Sunday, March 16, 2014

16 Mar - Blogs I'm Following II

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Perhaps a reaction to concerns over spying and other abuses, the United States will relinquish its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). - 2014/03/14

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Provocateur McCain Returns to Kiev

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 hour ago
Senator John McCain, the man whose adoration by the US state-corporate media is second only to his proclivity to turn up as an agitator in whichever country happens to be the next stop on the neocon PNAC world domination tour has showed up in Kiev again this weekend. With the massively over-hyped imminent Russian invasion only hours away according to US and western propaganda organs - because Putin is just like Hitler you know - the pathological media whore is hellbent on working the crowds after the western backed coup d'etat that ousted democratically elected leader Viktor Yanuk... more »

If the law don't get you, your regulatory body will

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 hour ago
What fuckery is this? From BC. Women’s health clinics, health authorities and the Opposition NDP are lining up to criticize new fees that could lead to service cuts at community abortion clinics. Two Metro Vancouver women’s centres and one Vancouver Island clinic are facing 400 per cent increases to regulatory fees charged by the College of Physicians and Surgeons this year, which equate to an almost $9,000 bill this year. The College had raised these fees to other clinics a few years ago but granted the women's centres a reprieve. Now suddenly and summarily ended. The college i... more »

Mike Duffy in his defence

LeDaro at LeDaro - 1 hour ago

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 hour ago
*Living With Water * *Why The Prison Capital Of The World Should Legalize Marijuana ~CenLamar* *Marigny Murder: Shooting at Iggy's Bar ~NOLA DEFENDER* *Jackie Clarkson loses District C race, announces she will become honorary consul general to Lithuania ~Kevin Allman, Gambit *

To our bosses and our bosses’ bosses, the #edreform hiearchy

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
First, a vocabulary lesson. To the left, the simple Google definition of the word “priority.” It would seem as if thought and policy leaders in many school systems, particularly those in tenuous political climates, try to put schools in low-income communities of color in a position of “priority.” That is, divert the most resources to […]

Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, March 16th, 2014

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
[image: rant-jpeg-b] I am back... This sinus infection/cold combination definitely took longer than I had anticipated to clear up. I decided that I was not going to push myself the last few days and just do the right thing by getting plenty of rest, liquids, etc. That also meant not spending much time on the computer. I know that I missed a lot of things going on in the world and I spent much of last night catching up.... Hopefully I can have much of that covered in this rant, so bear with me... I see things still running red hot in the Ukraine right now, with so much talk in t... more »

Siberian Scientists playing God ? EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth ..... what could go wrong and wasn't there a movie along these lines called Jurassic Park ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/exclusive-siberian-scientists-announce-they-now-have-a-high-chance-to-clone-the-extinct-woolly-mammoth/ EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth By Anna Liesowska 13 March 2014 Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team. 'We must have a reason to clone, as it is one thing to do it for scientific purpose, and another - to clone for the sake of curiosity'. Picture: Nikolay Pschennikov, North-Eastern Federal Universtity ... more »

The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and Cancer

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 2 hours ago
The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and Cancer. via The Self-Defeating South, Words Not Spoken: Racism as a Scar and Cancer.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Bias in Newsnight's recruitment policy

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 3 hours ago
There's an interesting exchange at *Biased BBC*, in the light of *Newsnight*'s appointment of the TUC's chief economist to be its new Economics Editor, which has got me thinking. Here's that exchange in a nutshell: *Guest Who*: Most people prefer to be totally unaware of what the politics of their bringers of information and education are because their professional efforts are objective. The BBC does however rather seem to fish from one, very limited, noisy pond, and seems content to reap what it flaunts. *Dunc*: The point surely is not to employ someone who is objective, but t... more »

Riding the Hills of Miaoli

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
[image: IMG_3340] *Drew rests on the climb on the 52-3.* Helluva a ride this Saturday as Drew and I banged around the hills of Miaoli, and came home banged up but happy. This ride took us on one of my favorite local roads, Pinglin Road out of Jhuolan in Miaoli. From Pinglin Road, we took the Miaoli 54 back to the 3. Once we reached the 3, we turned south and took the 52-3 along the northwest side of the Liyu Reservoir. Brutal hills, but lovely views. Only about 85 kms round trip from Taichung, but well over 1000 meters of climbing.... click that READ MORE link below.... *Route ma... more »

Sabotaging Environment Canada

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 3 hours ago
Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq recently released a report setting forth her ministry's priorities. They are: "conservation and restoration of landscapes, water and wildlife; information on changing weather patterns and minimizing threats from pollution." These priorities are supposedly part of an overall plan to provide "a clean, safe and sustainable environment while supporting economic prosperity." But, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, funding for the ministry is being slashed. As usual, the Harper government's rhetoric doesn't match its deeds: For priority one, Environment... more »

Will The Republican War On Science Lead To A Paul Broun Victory In Georgia?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
Friday, Alan Grayson endorsed particle physicist George Gollin for Congress from Illinois' 13th congressional district. He began his endorsement with a simple statement you can hear all too often from the more educated members of Congress-- Grayson has three graduate degrees from Harvard: "I’m really getting tired of listening to people who don’t know what they’re talking about. One of the dirty little secrets of Congress is that many of us legislate in areas in which we are utterly bereft of knowledge. If ignorance is bliss, then some of our Members must be deliriously happy." He... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 4 hours ago
*Growing evidence that autism is linked to pollution* *The journal article is: *Environmental and State-Level Regulatory Factors Affect the Incidence of Autism and Intellectual Disability" *. What they in fact found was a correlation between the rate of congenital malformations of the reproductive system and autism. They claimed that the rate of congenital malformations of the reproductive system is a surrogate for environmental exposure to pollution. That is drawing a long bow indeed. Pollution may be one cause of malformations but it is not even clear that it is the main ca... more »

Capitalist domination of politics breeds contempt

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 4 hours ago
We've lost sight of who we're supposed to be. The majority of us never really knew. We cling to comfortable, incoherent generalities. Who cares that Canada's government tortures? Who cares that we allow ourselves to be ruled by a government with contempt for Parliament and steals re-election via election fraud? A bunch of young men who were born here won a series of hockey games as a team representing us! (And some women did the same sort of thing.) We rock. Just typing those words makes me cringe inside.

