Saturday, March 29, 2014

29 Mar - Blogs I'm Following II

10:30pm MDST

Too Nutzoid for the Nutzoid

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 28 seconds ago
When you've had a run-in with a particularly noxious nutbar organization, seeing them get some comeuppance is sooo satisfying. This just in: National Right to Life [NRCL] has named Georgia Life Alliance as its new state affiliate. That means Georgia Right to Life is out. The challenge came as a result of GRTL’s fierce opposition to allowing abortion exceptions for rape and incest. Yee-haw! Georgia Right to Life is too radical even for these bozos. One of the central goals of the organization is the passage of a constitutional amendment banning all abortion. While NRLC defines itse... more »

How Corporate Democrats Are Wrecking The Party Brand-- From Michigan's Senate Race To California's Secretary Of State Campaign

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 29 minutes ago
Gary Peters, the Democratic candidate for the Michigan Senate seat Carl Levin is giving up, is a careerist and a New Dem with a mediocre and distinctly uncourageous record. Look as hard as you want at the Blue America Senate page but you will never find Gary Peters or anyone like him. That said, his likely GOP opponent, Koch puppet candidate Terri Lynn Land, is *far* worse. He's a nothing; she's a negative. She represents the Kochs and the selfish, greedy, venal interests of the plutocrats. He's... not as bad. The Democrats' Senate Majority PAC new ad (just below) is all about how... more »

"Men's Rights" Guys Cross the Line (Again)

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 hour ago
People have pointed out that the so-called "Men's Rights" organizations don't really do anything positive for themselves. For instance; they claim that men are victims because more men have been killed as soldiers in wars than women have been killed as soldiers in wars. Aside from the fact that it is mostly men who start wars and who support them as voters nowadays, I've yet to hear about a Men's Rights protest for peace. I don't tend to see Men's Rights groups in peace coalitions. Really, it seems that all these guys want to do is blame women and especially, feminists, for all thei... more »

NSA spying on everyone - March 29 2014 - including friendly nations / allies !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
From Merkel to Tymoshenko: NSA spied on 122 world leaders, Snowden docs reveal Published time: March 29, 2014 20:06 Get short URL [image: Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach] Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach Share on tumblr Trends NSA leaks Tags Germany, Hacking, Intelligence,Snowden, USA The NSA’s data base contains information obtained during the surveillance of over a hundred world leaders, new leaks by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed. Der Spiegel has looked through a top secret presentation by NSA's Center for Content Extraction, which is responsible for automated analysis of all types o... more »

"The Palisades, a treasured American landmark, are under threat," say four NJ ex-governors (two Dems and two R's)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*A rendering of the proposed new look for the "ancient cliffs" of New Jersey's Palisades, overlooking the Hudson River -- "a treasured landmark," according to the authors of the NYT op-ed piece we're about to read* *by Ken* For those who don't recognize the bylined names in the following *New York Times* op-ed piece published earlier this week, the biographical note at the end explains helpfully: "The authors are former governors of New Jersey." They are, for the record, two Republicans and two Democrats. The Opinion Pages OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS *The Threat to the Palisades* By BRE... more »

MJ-12 and Major Contradictions

KRandle at A Different Perspective - 4 hours ago
Here’s something that I have never understood. How can you hold two beliefs that are contradictory? If one is true, then the other cannot be true. They cancel out one another. Here’s what I mean. For the sake of argument, let’s say that the Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD) received by Jaime Shandera is authentic (which means only for this point). It tells of two crashes, one on the Brazel ranch and the other in December 1950 in the El Indio – Guerrero area near the Texas – Mexico border. It tells us that four “human-like beings” had been found some two miles from the main debris... more »

So long, Copan Ruinas

paul at Paying attention - 4 hours ago
We’ve been counting down the lasts for a while now. The last four-hour bus trip home from San Pedro Sula a week ago. Last trip to the pool with the kids from Angelitos, the care home/orphanage we’ve been helping out, on Sunday. Last concept note for Cuso International. Last trip up the hill for a $1.25 haircut yesterday. Last boiling up of three pounds of chicken menudo for the dogs. (The slogan should be ‘now with more chicken feet.’) It’s not much fun. Partly, it’s just stressful trying to pack up life in Copan Ruinas after more than two years, cram our stuff into two backpacks a... more »

Ironic to consider all of the " Sturm und Drang " regarding Citigroup failing its Fed Stress Test - when if the Fed Reserve's assets were marked to market , it would be deemed insolvent itself - is that why researchers from the San Fran Fed are calling for Fed Reserve stress tests on the Fed itself and its assets and income ?

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-03-29/fed-needs-%E2%80%9Cstress-test%E2%80%9D-itself-balance-sheet-balloons-43-trillion Key segment...... Fed Stress Tests “Rattle Banks Around The World” Yesterday, the Federal Reserve’s stress tests led to jitters in financial markets and in the words of the Financial Times “rattled banks around the world.” Citigroup’s share price was hammered and fell 5.4% The aftershock of the stress tests was felt beyond U.S. shores for the first time. The U.S. subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and HSBC all failed on “qualitative” grou... more »

La Habra earthquake Update March 29 , 2014 : Minor damage, but aftershocks rattle nerves in Southern California ....... Recent earthquakes - California and Nevada in focus .....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 6 hours ago
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25448034/la-habra-earthquake-minor-damage-but-aftershocks-rattle La Habra earthquake: Minor damage, but aftershocks rattle nerves in Southern California By Brian Day San Gabriel Valley Tribune POSTED: 03/29/2014 09:08:27 AM PDT2 COMMENTS| UPDATED: ABOUT 8 HOURS AGO [image: A car sits overturned on a highway in the Carbon Canyon area of Brea, Calif., Friday night, March 28, 2014, after hitting a rock slide caused by an] A car sits overturned on a highway in the Carbon Canyon area of Brea, Calif., Friday night, March 28, 2014, after hitti... more »

