Thursday, February 20, 2014

20 Feb - Blogs I'm Following II

4:41pm MST

The Community In Morocco: Traveling Living DOing

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 10 minutes ago
Community Morocco: Update! Things are coming together very very quickly now and moving forward so fast it is becoming difficult to keep track of it all. Brian and Justin have written an excellent update that covers most of the updates of the Community in Morocco and how we are moving forward. As for my family's update, we picked up our passports yesterday! YAY!!! and it only took 2 attempts, 3 sets of couriered documents, a few hundred dollars, and just about 7 weeks ...... But that's behind us now, and NOW we move forward!!! We are packing to return to Morocco as soon as ... more »

REPOST: Where's my free will?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 33 minutes ago
I don’t know about you, but when I tune in to the infantile ‘debate’ about obesity – about who to blame when folk get fat and how ‘someone must do something” (for “someone” read “government,” and for “something” read coercion) – I find it disturbing that fatties and pollies alike find common cause in removing personal responsibility from their respective equations. If you're a fat bastard and you don't want to be, how about you stop blaming vending machines, your school, your parents, your genes and just try the 'don't-eat-so-frigging-much' diet. (Do you see many fat starving ... more »

Why are Welfare Cuts a Moral Crusade?

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 46 minutes ago
Can't find employment and dread the fortnightly grilling down the job centre? Can't afford the bedroom tax so have to rely on food banks to get you and yours through the week? At the end of your tether because you're waiting an age for the appeal against your Work Capability Assessment decision, which found you fit for work when your doctor and consultant both have prescribed nothing but rest? Well, chin up. These humiliations all come from a compassionate place. You see, Dave's on a mission. A moral mission. Taking time out from dithering over the floods to rebut the soon-to-be Ca... more »

"I'm a Ukrainian" smells like western style psy-op

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 49 minutes ago
*You can, if you so chose to, watch the video... here* *I am not posting it, because it is a propaganda video. It's purpose is to draw you in emotionally which will cause you to think irrationally and uncritically* Appealing on an emotional level, most often sadness or fear. Instead of facts, persuasive language is used to develop the foundation of an appeal to emotion-based argument. The face and somewhat pleading voice of an attractive woman is being used to elicit feelings of sympathy from gullibe dupes *The video hits every meme button being pushed by the NATO media* As I... more »

God Save the Queen: Brits in a Race with U.S. towards Full Blown Fascism

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 54 minutes ago
From the *‘if you think we have it bad here department’* more tales of jolly old England’s stiff-upper lipped charge into a full blown fascist state have surfaced in the last day. First being that human rights attorney Jesselyn Radack who assists in the representation of former government contractor turned NSA whistleblower was detained and harassed by goons at London’s Heathrow Airport. While the Queen’s subjects aren’t subjected to the same sort of ritual humiliation that American travelers are by the government sanctioned bullies, petty power freaks, pedophiles and thieves that ... more »

"I Desire" by John Hinkley Jr.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 hour ago
*John Hinckley Letter to Radio StationNov. 1982* Copy of letter written by John Hinckley to the "Morning Zoo" radio DJs at KZEW in Dallas, TX. Dated Nov. 1982, John mentions his love of new wave music, especially DEVO. He says "I co-wrote a song on their new album. The song is *My Desire* and I want you to play it 58 times each day." DEVO used portions of a letter that John Hinckley wrote to Jodie Foster as lyrics to the song "I Desire" from the "Oh, No! It's DEVO" album. Warner Bros was not happy when they found out they'd have to pay Hinckley for his lyrics. From RollingSto... more »

The GCR & RV : Exogen Update with my comments

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 hour ago
I was sent this in a skype room so I do not have a link to the original post- if you know where it was posted, please feel free to repost this back to that site and send the original link to edit into this article. I have remained silent on the "RV" stuff for a long time- mostly because there was so much bull crap and lies and ridiculousness going on that I basically said "To hell with this idiocy!!!" and I have backed away from most of my sources. Having said that, those that I have kept in touch with have been keeping me apprized of what's been going on in the "back rooms" so... more »

If Secession Is Good Enough For Scotland, Why Not Texas?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
We'll never know for sure how deeply involved Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) was in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured another 700. But we do know that the militia groups involved were in touch with his office about the bombing and that he has been highly sympathetic to their paranoid-- if not psychotic-- cause. And now he seems to be gaining traction on the far right fringes of the Texas Republican Party in his deranged primary run against John Cornyn. A former drug addict and derelict who dropped out of school for what he calls "partying syndrome," th... more »

Do the Uber-Uber Wealthy Have Any Idea How Foolish They Are Acting? (Men In Drag - No Better Vision of Manliness?) No One Will Get Credit for Being Right About Ridiculousness of Afghanistan Attacks? (Certainly Not A Smart Black Woman)

From my buddy, Coyote Prime at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly we learn how money has markedly changed reality in our brave new world: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 "One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society" "One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society" By Kevin Roose "Recently, our

“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“The Shocking Deals Behind Bankster Fines, * *The Real Reason No One Goes to Jail”* By Shah Gilani “Headline news about banks settling charges for violating rules, regulations, and laws- and announcements of the fines they agree to pay- appears every day. Rarely- if ever- do they reveal how much money is really being paid or where it's going. They also seldom explain what kinds of settlements are reached. Or how banks negotiate what they'll actually pay and to whom... or how they negotiate tax deductibility of fines... or how they get "credits" for fines they never pay... or how in... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

Greg Hunter, “Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
*“Karl Denninger: Retail Sales Drop was Enormous”* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "Financial writer and stock trader Karl Denninger says the most recent Obama Care delay is all about politics. Denninger thinks, “It’s just simply an attempt to push the issue past the 2014 election. I suspect that if you really get down to it, it’s just simply about 50 to 60 million people were going to get cancelled, and it was going to happen about the end of September. The idea that you were going to throw all these people in hospitals out in the street, I think it was a little bit too much for t... more »

America's Highest Paid Government Workers

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
http://www.prwatch.org/files/americas_highest_paid_government_workers.pdf

Another JP Morgan Banker Leaps to His Death

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
Li Junjie pictured before his suicide (SCMP). *Another JP Morgan Banker Leaps to His Death* *Hong Kong man becomes 7th banker to die under mysterious circumstances* Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com February 18, 2014 Yet another banker has committed suicide, with a JP Morgan forex trader leaping to his death from the top of the firm’s Chater House headquarters in Hong Kong. Image: Over the past few weeks at least seven bankers have died under mysterious circumstances, including another JP Morgan senior manager who jumped off the top of a skyscraper in London last month. Speculation ... more »

Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in short order

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 2 hours ago
*Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in short order* by ÉirePort Essential peak moment for Planetary Awakening Process is encountered in short order. Rapid expansion and portal blossoming comes with stationing of Galactic-aligneds over Planetary Surface and throughout Planetary Energy Grid system. Foundational belief systems of so-called "lower earth" dissolve into the Higher Cosmic Understanding. The Grand "severance plan" proceeds. ÉirePort | February 20, 2014 at 7:41 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-S

“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Folks, these are *police*, cops... They could fight, and win, a war with this stuff... *“When They Come For Your Guns, You Will Turn Them Over”* by Jim Karger “When they come for my gun, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands,” is a common refrain I often hear from the Neo-Cons when there is a threat, credible or otherwise, that the US government is going to take their firearms. And, when I hear this crazy talk, I agree with them openly. “You are right. They will pry your gun from your cold dead hands,” which I often follow with the question, “And where will that leave... more »

The Science Advocate's Dilemma

noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 3 hours ago
I am in Bonn, at a fascinating (if you are a science policy wonk) workshop titled, "Basic and Applied Research: Historical Semantics of a Key Distinction in 20th Century Science Policy" and organized by David Kaldewey, University of Bonn, and Désirée Schauz, Munich Centre for the History of Science and Technology. The workshop so far has been excellent. I'm speaking tomorrow and I will mention John Kay's column in the FT from earlier this week, in which he wrote about what has been called basic, fundamental or pure research: In 1969 Robert Wilson, director of the National Accelerat... more »

Ukraine if you want to. The BBC's not for Yanukovych

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
I was going to post something yesterday about Tuesday night's *Newsnight *and its coverage of the latest upsurge of political violence in *Ukraine *but ran out of time. Still, an extra day's wait gives me the chance to add Wednesday night's coverage to the mix. I'll begin with what I wrote yesterday... We've noted before here at *Is?* the BBC's tendency to side with protesters during these kinds of uprising - and, indeed, specifically during the past few weeks of the Ukrainian protests. So it wasn't particularly surprising to note that *all* the programme's 'talking heads' (from ... more »

“Is the Great Correction Over?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“Is the Great Correction Over?”* by Bill Bonner “First, the market news: The Dow lost 89 points yesterday. Gold fell by four bucks an ounce. And now the good news: The Great Correction is over! Hallelujah! People are going deeper into debt... and getting divorced again. No kidding. Bloomberg reports: "The number of Americans getting divorced rose for the third year in a row to about 2.4 million in 2012, after plunging in the 18-month recession ended June 2009, according to US Census Bureau data. "As the economy normalizes, so too do family dynamics," said Mark Zandi, chief econo... more »

Alan Waldman : All hail (Sid) Caesar!

