Wednesday, April 09, 2014

9 April - Blogs I'm Following II

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Great Decisions: "Energy Independence" by Dr. Flynt Leverett

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 minutes ago
Video Title: Great Decisions: "Energy Independence" by Dr. Flynt Leverett. Source: USArmyWarCollege. Date Published: April 9, 2014. Description: Energy independence, by taking the bargaining chip of oil dependence off the table, would be good for American foreign policy. But the very technological advances that make independence possible have created a dilemma for lawmakers. In a government with fixed resources, should the U.S. encourage more traditional fuel production or invest in the young technology of renewable resources?

The Three La. Common Core Development “Teachers” Work for LDOE

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 9 minutes ago
This is the story of two press releases and three Louisiana “mystery” teachers involved in “developing” CCSS. The first is the July 2009 National Governors Association (NGA) press release for the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics work groups– the “inner circle” that is the only group identified as “developing” CCSS based […]

Tomorrow Lee Rogers Is Opening His New Campaign Headquarters In Santa Clarita

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 minutes ago
Tomorrow (Thursday), Lee Rogers is formally opening his campaign headquarters in Newhall. They're having a little party, open to anyone in CA-25, the district in northern L.A. County/Simi Valley that he's running in. The festivities start at 6:30 and the address in 24265 Main Street. In 2012 Rogers came closer to beating incumbent Buck McKeon, the only congressman the district has ever had, and he actually won in the fast-growing Antelope Valley, a third of the district. Rather than face him again, McKeon decided to leave Congress and become a lobbyist for the war industries that ... more »

How do you maintain your health?

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 12 minutes ago
[image: How do you maintain your health?] Holistic wellness encompasses all aspects of life. So I began to wonder about all the ways we try to keep ourselves healthy and which ways are embraced by most people. That's the focus of April's survey. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world's leading questionnaire tool. Join us back here on April 24th for a discussion of the results. *Sneak Peek: Do you hate it when kitchen cloths go "sour"? I've got a solution for you!!*

James McEnteer : Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer.

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 minutes ago
As Washington Redskin fans debate the political correctness of their team name, Indians fans and detractors grapple with the propriety of the grinning visage of Chief Wahoo. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2014 It’s crazy … finish reading James McEnteer : Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer.

China and Japan news and data -- April 9 - 10 , 2014 Asian Data Double Whammy Sparks FOMC-Exuberance Unwind ..... The Japanese Sales Tax Hike Verdict Is In: It's A Disaster As Sales Plunge 25% ..... Another Chinese High Yield Bond Issuer Declares Bankruptcy

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
EXPAND Asia in one picture....... Asian Data Double Whammy Sparks FOMC-Exuberance Unwind [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2014 22:36 -0400 - Bond - China - Copper - Equity Markets - India - Japan - Nikkei - Private Equity inShare All the gains that Japan's Nikkei 225 futures had achieved in the post-FOMC-Minutes exuberance have been lost as first*Japan (huge miss in machine orders) and then China (huge miss in imports and exports)* hit the market with a disappointing data doubel whammy. US futures a... more »

Bitcoin Updates - April 8 , 2014 -- Major Security Flaw ‘Heartbleed’ Puts Critical Services at Risk ...... Gavin Andresen Steps Down as Bitcoin’s Lead Developer ...... Bitfinex Passes Stefan Thomas’s Proof Of Solvency Audit

Catharsis Ours - 1 hour ago
- Home / - News / ​Major encryption security bug ‘Heartbleed’ impacts two-thirds of the web Published time: April 09, 2014 03:03 Get short URL Share on tumblr Tags Hacking, Internet, Security Tens of millions of servers were exposed to a security vulnerability called “Heartbleed” in OpenSSL, software used to encrypt much of the internet. While an emergency patch has been released, sites like Yahoo have raced to fortify security. On Monday afternoon, the open-source OpenSSL project released an emergency security advisory warning of *“*Heartbleed*,”* a bug pulls in private k... more »

@NPR @WHYY does #optout story. Cuts United Opt Out’s voice of truth, ME!

Timothy D. Slekar at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 hour ago
On Monday morning when I got to my desk I noticed that the voice mail light was blinking on my phone. I picked up the receiver and went through the steps to retrieve my messages. There was only one and it was a producer from NPR the WHYY affiliate (Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware) inquiring about my […]

Jonah Raskin : BOOKS | ‘Weed Land’ author Peter Hecht’s no gonzo journalist

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 hour ago
In Hecht’s book, the Feds are always heavy, the growers usually naïve, and it’s almost always bad news. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 [Weed Land: Inside America’s Marijuana Epicenter and How Pot Went Legit … finish reading Jonah Raskin : *BOOKS* | ‘Weed Land’ author Peter Hecht’s no gonzo journalist

Important New Video: May Syria Prevail

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
I have been watching with disgust the last few days all of the information coming over the alternative news sources about the criminals in the US government now blatantly supplying the murderous mercenary "rebels" in Syria with US anti tank weapons known as BGM-71, or popularly called "TOW"..... I have known about these anti-tank missiles for quite sometime, due to the fact that they were originally developed by the US to replace their LAW anti-tank missiles that failed miserably in Vietnam. The greatest quantity of these tank killers were supplied to NATO forces to stem the expec... more »

Number Crunching the ISA Twittersphere

Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 2 hours ago
Felix Haas has written a monster blog post over at Bretterblog with interesting descriptive statistics from the #ISA2014 hashtag. Among other fascinating points: 11% of IR scholars at the conference tweet, compared to only 2% of the global population The most popular tweet of the conference contained the Sheraton lobby wifi password Most prolific tweeter: Continue reading

It's Bonus Time, Babies! (Rahm Emanuel’s Top Donor Bought Stock in Marriott Just Before It Was Awarded Huge Chicago Contract) Coming To A Deserted Schoolyard Near You (Clusterfuck Nation)

I remember bonus time back 20 or so years ago when an extra amount of money would miraculously appear in your paycheck and you had been rewarded for "doing your job." Yay. Today, not so much. Those getting the bonuses now seem to be the people who've done US out of our jobs. Sniffing the Ethical Rot in Wall Street’s Culture By Jim Hightower Not too many years ago, any news story about

Fed Admits Policies Benefit Rich, Fears For "Nation's Democratic Heritage" ... Fed running for cover ? Well , if Steen Jakobsen is correct with his call for a 2.5 % 30 year US Bond , that should tell you where the economy is heading ( and where stocks are heading too ! )

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-09/fed-admits-policies-benefit-rich-fears-nations-democratic-heritage Fed Admits Policies Benefit Rich, Fears For "Nation's Democratic Heritage" [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2014 20:12 -0400 - BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Congressional Budget Office - Federal Reserve - Gross Domestic Product - Hyman Minsky - Monetary Policy - Recession - recovery - The Economist - Unemployment - United Kingdom inShare1 Having warned just 6 weeks ago that high-yiel... more »

Is there a candidate prepared to take on "the biggest douchebag 'Democrat' in New York"? Maybe so!

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Yes, that's him in the nearest foreground: the biggest douchebag "Democrat" in New York, NYS Senate Majority Co-Leader and President Pro Tempore Jeff Klein. (Our Jeff is chatting with onetime -- one very brief time -- Senate Majority Sort-of-Leader Malcolm Smith.)* *"What's good for General Motors is good for the U.S.A."* *-- now-obsolete old saying* *"What's good for New York State Sen. Jeff Klein is good for New York State Sen. Jeff Klein."* *-- new saying * *"What Jeff Klein has done is traitorous. It's betrayal not only of the Democratic Party, it's betrayal of the Democratic p... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
Bilston, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by.

