Thursday, March 27, 2014

27 Mar - Blogs I'm Following

12:34pm MDST

John Kane 'Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 minutes ago
John Kane Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide? By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk Censored News "The most consistent theme in the descriptions penned about the New World was amazement at the Indians’ personal liberty, in particular their freedom from rulers and from social classes based on ownership of property. For the first time the French and the British became aware

Hamas: We Must Slaughter the Jews - Israel Today

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 44 minutes ago
There are idiots on Twitter who claim that Hamas doesn't really want to destroy Israel AND kill all Jews. It's just rhetoric they tell me. Hmmm what about this? ' Hamas member of the Palestinian parliament said in a recent televised address that Palestinian Muslims must either subdue or massacre the Jews, and that genuine, long-lasting peace with the infidels is not achievable.Speaking on Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV, MP Yunis Al-Astal explained that in the Quran, Allah taught the Muslims that “they [the Jews] are the ones with whom you made a covenant, but they break their covenant every ... more »

DEW Line Patch

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 52 minutes ago

ETHIKOS 1: MeTA-PH, PCPI, PHAP and FDA on launching

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 59 minutes ago
Last night, the ETHIKOS (Ethics in Healthcare) Movement was launched at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. I don’t have the photos now, will post them in Part 2 of this thread. Will post here some quotes from some speakers last night. 1. Former Gov. Roberto “Obet” Pagdanganan, MeTA Philippines Chairman Gov. Obet thanked the participants, particularly the organizations that formed movement – the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Philippines, the Coalition for Health Advocacy and Transparency (CHAT), and the British Embassy’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (... more »

Will The BC liberals and As Our Stomach Turns Media Stop Pulling Our Legs

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 hour ago
*Written by Grant G* Robin Mathews touched on how media personalities have morphed into political party spokepersons and he is correct, my problem isn`t their affiliation it`s the fact they pretend to be neutral or well reasoned when clearly they are neither.. News reporting, television news, newspaper news and in particularly radio commentary on current events has became staged, manufactured, fake, no more spontaneity radio today is kin to television soap operas, actors, extras and phony plots, good guys coming to the rescue and tune in tomorrow for another episode of.. How my... more »

Christie’s report gets released today!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 hour ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014* *The tulip craze moves in reverse:* On CNN, the tulip craze was still underway last night. The various pundits still sat around, basically guessing and dreaming. By way of contrast, on The Last Word, an equal-but-opposite craze seemed to run in reverse. To watch the whole segment, click here. Lawrence discussed Chris Christie’s impending report about the Fort Lee lane closings. The report will be released today. We were surprised by the attitude expressed by one major New Jersey journalist. First, a bit of background: Last night, on a radio show, Chri... more »

Here Is The YouTube "Start A False Flag War With Syria" Leaked Recording That Erdogan Wanted Banned | Zero Hedge

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 hour ago
The reason for Turkey's Erdogan banning Twitter and then You Tube has been explained and it's staggering... 'To summarize: a recording confirming a NATO-member country planned a false-flag war with Syria (where have we seen that before?) and all the Prime Minister has to say is the leak was "immoral."' More here http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-27/here-youtube-false-flag-attack-syria-clip-erdogan-wanted-banned I'm assuming that Erdogan will now either just blame Israel or maybe start with some anti Israel rhetoric.

Fukushima Steaming this Morning

Majia's Blog - 1 hour ago
The common spent fuel pool is really steaming. I suspect that spiderwebs will be visible today. TBS cam view is entirely obscured. Unfortunately I will not be able to watch as I have to run errands today <img alt="" height="285" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAASgAAADTCAIAAAC9RxkgAAAgAElEQVR4nOyd15ccRZbwW6ZdtbdV6b33plx7Sd0tCTlkQEKAkEEgJIQZFj5mGIYxe3bOHnbn7Os+7dsuDGaY/SP2D9rlbR/me7iZUZGuqrolDcwe7okDraqsyMjM+MW9ce+NyJH//d///c///M8vvvjiu++++/rrr7/66qtvvvnm22+//eabb77++us/pvLtt99+9dVX8MmXX3751Vdfffvtt19//fU333zzpz/9Cf7+4osv4OCvv/76T3/6ExwJdX799ddwDKof/f3VV1/96U9/gn/CWUBQ... more »

BISHOP BALL, SAVILE, ELM GUEST HOUSE, SEVENOAKS, MI5...

Anon at aangirfan - 1 hour ago
*Ball and Prince* On 27 march 2014, it was reported that *Peter Ball*, the former bishop of Gloucester and Lewes, had been charged with sexually assaulting a young boy. *Church of England bishop charged with indecently assaulting young boys* This follows an investigation by Sussex police. The police investigated allegations of sexual offences by Ball against 19 young men and boys, in *East Sussex* and elsewhere between the 1970s and the early 1980s. Two of the boys were 12 and 13 when the alleged offending occurred in the late 1970s. Vincent S. aged 10 yrs, from Grafton Children... more »

For Ro Khanna, A Past Filled With Cheating Was A Predictable Prologue To His Current Campaign

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
Anti-family conservatives Khanna & Singh Yesterday we took a look at how Ro Khanna, from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party, was forced to resign from his first elected office when he was exposed for financial campaign fraud (1996) and then how Bill Clinton denounced him 8 years later when Khanna falsely claimed to have been endorsed by Clinton while he was running against Congressman Tom Lantos. Clinton wasn't satisfied with telling Khanna to cease-and-desist, he took the unusual step of endorsing Khanna's rival, Congressman Tom Lantos because of the flap. Clinton said he... more »

LET'S MAKE IT REAL

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 hour ago
Wikipedia informs us about one of the US's big border wars. The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War, the Invasion of Mexico, the U.S. Intervention, or the United States War Against Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory. Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from the spring of 1846 to the fall of 1847. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California, then invaded parts of ... more »

an angry prophet

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 hour ago

TEACH THE JOURNALISTS WELL: Motoko Rich gets it very right!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 2 hours ago
*THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014* *Interlude—The editors get it quite wrong:* Yesterday morning, Motoko Rich authored one of the best education reports we’ve ever seen in the New York Times. This morning, the editors offer an editorial which is tired, enormously lazy, wrong. Let’s start with Rich’s report, which could of course have been better. Let’s say it again—Rich’s piece is one of the best education reports we’ve ever seen in the Times. We’ll grant you, there isn’t a very high bar. But Rich’s piece starts to show what education reporting could be like. Rich penned the featured news... more »

Anti Semitic attack in France

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 2 hours ago
'"They started to curse me out: ‘dirty Jew,’ ‘death to the Jews,’ ‘son of a b***,’ etc. Then they started to beat me up,” David says in a clip before breaking down in tears. “I was hit on my face, I got my nose fractured… And then one of them took something out of his pocket, I thought it was a knife… It was a marker… And this is what they did to me (showing his chest), a swastika as they were screaming ‘dirty Jew.’ ”David then shows the Nazi symbol drawn on his bare chest by the attackers. When members of the public started coming close to the scene of the attack, the assailants ... more »

