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"widespread voter fraud" that a number of Rightwingers are claiming
enabled Barack Obama to win the 2012 election?
The simplest answer is that there is nothing to investigate --- at least
no evidence to suggests as much at this time. Lacking such evidence,
such fishing expeditions are a waste of taxpayer money, particularly
when the evidence of "fraud" forwarded to date by those Republicans are
easily dispatched with little more than a Google search and a few clicks
of the mouse.
All existing evidence suggests that President Obama s
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(R-CA), even though he's retiring and everyone knows anyway, nor Lindsey
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How Likely is a Far Right Resurgence?
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reply to Rob Ford's piece in this month's issue of Progress magazine,
here are a few thoughts on the far right. In my opinion there are a
number of things working against a revival of the BNP (or a successor
organisation) in the short-term. That, of course, comes with the caveat
that this is no counsel for complacency.1. The far right
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Cynthia McKinney presents to the 9/11 Revisited conference in Kuala Lumpur
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Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, president of the Perdana Global Peace
Foundation and former Prime Minister of Malaysia, opens the “9/11
Revisted: Seeking the Truth” conference in Kuala Lumpur on November 19,
2012.
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Back from his trip to Malaysia to present at the “9/11 Revisited:
Seeking the Truth” conference, James talks about the conference, who
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stresses the vital importance for everyone to take up the task of
spreading this information to others in the alternative media revolution
that is our last best hope to change this system for the be
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No Longer Praying for Rain in Kakuma
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“Miseducation of Africans About Their History On Steroids” by SkhoKho SaTlou
In order to put this article into its proper perspective,
Chinweizu informs us thus:
“It was miseducation which sought to withold from me the memory of our
true African past and to substitute instead an ignorant shame for
whatever travesties Europe chose to represent as African Past. It was
miseducation which sought to quarantine me from all influences, ancient
as well as contemporary, which did n
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Iran, Immunity and Diagrams
By now, readers will have seen this strange little diagram foisted upon
the reading public by AP’s George Jahn.
The significant issues are whether the document is genuine, a question I
will return to at the end of this post, and if it is, what it means.
As I have written elsewhere, I believe there is very strong evidence
that Iran had a covert nuclear weapons program through 2003. I believe
that
Verification, Risk, and Nuclear Testing
Concerns over verification and compliance are a refuge for
skeptics of arms control. These concerns can be substantive as well as
overdramatized. No treaty is risk-free, and no monitoring regime is
foolproof. Will a powerful cheater be called out, even if discovered?
And what then? No treaty seeking to tame the Bomb offers the prospect of
automatic penalties. Arms-control advocates have countered
IAEA Hacking
A group presenting itself as Iranian — the call themselves
Parastoo, which is apparently Farsi for “swallow” — somehow acquired an
old IAEA server. The machine was not wiped clean of data. Parastoo has
now posted some of the data online, vaguely threatening a number of
persons with compromised emails, unless they sign a petition demanding
the IAEA open an investigation into Israel’s nuclear weapo
SALT’s Rise and Fall
Opposition to the SALT process was firmly rooted in negotiations
over the Interim Agreement and the ABM Treaty. Never have two arms
control agreements been approved by such overwhelming margins (two votes
against, in both cases) despite such deep reservations during the
negotiating process. The memos written by Secretary of Defense Melvin
Laird, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas
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Napoleon’s Defeat in Russia – 200 Years
I’m late to this party, but it just occurred to me that it is
200 years since Russia defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Borodino was the
turning point of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. But I haven’t totally
missed the anniversary. The last of the Grande Armée straggled out of
Russia on December 14, according to Wikipedia. The Battle of Borodino
was in September. The Russian commemorations seem to h
George Jahn's AP Article With a Graph of Maybe a Nuclear Explosion
I have been writing about the title article over at Nuclear
Diner. Since it's a developing situation, it's in the forum, and others
have chimed in. Many links and my own thoughts starting here and scroll
down. Jahn has come up with a counter to the large degree of criticism
that has been launched at him, and I work through that here (also
findable by scrolling).
