The Wounded Kings (uk)The Shadow Over Atlantis [2010] 10:05 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
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November 2010
The Wounded Kings (uk)Embrace of the Narrow House [2008] 10:05 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
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The Wounded Kings (uk)Cough & The Wounded Kings-An Introduction to the Black Arts [2010] 10:05 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
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The Mary Timony Band “Sharpshooter” y… si… 9:00 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
The Mary Timony Band “Sharpshooter”
y… si volvio pavement, que vuelva helium…. ahora cae mary timony y hace una trastienda a 500 pesos la mas barata.
standingxhard: livingrottingfailure: jeffchord: fuckyeahhc: (… 8:14 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
j*s*s en un meo tamburina: Piss Christ Piss Christ is a 1987… 7:35 pm / 30 November 2010 by la quimica de la vida comun
j*s*s en un meo
Piss Christ
Piss Christ is a 1987 photograph by photographer Andres Serrano. The photograph is of a small plastic crucifix submerged in a glass of what appears to be a yellow liquid. The artist has described the substance as being his own urine. The photograph was one of a series of photographs that Serrano had made that involved classical statuettes submerged in various fluids—milk, blood, and urine.
Without Serrano’s explanation, the viewer would not necessarily be able to differentiate between the stated medium of urine and a medium of similar appearance, such as amber or polyurethane. Serrano has not ascribed overtly political content to Piss Christ and related artworks, on the contrary stressing their ambiguity. He has also said that while this work is not intended to denounce religion, it alludes to a perceived commercializing or cheapening of Christian icons in contemporary culture.
Re: The Nation Posts a Narrow Apology. And Publishes Another Error. – Hit & Run : Reason Magazine 6:24 pm / 30 November 2010 by Rad Geek, at Rad Geek's Lazy Linking
Over the weekend, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel posted something that sort of resembled an apology for the whiff at investigative journalism
Balko: "Over the weekend, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel posted something that sort of resembled an apology for the whiff at investigative journalism Mark Ames and Yasha Levine attempted at the magazine's website last week. Ames and Levine, remember, wrote a meandering, conspiracy-mongering, wholly unsubstantiated article trying to link the anti-TSA backlash to the Koch family.* All the piece was missing was Glenn Beck's blackboard."
Molly’sBlog 2010-11-30 17:31:00 5:31 pm / 30 November 2010 by mollymew, at Molly'sBlog
CANADIAN LABOUR ONTARIO:
CRIMINAL CHARGES A0GAINST NEGLIGENT COMPANY FOR WORKER DEATH IN ONTARIO:
The following news item about charges of criminal negligence causing death being filed against an Ontario contractor who caused the death of a municipal worker in Sault St. Marie Ontario come from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the union that the killed person was a member of. A few things should be noted about what follows. One is the actual rarity of such charges under Canadian law. Since 2004 only 4 such cases have been filed. Is this because Canadian employers are exceptionally cautious and follow best practices ? Very doubtful. The workplace death rate in the EU is 2.5/100,000 employees. The USA tops this with a rate of 4.0/100,000. Canada, however, comes in a a whopping 6.8/100,000. The only European country that tops this is Portugal at 7.6/100,000. Canada's workplace deaths are not inevitable, nor accidental. Pretty well all developed countries (and many underdeveloped ones as well) have lower rates. The obvious conclusion...criminal negligence causing death at the workplace in Canada is far more common than the legal cases would indicate. If things happen that others can easily avoid that is "negligence" from at least Molly's definition. Anyways, here's the story.
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Private company facing criminal negligence charges following city worker fatality
A private company is facing criminal charges over an incident that caused the death of a CUPE member.
Millennium Crane Rentals Ltd., the crane operator and the crane owner each face charges of criminal negligence causing death. They are scheduled to be in court in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, November 30 and December 6.
According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, this is one of just four cases in which a company has been charged under the Criminal Code since Bill C-45 (criminal liability of organizations) became law in 2004.
The bill sets out rules on criminal liability for organizations and their representatives. It establishes that everyone with authority to direct another person’s work has a responsibility, within reason, to prevent bodily harm to those they direct.
“We’re pleased to see the Sault Ste. Marie police and the Ministry of Labour have taken the time to thoroughly investigate the incident, and we’ll be paying close attention to this case” said CUPE National President Paul Moist.
“We’re hopeful that regardless of the outcome, employers will get the message that all levels of management bear a responsibility in making sure workers are protected on the jobsite, so that we can avoid terrible tragedies like this.”