Here's Sand in Your Eye, America

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 2 hours ago
"How many times do I have to tell you!" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius impatiently fumed the other day. "When I say bed, I mean bed. Lights out on March 31st. No ifs, ands or buts!" Um.... what's that you say? You need one more drink of water? You forgot to brush your teeth? You didn't do your homework? You're stoned? Well.... never mind. You can stay up just a few more minutes, but only until April, mind you! And no more excuses after that. I really mean it this time. Another day, another Obamacare deadline extension in the ever-shifting sand. Another day to shop till you drop wit... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 3 hours ago
*The Listening Post Asks: What Do You Know About Coastal Erosion? ~Kate Richardson, WWNO* *Study: funding LA coastal effort would create over100K jobs ~AP, via WWL* *Bayou Corne sinkhole swallows six more trees ~Advocate* *Vidalia mayor joins push to protect Mississippi River ~Monroe News Star* *911 calls go unanswered; call center under scrutiny ~Jena Swanson, WDSU* *After decades on New Orleans' streets, K9 and Dr. Love find the hardest fight is within ~Richard A. Webster* *Latest jail death at Orleans Parish Prison sparks protest ~Dan Lawton, New Orleans Advocate* *New census... more »

Green Fetuses and Spam

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 3 hours ago
I thought I was losing my feel for the madness of fetus fetishists. I really thought this story would bust the Shrieeeeek-o-meter. The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation has found. Ten NHS trusts have admitted burning foetal remains alongside other rubbish while two others used the bodies in ‘waste-to-energy’ plants which generate power for heat. Last night the Department of Health issued an instant ban on the practice which health minister Dr Dan Poulter branded ‘totall... more »

Islamic State of Iraq Fails To Break Into Badush Prison In Ninewa Twice

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 4 hours ago
One of the ways that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has been able to rebuild itself has been through attacks on prisons to release their commanders and hardened fighters. For the last few years these operations have repeatedly occurred throughout central and northern Iraq with great success leading to the escape of hundreds of insurgents. ISIS actually failed twice to break out its members from Badush prison in Ninewa, but that was not for a lack of trying. For almost a year ISIS targeted prison guards at Badush in order to facilitate an escape. That started in ... more »

No To The Coup In The Ukraine - Natalia Vitrenko's Paris Webcast

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours ago
*Published on March 15, 2014 * No to the Coup in Ukraine - Natalia Vitrenko's Paris Webcast *FOLLOWING BELOW ARE SOME OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES EVER PRODUCED BY THE LAROUCHE MOVEMENT. EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BETTER WATCH THEM CLOSELY...& SPREAD THEM LIKE WILD FIRE.. !* 1.) Firewall:In Defense Of The Nation State http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vho6b4... 2.) 1932 - A True History of the United States http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlVdp... 3.) Glass-Steagall, The Complete Story... http://youtu.be/K-BqZNJ9rnU 4.) - The New Dark Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbs_DA... 5.) The Harva... more »

It's Madness

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 4 hours ago
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that petropolitics are behind what is going on in Ukraine: Russia, a true petro state, sits on one-fifth of the world's natural gas supply. About one-third of the natural gas burnt in Europe comes from Russia via Ukraine, which once housed the Russian capital centuries ago. In addition, Russia almost exports as much oil as Saudi Arabia. Not surprisingly, Putin gets his political mojo from oil and gas revenues just as Margaret Thatcher once secured her power base on proceeds from the North Sea. Nearly 50 per cent of Russia's total budget depends on the sale ... more »

Save and Support the Organic Food Label by Christina Sarich

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 5 hours ago
*Source: http://beyondpesticides.org/index.php* Save and Support the Organic Food Label: Don’t let the FDA Win! by Christina Sarich Natural Society, 26 March 2014 If you want to keep eating food that doesn’t turn your organs into cancerous mush or cause infertility within three generations, then we need your help to protect organic farmers and their crops. The Save Our Organic campaign is meant to defend the organic food label from USDA changes, currently being undermined by the government agency and its special interest groups. New rules proposed by the FDA announced just th... more »

A New Day Dawnin' In South Carolina? Not Likely

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
The only state that has *both* Senate seats up in November is South Carolina. That's because Lindsey Graham has served his 6 year term and is up for reelection for one seat and because Jim DeMint resigned and was replaced with a gubernatorial appointment, right-wing extremist Tim Scott, for the other seat. There will be a special election to fill out the rest of DeMint's term. We've been concentrating on the Graham seat since he makes such a flamboyant target out of himself-- and because 6 hilarious crackpot teabaggers are running against him, plus a Democrat, Jay Stamper, who has... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 5 hours ago
*What kills more people than AIDS, diabetes and road injuries?* *This is very speculative. Very WHO. How do you sort out all causes of deaths worldwide? Many studies of "illness" caused by pollution just asssume that pollution is the cause* Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012, more people than AIDS, diabetes and road injuries combined. One in eight deaths worldwide can be attributed to breathing tainted air, making it the world’s largest environmental health risk, the Geneva-based World Health Organisation said in a report on Tuesday, today doubling its previous ... more »

WHITEWASHING THE TRUTH

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
The hypocrisy of Obama is beyond imagination. The fact that he feels he has to make excuses for US attacks on Iraq, Yugoslavia, or Libya indicates though that much of the world is not buying what the Obama team is selling. It's quite sad really that this man is reduced to groveling on the world stage - "The US attacks are not as bad as Russia's referendums." In the larger scheme of things the US is finished as the 'shining light on the hill'. The bulb has burned out.

Is this the real psychic Sally Morgan?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 6 hours ago
this may come as a surprise to many of Free Planet's readers, but, "I'm a big fan of TV-psychics like Colin Fry, Derek Acorah and Sally Morgan." The latter, Sally Morgan, in particular, does something very emotional with her voice when she's 'relaying a message from the other side'. Now, I don't even believe in an afterlife (I certainly have no first-hand knowledge of such) and her voice-trick might be a *heartless con-man's technique* but I don't care, it really works and brings the tears to my eyes every time. It's Great TV. But this post isn't about 'whether psychics are real' or... more »

Louisiana sinkhole Updates - items of interest March 27 , 2014

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://theadvocate.com/home/8740777-125/bayou-corne-sinkhole-swallows-six Bayou Corne sinkhole swallows six more trees River Parishes bureau March 27, 2014 2 COMMENTS BAYOU CORNE — The 29-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish swallowed six cypress trees Wednesday and had its first deep burp of gas and fluid since late August, parish officials said. The event comes nearly two weeks to the hour after lead scientists investigating the sinkhole for state regulators said the hole seemed to be on the path to stabilizing. The sinkhole slowly pulled down six trees about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday on the... more »

Gardasil: My Doctors In Denmark Said There Were No Side Effects by Sanni Charlotte Falcke

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 6 hours ago
[image: Gardasil: No Side Effects?] Gardasil: My doctors said there were no side effects By Sanni Charlotte Falcke Kalundborg, Denmark Sane Vax, Inc. 25 March 2014 I am a 29 year old girl from Denmark who was harmed by the HPV vaccine Gardasil… Here is my story: For as long as I can remember I have struggled with my mind. I have Paranoid Schizophrenia. It hasn’t always been easy being me. Whatever I have experienced in the past bears no comparison with how I am feeling now as it is no longer a mental problem but a physical problem and this change in my health has occurred aft... more »