The rest of the sardines

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 6 hours ago
Actually, time is running out...and I'm about to lose an hour of my weekend when the clocks go forward tonight (don't forget!)... So here's a quick breeze through the rest of this week's editions of *Newsnight.* Finishing off Tuesday's edition, the debate on *inheritance tax *was balanced between someone who approves of it and someone who disapproves of it. The preceding report was a little less balanced though, tending towards the 'inheritance is the root of personal and social unhappiness' side of *Newsnight*'s initial question - a tendency amplified by having a 'talking head' ... more »

Left Unity and the Labour Movement

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 6 hours ago
Activists gathering in Manchester today for Left Unity's national conference sat down to a welcome lesson in the positive power of celebrity. It took a single tweet from superstar revolutionary Russell Brand for LU to put on 200 new members in the space of 24 hours. Not since Labour's members' page crashed with the signing of the Coalition Agreement has a party been so swamped. It's a nice boost for a project that, to be honest, hasn't done a great deal since November. Yes, there are lots of terribly important documents to endorse and we've just emerged from the winter months, but ... more »

Is NATO prepping to launch guerilla/irregular war attacks into Russia?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 7 hours ago
*The hordes are coming? * Maybe* the hordes are coming*, but, from which direction? And, where will the hordes be heading? There is information contained in this CNN article that really get’s ‘my spidey senses tingling’ You may wonder- why? My response is as follows- I have read the type of narrative presented in the CNN piece countless times regarding the NATO backed mercenaries in Syria. Just ordinary persons. Who were forced to take extraordinary measures. Knowing how much it is that humanity loves a good hero tale the propagandists are all too happy to indulge our gullibi... more »

Letting Others Tell our Story for Us

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 7 hours ago
March 29, 2014 Last night, on the PBS News Hour, Jeffrey Brown interviewed Benin-born singer, Angelique Kidjo. During the interview, Ms. Kidjo said, she once asked her mother, “Why we women are blamed for everything,” and her mother said, “Because … Continue reading →

Wall Street Democrats vs Real Democrats-- In South Carolina?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Hutto with deranged teabagger Lee Bright-- 2 ineffectual Lindsey Graham opponents South Carolina state Senator Brad Hutto announced yesterday-- just before the filing deadline-- that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to oppose Lindsey Graham. A conservative, Big Business-friendly Democrat, he will be up against Jay Stamper who has been endorsed by Blue America but is not a favorite of the party Establishment. Last year, Hutto was rated 100% by the Chamber of Commerce, one of only two Democrats in the state legislature willing too suck up to Big Business to that extent. ... more »

Maths Time Joy - Atlantis - wow!

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET BLOG - 7 hours ago
it's rare that Free Planet gets excited about a song on the radio, but this is how it happened. BBC Radio Oxford just played his first single, *Atlantis* by Maths Time Joy. Never heard anything this seductive, and trippy (and *nostalgique*), all at the same time; proper old-style funk with a weird pulsing Aphex Twin spicy-smoke-vibe: if only he had a genius like Chris Cunningham making a video for this track.

Why the US Picks Fights In Africa, the Middle East and Anywhere Else It Damn Well Chooses Including At Home (Beware the U Word!)

If you've wondered, like I have, over and over what's the real rationale (sure, it could just be control of the natural resources) behind all the attacks on places in Africa and the Middle East that haven't attacked US, I bet you'll find the following thesis very interesting. And it's been going on for soooooooo looooooooong. No wonder it's driven the current dim-witted 'thugs around the bend

WWJD?

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
[Hat tip Tarryne C.] Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Paul Craig Roberts shreds Obama's charge for the next big war -- Pushing Toward The Final War ....... Pepe Escobar explains why sanctions simply won' work

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
[image: Mark Twain] “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain Pushing Toward The Final War - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Paul Craig Roberts* Infowars.com March 29, 2014 Does Obama realize that he is leading the US and its puppet states to war with Russia and China, or is Obama being manipulated into this disaster by his neoconservative speech writers and government officials? World War 1 (and World War 2... more »

Strange banker deaths updates March 29 , 2014 ..... Crazy times indeed - crazy days and nights in the financial industry -- "Nail Gun Suicide" Banker's Firm Probed Over Missing Millions ......Dublin Cyclist Killed During Biking Trip In Miami County - JP Morgan’s Top Commercial Bankruptcy Lawyer Dead In Minivan Hit & Run ( March 22 , 2014 date of hit and run incident ) !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
"Nail Gun Suicide" Banker's Firm Probed Over Missing Millions [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2014 14:54 -0400 - Real estate - SWIFT - Tribune inShare Just a few short weeks ago we reported on the unusual suicide, due to self-inflicted nail-gun wounds, of Richard Talley, CEO of Denver-based American Title Services. The death of the 57-year-old banker was accompanied by the fact that his firm was under investigation by the insurance regulators, and now, as The Denver Post reports, *state prosecutors launched a criminal investigati... more »

Seismic undertakings reveal the unlimited aspects of Higher Self

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 9 hours ago
*Seismic undertakings reveal the unlimited aspects of Higher Self* by ÉirePort Seismic undertakings reveal the unlimited aspects of Higher Self. Elevations within reflect that of Gaia Inner. Selections of itemized humanity "possessions" cannot remain and fade from current view. ÉirePort | March 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p2tSAX-1c

Wild Bill: Will Obama try and declare martial law?...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 9 hours ago
*Wild Bill took the words right out of my mouth.* Does anyone seriously believe that my home state of Idaho who recently did this... Tuesday, March 25, 2014 (emphasis mine) After passing a law that allows concealed weapons to be carried on Idaho university campuses earlier this month, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter went one step further last week when he signed into law Senate Bill 1332, which will effectively nullify federal gun laws in the state. The Idaho Federal Firearms, Magazine and Register Ban Enforcement Act passed the House by *a vote of 68 to 0 and the Senate by 34 to 0.*... more »

Lakota Presidents at Rosebud Spirit Camp Resisting Tarsands Pipeline

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
Photo by Anthony Bordeaux Jr.                        Photos by Anthony Bordeaux Jr., posted with permission at Censored News, thank you! Now at Rosebud Spirit Camp resisting tarsands pipeline: Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Cyril Scott and Oglala Sioux Tribal President Bryan Brewer and Council Representative Gabe Medicine Eagle on Saturday, March 29, 2014. Read statement: http://

Musings On Iraq In The News

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 10 hours ago
The Iraqi paper Sotaliraqreprinted my story on the new United Nations figures on poverty in Iraq. I was also cited in this article on the National Review's Nick Lowry by FAIR.

