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Thursday, November 15, 2012

15 November - Blogs I'm Following II

The Bush Summer Home at Kennebunkport, Maine
The Bush Summer Home at Kennebunkport, Maine (Photo credit: Tony Fischer Photography)
Syria
Syria (Photo credit: ewixx)
Panorama di Gaza City
Panorama di Gaza City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Manifestation contre le siège israélien de Gaza
Manifestation contre le siège israélien de Gaza (Photo credit: looking4poetry)

 

 War Costs
War Costs is currently producing a full-length documentary film about the war on national security whistleblowers within the U.S. government. The ramifications of such intimidation and retaliation aimed at those who believe the truth about the government's activities should be revealed affect all Americans. Transparent democracy and the rights of a free press fall when sources are silenced.

A Box Filled With Love

Submitted to Care 2 - and an instant hit

15 November - I Think, Therefore I Am

The ole' "Kill the Indian Save the Man" was only to save the man to be exploited the way the Dominent Society wanted things done. People who protected the Earth, as the Indians did, didn't hoard, lived simply so others could simply live, did not try to climb on the backs of others to get to some lofty perch, were not suited to make the few rich at the expense of others. Sharing, caring, each person on a level and even playing field.....wow, that would not work in a system that was brought over from Europe.

So you get rid of any way you can, kill, move, destroy, starvation, re-indoctrinate like the Boarding Schools were all about, keep their population low via sterilization, assimulation, relocation, in essence wipe of the whole "Indian thinking".......each generation had it's own portion of the story played out upon them.....

And it doesn't stop with the Indians.......this exploitation moves and continues to move.....because it has too under a system of exploitation. Are you feeling it? Can you see it? What is happening to a Finite Planet?

Many of us are talking about "Waking up....Come out of the Fog....Look behind the curtain"....various expressions

Hello......anyone out there?*

 

15 November - Turning Points

Guilty of Treason: A Nazi Banker - YouTube
Prescott Bush Was A Nazi Banker Guilty of Treason He should have been tried and sent to prison. His son and grandson would never have been elected and we would not have some ...
youtube.com/watch?v=1YfSLxsas5I 

 Flibe Energy 

Flibe co-founders Kirk Sorensen and Kirk Dorius will be attending the MIT Energy Finance Forum tomorrow where... http://t.co/ANFV6QKa

 Galactic Channelings

The Israeli spy chief says Tel Aviv supports regime change in Syria, amid ongoing efforts by the anti-Syria governments to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
 

Super-storms, climate change and war

submitted a comment - which will let us see the coverage when someone rips an article to shreds

 

10:06 pm MST

 

Gaza Twitter war intensifies over pictures of infant casualties...While the News Continues to pretend it isn't taking Place

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 43 seconds ago
A grim new feud opened up on social media on Thursday as pictures were traded of babies who died or were injured during the conflict in Gaza. Pictures emerged of BBC cameraman Jihad Misharawi's 11-month-old son Omar, who was killed on Wednesday during an Israeli attack. Misharawi's sister-in-law also died in the strike on Gaza City, and his brother was seriously injured. Misharawi told BBC Arabic: *Shrapnel hit our house. My sister-in-law was killed along with my son. And my brother and my other son were wounded.* * **What did my son to to die like this? What was his mistake? He is ... more »

Greeks Pelt German Diplomat in Austerity Protest

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 minutes ago
Demonstrators surrounded a German diplomat in Salonika in northern Greece on Thursday and hurled coffee and bottles of water at him, another reflection of growing anger in Greece against what is widely seen as a crippling austerity plan being imposed largely by Germany. The incident involving the diplomat, Wolfgang Hoelscher-Obermaier, flared a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s special envoy to Greece, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, said studies showed that 1,000 German local government officials could do the work of 3,000 Greek officials. His remarks, which came as European leaders dalli... more »

Merkel to tackle Putin over crackdown

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 minutes ago
Angela Merkel will spell out growing German concerns about the clampdown on civil society in Russia when she meets Vladimir Putin on Friday, signalling a sharp cooling of the traditionally close German-Russian partnership. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2d245b7e-2f3f-11e2-8e4b-00144feabdc0.html

Moving Forward, Will Congress Treat Grover Norquist As Just Another Rapacious K Street Lobbyist?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 minutes ago
Of the three Democrats who signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge only one, Rob Andrews (NJ), will be returning to Congress. Nebraska reactionary and corporate whore Ben Nelson was driven from office and will return to lobbying and Kentucky Blue Dog Ben Chandler was defeated despite hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted on his race by the DCCC. Not that big a deal in Norquist-world. In the current Congress all but 6 of the 242 Republicans had signed-- plus 40 of the 47 Republican senators. Yesterday in *The Hill*, Russell Berman reported that the next Congress will be very diff... more »

The Globalist Federal Government Seceded From America

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 7 minutes ago
*Independence is not a dirty word. Self-determination is not a dirty word. Freedom is not a dirty word.* "Our country has already been taken over. I want to secede back to the Republic, back to our nation. The new world order has taken over. We're not fighting just some corrupt politicians and it's a little political issue. We have serious, hardcore authoritarians, Ron Paul called them yesterday authoritarian psychopaths, in control. We know what tyranny is historically. This is the worst case of it I've ever seen. And it's growing and coming to fruition very, very quickly." - Al... more »

French PM Ayrault meets Merkel in Berlin

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
“We share the conviction that the Franco-German relationship is necessary, it is our political inheritance,” said Mr Ayrault. But the new Franco-German axis has yet to get in the groove on the right euro zone dosage of austerity and stimulus; the future of Greece; and the EU budget to 2020. Berlin wants a more modest budget but Mr Ayrault insisted ahead of his visit that France is “prepared neither to give up the Common Agricultural Policy nor the cohesion funds”. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/1116/1224326668211.html

Libs. call for a national energy strategy and a 'Trudeau' about to become their leader? Fool me once...

leftdog at Buckdog - 17 minutes ago
*(Click on image to enlarge...)* Every once in awhile, Murray Mandryk .. the political columnist with the Regina Leader-Post really cracks me up!! *-Rae calls for national energy strategy - Winnipeg Free Press* *-Justin Trudeau Tells Alberta That Liberal Federal Gov't Was WRONG To Implement National Energy Program (you know .. Pierre's policies)*

