English: The towns of Nogales, Arizona, left, and Nogales, Mexico, stand separated by a high concrete and steel fence. Many consider the area one of the most dangerous along the border, with numerous reports from U.S. Border Patrol agents of being spit on, having rocks thrown at them and gunfire. Despite the existence of a legal crossing point, enough illegal crossings occur to warrant 24-hour Border Patrol operations there. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
El Camino del Diablo, border patrol. Good morning! A Border Patrol helicopter circles around our camp in the morning while Eric was still sleeping (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Border Patrol Agents watch for illegal entry from Mexico into the U.S. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Arivaca Arizona rises up against occupying army of Border Patrol
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By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy &
Technology Project at 1:10pm
The ACLU of Arizona today sent a letter to the U.S. Border Patrol
demanding that the agency
Rosebud Lakotas aren't selling gas to TransCanada trucks!
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe in South Dakota halted its first megaload and directed its
businesses to prohibit the purchase of fuel to anything that transports
material affiliated with the TransCanada XL tarsands pipeline!
What A Grassroots Progressive Blueprint For America Sounds Like Far, Far From The Beltway-- OH-06
We've written a few posts here and there about Steve Israel's worst
recruit
of the 2014 cycle, Jennifer Garrison, an anti-Choice, anti-environment,
homophobic fanatic who has been embraced by the DC Blue Dogs and by
others
from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. We haven't done as
muchabout Garrison's progressive primary opponent, Greg Howard, mostly
because
he is relatively new to the field of battle. Progressives in eastern and
southern Ohio didn't mobilize to find a real Democrat until early in
2014,
long after Garrison assumed she had wrapped up the nomination (having
... more »
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*Dozens pack tense meeting on fracking in Mandeville ~WWLTV*
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*Unending false prophecies*
*With their huge record of failure, no aware person could respect the
latest lot of climate disaster prognostications*
The Boston Globe noted on April 16, 2014: “The world now has a rough
deadline for action on climate change. Nations need to take aggressive
action in the next 15 years to cut carbon emissions, in order to forestall
the worst effects of global warming, says the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change.”
Once again, the world is being warned of an ecological or climate “tipping
point” by the UN.
In 1982, the UN issued a two decade tippin... more »
METRO EVENT | Rag Blog ‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ features literary hotshots Barrios & Zigal
Event: Rag Blog ‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ Date: Friday, April 25, 2014 Time:
5-8 p.m. Place: El Mercado Address: 1302 S. 1st Street, Austin Special
Guests: Writers Gregg Barrios & Thomas Zigal Sponsor: Friends of New
Journalism The Rag Blog is … finish reading *METRO EVENT* | Rag Blog
‘Highbrow Happy Hour’ features literary hotshots Barrios & Zigal
“The Descent Of Man”
*“The Descent Of Man”*
Has Human intelligence been on an intellectual and
emotional decline since its peak thousands of years ago?
by Steve Connor
"Is the human species doomed to intellectual decline? Will our intelligence
ebb away in centuries to come leaving our descendants incapable of using
the technology their ancestors invented? In short: will Homo be left
without his sapiens? This is the controversial hypothesis of a leading
geneticist who believes that the immense capacity of the human brain to
learn new tricks is under attack from an array of genetic mutations that
have ac... more »
"Always Been Sane..."
"As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you
create morbidity. Indigenous humans have always been sane because they have
always been mystic. They permit the twilight."
- G. K. Chesterton
The Daily "Near You?"
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Chet Raymo, "Free As A Bird"
*"Free As A Bird"*
by Chet Raymo
"All afternoon I have been watching a pair of hummingbirds play about our
porch. They live somewhere nearby, though I haven't found their nest. They
are attracted to our hummingbird feeder, which we keep full of sugar water.
What perfect little machines they are! No other bird can perform their
tricks of flight - flying backwards, hovering in place. Zip. Zip. From
perch to perch in a blur of iridescence. If you want a symbol of freedom,
the hummingbird is it. Exuberant. Unpredictable. A streak of pure fun. It
is the speed, of course, that gives the ... more »
"The Champ"
*"The Champ"*
by CoyotePrime
Ding, ding, ding... you hear the bell for the start of the fight, hear the
crowd, noisy, excited to see this rematch between you and Life. You’re
here, and still the Champ, right? Fought this guy many times before, always
beat him, too, though you took many a beating yourself in the process, each
fight a little tougher, taking a little more out of you each time. You meet
in the center of the ring... damn, has this guy grown somehow? He looks
bigger, more muscled, and has a real confident look in his eye. So what?
You’re the Champ, still standing, righ... more »
Rumi, "The Tavern,"
"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from,
and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from
elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Who looks out
with my eyes? What is the soul? I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one
sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. I didn't
come here of my own accord, and I can't leave that way. Whoever brought me
here, will have to take me home."
- Rumi, "The Tavern," Ch. 1:, p. 2, from "The Essential Rumi"
What happened that day . . .
*by Ken*
The first thing I remember hearing as I regained consciousness was somebody
asking somebody else if the somebody else had heard about what happened in
Boston. What with my still-woozy state and the time it took to be moved to
someplace where I had even minimal media accesst, it must have taken me
awhile to piece together what-happened-in-Boston that day, a year ago
yesterday, but in the days that followed I had an inoridnate amount of face
time with the talking TV, so along with everyone else I was able to glean
the occasional bits of news out of the 95 percent that could... more »
George Carlin, “The American Dream”
*STRONG LANGUAGE ALERT!*
George Carlin, “The American Dream”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14SllPPLxY
"An Inconvenient Truth"
*"An Inconvenient Truth"*
by Karl Denninger
"We're better than those damned Russians and their Putin; we have
democracy! Well, maybe not. "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic
elites and organized groups representing business interests have
substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average
citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent
influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic
Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories
of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Maj... more »
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METRO PAGE | Beverly Baker Moore reports that ‘Life goes on at Austin’s
Death Café.’
METRO | Life goes on at Austin’s Death Café
Death Cafés are a community-based response to a mass media-plagued modern
American culture that has no place for end-of-life discussion. By Beverly
Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 AUSTIN — Death Café is a
nation-wide salon … finish reading *METRO* | Life goes on at Austin’s Death
Café
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*Live blog: Senate committee considers bill giving governor more control
over levee board ~Tyler Bridges, The Lens*
*Southeast Authority bill rewritten, gives more power to Jindal ~Marsha
Shuler, The Advocate*
Measles outbreak traced to fully vaccinated individual
This is not the first time I have blogged on this topic .There have been
cases of polio vaccines spreading polio. Flu vaccines can also spread the
fly and the rotavirus vaccine can also spread the virus through feces
expression
Never mind the fact that rotavirus vaccine in Canada and the US is
contaminated with Pig DNA
More on these subjects here- Rotavirus vaccines: Problems with Pig virus
contamination & conflicts of interest & GSK Rotavirus vaccine contaminated
with Pig virus
** -The Virus & the Vaccine- Cancer causing monkey virus & contaminated
polio vaccine**
That book is h... more »
Rick Ayers : Crimea, Obama, and the nostalgia for World War I
The poet Wilfred Owen had the courage to look reality in the face. What can
he tell us? By Rick Ayers | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 It is fitting
that President Obama should quote the poem “In … finish reading Rick Ayers:
Crimea, Obama, and the nostalgia for World War I
Saturday In The Park
It was a gray morning and not conducive to photography but Southern Man's
redbuds have *finally* bloomed. They always wait two weeks after the other
redbuds bud out and make him think that they didn't make it...
