Mon, August 30, 2010 12:08:23 PM Turning Inwards by Jeremy Erdreich bhamarchitect.com Coming out of the 3-day Green Building Focus conference last week, I thought I’d post a few images of our local convention center, the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, located just north of the I-20/I-59 connector from the CBD. An example of many maxims of [...]
In 2003, John Taylor Gatto published a devastating analysis of public education in America called The Underground History of American Public Education. The Way It Used To Be, from which we take Chapter 1, republished here. Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls [...]
Mr. Johnson shares his insights into the growing fear and hatred coursing through our troubled land. We agree with him that timing is everything, and that the dead hand of corporate media is behind these outbreaks. Since 9/11 the attacks on Islam have continued unabated; a great undercurrent of hate and fear has built up [...]
A participant in the Model Railroad Forum offers its readers some great photographs of the Tennessee Coal & Iron’s historic Ensley Works. I am recopying a few of them below. Thank you, Grande man! To see more, click here!
Cancionero by Dufay Collective Magnatune’s notes on the album: This disk of medieval repertoire spans the end of the 15th and the early 16th century, in what was Spain’s golden age. The music comes from two main sources – the Cancionero Palacio containing songs and instrumental music from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella; and [...]
Maybe wildlife are not so wild after all. The last time I saw an orangutan, it was languishing in an urban zoo – and very depressed. Here is the only thing it would have needed. Read more about the efforts being made to help protect the lives and habitat of this “flagship” species. Known as [...]
Woodlawn Stories “Woodlawn Stories” is a community storytelling project of the Desert Island Supply Co. We believe that we are the stories we tell ourselves. To that end, we aim to capture the “expert amateur” storytellers that make up the Woodlawn community. “Woodlawn Stories” is an attempt to bring together the stories of diverse neighbors, [...]
As the oldtime Cameloteers retire, their consciences weigh increasingly heavily on them. Expect more revelations from them about the backstories of the times. –The Editors by Kurt Nimmo Prison Planet.com Thursday, August 26, 2010 It is a story the corporate media, with the notable exception of one lone Fox News affiliate, refuses to report. A [...]
Listen to the fascinating interview with a Swedish justice official regarding the quickly-dropped rape charge against Assange. Two things of particular interest appear aside from the tongue-tied prosecutress, the fact that Al-Jazeera had to go after the interview and the comments from posters regarding life on the ground in Sweden. No wonder we hear less [...]
As a new Gardasil campaign begins with the school year, victims publish a new website to document their tragedies with the last campaign. –The Editors Thursday, August 26, 2010 by Ethan A. Huff, Staff writer Natural News (NaturalNews) Merck & Co., Inc., manufacturer of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil, continues to get away with [...]
The Gulf story has more twists and turns than an Appalachian Trail switchback. The only sure thing is that there is no reliable information from the responsible government agencies. Quick!, look surprised! –The Editors Washington’s Blog Thursday, August 26, 2010 PrisonPlanet.com Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based [...]
A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth’s magnetic field and causing geomagnetic activity around the poles. Sævar Helgi Bragason sends this picture from Bardastrond, Iceland. “It was a beautiful evening in the west fjords of Iceland,” says Bragason. “The auroras were easily visible even with the full Moon illuminating the scene over Snaefellsnes and Breidafjordur. [...]