Chills, Thrills, Skills & Shills

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 10 hours ago
Another day, another scam. As they say in the trade, grifters gotta grift. In his blog today, Paul Krugman thoroughly debunked yet another "blame the victim" canard being spread far and wide by the disinforming punditocracy. The latest bunk is the claim that a dreaded *Skills* *Shortage* is causing the unrelenting scourge of chronic unemployment. It's an idea that apparently is taking the place of the deficit hawk austerity doctrine. And, says Krugman, it's such a stupid idea that even some honest conservatives are scoffing at it: This is very much a zombie doctrine — that is, a do... more »

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Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 10 hours ago
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Malaysia Airline Flight 370 Mystery continues Day 21 - March 28 , 2014 News of the Day ..... After a couple days of bad weather , the search resumes to track alleged debris sightings observed on satellites from Thailand , France and Japan ..... An overview of the technology at issue ...... Blame game trial balloon in the absence of hard facts , blame the pilot ? Credible leads or just flailing in the dark and searching for mere ocean trash / debris ? Is this proof that flight MH370 was downed by a 'blow torch' fire in its cockpit? British lawyers claim missing jet suffered same fate as another Boeing 777 three years ago ....... Morning items from The Guardian Live blog and doubts regarding debris being credible leads rather than just more confusion and misleading items.......

Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
28 March 2014| last updated at 06:40PM MH370 Lost in Indian Ocean: Hishammuddin's statement : Day 21 130 7 Google +0 <span class="stBubble_hcount" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-t... more »

BBC News - Gordon Brown: Create Pakistan child marriage-free zones

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
The BBC manage to report the news that 'Former prime minister Gordon Brown has announced that "child marriage-free zones" are to be set up in Pakistan.' without mentioning why there is child marriage in Pakistan. For a moment I thought that the BBC had mentioned Islam but that was only in the name of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. More biased BBC reporting here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-26801597 and indeed all over the BBC.

Why PM's Security Costs Have Doubled

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 11 hours ago
So nobody does this. Source. The cost of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP personal security team has more than doubled since he took office, according to records obtained by the Ottawa Citizen. RCMP numbers, obtained by the Citizen under access to information legislation, show the annual operating budget of the Prime Minister Protection Detail (PMPD) has increased 122 per cent between 2006 and 2014 — to almost $20 million annually. There is a mightily growing number of Canadians who would love to "snatch him bald-headed." I'm one.

With Mike Rogers Quitting Congress, Wouldn't It Be Great To Get Rid Of The Other Surveillance State Shill On The Intelligence Committee? Meet Challenger Paul Rundquist

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
You may have learned this month, as I did, that Surveillance State shill "Dutch" Ruppersberger of Maryland has an energetic young primary opponent, Paul Rundquist. MD-02, most of which is part of Baltimore County (with pieces of Anne Arundel, Howard and Hartford), is solidly blue, with a PVI of D+10. Whoever wins the primary can expect to go to Congress-- and Ruppersberger doesn't usually get primaried. A former intel analyst, Rundquist seeks to put the issue of government surveillance and intelligence oversight to a vote in the primary and ride the issues into Congress. He is a d... more »

GERM Does Not Work, and NCLB's Effects Are Clear

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
A slide on effects of Global Education Reform Movement from Pasi Sahlberg's presentation at UOO, going on now in Denver:

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 11 hours ago
*Deja Vu-Dat™: How Katrina Helped Create a UK Saints Fan ~Saints Tailgate* *Editilla gonna go get porked up knowhatimsayin* [image: http://www.hogsforthecause.org/] *Great picks from City Pork ~Mosquito Coast*

Report inspires horrible work!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2014* *We’ll start with Walsh’s reaction:* Randy Mastro’s report about Fort Lee has its strong points and its weak points. (For today, we aren’t considering the part of the report which concerns events in Hoboken.) On the positive side, the report includes apparent new information about the events which preceded Fort Lee. On the down side, the report never really confronts the possibility that Bridget Kelly and David Wildstein may have received a go-ahead for the lane closings from some higher source within the Christie administration. Other criticisms have ... more »

The Crystal Methodist, the BBC and the Daily Mail

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 12 hours ago
Tuesday's* Newsnight* was the edition which featured Jeremy Paxman's 17 minute-long interview with the disgraced former Co-operative Bank boss, Paul Flowers. Taken together with Laura Kuennsberg's introductory report and her closing chat with Jeremy Paxman, that night's *Newsnight* gave over just under half an hour to this story - a considerable amount of time to give over to one man's self-justification. The former Methodist minister clearly doesn't go a bundle on the old-fashioned idea that you should, "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those that curse yo... more »

Climate change is having impact across the globe

LeDaro at LeDaro - 12 hours ago
Residents walk across the frozen Songhua River in front of smoke stacks at Jiamusi, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province Sunday Dec. 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) | ASSOCIATED PRESS *This story first appeared on The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Climate change has already left its mark "on all continents and across the oceans", damaging food crops, spreading disease, and melting glaciers, according to the leaked text of a blockbuster UN climate science report due out on Monday.* Read more here.