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
Remembering the late, great Sid Caesar, who didn’t laugh at my jokes… By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 The wonderful Sid Caesar just died at age 92. What a tremendous talent! From 1951 through 1958 … finish reading Alan Waldman : All hail (Sid) Caesar!

There is NO Evidence Kirk Dillard quit ALEC.

2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
An update to my post yesterday Want to get this on the search engines. Dillard's letter is a sham - another piece of misleading information by a member of teh AMerican Legislative Exchange Council - evidently, they are all liars. *UPDATE * Dillard did NOT quit ALEC He resigned as Public Sector Chair. That's it - he resigned as state head honcho.

School Safety Expert Threatened for Questioning Official Narrative of the Sandy Hook Massacre

Mark Daniels at Global Political Awakening - 4 hours ago
[image: Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...] Federal Jack Wolfgang W. Halbig doesn't believe anyone was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, and he's looking for some answers. So many answers, in fact, that he was paid a visit by some police investigators telling him to back off. Mr. Halbig isn't your average "conspiracy theorist." He's worked in public education as a teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal of an alternative school and as the Director for School Safety and Security for the Seminole County Public Schools, a school district... more »

How far did we get with Hawking’s first book?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 4 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014* *Even after all these years, we didn’t get very far:* This morning, at the coffee joint, disgusted with what we’d seen on cable TV last night, we put aside current events and returned to Stephen Hawking’s first best-seller, A Brief History of Time (1988). Our disgust with last night’s “cable news” made us think of Plato’s Seventh Letter. Plato described his reaction to the accusations against Socrates, “without question, the most upright man then living.” For ease of comprehension, we’ll quote Plato in translation: “When I saw all this, and others thi... more »

No unnecessary testing

skrashen at Schools Matter - 4 hours ago
Sent to the Wall Street Journal, Feb 21 To the editor: Letters published on Feb 20 arguing that "Testing can be good; It's a part of the real world,"' assume that those of us critical of the common core are anti-testing. Not true. All educators understand the necessity of responsible assessment. We are opposed to unnecessary testing. The common core is requiring more standardized tests than we have ever seen on this planet, far more than required under No Child Left Behind. This nonstop testing is being imposed at a huge cost (it will be administered online), without any eviden... more »

Arrogant Minnesota Commies Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep.Tim Walz laugh when asked about Obamacare...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 4 hours ago
*and the useful idiots who are at the meet and greet laugh too.* Real people are being massively harmed by Obamacare and these Commies laugh? What exactly is funny about that? I. Am. So. Glad. I. Escaped. Minnesota. *Meantime here in Idaho:* *Idaho Introduces Bill to Nullify EPA Regulations*

S 683 Criminal Code does not allow for compelling of a person to give a voice (or other) sample

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
R. v. Karimi, 2014 ONCA 133: [5] The provision refers to the production of existing material and not to the creation of material that may assist an expert in formulating his or her opinion on an issue that may ultimately be germane to the appeal proceedings. In other words, we think s. 683(1)(a) is limited to the production of an existing writing, exhibit or "other thing" connected to the proceeding. [6] Section 683(1)(b) provides that the court can order that any person who is a compellable witness "attend and be examined". That section refers to an order tha... more »

Just as what we thought had happened - the blackmail on MB

Amin Fasei at Our Manmade Disasters - 4 hours ago
Accusations grow MB Khalid may have SOLD OUT TO DAIM ZAINUDDIN Written by Concerned Citizen Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=229771:accusations-grow-that-mb-khalid-may-have-sold-out-to-daim-zainuddin&Itemid=2#ixzz2ttCLwI6n Follow us: @MsiaChronicle on Twitter I am getting particularly concerned that Malaysiakini continues to highlight the speculation of a water deal behind the Kajang Move while turning a blind eye to the disquiet in the market of what will be the most controversial out of court settlement between Khalid Ibrahim and B... more »

NO Vote on Common Core: Bradley County Commission Backs School Board

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
From Tennessee Parents: . . . . This Resolution comes from the elected County Commission of Bradley County, who wanted to support their School Board, but also send a Resolution "with more teeth" to Nashville. Rumor has it that the Bills to repeal Common Core (HB2332/SB2405) are being blocked by the chairs of the House & Senate Education committees (Rep. Harry Brooks & Sen. Delores Gresham) from ever reaching the House and Senate floor for votes. However, the number of co-sponsors on the bill are growing, and pressure is coming from local districts to force these through. *So, T... more »

oh kerry !

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 5 hours ago
why should i care ?

Gross' QFT lecture at the Dyson 90 conference

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 hours ago
*Preaching string theory to infidels like Freeman Dyson himself* Last December, Freeman Dyson celebrated his 90th birthday and the conference that celebrated the anniversary took place at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 26-29 August 2013. I was obviously misled into believing that the conference would take place at IAS Princeton but the truth was more colorful. David Gross' 69-minute talk above, *Quantum Field Theory – Past, Present, Future* – was posted to YouTube a month ago. It is one of the interesting videos by the World Scienti... more »

General Andrew Leslie's Moving Expenses

LeDaro at LeDaro - 5 hours ago
How can someone spend over $70,000 to move just a few minutes away? Did Andrew Leslie use a Lamborghini to tow the moving trailer? In an economy when many are struggling to make ends meet, when young people are struggling to find jobs, this guy can charge over $70,000 for moving expenses? Really? I think it is important to support our veterans, but this program should have caps on how much can be claimed. Really, for a move of such a short distance, it is hard to imagine how it could cost anywhere near $70,000. What is especially baffling in all this, why are Liberals defending Gen... more »

White House: No more information about drone killings will be released to public

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 6 hours ago
*White House: No more information about drone killings will be released to public* 11:11 AM 02/07/2013 White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday that the Obama administration will not be releasing any more information about the controversial use of drones to kill American citizens. Carney’s remarks, via the White House’s transcript of the off-camera press gaggle: “This is not an open-ended process. This is a specific and unique accommodation in this circumstance. The fact is, when it comes to public disclosure, we have been — not with the kind of attention ... more »

VIDEO Sakej Ward 'Defining Warrior Societes'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
Sakej Ward, "Here is the first part of Mi'kmaq Solidarity Tour in Cheam First Nation. There was three speakers Susan Patles, Coady Stevens and myself. I provided a basic explanation of Indigenous warriors and warrior societies. which led up to Susan and Coady speaking about their experience in protecting Mi'kma'ki (Mi'kmaq Homeland) from fracking operations. They did a great job

On once again looking at Maddow’s first segment!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 6 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014* *A heinous, clowning performance:* MSNBC is slow today posting Rachel Maddow’s transcript. We can’t say we blame them. Maddow’s opening segment last night was a heinous 21 minutes of Fort Lee fiddle. To watch the whole clown show, click here. (A second, shorter segment about Fort Lee followed. Maddow devoted about 60 percent of last night’s program to her distortions, inventions and clowning concerning this topic.) When people put up with a person like this, those people will get what they’ve bargained for. We want to discuss that first segment in s... more »

Vote Them All Out In November?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
Paul Ryan-- wrong on everything/protected by Steve Israel's DCCC Have you ever heard of Vote Them Out 2014? The organization has picked half a dozen crucial House roll calls and suggests voters use them to see if their incumbent is really who they want to represent them in Congress. They emphasize that they're a non-partisan outfit and back defeating both Democrats and Republicans with bad voting records. "Regardless of political party, we must vote the incumbent out of office to send a message to D.C., that the people are in charge of the government. Only 6% think Congress is doing ... more »

HD Tracks

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 6 hours ago
I have never bought High Definition Audio. However something I am sure to do in the future. At HD tracks you can sample most of the greatest Albums of all time. I am very impressed by the sound.

Hypocritical Jews fret 'demographic catastrophe' while promoting White genocide

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 6 hours ago
*"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known." Luke 12* Avigdor Liberman, the Foreign Minister of the illegitimate, usurping Jewish regime occupying Palestine, recently addressed the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which was visiting Jerusalem, to inform them of the pressing issues and top concerns of the Israeli government. It's not the Palestinians, the "Iranian threat", "al-Qaeda" or *rising "anti-Semitism"*, but rather "Jewish continuity," as *The ... more »

USA - A DOWNTON ABBEY ECONOMY

Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago
*Downton Abbey* Lawrence Summers, a former US Treasury secretary, thinks that America risks becoming a Downton Abbey economy. He worries about inequality. * http://www.ft.com/* *Streets of Liverpool.* According to Summers, the USA needs tax reform. This is because the rich currently have too many loopholes available to allow them to shield their wealth. * Readers of the Financial Times have made a number of comments:* * http://www.ft.com/* *Don Williams *points out that 1. Larry Summers, as Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury, bailed out the rich who had been hit by George H... more »

PROCESS OF CONVERSION

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 7 hours ago
A friend here in Bath wrote me this morning and said he and his wife stumbled across this talk last night while channel surfing on TV. I have no idea where it was playing. He said his wife, who is now reading my book, named me the "peace bomb" after watching the talk. The 2006 talk was hosted by the Society for Peace and Social Justice at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. The video ends with bonus coverage of footage of me being interviewed on two different radio shows while at Chautauqua.

