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Levon Helm. A former member of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks and The Band, Levon enjoyed many years as a solo artist until his death in 2012. RIP Levon. Enjoy!
Levon Helm - Poor Old Dirt Farmer
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News and Opinion
'No Deal' as Iran Nuclear Talks Face Deadline
Iran says it is now impossible to reach a deal by Monday's deadline to reach a comprehensive deal with world powers aimed at resolving the stand-off over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported on Sunday.
"Considering the short time left until the deadline and number of issues that needed to be discussed and resolved, it is impossible to reach a final and comprehensive deal by November 24," ISNA quoted an unnamed member of Iran's negotiating team in Vienna as saying.
An Iranian diplomatic source said extension of Tehran's nuclear talks with six major world powers beyond the Monday deadline is not on the agenda of Vienna discussions.
The United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China began a final round of talks with Iran on Tuesday, looking to clinch a pact under which Tehran would curb its nuclear work in exchange for lifting economically crippling sanctions.
Get Ready for a Government Shutdown Over Obama's Immigration Order
Conservatives have reacted to Barack Obama's executive action on immigration exactly as expected, bestowing an array of new titles on the president: tyrant, monarch, king, and so on. But name-calling may only be the beginning of it. Republicans are weighing whether to use a government funding bill to block Obama's action. It's looking increasingly clear that they will and that an ensuing government shutdown could last a long time.
Republicans have pushed so many "scandals" Benghazi, IRS, Fast and Furious, Solyndra that it's difficult to know when their anger is real and when it's manufactured for political purposes. In this latest case, though, the fury is very real. The editorial board of National Review, for instance, has gone from imploring Republicans to be "a responsible party just as the conventional wisdom has it" a few weeks ago to arguing that House Republicans should consider a bill to fund the government except for Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), the agency in the Department of Homeland Security responsible for implementing the president's order, and perhaps a few other selected portions of the administration.
It's not exactly clear if this would work, since the deferred action program is self-funded through user fees. But there's no doubt that once the Republican Congress begins in January, it will have tools to use a government funding bill to block Obama's action (by attaching a policy rider that blocks implementation of the executive action). If Obama vetoed a funding bill with such a rider, it would set up another government shutdown fight.
Reports currently indicate that soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner don't want that fight. The 2013 shutdown was a political disaster for Republicans. The Republican leadership doesn't want to risk squandering any momentum they earned from the midterms. But as evidenced by the National Review editorial, much of the party is yearning and feels a responsibility to initiate that fight.
GOP led investigation into Benghazi that determined GOP was full of crap is full of crap according to full of crap Senator Lindsey Graham.
'FULL OF CRAP:' GOP senator blasts House committee report that ruled out White House cover-up of Benghazi response
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) vowed to not ‘stop until someone is held accountable’ for the 2012 attack in which four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, died.
The GOP-led House investigation that cleared the White House of wrong-doing in its response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was “full of crap,” a top Senator said Sunday.
“The House Intelligence Committee is doing a lousy job policing their own,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” of the panel’s finding that there was no politically motivated cover-up by the White House after the attack.
The committee’s report, released Friday after a two-year compilation process, also dismissed any possibility that there was an intelligence failure during the attack — in which four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, died — and found there was no delay in attempting to rescue the building’s staff.
The report, however, did find that the compound was not sufficiently protected and that the intelligence, immediately following the attack, about who planned it and carried it out, was contradictory, leading then-Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice to share inaccurate information. Rice, the report found, did not intentionally mislead the public.
But, wasn't there just a report that the "new car smell" is toxic?
Obama: Americans want ‘new car smell’ in 2016
President Barack Obama said in an interview Sunday that he’s not sure what role he will play in the 2016 race for the White House because American people will want that “new car smell” when it comes to the campaign for his sucessor that has already begun.
“I think the American people, you know, they're going to want -- you know, that new car smell,” Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.” “You know...they want to drive something off the lot that doesn't have as much mileage as me.”
Obama acknowledged that he’s taken some “dings” over the years. “When you’ve been president for six years you know, you’ve got some dings,” he laughed.
He said he speaks frequently to his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, and that she would make “a great president.” But was quick to say that other Democrats would make “terrific presidents” too.
Suicide bomber kills 45 at volleyball match in Afghanistan
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 45 people at a volleyball match in Afghanistan on Sunday, a provincial official said, as foreign troops withdraw from the country after more than a decade of fighting.
Mukhles Afghan, spokesman for the governor of Paktika province, said at least 50 more were wounded in the attack in Yahya Khel district, where residents had gathered to watch a tournament final.
