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What did you think of the debate? My quick thoughts.
Barbara Diamond at American Scofflaw - 7 minutes ago
Threats to Assassinate Romney Explode After Debate
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
*Mostly from... guess who!*
http://www.infowars.com/threats-to-assassinate-romney-explode-after-debate/
Russ Roberts talks with John Taylor
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 11 minutes ago
Part 1 Part 2
SM Welcomes Elwood Robinson
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 18 minutes ago
* **Dr. Elwood L. Robinson is the Provost and Vice-President of Academic
Affairs at Cambridge College. He was the founding Dean of the College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences at North Carolina Central University (NCCU).*
* *
*From 1996-1999, he served as the chairperson of the Department of
Psychology at North Carolina Central University. The former Chair of the
Department has an exemplary record of service to NCCU, this state and
nation. He has served NCCU in a variety of capacities during his more than
25-year tenure. *
*
He became a full Professor in 1996. Dr. Robinson is a ... more »
Study confirms sea-level rise is accelerating along northeast U.S. coast
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 25 minutes ago
[image: Abrupt shift: The rate at which sea level is rising increased
abruptly beginning in 1987 at all 8 stations along the northeastern U.S.
coast: SWPT = Norfolk; BALT = Baltimore; ATLC = Atlantic City; SDHK = Sandy
Hook, NJ; NYTB = New York; BOST = Boston; PORT = Portland, ME; HFAX =
Halifax, Nova Scotia. John Boon / VIMS]By David Malmquist, VIMS
16 October 2012
A new study by emeritus professor John Boon of the Virginia Institute of
Marine Science shows that the rate of sea-level rise is increasing at tidal
stations along the Atlantic coast of North America, including those ... more »
Alpha Centauri B: Earth-Size Planet Orbiting Nearest Star Discovered
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
Anti Putin Riots: Russian Opposition Leader Held Over 'Riot Plot'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov is accused of meeting Georgian officials
to discuss raising £120m to fund anti-Putin riots.
http://news.sky.com/story/998931/russian-opposition-leader-held-over-riot-plot
The Debate Questions? Fair
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 35 minutes ago
There's an early consensus that, in the words of Jonathan Chait, "Obama
enjoyed friendly questions from an audience that obviously leaned left" in
the second debate. Naturally, conservatives agree. I thought the questions
favored Obama during the debate, but a second look convinced me that it's
wrong: the questions were about as fair as it gets.
From the "Town Hall" audience questions, I count three that were solidly
pro-Obama and one that was somewhat pro-Obama; three solidly pro-Romney and
one somewhat pro-Romney; and three neutral ones.
So, why the false impression? I think it wa... more »
UK Flood Warning As Gale Force Winds Forecast
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 36 minutes ago
Strong winds and high tides could lead to soaring sea levels and spray
coming over sea walls, the Environment Agency warns.
http://news.sky.com/story/998785/flood-warning-as-gale-force-winds-forecast
Andrew Mitchell: Miliband Says 'He's Toast'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 39 minutes ago
Andrew Mitchell squirms in the Commons as his row with an officer dominates
PMQs and the Labour leader insists he has to go.
http://news.sky.com/story/998799/andrew-mitchell-miliband-says-hes-toast
Flooding in Miami Beach prompts official warning about rising seas
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 41 minutes ago
[image: Car drives through flooded West Avenue on Miami Beach, 16 October
2012. Miami-Dade County officials said Tuesday’s flooding of Alton Road and
other low-lying areas in Miami Beach is a warning about the perils of
rising sea levels. South Florida Business Journal]
By Paul Brinkmann, Reporter
16 October 2012
(South Florida Business Journal) – Miami-Dade County officials said
Tuesday’s flooding of Alton Road and other low-lying areas in Miami Beach
is a warning about the perils of rising sea levels.
Parts of Miami Beach were flooded by unusually high tide Tuesday morning,
wh... more »
Everyday Sexism
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 47 minutes ago
One way and another, misogyny and sexism have been in the news a lot
lately.
A few days ago I noticed this Twitter account, @EverydaySexism and its
website.
The Everyday Sexism Project exists to catalogue instances of sexism
experienced by women on a day to day basis. They might be serious or minor,
outrageously offensive or so niggling and normalised that you don’t even
feel able to protest. Say as much or as little as you like, use your real
name or a pseudonym – it’s up to you. By sharing your story you’re showing
the world that sexism *does* exist, it *is* faced by women *ever... more »
Press TV launches facebook petition to save news channel in Europe
Intercept at The Intercept - 50 minutes ago
PressTV
Press TV has launched a Facebook petition to save the news channel across
Europe after European satellite provider Eutelsat SA stopped the broadcast
of several Iranian satellite channels on the order of the European
Commission.
In a blatant violation of freedom of speech, the company ordered media
services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of
its Hot Bird frequencies on Monday.
The decision follows months of jamming of Iranian channels by European
satellite companies.
Iranian news channels affected by the decision only aimed to break the
We... more »
WHO LOST AMERICA: What, the New York Times worry?
bob somerby at the daily howler - 52 minutes ago
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012*
*Part 3—What we have here is a failure to report:* Last evening, Candidate
Romney made a truly remarkable claim.
Unfortunately, few voters have any way of judging if his claim is accurate!
To a large extent, our cluelessness stems from a growing trend in the
headlong decline of our culture.
In large part, our cluelessness stems from our big news orgs’ refusal to
report.
What we have here is a failure of Americanism—a refusal to perform the
basic tasks expected from alleged journalists.
What claim did Candidate Romney make? He spoke in response to a ba... more »
Dear Secretary Duncan,
Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 53 minutes ago
Published in the *National Journal*Letter to Duncan: N.J. Education
Standards Are Hurting Minority Students
by Doris Nhan
Updated: October 16, 2012 | 1:05 p.m.
October 16, 2012 | 12:52 p.m.
The new accountability system implemented by New Jersey’s Education
Department is disproportionately damaging for districts with lower-income
minority students than schools with majority white students, according to a
letter sent on Monday to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
The letter, signed by a coalition of educators, administrators and
civil-rights groups, alleges that the No Child Left B... more »
Iran Condemns EU's Anti-Iran Sanctions
Intercept at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
Iran Review
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Europe for its new
unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, describing the move as
“illogical and inhuman.”
“The unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and the European
Union are illegal, inhuman and illogical, and are imposed only under the
pretext of our country’s peaceful nuclear activities,” the ministry’s
spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Mehmanparast echoed comments made by Leader of the Islamic Revolution
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who said the Western embargos are intended
to target... more »
Blind Man Tasered: Police Mistake Stick For Sword
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A "terrified" blind man was hit with a 50,000 volt Taser gun after police
mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.
Surely if the police can't tell the difference between a white stick and a
Samurai sword they shouldn't be in the force.
http://news.sky.com/story/998967/blind-man-tasered-police-mistake-stick-for-sword
Wednesday Morning Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 1 hour ago
There’s some rambling analysis after the linkage. Charles King is very
skeptical of the Scottish independence referendum. William Nomikos argues
that Israeli politics may be moderating. Lisa Lundquist on the most recent
insider attack in Afghanistan. Via Victoria Hui, An … Continue reading →
Sask NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir responds to Premier Wall’s “Plan for Growth”
leftdog at Buckdog - 1 hour ago
*"**But economist and NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir noted that of the
eight provinces where manufacturing sales rose from July to August,
Saskatchewan had the second-lowest percentage increase. *
*He added that manufacturing employment in the province is continuing to
fall from 32,000 in November 2007 to 26,500 in September 2012. “While
Saskatchewan manufacturing sales have been increasing, our province has
lost 5,500 manufacturing jobs since the Sask. Party took office,’’ Weir
said.*
*Regina Leader-Post*
*October 16, 2012*
*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *... more »
Video: Century of Manipulation
Intercept at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
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The History of the Rockefellers
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
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Hispanic Isn't Spanish For Stupid
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 1 hour ago
Tim Harper reminds his readers this morning that, south of the border, the
Hispanic population has exploded. The community:
has grown 43 per cent over the past decade, and will be 30 per cent of the
U.S. population by 2050 (double the size of the African American
population).