While Browsing Zero Hedge From A Certain Government Agency...

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 7 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-19/while-browsing-zero-hedge-certain-government-agencyWhile Browsing Zero Hedge From A Certain Government Agency... [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 09:49 -0500 ... one gets the following most recently added "blocked" page. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Thanks to NSA/CSS Policy 6-6, and NSA/CSS Directive 130-1, Paragraph 21-E, US public servants' minds will remain uncorrupted by the truth.

Nuclear backbone not supportable

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago
The promise of Nuclear Energy has aged badly. The cost benefit just is not there compared to other alternatives. Still next to the dedicated fully funded Climate Change denier lobby, the Nuclear Lobby is well entrenched. Most of the time they say the following things. Copied directly from Nukepro . ''No immediate health effects'' ''At safe levels to eat'' ''Nuclear is safe" "Nuclear is cheap" ''Dispersion in the ocean makes it harmless'' ''Dilution is the solution'' ''Too low to measure'' ''Safer than eating a banana'' "Larger dose from flying on an airplane" "Sleeping next to someone... more »

Orchids

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago

Chris almost got somebody killed this way!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014* *Lawrence seems eager to top him:* In fairness, Lawrence offered just one short segment concerning Fort Lee last night. When he did, he made a remarkable statement about a person who’s much less important than he is. This passage defines the current drift of one of our highly amoral corporate cable “news channels:” O’DONNELL (2/29/14): Joining me now is attorney Julian Epstein, a Democratic strategist and former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee. *Julian, there’s David Samson today, in his little apology note at that public hearing at the Port A... more »

Smells Like Elementary Neoliberal Spirit

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 8 hours ago
Is this guy for real? During a press conference Wednesday night in Mexico, Obama said it was not accurate to claim Democrats opposed the Pacific trade deal, despite both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently voicing objection to legislation that would grant the president fast-track authority to negotiate the agreement. “There are elements in my party that oppose this trade deal,” Obama said. “There are elements of my party that opposed the South Korea free trade agreement, the Colombia free trade agreement and the Pa... more »

Sadr’s Retirement, Tactical Move Before Elections Or Long Term Disappointment With Political Process?

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago
In February 2014 Moqtada al-Sadr suddenly announced his retirement from politics. He claimed that he wanted to protect his family’s name, and was upset with the state of Iraq’s government. He then went on a blistering attack of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a speech meant to elaborate on his reasons for bowing out. Like his previous retirement in August 2013, this appears to be a calculated move by Sadr to rally his forces. This is timed just before national elections scheduled for April where the Sadrists believe they can not only gain more seats, but pose a serious challenge... more »

NEWS ROUNDUP

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 8 hours ago
- AP reports: Megan Rice, an 84-year-old nun, was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison for breaking into a nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker holding bomb-grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed serious security flaws at the Tennessee plant. Two other peace activists who broke into the facility with were sentenced to more than five years in prison, in part because they had much longer histories of non-violent civil disobedience. The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee holds the nation's primary supply of bomb-grade uranium and w... more »

CNN: Iraq's Economy In Focus

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 8 hours ago

Carlsbad NM: Radiation Leaks UPDATES

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 8 hours ago
UPDATES: Carlsbad NM Radiation leak. Further to the articles I published in the past two weeks: http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/02/radiation-leak-carlsbad-nm-nuclear.html http://removingtheshackles.blogspot.com/2014/02/us-tests-b61-atomic-bomb-fire-later.html http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/20/radiation-detected-near-new-mexico-nuke-site/ http://phys.org/news/2014-02-mexico-nuke-site.html *** URGENT *** PLUTONIUM DETECTED IN AIR NEAR NEW MEXICO NUKE WASTE SITE [image: Print] Wednesday, 19 February 2014 19:47 February 19, 2014 -- (TRN) -- CARLSBAD, NM -- Radi... more »

THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: True belief!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014* *Interlude—The children staged a swoon:* As a matter of general theory, journalists are *not* supposed to fall in love with accusers. Sometimes, accusations turn out to be false. Sometimes, accusers turn out to be a bit squirrely. For these reasons among many others, journalists are supposed to approach accusers and accusations with appropriate caution. Given the modern press corps’ low caliber, that frequently doesn’t occur. It didn’t happen in 1998, when Kathleen Willey burst on the scene in a dramatic 60 Minutes appearance. It isn’t happening today... more »

Love and Best Wishes to People in Ukraine

Mother Sharon Damnable at GlobaLove Think Tank - 9 hours ago
At Least 35 Protestors Killed in Clashes with Police near October Palace. kyiv post - News Paper Face Book Page For Updates

It's Not Inevitable

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 10 hours ago
Stephen Harper has said that the Keystone XL pipeline is "inevitable." He bases his conclusion on a simplistic analysis: We've got the bitumen. You need it." The first part of that proposition is true. The second part isn't. But the most important truth is that, when it comes to selling Keystone, Harper has been his own enemy. The prime minister came to Mexico intent on selling Keystone to Barack Obama. The president reminded him, however, that he has kicked the tires and has doubts about what Harper is selling: "Stephen and I, during a break after lunch, discussed a shared inter... more »

Syrians supporting Syria and it's leadership

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours ago
Considering all that has been and is still ongoing in this nation, I gotta admire these people for their courage Truly amazing people Apparently there have been rallies across Syria in support of the current government. Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad participate in a demonstration with government forces in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, Feb. 20, 2014. Several Syrian cities witnessed pro-government rallies over the past few days A supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flash the victory sign during a demonstration with government forces in the countryside... more »

You're Invited- A Weekly Creative Linky Party

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours ago
A little while ago, you may have noticed my linky party disappeared. No, I wasn't done with it, I just had something better in the works. Something that I am excited to finally share with you . As of today, I am hosting a linky party with these wonderful ladies. Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite, Holly from Bits of Everything and Jonie from Just Between Friends. We are so excited to start this project together and even more excited to see all of your amazing projects and recipes. Starting next week, we will be featuring some of our favorite and most viewed link ups for this party. S... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 11 hours ago
*Our obsession with BACON could send us to an early grave, doctors warn * *The usual epidemiological nonsense* Doctors have warned that our unwavering love of bacon could be sending us to an early grave. Figures released last week revealed that bacon sales in the U.S. rose by nearly 10 per cent last year to an all time record of $4 billion. And research by pork supplier supplier Smithfield found that 65 per cent of Americans were behind the idea of making bacon the country's 'national food'. But medical experts have repeatedly warned of the dangers of eating too much processed ... more »

Conservatives eye Arctic reindeer reserve for oil and gas exploration

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
http://www.castanet.net/news/Business/109345/Conservatives-eye-Arctic-reindeer-reserve-for-oil-and-gas-exploration

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*Who Dat Nation mourns loss of Saints super fan "Saints Fett" ~Carolyn Scofield, WVUE* *Still Fast Eddie After All These Years ~Adrastos, First Draft* *Mayor Landrieu details Mardi Gras preparations ~Andrew Vanacore, N.O. Advocate* *Crawfish crop not ready for Carnival... yet* *Facing billions of dollars in breach-of-permit lawsuits, oil industry deploys lobbyists to seek public's help ~John Harper*

"What a bunch of A-holes." - Guardians of the Galaxy - new trailer, yay!

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 11 hours ago
you know, while *Iron Man* had (well) iron testicles, as far as onscreen persona goes, Marvel have been a bit hit-n-miss in recent attempts to market their comics as movies, but this one has 'tone', you know, 'attitude', that might rise *Guardians of the Galaxy* above other less attitudy/toney attempts ... ya dig?

