January (Photo credit: Deadly Tedly)Thailand: Anti-Regime Protesters Tell Their Side of the Story - Part 2
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 10 minutes ago
Statesman Kasit Piromya weighs in on the ongoing Thai political crisis -
peels off Western label of "anti-democratic protesters."
*February 9, 2014* (ATN) - In Part 1, protest spokesman Akanat Promphan
enumerated the grievances of his movement and attempted to correct
disinformation being intentionally propagated by the Western media.
*Image: Veteran statesman, a former ambassador and former Thai Foreign
Minister, Kasit Piromya now speaks out against the regime of Thaksin
Shinawatra.*
....
Now, former Foreign Minister and veteran statesman Kasit Piromya has gone
into the issues... more »
Censored News passes 3 million mark!
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Darlene
and Louise on sacred Western Shoshone land 2006
Censored News is celebrating passing the 3 million mark! Here's one of
the first photos from that first grand year of 2006 when Censored News
was born. That's when Indian Country Today censored and fired me. It has
been a good journey, wouldn't have missed it for anything. Thanks to
each of you! Censored News is now in its 8th year with
Republican Coke Freak Thomas Ravenel Reinvents Himself As A BRAVO! Reality TV Star
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 33 minutes ago
It was Samuel Johnson who, in 1775, coined the phrase "Patriotism is the
last refuge of a scoundrel." They didn't have reality TV back then. Do you
remember Thomas Ravenel, the Republican wing nut who was elected Treasurer
of South Carolina, the head of Rudy Giuliani's ill-fated South Carolina
presidential campaign and the last Tea Party opponent for Lindsey Graham--
all before he was caught selling coke. He's the son of racist former
congressman Arthur Ravenel, a Dixiecrat who joined the GOP in the early
1960s and represented the Charleston based first district currently held by ... more »
FUEU
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
"Fuck the EU" - The immortal words of Victoria Nuland, the Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of
State. What range of intellect! What expression of emotion! What depth of
poetry! In only three simple words this great heroine expresses the rage of
a nation. Ukraine, be proud, for you are in good hands.
About Those 2.9 Million Jobs Lost In January ( rather than focusing on the alleged 113 ,000 January Non - Fram Payroll increase ) ....... Once you grasp BSA non seasonally adjusted number reflect a loss of 2.9 million jobs , the following Washington Post proclamation makes perfect sense --- WaPo Praises The Joy Of Being "Untethered" And "Unleashed" From A Job, The "Freedom" Of Unemployment
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
About Those 2.9 Million Jobs Lost In January...
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/09/2014 20:40 -0500
- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- recovery
inShare5
Much has been said about the January Non-farm payrolls number, which rose
by 113K on expectations of a 180K increase, most of which has been focused
on the US atmospheric conditions during the winter. There is a problem with
those numbers: they don't really exist (as for the non-impact of "the
weather" on jobs weshowed previously that the number of people "*not at
work due to weat... more »
The Party's Over
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
One of the great political feats of the late 20th Century was the
manufacture by billionaires of a right-wing cabal of
crackpots-under-contract so unabashedly fascist that anyone sane and still
voting would be left with a single alternative, which, of course, is the
now-familiar brand of corporate, anti-democratic dramaturgy known as the
Democratic Party.
It's time for something else, and in the short 18 minute film below, a case
is made for it. Watch and learn to think, organize, and act. You might
say--the Party's over:
"What’s bad for Main Street and good for Wall Street in the short term is bad for both in the long term" (Robert Reich)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*by Ken*
We all know -- don't we? -- that watching the stock market provides a
reflection of certain factors in the state of the economy, it's far from
any kind of reasonable *measure* of the economy. Which is the reality that
underlies Robert Reich's blogpost "Why the Lousy Jobs Report Boosted Wall
Street" (which I read via Nation of Change).
The stock market surged yesterday after the lousy jobs report. The Dow
soared 160 points Friday, while the S&P 500, and Nasdaq also rose.
How can bad news on Main Street (only 113,000 jobs were created in January,
on top of a meager 74,000 ... more »
EARTH FROM MARS / A SMALL STAGE IN A COSMIC ARENA
Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 4 hours ago
*This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon, taken by NASA's Mars
rover Curiosity, includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the
night sky. Earth is a little left of center in the image, and our moon is
just below Earth. A human observer with normal vision, if standing on Mars,
could easily see Earth and the moon as two distinct, bright "evening
stars."*
*Whenever I see a picture like this I am deeply humbled and I realize that
my life's purpose on this small stage in this vast cosmic arena must be
profoundly obvious and simple. As such, my life's purpose was to fin... more »
#CCLS: Moratorium, Or Delaying the Inevitable?
