Milk, labor and love

A redesign of the California State Flag worth bringing back. Click on the flag for a larger version. (Graphic: mine) Harvey Milk once said to Allan Baird, the local Teamsters Union representative and director of the Coors Beer boycott in California, who had asked Harvey to support the union’s strike against six [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:42:18

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PhD summary

A Critical Study on Role of Gyandoot Intranet Project in E-governance in Madhya Pradesh Dr. Umesh Arya Twenty first century would be widely acclaimed as the era of Information Technology for India and most of the developing world. This was the time when the Information and Communication Technologies started making inroads into the hitherto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:02:00

Dowd, Friedman, Kristof and Rich

MoDo gives us “An Extremist Makeover?” in which she says the fact that Dick Cheney is now putting the blame for all the messes squarely on W. shows once more how the bureaucratic master outmaneuvers his younger partner.  The Moustache of Wisdom, in “Tax Cuts for Teachers,” says there’s simply no shortcut for a stimulus that stimulates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:40:05

Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor

By: David Icke I am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama. Even people with some understanding of the conspiracy have said things like: 'Well, at least he's not Bush' and 'Well, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:57:06

The Great Crash, 2008

By Roger C. AltmanFrom Foreign Affairs , January/February 2009 Summary: The financial crisis has called into serious question the credibility of western governments and may precipitate an eastward shift of power. ROGER C. ALTMAN is Chair and CEO of Evercore Partners. He was U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary in 1993-94 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:00:00

The Safari Club – An Alternate Super Intelligence Agency

Chagatai KhanAlexandre de Marenches The Safari Club- An Alternate Super Intelligence Agency. In September 1 1976, a group of countries got together and established a newly formed secret cabal of intelligence agencies called the Safari Club. It included France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Iran. The club was a brain child of Alexandre de Marenches, head of the French external intelligence service SDECE. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:20:57

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

Linda Darling-Hammond has my vote for SOE

I’ve been following the announcements of different officials to fill President-elect Obama’s cabinet, ... a little queazy. MrYuk Creative Commons License photo credit: KurtFaler Sadly, a similar ... 9, 2007). In a survey of 62,000 NYC teachers this past summer, roughly 80 percent disapproved [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 04:03:15

Best Blog Posts of 2008 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)

Last year my compilation of what bloggers chose as their own best posts of the year proved so popular, at least with the participating bloggers' mothers, that I have decided to make it an annual affair. But enjoy it while you can. When the Obama Administration institutes its secret plan to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet, this blog, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:00:00

Transcript: President George W. Bush at American Enterprise Institute, Includes Q&A | December 18, 2008

(Source: White House Press Office) 10:44 A.M. EST MR. DeMUTH: Mr. President, what’s on your mind this morning? THE PRESIDENT: First, thanking you for being the leader that you’ve been, and thanking AEI for generating good thought. People in the public arena need to have support for philosophy — and that’s what you provide, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:43:07

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/22/2008

An important story to watch concerns the BNP in the UK. After a list of BNP members was leaked on the internet, the government began persecuting people whose names were found on the list. A backlash has already begun — the British hate bullies and tend to support the underdog — so the BNP is bound to gain in strength.Thanks to Aeneas, Archonix, C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 04:51:00

For our Arizona Readers: Election Guide

Arizona is my fourth state to focus on. Have a more extensive rundown here. AZ-3 Congressional Race: Democrat Bob Lord is running against the rather strange John Shadegg (who has had several scandals in recent weeks). Here is Bob Lord's most recent ad: Bob Lord on Veterans: "Our veterans have sacrificed for our freedom [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 19:03:33

Thursday, Janyary 15, 2009

(NOTE: There will be no update of the news Friday, instead,  we will be covering a most interesting story – an untold one about US POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge, then sent to concentration camps as slave laborers) The day’s top political news: Bush Bids farewell President George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:07

RJ: LuvGuv seeks state worker pay cuts

Posted by Tazzie 9 Jan 2009Available at:http://www.lvrj.com/news/37325544.html?numComments=184(185 reader comments so far pasted below)Jan ... to include a 6 percent cut in pay for state employees, including teachers, in his proposed budget, a source ... to drive teachers away, wreck the education system totally, demolish it -- take 6 percent away and see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:32:00

Making learning Visible - John Hattie

Auckland University Professor John Hattie has recently authored a study, based on research into 83 million students, studying effective teachers around the world and has come up with some reassuring results for creative teachers. It's all about trusting relationships and 'oodles of feedback'. Note [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:24:00

Prepared text of Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State speech

Happy New Year and thank you all for attending today's State of the State. Reverend Clergy; Senate President Codey; Speaker Roberts; Majority Leaders Sweeney and Watson Coleman; Minority Leaders Kean and DeCroce; Chief Justice Rabner and Justices of the Supreme Court; Members of the Legislature; Members of my Cabinet; Congressmen Pallone, Payne, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:13:00

