens setting up the Dogon people of Mali, aliens building everything in Mexico,... more »

Internet Party

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 hour ago
Well, if in launching a political party your aim is to get everyone to talk about you, then the launch of Kim DotCon’s Internet Party has worked a treat. Although I imagine the publicity wasn’t supposed to be generated because Fartin’ Martyn Bradbury was stupid enough to leavea draft paper about the party’s plans and programme lying around for Cameron Slater to publish, or for it to be revealed therein that Martyn Bradbury was being paid to “consult” for Hone Harawira’s Mana Party while being paid $8000 to spruik DotCon’s Party Party to his friends and associates while also being... more »

Langkah Cara Menyusun Skripsi Akhir Baik dan Benar

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 2 hours ago
Langkah Cara Menyusun Skripsi Akhir Baik dan Benar – nie buat mahasiswa semester akhir yang sedang empot-empotan dengan skripsi, pastinya sih kadang skripsi bikin kita pusing, apalagi dosen pembimbing yang kadang mintanya macem macem, bikin kami stress, tapi jalani sajalah, pasti lambat waktu skripsi juga pasti kelar kalau kami bersemangat. Dan pada kesempatan ini kami selaku admin

Call It What It Is: Predatory Reform

educationalchemy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago
by Morna McDermott “Shutting down public schools and handing them over to private organizations is not a ‘turnaround,’ it is a heist.” – Sabrina Stevens- I am a member of a bloggers group called Basecamp, which has about 100 amazing bloggers comprised of teachers, activists, academics, parents and others from around the country. Frequently new questions or […]

Hone Harawira , aka Walking Eagle

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
On his taxpayer-funded junket to South Africa for Nelson Mandela's funeral, Maori Party M.P., Hone Harawira, aalso known as John Hadfield), was awarded yet a third name. Hone was invited to address a major gathering of the indigenous peoples of the African continent. The invitation was extended due to his recent examples of how to inflame the racial situation in New Zealand. Hone spoke for almost an hour, talking at length about social justice, about his representation of NZ’s anti-apartheid movement, about being the living incarnation of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.... more »

10 imágenes de categorías diferentes para inspirar tu imaginación

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FOTOFRONTERA - 3 hours ago
[image: Estatua de la libertad] [image: Dibujos del anime] [image: Aviones en el aire] [image: Carros en la nieve] [image: Coches de lujo] [image: Hojas de colores] [image: Jardines en la orilla del mar][image: Pegasos][image: Tormentas en el mar] [image: Tráiler de color azul]

On a motion for appointment of counsel on appeal the test is arguable issue only

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
R. v. Sykes, 2014 NSCA 4: [18] I agree with the comments of Doherty, J.A. in *R. v. Bernardo*1997 CanLII 2240 (ON CA), (1997), 121 C.C.C. (3d) 123 (Ont. C.A.) that to go any further than a determination of whether there is an arguable case would be unfair to the appellant. He observed: [22] In deciding whether counsel should be appointed, it is appropriate to begin with an inquiry into the merits of the appeal. Appeals which are void of merit will not be helped by the appointment of counsel. The merits inquiry should not, however, go any further than a determination of wh... more »

Edward Snowden's Alternative Christmas Message (with Commentary)

Paul Coker at News Spike - 3 hours ago
A Christmas Message From Edward Snowden from Gendo on Vimeo. On December 25th 2013 Edward Snowden delivered an alternative Christmas message on the UK's channel 4 TV station. Before the broadcast a short version of the speech was leaked and immediatly uploaded to youtube. That upload was immediatly blocked but many re-uploads made the clip available everywhere. This is one of those places. If you want to thank Edward Snowden for giving up his relationship, familiy, job and any chance of a normal life to inform us all go here (http://freesnowden.is/donate/index.html) and donate. ... more »

Washington D.C Follies - January 14 , 2014......Unemployment Rate Set To Plunge As Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits Fails To Pass Senate ...... 1,582-Page Spending Bill Hinges On NSA Giving Congress 5 Years Of Records ....... War on Drugs just a scam ? NSA excuses regarding spying on congress - they are just fiddling with the Congress critters now ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-14/unemployment-rate-set-plunge-bill-restore-jobless-benefits-fails-pass-senate Unemployment Rate Set To Plunge As Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits Fails To Pass Senate [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/14/2014 17:24 -0500 - recovery - Unemployment - Unemployment Claims inShare Following last week's surprising passage of the preliminary approval to extend emergency unemployment claims, i.e. emergency jobless claims, for 3 months, when six republicans sided with democrats and gave approval to the ori... more »

Terrance Nelson 'Samatha Kematch another victim'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 hours ago
Samatha Kematch another victim By Terrance Nelson Vice-Chair American Indian MovementSouthern Chiefs Organization Grand Chief Censored News Eight thousand First Nation children are in Child and Family Services in the Province of Manitoba. In a week or so, the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry Report will be released. http://www.phoenixsinc...lairinquiry.ca/ Phoenix was tortured and killed by her mother

As he slithers out of the VA AG's office, defeated guv candidate "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli shows it's never too late to hate the homos

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*Hey, Cuckoo Man, didn't your mama ever warn you to close your mouth or a fly might fly in?* *by Ken* I don't mean to suggest in the post title that there's any term limit on former Virginia AG "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli's homo-hating, which I'm confident he'll carry -- along with all the other insanities infesting his diseased brain -- all the remaining days of his continuing existence on the planet. It's just that Friday was his last chance (his *very* last chance in this lifetime, one has to hope) to cloak his bigotry in the mantle of the law, and he delivered. Luckily, his final... more »

homecomings update

risa bear at A Way to Live - 4 hours ago
This one has been reformatted, to take advantage of the eligibility for Amazon that's now on offer at Lulu, with the result that its print edition price is up; however the PDF and Epub remain as they were. And that's it for this series of posts. A small lifetime output, but one should always know when to stop yammering. :) homecomings By risa bear View this Author's Spotlight Paperback, 229 Pages [image: homecomings] Price: $12.99 Ships in 3-5 business days At the age of fifty-six, Risa sets out to find herself, having lived until that moment as someone else entirely. By the author ... more »

no beast

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 4 hours ago
“No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.”