Mitt Romney has said that his preferred way of dealing with that community
is "self deportation." And Canadian governments have never recognized its
existence:
With the most fundamental demographic shift of our lifetimes unfolding
before their eyes, successive Canadian governments have blissfully
continue... more »
Obama Administration Knows They're Arming Al Qaeda in Syria
noreply@blogger.com (Mark Daniels) at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
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NDAA, Arrest, and Indefinite Detention
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 hour ago
*We The People*
There was a time when we the people could expect privacy in our homes, in
our conversations, in our every day lives. *As our previous video
illustrated*, everything that we assume to be private is actually being
spied upon and recorded.
In this video you'll see that not only is your privacy gone, but that you
can be arrested at any time, without committing a crime, without an arrest
warrant, without ever being charged with a crime, and held against you
will, without any rights whatsoever, simply for saying or posting something
that some government agent doesn't li... more »
WotW: Speak the Language of Birds
Seth R. Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 1 hour ago
In the beginning was Facebook. OK, really it was MySpace, but can we just
forget about that ugly episode? Everyone was happy and had a great social
network to share meaningless updates and go around poking people. Then
along came a little bird named Twitter, giving people the chance to tweet
shorter versions of meaningless updates.
Fast forward a few years. Today, Twitter is more than just "that other"
social network; it's holding a huge market share of the social media world
and gaining new accounts every day. Yet, by and large, Twitter is
misunderstood. Almost every day I hear som... more »
State Department official: Negotiations to extend U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan starting soon
Intercept at The Intercept - 1 hour ago
Foreign Policy
Josh Rogan
Despite statements by Vice President Joe Biden, the State Department is
about to begin formal negotiations over the extension of U.S. troops past
2014, a top State Department official said Tuesday.
Last week, U.S. and Afghan negotiators met in Kabul to talk about the
Bilateral Security Agreement that will govern the extension of U.S. troops
past 2014, when President Barack Obama said the combat mission in
Afghanistan will end and the U.S. will complete the transition of the
entire country to Afghan government control.
Also last week, Biden told Americans ... more »
Upstate New York Residents Question Environmental Quality of Legacy Site
Rachel Rindfleisch at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 hour ago
By: Duane Craig
Regardless of what Watertown, N.Y. residents might want, the state’s
Department of Environmental Conservation says it won’t be doing any more
environmental testing at the former New York Air Brake site, according to
this article.
Besides residents, public officials are also concerned about high cancer
rates and other illnesses that affect the north side of that community. Of
increasing concern, is the possibility of vapor intrusion into nearby homes
from high levels of chemicals that have made their way into the soils
beneath the homes. DEC says it won’t be monitori... more »
Romney Returned Michael Grimm's Shady Cash-- Other Republicans, Like Charlie Bass And Richard Tisei Are Happy To Have It
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
The Romney-Ryan campaign has made it very clear-- even publicly clear--
that they don't want the two Mafia-connected Republican congressmen,
Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm (Staten Island) and David "The Gangster"
Rivera(Miami), both under FBI criminal investigation, anywhere near the
campaign.
Romney returned the $2,500 check Grimm sent his campaign. The only Mob
money Romney is allowing this year has to be funneled through Las Vegas
and
Macau crime boss Sheldon Adelson.
Grimm's shady political action committee, the Grass Roots Initiative To
Maintain Our Majority PAC (AKA- the GrimmP... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 1 hour ago
Norm! Happy Birthday to George Wendt, 64.
Morning-after good stuff:
1. Tim Carney has good fun with Barack Obama's foolish lobbyist ban -- and
foolish reporters who bought it. My view? The only thing that's any good
about the ban are all the waivers granted to allow good people to work in
the administration.
2. Excellent post by Mark Blumenthal about reading the polls in a close race
.
3. Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, from Heather Hurlburt.
4. I suppose everyone saw this already, but I do have to link to my
brother's gotcha on "binders full of women."
5. And of cou... more »
Exploring a Third Option in Syria ?
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 1 hour ago
*From GulfNews*
The goal should be not to overthrow Al Assad but build a political system
that will provide voice and vote to all Syrians and protect all minorities
and sects
I find that opening sentence odd, since all minorities and sects were doing
ok in secular Syria. The Christians were not being targeted and displaced
until NATO's mercs came to town... There are some questionable assertions
in this piece, but, what is compelling is the third way being suggest
Until now, two strategies have been pursued. Kofi Annan, the former UN
secretary-general and Brahimi’s predecessor as ... more »
SAVILE, EMI, MK ULTRA, ERIC WOOLFSON, DARREN BURN, MARK THOMPSON
Anon at aangirfan - 2 hours ago
*Anonymous writes:*
"We used to go to *the cellar*, a large underground music event where Jimmy
Savile would play records and do his chat.
"One of our group Wayne Johnston wanted Jimmy's autograph.
"So Jimmy said come to me afterwards.
"We went over and Jimmy said to Wayne 'come in here on your own'.
"Wayne was 14, and we only ever had his word for this, but he said Jimmy
gave him something and his legs went weak and he was all floppy.
*Savile and Blair.*
"He said jimmy pulled off his trousers and pushed a cigar up his bottom and
wiggled it about, and said 'I will smoke that o... more »
ALEC Privatization = Educational Apartheid
2old2care at Because I Can - 2 hours ago
Wow!
A piece on Democracy Now took me someplace this morning that I had no
intention of going – but I must.
Amy Goodman was interviewing two influential people in the student
uprisings in Chile - a movement that doesn’t get any press in the United
States and without her report I would not have moved to the next level of
my research.
The Chilean educational system is run on an ALEC model – privatized. Chile
is/was run totally and completely for decades on an ALEC free market
privatization model – fascism – and authoritarianism. More on that later.
But the snips that I am about t... more »
Free Download: The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes - A Global Citizens Report pdf
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 2 hours ago
The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes - A Global Citizens Report
*Click here to download the GMO Emperor has no Clothes – A Global Citizen’s
report*
*Source:*
*http://www.facebook.com/PermacultureAssociation*
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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 2 hours ago
*After spat, La. to have 1st black chief justice *
*6 Southeast parishes unite for storm, flood protection*
*Oil in cavern and sinkhole being moved*
* *
*Industrial ships prove 'vital' to tax rolls*
**
*Joe Negron: Congress must strip Army Corps of Engineers authority over
Lake Okeechobee, give it to regional, Florida management that would be more
accountable *
*Post-Isaac Assistance Available for Louisiana Fishermen*
3 Vintage ‘Scientific’ Big Pharma Drugs that Contained Ingredients Like Heroin
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Anthony Gucciardi
Would you like some *Bayer Heroin* for that cough? How about some cocaine
for that back pain? It sounds truly insane now, but *for decades major drug
companies* like Bayer were peddling off diacetylmorphine (known as heroin)
as a powerful pharmaceutical method of treating coughs, curing morphine
addiction (seriously), and just about everything else. Better yet,
virtually all of these products were *proudly advertised in the prestigious American
Journal of Surgery.*
Even following the subsequent ban on heroin being sold as a drug by Bayer
after roughly 26 years... more »
Greece Is Not Poor - It Actually Has Massive Untapped Reserves Of Gold, Oil And Natural Gas
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Michael Snyder, *Contributor*
It turns out that the poster child for the European debt crisis is not
actually poor at all. In fact, the truth is that the nation of Greece is
sitting on absolutely massive untapped reserves of gold, oil and natural
gas. If the Greeks were to fully exploit the natural resources that are
literally right under their feet, they would no longer have any debt
problems.