The Chinese Dominoes Are About To Fall: Complete List Of Upcoming Trust Defaults - 12 major potential defaults looming in the trust industry , will the PBOC through the big China Banks bail all of these trust products investors out ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-19/chinese-dominoes-are-about-fall-complete-list-upcoming-trust-defaults The Chinese Dominoes Are About To Fall: Complete List Of Upcoming Trust Defaults [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 22:03 -0500 - Bank of America - Bank of America - Bond - China - default - Market Sentiment - Moral Hazard - Shadow Banking - Yuan inShare9 As has been widely reported on these pages in the past month, after a near-reality experience almost claimed the first material Chinese sha... more »

Nahko Bear & Leah Song Sing 'Wash It Away in Portland, Maine

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
*Published on July 25, 2013* Nahko Bear with Leah Song of Rising Appalachia and Dustin Thomas playing "Wash It Away (Manifesto III)" Unplugged in the streets after a show in Portland, ME. Source of poster: http://nahko.com/ Mission Our Mission is to be the motivation and inspiration for all that has come to be Medicine for the People. Within our community we have everything we need to spread awareness and take action to make the Changes we know are healthy for all Earthlings and Mother Gaia herself. We are honored and humbled to be a force of attraction for positive and c... more »

Gardasil: Ashlie’s Near-Death Experience by Shawna Synder

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
Ashlie Gardasil: Ashlie’s Near-Death Experience by Shawna Synder Big Bear City, California Sane Vax, Inc, 17 February 2014 *I regret every day giving her this vaccine, but I am so glad she is such a fighter and has not given up. Both mom and daughter are in this together and we will never give up. We hope too that whatever we can achieve for Ashlie can benefit so many other girls and boys who have also been badly injured by the Gardasil vaccine.* Who would have ever thought a single injection of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, could bring my precious daughter to the brink of death?... more »

GARDASIL : Ashlie a été jusqu’au seuil de la mort ! par Shawna Snyder

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 13 hours ago
Ashlie *GARDASIL : Ashlie a été jusqu’au seuil de la mort !* Par Shawna Snyder Initiative Citoyenne, 17 février 2014 Qui aurait jamais pu penser qu’une seule injection du vaccin contre le HPV, le Gardasil aurait pu conduire ma fille chérie au bord de la mort ? Mes deux filles Ashlie et Lyndsie ont toutes les deux reçu le vaccin Gardasil le même jour. Heureusement Lyndsie n’a pas connu d’effet secondaire. Ashlie n’a pas eu la même chance. Ashlie avait toujours été pleine de vie. Elle parvenait à gérer n’importe quoi. A quatre ans, Ashlie avait décidé qu’elle serait danseuse. Comme... more »

Benjamin Fulford - February 17, 2014: Secretary of Skull and Bones Kerry’s begging bowl half-filled after China pays, Indonesia nays

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 13 hours ago
Monday, February 17, 2014 *Benjamin Fulford - February 17, 2014: Secretary of Skull and Bones Kerry’s begging bowl half-filled after China pays, Indonesia nays* The United States of America Corporation has managed to stave off bankruptcy once again last week after Secretary of Skull and Bones John Kerry showed up in China with begging bowl in hand last week and got a donation, according to Chinese government sources. The money came with many strings attached, notably getting the US to jerk Japanese slave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s chain http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth... more »

"...Get them to investigate me and others and publish a Hutton style report.”

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 14 hours ago
"...Get them to investigate me and others and publish a Hutton style report.” That was one very odd line from an email sent from Rebekah Brooks to James Murdoch re a long telephone conversation Rebekah Brooks claimed to have with Tony Blair. "... publish a Hutton style report." Whatever does that mean? Oh hold on... there's more: "... Publish part one of the report at same time as the police closes its inquiry and clear you and accept short comings and new solutions and process and part two when any trials are over." Make sense yet? More at Guido Fawkes But always remember ... more »

Brain scans: mathematical beauty acts just like artistic beauty

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours ago
The concept of beauty in physics or mathematics has been discussed dozens of times on this blog. You may also find things like a two-hour debate about beauty in mathematics – this one features Barry Mazur, Brian Greene, Elaine Scarry, Mario Livio, and Eva Brann. If it is supposed to be helpful at all, the concept of "beauty" is a problematic one because one must have the "right sense of beauty" which is usually inseparable from some talent as well as education in mathematics and physics in order to really "feel" the beauty of the beautiful laws and mathematical structures and to pre... more »

IEA Bankrolls ALECer Dillard. Shame on You.

2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
*What's worse than a republican? * *An ALEC pro-corporate, "free market" loving republican * *Meet Kirk Dillard * *1994* NEW TASK FORCE CHAIRS Civil Justice ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE KIRK DILLARD 1996 Civil Justice Task Force Task Force Chair Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard Private Sector Chairman Victor Schwartz, Crowell & Moring 1996 – ALEC Kudos Illinois Senator Kirk Dillard sponsored landmark legislation in 1995 that has served as a model for comprehensive tort reform in other states Tiberi was part of a group of legislators at a focus meeting on tort refor... more »

Who Will Actually Fix The Affordable Care Act-- Thom Tillis (R-NC) Or Rick Weiland (D-SD)?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Yesterday, Greg Sargent at the *Washington Post* used North Carolina's hapless Republican Senate primary frontrunner, immensely unpopular Speaker Thom Tillis, to demonstrate the conundrum Republican candidates find themselves in when trying to deal with repealing the Affordable Care Act-- at least when they talk with non-Foxified normal voters. Tillis is asked whether he supports a proposal championed by Senator Richard Burr-- also from his state-- to replace Obamacare with an alternative that would supposedly reduce government spending and regulations while keeping the good par... more »

Musical Interlude: Loreena McKennitt, "Dante's Prayer"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*Loreena McKennitt, "Dante's Prayer"* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKUdsUH3Gc "When the dark wood fell before me, And all the paths were overgrown, When the priests of pride say there is no other way, I tilled the sorrows of stone. I did not believe because I could not see, Though you came to me in the night. When the dawn seemed forever lost, You showed me your love in the light of the stars... Cast your eyes on the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, When the dark night seems endless, Please remember me... Then the mountain rose before me, By the deep well of desire. From the foun... more »

Meaningful work or coercion?

skrashen at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
Sent to the Oregonian, Feb. 19 Joanne Yatvin's description of how "Meaningful work keeps students in school," (Feb. 18) includes small class sizes, sports teams that allowed all comers to join and play, teacher collaboration with time to meet during the school day, plays and musical events that included all interested students, emphasis on building classroom community, and school wide projects. Yatvin notes that "we devoted our thinking, actions and resources toward making our school a place where students wanted to be every day and be successful." This is not what is happening in s... more »

Untitled

JR at GREENIE WATCH - 16 hours ago
*Obama: ‘Unchecked’ Carbon Pollution Before 2009 Had ‘Severe Impacts on Our Weather’* *How? The climate was stable both before and after 2009* While announcing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said “unchecked” carbon pollution prior to his administration’s efforts to raise fuel economy standards “was having severe impacts on our weather.” “Carbon pollution was going unchecked, which was having severe impacts on our weather,” Obama said in a speech at a Safeway distribution center in Upper Marlboro, MD. For decades, fuel ef... more »

Thursday Linkage – Ukraine Crisis Edition

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 17 hours ago
I arrived in Geneva yesterday morning to give a couple of talks, and I pulled up Twitter on my phone to see events in the Ukraine exploding. I can’t say I fully understand what’s going on and the implications. Reflexively, I’m supportive of the protesters and their desire for tighter ties to the European Union. Continue reading

Always Room For Another Felon In Congress-- Remember Edwin Edwards (D-LA)?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours ago
Maybe he should have joined another conservative felon, coke dealer and former South Carolina Treasurer Tom Ravenel, on his new BRAVO reality show, Southern Charm but, fresh out of prison, like Ravenel, ex-Governor Edwin Edwards-- who had his own reality show, *The Governor's Wife*, already anyway-- announced he's running for the open House seat that Bill Cassidy is giving up to run for the Senate seat Mary Landrieu holds. Now, I don't think Edwards *can* run until 15 years passes from the end of his sentence (at which time he'll be even older than Ralph Hall is now). Bush and Oba... more »

Vegan Recipe - “Can’t tell the difference” Quiche

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 18 hours ago
*I would like to introduce you to Danny and his fabulous site, The Gourmet Vegan. While living in Spain and Tenerife, he began experimenting with food, creating vegetarian essentials which he was used to getting in the UK but could no longer find. At the same time, he tried out new cooking techniques and flavor combinations. The result is a site full of diverse dishes from cultures around the world. There's more to The Gourmet Vegan than just delicious recipes, though. For those new to plant-based cooking, the Basic Recipes section will be of interest. It is like a course, teach... more »

Dennis Van Roekel’s Continued Common Core Crush

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 18 hours ago
Today, National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel once again reinforced his devotion to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Mind you, he tried to make his open letter appear to be a “learning experience” in which he had “listened”; however, what Van Roekel is actually doing is publicly reiterating his allegiance to a set of […]

Democracy Lacking at Auckland Council

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 19 hours ago
*Guest post by Stephen Berry* Auckland resident Rick Splinter has had his request for speaking rights at the Governing Body meeting of 27 February 2014 declined. The request has been declined by Deputy Mayor and Len Brown toady Penny Hulse. What democracy do we really have in Auckland politics if a private individual cannot have a mere five minutes to address the Council and make his opinions known? The official reason for the application to speak being declined was delivered by Governance Support Manager Jason Marris. It reads: Your public input request for the 27FEB14 Governing... more »