Chris Cerrone at @ THE CHALK FACE - 5 hours ago
From the massive amount of media coverage lately I am sure you have heard
the NYS legislature is debating placing a “moratorium” on consequences from
Common Core testing. The discussion revolves around teachers, principals,
and schools not being punished for low scores while New York slows down the
implementation of the Common Core. Many questions […]
Christy Clark`s LNG Super Power Ambitions Get Whacked By Japan`s Return To Nuclear Power
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 5 hours ago
*Pro-nuclear candidate Yoichi Masuzoe wins Tokyo's race for governor*
*Former health minister, backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, defeats two
candidates who promised to end nuclear power*
*Yoichi Masuzoe, a former health minister backed by **Japan**'s ruling
party, won Tokyo's election for governor on Sunday, defeating two
candidates who had promised to end **nuclear power**.*
*Masuzoe's victory was declared in exit polls on public broadcaster NHK
minutes after voting closed. Masuzoe, 65, appeared smiling before cameras
and promised to make Tokyo the No 1 city in the world while ... more »
Trifecta: Wherein they dissect George Lakoff, professor of Cognitive Science at UC Berkley...
Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 5 hours ago
*who is neither cognitive or scientific - or apparently even sane.*
Are we surprised he's at UC Berkley?
Enbridge And Janet Holder Engage In Fraud
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 6 hours ago
There was another poll released a few days ago where the results clearly
show that British Columbians are strongly opposed to Enbridge`s northern
gateway pipeline proposal and particularly to supertankers loaded with
uncleanable once spilled Alberta bitumen as a cargo..
*2/3 rds of BCers are vehemently opposed...*
http://www.justasonmi.com/?p=2712
These poll results are nothing new, nothing new indeed, in fact between
Enbridge and the Stephen Harper oil company Government they have spent $85
million dollars advertising pipelines and oil movement with supertankers
and still ma... more »
Deep Dish - Say Hello
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 7 hours ago
Would you like some awesome sauce with your Sunday dinner?
“Crybabies of the 1 Percent: The Rich Complain While Getting Away With Everything”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Crybabies of the 1 Percent: *
*The Rich Complain While Getting Away With Everything”*
By Paul Campos
"More than half a century ago, “West Side Story” satirized the idea that
what was then known as juvenile delinquency was a product of poverty and
the psychological maladjustments it produced, and that therefore “this boy
don’t need a judge, he needs an analyst’s care.” Since then, America has
been busy transforming itself into an unabashed plutocracy: while median
household income has barely budged since the mid-1960s, the annual income
of the top 1 percent has increased by an aver... more »
Will The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Continue To Dominate?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Late last night, we looked at the uncomfortable fact that progressives are
*not* in control of the Democratic Party and that their values and ideals
more often than not take a backseat to the career-driven needs of centrists
and corrupted corporate shills. The Democratic Establishment, the Philly
Machine, the cash-laden Republican wing of the Democratic Party and even
the Clintons are backing a candidate in the hot PA-13 primary, Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky, who advocates cutting Social Security over the most
progressive political leader in the state of Pennsylvania, state Senati... more »
Len’s Days Are Numbered
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
*Guest post by Stephen Berry*
As Affordable Auckland Leader and organiser of the Len Brown Stand Down
March, I have now begun a full-time two-week campaign to promote the Len
Brown Stand Down March – about which I am heartily encouraged by the
feedback of residents and ratepayers around Auckland.
Will Ryan and I have been hitting the pavements of Auckland and I attended
Sunday’s Big Gay Out. The feedback we have received has been overwhelmingly
in favour of Len Brown standing down.
Yesterday I pressed the flesh with attendees of the Big Gay out,
experiencing first-hand the groun... more »
Love Quest : Day 2 - The Cabin
Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 8 hours ago
You’ve reached a critical moment for yourself. There are parts of you
eating away at your core. You’ve been unaware of them until now. Why now? Because
you’ve upgraded and improved. In order for the new stuff to stand strong
and to last, anything that doesn’t *support *it – works to *dismantle*it.
Our family owns property in the mountains and on it has always stood what
we affectionately called “the cabin”. It was little more than a tar paper
shack with an outhouse. Five years ago we tore it down. In its place now
stands a double-wide trailer complete with steps and a deck... more »
Wagner rides to rescue
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
[image: Neil Wagner is pumped after dismissing Zaheer Khan, New Zealand v
India, 1st Test, Auckland, 4th day, February 9, 2014]
How cool was that win!
And how cool is it being the only test team having Wagner thundering in
taking scalps.
