Thursday, February 13, 2014

13 Feb - Blogs I'm Following II

English: Southeastern Louisiana's main entranc...English: Southeastern Louisiana's main entrance is connected to Interstate 55 via LA 3234 (University Avenue), a multilane thoroughfare. Background: Saint Tammany Hall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
FISHING CAMPS, AT GOOSE POINT, 08/1972 (North ...FISHING CAMPS, AT GOOSE POINT, 08/1972 (North shore of Lake Pontchartrain, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Round Trip Trolley Ticket on the St. Tammany a...Round Trip Trolley Ticket on the St. Tammany and New Orleans Railways and Ferry Co., punched to be good on line between Mandeville and Covington, Louisiana, for date of December 30, 1915. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
10:31pm MST

Race For Bill Young's Florida Seat Goes Into The Final Month-- Democrat Alex Sink Is Winning

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 31 minutes ago
Because the *Cook Report* is slightly skewered towards conservatives, their PVIs are generally a full point or two more Republican. Or, pout another way, the PVI are as much as 12-18 months behind demographic changes in districts. Always a rearview mirror operation rather than a forward-looking predictor, *Cook* rarely gets anything right-- until the day *after* an election. FL-13, entirely within Pinellas County, was gerrymandered in 2010 to make it safer for Republicans by taking out the African-American areas of south St Petersburg and dumping them into FL-14 (D+13). According ... more »

What's your criteria for purchases?

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 32 minutes ago
[image: What's your criteria for purchases?]*Today's shopper has many options*When we've decided that we need to buy something, there are many considerations. We think about the ingredients and whether they are safe, the packaging, and how far a product has traveled. Perhaps we think about the laborers who helped in the production phase and look for fair-trade items. We might search for words like organic and non-GMO. [image: What's your criteria for purchases?]*How do you choose?*This month's survey takes a look at the very first thing we consider when making a purchase. Is ... more »

Snow day

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 38 minutes ago
Winner of the unofficial photography contest.

Reflections on My Common Core Debate for the West St. Tammany Chamber

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
Below is a post that I wrote for Brietbart regarding my February 4th debate on Common Core. The debate occurred in the Louisiana parish in which I both live and teach, St. Tammany. (The somewhat-edited version posted in Breitbart can be found here.) St. Tammany has had a solid reputation among southern Louisiana teachers for as long as I have […]

On second thought, maybe the recent rash of deceased banksters weren't suicides but rather were knocked off by their criminal bosses to avoid their revealing financial crimes that their bosses had ordered them to commit.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 2 hours ago
------------------------------ ------------------------------ *A Rash of Deaths and a Missing Reporter – With Ties to Wall Street Investigations* ------------------------------ *By Pam Martens: February 3, 2014* *Senator Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee* *on Investigations Is Probing Global Banks'* *Involvement in the U.S. Commodities Markets*In a span of four days last week, two current executives and one recently retired top ranking executive of major financial firms were found dead. Both media and police have been quick to label the deaths as likely suicides. Missing fro... more »

A Call For Projects & Solutions

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 2 hours ago
*February 13, 2014* (LocalOrg/Tony Cartalucci) - After much neglect, it is time to start putting effort back into LocalOrg - responses to the work featured here throughout the past have been both positive and enthusiastic. People are beginning to realize what the problems are but are now wondering what to do about them. People are hungry for real solutions - not politics, not elections, not even mere protests. *Image: Building local institutions to solve local problems, of the people, by the people, for the people. * *.... * Starting with *organic rice farming initiatives in Thaila... more »

Leonard Peltier: Saving endangered species

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
In his recent letter from prison, Peltier speaks of unity, the circle of life, and encourages efforts to save endangered species By Leonard Peltier Censored News Letter Feb. 6, 2014 Greetings my Friends, Relatives and Supporters: I know I always say it this way, “ Friends, Relatives and Supporters” and all that, but in reality you are ALL my relatives. I know when we sweat lodge we always

Derek Parfit Wins the 2014 Royal Swedish Academy of Science Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 3 hours ago
I'm happy to announce that this year's Rolf Schock prize in philosophy and logic has been awarded to University of Oxford All Souls College emeritus fellow Derek Parfit. The price, which also is awarded in mathematics and the musical and visual arts is of a sizeable sum of 600 000 Swedish krona ≈ € 68 000 ≈ $ 93 000 and is one of, if not *the*, largest research prizes in philosophy. Former laureates include W-V.O. Quine, John Rawls, Hilary Putnam, Thomas Nagel, Saul Kripke and some other monumental names of 20th and 21th century Western academic and, let's be fair, anglophone phi... more »

Are all right-wingers psycho scumbags? Let's visit with Rand Paul and "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*It's good to know that, despite losing the Virginia governorship, former AG "Cuckoo Ken" Cuccinelli hasn't forsworn the public arena.* *by Ken* Every time you think you've heard it all . . . . I don't know how many readers remember Bruce Fein as a pipsqueak who styled himself a "constitutional lawyer" and squeaked at the time what seemed the nuttiest right-wing nutjob you could have outside the walls of a mental institution. Well, surprise! In this morality play he has evolved into the Voice of Reason, or perhaps more likely the world has devolved into the House of Crazy. One ob... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Or, as Edward R. Murrow said when referring to television, "that vast wasteland..."