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE Police officer saluted for saving drowning girlNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:21:00

More about Bronx Science: Special Complaint

Putting Bronx Science on the Do Not Apply list was not a simple thing to do; it is so different from the other schools on the list ... teachers in the Bronx Science mathematics department had become so serious last spring, that the teachers joined together and filed a special complaint. What follows is an edited version [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:35:48

So This Is Christmas: 37 Food Philanthropies

(Confidential to Biggest Loser fans: YAY MICHELLE! Although, Ed did look pretty dang good, and The Boyfriend and I both agreed that Amy P. vaulted from Mom With a Pretty Face clear to Total Freaking MILF. We’d both date her if we were hot, 40-year-old single dads. Anyway…) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 23:10:00

Full text: CPP 40th anniversary statement

Just got this now via email from the NDFP International Office: CPP 40th anniversary statement Publish at Scribd or explore others: Politics philippines Or if you prefer to read it now: STRENGTHEN THE PARTY AND INTENSIFY THE PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE IN CELEBRATING THE 40th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY Message of the Central Committee Communist Party [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:20:21

Progressive Voter Guide to the Economy

AlterNet. Posted October 9, 2008. From the housing crisis to the minimum wage, a look at where the candidates stand on nine important economic issues. A Gallup poll released this week showed that a majority of Americans — 53 percent — are angry about the financial crisis. And 41 percent are afraid [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 15:48:01

Which Candidate is best for African Americans?

National Black Republican Association In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 08:26:29

Indigenous Peoples Rising in Bolivia and Ecuador

James D. Cockcroft Indigenous peoples in Indo-Afro-Latin America, especially Bolivia and Ecuador, are rising up to take control of their own lives and act in solidarity with others to save the planet. They are calling for new, yet ancient, practices of plurinational, participatory, and intercultural democracy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 03:37:00

Obama : El emperador desnudo , por David Icke

Barack Obama: The Naked EmperorBy David IckePLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THE LINK TO SEND PEOPLE IS:WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMAI am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:36:00

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 7, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for December 7, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of law, individual responsibilitiy, traditional values, etc [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 15:11:53

Surf Putah Election Endorsements

Elected Officials - straight party line this time, all good candidates. Barack Obama for President of the United States of America Mike Thompson for US Congress, first district Lois Wolk for California State Senate, fifth district Mariko Yamada for State Assembly, eighth district California Propositions and Initiatives on the flip.. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 10:19:25

Barak Obama: The Naked Emperor

By David Icke PLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THE LINK TO SEND PEOPLE IS: WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMA I am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:51:49

As economists and media catch on to Obama’s “fuzzy math”, Obama campaign draws up plans to “lower expectations”

H/T to LD over at No Quarter. Terrific round up of data on the Obama plan to flush the US economy completely down the toilet. With an illustrious group of 537 (so far) bipartisan economists throwing their support to McCain and his tax plan, the word is eeking out to some of the MSM that all is not well in Obama-topia [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 06:32:25

Jacobus Arminius - Works, Vol. 1, Oration III

9. THE INTERNAL WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT We declare, therefore, and we continue to repeat the declaration, till the gates of hell re-echo the sound, "that the Holy Spirit, by whose inspiration holy men of God have spoken this word, and by whose impulse and guidance they have, as his amanuenses, consigned it to writing; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:21:21

R.I.P. Harold Pinter

A true master, and somehow it's just like him to die on Christmas.Pinter was indeed great -- one of those writers who changes your perspective forever. He owed as much to Kafka, Hitchcock, and noir as he does to Beckett, with whom he's often compared [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 21:24:00

Emerson Lynn On Politics

Governor Spends Political Capital On School Reform The criticism that Gov ... to the governor’s stunning inaugural message. The Democrats recoiled in opposition. The teachers’ union said ... risks getting soaked. And the governor tossed a big one. But the legislature, the teachers’ union [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:18:10

I was once in a math war skirmish… Part 3: teaching Math Connections

In the late 1990s the Math Wars, ignited in California, were spreading across the country. I was a witness (participant?) in a skirmish in the Bronx. Part 1: Curriculum ImposedPart 2: Math Teachers organizeSummary of Part 1:  In 1999 ... examining how the pilots ran. The first group of teachers involved got jobs with the publisher [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:06:42

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/25/2008

Events seem to be shaping up for a major confrontation between Israel and its various Muslim enemies. Hizbullah now has three times as many missiles in Lebanon as it did at the start of the war in 2006. Hamas is challenging Abu Mazen and continues to launch rocket attacks from Gaza [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 04:50:00