NZ’s test cricketers made it hard for themselves, but Wagner rode to the
rescue yesterday with an aggressive 10-over spell with an old ball that
broke the 126-run third-wicket stand of Kohli and Dhawan, and then came
back to take the crucial wicket of anchor-batsman MS Donhi with the newish
ball.
CricInfo’s summary:
[image: image]
Here’s R... more »
Gunman opens fire in Orthodox Cathedral on Sakhalin Island, Russia
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 9 hours ago
*Why am I mentioning this shooting at all?*
*One main reason- Location**1- Obviously because of the Olympics*
*2- An Orthodox church*
*3- Sakhalin Island. Very interesting*
*4- The age of the shooter*
*5- The manner in which the crime was conducted- the victims*
The Olympics in Sochi have been attacked viciously via msm talking heads
over the alleged human rights concerns for the humans, branded lgbt- self
branded or media campaign
Divide to conquer, is all I can say.
*Moving on-*
[image: Cathedral of the Resurrection in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Image from
pravosakh.ru)]Cathedral of the R... more »
MI5 SPY; PEDOPHILE SPY
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Morocco - recruiting ground for the CIA and MI5.*
MI5 had a Moroccan-born agent who 'investigated' the 7/7 London bombers and
the Madrid bombers.
The Moroccan is now suing the UK Government after being told that he must
return to Morocco, where he faces 'arrest and torture'.
The 33-year-old Moroocan worked for MI5 from 2000 to 2006.
*www.dailymail*.
*Morocco*
The Moroccan came to Britain at the age of 18 and married a British citizen.
In Britain the Moroccan met the preacher Abu Hamza, who is believed to work
for MI5.
Hamza's followers sent the Moroccan to Georgia and then to ... more »
What makes Paddy panic
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
Just another bite-sized post about Paddy O'Connell's apparent propensity to
panic when someone picks on the Labour Party...
This morning's *Broadcasting House* saw our Paddy egging on one
Conservative MP, Richard Benyon, to attack another Conservative MP Ian
Liddell-Grainger (for attacking the Environment Agency's Lord Chris Smith).
Paddy let Mr Benyon absolutely slate Mr Liddell-Grainger without demur or
interruption, but the second Mr Benyon began criticising the actions of the
last Labour government in came that firm yet nervous 'OK' from Paddy that
always arrives the instant La... more »
Book review: The Almond Tree
Left I on the News at Left I on the News - 10 hours ago
Two years ago I wrote a review of a novel called "Mornings in Jenin" by
Palestinian Susan Abulhawa. This past week I had the opportunity to read
another novel, "The Almond Tree," by Jewish-American Michelle Cohen
Corasanti. Remarkably, although the plots of the two novels are completely
different, and of course the authors come from very different backgrounds,
the review I wrote for "Mornings in Jenin" (reproduced below) is almost
word-for-word applicable to "The Almond Tree." The time period covered by
the two novels is slightly different ("The Almond Tree" starts in 1955 and
conti... more »
50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago
*Noah wrote this piece for the 50th anniversary, on December 26, of Capitol
Records' release of their first Beatles record. But of course the date most
people remember is the Fab Foursome's tumultuous U.S. TV debut on The Ed
Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 -- by coincidence also a Sunday. It would
seem a shame not to take advantage of that 50th anniversary to revisit this
special reminiscence.*
*On December 26, 1963, hastily pushed up in response to public demand,* *Capitol
Records released their first Beatles record, a single of "I Want to Hold
Your Hand" backed with "I Saw Her ... more »
Where do butterflies go in winter?
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 11 hours ago
The second pre-*Sunday *Radio 4 programme I want to light sacred fires in
praise of was *The Living World - *a programme which answered several
questions that I've had fluttering around my head for many, many years now,
all grouped around a central question: Where do British butterflies go in
winter?
All credit to presenter Chris Sperring and Oxford University butterfly
expert Richard Fox for settling the matter.
It was slightly too late for me though.
I found a red admiral in our bathroom a week or so ago. It was awake and
flying around. Central heating and the relatively warm... more »
UHC 22: Shortage of Doctors in the Philippines
Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 11 hours ago
A friend, Dr. Tony Leachon of UP College of Medicine, also practicing at
Manila Doctors Hospital, posted this article in his fb wall last week, and
it attracted lots of healthy and useful comments from his fellow
physicians. I believe more people should be able to read this useful
exchange. This is long, 4,600+ 6,000+ words, 10 14 pages, enjoy.
---------
*Tony Leachon*
PMA warns of worsening shortage of doctors.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/30/14/pma-warns-worsening-shortage-doctors
*Emmanuel* 3D- Dispersal, Diffusion, Dedication
*Daniel* Most patients in the provinces can'... more »
"Never..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
”Never explain. Never apologize. Have it done and let them howl.”