Climate Tricks 26: CO2, Pollution and Climate Junkets

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 20 hours ago
A friend working at the House of Representatives posted yesterday photos of a forum on climate change, sponsored by the House Committee on Ecology, Senate Committee on Environment, British Embassy Manila, and Global Legistors Organization – Philippines. In this photo, crying climate negotiator Yeb Sano speaking. Yeb was a former WWF activist then migrated to become a government official, one of the commissioners at the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and does frequent global travels to “save the planet.” I commented that many if not all of the speakers may have argued that "CC is... more »

No Tanks Officer

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 20 hours ago
Police need to de militarize not kit up and up and up. H/T Boing Boing

Chellis Glendinning : A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 20 hours ago
Pedro Susz is like a diamond; he has many facets… ‘Para una filosofía de la insubordinación’ reveals the rare mind that integrates erudition with vision. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 Pedro Susz is like … finish reading Chellis Glendinning : A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz

As you think about kicking in to Ian Welsh, just remember that "Dumb Davy" Brooks gets paid NYT $$$ to write that, er, stuff

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 20 hours ago
*by Ken* I hope it's not news to you that nobody has come anywhere close to figuring out a new working model for providing and paying for content on the Internet, or that the idea that content is and should be "free" has now spilled over into more and more print media. So in what I'm about to write, I want you to bear in mind at all times that "Dumb Davy" Brooks actually gets *paid* to write that infernal drivel he oozes ad nauseam over the NYT op-ed page. Regular readers know the esteem in which I hold Ian Welsh, whose blogposts have frequently illuminated this space. Considerin... more »

"What You Think..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“What you think of me is none of my business.” - Terry Cole-Whittaker

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred spiral NGC 5101 (top right) and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078 are separated on the sky by about 0.5 degrees or about the apparent width of a full moon. Found within the boundaries of the serpentine constellation Hydra, both are estimated to be around 90 million light-years away and similar in size to our own large Milky Way galaxy. *Click image for larger size.* In fact, if they both lie at the same distance their projected separation would be only 800,000 light-years or so. That's easily less than half the dist... more »

QUOTE OF THE DAY: On “Giving Back”

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
"Here’s another gigantic myth about capitalism: That those who innovate and create owe others for the fact they made a lot of money. In other words, they create something that’s so valuable, that so many people need and wish to purchase, that they end up becoming billionaires. Yet they’re told they have to 'give back.' Give back? What did they take? If I take your car, I should give it back. In fact, I shouldn’t steal in the first place. Stealing is wrong, and it should be illegal. But creating and producing are not theft. That’s why people become billionaires: Because they create... more »

Chet Raymo, “A Fear of Freedom?”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
*“A Fear of Freedom?”* by Chet Raymo “It is almost a cliché to say that Western civilization was created by the Greeks. Our government, law, art, music, architecture, literature, drama, historiography, science, and mathematics are largely Greek inventions. The sublime refinement and sophistication of the Parthenon have been widely taken as reflecting qualities of the Athenians citizens who built the temple and adorned it with sculptures. No doubt something remarkable happened in the Greek world of the 6th to 3rd centuries B.C.E., with its epicenter first at Athens, then at Alexandr... more »

Musical Interlude: The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uby6jFCDjE

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
Pasco, Washington, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Bitcoin Updates February 17 , 2014 -- Mt. Gox: Bitcoin Withdrawals Will Resume Soon .... Mt Gox seems to be stalling as despite the ability of BTC-e and Bitstamp to already resume withdrawals completely for bitcoin and fiat , Mt Gox still will not when any withdrawals will resume ( only saying soon ) and withdrawals will begin at a " moderated pace " with daily and monthly limits ( no statement as to what either might be or precisely why these capital controls are needed for their system ) and also market conditions will ba a factor impacting withdrawals ! So , no withdrawals today , check back Thursday for the next set of excuses ! Canada's Last Bitcoin-Friendly Bank ( Bank of Montreal ) Closes Accounts Nationwide ...... BTC - E customer complaints regarding withdrawals ?

Catharsis Ours - 21 hours ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1y8hr3/kerpeles_continues_to_blame_bitcoin_and_not_mtgox/ Kerpeles continues to blame bitcoin and not Mt.Gox for all their issues ( twitter.com) submitted 2 hours ago by Gobitcoin - 17 comments - share all 17 comments sorted by: best [–]davidshares 8 points 1 hour ago* TOKYO-The chief executive of Bitcoin trading platform Mt Gox shows remorse. He apologized "many times for any delay in our replies," Mark Karpeles said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. At the same time, he refused to give details for the protection of custo... more »

"What They Long For..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago
“Caged birds accept each other but flight is what they long for.” - Tennessee Williams, “Camino Real”

Ponca Casey Camp-Horinek opening expert at Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Casey Camp-Horinek – Opening Expert Presentation of the Indigenous Environmental Network and Indigenous Peoples of Mother Earth and our Grandmothers – and Future Generations Delivered by Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca – Oklahoma, USA) to Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal, January 17, 2014 – Quito, Ecuador By Rights of Nature Tribunal Reposted at Censored News French translation by

Venezuela...... the human side........

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 22 hours ago
Venezuela.......Venezuelan Protesters Sum It All Up (In One Banner) [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/19/2014 18:46 -0500 inShare *Via Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,* The following quote written on a piece of cardboard from the ongoing protests in Venezuela basically summarizes how the oligarchs, or the 0.01%, and their political henchmen rule in all countries around the world at the moment. Then they* cry like little welfare babies* when people criticize their behavior. Powerful stuff: *They speak like Marx* *Rule like Stalin * *And live l... more »

ny times letters on the movement against israeli apartheid

laura k at wmtc - 22 hours ago
*The New York Times* recently ran a heavy dose of letters in support of the movement against Israeli apartheid, many of them written by Jewish North Americans. Philip Weiss of *Mondoweiss* suggests the *Times* is seeking to balance two recent articles it ran about the boycott, divest, sanction (BDS) movement. (Weiss incorrectly notes, based on a reader's comment, that these letters appeared only in the international edition of the *Times*; they actually appeared in all editions.) First, I sense that the Times editors are seeking to balance two articles it ran describing BDS as anti... more »

Kiev Burns as U.S. Propaganda Mills Churn

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 23 hours ago
The tense situation in Ukraine has just erupted into a mass orgy of violence, the pictures of which are set against the dark winter nights are surreal and astounding. This certainly is a distraction for Russian leader Vladimir Putin who has to this point managed to preside over a damned good show in Sochi - aside from the cheating of U.S. men's hockey team goalie Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings that is. In a fulfillment of the prediction of Texas yahoo Mike McCaul of the House Homeland Security Committee's prediction that *"...that something will detonate, something will go... more »

a possible world

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 23 hours ago

Alcoholism and conditions not to consume alcohol

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
P.A.G., [2000] O.J. No. 5837 (OCJ, Fraser J): 104 In terms of the alcohol and drugs, I have one concern that although there's some underlying suggestion that that's an issue here, Mr. McMunagle maintains that it wasn't a significant contributing factor to these episodes. *My concern is that I don't want to be setting you up for a further breach by making an order that you may not be willing or even able to comply with*. So I'm not going to put in the probation order a condition that you not consume or possess alcohol or drugs.

"American Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"American Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face"* By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts "American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that the Pentagon can practice occupying American cities and putting down protests by US citizens. This fake city is the training ground for the doctrine outlined in a leaked US Army document that describes how soldiers are to be trained to put down domestic disturbances and process prisoners through detainment camps where prisoners will be re-educated to appreciate US policies. In situations of “extreme necessity” the training embraces dead... more »

BBC secret exposed: Greenpeace, activists, BP decide what "science" brits see -- Hello TwentyEightGate << JoNova

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
'... The BBC, supposedly the public owned broadcaster, had a meeting with 28 climate experts in Jan 2006 where it decided on its policies on climate coverage. It led to the extraordinary move of the BBC abandoning any semblance of impartiality (a principle that’s so important it’s written into its charter). In the meantime, the BBC did everything it could to hide those influential experts names. It’s been nearly seven years since the seminar, but now we know why their names were top secret. No one is even pretending this was about “the science”. The BBC has become a PR wing of Gre... more »

Never mind Coke, what about that other logo on their chests?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: Black Coke] *Sugar worshipping?* People Busybodies and stickybeaks obsessed with people enjoying themselves* have found a new target: what the All Blacks are wearing on their chest. The busybodies managed to get the Steinlager logo removed, concerned it might encourage folk to link sporting success with having a celebratory beer – leading inevitably to everyone but the wowsers themselves becoming alcoholics. And now they’re worried sponsorship from Coke might encourage youngsters to like tasty, fizzy drinks – leading to a generation suffering from diabetes, tooth decay a... more »

The Doors, The War Against Afghanistan And Marianne Williamson

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The great Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) I met the Doors in 1967 when they were recording their first album in New York. They had a residency in a tiny, little known club under the 59th Street bridge, Ondine's and I went… every night. I became friends with Morrison-- we were the only two people around crazy enough to use DMT-- and I invited the band to play at Stony Brook, where I was chairman of the Student Activities Board, after the summer break. I offered them $400, thinking a Doors concert would be a lovely way to welcome everyone back to campus. I met Tim Buckley and Jackson Browne, k... more »

Time of Essence clause where parties not ready to close at closing date

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
2329131 Ontario Inc. v. Carlyle Development Corp., 2014 ONCA 132: [10] The motion judge correctly held that, as the parties were not ready to close on August 3, the appellants could only reinstate the "time is of the essence" clause in these circumstances by giving the respondents reasonable notice of the new closing date and stating that time was of the essence for this new date: see *Domicile Developments Inc. v. MacTavish* (1999), 45 O.R. (3d) 302 (C.A.), at pp. 307-308. There is no dispute that the appellants did not do those things.