The Case of the Millionaire Carpetbagger

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 3 hours ago
Things are really starting to heat up in the 19th Congressional District of New York. Not only is an uber-wealthy political neophyte attempting to buy a seat, he just committed the ultimate faux pas. He refused to be interviewed by Politico! They came all the way up to his Ulster County HQ to talk to him, and the door was locked! Then they went to the private investment firm he started to loan money to local businesses to "create jobs" in this economically struggling backwater of a district. (full disclosure: I live here, so I know) And he wasn't there, either. So then they went to... more »

Another in the continuing run of ECFA successes

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
[image: IMG_7903] *Lost a toy on the roof...* ECFA struck again in March, delivering massive gains in exports to China.Hahaha, no, slowly declining trade with China. Of course! ECFA missed the golden age, which was during the Chen years, and now as China upgrades manufacturing technology, it is starting to render Taiwan producers either irrelevant or vulnerable. Exports to Southeast Asia—Taiwan's second-largest overseas market after China and accounting for about a fifth of all exports—gained 5.7% after a 4.8% growth in February. ..... *However, China stood out as a weak spot. Last... more »

Thorne Dreyer : PODCAST | Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radio

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 3 hours ago
The delightful and talented Eliza Gilkyson performs on Rag Radio and discusses her approach to songwriting and her new album, ‘Nocturne Diaries.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson … finish reading Thorne Dreyer : *PODCAST* | Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson on Rag Radio

NASA footage of UFOs

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
Watch the hundreds of ships that show in this one about 2:00 minutes in.

Ukraine updates April 8 , 2014 -- Russian FM Lavrov calls on Kiev, Washington not to ignore interests of all Ukraine regions ..... Kiev cracks down on eastern Ukraine cities after 2 proclaim independence ..... Deputies in the Ukrainian parliament brawled in the chamber on Tuesday after a communist leader accused nationalists of playing into the hands of Russia by adopting extreme tactics early in the Ukrainian crisis....... note russian speaking Ukrainians in not just eastern Ukraine but also southern regions are restless !

Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
Ukrainian hysteria ? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/ukraine-defense-ministry-warns-imminent-russian-invasion Ukraine Defense Ministry "Warns" Of Imminent Russian Invasion [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/08/2014 18:21 -0400 - Twitter - Twitter - Ukraine <iframe allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0" id="fb_xdm_frame_https" name="fb_xdm_frame_https" scrolling="no" src="https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/8n77RrR4jg0.js?version=40#channel=ffe1743f8&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com" s... more »

GA-42 Battle - Are Those Lies About ALEC?

2old2care at Because I Can - 4 hours ago
[image: bullshit meter photo: BULLSHIT METER 0011hc6g.gif] http://photobucket.com/images/bullshit%20meter?page=1 Whenever my bullshit meter goes off - it's time to sit down to the keyboard and it went off big time today. Saw this little battle going on in Georgia: There are two people in Geogia battling it out for Senate seat 42. Williams and Parent and it's gotten nasty - slinging crap at each other. I don't care who wins - but this drew my attention. And it's a good example of how far candidates will go to distance themselves from the ultraconservative, pro-corporate extremist American... more »

Cyprus Life under Troika rule -- Updates April 9 , 2014 -- A Year Later, Cyprus Still Has "An Emergency Situation" And Capital Controls , THE House Legal Affairs committee has voted to bring a bill protecting the primary residence and small-to-medium business premises from foreclosure to a plenary vote on Thursday, despite a last-minute appeal by the incoming Governor of the Central Bank to postpone the vote......... Income tax revenue dropped 8.0 per cent or 27.3 million year-on-year for January and February, it was announced on Friday..... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees a return to growth in Cyprus in 2015 and a slight drop in unemployment this year and next. According to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF sees unemployment in 2014 revised from 19.8 per cent to 19.2 per cent, and 18.4 per cent in 2015. ...... CYPRIOT ten-year bond yields fell to the lowest point since March 2012, a year after the island agreed with international lenders on a €10 billion bailout - yield on the ten year bond now 5.6 % ( as compared with 16.4 % in June of 2012 . ) .

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 4 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-09/year-later-cyprus-still-has-emergency-situation-and-capital-controls A Year Later, Cyprus Still Has "An Emergency Situation" And Capital Controls [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2014 15:57 -0400 - Citigroup - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Federal Reserve - fixed - Greece - Reality inShare2 *Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,* Imagine that your country and banking system are so broke that you have to receive approval from a special committee just to send y... more »

“3 Ways to Not Get Drained by Needy People”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“3 Ways to Not Get Drained by Needy People”* by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. “Do you sometimes leave a conversation feeling energized, and other times you feel drained? Are you aware of the difference between people who have a giving energy and those who have a taking energy? It's important in our relationships to be aware of our own energy, and it's equally important to be aware of others' energy. If you often leave a conversation feeling drained, then you need to learn to be aware of what needy, draining people do that suck the life right out of you - and what you can do to not get dra... more »

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Beyond Undoing"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*"Beyond Undoing"* "Why, then have to be human? Oh, not because happiness exists, Nor out of curiosity... But because being here means so much; Because everything here, Vanishing so quickly, seems to need us, And strangely keeps calling to us... To have been Here once, completely, even if only once, To have been at one with the earth - This is beyond undoing." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago

Will Hillary Be The Official Candidate Of The Wall Street Plutocrats?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours ago
Hillary fans have been grumbling to me about the way I highlighted Mike Lofgren's phrase stuck on awful for the next decade to equate Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Rather than defend myself in a series of emails, I figured I'd say a few words about it, or around it, here at *DWT*, if you don't mind. The worst thing-- the most ugly and dysfunctional thing-- about running for office in our democracy is that politicians have to spend most of their time on the phone personally begging campaign donors for money-- hours and hours a day, every day. So when a money machine like Bill Clint... more »

METRO | Tom Zigal’s gripping post-Katrina novel win’s state’s top literary award

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 AUSTIN — Austin novelist Thomas Zigal has won the prestigious Jesse Jones award for fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters for his highly-acclaimed novel about post-Katrina New Orleans, … finish reading *METRO* | Tom Zigal’s gripping post-Katrina novel win’s state’s top literary award

METRO EVENT | ‘Beloved Community’ sets May Day fest in Austin

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 7 hours ago
Event: Celebration of International Workers Day / Día del Trabajo Occasion: Launch of Austin Beloved Community website Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Time: 5:30-9 p.m. Place: Resistencia Books Address: 4926 East César Chávez St., Austin TX The Austin Beloved Community … finish reading *METRO EVENT*| ‘Beloved Community’ sets May Day fest in Austin

An Academic Woman’s Rant of the Week: Professor vs. Teacher and Dr. vs. Mrs.

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Like any good protestant preacher, I’ve decided to start a multi-week series where we can examine a topic in depth from multiple angles.[1] My chosen topic: women in academia. This is a topic that has been written on extensively in peer-reviewed articles and on the blogosphere (see The Monkey Cage’s wonderful discussion for a recent summary). However, Continue reading

Jeb Bush’s Fact-Challenged Visit to Oklahoma City’s KIPP Charter School

John Thompson at @ THE CHALK FACE - 7 hours ago
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush joined Republican Governor Mary Fallin at Oklahoma City’s KIPP Academy. They chanted the same old magical incantations and repeated the standard slander about teachers in schools serving every child who comes into their building. Given the way that Bush and Fallin are caught in the Common Core bind, it was […]

Not moving on

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 7 hours ago
I am a survivor and I know thats true my latest problem was deep and I asked the VP but there was no solution My Itunes would not work when I moved my mouse So when there was no solution did I pack it in no my friends I attached my Iphone to the stereo and here I am living large and getting tunes blasing alfredo Now I tell you about this as babies and I know there are more sophistacted people around. We got to get our sound we got to get our light we got to have a routine that does not make ]a 36 waste tight.