We planted dozens and dozens of trees fifteen years ago and tended them and
watered them and then one hot, hot summer Southern Man went out to The Land
and they were *all* gone - eaten to the ground by deer or beavers or
something. But these three redbuds came back from the roots. All three are
native, harvested from a friend's estate. None of the store-bought trees
made ... more »
The Economy: “The Great Keynesian Fraud”
*“The Great Keynesian Fraud” *
by Bill Bonner
“Economics has been called the "dismal science." But even that is merely
fraud and flattery. Economics is dismal, but it isn't science. At best it
is merely voyeurism – peeping in people's windows as they go about their
business and trying to figure out what they are doing. At worst, it is
pompous theorizing about how to get the schmucks to do better.
We doubt that you are especially interested in economics, dear reader. We
know we are not. But we can't resist a good comedy... or a good opportunity
to point and giggle. We keep our eye ... more »
The Rime of the BBC Reporter
Apropos of nothing (to put it mildly), there was a report on today's *The
World at One *about the Conservative Party's apparent problems with ethnic
minority voters from BBC political reporter Iain Watson. It came from the
marginal seat of Croydon Central.
BBC Iain went there because Croydon "has a long history as an ethnically
diverse borough". Or so he said.
His evidence for which was provided by the music playing in the background
of his report's opening seconds - *Hiawatha's Wedding Feast *by the black,
Croydon-based composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).
Unfortunatel... more »
308-MH370 - the saga of political expediency and top level conspiracy
Jane Doe A.C.T (Airline Crashes Truth) Movement
(developing story – last updated on 21 March 2014)
100. Ever since the “News of the World” scandal broke in 2011 (following
revelations of unscrupulous hacking and spying), people have become more
aware of the fact that mainstream media journalists are not as professional
and incorruptible as they were made up to be. Journalists used to report
the news, not make them.
101. The military, DHS, TSA and other quasi-governmental transport
(including airport security) agencies are supposed to make air travel safe.
Not play Russian Roulett... more »
Despite Beltway Pundits, Matt Miller Will Never WIn A Congressional Seat
Henry Waxman's district, CA-33, is solidly blue. The PVI is D+11 and, with
only a tiny African-America population (3.3%) Obama beat McCain 64-34% and
beat Romney 61-37% 4 years later. With Waxman retiring, there are, at last
count-- James Graf having just pulled out-- 9 Democrats running. With
Republican turnout always better than Democratic turnout to begin with and
the 9 Democrats splitting the DEmocratic vote up among themselves, it looks
like one of the slots in the June 3 primary may well go to one of the GOP
crackpots running, Elan Carr. And that's without even factoring in
... more »
What a coincidence? A disaster on the 1st and 102nd anniversary of Boston Bombing & Titanic respectively.
-by Amin Fasei.
How often do you make a prediction and it happens right on que? Seems like
the KZB (Khazar-Jews Zionist Banksters) are truly desperate. Normally there
is a cooling period between successive wave of disasters. Could the house
of cards that Rothschild built be close to its final collapse? Desperation
shows. Their days are numbered. The number patterns are all over the place.
Easter Greetings...
*April 17, 2014* (New Eastern Outlook)
The world is what we make of it.
Regardless of our differences, we have many similarities, including our
desire for peace and prosperity. Understanding our differences and our
similarities allows us to move forward together, creating a vibrant,
colorful tapestry made by the very best we have within.
Happy Easter from the editorial board of New Eastern Outlook.
*Audio: The song is "We are singing to you," composed by Sergei
Rachmaninoff. Performed by the Dzvinochok Boys Choir. *
Quote of the Day: Your Money is Your Life
*"Time is our most precious resource, and most of us invest a third or more
of it into productive work so that we can support our lives and make our
hopes and dreams a reality. Every penny we earn represents some
irreplaceable part of our life — and every penny [and every minute] the
government takes from us represents a moment stolen from our life."*
- Don Watkins, “Your Money is Your Life”
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Back when Ronald Reagen termed the Soviet Union "the evil empire," Paul Craig Roberts was his Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for policy. Now in the 21st Century Roberts sees the US as the evil empire and hopes that Russia will realize this in time to avert a nuclear World War III on the centenial of WW I.
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*Washington Drives The World To War — Paul Craig Roberts*
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Washington Drives The World To War
Paul Craig Roberts
The CIA director was sent to Kiev to launch a military suppression of the
Russian separatists in the eastern and southern portions of Ukraine, former
Russian territories for the most part that were foolishly attached to the
Ukraine in the early years of Soviet rule.
Washing... more »
Roxanna Elden’s Excellent See Me After Class
Rereading the second edition of Roxanna Elden’s See Me After Class is just
as much fun as the first read. And it begins with one of the best and
truest endorsements I have seen. Dave Berry says, “You know how you’ve
always thought if you were a teacher you would go insane? Well, this very
[…]
Hold on, this could be serious! (A Rule 5 and probably NSFW post)
There's a lot of bad news and evil in the world but this news is
potentially really serious:
*Kate Upton wants to have smaller breasts!!!*
“I wish I had smaller boobs every day of my life as I love to wear
spaghetti tops braless or go for the smallest bikini designs. Every single
day, I’m like, ‘Oh, man, it would be so much easier,’ especially if people
didn’t constantly bring them up. If only they were a little more like…
earrings. If I could just take them off like they were clip-ons... I know I
say I wish I had smaller boobs - and that's true because at least twice a
day I wish t... more »
Repetition, hesitation and repetition
The theme of this morning's *Something Understood *(Radio 4, Sunday) was
repetition.
It began with 17th Century composer Johann Pachelbel's famous *Canon*, in
which a variety of evolving melodies unfold over a constantly repeated
pattern of eight notes. Presenter John McCarthy (who knows more than most
people about repetitive days) then noted that our days are full of
repetition. We get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, chat to the
family, eat a meal, cruise the internet, watch TV and go to bed. Like those
eight notes underpinning Pachelbel's *Canon,* these daily doings p... more »
Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama: Don't approve Keyston XL Pipeline
I believe Jimmy Carter was one of the best president U.S ever had. I
suppose nice guy finishes last. Too bad he did not win the second term. He
is giving a great advice to Obama.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks during an interview on
Monday March 24, 2014 in New York. Carter said Monday that he doesn't
support the Palestinian-led "boycott, divest, sanction" campaign against
Israel but said products made in Israel-occupied Palestinian territories
should be clearly labeled so buyers can make a choice about them.
(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Read more here
Front page headline in today’s Times!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Journalistic scruples disappear:* This pair of headlines appears in
today’s hard-copy New York Times. In fact, they appear at the top of this
morning’s front page:
*Russia Is Quick To Bend Truth About Ukraine*
Bluster and Hyperbole for Home Audience
We don’t doubt that those headlines are accurate. That said:
Journalistic relativism disappears fast when some *other* country is
bending the truth about a foreign adventure.
Probing and pranging
In a former blogging life (at *Beeb Bias Craig* and *Biased BBC*), I might
have posted something tonight about how Sky News is prominently featuring
the headline* Ed Balls Facing Police Probe Over Car Prang* on its website,
adding that it's one of their Top 10 stories.
I'd then have gone on to note that the BBC website *doesn't* feature the
story among its main headlines at all, merely relegating it to its Politics
page with the headline [visible from its home page] *Police probe Ed Balls
car prang*.
I'd then have pointed out that the Sky headline makes it crystal clear that
Ed... more »
Making Reading Fit Today's Lifestyle
Is it a surprise that men read less in today’s channel hopping, multimedia,
time poor environment? Are we really shocked to find that some 63% of men
polled in a recent UK survey said that they prefer to spend time on the
internet or watch the big screen version of a book? Many claim to blame a
lack of time, whilst 20% stated that they find it difficult or don’t enjoy
reading.
So what is the industry response and reaction to the news from the study
commissioned by the Reading Agency conducted by OnePoll which polled some
2,000 UK men and women?