Inexplicata: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Inexplicata (IHU) at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 7 hours ago
After many delays, INEXPLICATA: Chronicles of the Paranormal is finally complete. Older readers may be familiar with the information presented here, but it will be of interest to our newer readers who may have missed out. http://www.scribd.com/doc/214826822/INEXPLICATA-Chronicles-of-the-Paranormal Inexplicata Podcasts covering items from UFO / paranormal history in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean

Hamas spreading Sharia law in the Gaza Strip

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
News you won't find on the BBC, for whom Hamas are liberal angels fighting a righteous war against the evil apartheid state of Israel. Details are here http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wap/Item.aspx?type=0&item=178909

I AM Without Prejudice: ALL that is needed

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 7 hours ago
Many conversations are circling in groups online and in person over the use of signatures. As I have pointed out over the past few days, "They" need your signature to take your value. "They" cannot touch your value even with a 10 foot pole without that scribble that is your signature.... hence they will do ANYTHING to get your signature onto a document. Everything you sign, from here on out, should include the words "Without Prejudice". For me, it is now part of my signature on EVERYTHING. One thing that Heather explained to me yesterday that makes absolute sense to me, is th... more »

This is why women should not be on the Supreme Court...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 7 hours ago
*because they tend to reason by way of their feelings rather than logic.* Before we go further, I'm well aware that many of my female readers are not going to like what I have to say. That's mainly because the majority of women who visit here have exceptionally logical minds. Being a woman does not preclude thinking logically. However, women and men *do* think differently and reach conclusions based on different criteria. Women have been gifted with an abundance of compassion and a nurturing spirit. The care and raising of children requires these types of gifts. Men, before bei... more »

The Universe really began with the Big Bang singularity

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago
Matt Strassler wrote two recent blog posts that attempt to denounce a singularity at the beginning of the expansion of our Universe and to question the Big Bang itself. While I agree with most of the detailed technical claims he is making (e.g. with the constantly repeated notion that the closer to the Big Bang we dive, the more uncertain our knowledge about the phenomena becomes etc.), the truth value and purpose of the main propositions that Matt wants to defend remain mysterious to me. (See also my conversation with Umesh.) Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, Then near... more »

Thursday ISA edition

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Greetings from Toronto. In advance of tonight’s OAIS blogging awards gathering at 7:15pm in Sheraton Ballroom C, the Duck non-collective collective got together for a pre-soiree soiree. Folks were in good from. For many of us, it was the first chance for us to ever meet in person. For me, this is a quick trip, Continue reading

Lather, rinse, repeat - what is this REPEATED LIFE lesson - trying to teach us?

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 8 hours ago
Repeated Life lessons. Kinda like having a recurring dream/nightmare. Having researched the form, I understand we're, "Being told something," by these events/dreams and I'm not sure I'm listening properly or able to act upon this Repeated Life lesson. A few days ago, I started (but didn't publish) a blogpost on the subject of *achievemephobia* or Fear of Success, which I suspected I suffered from. Personally, I feel VERY HAPPY with the 'creative life' I've had; as an artist I thought I created some powerful images; as a writer I thought I created some powerful characters; as a c... more »

NYTimes Editorial Board Goes Soft on 4 Year Olds

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 8 hours ago
Maybe Brent Staples is getting sentimental in his middle age, but the Editorial Board is suddenly all misty-eyed about pre-K and kindergarten urban childrenbeing kicked out of school for any breach of the total compliance system perfected in the KIPP reform schools. I, too, worry about these children, but I worry, too, about the ones who are left there, whose little human spirits that are not strong enough to cry out, NO. And then there are those suffering in the 1-12 grades, who are subjected to a regimen that even adult teachers can't take for more than than a year or two, with la... more »

Will Hotter, Drier Summers & Milder Winters Become The Norm In Future?

rss2009 at Global Cooling & New Ice Age UK - 8 hours ago
*Will Hotter, Drier Summers & Milder Winters Become The Norm In Future?* There has recently been reports from scientific experts in reference to the hottest summer ever occurring during 2014 on the basis of El Nino weather patterns. Unfortunately, these predictions do not consider how solar activity can influence our weather patterns and other major factors such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in relation to the frequency and strength of El Nino and La Nina episodes. The PDO identifies warm or cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean (largest ocean in the world) on a monthl... more »

Karen Hudes, David Crayford and ME- From RMN

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 9 hours ago
There has been an on going conversation on Rumor Mill News, back and forth between David Crayford and I, for the past two or three days. As the conversation links have slid so far down the RMN main page, I am posting the on going conversation here for transparency. It all started with the posting of an article, originally from Philosophyofmetrics HERE, between JC Collins and Karen Hudes on RMN which can be found HERE I am not going to get into the details of it, but highly recommend reading it as Collins writing is very insightful and thought provoking at the best of times, and... more »

BLISS?

Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
*Interdimensional * We can speculate about what life is all about. But nobody has yet come up with a complete answer that can be proven to be correct. We can, however, look at a formula for achieving happiness and bliss. And we can put it to the test to see if it works. Teachers such as Buddha tell us not to hold on to of pain, sorrow and fear. "When Jack Schwarz sticks a long sailor's needle through his bicep, he feels no pain, does not bleed and has no infection. "Why? He uses a detachment visualization technique. "It is not HIS arm attached to HIS body, but instead it is A... more »

Brazil Public Prosecutor Asks For A Total Ban On Herbicides

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
[image: Foto: Brazil's Public Prosecutor has requested a total ban on glyphosate based herbicides. The Public Prosecutor has also sought an injunction on 2,4-D as well as several other herbicides that are all suspected of damaging human health and environment, pending further toxicity studies and seeks to prohibit the release of 2,4-D resistant GMO crops. YAY! for Brazil. Let's hope they follow in Sri Lanka's footsteps and drop the ban hammer on Roundup and all glyphosate based herbicides. This leads us to ask: How many countries will BAN ROUNDUP before the U.S. decides it's not ok ... more »

Musical Interlude: Kevin Kern, “Another Realm”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
Kevin Kern, “Another Realm” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2JtNQublQ

Take a break from the lying mainstream media and listen to Paul Craig Roberts telling you the truth about what might and might not happen in Ukraine now the Washington neocon idiots have messed up. In the second part he analyzes the options the Fed may try to stave off the day of reckoning as the economy inexorably sinks with no return.