Satire: “A Letter from Comcast and Time Warner Cable”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“A Letter from Comcast and Time Warner Cable”* by Andy Borowitz "Dear subscribers, Today, it was announced that Comcast is joining forces with Time Warner Cable in a friendly acquisition worth $45 billion. As we could have expected, many people are wondering what this transaction will mean to the service that you, our subscribers, will enjoy. We know that all of your comments, however mean-spirited some of them may have been, have come from a good place: genuine concern about what this merger will mean for your future cable service. At Comcast/Time Warner, we care deeply about th... more »

Western Shoshone Sacred Land Walk May 5 -- 11, 2014

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
Corbin Harney, in memory. Newene Sogobi Mava'a Mia                          Walk on the Sacred Land May 5 --11, 2014 Western Shoshone Nation Running and Walking Within the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley Land Boundary "It is a prayer and blessing for our Shoshone land" -- Johnnie L. Bobb After an Initial orientation day on May 4, 2014, the Western Shoshone Walk and Run will begin at dawn on May 5

“Killer cops aren’t welcome here”: Cop Who Killed Kelly Thomas Driven Out of Restaurant

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 4 hours ago
Thursday, February 13, 2014 Lily Dane *Activist Post* Remember Manuel Ramos, the scumbag murderer ex-cop who said, “You see my fists? They’re getting ready to f*ck you up” to Kelly Thomas before beating him into a coma? Remember that, despite video evidence of the beating that ultimately led to Thomas’s death, an Orange County jury inexplicably acquitted Ramos and let him walk free? That jury may have been easy on Ramos, but it appears that citizens won’t be so kind. Last weekend Ramos visited a Denny’s restaurant in California, about a mile from where the brutal beating of Kelly... more »

The Economy: “$205 Trillion in Unfunded Liabilities”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
*“$205 Trillion in Unfunded Liabilities”* by Gary North “The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is acting in a bipartisan way to cover up the biggest single threat to the bipartisan political alliance that is stripping America of its wealth: the United States Congress. There is no question that the following policy is bipartisan. Democrats and Republicans in Congress are completely agreed that the following information should not get out to the American people, namely, that the present value of the United States government’s off-budget liabilities is over $200 trillion. *The ... more »

Part 3: Classroom Video Camera Project Spending Millions to Extend Teacher and Student Surveillance

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
Part 3: Classroom Video Camera Project Spending Millions to Extend Teacher and Student Surveillance Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn As educators and parents,we must be diligent in protecting the democratic institutions that insure protections for children and human rights for all people. Currently, unelected billionaire power brokersare eroding the individual right to privacy, the public’s right to steer public education policy, and the human right to dignity over profitability. The current use of cameras in Washington County, Tennessee is a perfect example of the accelerated erosion ... more »

Chemtrails exposed – a whistleblower speaks out

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 4 hours ago
*NaturalHealth365* *Sun. Feb. 9, 2014 by Jonathan Landsman * [image: Chemtrails Poison People](NaturalHealth365) Beyond a poor diet and lack of exercise – there is a far greater threat to human health, which is unavoidable at this point. ‘SAG’, or stratospheric aerosol geoengineering – better known as chemtrails – is the systemic poisoning of our skies with toxic chemicals. These scientists want us to believe it’s for our ‘own good’ – but I’m not buying it. As a society, *we must protect our children* (and future generations) from this worldwide crime against humanity. There are s... more »

Rand Paul Sues the Bastards

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 5 hours ago
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul just manned up big time and stepped to the plate, filing a class action lawsuit against President Barack Obama for his lack of control over an NSA gone rogue. It is about damned time that a national political figure showed a set of stones and demanded accountability from a flagrantly out of control administration and the ongoing assault against the Constitution that it is conducting. The rank cowardice from the political class has been evident since the revelations of former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and has been not o... more »

Queensland Politicians Circle the Wagons

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
PHOTO Mr Newman says the changes provide more certainty for public sector workers. AAP: DAN PELED - FILE PHOTO Circle the wagons time! -AK *Queensland Parliament passes law to protect public servants from private legal action* BY ERIC TLOZEK UPDATED THU 13 FEB 2014, 8:39 AM AEDT Campbell Newman http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-13/law-passed-to-protect-public-servants-from-legal-action/5256674 PHOTO Mr Newman says the changes provide more certainty for public sector workers. AAP: DAN PELED - FILE PHOTO The Queensland Government has passed a law protecting individual public serva... more »

Christy Clark Listened to Bob Plecas`s Advice, "Force Teachers To strike and Legislate Them Back To Work" to Increase Polling Numbers

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 7 hours ago
Almost everyone is in agreement that the BC Liberals under Christy Clark`s directive wanted to provoke a strike with teachers for political gain, Judge Griffith said as much, court transcript proves this was true...The few exceptions in the public`s majority opinion on this matter, come from Keith Baldrey(The Balderdasher) and Michael Smyth(British Columbia`s laziest, inept and most unqualified political writer) also know as Michael looking for a government patronage appointment Smyth.. First off, we all know that Christy Clark isn`t very smart, low IQ, barely speaks coherent Engl... more »

ZEROHEDDGE.COM: Europe Considers Wholesale Savings Confiscation, Enforced Redistribution

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-12/europe-considers-wholesale-savings-confiscation-enforced-redistribution Europe Considers Wholesale Savings Confiscation, Enforced Redistribution [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/12/2014 21:28 -0500 - European Central Bank - Eurozone - fixed - Meltdown - Punk'd - Reuters At first we thought Reuters had been punk'd in its article titled "EU executive sees personal savings used to plug long-term financing gap" which disclosed the latest leaked proposal by the European Commission, ... more »

Obama's Big Misstep With Michael Boggs

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Can NARAL save America from Michael Boggs? Shenna Bellows is a brilliant, independent-minded and dedicated progressive running for the Maine Senate seat current occupied by Susan Collins ®. This morning we were talking about President Obama's shocking nomination of a right-wing ideologue from Georgia to the federal bench, Michael Boggs. I can't imagine Bellows ever voting to confirm someone like Boggs, regardless of what president-- and from which party-- nominates him. "Effective coalition building," she told me, "should never mean compromising our most important values. Too often, ... more »

Stuart Hall (1932-2014)

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 7 hours ago
'The Godfather of Multiculturalism' and leading voice of the New Left, Stuart Hall, passed away this week. Our condolences. I note that both ITV News and Sky News didn't report his passing. Tut tut. BBC News did though; and paid him handsome tribute. BBC Two's *Newsnight *spoke to an admirer. An entire edition of BBC Radio 4's *Thinking Allowed *was given over to his memory. Radio 3 rebroadcast an extended interview with him too. And, most strikingly, the BBC News website set up a special page in honour of him. So not even the most rabid left-wing Twitterista could possibly acc... more »