BC Liberal Minister Dave Byng Claims British Columbia Will Require 700,000 Workers For LNG By 2016

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 12 hours ago
Sometimes I just can`t help but laugh my face off, these BC Liberals are really going all in on both propaganda and lying on this LNG thingy.. According to British Columbia`s immigration minister, he stated at a Government arranged bafflegabfest in Vancouver yesterday that BC will need 1 million workers by 2020,, these 1 million jobs, according to the minister will be in the northern part of British Columbia, these (fictional) jobs will peak between 2016 and 2018 and most of the jobs, according to this BC Liberal spindocter will be related to LNG...... This minister also said the... more »

RIP Noel Sheppard

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*From NewsBusters:* Our Noel Sheppard passed away yesterday (Friday) morning at about 5:00 AM. Say a prayer for the soul of a man we'll all miss professionally, and many, many of us will miss personally as well. Noel was not just a force of nature, he was a very good man. How quickly this all happened. Just two months ago, Noel wrote about suddenly getting cancer at 53 called "Cancer's Ray of Hope." Nine days ago, he wrote us and said he was interested in writing about his "progress" -- and he put "progress" in quotes. We were all wishing for better news, and really couldn't imagin... more »

Delta Airline Employees Honor the Military...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 12 hours ago
*"All gave some. Some gave all."* via *Carol / Christian Soldier* - and we thank her. According to Carol: "Just found out that American Airlines honors our BEST too." *US Forces killed in Afghanistan:* 2001 - 2008 7 years 630 2009 - 2013 5 years 1671

Imposters at the ISA?

Steve Saideman at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Long ago, Dan Drezner posted about the imposter syndrome. The basic idea is that many folks feel as if they will be found out, that there are other folks out there that are smarter, more informed and that one is just getting away with being less than that until eventually getting found out. That piece Continue reading

Recent #optout episodes of @thechalkface

Shaun Johnson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 13 hours ago
As testing season is upon us, we’ve got a couple of recent, special episodes on the subject of opting out or refusing state testing. In the few years we’ve been covering this issue, this is the first time, at least to my knowledge that, one, massive opt outs are occurring, two, they’re being covered extensively, […]

From Bridgegate to Bridgetgate

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 13 hours ago
*"My million dollar lawyers said I was innocent because... hormones! Now someone make me a sammich!"* (By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari.) If the mainstream media was worth the biomechanical electricity required to hit a button on a remote control, it would've long ago pointed out the screamingly obvious fact that a sitting chief executive does not have the final say over his guilt or innocence in a scandal by hiring a million dollar-a-pop white shoe law firm. That's up to legislative ethics committees and, if necessary, courts of law. Or, as NBC's own w... more »

ANY WHERE, ANY TIME

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 14 hours ago
This ground breaking film tells the stories of seven women who live alongside US military bases in Texas, Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, Guam, the Philippines, South Korea, and Okinawa (Japan). They take us into their homes, walk us through their neighborhoods, and introduce us to their communities. We see how military operations and bloated military budgets have affected their lives as we listen to their experiences and take in their surroundings.

When seagulls follow the trawler...

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 15 hours ago
A famous French philosopher once said, 'When seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.' Well, we here at *Is the BBC biased? *have been following *Newsnight *for much the same reason, though we're after bias rather than sardines (though I for one wouldn't object to coming across the odd sardine or two in the process.) Has *Newsnight *thrown lots of sardines into the sea this week? The following posts will take it day by day. (They will come in dribs and drabs, as it's lovely and sunny outside). *Monday's edition* featured a disc... more »

College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System

plthomasedd at @ THE CHALK FACE - 15 hours ago
College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System. via College Athletes’ Academic Cheating a Harbinger of a Failed System.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

Who Do Republican Congressmembers Hate More, Patients Or Doctors?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
In 2011, the *Washington Post's* Wonkblog brought some clarity to the much-used term, "doc-fix." They made it sound so easy. Ever since Medicare was created in 1965, the federal government has struggled to decide how much to pay Medicare doctors for their services. Democrats and Republicans alike have drawn up complex formulas with wonky names to set reimbursement levels. The Medicare Economic Index was the formula of choice in the 1970s. That was ousted in the 1990s by the Volume Performance Standard. In 1997, Congress created a new formula called the Sustainable Growth Rate, ... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago
*'Organic food does not cut women's cancer risk' - study* *The usual finding* Eating pesticide-free organic food does nothing to reduce a woman's risk of developing cancer, according to a study. Researchers instead found that there was a small increased risk of breast cancer seen in consumers who opted for organic produce. They asked 600,000 women aged 50 or over whether they ate organic food and monitored their health for nine years. In total, around 50,000 of the women developed one of 16 of the most common cancers during the study period. A comparison between 180 women who nev... more »

CREATING FALSE PRETEXT FOR WAR ON SYRIA

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 15 hours ago
The Turkish government is red-faced after a leak on YouTube revealed a daring plot to justify invading neighboring Syria. An anonymous source posted audio of a secret meeting between top Turkish officials - discussing a false flag operation that would appear as a Syrian attack. It's not the first time Ankara has tried to rally NATO against Syria. RT's Marina Portnaya has a collection of Turkish attempts to spark a full-blown war with its neighbor, with the backing of the Alliance. US Secretary of State John Kerry is implicated in the leaked audio. Foreign Minister Davutoglu says... more »

NUKES IN SCOTLAND IN RETURN FOR CURRENCY UNION

Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago
*Glasgow, on a bad day.* The Guardian quoted *a UK government minister* on 28 march 2014 as saying that a currency union would eventually be agreed during lengthy negotiations if Scottish voters supported independence. The minister, believed to be* VINCE CABLE*, said: "Of course there would be a currency union. "There would be a highly complex set of negotiations after a yes vote, with many moving pieces. *"The UK wants to keep Trident nuclear weapons at Faslane and the Scottish government wants a currency union - you can see the outlines of a deal."* *Faslane, next to Scotland... more »

Collective Psychosis

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
The Harper government, Andrew Coyne writes, is far from normal: In normal times, under a normal government, the Fair Elections Act would have been withdrawn by now, or at least be in serious trouble. The past few weeks have seen the bill denounced as a threat to democracy by the chief electoral officer, the former chief electoral officer, several provincial elections officials, academic experts domestic and foreign, and newspaper editorials across the country. Thursday they were joined by Harry Neufeld, the former chief electoral officer of British Columbia and the author of an i... more »

“How to Quiet the Mind”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 17 hours ago
*“How to Quiet the Mind”* From “How to Quiet the Mind On-Line Course” by Gina Lake, The DailyOM “The following is an excerpt from the "How to Quiet the Mind" on-line course. If you would like to take the entire course, click here." "The mind is a wonderful tool for thinking, but it has a dark side. There is an aspect of the mind that is not useful but pretends to be useful, which is called the egoic mind. It is the aspect of our mind that chats with us as we move about our day. It is the "voice in our head," as Eckhart Tolle calls it. Much of the time, this voice seems like our own ... more »