Alice Embree and Phil Prim : Remembering Judy Smith

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
Judith Hart Smith, 1944-2013 Judy Smith was the face of feminism at The Rag for many years. Judy Smith, who had a great and lasting impact on all who knew and worked with her, died November 6, 2013, in Missoula, … finish reading Alice Embree and Phil Prim : Remembering Judy Smith

Musical Interlude: Yanni “Standing in Motion, Live At The Acropolis”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
Yanni “Standing in Motion, Live At The Acropolis” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7rakCMMC1U

Today’s Bridgegate scoop on January 14 , 2014 : Christie met with official responsible for bridge lane closings while they were happening ...... The heat is turning higher on Christie - New Jersey Assembly announces special Bridgegate investigation committee as Christie's problems pile up , note that The committee, under the leadership of Assemblyman John Wisniewski, has been given special counsel and subpoena power it can use to find the motive behind the lane closures on George Washington Bridge last September. Gov. Christie is also facing a federal investigation into his use of Hurricane Sandy relief funds — and both scandals are ballooning as he has to deliver his state address on Tuesday.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/01/14/todays-bridgegate-scoop-christie-met-with-official-responsible-for-bridge-lane-closings-while-they-were-happening/ Today’s Bridgegate scoop: Christie met with official responsible for bridge lane closings while they were happening POSTED AT 6:01 PM ON JANUARY 14, 2014 BY ALLAHPUNDIT And I use the term “met with” loosely. I’m skeptical that Christie’s innocent but this story’sgetting way more hype today than it deserves. Gov. Chris Christie was with the official who arranged the closure of local lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge on ... more »

Gold And Silver Report January 12 , 014 - Ed Steer's Saturday missive ... And additional pertinent news , data and views touching on the precious metals !

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/its-8amet-do-you-know-where-your-precious-metals-smackdown ( Manipulation so easy , even a caveman can do it.. ) It's 8amET, Do You Know Where Your Precious Metals Smackdown Is? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/13/2014 08:29 -0500 - Australia - Barclays - Bloomberg News - British Pound - Central Banks - Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Deutsche Bank - LIBOR - London Fixing - Market Manipulation - None - Precious Metals - State Street <span id="l... more »

Is Fukushima iradating the west coast of North America?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 5 hours ago
There is so much clutter out there who knows. What I do see is more and more stories like this breaking into the mainstream. Something is happening and Nuclear Experts are being mobilized to spin away. H/T Yesterdays Lies

Critics agree Upstream Color one of 2013 Top Movies

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
Rotten Tomatoes picks it as fourth best Sci Fi on the year. IO9 picks it as number one movie of the year. Suspended Disbelief Steve says its the first movie of the twenty first Century.

All I Wanna Say Is, They Don't Really Care About Us...

Paul Coker at News Spike - 6 hours ago
Beat me, hate me You can never break me Will me, thrill me You can never kill me Jew me, sue me Everybody do me Kick me, kike me, Don't you black or white me, All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us **** me, sue meEverybody do meKick me, **** me,Don't you overwrite meAll I wanna say is that They don't really care about us....*

let them stay week day 3: email or call minister chris alexander

laura k at wmtc - 6 hours ago
Today is a very important day in Let Them Stay Week 2014. Today we flood some inboxes! If you support US war resisters in Canada, please take a moment to call or email the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Chris Alexander. Ask him to ensure that no more US war resisters are forced out of Canada for their opposition to an illegal and immoral war, and to enact a provision to let them stay in Canada. You can send an email from this Take Action page, or write your own message and email it to: Minister@cic.gc.ca and chris.alexander@parl.gc.ca. Please copy the opposition leaders a... more »

"in the midst of madness, one soldier has refused to participate": let them stay week, revolutionary thought of the day, and other coincidences

laura k at wmtc - 6 hours ago
Don't you love it when everything comes together? It's Let Them Stay Week 2014, I'm thinking about the US war resisters in Canada, and about war resistance in general. And I'm reading a terrific youth novel, *Flight*, by Sherman Alexie, both fast-paced and rich with insight and meaning. And I come upon this passage. And if this doesn't qualify as a Revolutionary Thought of the Day, I don't know what does. Without stopping, the white soldier reaches down and picks up Bow Boy. Cradles the child in one arm. And the white soldier keeps running. He's running towards the faraway hills. To... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Show your support for our South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East this Thursday!* Dear Editilla, Opposition to the Big Oil Lawsuit has not been quashed yet. At the last meeting in December, members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East were criticized for filing the historic suit. [image: http://restorelouisiananow.org/]The suit demands that the industry fix the damage it caused to our coast. We need to show the Board members we're still here in strong support. *It's critical that we continue to show our support for the Big Oil Lawsuit.* WHAT:... more »

Baking Soda - (Did You Know . . . ?)

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 6 hours ago
How baking soda helps cancer patientsMon. Jan. 13, 2014 by Jonathan Landsman [image: Health Benefits of Baking Soda](NaturalHealth365) Sodium bicarbonate, better known as baking soda, has been used for decades as a first line of defense against every kind of ‘acidic’ health problem – including cancer. Naturally, the question remains – is there any proof that baking soda is a defense against cancer or any other chronic dis-ease? *History has much to teach us about natural healthcare.* In a booklet titled, *Arm & Hammer Baking Soda Medical Uses* – published in 1924, Dr. Volney S. Che... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Support Our Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East this Thursday!* Dear Editilla, Opposition to the Big Oil Lawsuit has not been quashed yet. At the last meeting in December, members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East were criticized for filing the historic suit. [image: http://restorelouisiananow.org/]The suit demands that the industry fix the damage it caused to our coast. We need to show the Board members we're still here in strong support. *It's critical that we continue to show our support for the Big Oil Lawsuit.* WHAT: Board meeti... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Scott Young and 'Iroquois Speak'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
SCOTT YOUNG and “IROQUOIS SPEAK” Posted on January 14, 2014  Mohawk Nation News Jan. 13, 2014. It was a warm day in October 1965 when Scott Young, of the Globe and Mail, spoke to an elder and I In Toronto. We had just arrived from Kahnawake for a 3-day conference, the “iroquois Speak”, at the Royal York Hotel. We had struggled to get there in an old car. The passenger door was tied