British humour

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 8 hours ago
*Not much time to post anything serious today so, having survived last night's storm here in North West England, here are a few jokes about the present onslaught of weather you won't be hearing on BBC Radio 4: * I was flashed by a speed camera going through Staines today. No idea why, I was only doing 30 knots. Ever since Live Aid in 1985, Britain has gifted millions of pounds worth of aid to Ethiopia. So a few bags of your sand would be nice. Winds of 108mph, structural damage, flying debris, massive depression, icy blasts, communication difficulties, untold misery and suffering...... more »

IRA victims use Twitter to hijack Sinn Fein conference - Latest - Belfast Newsletter

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Sheer genius, but do Sinn Fein members have conscience over what IRA did? ' Sinn Fein members attending their annual party conference in Wexford at the weekend were reminded of the unresolved issues facing them as hundreds of posts about IRA atrocities were made online by victims and their relatives. A number of victims took to social networking site Twitter to state the names of their loved ones and the dates of various IRA murders and bombings, using a hashtag that had been created by the party specifically for the conference.' More here http://m.newsletter.co.uk/news/politic... more »

ANYTHING GOES: In our most august forum!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014* *Part 3—Bette (Grenier) in Spokane:* In last Friday’s column, he did it again! Paul Krugman listed a bunch of the factual cons which have been pimped to the nation. There will always be misinformation, of course. But at one point, Krugman named a big name: KRUGMAN (2/7/14): The budget office has now increased its estimate of the size of these effects. It believes that health reform will reduce the number of hours worked in the economy by between 1.5 percent and 2 percent, which it unhelpfully noted “represents a decline in the number of full-time-equi... more »

Obama Lame Duck Watch: Pelosi Puts Another Nail in Toxic Trade Deal Coffin, Says She Opposes Giving Administration “Fast Track” Authority ....... With House Dem leader Pelosi and Senate Dem leader Reid both dead set against FAST TRACK , TPP is flatlining fast..... And of course Environmentalists and the Big Unions also are dead set against TPP !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
Obama Lame Duck Watch: Pelosi Puts Another Nail in Toxic Trade Deal Coffin, Says She Opposes Giving Administration “Fast Track” AuthorityPosted on February 13, 2014 by Yves Smith Obama now has another hurdle to overcome if he is to get his toxic trade deals, the TransPacific Partnership and the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, passed in time for him to take credit for handing the keys to America over to multinational corporations and turning out the lights. As we’ve discussed in recent posts, these deals have perilously little to do with trade since trade is substan... more »

Massive Snowstorm Blankets New York, Boston and Charlotte

LeDaro at LeDaro - 9 hours ago
This picture says it quite well. We are expecting similar conditions in Maritimes starting this evening. Plus there is a forecast of freezing rain. This storm is moving from south to north-east.

Love Quest : Day 6 - Perfect

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
You’re not supposed to be anyone else. You’re supposed to be you. You may have spent your time thus far thinking you were supposed to respond to and create life like your mother, father, sister, brother or favorite somebody. If so, it’s been an exercise in futility and frustration. Try hard as you might, you can’t be anyone but you. And that’s okay. As a child I belonged to a 4-H club. We competed at the county level. Once, in a baking contest, my friend made the most beautiful cake. As we watched it rising in the oven, she realized she’d forgotten to add the eggs. She ... more »

Scandal clowning reaches new heights!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014* *Maddow trumps pitiful Matthews:* To appreciate the depth of last evening’s scandal clowning, you have to consider the opening segment from Hardball the night before. Remember the key rule of scandal entertainment: Each night, the TV stars must convey the impression that they’ve just uncovered an exciting new scandal. On most nights, that won’t be true. On those nights, the stars will pretend. There has to be a new scandal each night! On Tuesday night, frothing and foaming, Chris Matthews started his program as shown below. As you can see, this ope... more »

US Taxpayer "Bailed Out" BNP Paribas Probed By DoJ & Fed On Sudan, Iran, Libya Deals ....... Wonder if Presidents Obama and Hollande discussed BNP Paribas while enjoying their splendid feast ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-13/us-taxpayer-bailed-out-bnp-paribas-probed-doj-fed-sudan-iran-libya-deals US Taxpayer "Bailed Out" BNP Paribas Probed By DoJ & Fed On Sudan, Iran, Libya Deals [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/13/2014 13:32 -0500 - Department of Justice - Federal Reserve - Iran - TARP inShare *TARP Recipient BNP Paribas got $4.9bn of bailouts from the U.S. Taxpayer* - Today, as the WSJ reports we learn *BNP Paribas has been funding transactions in Iran, Syria and other countries subject to U.S. Sanctions s... more »

Anbar Before And After The Awakening Pt. XI General Tariq Dulaimi Fmr Anbar Police Chief

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
General Tariq Youssef Dulaimi was Anbar’s former provincial police chief. He originally served as a border guard under Saddam Hussein from the 1980s to the 1990s. In 1992 he was court martialed and sentenced to death, which led him to flee the province. He did not return until 2003 when he re-joined the border police, and went on to the regular police where he eventually took charge of the entire governorate. Dulaimi became an opponent of the insurgency, and worked closely with the Anbar Awakening, while holding a feud with the Iraqi Islamic Party that ran the province. The gener... more »

Bosnian Spring? "Let's call it a Putsch" !

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
*With thanks to freethinker!* *lengthy but a worthy read * *A Bosnian Spring- Let’s call it a putsch.* Feb 09/2014 I have added additional links to the post Mr. Karganovic, in Tuzla, Mostar, Zenica and Sarajevo, government buildings have been set on fire by protesters and there have been demonstrations across much of the rest of the country. Hundreds have been injured, including policemen. BBC News talks already about „Balkan Spring“... Karganovic: (laughs) This is not surprising at all. I predicted this a long time ago and I discussed this already with officials of the Republika Sr... more »

King Corn: Common Core Syrup

educationalchemy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
I read an article by Alice Crites about the influence of big business (corn and sugar) on the food policies and productions. I was astounded at how, within the first minute of reading about how BIG BUSINESS manipulates legislation and public perception in food production, I was able to see how that system of corruption […]

GOP Says Obama Has To OK Environmentally Unsound Keystone XL Pipeline Because It Will Create Jobs-- But It Won't