Eurozone slumps back into recession after austerity cuts

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 minutes ago
The eurozone has double-dipped back into its second recession in three years, official figures confirmed yesterday – and analysts warned economic pain across the single currency will continue well into 2013. Output across the 17-member bloc fell by 0.1 per cent over the third quarter of 2012, following a 0.2 per cent decline in the second quarter, according to Eurostat. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eurozone-slumps-back-into-recession-after-austerity-cuts-8320658.html

We the Taxpayer are Paying for Abu Qatada is moved to secret address after protesters target his home

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 minutes ago
The radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has, two days after his release from prison, had his request for a new home granted following protests outside his supposedly secret front door. He will leave the £400,000 property in Wembley, north-west London, where his rent is paid by the taxpayer, for a secret address. In a statement, his barrister Edward Fitzgerald, QC, said: "The family are going to relocate and therefore Mr Qatada would accept the Home Office-approved accommodation." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/abu-qatada-is-moved-to-secret-address-after-protesters-targe... more »

Gaza Live Feed

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago

UK and France tear up Syrian arms embargo and will now send weapons to arm rebels despite reports of War Crimes from both Sides

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago
Britain is joining forces with France to tear up an arms embargo on Syria, allowing the West to send anti-aircraft missiles to the rebel forces fighting to oust dictator Bashar al Assad. David Cameron chaired a meeting of the National Security Council yesterday which discussed a range of military options to resolve the crisis. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233732/UK-France-tear-Syrian-arms-embargo-send-weapons-arm-rebels.html

4.9 Magnitude Earthquake NORTHWESTERN IRAN - 16th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.9 Date-Time Friday, November 16, 2012 at 03:58:26 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 07:28:26 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 38.464°N, 46.717°E Depth 5.2 km (3.2 miles) Region NORTHWESTERN IRAN Distances 30 km (18 miles) W of Ahar, Iran

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE GUATEMALA - 16th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.4 Date-Time Friday, November 16, 2012 at 03:04:59 UTC Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 09:04:59 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 13.942°N, 92.421°W Depth 57.4 km (35.7 miles) Region OFFSHORE GUATEMALA Distances 67 km (41 miles) SSW of Ocos, Guatemala

5.1 Magnitude Earthquake ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE - 16th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 minutes ago
Magnitude 5.1 Date-Time Friday, November 16, 2012 at 00:38:06 UTC Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 09:38:06 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 21.516°S, 69.410°W Depth 56.4 km (35.0 miles) Region ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE Distances 103 km (64 miles) NE of Tocopilla, Chile

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU - 16th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 43 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Friday, November 16, 2012 at 00:21:58 UTC Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 07:21:58 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 13.283°S, 76.494°W Depth 47.6 km (29.6 miles) Region NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU Distances 25 km (15 miles) SSW of San Vicente de Canete, Peru

Israel vs Hamas: Deadly Theater

Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 45 minutes ago
The West created and runs Israel, Hamas, the "Free Syrian Army," and the Muslim Brotherhood - when the public needs to be manipulated, a deadly ballet ensues. *November 16, 2012 (LD)* - The Western allied, funded, armed, and directed sectarian extremist organizations, namely Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and their subsidiaries of Hamas and the so-called "Free Syrian Army," were created and to this day are backed specifically to counter real opposition to Western designs of hegemony across the Muslim World. The West has also created and continues to perpetuate Israel as it exist... more »

4.4 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 16th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.4 Date-Time Friday, November 16, 2012 at 00:07:35 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 12:07:35 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 25.201°S, 179.771°E Depth 502.8 km (312.4 miles) Region SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS Distances 506 km (314 miles) NNW of Raoul Island, New Zealand

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake TONGA - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 22:19:09 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 12:19:09 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 20.518°S, 175.116°W Depth 35.2 km (21.9 miles) Region TONGA Distances 68 km (42 miles) N of Nuku`alofa, Tonga

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake SULAWESI, INDONESIA - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 22:10:25 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 06:10:25 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 0.027°S, 123.466°E Depth 159 km (98.8 miles) Region SULAWESI, INDONESIA Distances 53 km (32 miles) SSE of Bilungala, Indonesia

4.7 Magnitude Earthquake TONGA - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 47 minutes ago
Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 21:55:15 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 11:55:15 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 16.845°S, 175.060°W Depth 260.3 km (161.8 miles) Region TONGA Distances 171 km (106 miles) SW of Hihifo, Tonga

Texas veterans parade Float hit by Train, 4 Dead

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 55 minutes ago
A train crashed into a parade float carrying U.S. military veterans and their spouses in West Texas on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17, police and parade organizers said. Ten of the hospitalized were in critical condition and seven others were listed as stable, said Midland Police Chief Price Robinson. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/16/us-usa-texas-crash-idUSBRE8AF01O20121116

New Israeli Assault On Gaza: Hypocrisy Of Slaughter - Israel's Orwellian Account Of Gaza Campaign

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 1 hour ago
The recent attacks by the Israeli forces against the innocent people of Gaza is now escalating out of control. It will only be a matter of time now before the IDF rolls in its troops and tanks into the densely populated strip, and slaughters tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians in the process. We have already seen the antics of the Israeli Mossad agent provocateurs with their bottle rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip back into Israel, and up until yesterday, the rockets have hit nothing except open fields. But today, we have reports of several much larger (Mossad launched) m... more »

Christy Clark`s $60 million dollar "Iconic" Photo-op

Grant G at The Straight Goods - 1 hour ago
Pat Bell, the BC Liberal minister having to answer questions from the press, questions as to why the Government turned down $44 million dollars for the naming rights of BC Place.... Pat Bell`s answer at that time was lame, it`s still lame.. Before we get started, what is the meaning of the word *"iconic"*..... *Answer:* *An icon is a representation, hence a religious representation, and hence a very powerful symbol. Iconic means "like a symbol."* Perhaps the name Terry Fox is iconic in British Columbia, maybe the name Trevor Linden, maybe the name Tommy Douglas, but come on... Pat... more »

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago
“How many arches can you count in the above image? If you count both spans of the Double Arch in the Arches National Park in Utah, USA, then two. But since the below image was taken during a clear dark night, it caught a photogenic third arch far in the distance- that of the overreaching Milky Way Galaxy. *Click image for larger size. * Because we are situated in the midst of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, the band of the central disk appears all around us. The sandstone arches of the Double Arch were formed from the erosion of falling water. The larger arch rises over 30 meters a... more »

Kim Dominguez Honored Fri 5pm Women's Plaza

Roberto Rodriguez at Dr Cintli - 1 hour ago
As an act of solidarity, world-renowned feminist writer, Margaret Randall nominated UA student Kim Dominguez this spring, to be honored with a brick at the Women's Plaza at the University of Arizona campus. Please join MEChA on Fri Nov 16 - 5pm at the Woman's Plaza, next to Centennial Hall, in honoring Kim for her unrelenting and unwavering support of human rights in Arizona. There will be food, music and performances.