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago
------------------------------ http://youtu.be/AhxZxL56B00 Paul Craig Roberts: US is Completely Busted, Non-Delivery of Gold - Crash the System, War in Ukraine Greg Hunter Published on Mar 11, 2014 http://usawatchdog.com/united-states-... - Economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, "The physical stock of gold in the West to meet delivery demand is diminishing rapidly. So, one day the Chinese will buy 100 tons of gold, and we won't be able to make delivery. That would crash the system. It would just pop. So, there are things that could crash it suddenly. Regardless . . . the eco... more »

"And Never, Never To Forget..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget." - Arundhati Roy

The Poet: Mary Oliver, "What I Have Learned So Far"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*"What I Have Learned So Far"* "Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit to no labor in its cause? I don't think so. All summations have a beginning, all effect has a story, all kindness begins with the sown seed. Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of light is the crossroads of- indolence, or action. Be ignited, or be gone." ~... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster. *Click image for larger size.* This sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's e... more »

Cheesecake and Orange Cake- You're Invited Link-Up

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
Wow! Can you believe it’s already been six whole weeks since we started the You’re Invited link party? We’ve seen so many amazing projects and recipes linked up! I love that the link up is slowly growing and seeing so many new faces joining in on the fun! It’s Jesseca’s turn to take the wheel and feature some of her favorites form the last party! [image: You're invited header 2] Hey everyone! Glad to be back in charge and excited to share a few posts that I’ve been working on this week! The focus has been more on the sweet side, but I did manage to throw in one savory recipe! Make s... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 12 hours ago
*Climate change: the debate is about to change radically* *As many Warmists now acknowledge, there is no point in trying to stop global warming; all we can do is adapt to whatever arises* The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due out next week. If the leaked draft is reflected in the published report, it will constitute the formal moving on of the debate from the past, futile focus upon "mitigation" to a new debate about resilience and adaptation. The new report will apparently tell us that the global GDP costs of an expected global a... more »

“Invasion of the Data Snatchers"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“Invasion of the Data Snatchers:* *Big Data and the Internet of Things Means the Surveillance of Everything”* By Catherine Crump and Matthew Harwood “Estimates vary, but by 2020 there could be over 30 billion devices connected to the Internet. Once dumb, they will have smartened up thanks to sensors and other technologies embedded in them and, thanks to your machines, your life will quite literally have gone online. The implications are revolutionary. Your smart refrigerator will keep an inventory of food items, noting when they go bad. Your smart thermostat will learn your habits ... more »

Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 20, 1990-1992

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 13 hours ago
The Mubarak regime, supported financially and militarily by the United States, was accused of serious human rights violations, including extensive use of torture. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in … finish reading Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 20, 1990-1992

Holding John Boehner Accountable? Not Steve Israel Or His Lame DCCC

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
Remember reading how CPAC had once snubbed Chris Christie and had welcomed him as some kind of conservative hero this year? Well, maybe John Boehner will be caught up in a big scandal one day that will make him a hero too, but he-- unlike Mitch McConnell-- was snubbed by CPAC this year. The speaker has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about his frustration with tea party members of the House Republican caucus who have broken with leadership on key votes. The antipathy is mutual. “There are not enough curse words in the English language to describe how movement conservat... more »

And the crowd went … mild

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 15 hours ago
That awkward moment when you do a show and only one person bothers to clap. [Hat tip Bosch Fawstin for both video and quip] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

R2P: The Tables Turn on the West in Crimea

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago
[image: ox281265770633091448] *March 27, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - R2P, or the “responsibility to protect,” was a geopolitical tool used by the West after thoroughly destabilizing a nation through armed proxies to then intervene militarily, enact regime change, occupy, and reorder the nation both economically and sociopolitically. It has been used to devastating effect in Serbia in the carving out of Kosovo, as well as more recently in Libya. In Kosovo, the Canadian National Post would report in their article, “U.S. supported al-Qaeda cells during Balkan Wars,” that: *In... more »

The Crumbling Mainstream Press and Media in Canada

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 15 hours ago
Part I *Looking at Andrew Coyne.* *Written by Robin Mathews* Think of media journalists. Think of the corner they have on communication. Think how they are looked upon as celebrities. Think how a person like Andrew Coyne plays moderate, centrist commentator – and is given room to pontificate for the Right almost without limit. Think how many Canadians judge him to be sound and dependable. Think what that does to the way those Canadians shape their ideas of politics and the community. Andrew Coyne is just one example – used here because many “progressive” Canadians ac... more »

The Sandy Hook HOAX: Follow The Money - Nearly $100 Million Collected!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
Sandy Hook was indeed a fraud and a massive criminal operation. Nobody died in this operation, period. The purpose of this operation was two fold... One to bring in further gun restrictions against the American people in clear violation of the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, and two, to use the psychology of fear and paranoia to further restrict American freedoms while turning the US itself into a police state.... It is disgusting to see that there are still disinformation agents out there that are trying vainly to promote the lie that the "shooting" in Newtown Connecticut w... more »

Malaysian Flight MH370: Is THIS What Happened To The "Missing" Plane?

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 16 hours ago
When Malaysian flight MH370 "disappeared" somewhere over the Indian Ocean, I smelled a rat. This was an extended range Boeing 777 aircraft that had enough fuel to land almost anywhere in the Indian Ocean area. Unsurprising to me, the Jewish controlled media was busy misleading everyone into the false belief that the plane crashed somewhere off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the eastern Indian Ocean. Once the plane mysteriously turned westbound, its flight path was in a direct line to the US military base at Diego Garcia. This plane had plenty of fuel to land there, and ye... more »

(Jimmy Carter Zings Colbert!) Can We Rebuild An Internet Secure from Snooping Spies? (Why I Must Speak Out on Israel, Palestine and BDS (Roger Waters Speaks))

Jimmy Carter may the only guest (or one of the few) to actually out-zing Stephen Colbert on his show and this happened just last night against all of Colbert's plans. I'm thinking that Jimmy should have his own show. He's, naturally, intelligent, affable, and a very witty man, and quite capable of speaking knowledgeably on all sorts of subjects. Not to mention, being able to quote personal

Tax Cut 18: On 10% Flat Tax, Greco Belgica and GDP Growth

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 17 hours ago
A tax cut seems to be an "in" thing these days as there are bills at the House of Representatives (by Cong. Miro Quimbo) and the Senate (by Sen. Sonny Angara) cutting the marginal income tax rate from 32 percent to 22 or 25 percent. Of course the BIR has its own version to complicate existing taxes. One of the known advocates of a low, flat tax, is former Manila Councilor Greco Belgica. In the 2013 elections, he ran for the Senate. He was not serious in winning of course. He only used the elections to propagandize the flat tax philosophy, which was a good strategy. In his facebook... more »

Deep tweets

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 17 hours ago
It's become routine but I will never get over having lived to see pictures actually being sent to Earth from Mars. Just astounding. Absolutely crazy thin blades of surprisingly competent eroded rock in @MarsCuriosity image http://t.co/UDw4PBaFlk pic.twitter.com/q49mIbS9s4 — Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) March 27, 2014

How The BRICs (Thanks To Russia) Just Kicked The G-7 Out Of The G-20 -- Will the BRICs effectively rule the roost at the IMF as soon as the April 10 , 2014 meeting of G20 finance ministers’ and central bank governors’ meeting due in Washington on that date ? And now do we fully understand the muted to response to Obama's little pep talk - no respect ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-26/how-brics-just-kicked-out-g-7-out-g-20 How The BRICs (Thanks To Russia) Just Kicked The G-7 Out Of The G-20 [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/26/2014 20:31 -0400 - Ben Bernanke - BRICs - China - Corruption - Counterparties - International Monetary Fund - Japan - President Obama - Reserve Currency - Ukraine - World Trade inShare1 *By Paul Mylchreest of Monument Securities* *A critical juncture* Over the course of the last century, the US Congress has been blamed for... more »

Food Watch: Not for the weak of stomach -- the bacon craziness just keeps getting crazier

