English: Chiefs of Formosa (now Taiwan) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Photograph of the scene in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where Flight 93 crashed. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
010911-N-6157F-001 Arlington, Va. (Sep. 11, 2001) -- Wreckage from the hijacked American Airlines FLT 77 sits on the west lawn of the Pentagon minutes after terrorists crashed the aircraft into southwest corner of the building. The Boeing 757 was bound for Los Angeles with 58 passengers and 6 crew. All aboard the aircraft were killed, along with 125 people in the Pentagon. U.S. Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Mark D. Faram. (RELEASED) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
8/22/11 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Truck hauling 36-Inch Pipe to build Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) south-east of Peabody, Kansas, USA. Location is Timber Rd and 20th St in Marion County. Looking south-west with rural Whitewater Center Church in background. Photo taken by Steve Meirowsky on July 10, 2010. Note: The rear wheels on this truck has independent steering. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Keystone XL demonstration, White House,8-23-2011 Photo Credit: Josh Lopez (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
9/11 conspiracy theories (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Graphoganda!, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love George Jahn's Embarrassing Nonsense
Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 8 minutes ago
This
week in shameful Iran nuclear scare crapoganda:
The Associated Press' favorite conduit for pathetic Israeli garbage,
George Jahn, came out with another doozy today. Under a banner touting a
"Big Story," Jahn published an article headlined, "AP Exclusive: Graph
suggests Iran working on bomb," which purported to show proof that
"Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a
Time To Shine Your Phlashlight
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 32 minutes ago
http://bethechange777.wordpress.com/
House Ethics Committee Puts The Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm Investigation On Hold-- On Behalf Of The FBI
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
My sister and her Hate Talk Radio-damaged husband live on Staten Island.
Just before the election I asked her if her neighbors care-- or even know--
that their congressman, Michael Grimm, is affiliated with the Gambino Crime
Family. She said they do know and it isn't a matter of not caring-- "they *
admire* him for it; that's Staten Island." She didn't vote for him. But her
neighbors did. It was a low turnout election in the 11th CD but the
Brooklyn part of the district went for Grimm's opponent, Mark Murphy 24,208
(52%)- 22,000 (47%). Staten Island Mafia fans more than made up for ... more »
Wilson Center on Taiwan's Econ, Dec 13
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 1 hour ago
Wilson Center Event, including the excellent Peter Chow:
*Staying Ahead of the Economic Curve:*
*Taiwan and Its Rivals in East Asia and Beyond*
December 13, 2012 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Technology dominates Taiwan’s economy, and the sector is the bedrock of the
nation’s growth engine. Yet companies across the Taiwan are facing numerous
challenges, not least increased competition from China, Vietnam, and
beyond, while the profitability of the technology sector at large remains
in question. What policies, if any, can Taiwan pursue to ensure that it
remains a technological powerhouse? Can the ... more »
Awakening From The Abyss: End of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 hour ago
"Adolf Hitler claimed that communists burned down the Reichstag and that
Polish troops had crossed the frontier and attacked Germany. With 9/11
americans experienced Washington’s version of these grand lies. An
omniscient bin Laden dying from terminal illnesses in distant Afghanistan
defeated the American National Security State and drove his attack through
the walls of the Pentagon itself, requiring for our defense a “war on
terror” that destroyed US civil liberties and financially ruined the
country in order to prevent the triumph of a man who died of natural causes
in December ... more »
Bryan Farrell : The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You, Keystone XL
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 2 hours ago
Four
activists are locked down to construction equipment on a recently
clearcut easement leased by Keystone XL pipeline builders TransCanada.
Inset photos below show local residents supporting the demonstrators and
treesitters in the 50-foot pines at the rural East Texas site. Photos
by Bryan Farrell / Waging Nonviolence.
Hey, Keystone XL:
The eyes of Texas are upon you
As the sheriff’s
Cultural Survival Quarterly 'Free, Prior and Informed Consent'
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 hours ago
*Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Protecting Indigenous Peoples' rights to
self-determination, participation and decision-making*
*By Agnes Portalewska*
Navajos protest relocation at Big Mountain
*Cultural Survival Quarterly*
*Under current international law, governments are obligated to consult
Indigenous communities before any development affecting their lands and
resources takes place, and even more broadly, any decisions directly
affecting Indigenous Peoples and their self-determination require their
consultation and consent. The final study on Indigenous Peoples and the
rig... more »
A mother understands what a child does not say.
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 2 hours ago
Hasidic Proverb
Radiation Contamination of Seawater From Fukushima Increases
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 2 hours ago
Radioactivity
density of the seawater is increased at 57% of tested
locations offshore Fukushima
Posted by *Mochizuki* on November 27th, 2012 ·
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/11/radioactivity-density-of-the-seawater-is-increased-at-57-of-tested-locations-offshore-fukushima/
ALEC Wins Award!!!! Celebrates in DC
2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
*American Legislative Exchange Council *
*Wins Prestigious Agriculture Award*
*Celebrates at the ALEC Policy Summit being held in Washington DC*
*Congratulations are in order for the award announced October 2012 *
The winners of last year’s “Land of 10,000 Lagoons” awards presented at the
World Dairy Expo were the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and
American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology (AFACT).
Both AFACT and ALEC had major roles in orchestrating state legislation and
manipulating public opinion to the benefit of corporate agribusiness an... more »
Quote of the Day: Whose happiness matters?
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
“Why is it moral to serve the happiness of others, but not your own?
If enjoyment is a value, why is it moral when experienced by others,
but immoral when experienced by you? If the sensation of eating a
cake is a value, why is it an immoral indulgence in your stomach, but
a moral goal for you to achieve in the stomach of others? Why is it
immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it
immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if
it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to
accept it?”
- Ayn Rand, from “... more »
Taoyuan vs the Aborigines
Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 3 hours ago
*The gorgeous 159A between Shijhuo and Chiayi.*
Meant to get this up yesterday, but sooooo busy... An interesting situation
sheds light on one of the reasons for the upgrades to municipalities that
several counties have undergone in the last few years (TT):
“At the moment, Fusing Township (復興) in Taoyuan County is designated an
Aboriginal township with a mayor and a council elected by all residents,
and based on the law, the post of mayor can only be filled by an
Aborigine,” Yabu Eyo, a representative from a Fusing-based Atayal
Aborigines self-help organization, told a news confere... more »
HUGE Miss on ALEC
2old2care at Because I Can - 3 hours ago
*ALEC*
States & Nation Policy Summit 2012
November 28-30, 2012
Washington, D.C.
*AFL-CIO*
Washington DC, Nov. 27– Local AFL-CIO leaders from across the country and
other working family advocates from 33 states are in Washington on November
27 and 28
*Huge opportunity missed here.*
*HUGE!!!! *
*Too bad we can’t get people to talk with one another.*
Young Offenders Records
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 3 hours ago
The Young Offenders Act provides specific rules about the records related
to federal offences. These rules say who keeps the records, where they are
kept, who can see them and when they are to be destroyed. These rules apply
to police department records (including fingerprints and photographs),
Youth Court records, government and private records.
Under Section 41 of the Young Offenders Act, the RCMP are obligated to keep
a "Central Repository" record for all cases involving indictable (serious)
offences. These records contain fingerprints and/or photographs and
indicate the type o... more »
School to Prison Pipeline in Mississippi
Judy Rabin at Schools Matter - 3 hours ago
From Alternet, originally published by Colorlines.com by Julianne Hing
The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline
Wearing the wrong color socks, talking back and being late landed young
Cedrico Green in jail. The Justice Department says there are many more
students like him
*November 27, 2012* |
In Meridian, when schools want to discipline children, they do much more
than just send them to the principal’s office. They call the police, who
show up to arrest children who are as young as 10 years old. Arrests, the
Department of Justice says, happen automatic... more »
The Vatican Warlock Chronicles: Two and a Half Men Actor Finds Religion, Denounces Show
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
Another Vatican Warlock from 'Two And a Half Men' says stop watching the
show. Reminder: *CIA's Advice: Never Watch TV*.
CTV News: An excerpt from *"Charlie Sheen says 'Two and a Half Men' is
cursed"*:
Charlie Sheen says ‘Two and a Half Men’ is cursed.
The actor – who was fired from the show after a furious bust up with
creator Chuck Lorre – made the claim after Angus T. Jones (Jake Harper)
urged people to stop watching the sitcom because it is “filth”.
Sheen told People magazine: “With Angus’ Hale-Bopp-like meltdown, it is
radically clear to me that the show is cursed.”
In a new... more »
"In policy terms, the kind thing to do is usually the right thing to do" (Ian Welsh)
KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*"Torture does not get useful information out of people compared to regular
interrogation," says Ian. "It is extremely unreliable, this is understood
by most professionals in the business. You torture to send a message, and
that message is 'we torture'."*
*
*
*"The first thing you should do, in any policy situation, is ask 'what
would the golden rule have me do?' Most of the time, this will be the
correct policy, which will produce the best results. . . .
"Be kind, and remember, what you insist on your government doing to others
changes your government, and will affect its treatment... more »
VERSE / Margery Parsons : Surfing in Gaza
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 4 hours ago
Surfer in Gaza. Image from Common Dreams.
Surfing in Gaza
The children of Gaza
packed in camps
like anchovies in tin
go down to the beach
to swim, and to surf.
There is nothing timid about the way they take the waves
on their boards
home-made with scraps and stuff
and candlewax
because surfboard wax
like a million other dangerous things
can’t get in
to Gaza.
They struggle to stand up
fierce
Cartels Assassinate Outspoken Mexican Mayor
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago
Blame the CIA, White House, and Wall Street banks. They profit outrageously
from the barbaric "war on drugs."
Source: TheYoungTurks
RIM market share in US down to 2%
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 4 hours ago
Research In Motion shares took a substantial step back Tuesday from recent
gains, closing down 10 per cent amid a report that BlackBerry's share of
the U.S. market has fallen to just two per cent.
How easily a genocide can be ignored
Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 4 hours ago
This
is a stunning video about the well-documented NATO genocide in Iraq
that killed one million children, for racist geopolitical gain. The
video is made by surviving North American aboriginal freedom fighters,
who know something about genocide.
Private Prison Corporation Participates in Public School Drug Raid
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 5 hours ago
Vista Grande High School in Case Grande has this at the bottom of its
lengthy list of violations and procedures on its Discipline Page:
*
**The administration retains the right and privilege to issue consequences
for acts of behavior not specifically stated herein and to alter any
consequences, as they consider necessary. Furthermore, the administration
reserves the right to amend any provisions in this handbook which they deem
to be in the best interest of the educational process. We promise that
students are the focus of all our efforts.*
Students must have been the *focus* of the... more »
Harry Targ : Class, Gender, and Division in Capitalism
thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 5 hours ago
Art
from race class and gender.
Similarities and differences:
The political economy of capitalism
Creating divisions among male and female workers and workers of
different races and ethnic backgrounds has often weakened workers’
struggles to achieve economic justice.
By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 27, 2012
"The War on Women has many dimensions -- social, cultural, psychological
-
Extremely Important Health Alert: Shock Study - Mammograms A Medical Hoax! Over One Million American Women Maimed By Unnecessary "Treatment" For Cancer They Never Had!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
People who read this blog on a continuous basis know full well my stance on
Cancer and Cancer treatment. I have long looked upon Cancer as not a
disease but the body's own natural mechanism for survival. Cures are
readily available that have been purposely kept hidden by the so called
"medical profession". The "Cancer Treatments" that are usually prescribed
when someone comes down with this "disease" are cruel and unnecessary. In
most cases the treatments cause the patient to DIE, rather than ever "cure"
the "disease"!
Everyone, especially women, knows the horrors of breast canc... more »
Memo To Alex Jones: At NO Time Was Israel An American Aircraft Carrier In The Middle East!
Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
A few articles ago, I showed Alex Jones for the disinformation agent he
truly is. In that article, I presented an amazing video where Mr. Jones
said flat out that "Iran wanted to wipe Israel off the map!". It was a
startling and absolutely erroneous statement made by this clown who
everyone once considered to be the leader of the fraudulent "truth
movement". Now we see him for what he is, and know that the truth lies
elsewhere in the alternative media!
Just today, I came across a very good article from "Horse237" who writes
the amazing blog: Video Rebel's Blog, at www.vidrebel.wo... more »
Mitch McConnell: Filibuster reform? To the mattresses!
Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 6 hours ago
(But first try the fainting couch...) Mitch McConnell pitched a drama queen
worthy hissy fit over Harry Reid reforming the use of the filibuster. He's
appalled that Harry, and his “cohort of short-sighted Senate sophomores,”
would use some arcane procedural rule to enact changes that would make it
harder for him to evoke arcane procedural rules in order to bring the work
of the Senate to a grinding halt.
Contrary to Mr. McCon's overwrought wailing, these changes are not such a
big deal.
“The point I would make is that I’ve said from the outset is that a test of
a good proposal i... more »
CODEPINK Emergency Delegation Enters Gaza
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
*Emergency Delegation Enters Gaza*
*Censored News*
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
*Nov. 27, 2012*
WASHINGTON -- The first four members of the Emergency International
Delegation to Gaza entered the Gaza Strip on Monday, November 26th. Three
more members of the delegation entered early this morning and nine are
currently at the border attempting to cross. In addition, six others will
attempt to enter tomorrow on Wednesday, November 28th. Read more
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=6288
GAIA PORTAL: Elevated alignments of Light Filaments allow Coalescence into Gaia Beams of Light
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 6 hours ago
*
* *Elevated alignments of Light Filaments allow Coalescence into Gaia Beams
of Light*
by ÉirePort
Elevated alignments of individual Higher D Light filaments have allowed
coalescence of these filaments into Gaia Beams of Light throughout the
planet. Connection with Essential Cosmic Entities finalizes.
Compression of Time-Illusion brings multiple energetic events into
simultaneous manifestation.
Hue-manity awakens within all humanity.
Celebrations follow quickly.
ÉirePort | November 27, 2012 at 23:37
URL: http://wp.me/p2sFUY-5y
*Don't ask me to translate, I left my handheld... more »
ALEC - Bunch of LOSERS!
2old2care at Because I Can - 6 hours ago
As I wrote this I couldn’t help thinking about the fact that almost seven
months ago ALEC
hired a PR firm (Edleman) to clean up their image.
Hey guys: “How’s that working for ya?”
I’ve looked at a lot of ALEC documents and webpages over the past years and
there is something definitely missing this year – about this time.
The slimeballs in ALEC Muckety Muckville are missing something this year –
and it is evident in their press releases and their webpage.
This week while they are in Washington DC for their “Summit” – a meeting
that originally was designed to indoctrinate 2 new l... more »
US-led NATO intervention begins in Syria war: Patriots in Turkey
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
*More here:*
http://www.debka.com/article/22566/US-led-NATO-intervention-begins-in-Syria-war-Patriots-in-Turkey
secret art
Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 6 hours ago
The secret art of inviting happiness,
The miraculous medicine for all diseases.
At least for today:
Do not be angry,
Do not worry,
Be grateful,
Work with diligence,
Be kind to people.
Poor Chinese Schoolgirl Sings Patriotic Song When Hungry
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
*Read here (with video):*
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/videos/poor-chinese-schoolgirl-sings-patriotic-song-when-hungry.html
Thawing the Far North
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours ago
1,700 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide. That's twice the current
record amount of atmospheric CO2. 1,700 billion metric tonnes is the
estimated amount of CO2 held in the northern hemisphere's permafrost that
is now at risk of being released.
A report of the U.N. Environment Programme released at the Doha climate
summit warns that data from existing monitoring networks, "*indicates that large-scale
thawing of permafrost may have already started."*
*With Arctic temperatures warming twice as fast as the global average,
scientists estimate thawing permafrost could release lar... more »
Reform: Myth of Opening Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 7 hours ago
Excellent news about Senate reform, at least for those favoring reform, in
a Greg Sargent post today:
Dems may not change the rules on the first day of the session. Rather, the
aide says, they are likely to do a rules change via what’s known as
overruling the chair. Democrats ask the chair for a ruling on whether it is
within the rules to, say, filibuster the motion to proceed. When the chair
says Yes, Dems overrule it by a simple majority vote. And so on with the
other provisions.
Why is that good news?
Because it means that the Senate reformers aren't falling for, and
continuing... more »
Human Rights Groups, States, concerned over Russia's suspension of RAIPON
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago
*Human Rights groups and States concerned over Russian suspension of RAIPON*
November 26th, 2012
[image: Pavel Sulyandziga (RAIPON)]Pavel Sulyandziga (RAIPON)*By Rebecca
Sommer - **Earth Peoples*
*Reposted at Censored News*
The Russian government surprised everyone, and sparked major reactions
internationally, when that country’s Ministry of Justice ordered on
November 1, 2012, the closure of Russia’s indigenous peoples umbrella
organization RAIPON, because of an “alleged lack of correspondence between
the association’s statutes and federal law."
According to Russia’s Ministry of J... more »
Enbridge Proponents, An Exercise in Exaggeration!
Grant G at The Straight Goods - 7 hours ago
Are you aware that the BC Liberal advertising (propaganda) campaign is
scheduled to "ramp up" starting on April 1st/2013, right now we are
witnessing only "the tepid" part of the advertising blitz.
Vaughn Palmer wrote how these current provincial Liberals are spending $34
million dollars this year alone on advertising, but even that number is
suspect, add in ICBC, BC Lottery, BC Ferries and other crown corporations
and who really knows the true numbers.
I have been told by a friend in the media/advertising game that that
Christy Clark and her fellow Liberal cronies will be expendi... more »
Parsing the DOD’s Directive on Autonomous Weapons
Charli Carpenter at Duck of Minerva - 8 hours ago
Yes. Only two days after Human Rights Watch launched its “preemptive call”
to ban the development and deployment of such systems, the US Defense
Department doubled down with a document (shorter version here) that claims:
“Autonomous and semi-autonomous weapons systems shall be designed to allow
commanders and operators to exercise appropriate levels of human judgment
over
Continue reading
When Corrupt DCCC Chair Steve Israel Put Buck McKeon Off Limits This Year, He Also Put Drone Policy Off Limits
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours ago
Dr. Lee Rogers ran a more robust campaign against Buck McKeon than anyone
had ever even tried before. And the results were predictable-- Rogers came
closer to defeating McKeon than any Democrat ever had since the 25th CD was
first created. But with DCCC Chairman Steve Israel not just *ignoring* an
opportunity to win the Los Angeles area seat-- the last one held by a
Republican-- but actively urging donors to not give to Rogers' grassroots
campaign and helping to undercut it with the media, there was never a real
opportunity for McKeon to lose. Israel wouldn't allow the DCCC to take... more »
Greens spin fracking report
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 8 hours ago
The Greens called for a Royal Commission on the science behind Genetic
Engineering—then demonstrably spat the dummy when the Commission came out
overwhelmingly against the luddites. (Because it was never “all about the
science.”)
The Greens also demanded “evidence-based policy” to ban fracking, and have
come out with spin now the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
has looked at the evidence and said “fracking is safe if it is properly
regulated and managed.”
Which is to say fracking is safe if property rights are properly recognised
and protected.
The Greens want t... more »
Releasing The Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
YouTube video description [Channel - NY Society for Ethical Culture]:
Steven Allan Hassan, cult expert and psychologist, discusses ways to
empower people in cults to think for themselves, with a very personal point
of view. As a college student he was a member of the Unification Church,
the "Moonies."
Bruni mocks Norquist, then pimps his line!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012*
*Breaking: Grover has won!* Like Frank Bruni, we happen to know Grover
Norquist a small tiny tad.
Like Bruni, we happen to *like* Grover Norquist, although we think his
policy ideas are patently nuts.
That said, Norquist has been a powerful player over the past twenty years.
He remains a powerful player today, although Bruni doesn’t seem to
recognize this fact.
How can we tell that Grover rules? The force of his narrative is evident in
Bruni’s new column, even as its author celebrates Grover’s demise.
Some Republicans have announced that they are no lo... more »
Berkeley’s Hobbit
Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 9 hours ago
If a film premiere is held in Wellington for which I don’t care, should it
make a sound on this blog?
Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission
to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)
Bond-style weapons carried by North Korean assassin unveiled, prepared for use against Human Rights activitist Park Sang-Hak
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
An innocent-looking arsenal of lethal spy gadgets has been unveiled by
officials in South Korea, although the dissident they were designed to kill
continues his efforts to destroy the North Korean regime.
Read more here
Portal 2012: New Developments in Fixing the World Project
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 9 hours ago
Saturday, November 24, 2012
New Developments in Fixing the World Project
There have been interesting new developments in Fixing the world project.
You can read about it here:
http://hopegirl2012.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/lets-do-this/
And you can actively contribute here:
http://www.gofundme.com/1jtunk?utm_campaign=Emails&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email
Let's do this! Victory of the Light!
Posted by Cobra at 7:31 AM
Hey, ExxonMobil: Let's Solve This!
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 9 hours ago
ExxonMobil is spending millions in PR lying to us about how committed they
are to solving the world's biggest problem: *bad teachers.* Meanwhile,
their CEO continues as one of the world's richest global warming deniers,
even as the grip of climate change begins to cut off our air supply. It
provides me no consolation that Exxon Mobil executives will die along along
with the rest of our grandchildren as a result of corporate duplicity,
lies, and misleading propaganda.
Moving forward after Hurricane Sandy has her 15 minutes of infamy, one
thing is for sure: ExxonMobil's karma beco... more »
Resistance to Unprecedented Corporate Power - Fascist Corporations Fight Back
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 9 hours ago
Walmart Retaliates Against Black Friday Activists By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet 23
November 12
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/315-19/14690-walmart-retaliates-against-black-friday-activists
*[Excerpted] *Two weeks ago, Walmart filed its own NLRB complaint against
the United Food & Commercial Workers, seeking an injunction against the
planned Black Friday actions. The complaint failed. A week later,
UFCW-affiliated OUR Walmart group filed a complaint with the labor board
against Walmart, alleging retaliation against workers involved in the OUR
Walmart campaign.
Even if y... more »
The Slippery Slope From Paying Authors to Being Paid By Them?
Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 9 hours ago
The rise of self publishing has been significant in recent years and what
was often derided and dismissed as Vanity publishing is now here and
growing. The number of self published titles is growing year on year and
they are becoming often as visible as many ‘published’ titles. Its ironic
that at a time when publishers are trimming back their lists, getting
tighter on advances and generally pushing back on those manuscripts that
are many refer to as the ‘slush pile’, the ability to self publish was
never easier and more attractive for many aspiring, backlist and forgotten
authors.... more »
Britain should vote on leaving EU, Italian prime minister Mario Monti says
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Read more here
Congressman Rep. Hank Johnson: 'We Earn' Our $174K Salary
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rep-hank-johnson-we-earn-our-174k-salary
If You Think Rob Ford Is Off the Wall
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours ago
*Hairstyle by Batshit Crazy Salon*
Meet Idaho Republican state Senator, Sheryl Nuxoll. Ms. Senator Nutjob
thinks it's still possible for Romney to become president if only enough
states refuse to participate in the Electoral College.
Nuxoll contends that states are going to have to stand up for America's
individual and collective rights because Obama is "depriving us of our
freedoms."
The Tea Party brainstorm figures if enough states boycott the Electoral
College they can prevent the remaining electors from forming a quorum and,
hence, giving Obama the nod. How that would translat... more »
Iranian warships to dock in Sudan for ‘routine visit’
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-warships-to-dock-in-sudan-for-routine-visit/
Photos Oil and Gas Protests Day of Action Nov. 27, 2012
brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago
*Solidarity with Unist'ot'en*
Solidarity from the Tarsands Blockade
Hamilton
Shkimaadziig showing their support with the Unist'ot'en!!Edmonton
Regina Shelborne RBCReginaVancouver deliver message to Pacific Trails,
parent company of PTPVancouverVancouverEdmonton
TorontoKitchener Waterloo
.MontrealTerrace BC shows their support with a BUS!
a BUS!! parked in front of the RBC building! Thanks Gitxsan Unity Movement!!The
Prince George crew showing solidarity
in front of the new Enbridge Northern Gateway officeWarrior family in
solidarityAllies in Ft Saint Johns Newfoundland take a stan... more »
CNN deals the dope on what Rice "maintains!"
bob somerby at the daily howler - 9 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012*
*The least capable people on earth:* Around 5:45 this morning, we heard the
formulation on CNN’s Early Start.
Via Nexis, we see that Deborah Feyerick did the reporting. Sadly,
remarkably, this is what Feyerick said:
FEYERICK (11/27/12): Ambassador Susan Rice heads to Capitol Hill this
morning to mend fences with three Republican senators. She angered John
McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte with her initial comments made on
several TV networks that appeared to play down the role of al Qaeda
terrorists in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,... more »
FSA Demonstration in Syria Calls for Establishment of Islamic State & Extermination of Alawites
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago
It is easy to manipulate ignorant, unhappy, dispossessed, and resentful
people. It's like throwing a bone to a starving and excitable dog. You
cannot blame the dog in such a situation, but the cynical villain who
throws him a bone to gain his attention. In this case, the cynical villain
is NATO, and an Islamic State is the bone that NATO and its *bought and
paid for Sheikhs* have thrown to starving and mad dogs.
The Salafist/Wahhabi dogs now have the idea of an Islamic State in their
minds, they have latched onto this bone with all their will, and they're
not going to let go. They w... more »
ABUSED GIRLS; TROLLS; BRAINWASHING; UNEMPLOYED
Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago
Recently there has been a report on child abuse gangs by the Children's
Commissioner for England.
The panel "met various agencies who gave evidence that all victims in the
area were white British females.
"Next the panel met workers from the youth offending service in the same
city.
"Their evidence showed that all of the victims were 'black and minority
ethnic girls'.
Racism and child abuse: the prejudice behind the pain
Confused?
*Anonymous left this comment on the post "WE NEED GAY PEOPLE":*
I am generally happy with the level of intelligence and compassion at this
blog.
... more »
Catch of the Day
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 10 hours ago
Missed this yesterday, but it's one that I really want to highlight: to
Ezra Klein, for calling out Mitch McConnell on the GOP myth that the
Affordable Care Act was written behind closed doors.
After the Senate’s Health and Finance committees drafted versions of the
Affordable Care Act, Reid did combine them in private before bringing them
to the floor. But the idea that the law wasn’t written in the public eye is
ridiculous. Both the committee processes were endless and, with the
exception of Max Baucus’s sojourn into the “Gang of Six” process, quite
open, and Reid’s effort to comb... more »
See the first trickles of wondrous change and know in your hearts the vast floods are following.
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 10 hours ago
*
* *
* *See the first trickles of wondrous change and know in your hearts the
vast floods are following.*
Michael as channeled by Ron Head
November 27, 2012 in Michael, Ron's Channeled Messages
Michael
We perceive at this time your beautiful anticipation and your efforts to
ready yourselves for the twelve-twelve gateway. Please do not allow
yourselves to go into the energy of stress over this, dear ones. Your
course has been set by your desire and intentions.
We are working with you every moment, especially during your cycles of
sleep. You are in the flow so firmly now tha... more »
Free Egyptian Rebels Vs. Washington-Backed Islamist Dictator Morsi
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
An excerpt from 'b' of Moon of Alabama's article, *"Media Whitewash Morsi's
Dictatorial Powergrab"*:
All the *western* talk about *democracy* and *human rights* is again proven
to be just hot air and the *western* media is again very much in line with
that scam.
There are again huge protests in Cairo's Tahrir square and people are again
calling for the downfall of the regime. Only this time they will get no
support from the Brotherhood friendly Al Jazeerah and from those *western*media that are whitewashing the new dictatorship.
Walmart & 112 Dead Factory Workers
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 10 hours ago
How many more tragic disasters await so multinational corporations can
offshore jobs, exploit deplorable working conditions overseas, and continue
filling the corporate-consumerist troughs?
*November 27, 2012* (LD) - 112 Bangladeshi workers perished in a factory
fire last week - the cause is still under investigation. And as the tragedy
made its way across international news headlines, it quickly became clear
the factory was producing clothing for mega-retailer WalMart in the United
States.
*Image: (Getty Images) The price others pay for American consumerism.
Walmart claims it di... more »
Supreme Court Says It's OK To Record Cops In Illinois
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours ago
http://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-says-its-ok-to-record-cops-2012-11#ixzz2DS3BpiJc
Update on the Cobra Interview
Obi-Wan Kabuki at American Kabuki - 11 hours ago
I completed the second part of the cobra interview last night. I have a
bit of editing to do, plus I need to modulate his voice as he desires to
continue his anonymity for a few more months, which I will honor. Lady
Cobra was exhausted from the conference and schedule and was not able to be
interviewed last night so we will do that at a later time when she is
refreshed and energized, probably via Skype. I do think very highly of
Cobra and Lady Cobra. Cobra has an amazing amount of information.
I got a few more details, well a lot actually, which you will hear in the
intervie... more »
Reform: The Motion to Proceed
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 11 hours ago
One of the popular reform proposals, and one which Harry Reid has been
talking about quite a bit, is eliminating the opportunity to filibuster the
"motion to proceed" to a bill.
I'm...not all that excited about it. Yeah, I know the rhetoric -- that it's
somehow undemocratic to block even consideration of a bill. I don't much
care about that. Lots of bills don't reach the Senate floor, for lots of
reasons.
The main reason that bills don't reach the Senate floor is that they don't
have the votes to pass, and the majority doesn't like to waste scarce floor
time on things that won't pa... more »
We are pretty much screwed unless . . .
Eric Whitney at Reality Pimp - 11 hours ago
. . . world leaders commit to really attacking the global heat problem.
Download it here to find out why. That's the 4℃* Turn down the Heat* report
from the World Bank; I am reading it and it is truly depressing, given the
world political situation.
Players like Barack Obama and the U.S. could really make a difference, if
they wanted, but the U.S. is in control of oligarchs, and is morally
adrift. Germany is setting a good example, as are some other small
countries, but North America, Europe and especially Asia must all work
together or the problem will just grow. Those three co... more »
Thank You, Readers
Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours ago
Thank you, fellow pilgrims. I don't say that enough.
Strachota (WI-ALEC) LIES about ALEC Involvement
2old2care at Because I Can - 12 hours ago
And this is how they lie.
ALEC LYING 101 – a core course required of all ALEC legislatures.
This course will teach you how to mislead the public by using ambiguity, to
intentionally mislead and confuse the media and obscure the facts
surrounding your involvement with the ALEC
Posted today (my emphasis):
The Left’s war against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
continues: Common Cause and the Center for Media and Democracy now claim in
a lawsuit that five Republican members of the Wisconsin legislature have
violated the state’s public records law by allegedly withholding... more »
Amy Farrah Fowler before she was Amy Farrah Fowler
Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 12 hours ago
Before Mayim Bialik was Dr Amy Farrah Bialik she was Blossom, and she
wasn't a Geek.
"You broke the eleventh commandment - Thou shalt not geek"
Beltway Conventional Wisdom Is Already Creating A Narrative That Republicans Will Triumph In The 2014 Midterm Elections
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago
Needed: a progressive, non-corporate voice at the table
American voters were pretty clear at the ballot box earlier this month that
they blame Republicans for the country's economic woes. Obama had an
electoral college landslide and won over 4 million more votes than Romney.
The Democrats stomped all over the Republicans on the Senate map, winning
every seriously contested seat but one (Nevada, where the Democrats had
entered a hopelessly corrupt and worthless New Dem from the House). And
even in House races, where the Democrats were fatally hampered by Steve
Israel's horrific reptil... more »
Rob Ford, Bev Oda and Peter 1
thwap at thwap's schoolyard - 12 hours ago
So, surprise, surprise. Sometimes there are consequences for your actions
when you're a "conservative." It seems though, that you have to be
bone-stupid and meth-addict reckless before you get nailed. Rob Ford
solicited for donations to his charity from lobbyists using his City of
Toronto Councillor card ("city letterhead"), which, to anyone with half a
brain, is a big step on the slippery slope to using your position to obtain
personal benefit. Ford was asked by the city's Integrity Commissioner,
several times, to return the money and stop doing that. He ignored her. She
asked City... more »
US Hurricane Intensity 1900-2012
noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) at Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - 12 hours ago
The figure above comes courtesy Chris Landsea of the US National Hurricane
Center. It shows the annual intensity of US landfalling hurricanes from
1900 to 2012. The figure updates a graph first published in *Nature* in
2005 ( Figure 2 here in PDF, details described there).
The red bars show the annual data. The grey straight line is the linear
trend (no trend) and the black line shows the five-year average. The most
recent five years have the lowest landfalling hurricane intensity of any
five-year period back to 1900. By contrast 2004 and 2005 saw the most
intense seasons of landf... more »
Rising acidity levels threaten ocean food chain, study finds
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago
[image: SEM images of juvenile L. helicina antarctica (from which the
periostracum has been removed) showing different levels of dissolution.
a,b, Intact animal without any indications of dissolution. c, Level I: the
upper prismatic layer slightly dissolved. d, Level II: the prismatic layer
partially or completely missing and the cross-lamellar matrix partially
exposed. Bednaršek, et al., 2012]
26 November 2012 (SMH) – The shells of some marine snails in the seas
around Antarctica are dissolving as the water becomes more acidic,
threatening the food chain, a study published in the... more »
Bosque nevado en un lindo amanecer
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & Speak Out
Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 12 hours ago
Posted: 11/20/2012
*by Barbara Loe Fisher*
In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth
decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education
and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in
America.[1]
Each year during the past 30, NVIC has become more successful in achieving
our mission. With that success has come more fierce opposition by
politically powerful medical trade associations and special interest groups
allied with drug companies doing everything they can to censor truthful
vaccine information a... more »
Ben Swann: "No Country Would Tolerate Missiles From Outside
Intercept at The Intercept - 12 hours ago
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José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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Stop Imperialism - Podcast 49
Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 12 hours ago
Morsi's power grab in Egypt, terrorists in Syria blow up mosque, Kurds &
army build up in northern Iraq, and Greeks oppose austerity.
*November 27, 2012* (Stop Imperialism)
Podcast Powered By Podbean
*In today's episode:*
- 1. Egypt - Morsi power grab: Crisis end 'imminent,' Ahmed Mekki,
Egypt minister, says
- 2. Syria - FSA insurgents blow up mosque in Aleppo
- 3. Iraq - Iraqi army, Kurds continue buildup in disputed region
- 4. Greece - Most Greeks want the Euro, oppose austerity: poll
- 5. Under the Radar - BP seeks deal with Nord Stream to bri... more »
Pequeña cabaña en el bosque en temporada de otoño
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 12 hours ago
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Manada de lobos blancos en el bosque
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
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I'm Back on Scribd
jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 13 hours ago
I wasn't too impressed with them the first time.
They're too capricious for my liking and they're already robbing me of
hits, give me a very small selection of self-identified authors (23) to
follow, the Featured section is almost entirely devoted to bestselling
authors with literary agents and real book contracts, leaving the
independent authors like me to twist in the wind and only about half my 14
uploads are included in the Most Recent categories despite my using the
proper tags. Their readcast app is a joke. Plus, they're getting ruined
with ads.
In other words, Scribd hasn't ... more »
Pingüínos caminando por la calle con sus bufandas de navidad
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
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Why Schools Are Tools of Indoctrination
Storm at Schools Matter - 13 hours ago
Wisdom, be attentive.
***
Excerpted from Jonathan Schwartz at A Tiny Revolution.
*Oliver Stone's Untold, Unboring History of the United States*
*
*
*American history! Whose heart doesn't race when you remember being
initiated into its excitement and mystery in high school? There's the Logan
Act of 1799! And the presidency of Benjamin Harrison! And the Open Door
Policy. And, uh, and the Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922...and "A Return to
Normalcy"... and the Federal Aid Highway Aczzzzzzzzzzzzzptsphttzzzz.*
*
*
*Almost everyone in high school hates history, and they should. Just 7% of
U... more »
Puente que atraviesa la maravillosa playa
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It's wrong to worry about the "fiscal cliff"
Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours ago
Starting from January 2013, America has a chance to restore some balance in
its federal budget that's been getting worse since Clinton's surplus years
around 2000 and that switched to seemingly permanent astronomical figures
after the 2008 recession.
If no bills were changed or added in the following 6 weeks, spending cuts
would come into force and some temporary (mainly Bush) tax cuts would be
abolished again. The deficits would instantly start to improve, see the
brown curve:
However, some people invented the term "fiscal cliff" for the relatively
sudden improvement of the U.... more »
Attack of the Fiscal Cliff Elf
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
How low can you go in the name of a Grand Bargain with the Grandees and a
betrayal of the people who voted you back into office? President Obama will
perform an inverse Scrooge with one and a half twists this week as he pays
a visit to some jolly toymakers in Pennsylvania. Far from spreading the
cheer, though, he'll be fomenting the fear. Unless Mom and Dad and Congress
get behind his plan to cut the social safety net to appease his plutocratic
puppet masters, he warns, Santa may not be coming this year.
It won't be the Grinch that steals Christmas, proclaims the White House
Counc... more »
Muñeco de nieve con brazos de ramas te desea feliz navidad
José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 13 hours ago
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Orange Won but the Real Winner was Green
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
New Democrat Murray Rankin won the by-election in Victoria last night but
only just. With the powerful and experienced federal and provincial NDP
machines churning away in the previously New Democrat riding, Rankin was
all but pre-ordained to triumph. Yet that triumph eluded him as he barely
squeaked through past the Green Party candidate, Donald Galloway. During
the night the lead changed hands several times between Rankin and Galloway.
At the end of the night, it was Rankin by the skin of his teeth. The
message for the Greens was crystal clear - we can have these guys with ... more »
Pembroke Pines, Florida, warns residents about cancer links to cell phone usage, becomes one of first to do so
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://www.local10.com/news/City-warns-of-cell-phone-link-to-cancer/-/1717324/17558382/-/gpedp4/-/index.html
Unexpected data from the Large Hadron Collider suggest the collisions may be producing a new type of matter (Hey, that sounds safe)
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-unexpected-large-hadron-collider-collisions.html
Vomiting virus sweeps Britain: Hospital wards shut as cases soar 50 per cent to five-year high
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2238630/Winter-vomiting-bug-cases-52-cent-compared-year.html
Portugal debates future of welfare state as nation faces economic collapse
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/09663038-37d5-11e2-8edf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2DRMZBcZH
ALEC's Private Prison Buddies - Looking for More Inmates
2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
THIS should scare ever single person who reads it.
This is America's nightmare.
No public servants doing the "protect & serve"
- private corporations actually helping put people in jail
- the very same private corporations whose livelihood
depends on people being in jail.
ALEC private prison company seen as "law enforcement"
instead of a the for profit - private sector
tax dollar sucking parasite that it is.
According to Casa Grande Police Department (CGPD) Public Information
Officer Thomas Anderson, four “law enforcement agencies” took part in the
operation: CGPD (which served a... more »
Einstein’s brain was unusual in several respects, rarely seen photos show
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/einsteins-brain-was-unusual-in-several-respects-rarely-seen-photos-show/2012/11/26/19b0987a-332a-11e2-bb9b-288a310849ee_story.html?hpid=z6
10-year-old girl's laptop confiscated after copyright offense
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/10-year-old-girls-laptop-confiscated-after-copyright-offense-1C7227561
Texans going wild with 'secession fever,' bumper stickers everywhere
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours ago
http://now.msn.com/texas-secession-bumper-stickers-abound-after-2012-petitions
Arms Race Update - China Gets Into Naval Air Game
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours ago
It's still a long way off from rivaling America's 11-carrier battle groups
but China has demonstrated a successful landing and takeoff from its
refurbished Ukranian aircraft carrier, the *Liaoning*.
The Chinese-built carrier jet, a Sukhoi 27 knock-off, comes complete with
folding wings and folding horizontal tailplanes.
Observers believe the *Liaoning* is a training ship and that China has its
own, indigenous aircraft carriers under construction.
France Announces it Will Back Palestinian Statehood Bid at U.N.
Matt at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
*More here:*
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/france-announces-it-will-back-palestinian-statehood-bid-at-u-n/
Catherine Austin Fitts interviewed by Anne Hess
Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 14 hours ago
Catherine Austin Fitts, who is a speaker at the Breakthrough Energy
Conference held in Hilversum Holland, interviewed by Anne Hess.
"...because, as you said, the economy is CRIMINAL," Hess offers Fitts the
floor.
Actually, despite Catherine's insistence that a return to 'good honest
capitalism' will 'fix the economy', I suspect interviewer Anne Hess hit the
nail on the head within the first few minutes of her interview, "I have
this feeling that you can't bridge over to any economy. The last stage of
monopole capitalism is where finance has all the control. There's no way
out."
... more »
Cultural Diversity is only possible within Ethnically-homogeneous Nations.
Rufus News From Atlantis at News From Atlantis. - 14 hours ago
One of the greatest lies of our would-be masters is that mass immigration
of people who do not share our ethnic roots, is beneficial to us all
because it creates a diversity of cultural experiences which is enriching
to everyone. The central point of this argument is that the lands to which
this ideology is applied, are culturally-impoverished due to having
insufficient contact with peoples other than those to whom they are
racially-linked. This argument is almost exclusively levelled at Europeans
(whether in the European homeland or overseas Europe), and it is an
argument which ... more »
Like Coates (and Andrea Mitchell) on Rice!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012*
*Where does consensus come from:* The ongoing assault on Susan Rice has
been profoundly instructive.
It has been a long time since the nation’s press corps bought such a bogus
tale from the right—although this conduct was very common in the days of
the Clintons and Gore.
What happens when the mainstream press corps adopts a bogus attack from the
right? Over the weekend, we were quite struck by this post at the Atlantic—a
post by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Coates is *not* a man of the right. Beyond that, he isn’t silly or dumb or
fatuous or numb-nutted or even i... more »
ANTI-MORSI PROTESTS
Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago
*Anti-Morsi forces - Egypt Clashes*
"The Egyptian economy ‘is going to hell in a handbasket’ and could prompt
violence and riots in the streets, Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni told IBA Global
Insight..."
IBA - Egyptian economy 'going to hell in a handbasket'
*Anti-Morsi protest 27 November 2012. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany *-
Mursi opponents clash with police in Cairo
Under Mubarak, the economy was booming and poverty was being reduced.
Now there is high unemployment and "twenty million are at the poverty
level."
Bassiouni believes an inflationary rise of ten per cent could d... more »
Well This Is a Real Kick in the Schnitzel
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
Brace yourself (no pun intended). Germany is about to outlaw sex between
humans and animals. Yeah, you got that right. And, yeah, that means that
up till now, it was okay in Germany to have sex with animals.
"*The government plans to toughen animal protection laws - which currently
only prohibit the practice if the animal is injured...*
*"The group Veterinarians against Zoophilia says thousands of Germans
exchange information online about sex with animals and that some farms rent
out animals for sexual exploitation.*
*"The new law would also ban such animal brothels and the t... more »
THE ONLY BLACK KID
Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours ago
*Dognamedblue* left this comment on the post "DUMB WHITE PEOPLE":
"When I found out that people were actually coming to my blog I used to
allow them to comment without checking first.
"But the majority weren't even reading the blog let alone the links in the
posts before making comments...
"My only friend at infant and 1st year of primary school was Michael.
*"The reason we were friends was that I was the only bastard, and he was
the only black kid.*
"And, as we had to play by ourselves, we became friends.
*"I'm not trying to compare my formative years with the racist abuse he h... more »
What We're Really Fighting Over at Doha
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours ago
Yes, you're right, it's carbon emissions we're fighting over at Doha but
perhaps not in the way you imagine.
We, in the developed world, are fighting for our our continued domination
of the atmosphere and the preservation of our monopoly on its remaining
carbon-carrying capacity.
It's a simple question of mathematics. In recent years we've learned a
really critical fact - the amount of carbon dioxide our atmosphere can
carry if we are to avoid blowing straight through the estimated
'survivable' limit of 2 degrees Celsius planetary warming. The idea is,
once we go through 2C, ... more »
Stop Imperialism # 49
Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 14 hours ago
Thanks to Eric Draitser
Stop Imperialism - Episode 49Some good coverage on the events ongoing in
Egypt and of course Syria
Be aware, it is about 2 hours long
Podcast Powered By Podbean
- *1. Egypt - Morsi power grab: Crisis end 'imminent,' Ahmed Mekki,
Egypt minister, says*
- *2. Syria - FSA insurgents blow up mosque in Aleppo*
- *3. Iraq - Iraqi army, Kurds continue buildup in disputed region*
- *4. Greece - Most Greeks want the Euro, oppose austerity: poll*
- *5. Under the Radar - BP seeks deal with Nord Stream... more »
Photos reveal destruction of Cameroon rainforest for palm oil
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: Clearing of trees in a concession area of Herakles Farm’s area for
a palm oil plantation. Greenpeace says these clearings are illegal since
Herakles' lease has not been given final approval. Herakles Farm did not
respond to request for comment. © Alex Yallop / Greenpeace]
By Jeremy Hance
26 November 2012
(mongabay.com) – Newly released photos by Greenpeace show the dramatic
destruction of tropical forest in Cameroon for an oil palm plantation
operated by SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC), a subsidiary of the U.S.
company Herakles Farm. The agriculture company is plannin... more »
Why GOP Administrations are Economic Failures that Prove Marx Correct
Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 14 hours ago
*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy*
When Bush Sr fought against, perhaps vanquished 'supply-side economics', it
was hoped that the horrible Reagan years could be, would be consigned to
the 'dust bin of history'! But no! It was left to 'Shrub', George W. Bush,
who may have unleashed unholy forces in order to breathe life into 'trickle
down theory' otherwise called 'supply side economics!
As it was taken off life support, it was surely Dick 'cyborg' Cheney who
may have yelled: "It's alive! It's alive!
Cheney, of course, professed the Reagan doctrine: "Deficits don't matter."
C... more »
Melting permafrost ‘will double carbon and nitrogen levels in the atmosphere’
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago
[image: A glacier on Bylot Island, Canada. Melting permafrosts such as
these threaten to release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the
atmosphere, accelerating climate change, a new USGS study has warned.
Corbis]
By Damien Gayle
26 November 2012
As much as 44 billion tons of nitrogen and 850 billion tons of carbon could
be released into the environment as permafrost thaws over the next century,
U.S. government experts warn.
The release of carbon and nitrogen in permafrost could make global warming
much worse and threaten delicate water systems on land and offshore,
accor... more »
NDAA Nulification by We The People
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 15 hours ago
What do you think about this?
Ballot measures, also referred to as ballot initiatives and referendums
(I&R), provide citizens the opportunity to discuss and vote on policy
issues at the local level and state level. Using this process, in 24 states
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2013 Grawemeyer Award Winner
Rodger Payne at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Congratulations to Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan for winning the 2013
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World. As readers may recall,
Chenoweth is a Duck of Minerva guest blogger. Chenoweth and Stephan won the
$100,000 prize for their 2011 book, Why Civil Resistance Works: The
Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia University Press). This is
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Tuesday Morning Linkage
Daniel Nexon at Duck of Minerva - 15 hours ago
Nominations (and voting registrations) are really starting to come in. I’ve
updated the most recent post to reflect yesterday’s additions. Linkage:
Leslie Dwyer: “After Aceh’s Peace.” Foreign People Policy is out with its
“Top 100 Global Policy Celebs Thinkers” list, so I suppose we now have to
slavishly dissect it. Or, we could read Audrey Waters’ “top 100 reasons why
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There's Your Problem - Too Damned Much Wiggle Room
The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago
The wrench in the gears that prevents meaningful international action on
global change is the enormous wiggle room in the debate. This arises, in
large part, because of the opportunity for the players to argue overall
emissions versus *per capita* emissions.
China, for example, recently became the top CO2 emitter overall closely
followed by the United States. But compare China's population with
America's. China has 1,344-million people. America, at 311-million, is
only a quarter as big meaning American *per capita* emissions are roughly
four times that of China's. Beijing's ... more »
Video: MIT professor compares climate change to playing Russian roulette with our children’s future
Jim at Desdemona Despair - 15 hours ago
By Ellie Johnston
20 November 2012
John Sterman, MIT Professor and fellow collaborator on many Climate
Interactive projects, lays out the stark realities we are facing with
climate change inaction in his presentation at the MIT Museum last month.
He describes the risks we face by not taking immediate measures to address
climate change in every sector of society and equates it to playing Russian
Roulette with a revolver that has 19 of 20 chambers filled. His conclusion:
we can despair, take no action, and allow the worst case to happen, or we
can immediately initiate measures to ... more »
SKOOL DAZE: Perpetually, stunningly uninformed!
bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012*
*Part 1—Smart Texan describes Texas schools:* Mark Strama is a Democratic
member of the Texas legislature.
He represents a district in Austin. He’s a member of the public education
committee in the Texas House.
Strama is youngish and bright, as a recent appearance on C-Span showed. To
watch that appearance, click this.
Why was Strama appearing on C-Span? He hosted a panel on public schools at
last month’s Texas Book Festival. As he started his presentation, he
described a surprising discovery concerning his state’s public schools.
Who knew? Texas kid... more »
ALEC VOIP Legislation - Screws the USA
2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours ago
As you read this - think of the new TV show "Revolution"
'cause that is what is going to happen
- when ALEC corporations control all the infrastructure
in the United States through ALEC legislation.
When the TV's, radios, lights and phones finally go out and the US is
filled with decaying and rotting infrastructure - you can thank the
American Legislative Exchange Council for the fate of the US.
"Revolution" is what an ALEC Corporate Profit Sector United States looks
like. It is not fiction - it is our ALEC future - what the ALEC States of
America WILL look like.
The Uni... more »
Town Bans Fracking to Protect Air and Water: State Fights Back
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 15 hours ago
With Ban on Drilling Practice, Town Lands in Thick of Dispute
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/us/with-ban-on-fracking-colorado-town-lands-in-thick-of-dispute.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121126
[Excerpted]
Gov. John W. Hickenlooper, a Democrat, has warned Longmont
residents that the ban is likely to mean a lawsuit from the state, which
insists that only it has the authority to regulate drilling. Already
this
summer, Colorado sued Longmont over earlier city rules that limit
drilling
near schools and homes.
Local leaders are also bracing for more lawsuits as they tell energy... more »
IAEA Confidence Man for Nuclear in the Wake of Unprecedented Nuclear Disaster
Majia's Blog at Majia's Blog - 15 hours ago
UPDATE 1-South Korea urged to restore trust in nuclear power: International
Energy Agency calls for independent nuclear regulators By Meeyoung Cho
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49935961
* Says public should have faith in transparency of nuclear power
* Reactors closed after scandal over fake nuclear safety documents
* South Korea should raise competition in electricity, gas markets-IEA
SEOUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) - South Korea needs to rebuild public trust in
nuclear power by boosting transparency and improving regulation, the
International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday, after safety sca... more »
Guest Posts
Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
A few of you have submitted your own longform commentaries, which I will
begin publishing this week. I always welcome contributions to the blog. So
if you're interested, please send me your piece via email (
kmgarcia2000@yahoo.com.)
Always include sources to back up your facts, and when quoting another
writer from the web, please give attribution along with a link to the
original piece. I will take it upon myself to do whatever minor
editing/spelling corrections may be needed.
Besides opinion pieces, I am also interested in "spot news" and personal
anecdotes. In the past (especiall... more »
Jim McIntyre Tries Pushing Knoxville Onto Dollar Guzzling Charter Reform School Bus
Jim Horn at Schools Matter - 16 hours ago
If there is another thing that Knoxville does not need and can't afford
(besides Lane Kiffin) is a string of corporate welfare charter reform
schools that will benefit Wall Street hedge fund investors and
philanthrocapitalists like Eli Broad, while draining millions from public
schools.
This was issued this morning:
*KCS issues charter school request for proposals*
The Knox County Schools is accepting charter school proposals for the
2014-2015 school year to cultivate strong school capacity to provide high
quality academic instruction. Proposals will be entertained b... more »
Rob Ford And The Peter Principle
Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
Christie Blatchford is furious. Yesterday a judge removed the man she voted
for because, as she wrote last Friday, he was "authentic." In her mind, authenticity
trumps an unjust law:
So, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been given the boot from office because an
opportunistic citizen hired a smart and politically savvy lawyer who found
a club of an arcane statute with which to tie the hands of a judge who was
willing to play ball.
That’s the short and dirty version of the bombshell that has dropped.
The truth is that, if Ford had declined to vote on the resolution which
declared he ... more »
Read Stuff, You Should
Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 16 hours ago
Happy Birthday to Mike Skinner (The Streets), 34.
While I wait for an answer, the good stuff:
1. Good Matt Yglesias point about not worrying about short-term panic in
the markets. I wouldn't say it's not a cost at all, but it's a pretty minor
one.
2. Greg Sargent spoke to Norm Ornstein and had a nice post on filibuster
reform.
3. This John Patty post (via John) on the bargaining positions of the
fiscal cliff players is excellent. Also, I really have no patience for
reading this stuff. I'm pretty sure that's my failing, and not the fault of
Congressional/game theory scholars. For ... more »
Let's Hear From Two Florida Progressives-- Doug Tudor And Alan Grayson
DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours ago
Doug'n'Debbie
First Doug, a progressive, a Naval veteran and former congressional
candidate twice stabbed in the back by the DCCC which made certain that his
part of Florida would remain a Republican stronghold. This is the message
he sent this morning:
Friends, I am writing this note because I just read *DWT*’s big money blog.
Each and every voter should be sickened by the uber-rich dominance of our
supposed democracy.
Please read this missive, as it will help to explain how *DWT*’s current
post is important. It will also explain how supporting *DWT* and Blue
America help to count... more »
Michael Sandel and His Critics
Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 16 hours ago
My Harvard colleague Michael Sandel has been getting a lot of attention
lately with his book *What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. *To
get a flavor of the debate, read
1. A short essay by Michael Sandel.
2. A review of his book by economic historian Deirdre McCloskey.
3. A commentary from erstwhile ec 10 sectionleader Jodi Beggs.
Obama’s “Leaked” Plan to Legalize Killer Drones is Self-Serving Propaganda
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
Mick Meaney, *Contributor*
RINF News reports that a supposed “leak” to the New York Times from the
Obama administration claims a new rulebook to legalize the use of killer
drones in Muslim countries has been fast-tracked, is as an act of
self-serving propaganda.
See other video reports by Mick Meaney Here
Free Digizine and Videos available at RINF News Here
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Pinkwashing Hell: Breast Removal as a Form of "Prevention"
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
Sayer Ji, *Contributor*
Following closely on the heels of the year's most intensive annual
cause-marketing campaign, October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two
chilling events of grave concern to women and their health were widely (but
mostly superficially) reported on in the mainstream media.
*First*, Allyn Rose, Miss America contestant, announced in early November
that she would be undergoing a double mastectomy to "prevent" breast
cancer. Rose, a *healthy* 24-year old Maryland native who lost her mother
to breast cancer when she was 16, has been lauded by certain media outle... more »
Another Majority of Vandals?
noreply@blogger.com (fern hill) at DAMMIT JANET! - 17 hours ago
Despite what the CONs say, Canada is a progressive country.
Yet, with our fucked-up electoral system, the majority vote is split so
that the CONtempt Party squeaks in.
This must stop.
Look at yesterday's by-election results.
In Calgary Centre, the CON got 36.9% of the vote while other (variously
progressive) parties combined for 61%. Numbers sound familiar?
They should. They are very close to the overall ranking in the 2011 federal
election.
A party with less than 40% support is now vandalizing a progressive country
to the shock and disgust of the majority.
I am not a partisan ... more »
The Osama bin Laden Myth
Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours ago
Daily Bell
Paul Craig Roberts
The interview below with Osama bin Laden was conducted by the Karachi,
Pakistan, daily newspaper, *Ummat*, and published on September 28, 2001, 17
days after the alleged, but unsubstantiated, al Qaeda attack of September
11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers and Pentagon. The interview
was sensational. The alleged "mastermind" of 9/11 said that he and al Qaeda
had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. The British Broadcasting
Corporation's World Monitoring Service had the interview translated into
English and made public on September 29, 2001... more »
Journalist Arrested For Filming Police Checkpoint
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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The Madness of a Lost Society 2012
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
http://www.SGTreport.com.com/
http://www.TheLibertyMill.com.com/
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Rob Ford: That's the trouble with mandatory minimum sentences
James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 17 hours ago
A few comments have pointed out that Rob Ford would not have been removed
from office if the judge had discretion in "sentencing". Good point --
mandatory minimum sentencing means that judges cannot craft sensible
results -- they impose what must be imposed... .
The Problem With Internet Take Over By The ITU (UN)
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped
Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours ago
Medical marijuana is now legal in 18 states, but it's clear we've
discovered a fraction of its potential for health.
Alternet
Allen Badiner
There are now legal medical cannabis programs in 18 states plus Washington,
DC, with pot fully legal for adults in two other states. Ironically,
however, the actual healing power of the plant has barely been tapped.
Smoking marijuana with THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), or better, vaporizing it
(using a device to bake the plant material and inhale the active
ingredients), has an indisputably palliative effect and can be medically
useful for pain r... more »
Cynthia McKinney speaks about 9/11 at peace conference
Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 17 hours ago
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The U.N.'s Internet Sneak Attack
Intercept at The Intercept - 17 hours ago
Letting the Internet be rewired by bureaucrats would be like handing a
Stradivarius to a gorilla.
Wall Street Journal
Gordon Crovitz
[image: image]Who runs the Internet? For now, the answer remains no one, or
at least no government, which explains the Web's success as a new
technology. But as of next week, unless the U.S. gets serious, the answer
could be the United Nations.
Many of the U.N.'s 193 member states oppose the open, uncontrolled nature
of the Internet. Its interconnected global networks ignore national
boundaries, making it hard for governments to censor or tax. And ... more »
RWNJ - Eats Their Own: Entree is ALEC
2old2care at Because I Can - 17 hours ago
*God bless America!*
*ALEC*
*"It is as if a state legislature had been reconstituted, and corporations
had pushed the people out the door."*
*From the RIGHT WING!!!!*
Bear Witness Central is a member of Florida’s TEA PARTY NETWORK and TEA
PARTY PATRIOTS, has affiliations, partnerships and works also with other
non-partner Pro-Constitution groups that share the same principles and
values.
These right-wingers completed a serious - way serious - review of one of
ALEC's reports and as their comments show below - they were NOT impressed
with the ALEC report or ALEC's attempt to defend... more »
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