War Watch March 15 , 2014 -- Syria -- We now see that an Al-Qaeda Faction ( Al Qaeda in Iraq aka A Q I ) Attacks Israel at Border with Lebanon Israel Shells Hezbollah Targets 'in Retaliation' , Al-Qaeda Faction Leaves Northwest Syrian Provinces Forces Are Shoring Up Defenses Amid Threats From Rival Rebels , Fresh From Syria, Saudi Militants Head to Yemen to Fight for al-Qaeda AQAP Sees Influx of Seasoned Fighters ........ Pakistan -- Drone strikes down in Pakistan but spike in Afghanistan , 19 Killed in Bombings as Pakistani Taliban Splinter Group Threatens Talks TTP Blasts Faction for 'Conspiracy' to Derail Talks ...... Turkey -- Corruption scandals , media intimidation efforts update and additional PM Erdogan antic updates !

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Syria......... Al-Qaeda Faction Attacks Israel at Border with LebanonIsrael Shells Hezbollah Targets 'in Retaliation' by Jason Ditz, March 14, 2014 Print This | Share This Israeli troops shelled several Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon today, nominally in retaliation for a bombing attack against troops along the border. It was soon apparent, however, that Hezbollah was not to blame. Rather, it was al-Qaeda in Iraq(AQI), the splinter faction which controls territory across northern Syria and Iraq, which claimed credit for the strike. The bomb hit an Israeli military convoy, thoug... more »

Council of Islamic Ideology declares women's existence anti-Islamic | Pakistan Today

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
I had to read this article twice in case it was a parody. Maybe it is because otherwise it's truly horrific. 'Islamabad - Sharia Correspondent: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah. As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as soon as possible. The announcement comes a cou... more »

West to Punish Crimea for Fleeing Regime in Kiev

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 5 hours ago
[image: band-eu-ctj71081-600x338]*March 16, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Indicative of the West’s true stance on democracy, Reuters reported in its article, “Kerry warns U.S., Europe ready to act if Crimea referendum held,” that: *The United States and the European Union will take serious steps against Russia if a referendum on Ukraine’s Crimea region goes ahead as planned on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.* Bloomberg News would add that the US and EU planned to “exact an economic toll” if the referendum went ahead – in other words the emplacement of... more »

Ukraine’s Crimea goes to independence poll on March 16 , 2014 -- A crucial referendum on either becoming an integral part of Russia or staying within Ukraine on conditions of wide autonomy has kicked off in the Republic of Crimea despite international condemnation and pressure from Kiev...... And then we shall see what happens after the Referendum !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://rt.com/news/crimea-independence-referendum-poll-110/ A crucial referendum on either becoming an integral part of Russia or staying within Ukraine on conditions of wide autonomy has kicked off in the Republic of Crimea despite international condemnation and pressure from Kiev. PaulaSlier_RT @*PaulaSlier_RT* Follow Cold and raining in #*Simferopol* but voting going smoothly and people turning up at polling booths #*Crimea* #*Crimeareferendum* 4:30 AM - 16 Mar 2014 The polling stations of 27 regional Crimea election commissions are going to be open all day long, starting from 8a... more »

War watch March 14 , 2014 --- Turkey has more than 2 millions citizens march in protest upon the death of 15 year Berkin Elvan - 417 arrested and claims of disproportionate force raised , First indictment in Turkey's graft probe sent to deputy chief prosecutor , Economy Minister insists Turkey’s ‘economic success’ target of graft allegations , Funeral of young man killed in sidelines of Berkin Elvan protests cause tension in sensitive area ........ Syria -- Syrian Islamists: 94 Hostages Held Since August Available for ‘Swap’ Will Trade Them for 2,000 Detainees ....... Iraq death dealing and sectarian fighting continues unabated ....... Afghanistan news items of note

Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
Turkey...... Two million marched, 417 arrested during Berkin Elvan protests as ‘disproportionate force’ probed Fevzi KIZILKOYUNHÜRRİYET / ANKARA Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Thousands of people attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during last year's anti-government protests, in Istanbul on March 12. AFP photo] Thousands of people attend the funeral of Berkin Elvan, the 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during last year's anti-government protests, in Istanbul on March 12. AFP p... more »

Does the British 'Justice' system want the Islamist terrorists to win?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 5 hours ago
Read the whole of this Mail article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581477/Terrorist-freed-jail-early-plotting-blow-transatlantic-planes-caught-trying-Syria.htmland despair at the stupidity of the British justice system. ' A terrorist freed early from jail after plotting to blow up transatlantic planes has admitted trying to sneak out of Britain on a fake passport. Nabeel Hussain, 30, who was convicted in 2009 for his part in a suicide mission to blow up seven passenger jets with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks, was arrested at Stansted on September 23 as he trie... more »

Day 9 of the Malaysia Airline Flight 370 Mystery - Open questions remain . 1) How could a passenger jet, 74 metres long and with a 61-metre wingspan, apparently disappear for six hours before anyone raised the alarm ? 2) how could it cross the airspace of multiple countries in a region sensitive about security without anyone noticing ? 3) When the inspector general of Malaysian police announced that his officers were looking at several possible causes of the disappearance: hijacking, sabotage, or the crew and passengers' personal or psychological problems , were all crew and passengers cleared ? 4) whether the communication systems systems were shut off before or after air traffic control last spoke to the pilots. The calm "Goodnight" from the cockpit clearly raises questions if the systems had already been disabled. 5) Significant navigational experience as well as flight knowledge ( the timing of the diversion is also striking: just as the responsibility of Malaysia's air traffic control officials gave way to Vietnam's. The perfect opportunity for the plane to go missing with minimal attention ) , so if the pilot and co-pilot were not involved , who one the plane had such knowledge ? 6) Which leads to the basic question - what is the motive for this hi-jack ? 7) If this was a kidnapping , who is / are the target(s) and why not attempt to contact anyone to date , no ransom demand to date ? 8) If this was piracy - what was the booty - perhaps Malaysia Airlines will clarify what cargo ( from an one individual worth more than 500 , 000 or any one company worth more than a million dollars was carried in freight ? 9) If an act of terror , why no explosion evidence a week later , despite using the sophisticated techniques available today - and no debris found after a week or jet fuel observed ? Moreover , no one has claimed this event creditably to date 10 ) Have all military and civilian airbases within the flight range ( see visual aids section ) confirmed no observations of Flight 370 on either military or civilian radar or other communication systems and does that include Diego Garcia ? Will they make their communication data available to investigators ? Would such bases allow investigators access to clear each base as being a harbor / hiding place for the missing plane ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/15/flight-mh370-malaysia-hunt-speculation After a week of false leads, U-turns, wild speculation and outright contradictions, it was hard to believe there could be any more surprises in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. But when Malaysia's prime minister, Najib Razak, finally appeared before the media on Saturday afternoon – almost 45 minutes later than scheduled and for the first time since flight MH370 went missing seven days before – his words were startling. Not only did investigators believe the plane had been delibera... more »