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Palestine and the Assange Test
Many congratulations to Palestine on being recognised as a
non-member state at the United Nations. There is a distinct irony that,
apart from the unreconstructed climate change deniers in the United
States, Canada and the Czech Republic, the supporters of Palestinian
genocide could only muster votes from the tiniest island states
threatened by climate change. Where is the much vaunted American
Leveson: Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question
I am with David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch in one respect on the
Leveson report. British mainstream politicians are still more repulsive
and self-seeking than the British mainstream media, and state
regulation of the media, however modulated, is not good.
But Leveson was answering the wrong question.
The real problem is the ownership structure of UK mainstream media.
Newspapers and broadcast
Syria Comment
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“Syria’s Long Civil War” by Glenn Robinson
Glenn Robinson, “Syria’s Long Civil War“, Current History, Dec.
2012
Here is an excerpt – (Read the whole thing – it is well written and
argued)
…..A BIGGER LEBANON
Syria’s troubles go well beyond warring ethnic and confessional groups,
to the fact that Syria as a political entity—as a nation—hardly exists.
To be sure, the country’s two major cities, Damascus and Aleppo, have
very long histories a
“The Struggle for Abu Kamal: Peace after Defeating the Dictator’s Forces,” by Asaad al-Saleh
The Struggle for Abu Kamal: Peace after Defeating the Dictator’s
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Asaad al-Saleh, an Assist. Prof. at the University of Utah.
Located on the bank of the Euphrates near the borders with Iraq, Abu
Kamal, the city and its towns, has been an active participant in the
revolution. The first significant demonstration was as early as 22 April
2011. This YouTube video shows people chanting with slog
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Free press with all four volumes.
Despite everything that was said beforehand and will no doubt be
bellowed from the editorials of the majority of the press tomorrow, Sir
Brian Leveson's report is both cautious and carefully calculated. When
he started chairing the inquiry, he made clear that he had no intention
of doing so if his final recommendations were to be ignored as the
previous 6 commissions into the press more or less h
The coalition isn't working.
The news that the government's much vaunted work programme isn't
working is about as much of a surprise as the equally exciting discovery
that some people when living abroad adopt the mannerisms and even
accent of their hosts, including, horror of horrors, footballers and
football managers.Much as the coalition is deserving of a kicking for
setting up a programme it knew was untested, similarities
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after it ran the above front cover. Picturing a Star of David pinning
down the very centre of the union flag, while asking whether there was a
"kosher conspiracy" involving lobbying from advocates of Israel, it
invoked the most classic of anti-Semitic tropes whether that was the
intention or not. Editor at the time Peter Wilb
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Images of Exoplanetary Journeys
Stretch out your time horizons and interstellar travel gets a bit
easier. If 4.3 light years seems too immense a distance to reach Alpha
Centauri, we can wait about 28,000 years, when the distance between us
will have closed to 3.2 light years. As it turns out, Alpha Centauri is
moving in a galactic orbit far different from the Sun’s. As we weave
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game-changer that prevents life from developing around them. We have
much to learn on that score, but new work from Rory Barnes (University
of Washington) and René Heller (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics,
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gets ever more interesting. Great entertainment awaits, as witness the
KBO known as 2005 FY9. Discovered not long after Easter in 2005, it
quickly gained the nickname Easterbunny. It’s now, after
Tracking Changes in Titan’s Atmosphere
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continuing to get excellent data from the much closer Cassini spacecraft
around Saturn. Cassini’s composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) is
probing the circulation and chemistry of Titan’s atmosphere, tracking
how gases like benzene and hydrogen cyanide are distribut
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by Doctor Science
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recognize the law of supply and demand? In particular, if you can't find
appropriately-skilled employees when you offer salary $S, Adam Smith
says you should try offering $S+n. If that doesn't work, you offer
$S+2n. The cost of labor isn't something the employer decides ahead of
time, it's determined by the free-ma
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thinking of trying to do some renovation on the blog during the
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like, scriven it here and if you know of any pitfalls with typepad, feel
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think they can learn the material covered in a semester (or more!) of
English by spending the last day or two studying. They can't, because
almost all the classes I teach are skill based, and i
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Turns out, women come home from work with breast cancer
A critical and devastating new study confirms a link between
certain work — farming and vegetable canning included — and an elevated
risk of breast cancer. The research was conducted in southern Ontario,
and for me, this news hits close to home.