Leaders In The Future Will Be True Leaders by M.N. Hopkins

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
  Joana Reyes https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JoanaReyes/posts?cfem=1 *Leaders in the future will be true leaders with the gifts and talents necessary to lead Mankind back to Itself. * *No longer will Mankind be driven by lies and empty words, but by those of true inspiration and direction. * *No longer driven by fear, but directed by loving kindness which will be an outward expression of an inward hearts-light.* M.N. Hopkins

Give Thanks To Organic Farmers Worldwide

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
THANK A NON-GMO FARMER. National Agriculture Day was March 25th and launches what is traditionally a week-long appreciation of the American farmer. Jim Gerritsen, Maine organic farmer and President of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Ass...ociation (OSGATA), was at the forefront of the GMO battle when OSGATA went up against Monsanto in the Supreme Court in an attempt to protect organic and non-GMO farmers from future litigation by the agrichemical industry. *Jim's farm website: **http://www.woodprairie.com/* Wood Prairie Farm FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/woodprairiefarm ... more »

'Newsnight': 24-28 March

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
Time again for this week's list of stories covered by *Newsnight* (plus details of those interviewed). What does it tell us (if anything) about BBC bias? *Monday 24/3* 1. *Missing Malaysian airliner*. Interview with David Mearns of Water Recoveries & Stephen Trimble of *Flight International.* 2. *Maajid Nawaz - What's life like for Muslims who go outside the mainstream?*: "We'll ask if this kind of portrayal is fair to Islam?" Interview with Maajid Nawaz, community activist Mo Ansar & Mehdi Hasan of *Huffington Post UK.* 3. *Russia-Ukraine*. Interview with Anne Applebaum, *Washin... more »

PEDOPHILE RINGS; TOP SCHOOLS; PRISONS; CHILDREN'S HOMES

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*George Osborne, with Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei. George Osborne* There is a paedophile scandal at UK government minister George Osborne's old school, Colet Court/St Paul's. The scandal involves Alan Doggett, the former choir master at Colet Court, the junior section of St Paul's school, in Barnes in London. *Conducted by Alan Doggett, 1969.* Doggett was a member of the pedophile Information Exchange (PIE). Doggett was a close friend of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Doggett resigned from Colet Court in 1968 but went on to teach boys at another London private school before workin... more »

How Jill Schneider Healed Cervical Cancer Naturally Nearly 40 Years Ago! - An Interview by Chris Wark

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 21 hours ago
How Jill healed cervical cancer naturally nearly 40 years ago! Chris Beat Cancer Blog, Here’s Interview #2 from the Annie Appleseed survivor couch! Actually this was the first interview I shot, but it’s #2 to you. Ok that doesn’t sound good… It’s the second one I’m posting on the blog. Anyway, Jill Schneider healed her malignant cervical cancer naturally in 1975 without any conventional treatment. Hello? Mic check. Can you hear me out there? She healed naturally almost *FORTY YEARS AGO.* Jill is a riot. She’s fun, funny and full of life. I am so glad to have met her. And... more »

Nate Silver, Roger Pielke, and journalism ethics

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
Nate Silver is a statistician who has analyzed baseball and elections. I don't know him but it seems that some other people do. At any rate, he started a new expensive online news server FiveThirtyEight.com (the number is 538). Some mostly left-wing pundits have criticized the new server and made its childhood a rocky experience. The first study he happened to publish on that server was one by Dr Roger Pielke Jr, a "climate lukewarmer" [in the middle between skeptics and alarmists] who does research into damages caused by meteorological phenomena: Disasters Cost More Than Ever — Bu... more »

Saudi Arabia And Pakistan Are Paying A Political Price For Leading The Talibanization of Syria

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago
*This photo is from a protest in Pakistan against US attacks on Syria that was held last September. Since then, Pakistan's government has provided weapons and training to the foreign terrorists in Syria who are kidnapping innocent people and massacring peaceful villagers because of their religious beliefs, or lack thereof, and their ethnicity.* The governments in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are controlled by the dumbest, and most short-sighted leaders in the Middle East. Naturally, they won't survive much longer. Their policy of supporting international Jihadist terrorism and religio... more »

Musical Interlude: Logos, “Cheminement”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Logos, “Cheminement” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuXP8aVWHU

Musical Interlude: Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
Michael Franti, "Hey World (Don't Give Up)" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M

"The Decline of Critical Thinking"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
*"The Decline of Critical Thinking"* by Lawrence Davidson "In 2008 Rick Shenkman, the Editor-in-Chief of the History News Network, published a book entitled "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter" (Basic Books). In it he demonstrated, among other things, that most Americans were: (1) ignorant about major international events, (2) knew little about how their own government runs and who runs it, (3) were nonetheless willing to accept government positions and policies even though a moderate amount of critical thought suggested they were bad for the country... more »

"A Gathering of the Tribe"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"A Gathering of the Tribe" by Charles Eisenstein "Once upon a time a great tribe of people lived in a world far away from ours. Whether far away in space, or in time, or even outside of time, we do not know. They lived in a state of enchantment and joy that few of us today dare to believe could exist, except in those exceptional peak experiences when we glimpse the true potential of life and mind. One day the shaman of the tribe called a meeting. They gathered around him, and he spoke very solemnly. "My friends," he said, "there is a world that needs our help. It is called Earth,... more »

"Something You Already Know..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where yo... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago
“In this evocative night skyscape a starry band of the Milky Way climbs over Yosemite Valley, Sierra Nevada Range, planet Earth. *Click image for larger size. * Jupiter is the brightest celestial beacon on the wintry scene, though. Standing nearly opposite the Sun in the constellation Taurus, the wandering planet joins yellowish Aldebaran and the Hyades star cluster. Below, Orion always comes up sideways over a fence of mountains. And from there the twin stars of Gemini rise just across the Milky Way. As this peaceful winter night began, they followed Auriga the charioteer, its alph... more »