Chris Hedges on the Nation's Largest Governor

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 7 hours ago
From Nation of Change: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been Wall Street’s anointed son for the presidency. He is backed by the most ruthless and corrupt figures in New Jersey politics, including the New Jersey multimillionaire and hard-line Democratic boss George Norcross III. Among his other supporters are many hedge fund managers and corporate executives and some of the nation’s most retrograde billionaires, including the Koch brothers. The brewing scandal over the closing of traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge apparently in retaliation for the Fort Lee mayor’s refusal... more »

Musical Interlude: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZFVZ2YFdNo

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? No. In fact, a rarely discernable faint glow known as the gegenschein (German for "counter glow") can be seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky. The gegenschein is sunlight back-scattered off small interplanetary dust particles. These dust particles are millimeter sized splinters from asteroids and orbit in the ecliptic plane of the planets. *Click image for larger size.* Pictured above from last year is one of the more spectacular pictures of the gegenschein yet taken. Here a deep exposure of an extr... more »

"Human Life..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
“Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does of us in our absence. Human society is founded on mutual deceit; few friendships would endure if each knew what his friend said of him in his absence, although he then spoke in sincerity and without passion. Man is then only disguise, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in himself and in regard to others. He does not wish any one to tell him the truth; he avoids telling it to others, and all these dispositions, so removed from justice and reason, have a natura... more »

Monsanto Wins, who lost?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
Its not a clear-cut disaster but it does re affirm Monsanto's hold on the seed world. H/T Stranger in a Strange Land

Chet Raymo, “Imagination and Knowledge”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“Imagination and Knowledge”* by Chet Raymo “A few weeks ago I mentioned a quote attributed to Einstein: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." I had not been able to discover its source. Reader Michael Medeiros came to the rescue. The quote is from an interview by George Sylvester Viereck in the October 26, 1929 issue of the “Saturday Evening Post”- which I now have in hand. GSV: "If you owe so little to the experience of others, how do you account for sudden leaps forward in the sphere of science? Do you ascribe your own discoveries to intuition or inspiration?" AE: ... more »

Unemployment Extension Fails In The Senate-- Big Victory In The Republican Party War Against Working Families

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Just a few minutes ago, the Senate failed, unlike last time, to shut down the persistent Republican filibuster of the bill to extend unemployment benefits. This time Reid's attempt at cloture failed, 52-48, when the Senate rejected a proposal that would have extended benefits through November and pay for it by extending the sequester’s mandatory spending cuts into 2024. Every Republican voted NO and they were joined by Marc Udall (D-CO), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Michael Bennet (D-CO). As Paul Krugman explained in his OpEd Sunday, Enemies of the Poor, Republicans hoping to run for pre... more »

Skousen celebrates new non-destructive growth measurement

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
[image: GDP] As I mentioned the other day, mainstream economists are talking up New Zealand as a “rock star” economy on the basis both of expectations of greater demand from China for our milk products, but also because of greater consumption spending. The latter can only figure as “growth” if the way you measure growth is based on consumption rather than production, which is exactly what so-called Gross Domestic Product measures – measuring spending on retail goods or by government (which is *all* consumption spending) as production, but ignoring most of the production that make... more »

The Daily "Near You?

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
Troy, Virginia, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Archaeology and Bias

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 9 hours ago
Radio 4's often engaging *Beyond Belief *tackled the fascinating topic of 'Archaeology and Religion' this week. Ernie Rea's guests were: Professor Robin Coningham, the man who led the excavation in Nepal which seems to have proved that Buddha lived around 200-300 years earlier that is commonly supposed; Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou of Exeter University, an occasional BBC presenter who specialises in Israelite and Judahite history; and Professor Tim Insoll of Manchester University, whose main work is in the field of early Islam. All three believe that they are not biased in... more »

UNFCC boss: democracy is "very detrimental" for war on AGW

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
*Chinese communism is the best decision-making system* A widget-free version of this blog post is here... Bloomberg published a remarkable story yesterday: Top Global Emitter China Best on Climate Change, Figueres Says (main link, click) The chairwoman of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Ms Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica has concluded that "the political divide in the U.S. Congress has slowed efforts to pass climate legislation and is *very detrimental* to the fight against global warming" while "China is also able to implement policies because its political syste... more »

"13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
*"13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare"* by HuffPo Staff "Like Precalculus and Newton's laws, Shakespeare's plays are among the most groaned-about high school topics, begetting the complaint: "When will I ever need to know about this in real life?" Turns out, pretty often. Shakespeare can be credited for the invention of thousands of words that are now an everyday part of the English language (including, but not limited to, "eyeball," "fashionable," and "manager.") In addition to his being a particularly clever wordsmith, Shakespeare's word invention can be... more »

BOOK REVIEW: Antifragile?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
*Guest post by David Howden* BOOK REVIEW: *Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder, *Nassim Nicholas Taleb (New York: Random House, 2012). In the world of economists and policy wonks, no two buzzwords define the ongoing financial crisis more than “contagion” and “robustness.” The current interrelated nature of the financial system has bred a fragile situation where the success or failure of the greater economy supposedly hinges critically on its individual components, such as banks that are too big to fail. To combat this fragility, economists have increasingly sought to bu... more »

John Kane 'Back to our path is not a trip backward'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
Back to Our Path is not a Trip Backward Photo by Stephanie Kane By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News Many of us are familiar with our expression Ohnkwe Ohnwe. It is what we use to describe ourselves as the original people of Turtle Island. The approximate translation is “real human being, forever.” There was never any question that we had a future. We were never tied to a spot

The Policy Implications of Market-Driven Research, Part V

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 10 hours ago
I have long been frustrated by the Shanker’s Institute’s Matt DiCarlo’s equating the spin of corporate reformers with the counter-arguments of teachers and education experts. When reading DiCarlo’s earlier account of Thomas Dee’s and James Wyckoff’s “Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance,” I started cussing at the computer. He challenged the national education reformers’ chorus that […]

Is Our Economic Ignorance Increasing?