A Fascinating article I found online about what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 6 hours ago
I'm not saying it's true, just fascinating... http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/20dopw/comprehensive_timeline_malaysia_airlines_flight/cg2uht6

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 7 hours ago
*HAPPY ST. PAT'S DAY NEW ORLEANS!*

Free Planet - first ever LIVE remote viewing session.

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 7 hours ago
this term 'remote viewing' it's been applied to all sorts of military WAR WORLD Covert Operative abilities and assets. Personally, it sounds like the equivalent of Day Dreaming, to me; just letting one's mind wander and writing down shit. So, I was doing something else. Reading some blog/website/forum, and I got this 'message' come through. Not a words and pictures message, just a 'feeling'. The back-right of my head started to tingle, like I was being asked to do this experiment right now. So, *anything for a laugh*, based on this 'feeling' and the insistent back-right head-buzz,... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 7 hours ago
*No warmer now than it was in 2003* *And other differences are microscopic when expressed as percentages in degrees Kelvin* No warming. That is what can be deduced from data compiled by NASA as it relates to temperature over the past decade. The average temperature in 2003 was 14.61 degrees Celsius. And the average temperature in 2013 was 14.61 degrees Celsius, at a growth rate of 0 percent. Yet, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased by more than 5.5 percent, from 375.77 parts per million (ppm) to 396.48 ppm, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA... more »

Rubber Duck II: Attack of the Pandas

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 7 hours ago
A friend snapped this photo of that idiotic collection of pandas that someone placed in the Hall With Two Names. This is just that rubber duck, with Chinese characteristics. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

US 'disturbed' by death of Chinese activist Cao Shunli

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Human rights in China? 'The United States has said it is "deeply disturbed" by reports of the death of activist Cao Shunli at a hospital in Beijing.Cao's lawyers said she had died in detention after being denied medical treatment for several months.The human rights activist was arrested at Beijing airport in September, when she attempted to board a flight to Geneva to attend a UN training course.She had previously served at least two terms in prison camps for her activism.' But still we pretend that China and Russia are civilised members of the world. More here http://www.bbc.c... more »

Kobayashi is back...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Kobayashi is back in Formula 1 and in the first race of the season he's admitted fault for the first-lap crash which ended his and Felipe Massa's race.

Abel Danger - Malaysian flight MH 370 - PATENT PROFIT WARS

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 8 hours ago
it's been a while since I blog'd about *forensic economist* duo *Abel Danger* aka ex-Delta pilot Field McConnell and David Hawkins, it's good to see they're onto another subject now besides the ritualistic murder of Jean Benet Ramsey which obsessively dominated most of their weekly analyses back when I would listen to them on RMN Radio. So, Malaysian flight MH 370, lets begin with a brief preamble. When we talk about a Free Planet we talk about: - a world without profit - a world without slavery - a world without patents How can a 'world without patents' make any dif... more »

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Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
As reported in the UK Telegraph, evidence has emerged of a possible 9/11 CIA style plot involving MH370. British-born *Saajid Muhammad Badat (above)*, a 'CIA-MI6-al Qaeda operative', recently told a court that four to five Malaysian men had been planning to take control of a plane, using a bomb hidden in a shoe to blow open the cockpit door. Saajid Muhammad Badat said that he had met the Malaysian CIA-MI6-al Qaeda operatives - one of whom was a pilot - in Afghanistan and given them a shoe bomb to use to take control of an aircraft. The possibility of such a plot, hatched by the C... more »

FRED DE BROUWER AND DEMMINK; CHILD MURDER

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
The Dutch journalist Fred de Brouwer (above) helped 'expose' the 'child abuser' Joris Demmink. On 15 March 2014, it was reported that Fred de Brouwer had been killed in a 'suspicious' traffic accident in Chonburi in Thailand. *www.telegraaf.nl* The 'untouchable' Joris Demmink is linked to the 'satanic murder' of a young boy (above). * A BOY CALLED MANUEL*. Demmink (above) was the Director General of the Dutch Ministry of Justice. He is believed to be part of a major pedophile ring, used by the security services to control the top people. In 2003, Fred de Brouwer was the aut... more »

UK “Independent” Scientists Promoting GM Crops Have Conflicts of Interest - GM Watch Press Release

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 hours ago
[image: Foto: "By no stretch of the imagination can these people be described as independent scientists. On the contrary, all have vested interests in the acceptance of GM crops by the public and policymakers. Their views should be treated with the same skepticism we would apply to any sales pitch. CST (The Council for Science & Technology, advisor to the British Prime Minister) apparently cannot find any scientists independent of the industry to support its case for GM crops. This is not surprising, since GM crops have failed to live up to the hype and are mainly delivering herbici... more »

Should be BBC be funded by advertising?

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 10 hours ago
*The Sunday Times *has published details of a YouGov poll it commissioned on the question of BBC funding. So what do people really think of the £145.50 annual licence fee? The poll finds that 40% of people think the BBC offers value for money, while 48% think it doesn't. As for how the BBC should be funded, 36% say they would like to see it funded by advertising, 35% by the licence fee, 10% by subscription and 8% from general taxation. And if the BBC became a subscription service, how many would be prepared to pay more than the present licence fee? A mere 7%.