Free Download: Viktor E. Frankl,"Man's Search for Meaning"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Man's Search for Meaning"* by Viktor E. Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called "Logotherapy in a Nutshell," describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believ... more »

Kahlil Gibran,"Beyond My Solitude"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Beyond My Solitude"* "Beyond my solitude is another solitude, and to him who dwells therein my aloneness is a crowded market-place and my silence a confusion of sounds. Too young am I and too restless to seek that above-solitude. The voices of yonder valley still hold my ears and its shadows bar my way and I cannot go. Beyond these hills is a grove of enchantment and to him who dwells therein my peace is but a whirlwind and my enchantment an illusion. Too young am I and too riotous to seek that sacred grove. The taste of blood is clinging in my mouth, and the bow and the arrows of m... more »

The Poet: Kuroda Saburo,"I Am Completely Different"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"I Am Completely Different"* "I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same tie as yesterday, am as poor as yesterday, as good for nothing as yesterday, today I am completely different. Though I am wearing the same clothes, am as drunk as yesterday, living as clumsily as yesterday, nevertheless today I am completely different. Ah... I patiently close my eyes on all the grins and smirks, on all the twisted smiles and horse laughs- and glimpse then, inside me one beautiful white butterfly fluttering towards tomorrow." - Kuroda Saburo

The Daily "Near You?"

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

"Sometimes..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Standing Up When It’s Too Late"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*"Standing Up When It’s Too Late"* By JR Nyquist "This article is a comparison between America and another great empire faced with rot in high office and a decline of the state—Rome. The writer, JR Nyquist, artfully points out it’s not the big events that sink an empire but many seemingly little ones. You could call what is happening to the U.S. “death by a thousand cuts.” Except in this story, people are not really aware how deep the cuts are and exactly who is doing the cutting. I loved this piece, and I hope you do as well." - Greg Hunter ••• "There is a letter by Marcus Tullius ... more »

NATO Wages Desperate Last Battle in Northern Syria

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day ago
[image: 353163]*March 29, 2014 *(Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The small northwestern Syrian town of Kassab, located directly on the Syrian-Turkish border, has turned into a pivotal battleground between Syrian security forces and armed militants backed by the Turkish military. The clashes grabbed headlines last Sunday when Turkey shot down a Syrian warplane conducting airstrikes along the border as the militants crossed over into Syrian territory. While the Turkish government maintains the Syrian plane entered Turkish airspace, it came down in Syrian territory with its pilot having saf... more »

Rosebud Lakotas Shielding the People Spiritual Camp Protecting from Tarsands Pipeline

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
                      March 28, 2014 Photo by Paula Antoine posted with permission at Censored News. Shielding the People Spiritual Camp begins tomorrow, March 29, 2014, on Rosebud, in the Ideal, South Dakota community. Update Saturday: Lakota Presidents arrive at Spirit Camp: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/03/lakota-presidents-at-rosebud-spirit.html .. Press Release 5 by Gary Dorr

Another thing about the Big Stink in NJ -- how 'bout the governor's sweetie pie David Samson?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*NJ Fats with his No. 1 and No. 2 guys at the Port Authority, Chairman David Samson (center) and Deputy Exec Director David Baroni (right)* *by Ken* In the state of blown-mindedness in which I cobbled my earlier post, I never got around to one of my favorite characters in this little farce of government rape, pillage, and plunder: now-former Port Authority of NY and NJ Chairman David Samson, whose resignation was announced today by his Big Stinking patron, Guv Kris "The Athlete" KrispyKreme. This account comes from the *Washington Post*'s Jaime Fuller (links onsite): New Jersey G... more »

China, Iran, USA Among World Leaders In Executions

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
* The most uncivilized nations based on number of executions: USA, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and China. Honourable mentions: Israhell, Egypt.* "The number of executions worldwide rose 15 percent in 2013, according to an Amnesty International report, with the United States up with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia as the countries executing the most people. But one country stood out from the rest. In fact, Amnesty argued, China appeared to have executed more people than the rest of the world put together in 2013." - *Adam Taylor, The Washington Post (aka The CIA Post), March 27, 2014. * ... more »

Katherine Duran Shares More of Her Story

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
I’m the mom who was “suspended” from my son’s elementary school. They can lie all they want about me, but this is about my child. When they crossed the line at firs,t I gave them the benefit of the doubt because just as stated in the letter my son handed out, we love or teachers […]

China moving forward with efforts to make yuan a reserve currency - March 28 , 2014 .....Germany’s Bundesbank and the People’s Bank of China agreed to cooperate in the clearing and settling of payments in renminbi, paving the way for Frankfurt to corner a share of the offshore market....... The Bank of England and People’s Bank of China plan to sign an agreement next week to enable the clearing and settlement of yuan transactions in London as the U.K. seeks to become an offshore hub for trading the currency.... Germany, England, Canada and the U.S. are all vying to become Western centers for the Yuan trade.

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-28/china-germany-sign-yuan-settlement-pact-and-obama-heads-saudi-arabia China & Germany Sign Yuan-Settlement Pact And Obama Heads To Saudi Arabia [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2014 22:04 -0400 - Bank of England - Barack Obama - Bond - Central Banks - China - Daimler - Germany - Global Economy - Iran - New York Times - Obama Administration - Renminbi - Saudi Arabia - Volkswagen - Wall Street Journal - Yuan inShare *Submitted by Mike Kri... more »

Dave Zirin : SPORT | The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s death spiral

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The NCAA is now in a fight for its life. Its power emanates solely from its position as a cartel. By Dave Zirin | The Rag Blog | March 28, 2014 “Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered…” – Mark Cuban … finish reading Dave Zirin : *SPORT* | The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s death spiral

Barack Obama and Dalton McGuinty

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 1 day ago
It was a big day for both of those assholes yesterday. Barack Obama, trying to square the circle of his total hypocrisy on the Ukraine Crisis, said that the invasion of Iraq was different because the USA didn't conquer and they left the Iraqis a free people. Well, sorry. Sadly no. You went in there to privatize Iraq's oil. And you turned the country into a complete hell-hole. You took an authoritarian dictatorship with torture chambers and rape-rooms and fear, and you turned it into an inferno of rape, torture, dictatorship, sectarian conflict, civil war and one-million dead million... more »