- Winston Churchill
Deconstructing the Employment picture here in the US , why the unemployment rate has fallen so far and what a full analysis of the data actually reveals .......
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/what-happened-last-time-unemployment-rate-dropped-much
What Happened The Last Time The Unemployment Rate Dropped This Much
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/08/2014 16:08 -0500
- BLS
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Congressional Budget Office
- Demographics
- Federal Reserve
- New Normal
- None
- Obamacare
- Real Unemployment Rate
- Recession
- recovery
- Unemployment
inShare9
One of the biggest accomplishments of the president, in his own words, is
managin... more »
Lowongan Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru
irfan ganteng at Yaya Blog's - 11 hours ago
Lowongan
Kerja ASISTEN APOTEKER di Medan Februari 2014 Terbaru - Kami disini
sebagai blogger akan memberkan satu informasi yang mungkin sedang anda
cari dan anda butuhkan yaitu info lowongan kerja februari 2014, kota
yang akan kita beri info lowongan adalah kota medan dan khusus bagi anda
yang telah menempuh pendidikan minimal SMKF/D3 Farmasi, berikut ini
info karir kerja dari CV MITRA PRIMA
Olympics 2014: Where Everyone Is a Corporate Trademark
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
I tuned in to the Olympics this weekend and got pretty much what I
deserved: a relentless onslaught of commercial odes to global capitalism
interspersed with a few carefully edited moments of actual athletic
competition. The actual athletes highlighted were invariably Americans. (Or
better yet,refugees from lesser countries who don't enjoy our Freedoms).
And NBC and its corporate sponsors are making sure that the competitors are
spending as much air-time being shills for consumer products as they are
skiing and skating.
So, what's more off-putting? Malfunctioning toilets and brown ... more »
Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?
Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 13 hours ago
*Ultraterrestrials or Pilots of the Spaceways?*
*By Scott CorralesInstitute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU)©2014*
“We are well aware that the word humanoid is not in the dictionary;” wrote
Charles Bowen, editor of the United Kingdom’s world-renowned *Flying Saucer
Review*, “that it was coined somewhere along the line by a writer or
researcher. Nevertheless it seems to suit our purpose far more than those
other words of anthropology like hominid, which means kin of man
(Neanderthal man was one of these) and hominoid, which means man-like ape.”
These were the words that formed part of hi... more »
Sochi Olympic Games anti - terror campaign news February 9 , 2014 .......Russian anti-terror drive around Sochi leaves 10 dead. Female suicide suspects detained in W. Europe
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
http://www.debka.com/article/23664/Russian-anti-terror-drive-around-Sochi-leaves-10-dead-Female-suicide-suspects-detained-in-W-Europe-
Russian
special forces are engaged in a relentless offensive to pin down
known Islamist terrorists on their home ground or hideouts in Dagestan,
Chechnya, Kirgizstan and Kabardino Balkaria, casting a wide safety net
around the Winter Olympic Games which opened in Sochi Friday, Feb. 7.
DEBKA
file’s counter-terror sources report this safety net has been spread
across
three European countries.
In the last few days, seven armed jihadis were killed in Rus... more »
Syrian situation.
LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago
The civil war in Syria is an ongoing tragedy which the world needs to pay
attention to. The killing and brutality continues, there are more Syrian
refugees in Jordan than the entire population of Jordan.
*An aid convoy has come under attack in the besieged Syrian city of Homs,
threatening a UN-led operation to bring food and medicine to 2,500 people
and evacuate civilians trapped by fighting between rebels and government
forces.Saturday's violence threatens to unravel a humanitarian deal for
Homs which was the first concrete result of talks launched two weeks ago in
the Swiss ci... more »
West Virginia: Water safety
LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago
This can happen anywhere. Very scary with all the fossil fuels being
transported by rail, trucks and pipes.
Struck Dumb Or Plain Dumb?
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 13 hours ago
As the Harperites have abandoned veterans, cut postal service to seniors
and insisted that everyone must bow in awe of the deficit, the silence of
the Tory backbench has been remarkable. Michael Harris writes:
Why don’t these ordinary Conservative MPs speak out against the injustice
of the so-called “universality of service” rule that declares injured
soldiers unfit for duty and therefore unfit to serve? Retired general Romeo
Dallaire has.
And why don’t they say something about the built-in disincentives for
injured soldiers who are afraid to come forward for help — especially tho... more »
Cowboy Stephen Harper and Comrade Joseph Stalin
LeDaro at LeDaro - 14 hours ago
Do they have something in common? Any similarities?
Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 14 hours ago
Sunday.... The week after the great American diversion away from all the
troubles that ail them called the Super Bowl, and time again for my usual
rant...