Fortunately, this recent economic crisis has spurred them to action and it
is now being projected that Greece will be the number one gold producer in
Europe by 2016. In addition, Gree... more »
9 Supermarket Secrets: What Your Grocer Won’t Tell You
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Elizabeth Renter
If you love reading about natural health, you may already be a little
suspicious of every food on your grocer’s shelves. At this point, you are
likely a label reader, you check produce stickers to see how far your
vegetables have traveled, and you are on the lookout for food items you
know, or at least suspect, may have genetically-modified ingredients.
But, are you aware of all the many supermarket secrets that could be
working against your physical and financial health – aside from you feeling
things like nasty effects of pesticides smothered on your produce?
... more »
Big Pharma Giant Withdraws Major MS Drug, Increases Price by 20 Times
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Lisa Garber
Corporate greed trumps noble intentions yet again in the world of Big
Pharma. Sanofi, the world’s fourth-largest pharmaceutical company, recently
withdrew the leukemia drug Alemtuzumab after 20 years of prescribing it,
off label, to treat multiple sclerosis patients. Sanofi and subsidiary
Genzyme cite intentions to apply for appropriate licensing—but before you
applaud the companies for following regulations, keep in mind that they
intend to rebrand and raise the cost of Alemtuzumab—by 15 to 20 times.
*Off label Use*
Prescribing drugs according to a physician’s inst... more »
The Next Food Crisis Will Be Caused By Globalist Land-Grabs and Privatization
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Susanne Posel, *Contributor*
The UN warns that global food stores like grains are depleting at an
exponential rate; and when combined with failing harvests, there will be a
food crisis in 2013.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) explains that “we’ve not
been producing as much as we are consuming. That is why stocks are being
run down. Supplies are now very tight across the world and reserves are at
a very low level, leaving no room for unexpected events next year.”
Since 2010, the FAO has stated that the rise in food prices is directly
correlated to the 80 million ... more »
Global Food Reserves Have Reached Their Lowest Level In Almost 40 Years
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Michael Snyder, *Contributor*
For six of the last eleven years the world has consumed more food than it
has produced. This year, drought in the United States and elsewhere has
put even more pressure on global food supplies than usual.
As a result, global food reserves have reached their lowest level in almost
40 years.
Experts are warning that if next summer is similar to this summer that it
could be enough to trigger a major global food crisis. At this point, the
world is literally living from one year to the next. There is simply not
much of a buffer left.
In the Western ... more »
Building a DIY Rocket Stove
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
*The Almost Free DIY Rocket Stove*
Gaye Levy, *Contributor*
Rocket Stoves are pretty neat. Common among campers and backpacking
enthusiasts, rocket stoves are relatively new to urban dwellers or those
that do not spend a lot of time outdoors. But wait – here come the preppers
who seek fuel efficient ways to cook outdoors when the grid goes down. Not
to make light of the situation, five years ago I had no idea what a rocket
stove was nor did I know how they worked.
How times have changed.
While there are many commercial rocket stoves (and I own two including the Solo
Stove and ... more »
Research: Pomegranate May Reverse Blocked Arteries
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Sayer Ji, *Contributor*
While technically a berry, pomegranate "fruit" may be nature's answer to
turning the tide against the #1 cause of death in the industrialized world:
heart disease. Let's start with what it tells us simply through
experiencing it...
Pomegranate has a remarkable astringency, giving your mouth and gums that
dry, puckering mouth feel. This cleansing sensation is technically caused,
as with all astringents, by shrinking and disinfecting your mucous
membranes.
Anyone who drinks pomegranate juice, or is lucky enough to eat one fresh,
can understand why it is ... more »
The Sanctions Game
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
image source Stephen Lendman, *Contributor*
A previous article said that Washington bears full responsibility for
imposing illegitimate sanctions on Iran. Other countries are pressured to
go along. Doing so harms their own interests.
Heavy-handed US bullying largely gets its way. Rule of law principles and
norms are violated. At issue is advancing Washington's imperium.
America's 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) lets
presidents claim unusual and/or extraordinary foreign threats, declare a
national emergency, and regulate commerce accordingly.
Presidents ... more »
Highest Court in the European Union To Rule On Biometrics Privacy
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Katitza Rodriguez
*EFF*
Courts are investigating the legality of a European Union regulation
requiring biometric passports in Europe. Last month, the Dutch Council of
State (Raad van State, the highest Dutch administrative court) asked the
European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide if the regulation requiring
fingerprints in passports and travel documents violates citizens’ right to
privacy. The case entered the courts when three Dutch citizens were denied
passports and another citizen was denied an ID card for refusing to provide
their fingerprints. The ECJ ruling will play an imp... more »
What Will the Price of Gold Be in January 2014?
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Jeff Clark
*Casey Research*
While many of us at Casey Research don't like making price predictions, and
certainly ones accompanied by a specific date, it's hard to ignore the
correlation between the US monetary base and the gold price.
That correlation says we'll see $2,300 gold by January 2014.
There are plenty of long-term charts that show a connection between gold
and various other forms of money (and credit). Most show that one
outperforms until the other catches up. But let's zero in on our current
circumstances, namely the expansion of the US monetary base since the
financia... more »
Orwellian Nightmare or Technological Utopia? Wired's "Living by Numbers" Health Conference
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor*
*Wired Magazine* has conducted a "Living by Numbers" health conference in
New York City, drawing together experts and leaders involved in medicine,
science, technology, and business to share their perspective on the
progress and future of healthcare. The underlying theme of the "Living by
Numbers" conference was the gathering and applying of information regarding
our health to improve the prevention and treatment of injuries and sickness.
*Image: Craig Venter discusses 3D DNA printers at Wired's Living by Number
Health Conference in New York City. T... more »
When is it rational to leave graduate school?
PM at Duck of Minerva - 3 hours ago
Among the many interesting things about graduate school is its propensity
to spark greater drinking than I ever thought possible. After preparing
(most of) a three-hour talk on using R, I definitely found that celebrating
America’s greatest brewer-turned-patriot was useful. … Continue reading →
EU regulators: Google privacy policy has legal ‘irregularities’ and may not be ‘in compliance’ with law
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Madison Ruppert, *Contributor*
The new Google privacy policy, which was updated earlier this year, is now
coming under fire from regulators in the European Union.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer previously called for an investigation into
this privacy policy to be carried out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
although any such investigation would be questionable at best.
Seeing as Google has such a tight relationship with the United States
government and was cleared of wrongdoing by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) related to their spying on Americans, any investigat... more »
Kraft Factory Chemical Accident Leads to Deadly ‘Poison Cloud’
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Lisa Garber
When workers at a German Kraft Foods facility accidentally poured nitric
acid into a tank of sodium hydroxide, 250 factory employees fled and 700
firefighters arrived at the scene to combat the resultant blaze. About
1,800 people have been evacuated from the area and authorities have closed
all nearby schools and kindergartens as well as a passing highway.
It’s not just the fire authorities are worried about, however. The nitrous
gases from the reaction are highly toxic to the human body.
*Poison Cloud Released*
When the firefighters attempted to pump the nitric aci... more »
Big Pharma Meningitis Outbreak Continues, No End in Sight
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Lisa Garber
The meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated steroids has killed 15
people and infected 231 as of Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. And the situation is not improving.
“We’re nowhere near the end of this problem,” says Vanderbilt University
Medical Center expert Dr. William Schaffner. “We will see more patients
reporting in ill and we’ll have to treat many more going forward.”
*14,000 People at Risk*
Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration found fungus in sealed
vials of a steroid manufactured by the New England Com... more »
New York Times Admits Stanford Organic Food Study Flaws, Apologizes
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Lisa Garber
We broke the story of Stanford’s ridiculous organic food study the very
night of its publication. Now, a month later, the media is catching on to
the study’s flaws; *New York Times Opinion* columnist Mark Bittman apologized
for hoping—in vain—that the study would have little impact on the media. *“That
was dumb of me,” he says, “and I’m sorry.”*
*Narrow Definitions and Egregious Oversights*
The study suggests that organic animal and plant products are no healthier
than conventionally grown varieties. Bittman puts it beautifully:
By providing ‘useful’ and ‘counterint... more »
Green Party Candidates Arrested At Site of Presidential Debate
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*Activist Post*
In an attempt to protest the two-party political monopoly in America's
so-called democracy, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and
running mate Cheri Honkala protested outside last night's presidential
debate which refused to allow them or other third-party candidates to
participate.