Chet Raymo, “Quiet Desperation”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*“Quiet Desperation”* by Chet Raymo "As I type this, I am sipping a cup of Green Mountain Vermont Country Blend Decaf and nibbling an Entenmann's Ultimate Cinnamon Pastry Twister. Just thought you'd want to know. Do you also want know where I am? What I'm wearing? I would tell you, but by the time you read this I will surely be somewhere else, and wearing something different. And you want to know the circumstances of my life in real time, don't you? Of course you do. What I need is a wi-fi enabled coffee cup that will post what I'm drinking on Twitter or Facebook, even as I drin... more »

"Summon Your Aliveness: Being Fully Present"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
*"Summon Your Aliveness: Being Fully Present"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "When we live fully in the moment there is an aliveness that comes easily. When we are fully present, we offer our whole selves to whatever it is that we are doing. Our attention, our integrity, and our energy are all focused in the moment and on the task at hand. This is a powerful experience, and when we are in this state, we feel completely alive and invigorated. This kind of aliveness comes easily when we are absorbed in work or play that we love, but it is available to us in every moment, and we ca... more »

Important Health News: Time For A Wakeup Call - The Vaccination Hoax Debunked!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 2 hours ago
As I have said in many previous articles, I am truly amazed when I see so many people lined up in front of pharmacies like sheep, willing to roll up their arms and take their deadly shot of "vaccine" like zombies. It is even more disgusting now, here in Canada at least, when I see stores offering rewards, such as cash or merchandise incentives, to take their "free" seasonal vaccines! I have reached the point now that I cannot possibly even convince these brainwashed individuals that what they are doing is absolutely wrong, so again, when I see them lined up like cattle, I just tu... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
High Springs, Florida, USA. Thanks for stopping by.

Of course Elizabeth Warren needs to be on the Senate Banking Committee

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Majority Leader Harry (left) knows that Senator-elect Warren (right) belongs on the Banking Committee. That's why he'll slot her in -- or maybe why he won't.* *by Ken* On Tuesday Howie wrote a post called "Wall Street Kind of Lost -- But Not Really, Of Course." As he indicated, there's no reason to believe that, however the bodies may change, the soul of the economic team surrounding the president in his second term is going to be solidly in the bag for Wall Street and the banksters. One early test of the seriousness of the Democratic alternative to the rule of the Oligarchy of ... more »

"Things That Matter..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

GAZA WAR – THE MYTH OF THE ‘HUMAN SHIELD’

It has become standard practice for the Israelis in all of their conflicts with their enemies to invoke the myth of the ‘human shield’ whereby they accuse their enemies’ fighters of using civilians as ‘human shields’ against attack. The present war against the Gazan people is no different as the IDF’s tweet infers. However, the ‘human shield’ notion is nothing more than a propaganda ploy designed not just to demonise Israel’s enemies but also to mitigate Israel’s own war crimes against a civilian population. In the case of the wars against the people of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli... more »

Decision bombing? Israel's 'election attack' triggers Gaza war spiral

Intercept at The Intercept - 3 hours ago
Russia Today [image: A Palestinian youth walks amid destruction following an Israeli air strike on a residential neighbourhood in Gaza City in the early hours of November 15, 2012. (AFP Photo / Mahmud Hams)]A Palestinian youth walks amid destruction following an Israeli air strike on a residential neighbourhood in Gaza City in the early hours of November 15, 2012. Israel is bombarding Gaza for a second day, with 13 Palestinians killed, including four children, and over 100 injured. The attack’s timing is under question with a looming Israeli election, as is the precision of airstr... more »

"Israeli Attack On Gaza: Excuse Me While I Vomit"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*“Excuse Me While I Vomit”* by Alan Hary "A time comes when silence is betrayal." - Rev. Martin Luther King Jihad al-Masharawi, a Palestinian employee of BBC Arabic in Gaza, carries the body of his 11-month-old son Omar, who according to hospital officials was killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City 15 November, 2012. “I imagine I am not the only one who feels the need to vomit (dictionary definition - "to throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth") when Israel's Goebbels justifies the Zionist state's ferocious and monstrously disproportionate attacks ... more »

Hey, Lone Pine Resources Inc. — sue this

Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 4 hours ago
NAFTA challenge launched over Quebec fracking ban - The Globe and Mail: "Energy firm Lone Pine Resources Inc. is taking on Quebec’s fracking moratorium, saying it violates the firm’s rights under the North American free-trade agreement and demanding more than $250-million in compensation." 'via Blog this' Y'see, that's the great thing about "free trade." We get sued for "lost profits" when we try to protect our drinking water. And the Chinese deal Harper's pushing? Shhh. It's a secret. Everything about it is a secret. Even Diane Francis is shitting on it, for Chrissakes. Guy's n... more »

FRIDAY MORNING RAMBLE: The BBC edition

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
*It’s Friday!* Who’s rolling David Shearer? The answer: No-one. *Guess who is rolling David Shearer?* – Monique Angel, YEA OR NAY As per usual the discussion about the death of J J Lawrence features arguments about child abuse being a Maori problem. Well, it isn't *solely*… *Family violence deaths and ethnicity* – LINDSAY MITCHELL There should have been no better “shovel ready” project than a destroyed city, yet employment in construction continues to decline. “It's almost as though some kind of regulatory impediments are preventing people from rebuilding and getting on with t... more »

President Obama's first press conference

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 4 hours ago
I remember when Lil George Bush was president, I never lasted more than five minutes of his pressers before I felt like throwing a brick through the screen to shut him up. Hell, it was an effort to just read the transcripts without stroking out from disgust and outrage. It's so different with President Obama. Whether I agree with him or not, he's a compelling speaker. I don't tire of listening to him. I enjoy it enough that I wish it wouldn't end most of the time. (We won't mention that first debate ever again). I caught his presser yesterday, first since he's been re-elected, But... more »