Chris Floyd, “False Flags and Imperial Facades: Tales of ‘Progressives’ in Power”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago
*“False Flags and Imperial Facades: Tales of ‘Progressives’ in Power”* By Chris Floyd “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana “Sy Hersh has a long piece in the "London Review of Books" detailing the strong evidence indicating that the Turkish government worked with Syrian rebels in a "false flag" operation of the worst sort: staging a chemical weapons attack near Damascus in August 2013. The intent was to throw blame for the attack on the Assad regime, thereby drawing the United States directly into the conflict; the use of chemical weap... more »

Roger Housden - Faith Without a Religion + Trust the Change + Trust the Mystery

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
Roger Housden is the author of twenty books, including, *"Keeping the Faith Without a Religion"* published in March 2014, *"Saved by Beauty: Adventures of an American Romantic in Iran" *published in November 2012, and *"For Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics"* published in January 2009. Visit *his website* to learn more about his work. Video Title: Faith Without a Religion. Source: Roger Housden. Date Published: November 21, 2013. Video Title: Trust the Change. Source: Roger Housden. Date Published: January 24, 2014. Video Title: Trust the Mystery. Sourc... more »

model gone bad

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
I walk the line no I walk the line really I walk the line yesterday and today and tomorrow I walk the line I see everything divine I know at the top this is just a small percentage of the plan Increasingly it seems our leaders just know its going to collapse therefore they behave like the last members on a sinking life raft Humans are at the core stink in cannibals we will do anything possible despite the consequences to eat better or have a bigger house or a better car lets not talk about the men that shot a real partner because she was not long necked and young So given the choice I got t... more »

Americans have lost their minds to fear

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 8 hours ago
The police are supposed to be there to serve and protect. Not to project power. What purpose does a vehicle like this give to the stated goal. If the goal is to intimate and distract and protect the fascist it makes sense. Talk about wasted scarce resources.

MSNBC discusses the size of the gender wage gap!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014* *Then succumbs to a slow transcript day:* Last night, the gender wage gap was widely discussed on MSNBC’s programs. That’s good. The channel hasn’t posted its transcripts yet. That’s bad. We aren’t going to do the transcribing ourselves. For that reason, we’ll settle for our recollections of some of the things that occurred. On the Chris Hayes show, a pair of bright young guests wandered off the reservation. They said the gender wage gap is roughly seven cents on the dollar when you adjust for factors like seniority, hours worked and type of work. It s... more »

THROUGH THE BACK DOOR: MORE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
There is growing concern about the possible use of mercenaries by Kiev to quell anti-government unrest in eastern Ukraine. According to reports, around 150 private-American military contractors have been brought in from a private firm called Greystone.

Motion 503 and Pandering to Bigots

Way Way Up at Fort McMurray Adventures - 9 hours ago
While I never really intended this blog to become what one might term an "advocacy blog" there are certain times when I feel compelled to speak out on certain issues. Motion 503, which would have required school boards to develop policies to support students wishing to establish gay-straight alliance groups and activities in their schools, was defeated on the floor of the Alberta Legislature this past Monday. While this motion would not have forced school boards to have such groups, it would have compelled them to accept their existence should students feel the need to have one. I... more »

Lost in America Updates April 8 , 2014 ...... When did the USof A lose its way ? ? Supporters of Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy violated a “First Amendment Area” by staging a rally in support of Bundy, who earlier declared a “range war” against federal authorities in response to a land dispute that threatens to escalate into a Waco-style standoff........ More Americans Go Hungry Than All But 2 European Nations ........ Cop Snatches Man’s Phone As He Videos Traffic Stop, Says It Could Be A Firearm ....... CPS Snatched Infant Because of Legal Medical Marijuana Prescription .......... Eric Holder wants gun owners to wear ‘smart gun’ bracelets ....... Navy unveils ‘leap-ahead technology’ that turns choppers into drones

Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
Last Man Standing Rancher: armed feds are surrounding my farm [image: Government vehicles and personnel outside of the Bundy ranch / Cliven and Carol Bundy] Government vehicles and personnel outside of the Bundy ranch / Cliven and Carol Bundy BY: Elizabeth Harrington April 8, 2014 7:34 pm A two-decades-old battle between a Nevada rancher and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has resulted in officials armed with machine guns surrounding the ranch and forcibly removing the owner’s cattle, according to the rancher’s family. Cliven Bundy, the last rancher in Clark County, Nev... more »

The Realist Report - John Kaminski

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 10 hours ago
On this edition of *The Realist Report*, we'll be joined once again by *John Kaminski*. John and I will be discussing some of his recent essays. We will probably mention the Jews once or twice. 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: - *Psychology of Intelligence Analysis* *- Richard J. Heuer, Jr.* - *A letter to the IRS* - *Where Do Your Income Tax Dollars Go?* - *German Student Apologizes to Holohoaxer for Imaginary Ancestr... more »

Censored News Most Censored April 2014

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours ago
By Brenda Norrell Censored News Censored News photo collage The most censored issues are at the US Mexico border where US Border Patrol agents continue to smuggle drugs and "spot" for the cartels to bring their loads across. The mainstream media continues to ignore the arrests of Border Patrol agents for drug smuggling and the fact that the agents are literally getting away with murder

K12NN: American Statistical Association has just released a very important document on Value Added Methodologies

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 11 hours ago
First published April 9, 2014 on *K-12 News Network* ------------------------------ *"The President of the United States and his Secretary of Education are violating one of the most fundamental principles concerning test use: Tests should be used only for the purpose for which they were developed. If they are to be used for some other purpose, then careful attention must be paid to whether or not this purpose is appropriate" — Gerald Bracey, PhD* [image: VAM/AGT and other neoliberal corporate reforms have all scientific validity of phrenology. They’re just as racist as well.]The Am... more »

Yes, Paul LePage Is A Little Bit Worse Than Susan Collins-- A VERY Little Bit Worse

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Yesterday MoveOn.org released a new set of polls conducted by PPP from red and purple states. In all seven states-- Maine, Kansas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky and Virginia-- large percentages of likely voters thought that their state should accept federal Medicaid expansion dollars. The surveys found that voters were significantly less likely to vote for Republican candidates who oppose Medicaid expansion and that if Democrats play it right-- a big if-- the Republicans' concerted Medicaid Blockade could cost them dearly in November. Let's look at Maine, where there ar... more »

“The Disturbing Truth Behind Your Next Income Tax Return”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*“The Disturbing Truth Behind Your Next Income Tax Return”* by Jeffrey Tucker “The least of the problems with income tax is that it takes your money. The really big problem is that the income tax takes your life. It gives the government direct access to the things you own and sets up the political-bureaucratic sector to be the final arbiter of what you can and cannot consider to be yours. Illustrating this point is the bitter news that the IRS has considered it completely legal to demand access to your email archive whenever it wants. This news came about because of a Freedom of In... more »

Behind the CCSS Corporate Curtain: Gates, TURN, and the AFT Innovation Fund

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE - 11 hours ago
I know it doesn’t seem healthy to continue to speak of the roles that national teacher union groups are playing in our current corporate education reform takeover, but this is kind of important, for three big reasons: (1) Most teachers have never heard of what I’ll be writing about here, because it’s not advertised. (2) The organizers who are a […]

Sexy-time sex talk and plenty of it!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014* *Rachel and Lawrence thrill viewers:* Last night, at 9 PM, the Maddow program started with a somewhat unusual topic. The segment was 17 minutes long. This is the way the Maddow site headlines the segment: *Sex scandal exacerbated by insider silence* Rachel Maddow reports on a burgeoning sex scandal made even more outrageous by the mishandling of a police report and the silence of high level politicians who allowed a man with serious allegations against him to ascend in political rank. The “mishandling of a police report” involves redactions by a black mag... more »

A Weaponized Human Refuse Dump

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
It's bad enough in the most drastic epoch of wealth disparity in American history that most people are suffering economically. What makes this particular era so heinous is that the hungry, the homeless, the unemployed, and the underemployed are being kicked when they're already down. They are being ground into human mulch for dumping in a vast neoliberal landfill. People are not only poor, their poverty and suffering have literally been deemed crimes by the elite class of sociopaths running the place. As Henry A. Giroux puts it in his new *Truthout *essay, Economists such as Paul Kr... more »

Kerry and US Military Clash on Syria?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 11 hours ago
Or so the narrative goes? Wanted to get this up yesterday, still very relevant so better late then not at all Premise Kerry is pushing for upping military aggressiveness Pentagon Opposing? Sort of. But not really *Pentagon Opposes Direct Military Intervention Against Assad* *Pentagon opposes DIRECT military intervention? So, how about INDIRECT military invention?* WASHINGTON—Frustrated by the stalemate in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing for the U.S. military to be more aggressive in supporting the country's rebel forces. Opposition has come from the instituti... more »

Costs for self represented parties and lawyers acting in person

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
Pirani v. Esmail, 2014 ONCA 279 [6] In my view the appropriate amount of costs lies somewhere between the submissions of the two parties. As explained by this court in *Fong v. Chan **(1999),*46 O.R. (3d) 330 (C.A.), lawyers who represent themselves in a lawsuit are entitled to costs. Self-represented litigants, however, be they legally trained or not, are not entitled to costs calculated on the same basis as those of the litigant who retains counsel. … Costs should only be awarded to those lay litigants who can demonstrate that they devoted time and effort to do the work... more »

LET’S PLAY DUMBBELL: Matthews’ alignment has changed since 1999!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014* *Part 3—The world-class dumbness remains:* Has anyone ever dumbed the world down as much as Chris Matthews has? In yesterday’s post, we recalled the disgraceful way he dumbed the world down back in the Clinton-Gore years. Back then, Matthews was dumbing the mainstream press corps down. He did this in service to Jack Welch, his conservative near-billionaire corporate owner. By coincidence, his salary went from $1 million to $5 million as he provided this service. Matthews was quite influential back then, when there were many fewer cable “news” programs.... more »

April 9: Lies and more lies....