Some believe that the answer lies i... more »
Companies Start Recovering Costs From Iraq’s Majnoon Oil Field With Exports In April 2014
The Majnoon field, which stretches across Iraq’s Basra and Maysan
provinces, had its first exports to Shell's trading company in April 2014.
Majnoon is one of the giant fields in the south, which the Oil Ministry is
hoping will eventually be the basis for a huge increase in petroleum
production. Royal Dutch Shell is developing the field with Malaysia’s
Petronas and the Iraqi government holding minority stakes. Like its
brethren Majnoon has run into a series of problems that have delayed it
reaching its marks, all signs that Iraq will likely not meet its lofty
goals.
(*Energy-Ped... more »
The Realist Report - Dr. Kevin MacDonald & John de Nugent
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *Dr.
Kevin MacDonald*. Dr. MacDonald and I will be discussing White pathology
and the future of White people in America and around the world. In the
second hour, *John de Nugent* and I will be discussing the alleged shooting
purportedly carried out by Glenn Miller in Kansas City.
You can download the mp3 for this program *here*, or visit *The Realist
Report* on BlogTalkRadio to subscribe via iTunes and view past programs.
Below are relevant links for this program:
- *Diversity is Strength! It's Also... Raci... more »
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FRONT PAGE | See Rag Radio interview with Austin school trustee and East
Austin community activist, Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias.
April 16: It starts on p.1....
Go to the bottom of page 1 of Section A. "Proposed high school changes are
discussed".
I have spent my life in education. So I read that rather long story. And I
haven't the faintest idea what it's about.
Okay. They're changing the curriculum. Why? It doesn't say. Exactly how are
they changing it? Well, there's new numbers on some of the courses The only
clue as to what it's all about is to "improve student achievement". (Well,
I never thought it was to worsen student achievement.") But what do they
mean by student achievement?
Well - it's to score higher marks on standardized tes... more »
Frank Bruni’s questions for Howard Stern!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*The undying law of the guild:* One of our craziest citizens killed three
people this weekend.
At the start of yesterday’s column, Frank Bruni reviewed the carnage. In
the process, he asked a pair of questions which we found revealing:
BRUNI (4/15/14): Most of the hate crimes in the United States don’t take
the fatal form that the shootings in Kansas over the weekend did, and most
aren’t perpetrated by villains as bloated with rage and blinded by
conspiracy theories as the person accused in this case, Frazier Glenn
Miller. He’s an extreme, not an emblem.... more »
When a Loss for the Republican Party Is a Gain for the Radicals Within (Pay for Performance? It Depends on the Measuring Stick)
What Digby says: As the conservative movement godfather Richard
Viguerie likes to say: Sometimes a loss for the Republican Party is a gain
for conservatives. Often, a little taste of liberal Democrats in power is
enough to remind the voters what they don’t like about liberal Democrats
and to focus the minds of Republicans on the principles that really matter.
That’s why the conservative
Rand Paul, The GOP Nominee? Over Dick Cheney's Dead Body
Two wings, one grand old party
Bret Stephens is a deputy editor of the radical right editorial page of the *Wall
Street Journal*. Before that he was the editor-in-chief of the *Jerusalem
Post*. No telling when his bigotry made him one of America's most vile
smear artists. Is column Monday was well-written, a well-written diatribe
against poor Rand Paul, who the Cheney wing of the Republican Party,
Stephens' wing, fear could somehow win the next-to-worthless Republican
nomination against Hillary. He comes right out, dripping with sarcasm, to
warn that nominating Paul will give the Rep... more »
來自美國：這是廢話：由美國白人顯示瘋狂的偏執！ 或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
http://barbaradiamond.blogspot.com/2013/05/blog-post.html
或者：如果你是非洲裔美國人：這個怎麼樣？
Mike's Suicidal Tendencies
*By Jenna Orkin*
In response to the internet sages who have concluded, in the face of all
known evidence from the people who were most in...timately familiar with
him as well as with the admittedly real dangers that had faced him over the
course of his life as an investigative journalist, that Mike did not kill
himself but was in fact murdered, his suicidal ideation goes back at least
eight years. As a small example, below are excerpts from a few of his
emails sent from Venezuela in 2006. In addition, he would call at any and
all hours to be talked out of jumping from the roof or ... more »
Our basic reactions to Chait’s famous piece!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Overwrought overstatements on race:* In our view, Jonathan Chait got
dunked in the pond on Sunday’s Harris-Perry program.
For background, see yesterday’s post.
That said, we weren’t crazy about the piece for which the professors tore
Chait up. Here’s some reasons why:
Chait wrote a cover piece for New York magazine about—well, what the heck
*was* his piece about? It appears beneath these headlines:
*The Color of His Presidency*
Optimists hoped Obama would usher in a new age of racial harmony.
Pessimists feared a surge in racial strife. Neither was rig... more »
Mariann G. Wizard : VERSE | Stronger and More Dangerous
By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2014 Stronger and More
Dangerous: April 20, 2014 I read it in the newsfeeds, I hear it all the
time: the marijuana grown today is not the same as … finish reading Mariann
G. Wizard :
*VERSE* | Stronger and More Dangerous
SWITCHING SIDES
Kiev’s military faced off with protesters in east Ukraine on Wednesday to
sort out their differences…and found none. Soldiers appeared reluctant to
go into battle against anti-government activists.
When Ukrainian Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) entered downtown
Kramatorsk as part of Kiev’s military operation against anti-government
protesters in the east of the country, they were stopped in their tracks,
surrounded by crowds of local residents.
One YouTube video of what happened next shows a woman coming to a soldier
with the reproach: “*You are the army, you must protect the p... more »
Joining The Club?
Dan Nexon argues that efforts to have Ukraine join NATO could be self
defeating: Moscow’s greatest fear is that Ukraine winds up a member of
NATO. The more that NATO suggests it views Ukraine as worthy of military
confrontation, the more Moscow will become convinced that an autonomous
Ukraine — rump or otherwise — will
Continue reading
Mike Ruppert: His Life and Legacy
*"I will tell you Director Deutch, that as a former Los Angeles Police
Narcotics Detective, that the Agency has dealt drugs throughout this
country for a very long time..." - 1996*
*Mike Ruppert & Peak Oil*
By Ian R. Crane
*I have learned recently that Mike Ruppert was taken seriously ill in
Venezuela and is now recuperating in Canada. It’s very sad to hear of
Mike’s predicament and wish him a full and speedy recovery. I suspect that
Mike has for some time now realised that he is caught up in a web of
intrigue which goes far beyond anything he ever dreamed of when he ’signed
... more »
"I Will Not Weaponize Space."
*"I Will Not Weaponise Space."*
*Senator Barack H. Obama, 2007*
*“I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And
as president I will end it. *
*Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I
will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not
weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems. And
I will institute an independent “Defense Priorities Board” to ensure that
the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary
spending. *
*Third, I will set a goal of a world withou... more »
ODDS & ENDS
- It took me 12 hours to get home yesterday from Toronto. Time has new
meaning as travel becomes even more problematic.... airline corporations
are cutting corners and wild weather is disrupting schedules.
- My hosts in Toronto were long-time activists Judy and Jim Deutsch.
Jim was a radical student at Columbia University during the 60's student
occupation of the administration building. He was there when Columbia
Professor Seymour Melman (father of economic conversion) crawled through
the window in an attempt to join with the students. Apparently ... more »
Good Americans - by John Judge
Almost since its inception, the successful revolution in the Soviet Union
in 1917 came under attack.[1] The Romanov family was spirited Fut of the
country, along with the royal treasury.[2] The monarchists, the White
Russian counter-revolutionaries, and the colonial powers of France,
Germany, England, and even the United States saw the great wealth of Russia
as a prize worth regaining or winning.
From 1918 to 1932, that royal treasury, as well as funds from rich
monarchist families, international investors, and U.S. investors led by
President Herbert Hoover, poured into the secret... more »
Press release from @whitehouse shows some promise for public schools. Seriously.