NELSON REPORT: David Brown on Hsiao Bi-khim's letter

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 day ago
DPP legislator Hsiao Bi-khim wrote a letter to the Nelson Report, this is a response from David Brown at SAIS at Johns Hopkins. Brown is on the Board of AIT and is a former foreign service officer. His political sympathies will be obvious from the tone of the letter and the direction of its numerous errors and omissions. *+++++++++++++++* LOYAL READER COMMENTARY ON BI-KHIM/DPP LETTER in last night's Report....Asia expert and SAIS scholar Dave Brown offers some helpful perspective, followed by a note from the hard-working team at TECRO here in DC: Chris, Thanks for sharing Bi-Khim... more »

Is NJ's Guv Kris "The Athlete" KrispyKreme for real? (He's gonna pay back all that money for his "investigation," right?)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*NY Daily News caption*: *"In an exclusive interview, Diane Sawyer speaks with Gov. Chris Christie at his New Jersey home. Christie blames Bridgegate on his former aides." Doesn't Governor KrispyKreme look nice for his public whitewashing?* *"Not only do Christie's guys clear Christie, he goes on with Diane Sawyer on Thursday night and clears himself all over again. Say this for him: This time Christie gets out in front of his own story, before we find out the results of investigations being conducted by the New Jersey state legislature and Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for th... more »

Hey Toronto, need a hobby? Join a Meetup or Facebook group!

CM at LILITH NEWS - 1 day ago
Toronto has literally hundreds of different Meetup.com and Facebook groups that meet regularly to explore whatever topics or hobbies they find interesting. Thus regardless of your interests, there are lots of hobbies out there for Torontonians (or any other city dweller) for you to try and learn more about. Take for example *The Toronto Poetry Club* operates a Meetup group, a Facebook page, and a poetry website. The poetry club has poetry circle readings and anyone who is a Toronto poet (or even non Toronto residents) can join in. The Toronto Poetry Club on Meetup.com The Toront... more »

Stealing Words at the University of Toronto

CM at LILITH NEWS - 1 day ago
By Ai Lung Nguyen I plagiarized this article about plagiarism. Just kidding, I only partly plagiarized it. I plagiarized *part of the title.* Not the whole title. Just part of it. Technically just the word "Words" is still the same, along with the concept that words have been stolen. Everything else is original. Except the statistics, which I found. Call it the beauty of the internet. Plagiarism is so easy now that you can steal the title of someone else's work, change the title in some way, and claim it as your own witty way of writing an idea. It is a bit like taking a song like ... more »

Obama in Riyadh. $1.5 billion dollar Saudi “gift” to Pakistan?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
What to make of all this? *Obama mending fences in Riyadh?* The Saudi-American bilateral relationship has been seriously strained in the past three years by tensions underlying the Arab *Awakening*, *(what happened to the spring?)* and President Barack Obama has serious fence-mending ahead of him when he meets with King Abdullah in Riyadh in March. The relationship is not broken and both sides still need each other. *Did the spring lead to a long hot summer of discontent? * *Arab Spring and the Winter in Bilateral Relations* But* the Arab spring severely damaged America’s ties to ... more »

Current Greece Bailout Scheme as of March 28 , 2014 - As a general statement , Greece will get just enough money to payoff the latest round of debt to the EFSF and IMF - then will be allowed to wander aimlessly in its Zombie state until the next loan disbursement come due - then it will get just enough to pay that debt off as well.......of course we are soon to reach the end of the line under the current rescue scheme in place for Greece ( end of Q4 2014 ) ...... Which makes the Greece Supreme Court decision ostensibly ruling against bank confiscations quite interesting - assuming the decision is actually allowed to stand .....Meanwhile , the current Greek Government has high confidence regarding its latest reform bill ( greek citizens corn-holed by legislation ) , we shall see if this high confidence is warranted by the end of the weekend..... meanwhile greek auxiliary pensions take a big whack ( thanks Troika and current Greek Government ) .....Greek bill gives rescue fund legal cover for bank capital boosts ( banksters always get taken care of .. ) ..... Just another day in Troikaville -- h/ts Keep Talkin Greece , Zero Hedge , The Slog , Ekathimerini !

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/greek-bailout-update-is-everything-normal-or-not/ GREEK BAILOUT UPDATE: Is everything normal or not? BY JOHN WARD MARCH 28, 2014 ANGELA MERKEL EC DELAYS GREEK DEFAULT EVANGELOS VENIZELOS FUDGE FUDGE FUDGE OVER GREEK DEBT *NO* There seemed to be some confusion last night as to the point I was making about the* new tranche of money* being paid to Greece. I’m not surprised, because virtually none of scheduled numbers or dates released previously by the Troika tally with what happened yesterday. Bur officially, it seems to me like this: 1. Greece wi... more »

War watch March 27 , 2014 -- Syria - Report: Al-Qaeda Has Long-Term Plans for Westerners in Syria Pakistan Jihadists Sent to Train Westerners for Attacks Elsewhere , Latakia battles in focus with border areas near Lebanon quieter ...... Turkey -- A leaked voice recording purportedly of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan organizing the dissemination of video footage of former main opposition Republic People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal's adultery has provoked widespread criticism, including from Baykal, who made a statement on Wednesday calling on “Erdoğan and the state to provide an explanation” concerning the leaked audio , Twitter War continues and Erdogan seeking distraction on tomb of Suleyman Sah in Syria ? Iraq violence ahead of elections continues as pollin places hit !