1,000 Posts

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 4 hours ago
I can't Adam and Eve it. This post is literally the thousandth entry on this here blog! Now, that's a lot of bullshit. So, by way of a celebration I've delved into the archives and dug out the ten most popular A Very Public Sociologist posts of all time. OF ALL TIME. What lucky people you are. In reverse order, they are: 10. Top 100 Tweeting Bloggers 2010 9. Chris Bambery Resigns from SWP! 8. Melanie Phillips: Marketing Bigotry 7. Top 100 Worst Blogs Poll 6. Top 100 Dance Songs of the 90s 5. The UK's 100 Worst Political Blogs 4. Top 100 Dance Songs of the 00s 3. Raoul Moat, Gazza,... more »

"How It Really Is: Secession"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago
“Secession Petitions Now Filed For All 50 States” - http://news.yahoo.com/ No, never a shortage of idiots in the land of the free and the home of brave... - CP

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*Rants under yet another alias sound a lot like ex-prosecutor Perricon ~Mark Moseley, The Lens*

“Five Misconceptions About Our Tattered Safety Net”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
*“Five Misconceptions About Our Tattered Safety Net”* by Paul Buchheit "Mitt Romney said he wasn’t concerned about the very poor, because they have a safety net. This is typical of the widespread ignorance about inequality in our country. Struggling Americans want jobs, not handouts, and for the most part they’ve paid for their “safety net.” The real problem is at the other end of the wealth gap. How many people know that out of 150 countries, we have the 4th-highest wealth disparity? Only Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Switzerland are worse. It’s not just economic inequality that’s pla... more »

"Congressman Ron Paul's Farewell Speech to Congress"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"Congressman Ron Paul's Farewell Speech to Congress" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=q03cWio-zjk *“Questions: *Excessive government has created such a mess it prompts many questions: * Why are sick people who use medical marijuana put in prison? * Why does the federal government restrict the drinking of raw milk? * Why can’t Americans manufacturer rope and other products from hemp? * Why are Americans not allowed to use gold and silver as legal tender as mandated by the Constitution? * Why is Germany concerned enough to consider repatria... more »

"Mysterious Though It Is..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles." - Harry Fosdick

Rebuilding Democratic America (Can You Dig It?), America Begins Nation Building At Home (If Your Home Is In the Middle East), & Insidious, Stupid Bad Libyan Allies (Can't Make It Without 'Em)

From that great sage Karen Garcia at Sardonicky: . . . today is the day the president will be closing the deal with the billionaires - all of whom, of course, want to cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid in order to boost the confidence of the markets. (translation: inject a giant bolus of publicly-funded financial testosterone directly into their own over-clogged arteries.)

“Population Bomb: 9 Billion March To WWIII”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago
*“Population Bomb: 9 Billion March To WWIII”* By Paul B. Farrell “Sshh. Don’t tell anyone. But “while you are reading these words, four people will have died from starvation. Most of them children.” Seventeen words. Four deaths. That statistic is from a cover of Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 provocative “Population Bomb.” But global population will just keep growing, growing, growing. Why? The math is simple: Today there are more than two births for every death worldwide. One death. Two new babies. Bomb? Tick-tick-ticking? Or economic bubble? Population growth is a basic assumption hard-w... more »

Villa Aurora Might Even Inspire Republicans To Rethink Their Stance On Immigrants

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
How much richer is America because we welcomed despised immigrants? The story of Villa Aurora in L.A.'s Pacific Palisades helps put that question into sharp focus. Built in 1927, it was bought (for $9,000) by German writers Lion and Marta Feuchtwanger in 1943, after they escaped Nazi Germany, Nazi-occupied France and fascist Spain with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt. It became a center for German writers and artists who had escaped the Nazis and among the luminaries that congregated there were Bertolt Brecht, Charles Laughton, Thomas Mann, Charlie Chaplin. In 1955, with both Feuch... more »

TIMELESS COMMENTS ON TIMELINES: Head Scratching Over the Daniel Papers

Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 7 hours ago
TIMELESS COMMENTS ON TIMELINES: Head Scratching Over the Daniel Papers *by GW Hardin* As a New York Times bestselling author, I often get to see a lot of things others don’t. Because of that I feel the need to bring in additional material to the “Daniel” papers. Reading the Daniel papers is like the trying to drink water from a fire hose. So I will limit my comments in this first response in the name of sanity as well as brevity. Depending on the reaction to this balancing act with Daniel, I may provide follow-up white papers. *In brief, I will address three areas of par... more »

Grumpy Gramps McCain still a sore loser

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 7 hours ago
Late evening with Col. Qadhafi at his "ranch" in Libya - interesting meeting with an interesting man. ~John McCain, August 15, 2009 Once he was a hero, revered by many for his Maverick ways. Now he's just a small and bitter old man impotently flailing in failed attempts to land a meaningful blow against his political betters. His stature diminishes before our eyes, as he struggles to regain some relevance, succeeding only in looking more the doddering fool by the minute. But although McCain had time to speak on the Senate floor and on television about the lack of information prov... more »

NOT PJ: The signs they are a-changin

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
*[image: _BernardDarnton]This week, Bernard Darnton is reading the signs.* The Signs they are A-Changing The signs around Christchurch have changed. They used to urge us to “stay strong” or proclaim stoically that “We Will Rebuild.” Driving back up from Dunedin this week, I got a somewhat different sense from the billboard asking that I “Don’t Give Up.” There’s nothing that makes you want to give up as much as being told not to. Something clearly had to change. The claim that we will rebuild was a powerful rallying call in the days after the quakes. Now that claim is farcical. Th... more »

4.5 Magnitude Earthquake OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude ML 4.5 Region OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE Date time 2012-11-15 20:32:37.0 UTC Location 32.59 S ; 71.61 W Depth 31 km Distances 38 km SW La ligua, Chile

5.0 Magnitude Earthquake OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
Magnitude M 5.0 Region OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA Date time 2012-11-15 20:30:06.5 UTC Location 2.86 N ; 93.08 E Depth 10 km Distances 366 km SW Meulaboh, Indonesia

Internet and News Blackout on Israeli War?