Just released from the Office of the Press Secretary, American Job Training
Investments: Skills and Jobs to Build a Stronger Middle Class. In a
nutshell: Today, as part of this effort, the President and Vice President
are announcing new federal investments using existing funds to support
job-driven training, like apprenticeships, that will expand partnerships
with industry, […]
THE 77 PERCENT CONFUSION: Observing a basic bone-simple distinction!
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014*
*Interlude—Are journalists up to the task:* How much less do women get paid
for doing the same or equal work?
On a sweeping societal basis, it isn’t easy to say.
In the court case which became famous, it was fairly easy to say how less
Lilly Ledbetter got paid, as compared to men in her office who held the
same position. According to the Supreme Court record, Ledbetter was making
$3,727 per month, while men doing the same job were being paid between
$4,286 to $5,236 per month.
It isn’t obvious that this would be wrong in every imaginable case. People ... more »
Bundy Ranch: What You're Not Being Told...
*he may or may not be right.*
However, listen carefully to his advice on fact checking. Trust, but
verify.
One Map to Understand All The Threats Facing Israel
'Israel is a small country, only 424 km long and from 114 to 15 km wide,
and is surrounded by many enemies. What does this mean in concrete terms?
Who are the people and organizations threatening the sovereignty of Israel
and from where do they act? Use this map to understand all of the different
challenges that we face. These threats are real, and the IDF is forced to
act on all fronts, more often than you might think.'
Map here
http://www.idfblog.com/2014/04/16/one-map-understand-threats-facing-israel/
Interesting Teacher Appreciation festivities from a MI charter school, via @eclectablog
A MI charter school decides to humiliate its teachers to appreciate them.
Interesting. MANDIVA – Our 3 favorite male faculty members in heels for an
hour SAVE MY JOB – 3 faculty members will stand in the parking lot during
dismissal and hold a sign. CREAM FACIAL – Students will throw pie in 3
faculty members’ faces during […]
Nice n' slow see. That's the way to do it. Nice and slow.
So, you know, I'm 48 years old. I've been advocating for the parliamentary
implementation of workplace democracy in every place of employment in
Canada since the late-1990s. I've never believed that this would happen in
one year's time. Or five year's time. But somewhere between five and ten
years, I thought something like this would have a chance at being achieved.
You know, as opposed to tiny bands of anarchist fuckwads throwing rocks
through windows at gatherings of world leaders or at other groups'
demonstrations. Or as opposed to those other groups' afternoon rallies of
borin... more »
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*Judge to hold hearing on who should pay for prison changes *
*Why New Orleans Should Invest in a CBD Transit Hub ~Ride New Orleans*
*RTA wants to build transit hub in downtown New Orleans ~WVUE*
*‘Dine & dash’ — for a ferry that is — after visiting these Algiers Point
bars and eateries ~Ian McNulty, New Orleans Advocate*
*Hogs for the Cause raises over $1 million pediatric brain cancer ~WWLTV*
*BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill main focus of coastal board meeting
Wednesday: Live coverage ~Mark Schleifstein*
*Study finds high rates of depression, anxiety among Gulf oil spill cleanup
w... more »
Quick update on my move to Auchtam
I'm at a restaurant in Oued Laou using their WIFI. The internet 3G service
in the village of Auchtam is not working, I'm not going to speculate why
but it could just be the infrastructure is just not built to handle this
many westerners and our wireless devices. We will come up with a solution.
Worst case we have to take a bus 5 miles to blog...
My apartment is nice but the landlord seems to have sold my master bedroom
mattress, my washing machine and the propane tank to my water heater. I
got a new gas tank and replaced the shower fixtures. So I've got about
5000 dirham (500 ... more »
Say Hello to the Neocon Times
The Gray Lady donned her dull, leaden body armor today for two boringly
bellicose homepage articles. As her clarion call for war rings resoundingly
hollow, you might call this dissonant tune Iraq Deja Vu All Over Again.
First, the unsigned editorial, which disdains any shades of gray, leaden
or otherwise, and simplistically reduces the subject to Russia Bad, USA
Good. I would hazard a guess that if the editorial was not directly penned
by Dick Cheney, Ronald Dumsfeld, Robert Kagan, or any of the Bushie neocons
still lving and thriving on the taxpayer dime and heart, then it was
wri... more »
Abortion in Atlantic Canada: GAME ON!
When
I was a youngster, the battle for abortion rights in Canada was on.
Even as a poor student, I contributed regularly to Canadian Abortion
Rights
Action League and continued until we won. Natch, I turned my bod out
when
required too.
Now it's the current generation's turn.
This is winnable. And it will be fun for the young'uns. We haven't had a
good feminist dust-up in Canada in ages.
It's got all the elements: a petition, rallies in Fredericton, PEI,
Halifaxand elsewhere across the country starting tomorrow, Thursday,
April 17.
Politics enters in of course, especially in an el... more »
Energy Econ 18: Brown outs in Metro Manila?
A friend, Rose, posted this in her fb wall yesterday,
*I am totally pissed after hearing the news that Meralco will be
implementing a rotating brownout tomorrow starting at 11am? Are they
serious?? At the height of the heat we all suffer each day....they will
implement THAT?! It's probably because all of these people thinking of this
solution have not experience what it is to stew in the heat! I think before
they implement this they should first themselves experience what ordinary
Filipinos are experiencing each day! All this hullabaloo just so that this
government and Meralco can j... more »
NATO Psychological Warfare Operations: FEMEN - La Legion Dishabille
She's addressing a Russian in Germany - why are her slogans in English..?
He doesn't speak English...?
"It's just a sprinkling for the May Queen..."
Sometimes it's better to split the baby
This story about the Census Bureau is amazing to me: The Census is changing
its annual survey about health insurance. As a result, the new data will
not be comparable to the old, making it much harder to gauge the effects of
the Affordable Care Act.
Is this a White House conspiracy to hide the effects of the law, as some
have suggested? Maybe, but probably not. I have a lot of respect for the
government data producers, so I am giving them the benefit of the doubt.
Yet I don't see why the Bureau needs to make such a sudden change. Why
not, for a few years, give half the sample the... more »
Oligarchy-- It's Never Too Late For Americans To Recapture Democracy
Martin Gilens at Princeton and Benjamin Page at Northwestern just published
an academic paper everyone interested in the struggle for equality in
America should consider reading, Testing Theories of American Politics:
Elites Interest Groups, and Average Citizens. It pretty much proves what
you probably already sensed: the plutocrats rule the country and the United
States of America is better defined as an oligarchy than a democracy.
Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics –
which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy,
... more »
the wonders of mole soil
gardening?
Yeah, every few years or so, I'll get this gardening kick going. I had an
allotment on several occassions, never quite near enough to where I live.
This year, I'm growing veggies in buckets and baskets. Potatoes, tomatoes,
lettuce, carrots, onions etc.
I needed some extra soil... I had this little bucket of potatoes that were
coming through real nice, and I realised, "I'm gonna need a bigger bucket."
So, I found one, outside a neighbour's house, and brought it back, with the
permission of the neighbour. Repotted the potatoes inside the bigger bucket.
Then I needed som... more »
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*Private school in UAE held 15 pupils as young as seven hostage in the
classroom until parents paid their overdue school fees*
An investigation has been launched following claims a private primary
school in the United Arab Emirates held 15 of its pupils hostage until
their parents paid their fees.
The children, who are pupils at Nibras Al Iman School, in Sharjah and are
seven and eight years old, will give evidence to a three member committee
next Monday at a hearing which is expected to take two days.