Both major parties have acted as one authoritarian force in keeping the presidential
debates closed to independent-minded parties who they clearly fear may
inject real issues into the discussion. The wholly corrupt Commission on
Presidential Debates requires that independe... more »
A Farm for the Future Documentary - Part 1
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 hours ago
BBC documentary on the precient global farming and food crisis, filmed in
the UK.
Featuring Martin Crawford (Agroforestry Research Trust), Fordhall Farm,
Richard Heinberg and others.
Topics covered are the influence of oil on the food production, peak-oil,
food security, carbon emissions, sustainability and permaculture.
A Farm for the Future Documentary - Part 2
*Direct link to the above youtube video:* * *
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0X25hMLXiE&feature=relmfu** *
Source: http://centerforsustainableliving.org/wordpress/permaculture/
McGuinty's Crimes, Not the "Robamney" Scam
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 3 hours ago
I have almost zero interest in the sham debate between the two
representatives of the oligarchs. What we should be talking about is
condemning anyone who praises Dalton McGuinty's era of corruption and
contempt. OUR own democratic process, which is teetering at the edge of the
abyss is what should concern us. NOT the contrived spectacle of the country
that fell into the depths long ago.
A new, improved Barack Obama shows up for the second debate but fails to halt Mitt Romney's momentum
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
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Underground Bunker in Louisiana Explodes with 7000ft Mushroom Clowd
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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The Turning Point (Official Trailer)
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If a Police Dog "Alerts," Should You Lose Your Cash, Car and Other Property?
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A day after Libya attack, Obama described it as 'acts of terror'
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
President Barack Obama said he identified the September 11 assault on the
U.S. Consulate in Libya as a terrorist attack within a day; former
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said it took two weeks.
Israel forced to release study on Gaza blockade
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
An Israeli court has forced the release of government research detailing
the number of calories Palestinians in Gaza need to consume to avoid
malnutrition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19975211
Global corporate fraud declines....Yeah rigth!
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
As corporate fraud falls around the world, the percentage of fraud
committed by corporate insiders is climbing, a new survey reports.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/16/business/corporate-fraud/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Foxconn admits Child Labor in China.... But they call them underage interns
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Foxconn Technology Group -- the world's largest electronics manufacturer
and supplier to companies like Apple, Samsung and Microsoft -- admitted
that interns as young as 14 worked at one of its Chinese plants.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/17/business/china-foxconn-interns/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Syrian warplanes strike key town
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/16/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Suicide attack hits Afghan soldiers
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden
truck into the wall of a joint NATO-Afghan army base Wednesday, wounding 45
Afghan soldiers, officials said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/17/world/asia/afghanistan-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
7 Nasty and Crazy Effects of Pesticides in Food Exposure by Lisa Garber
Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 4 hours ago
Source of poster: http://www.facebook.com/OasisAdvancedWellness
7 Nasty and Crazy Effects of Pesticides in Food Exposure
by Lisa Garber
Natural Society, 16 October 2012
When asked by a skeptical friend why you buy organic, do you find yourself
tongue-tied? Was it obesity? Or thyroid problems? Why should you buy
organic? There are numerous reasons to skip the mainstream supermarket
food and shop at an organic grocer, but just one of those reasons revolves
around the effects of pesticides.
Unfortunately, pesticides attack your body on several fronts. Keep this
list handy ... more »
Part-Time Work Drives Britain To Record Employment......In other Words it is harder now than ever before to find FULL time employement
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
The latest employment figures, also released by the ONS, showed the number
claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in September fell by 4,000 to 1.56 million.
The unemployment total fell by 50,000 between June and August to reach
2.528 million, helping the unemployment rate to drop to 7.9% from 8.1% the
previous month.
These figures are as cooked as America's , More people than ever before are
working longer hours less pay, or grab the hours then can by working part
Time (as full time work is not available).
What they fail to mention in this report is that Part time workers will
still clai... more »
MAY STUFFS THE PENTAGON
Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours ago
*Gary McKinnon, who will not be extradited to the USA for hacking
Pentagon
computers.*
In the Daily Mail, QUENTIN LETTS writes: *"Wallop! Mrs May stuffs the
Pentagon." *
And, STEPHEN GLOVER writes: *"At last! A minister stands up to Uncle
Sam." *
*
*
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2218722/Wallop-Theresa-May-stuffs-Pentagon-decision-NOT-extradite-Gary-McKinnon.html#ixzz29XZzKcMP
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2218740/Gary-McKinnon-extradition-At-A-minister-stands-Uncle-Sam.html#ixzz29XXDDCOG
Theresa May, UK Home Secretary.
*Quentin Letts writes:*
"As Theres... more »
U.S. servicemen arrested in Okinawa for alleged rape
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Two U.S. servicemen were arrested in Japan's southern island of Okinawa on
suspicion of raping a Japanese woman.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-japan-us-idUSBRE89G06X20121017
Rwanda, Uganda arming Congo rebels: U.N.
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Rwanda and Uganda, both sent troops to aid the insurgency in a deadly
attack on U.N. peacekeepers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-congo-democratic-rwanda-uganda-idUSBRE89F1RQ20121017
Romney Exposed
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 6 hours ago
Read Gordon Duffs full article at Veterans Today
Maine Earthquake felt in Boston
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
First reported as a 4.5 magnitude quake centered near Lake Arrowhead, the
USGS revised the quake's magnitude to 4.6 and finally down to 4.0.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-quake-usa-maine-idUSBRE89F1TH20121017
Eric and Cassandra Peoples Bankrupt after Winning a $20 MILLION Judgement Just 8 Years Ago
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
the Couple made national headlines when, in 2004, a jury awarded Eric $18
million and Cassandra $2 million, for what were determined at the time to
be health injuries.
http://gma.yahoo.com/popcorn-lung-couple-gets-20m-award-files-bankruptcy-170854004--abc-news-money.html
Edgar Cayce Predictions: Erupting Volcanoes and Multiple Earthquakes
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Many people are closely watching the volcanoes Vesuvius and Pelee because
of Cayce’s warning about their unseen connection with the fault lines along
the southern coast of California.
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/blog.aspx?id=2863
Christopher Warner Bites Nurse, Threatens Cannibalism, Ohio
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
A suspected drunken driver bit a nurse, broke her finger then threatened to
sexually assault and eat people, Westlake police confirmed.
http://runningdead5k.com/?p=233
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/2012/09/20/drunken-man-threatens-to-rape-kill-eat-well-just-about-everyone/index.html
Half-naked man gnaws woman's face, bites cop in China
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
"The man seemed to be around 40, some 1.7 meters tall, but he looked very
strong," said Chen, "He was pursuing the woman while wielding a long
shovel."
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-10/08/content_26719697.htm
Meningitis outbreak expected to escalate as FDA widens investigation
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Death of patient in Virginia takes fatalities to 16 as federal authorities
raid pharmacy linked to contaminated drug.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/16/meningitis-outbreak-worsen-infection-scope
SYRIA SAYS IT'S READY TO EXPLORE TRUCE
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Syria says it is prepared to explore a truce proposal by international
peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi,
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/15138134/90-dead-in-syrian-attacks-on-rebels/
HICKS COULD BE CLEARED AFTER US COURT DECISION
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Lawyers for David Hicks say the Australian's terrorism conviction could be
overturned after a landmark decision in a US court overnight.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/15139198/hicks-could-be-cleared-after-us-court-decision/
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 17th October
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 05:49:23 UTC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 03:49:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
4.885°S, 151.624°E
Depth
153 km (95.1 miles)
Region
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances
92 km (57 miles) SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
3.2 Magnitude Earthquake OKLAHOMA - 17th October
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
3.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 04:42:40 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 11:42:40 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
35.678°N, 97.115°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles)
Region
OKLAHOMA
Distances
8 km (4 miles) ENE of Luther, Oklahoma
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake CELEBES SEA - 17th October
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude
6.0
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 04:42:31 UTC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 12:42:31 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
4.191°N, 124.573°E
Depth
337.4 km (209.7 miles)
Region
CELEBES SEA
Distances
166 km (103 miles) SW of Sarangani, Philippines
ReGenesis With George Church
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
The creation of a wooly mammoth is becoming a realistic proposition and
from there to enhancing a living human being or producing an enhanced human
being is simply part of the same protocols. Of course the claim that we
will get this done in two years appears way over optimistic, but doing it
is also appearing to be a certainty.