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Do you find it odd that there are some labor unions who contribute to Republicans? By far the building trades unions are the biggest culprits, especially when it comes to Mafia-backed candidates like Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm. And, as Slate reported yesterday, the building trades have dragged the AFL-CIO into backing the GOP position on Keystone XL. This has some people surprised on the grounds that the project is set to create very few permanent jobs. The issue here, however, is all about the building trades unions. The building trades have been backing Keystone for a long ti... more »

Libya updates February 13 , 2014 -- In reply to a question from the media about the statement by the GNC official spokesperson that the GNC had come to an agreement in principle on replacing the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that he did not accept that Hamaidan was speaking for Congress , Defence Minister threatens action after calls for military rule in Libya ........ Security issues of the day - Sharara oil pipeline again blockaded in Jebel Nafusa , Power cut warning of Tripoli after gas pipeline blockaded , Intelligence services take time to rebuild – Zeidan

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
Political intrigue..... http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/02/13/omar-hamaidan-did-not-speak-for-the-gnc-zeidan/#axzz2tE0NDUo1 Omar Hamaidan did not speak for the GNC – Zeidan *By Sami Zaptia.* [image: Ali Zeidan press conference yesterday held at the Islamic Call Society (Photo: Libyan Government Facebook page).] Ali Zeidan at his press conference yesterday held at the Islamic Call Society (Photo: Libyan Government Facebook page). *Tripoli, 13 February 2014:* In reply to a question from the media about the statement by the GNC official spokesperson that the GNC had come to an agreeme... more »

New Jersey political round up February 12 , 2014 - Focus on Bridge Gate , Hurricane Sandy Legislative Hearing , Chris Christie's political fortunes .......

Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
New bridgegate subpoena focuses on former Port Authority official's November testimony [image: BARONI.JPG] Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni testifies before the Assembly Transportation Committee *(Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)* Print [image: Darryl Isherwood/NJ.com]By Darryl Isherwood/NJ.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on February 12, 2014 at 12:10 AM, updated February 12, 2014 at 8:09 AM 0 A newly issued subpoena in the ongoing George Washington Bridge investigation seeks information related to a former Port Authority official'... more »

Nothing simple about building volunteerism in Honduras

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 11 hours ago
After many years as both a volunteer and an employer working with volunteers, I am well familiar with the highs and lows of the volunteer experience from both sides of the fence. So I'm watching with much interest as the organization that placed me here in Honduras, Cuso International, reshapes itself in the country as the lead hand in the development and management of a national volunteer program. It's a wonderful vision. Honduras has a considerable amount of informal volunteering going on - through the church, neighbour-to-neighbour, a handful of service clubs - but coul... more »

sugar man

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 12 hours ago
searching for sugar man

WHAT'S WITH THAT WEATHER?

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 12 hours ago
- The snow is coming again now, up to 18 inches in some parts of the state, the media plays it up big. Everyone is beginning to fear climate change but we are still not allowed to talk about the subject in any meaningful way - particularly the military aspects of weather modification. - In 1999 I was part of a small group that went to Puerto Rico to support the people's occupation of the island of Vieques that was then a bombing range for the US Navy. It's was thrilling and humbling to visit the occupied island as Puerto Ricans waged an ultimately long... more »

Humanity Olympics Prospective

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 12 hours ago
No picture cause its a hard read. A tragic failure to lead. Opportunity costs in the trillions. This is the legacy of big C conservative government in general, and doubly true of Canada's current crop of idiot ideologues. Economics is an art masquerading as a science. Even the simple proven acts of Economic cause and effect have been repeatedly sacrificed by this current band. For which a perfect metaphor exits, Stephen Harper singing a Beatles song. Out of tune, out of touch, as soulless as a master of the water board recording his surfing exploits on GoPro. This governments Econ... more »

Mohawk Nation News 'Voice of Russia Radio Interview'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago
VOICE OF RUSSIA RADIO INTERVIEW Posted on February 13, 2014 MNN. FEB. 13, 2014. ATTACHED IS THE RECENT INTERVIEW OF THE MNN PUBLISHER WITH JOHN ROBLES OF THE ‘VOICE OF RUSSIA’ RADIO, PART 1.   Feb. 12, 2014. “Voice of Russia Radio” interview: Kahentinetha. We are still waiting for the carrier of the white stone. Hopi Prophecy. As the Beatles sang: “The Ukraine girls really knock me

How can China's " quiet " ongoing credit crisis be over if the PBOC had to bailout a 'small' wealth management product due to fears of contagion, which merely amplifies the future problems, and investors are pricing coal companies (which back a vast amount of shadow bank facilities) for major problems ahead... and the PBC had to pump CNY 375 billion in last week just to prop up the banks through the new year ? ? ? What if the chinese government's efforts to engineer a deleveraging lead to a hard landing in China ??

Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
And one day later we see proof of the theorem that the " quiet " ongoing crisis in't over.......... It Begins... Another High-Yield Chinese Shadow Banking Trust Defaults [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/12/2014 21:58 -0500 - Bond - China - CRAP - default - George Soros - Gross Domestic Product - Hong Kong - Jim Chanos - Michael Pettis - Reuters - Shadow Banking - Yuan inShare1 While the eyes of the world were focused on thenow infamous "Credit Equals Gold #1" Chinese wealth management p... more »

Universe is maths, but only some maths is relevant or true

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours ago
Max Tegmark of MIT has released his book, *Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality*, a month ago and it just appeared in the Kindle edition, too. I won't write a full-fledged review, especially because the book looks way too similar to Brian Greene's *The Hidden Reality*. Greene's latest major book talks about "parallel universes of all types" we find in physics and the most speculative ones, simulated universes and the universe of the mathematical totality as promoted by Tegmark, were described in the last chapters of Greene's book. *Off-topic: Dom... more »

peace guard

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 12 hours ago

Gold news February 11 , 2014 -- Bundesbank Changes Gold Repatriation Schedule - while Buba tries to hide what's happened to Germany's gold , the is leaking out ... and Germans want to know the deal ! ! A 500-tonne gap in China's gold consumption data is fuelling talk that the central bank took advantage of weak prices last year to bulk up its holdings of the precious metal ...... Trends Of The Latest Bank Participation Report - by Turd Ferguson ! Harvey Organ's daily missive - data , news and views !