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 10 hours ago
At the Financial Times John Authers writes ($) of the graph shown above: Compared to expectations pre-crisis, Richard Dobbs of the McKinsey Global Institute suggests companies simply expect less growth than they once did. More technically, Mr Dobbs points to a steady rise in Solow’s Residual. Named for Robert Solow, the Nobel laureate economist, it refers to the proportion of growth that cannot be accounted for by extra labour or extra capital. From 1920 to 1950, this figure was about 33 per cent. Now, according to McKinsey, the Solow Residual has risen to 50 per cent. What is the ... more »

Gaia Portal Has Served its Purpose…

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 11 hours ago
*Gaia Portal Has Served its Purpose…* by ÉirePort We at ÉirePort group have noted the vastly increased Galactic awareness during the period of the GaiaPortal blog portal. At this point, both hu-manity and Hue-manity components of Gaia consciousness Energy structure have achieved sufficient levels that it is an appropriate moment to close this GaiaPortal blog portal. We remind all that the "Inner Guidance" is all that is necessary to connect with Gaia, and Higher Cosmics. We encourage each and all to follow such. Thank you for your service to this Planet. We honor each and all. ... more »

REACTIONS TO AIPAC'S ATTEMPT TO KILL IRAN DEAL

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
There has been alot of buzz across the Internet the last couple of days about the swelling opposition in Congress to the Iran nuclear deal. Right-wing Republicans and Democrats have joined up for a strong effort to kill any deal with Iran by unilaterally increasing already painful sanctions. Israel wants Iran taken down. Below is an excellent take on the issue by Kevin Zeese who helps run PopularResistance.org It seems like right now there is not a lot of likelihood [Senate leader] Harry Reid will let any vote come to the floor. It is definitely a destructive bill that pushes... more »

AMRITSAR CONSPIRACY

Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago
The CIA, Mossad and MI6 were not keen on Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated shortly after the 1984 Amristar massacre. *Britain's SAS regiment helped carry out the massacre in Amritsar in India in 1984.* *Amritsar massacre* This is according to newly released official documents. *The documents show that a British SAS officer helped the Indian authorities come up with a plan, Operation Blue Star, to remove Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in the city of Amritsar.* The documents show that Margaret Thatcher was fully aware of the SAS involvement. Around 1,000 peop... more »

THE RISE OF FASCISM

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
- This is a very good video and fills many gaps in our US history. Our organizing needs to point out and name this corporate fascism or else it'smaniacal egowill grow and become even more repressive. We are right on the edge of the wall now. Time to protect the kids and push back. - I once saw George W. Bush's Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld briefly quoted on video. He was walking out of the Pentagon and spoke this one powerful line: "We plan everything." Rumsfeld was answering the question about the quagmire that Iraq had become and the press was wond... more »

I wish I could quote Marry Poppins

Burcu Bayram at Duck of Minerva - 12 hours ago
When you do not know what to say, “summon up this word and then you’ve got a lot to say! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” says Marry Poppins. I wish I could quote her when I do not know what to say to an MA student who wants to get a Ph.D. but perhaps should not. I think I Continue reading

The Fighting Spirit Among Kansas Populists-- Meet Jim Sherow

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Kansas is one of the reddest of the red states. In 2012, Obama only managed to get 38% of the vote there. He won only two counties in the entire state, Wyandotte (Kansas City) and Douglas (Lawrence). Earlier, Rick Santorum won the GOP primary with 51%-- with more than *double* the votes Romney got. There are no Democrats in their delegation to Congress and in the 40 member state Senate, there are only 9 Democrats. But only *one* of Kansas' congressional districts actually looks, on paper, impossible for a Democrat-- the first CD, the massive western two-thirds of the state, which ... more »

Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 12 hours ago
Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation. via Smagorinsky on Authentic Teacher Evaluation.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

The Realist Report - Eli James: early American history Part 1

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 12 hours ago
** I accidentally scheduled today's show for 15 minutes. Once the 15 minutes of live air time were up, we had exactly one hour of recorded time. I didn't realize that and the show ended abruptly after 1 hour and 15 minutes. Eli will be joining me on Tuesday, January 28th at 8am PST to conclude our discussion on early American history and the Founding Fathers. Sorry about the mistaken today! ** On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by Pastor Eli James of *Anglo-SaxonIsrael.com*. Pastor James and I will be discussing early American history, the American Revolution... more »

Can you hear me now?

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 12 hours ago
Most of you have seen this: This is just a part of the latest $9 million advertising campaign embarked upon by the Harper government to convince you that they are wrapping their loving arms around you and are going to give you everything you ever wanted on your smartphone for a whole lot less money than you pay now. But, as with all things Harper, it is an ad campaign about nothing. You will

Sovereignty 101:Installment 9 - Life Sucks

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
It is widely accepted that life is hard. My sister was not the only one whose favorite saying was “Life sucks and then you die.” The whole notion of a joyful existence comes off as a frivolous idea – cool if you are lucky enough to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth or if you are one of those perpetually optimistic people; but not realistic. To write here that joy is or ought to be your focus sounds nice but a bit naive. Rather, it would seem more efficient and helpful to focus on abundance, health or even free energy. Joy may result if those things are in place, but i... more »

The Economy: “Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“Beware This Dangerous Wealth Mirage”* by Bill Bonner “US stocks fell about 1% yesterday (give or take). Let's see, the total value of the stocks trading on the NYSE is about $17 trillion. So, yesterday erased about $170 billion worth of 'wealth.' By our reckoning, there's about $7 trillion left to go. It's too early to call a top... but we wouldn't want to be sitting on the uppermost branch of this tree. The higher up you go, the more dangerous your perch. From where we stand – on the ground and in plenty of cash and gold – the whole thing looks scary. There are too many people... more »

Obamacare and the Media

Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago

GMOs, Greenpeace and Public Health

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 13 hours ago
Sometime in July 2013, I had a debate with some Greenpeace activists, about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). I initially called them as “anti-CO2, anti-coal, anti-nat gas, anti-nuke, anti-GMO, anti-Bt corn, anti everything”. The GP guy, Francis, replied that they are “against burning coal and fossil fuels, not only because doing so produces CO2 that causes global warming and nuclear power is beset with a lot of issues, esp. safety issues. but we are not "anti-everything" in fact, we are for other cleaner and safer sources of energy and energy efficiency. our stand against GMOs... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago

Kornacki knows what he’s talking about!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014* *Suggests a billion good reasons for the access lane closings:* Steve Kornacki has been breaking the rules established for cable news talent. He seems to know what he’s talking about. He doesn’t restrict himself to the mouthing of nostrums and scripts and to the dropping of R-bombs. Kornacki is especially well versed concerning the state of New Jersey, where he began his journalistic career. This has made him the press corps’ most valuable player concerning the Fort Lee fandango. Why did those crazy lane closings occur? Kornacki explained his theory all ... more »