He said most of the casualties were civilians.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, in which provincial spokesman Afghan said the bomber walked into the crowd of spectators and detonated his explosive vest.
"Sadly we have 45 people killed and around 50 others wounded in this suicide attack," the spokesman said.
Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine, blames West for frosty ties
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another 'Iron Curtain'.
In an interview published by state news agency TASS on Sunday, Putin also said Western sanctions against Moscow, combined with the slide in the rouble and oil price falls would have no "catastrophic consequences" on Russia's economy.
The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and ratcheted them up over Moscow's backing for separatists fighting Kiev troops to split east Ukraine.
"We understand the fatality of an 'Iron Curtain' for us," Putin was quoted as saying. "We will not go down this path in any case and no one will build a wall around us. That is impossible!"
German foreign minister speaks out against Ukraine joining NATO
Germany's FM, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has said he is against Ukraine joining NATO. In an interview with Der Spiegel, he said he considers that it is possible for NATO to have a partnership with Ukraine, but not membership.
He also added that he does not believe it is realistic for Ukraine to join the European Union in the foreseeable future, as the economic and political modernization of Ukraine is a project for a few generations.
He also urged Kiev to introduce reforms to fight corruption and mismanagement of the economy, saying they had to start immediately and that there was no time to lose.
Meanwhile, Russia President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said one of the means of changing the balance of power in the world to eventually subdue Russia was NATO's gradual approach toward its borders, which made Russia nervous, he said, speaking to the BBC.
U.S. plans to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars
(Reuters) - The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress.
The plan to spend $24.1 million represents a small fraction of the larger, $1.6 billion spending request to Congress focusing on training and arming Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
But the document underscored the importance the Pentagon places on the Sunni tribesmen to its overall strategy to diminish Islamic State, and cautioned Congress about the consequences of failing to assist them.
"Not arming tribal fighters will continue to leave anti-ISIL tribes reluctant to actively counter ISIL," the document said, using another acronym for the group which has seized control of large parts of Syrian and Iraq and is gaining territory in Anbar despite three months of U.S.-led air strikes.
The 'Caliphate's' Colonies: Islamic State's Gradual Expansion into North Africa
Chaos, disillusionment and oppression provide the perfect conditions for Islamic State. Currently, the Islamist extremists are expanding from Syria and Iraq into North Africa. Several local groups have pledged their allegiance.
Submitted by: NCTim
The caliphate has a beach. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea around 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Crete in Darna. The eastern Libya city has a population of around 80,000, a beautiful old town and an 18th century mosque, from which the black flag of the Islamic State flies. The port city is equipped with Sharia courts and an "Islamic Police" force which patrols the streets in all-terrain vehicles. A wall has been built in the university to separate female students from their male counterparts and the disciplines of law, natural sciences and languages have all been abolished. Those who would question the city's new societal order risk death.
Darna has become a colony of terror, and it is the first Islamic State enclave in North Africa. The conditions in Libya are perfect for the radical Islamists: a disintegrating state, a location that is strategically well situated and home to the largest oil reserves on the continent. Should Islamic State (IS) manage to establish control over a significant portion of Libya, it could trigger the destabilization of the entire Arab world.
The IS puts down roots wherever chaos reigns, where governments are weakest and where disillusionment over the Arab Spring is deepest. In recent weeks, terror groups that had thus far operated locally have quickly begun siding with the extremists from IS.
In September, it was the Algerian group Soldiers of the Caliphate that threw in its lot with Islamic State. As though following a script, the group immediately beheaded a French mountaineer and uploaded the video to the Internet. In October, the "caliphate" was proclaimed in Darna. And last week, the strongest Egyptian terrorist group likewise announced its affiliation with IS.
Kids' crusade: ISIS abducting & indoctrinating children – UN
Islamic State are abducting and brainwashing children into joining their group, says a UN children’s representative. The organization says the militant faction are looking to “foster a new generation of supporters,” amongst young Syrians and Iraqis.
While the use of children in conflict zones is nothing new, no other group comes close to Islamic State (IS) in being so open and transparent in their use of children as soldiers, according to Lelia Zerrougui, who is the UN secretary general’s special representative for children and armed conflict.
She added that IS is very organized, while they are helped by controlling such vast areas of land, which helps them to indoctrinate children to their radical interpretation of Shariah law.
"This is not a marginal phenomenon. This is something that is being observed and seems to be part of the strategy of the group," Zerrougui said in an interview with AP.