The school's principal will be interviewed as well as the teacher who was
wi... more »
Making The World Safe For Capital
Complaints about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program keep piling up. This
morning the Vancouver Sun reports:
B.C. workers ranging from seasoned professionals to teenage fast-food
employees are complaining about being dumped in favour of non-residents as
Ottawa scrutinizes employers who abuse the Temporary Foreign Worker program.
Vern Doak is a crane operator with 37 years experience who lives in Vernon.
In early March he was contacted by his union, who informed him that an
American company, Oregon-based O & S Contracting, had work for him building
a cogeneration plant near Mack... more »
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*Woman who lived on just CHIPS for 15 years*
*No dietary correctness there -- but she got by fairly well. It may show
how nutritious the humble potato is*
A woman who lived on a diet of chips for 15 years has finally eaten a
proper meal - after being hynoptised to overcome her debilitating fear of
food.
Hanna Little, 20, has eaten chips every day since she was five years old -
after she developed a fear of all other foods which made her physically
sick if she tried to eat them.
Hanna from Truro, Cornwall, has severe Selective Eating Disorder (SED) and
would suffer anxiety atta... more »
If global stock markets cheer weakness in Europe , China and Japan as signs further monetary manipulations by Central Banks are forthcoming , does anyone wonder how broken economies manage to fund not just themselves put truly insolvent nations such as Greece or other members of the PIIGS ?
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Futures Soar 40 Points In Hours On Hopes Of Further Economic WeaknessSubmitted
by Tyler Durden on 04/16/2014 - 07:00
We summarized yesterday's both better and worse than expected Chinese GDP
data as follows: "a substantial deterioration of the economy, one which was
to be expected yet one which can be spun as either bullish thanks to the
GDP "beat", and negatively if the purpose is to make a case for more PBOC
stimulus." Sure enough here are the headlines that "explain" the latest
overnight futures surge which has once again brought the S&P into the g... more »
Muppet Fact
Most Muppets are left-handed. The reason for this is that most puppeteers
are right-handed and operate the Muppet’s head with their favoured hand,
leaving the left one to control the arms. Muppets operated by more than one
puppeteer, such as the Swedish Chef, are immune to this effect.
Biden Shamelessly Exploits Boston Marathon Bombing Tribute
Tuesday, on the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing
allegedly to be the work of two lone wolf Muslim “terrorists”, both of whom
managed to slip through the NSA’s “collect it all” net of total national
surveillance was either commemorated or celebrated, probably a combination
of both across the fruited plain of The Homeland. The incident, a heinous
criminal act consisting of the planting of two shrapnel filled pressure
cooker bombs at the finish line permanently altered forever the livesof
hundreds of innocent people, a good number of who lost limbs was allegedly
pe... more »
Mind the gap
The trouble with returning to the same subject time after time is the
difficulty of finding a balance between providing sufficient context with
originality and brevity as opposed to reiterating a cryptic soundbite, or
omitting the background and hoping for the best.
Melanie Phillips has a virtuosic ability to encapsulate a backstory
succinctly and eloquently, while, at the opposite end of the scale, the BBC
will lazily append its articles with snappy but inaccurate phrases like
“considered illegal under international law” or tag an out of context,
smugly repetitive death toll stat... more »
Join We The People Of Maine on April 19, 2014 in Portland
Please Join*We The People Maine*
*Corporations are not peopleMoney is not speech*
*Saturday April 19,*
*Noon to 2:00 pm*
*For a petitioner carrier and volunteer workshop.*
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church
524 Allen Ave, Portland, ME 04103
*Can you volunteer one or two hours on primary day, June 10 to sit at a
table and collect signatures?*
This will be an enormous help in gathering the almost 80,000 signatures
needed.
The outrageous* McCutcheon* decision, permits ultra-rich individuals to
give *$3,600,000* to candidate campaigns
*Citizens United* permits corporatio... more »
Beautiful Turkish Jewelry with Hande Made It- A giveaway
One of my very favorite things to do in my spare time is peruse Etsy for
fantastic handmade gifts and jewelry. I love the unique flair these artists
can bring to the table and I love supporting small businesses. One of my
favorite recent discoveries is Hande Made It, a jewelry shop, full of
bright colors and ethnic pieces.
The shop owner, Hande, is from Istanbul, Turkey. While study here in
Colorado, Hande discovered ETSY and was able to fulfill a childhood dream
of having a handmade shop.
One of the things that sets Hande Made It apart from other ETSY shops is
their beautiful Evi... more »
Even as the first round of the recent Afghanistan Election results await final tabulations , consider how hundreds of billions of wasted US taxpayer dollars have circled the drain ! EXCLUSIVE: Confidential U.S. assessments show Afghanistan not ready to govern on own State Department tries to hide risks of corruption
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EXCLUSIVE: Confidential U.S. assessments show Afghanistan not ready to
govern on ownState Department tries to hide risks of corruption
By Guy Taylor
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The Washington Times
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Supporters of Afghanistan’s presidential candidate and former foreign
minister Zalmai Rassoul, listen ... more >
RELATED STORIES
- See the scathing documents detailing $600... more »
3 killed, 4 wounded in Gaza Strip explosion - the BBC will wait before reporting this...
The news that three Palestinians were killed and four were wounded in a
blast in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday has emerged.
The BBC's coverage of this news will depend on the cause of the blast. If
it's the result of Israeli actions then this will be headline news but if,
as seems more likely, it was a terrorist accident then the BBC just won't
bother reporting the story st all.
The BBC are after all institutionally biased against Israel.
Hamas Praises Deadly West Bank Shooting via TIME.com
On erev Pesach a Jewish Israeli was killed by a Palestinian. This news has
not made the BBC news. Hamas have reacted to the news thus:
'The prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has praised an attack
that killed an Israeli in the West Bank.
Speaking Tuesday in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh said the shooting a day earlier
outside the city of Hebron "brought back life to the path of resistance."
He saluted "Hebron and the heroes of Hebron."'
More here http://time.com/63172/hamas-praises-deadly-west-bank-shooting/but not on the institutionally anti Israel BBC.
Al Qaeda False Flag Watch -- AQAP Brazenly Broadcast Meeting In Yemen – Mass al-Qaeda Meeting/Rally With Call For Mass Christian American Extermination… So , once again - concerns of Al Qaeda in Yemen , but we arm Syria Rebels dominated by Al Qaeda ?
AQAP Brazenly Broadcast Meeting In Yemen – Mass al-Qaeda Meeting/Rally With
Call For Mass Christian American Extermination…
Posted on April 15, 2014 by sundance
*I hate living in a time where we need to consider U.S. motivations in
publicizing the issues of AQAP; …..and the potential for this to be a
strategic media discussion. “Hate” is a strong word, but in this example
it’s not even strong enough – sorry. *
*If we remove our own government’s ulterior motives from the equation,
which is not easy, we are left to discuss the possibility Obama’s weakness
in Syria and now Ukraine is s... more »
Another anti-physics issue of SciAm
High energy physics is undoubtedly the queen and the ultimate reductionist
root of all natural sciences. Nevertheless, during the last decade, it has
become immensely fashionable for many people to boast that they're physics
haters.
The cover of the upcoming May 2014 issue of Scientific American looks
doubly scary for every physicist who has been harassed by the communist
regime. It resembles a Soviet flag with some deeply misleading propaganda
written over it:
A crisis in physics?
------------------------------
If supersymmetry doesn't pan out, scientists need a new way to explain ... more »
EU countries to boost defence budgets in light of Ukraine
[image: European Union flag]Military chiefs have said the Ukraine crisis is
a “wake-up call” for EU countries’ defence spending, as the US backed
Ukraine’s use of force in eastern regions.
Speaking to press after a regular meeting of EU defence ministers in
Luxembourg on Tuesday (15 April), the deputy chief of the EU’s external
action service, Maciej Popowski, said: “We’ve had 70 years of peace now [in
Europe], but we see that power politics is back with a vengeance, so it’s a
wake-up call and now we need to get serious about defence.”