Fascinating! “Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*“Rare Color Film Shows What London Looked Like In 1927”* “In 1927 Claude Friese-Greene shot some of the first-ever color film footage around London. He captured everyday life in the city with a technique innovated by his father, called Biocolour. Though we usually think of French names like Lumiere and Melies when we think of early film pioneers, Friese-Greene’s technique captures London in striking detail, as if putting the whole city in a time capsule. The people, now long since gone, pass before us like ghosts. What’s striking is, apart from the noticeably formal clothing and a ... more »

"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 13 hours ago
*"Never Aired Pentagon 9/11 Video"* By Mort Amsel “Where is the plane? There are many basic questions that remain unanswered from the World Trade Center attacks 13 years ago. Why did WTC 7 fall, where is the plane in Pennsylvania, where is the plane here at the Pentagon? I think those 3 are the simplest and biggest questions left unanswered. Below is unaired, unseen-before footage in HD of the attack on the Pentagon that day. -Mort” Offically we’re told that “American Airlines Flight 77 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, ... more »

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Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 13 hours ago
The Secret Service at Booker Elementary: The Dog That Did Not Bark SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE CIA'S HIGHEST RANKS The Five Dancing Israelis Arrested On 9-11 Odigo Workers Received Warning of 9/11 Attacks All 9/11 Airports Serviced by One Israeli Owned Company The Israeli Spy Ring THE CONTROLLED COLLAPSE OF WTC 7 The BBC Announced WTC 7's Collapse 26 Minutes Before the Building Came Down Shaped Charges and the World Trade Center Collapses

JFK50 : Mark Lane of US Army Intelligence, and the KGB

Paul Coker at News Spike - 13 hours ago
*"...he had watched in horror from the windows of his embassy as officers of the hated Hungarian security service were strung up from lampposts. Andropov remained haunted for the rest of his life by the speed with which an apparently all-powerful Communist one-party state had begun to topple. * *When other Communist regimes later seemed at risk - in Prague in 1968, in Kabul in 1979, in Warsaw in 1981, he was convinced that, as in Budapest in 1956, only armed force could ensure their survival."* *In 1992, KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin defected to the UK with notes and copies of ... more »

WATCHING STORY GROW: Ditto-heads speak!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2014* *Part 2—Maddow’s important new theory:* In this morning’s editions, the New York Times continues to report that the motive for the lane closings has been established: “Last week, documents showed that one of Mr. Christie’s top aides gave the signal to his associates at the Port Authority to close two lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge in an act of political, *traffic-jamming vengeance against the mayor of Fort Lee, a Democrat who had declined to endorse the governor”* (our italics). So Kate Zernike still says. According to the Times, those d... more »

Tuesday Linkage

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
Digital Media and Human Security At Lawfare Blog, Jean Marie Simon’s review of Robert Nickelberg’s Afghanistan: A Distant War explores the role of digital photography in constructing wartime imaginaries. At Reductress, Andi Sharavsky describes the “Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging Third-World Children.” Is there no end to the damage caused by Edward Snowden? Iranians Continue reading

We Can't Protect Our Misleaders, Incompetent As They Are, And Expect to Prevail--Or Survive

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
In putting the welfare of her friend, Randi Weingarten, ahead of everything else, Diane Ravitch has triggered a firestorm of criticism against her friend by many teachers who have, in the past, set on the sideline watching, as Randi and her posse of lawyers have handed over mile after mile of public school territory to the invading corporate horde of insatiable profiteers and Washington extortionists. Here are Ravitch’s latest remarks in the comments section of her blog post, “Why I Defend Randi:” When you fight among yourselves–a bad habit among progressives–you lose. Watch “The ... more »

Is industrial hemp the ultimate energy crop?

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 14 hours ago
Did you know that the US first President George Washington grew Hemp? By the way, did you know that the US Government/corporation owns all the patents on medical cannabis cures and treatments? Hemp is one of the ultimate renewable resources of our planet. From paper, to fabric, to bio fuel, to medicine,...... 60 Ways to use your Hempand another article of interest in the hemp arena http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2013/05/hemp-could-free-us-from-oil-prevent.html Original Article HERE: http://theconversation.com/is-industrial-hemp-the-ultimate-energy-crop-20707 2 Januar... more »

Kark Denninger, Health Care: “Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”; A Comment

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 14 hours ago
*“Hisssssssssssss!!!!!!”* by Kark Denninger "That's the overpressure relief valve trying to prevent it from blowing sky-high... According to the numbers released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only 24 percent – or 489,460 – of the 2.2 million people who signed up for ACA were in the coveted 18-to-34 age range. Uh, they were looking for 40%. They didn't get there. They didn't get anywhere near there. This is a major problem, because the rates that were filed were predicated on that. With the demographics that actually have come in, that is, people d... more »

Expressions Vinyl $25 Giftcard Giveaway

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 14 hours ago
[image: Giveaway, Expressions Vinyl, What Does the Fox Say?] Last week I shared a couple of projects I made using Expressions Vinyl. It was my first experience using Expressions Vinyl and I have to say I am hooked. I used two different kinds of heat transfer in my projects and both were easy to use, easy to weed and ironed on beautifully. In fact, since posting the fox shirts, I have promised my five nephews to make them matching fox shirts too. Expressions Vinyl carries everything you could want for your cutting machines, including all of the Silhouette Starter Kits, rhinestones, he... more »

Blackfish. An Editorial by Barbara Ann Levy, LCAT, Creative Arts Therapist

As the curator of this site I don't speak out frequently but instead simply post videos on this blog for you to draw your own conclusions but this time is different. I am heartsick. The brutality of dolphins, whales and our environment must stop. Last night I followed *The Cove* postings on Twitter and broke down into tears of deep grief for the marine mammals as reports of heinous abuse, manhandling of female dolphins for example and their capture, torture and sadistic killing were tweeted by observors of small spotted dolphins. I have personal experience and have interacted w... more »

Iraq’s Oil Industry Stagnant In 2013

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
Despite hopes for continued growth, Iraq’s oil industry was stagnant in 2013. It not only exported less oil than 2012, but it didn’t earn as much either. That hasn’t stopped the Oil Ministry from predicting huge expansion in 2014. Most of the major oil fields in the south are going to increase production this year, but that can’t be exploited unless the government’s infrastructure projects are completed on time. There are several large ones that are to be finished by this summer. Baghdad has never done anything on schedule however, but they will eventually be finished, and when th... more »