Children are being targeted as they are seen as being loyal for long periods of time, while they are easier to indoctrinate due to their age. In Raqqa, which is IS’s chief stronghold in Syria, boys attend training camps and religious courses, before being sent to the battlefield to fight. However, those who are seen as unsuitable as fighters are assigned other roles, such as being spies, cooks, cleaners or guards.
US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis
US air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-regime fighters to forge alliances with or even defect to Islamic State (Isis), according to a series of interviews conducted by the Guardian.
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Islamic military groups are joining forces with Isis, which has gained control of swaths of Syria and Iraq and has beheaded six western hostages in the past few months.
Some brigades have transferred their allegiance, while others are forming tactical alliances or truces. Support among civilians also appears to be growing in some areas as a result of resentment over US-led military action.
Isis now is like a magnet that attracts large numbers of Muslims, said Abu Talha, who defected from the FSA a few months ago and is now in negotiations with other fighters from groups such as the al-Nusra Front to follow suit.
Wall Street Pension-Raiders Scored Big Wins in 2014 Midterms
Submitted by: NCTim
Last fall, journalists David Sirota and Matt Taibbi dug into a well-funded Wall Street campaign to loot public pension funds. A number of states had, or were in the process of turning billions of dollars in public employees retirement funds over to various financial firms that in turn skimmed exorbitant fees off the top.
As Taibbi explained to BillMoyers.com last September, the whole campaign is based on the myth that public pension funds around the country are suffering from some sort of naturally occurring funding gap. The reality, he pointed out, was quite different: The public pension crisis was created by states refusing to make required payments into their funds, often in violation of state laws, and by investing in garbage securities that Wall Street had paid the ratings agencies to bless with triple-A ratings.
Today, Murtaza Hussain reports for The Intercept that while Wall Street has been fighting to turn public pensions into private profits for quite some time, these pension-raiders enjoyed especially good election results earlier this month.
Blackwater Founder Remains Free and Rich While His Former Employees Go Down on Murder Charges
Submitted by: NCTim
A federal jury in Washington, D.C., returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater operatives charged with killing more than a dozen Iraqi civilians and wounding scores of others in Baghdad in 2007.
The jury found one guard, Nicholas Slatten, guilty of first-degree murder, while three other guards were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter: Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard. The jury is still deliberating on additional charges against the operatives, who faced a combined 33 counts, according to the Associated Press. A fifth Blackwater guard, Jeremy Ridgeway, had already pleaded guilty to lesser charges and cooperated with prosecutors in the case against his former colleagues. The trial lasted ten weeks and the jury has been in deliberations for 28 days.
The incident for which the men were tried was the single largest known massacre of Iraqi civilians at the hands of private U.S. security contractors. Known as Baghdad's bloody Sunday, operatives from Blackwater gunned down 17 Iraqi civilians at a crowded intersection at Nisour Square on September 16, 2007. The company, founded by secretive right-wing Christian supremacist Erik Prince, pictured above, had deep ties to the Bush Administration and served as a sort of neoconservative Praetorian Guard for a borderless war launched in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
While Barack Obama pledged to rein in mercenary forces when he was a senator, once he became president he continued to employ a massive shadow army of private contractors. Blackwater despite numerous scandals, congressional investigations, FBI probes and documented killings of civilians in both Iraq and Afghanistan remained a central part of the Obama administration's global war machine throughout his first term in office.
Video from Democracy Now
Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater Execs Remain Free as Guards Convicted for Killing 14 Iraqis in Massacre
A look at who loses as oil prices keep plunging
WASHINGTON The rapid plunge in oil and gasoline prices means huge savings for American consumers, but the steep downward swing may ultimately prove dangerously disruptive to energy-producing countries and companies.
If prices remain low for a protracted period, which seems likely, it'll send shock waves across the energy sector. For oil-producing countries, that could mean budget shortfalls. For energy companies, the lower profits may force mergers and consolidation that will cost thousands of jobs.
Oil prices have tumbled in recent months from their peak at about $105 a barrel in June to their current lows, below $75 on Wednesday. The Energy Information Administration projected last week that gasoline prices would stay under $3 a gallon throughout next year. A gallon of regular unleaded averages $2.86, the motor club AAA said Wednesday, about 25 cents lower than a month ago.
For American consumers, who used 135.4 billion gallons of gasoline last year, that's a big savings nearly $34 billion on an annualized basis.
Cleveland Cop Kills 12-Year-Old Boy Carrying Toy 'Airsoft' Pistol
A 12-year-old boy died Sunday after he was shot by Cleveland police while he carried an "airsoft" pellet gun.