He noted that “this was the feeling around the ... more »
Russian Air Force to Receive 16 New MiG Fighters
[image: MiG-29SMT Fulcrum]The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a $470
million contract with the MiG corporation for the delivery of 16 advanced
MiG-29 SMT fighters, the ministry said Tuesday.
The company had earlier confirmed the deal in an interview with RIA
Novosti, but did not specify its value.
"The value of the contract, including the ground support and test
equipment, is more than 17 billion rubles. The contract is a strategic
measure for maintaining the combat readiness of the lightweight fighter
fleet," the Defense Ministry said in the statement.
Read more
F-35 Fleet Surpasses 15,000 Flying Hours
[image: F-35A Lightning II]The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fleet
recently surpassed 15,000 flight hours, marking a major milestone for the
program.
“Flying 15,000 hours itself demonstrates that the program is maturing, but
what I think is even more impressive is the fact that operational F-35s
accounted for more than half of those flight hours,” said J.D. McFarlan,
Lockheed Martin's vice president for F-35 Test & Verification.
“While the fleet continues to train, we are actively flight testing the
software and mission systems that will enable the Marine Corps to declare
Init... more »
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* The Science And Politics Of Climate Change*
*Lennart Bengtsson says that the science isn’t settled and we still don’t
know how best to solve the energy problems of our planet. Article
originally published in German in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, a major Swiss
newspaper. Lennart Bengtsson was until 1990 Director of the Max Planck
Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. After his retirement, he has led,
among others, the Department of Earth Sciences at the International Space
Science Institute in Bern*
Since the end of the 19th century, we have known that the Earth’s climate
is sensit... more »
U.S. Anti-Tank Rockets Show Up in Syrian Rebel Hands
Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank
rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built
armaments in the country's civil war.
They would signal a further internationalization of the conflict, with new
rockets suspected from Russia and drones from Iran also spotted in the
forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
None of that equipment, however, is seen as enough to turn the tide of
battle in a now broadly stalemated war, with Assad dominant in Syria's
central cities and along the Mediterranean coast and the rebels in the
interior north... more »
Lithuania plans to buy more jet trainer aircraft – Min of Defence
[image: L-39 Albatros]Lithuania plans to buy more L-39 ZA light jet trainer
aircraft over the next two years to boost readiness of the county’s Air
Force, the Ministry of Defence confirmed on Tuesday.
Laimonas Brazaitis of the ministry’s Public Relations Department told BNS
funds have already been earmarked for the purchase and consultations are
being started with partners who might offer aircraft of this type.
Lithuania plans to buy the aircraft in 2015-2016.
The ministry has refused to disclose the number of jets to be acquired or
their prices as negotiations with potential seller... more »
Malaysia offered Saab fighter jets leasing deal
[image: JAS-39 Gripen]Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab Group says
it has packaged a “competitive and cost-effective” deal for the Malaysian
government to lease its Gripen fighter aircraft.
Saab Asia-Pacific president and CEO Dan Enstedt said the company is
fine-tuning the deal with the Malaysian government but said he could not
disclose the numbers of aircraft or costs at present.
“The leasing deal between Saab and the Malaysian government will include
the transfer of technology, which will be capable of adapting our open
technology to integrate with the existing Malaysian... more »
Fires reported on USS Hue City; no injuries reported
[image: USS Hue City]The Navy says a fire was reported aboard a
guided-missile cruiser as it was transiting the Atlantic Ocean.
The fire aboard the USS Hue City broke out late Monday, according to U.S.
Fleet Forces Command.
The Navy said in a statement Tuesday that no injuries were reported and
that the ship is operating on its own power.
Read more
Enemies beware: Royal Navy shows off its latest radar system which can knock missiles out of the sky
The Royal Navy has revealed its latest 3D radar system which can track
missiles - before knocking them out of the sky.
The cutting-edge system, called 'Artisan', was tested by some 180 sailors
on board HMS Iron Duke off the coast of Portland today.
It tracked a sea-skimming target, before launching a Seawolf missile -
which crashed into the object seconds later.
Read more
Indonesia equips frigates, corvette with stealth radars
[image: Ahmad Yani (Van Speijk)-class FFG]The Indonesian Navy (Tentera
Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) will equip a total of four
Ahmad Yani (Van Speijk)-class guided missile frigates and one Kapitan
Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette with low-probability-of-intercept
(LPI) naval radars.
The radars will be built by Indonesian naval sensor manufacturer PT Infra
RCS, company officials told IHS Jane's on 11 April.
The company describes its equipment, the IRCS LPI Radar, as a stealthy
sea-based X-band (SBX) radar with frequency modulated continuous wave
technology.
Read ... more »
When there is a glut of supply commodity prices crash(British Columbia`s LNG Delusions)
CKNW radio all through April/2014 can be described as nothing more than a
spindoctoring propaganda pandering BC Liberal bootlicking ad nauseum
drone...."*Putting B.C. to work...Skills shortage"* jobs jobs jobs, blah
blah blah all the while promoting British Columbia as a one trick pony
relying on resource extraction.....
Clearly Billy Good and company have the BC Liberal election platform
guiding their lame amateur producers...Talk about boring radio....they
trotted out guest after guest preaching from the corporate bible,
industrial scripture based on lore, on fable, fairy tales... more »
Pentagon report finds sequestration cuts would reduce national security
[image: Virginia class SSN]More than $1 trillion in sequestration-related
defense cuts, slated for now through 2021, “would significantly increase
risks both in the short- and long-term,” according to a report released
Monday by the Pentagon.
“If sequestration-level cuts persist, our forces will assume substantial
additional risks in certain missions and will continue to face significant
readiness and modernization challenges,” the report said.
“Overall, sequester-level cuts would result in a military that is too small
to fully meet the requirements of our strategy, thereby signific... more »
A message from the RCMP
CBC : Nigel Wright won't face charges over $90K payment to Mike Duffy
The RCMP has ended its probe into Nigel Wright...
Wright said in a statement to CBC News that he believed his actions were in
the public interest and lawful.
"My intention was to secure the repayment of taxpayer funds," Wright said
through his lawyer, Peter Mantas. He added that the RCMP's "detailed and
thorough investigation has now upheld my position."
Quite the most brazen in self-serving nonsense -- the Senate certainly had
no difficulty garnisheeing Senator Patrick Brazeau's wages in order to
"secure the... more »
John Kane 'Who you calling formerly colonized?'
Who
You Calling Formerly Colonized?
By John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk
Censored News
During the past week I have had more conversations about
"decolonization" than I have had in my whole life. As I mentioned in one
of my Facebook conversations, I am not entirely comfortable with the
expression.
Clearly as Native people continue to carve out our existence with the
dominant societies, cultures
Two Videos-- Just One Fragile Little World
The one above is the debut of James Cameron's must-see series on Climate
Change, *Years of Living Dangerously*. It's an hour that, if you watch it,
will have been well-spent. Cameron's video is-- God willing-- part of the
solution to an existential threat to humanity. Below is a short, brutish
political commercial. It's ugly and it will persuade many Democrats to hold
their nose and just stay home rather than vote for Mary Landrieu. Her
commercial is part of the problem-- a corporate shill indebted to the Big
Oil interests who have financed her career in return for protection of
... more »
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Kidney Health
Welcome to Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)!
Wondering how to live greener? You've come to the right place. Each week we
challenge ourselves to try a new task ... or "amp up" something we're
already doing. We raise our awareness, learn from each other and develop
Eco-friendly skills which will improve our lives and protect our planet.
Doing so together gives us power ... the power to Change The World!
If this is your first visit, please click HERE for information and a
complete list of all the challenges we've taken on so far.