Graeme Decarie at The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad - 12 hours ago
Yesterday, I opened with the report by Seymour Hersh, a superb journalist, that Obama had planned to go to war against Syria, a war set to begin on August 29. Hersh showed the cause for war, the use of sarin gas by Syria, had been faked - and Obama knew it. It was the other side, the one supported by the US, that had used the gas. When the US military staff saw the Hersh report, it revolted, pointing out that such an attack could lead to a disastrously wide war. So Obama backed off. To cover up, Obama had Kerry look like a peacemaker by carrying out talks with Syria to ... more »

The Clinton Chronicles

        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 12 hours ago
*Unlike the testimony in this video it was not just small aircraft smuggling cocaine into Arkansas. **Since 1994 I have had three individuals who did not know each other give me first hand and second hand testimony as to the Cocaine running in planes marked as Arkansas Air Guard cargo aircraft from Colombia to Little Rock. Whether they were actual Arkansas Air Guard planes or covert CIA aircraft is not known.* *A Little Rock TV man told a close contact of mine of the cement bag pallets of Cocaine he found on tarmac at in Little rock. Normally the pallets were under armed guard... more »

Electric bike gear shifter

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 12 hours ago
Performance enhancement aside just getting rid of the cables is enough to entice me. For now thats all because it cost is in the two thousand dollarrange.

Harry Targ : Do we all need a Moral Monday movement?

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 12 hours ago
The burgeoning Moral Monday ‘fusion movement,’ with roots in North Carolina, has spread throughout the South, and states like Indiana may be next in line. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2014 The emergence of Moral … finish reading Harry Targ : Do we all need a Moral Monday movement?

Chile Says No To GMO

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 12 hours ago
[image: Foto: Chile recently derailed the ‘Monsanto Law’, a law that would have privatized seeds. This month, rural women, indigenous communities and farmers found themselves on the winning end of a long-fought battle against a bill that had come to be known by many in Chile as simply, the “Monsanto Law.” The bill, which would have given multinational agribusiness corporations the right to patent seeds, was withdrawn by the Chilean government amid concerns that the law would bring harm to the country’s small and mid-sized farmers. Hats off to Chile! A victory for now. But the battl... more »

Duncan Lies to Congressional Subcommittee

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 12 hours ago
Is Congress as stupid as Arne Duncan would like for them to be? Team Obama has been pumping Common Core since Bill Gates became the real Secretary of Education in 2009. Every state hoping for a chance at an RttT handout signed on to Common Core as a prerequisite for any chance to win. Does Duncan really believe that his lies will save the doomed corporate testing delivery system that his team promotes? A clip from Ed Week: . . . ."I'm just a big proponent of high standards. Whether they're common or not is secondary," he told members of the House appropriations subcommittee that... more »

Three numbers that will tell the tale for Postmedia

paul at Paying attention - 13 hours ago
Postmedia will releases its latest quarterly results Thursday. Here are three numbers that will tell if the company is making any progress toward a viable future. *Revenue*: The amount of money the company takes in has been plunging since Paul Godfrey and hedge funds bought Canwest’s assets. Nothing can save the company unless the freefall is arrested. Revenue will still be lower than the previous year, but unless the rate of decline slows to *five per cent* or lower, there is little hope. *Digital revenue*: Postmedia’s digital strategies have fizzled, and managers have come and gone.... more »

A letter to the IRS

John Friend at John Friend's Blog - 13 hours ago
I just submitted my 2013 federal income tax payment to the IRS. I decided since I had to pay this year, I would write the IRS a brief letter. Below is an image of that letter along with a transcript of what I wrote. *Click to enlarge* *Dear IRS,* *Enclosed is my _____ payment for my 2013 taxes. Please ensure this money is spent to benefit and help America. Please do not spend any of this money on the illegal, immoral wars of aggression in the Middle East. Please do not spend any of this money bailing out crooked Wall Street banks and their criminal CEOs and other executives. Please... more »

Late breakfast

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago

The Demise Of The Parti Quebecois - 'A Bad Campaign' by John Conway

leftdog at Buckdog - 13 hours ago
Regina's alternative newspaper, The Prairie Dog, has an excellent article by retired Political Science professor, Dr. John Conway: A Bad CampaignThe party invented by René Lévesque in 1968 is in trouble*by John F. Conway* * The Parti Québécois (PQ) was founded with two missions: bringing about an independent Quebec and creating a social democratic nation-building project, rooted in the great achievements of the Quiet Revolution.* *The goals were popular, and the Québécois working class became a fortress of support for the PQ. And while there were zigs and zags over the years, aft... more »

What is the holiest site in Judaism?

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
We keep hearing Muslims claiming possession of Jerusalem because it is the third holiest site in Islam. Have you ever wondered what the holiest site in Judaism is? Well it's not as many would say, the Western or wailing Wall. In fact the Temple Mount is Judaism's holiest site. The First and Second Temples were built on the Temple Mount, which, according to Jewish tradition, is the site of the Even Hashtiya, or foundation stone for the creation of the world. As a retaining wall of the mount, the Western Wall's sanctity derives from its proximity to the Temple Mount, within which ... more »

No shit Sherlock - 'Arafat was lying when he condemned terror against Israel'

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 13 hours ago
' Late PA head’s bodyguard says Egypt pressed him to denounce attacks; adds Islamic law permits lying in politics' More here http://www.timesofisrael.com/arafat-was-lying-when-he-condemned-terror-against-israel/but never on the BBC who wouldn't dream of mentioning the Islamic concept of taqqiya.

WAR MACHINES TOUTED AS AGENTS OF MERCY

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 13 hours ago
I received a package in the mail two days ago from a friend in Hawaii. She sent me the front-page story from the *Honolulu Star Advertiser* newspaper that screamed with the headline "War machines touted as agents of mercy". A large photo carried the caption that began with "US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers toured the USS Anchorage at Pearl Harbor". Hagel is on a mind-washing trip throughout the Pacific in order to sell the notion that Obama's 'pivot' of 60% of Pentagon forces into the region is a "sign of the humanita... more »

Is HD digital audio a scam?

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 13 hours ago
I am questioning my faith!

Maliki’s State of Law Fires A Shot Across The Bow Of The Islamic Supreme Council Of Iraq Before April Elections

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law (SOL) party began challenging some provincial governments in 2014. The last one was Basra the economic hub of the country. Even though SOL won the most votes there in 2013 and gained the head of council it decided that it preferred the governorship, held by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISC), and initiated a lawsuit in March 2014 in the premier friendly courts to obtain it. Iran brokered a truce between the two parties, but then State of Law brought it up again in April. This time it appeared that Maliki was just using it to war... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Report: 'Oil is not gone; impacts to wildlife ongoing’ ~Amy Wold, The Advocate* ~Dying dolphins, bluefin tuna embryos with heart defects and hundreds of dead sea turtles washing ashore are proof the BP oil spill is still hurting and killing wildlife four years after the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Wildlife Federation claims in a new report. The report, “Four Years into the Gulf Oil Disaster: Still Waiting for Restoration,” includes a compilation of research so far about impacts of the oil disaster on 14 species around the Gulf of Mexico. *Prospect of oil/fracking we... more »

Woodworth: The Coming Zombie Puppet Apocalypse!

