May 2013
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Travel Update #1
Delta can go piss up a rope. As per usual, they made a solid attempt to bollocks everyone’s evening. A late departure gave one dude near us negative minutes to get to his gate. Luckily we had about 45 minutes to get to ours, albeit, the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson.
The situation immediately improved when we boarded the KLM flight to Amsterdam. Honestly one of the best...
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Scotland Itinerary
Priorities one whilst visiting Edinburgh.
Find Iron Maiden ‘Trooper’ Beer
Drink said beer
Plan export of said beer to USA
All other priorities rescinded. In the event Robinson’s is not shipping within my walking radius, non Iron Maiden affiliated beer will suffice, perhaps.
Depending on [free] World Wide Web availability, there may be limited blogging/twittering for the...
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Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global... →
Researching climate research. Interesting findings. Full text .pdf here.
Abstract
We analyze the evolution of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, examining 11 944 climate abstracts from 1991–2011 matching the topics ‘global climate change’ or ‘global warming’. We find that 66.4% of abstracts...
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WatchChris Hedges busy kicking ass and taking names today. Video clip from Democracy Now! & audio clip from NPR.
Looking Ahead: Chris Hedges on Poverty, Politics, and U.S. Culture.
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The major sea change in media discussions of Obama... →
[It] is remarkable how media reactions to civil liberties assaults are shaped almost entirely by who the victims are. For years, the Obama administration has been engaged in pervasive spying on American Muslim communities and dissident groups. It demanded a reform-free renewal of the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, both of which codify immense powers of warrantless...
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Ten Questions That USASpending.Gov Can’t Answer →
Legitimate questions I’d say.
USASpending.gov is supposed to be a hub for citizens to find information about government spending, but it comes up short when trying to answer some key questions.
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Spying on the Associated Press • New York Times →
What, besides intimidation, is achieved by searching phone records of respected journalists?
But ‘National Security’!?
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The day the Obama administration went all Nixon on... →
Just as Richard Nixon violated civil liberties in the name of a seemingly endless war, so, too, has the Obama administration
Ole Tricky Dick. A lot of similarities indeed.
Not the first Nixonian comparison. Jonathan Turley in March.
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Boycott Monsanto • A simple list of companies to... →
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New laws would make environmental protest... →
Environmental “terrorism”. What a load of bollocks that is. Terrorism. At this point, what isn’t terrorism?
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The AP story • What will happen next
I forgot to include this earlier. As the story gains more traction, which it will, we’ll see a few things happen as a result. This is about as firm a guarantee as I can make.
Right now congresspeople are sticking their wet thumbs in the air to see which way the wind’s blowing. Pretty soon, especially now that Holder is talking, republicans are going to go apeshit. They’re going...
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Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe •... →
I’ve held back comment on this story thus far for a number of reasons. I had some questions regarding some of the details on what and why this information was obtained by DoJ. I tend to agree with this opinion on Zero Hedge. A couple of things are worth noting.
First, I’m always shocked by the surprised reaction people have when these stories of government overstepping their...
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Pilotless Planes, Pacific Tensions • Richard... →
This was inevitable. In jest, SkyNet launches. This does, however, introduce an interesting element where we eliminate the “human” factor of our weapons systems. Keep an eye out in the near future for reactions regardless.
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Terrorism and the Public Imagination • Hamilton... →
The shooting of nineteen innocent people, including two children, at a Mother’s Day celebration in New Orleans yesterday was an act of violence only gaudy enough to hold the nation’s attention momentarily. Shortly after the bodies were cleared, the FBI said they “have no indication the shooting was an act of terrorism. ‘It’s strictly an act of street violence in New...
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Supreme Court backs patents on 'self-replicating'... →
Photo: IITA Image Library/Flickr The Supreme Court on Monday for the first time backed patents for a self-replicating technology — Monsanto’s “Roundup
There you have it, folks. Essentially a patent on life, with the Supreme Court’s backing. This, is corporatism at its finest.