This post contains great information and I encourage ... more »
(What the Koch Bros. Really Want?) Sleazy PR Campaign to Prevent the IRS From Making Your Taxes Simpler (Think Slavery Was In the Past? (Not Really) George Bush's Great Grandfather Was Slave Trader)
How do you like knowing that the IRS already knows how much you made
(legally, anyway) and could easily just tell you what they think you owe?
So much for creative accounting. Slavery, historically, was another matter
altogether. Not to say that versions of it are not going on presently. But
at least they aren't sending ships out to collect the slaves now. They're
already here for the
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*Senate OKs bill to sidetrack levee lawsuits ~Marsha Schuler, The Advocate*
*Letter: Sen. Mary Landrieu should let coastal erosion lawsuit go ahead*
The Mystery Of Malaysian Flight MH370 Continues: My Assessment Of Where We Stand Right Now On The Plane's "Disappearance"
When Malaysian flight MH370 "disappeared" on March 8th, 2014, I was like
everyone else… Bewildered and wondering if the initial reports that the
plane had simply fell from the sky into the South China Sea were true…. But
from the very beginning came many conflicting reports and some very strange
occurrences associated with this aircraft and the people on board…..
The initial intriguing and mystifying aspects of this disappearance were
the reports of first the cell phone calls that were still "connecting" to
the cellphones carried by many passengers on the aircraft, and of course
one... more »
The Upcoming War On Syria: New Report States CANADA Wants To Invade Syria (!)
I have long said that my nation, Canada, is fully controlled by Jewish
interests, and that the criminal Harper regime occupying Parliament Hill in
Ottawa will do everything to please their Jewish masters… Stephen Harper
the crooked and very criminal Prime Minister of this once proud nation is
one of the worse Jewish butt kissers in all of Canada's history, and has
shown again and again that he will do anything for his glorious nation of
Israel……
But now comes a most interesting report from Press TV, at www.presstv.ir,
where it is now revealed that the Canadian stooge government is p... more »
Can BESE Save White from Jindal? I’m Thinking… No.
John White’s job is on the line, and the primarily-purchased Louisiana
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) is standing behind its
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)- and Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)-promoting talking head. For
White’s annual evaluation, BESE gave him a 3 out of 4. I’m thinking White’s
BESE […]
“…and the intelligence of a caravan site”
[image: Photo: There’s nothing Kiwis like more than getting on the road and
going on holiday. But public holiday fun can quickly turn to frustration.
Today Labour committed to make things easier and safer on our roads.
https://labour.org.nz/EasierDriving]
Yeah, it’s a strange one, for sure.
Labour leader David Cunliffe hires alleged hotshot organiser Matt McCarten
as Chief of Staff, all ready for a big election year. The decision is
roundly endorsed by the commentariat. Smart, they say. Linking with the
base. A big move. The start of a big campaign.
[image: image]So what exactly... more »
Edward Abbey, "I Promise You This..."
"One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a
reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save
the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It
is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.
While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish
and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the
forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep
of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate... more »
Rumi, "Sit, Be Still, And Listen..."
"Sit, be still, and listen,
because you're drunk,
and we're at the edge of the roof."
- Rumi
"A Look to the Heavens"
"Bright stars, clouds of dust and glowing nebulae decorate this cosmic
scene, a skyscape just north of Orion's belt. Close to the plane of our
Milky Way Galaxy, the wide field view spans about 5.5 degrees. Striking
bluish M78, a reflection nebula, is at the left. M78's tint is due to dust
preferentially reflecting the blue light of hot, young stars.
*Click image for larger size.*
In colorful contrast, the red sash of glowing hydrogen gas sweeping through
the center is part of the region's faint but extensive emission nebula
known as Barnard's Loop. At right, a dark dust cloud forms a... more »
Crowfoot, "What Is Life?"
"What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the
sunset."
- Crowfoot, Blackfoot Warrior and Orator
Lamar W. Hankins : The symbolic stoning of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Brandeis University rescinds speaking invitation to Somali-born writer
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an outspoken critic of denigration of women in Islamic
societies. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 15, 2014 The
Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali was … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins :
The symbolic stoning of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Paulo Coelho, “I’d Rather Be In Hell”
*“I’d Rather Be In Hell”*
by Paulo Coelho
"As soon as he died, Juan found himself in a gorgeous place, surrounded by
all the comfort and beauty he had dreamed of. A fellow dressed in white
approached him and said, “You have the right to have whatever you want; any
food, pleasure or amusement.” Charmed, Juan did everything he dreamed of
doing during his life. After many years of pleasures, he sought the fellow
in white and asked, “I have already experienced everything I wanted. Now I
need to work in order to feel useful.”
“I am sorry,” said the fellow in white, “but that is the only... more »
Chet Raymo,"The Imperfect Is Our Paradise"
*"The Imperfect Is Our Paradise"*
by Chet Raymo
"'The Anecdote of the Jar' by Wallace Stevens:
"I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.
The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.
It took dominion every where.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee."
It is reasonable to ask, why, in a cyberspace teeming with millions of
blogs, I... more »
Free Download: Olaf Stapledon, “Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future”
*“Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future”*
by Olaf Stapledon
“Great are the stars, and man is of no account to them. But man is a fair
spirit, whom a star conceived and a star kills. He is greater than those
bright blind companies. For though in them there is incalculable
potentiality, in him there is achievement, small, but actual. Too soon,
seemingly, he comes to his end. But when he is done he will not be nothing,
not as though he had never been; for he is eternally a beauty in the
eternal form of things.
Man was winged hopefully. He had in him to go further than... more »
Alan Watts, "It Comes, Then, To This..."
"It comes, then, to this: that to be "viable", livable, or merely
practical, life must be lived as a game - and the "must" here expresses a
condition, not a commandment. It must be lived in the spirit of play rather
than work, and the conflicts which it involves must be carried on in the
realization that no species, or party to a game, can survive without its
natural antagonists, its beloved enemies, its indispensable opponents. For
to "love your enemies" is to love them as enemies; it is not necessarily a
clever device for winning them over to your side. The lion lies down with
th... more »
METRO | San Antonio art show takes on the South Texas ‘fracking frenzy’
Exhibit: Frackaso: Portraits of Extraction in Eagle Ford and Beyond Opening
reception: Friday, April 18, 7 p.m. Place: Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
Address: 922 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio Dates of exhibit: Friday, April
18 – Sunday, August 31, 2014 … finish reading *METRO* | San Antonio art
show takes on the South Texas ‘fracking frenzy’
John Vasquez, Territoriality, and Staying Ahead of the Game
by Brandon Valeriano and Andy Owsiak What follows is a dialog between us on
John Vasquez’s contributions to the field of IR based on a recent
roundtable honoring his work at the Annual Meeting of the International
Studies Association in Toronto in March, 2014. Our remarks are cribbed
from our statements on the panel. Brandon-
Continue reading
About the gefilte fish crisis: Doesn't somebody have to answer for the Passover whitefish shortage? (Maybe cast a glance upward?)
*by Ken*
You can read the shocking headline for yourself below: "Gefilte Fish Supply
is Scarce This Passover Due to Bad Winter, Shops Say."
Now my mother took religion very seriously, though perhaps a tad
idiosyncratically. For her it entailed, in roughly ascending order of
importance:
(1) Lighting of Shabas candles
(2) Preparation of the designated foods for the appropriate holidays
(3) Hadassah, and all things relating to it
As regards (2), the rite of worship most relevant to today's story, my
mother regarded those holiday food preparations with only slightly more
worshipful... more »
Iraq Updates April 15 , 2014 - Baghdad buttresses defenses ready for wholesale Al Qaeda assault on city .......While no one has been paying particular attention , Al Qaeda jihadists have launched a very complex , sophisticated assault against Baghdad , the Iraq Government and the military - who has been directing , funding and facilitating this Operation ? Kurds setting their own defenses against jihadists ..... daily death dealing as the Election looms in two weeks !
http://www.debka.com/article/23847/Baghdad-buttresses-defenses-ready-for-wholesale-Al-Qaeda-assault-on-city
The Iraqi army began buttressing its defense lines on April 12 to save
parts of the capital city of Baghdad from the approaching danger of falling
to al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Iraqi
intelligence reports that terrorist forces have broken through into the
city’s western outskirts and preparing to head out to other parts of the
city of more than seven million and the Green Zone government headquarters.