Dave Zirin : Sochi 2014: Where Pussy Riot gets whipped by Cossacks

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Members of the punk rock collective Pussy Riot were attacked by Cossacks and horsewhipped in the streets of Sochi. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, way back in 2011, there was … finish reading Dave Zirin : Sochi 2014: Where Pussy Riot gets whipped by Cossacks

Things Are Getting Worse in the American Classroom, Not Better, Killing the Internet As We Know It, Monopoly's Poster Children, and the Wal-Martization of Higher Education (Dead Banker Bodies Tell Tale)

Looking forward to everyone living under one global economy? Or did you think we already are? If you did, you ain't seen nothing yet. Or at least not everything that's been set up for you, me, all of us. BREAKING: We Better Get Net Neutrality Signed into Law Before Media Mergers Kill the Internet as We Know It Monopoly’s Poster Children - Ireland, Europe, The U.S. And The Financial Crooks

The professors respond to Kristof’s complaint!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014* *We think about Susan Rice:* On Sunday, Nicholas Kristof wrote a column which sounded familiar and accurate. Kristof lodged a complaint against the academic world. “These professors today” just don’t get involved, the New York Times columnist said: KRISTOF (2/16/14): *Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates.* The most stinging dismissal of a point is to say: “That’s academic.” In other words, to be a scholar is, often, to be irrelevant... more »

Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 3

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
We look at the climate science that warns that Austin faces serious water supply problems, and at the roles played by transportation planning and suburban sprawl in that crisis. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 … finish reading Roger Baker : Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 3

The US And Israel Behind Civil Unrest In The Ukraine (Why Am I Not Shocked?)

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
Right now, there is intense turmoil in the Ukraine where we see Ukrainian government forces in a pitched battle with "protesters" for control of that fragile nation…. I have been following the events in the Ukraine for the last while, and have long suspected that the Jewish Rothschild controlled European Union along with the United States and of course Israel are behind all of these "protests" and "revolt". It seems that these criminals will absolutely not allow the nation of Ukraine to be fully independent, and they want Ukraine enslaved to Jewish criminal Usury banking that woul... more »

Lame temporary natural wonder draws thousands of reality seekers

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
This is one of the famous Crystal Beach Ice caves. A natural phenomenon last seen thirty years ago. These handful of formations are drawing tens of thousands of visitors a day to the forlorn shores. Thursday there was a 15 km long traffic jam leading to the ice. What does it say about our soul sucked humanity that such a lame formation can draw extraordinary crowds? People are desperate for something real, unspun and free of charge.

Video 'How Wolves Change Rivers'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago

#TOpoli Dipshit of the Day: @TrusteeSam Sotiropoulos, grubby little homophobe

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago
I know, I know. Been a while. Excuse the shit out of me for having a life. Anyway, anyone following #TOpoli knows what Mayor Stupid and Brother Dumbfuck have been up to recently. It's not as if they matter to the city's governance any more, given that Toronto Council has done the only sensible thing and neutered them, but unfortunately the verbal vomit continues to stream unabated from their pieholes to be licked up by their drooling base. To wit: consider Mayor Stupid's *cough* subtle wink *cough* to the remaining homophobes still polluting the gene pool. He's never gone to a Pride... more »

The Realist Report - Dr. Jim Fetzer: 9/11

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 1 day ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined by *Dr. Jim Fetzer*, founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth. Dr. Fetzer and I will be discussing all aspects of 9/11. You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs. Below are relevant links for this program: - *Sandy Hook: Free homes and "big bucks" incentives for leaders and players* - Dr. Jim Fetzer with Wolfgang Halbig - *September Clues: The Central Role of the News Media on 9/11* - *9/11 Attacks - 102 Minutes That Ch... more »

"American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that the Pentagon can practice occupying American cities and putting down protests by US citizens." "Lecturers in the training courses describe constitutionalists as 'domestic extremists'." "Does this make the President of the United States, whose oath of office is to defend the US Constitution against enemies domestic and foreign, a domestic extremist? Is the fear of arrest by Homeland Security as a domestic extremist the reason Obama refuses to defend the Constitution of the United States?" -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ *» Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ February 18, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter *Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face* *American sheeple stick heads in the sand, pretend to be ostriches* Paul Craig Roberts *Note: The Lorde story is likely a hoax, but it nevertheless captures the truth of the situation. * American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that th... more »

#edreform and #commoncore: All aboard Wisconsin’s Crazy Train

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
What a week and it’s only Wednesday morning. On Monday morning I went to a press conference held by Wisconsin Democrats from the state assembly to announce that they are introducing “accountability” legislation to counter Republican “accountability” legislation. At the conclusion of the press conference I simply pointed out that “accountability” is actually the problem […]

Musings On Iraq January 2014 Security Report For Iraq UPDATED

MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
January 2014 was an especially bloody month in Iraq. Not only was there widespread violence in Anbar, but there were a huge number of deaths in Baghdad and Salahaddin as well. The latter appeared to be the only province that saw a decided increase in attacks since the uprising in Anbar started. There were also scattered attacks throughout the south, and low-level operations in Babil, Diyala, and Tamim. This month may set a precedent for what security could be like the rest of the year. Musings On Iraq has started its own security report. It is based upon tracking violence throug... more »

The Masters Of The Universe Have A Frat-- Meet Kappa Beta Phi

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Yesterday, as the Oklahoma suburbs continue to be plagued with a series of earthquakes, we wondered aloud whether even *Republicans* would string up the Koch brothers if the reddest state of all were to disappear into a vast, fracted sink hole. I asked if Republicans would because I already know that normal people would. In 2012, only 33% of voters chose to reelect President Obama in that state. The rest voted to be fracked, poisoned, ripped off, exploited and see their children sold into slavery. The MSNBC video above shows the 1% at play, the folks who run the show and who have ... more »

UK Medical Records Sellout Delayed: NHS Realises It Needs to Inform People of their Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Christian Munthe) at Philosophical Comment - 1 day ago
So, some of you may recall my rather negative comments on a UK national plan to make NHS medical records which are not even fully anonymised available to not only research universities, but also – totally unnecessary from a medical research standpoint – private industry in the pharma and insurance fields. This in spite of the fact that it takes just a few snippets of information combined with a medical sample to correctly trace the individual from whom the sample has been taken these days. Former posts are here, here and here. A very recent report in the *Guardian* is here. Yesterda... more »

Minimum Wage: Perfect example of how a leftie thinks - "I'll do a good job if I think you're paying me enough"...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
*otherwise I'll be a slovenly employee with a bad attitude and dare you to do something about it.* *From: The Daily Caller:* *emphasis mine * ... Good studies show that a wage increase to $10.10 an hour, up from $7.25, would have no impact on employment, said Jason Furman, the chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisors. “Zero [job losses] is a perfectly reasonable estimate,” Furman said Feb. 18. *Instead, the wage increase will improve workers’ diligence and productivity,* he said, adding that “the [CBO] report very much does make the case for a policy that benefits m... more »

Israeli company actually built the Mojave mega solar project

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Ivanpah Solar Project Mojave Desert American success stories? Israeli corporations slip through media radar with mega US contracts: Mojave mega solar project and Arizona border Apartheid By Brenda Norrell Censored News Original breaking news from Censored News The Mojave Desert mega solar project, touted as an American success story, was actually built by an Israeli company, using $1.6

Rachel Maddow keeps selling the product!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014* *A day that was jam-packed with news:* Why were those Fort Lee access lanes closed? Someday, we may find out. Last weekend, our old pal Bill Maher came around to one part of our thinking on this topic, as we knew he eventually would. He complained about the way MSNBC had been immersing itself in the topic, pushing all else to the side. Can we talk? The Channel has been selling Fort Lee as a TV mystery drama—as a cable product. Last night, the analysts chuckled as Rachel Maddow continued the sale. She was finishing her latest interview with her pro... more »

INSPIRATION FROM INDIA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
- For the third time during recent weeks J. Narayana Rao (3rd from left in brown sweater) has organized another space issues workshop in Nagpur, India where he lives. Rao is a retired railroad worker and a long-time peace activist. He's recently created a powerpoint presentation and appears to have first used it at his Feb 18 talk at the National Institute of Social Work. His brief report about the presentation is worth reading: Today another workshop on “Space For Peace” has been held with the help of Power point presentation in the B.P. National Institute of... more »

Harper government asks for help rewriting Canada's prostitution laws

CM at LILITH NEWS - 1 day ago
The Harper government wants to hear from the Canadian public about how to rewrite the nation's prostitution laws that were struck down by the Supreme Court late last year - why? Because they don't know how to write a new law to replace the old laws which were struck down, a new law which would not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and not be struck down immediately for violating the charter. In a December 20th 2013 ruling, the high court unanimously struck down laws against street soliciting, living on the avails of prostitution and keeping a brothel. Since then the Harper go... more »

High Strangeness: Not So Imaginary Beings?

