Death Penalty
July 22, 2012 0

Death Penalty

By News Desk

Eli, as some have noted, is an ancient professor, an academic if you will.  He has followed the collapse of governance at Penn State with the interest of a bunny watching a disaster unveiled, and recently saw much back and forth about the NCAA (the folks who profit from and do the pompous on intercollegiate athletics in the US) imposing the death penalty on football at PSU. Folks, that ain’t the death penalty Penn State has to worry about.  Accreditation at US institutions of higher learning runs through cooperative associations of colleges and universities, who certify to the US Department of Education.  That ain’t whiffle ball because all federal funding, student loans, research grants and more depend on that certification

US Prepares For Direct Intervention in Syria
July 22, 2012 0

US Prepares For Direct Intervention in Syria

By News Desk

Sunday, July 22, 2012 US Prepares For Direct Intervention in Syria As FSA proxies fail and psychological operations falter, US prepares more direct (and desperate) approach for long-sought regime change.  by Tony Cartalucci July 22, 2012 – As it becomes increasingly clear that last week’s "surge" by NATO-backed so-called "Free Syrian Army" terrorists was a failed psychological operation, coordinated with meticulously timed assassinations the day of the UN Security Council vote designed to stampede the Syrian government out of power, the FSA’s foreign sponsors are preparing the public for a more direct intervention while desperately attempting to maintain the illusion of chaos and the imminent collapse of Syria’s government. Video : Thierry Meyssan in Damascus, Syria.

The pros are using sports to explain climate science
July 22, 2012 0

The pros are using sports to explain climate science

By News Desk

I’m very glad to see this: I’ve been arguing for this type of analogy for years .  There are alot of people out there, especially high school age students but not just them, who haven’t thought much about statistics and how they apply to weather and climate

Prepare for Spanish Implosion: Businesses Threaten to Leave Spain Over Tax Hikes; Finance Minister Proposes 56% Tax on Short-Term Financial…
July 21, 2012 0

Prepare for Spanish Implosion: Businesses Threaten to Leave Spain Over Tax Hikes; Finance Minister Proposes 56% Tax on Short-Term Financial…

By News Desk

Prepare for Spanish Implosion: Businesses Threaten to Leave Spain Over Tax Hikes; Finance Minister Proposes 56% Tax on Short-Term Financial Transactions Cristobal Montoro, the Spain’s finance minister has made a liquidity destroying proposal to tax short-term financial transactions at an astonishing 56% tax rate. Businesses are already upset over hikes in the VAT and have threatened to leave Spain. Interestingly, in spite of raising taxes elsewhere, the VAT was lowered on the highly subsidized renewable energy sector.