It is also true that introducing enhanced DNA into the cells of a living
human being is revolutionary. Correcting errors is the easy part, but
enhancing abilities is the real payoff. One hardly knows were to start, but
I suspect that switching ove... more »
MS Breakthrough
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
This is obviously very good news. We have a method that at the least halts
disease progression. We swill take it. Most victims are identified fairly
early on just when they begin to notice a loss of motor function somewhere
on their bodies. Thus halting the progression is extremely important as it
will surely limit any disability and ongoing care costs.
This is now possible and I am sure that we can discover if the protocol is
tolerated well pretty quickly. If so, then rapid deployment will have a
huge humane incentive simply to stop further degeneration.
I do get the... more »
Romney Victory Predicted
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
I learned a long time ago that elections can be influenced by any number
of almost random story lines but that the weight of opinion will tend to
dominate. It took an extraordinary effort in 2008 to elect Obama including
keeping the candidate in a bubble and blocking access to plenty of
unflattering information. Today he must run on his current resume and it is
not compelling. It is hard to argue that he is indispensable.
The weight of opinion is slightly against Obama and Romney's task has been
to reassure and motivate his natural audience and this has so far succeeded... more »
Madagascar's Peopling
arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 7 hours ago
We have posted on this in the past but the key take home here is that a
ship load or perhaps even an expedition similar to Polynesian expeditions
took off from Indonesia and went with the winds until they fetched up on
Madagascar. What is noteworthy is just how small a founding group can be.
It is thus easy to backtrack for the far greater occupations of continents
that also likely were smallish one way trips.
The real problem is just how recent that event was. Sea beds have been
much lower and many more islands could have acted as stepping stones. I
find it difficult to ... more »
Labour had large deficit pre 2008 financial crisis
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
UK deficit under Labour worse than thought. 2007 was £73bn not £38bn
http://t.co/ygrL5yb2 @BBCNews will you report or protect your Labour
allies?
War Rape is Not Declining
Megan MacKenzie at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
The Human Security Report Project (HSR) recently released their 2012
Report. The first chapter on wartime sexual violence makes sweeping
conclusions and provocative claims about the nature and rates of sexual
violence. The overarching message, and certainly the one picked … Continue
reading →
Trivial pursuits: Still no NHL? The Asia Ice Hockey League awaits!
david at Alberta Diary - 8 hours ago
Your blogger drops the puck at centre ice of Maple Leaf Gardens. Really!
Below: The lost and lamented Seibu Prince Rabbits’ rabbit, before the team
rabbitted in 2009. Below: The lamentable China Dragon’s logo. Really,
people, who needs the NHL? If later today or on the morrow the news from
the National Hockey League and ... more »
The New York Debate
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 8 hours ago
My PP postdebate piece is about Libya, lazy mendacity, and the conservative
information feedback loop. What I didn't realize when I wrote it is that
Team Romney and conservatives in general are apparently hard at work trying
to convince everyone that calling an attack "terror" is totally and
completely different than calling it "terrorism."
Anyway, since I did a bit of substance over there, I'll stick to theater
criticism over here. Romney, I thought, did just fine with the ordinary
voters, and mostly gave a solid performance during most of the debate. His
problem is that his campai... more »
Tohono O'odham government kept secret plan for US spy towers on tribal land
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago
*Tohono O'odham government kept secret tribal resolution allowing Border
Patrol to view 14 O'odham sites for US spy towers*
*By Brenda Norrell
Censored News copyright
**http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com*
US spy tower on Tohono O'odham land south
of Sells, Ariz. 2007*Oct. 16, 2012*
The US Border Patrol has targeted the Tohono O’odham Nation with spy towers
at 14 potential sites in three districts, according to a tribal resolution
that opened the door for a massive network of US spy towers on tribal land.
Tohono O’odham members fighting against the militarization of their lands,
and ab... more »
Steven Weinberg will not vote for Obama
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 9 hours ago
Steven Weinberg is a top theoretical physicist who remains immensely active.
Just yesterday, he released a new paper demonstrating that in
scale-invariant theories, fields \(\psi_n\) transforming as \((j,0)\) or
\((0,j)\) under the Lorentz group – symmetric spintensors with one kind of
indices only – don't allow any interactions if the mass dimension obeys
\(\Delta=j+1\).
(I took the picture in the Society of Fellows. Of course, I have taken many
other pictures of Steven Weinberg in my life...)
But many more readers may be much more interested in his interesting new
political sta... more »
The worst Nobel Prize ever?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
[image: image]*Guest post by Keith Weiner*
Amidst global economic collapse, *THIS* is what wins the Nobel Prize in
Economics?!?
The world is building a tower of debt unprecedented in any prior era. The
derivatives tower is estimated to be one quadrillion dollars. It has taken
unprecedented government injection of methamphetamine to "stabilize"
things, and every central bank and government knows they dare not reduce
the drip or the patient will collapse.
"The economy is recovering,” sayeth the Fed, “and zero interest rates will
continue until 2015, and we will buy $40B+ of mortga... more »
CBS4 Investigates: Does Your Vote Count? The Overvote Worries
Intercept at The Intercept - 9 hours ago
CBS Miami
Michele Gillen
[image: (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)]Imagine going to the polls
November 6th and casting your vote for President Barack Obama or Governor
Mitt Romney and somehow the machine thinks you voted for both candidates.
That’s called an overvote, and your vote may be thrown out.
Sound impossible? It isn’t.
“You are getting to the crux of the problem with this technology. We are
supposed to trust what goes on back there blindly,” voting rights advocate
and attorney Lida Rodriguez-Taseff told CBS4 Chief Investigator Michele
Gillen.
“You are getting to the c... more »
"So Great..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago
"So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement,
that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven,
it would be foolish to despair of the human race."
- Ernest L. Woodward
'No, Hillary, the buck DOES stop at the White House': Republican party chairman rebuffs Clinton's attempt to take the fall for Obama on Benghazi terror attacks
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Republicans are showing no sign of letting up on President Barack Obama
over the death of four U.S. officials in Benghazi despite Hillary
Clinton,
his Secretary of State, taking 'responsibility' for the debacle.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218693/No-Hillary-buck-stops-White-House-RNC-chairman-rebuffs-Clintons-attempt-fall-Obama-Benghazi-terror-attacks.html
Think your work is hell? Thank your lucky stars you didn't have to mine sulphur for 12 hours in a volcano crater filled with toxic fumes that will probably kill you before you are 30
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Around 200 men spend up to 12 hours at a time surrounded by rasping smoke
on the crater floor of the Ijen volcano in Indonesia, beside a lake filled
with acid. Each morning, they make the 2,000-metre climb to the crater
before descending down steep, dangerous paths into this fiery hell-on-earth.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218525/The-men-risk-lives-day-mining-toxic-sulphur-active-volcano-just-3-day.html
"Twixt Night And Morn..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
“Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.”
- Lord Byron
GAIA PORTAL: Consummate your Relationship with Gaia
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 10 hours ago
<
*
* *Sorry for missing this post, its a day late. -AK*
*
*
http://gaiaportal.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/consummate-your-relationship-with-gaia/
*Consummate your Relationship with Gaia*
October 15, 2012
Consummation of each Hue-man relationship with Gaia is called for at this
moment.