RIP BartCop

Kenneth Thomas at Middle Class Political Economist - 11 hours ago
I'm a little late on this, but I would be remiss if I did not mention the recent death of Terry Coppage, aka BartCop. Bart died March 5th at the age of 60, from complications of the flu, pneumonia, and leukemia. Bart was one of the pioneers of the liberal blogosphere, starting out in February 1996 with an email newsletter that was converted to web pages by Marc Perkel. He gave much support to new bloggers, including luminaries like Digby and Atrios. Though I never knew him, I am in his debt as well. The affiliated site, Marty Pflugrath's BartCop Entertainment, was the first to perma... more »

Japan: Nobel prize winner leads protest on Fukushima 3rd anniversary + Full interview Ryan Dawson James Corbett on Fukushima

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 11 hours ago
An excerpt from, *"US Sailors, Assisting With Fukushima Clean Up, Crippled By Cancer"* Zero Hedge, December 21, 2013: Back in December 2012, we wrote that it was only a matter of time before Japan's criminal lying about the radioactive exposure in the aftermath of the Fukushima catastrophe caught up with it, as well as with countless numbers of people who would soon succumb to radiation induced cancers and other diseases. *What we found surprising back then, before the full scale of the Fukushima catastrophe become clear and before even Tepco admitted that the situation is comple... more »

march break for teens at our library

laura k at wmtc - 12 hours ago
I've just finished my first March Break (the Canadian equivalent of Spring Break in the US) in my new position as a youth librarian. It was exhilarating and a lot of work, but not nearly as exhausting as I imagined. March Break was great for many reasons. One, I have great support from a senior librarian and manager who appreciate my efforts. Two, I am part of an amazing team of people who pitched in so I could devote myself more fully to programming, and who encouraged me daily. Three, so many amazing people lent their time and energy and expertise to the library, presenting progr... more »

Al Jazeera's Propaganda War Against Crimea

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
Once again, the laughable "news" network Al Jazeera is carrying water for the criminal U.S. government. Their programming on Crimea is awful. The people of Crimea should do what the people of Syria did three years ago, and the people of Egypt are doing today, which is to kick these liars who pose as journalists out of their country. Journalists should not abuse the right of free speech to invent lies, distort historic events, create social discord in countries, encourage violence and strife, and promote wars. Those who do such things are not professional journalists but media crim... more »

Polls That Leave Out Cell Phone Users Significantly Favor Conservatives

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Tuesday is primary day in Illinois and the contest we're concentrating on is the swing district stretching from Champaign to the St. Louis suburbs, IL-13, currently held by weak Republican backbencher Rodney Davis. The Dick Durbin Machine and hapless DCCC chairman Steve Israel picked some mystery meat "moderate," Ann Callis, who refuses to tell anyone where she stands on any issues if, indeed, she stands *anywhere* on any issues. The grassroots progressive in the race is particle physicist George Gollin, who has been endorsed by Blue America, by every major newspaper and by Alan G... more »

BC Liberals Offer Free Electrical Power From Site C Dam As Carrot To LNG Projects

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 13 hours ago
*Written by Grant G* As desperation sets in BC Liberals are offering more and more goodies, freebies and taxpayer subsidies to natural gas energy companies, this game of propaganda and illusion has morphed into a wholesale provincial sellout, making money from exporting LNG is now a secondary position taken by our BC Liberal Government, their original gambit of a big election lie and hail mary pass was rewarded with another 4 year mandate to govern, never expecting to win meant not having to fulfill outlandish election promises, particularly promised riches beyond our wildest dr... more »

the context of ecstasy

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 14 hours ago
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John Friend on Inside the Eye - Live! w/ the Fetch

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 14 hours ago
I was a guest on *Inside the Eye - Live!* with Dennis Fetcho this morning. We discussed a variety of subjects, including the *White Man March* and my recent article entitled *Why I don't care for the Jews*. You can download the entire program *here*.

Sunday Classics preview: Poor King Philip receives yet another unwelcome early-morning visitor

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
*by Ken* I've thought of another loose end I'd really hate not to tie up: our gradual traversal of the great scene in King Philip's study in Act IV (Act III of the four-act version) of Verdi's *Don Carlos*. We've already covered the Spanish king's bleak pre-dawn monologue ("Verdi's King Philip -- a man in crisis," January 2013), where he makes clear that he knows his young wife, the French princess Elisabeth, doesn't love him and never loved him, the proceeds to pretend that his only problem is that even royalty doesn't give people to see into human hearts, where only God can see... more »

How will things change in Crimea if it joins Russia

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
T*he answer, judging by this WP- Europe article is, thing will change for the better. * *For the heck of a lot better!* Definitely better then choking down the IMF reforms- already requiring pensions to be halved Let's read on Voters in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula make a choice Sunday: Stay with Ukraine or join with Russia. The pro-Russian faction promises that a vote for “the motherland” is a vote for a better life. Many on the pro-Ukraine side fear a return to Russian rule. How will life really change in Crimea if the referendum is approved? My colleagues Carol Morello and Pamela C... more »

Criminalizing Protest In A Democracy Is The Beginning Of A Police State .... Montreal police hold 150 protesters

leftdog at Buckdog - 16 hours ago
Police march up the street as they clear out demonstrators during the annual anti-police brutality march in Montreal. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi *MONTREAL — Montreal cops have declared a march against police brutality illegal and kettled more than 100 protesters. More than 250 people took to Montreal's streets Saturday afternoon to take part in the 18th annual march.The protest, which was scheduled to start at 3 p.m., was declared illegal at 3:03 p.m. by the Montreal Police Service* *CTV News*

A 1994 interview with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn discusses Russia's and Ukraine's situations in that moment, which seem to have not greatly changed today, i.e., quite different from what the mainstream media have been telling you. A map shows the likely breakup.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 17 hours ago
------------------------------ *The New Russia* ------------------------------ March 14, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Dear readers: I recalled correctly from my Russian studies a half century ago that Soviet leaders had stuck Russian territories into Ukraine, but I mistakenly attributed all of the transfers to Khrushchev. The first gifts of Russian territory to Ukraine were made by Lenin. - PCR *The New Russia**An Interview With Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,” by Paul Klebnikov, in the May... more »

Voices on the Ukraine/Crimea referendum

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 18 hours ago
Video Title: Voices on the Ukraine/Crimea referendum. Source: HOTNEWS©. Date Published: March 15, 2014. Description: Residents of Crimea voice their opinions on the upcoming secession referendum.