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours ago
*What? You settle for a BLT made with fewer than 50 strips of bacon? Then you need to hie to Jersey City by April 1 to the Zeppelin Hall Spring Bacon Festival to sample the Fifty Shades of Bacon BLT. (Note that the sandwich comes with fries, in case you were worried that it might be too heart-healthy.)* *by Ken* It was only last month that the March "Bacon Issue" of *Food Network Magazine* set *DWT* Food Watch to wondering: "Hasn't the bacon thing by now gone a little too far? ('A little'? How about *a lot*?)" I'm not sure any more comment is required regarding the porkorama now i... more »

War Watch March 26 , 2014 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Elections loom for April and consistent violence and deadly attacks continue apace.....Syrian Rebels Seize Another Coastal Village, Nearing Latakia Fall of Major Port Would Delay Chemical Weapons Shipments ....... Egypt Targets 1200 Morsi Supporters With Death Penalty 683 More Detainees Face Same Court That Ordered Hundreds Killed Yesterday

Catharsis Ours - 17 hours ago
Iraq....... Iraq Election Commission Resigns Ahead of April VoteCommission Cites 'Intense Pressures' From Maliki Govt by Jason Ditz, March 25, 2014 Print This | Share This Everybody looking for a crooked April election had their sites set of Afghanistan, where corruption and vote counting is at almost legendary proportions. Iraq’s good at that too, though. Citing “intense pressure” from the Maliki government, every single member of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq resigned today, leaving open the question of how the April 30 vote will take place. IHEC’s compla... more »

WHO IS PROVOKING WHO ON THE GAZA FRONT?

Over the last few weeks the Israelis have been sending their strike aircraft at low levels over the Gaza Strip launching missiles at various targets. As a result several Palestinians have been killed. The Israelis have said that these raids are in retaliation to Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel, but is this really the case? B’Tselam, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, reportsthat on 28 February 2014, Amneh Qdeih, a 57-year-old mentally ill Palestinian woman, wandered off from a wedding party in the village of Khuza’ah and walked to... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 19 hours ago
*So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code — it’s only the Lower Ninth ~Roberta Brandes Gratz, The Lens*

Polar Bear at sunset

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago

Iceberg near Pond Inlet, Nunavut

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago

Review of evidence in charge to jury

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 19 hours ago
R. v. McPherson, 2014 ONCA 223: [26] In a jury charge, except in rare cases where it would be needless to do so, the trial judge must review the substantial parts of the evidence and the theory of the defence so that the jury may appreciate the value and effect of that evidence and how the law is to be applied to the facts: see *Azoulay v. The Queen*, [1952] 2 S.C.R. 495, at pp. 497-98. That said, a jury charge does not require a standard of perfection: see *R. v. Jacquard*, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 314, at para. 2. As stated by Lamer C.J. at para. 14 of that decision: As long as ... more »

The Triumph of Ethics over Practicality: A Tale of Two Cities

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 20 hours ago
*With a hat tip to reader Mark, and a big thank you to writer Jerry Kirkpatrick, here three years after Christchurch’s destruction is a topical Guest Post comparing the progress of two cities one year after devastation by tornado. The results are as clear as that of any well-set-up laboratory experiment. Which model do you think is being followed in Christchurch ?* My title this month—the triumph of ethics over practicality—is sarcastic because I believe, as Ayn Rand taught, that the moral is the practical. My reference is to the continued unquestioned acceptance and dominance of ... more »

Striking a guilty plea

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 20 hours ago
R. v. Chemama, 2014 ONCA 220: [18] The onus rests on the appellant to show that his guilty pleas were invalid. To constitute a valid guilty plea, the plea must be voluntary, unequivocal and informed. The accused must be aware of the nature of the allegations made against him or her, the effect of the plea, and the consequences of the plea. See *R. v. T.(R.)*(1992), 17 C.R. (4th) 247. [19] We have reviewed the transcript of the plea hearings in each of these three appeals. In each case, the presiding judge conducted the requisite plea inquiry – in detailed or summa... more »

Barbarism in the 21st Century

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 21 hours ago
And so after ten years of marriage, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have - apparently - called time on their relationship. They're now going to separate or, as Paltrow inimitably put it, partake of a "conscious uncoupling". Very sad, of course. For the sake of their kids let's hope the end of the affair does not subject them to the sorts of rancour one might normally expect. Still, was there any need for this "news" to be dignified as such with its slot on the lunch, afternoon and tea time bulletins? Forget remotely operated drones rocketing wedding parties. The summation of barba... more »

Ted Cruz: Repeal Obamacare - Yes We Can...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 21 hours ago
H/T Laughing Conservative

Guest Post From Senator Ted Lieu-- Ending Domestic Spying

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 21 hours ago
I met state Senator Ted Lieu at John Amato's birthday dinner a few weeks ago. I didn't know a lot about him-- just that he's one of the hard-working progressives in the state legislature and that he infuriated the banksters by writing and passing-- it took two sessions-- a consumer protection bill that stopped shady mortgage come-ons dead in their tracks. Now Lieu is running for the CA-33 seat that Henry Waxman is giving up (Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West L.A., Torrance, Malibu…), a crowded race that includes other good progressives as well as a powerful and dangerous "ex"-Repub... more »

What Is Capitalism?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 21 hours ago
[image: image] Since my blog strapline promotes capitalist acts for consenting adults, every now and then I like to answer the question: What is capitalism? Don’t worry if you can’t answer the question yourself. Most of capitalism’s critics, and even many of its alleged supporters, can’t answer it very well themselves. Capitalism is too often either confused for something else – cronyism, gangsterism, the hampered market – or blamed for iniquities engendered by the mixture of tonic and poison that is the mixed economy we live in, or damned for being immoral, destructive, alien ... more »

STUDENTS RISING IN MAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
Several hundred students at the University of Southern Maine (USM) in Portland have been protesting in recent days due to major cuts and faculty lay-offs at their institution. Students and faculty members who are protesting budget cuts at USM are accusing officials of making up numbers and “manufacturing” the crisis. The critics say the University of Maine System should use its $183 million in unrestricted reserve funds to plug budget holes and save faculty positions. It is good to see the students protesting against the coming reality of corporate feudalism. At some point the h... more »

How big is the actual gender wage gap?

bob somerby at the daily howler - 22 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Salon gets wonderfully thorough:* At the start of the week, we were puzzled by some of the work we found at Salon. Our most significant puzzlement concerned a piece by Katie McDonough. McDonough started this-a-way concerning the gender wage gap: MCDONOUGH (3/23/14): *There is something bizarre about celebrating the “top five states for women’s salaries” when women who live in these five states are still making, on average, 90 percent or less of what their male colleagues earn.* It’s not wrong, it’s just … strange. Women in the District of Columbia came ... more »

WHAT WE KNOW

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 22 hours ago
*THE REALITY, RISKS AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE* The overwhelming evidence of human-caused climate change documents both current impacts with significant costs and extraordinary future risks to society and natural systems. The scientific community has convened conferences, published reports, spoken out at forums and proclaimed, through statements by virtually every national scientific academy and relevant major scientific organization-including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - that climate change puts the well-being of people of all nations at ri... more »

“Why a New Depression Would Be Good For Us”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*“Why a New Depression Would Be Good For Us” * by Bill Bonner “The Dow rose 91 points yesterday. Gold was flat – after getting battered last week. Today, we go even farther into the unknown... beyond eventually and past sooner or later... to what happens next. Specifically, we don't think central bankers are going to take the end of the world lying down. They've got tricks up their sleeves. These are not new tricks. They've been used many times in many different forms. But they've never been used on the scale we now foresee. But before we begin guessing, let us tell you a bit about... more »

Good Advice to Bad Agents

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 22 hours ago
If you're a serious writer like me, then you've already been to countless literary agent websites. And if you've been to more than two or three, you'll click the backspace button with the growing uneasy feeling that, while they don't look alike, they all begin to sound alike. British literary agents, as is typical of the British, tend to be more civil and polite in their submissions pages. However, their American analogs across the pond tend to be insufferably arch, arrogant and sound as if they're ready to reject your next brilliant opus completely out of hand just for yo... more »

Cheyenne River Warriors force another megaload off their land!