It is remarkable even here in Canada that everyone ignores all the troubles
and real crisis facing the world, and all I heard all last week was..."So
what do you think about the Super Bowl"? Honestly, for the longest time I
have always seen professional sports as a terrible past time for our
society, considering that most if not all of the professional teams are
owned or the majority of the shares in the team are controlled by J... more »
Fire!
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 14 hours ago
The hour in between that repeat of *Four Thought *and Ed Stourton's *Sunday* was
taken up by two programmes that I actually enjoyed listening to, and as
it's written into this blog's Editorial Guidelines that we must offer the
occasional bouquets (amid all the brickbats we lob at the BBC), I'd like to
write about them too, starting with *Something Understood*.
This dealt with the burning subject of fire, both its creative and
destructive aspects.
Samira Ahmed likes burning things, and watching things burn. (Don't worry,
she didn't come across as a dangerous pyromaniac, merely as ... more »
Iran Sends Warships to US Maritime Borders
Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 14 hours ago
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Fars News Agency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian Navy commanders announced on Saturday that
the country has sent several fleets of warships to the US maritime borders.
“The Iranian Army’s naval fleets have already started their voyage towards
the Atlantic Ocean via the waters near South Africa,” Commander of Iran’s
Northern Navy Fleet Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad announced on Saturday.
The admiral, who is also the commander of the Iranian Army’s 4th Naval
Zone said,
“Iran’s military fleet is approaching the United States’ ... more »
Perhaps tech sector, or whatever, should read up on #edpolicy in the States @igniteflow @JonathanHaynes @SLSingh #edtech
Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 14 hours ago
I’ve attempted some very minimal coding. Some people are really geeking out
over it, thinking that teaching young persons to code is going to heal the
world, or something. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an interesting idea. The
practical realities of these initiatives, however, seem to elude many
advocates. Nevertheless, the Year of Code overseas […]
Untitled
New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*State Democrats back levee board suits ~Mark Ballard, Advocate*
*Social media helping Comic Con to grow ~Meg Gatto, WVUE *
*King Cake Festival!!!*
*Acadiana Mardi Gras means money spent and money earned ~Jessica Goff,
Daily Advertiser*
*Celebrating 'Uncle Lionel' Batiste's Birthday ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit*
Went to a protest rally last night
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 14 hours ago
It was a small, spur of the moment thing. The gutless coward stephen harper
doesn't let people know his itinerary until the last minute, but CUPW keeps
track and organizes protests wherever he is, just as a point of principle.
You know what? We should do to the corporations what the harpercons do to
the unions. Especially those greedy, selfish assholes smashing their
freight trains all across the country. And the meat packers too cheap to
worry about basic hygiene. And the banks stiffing us all and then forcing
their own employees to train their overseas replacements. And the Bay
St... more »
Time for Mike Rogers to Put Up or Shut Up
Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 14 hours ago
The preeminent defender of the gross illegality of the intrusions on
privacy by the NSA Stasi, Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers who lords it
over the House Intelligence Committee needs to put up or shut up. His
ongoing accusations that former government contractor turned NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden is a Russian spy and that journalist Glenn
Greenwald is a “thief” are thanks to the dismal dregs of what was once a
free press continue to go unchallenged despite Rogers having no evidence to
back up either claim.
Being a former FBI agent (which is rarely if ever noted) he displays ... more »
Japan hit by heaviest snowstorm in 78 years ! More than 10 inches blanket Tokyo , almost 14 inches hit Sendai and more than 17 inches hit Fukushima ! 11 deaths and 1,253 injured by this hghly unusual storm - so much for the " end of snow " tripe spouted by the global warming crowd ! Ask the folks here in the US or the folks in Japan whether we have seen the end of snow ?
Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
[image: A woman walks past bicycles covered with snow at Tokyo's Ginza
shopping district in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai]
A woman walks past bicycles covered with snow at Tokyo's Ginza shopping
district in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
[image: A woman holds onto a damaged umbrella due to strong winds during a
heavy snowfall in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai]
A woman holds onto a damaged umbrella due to strong winds during a heavy
snowfall in Tokyo February 8, 2014. REUTERS/ToruHana
[image: People walk in a park during a heavy snowfall in Tok... more »
Winning Back IL-13-- Meet George Gollin, Particle Physicist
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Last year Republican career hack Rodney Davis edged Democrat Dave Gill
137,034 (47%) to 136,032 (36%) in one of the country's penaltimate swing
districts, IL-13 which stretches from Bloomington and Champaign in central
Illinois to Decatur and Litchfield and down to the northern suburbs of St
Louis. The PVI is exactly even and President Obama won the district in 2008
55-44% and was edged by a few hundred votes (49-49%) by Romney in 2012.