By the Bonnie, Bonnie banks of the BBC

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 18 hours ago
It speaks volumes, I think, that Bonnie Greer was invited to give the first of this year's *Lent Talks *on Radio 4. That the BBC would choose someone like Bonnie Greer - a left-leaning, arts-orientated writer - to open this year's series is hardly surprising. (Even *Feedback*'s Roger Bolton would have to admit that.) In fact, *I'd* go so far as to describe her as an entirely 'predictable choice' for the left-leaning, arts-orientated BBC. BTW, "left-leaning" and "arts-orientated" is certainly how I tend to think of Bonnie Greer. She, however, seems to think of herself, first and... more »

Zohydro, a new drug ready to hit the streets. You’ll know it when you see more zombies walking

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 18 hours ago
Saturday, March 15, 2014New zombie medical drug to hit the streets Jon Rappoport *Activist Post* It’s called Zohydro. Clinical Psychiatry News (3/13) has the story. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is protesting FDA approval of the drug. He’s written a stunning letter to US Health and Human Services head, Kathleen Sebelius. “…Sen. Manchin noted that the FDA approved the drug ‘despite strong opposition from its own Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee.’” This is highly significant. The FDA turned its back on its own panel of new-drug reviewers. Senator Man... more »

Ohio Progressive Greg Howard Takes On The Deranged GOP Response To President Obama's Weekly Address on Overtime Pay

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago
This morning, President Obama gave the above weekly address about strengthening overtime pay protections. It isn't complicated and shouldn't be controversial. "What every American wants," he summed up, "is a paycheck that lets them support their families, know a little economic security, and pass down some hope and optimism to their kids." It's less than 3 minutes long-- and even a Republican congressman should be able to understand it. John Boehner tasked one of his dullest backbenchers, Ohio Republican Bill Johnson, to respond to the president. Johnson, who has voted to repeal o... more »

Dragnet Nation

Alison at Creekside - 19 hours ago
A lengthy excerpt from *Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance* by Julia Angwin, Pulitzer Prize winner, WSJ biz and tech writer, and now an investigative reporter for Pro Publica : *Here’s How You May Already Be Getting Hacked* It's one thing to take for granted that we are all now being tracked via our cel phones, online banking and forums, voter lists, health file records, Google searches, Whole Foods digital signs that are actually facial recognition scanners, etc. Verizon even sells a product that allows businesses to t... more »

Time to Get Busy, Doomers

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 20 hours ago
March 15, 2014 From what I’ve read in the news, this week, it looks like we may go to war with Russia next week. Not a shooting war, (not yet, anyway,) but an economic war that in some ways is … Continue reading →

Mission I'M Possible: DESTINATION PERU

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 20 hours ago
I completely forgot. I was suppose to post this article last night, so that people could listen to the show live, and with the insanity of this past few days, well...... I forgot. The show last night was awesome- please listen to the archive of last nights show with India and Dave HERE. PERU Darlins!!!! And so it spreads out across the planet!! -around the 20 minute mark, discussing the VALUE of the people and the value of "gold and the fact that gold actually has NO value other than it's value as being a shiny pretty metal. Excellent conversation! [image: Tarampoto water... more »

ALEC - We Hate Local Control

2old2care at Because I Can - 20 hours ago
I hate red-light cameras. Don't get me wrong I've been nabbed by them and I hate them. But - - - for the life of me I could never figure out why ALEC had a piece of legislation to eliminate redlight cameras. I don't agree with anything ALEC does - so why would they have an innocuous piece of legislation - that didn't seem to help out the profit of ALEC corporations an innocuous piece of legislation- that I agreed with - until now. Well - - - Today, five years into my research on ALEC I found out why they wrote it - in a clip about the bill being passed in MO. And all the sudden the red... more »

A quick question that I have not seen raised before re aircraft communication systems

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
In all the coverage of the 'missing' Malaysian Air 777 - Flight MH370 - people are accepting that the aircraft's communication systems were turned off in the plane, whether by one of the pilots or by a third party (or parties). What I'd like to have answered is why can theses systems be turned off from within the plane? Under what normal flying circumstances would that be necessary?

The Deep State Rises: Part One

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 21 hours 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 »

Gorgeous George

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 22 hours ago
I know it's a bad, bad thing to bust the *Times*'s paywall, but I feel the need to share part of Danny Finkelstein's latest article with you (as it's excellent), even though it's got absolutely nothing to do with BBC bias. I just want to say how much there is to admire about George Galloway. It is true that we haven’t always seen eye to eye. However, it is impossible to avoid the many things about him that are genuinely impressive. He takes a keen interest in the Jewish people. He is well travelled, making his presence felt in some of the most dangerous places in the world ruled ... more »

Kosovo and Crimea: common themes and differences

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours ago
There will be a referendum about the independence of Crimea from Ukraine tomorrow. *On March 16th, we are choosing: [this] or [that].* As the billboard shows, the people will be choosing between a membership in the burning land composed of fences and represented by fascist national colors of Ukraine (black and red: the Right Sector uses the same colors on their flag) with a swastika on one hand, and a future in a shiny Russia represented by the Slavic tricolor flag on the other hand. The sniper-controlled parliament in Kiev has helped the independence of Crimea by declaring the C... more »

I feel dirty...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 22 hours ago
Sitting here cheering on France against Ireland in the Six Nations. I missed most of the first half, in fact whilst until I started watching France were ahead, now with 5 minutes to go Ireland are ahead... England will long rue their unnecessary late substitutions in the match against France that lost them that match and indeed cost them points today as well. French try!!!! No, forward pass? Aagh but right call. So tense... Ireland win, and Ireland win the 6 Nations. If only England had not blown it against the French and also not brought Tuilagi on for Burrell rather than May. ... more »

Live from Tucson Book Festival 2014

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 22 hours ago
Veronica Boone, Dine' from Kayenta, displays books with youth works from Native children in the Tucson area. Simon Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo poet, author and professor, edited the current volume, "Dancing with the Wind" Tucson Indian Center at the Native American Pavilion. Jose Morillo,  Pascua Yaqui, displays his art work at the Native American Pavilion. Cassi Antone Jr., Tohono O'odham,

Afganistian Over

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 23 hours ago
No matter how noble the intentions and how much tribute we could get from the Americans which we can never mention, it was a bust. How half a world away could we make a difference when the local people hate us so.