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 14 hours ago
I'm confused. Is Woody threatening a zombie apocalypse or a Muppet movie remake? So reluctant is he to mention the A word that he is driven to moronic allegories and now puppets (?). Really the man makes no sense. (bold added) Under Parliamentary rules Woodworth cannot, without unanimous consent, bring this Motion to a vote so he will seek the unanimous consent of Members of Parliament. During Woodworth’s Member’s Statement on Monday, March 31, 2014 he noted that “If even one Member of this House refuses to consent to this essential principle of democratic governance it will be a ... more »

HUGE Vatican FAIL

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 14 hours ago
As long as I've been blogging on reproductive rights and justice (about seven years), there's been wrangling in Philippines over basic contraception and family planning. And now it's over. The Supreme Court in the Philippines has approved a birth control law, in a defeat for the Catholic Church. The law requires government health centres to distribute free condoms and contraceptive pills. The court had deferred implementation after the law's passage in December 2012 after church groups questioned its constitutionality. Supporters of the law cheered as the court found that most of ... more »

Germany: "NSA operating without limits." Has denied Merkel Access to her own file they compiled from tapping her phone

Sherrie Questioning All at Sherrie Questioning All - 14 hours ago
Germany has stated the U.S. NSA is operating without limits and is out of control. Merkel, the German Chancellor has been denied the information they compiled on her from the tapping of her phone. They have ignored Germany's request of information since last October. When you take everything that is happening into account, the U.S., I believe has lost it's credibility and standing

MI-08… Another Lost Opportunity For The Democrats Courtesy Of The Lamest DCCC Chair In History

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago
I remember where I was when I found out the right-wingers in Dallas had had President Kennedy murdered-- walking up a stairwell at James Madison High School in Brooklyn. I also remember where I was when I heard that Mike Rogers would be announcing his retirement from Congress a few weeks ago-- at my station, texting with someone who was on the phone with a big shot in Michigan Democratic politics. I didn't care how big a shot he was, I said it is impossible. Rogers would never retire. Then I remembered that this was the guy who told me that Henry Waxman would retire a couple of da... more »

Democracy Itself

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Pierre Polivevre has met all criticism of the "Fair" Elections Act with a mantra of talking points and -- in the case of Marc Mayrand and Sheila Fraser -- *ad hominem* attacks. It's all been rather depressing. But, Murray Dobbin writes, those very tactics present opponents of the government with a real opportunity. The bill copies Republican attempts to suppress large segments of the voting population. But those attempts backfired: In at least some cases efforts at voter suppression in the U.S. have backfired because the attack on black and Latino communities has galvanized them... more »

Tens of Thousands Opt Out in New York: A Determined Movement Is Born

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 15 hours ago
Michelle Chen has a nice piece in *The Nation, *which deserves double attention. A small clip: The families and educators who have opted out might be taking a militant stance, but with the integrity of public education under threat, no high-stakes data points can trump the defense of the open mind.

Rob Ford Nature Special by Jimmy Kimmel

LeDaro at LeDaro - 15 hours ago
It is really funny. The great white Ford.

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 15 hours ago
*CA: School wrestling coach gets wave of support as video of him taking pupil down goes viral* The mobile phone video from inside a classroom at Santa Monica High School went viral late last week. It showed Mark Black, a longtime teacher and wrestling coach, swatting at a student with his arms, grabbing the teenager by the thigh and then crashing into desks and the classroom wall as he tried to execute a takedown. Moments later, Black had the young man pinned to the ground. District Superintendent Sandra Lyon called the incident "utterly alarming" and acted swiftly, placing the t... more »

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jonjayray at Food &Health Skeptic - 15 hours ago
*Painkillers linked to higher risk of stroke: Alert over prescription medicines used by millions* *I am afraid that this is just another correlational study which takes no account of WHY some people were on NSAIDS and some were not. It could be the pre-existing conditions of the NSAIDS takers that led to the vascular problems. When will they ever learn?* Painkillers used by millions of Britons have been linked to higher risk of irregular heartbeat that could trigger a stroke. The extra chance of developing atrial fibrillation is as high as 84 per cent, Dutch researchers say. T... more »

RoboCon Poilievre

Alison at Creekside - 15 hours ago
"Thank you for your co-operation. Goodnight."

Obamacare Updates April 9 , 2014 .......Latest ObamaCare surprise: Most won't be able to buy health insurance until end of year ..... Report: Obamacare causing insurance prices to skyrocket ....... Additional items of note For April.....

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 15 hours ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/09/latest-obamacare-surprise-most-wont-be-able-to-buy-health-insurance-until-end/ Latest ObamaCare surprise: Most won't be able to buy health insurance until end of year [image: Jim Angle] By Jim Angle Published April 09, 2014 FoxNews.com [image: obamacare-reading-internal-cropped.jpg] March 27, 2014: People wait in line at a health insurance enrollment event in Cudahy, Calif.REUTERS There is yet another ObamaCare surprise waiting for consumers: from now until the next open enrollment at the end of this year, most people will simply not ... more »

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        AMERICAN KABUKI at AMERICAN KABUKI - 15 hours ago
Street Sign in Phoenix Arizona

9/11: Jumpers Inc.

Paul Coker at News Spike - 16 hours ago
Balcony Scene (Or Unseen) Atop the World; Episode at Trade Center Assumes Mythic Qualities *By SHAILA K. DEWANPublished: August 18, 2001* The affair of the balcony ended, if indeed it ever began, with the appearance in July of a slender book of curious title, obtainable in very few places, one of them being an art gallery in a frosted storefront on *Broadway near Franklin Street.* Called '*'The B-Thing''* and produced by *four Vienna-based artists *known collectively as *Gelatin*, the book is demure to the point of being oblique. What little explanation it contains appears to h... more »

Does My Employer Have To Pay Earned Sick And Vacation Time When I Leave?

Donna Ballman at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 16 hours ago
An AOL Jobs reader asked: Donna I have a question please. I recently found out about a change in the retirement pay out rule at the hospital where I have worked for over twenty years. I have worked all these years under the rule that when I retire I would be paid for all my saved PTO hours as well as half of the ESL hours I have accumulated which in my case is half of 520 hours. Now it seems that around three years ago they decided they would not pay out for the ESL hours. In other words, we just lose that time. I can understand if they change that rule but shouldn't that just affe... more »

Thailand: West Tearing Down Old World to Build a “New” One

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
[image: 336789]*April 9, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The first step in subjugating a population is identifying their source of strength, undermining it, and eventually eliminating it. This textbook strategy employed by empires throughout human history is still busily being applied around the world as Wall Street and London seek to achieve global hegemony. In the past, it was done under the premise that the imposing empire was socially, economically, and militarily superior, and that by subjecting other nations, it was bringing them out of barbarism, and into civilization. Today,... more »

Musical Interlude: Roger Waters, “Tide Is Turning”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
Roger Waters, “Tide Is Turning” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nqhVtq6xo

Musical Interlude: Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
Pink Floyd, “Comfortably Numb” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9dc5FhFYU

Lessons of the heartbleed bug for open source software, \(P=NP\)

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
Two days ago, Neel Mehta of Google’s security team as well as a team of security engineers at Codenomicon have found a dangerous vulnerability of versions of OpenSSL – 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 beta – called the Heartbleed bug that allows the attacker to read pretty much any information from the vulnerable server (keys to encrypt and the actual user passwords and data) in 64-kilobyte packages. See Google News. It means that the safe "HTTPS" actually makes things more insecure than the ordinary "HTTP". About 17% servers allowing encryption are running the bad versions of OpenSSL. The most pub... more »

Introducing "The Spark"

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours ago
*April 9, 2014* (Tony Cartalucci - LocalOrg) - "The Spark"(Facebook / Vimeo) is an interesting and ongoing grassroots project that fits in well with an older article featured on LocalOrg titled, "Decentralizing Big-Retail." The article illustrated the waste, disparity, and exploitation promoted by the current "big-retail" monopolies and the consumerist paradigm modern society is dependent on, and suggests as an alternative the leveraging of technology to replace entirely this paradigm with local solutions. It featured a combination of projects from urban farming to technological h... more »

Sentence of the Day

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 18 hours ago
For Deacon Patrick Moynihan, Head of LCS [Louverture Cleary School], the importance of teaching economics in Haiti is clear, “After theology—economics is the most important science to study because the two things that impact everyone are God and the market.” Here is the source.

View Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds - Movie Trailer Video

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
*http://vimeo.com/86158068* WATCH the trailer for the engaging new feature documentary film, OPEN SESAME: THE STORY OF SEEDS. The film could screen in Union Square, NYC, for EARTH DAY, but the filmmakers need your help to make it happen. The filmmakers need to have advance ticket reservations in order for the film to play (only 18 left to go!!). Buy a ticket for the Earth Day screening: http://gathr.us/screening/7636 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 ay 07:30pm Union Square Stadium 14, 850 Broadway, New York, NY Reserve tickets here: http://gathr.us/screening/7636 *About the film: **htt... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 18 hours ago
“NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. *Click image for larger size.* This striking close-up view spans about two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with hints of contrasting red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recentl... more »

Déclaration de soutien à Emmanuel Giboulot

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 18 hours ago
Déclaration de soutien à Emmanuel Giboulot Cher Emmanuel Giboulot, Vous pouvez compter sur notre soutien sans faille dans l'épreuve que vous traversez. J'estime que, au vu du contexte, il est absurde que vous soyez aujourd'hui condamné par le tribunal correctionnel. C'est pourquoi je tiens à vous faire savoir que nous sommes des centaines de milliers à vous soutenir, et à encourager notre entourage à faire de même. Permettez-moi de vous souhaiter, à vous et à votre famille, de surmonter cette épreuve avec sérénité. Soyez fier du bel exemple que vous donnez à tous les agr... more »

French Winemaker Faced Possible Jail Time, Fine for Refusing Pesticides by Elizabeth Renter

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 19 hours ago
French Winemaker Faced Possible Jail Time, Fine for Refusing Pesticides by Elizabeth Renter Natural Society, 9 April 2014 *“I still don’t feel guilty. It’s intolerable today to be forced to hide and to be frightened for taking a stand,”* American farmers are far from the only ones feeling the pressure to douse their crops with dangerous pesticides, and it’s not only in the U.S. that organic growers are fighting for their right to produce toxin-free harvests. *One organic winemaker in France was facing a possible 6 months in jail after he ignored a court order that mandated h... more »

K12NN: American Statistical Association has just released a very important document on Value Added Methodologies

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at @ THE CHALK FACE - 19 hours ago
First published April 9, 2014 on K-12 News Network “The President of the United States and his Secretary of Education are violating one of the most fundamental principles concerning test use: Tests should be used only for the purpose for which they were developed. If they are to be used for some other purpose, then […]

Kaku, Krauss, Tegmark: stars of a pro-geocentrism movie

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 19 hours ago
*With their hype, they have waited to be abused* Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss wrote a Slate piece about his role in the movie called "The Principle" that promotes geocentrism. Try the impressive video-based website of the movie. As the trailer shows, he as well as Michio Kaku and Max Tegmark found themselves in a rather motley company (the adjective has nothing to do with your humble correspondent). Their comments about the coming revolutions in cosmology are being alternated with equally sounding monologues by morons who believe now, in the 21st century, that the Earth is the ce... more »

At Last The 1948 Show - Episode 1

Zoe Brain at A.E.Brain - 20 hours ago

When hatred is all you've got

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
The gorgeous, and Jewish, Scarlett Johansson has a new film out by the name of Under The Skin, the trailer is below. It looks like a rather cerebral sci-fi film with some gratuitous Scarlett Johansson nudity, so right up my street. Of course the hate-filled just had to let rip in YouTube comments: There's some really delightful people out there.

Responding to Karin Klein of the LA Times' 'Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing'

Robert D. Skeels * rdsathene at Schools Matter - 20 hours ago
*"The U.S. can do a much better job evaluating children, teachers and schools. That's why protests against standardized testing misuse and overuse are exploding across the nation."—FairTest* [image: Read Professor Chomsky's Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda]The *Los Angeles Times*' long time school privatization cheerleader Karin Klein penned an interesting piece today entitled Why my family is opting out of the Common Core testing. The following is my response to her editorial: Ms. Klein: For roughly a decade you've mocked both education experts and acti... more »

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JR at GREENIE WATCH - 20 hours ago
*Climate 'consensus': Is carbon dioxide the new cholesterol? * *As some readers here know, I also follow the medical literature and what the writer below says is spot on. Moreover, that is not the only recent example of a reversed consensus in the medical literature. The wisdom on peanut allergy has also recently done a 180 degree turn, for instance -- JR* Imagine a public policy issue that could determine the course of millions of lives. Imagine the science concerning this issue was complex and confusing. Nonetheless, most scientists had reached agreement on certain aspects of ... more »

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jonjayray at EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL - 21 hours ago
*Grappling with the Burden of Student Debt* Every year the percentage of American high school graduates enrolling in college increases. Yet the cost of attaining those degrees has been growing at an astronomical pace, one that is harmful and unsustainable. Using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to assess the rising prices of goods, it is immediately clear that something very strange is going on in the higher education market. The cost of attending college has increased by nearly three times that of the CPI taken as a whole. Today, most students can only afford college by taking out... more »

$500 Cash Giveaway!

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 22 hours ago
Today, I have teamed up with an awesome group of bloggers to bring to you an awesome cash giveaway! Read below for more details. Welcome to the $500 April Showers Cash Giveaway! We have joined forces with an amazing group of bloggers to bring you this great giveaway. One lucky person will win $500 cash. ------------------------------ Enter to win $500 cash via PayPal. Complete the tasks below to earn entries into this giveaway. Refer your friends using your unique link to earn even more chances to win. *Open Worldwide.* *Ends at 11:59pm EDT on April 22nd, 2014.* a Rafflecopter giveaway T... more »

"As I write I cannot think of one thing in the entire areas of foreign and domestic policy that the US government has told the truth about in the 21st century. Just as Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, Iran has no nukes, Assad did not use chemical weapons, and Putin did not invade and annex Crimea, the jobs numbers are fraudulent, the unemployment rate is deceptive, the inflation measures are understated, and the GDP growth rate is overstated. Americans live in a matrix of total lies." -- Paul Craig Roberts

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 22 hours ago
------------------------------ *Another Fraudulent Jobs Report — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ April 6, 2014 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Another Fraudulent Jobs Report Paul Craig Roberts The March payroll jobs report released April 4 claims 192,000 new private sector jobs. Here is what John Williams has to say about the claim: “The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) deliberately publishes its seasonally-adjusted historical payroll-employment and household-survey (une... more »

The Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke,"All Will Come Again"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
*"All Will Come Again"* by Rainer Maria Rilke "All will come again into its strength: the fields undivided, the waters undammed, the trees towering and the walls built low. And in the valleys, people as strong and varied as the land. And no churches where God is imprisoned and lamented like a trapped and wounded animal. The houses welcoming all who knock and a sense of boundless offering in all relations, and in you and me. No yearning for an afterlife, no looking beyond, no belittling of death, but only longing for what belongs to us and serving earth, lest we remain unused."

NEOCONS WANT ISRAEL TO START WORLD WAR THREE

In an article in the *Washington Post* today, right-wing Zionist extremist and neoconservative columnist, Jennifer Rubin, writes that America should give Israel a bunch of their latest bunker busting bombs with which to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. And not only does she want America to provide the weapons, but she also wants America to provide the Israelis with the B52 bombers needed to deliver the bombs. For the most part in the past Jennifer Rubin has been simply written off as a neocon nutjob because of her outlandish and often outrageous ideas and the chances of this particul... more »

"I Pity You..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago
"Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, “I pity you. Yours is a hard and dirty task.” And the street sweeper said, “Thank you, sir. But tell me, what is your task?” And the philosopher answered saying, “I study man's mind, his deeds and his desires.” Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, “I pity you too.” - Kahlil Gibran

Pork Barrel 9: Are PH Government Institutions Ready for Cleansing?