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day ago
*High Strangeness: Not So Imaginary Beings?* *By Scott Corrales © 2014* Some readers may look back with a certain fondness upon their youthful pastimes, such as the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, which allowed players to imagine an existence in a sword-and-sorcery setting under the controlling eye of a “dungeon master”, fighting all manner of impossible creatures in a hunt for treasure, weapons and spell books. Armed only with pencil, paper, dice of assorted geometries and a lead figurine marking the player’s position on the hexagonal chart paper of the dungeon, tens of tho... more »

Erdös discrepancy conjecture proved for \(C=2\)

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*...but the proof is unreadable for humans...* As Mr Synchlavier informed me, a week ago, Boris Konev and Alexei Lisitsa of Liverpool released their new 8-page preprint A SAT Attack on the Erdös Discrepancy Conjecture ------------------------------ Nude Socialist, IO9 They finally solved the Erdös discrepancy problem (1932). Yes, it's the same Erdös who sits at the center of the "collaboration distance" between researchers; my Erdös number is four but of course e.g. my Hawking number is two. Erdös would offer $500 for a solution which wasn't spectacularly generous relatively to the... more »

"How It Really Is"

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

Who knew our side has drones?

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
The Eco-drone Project Alexander Knight at Poor Man's Media in Toronto builds and operates drones on his own dime to film and monitor pipeline spills. This baby is operational but for a few extra components. He's looking for public donations to complete it and this is where you come in. Go! Besides, wouldn't you like to see Canadian Cynic back online again? .

“If the 1% Wants Class Warfare, Maybe It's Time to Start Fighting Back”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“If the 1% Wants Class Warfare, Maybe It's Time to Start Fighting Back”* What Tom Perkins and Co don’t know can only make the rest of us stronger. by Ana Marie Cox “The first casualty of the class war won’t be the “economic extinction” of the super-rich; it will be the disappearance of the middle class. The White House administration official who proposed taking on “income inequality” as the dominant theme of Obama’s second term must have thought the move was at least halfway clever: I mean, try as the Right may to argue against the administration’s preferred mechanisms to undo inco... more »

Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again)

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again). via Retain to Impede: When Reading Legislation Fails (Again).Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Common Core Voted Down Unanimously in Bradley County, TN

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
by Denise Wilburn and Jim Horn Bradley County Schools was the first school district to formally stand against linking teacher license renewal to Tennessee’s value-added assessment system, an outlandish idea that passed on October 17, 2013. Pressure across the state built, and late last month the State Board of Education announced plans to shelve those plans. Such leadership at the local level in Bradley County, Tennessee is very much alive and well, with the local Board standing up once more for children’s and teachers’ rights to learn and teach in ways that protect their constit... more »

“The Mobsters of Wall Street”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Mobsters of Wall Street”* by Jim Hightower “Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit card holders, violating U.S. trade laws and bilking American soldiers. Can you even imagine the kind of punishment you'd get? How about zero? Nada. Nothing. Zilch. No jail time. Not even a fine. Plus, you still get to stay on as boss, you get to keep all the loot you gained from the crime spree, and you even get an $8.5 million pay raise! Of course, you and I would never ge... more »

"5 Signs America’s Super-Rich Are Going Off the Deep End"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"5 Signs America’s Super-Rich Are Going Off the Deep End"* Inequality seems to have made the wealthy very upset...for themselves. By Lynn Stuart Parramore “Is it us, or have America’s ultrawealthy been sounding increasingly unhinged lately? Despite the fact that the wealth of the 1 percent jumped 31 percent from 2009 to 2012 while the other 99 percent of America saw a gain of only 0.4 percent, the rich are very upset, and they need to tell us about it. Maybe it’s all the talk about income inequality that’s gotten them so stirred up. Whatever it is, here are five signs that the zill... more »

THE PRESS CORPS [HEART] ACCUSERS: An act of astounding misconduct!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014* *Part 3—What Chris Matthews did:* As a matter of theory, journalists aren’t supposed to fall in love with accusers. Sometimes, accusers’ claims are false, whether by design or by error. For that reason, journalists should approach their claims with appropriate caution. When that isn’t done, the results can be quite bad. Case in point: Back in the late 1990s, the mainstream press corps fell in love with a string of high-profile accusers. Their accusations were assumed to be true, even when they were false. One such accuser was Kathleen Willey. In Marc... more »

Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin. via Three Poems: For Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Ukraine: Hellish War-Zone In A European Capital

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Earlier last December we looked at a tragic mess unfolding in slow motionin Ukraine. Back then there were already people demanding revolution, not reform. Simple look: the conservatives, backed by Russia, don't want anything to do with the EU. The more forward-looking Ukrainians want to break free of the Russian orbit and join the EU. The repressive and authoritarian government of the uber-corrupt Viktor Yanukovych is making the country so toxic in the minds of EU citizens that they forget about admitting Ukraine altogether. Even though it is the biggest country in Europe and even... more »

Hegemonic Conflict Watch: War Delusions

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
[image: PingllinCentury_47] Zachary Keck had a piece in The Diplomat saying stuff I've been saying for years about how absurd the Chinese territorial claims are, but I wanted to hoist this comment of ACT from the depths because it was good: ....Or, as Ampontan himself said, China claiming what it claims is akin to Italy claiming France, the whole mediterranean and parts of germany because the Roman Empire held them at one moment in time or another. This passage from Victor Davis Hanson’s “lessons of World War I” over at the national review is interesting: “But the crux is why exactl... more »

His Fundamental Weakness

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
From now until the next election, the Harper Party will repeat the same meme -- Trudeau lacks experience. Never mind that Mr. Harper himself has very narrow life experience. Michael Harris writes: Stephen Harper was a university drop-out from suburbia who became an office boy in an oil company out west, and then a student again. Armed with his degree in Economics, Harper moved straight into politics as peach fuzz policy advisor to the newly minted and cash-short Reform Party. He got the job because he was smart and right-wing, but also because he was a cheap hire. And there, in di... more »

Ukraine Aflame- Another coup attempt?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
*By all accounts the violence was abundant in Ukraine* *A round up:* A video of the 'peaceful protestors. The ones applauded by the governments in the US, Canada, EU etc. The NATO crowd.. You must watch this video *EU/NATO backed protestors set government building on fire* Anti-government protesters in Ternopil have set the building of the Interior Ministry's Ternopil Regional Department on fire. Ukrainian News learned this from a statement of the Interior Ministry. "The premises of the municipal police located on the first floor of the building, which borders on the building ... more »

White Specks of Radiation at Fukushima

Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
NHK has a very interesting documentary (hat tip Enenews) on the contaminated water at the Daiichi site: Fukushima Daiichi's Hidden Crisis: http://vimeo.com/8559542 [Majia's summary] A robot was sent into one of the reactor's outer containment vessels and the water was found to be highly radioactive there, indicating cracks in all levels of containment. What is particularly relevant is NHK's description of the white flecks in the water as caused by radiation: <img alt="" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKUAAAB3CAIAAADtvxepAAAgAElEQVR4nOy6d7Bk13nYOYIsyyUGAANgQM... more »

Women, Sacrificed

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*The care-free days before graduation.* I took my favorite bike path yesterday and ascended the steep hill to a place where I like to get coffee and a light meal, and look out over the ridges at an altitude of 800 meters. It was hazy, so you won't get any pictures, but the restaurant's female staff gave me some time to reflect on something I see a lot of: the sacrificed daughter. There's a lot of romantic orientalization of the Chinese family and the Chinese family firm. Susan Greenhalgh's powerful paper De-Orientalizing the Chinese Family Firm discusses how the Chinese family fir... more »

ALEC 1995-State Sovereignty: The Next American Revolution

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
Really makes you wonder who was invited to this meeting AND if they are still on the path of destruction National Leadership Summit Three Days To plan the Next Revolution? The American Legislative Exchange Council - pure evil - creating a path of destruction for US politics since their first meeting. *ALEC legislators are delusional and * *must be removed from office * *- by your vote!* *#VoteNo2ALEC*