Encouragement from Gaia is to allow chattering energies to pass, and
embrace the deep harmonics of Gaia Nueva, The New Gaia, The Emerging Gaia.
All other on-planet vibrations are secondary. And not helpful to Hue-manity
General.
We repeat: one moment at a time, in this “now” moment,
“Consummate yo... more »
Free Download: "Star Maker"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 10 hours ago
*"Star Maker"*
By Olaf Stapledon
"Stapledon undertakes the immense task of describing the entire history of
life in the universe. It dwarfs in scale even his 1930 book "Last and First
Men," which is a history of the human species over two billion years. It
tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay
and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. The narrator
starts with a concern at the clash of ideas on Earth and finds analogies to
both communism and fascism among the aliens he visits. A pervading theme is
that of progressive unity w... more »
Explaining Butter for Bombs Agreements
Phil Arena at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
In 1963, JFK predicted that there would be as many 25 nuclear powers by the
1970s. Yet here we are, some 70 years later, and the number of states
believed to possess nuclear weapons has grown from 4 to 9. Why … Continue
reading →
Starbucks Boycott over tax: Protest groups threaten to try and close branches over revelations it hasn't paid for three years
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Starbucks faces a boycott by thousands of customers who are angry over
revelations that it has paid no tax in the UK for the past three years.
If that is the Case then better you add Google, Facebook and Amazon to the
Boycott list
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218819/Starbucks-facing-boycott-tax.html
Those Clever Aborigines of Formosa....
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 10 hours ago
Popular Science, Aug, 1885, relates this anecdote:
Concerning the manners and customs of the savages of Mount Sylvia, Formosa,
Mr. E. Colborne Baber related in the Royal Geographical Society: "A party
of English officers from a man-of-war landed on the island, and, meeting a
company of natives armed with matchlocks, challenged them to a trial of
skill in shooting. Affixing a mark to a tree about a hundred yards distant,
the officers made what they considered pretty fair practice, without,
however, astonishing the natives, who, when it came their turn to fire,
disappeared into the ju... more »
Robbie Middleton Names his Attacker Don Collins during his death-bed video Video
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Don Collins, now 27, is to be charged with felony murder
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218450/Will-horrifically-burned-victim-convict-killer-grave-Man-named-attacker-video-died-cancer-caused-wounds.html
Palestinians block highway over grove vandalism
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Border Police disperse crowd with stun grenades after they briefly stop
traffic on main route from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=288127
My Interview with Dr. Jim Fetzer
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 10 hours ago
http://nwopodcast.com/fetz/media/jim%20fetzer%20real%20deal-meria%20heller%20and%20majia%20nadesan.mp3
I am in the second part of the show.
My browser doesn't show the minutes so I cannot post the time frame of the
second episode.
However, if you are interested in hearing my interview only just start half
way through....
Shajul Islam charged with the kidnapping of a British photographer who was held hostage in Syria, following his arrest at Heathrow Airport last week.
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Shajul Islam is accused of keeping John Cantlie, who worked for various
newspapers including the Sunday Times, and Dutch journalist Jeroen
Oerlemans captive for around a week.
http://news.sky.com/story/998612/man-charged-over-syria-kidnappings
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 17th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 03:30:47 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 11:30:47 PM at epicenter
Location
18.707°N, 70.873°W
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Distances
26 km (16 miles) SSW (210°) from Constanza, La Vega, Dominican Republic
Change The World Wednesday (#CTWW)
Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 10 hours ago
Change The World Wednesday will be back on October 31, 2012.
Until then ...
click HERE
for the current challenge.
Misleading-- Wall Street Makes Its Big Play
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago
Monday morning, in a slap in the face to the Republican Party contention
that uninsured people don't die because of being uninsured, Paul Krugman
shared a letter he got from a physician that even a Romney or a Ryan is
capable of understanding, not a Gohmert or a Bachmann, but in their cases
understanding isn't what their chirping is ever about anyway.
It’s true that EMTALA [the 1986 law requiring that emergency rooms treat
you regardless of insurance status] requires a medical screening exam and
stabilization of any emergency medical conditions. It does not, however,
mandate adm... more »
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR - 17th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 02:55:21 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 08:55:21 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
12.428°N, 88.853°W
Depth
35.2 km (21.9 miles)
Region
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
Distances
111 km (69 miles) SSW (204°) from Usulután, Usulután, El Salvador
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake GUATEMALA - 17th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
4.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 01:26:40 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 07:26:40 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
14.155°N, 91.187°W
Depth
62 km (38.5 miles)
Region
GUATEMALA
Distances
12 km (7 miles) ESE of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 17th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 00:44:05 UTC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 09:44:05 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.705°N, 140.291°E
Depth
54.2 km (33.7 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
8 km (4 miles) SW of Daigo, Japan
5.5 Magnitude Earthquake NEW ZEALAND - 16th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Magnitude
5.5
Date-Time
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 23:42:56 UTC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 12:42:56 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.660°S, 176.135°E
Depth
109.6 km (68.1 miles)
Region
NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Distances
5 km (3 miles) ENE of Taupo, New Zealand
Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation 10/16/2012
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago
Date: Tuesday, 16-Oct-2012 23:26:05
*Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic
Federation 10/16/2012*
13 Ix, 2 Tzec, 9 Eb
Dratzo! We return with more to discuss. Presently, several areas of
activity are being brought to completion, forming the foundation of your
new reality. As we informed you recently, your world is based on the
original legitimacy of certain institutions dating back thousands of years.
The individuals who represent these ancient power bases are in the process
of creating new documents that will constitute the legal platform for you... more »
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake MAINE - 16th October 2012
Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 23:12:22 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 07:12:22 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
43.592°N, 70.676°W
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 miles)
Region
MAINE
Distances
5 km (3 miles) W of Hollis Center, Maine
Post-Debate Blather
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 11 hours ago
Barack was all jacked up on a variation of his stump speech. Mitt was his
usual smirky, stammering, gushing self. For a minute there, I thought these
two one percenters were gonna get physical. But sadly, only the platitudes
flew fast and furious.
Still, it was edifying to learn that both contenders are such staunch
defenders of a tenth of the Bill of Rights (Second Amendment.) We
absolutely need more armed militias. The president told a heartwarming
story of how one survivor of the Aurora mass shooting who took a bullet to
the head is now good as new. You wouldn't even know he'd be... more »
Snap Reaction: Foreign Policy and the 2nd Presidential Debate
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 11 hours ago
Topics covered: Process arguments about Libyan attack; Obama likes to kill
Islamic terrorists; Energy independence is good, because… jobs; and Romney
wants to start a massive trade war with China, Obama just wants to keep it
low-level. That’s pretty much … Continue reading →
A Video Moment With Nature: Linkin Park, "In the End"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
Linkin Park, “In The End”
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbiB0QfU3s
Senkakus Coffee Klatches This Week
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 11 hours ago
CSIS is at this very moment meeting on "Taiwan's" approach to the Senkaku
mess:
Taiwan's Approach to Escalating Sovereignty Disputes in East AsiaWednesday,
Oct 17, 2012 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm CSIS
With tensions in the East China Sea at their highest levels in some time,
the Freeman Chair invites you to attend a discussion of Taiwan's stance on
sovereignty over the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands and President Ma's expressed
desire to establish a code of conduct in light of territorial disputes in
the East China Sea. Our panel of experts also will address Taiwan's
approach to the ongoing t... more »
Satire: "Romney Sets New Personal Best for Faking Empathy"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
*"Romney Sets New Personal Best for Faking Empathy"*
by Andy Borowitz
HEMPSTEAD, NY (The Borowitz Report)— "Republican Presidential nominee Mitt
Romney set a new personal record tonight by pretending to care about
average Americans for nearly ninety minutes. Mr. Romney began the second
Presidential debate by simulating concern for a college student named
Jeremy’s employment future and maintained a consistent level of feigned
concern on a variety of subjects for the remainder of the night. “It was an
awesome display of stamina,” said Mr. Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, who
wat... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
“NGC 253 is not only one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, it is
also one of the dustiest. Discovered in 1783 by Caroline Herschel in the
constellation of Sculptor, NGC 253 lies only about ten million light-years
distant.