Catharsis Ours - 12 hours ago
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/bundesbank-changes-gold-repatriation-schedule Bundesbank Changes Gold Repatriation Schedule One of the initiators of the German public campaign “Repatriate our Gold” is Peter Boehringer of “German Precious Metal Society” (est 2006). After lengthy efforts together with partner the “European Taxpayers Association”, the team finally, in January 2013, brought about Bundesbank´s decision to repatriate 300 tons of gold from the US and 374 tons from France by end-2020. Because asking your gold back from the US being quite sensitive, the repatriation would be s... more »

Is This The Life Way We have Chosen?

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago

Emergency lockout early today in snowstorm non-whiteout conditions!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014* *Posts will be somewhat delayed:* After 31 years of unblemished service, even the best of house keys will finally snap right in half. That’s the emergency lesson we learned today during emergency snowstorm non-whiteout conditions. Survival skills were put to use. Access was recently gained. On the brighter side, last night’s cable was extra pathetic. Today’s posts will be somewhat delayed.

Update: Brief history of earth

LeDaro at LeDaro - 13 hours ago
In a video format. Now if you miss a frame you can pause and read it.

Bitcoin updates February 11 , 2014 - Following the February 7 , 2014 Mt Gox suspension of all withdrawal requests and subsequent February 10 , 2014 indefinite halt on bitcoin withdrawals due to their perception of a technical issue ( transaction malleability ) impacting not just Mt Gox but any other crypto - currency or Exchange , today has seen Bitstamp also halt bitcoin withdrawals ! Will BTC - e also halt withdrawals and what about other Exchanges ? JP Morgan issues a " timely " slam of bitcoin as inferior to fiat currencies ! Mere coincidence or enemy action ? You decide ......

Catharsis Ours - 13 hours ago
Bitcoin Foundation Confirms Work on Transaction Malleability-Related Bug Fixes Eric Calouro | February 11, 2014 | 0 Comments [image: Bitcoin Foundation Logo] Gavin Adresen has provided the bitcoin community with an update related to theongoing distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) that takes advantage of the transaction malleability issue we’ve been reported so much on these past two days. “Somebody (or several somebodies) is taking advantage of the transaction malleability issue and relaying mutated versions of transactions,” wrote Andresen on a blog post. “This is exposing b... more »

Yet another major weather/storm event with severe winds and heavy rain/snow next week

rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 13 hours ago
*Yet another major weather/storm event with severe winds and heavy rain/snow next week* As we progress throughout the remainder of this week, it will be remaining rather unsettled with further periods of rain and strong winds developing across the country. Some of this rain will also turn to snow across parts of Scotland and northern England at times within this period. Friday evening and into Saturday will bring severe winds in excess of 70-80 mph in some coastal areas, and there will also be the increased risk for some additional flooding problems in already prone areas. Saturday ... more »

585,000 Without Power As "Catastrophic" Winter Storm Pax Pounds Northeast

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 14 hours ago
585,000 Without Power As "Catastrophic" Winter Storm Pax Pounds Northeast [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/13/2014 09:58 -0500 - New York City inShare Winter Storm 'Pax' has already crippled much of the South, snarling traffic and dumping more snow than most can remember on places that are unarguably ill-prepared to cope. But, as The Weather Channel warns, *up to 18 more inches of snow is forecast for the Northeast *as Pax pushes up the East Coast. With no thaw expected in the South until at least the weekend (and freezing winds causing havoc)... more »

Brief history of the world

LeDaro at LeDaro - 14 hours ago
Does this make sense? What folks think about it. Note: There are numerous frames. I have slowed down the animation so that there is enough time to read.

Another Former KIPP Teacher Steps Forward

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
Posted at Edushyster: *A former KIPP teacher in New Orleans finds her voice* I was never much of a champion [reference to *Teach Like a Champion*, Doug Lemov's exhausting checklist that serves as a bible for TFA and KIPP], to be honest. KIPP defines a successful teacher as someone who keeps children quiet, teaches children how to answer each question on a test composed of arbitrary questions, and then produces high scores on this test. Mind you, I was teaching Pre-K and then kindergarten at a KIPP school in New Orleans—and these were still the metrics by which I was being evaluated. ... more »

EU bans "butter spread" in Czechia

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
Maoist comrade Barroso is celebrating another victory in his Blitzkrieg against freedom in Europe. In 1977, a creamery in Liberec, North Bohemia began to produce the traditional butter spread known as "pomazánkové máslo" which became an instant hit with the Czechoslovak consumers (although the legend wouldn't ever spread abroad). Other dairies joined and began to produce it. The popular product survived the fall of communism, of course. Let me mention that in the Czech language, "pomazánkové" is an adjective derived from the noun "pomazánka", a "spread"; "pomazánka" itself is der... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Louisiana bays and bayous vanish from nautical maps ~Rick Jervis, USA Today* *A sad day for the city of New Orleans as four beloved veteran Saints players are released ~Library Chronicles* [image: http://restorelouisiananow.org/] * *The national broadcast of The Whole Gritty City will air on CBS Saturday, 2/15 at 8PM CST ~Defend New Orleans* *Carrier celebrates 25 years on zydeco road ~Herman, Fuselier, Daily Advertiser*

Has The GOP Cornered The Market On Political Closet Cases? Meet Illinois Gubernatorial Aspirant Dan Rutherford

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
"Josh Lanning has the worst job" A year or so ago, I found myself at the fabulous Beverly Hills restaurant of one of the world's most celebrated chefs, José Andrés, The Bazaar. But my dining companion was even more famous-- perhaps infamous-- than Andrés who has won James Beard awards and who beat Bobby Flay on *Top Chef*. My dining companion's name and face had been splashed all over the media a few years before for inappropriate behavior with underage boys-- while he was a congressman. So why was I having dinner with a Republican ex-Congressman at The Bazaar? He wanted to feel me o... more »