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 22 hours ago
A friend, Vince Lazatin, convenor of the Transparency and Accountability Network (TAN), posted some provocative questions in his fb wall yesterday. Vince asked, *Are our government institutions ready to handle the PDAF cases against some of the country's most powerful personalities? Are our government lawyers up to the task of facing the most expensive defense attorneys that money can buy? Will the chips be allowed to fall where they may?* *These PDAF cases will put everyone to the test, including non-government actors such as the media, the citizens, and NGOs/CSOs. There will be... more »

Student Leaders could get years

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 23 hours ago
*Pic from the SET TV link below.* SET TV reported last night....the government wants years in jail for Lin Fei-fan and Chen Wei-ting. J Michael gives the sobering description. Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) and Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷), two of the main leaders in the Sunflower Movement that has occupied the Legislative Yuan since March 18, could be prosecuted on five and six counts respectively, with the most serious offense resulting in imprisonment up to seven years for Chen. In all, the Ministry of Justice has listed 34 defendants in the case. The charges against Lin and Chen include “Offenses Ag... more »

You Make My Work (Im)Possible: Reflections on Professional Conduct in the Discipline of International Relations

Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 23 hours ago
This is a guest post by Professor Cynthia Weber, Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex Five months ago, ‘Michaela’ posted this query on the website Political Science Rumors in a thread called ‘a good place to study queer IR?’ am currently a MA student looking to move into a PhD program in Continue reading

Mike Lofgren Willing To Say Aloud What Few Dare: The Roberts Court Itself Is Corrupt

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
Stuck on awful for the next decade? Our favorite ex-Republican staffer and operative, Mike Lofgren, was busy at Truthout yesterday, making clear what we all know intuitively, namely that "Even in the absence of what Justice Roberts narrowly defines as 'quid pro quo corruption,' a court that consistently decides all relevant cases on behalf of corporate interests-- most recently McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission-- undermines its own legitimacy as well as the Constitution." The case, Lofgren explains was about how one defines the word "bribe," something we've been looking at fo... more »

Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW) - Air Pollution

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
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 »

Korea's Test Scores High Despite Schools and Teachers

Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 1 day ago
by Michael Horn for *Forbes*: In my travels throughout Korea, in virtually every meeting I heard a variation of the same theme. “Why does President Obama think that Korean schools are good?” Although there are disputes about how much Obama or Education Secretary Arne Duncan like Korean schools—see here and here, for example—there is no question that Korea’s students’ consistently high PISA scores and schools attract some praise from not only Obama, but also many others in America and worldwide. In particular, Obama has praised the role that Korea’s teachers play in society—and many n... more »

Arne Duncan Plays the Common Core Distancing Game

deutsch29 at @ THE CHALK FACE - 1 day ago
On April 2, 2014, Louisiana has witnessed the lame demonstration of “Common Core distancing” from the governor (Bobby Jindal) who signed the state onto “the standards” (CCSS) in 2009– before they were written. In 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan accepted Louisiana’s CCSS MOU (memorandum of understanding) despite the majority of Louisiana school districts rejecting the idea. Like Jindal, […]

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day ago
*Levee board lawyers offer to reduce fee to oil, gas defendants settle lawsuit ~David Hammer, WWLTV*

Lamar W. Hankins : Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history / 2

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
Aslan provides embellishments that make for an interesting read but many of his assumptions, according to Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman, lack historical accuracy. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | April 8, 2014 Part two of two. In … finish reading Lamar W. Hankins : Aslan’s portrayal of Jesus as revolutionary zealot is fanciful history / 2

"Are There Any Questions?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Are There Any Questions?" by Robert Fulghum "Are there any questions?" An offer that comes at the end of college lectures and long meetings. Said when an audience is not only overdosed with information, but when there is no time left anyhow. At times like that you sure do have questions. Like, "Can we leave now?" and "What the hell was this meeting for?" and "Where can I get a drink?" The gesture is supposed to indicate openness on the part of the speaker, I suppose, but if in fact you do ask a question, both the speaker and the audience will give you drop-dead looks. And some foo... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

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

“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Rune Charms For Warriors And For Peace”* by Sunnyway "I've been asked numerous times by soldiers and family members for magical charms to aid and protect our soldiers and news corps in the Middle East and elsewhere. I've put together a collection of Galdrastafir - Viking era "magical staves." Most of these talismans are very ancient and effective. According to tradition, the Aegishjalmur "helm of awe" should be worn over the forehead, perhaps scratched or drawn on the inside of one's helmet. Its purpose is protection and "irresistibility" in battle (as in the Borg's, "Resistance... more »

History: “Why the Vikings Were Feared”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Why the Vikings Were Feared”* by Patrick Cockburn “Journalism is said to be the first draft of history, but it is often disappointing to find that the second or third drafts, by historians, move little further in establishing the truth about what happened. Errors made by reporters in the heat of the moment, instead of being eliminated, have become part of the authorised version. Factors that are crucial in creating the context within which events occurred go unmentioned. That context is the mix of hopes, fears, hatreds and habits, frequently the fruit of an individual’s or a comm... more »

"Justice..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“Matt Taibbi: ‘U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals’”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Matt Taibbi: ‘U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats * *Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals’”* by Alexander C. Kaufman “A Wall Street bank accused of laundering money for drug cartels only had to pay a fine. Meanwhile, a man caught with a joint in his pocket had to spend 47 days in jail. For that, journalist Matt Taibbi thinks prosecutors should be "ashamed." The former Rolling Stone writer- who recently announced he's leaving the magazine to join an as-yet unnamed publication at First Look Media- railed against the Department of Justice Monday night for its failure to criminally ... more »

Simon Cowell had an AFFAIR? This is a joke, right? Somebody had SEX with him?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*Probably the young lady is just asking for directions, and it hasn't occurred to her that by making actual physical contact she's likely to wind up with Cowell-cooties. (What? You say the woman is --?)* This comes of being out of sync with the Zeitgeist. You know quite well enough who Simon Cowell is, but you try hard not to keep up to date with his carryings-on. And so it's like being slammed upside the head when you read, under the Aol.com headline "Simon Cowell admits affair, battle with depression": Though Simon Cowell's affair with his friend's wife was widely reported last ... more »

Goldman abandoning High frequency trading updates April 8 , 2014 - First COO Gary Cohn bashed HFT in a WSJ Op ED .....Then Goldman bid goodbye to the NYSE and its own designated market maker post ...... Now the Trifecta has been completed - Triple Whammy Shocker: Goldman considering Shutting Down Sigma X , its own dark pool ? Just what does Goldman see in the near to medium term for markets ? More instability - And The CME Breaks (Due To "Technical Issues")

Fred Walton at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-08/triple-whammy-shocker-goldman-shutting-down-sigma-x Triple Whammy Shocker: Goldman Shutting Down Sigma X? [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/08/2014 19:27 -0400 - Credit Suisse - Dark Pools - dark pools - FBI - Goldman Sachs - goldman sachs - HFT - Michael Lewis - New York Stock Exchange - Sigma X - Sigma X inShare Back on March 21, before the release of Michael Lewis' Flash Boys and before the infamous 60 Minutes interview, when Goldman COO Gary Cohn wrote his... more »

virus

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 1 day ago

QUOTE OF THE DAY: On the Source of Today’s Inequality

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
“Capital in the form of credit is normally and, certainly, properly, extended out of previously accumulated savings. In sharpest contrast, credit expansion is the creation of new and additional money out of thin air, which money is then lent to business firms and individuals as though it were a supply of new and additional saved up capital funds… “The truth is that credit expansion is responsible not only for the boom-bust cycle but also for another major negative phenomenon for which public opinion mistakenly blames capitalism: namely, sharply increased economic inequality, i... more »

Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 21, Section 1, 1992-2000,

Thorne Dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago
The Mubarak government responds to Islamist violence with heavy-handed repression; the Muslim Brotherhood splinters; Egyptian poverty increases. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | April 8, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in Egypt, Bob Feldman's Rag Blog "people's … finish reading Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 21, Section 1, 1992-2000,

Mike Wilson: US Border Patrol shot Tohono O'odham at border

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
. Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson: Tohono O'odham government and police corruption perpetuates US Border Patrol violence By Brenda Norrell Censored News SAN MIGUEL, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION -- Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham, said the US Border Patrol shot two Tohono O'odham at the border, one in the face. The Border Patrol claims O'odham side-swiped its vehicle in San Miguel, "The