Davis hasn't made much of an impression on anyone and recent polling shows
that a good Democratic candidate would beat him-- *if* he can even surv... more »
DCPS and the WTU: A Negotiation Showdown or an Opportunity to Repair?
Angel Cintron Jr. at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
During the coming negotiation rounds between DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson
and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) President, Elizabeth “Liz” Davis,
the following issues need further elaboration: How has IMPACT 2.0 faired in
the 40 lowest performing schools? What is the teacher turnover rate within
these schools, especially for Group 1 teachers? Is the current classroom
observations’ […]
New Hampshire house unanimously bans NDAA's indefinite detention
urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 15 hours ago
Saturday, February 8, 2014
*Activist Post*
Yesterday, the New Hampshire house approved a bill which deems federal
indefinite detention powers unconstitutional, and bans “any activity that
aids” the federal government in carrying out such powers. The approval was
by a unanimous voice vote. The bill will now move on to the state senate
for further consideration.
Introduced by Rep. Tim O’Flaherty (D- Hillsborough), the bill quickly
garnered co-sponsorship from two republicans and two democrats. Tenth
Amendment Center communications director Mike Maharrey praised the
bipartisan action... more »
Daily Mail fail
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Reese Witherspoon or Austin Healey? Certainly looks more like ex-England
rugby player Austin Healey than actress Reeses Witherspoon but who am I to
gainsay The Mail?
It's 'that old question' time again
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 16 hours ago
Quite a few posts at *Is the BBC biased? *have found themselves splashing
around (like the boss of the Environment Agency in a Somerset field) over
the vexed question of why BBC One *Question Time* audiences so often seem
to be heavily loaded towards the Left, almost to the point of seeming to be
artificially stuffed with left-wing activists - even though right-wing BBC
critics like James Delingpole and Nigel Farage accept that the BBC are
being honest when they say they rigorously attempt to ensure a fair balance
of opinions in their audiences.
Now another right-wing BBC critic,... more »
Untitled
JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Can Migrating Corals Outpace Ocean Warming and Acidification?*
*Discussing:* Couce, E., Ridgwell, A. and Hendy, E.J. 2013. "Future
habitat suitability for coral reef ecosystems under global warming and
ocean acidification". Global Change Biology 19: 3592-3606.
According to Couce et al. (2013), "there is concern that the growing
frequency and severity of mass bleaching episodes may lead to species
composition shifts and functional collapse in coral reefs in the near
future." On the other hand, they also note global warming "has the
potential to improve currently marginal environm... more »
Worst Op-Ed of 2014, Already?
plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 16 hours ago
I waited until December of 2013 to raise this question: Worst Education
Op-Ed of 2013? So I don’t rush into this claim casually: Jonathan
Chait’s Public Education’s Weird Ideological Divide is already the worst
Op-Ed of 2014, and likely will not be surpassed (but may be tied often, I
regret to say). Chait’s piece isn’t long (thankfully) but […]
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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 16 hours ago
*After the little blue pill for men... a pink one for women: Herbal
supplement dubbed 'female Viagra' goes on sale on High Street*
*Unlikely to help. No controlled trials against a placebo, apparently*
Women can boost their sex lives with an over-the-counter herbal pill,
scientists claim. They say Lady Prelox has been found to significantly
raise a woman’s sexual pleasure.
Dubbed the ‘female Viagra’ after the little blue pills that treat erectile
dysfunction in men, Lady Prelox is on sale at high-street chain Holland &
Barrett.
But at £37.95 for a pack of 60 little pink tablets... more »
"How Do We Grieve...?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
How do we grieve the loss of our beautiful, precious world, and us, *all*of us, with it?
I don't know if there are words for that... I don't know them, anyway...
“My heart broke on its shame and sorrow. I suddenly knew how much crying
there was in me, and how little love. I knew, at last, how lonely I was.
But I couldn’t respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well.
So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no
culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of
life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And when ... more »
Heavenly Thoughts
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 17 hours ago
I was up before the lark this morning, and listened to the Radio 4
programmes before *Sunday *too.
They began, at 5.45am with *Bells on Sunday*. The last time I wrote about
that programme it turned out the BBC had broadcast the wrong bells. The
ensuing scandal shook Radio 4 to its very foundations, and an apology from
network manager Denis Nowlan followed (on *Feedback.*) So hopefully this
morning's bells really were those of St Andrew's Church in Hurstbourne
Priors, Hampshire - and very lovely they were too.
Then came the repeat of Wednesday night's *Four Thought. *As I've said... more »
Make The Best Life Possible
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
[image: Make the Best Life Possible]
*Source:*
*Pam Bickell's Notes Along The Path Blog*
TV SEX SCANDALS
Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*In 'Scandal'*, a sort of American TV soap, a junior staffer has sex with
the president.