MILITARY COUNCIL OF ANBAR VIDEOS

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 15 hours ago
Rebels Outside Of Fallujah Jan 12, 2014 Iraqi Army soldiers surrender Jan 11, 2014 Rebels with Iraqi Army vehicles Jan 11, 2014

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Saints aren’t ceding control of NFC ~Mike Triplett, ESPN*

Neil Young Calls Out Stephen Harper on Tar Sands

LeDaro at LeDaro - 15 hours ago
Stephen Harper is an international embarrassment for his unconditional hawking of the tar sands, disregarding the rights of First Nations, and ignoring the negative environmental effects. On the latter, we already know that Harper is muzzling scientists, preferring to listen to corporate greed over facts and research. Neil Young is drawing new attention to the tar sands fiasco - and the overall fiasco of the Harper Conservative government - which is reckless about environmental conservation, the rights of First Nations, and Canada's increasingly tarnished reputation. The responses ... more »

Tuesday Linkage

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Digital Media and Human Security At Lawfare Blog, Jean Marie Simon’s review of Robert Nickelberg’s Afghanistan: A Distant War explores the role of digital photography in constructing wartime imaginaries. At Reductress, Andi Sharavsky describes the “Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging Third-World Children.” Is there no end to the damage caused by Edward Snowden? Iranians Continue reading

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 16 hours ago
*Jury selection begins in Jefferson Parish Katrina flooding case ~WDSU* *Exhibit showcases history of civic-minded Hermes ~Stephanie Bruno, N.O. Advocate* *Committee to take up Carnival rules ahead of vote ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE* *Bayou St. John residents look into restricting public activity of other N.O. citizens near the waterway ~Della Hasselle, Mid-City Messenger* *UNO grapples with falling revenue, enrollment ~Richard Thompson* *A Tulane student project tracks the Times-Picayune before and after a digital overhaul ~Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review* *Farmer experim... more »

Mikey Suits (R-Staten Island) Is Still Not In Prison; Meet The FBI's "Candidate A"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Does this Mafia thug/GOP congressman look innocent to you? Every time another Michael Grimm crony gets arrested I feel like I'm supposed to start all over again with how we first came into contact with him back during the heady days of the Duke Cunningham investigation in 2005 when he had a small role to play in a payoff by New York GOP mobster Tom Kontogiannis (currently in prison) to George W. Bush. But there's so much of it, spanning so many categories of corruption… here, just read it for yourself if you want the background and I'll just go into the latest news about Congress' mo... more »

Taking Goebbels' Advice

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
The CBC reports this morning that the Harper government spent $2.5 million to promote its non existent jobs program: CBC News has also learned that that advertising cash came from an $11-million fund set aside last year for Employment and Social Development Canada to promote the government as a job creator. Before the Canada Job Grant TV ad went to air, the government paid Environics Research Group almost $70,000 to conduct market research. Focus groups saw a near-final version of the commercial. Environics reported that the ad would have the desired result: "The main message w... more »

War watch January 14 , 2014 - Syria , Iraq , Iran and Afghanistan in focus....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Syria.... Aleppo Kurds Fear al-Qaeda Will Take Their Towns'War Within a War' Could Give AQI Pretext to Attack by Jason Ditz, January 13, 2014 Print This | Share This Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) doesn’t really need an excuse to attack Kurdish villages, and has hit them off and on in recent months in the Aleppo Province, mostly revenge for having been ousted from the nation’s northeast by Kurdish militias. But the Aleppo Kurds say that with the outbreak of a “war within a war” between AQI And other rebel factions, territory grabs are becoming even more common and that’s making them a targe... more »

Celtic Woman - The Call

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
*November 27, 2009* Music video by Celtic Woman performing The Call. *I will end this day of blogging with something beautiful.* *Enjoy*

'Monsanto Mafia' - US Highest Court Controlled By Monsanto

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
*January 14, 2014* The US Supreme Court upheld biotech giant Monsanto's claims on genetically-engineered seed patents and the company's ability to sue farmers whose fields are inadvertently contaminated with Monsanto materials. READ MORE: *http://on.rt.com/eph9nl*

USA Will Be Missing Out On Increased Organic Trend While The Ukraine Benefits With A Big Order From China

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 17 hours ago
China continued to reject corn cargoes from the U.S. that contained an unapproved genetically modified variety and instead accepted the first bulk-carrier shipment of non-GMO corn from Ukraine...GOOD. READ: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-06/china-rejecting-u-dot-s-dot-corn-as-first-shipment-from-ukraine-arrives #China #USA #Ukraine #gmo #corn #gmocorn #MIR162 #gmofreecanada #gmofreeusa *Source:* *GMO Free USA*

Daniel Bushell - Truth Seeker - 'Unequivocal' Cell Phones Cause Cancer

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 17 hours ago
RT > Truth Seeker > Daniel Bushell is claiming that Cell Phones Causing Cancer is gonna be the same as Smoking and Asbestos and Fracking and Prozac, namely pro-Corporate *independent research* shows that 'there's no problem at all holding a microwave transmitter to your head like a loaded gun' whereas *real-independent research* suggests very strongly that CELL PHONE RADIATION is a tsunami of health insurance claims waiting to happen! This applies to WIFI as well, just not to the same extent as the mobile phone issue. Hm, why did 'broadband for everyone' come with WIFI attached to i... more »

Harper's Army

Boris at The Galloping Beaver - 18 hours ago
Scenario. The Army is faced with two challenges. First, post-Afghanistan everything, from burnt out kit to burnt out troops. Second, the Army is still afflicted with a Harper, which effectively means being tarted-up for parades and photo-ops but having the very basics like new trucks and post-service welfare denied like some trophy partner shown off in public but beaten and starved at home. The

The BBC: still as pro-EU as ever after all these years

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
Lord Tebbit gets close: 'I value the BBC. It often produces programmes unmatched by other broadcasters. I like the absence of commercial advertisements, though I regret the increasing intrusion of advertisements for its own programmes and the deplorable prevalence of background music which swamps the voices of those to whom I am trying to listen. I fear, however, that its inability to recognise its Left-wing, pro EU-bias may destroy a great British institution.…' Personally I'd say that it was too late to save the BBC. More here http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/normantebbit/10... more »