What the Sam Hill is the Common Core?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2014* *Explanation is hard:* For decades, it has been an accurate piece of conventional wisdom: Public education is driven by fads. In our experience, whatever the latest fad may be, it will almost always be implemented quite poorly. It will then be replaced by the next of the latest new fads. In truth, educational innovations may not even be *described* with clarity. This brings us to the latest innovation, the so-called Common Core. What is (or are) the Common Core (standards)? We’re often puzzled by the descriptions we read in major publications. In this ... more »

A Democracy Dependent Upon The Funders

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
The video above comes from a TED Talk Lawrence Lessig did last year. He contends, correctly, that we have lost our representative democracy and that we have to act to get it back. Choosing between garbage candidates like David Jolly and Alex Sink won't help anyone get anything back. All it will do is perpetuate the deterioration of American democracy. This short news story from the Associated Press this week shouldn't surprise anyone by it's specifics. But it is instructional nonetheless. This is what's left of our transpartisan faux-democracy: Democrat Rahm Emanuel and Republic... more »

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
I was interviewed by Karl Morand about the current security and political situation in Iraq for Middle East Week Podcast along with Phillip Smyth.

Afghan President Karzai says US tropps can leave Afghanistan , Afghan forces capable of defending the country on its own - Final going away shot ! The April 5 , 2014 Election should be a tell as to whether Karzai is correct.......

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Karzai says US troops can leave Afghanistan In final address to parliament, outgoing president says Afghan forces are capable of defending country on their own. Last updated: 15 Mar 2014 15:11 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Hamid Karzai is resisting pressure to sign a post-2014 security agreement with the US [AP] The outgoing president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has told the United States in his final address to parliament that US soldiers can leave the country at the e... more »

on the big screen

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
The fate of Israel and all those Jews. I love how both sides throw out that thought like Jews are some extotic breed of puppy dog. No Jews are humans and the according to the Bible have confounded mankind for an extended time. The problem with Jews extends far back when men ruled like Gods but reality said they were so far from that ideal that they got there heads cut off. Christianity has many flaws and I believe they are fatal. You can talk so much nonsense about nothing and some day the majority will say that belief is totaled I am not Jewish and though I love the brand, I have ... more »

Roger Bolton v John Humphrys

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
When former BBC director general Mark Thompson admitted that the BBC had once had a "massive left-wing bias", *Feedback *presenter Roger Bolton declared himself "baffled and rather irritated" by Mr Thompson's comments, and sounded off in a letter to the BBC's in-house magazine *Ariel, *dismissing the idea of left-wing bias at the BBC out of hand. Whenever that sniffy tone enters his voice on *Feedback* when the subject of political bias crops up, I always remember that Roger Bolton thinks I'm wrong about the BBC's political bias - its left-liberal mindset - and that he doesn't be... more »

Native Americans:'NO!' to Tiger Lily casting and stereotype

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Tiger Lily in Peter Pan Native Americans Demand Warner Brothers to Reconsider Casting of Rooney Mara for Role Of Tiger Lily in Peter Pan remake By Jacqueline Keeler Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry Censored News PORTLAND, Oregon – Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, a group of Native parents and their allies from across the country are asking Warner Brothers Pictures and

Asia watch March 13 , 2014 --- Chinese Authorities Halt Virtual Credit Card Payments; Tencent, Yahoo Crashing , Here's Why The Market Is Shrugging At TBE's "Promise" Not To Default In July , a check on iron ore and the panic centered on same , asian equities getting hit hard before the weekend of great uncertainty ( Ukraine , Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 shape shifting mysteries , MENA clusterfarks such as Iraq , Syria , Libya , Af-Pak clusterfarks and just when does some country in the EU join the clustefark parade ? )

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.forexlive.com/blog/2014/03/14/haixin-steel-shanxi-mill-has-defaulted-on-bank-loans-14-march-2014/ Chinese bank stocks hit by debt default jitters 1 hour ago | March 14th, 2014 03:10:10 GMT by Eamonn Sheridan | 0 comments Fast FT: Chinese bank stocks hit by debt default jitters - Another mainland Chinese company defaulted on debt payments, raising fears that indebted businesses are running out of refinancing options - Haixin Steel, a Shanxi steel mill, has defaulted on bank loans http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2014/03/daily-iron-ore-price-update-the-panic-reve... more »

Why Webster Tarpley Left the LaRouche Movement

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
*Webster Tarpley to "N," December 2, 2009* "My association with organizations in which LaRouche was prominent ended in 1997. Since then I have been attacked in public by him and his remaining supporters several times. Since 1997, I have had no relation whatsoever to LaRouche. Before 1997, I was President of the US Schiller Institute USA, and served on the EIR editorial board, and the US and European Executive Committees of the Labor Committee movement. LaRouche was jailed in 1989 for tax evasion and related infractions, but more basically for political reasons. In order to get ou... more »

China Financial news March 15 , 2014 -- China Widens Dollar Trading Band From 1% To 2%, Yuan Volatility Set To Spike ! Zero Hedge takeaway -- " One thing is certain: as the world digests the latest out of the country that creates credit at a pace that is five times greater than the US, the volatility in the CNY will soar, at the worst possible time. Because as we explained before, all global specs, especially those out of Hong Kong need, is for the USDCNY to surge above 6.20 for the margin calls to start coming in fast and furious. " ...... Renminbi deposits in Taiwan reach record RMB247bn ....... Banks in China dent online funds by setting payment limits -- China's leading banks such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and China Construction Bank have recently imposed a daily limit of 5,000 yuan (US$815) on instant bank card payments and transfers which were previously unlimited, the Chinese-language Beijing News reports......... Taiwan banks advised to conduct risk control amid RMB devaluation

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
China Widens Dollar Trading Band From 1% To 2%, Yuan Volatility Set To Spike [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/15/2014 10:09 -0400 - Australia - Bank of America - Bank of America - China - Gross Domestic Product - Hong Kong - Merrill - Merrill Lynch - Monetary Policy - Morgan Stanley - People's Bank Of China - Renminbi - Risk Management - Trade Deficit - Volatility - Yuan inShare In the aftermath in the recent surge in China's renminbi volatility which saw it plunge at the faste... more »

Commonwealth: Good news on taxes

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
Commonwealth notes that taxes in Taiwan are being truly reformed.... Subsequently, Chang announced the details of tax reform. The corporate income tax on financial industry companies will be raised back to 5 percent from the present tax rate of 2 percent. The amount of corporate income tax that shareholders can claim as tax credits to be deducted from their personal income tax, under Taiwan's integrated tax system, will be halved. A tax rate of 45 percent will be applied to the portion of rich people's net income that exceeds NT$10 million per year. If all these changes are implem... more »

Is the Malaysian Airline Flight 370 " disappearance " the opening act for a colossal false flag event ? Let's connect some dots and examine some of the peculiar facts ...... As amazing as the facts are , if we consider this could be a hijack rather than a tragic accident , the next question is to what ultimate purpose ? Examination of potential targets , motivations of different potential actors , FWIW speculation extrapolated from information and official commentary through March 13 , 2014 !