The New Poverty

There's a new poverty - it's almost transparent, but it's there ... through good credit ratings, onerous lending and jobs that "get by", without actually advancing anything ... because of their grandparents' union membership, the weekends that they wouldn't even dream of if weren't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:12:00

Loose Lips Daily

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. Mornin’ all ... that vision becomes reality is unknown, particularly with the credit crunch and fluctuations [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:25:19

Monday wrap

Pay-to-Play usurps Constitutional limits ... There isn't too much money in politics after all. The problem is too damned much politics in money. Gaining political power with money is perhaps tawdry. But commonplace. Gaining money with power is, well, corruption. And it has devastating consequences [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:30:00

BCE deal bites the dust: official

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Bell Canada’s parents are busted ... International, a Swiss cooperative, says so. Investors led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board said ... and Mail newspaper. But the deal has now officially fallen through. “Er, do Canada’s teachers — [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 12:02:34

An Example of Why Good Teachers Leave The Profession.

The attached story is an example of why a good teacher I know left the profession. Our friend Todd loved teaching and loved history ... to push the agenda of the teachers union and the liberal agenda. He tried to fight it but could ... , and limiting the size of their portfolios. Why should government regulate banks, credit unions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:02:00

MCEA Sets its Annapolis Agenda

Following are the remarks of MCEA President Bonnie Cullison at the union's legislative breakfast this past Saturday. In attendance was the vast majority of Montgomery's statehouse delegation. Note the union's positions on the state school aid miscalculation, GCEI and teacher pensions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:00:00

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception is for children whose parents are serving in the military and cannot be with them for the Christmas holiday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

New Day Dawning By Henry J. Stern

Welcome to 2009; Hope We Do Better This Year Than Last These are reflections as the calendar changes. They are not a summary of the old year or predictions for the new one. They are simply observations, made on a cold, cloudy day in a largely empty office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:09:13

Cedar Rapids Education Association announces Grand Opening of Teacher Store that offers much needed supplies in area classrooms

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. -- The Cedar Rapids Education Association and Linn Area Credit Union announce the grand opening of Iowa's first-ever Teacher Store, ... in the schools, and from the Linn Area Credit Union. The Teacher Store solicits donations of goods ... from a donor. We had teachers snatch those up in the first part of winter like you wouldn't believe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:30:51

Transcript: Third and Final Presidential Debate | Barack Obama – John McCain | Hofstra University | October 15, 2008

(Source: CNN) Schieffer: Good evening. And welcome to the third and last presidential debate of 2008, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News. The rules tonight are simple. The subject is domestic policy. I will divide the next hour-and-a-half into nine-minute segments [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 03:18:45

Teach Kids to Find Their Investor Personality

This financial article comes to you compliments of: The Skilled Investor's PERSONAL FINANCE BLOG . Find the original article here: Teach Kids to Find Their Investor Personality [Note: The following is a guest article from the “ Ask Anne Blog .” It is published here as a courtesy. The opinions expressed here are the opinions of the “ Ask Anne Blog “, and are not necessarily those of  The Skilled Investor . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 20:14:47

McCain Tries Harder But Suffers Devastating Loss in Final Debate

McCain Tries Harder But Suffers Devastating Loss in Final Debate October 16th, 2008 by Ron Chusid John McCain deserves an A for effort but suffered a devastating defeat in a debate he needed to win to get back into the race. The debate, occurring on the eve of McCain’s most important television appearance of the week as he faces David [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 05:24:56

Ringo Starr Posts Odd Video Declaring Future Fan Mail Will Be Thrown Away

Ringo Starr Posts Odd Video Declaring Future Fan Mail Will Be Thrown Away 10-14-2008 12:09 pm - ABC News Dateline: London, England " ... am - Fox News Dateline: New York, NY AP: The teachers' union for the nation's largest public ... Obama’s Tax Plan Includes Annual Tax Credit Check for Tens of Millions of Filers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 22:04:37

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2008

Of interest tonight: the Spanish government is moving strongly to make sure that Russia doesn’t by a large chunk of the Repsol oil company. Prince Alwaleed intends to buy a 5% share of Citigroup. Kuwait lost $1.4 billion dollars in its investments in derivatives [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 04:05:00

Cuba, Obama, and the quickening pace of change

January 9, 2009 Dear Friend:Read the news summary this week and see if you agree with us - the pace of change is accelerating and there is more pressure on the incoming Obama administration to take bold steps on Cuba.On the diplomatic front, Spain has urged the administration to change U.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:27:00

Bush's Achievements

Seven or So Things The President Got Wrong Fred Barnes posted an article the other day in his generally pro forma Rockefellerist shill style listing the “ten great achievements” of the Bush presidency. In his piece, "Bush's Achievements: Ten things the president got right," Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:48:08

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