The Military

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 18 hours ago
So, I'm now actually reading *The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar*Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang. Here it is - right from the review: Stein and Lang have made great, sometimes awkwardly charming efforts to make what could have been a baffling policy paper into an eye-popping, very readable, and provocative narrative. They come a hair’s breadth away from pronouncing that the military hijacked Canadian foreign policy. I wonder if it was the grunts who wanted to fight so bad, ... who wanted to get into combat. You know, ... if you wanted to fight and then you got your leg blown ... more »

Should Doug Ford be told by an adult to shut up?

noreply@blogger.com (deBeauxOs) at DAMMIT JANET! - 19 hours ago
Last week we wrote this, about Doug Ford and his histrionics. The more bullies like him and Rob bellow their loathsome discourse, the quicker it become evident how mendacious they truly are. Today Doug Ford described Karen Stintz in disparaging terms, at a Toronto council meeting about how the city might handle future natural disasters like the ice storm. The Fordzilla brothers reacted to her criticism about Rob Ford's activities with their well-honed two-fer tactics: temper tantrums and name-calling. From here: “You saw for the first time Karen Stintz going unglued. I’ve seen it n... more »

Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic"

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 22 hours ago
Protesters are fighting against a loud, violent, and well connected minority led by Thaksin Shinawatra and backed by Wall Street. *January 14, 2014* (ATN) - Even at face value, Eric Sommer's (under the pen name David Marx) op-ed on Russia's RT is full of factual errors that call into question both his premise and his conclusion. The opinion piece titled, "Thailand's political crisis: The inside story," contains such blatant errors it is a wonder it was published at all: - Sommer claims there are "80 million Thai people," when in fact Thailand's population is only between 65... more »

Science can only falsify, not retire, ideas

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
In late 2012, I explained why There are no hospitals for theories. Surprisingly, unusually, and happily, I was in agreement with Matt Strassler (well, we would agree in a much higher majority of questions if the "ensemble of questions" were picked by a different algorithm than the choice of interesting topics for the blogosphere). In science, we work with hypotheses and theories and only abandon them when they have been proven wrong – by the analysis of empirical and theoretical data – at a sufficient confidence level. There is nothing in between. In particular, a scientist cannot... more »

dreams - our dreams - why are they rendered at such a high resolution?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 22 hours ago
What does it mean, "Rendered at such a high resolution?" Mike? Well, as you'll from the image to the right, the upper eye is 'rendered' at low resolution e.g. 128 across by 64 tall (you can count the individual pixels that make the image) while its lower partners is rendered at something like 640 by 480 pixels, you can't count the pixels as easily but the image can hold MUCH MORE DETAIL. It takes enormous amounts of brain power to render at such high resolutions. On top of all the emotional content of a dream, this resolution relates to the detail one might find in a CITY. The audi... more »

An absolute phoney

Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 23 hours ago
Harper is at it again. In a trick stolen from the Christy Clark manual of "quick wins", The Great Pretender is now holding secret press conferences. Last week, while members of the English media were blocked from questioning Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a Lower Mainland visit, he held an event to field queries from a select few members of the ethnic media. Some of the chosen few who

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

Thailand Politics and the Monarchy, Part 2

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
There will be a snap elections in Thailand on February 2 or less than 3 weeks from now. The Protesters can democratically and constitutionally remove the current administration if they succeed. But they want an unelected People's Council to assume power immediately with two years no election. Rule of law huh? Photo from BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25708092 The Democratic Party of Thailand does not seem to appreciate fully what rule of law and political liberalism really means. Assuming the protesters including the Democratic Party will succeed in forcing the current... more »

'The Plots to Kill Occupy Protesters' and other life lessons

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Occupy Houston 'The Plots to Kill Occupy Protesters' and other life lessons By Brenda Norrell Censored News Today Censored News honors journalists and journalism making a difference. However, along with the good there is the ugly: Arizona Daily Star celebrates a Fighter of Indians and the plagiarizers in Indian country. First of all, in case you missed it, there is the fearless

THE MYSTERIOUS BOTTOMLEYS

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Margaret Thatcher and Virginia Bottomley* Virginia Garnett married Peter Bottomley. Both Virginia and Peter Bottomley became Conservative members of the UK parliament. Virginia Bottomley is a Governor of the spooky London School of Economics. *Peter Bottomley* Peter Bottomley was present at the Heysel stadium disaster in Brussels on 29 May 1985. Peter Bottomley was present at the the Kings Cross fire of 18 November 1987. Reportedly, certain juvenile members of a pedophile ring were in a cafe, underground, when the fire broke out. Peter Bottomley was present at the Kegworth air... more »

CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck A Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel ....... In what should outrage every American - noting this has occurred during the so called War Against Drugs and harsh federal drug sentencing guidelines - we now find out that an investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels. ........ here is another head kicking nugget --- Zambada-Niebla's lawyer claimed to the court that in the late 1990s, Castro struck a deal with U.S. agents in which Sinaloa would provide information about rival drug trafficking organizations while the U.S. would dismiss its case against the Sinaloa lawyer and refrain from interfering with Sinaloa drug trafficking activities or actively prosecuting Sinaloa leadership. ...... And we have heard about this before , but still mid blowing ---- "The agents stated that this arrangement had been approved by high-ranking officials and federal prosecutors," Zambada-Niebla lawyer wrote. After being extradited to Chicago in February 2010, Zambada-Niebla argued that he was also "immune from arrest or prosecution" because he actively provided information to U.S. federal agents. ........ And was this what " Fast and Furious Operation " really was all about --- Zambada-Niebla also alleged that Operation Fast and Furious was part of an agreement to finance and arm the cartel in exchange for information used to take down its rivals. (If true, that re-raises the issue regarding what Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun-running arrangements.) ---

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-government-and-the-sinaloa-cartel-2014-1 An investigation by El Universal found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs while Sinaloa provided information on rival cartels. Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs entering the Chicago area and has a presence in cities across the U.S. There have long been allegations that Guzman, considered to be "the world’s most powerful drug traf... more »