I was raised in Minnesota, and lived on a small farm just fifteen miles
from a vegetable canning factory. When reading this study, I immediately
thought o
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use of the neurotoxic pesticide lindane in children's lice shampoos has
me completely stumped.
The pesticide's use in pet products were withdrawn long ago. Then
agricultural uses were pulled, back in 2006. Yet FDA just re-blessed the
lindane products that put children most directly at risk, shampoos
applied to their heads a
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The Americans, noted Puritans, tend to regard Sweden as a hotbed
of sexual libertines, who run utterly wild at all times, ceaselessly
plunging in and out of each other’s orifi, with total abandon, and no
restraint.
So shocked, probably, shall these Americans be, that the Swedes appear
to have drawn at least one line, in matters sexual.
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Heavy Duty
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to encourage you to buy stuff is by offering “Super Saver” free
shipping.
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determine just what sort of extreme-poundage pachyderms Amazon will
heave across the land for free.
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Words That, If I Use Them: Shoot Me
I became Old Man Shouts At Cloud at a too early age.
In my very early 20s. When I was first assaulted by the word “facilitate.”
To this day, I do not know what that word actually “means.”
And that is the problem. For the word doesn’t “mean” anything. It is a no-word. A word invoked solely to cover Crime.
From its first appearance in my life, to its last, it has functioned but as a signal that I am
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Right Wing Political Correctness
By @TedFrier
As required class reading, I am tempted to assign to George F. Will
"Revenge of the Reality-based Community," an essay in this month's
American Conservative written by former Reagan economic adviser and
Republican apostate, Bruce Bartlett, that chronicles his excommunication
from the conservative movement for the unpardonable offense of thinking
for himself.
Will might benefit from th
The Nightowl Newswrap
By @BGinKC
Wow. This week - the last week I will be in my 40s, by the way - really
flew by. On the school front, I hit the reset switch after missing over 6
weeks, talked to professors and I'm doing one class at a time, picking
up from where I was and working straight through to the end, then moving
on to the next one. I should have one done next week, and two done by
the end of the semester
High Broderism: it was a bad decision then, it's still a bad decision now
It's supposed to be a clue when the simple act of joining a
"bipartisan" group, rather than actual substantive policy, provides the
"bipartisan" group the political cover and enhances their label.
High Broderism - Also frequently seen as merely "Broderism." A
fetishistic attachment to bipartisanship for bipartisanship's sake;
reflexive adherence to false equivalencies, regardless of whether what o
The Nightowl Newswrap
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This ought to do wonders for the vaunted GOP outreach to women and
minorities. Every single gavel of every single House committee is in the
hands of a white man.
Careful, or you'll be called the "liberal media." McClatchy is running
the following headline on their front page as I write this: Fiscal Cliff
Crisis: Made in the GOP. Nice to see the M$M engaging in truth-telling.
Sixteen y
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Democratic to the CORE
During September’s Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike, local and
national media rushed to frame the fight as a clash of oversized
personalities: the stubborn, foul-mouthed Mayor Rahm Emanuel against the
brash chemistry-teacher-turned-union president Karen Lewis. Even
progressive media hyped Lewis as the driver of the union’s victory,
praising her personal toughness as more than a match for Eman
Ground the Drones
Foreign policy played a minor role in a presidential election that
focused on jobs, jobs, jobs. But like it or not, the United States
is part of a global community in turmoil, and U.S. policies often fuel
that turmoil. The peace movement, which lost steam during Obama’s first
term because so many people were unwilling to criticize the president,
has a challenge today to reactivate itself and inc
The Walmart Black Friday Protests
RICHMOND, CA—This city just north of Oakland was ground zero for the
Black Friday protests at Walmart, as two international union presidents
and one of the most pro-labor voices in Congress joined fired workers
and some still employed, and several hundred of their supporters. At one
point, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay
Henry (below left) and Rev. Carol Been (rig
Independent Media Now!
"Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman is on a crusade. At a speaking stop
in Peoria, Ill. on October 30, she was three-quarters of the way through
a 100-city tour for her new book, The Silenced Majority: Stories of
Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and was losing her voice,
but not her focus. Like her show, the book—collection of essays
cowritten with Denis Moynihan—zeroes in o
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Still Not At Terms With The Outcome Of The Election
This citizen of Houston was as of a few days ago still somewhat frustrated with the outcome of the recent election.
Texas Lt. Governor Candidate Jerry Patterson Is Prepared To Shoot—Though The Target Is Not Clear
Republican Texas Land Commissioner and 2014 Lt. Governor candidate Jerry
Patterson is prepared to shoot.
Though I’m not sure who Mr. Patterson is shooting at in the context of
2nd Amendment issues because nobody is coming to take your gun.
Could Mr. Patterson appear any more weak and insecure than he does in
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But if going on about guns will keep these folks from some other issue
whe
I’ve Not Been Blogging As Much Of Late Because I’m Working On Something & Because I’m Tired Of Stuff
Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve not been posting everyday.
This is for two reasons.
One is that I’ve been working on an art/creative project. This project has diverted some of my attention away from the blog.
The other reason is that I’m really just tired of a bunch of stuff and I need a bit of a blog break.
A lot of things out in the world are just so stupid.
As the picture above sugg
Transformers
I stopped and looked at this scene I saw in Houston last week because I
hoped that the heavy machinery on top of the dirt were in fact
Transformers and that they would start fighting.
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WWF: It's the climate, stupid! How Doha can deliver real results on emissions
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are really here – to agree on ways to cut global greenhouse gas
emissions.It is becoming clear that there is little hope of countries
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WWF: Panda searches planet for top t-shirt design
WWF has teamed up with Threadless, a global community of budding
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Culture War destroying American exceptionalism, patriotism.
by Mark Vogl: Rush Limbaugh in his continuing search for why
America lost the election made an intellectual break through yesterday -
too late...
Your Body And Your Rules Suck
by Van Bryant, II: How to forge women into psychopaths.
An Excellent Republican Reinvention Idea
by Russell G. Davis: During this time of transition, might I
humbly suggest actually supporting the troops instead of a corrupt D.C.
Defense Department elite?
The Republicans can Strangle the Leviathan
by Kevin C. Caffrey: The power of the administrative branch.
It shows that the republicans power of the purse is stronger than
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New ‘Aryan’ Compound in Idaho to be Sold Off in January
The public foreclosure sale of property that was to be a new
Aryan Nations and Ku Klux Klan compound in North Idaho is set for Jan.
14, court records show. The foreclosure will mean eviction for white
supremacist Shaun P. Winkler, his wife and their small child, along with
a small band of their racist [...]
In New Novel, Glenn Beck Warns of Squirrel-Worshipping Socialists
America’s favorite far-right entertainer, Glenn Beck, has always
got the scoop on the coming End of the World and how to protect yourself
from it. When he’s not urging fans to buy guns and gold, he’s telling
them to build bunkers and stock up on food.
Now, just in time for the holidays, the fear-mongering eschatologist
[...]
Racist Accused of Shooting Idaho Deputies Faces Weapons Charge
A man with white supremacist tattoos, accused of shooting and
nearly killing two Idaho sheriff’s deputies last month, has been charged
by federal authorities with being a felon in possession of a handgun.
That handgun, with an obliterated serial number, was found after Kyle
Alan Batt was arrested Oct. 24, hiding in a garage where he [...]
Woman Long Sought in Largest ‘Eco-Terror’ Case Arrested
Rebecca Jeanette Rubin, a 39-year-old Canadian who has been
sought for a decade in the largest “eco-terrorism” case in United States
history, was arrested today by FBI agents after she surrendered in
Blaine, Wash.
Rubin, an alleged member of a group that called itself “The Family,” is
to be taken to Oregon to face trial federal [...]
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