Will He Go With A Bang Or A Whimper?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Yesterday, Jim Flaherty signalled that he is packing his bags. In announcing his opposition to income splitting, he placed himself in direct opposition to his boss and the men, like Jason Kenny, who hope to replace the prime minister -- if and when he retires. Flaherty also became a target for social conservatives -- mainly evangelical Christians -- whose vote Harper bought with his promise to split incomes. Andrew Jackson writes: Evangelical Christian institutions in particular had close ties to the Reform Party and have maintained and even increased their influence on policy und... more »

Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism ....April 2013 Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for Country's Power Grid . Just me by anyone wonder why this attack was blared across the major media including TV and newspapers ? This was a precision terror attack and it doesn't look like " Al Qaeda " had anything to do with this one ! Maybe because DHS is still busy portraying gun owners as nut cases and bio weapon threats ! LIGHTS OUT FOR NSA? MARYLAND LAWMAKERS PUSH TO CUT WATER, ELECTRICITY TO SPY AGENCY HEADQUARTERS - other event watch for Maryland ..... Some items in the news that make you wonder where we actually live

Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for TerrorismApril Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for Country's Power Grid By REBECCA SMITH CONNECT Feb. 4, 2014 10:30 p.m. ET SAN JOSE, Calif.—The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year, when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway and cut telephone cables. Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on a nearby electrical substation. Shooting for 19 minutes, they surgically knocked out 17 giant transformers that funnel power to Silicon Valley. A minu... more »

You probably missed this. A game changer.

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 16 hours ago
It's a long video. You can't afford to miss it. The world has changed when we weren't looking. If that's too long to watch, and too full of marketing hype, here's how it works.

Untitled

jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 16 hours ago
*The great statins divide: As go-ahead's given for one in four adults to be offered heart drug, one doctor says this mass pill-popping is folly...* Dr Malhotra The man in my consulting room was in his mid-50s and had arrived complaining of severe chest pain. ‘I’ve had it for a while now, doctor,’ he said, grimacing, ‘it won’t go away.’ I glanced at his notes — an angiogram had showed that his heart was fine, while an endoscopy had revealed there was nothing untoward going on in his oesophagus or stomach. Then I asked what drugs he was taking regularly. ‘Well, nothing really . . .... more »

The War on the First Amendment

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 17 hours ago
With our society now so saturation bombed by decades of rampant militarism to the point where everything has become a cliché that invokes combat – the WAR on terror, the WAR on poverty, the WAR on drugs, the WAR on women etc. we now should be aware of the Obama administration’s WAR on the First Amendment. The War on the First Amendment specifically applies to the portion that establishes the freedom of the press. While truth-telling has always been an enemy of a secretive state determined to use all of the tools in the shed to suppress those who would expose criminality and corrup... more »

Uprisingis to Defend the System?

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 19 hours ago
Once again; it's called a "Constitutional Insurgency."

A Holistic First Aid Kit by Dr. David Levi

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 20 hours ago
First Aid Holistic Essentials By Dr. David Levi, ND *The Healthy Home Economist, 11 February 2014* Band-aids, Neosporin, Tylenol, heating pad, etc. are the items you’ll find in a conventional *first aid kit*. Well, if you have children, you’re going need a lot more than that! This is where homeopathy comes into the picture. As a Naturopathic Doctor, I consider homeopathy to be the best home remedy modality for acute (as opposed to chronic) situations, particularly with children. Homeopathic remedies can be found at most healthfood stores, they are inexpensive, and those tiny s... more »

TENNESSEE AND WORLDWIDE PEDOPHILE NETWORK

Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago
What may link Senator Lamar Alexander, *AZOV FILMS*, Jerry Sandusky, Mitt Romney and the Bush family? Wayne Madsen and Silvija Germek have been investigating. * The Suicide Of Ryan Loskarn - A Likely Story** / **Loskarn Arrest Only A Tip Of A Pedophile Network That Includes Alexander, Other Tennessee Politicians* *Alexander and Loskarn.* Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander's 35-year-old Chief of Staff *J. Ryan Loskarn* was caught in the Azov Films (child porn and pedophile ring) bust in Toronto in December 2013. Azov Films Prosecutions. *Loskarn was found dead in January 2014.* ... more »

Thursday Linkage – China’s Environmental Impact Edition

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 22 hours ago
I came across this news story which underscored to me the challenges that the Chinese government has in confronting their air quality problem, what I previously likened to rapidly turning a supertanker. An official Chinese study described Beijing air as “barely suitable” for living, the second worst of 40 global cities. In response to last Continue reading

Mammograms don't detectably save lives

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
*I would recommend to scrap the policy of regular, semi-mandatory mammography screening* Overscreening, overdiagnosing, and overtreatment are three of the chronic diseases of the modern healthcare systems. The New York Times brought to our focus the results of an extensive, 25-year-long survey involving 90,000 Canadian women whose results just appeared in the *British Medical Journal*. The results seem to clearly show that the use of mammograms doesn't reduce the breast cancer death rate. It is not the first study with a similar outcome – see e.g. this mammogram study one year ago... more »

For Heart Day: More images from Longest Walk 4

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Just in time for Heart Day, friends share a few more photos from the the five-month Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz. Leslie Reed Soggs, Sakonnet Band of Wampanoag, shared photos from the arrival at Alcatraz in December, photos 1, 2 and 3.  Ralph Powell shared photos 4, 5 and 6 from Garden City, Kansas. Thank you both for sharing with Censored News, and thank you to the

Thorne Dreyer and Bob Simmons : Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn spark lively and thoughtful exchange on Rag Radio

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
Video and Podcast: Activist/scholars Ayers and Dohrn, former leaders of SDS and the Weather Underground, join Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio. Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn interviewed by Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio, Friday, January 17, 2014. Video produced … finish reading Thorne Dreyer and Bob Simmons : Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn spark lively and thoughtful exchange on Rag Radio

Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 2

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 23 hours ago
We look at the water-blind politics of Central Texas growth planning, and the developer-friendly role of regional transportation planning group CAMPO. Water use chart from stateimpact.npr. In the graphic above, one can see a dramatic shift to municipal use as … finish reading Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 2

Are the banksters about to receive their comeuppance? And if so, what will happen to the rest of us when the crooked banks crash?