* Click image for larger size.*
NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the
nearest group to our own Local Group of Galaxies. The dense dark dust
accompanies a high star formation rate, giving NGC 253 the designation of
starburst galaxy. Visible in the above photograph is the active central
nucleus, also known to be a bright sou... more »
A debate clearly orchestrated for Barack Obama
MrArbitrage at Table Of Wisdom.com - 11 hours ago
Asking a question of Romney about women’s equality in the workplace? Mitt
Romney answered the question effectively but it was clearly a question
designed for Democrats and their false contentions of a Republicans “war on
women”.
Asking about positions on contraception, which was absolutely teed up for
Barack Obama and their allegation of a Republican “war on women”.
Neither of these topics are pressing "issues" in the current elections but
rather designed by the Democrat Party to distract attention away from the
sabotage taking place in Washington D.C.
Planting a question abou... more »
Genetics: "Mankind Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 11 hours ago
* "Mankind Nearly Extinct 70,000 Years Ago"*
by Freddie Cook
"The late stone age, around 70,000 years ago, saw mankind almost became
extinct. The total population dwindled to as little as 2000 humans beings.
All mankind still lived in Africa at this time and it is believed that they
were split into two separate groups by a severe climatological shift that
kept the two species apart, one in East Africa– one in South Africa, for
nearly half our entire history as a species. The two groups came together
again around 40,000 years ago and the population began a miraculous
recovery bef... more »
There's a person in there
Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 11 hours ago
This one's for my mom, who at this moment is at home in Victoria crying
after they delayed her hip-replacement surgery for two more months this
morning because of her low iron count.
I'm sure it seemed like a perfectly logical decision in the mind of
hematologist Dr. X, who has never met my mother. And it probably made sense
to Dr. Y as well, the orthopedic surgeon who has also never met my mother.
Unfortunately for her, the news was completely devastating. She was
supposed to be having her surgery next week, and on Sunday we'd joked about
how she only had 11 more sleeps.
I'm a guil... more »
How to Waste a Trillion Dollars
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
What America could have had for the cost of Lockheed Martin's F-35.
*by Tony Cartalucci*
*October 17, 2012* - Already possessing the largest, most advanced air
force and air defense capability on the planet, the United States has
recently developed at the cost of 323 billion dollars, the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter (JSF) produced by Lockheed Martin. It is the most expensive
defense program in human history. The US plans to buy a total of 2,443 of
these aircraft, utilize them for approximately 50 years at the total
program cost of 1.5 trillion dollars. The Pentagon has already begun a ... more »
Chet Raymo, “Pointless? They Don't Know Neither Do I So There You Are”
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
*“Pointless?”*
by Chet Raymo
"Theresa drew our attention to the Templeton Foundation's two-page ad the
New York Times that gave the responses of a dozen prominent scientists and
scholars to the question "Does the universe have a purpose?" You can read
the complete essays here. I am reminded of a previous Musing* in which I
put the question to three famous (fictional) characters. Specifically, I
asked for a response to Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg's
famous remark near the end of his 1977 best-selling book, "The First Three
Minutes": "The more the universe seems ... more »
How the Debates Purposely Confuse the Issues and Why Glenn Greenwald's Truths Piss Off the Left (and the Right)
Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 12 hours ago
Did you watch the "Townhall" debate last night? Here's the real news from
our "Explainer-in-Chief:" If you watched the Vice Presidential debate you
may have noticed in almost awelike wonder the same phenomena I did. I saw
Martha Raddatz, a well-known name in journalism, use certain phrases again
and again that were demonstrably not true but that couldn't have been
anything else but
Forests to feel climate change effect, damage could cost billions
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: Large, expanding southern pine beetle infestation, 1993, in the
Upland Island Wilderness Area, Angelina National Forest, Texas, United
States. Ronald F. Billings / Texas Forest Service]
12 October 2012 (PhysOrg) – A new pan-European study suggests that the
economic value of forests will decline between 14% and 50% due to climate
change. If measures are not taken to change this, the damage could reach
several hundred billion euros, say researchers led by the Swiss Federal
Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Switzerland. The
study was presented in the ... more »
The Daily "Near You?"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 12 hours ago
Kodungallur, Kerala, India. Thanks for stopping by.
LIVESTREAM Indigenous Real Climate Solutions
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago
*NO REDD TOUR/REAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS*
*Listen to Indigenous voices*
Watch live https://new.livestream.com/accounts/1538870/events/1605792
Govinda is broadcasting live from the NO REDD Tour, Real Climate Solutions,
in Berkeley,
tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, with the Indigenous Environmental Network,
Friends of the Earth, and more.
Indigenous Peoples’ territories harbor most of the world’s remaining
biodiversity and intact forests; under the guise of emerging climate
policies, these territories are being targeted as ‘carbon sinks’ to allow
industry to continue polluting. Emerging ... more »
Jill Stein, Cheri Honkala arrested, call tonight's debate a "mockumentary"
Intercept at The Intercept - 13 hours ago
Jill Stein
[image: Jill-Stein-Cheri-Honkala-CPD-Debate-arrest.png](HEMPSTEAD, NY) -
Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, the Green presidential and vice-presidential
nominees, were just now forcibly prevented from entering the grounds of
tonight's presidential debate organized by the Commission on Presidential
Debates (CPD). See a video* here.*
Dr. Stein and Ms. Honkala will appear on 85% of ballots on Election Day,
and recently polled 2-3% in four consecutive national polls. The Federal
government recognizes Jill Stein as a qualified presidential candidate,
having approved her campaign f... more »
VP Debate once again tells the World that all We care about is the Middle East
Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Yes, it’s partisan, but it’s a somewhat useful deconstruction First, I
included the above video to reference a point I tried to make earlier –
that Romney flip-flopped so much in the first debate that I no longer have
any … Continue reading →
Iran claims 'dozens' of its drones reached Israel
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
*Judging by the surprise success of the Hezbollah drone, this claim may not
be nearly as far fetched as the media will spin it to be. Eyes to the
skies, everyone.*
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121016/DA1UOQQ80.html
The debate
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 13 hours ago
Guess I'm going to watch for a while anyway. Not sure how long I'll last
since I'm still feeling pretty yucky. But for now, I'll be tweeting random
thoughts so you can see that on the sidebar widget. Otherwise, I'll recap
in the morning.
3 UFOs spotted over Maui, Hawaii, possibly aiding in the search for Obama's birth certificate
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
*In all seriousness, if anyone lives in the area and could contribute more
information or footage, be sure to email it in to us. Also chime whether or
not you feel this footage is legitimate.*
Does anyone believe the now-spent $1.5M is all "Sunny John" Boehner will ram through for the defense of DOMA ignorance and hatred?
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago
*
**"For more than a year, Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans have
committed valuable taxpayer dollars to defending discrimination and
preserving inequality -- only to lose case after case in their effort to
uphold the Defense of Marriage Act. There is nothing effective or efficient
about this utter abuse of the people's trust or the public purse; it is
simply wasteful and wrong, and Americans deserve better."*
*-- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi*
*by Ken*
I guess from the right-wing-crackpot standpoint, the $1.5M can't be
considered thrown in the garbage as long as i... more »
4.6-M earthquake centered in Maine, felt in Boston and across New England
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake centered in Hollis, Maine was felt across New
England at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
There have been reports that phone lines in Maine are down. There have been
no reports of damage in Boston at this time.
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12008812663280/4-6-m-earthquake-centered-in-me-shakes-new-england/#ixzz29VjCZja4
Live Stream of Presidential Debate
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Should Progressives Vote Green?