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Air pollution is more harmful than SMOKING for pregnant women: Exhaust fumes could cause dangerously high blood pressure* *Epidemiological rubbish. Poverty not controlled for* Heavy intake of air pollutants from car exhausts could lead to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure disorders during pregnancy, according to a recent study Scientists at the University of Florida said the worst offending pollutants include two specific types of particulate matter; carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide. Sulphur dioxide is emitted from power plants and industries, while most car... more »

Camphor Press Launches with John Ross' You Don't Know China

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
*You Don't Know China: Twenty-Two Enduring Myths Debunked* John Ross Camphor Press. $180 NT This month I have the truly great pleasure to introduce to you a new Taiwan-centered publishing house, Camphor Press (Facebook, Camphorpress.com). The new publisher is run by a trio of well-known local expats, Michael Cannings, Mark Swofford, and John Ross, and will feature books about Taiwan and China. They sent me a copy of their first book, John Ross' *You Don't Know China: Twenty-Two Enduring Myths Debunked. *Readers may be familiar with Ross via his earlier and excellent book, *Formosan O... more »

Don't Be "The Invisible Man"

Don't Be "The Invisible Man"

Jesse Helms on the Convening of ALEC Meeting #1

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL TO MEET IN CHICAGO THIS MONTH HON. JESSE A. HELMS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday. August 2, 1974 Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, later this month a bipartisan group of conservative State legislators from across the country will meet in Chicago at a conference of the newly formed American Legislative Exchange Council- These legislators are uniting to try to reverse the trend toward greater and greater centralization of power in Washington. They will try to revitalize our Federal system by strengthe... more »

Real Purpose of NSA Programs: Targeting Dissent

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
*These programs were never about terrorism: they’re about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They’re about power.* *-Edward Snowden* When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia briefly let the mask slip during recent comments to University of Hawaii law students it was a rare moment of openness as to reveal the pathology of the leadership class here in *The Homeland*. During an exchange over a World War II era case involving Japanese Americans who were rounded up and placed in internment camps such as the infamous Manzanar Scalia stated that *“…you are ki... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*New parish prison facility won't solve old jail issues ~Jim Mustian, New Orleans Advocate* *Lee Zurik Investigation: Senate pres. spends $253K on Saints, Tigers ~WVUE* *Frigid winter produces sticker shock on Entergy bills ~Meg Farris, WWLTV* *Companies operating at Napoleonville Dome to pay millions in taxes under protest ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate * *Hardware store houses a culinary showroom for N.O. cooking fanatics ~Ian McNulty* *Horses, Hops & Cops saddle up to benefit the NOPD Mounted Division* [image: http://www.budweiser.com/clydesdales/photos-and-videos.html] *~I tot... more »

China Demands Japanese Explanation About "That Other Plutonium" ( Ah , someone is finally questioning Japan about its secret nuclear program ) - - If a country claims that it sticks by the three non-nuclear principles but at same time hoards far more nuclear materials than it needs, including a massive amount of weapon-grade plutonium, the world has good reason to ask why ...... If the Japanese government truly wants to play a constructive role for regional stability, it should honestly explain its reluctance to the world and return the stored nuclear materials as soon as possible. After all, Abe and his cabinet have already caused too much trouble to regional peace and stability.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/china-demands-japanese-explanation-about-other-plutonium China Demands Japanese Explanation About "That Other Plutonium" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/18/2014 21:32 -0500 - Barack Obama - China - India - Japan - President Obama - Uranium - White House inShare1 The world has grown tired of the inexorable rise in radiation levels and propaganda-talk surrounding nuclear issues in Japan from the government in the last few years since Fukushima changed the nation's future. ... more »

Solving 9-11, The Deception that Changed the World - Christopher Bollyn w/ Red Ice Creations

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
*RED ICE CREATIONS* February 12, 2014 Christopher Bollyn is an American investigative journalist now living in Sweden who has researched and written extensively about the events of September 11, 2001. He has spoken at 9-11 truth events across Europe and the United States. He recently flew to London to appear on a program with Ken O'Keefe about who is behind the 9-11 terrorism but was detained at Heathrow airport and forcibly returned to Sweden on the following day. Bollyn has researched different aspects of the 9-11 attacks and uncovered facts and evidence that challenge the offi... more »

Puerto Rico - rather than considering whether Puerto Rico is the US version of Greece , is the fact that complacent bond investors assume a bailout - make the better comparison one with Lehman Brothers ?

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-15/puerto-rico-%E2%80%93-america%E2%80%99s-version-greece Puerto Rico – America’s Version Of Greece? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/15/2014 18:00 -0500 - Bond - Cronyism - Detroit - Fitch - Florida - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - Gundlach - Jeff Gundlach - John Paulson - Puerto Rico - ratings - Ratings Agencies - Recession - Tax Revenue - Unemployment - Volatility inShare2 *Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,* *T... more »

“Capital One: We're A Bank. FU, Peasant”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Capital One: We're A Bank. FU, Peasant”* by Karl Denninger “Jesus... Credit card issuer Capital One isn't shy about getting into customers' faces. The company recently sent a contract update to cardholders that makes clear it can drop by any time it pleases. The update specifies that "we may contact you in any manner we choose" and that such contacts can include calls, emails, texts, faxes or a "personal visit." A personal visit? Oh yes, they apparently go on to tell you that this "visit" could be to your office. Now that would be just dandy, right? Your card company shows up ... more »

The CBO Whiffs on the Minimum Wage

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 1 day ago
The Congressional Budget Office has just issued a report on the minimum wagethat is a real head-scratcher. Analyzing proposals to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 or $10.10 per hour, it concludes in the latter case that there would be 500,000 fewer jobs in the second half of 2016 than there would be under current law (100,000 fewer for $9.00/hr.). Predictably, conservatives have seized on this number as proof that the minimum wage is a "job killer." Even liberal media, such as Talking Points Memo in this paragraph's link, seem to think that number is a big problem, going on to say, "I... more »

CMS reports a slight higgsino excess: no exclusions possible

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
The CMS collaboration at the LHC has released two new papers today (so far). One of them reinterprets some results on long-lived charged particles in pMSSM. The other one is arguably more interesting: Search for electroweak production of higgsinos in channels with two Higgs bosons decaying to \(b\) quarks in \(pp\)-collisions at \(8\TeV\) It is based on \(19.3/{\rm fb}\) of the 2012 data. They wanted to exclude the higgsinos with masses between \(270\) and \(350\GeV\). However, the exclusions couldn't be derived due to a "slight excess" of the relevant events. This is a seemingly ex... more »

Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
*Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic* by ÉirePort Static energetics find illumination and resuscitation via collective upshifting of base dynamic. Clearance sales initiated by Light Intenders removing unwanted anharmonics are proceeding and will finish in short order. Fragility of old paradigm systems makes itself known to many, even the not fully conscious. "New Gaia" preludes begin in earnest, as Cities of Light unveil. ÉirePort | February 19, 2014 at 9:39 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-P

Ungated Reviews Exchange on Michael Levi’s The Power Surge

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 1 day ago
International Politics Reviews is a new reviews journal bundled by Palgrave with International Politics. Michael J. Williams of Royal Holloway is the editor, and I’m an associate editor. I recently curated a recent roundtable exchange on Michael Levi’s book The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future with contributions by me, Jesse Jenkins, Continue reading

Wall St. In Drag: "Let them eat Cake!!"

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
I know it's not my usual sort of post, but this gave me a giggle. This is the sort of transparency that is really quite INlightening when you look at it. This is about the 4th article I've read in the past 48 hours where the .01% are whining that they are being picked on. No seriously! They are! We are just so mean to them, and they just don't "get it".... apparently. ... Much like Marie Antoinette upon learning that the peasants had no bread "Let them eat cake!" - Yesterday at 6:05 AM One-Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag: What I Saw When I Crashed a Wall Street S... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Along Saint Claude ~Eve Abrams, WWNO*

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
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A Song by Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
*10 June 2012 * Xavier Rudd's new song 'Spirit Bird', off of his new album 'Spirit Bird' *Spirit bird Lyrics*: Give it time and wonder why do what we can laugh an we cry and we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before. Culture fades with tears and grace leaving us stunned hollow with shame we have seen this all, seen this all before. Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, joining hearts and hand and ancestral twine, ancestral twine. Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, joining hearts and hand and ... more »

Comcast Should Be Broken Up (Not Allowed To Engulf Time Warner!) The Terrible Toll of Secrecy Revealed by The Intercept?

We know this. We've known this. So, who's okaying these terrible freedom-crushing decisions? And what's behind them? Last week’s big business news was the announcement that Comcast, a gigantic provider of cable TV and high-speed Internet service, has reached a deal to acquire Time Warner, which is merely huge. If regulators approve the deal, Comcast will be an overwhelmingly dominant

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