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
Megaload Escorted off Cheyenne River By Joye Braun Censored News March 26, 2014 -- In the windy cold of the night Unci Maka warriors from Cheyenne River stood their ground to have Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s megaload law enforced last night March 25, 2014.It was reported about 6 pm that evening that a megaload was parked at the Cheyenne River Sioux Motel. Several people checked on the load

Breaking News, Enbridge Goes Full Propaganda Mode In Kitimat

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 23 hours ago
Breaking News...Enbridge are in full blown propaganda mode in Kitimat,...A $million dollar propaganda campaign underway, all in an attempt to affect a April 11th plebiscite taking place in Kitimat, a plebiscite on the northern gateway pipeline proposal... That isn`t the shocking part, misinformation is being spread by Enbridge canvassers and officials, even worse, Kitimat city counsel is allowing temporary construction workers who are working on Rio Tinto`s aluminum smelter to vote on the plebiscite, these temporary construction workers will be gone within a year or leass, many h... more »

Tulalip and Northwest tribes 'Hell No to Coal'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago
By Deborah Parker Censored News My daughter Kayah and I join our families and tribal nations in opposing coal terminals.  We hope you will join us. The Tulalip Tribes has joined other Northwest tribes in saying, "Hell No to Coal". Please spread the word to OPPOSE any such devastating action against our lands and waters. Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 57 Northwest tribes

Parent Suspended and Threatened with Arrest for Opt Out Notices

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 23 hours ago
Not too long ago, some parents from the small oil town of Hobbs, New Mexico, told me that some middle school kids had been handing out test refusal forms to their peers for the upcoming state tests. The principal, unsurprisingly, collected the remaining opt out forms and asked the students to stop passing them around. […]

Obamacare: Kevin Drum asks a sensible question!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 23 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Concerning those horror tales:* On Monday, Kevin Drum asked a fairly good question: Why have we heard so many stories about people getting screwed by Obamacare? More precisely, why have we heard so many *bogus* stories of this type? Drum’s question was inspired by a 1500-word piece in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. In that piece, Michael Hiltzik wrote about Rita Rizzo, age 60, who owns a management consulting firm for nonprofit groups with her husband, Lou Vincent, 64. Vincent suffers from several medical conditions. For that reason, he hadn’t been a... more »

The Gates Foundation MET Research Does NOT Provide Evidence for the Anti-Teacher Vergara v California

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Rick Hess, in “A Small Request for My Friends at Gates,” was kind enough to urge the Gates Foundation to consider three of my research proposals in order to better estimate the bias resulting from the inability of value-added added models to control for peer effects. I am pleased to say that Chief Research Officer […]

Sashko Bily Murdered: Night of the Long Knives Begins in Ukraine

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Oleksandr Muzychko aka Sashko Bily of the extremist Right Sector group that was instrumental in backing the US backed coup d’etat in Kiev was shot dead by police yesterday. Has the Night of the Long Knives arrived? Has “Yats” been given the order to clean up his unelected regime to make the country safe for corporate plunder? There are conflicting stories about the killing of Muzychnko, one being that the brutal thug was gunned down while trying to escape what is officially described as a "special forces operation" that took place at a cafe in the city of Rivne in western Ukraine.... more »

Max Clifford's penis (NSFW)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
I never thought that I'd write a piece with that heading! Max Clifford's trial was previously told that women had claimed that Max Clifford had claimed to have only a 'tiny' penis. Today I read that '"His doctor has recently measured his penis. "When flaccid, it is five and a quarter inches long - certainly not freakishly small, certainly not enormous" Five and a quarter inches flaccid? Wikipedia (don't visit this page if pictures of penises would upset you) reveals that: 'One study found the mean flaccid penis length to be 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) (measured by staff).[5] A review of se... more »

The Washington mudslide - who's to blame?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Earlier today I posted this piece and promised to reveal who's to blame for the deaths and destruction... Please note that that is Anjem Choudary's view, not mine. I have asked Anjem Choudary this I have not had a response from Anjem Choudary.

WE CALL IT DEMOCRACY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Most folks don't pay much attention to politics anymore. They've given up, they are depressed (financially and emotionally), likely on meds, and long ago determined that it was a waste of time to fight city hall.....let alone the feds. But they do care, worry about things, and some of them even mouth off at work or in the local bar. People are indeed agitated. Years ago (god why didn't I save the link?) I found a story that reported the oil-i-garchy's strategy was to make politics so dirty, so ugly, and so dominated by big *$$$$*, that the public would not go near it thus giving... more »

You Know What They Say About Old Dogs And New Tricks-- Meet Crooked Conservative, Ro Khanna

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Republicans know they will never win the CA-17 congressional seat. It's way too educated, way too blue for them, D+20. So wealthy GOP plutocrats are bankrolling a sleazy, conservative fake Democrat, Ro Khanna to run against beloved progressive icon Mike Honda. It won't work any more than Khanna's past ridiculous races against Democrats Tom Lantos and Pete Stark. Khanna doesn't care what district he represents, just as long as he can get into Congress and push his Austerity agenda and the elitist programs his Republican donors love. Yesterday Khanna released his first TV ad, financ... more »

My Rottweiler, Shiraz, Loves to Sing with the Happy Song, by Pharrell. She sings every time it comes on. Video.

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 1 day ago
My rottweiler, Shiraz who we got two months ago from the animal shelter, loves to sing the Happy Song. This is the only song she does this to. Every time it comes on, she begins singing. Enjoy and to put a smile on your face!

The Indignant Teachers Message to Her Massachusetts Colleagues About PARCC

jillconroy at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
http://theindignantteacher.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/a-letter-to-my-massachusetts-colleagues/Filed under: SHAUN JOHNSON, PHD: Musings from the Chalk Face

The Best Reason Yet to Boycott Amazon

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
- Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to *Kipp Foundation* whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. - AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. - Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at *smile.amazon.com.*

Markets in Everything

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
If there ever was a niche product, this is it.

Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”. via Snow Blind: “Trapped in the Amber of This Moment”.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Minor touching to de escalate a situation not assault

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 1 day ago
In *Reid*, [2004] O.J. No. 1641 (C.J.), the accused was acquitted on the charge of assault causing bodily harm where she took hold of the complainant's arm in the course of stepping outside of a residence to discuss a contentious matter with her, and the complainant fell down the stairs and broke her arm. The court, applying *Wolfe *(1974), 20 C.C.C.(2d) 382 (Ont.C.A.), found that the accused applied force as a "directional aid" and did not intend to or commit an act of assault. In *Johnson* (Oct. 2, 2000), 48 W.C.B.(2d) 46 (Sask.Prov.Ct.), the accused was acquitted of assault where... more »

A Conversation with Sven of Fascovereign Weltanschauung

Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 1 day ago
From The Daily Stormer: ''Sven Longshanks, writer and assignment editor of the Race War and British news sections of the *Daily Stormer*, herein interviews Rufus of News From Atlantis. Rufus has had several featured articles on the *Daily Stormer*, and has been working in the Nationalist cause online for 7 years now. He is based in the North of Britain, and has seen his area change from being 100% White to a surreal science fiction world where one never hears a word of English spoken on the street. The two old-fashioned Englishmen discuss the menacing behavior of the invading ho... more »

David Coleman and Jeb Bush Don't "Give a Shit" about Your Child's Feelings, Thoughts, or Self-Esteem

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
In 2011, the über-prissy Architekt of the Common Core Standards, David Coleman, had this to say at a State gathering in New York, where Coleman explained why teenagers' written reactions to *Cather in the Rye* were about to be discontinued in favor of explicating Samsung installation manuals (my bolds): Do people know the two most popular forms of writing in the American high school today? Texting, someone said, but I don't think that's for credit though yet. But I would say that as someone said, it is personal writing. It is either the exposition of a personal opinion or it the... more »

TEACH THE JOURNALISTS WELL: Easy listening!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 1 day ago
*WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014* *Part 3—Cue the familiar old tripe:* We were struck by a familiar pattern in Motoko Rich’s report. Rich was reporting new data from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. Given the source, her headline was unsurprising: “School Data Finds Pattern of Inequality Along Racial Lines” Needless to say, there are many “patterns of inequality along racial lines” found in our public schools. In most cases, the difficulty begins when you try to explain them. Early in her report, Rich presented her first three examples of inequality. Or at least, sh... more »

Musings On Iraq Security Report Mar 15-21, 2014

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 1 day ago
After a slight dip in operations the Iraqi insurgency camp back with a vengeance in the third week of March 2014. While the total number of attacks was within the range of previous weeks of 2014, the casualties were the highest of the year so far. This was largely the result of a large number of car bombings by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which are used in mass casualty attacks. The number of reported attacks in the third week of March was only a few more than the previous week but the resulting deaths and wounded were the highest of the year. The press reco... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Plaquemines residents alarmed as levee project sits unfinished ~WWLTV* *Residents say streetscape project is bad timing ahead of Jazz Fest ~Tania Dall * *Payton explains thinking on Sproles trade ~Mike Triplett, ESPN* *Construction Begins On Lafitte Greenway ~Janaya Williams, WWNO* *Festival season brings increase in illegal rentals ~Carlyn Scofield, WVUE* *Fair Grounds supporters say track facing hard times ~New Orleans Advocate* *Dream Chaser to breathe new life into Michoud ~Chris Bergin, NASASpaceflight.com* *Ben Franklin High School International Festival March 29th!* *Hist... more »

Has The Revolt Begun?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 day ago
It's beginning to look, Lawrence Martin writes, like the revolt has begun: Last week, the Supreme Court offered a declaration of its independence, reminding the Prime Minister that its power is constitutionally entrenched, not subject to his whims or arrogance. In pushing a highly controversial choice on the court, the PM tried to retroactively rewrite the rules via one of his much-criticized omnibus bills. The court’s stinging rebuke was applauded by pundits and editorialists across the land. Criticism of the Fair Elections Act has become international: The so-called Fair Elec... more »

Missing Planes & Mud-Slides

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
I don't watch television news. But I was out and about yesterday and CNN was on the television. They spent about ten minutes (at least) on speculation about the missing Malaysian aircraft. Then they spent three minutes talking about the mud-slide in, I forget, ... Washington State? These are important stories, but if I was in charge of a news channel, I would give the each about one-minute, maybe two-minutes, tops. Because their impact on people's lives is not widespread. But this is CNN we're talking about. Pro-corporate, US-American propaganda. Were they to move on to more relevan... more »

Sorrow or better fear of several "details"

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago
*By Václav Klaus, Czech ex-president* While it's true that we're confronted with "details" of this kind on an almost daily basis, sometimes an excessively high amount of them accumulates. From this perspective, the beginning of the last week of March 2014 was extraordinary. In our country [Czechia], a terrifying report about the 529 death penalties in Egypt was almost ignored. In other, analogous situations, the politically correct media may bend over backwards to highlight one such verdict but these days, they see it as a minor event. Why? Is it a symptom of their bad conscienc... more »

A Few Facts (ahem) about John Tory

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 1 day ago
Most people who've been around for a while know this one. Watch for young sprog Tory starting about 2:19. Ending with Kim Campbell and we know how her campaign went. Here's Wiki: The decision to launch the ads was taken mainly by PC campaign director John Tory along with Allan Gregg. . . Arguably, the modern age of vicious attack ads was launched with that beaut. Now, courtesy of a John Tory parody account, two stories you may not know (I didn't). The Missing Years in John Tory's Resume, aka The Cable Guy. From 2001 until 2009 John Tory was a director of Charter Communicatio... more »

End Of The Quarter Blues

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Blues in a good way though. We don't like making a big fuss about these arbitrary reporting quarters, as though they have any kind of intrinsic value. It's just a Beltway subterfuge Blue America prefers to ignore. Except not this quarter. We're embracing it. Yesterday we announced a fun little "contest." The Blue America PAC, we decided, would give a thousand dollar check to whichever progressive House candidate-- they're all here-- motivates the most supporters to contribute to their campaign by 6AM (PT) tomorrow. Actually, Jacquie just made me alter the rules slightly. Instead o... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 1 day ago
*Drink tequila, lose weight? How sugars found in the Mexican spirit have 'tremendous' potential to fight obesity* *If you are a mouse* The sugar that gives tequila its kick could also help us stay slim. Researchers say the plant sugars that are fermented to create the Mexican spirit hold ‘tremendous’ potential in the battle of the bulge. Tests show the sugars from the cactus-like agave plant (which are not the same as in the more commonly known agave syrup) raise levels of a gut hormone that tells the brain it is time to stop eating. The hormone also keeps food the stomach for l... more »

BLOWBACK BEGINS IN UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
Notorious Ukrainian right-wing militant leader Aleksandr Muzychko, also known as Sashko Bilyi, has been shot dead during a police raid against his gang, confirmed Ukraine's Ministry of Interior. Neil Clark, a UK-based journalist and broadcaster who's been covering the events in Ukraine extensively, explained why allegations that the Right Sector activist was assassinated make perfect sense.