A rookie officer shot the boy at a recreation center Saturday afternoon after a 911 caller reported "a guy with a pistol" on the rec center's swing set. The caller told the dispatcher the weapon was "probably fake," but the officer who fired twice, hitting the boy in the stomach wasn't informed of that critical detail, according to a statement made by Jeff Follmer, the president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen Association's to local media.
"Besides, we have to assume every gun is real," Follmer said. "When we don't, that's the day we don't go home."
The shooting at Cuddell Recreation Center on the city's west side occurred just days after Cleveland cops killed an unarmed schizophrenic woman outside her house by slamming her on the slamming her on the pavement.
Report says pictures show China building reef island
Satellite imagery indicates China is building an island that could be the site for its first airstrip in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, IHS Jane's reports.
The images of the reclaimed island on Fiery Cross Reef, taken on Aug. 8 and Nov. 14, show that over the last three months, Chinese dredgers have created a land mass 1.9 miles long and 660 feet to 980 feet wide, large enough for a runway and apron, the defense publication said.
As well as the land mass, which is almost the entire length of the reef, the dredgers are creating a harbor that could be large enough to receive tankers and major surface ships, it added.
The Spratly Islands, a group of reefs midway between Vietnam and the Philippines, are claimed by Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Sanders Joins Warren in Opposing Obama's Wall Street Nominee for Treasury
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Sunday that he intends to join Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) in opposing the confirmation of Wall Street investment banker Antonio Weiss to be Undersecretary of Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department.
Last week President Obama nominated Weiss, head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard, to become the administration's new Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. Weiss has spent the last 20 years of his career at Lazard -- most of it advising on international mergers and acquisitions. Lazard helps clients avoid U.S. taxes by sheltering profits in other countries.
Sanders urged President Barack Obama to withdraw the nomination.
“The Wall Street crash of 2008, caused by the greed and illegal behavior of major financial institutions, created the worst recession in modern history. We need an economic team at the White House which will hold Wall Street accountable and fight for the needs of working families, not more Wall Street executives,” Sanders said. “The American people are disgusted with Wall Street bankers who find loopholes in the tax code to help profitable companies shelter profits in offshore tax havens in order to avoid paying their fair share of U.S. taxes. We need economists in government who have a history of helping to create jobs, not helping corporations avoid taxes."
World bank to focus future investment on clean energy
World Bank will only fund coal projects in cases of ‘extreme need’ due to the risk climate change poses to ending world poverty, says Jim Yong Kim
The World Bank will invest heavily in clean energy and only fund coal projects in “circumstances of extreme need” because climate change will undermine efforts to eliminate extreme poverty, says its president Jim Yong Kim.
Talking ahead of a UN climate summit in Peru next month, Kim said he was alarmed by World Bank-commissioned research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, which said that as a result of past greenhouse gas emissions the world is condemned to unprecedented weather events.
“The findings are alarming. As the planet warms further, heatwaves and other weather extremes, which today we call once-in-a-century events, would become the new climate normal, a frightening world of increased risk and instability. The consequences for development would be severe, as crop yields decline, water resources shift, communicable diseases move into new geographical ranges, and sea levels rise,” he said.
“We know that the dramatic weather extremes are already affecting millions of people, such as the five to six feet of snow that just fell on Buffalo, and can throw our lives into disarray or worse. Even with ambitious mitigation, warming close to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is locked in. And this means that climate change impact such as extreme heat events may now be simply unavoidable.”
Regin, new computer spying bug, discovered by Symantec
A leading computer security company says it has discovered one of the most sophisticated pieces of malicious software ever seen.
Symantec says the bug, named Regin, was probably created by a government and has been used for six years against a range of targets around the world.
Once installed on a computer, it can do things like capture screenshots, steal passwords or recover deleted files.
Experts say computers in Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ireland have been hit most.
It has been used to spy on government organisations, businesses and private individuals, they say.
Is it just me or does that new robot guard look like a Dalek?
Microsoft turns to robot guards to protect its Silicon Valley campus
K5 is meant to alert headquarters of possible intruders, and it does not carry any weaponry.
Microsoft is turning to robots to provide security for its Silicon Valley campus, according to a new report.
The software giant as become one of the first companies to use an autonomous robot security guard called K5 to keep ne'er-do-wells from causing trouble on the campus, according to ExtremeTech.
K5 is about the size of a human, and weighs in at 300 pounds. It is equipped with cameras, sensors, and alarms, along with some sophisticated artificial intelligence. This allows Microsoft to replace some human security patrols.
K5 is meant to alert security to intruders or other unwanted visitors, and does not carry any weaponry of any kind.