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“Our [AllergyKids] mission grew to include the 1 in 3 American children that now...”
– My Seven Year Itch • Robyn O’Brien • Prevention
There’s a common denominator for this 20-year history and gratuitous increase in allergies, asthma, and ADHD—just about the exact time our food began to change via the advent of overly processed and genetically modified ingredients....
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The Military’s 40-Year Experiment • David Sirota •... →
Today, such conclusions read like prophecy. Though polls showed that many Americans opposed the Iraq War, that invasion and occupation was historically unprecedented in length and yet never generated the kind of mass protest that earlier shorter wars evoked. Same thing for the Afghanistan War. Same thing for all the forward deployments to far-flung bases and one-off missions.
The pattern...
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For Mom's Sake: Close Guantanamo | We Meant Well →
theamericanbear:
Needs 800 signatures to reach 200,000. Boost please.
Word.
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The joys of travel
Just got down right intimate with the TSA dude. It was all my pleasure. Rewards for opting out of an x-ray assault. Oh joy.
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Jack of all trades, Master of Science? • On my... →
This post has been a long-time-comin’. If I followed a more somewhat traditional path (not really, but work with me here), I should’ve been in this spot in 2003—wee bit before tumblr, eh. Instead…
I hastily created a Wordpress blog to throw down some longer essays and thoughts on random subjects. This bit of nonsense came late last night, bottle of wine and all, so mind the...
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“We can only get to The Truth if the US, UK and other governments end their own...”
– Greg Palast • Boston, bombs, and Borat: From Kazakhstan with truth • Vice
Information “protection”—Protection from those “terrorists”, or protection from us? Think about it.
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WatchYou’re welcome.
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Review highlights dangerous health effects of... →
Beyond Pesticides offers the latest information on pesticides and alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children’s health, organic food, mosquito control and organic lawn care.
Why is this even still a question?
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8 senate republicans boycotting McCarthy EPA... →
Related? Grandstanding, for sure. Obligatory when you’re needed to bite the hand that feeds. Corruption, always; always corrupt.
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WatchJohn Fugelsang on Mark Sanford election and Cackalacky douchebaggery. Sanford. Unreal that guy back in public office. It shouldn’t surprise, Lindsey Graham is one of the worst people in congress right now.
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Review of "Upstream Color"
I should probably note “initial review” instead. I’ve a feeling the more I watch this film the better my understanding and interpretation of it will be.
Where do I begin? I’ve mentioned more than a few times one of my favorite all-time films is “Primer”. Hence, I’m be in the bag for virtually anything Shane Carruth does, and he’s at least one guy...
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Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel •... →
Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
Hawking’s decision marks another victory in the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions targeting Israeli academic institutions.
Right on, Professor Hawking.
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WatchThe World’s End • Love these guys. July 19.
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WatchA conversation with Sir Ken Robinson • Discovery Education Dr Robinson gets it. Every one of my professors gets it. Every academic and practitioner I’ve met, heard, read, etc gets it. Then why do we continue to kick this can down the road? Think about it. Who benefits?
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Justice O’Connor Regrets • Jeffrey Toobin • The... →
Sandra Day O’Connor, who retired from the Supreme Court seven years ago, made some news the other day when she expressed misgivings about one of the signature decisions of her judicial career: Bush v. Gore
While the New Yorker doesn’t attempt to hide their bias, this is a good piece from Mr Toobin. As she should be disgusted with the current GOP. This republican party of Cheney, Rumsfeld,...
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The folks who brought you military detention in... →
Lindsey Graham has skyrocketed to the top of a much too long a list of ‘most dangerous individuals’ in the USA. This is a fact. The level of harm this guy’s rhetoric, and subsequent action, in congress this year alone is not only completely unacceptable, it is criminal. He and others should be held accountable. A supplemented article from Glenn Greenwald as well: Barbara Lee and...
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