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 23 hours ago
------------------------------ JP Morgan Executive Becomes 5th Banker to Die in Last 2 Weeks Some fear spate of deaths linked to imminent financial crisis *Paul Joseph Watson* Infowars.com February 12, 2014 Two weeks after the suicide of a JP Morgan banker who jumped to his death from the top of a building, another of the firm’s employees has died, with 37-year-old Ryan Henry Crane becoming the 5th banker fatality in just the last few weeks alone. Crane was an Executive Director in JPM’s Global Program Trading desk based in New York and had been with the firm for 14 years. Few d... more »

Guest Post - Is Green the New Red this Valentine’s Day?

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 23 hours ago
The history attached to the Day of Love isn’t all romantic, not in the traditional sense at least. This sweet day wouldn’t have happened without a Roman Priest, St. Valentine, who existed at the time of an unkind emperor, rightly called ‘Claudius, the Cruel’ who maltreated the church and its preaching. Claudius illegalized marriages on the argument that unmarried soldiers fought better than those who were married, but our hero, St. Valentine, was against it. He secretly encouraged them to get married because of the ruler’s edict. Valentine was ultimately caught and executed. But hi... more »

ADELAIDE CHILD MURDERS

Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago
*The Beaumont children.* *In 1966*, Jane, Anna and Grant *Beaumont* (above) vanished from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide. *In and around Adelaide*, in Australia, there is said to be a powerful pedophile ring linked to the deaths of up to 18 children and the deaths of two anti-child-abuse campaigners. The ring is said to include top politicians, judges, lawyers and police. The media calls those involved "The Family". Fears, rumours lurk in heart of Adelaide. Between 1966 and 2000, 18 children were murdered in and around Adelaide in Australia. There may be more than one pedophile rin... more »

Energy Econ :13: Universal Charges and Thin Power Reserves

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
A friend posted today in his fb wall, *DOE Ssec. Petilla reportedly told the supreme court that the implementation of the Epira law is a learning process. Fine, if that is how this govt wants it. However, we, the consumers, do not have to pay for your lessons.* I commented that the main problem is the lack of power generation, lack of power plants, and not on power distribution or transmission. If you have only 200+ MW of excess reserves, and one 300 MW power plant will suddenly conk out (especially if it is 20+ years old), brown out is the logical thing to happen. Someone sugges... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 23 hours ago
*Time to reform the Endangered Species Act* By Marita Noon If you find oil or natural gas on your property, the value goes up. If you find an endangered species, your land becomes virtually worthless because the critter prevents productive use. Most people would be excited to have a Jed-Clampet moment when, while hunting for dinner, the shot resulted in bubbling crude coming up from the ground. Like the Clampet family, your life would change dramatically. Your land would suddenly be worth more than you’d ever dreamed! If, while hunting for dinner, you instead find an endangered sp... more »

Politicians Lying To Voters? Meet Tony Strickland

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Strickland (R) and Khanna (D)-- 2 crooked politicians Last week 2 of the biggest names among Los Angeles Democratic Party donors told me why they have such antipathy towards Wendy Greuel-- and it has nothing to do with her platform, her policies or even with the fact that she's one of those "ex"-Republicans who now populates the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. Nope, each had contributed substantially to her political career-- one massively. The reason neither will give her a dime again was remarkably similar. Both found her ungracious and frighteningly self-absorbed. She's o... more »

Thailand: Desperate Western Media Unravels into Juvenile Gossip Mill

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
*February 13, 2014* (ATN) - Having spectacularly failed to defend the incompetent and now terminally ill regime of Thaksin Shinawatra and his nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck Shinawatra, the Western media has resorted to slander, gossip, and deferrals to discredited propagandists passed off as "experts." The British "Independent" newspaper, in their article, "Thai princess uses social media to ‘declare war’: Photos posted by Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol widely interpreted as a sign of her support for anti-government protesters," attempts to monkey the tweets of discredited hate-speec... more »

Looking ahead

risa bear at A Way to Live - 1 day ago
Garden blog? What garden blog? First it snowed again, but at least did not go below zero (F) again, then there was an ice storm, then branches and trees crashing down, then temperature up to 55F but raining hard. I stay in a lot. I eat soup a lot. Our big oak threw down four branches that look to be in the thousand pound range, but none of them hit the house. For us that's a boon (we can put the fences back up with ease after firewooding) but across the street the neighbors will be rebuilding their shop from scratch. A friend lost her garage when two mature cottonwoods smashed rig... more »

The Face of Education Reform

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Every time I read a story about some education reformer saying something dumb, like “status quo” or “student achievement,” I shake my head and sort of giggle to myself. Then, I read another story about a child who is really hurting under the system those reformers are pushing so fiercely into our public schools. The […]

New York State's Meaningless Concessions Throw Out the Only Tests Worth Keeping

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
In New York, the teacher evaluation formula is based on 20 percent state mandated tests, 60 percent observation, and 20 percent local assessments. While canceling nary a state test or any of the planned implementation of the Corporate Core, the New York Board of Regents and their new panel of CorpEd advocates have have come up with a plan to shove local systems into dumping their own local assessments in favor of, what? Will state tests now count 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation instead of 20 if local assessments are jettisoned? From the Press Release February 10: Increasing ... more »

FREE Download: Fukushima: “Plume Gate: Something Wicked This Way Comes”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*Fukushima: “Plume Gate: Something Wicked This Way Comes”* by Hatrick Penry Read, download here: - http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/ ◆ Hat tip to Ana for this material.

