Fred Klonsky has this up on a rally for Chicago Teachers Union and parents against the testing, testing, testing mentality of the education profiteers and their toadies.
Rally is at 3:30 p.m. at Saucedo Elementary at 2850 W. 24th Blvd. Wear red in support!
Warrior Publications has this up from John Kane on relearning what our ancestors knew…
Some folks are so far removed from nature that they don’t have even the very basic knowledge of…living. Living in harmony, that is…
We’ve been fed this false belief that technology is superior to nature…when nothing trumps nature. Just look at the powerful force of nature during any storm…and how technology takes a hit every time.
Technology has put up a wall between us and nature. We lose that connection. We lose the talent of our senses without engaging them daily. (Think of folks walking into water fountains or walking into traffic while talking on cell phones.)
…and when we lose that connection, we lose the ability to value nature–to understand nature. And as the post says–we lose the ability to know our place within nature and our time here.
Being poor helps with that–washing clothes by scrubbing them on a washboard gave me a sense of accomplishment–I knew that I could do a decent job of it; learning how to manage on so little helps one really learn how to prioritize on what is important–you learn what is fluff and what is substance; and the biggest re-connect with nature is your own sense of self-worth and pride in that you made it. You survived. And nature is better for it because the balance of give-and-take is restored. You no longer take and take, but realize you must give, too. Not easy…but ohhh so worth it, in the end. You gain something so much more valuable.
So…Joe Donnelly was on the local radio station getting free air time, er I mean, informing the public…
…when he was laying into President Obama for the executive order to force the minimum wage to $10.10 for federal workers.
Donnelly casually mentions that George W. Bush did this (and so did several other presidents, including Reagan and Clinton, who were neck and neck with executive orders). More here on Mike Pence (now Indiana’s governor) who thinks executive orders are just fine for George W. Bush.
Donnelly stated that President Obama “should have tried to work with us…and he jumped the gun…”
bwahahahahahaha
Um, he has tried to work with Congress. Members of Congress have had a secret agreement to deliberately thwart Obama and block nominees, legislation, etc.
They have blocked raising the minimum wage for as long as I can remember. While they complain that they need an automatic pay raise every year, Congress looks the other way while people go hungry, lose their homes, go without medical care, and live under constant stress of deciding whether to pay the light bill, mortgage, heat bill, or put food on the table.
You might remember Donnelly phrased cutting food stamps as “savings” when on the radio just before Thanksgiving….absolutely callous while ignoring waste and fraud and bloated budgets in other areas, such as Defense spending.
Explained in one minute.
Ralph Nader has this up on the actions of Hillary Clinton and why she would not be a good President. I heart Ralph and wrote his name on a ballot once, along with 26 other souls in my republican stronghold small town.
…former Secretary of State Clinton ordered U.S. officials to spy on top UN diplomats including Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon, and those from the United Kingdom. She ordered her emissaries around the world to obtain DNA data, iris scans and fingerprints along with credit card and frequent flier numbers. Not only was this a clear violation of the 1946 UN convention, but after admitting what happened she didn’t even make a public apology to the affected parties.
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Big Brother, meet Big Sister…of course Hillary would not make an apology….she clearly feels she did nothing wrong. Stunning. Absolutely stunning the hubris of this politician.
Nader also notes her actions getting us into Libya with no Congressional approval.
Like I’ve said before, I’m sick of Bushes and Clintons in the White House. They have come to believe they are entitled to the position, for one. For another, their policies, along with Ronald Reagan, have led this country into the pit it is in now. How anyone could vote for her or support her after the revelations of what she has done is beyond me.
Nader links to the Nixon and Kissinger article in the NY Times, as Hillary Clinton is best buds with Henry Kissinger. Another article on Kissinger and Nixon here with more details.
If you recall, he was in the I’m-not-running-for-president video of Hillary Clinton, along with Benjamin Netanyahu:
…and Tony Blair..? Of the Downing Street Memo…?
Yes, yes, he is yet another example of ethics and humanity. /snark
Well, now, just when you think things can’t get any worse with the NSA…they continually amaze one with their lack of ethics.
Liaison officials asked the NSA general counsel’s office, on behalf of the Australians, for guidance about the spying. The bulletin notes only that the counsel’s office “provided clear guidance” and that the Australian eavesdropping agency “has been able to continue to cover the talks, providing highly useful intelligence for interested U.S. customers,” according to the Times story.
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…and the question of the hour is…would any of this come to light if Edward Snowdon had not brought it to light?
And yet another example why we need diversity in media. The whistleblowers of the world will not get a chance to be heard if media continues to be consolidated into a few privileged hands….
Here are snippets of the documentary on the grip the Kochs have on policy. It’s truly heartening what happened in Wake County, a southern area, and how they were not willing to go backward.
Also, this documentary leaves out the Gates Foundation and Eli Broad and the Walton family’s influence on destroying public education…just wanted to note that important piece of this pie.
…you will ever see is here.
It is just mindboggling how the Koch brothers have their tentacles in every aspect of society: union busting, voting rights, livable wages, social security, corporate taxes, healthcare, etc….
Not only that, but equally troubling is how easily Congress and politicians can be bought.
They are more than willing to endorse the racist ideas of the Kochs by a stealth way of re-segregating schools, interfering with one’s right to vote, and dumping toxins in poor and black neighborhoods. The only thing missing from this documentary is how BP is right there with Koch and will most likely accept the petcoke byproduct of tar sands at the Whiting, Indiana refineries. Indiana always seems to get lost in the concerns of pollution.
Another troubling aspect of this documentary is how Ed Shultz is featured as being against the Kochs, but he is for XL pipeline….which the Kochs are behind! One can only wonder how much the Kochs have paid to MSNBC or to Shultz (which I would find it hard to believe, but Kochs seem to go on the belief that everyone has a price…and they only need to find out what that price tag is…) since Ed has changed his tune, and the Kochs are known for greasing palms to buy people’s silence or worse, it’s not without merit to question if they have paid somebody off to get Ed to promote the pipeline.
I’m glad, however, to say that some of us care about the environment and our health and our children’s health and are resistant to this dirty money…
Diane Ravitch has this up on a high school junior, Grace, that sent a break-up letter to Common Core.
Kudos to Grace for speaking out.
Anne Clair, an Elsipogtog mother, wrote this about her son being jailed while protesting SWN trespassing on the native owned land.
Again, I ask– If most of the taxpayers are against fracking and tar sands, then why are the oil companies allowed on that land? Why were the police there and who are they working for if the taxpayers do not want this?
Eagle 
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