Lowongan Kerja Service Engineer Januari 2014 Jakarta Barat

irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 1 day ago
Lowongan Kerja Service Engineer Januari 2014 Jakarta Barat -Kota Jakarta barat yang masih termasuk dalam kawasan DKI jakarta ini masih banyak penangguran di kota ini, nah maka dari itu disini saya akan memberikan info yang saya temukan tentang Lowongan Kerja di Jakarta.  Ada Perusahaan di kota jakarta barat yaitu PT Infiniti Bioanalitika Solusindo sedang membuka peluang kerja kepada anda

That Anti-union Billboard in Times Square: Consider the Timing

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
On January 8, 2014, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) (a misnomer) produced the following five-story billboard in Times Square (New York City): This is not CUF’s first swipe at Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). In December 2013, CUF launched a similar ad– a full-page ad in the New York Times– attempting the same […]

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“What will survive this battle of the galaxies? Known as Seyfert's Sextet, this intriguing group of galaxies lies in the head portion of the split constellation of the Snake (Serpens). The sextet actually contains only four interacting galaxies, though. Near the center of this Hubble Space Telescope picture, the small face-on spiral galaxy lies in the distant background and appears only by chance aligned with the main group. Also, the prominent condensation on the upper left is likely not a separate galaxy at all, but a tidal tail of stars flung out by the galaxies' gravitational i... more »

The Realist Report - Horus the Avenger

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by Horus the Avenger of *White Rabbit Radio*. Horus and I will be talking about the weaponization of language, the systematic attack on White people and Western civilization, and how we can fight back. 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: - *WhiteRabbitRadioTV - YouTube channel* - *Half of US Congress are millionaires: study* - Yahoo! News - *Vets outraged o... more »

FOIA info request goes after sewage snow damage on sacred San Francisco Peaks

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photo by Protect Peaks FOIA filed for each document on sewage snow damage on sacred San Francisco Peaks By Brenda Norrell Censored News FLAGSTAFF, Arizona -- The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out what damage is being done by the sewage water snow on sacred San Francisco Peaks. The FOIA for "each and every document" on corrosion and

The Zionist City of Tel-Aviv was designed before Israel was formed

Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 day ago
A Brief History of Tel Aviv Now 100 years Old Steve Plotkin on Youtube Published on Jun 15, 2012 A history of the founding of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel with the changing times, political forces, and external influences. The Streets of Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting The Streets of Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting As Tel Aviv expanded, rows of apartment blocks and commercial structures were erected where previously there were sand dunes, orange groves, olive orchards, and vineyards. Agrarian villages, too, were swallowed up b... more »

Maybe The GOP War On Women Will Result In The Re-Release Of "Just Say Roe"

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
In 1987 I was running Sire for Seymour Stein. He hired me because he felt the powers at our parent company, Warner Bros, didn't prioritize his signings. He was in NYC and they were in Burbank and he felt he needed someone there. That was me. When this new music format came along-- CDs-- only priority artists were getting their records released as CDs… Dire Straits, Prince, David Lee Roth. The only Sire artist with CD releases was Madonna. But Seymour and I were both determined to break our "baby bands" and we both felt the CD was the future of retail. Our head of retail, though, ... more »

“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Radiation Expert: Fukushima Plant “Out of Control”* by ENE Jan. 6, 2014 interview with Professor Chris Busby, Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk and member of UK Department of Health Committee Examining Radiation Risk for Internal Emitters (CERRIE), Infowars (at 19:45 in): “I think they’re going to have to throw a fence around there and watch it forever. I don’t see what else they can do. I did think, and they did think, about the possibility of bombing it into the ocean, but frankly I think there’s nothing much they can do now — the genies out of th... more »

SHARON’S GAZA PULL-OUT: IT WAS NEVER REALLY THAT BIG A DEAL

Zionists and their neoconservative supporters have always framed Ariel Sharon’s pull-out of the Gaza Strip as some kind of concession to Palestinians that might result in peace for those Israelis who lived under the threat of attack from Palestinians who had been ghettoised within the Strip and were resisting occupation. The pull-out was seen as a precursor to the ‘land for peace’ deals that Israel was pushing as part of the ‘Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan’. The Zionists figured that, if they pulled out of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians inside would give up attacking Israel on acc... more »

War Watch January 12 , 2014 - Syria Rebel in-fighting has devolved into a narrative of good Al Qaeda vs bad Al Qaeda ( West may not be winner in Syria battle of ‘good al Qaida’ vs. ‘bad al Qaida’ ) ..... Iraq sectarian fighting continues unabated ( more bad Al Qaeda vs in this instance Sunni Tribes and Iraq Government forces ) Iran sanctions game may leave Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei as the real winner in Iran ( moderate Iranians the losers if Sanctions by Congress cause nuclear talks to be halted ) ...... Libya " insecurity " continues as controversy swirls around Cyrenaican federalsts including Jadhran , Libyan Cabinet Member shot down in hometown , former southern security head shot down in tripoli ...

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria..... Al-Qaeda Executes Scores of Rivals in Northern SyriaExecuted Huge Number of al-Nusra Fighters by Jason Ditz, January 12, 2014 Print This | Share This Underscoring just how ugly the infighting among rebel factions in northern Syria has gotten, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has captured and executed an estimated 70 rivals, including a large number of fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra, another al-Qaeda affiliate. The fighting that began a week ago Friday claimed 500 dead in the first week, and a weekend of fighting and executions has brought that number to at least 700 now. Initial fig... more »

Jack A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The U.S. is supposed to withdraw troops by the end of the year, and the American people overwhelmingly want us to leave, but President Obama intends to retain a military presence. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | … finish reading Jack A. Smith : Why the U.S. wants to stay in Afghanistan

Obamacare updates January 13 , 2014 -- Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-13/obamacare-enrollment-explained-three-charts Obamacare Enrollment Explained In Three Charts [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/13/2014 18:50 -0500 - Cohen - Insurance Companies - Medicare - Obamacare - Reality - White House inShare By now the distinction that "enrollment" in Obamacare does not actually mean coverage should be painfully clear: one still has to pay, and according to a recent analysis up to 50% of "enrollees" in any given state have not paid, which means the White House... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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"Perhaps..."

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

The Ethics of Casual Teaching Contracts: how we are all implicated in selling out academia and exploiting our students

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
For the last few years in particular, there has been a marked increase in the number of sessional, casual, teaching-only, adjunct, fixed term, temporary job ‘opportunities’ listed and circulated in the usual IR job venues. These various titles and categories point to one reality: precarious labor is a permanent reality within academia. The trend has Continue reading
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