In addition to the lethal bombings and shooting... more »
Syria: two thirds chems transferred & Canada prepares attack Syria plans
Canada prepares to attack Syria and aid Al quada! Make no mistake about it
Canada will be aiding Al Qaeda.
Perhaps a rebranding will take place, but, the product will be exactly the
same.* NATO's Islamic fighters more commonly known as Al Quada.** That is
the reality of what/who Canada will be assisting*. *Canada is prepared to
further aid the the thugs terrorizing Syrians. *
Therefore Canada is preparing to assist Al Qaeda terrorists
Beheaders, organ eaters, child rapists, captagon junkies and traffickers-
Those are Canada's aid recipients
[image:
http://wpmedia.news.nationalpost.co... more »
“13 Arguments for Liberal Capitalism in 13 Minutes”
I was told yesterday that the facts refute capitalism.
Which was interesting. Especially since
So here, for Paul McGreal and others are Stephen Hicks’s “13 arguments for
liberal capitalism in 13 minutes.” (That takes you to the transcript; the
first vid is below.)
It makes liberal use of words like freedom, incentives, smarter,
individuality, creativity, productive ability, the poor, wealth, flourish,
happiness, interesting, tolerance, racism (and the discouragement thereof),
sexism (also to do with the discouragement thereof), peace, and profit.
I even spot the word “awesome.... more »
Untitled
*New Facebook group seeks to oust James Gray from New Orleans city council*
*BP ends 'active cleanup' of Louisiana's coast, nearly four years after
2010 spill ~Manuel Torres*
Sexism in the UK
There are a few of quick notes about the UN's Rashida Manjoo's claim that
the UK is endemically sexist and that is is worse here than "other places".
Firstly, it's a bit of a shock, if I'm honest. I've written a fair few
things about gender and sexism, and of course I'm aware of and appreciate
the work feminist comrades have done tackling 'everyday' sexism. That said,
while much still needs to be done I didn't for one moment think that the
UK's sexism problem was worse than other developed nations. Okay, leaving
out Nordic countries, is the UK worse than Italy, France, and the USA? ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany. Thanks for stopping by.
Eckhart Tolle, "Suffering"
"True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you
had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This
inner alignment with Now is the end of suffering. Is suffering really
necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be
no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion. You would not
be reading this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes
a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you
realize it is unnecessary."
- Eckhart Tolle
Easter Week, 3: Mythologising Sacrifice
*“My favourite definition of mythology: other people’s religion. My
favourite definition of religion: misunderstanding of mythology. The
misunderstanding consist in the reading of the mythological symbols as
though they were primarily references to historical events…” *- Joseph
Campbell
AND MAN MADE GODS in his own image, and that of the animals he saw around
him, and he saw these stories were sometimes helpful psychologically in a a
pre-philosophical age. But one of these gods was a jealous god. For this
god was so angry at the world he sent one-third of himself to die to
exp... more »
Meanwhile, Back In Montana…
When John Bohlinger comes into any town in Montana to talk policy, it is
news. Veteran journalist Mike Dennison interviewing Bohlinger last week on
a campaign policy tour
Beltway Democrats decided their best chance to hold the Montana Senate seat
would be to replace Max Baucus-- who was given a plumb job as ambassador to
China-- with the conservative John Walsh. Walsh gets to run as an incumbent
against radical right extremist Steve Daines, a congressman. At the end of
2013 Walsh had $435,549 in his campaign kitty. Daines had $1,897,935. And
the Koch brothers and other fat cats and a... more »
A Brief Comment on the Death of Mike Ruppert by Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound:
*By Jenna Orkin*
We always knew it could come to this.
To write about Mike requires the tranquility of recollection but at the
moment, all is turmoil.
Mike, you told us, "Evolve or perish." Yet in Apocalypse Man you merged
them, speaking of death as the ultimate evolution. One day we'll all find
out whether that is, in fact, the case but it's not the message you used to
impart!
Among the emails that cascaded in last night is a wonderful link which is
sorely needed at such a time: Hope and Courage. Accompanying it, the
following quote from Thomas Keneally's Schindler's List:... more »
History: "What Was the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?"
*"What Was the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest?"*
By David Crossland
"In September 9 AD, Germanic tribesmen slaughtered three Roman legions in a
battle that marked the "big bang" of the German nation and created its
first hero - Hermann. This battle represents nothing less than the birth
of the German nation, a devastating victory over three Roman legions by
Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The battle created
the first German hero, Arminius, or Hermann as he later became known, a
young chieftain of the Cherusci tribe who led the rebellion and was hailed
for ce... more »
The Continuing Crisis In Ukraine: The Attack On Russia Is Mounting
I have been watching the alternative news the last few days with a lot of
interest in what has been happening in Ukraine... I have long given up on
listening or reading anything from the Jewish controlled Mainstream media,
due to the fact that all they spew is lies, lies, and even more lies....
What I have been seeing happening is exactly what I have been talking about
in my weekly rants... Ukraine is a mess due to the US led coup that has
turned into a debacle. The Ukrainian people, rather than see a change for
the better since that illegal coup, have now watched their proud nation... more »
DANGEROUS NATO EXPANSION
Rick Rozoff, internationally recognized critic of NATO, spoke on April 12,
2014 at a Chicago teach-in titled "Stop U.S./NATO's New Cold War Over
Ukraine."
He described the geo-political background to the current crisis resulting
from the recent right-wing coup of the Kiev government in Ukraine and
U.S./NATO sable-rattling. The key to understanding the present situation is
to look at the historically aggressive objectives of NATO.
"The Ukrainian crisis is simply the pretext for the U.S. and its NATO
allies of moving more military equipment up to the Russian border...to
besiege (it... more »
Levelland and Electro-magnetic Effects
Here’s something I noticed as I was reviewing the sightings near Levelland,
Texas on November 2, 1957. There were many reports that vehicle engines
stalled, lights dimmed and radios filled with static at the close approach
of the UFO. I’m not going to argue numbers here, or point fingers at the
lack of substantive investigation, but comment only on one aspect of the
case.
I will note first that the Condon Committee investigation at the University
of Colorado, funded by the Air Force, attempted to learn something about
these sightings. In an experiment, they could find no way to sup... more »
Spain: The F.A. Case (Mérida, Badajoz) 25 December 1976
*Spain: The F.A. Case (Mérida, Badajoz) 25 December 1976*
*By Pedro María Fernández*
The case I am going to discuss below has had to wait over twenty years
before coming to light. Its protagonist, F.A. (we can only provide his
initials at his own request) is a professor of Beaux Arts in the city of
Mérida and at no time agreed to have anything published until the day he
died.
F.A., who was 46 years old at the time, was in the company of two young
students – 16 and 17 respectively – at ten o’clock in the morning of
Saturday, 25 December 1976 only a few kilometers away from the city... more »
The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Sunset"
*"Sunset"*
“Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you,
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,
leaving you, not really belonging to either,
not so helplessly dark as that house that is silent,
not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing
that turns to a star each night and climbs–
leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads)
your own life, timid and standing high and growing,
so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out,
one moment your life is a ... more »
"One Big Road..."
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you're riding through the
ruts,
don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.
Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!”
- Bob Marley
"How It Really Is"
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