The junior staffer is then murdered by the president's chief of staff.
The president's chief of staff is a happily married gay man.
The chief of staff, the first lady, a Supreme Court Justice and an oil
baron are involved with voter-fraud software and the murder of six people.
*“Scandal”: oddball soap opera*.
TV and cinema are sometimes linked to sexual abuse.
Child stars such as Michael Jackson, Scotty Beckett, Bobby Driscoll, Judy
Garland, River Phoenix and Brad Renfro may all have been ... more »
The team of Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler expose and analyze the latest market manipulations wherein the prices of gold and stock market futures were simultaneously manipulated. The following links explain and analyze several recent prequels:
David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 19 hours ago
*Is the Fed’s ability to manipulate the price of gold running out?*
http://impactglassman.blogspot.mx/2014/01/former-assistant-secretary-of-treasury.html
*Why is the Fed tapering?*
http://impactglassman.blogspot.mx/2014/01/why-is-fed-tapering-what-will-unravel.html
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*Market Manipulations Become More Extreme, More Desperate*
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February 7, 2014 | Original Here
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Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler
In two recent articles w... more »
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 20 hours ago
As inevitable things inevitably happen...
This morning's *Sunday *did indeed begin with the news of protests over *Putin's
new law on homosexuality* in the light of the Sochi Olympics. Edward
Stourton talked to the BBC's Anastasia Uspenskaya.
If you get the sense that the BBC isn't at all keen on Vladimir Putin, then
this interview won't have dispelled that impression. Ed wanted to know to
what extent the Russian Orthodox Church has been responsible for that law.
Anastasia said it was mainly the Russian government's doing, though the
Church has supported it. She stressed how clos... more »
SNOWDEN REVEALS DIRTY TRICKS
Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago
*Edward Snowden* has revealed some of the dirty tricks used by the spies to
control top people.
*'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel Bookings / Snowden Docs:
British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks'*
Leaked documents from the USA's National Security Agency reveal the
methods used by the UK's *Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group
(JTRIG)* to 'destroy, deny, degrade and disrupt' enemies.
*These methods include honey traps and the spread of disinformation.*
*Supplying boys and girls to top people?*
In 'false flag' operations, *JTRIG* have used *Twitter, Flickr... more »
BBC News - Prince William goes hunting a day before wildlife plea
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
The BBC's Republican sympathies are on display with the lead in to this
article...
' Prince on hunt before wildlife plea
Prince William has gone hunting deer and wild boar in Spain - only a day
before he was due to make a public plea to end the illegal wildlife trade.'
The article is here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26105706
That lead in suggests to the casual reader that Prince William might have
done something illegal by going hunting when he hadn't. The BBC do state
this in the actual article but the seed has been planted.
Hunting is not illegal, however much the BBC might wi... more »
Veterans are outraged. Now they need to do what they once did best. Lead. Part 3.
Dave at The Galloping Beaver - 22 hours ago
Unification,
led by Paul Helleyer in 1968 and permitted by Lester Pearson, was a
wound most veterans still bear. Initially intended as a modernization to
bring three separate services under one joint operational roof, it
steam-rolled well beyond the original plan to create a single service
which was purportecly able to share resources and personnel across the
the three combat elements. It was
Teachers Often the One Thing Between Kids and the World #evaluatethat
Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 22 hours ago
Every once in a while, a teacher is the one thing standing between kids and
their world. Teachers stand up and are always ready to help in any way
needed. Read this account from an elementary teacher in New Mexico, which
took place during a relatively rare winter storm: This morning, I got to
school […]
Update on Common Core Status in the States: Part Three
deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
This post is the last in a series of three on the state of the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) across the nation. Now that states have
hastily Raced to the US Department of Education in chasing US Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan’s dangled (albeit insufficient) millions, many have
entered the phase I call Move to the Sidelines […]
Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man
John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 23 hours ago
Welcome to the premier broadcast of Saturday Night w/ the Wise Old Man! Zan
Overall, also known as the *Wise Old Man*, is an activist, musician,
comedian, and actor. Tonight, we will hear two of the Wise Old Man's
excellent songs, including I Want to Believe You, Mr. President and An
Anthem for the Truth Movement. Between the songs, we will listen to the
Wise Old Man's comedy skit entitled, God is a Goy? Oy!
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 23 hours ago
*Cartoon corner*
*Denying the cold*
*The future according to Greenies*
*Hawaii is getting cooler*
*Discussing:* Safeeq, M., Mair, A. and Fares, A. 2013. Temporal and
spatial trends in air temperature on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
International Journal of Climatology 33: 2816-2835.