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
We have also been monitoring several live streams from people in the Gaza Strip and in Israel, all streams have in the past 30 min gone Dead

Israel Ready for "Phase 2"

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
There has been heavy bombing around our hotel here in Gaza City in the last hour or so. Reports are coming through the Twittersphere of troops amassing along the Israeli-Gaza border, following the Israeli announcement they are ready for "Phase 2". The assumption here is that there will be a ground offensive of some sort over night. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/9679883/Israeli-airstrikes-on-Gaza-live.html

pollitt: when "pro-life" kills: honour savita's memory with a donation to help other irish women

laura k at wmtc - 8 hours ago
Who is more valuable, a living woman or a dying fetus? The Catholic Church has given its answer, and Savita Halapannavar is dead. If this was Islam, we’d never hear the end of it. Follow developments, including notifications about protests and demonstrations, at #savita. Help Irish women now: Every year thousands of Irish women travel to the UK for abortion care. Between travel, accommodations, lost wages and childcare, the expense can be prohibitive. The Abortion Support Network offers help with funding, information, and a place to stay. Honor Savita’s memory by donating what yo... more »

Chinese perma-growth at risk as Leninists tighten Politburo grip

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100021331/chinese-perma-growth-at-risk-as-leninists-tighten-politburo-grip/

A magic trick that I just don't get

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Martin and Paul Daniels on Penn & Teller. I know when the switch must have happened but how they get on and off the stage, I have no idea...

The Province of Vancouver Island

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
There are more than a few VanIslanders wondering why we're not a province all unto ourselves. If Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island qualify as provinces, why not Vancouver Island? In area, we're five times bigger than P.E.I. and four times more populous. Prince Edward Island is the 23rd largest island in Canada. That's it, a paltry 23rd. Newfoundland is bigger than Vancouver Island, at least when you tack on Labrador, the 4th largest island in Canada. But (you knew there was a "but" didn't you?) Vancouver Island's population of 638,000 is substantially greater than Newf... more »

MY PC IS DEAD

        AMERICAN KABUKI at American Kabuki - 8 hours ago
My personal computer is dead, bricked, toast. I consider myself an expert in computers, I've worked with various Windows Operating systems since 1987. I hold a Microsoft A++ Certification in diagnosing personal computers and fixing them. But this latest episode takes the cake. I experienced an unusual hack in May of 2012 after I posted the banker resignations. It took away my account and created a new administrator account. I logged in from another computer and posted to my blog "Hahahaha! Very clever! Now give me back my computer!" And strangely enough, whomever was on th... more »

LORD 'X' SUED, AND WON.

Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago
Lord 'X' won a large sum of money in a libel case. He was a great friend of the prime minister and of the prime minister's wife. He attended gay sex parties with at least one MP. He was an influential friend of Israel. He had an affair with Mr 'K', a rent-boy-loving 'Jewish' gentleman who ran a pedophile ring for top people. Lord 'X' went on holiday with a top man in the media who worked secretly for the security services. A certain media outlet published a story claiming that the police were investigating an alleged homosexual relationship between a prominent Lord and a man ... more »

Tony Blair - wishful thinking or misleading listeners

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
I heard a BBC interview this afternoon with Tony Blair in his role as official envoy of the Quartet. In this interview he said of the towns in Israel that had been the targets of rockets fired from Gaza, that they were indisputably part of Israel. The trouble is that Hamas and Fatah/PA think and say very differently. To them all of Gaza is occupied Palestinian land and their aim is the destruction of Israel and, in the case of Hamas, the death of all Jews. It may be an inconvenient fact for Tony Blair, much of the world's media and the idiots who scream that "We are all Hamas now" w... more »

What a lot I've missed today (part 2 - Pallywood)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 8 hours ago
Did you spot the miraculous recovery of the man on a stretcher in this video, on a stretcher injured at 2:12 but up and about and directing others by 2:43? I have covered Pallywood before and no doubt will again. In this instance will the BBC cover the story after all it happened on their coverage?

Education and the New Senate

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 9 hours ago
I'm not sure I have a major point to make about this, but given that all our recent presidents and most of the losing nominees seem to have either Harvard or Yale on their resumes, and given the much-remarked dominance of the Supreme Court by a few elite law schools, I decided to take a quick look at the incoming class of Senators to see where they were educated. And: nope, they aren't all from Ivy League schools. There's only twelve of them -- nine lawyers -- so why don't I just list all their schools: Half went to state schools: two to Missouri, and one each to the Universities o... more »

Gaza Live Discussion

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago

Missile strikes Israeli tank carrier, no damage taken

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
*More info: * http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/254933#.UKVCyoXA_aY

Interactive map of Gaza shows how different cities in the besieged strip are impacted by Israeli air attacks

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/11/2012111517327712311.html

This is *really* all they got

noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 9 hours ago
NOTE: See clarification below. Totally predictably, the fetus fetishists are responding to the deliberate torture and inevitable death of Savita Halappanavar, with bleats of 'Butbutbut, women die of abortions too and the media ignores it!!!!' Viz, Mrozek and on Twitter, Bertha Wilson Motion, who tweeted today: There was silence when this abortion-related death was reported bit.ly/SY3IVB #WarOnWomen #prolife #ReproRights #Right2Life #M312 — BerthaWilsonMotion (@BerthaWilsonMtn) November 15, 2012 Hilariously, the link leads to this (screen-capped for the click-resistant). Two thin... more »

What a lot I've missed today (part 1 - Sally Bercow)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
I did manage a tweet earlier today when I heard that Lord McAlpine would be taking legal action against Sally Bercow for her seemingly defamatory tweet last week. Couldn't happen to a less pleasant person; oops I forgot about her husband.

Romney a self-righteous dick right to the end

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 9 hours ago
Willard Mittens Romney, champion of personal responsibility, figured out why he inconceivably lost the election. It wasn't his fault. Romney on a conference call with his disgruntled donors told them he would have won darn it, except that President Obama was all giving out big presents like he was freaking Santa Claus or something. "The Obama campaign was following the old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups that they hoped they could get to vote for them and be motivated to go out to the polls, specifically the African American community, the Hispanic community and young ... more »

Harper's First Nations Termination Plan 2012

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
Harper's First Nation Termination Plan 2012

Israeli Forces 'Move Toward Gaza Border'

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Israeli forces are moving toward the Gaza border, according to the Associated Press, in a prelude to a possible ground offensive. The Israeli defence minister has approved the call-up of 30,000 reservists, Sky News has confirmed. http://news.sky.com/story/1011672/israeli-forces-move-toward-gaza-border

Deposing the King

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
I don't meet a lot of people who like Stephen Harper. I meet a great many people who dislike Stephen Harper but nonetheless say he's doing a pretty good job as prime minister. When pressed, they routinely say that he's "managing" the country reasonably well. These people see Steve as a manager, an administrator, a *petit fonctionnaire*. They don't embrace Steve's vision for the country. They don't perceive that he has one. Yet that seems to be okay to them, at least for now. Steve's approval ratings seem to bear that out. What happened to leadership and vision? When ... more »