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Let's connect some dots...... [image: unnamed] Mike Nudelman/Business Insider http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-satellite-spots-floating-objects/2014/03/13/72688034-aa68-11e3-b61e-8051b8b52d06_story.html Missing Malaysian plane may have flown up to five hours, U.S. officials say By Ashley Halsey III, Scott Wilson and Chico Harlan, Updated: Thursday, March 13, 8:06 PME-mail the writers The search for a missing Malaysian jetliner with 239 people on board could expand west into the Indian Ocean based on information that the plane may have flown for four more hours a... more »

Anthony Wedgewood Benn and the Death of the Left

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it." *Tony Benn* "Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that." Benn. "The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain." Tony Benn

Rae On Péladeau

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
In this morning's *Globe and Mail*, Bob Rae writes that -- as a general rule -- good businessmen don't make good politicians: With the notable exception of Silvio Berlusconi, corporate divas don’t do well in politics. There is a reason for this. To be an effective politician is not as easy as it seems. It requires a sense of humour, a thick skin, patience and more than a touch of guile. To do it well – and democratically – needs great discipline, an ability to listen, and a willingness to accept a harness of public scrutiny and irreverence that is all-encompassing. Whatever one ... more »

Will Steve Israel Manage To Doom Democratic Hopes In IL-13 With Another Of His Mystery Meat Candidates?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Tuesday is primary day in Illinois and progressive George Gollin's insurgent campaign in IL-13 won two big endorsements yesterday. Early in the morning the biggest local paper, the *Champaign News-Gazette* came in for him, following the lead of the other two most read newspapers in the district, the *Chicago Tribune* and Springfield's *State Journal-Register*. Each of them has included negative comments about Steve Israel's putrid "mystery meat" candidate, Ann Callis, and the DCCC's strategy of all platitudes all the time, while avoiding real issues that voters might be interested... more »

Untitled

jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Bad gut bacteria named as Crohn's culprit* *Hopeful news* Researchers believe they have uncovered the identity of the bacteria involved in the inflammatory bowel disease known as Crohn's. The findings could help predict how severe the disease will be and lead to more targeted treatments, say Dr Ramnik Xavier of Harvard University, who is senior author of a new study published today in Cell Host and Microbe. "What we have is a microbial atlas of Crohn's Disease - obviously the next step is to find out how these bacteria cause inflammation," says Xavier. In Crohn's Disease the walls... more »

Ukraine coup junta dissolves Crimean Parliament- Drone down & more

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
I will be updating when possible, be sure to check back! Thanks *1-*Unbelievable stupidity and at the same time a blatant display of exactly the type of fascist thug government in Ukraine *I will update later, just had to post this bit of news* *11.29am GMT * * In Kiev, the Ukrainian parliament has voted to dissolve the Crimean parliament.* *2*-* So why does the US have one drone, maybe more, flying over Crimea?* *Drone down!* The drone was flying at about 4,000 meters (12,000 feet) and was virtually invisible from the ground. It was possible to break the link with U.S. operators w... more »

Key bitcoin news and views March 13 -14 , 2014 -- Is UCC Article 9 the Achilles Heel of Bitcoin ? Yves Smith on whether bitcoin is a currency ( in her view , no ) ..... Singapore to regulate bitcoin , ATMs and exchanges ............... BOE issues paper on digital currencies , indicates digital currencies like a commodity

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
3/14/14 items..... US Mulls Regulating Bitcoin Under Rules for Commodities Dan Palmer | Published on March 14, 2014 at 15:26 GMT | *Law, News, Regulation, US & Canada* inShare6 <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/us-mulls-regulating-bitcoin-rules-commodities/#" style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.25s; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-timing-function: linear; border-bottom-width: 0px; border

Sentencing a criminal to 1,000 years in an artificial hell may one day become a reality.

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
*(the article goes on to give examples of horrendous criminals, causing some (many?) to probably decide that this would be a good thing . . meanwhile, the pedophiles, murderers, thieves in government walk around untouchable, spraying the masses like cockroaches with chemtrails, poisoning the food and water, and demanding vaccines for all, while they seek to incarcerate 81-year-old grandmothers, one for feeding birds on her property, the other for a pet violation [see vid at bottom] . . . and the 90% could care less . . they think life is good, that all of this can be somehow expla... more »

BBC3's Free Speech denies censoring debate about being gay and Muslim | Economy | The Guardian

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Free Speech? Not when the BBC behave like cowardly dhimmis in the face of Islamic intolerance. Even The Guardian are embarrassed... http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/14/bbc3-free-speech-debate-gay-muslim For the BBC, Islam is top of the tree for protection, even outranking homosexuals.

Sectarianism and the Far Left

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
I was thinking about writing something quite substantial for one of those seldom-read professional journals on sectarianism and the far left. It turns out (H/T Scott) that I might not have to. A UCL PhD dissertation from 1979 has just come to light on this very topic. Steve Rayner's *The Classification and Dynamics of Sectarian Forms of Organisation: Grid/Group Perspectives on the Far-Left in Britain* is a mouthful, but for anoraks like ... well, me; it's a delicious one. Here's the abstract for the study. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a new perspective for the classifi... more »

Open letter to the Presbyterian Church USA from an Iraqi Jew

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
For the idiots and liars who say that Jews and Muslims used to live together peacefully before Israel was recreated. Some facts... http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/open-letter-to-the-presbyterian-church-from-an-iraqi-jew Not that the anti-Semites, including those that pretend to just be anti-Zionists, will take any notice of such inconveniences as facts.