QEG OPEN SOURCED

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 1 day ago
http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/qeg-open-sourced/ *QEG OPEN SOURCED* As Promised, here are the open sourced documents for a quantum energy generator. This has been made possible by the people and for the people. It is freely given to the world. CLICK HERE FOR QEG OPEN SOURCE DOCUMENTS An average modern household requires 5-10KW of power to operate. A conventional generator needs 15KW to produce 10KW of power. To produce these 15KW of power we rely on gas, diesel, propane, coal or other products that can be metered creating profits for the oil industry. 130 years a... more »

Laurie Hawn does Brad Butt

Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago
In the House on Monday, Con MP Laurie Hawn's memory appears to have picked up where Brad Butt's left off, repeating Butt's earlier allegations - later retracted - about voter information cards being picked up from apartment building lobbies for fraudulent voting purposes. Hawn, as per my vid excerpt above : "In the 2006 election, I was called personally and offered hundreds of voter cards that had been left in apartment buildings and so on. Like an idiot, I said, “No, we don't do that sort of thing”. I should have said, “Yes, come on down”, and had the police waiting." But accord... more »

A Breath of Fresh Air from Denver

freetoteach at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
Denver will be hosting this year's United Opt Out event in a few weeks. This event was held on the front steps of the Department of Education building in Washington, DC for the past two years. I am an employed social studies and history teacher now for 6th grade and a lot has changed in two years. Finding a public school that is not suffering under the current policies is extremely difficult. However, the situation is unsustainable and the voices from all walks of life and society are getting louder. People are breaking free from the chains of NCLB and the cages of Common Core run ... more »

Turkey Updates ( Twitter block , Police brutality , Local Elections and alleged intimidation in focus ) - March 26 , 2014 -- A 10-year-old child was seriously injured during a protest in the southeastern province of Diyarbakıron March 25 after he was allegedly hit by a tear-gas canister fired by police....... An Ankara administrative court has issued a stay of execution on an executive decision adopted by Turkey’s telecommunication’s authority (TİB) to block access to Twitter, as the ban entered its sixth day on March 26. ...... Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has maintained that Sudan, governed by President Omar al-Bashir, would be an appropriate place for exile for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the March 30 local elections....... More than 100 armed provocateurs have been brought to Turkey’s capital for the purpose of sabotaging the upcoming elections, the main opposition party’s mayoral candidate for Ankara has said, citing key bodies of the state as sources for the information.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Another child injured during police intervention DİYARBAKIR - ISTANBUL Print PageSend to friend » - - - - - Share [image: Mehmet Ezer receives treatment after becoming the latest child to be struck in the head by a police tear-gas canister.] Mehmet Ezer receives treatment after becoming the latest child to be struck in the head by a police tear-gas canister. A 10-year-old child was seriously injured during a protest in the southeastern province of Diyarbakıron March 25 after he was allegedly hit by a tear-gas canister fired by police. After the Peace and Democrac... more »

“The Creeping Theft of Freedom”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“The Creeping Theft of Freedom”* By Chris Tell “We're quickly heading into the abyss. I'm serious. I offer the story you'll read below as a mere anecdote in a sea of troubles. On return from a recent trip to Sri Lanka Mark and I traveled through Australia. Proceeding through the cattle stop that is “customs” we then met with the "security screeners". These are the folks allegedly protecting us from attackers armed with nail clippers and toothpaste. The first thing we saw was a giant sign that said refusing to undergo a body scan would result in detention. Mark, seeing this and ha... more »

Gold

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago
"Me Gold! " "You only got away because me powers are weak! I NEED ME GOLD! " Webster Tarpley, Impersonating Ron Paul (No, really.) Note how gold flows into New York, but has difficulty flowing out of US private banking hands as isthe case with the ‘confiscation’ of Germany’s gold. Numerous attempts by *Bundesbank* to repatriate its gold reserves have been met with a brick wall, and to date, Germany has only recovered a miniscule 5 tonnes directly from the NY Fed – out of the total 674 tonnes (an additional 32 tonnes were recovered via French central bank). It’s worth pointing ou... more »

Obamacare Updates March 26 , 2014 -- The Obama administration will grant an extension to people who say they are unable to enroll in the new healthcare program by next Monday's deadline, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting federal officials....... Supreme Court hears arguments on contraception coverage ( Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods Specialties cases ) .... Democratic pollster warns Senate Dems on ObamaCare: Don’t defend it ( Run Forest , Run ! )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
HEALTH OBAMATOEXTENDHEALTHCARESIGN-UPDEADLINE ANDREW HARRER/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES Anyone who started to enroll but isn't finished by Monday will get an extension, federal officials said Tuesday March 25, 2014 10:57PM ET The Obama administration will grant an extension to people who say they are unable to enroll in the new healthcare program by next Monday's deadline, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, quoting federal officials. The Post said people who started to apply for Obamacare coverage through the HealthCare.gov website but cannot finish March 31 would have until about th... more »

Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Report March 26 , 2014 - News , Data and Views touching on the precious metals ....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/chinas-monthly-gold-imports-through-hong-kong-jump-30-to-109.2-tonnes-in-fe ¤ YESTERDAY IN GOLD & SILVER There wasn't much in the way of price action in either Far or East or early London trading on their Tuesday. Gold was up a bit more than five bucks by 11:30 a.m. GMT in London. Then it got sold down a bit over ten bucks in the next hour, with the low of the day coming at 8:30 a.m. EDT in New York. The high tick in New York during the subsequent rally came at the London p.m. gold fix, which was 11 a.m. EDT, as London is still not on Brit... more »

Barack Obama foreign affairs Genius?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Somehow I doubt that the Obama worshipping BBC will remember this tweet.

High Crimes and Hogwash

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
President Barack Obama just did what he does best which is to piss down the backs of Americans and tell them that it is raining. Fresh off one hell of a week of his spree of smacking close associates of the newest "New Hitler" Vladimir Putin with sanctions, hyping the Russian military presence on the border of Ukraine as though were the Wehrmacht itself and for good measure kicking the Russians out of G8 our vainglorious leader shifted to the NSA. With much pomp and circumstance Obama has proposed ending the bulk collection of telephone data by the government with a yet to be expl... more »

Secret Space war XIII: Alien Partners tell Putin, “Don’t Worry, We’ve Got Your Back”

urupiper at Yesterday 's Lies - 1 day ago
[image: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/03/02/secret-space-war-xiii-alien-partners-tell-putin-dont-worry-weve-got-your-back/] by Preston JamesSunday, March 2nd, 2014 [image: aliens-nordic]* Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be walking with a prideful swagger in his step lately.* In spite of growing conflicts between Israel-driven-America and Russia over Syria, Iran and now the Ukraine, he appears unusually confident. *Other world leaders involved appear to be increasingly stressed out by these growing conflicts, but not President Putin.* What could be going on in the ba... more »

QEG OPEN SOURCE PLANS!!!!

D ... Breaking The Silence at Removing The Shackles - 1 day ago
Please share The QEG Open Source plans Everywhere- Post the blueprints EVERYWHERE!!!!! The more places the plans are openly listed/posted, the more we insure that they remain in the public domain, and are untampered with!!! http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/qeg-open-sourced/ QEG OPEN SOURCED [image: small QEG-HopeGirl-logo] As Promised, here are the open sourced documents for a quantum energy generator. This has been made possible by the people and for the people. It is freely given to the world. CLICK HERE FOR QEG OPEN SOURCE DOCUMENTS An average modern household r... more »

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