ROCKET HITS TEL-AVIV TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING, KNOCKS OUT INTERNET TO ENTIRE CITY, OTHER SERVICES AFFECTED

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Over 100 bombs dropped in the past 30 Min on the Gaza Strip

I've Fucking Had It

jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 10 hours ago
Between food shopping, laundry, neverending auto maintenance, job searching and setting up and contributing to my dedicated book blog, *Kindle in the Wind*, you may've noticed I've had little time, energy or inclination to weigh in much on the top trending news topics over the past week. Chiefest among these news items designed to distract us from the real issues such as global warming, gun control and the imminent debt ceiling showdown is where Petraeus's prick has been. I'm not qualified to pontificate on that particular news item, which includes threatening emails from one param... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 10 hours ago
*Dear Drew Brees*

ON THE BRINK: 30,000 Israeli reservists called up as Israeli armoured columns and infantry mass along border with Gaza

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
* Invasion order thought to be imminent. Stay tuned.* The Israeli defence minister has approved the call-up of 30,000 reservists, Sky News has confirmed with the Israeli Defence Force. "There's already been an increase in movement of ground troops close to Gaza, the movement of tanks and so on. http://news.sky.com/story/1011672/gaza-israel-set-to-call-up-30000-reservists

Rockets hits near Tel Aviv as Gaza death toll rises

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed close to Tel Aviv on Thursday, in the first attack on Israel's biggest city in 20 years, raising the stakes in a military showdown between Israel and the Palestinians that is moving towards all-out war. Earlier, a Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip, drawing the first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 15. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/uk-palestinians-israel-hamas-idUKBRE8AD0WL20121115

ISRAEL CUTS GAZA COMMUNICATIONS AS GROUND INVASION SET TO BEGIN

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
*More information forthcoming. The Coming crisis is one of the only news outlets reporting, let alone reporting live, on this conflict, so be sure to stay tuned.*

Socialized Healthcare 11: Private Health Insurance and HC Vouchers

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 10 hours ago
Last Friday, my left ear was in pain. Midnight that day, or early Saturday, I went to Makati Medical Center (MMC) for a check up. There was no more ENT (ear, nose, throat) specialist, a GP checked my ear. No wound as I suspected, but the ear drum is infected, reddish. She gave me 3 medicines to take: 1. anti-biotics, Co-amoxiclav 625mg tab (brand: Natravox): 2x a day for 7 days 2. pain reliever, Celecoxib 200mg cap (brand: Celebex): 2x a day for 5 days max, or only if the pain will persist. 3. decongestant, Phenylpropanolamine HCL + ... (brand: Nafarin A): 3x a day for 5 days. The... more »

Live News Stream from Gaza, reporting minute by minute updates

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Video streaming by Ustream

Alice Embree / Terry DuBose : Defend the Soldiers' Right to Heal

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours ago
Under the Hood contingent at Veterans Day Parade, Killeen, Texas, Saturday, November 10, 2012. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. Defend the right to heal: Veterans’ Day parade in KilleenAs the deployments wind down from this decade of combat, service members are finding that their access to medical care is restricted, denied, delayed, and stigmatized. By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog

Alan Grayson A Champion From The Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt Wing Of The Democratic Party

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Alan Grayson doesn't get to vote in the lame duck session. So the ruse of dragging the failed Austerity Agenda across the Atlantic and inserting on these shores-- what DC political elites call the "Fiscal Cliff"-- isn't something he has to go on the record about. But if you think the congressman from central Florida's new 9th CD is just going to sit back and watch something this important go forward without getting involved... then you don't know Alan Grayson. This week he was on Cenk Uygar's *Young Turks*show and the first question Cenk asked him was whether he supports the Grand ... more »

Markets slip on news of eurozone double-dip recession

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
The FTSE 100 in London finished down 0.8pc at 5,677.75, while the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.5pc to 3,382.40 and Frankfurt's DAX 30 fell 0.8pc to 7,043.42. Although French and German growth proved resilient, the eurozone slipped back into recession between July and September, contracting 0.1pc on top of a 0.2pc drop in the second quarter. Yesterday it was revealed that Greece's economy had shrank for the 17th consecutive quarter and is now 7.2pc smaller than it was at the same time last year, triggering fresh protests for austerity programmes to be overhauled. http://www.telegraph.... more »

Dave Lee Travis 'Arrested By Savile Police'

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Former DJ Dave Lee Travis has been arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, Sky sources have said. The one time Radio One star and former presenter of Top Of The Pops is reportedly being questioned on suspicion of sexual offences. He was arrested by detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Operation Yewtree at his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, at 7.45am, according to sources. http://news.sky.com/story/1011955/dave-lee-travis-arrested-by-savile-police

Jim Simons : Judge Bill Kilgarlin Was a Different Kind of Friend

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours ago
Judge William Wayne Kilgarlin. Image from the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin. Bill Kilgarlin: A different kind of friend On the Texas Supreme Court he showed his values and commitments had not changed and Texas was better for it. By Jim Simons / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2012 It seems like most of my contributions to The Rag Blog have been inspired by the death of

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake BISMARCK SEA - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 16:33:03 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 02:33:03 AM at epicenter Location 3.509°S, 149.723°E Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained) Region BISMARCK SEA Distances 159 km (99 miles) SW (229°) from Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG

Merkel urges quick decision on Greece, rejects "haircut"

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European finance ministers to come up with a quick solution for Greece's strained finances but rejected the idea that governments might accept losses on loans already given to Athens. "I hope that the time is near when we can reach the solution that is needed," Merkel said when asked about Greece at a joint news conference with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. "Of course we did not talk about debt haircuts, you know our view and that has not changed, nor should it," she said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/us-germany-france-gr... more »

Euro policymakers at odds over Greek debt fix

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
The European Union's top economic official sought to rule out any write-off of Greece's debt to governments on Thursday after a European Central Bank policymaker said for the first time that a "haircut" on part of it was probable. A row between euro zone governments and the International Monetary Fund over how to make Greece's giant debt mountain manageable is holding up the release of 31 billion euros ($39.5 billion) in emergency loans needed to keep Athens afloat. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/us-eurozone-idUSBRE8AD0UK20121115