According to Safeeq et al. (2013), daily temperature (T) measurements of
Tmin and Tmax that were collected during 1969-2007 from twelve different
stations scattered across the island of Oahu were downloaded from a
repository at the U.S. National Climate Data Center, after which they
computed... more »
“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow; There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Fukushima Equals 6,000 Hiroshima Bombs Today, More Tomorrow;*
*There is No Place On Earth to Escape the Rad” *
by Bob Nichols, “Veterans Today”
“My opinion only, as requested by Alfred Webre, Dec 28, 2013, 1,024 Days
from Mar 11, 2011.
*First thing, grasp the difficult concept that this is an ELE or Extinction
Level Event. There is no escaping our fate, there are no solutions. *
We can extend our lives somewhat, though. These steps are personal. People
can do them or not. You will die quicker, or later, your choice.
1. Take off your shoes and outer ware (coats) when you enter your ... more »
What's More Important To You-- Being A Progressive Or Being A Democratic Party Person?
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
NOT a Democrat
I don't know much about Bill de Blasio, New York's new mayor, but most
everyone tells me he's a progressive. In her excellent piece in yesterday's
*Atlantic*, Molly Ball compared him to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, an
ambitious, centrist corporate Democrat. Both are good on iconic social
issues that define the parameters of what's a Democrat in New York, of
course, but Ball reminds us that Cuomo thinks his career will be best
served by cutting taxes and de Blasio understands why the rich have to pay
their fair share. "You could hardly get a better illustration of th... more »
Oregon School District Hires 50 Security Guards at $35k a Day
freetoteach at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Reports from Portland, Oregon:
Portland is gearing up for a teacher strike. Susan Neilson, *The Oregonian.*
Sam Wheeler of the *Mail Tribune*]Medford Oregon:
*Long said the school district has hired about 50 security guards through
Action Security Inc. of Medford and San Diego-based Off Duty Officers Inc.
of San Diego — costing the district about $35,000 per day.*
*"We have 24-hour security, because we want to make sure we protect our
property and mischief doesn't happen," Long said.*
Deep Tweets
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
Don't have to be cool to rule my world...
AFRAID TO LOOK & be blinded by the awesome RT @pourmecoffee: Every Prince
hairstyle since 1978, drawn by @gary_card pic.twitter.com/M04sic9HB2
— Liza Sabater (@blogdiva) February 9, 2014
Gail Collins probes into "Sunny John" Boehner's "thinking" on immigration -- and she has a quiz!
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*"Well, we got a lot of things on our plate."*
*-- "Sunny John" Boehner, quoted by Gail Collinsin her NYT column* "Boehner
on Fantasy Island"
*by Ken*
We like to pop in occasional pop quizzes, and so, it seems, does NYT
columnist Gail Collins. Her subject today is a gentleman who scarcely needs
any introduction, a gentleman who, at least by the standards of the scurvy
gang known as the House Republican caucus, which he nominally leads, isn't
as hopeless in the matter of immigration reform and the American melting
pot as one might assume. Or *wasn't *entirely hopeless, up until Thu... more »
Dave and Scottish Independence
Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Back in the noughties, there was a Stoke-on-Trent councillor who faced a
very strong challenge from the BNP for his seat. The fascists threw the
kitchen sink at it, and Labour countered by ensuring they went
door-to-door. It was touch-and-go but in the end the BNP did not win and
the incumbent clung on. The thing is, despite staring down the barrel, with
the fash snapping at his heels our councillor* refused to go out and
canvass for support*. I bring this up because Dave's approach to the
Scottish referendum is almost exactly the same. Sure the No Campaign -
Better Together - have... more »
Online Education Giant, Coursera, Blocks Access from Sanctioned Countries
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day ago
A
screenshot of an error message that appears when attempting to access
the Coursera website from Iran, Syria, Cuba or Sudan.
(Nina Curley / Wamda)
“Since its inception, Coursera, the education company that offers
massive open online courses (MOOCs) to 6.3 million users in 190
different countries, has committed publicly — and repeatedly — to
delivering free education to all,” Forbes reporter
(Duke Befuddled (Or Just Money-Crazed?) Doesn't Report Spill for 24 Hours But They Own NC Now So It's OKAY!) Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill Pollutes River and Threatens Drinking Water
Cirze at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day ago
Not a real surprise in incredibly deregulated North Carolina. Thank you,
Republicans! And Dimocrats. (Not to mention those eco-empaths at Duke
Energy.) After all, why did you think it so important for the
Koch/Pope-funded 'thugs to take over both houses by hook or crook(s) last
election day? They will not be giving it back readily. (Take a look at the
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