Controlling the internet China style
While hosting the World Internet Conference, China tries Tiananmen activist for leaking 'state secrets' to US website.
Beijing, China - Two visions of China's campaign to strengthen its influence over the global future of the World Wide Web are being staged in two Chinese cities this week.
One vision offers digital riches to global tech leaders who join forces with the Beijing leadership to offer a tightly controlled Web to China's online masses.
The other promises prison for anyone accused of using the Internet to challenge Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule.
Leveraging its 630-million-strong platform of Web users to attract some of the planet's internet elites, the government is staging its first World Internet Conference in the ancient riverside resort of Wuzhen on the east coast.
But simultaneously, in a secret Beijing courtroom, the CCP is launching the trial of a Tiananmen rights activist for allegedly leaking a secret Communist Party diatribe against democracy to an online American magazine.
The Evening Greens
Weekend Edition Editor - Agathena
This UK bus is powered by food waste and poop
The future of sustainable public transport could come through fueling buses with gas made from two of the things that we seem to have a lot of, human waste and food waste.
In what is a first for the country, the "Bio-Bus", a 40-seat bus that uses biomethane as its fuel, is now operating in the UK, and could be a harbinger of a greener, more sustainable, public transport system.
The biomethane that fuels the Bio-Bus is generated from sewage and food waste (waste which is unfit for human consumption), and because the bus' engine produces lower emissions while burning biomethane than conventional diesel does, it could not only help improve air quality, but also help to prove the case for more waste-to-fuel projects.
"The bus also clearly shows that human poo and our waste food are valuable resources. Food which is unsuitable for human consumption should be separately collected and recycled through anaerobic digestion into green gas and biofertilisers, not wasted in landfill sites or incinerators." - Charlotte Morton, chief executive of Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association
Could revelation that crops contribute to global warming improve climate models?
A recent study found that as much as 25 percent of the seasonal increase in CO2 is due to modern crops.
Recent findings that suggest modern farm production could be having a major impact on global carbon cycles could greatly improve today's climate models and improve forecasting.
A recent study showed that a big jump in food production to meet rising food demands from a burgeoning global population is responsible for as much as 25 percent of the seasonal increase in carbon dioxide (CO2), according to Economic Times.
Carbon dioxide is absorbed in the spring and summer as plants produce lots of solar-hungry leaves. Once the energy has been converted to food, it is released into the atmosphere as the leaves die off in the autumn and winter, producing big fluctuations in CO2 levels.
The Economic Times described the crops as a giant sponge for CO2, a sponge that is getting bigger and can release much more carbon dioxide than in the past. As global food productivity doubles in the coming decades, scientists may be better able to create accurate climate models with this new knowledge of the effects farms have on the environment.
What the U.K. and U.S. can learn from each other about solar power
The U.K. government is mulling over whether to cut another solar subsidy this time for farmers who use a portion of their land to generate clean energy in another massive blow to the British solar industry, following the disastrous feed-in-tariff reversal.
Meanwhile, in the U.S. subsidies are alive, well and behind an impressive 418 percent growth in solar capacity over the last four years.
Equally, solar uptake is unevenly distributed in the States, in a pattern that reflects local lawmakers' attitudes. Despite being the Sunshine State, Florida has far less solar than the milder Northeast more solar panels are in New York state than yellow cabs are in New York City.
The U.K. would do well to learn this lesson. Projections are that as the price of solar falls, economics will take over and the sector will grow on its own, but state subsidies are playing a highly significant role in getting there.
Blog Posts of Interest
Here are diaries and selected blog posts of interest on DailyKos and other blogs.
What's Happenin' Is On Hiatus
Veterans Appeal to National Guard in Ferguson
Mark Udall and the Unspeakable
Hellraisers Journal: Ida Husted Harper On Woman Suffrage, Welcomes Support of the A. F. of L.
4Chan sub board: Exterminate the Trannies ---We are not amused (Trigger Warning)
The Astonishing Rise of Central Bank Fear
A Little Night Music
Levon Helm - The Mountain
Levon Helm, Keith Richards, Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana & The Band - Deuce & A Quarter
Levon Helm - Feelin' Good
Levon Helm - Growin' Trade
Levon Helm - King Fish
Levon Helm, Johnny Cash, & Emmylou Harris- Jesse James - One More Shot
Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed
Levon Helm - Take Me To The River
Levon Helm - Single Girl Married Girl
Levon Helm - A Train Robbery
Levon & the Hawks - Honky Tonk
Levon Helm - Wide River to Cross
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969)
Love for Levon - The Weight (encore)
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