Poverty Growing in America

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
"New Gauge: 16% in US Are in Poverty" by Hope Yen Nov 15, 2012 pp. A1, A6 The article reports that 49.7 million people live in poverty when medical costs and work related expenses are included. RELATED POSTS Majia's Blog: US Life Span Declining (for Some Groups) Sep 23, 2012 Majia here: Poverty is most certainly rising in America. The Wall Street Journal has been reporting about stagnating household income and The Washington Post reported this week about poverty growing in high-income *... * http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/ Majia's Blog: Killed by the Financial Crisis Aug 23, 2012 T... more »

Air and Water Pollution in California Harm Vulernable Children

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 11 hours ago
Majia here: Our current agricultural production regime is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on carbon based fuel and pesticides and because of its deleterious effects including: soil depletion, water contamination, and adverse health effects. Unfortunately, children are the canaries in this agricultural coal mine. Their afflictions should mobilize us to act now to create a safe and sustainable agricultural production system. As these articles demonstrate, the current system is destroying the environment and us: The Problem Is Clear: The Water Is Filthy by P. L. Brown (... more »

Tom Hayden : Sticking It to Wall Street

thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours ago
The fallen bull. Image from Tumblr. A legacy of Occupy: Sticking it to Wall Street The Occupy movement energized a vanguard of voters to become more populist in their demands. By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2012 It is unfortunate that Occupy Wall Street lost its momentum after the uprisings of 2011, because the election and its results have opened another opportunity to stick

The Terrible Reach of Citizens United

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
America's advance as a true corporatist state was given a huge boost by the USSC's decision in *Citizens United*. That decision launched the United States into its first $6-billion election. Money talks and it talks loud and clear in America's "bought and paid for" Congress. When then Republican House leader John Boehner can stroll the floor distributing tobacco lobby cheques just prior to a vote on tobacco subsidies, the situation goes far beyond lousy optics. American business, it seems, is discovering that buying political allegiance is a game that can be played elsewhere. ... more »

Tel Aviv residents scramble for cover as rockets fired into country’s economic capital

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
http://www.timesofisrael.com/southern-israel-under-fire-air-force-strikes-terrorist-targets-in-gaza/

Lindas rocas azules en la playa con una mariposa

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 11 hours ago
[image: Rocas azules en la playa con una mariposa] *Nota:* Haga usted click aqui para ver más fotos de Playas

Appeals are from Orders and not Reasons

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 11 hours ago
Almrei v. Canada (Attorney General), 2012 ONCA 779 makes the often overlooked point that appeals are from orders and not reasons for orders: [10] An appeal lies from an order and not from the reasons of the court below:*Grand River Enterprises v. Burnham* (2005), 10 C.P.C. (6th) 136 (Ont. C.A.), at para. 10. Because the appellant's only ground of appeal is that issue estoppel should apply, he is taking issue with the motion judge's reasons and not his order dismissing the motion for partial and summary judgment.

Rockets Strike Tel-Aviv after warning sirens begin crying throughout city

Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
*More here:* "Two booms heard in Tel Aviv following warning siren" http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=292064

The Tanning Tax, the GOP, and the 113th Congress

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 12 hours ago
Matt Yglesias had a nice item yesterday about a tanning salon owner who reportedly killed himself, blaming Barack Obama. The point Yglesias made was that, this tragedy aside, in his view the tanning tax is a silly way to finance the ACA. I have no idea whether he's right or not. But it brings up a major question about health care reform and the Republicans. As many of us have said many times, the consequence of the original rejectionist gamble the GOP made in 2009-2010 was that they had a lot less input into...well, into anything than they would have had if they had instead attempte... more »

Lentil Soup- Cold Weather Food

Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
Have you entered the mother's bracelet giveaway yet? Lentil soup is straight out of my childhood. As a child, I would groan when my mom said Lentil Soup was for dinner, but it grew on me and I like it as an adult. You will need: bacon, my mom always used 3 or 4 slices, I say you can't ever have enough bacon 1 medium onion, sliced 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced 1 large celery stalk, sliced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 4 c. water 2 c. dried lentils 1 chicken bouillon cube 2 TBS, parsley, snipped 1 TBS salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp thyme 1 bay leaf 1 can crushed tomatoes 1 cup of wa... more »

Amazon - Author Central - Mike Philbin books/profile

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 12 hours ago
Amazon have just updated my Author Central page, ensuring that readers have a centralised place to get all the latest novels, collections and news about forthcoming titles. MIKE PHILBIN'S AUTHOR CENTRAL PAGE.

Readings

thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 12 hours ago
Running around like the chicken with the head cut off these days. Here's what I'm reading on the GO Bus and the subway: *The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China* by Jay Taylor. It's fairly recent (2009) and makes use of a lot of recently released archival material to construct a sympathetic portrait of China's KMT leader during the mid-20th Century. It encompasses his entire life, so there'll be a lot of stuff about Taiwan which will be brand new to me. Chiang Kai-shek is generally not well treated by history. He was seen as a ruthless, colourless autocr... more »

Some Conservatives Voice Petraeus Conspiracy Theories

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
It's the soap opera that shocked official Washington and ensnared a previously squeaky clean CIA director at a time when he was supposed to play a role in the accounting for a possible security misstep in Libya. We don't know all the facts of why the FBI started investigating David Petraeus' biographer and how it ultimately led to his resignation. But a growing number of conservative commentators contend that the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus is more than simple amends made for a personal wrong. http://news.yahoo.com/start-voice-petraeus-affair-conspiracy-theory-... more »

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - 15th November 2012

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 15:47:08 UTC Friday, November 16, 2012 at 03:47:08 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 25.903°S, 178.294°E Depth 635.1 km (394.7 miles) Region SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS Distances 529 km (328 miles) NW of Raoul Island, New Zealand

Sally Bercow First To Get McAlpine Lawyer's Letter

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Sally Bercow will be the first person to receive a letter from Lord McAlpine's legal team after he was wrongly linked to a child sex abuse scandal, Sky sources have revealed. The Tory was wrongly accused because of a botched Newsnight investigation and is poised to reach a settlement with the BBC. http://news.sky.com/story/1011737/mcalpine-bercow-first-to-get-lawyers-letter

Spain suspends home evictions for most needy

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
Spain approved measures on Thursday to help the most needy families facing eviction, a growing problem in the recession-bound nation highlighted last week by the suicide of a woman whose home bailiffs came to seize. The government said it would suspend evictions for two years for vulnerable homeowners who can no longer pay back debt, including those with small children, the disabled and long-term unemployed. "This is an emergency response to mitigate the effects of the worst of the economic crisis," Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said at a weekly press conference. ... more »

War looms in chaotic Gaza

Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago
A Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, drawing the first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 15 in a military showdown lurching closer to all-out war and an invasion of the enclave. On the second day of an assault Israel said might last many days and culminate in a ground attack, its warplanes bombed targets in and around Gaza city, where tall buildings trembled. Plumes of smoke and dust furled into a sky laced with the vapor trails of outgoing rockets. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/us-palestinians-israel-hamas-idUS... more »

SC12 Day 5

Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours ago
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SC12 Day 4

Southern Man at Southern Man - 12 hours ago
Southern Man will not bore you with SC12 conference details today, as it was mostly more of the same. Instead he will (first) take you on a journey into the geeky past. Southern Lad discovered *Star Trek* in Jr. High School, when the series was first in reruns. He'd actually seen one episode in first run - *This Side Of Paradise* - a few years earlier. And he was completely taken by this marvelous and imaginitive show. To the point that he would set up his cassette-tape recorder and audio-tape the episodes (the long-suffering Southern Mother would start the tape for him, as the bus... more »

IN RE AMBASSADOR RICE: CNN keeps script alive!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 12 hours ago
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012* *The disgrace of Anderson Cooper:* Who the heck is Susan Rice, “this girl” we’re considering for secretary of state? To get a rough idea, we will recommend this report by her most authoritative biographer. Meanwhile, let’s offer two more examples of the low-IQ garbage which went on the air last night. Let’s skip the comments of John McCain, one of the dumbest, angriest people in recorded history. Speaking with the equally hapless Anderson Cooper, McCain helped us see why he famously graduated 894th out of 899 in his Annapolis class. Let’s skip this a... more »

Rogers (GA-ALEC) Right-Wing Whacko Crazy Person

2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
*THIS* *Is what the leadership of the American Legislative Exchange Council looks like – whacko right-wing extremist crazies.* Georgia‘s top lawmaker, Republican Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, believes President Obama is using a Soviet-era mind control program on America to force the UN’s Communist agenda of killing small towns, moving Americans into big cities. And before you laugh or enter into some other state of non-belief, thinking no lawmaker is this ridiculous, know that there’s video of this. And before you make some assumption about old white Republican men, you sho... more »

Atardecer en la playa - Beach

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
[image: atardecer en la playa-beach] *Nota:* haga usted click aqui para ver mas Atardeceres

frightful dream

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 13 hours ago
"Life is a frightful dream."

Ineffective assistance of counsel

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
*R. v. W.E.B* deals with a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court summarizes the test: To succeed on his ineffective assistance claim, the appellant must discharge his onus to establish: (1) the facts that underpin his claim; (2) the representation provided by his trial counsel was incompetent; and (3) his counsel’s incompetent representation resulted in a miscarriage of justice: *R. v. Joanisse* (1995), 102 C.C.C. (3d) 35 (C.A.); leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, [1996] S.C.C.A. No. 347; *R. v. T.* (L.C.) 2012 ONCA 116. Incompetence is determined by a reasonableness... more »

No Criminal Charges Despite Criminal Misdeeds

Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 13 hours ago
Why aren't the Wall Street banksters being charged criminally for the fraud and deception at the heart of the financial crisis. Two prominent economists have asserted publicly that criminal action was involved in the crisis: Kenneth Galbraith on Financial Industry Criminality and Economists' Lapses http://utip.gov.utexas.edu/Flyers/GalbraithMay4SubCommCrimeRV.pdf William Black on Financial Criminality: http:// www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/the-two-documents-everyon_b_169813.html Here is what Kenneth Galbraith had to say about criminal behaviors in the crisis: [Excerpte... more »

In a Dark Time....

John Carroll at Dying in Haiti - 13 hours ago
Photo by John Carroll* **In a dark time, the eye begins to see.* — Theodore Roethke

More doubt about human security improvement

amurdie at Duck of Minerva - 13 hours ago
Morning! Check out Reed Wood‘s post at Political Violence @ a Glance on the lack of improvement in core physical integrity rights over time. It’s not just the Political Terror Scale, either – the Physical Integrity Index from Cingranelli and Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Dataset shows the same lack of improvement over time. Update: Check Continue reading

IN RE AMBASSADOR RICE: Direct from the bottom of the barrel!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 13 hours ago
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012* *Jake Tapper goes slumming with Imus:* Ever since he got fired from MSNBC, Don Imus has worked under radar. That doesn’t mean that he’s not on the air! Yesterday morning, before the press conference, he was ruminating about “this girl,” Susan Rice: IMUS (11/14/12): And then on another note— Of course there's nothing you can do about it, but are you telling me that Susan Rice, this is a woman who went out there and lied about the Benghazi thing, knew she was lying, trying to tell us it was all about this video. *We're talking about this girl being secre... more »

Incorrigible Romney

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 14 hours ago
Last week, Garry Wills -- who has made a career of evaluating America's presidents and would be presidents -- asked in the *New York Review of Books*: What lessons will Romney have to teach his party? The art of crawling uselessly? How to contemn 47 percent of Americans less privileged and beautiful than his family? How to repudiate the past while damaging the future? It is said that he will write a book. Really? Does he want to relive a five-year-long experience of degradation? What can be worse than to sell your soul and find it not valuable enough to get anything for it? His... more »

IN RE AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE: Check out the geniuses at the NewsHour!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012* *The best Kwame Holman can do:* As everyone knows, PBS’ wonderful NewsHour is our smartest TV news program. Last evening, this was the best Kwame Holman could do while reporting on Susan Rice. Please note the highlighted statement: HOLMAN (11/14/12): Also on reporters’ agenda today, harsh criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice by Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain. *They strongly criticized her for saying the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, had been a spontaneous outburst of Muslim anger, when officials already knew it... more »

The takers

Capt. Fogg at The Impolitic - 14 hours ago
By Capt. Fogg You'd think George W. Bush was never born or had never been president, since you never hear from him or about him and are often accused of some kind of dementia if you mention his legacy. To be sure, I'm grateful that he's keeping quiet and hasn't spent years making dire predictions of doom and accusations of treason like other parts of the still twitching corpse of his administration -- none of which have come to pass, by the way. Perhaps his quiet reclusiveness has to do with the GOP plan to redact him from the record so that they can't be accused of wrecking the co... more »

 

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