MI-08… Another Lost Opportunity For The Democrats Courtesy Of The Lamest DCCC Chair In History

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
I remember where I was when I found out the right-wingers in Dallas had had President Kennedy murdered-- walking up a stairwell at James Madison High School in Brooklyn. I also remember where I was when I heard that Mike Rogers would be announcing his retirement from Congress a few weeks ago-- at my station, texting with someone who was on the phone with a big shot in Michigan Democratic politics. I didn't care how big a shot he was, I said it is impossible. Rogers would never retire. Then I remembered that this was the guy who told me that Henry Waxman would retire a couple of da... more »

Wish I could go back in time

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
Where would I go what would I do there would be some pain for the future no matter what timeline I pursue I would go to old America before she had been borne and made them acknowlege a charter of right do not worry about slavery its really not a salient point but giving human rights to corporations thats a despot I would slant

Giving

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
You know yourself and when it comes to giving your first in line if the cause is worthy you scrape down to your last disposable dime now should such cause be tax deductible that giving gets better over time. I want to give so much I want to see a Canada where America can eat at our brunch. I rod a few fancy horses but lost to Virgina can we not make a level playing field where a Canadian horse can compete full time.

"How It Really Is"

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

“Global Rankings Study Depicts an America in Warp Speed Decline”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
*“Global Rankings Study Depicts an America in Warp Speed Decline”* By CJ Werleman “If America needed a reminder that it is fast becoming a second-rate nation, and that every economic policy of the Republican Party is wrongheaded, it got one this week with the release of the Social Progress Index (SPI). Harvard business professor Michael E. Porter, who earlier developed the Global Competitiveness Report, designed the SPI. A new way to look at the success of countries, the SPI studies 132 nations and evaluates 54 social and environmental indicators for each country that matter to... more »

German Gold Repatriation Watch April 7 , 2014......Germany getting a bit anxious about repatriating its gold from the US and France ? Bundesbank's president says it aims to hasten gold repatriation ...... German Gold Makes It Way Back Home From Fed, Slowly ........ And back at the end of 2013 , note that Germany Has Recovered A Paltry 5 Tons Of Gold From The NY Fed After One Year ! Adding together the 37 tons allegedly repatriated in 2013 and Ukraine's gold ( 33 tons as per William Kaye ) allegedly hustled out of the country and landing at the New York Fed , we get almost spot on to those approximately 69 tons of gold German has retrieved thus far ! Fascinating stuff.......

Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/bundesbanks-president-says-it-aims-to-hasten-gold-repatriation ( Note FT Article was on 3/13/14... Ukraine gold airlifted out 3/7/14 ! ) ) Bundesbank's president says it aims to hasten gold repatriation The head of Germany's Bundesbank has attacked Chancellor Angela Merkel's reform agenda, warning that changes to the labour market and the coalition’s softer tone on the country’s trade surplus risk weakening the eurozone's economic powerhouse. Jens Weidmann, the president of the central bank and a former adviser to Ms Merkel, on Thursday s... more »

The Mystery Of Malaysian Flight MH370 Continues: Do NOT Believe The Black Box "Ping" Story!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 day ago
It has now been a full month since Malaysian flight MH370 mysteriously "disappeared" somewhere over the Indian Ocean. I for one am amazed that the liars in the Mainstream Media have been able to continue their lies and falsehoods as they spin their stories that this flight went down everywhere from the South China Sea all the way to the Antarctic Ocean….. I again say to everyone to look at what the liars in the MSM are absolutely avoiding, and that is the "secret" US military installation at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory that sticks out like a sore thumb in the... more »

Pump up the voume

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
It can make the lame sound alright if your skilled enough and desperate for a hit it becomes a soundtrack for a dead rose You talk to BOB and you will not carry on like that Everyone he had ever known who was white and not from his home took everything they could steal from his art collection and they did it so with anglo saxon zeal this black story can not be fueled We got no places lower we can go so lets snuff this stuff while our randy coke smoking princess real.

Entrepreneurship: The Driving Force of the Economy

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
*Author of The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur, Peter Klein has published numerous books and articles on entrepreneurship from an Austrian perspective. Dr. Klein, who is executive director and Carl Menger Research fellow at the Mises Institute, was interviewed in late 2013 by eTalks' Niaz Uddin on the topic of entrepreneurship:* *Niaz Uddin: Tell us about entrepreneurship. What are the different contexts of entrepreneurship?* *Peter Klein: *The terms “entrepreneur,” “entrepreneurship,” and “entrepreneurial” are used in many ways, not always consistently! On the one hand, entrep... more »

Kerry and Obama Lying US into Yet Another War

Donn Marten at Carrying a Flag - 1 day ago
President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State John Kerry did their damed level best to lie to Americans in order to pimp a war last summer based on trumped up information in Syria and now they are doing the same thing in Ukraine. In an ongoing spectacle that has all of the fascinating qualities of one of those RNC talking point "train wrecks" the duo continue to agitate and push for an ill-conceived and ultimately disastrous fight with Russian leader Vladimir Putin who can't be counted on this time to save the dynamic duo (or us for that matter) from themselves. Today's escala... more »

Waking up in the Sonoran Desert

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Photo Thomas Wiewandt, Desert Dreams By Brenda Norrell Censored News Waking up in the Sonoran Desert is a profound experience. It is silence as never experienced before. Before dawn the Morning Dove is the only sound in a silence that can only be described as delicious. At sunrise, the noisy Gila Woodpecker starts making its noise. Somewhere out there, cactus are bursting into bloom, and

Ukraine has no demarcated borders?

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 day ago
What to make of this? UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has made an interesting statement on Ukraine, which, for some reason, was overlooked by the Ukrainian media. That’s according to the Ukrainian Choice news portal. The United Nations Security Council has, for the umpteenth time, considered the Ukrainian issue, and experts made a rather unexpected conclusion. It turned out that Ukraine has no official boundaries. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kiev hasn’t demarked its borders. Nor has it registered at the United Nations the demarcation of its borders as a sovereig... more »

Peaches Geldof and Celebrity

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day ago
Like most people, I never knew Peaches Geldof. She was always someone who lurked on the outer edges of my consciousness, bobbing up and down among a pantheon of minor celebrities. I knew her, but paid her little mind. And yet, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this, when her death was announced yesterday it threw me a bit. Like millions of others I took to social media to announce it, usurping and filling in for the news media organisations who were tens of seconds behind. But there are a never-ending procession of deaths of young women every single day. Each life ends, potential gone, ... more »

How could an individual exceed the limit

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
I have never wanted to be part of a two on one. Yes I can see the attraction of those that would paddle their boats in alternity. Now it may be very progessive and world changing to expect like Ranger Lothbrok that you could have damesi in every respect, As this series expects you to do think about the way, we see women and just do not give them credit everyday. Rangar Lothork who could not read an write gave humanity more respect than the republicanism who I say without prejudice by evidence are the borg The world is built upon Gilligans Island do not fake me If your a critic you h... more »

Hollywood Accredits the Memes

Paul Coker at News Spike - 1 day ago

‘The game is up for climate change believers’

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
The *Herald* -- the *New Zealand Herald* – *Granny* Herald --- published an astonishing piece yesterday. Head there now and read it, before you read the snippets below. It’s called: ‘The game is up for climate change believers.’ That’s right. In the *Herald*. Filched from the UK *Telegraph*, and presumably published while the present NZH editor was on leave, the op-ed by former *Telegraph* editor Charles Moore purports to be a review of a “tremendous book” by Rupert Darwell. It is that, and more – it outlines, in a way you’d never expect to see in the *Royal New Zealand Herald*,... more »

On being timeless

Steve at Thinking Aboot - 1 day ago
I paint a picture that is muddled off colour and even befuddled. I do not accept the world the way it is. Those who thought we could ignore slavery are still in charge and they use the same old skills to make what should be a simple a victory something that causes good thinking citizens to think they are on the cusp of some victory for those that would deceive. We live in a world where facts are used as a weapon to give the writers of the same a heart attack No matter what Ayn Rand or Adam Smith said there is a kind of reality compnet that one would of freard and the other just said h... more »
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