Are there qualifications for the people we send to foreign countries as our ambassadors?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*With her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearings to serve as ambassador to the Bahamas coming up Monday, former White House lawyer Cassandra Butts better be prepared to have a genius like Young Johnny McCranky or Marco Rubio ask her "the ever-been question."* by Ken It's not exactly news that many if not most of our ambassadors to foreign countries don't count high among their credentials any great familiarity with the countries they're tapped to represent us in. It's a pretty good guideline that if the country is anyplace a sensible person is likely to want to g... more »

The Gift of a Clean House with Glover Maintenance

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago
I would be lying if I said this pregnancy has been easy. I have been hit with some really not fun complications this time around and sometimes it feels like I am muddling through. Between work with Housewife Eclectic, being a mom, being pregnant and working as a photographer, something had to give. Sadly, that something was the more difficult housework. I am usually the clean my floors on my hands and knees kind of person, but it was getting to the point where cleaning my floor or kitchen up to the standards I wanted, wasn't even possible. It was really frustrating to me to feel so ... more »

In discussing the Winter Olympics, I brought in a piece of it. #evaluatethat

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
For a portion of what was to be my 120 minute literacy block today, as mandated by my District, I brought in my ice hockey gear and put it all on, in honor of the winter Olympic Games. Sorry if it had no objective other than to satisfy my students’ curiosity and perhaps expose them […]

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Martinez, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Musical Interlude: Afshin, “Prayer of Change”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Afshin, “Prayer of Change” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75SGQ65QhaU

Show Me the (Subsidy) Spreadsheets!

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 1 day ago
Good Jobs First's new report, *Show Us the Subsidized Jobs*, is its third assessment of state subsidy transparency, following up on reports published in 2007 and 2010. The good news is that transparency continues to spread: From 23 states in 2007 to 37 in 2010 to 47 plus the District of Columbia in 2014.* The bad news is that for most states, online transparency still has a long way to go. Why is transparency important? As the reports says, without it, it makes it impossible for the public to get at even the most basic return on investment, accountability or equity questions. Which c... more »

Revolution in Bosnia?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
It'd all kicking off. This from Euronews. Thousands of Bosnians have been demonstrating for a sixth day, calling for the resignation of the government. There have been mass protests in more than 30 cities and the heads of four regional cantons have already resigned. The protests started in the former industrial heartland town of Tuzla after four state-owned companies were privatised and sold off leaving workers unpaid and without jobs. In Tuzla on Monday, locals were clearing up after government buildings were destroyed in riots. In Sarajevo, demonstrators gathered outside the pre... more »

Lorde’s Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26 January 2014

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
Queen Bee Sting: Grammy audience told to read more *Reblogged from: http://snoopman.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/lordes-suppressed-grammy-award-acceptance-speech-full-transcript-26-january-2014/* *Lorde’s Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26 January 2014* Lorde: Thank you soo much everyone for making this song explode because this world is mental. (Laughter). Planet Earth is run by psychopaths that hide behind slick marketing, ‘freedom’ propaganda and ‘economic growth’ rhetoric,[1] while they construct a global system of corporatized totalitarianism. As Ameri... more »

2014 State Vaccine Legislation in America: Battle Lines Are Drawn & Your Participation is Needed!

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
Posted: 2/11/2014 *National Vaccine Information CenterYour Health. Your Family. Your Choice.* *By Dawn Richardson, NVIC Director of Advocacy* Vaccine related legislative activity in states across the country is at an all time high in 2014. The National Vaccine Information Center has been busy monitoring the bills filed in different states and analyzing them for their potential impact on vaccine freedom of choice. The NVIC Advocacy Portal (NVICAP) is already tracking 58 bills across 24 states. With many bill filing deadlines weeks away, and several upcoming opportunities for a... more »

“Where Did White People Come From?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Where Did White People Come From?”* by Gary Leupp “Last month the Guardian reported that a team of scientists studying early homo sapiens in Europe had extracted DNA from the tooth of a male hunter-gatherer who lived in what is now the Asturias region of northern Spain around 7000 years ago. They drew some surprising conclusions from the analysis. The man was dark-skinned but blue-eyed. His nearest DNA matches with contemporary ethnicities are with Swedes and Finns, among the palest of peoples. Scholars had earlier argued that blue eyes had appeared as the result of a genetic mu... more »

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago

Surveillance State Gomorrah

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE It is a stunning glimpse at state grandeur that would be worthy of Albert Speer. In a photo expose of the National Security State that deputed on First Look Media’s online magazine “The Intercept” Trevor Paglen captures in high definition the decadence of the lavish palaces of America’s secret government. My first reaction upon seeing these pics of the headquarters of the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency was that there are one hell of a lot of parking spaces which translates... more »

Open Letter To All Universities, Colleges, Schools and Education Centers Across Canada

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 day ago
In Light of Stephen Harper`s Government requiring acceptable identification to be able to cast a vote, vouching for friends not allowed, vouching for seniors in care homes not allowed, neighbors vouching for neighbors not allowed, voter registrations cards are no longer acceptable as proof of voting eligibility in Canada.. Students and younger voters are the largest group in raw numbers that use voter registration cards as identification to cast votes, and as you educators know, media pundits know, political parties and Election`s Canada knows voter participation is in decline, h... more »

Photos: In bitter cold, North Dakota protests fracking

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
By Huucii Idax-gish Nuxbicii Xaagish Censored News Feb, 12, 2014 GRAND FORKS, North Dakota -- North Dakotans protested fracking and the widespread destruction by the oil and gas industry at the Bakken Three Forks Shale Oil Conference being held Feb. 10--12.  Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara were among those protesting outside the expo. Their protest signs said, "You can't unfrack

“TV Propaganda and the Mind Control Culture”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“TV Propaganda and the Mind Control Culture”* by Inherent Autonomy “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power, because they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcolm X “Few subjects present an undisputable window into modern society than the electronic version of reality that is dispensed through television broadcasts. This technology does not require interactive skills or critical thinking acumen. Just watch and fall into a daydream trance. TV is the stealth killer that penet... more »

Obama acknowledges 'diplomacy' is failing in Syria

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
Diplomacy? Is that really what is ongoing in Syria? Obama-Nobel peace prize winner? Which tells us a whole heck of a lot about anything Nobel The Obama administration acknowledged Tuesday that diplomacy, the main pillar of its Syria policy, is failing even as civil war is destroying the country, leaving open the question of what the United States will or can do to stop the slaughter. Negotiations between the Syrian government and parts of the opposition are “far from achieving” a peaceful end to the conflict, President Obama said, and in Geneva, the United Nations envoy leading the... more »
Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments: