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Strachota (WI-ALEC) LIES about ALEC Involvement
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
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
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
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
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 1a 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 land... more »
Rising acidity levels threaten ocean food chain, study finds
[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 »
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Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & Speak Out
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
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Stop Imperialism - Podcast 49
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)
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*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 »
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I'm Back on Scribd
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 »
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Why Schools Are Tools of Indoctrination
Wisdom, be attentive.
***
Excerpted from Jonathan Schwartz at A Tiny Revolution.
*Oliver Stone's Untold, Unboring History of the United States*
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*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.*
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*Almost everyone in high school hates history, and they should. Just 7% of
U... more »
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It's wrong to worry about the "fiscal cliff"
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
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 a reverse Scrooge with one and half twists this week as he pays a
visit to some jolly toymakers in Pennsylvania. Far from spreading the
cheer, 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.
It won't be the Grinch that steals Christmas, proclaims the White House
Council on Economic Advise... more »
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Orange Won but the Real Winner was Green
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
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)
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
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
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/09663038-37d5-11e2-8edf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2DRMZBcZH
ALEC's Private Prison Buddies - Looking for More Inmates
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
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
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
http://now.msn.com/texas-secession-bumper-stickers-abound-after-2012-petitions
Arms Race Update - China Gets Into Naval Air Game
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.
*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
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.
Free Planet is the only way - won't someone please draw up an economic plan
devoid of PROFIT? Won't someone end Debt Slavery?
Cultural Diversity is only possible within Ethnically-homogeneous Nations.
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!
*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
Egypt Clashes: Morsi Protests Gather Pace...
[image: Tahrir]
Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday , Nov. 27, 2012 (Photo: Reuters)
Well This Is a Real Kick in the Schnitzel
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
*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
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
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
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- *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
[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
*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’
[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
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2013 Grawemeyer Award Winner
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
Continue reading
Tuesday Morning Linkage
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 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
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!
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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?
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
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
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The Madness of a Lost Society 2012
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Rob Ford: That's the trouble with mandatory minimum sentences
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)
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The Healing Power of Marijuana Has Barely Been Tapped
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
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The U.N.'s Internet Sneak Attack
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
*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 »
Gigantic Journalistic Investigation Begins Ripping Mask off Bank Secrecy
While Mitt Romney may be fading from view in the wake of his defeat on
November 6, the issue of tax havens is definitely not following suit.
Via the Tax Justice Network, I've just learned of a massive, multi-national
joint investigation into secrecy jurisdictions by three very heavy hitters,
the *Guardian*, BBC Panorama, and the U.S.-based International Consortium
of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Though they are starting out with the
United Kingdom and the seriously understudied situation in the British
Virgin Islands, ICIJ has announced that this is just the start of a multi-yea... more »
Egypt’s Mursi Defends Power Grab
Insists Move 'Temporary' and Aimed to Protect Constitutional Committee
AntiWar
Jason Ditz
Faced with an ever-growing backlash over last week’s power grab, Egyptian
President Mohamed Mursi struggled to defend his edict, insisting that the
move was “temporary” and not intended to centralize power in his hands.
Rather, in a new statement Mursi insisted that the move was meant to limit
the power of the judiciary, and was primarily aimed at avoiding the
“politicization” of the court system while keeping them from ousting the
committee penning the new constitution.
Yet the edict went we... more »
Supreme Court rules cops can be filmed
Russia Today
Smile for the camera, coppers — the US Supreme Court has decided to let
stand a lesser ruling that allows citizens in the state of Illinois to
record police officers performing their official duties.
[image: Police officers in Chicago, Illinois.(AFP Photo / Joshua Lott)]Up
until just last year, an anti-eavesdropping legislation on the books across
Illinois meant any person within the state could be imprisoned for as much
as 15 years for recording a police officer without expressed consent. In
August 2011, a federal appeals court struck down the law, but an Illinois
pr... more »
Untitled
*Big bill for levee upkeep comes to New Orleans*
~This Aug. 27, 2012 file photo, shows a teddy bear at the base of a marker
for the 17th Street Canal Floodwall in New Orleans. By the time the next
hurricane season starts in June 2013, New Orleans will take control of much
of a revamped protection system of gates, walls and armored levees the Army
Corps of Engineers has spent about $12 billion building. The corps has
about $1 billion worth of work left. Engineers consider it a Rolls Royce of
flood protection, comparable to systems in seaside European cities such as
Venice and Rotterda... more »
More importantly, it's just not funny anymore
It is being reported that Angus T Jones, Jake, on Two and a Half Men has
described the show as "filth", while urging viewers not to watch it. He
made a YouTube video
"I'm on Two and a Half Men and I don't want to be on it. Please stop
watching it... Please stop filling your head with filth. Please. It's, you
know, people say it's just entertainment."
More importantly, it's just not funny anymore.
Interestingly that's two stars of Two and a Half Men who have dissed the
programme whilst still appearing on it. First Charlie Sheen and now Angus
T. Jones; most peculiar.
Economist 2012 Conference on Korea: Foreign Ownership in Korea
Each year in September, the Economist holds a conference on the Korea
economy (a part of its Bellwether series on Asian economies). They invite
me to come, and then I try to write up my thoughts on it in the JoongAng
Daily (which I think is the best newspaper in Korea) as an op-ed. Each
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IPCC Computer model fails
[image: article image]
Calgary Centre votes: Conservative Joan Crockatt wins byelection
Close but no cigar
Dykstra Designing a Sail-Powered Ship With Automatic Sails
Image courtesy: © Dykstra
Dutch company Dykstra is designing a new iteration of sail-powered ship,
using old sailing knowledge and new sailing technology. The Ecoliner Fair
Winds has four massive 'automatic' sails that are moved by, in addition to
the wind, software and satellite-based weather data that together calculate
the optimal route for the ship when it is underway.
These means Ecoliner needs very little crew to sail, and also much less
fossil fuels than a regular container ship. Ecoliner can still carry dozens
of regular-sized containers.
Dykstra is planning an entire arm... more »
BBC Middle East news priorities
If Israel had breached the ceasefire / hudna then the BBC would headline
the news but as it was a Palestinian attack, not a word. Israel National
News reports that:
'Soldiers killed a suspected Gaza terrorist early Monday after he broke
into a Jewish home and stabbed a girl before fleeing.
The IDF discovered a hole in the nearby Gaza security fence, and footprints
from the area matched the shoes of the intruder, who had escaped to the
Moshav Sde Avraham's greenhouses after he tried to kill the girl.
Soldiers caught up with him and tried to arrest him, and then shot and
killed him w... more »
Should Canada Attend The Next Kyoto Meeting?
Oil city: steam rises from refineries outside Edmonton, Alberta. Photo
courtesy: Andy Clark/Reuters
There are some times when I am not so proud to be Canadian - this is one of
them. I agree with our Green party MP, Elizabeth May; and, wonder why
anyone would want to attend. Perhaps given our Kyoto protocol track record,
we should take the higher road and not attend unless we intend to change
our stand on the issues.
Of all the delegations in the room in Doha, the Canadians adopt the lowest
profile. Some question whether they should be there at all: The country's
first and only Gre... more »
10 Years of Harry's Place
According to their archive, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the -
take your pick - celebrated/notorious Harry's Place. Whatever you think of
the line it pushes, Harry's Place has played its important part in the
evolution of British political blogging - even if only to inspire opponents
to take to the field against it.
But before writing about Harry's Place proper, I have a confession to make.
Just as Spike Milligan spoke about his part in Hitler's downfall, I played
a similarly minor, supporting role in the circumstances surrounding the
foundation of Harry's Place.
10 ye... more »
Martin Rees' center studies 4 worst threats for mankind
*Climate change is on par with robot uprising*
The cataclysm on December 21st, 2012 is less than a month away and I am
regularly asked by people in the real life as well as those on the Internet
whether a particular doomsday scenario they read about will happen. They
are just polite when they ask; of course that if I explain to them that
they don't have to worry, they keep on $hitting into their pants, anyway.
;-)
Nude Socialist, Fox News, BBC, AP, and the rest of the pack told us about
CSER.ORG, a center founded by the Lord [Martin] Rees of Ludlow, among
others (including a co-f... more »
the monolith is the cinema screen - Rob Ager guts 2001
I've featured Rob Ager's amazing film analysis several times on free
planet, but this one is especially portentous.
In his analysis of Stanley Kubrick/Arthur C Clarke's 2001, Ager links the
black monolith's 1:4:9 proportions to the Panavision70 format of 2.2:1 i.e.
n:4:8.8 but there's a Z-depth missing, the initial 1 of the monolith,
pushing a unit measurement back into the screen - we never see around the
cinema screen. "It's a trap!" as Star Wars tells us...
I like the way Ager uses every opportunity to present the 1:4:9 to the
viewer of his analysis, choosing Panavision70 shots... more »
Elon Musk on a Mars Colony
It is certainly good to see a private promoter pitching these ideas. It
conditions the public to the possibilities years in advance.
It is clear to me that landing beside a lava tube is an excellent way to
start. The mouth can be covered with a base bubble and the tube itself can
be exploited on a step by step basis. The main reason for this approach,
wherever it can be used is to place a wall of rock between the crew and the
external flux of radiation and the environment.
It also sets up nicely for actual tunneling into the crust itself to
produce a well protected ha... more »
Smoking Causes Cognition Declines
This has always been suspected but we now can know that the effect is
real. The likely chemical pathway is simple carbon monoxide poisoning which
delivers a highly mobile reagent quite able to snip connections in the
brain. All this applies equally well to marijuana smoking. Chronic
inhalation of carbon monoxide is bad news.
In fact the observed cognitive decline from marijuana may be completely an
effect driven by chronic carbon monoxide provisioning. Thus while nicotine
is profoundly addictive, it may otherwise be safe enough on its own. The
same surely holds true for... more »
Oldest Spear Points Date to 500,000 Years
This is important. The thrown stone is common to primates and an obvious
tool for killing game. The fire hardened sharpened stick is immediately
available once our ancestors began using fire long before this. The real
step up into tool manufacturing begins with attaching a sharp stone to a
strong stick and would certainly coincide with sharp stone cutting tools.
If you can do one, the other is obvious and natural. Thus we have taken
the introduction of this protocol back to the time that Mankind and
Neanderthals diverged. It was developed once and never a case of ... more »
Polynesian Expansion Between 2830 to 2840 BP
Pining this down is good news and it appears independent of Radio carbon
methods. Dating this has always been controversial and this should end it.
It also confirms that it came about shortly after the collapse of the
global maritime empire centered in the Atlantic about which we have posted
much. Thus it also coincides with the extensive cultural upheaval that
took place elsewhere and may even have been a contributing factor.
Do note that I suspect maritime activity continued on a more local basis
everywhere for well into the Roman period and possibly never ended in q... more »
DUMB WHITE PEOPLE
You may have noticed that certain people are in need of a good education.
These are usually white people.
*"White schoolchildren in Britain's poorest communities lag behind peers
who are black or of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin."*
This is according to a Financial Times analysis of more than 3m sets of
exam results.
*"Poor white children even achieve worse average results than deprived
pupils for whom English is a second language."*
*
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760d03d4-6f71-11e0-952c-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz2DOuovgde
*
It is generally these 'poor whites' who write the 'ignorant'... more »
Go back to sleep everyone: another Tory win in Calgary
Joan Crockatt, the first pest past the post, flanked by Calgary MPs Rob
Anders and Jason Kenney, gives her victory speech in Calgary last night.
Actual victorious Alberta Conservatives may not be exactly as illustrated.
Below: The unsuccessful Liberal, Green and NDP candidates; the real Ms.
Crockatt. Oh, how very depressing. Progressive voters outnumbered
Conservatives, ... more »
Dr. Robert J. Lifton And Margaret Singer On Cults
*Cults rule the world. Unsuccessful cults are terrorist groups. Successful
cults are religions and governments.*
*Wikipedia for Dr. Robert J. Lifton*
*Wikipedia for Dr. Margaret Singer *
Dr. Robert J. Lifton on Destructive Cults - "3/17/00 - One of the leading
experts in mind control, Dr. Lifton addressed the issue of doomsday cults
such as Aum Shinrikyo":
Dr. Margaret Singer - Recovery From Mind Control (November 1991):
Climate Policy After Sandy – What Should be Done? Part III
Huzzah! Barack Obama in his re-election night valedictory speech finally
acknowledged that climate change is a problem we may have to attend to: We
want our children to live in an America that isn’t burdened by debt, that
isn’t weakened by inequality, that isn’t threatened by the destructive
power of a warming planet. I seem
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MOSSAD IN INDONESIA
"We have obtained an exclusive photograph of a *suspected* Israeli
intelligence operative laughing it up with an Indonesian police officer on
October 13, 2002, the morning after the deadly bombings of the night club
district of Kuta in Bali at 11:05 pm on October 12...
"The attack spurred Australian Prime Minister John Howard into joining the
U.S.-British war in Afghanistan and, later, in Iraq."
Jakarta: Mossad presence laughing it up after Bali bombing - Posted on 28.
Aug, 2011 by Wayne Madsen
*Indonesia - largest Moslem country in the world.*
*According to the CIA:*
"The maj... more »
Japan - Aum Supreme Truth Cult
*Wikipedia for Aum Shinrikyo:*
Aum Shinrikyo (currently known as Aleph) is a Japanese cult, listed as a
terrorist organization by several countries. The group was founded by Shoko
Asahara in 1984. The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when it
carried out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.
The name "Aum Shinrikyo" (オウム真理教 Ōmu Shinrikyō?) derives from the Sanskrit
syllable Aum, which represents the universe, followed by Shinrikyo written
in kanji, roughly meaning "religion of Truth". In English "Aum Shinrikyo"
is usually translated as "Supreme Truth". In January... more »
A Call for Mexican American Indigenous Studies
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*NOV. 26 TUSD DESEGREGATION PUBLIC FORUM – TUCSON ARIZONA*
*The first of three public forums is now in the books. More reporting on
this later. Comments can be emailed to the "Special Court Master" by
midnight Wed Nov 28 at: To comment directly to the court:
http://168.174.252.75/usp/index.asp*
*The following document is one that most of our community is signing on to.
People/organizations are encouraged to sign on to it also. See end of this
post for instructions on how to do this.*
Declaration of Intellectual Warriors
November 26, 2012
Created by:
Chicano Literature Af... more »
Conservatives' War Against Women Started A Long Time Ago
Last night we saw how the GOP seems to have learned not a thing from the
drubbing women voters gave them in the election earlier this month. But
misogyny is a worldwide problem, a very old habit of conservatives and one
that will take a very long time to break. Their War Against Women has
helped define what conservatives are, going back a very long way in man's
history. Last week we saw the uproar in the Church of England when the
Church's Synod decided-- against the wishes of Conservative Prime Minister
David Cameron, retiring Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams and the
nex... more »
Truth Militia Radio with John Friend
I just finished the *sixth edition of Truth Militia Radio with John Friend*.
My guest was Thomas Goodrich, author of *Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi
Germany, 1944-1947*. We discussed the systematic (Jew-controlled) Allied
annihilation of Germany, including the joint British and American
fire-bombing campaign of German cities and industrial centers, the
targeting of German civilian ships evacuating German refugees from Eastern
Europe, the mass rape, torture, and murder of German men, women, and
children, and the role of Jewish propagandists in instigating the war and
inciting hatre... more »
Wet'suwet'en Day of Action against Oil and Gas Pipelines Nov. 27, 2012
*National and International Actions Against Oil and Gas Pipelines*26Nov
**
*NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS
AGAINST OIL AND GAS PIPELINES*
*By Unis'tot'en Camp*
Actions are taking place across Canada and internationally on Tuesday
November 27 in support of the Unis’tot’en, who grabbed national headlines
when they evicted shale gas pipeline surveyors from their territories in
the interior of BC last week. The Unis’tot’en have made it clear that no
proposed pipelines will proceed in Unist’ot’en territories and that
corporations, investors, and governments have no jurisdiction to ap... more »
Owen Jones BBC Question Time (Gaza)
*Owen Jones:*
When I pointed out that it was Israel that had broken the ceasefire, and
asked which people would tolerate decades of occupation, siege and illegal
settlements, it was hugely appreciated by the audience – simply because it
was a widespread view that no mainstream politician had attempted to
articulate.
Finally, a voice of truth on BBC.
Hopi Message 2012 'World Waters at Risk' Prophecy
Shungopavi Hopi website: http://www.traditionalhopi.org
For the first time in history the Traditional Hopi Elders from the Village
of Shungopavi (the Mother Village) are stepping forward to speak to the
public. They have a warning for the world. They say they have been told
this time would come when the water would be taken from them. If this
happens it will have an effect on the whole world as they are the microcosm
of the world, of the universe.
Sign our Avaaz Petition here: http://tinyurl.com/hopiwater
Now is the time that the True Hopi have been waiting for. It is in this
lif... more »
Justice Chisvin given reprimand - now that's over let's all get back to work
An Ontario judge who set 10 criminal defendants free during a fit of pique
was officially reprimanded Monday by the Ontario Judicial Council.
The council said it had decided to go relatively lightly on Judge Howard
Chisvin of the Ontario Court because he quickly recognized the gravity of
his error and had done everything he could to make amends for it.
http://t.co/Vdtw7WG8
Gila River Indian Community: Benefit Show to Stop Mountain Loop 202
MUSICIANS COME TOGETHER TO STOP THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN LOOP 202
**
Benefit Show, Dec. 1, 2012
*Relay Run and Walk, Dec. 8-9, 2012*
*By Andrew Pedro*
*Censored News*
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. -- Since 1983, the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) has threatened the health, environmental quality and
culture of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) by attempting to build
the Loop 202 South Mountain freeway extension on or near tribal land.
For over 12 years, GRIC has continuously voiced its opposition to the Loop
202 extension. In Februa... more »
Guns and college
Much head-scratching going on in certain quarters down south over this one, I'm sure. via LGM.
Since
the University of Colorado's Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses
began segregating dorms for students with valid concealed-carry permits
this year, not a single student has asked to live where guns are
allowed.
On Aug. 16, CU announced that both campuses would
establish a residential area
Truth Has Fox News Cameo
In this clip, journalist Thomas Ricks succinctly puts the Benghazi
inquisition into context on Fox News. It's a good thing he was able to do
it succinctly because as soon as he got the words out the interview was
over. Less than 90 seconds.
Robert Jay Lifton Interviewed by Steve Hassan
*Wikipedia:*
Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and
author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and
effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform.
He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.
*Wikipedia:*
Steven Alan Hassan (born 1954) is a licensed mental health counselor and a
Cult Expert. In 1978 Hassan was one of the first people to develop and do
exit counseling, and is the author of three books on the subject of undue
influence and destructive cults, and what he describes as ... more »
First Nation and Metis denied justice fighting Shell's Jackpine Mine
*First Nation and Metis groups denied effective access to justice*
by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
*November 26, 2012 *
*Fort McMurray, Alberta* – Today the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
(ACFN) received a decision from the Alberta Court of appeal dismissing
their application for leave to appeal a decision of the Joint Review Panel
to not review the adequacy of Crown consultation before deciding whether to
approve Shell’s Jackpine Mine expansion project. The First Nation is
extremely disappointed and is currently reviewing their... more »
ALEC Summit - Green Products Imperil Health
*Washington DC*
* *
*Inside the ALEC Summit this week*
*YOUR legislator will hear this.*
Three Scholars to Appear at ALEC Conference
On November 26, 2012, by Nicole Ciandella
SCHOLARS? - Depends on who you talk to
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 26, 2012 – Three experts from the Competitive
Enterprise Institute will participate Wednesday in the States & Nation
Policy Summit.
EXPERTS? - Depends on who you talk to
*Greg Conko,* executive director of CEI, will present on biotech food
labeling. He will make the case biotech foods are at least as safe – and
often safer than – convention... more »
The church seems to be going out of its way to hide its real treasure" (E. J. Dionne Jr.)
*Thanksgiving dinner at St. Francis de Sales Parish
in Belle Harbor, in New York's ravaged Rockaways*
*"The fallout [from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' recent meeting
in Baltimore]: disarray in the Bishops' Conference. This is actually good
news. One person’s disarray is another’s openness. There is now new space
for debate and a rethinking of the church’s tilt rightward over the past
several years. . . .
"Politics divides Catholics. The works of mercy bring us together and also
show the world what the power of faith can achieve."*
*-- E. J. Dionne Jr., in his WaPo column... more »
Big Mountain Survival Camp Summer School 2012
*Dineh Nation Big Mountain Survival Camp Summer School*
*By Bahe (Kat) Keediniihii*
*Censored News*
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Photo by Big Mountain Survival School
*Yaa'at'eeh Aa'ahnol't'so'h (Good Greetings Everyone),*
On October 6 & 7th of 2012, many Dineh grandparents and parents gathered
with their kids to celebrate the Sovereign Dineh Nation (SDN) Big Mountain
Survival Camp Summer School, which was held for its last year in 1992. Long
time supporter for the Big Mountain traditional elder resisters, Martha
Bourke with much support and contribution, organized this commemora... more »
CNN: Every Single Adult in America Went Shopping on Black Friday Weekend
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cnn-all-adults-america-went-shopping-black-friday-weekend_663994.html
Winding Down in Afghanistan?
US “combat operations” in Afghanistan are officially scheduled to wind down
in 2014. And media attention is now turning toward speculating (i.e.
relaying contending institutional preferences between the White House and
the Pentagon) on the level of US troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014.
Current estimates, in case you still care, are that US troop levels
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"I'll Be Back"
OK folks, I'm going offline and away for a few days but like he says, I'll
be back. Meanwhile there are 21,124 posts here for your perusal and
consideration. Commenting is disabled to deter those pesky live-link
comment spammers. As always, please be kind to each other, we really are
all we have. See you soon! - CP
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi: Critics Are Woodworms
*The Battle For Egypt Is On: The Great, Unconquerable, And Magnificent
Mohammed Morsi VS. The Woodworms.*
An excerpt from Nervana Mahmoud's article, *"Morsi’s Power Grab Should Be
No Surprise"*:
Following his recent edict granting himself unprecedented powers, President
Mohammed Morsi addressed his supporters in front of the presidential palace
— the place originally chosen by Mubarak to serve as the formal
presidential building — *declaring that he would “cure Egypt from the
woodworms.”* This particular remark sums up his attitude toward the current
crisis: the president and hi... more »
“Fracking Amazing” [updated]
*This afternoon the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment releases
her report on fracking in New Zealand, to the certain howling and wailing
of all the usual suspects [UPDATE: Fracking is safe, says ParlCommish], so
I figured it was time for a re-post...*
Councils around the country have been declaring themselves “Frack Free
Zones.”
What the hell?
The declarations by councils from Hawkes Bay, Waimakariri, Kaikoura, Selwyn
and Christchurch (don’t they have more important things to do in
Christchurch?)—now joined by one from Dunedin—comes ahead of a report on
fracking by... more »
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some
200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away
toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of
the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster.
*Click image for larger size. *
This sharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of
the bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across
the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole.
Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in the
galax... more »
Conflict of interest, Mayor Stupid, and the Globe's stunning incoherence
There was a short-lived meme on Twitter recently, riffing on the Teutonic
gift for coining words that have no exact English equivalent, but
nevertheless capture meanings beautifully. "Schadenfreude" is one of the
best examples. (I'm trying not to indulge at the moment.)
So I'm left wondering whether there's a German expression for times when
reprehensible people appear to do the right thing, albeit for questionable
reasons and in contexts which make the rightness of their actions suspect.
As we all know by now, Judge Charles Hackland, ruling in the conflict of
interest proceeding... more »
Satire: “Please Stop Talking About the Fiscal Cliff”
*“Please Stop Talking About the Fiscal Cliff”*
by Andy Borowitz
TOLEDO (The Borowitz Report)— “An Ohio man’s fascination with the so-called
“fiscal cliff”—and his steadfast refusal to talk about anything else—has
alienated everyone close to him, former friends of the man say. Harland
Dorrinson, a forty-one-year-old carpet-tile salesman and self-described
“fiscal-cliff nut” has turned himself into a pariah with his inexplicable
interest in the most tedious conversation topic ever. “We were all like,
‘Harland, every time you talk about this, people start to lose
consciousness,’” s... more »
#5 - Murkowski - No Attachment to Grovers Pledge
*Announced on ABC news about an hour ago:*
*Violators Reach Out, Touch Base* - Sen. Bob Corker told Charlie Rose he's
not bound by the pledge. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Independent Republican
from Alaska, has not been outspoken on the pledge, but an aide said she
does not feel any attachment to the pledge. She believes everything must be
on the table, as long as Democrats are coming to the table to discuss
entitlement reform.
Chambliss
Graham
King
Corker
Murkowski
Poor old poopy head Grover Norquist.
His sky is falling, his sky is falling.
The Daily "Near You?"
Ft. Worth, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
“Daily Aspirin: Can it Make You Go Blind?”
*“Daily Aspirin: Can it Make You Go Blind?”*
by Nick Tate
“Aspirin has been touted as a wonder drug, with many studies showing a
daily dose can lower the risks of heart disease and cancer. But new
research suggests aspirin’s risks may outweigh its benefits for some
seniors by posing a threat to their vision. A major European study found
that daily aspirin among older people doubles the risk of an advanced form
of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating eye disease that
is a leading cause of blindness. The link was strongest for the so-called
"wet" form of AMD, and... more »
Heartland wants me to AGREE with THEM! Really!
Really
- I can't make this stuff up.
This weekend I posted a little history for the WaPo storyabout ALEC and
Heartland teaming together to destroy renewable energy projects in the
states.
If you Google the first line of the WaPo story
"The Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank skeptical of climate
change"
You get 1,090 hits in 0.20 seconds.
In addition to that you have a bundle, huge bundle, of hits that reference
the story without quoting the first line.
We all know what the American Legislative Exchange Council will bring to
this heinous partnership - their nasty, nast... more »
The UN is Going Rogue, Aims To Bring Free Internet Under Global Totalitarian Control
*Barbarians are at the Internet Gates, seeking to get into the palace of
knowledge and intellectual freedom under the camouflage of global
governance.*
"Put simply, give the UN the web kill switch and we can kiss the Internet
as we know it goodbye." - Simon Kent, *"UN agency wants to control the
Internet."*
"The self-regulating Internet means no one has to ask for permission to
launch a website, and no government can tell network operators how to do
their jobs. The arrangement has made the Internet a rare place of
permissionless innovation." - L. Gordon Crovitz, *"The U.N.'s In... more »
ABA Blawg 100
I'm excited and honored to say that this blog was named one of the ABA
Blawg 100. Editors of the ABA Journal announced today they have selected *Screw
You Guys, I'm Going Home* as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal
audience.
They chose six Labor and Employment blogs to be part of their top 100.
Now that the editors have made their picks, the ABA Journal is asking
readers to weigh in and vote on their favorites in each of the 6th Annual
Blawg 100's 15 categories. Go to http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100 to
register and vote. Voting ends at close of business on Dec. 21, 2012. I... more »
Louisiana Constitution on Trial and Schools on the Chopping Block
Louisiana has the highest number of black student retentions in the nation
to go along with the highest black incarceration rate in the U. S. The private
prison industry is worth $182 million a year when beds are full, and "Louisiana's
incarceration rate is nearly five times Iran's, 13 times China's and 20
times Germany's." To say that it is a police state is hardly an
exaggeration, and the charter reform schools in poor black areas are run
like junior penitentiaries.
The State hired a new State Superintendent a couple of years back, a former
English major from UVA with TFA cred... more »
"Lifting Pain's Veil: Bitterness"
*"Lifting Pain's Veil: Bitterness"*
by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM
"Bitter feelings allow us to become perfect victims in that we no longer
feel obliged to work toward healing. It is natural to feel resentment or
anger when life does not unfold as expected. We consciously or
unconsciously anticipated one experience, and we grieve for the loss of it
when the universe puts something else in our path. Most of the time, we
work through these feelings and they pass. Occasionally, our anger and
resentment do not fade and are instead transformed into bitterness. Bitter
feelings allow ... more »
Dr. Paul: America is "On A Collision Course" With Much of The World
An excerpt from Ron Paul's latest Texas Straight Talk column called, *"How
to End the Tragedy in Gaza"*:
Continuing to rain down missiles on so many increasingly resentful nations,
the US is undermining rather than furthering its security. We are on a
collision course with much of the rest of the world if we do not right our
foreign policy. Ending interventionism in the Middle East and replacing it
with friendship and even-handedness would be a welcome first step.
Ford fall, Blatchford does not like
As we might expect with today's news from Toronto, the media pundits are starting rejoice or lament.
Christie Blatchford is a lamentator:
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.
I
The Genius of Alfred Russel Wallace
*Wikipedia: *
Alfred Russel Wallace(8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British
naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best
known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution by natural
selection and co-publishing a paper on the subject with Charles Darwin in
1858. Wallace did extensive fieldwork, first in the Amazon River basin and
then in the Malay Archipelago, where he identified the Wallace Line that
divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts, one in which
animals closely related to those of Australia are common, and o... more »
Syrian rebels destroy Assad’s radar station facing Israel
http://www.debka.com/article/22566/Syrian-rebels-destroy-Assad%E2%80%99s-radar-station-facing-Israel
#4 Corker (TN) Would Forego Grovers Pledge.
First there was Chambliss
Then there was Graham
Then there was King
and NOW
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
During an appearance on CBS This Morning, Corker indicated that he is
flexible on raising marginal tax rates and joined a growing number of
Republicans who have publicly broken from Grover Norquist’s no-tax pledge:
CHARLIE ROSE (HOST): Are you prepared, as others are doing, to sort of
say, ‘I’m going to forgo the pledge because it is outdated and the
country’s problems are too big?’
CORKER: Well, I’m not obligated on the pledge. I made Tennesseans
aware, I was just elected, t... more »
GOP voting reforms just another word for suppressing Democratic votes
The real GOP agenda behind Florida's voting "reforms" was revealed today.
Shocking no one, it turns out nobody gives a flying leap about virtually
non-existent voter fraud. The newly revamped Florida voting laws were
designed solely to suppress Democratic votes:
Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer says he attended
various meetings, beginning in 2009, at which party staffers and
consultants pushed for reductions in early voting days and hours.
“The Republican Party, the strategists, the consultants, they firmly
believe that early voting is bad for Republican Part... more »
Ohanian: I wonder why The New York Times gives so much space to the opinion of amateurs without even a nod to professionals in the field.
Susan Ohanian responds to Sara Mosle’s What Should Children Read”
(http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/what-should-children-read/)
“I wonder why The New York Times gives so much space to the opinion of
amateurs without even a nod to professionals in the field.”
Dear Editor:
Bringing about 20 years more teaching experience than Sara Mosle brought to
her out-of-balance article (“What should children read?” Nov. 25), I can
cite hundreds of instances of student writing being informed by the fiction
they love, though, admittedly, I'm not talking about a fixation on sentence ... more »
The High Cost of Invention Theft
*Guest post by **Dale Halling** *
Edwin Armstrong is the inventor of FM radio, the Regeneration receiver,
Super Regeneration, Superheterodyne, and much else. This creative genius’s
life was however wasted fighting RCA, who blatantly stole his patents for
FM, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), who arbitrarily moved
the FM radio range from 44-50 MHz to 88-108 MHz (where it is today) just to
destroy the network of radio stations Armstrong had built up.
If not for this arbitrary decision, Channel 1 on U.S. TV would be at
44-50MHz. This is why Channel 1 does not exist.... more »
Alan Waldman : Saskatchewan Sitcom ‘Corner Gas’ is Highly Original and Really Funny
Waldman's
film and TV
treasures you may have missed:
Canadian comic, writer, and actor Brent Butt (his real name) has created
a brilliant tiny-town sitcom named Corner Gas that’s justifiably a
massive hit north of the border.
By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / November 26, 2012
[In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films
and TV series that readers may have missed,
History: "The Pilgrims Should Have Been Thankful for a Spirochete"
*"The Pilgrims Should Have Been Thankful for a Spirochete"*
By Madeleine Johnson
"Rat urine. As we feasted on succulent turkey, moist stuffing, and
glistening cranberry sauce this Thanksgiving, the furthest thing from our
minds was probably rat urine. Yet it’s quite possible that America as we
know it would not exist without rat urine and leptospirosis, the disease it
spreads. The disease conveniently cleared coastal New England of Native
Americans just prior to the Pilgrims’ arrival and later killed the helpful
Squanto. It still lurks among us, underdiagnosed, an emerging menace... more »
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