Malaysian Airline Flight 370 Diverted ? Day 8 Updates ! Diversion of MH370 airliner was a 'deliberate act', says Malaysian PM ! Key takeaway : based on satellite communication and analysis by FAA / NTSB / AAIB and Malaysian Authorities , the plane’s last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors: a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, or a southern corridor stretching approximately from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean . With a diversion being the new consensus , what is the status of the passengers and crew ? If this diversion was a hijacking , why haven't the hijackers communicated any demands in a full week of mystery ? The Southern Corridor ( with the Cocos Islands as a diversion landing point ) , may be more likely a path - if the diverters idea was to avoid radar detection ( which would have been much more likely with the northern corridor )

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
[image: Runways in range of MH370] Runways in range of MH370 Photograph: /wnyc.org WNYC Data Team have produced a map of the all the airstrips that Flight Mh370 could have landed at. Data from X-Plane provides coordinates for runways around the world. A Boeing 777 pilot is quoted in Slate as estimating a runway length requirement of 5,000 feet. A recent *Wall Street Journal* article quoted sources stating the flight could have continued for 2,200 nautical miles from its last known position.The WNYC Data News team found 634 runways that meet these criteria, spread across 26 di... more »

Be At Peace & Be In Love - A Quote from M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
by M.N. Hopkins

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“NGC 2685 is a confirmed polar ring galaxy - a rare type of galaxy with stars, gas and dust orbiting in rings perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk. The bizarre configuration could be caused by the chance capture of material from another galaxy by a disk galaxy, with the captured debris strung out in a rotating ring. *Click image for larger size.* Still, observed properties of NGC 2685 suggest that the rotating ring structure is remarkably old and stable. In this sharp view of the peculiar system also known as Arp 336 or the Helix galaxy, the strange, perpendicular ring... more »

art appreciation - Ben Newman - Adjusted Tracking

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 1 day ago
*Adjusted Tracking* -- it's a cocky pre-widescreen VHS-video reference. And only those of us, like Ben Newman, who confess to have wasted too much time watching too many sci-fi horror alternative Z-list films in our teens can 'really' understand what his latest imagery means - the rotting of our brains, our bodies, our souls. *Thanks Hollyweird.*

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 1 day ago
St Clare of Assisi St Clare Church Woodbridge, Ont. Photo taken with my Samsung S3 by Albino Azzoli The Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi. *Make me a channel of your peace,Where there is hatred let me bring your love,Where there is injury your pardon Lord,And where there’s doubt true faith in you.Make me a channel of your peace,Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope,Where there is darkness, only light,And where there’s sadness, ever joy.O Master grant that I may never seek,So much to be consoled as to console,To be understood as to und... more »

'TOP BOY LOVERS'

Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago
*Field Marshal William Slim* (above), the former Governor General of Australia, reportedly molested young boys. Britain's 'finest WWII general' accused of child sex abuse in Australia - Telegraph *Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten* (above) liked boys in their early teens. 1169andcounting.blogspot.com *Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener* (above) was reportedly a pedophile. Kitchener *Field Marshal Douglas Haig *(above), who was reportedly gay, liked to have young lads around him. (Cached) (Cached) *Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (above)* had "romantic friendships ... more »

'Newsnight': 10-14 March

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 1 day ago
So 'what was the story?' on last week's *Newsnight*. (Yes, it's that time of the week again.) *Monday 10/3* 1. Domestic violence: Are some police forces trying harder than others to tackle it? Interview with Yvette Cooper (Labour) & Norman Baker (Lib Dem) 2. The missing Malaysian airline. Interview with Prof Graham Braithwaite of Cranfield University. 3. Ex-wife of the King of Saudi Arabia says her daughters are being held as prisoners in the Gulf. Interview with Alanoud Al Fayaz 4. Ukraine. Interviews with Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski & Paul Brinkley, US Deputy Under Secr... more »

Catching a yawn is linked to age, study shows

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Finally proof that I'm still young, as the BBC report that 'People are less likely to yawn when others do as they get older, a study has found.' I'm young! Because I started yawning just reading this report, for once I'm not bring sarcastic... More here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26587535

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight systems disabled

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
The BBC are reporting that which many people had suspected for a while that foul play may account for the disappearance of flight MH370. I wonder who might be too blame... ' The communications systems of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 were deliberately disabled, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has said.The new evidence, based on satellite and radar tracking of the plane, is "consistent with the deliberate action of someone on the plane", he said. The investigation is "now entering a new phase", he said, focusing on the crew and passengers on board.Flight MH370 disappea... more »

Nuclear Malfeasance in a Pennsylvania Nuclear Waste Dump

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 1 day ago
The Wall Street Journal has a very concerning story on the Pennsylvania radioactive-waste dump, describing a critical report by the NRC Inspector General on that agency's [lack of] historical oversight of waste disposal there: Nuclear Report Raises Questions on Pennsylvania Dump Cleanup by John Emshwiller: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579437432202947124 The report on the Shallow Land Disposal Area, by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's office of inspector general, was made public Thursday. It found that incomplete historical records make it imposs... more »

Bill Gates Tries to Fashion Teacher Support for His Beloved Common Core

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
One would think that if teachers supported the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), then teachers would take the initiative to rally around said CCSS. Not so. It seems that we need Bill Gates to tell us that we need CCSS. He did so today (Friday, March 14, 2014), in Washington, DC: Bill Gates is rallying teachers to […]

What the world needs now: green velvet cake (plus some actually interesting green food ideas)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Food Network text*: *"Red velvet cake gets remade for St. Paddy's Day with the help of green food coloring. Cover the cake with fluffy frosting, then use your imagination to finish it with decorations."* *by Ken* No, there's nothing wrong with your computer monitor if the cake above displays as green. As you'll note in the photo caption above, red velvet cake has gotten remade for St. Paddy's Day with the help of green food coloring." I'm a little queasy about bringing this news to you just a day after devoting a post to Sbarro's pizza. You could get the idea that this is the pl... more »

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TV Watch: "Mad Men" Season 7 preview -- Is the world ready for a mod Harry Crane? (Plus a bold prediction)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*You've got your 3D glassses on, right?* *Fashion-forward Harry Crane (Rich Sommers), fromthe newly released Mad Men Season 7 cast photos* *by Ken* I think I've mentioned that I planned to go back to the beginning and traverse Seasons 1 to 6 of *Mad Men* in anticipation of the debut of the seventh and final season on April 13. I'm now early in Season 3, and I can report one startling finding: Janie Bryant, who has become world-famous as the show's costume designer (and obviously one of the people most visibly responsible for its period look) turned into Katherine Jane Bryant in all... more »
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