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Syria....... Report: Al-Qaeda Has Long-Term Plans for Westerners in SyriaPakistan Jihadists Sent to Train Westerners for Attacks Elsewhere by Jason Ditz, March 26, 2014 Print This | Share This New reports are claiming al-Qaeda’s senior leadership is behind the recent deployment of seasoned jihadists from Pakistan into Syria, and they are part of “long-term plans” that have little to do with Syria itself. The focus rather is on something else Syria’s civil war has attracted, Western fighters. Jihad-minded fighters with EU or American passports but not much experience have been flock... more »

Liar and Blowhard Mike Rogers a Perfect Fit for Talk Radio

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
Living in The Homeland of the post September 11, 2001 - the day when everything changed - era I can honestly say that very little really surprises me anymore. This is especially so when it comes to the plumbing of new depths by a now rotten to the last seed of the core and completely irredeemable political system. That was until this morning when I heard the news that uber fascist House Intelligence Committee overlord Mike Rogers was stepping down at the end of his current term. This deprived the Eighth Congressional District of the state of Michigan of yet another chance to stic... more »

March Madness Run Amok? (Or Just Oligarch Madness?) The Koches Can't Help Themselves (Poisoned by $$$$$$$) So It's A Death Match

More proof that not only do we have (and have had for a very long time) an oligarchy in solid control of the U.S., but that to place the proper type of frosting on their cake, they display absolutely no conscience (or much of a sense of morally questionable choices) as they throw around the money that they illegally extracted from the lower classes on shiny trinkets. Hell (fresh Hell!), they

20 first century boom box

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Pyle Street Blaster. 1000 Watts, four hour play time on rechargeable battery and links with your phone using near field communication. Its two feet long and weighs in about 10 kilo. Blow me away! Its only $250.

Quarter One Local By-Election Results 2014

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Party Number of candidates Total vote % +/- Q4 Average/ contest +/- Q4 +/- Seats Conservative 43 18,344 28.6% +8.3% 427 +78 -5 Labour 37 20,005 31.2% -3.3% 541 -136 0 LibDem 32 6,459 10.1% -0.9% 202 -45 +3 UKIP 31 8,583 13.4% +0.5% 277 +20 +1 SNP* 3 2,524 3.9% -1.9% 841 -186 0 Plaid Cymru** 2 1,169 1.8% -0.5% 585 +330 0 Green 14 1,495 2.3% +1.5% 107 +15 0 BNP 0 -0.3% -70 0 TUSC 3 348 0.5% +0.0% 116 +72 0 Independent*** 15... more »

Local Council By-Elections March 2014

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Party Number of candidates Total vote % +/- Jan Average/ contest +/- Jan +/- Seats Conservative 25 10,511 29.8% +0.5% 420 -27 -1 Labour 23 10,231 29% -6.3% 445 -361 0 LibDem 18 4,119 11.7% +3.0% 229 +29 +1 UKIP 20 5,514 15.6% +7.5% 276 -1 0 SNP* 1 1,334 3.8% +3.8% 1,334 +1,334 0 Plaid Cymru** 0 -8.5% 0 Green 9 873 2.5% +0.4% 97 -48 0 BNP 0 0 TUSC 0 -2.2% 0 Independent*** 9 1,761 5% +0.1% 196 -27 ... more »

LETTER TO EDITOR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
*The Navy's new expensive and provocative Zumwalt class destroyer at Bath Iron Works in Maine gets 'christened' on April 12* *My letter to the editor was printed in our local Times Record newspaper today.* Dear Editor: On April 12 there will be a ‘christening’ of the Navy’s new ‘stealthy’ Zumwalt destroyer at BIW. Veterans for Peace, PeaceWorks and other groups around Maine will hold a rally just across from where the public will assemble for the Navy show. The Navy has to put on the good face for this one, largely because they did not want the expensive Zumwalt anyway; it was go... more »

Wood and Silverware? Uh, Pass.

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day ago
Remember this heartbreaking picture of Zen-like loneliness, this empty chair without even the company of Clint Eastwood yelling at it? I sure do. That was taken way back in April 2009 when I moved into my present apartment. That was during that mercifully brief period of time when I lived alone, before Popeye and Mrs. JP moved in, back when I could still leave the toilet seat up 24/7, which at the time was the highlight of my life and the best part of being a single 50 year-old guy (Well, that and endlessly standing in front of the fridge in my skivvies in the early part of t... more »

With Mike Rogers Retiring, The Right Democrat Should Be Able To Win MI-08

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Good riddance to corrupt McCarthyite stooge Mike Rogers (left) For whatever reason, Steve Israel has a policy at the DCCC-- Thou Shalt Not Contest Elelections Against Senior Republican Policy Makers. No matter how vulnerable the districts, Israel has not allowed the DCCC to go after any committee chairs last cycle or this cycle. One of the worst of the Republican malefactors in a winnable district, Mike Rogers, announced he would be retiring from Congress today. The head of the Intelligence Committee, Rogers, a personally corrupt individual, has been a total shill for the forces of t... more »

The Growth of Pass-Through Entities

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 1 day ago
Over the past few decades, there has been an amazing shift in how businesses are taxed. See the figure below, which is from CBO. Businesses are more and more taxed as pass-through entities, where the income shows up on personal tax returns rather than on corporate returns. (Here is an article discussing how the mutual giant Fidelity recently switched from one form to the other.) This phenomenon complicates the interpretation of tax return data. For example, when one looks at the growth of the 1 percent, or the 0.1 percent, in the Piketty-Saez data, that growth is likely exaggera... more »

LIFE IS BUT A DREAM

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 1 day ago
You take the high road and I will take the high road too maybe we'll get to where we are going together They'll take the low road they take it every time we know their story now the suffering helps us to remember Yes it seems like our boat is sinking no end in sight our 'leader' flies the world spreading dark moments and defending even darker times but we keep rowing and singing the rowing song life is but a dream dreams sometimes come true I often feel connected to the circle sitting around the council fire hearing about the past storms and the coming storm fire, deception, forked ... more »

President of Hobby Lobby speaks out...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 1 day ago
* about why they're taking a stand against the government.* From the Heritage Foundation: The Heritage Foundation awarded its Salvatori Prize to the Green and Hahn families for defending religious liberty. Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby, explains why he's taking a stand.

Kylie Mnogue - Sexercize - A Friday Night Rule 5 Post

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 1 day ago
Kylie turning it on but not as much as in the (in)famous Agent Provocateur advert... Don't say I don't spoil you on a Friday...

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