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 14 hours ago
A few weeks ago we saw a nasty eruption of the should “progressives vote
for Obama” debate–prompted, ironically enough, by a libertarian columnist.
My reaction at the time was rather short. But I feel moved by Russel Arben
Fox’s explanation … Continue reading →
Judge Bans the T-Word in 9/11 Hearing
Intercept at The Intercept - 14 hours ago
Huffington Post
Daphne Eviatar
It didn't take long for the word "torture" to rear its ugly head in the
September 11th terrorism case, as pre-trial hearings began today with a
slew of procedural issues. Though the question of whether the five accused
men have to actually show up in court every day wouldn't seem all that
exciting or controversial, as soon as one of the defense lawyers started to
say his client was traumatized by having been tortured at the hands of his
U.S. interrogators, the judge shut him up.
"We have to talk about torture," said defense attorney Captain Michael
... more »
Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake, MAINE
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 4.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 23:12:22 UTC
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 07:12:22 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 43.611°N, 70.661°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Region MAINE
Distances 5 km (3 miles) W of Hollis Center, Maine
21 km (13 miles) NW of Biddeford, Maine
21 km (13 miles) NW of Saco, Maine
22 km (13 miles) WNW of West Scarborough, Maine
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 3 km
(1.9 miles)
Parameters NST=184, Nph=184, Dmin=82.4 km, Rmss=1.4 sec, Gp=11... more »
Mary Franson (MN) - Is She ALEC??
2old2care at Because I Can - 14 hours ago
When you see this expense notation from her campaign reports:
And you pair it with the information on this from ALEC:
*Was she on her way to the DC ALEC meeting?*
*What other reason would she be going to DC on that date for?*
*Why did she go to Washington DC?*
*Was Mary Franson going to a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange
Council?*
*Taxpayers paid for her stay at the Holiday Inn with campaign subsidies.*
*The people in her district really have the right to ask.*
*The people in her district really need to know!*
*Inquiring minds want to know.*
Dear President Obama,
Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 14 hours ago
Ms. Katie's Ramblings
Monday, October 8, 2012
Letter to Obama
*Diane Ravitch is encouraging everyone with an interest in education to write
a letter to President Obama and send it to him on October 17th. Here is my
letter: *
Dear President Obama,
I am writing to you today as one voice in a chorus of millions of
educators, students, parents, and concerned citizens. I ask that you take
a moment to hear our stories.
Mr. President, I worked as a special education teacher at a small
elementary school just two blocks from your Chicago home. Perhaps you and
your family have walked ... more »
McGuinty's Resignation
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 14 hours ago
Assuming that Dalton McGuinty doesn't have a secret, life-threatening
illness, I'm going to assume that Dalton McGuinty's surprise, sudden
resignation as the leader of the Ontario Liberals is rooted in frustration
and petulance. McGuinty discovered that incompetent, scandal-plagued
government is difficult to manage when you only have a minority government.
Especially when your whole shtick as the government is to rationalize
yourself with tossed-off platitudes that could have been stolen from sappy
greeting cards.
I once read an interview with Dalton McGuinty in the Hamilton Spect... more »
US Admits Allies are Arming Al Qaeda in Syria - Began in 2007
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 15 hours ago
Extremism Export: US admits arms sent to Syria find jihadists.
*Editor's Note: While the West, and the US in particular feigns surprise
and panic over "revelations" that US coordinated arms and cash flowing from
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are ending up in the hands of foreign extremists
including Al Qaeda, infiltrating Syria, it is a fact that the US, Saudi
Arabia and Israel have been explicitly planning to use these very extremist
groups, and in fact began arming and funding them as early as 2007,
according to interviews given by US and Saudi officials to journalist
Seymour Hersh in h... more »
The Internet: "What 'Do Not Track' Doesn’t Do"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
*"What 'Do Not Track' Doesn’t Do"*
by Thorin Klosowski
"The "Do Not Track" setting available in most web browsers is a great
option to have if you don't want websites tracking your browsing history.
However, as How-To Geek points out, "Do Not Track" provides a false sense
of security because it doesn't block as much as you'd think.
As we've discussed before, tracking works by installing third party
browser cookies that attempt to target advertisements at you better. The
"Do Not Track" option in your browser (Firefox: Preferences>Privacy,
Safari: Preferences>Privacy, Chrome: c... more »
US Government Preparing for Biological Attack and Mass Fatalities in America Since 2008
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago
*In 2008, a report from the Commission on the Prevention of WMD
Proliferation and Terrorism identified a clear and present danger of biological
attack in 2013.*
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/10/16/us-government-preparing-for-biological-attack-and-mass-fatalities-in-america-since-2008/
* *
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Will E-Voting Machines in Ohio Give Romney the Election?
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 15 hours ago
Political
cartoon by Dan Wasserman / Boston Globe
Will Ohio’s H.I.G.-owned e-voting machines
give Romney the White House?
The widespread use of electronic voting machines from ES&S, and
of Diebold software maintained by Triad, allowed Blackwell to
electronically flip a 4% Kerry lead to a 2% Bush victory in the dead of
election night.
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog /
Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil
Intercept at The Intercept - 15 hours ago
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"Parts of the One: Ants and Bees, a Metaphor"
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
* "Parts of the One: Ants and Bees, a Metaphor"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"We can learn a lot from watching ants and bees living in community and
working for the greater good. When we see ants and bees out in the world,
we often see just one, but this belies the reality of their situation. More
than any other species, ants and bees function as parts of a whole. They
cannot and do not survive as individuals; they survive as members of a
group, and the group’s survival is the implicit goal of each individual’s
life. There is no concept of life outside the group, so even to us... more »
"Mundus Vult Decipi, Ergo Decipiatur..."
noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 15 hours ago
"Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur," a Latin phrase, means "The world
wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived." The saying is ascribed to
Petronius, a Roman satirist from the first century, CE. "The pontifex
maximus Scævola thought it expedient that the people should be deceived in
religion; and the learned Varro said plainly, that "there are many truths,
which it is useless for the vulgar to know; and many falsities which it is
fit the people should not suppose are falsities." Hence comes the adage
"Mundus vult decipi, decipiatur ergo."
Sarah from Soleil Returns (Dedicated to Augusta Dwyer)
John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 15 hours ago
Sarah from Soleil
St. Catherine's Hospital
October 16, 2012
(Photo by John Carroll)
A few months ago I wrote this post about an infant girl named Sarah from
Soleil.
Please read this post while I wait. Go ahead and take your time. I am in no
hurry.
------
Good. You are back.
Well, during the last few months I had concluded that Sarah most likely
died. No one had any definite news on her. I did not think her mom had
breast fed her adequately. She lived in Wharf Soleil, just a few blocks
from this pediatric clinic, which is the worst place on the face of the
earth.
In July I worked ... more »
Orwellian Nightmare or Technological Utopia?
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 16 hours ago
Wired's "Living by Numbers" Health Conference.
*by Tony Cartalucci *
*October 16, 2012* - Wired Magazine has conducted a "Living by Numbers"
health conference in New York City, drawing together experts and leaders
involved in medicine, science, technology, and business to share their
perspective on the progress and future of healthcare. The underlying theme
of the "Living by Numbers" conference was the gathering and applying of
information regarding our health to improve the prevention and treatment of
injuries and sickness.
*Image: Craig Venter discusses 3D DNA printers at Wired... more »
Syria: Lies the media tells us to support the war agenda
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 16 hours ago
Assorted media stories...
*
** The 3000 peacekeepers to Syria?*
Noticed yesterday the story had gone down the memory hole. Which made me a
bit suspicious.
As KenM points out in the comment section this “news” appeared to be a
ruse to cover an agenda of moving some additional fighters into Syria.
Quoting- KenMOctober 16, 2012 12:55 AM
Well, it looks like the Peacekeeper plan was probably a piece of theatre
proposed by the SNC in Qatar in order to try & get some more guns on the
ground:
"..Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, told reporters
that any such force... more »
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