The criminal charges stem from the April 16, 2009 death of municipal worker James Vecchio, who was crushed when a crane fell into an excavated hole he was working in at the Fifth Line Landfill.
Reports in the Sault Star suggest that the crane, which was loading concrete into the hole where Vecchio and another municipal employee were doing sewer work, was repositioning and backed up too far, falling into the hole and pinning Vecchio.
Vecchio, a 34-year old father of two, was rushed to hospital after firefighters extracted him, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital. The other worker was unharmed.
Millennium Crane Rentals, who were under contract with the city, also faces five charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act related to the condition of the crane and the qualifications of the operator. A court date for those charges is set for January 10, 2011.
Ad Valorem, Aïda, and Oligarchy 5:20 pm / 30 November 2010 by Roderick, at Austro-Athenian Empire
I’m back in the frozen north (relatively speaking).
Various items, in no particular order:
1. The following proposal appeared on the Nov. 2, 2010 Alabama ballot:
Proposed Statewide Amendment Number One (1)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the provision in Amendment 778, now appearing as Section 269.08 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, which prohibits the payment of any fees, charges, or commissions for the assessment and collection of any special ad valorem tax on taxable property levied by the county commission pursuant to Amendment 778 (Section 269.08) shall only apply to any ad valorem tax first levied and collected pursuant to Amendment 778 (Section 269.08) for the tax year commencing October 1, 2006. (Proposed by Act No. 2009-286.)
Evidently the measure failed by 568,861 to 459,917 – which means that 459,917 people not only thought they understood what the hell the proposal meant, but cared about it enough to vote for it.
2. From an AP story about a cruise on Lake Nasser:
The cruise includes several classy touches, like cocktails at the start of the trip as the ship sails past the Tropic of Cancer, the northern boundary of the tropics. Then as the awesome statues of Abu Simbel rise out of the waters on the final day the triumphal sounds of Verdi’s Egypt-inspired opera “Aïda” burst out of the ship’s speakers.
Because, y’know, nothing says “class” like modern music blaring kitschily at you to jerk you out of the moment as you’re trying to look at ancient monuments.
3. In an interview with Olbermann last month, Nancy Pelosi warned that if the Supreme Court’s horrifying defense of free speech in Citizens United were to enable corporate fatcats to pull off a Republican victory, it “would mean that we are now a plutocracy, an oligarchy.” As opposed to what we’ve been for the last two centuries?
4. A recent “Quote of the Day” from my local newspaper:
“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” — George Eliot
That would be a great tagline for Fantastic Voyage.
5. Damon Root mentions my post on Lane.
6. Check out how you can promote the cause of market anarchy by buying Christmas music.
The Picket Line — 1 December 2010 4:00 pm / 30 November 2010 by David Gross, at The Picket Line
1 December 2010
If you’re enjoying the sight of Hillary Clinton whining and the various Sheikhs and diplomats of the world cringing and spinning in the face of the ongoing Wikileaks disclosures, you can show your appreciation by contributing financially to the people who took great risks to help make it possible:
- The Bradley Manning Defense Fund is a project of Courage to Resist, which helps refuseniks of all stripes. Bradley Manning is the number one suspect in the leaks and is currently a prisoner of the United States government.
- Wikileaks is supervising the release of the documents and trying to maintain a safe haven for people who want to bring other such secrets to light.
From The Montreal Gazette, 2 December 1905 (excerpt):
Most Alarming
Vast Membership of Peasants’ Union Startles Russia.
Will Not Pay Taxes
Members Decide to Boycott all State Owned Business.
Refuse to Join Militia
Workmen’s Union Welcomes Co-Operation But Says Armed Revolt Is Sole Way to Reach Democracy’s Ideal.
(Special Cable Service.) St. Petersburg, December 1. — (Via Fyatunine.) — The swift organization and vast membership of the newly-formed peasants’ union proves even more startling than the revolutionary organization of the workers in the towns. The great districts in the provinces of Southwest Russia are joining the union en masse. In thousands of instances the people prove that they are much less simple and poor than they are usually said to be. They are largely able to buy rifles without extraneous subscriptions, and they agree in electing district committees. Their attitude towards the Government is similar to that of the urban artisans, but whilst the latter seek to destroy the regime by strikes and mass, the agitation in the great towns, the peasants are deciding to boycott all state-owned businesses, and refuse both to pay taxes or to supply the annual rolls of military conscripts. The enlistment department of the War Office, which should have now nearly prepared the lists of the conscripts for 1906, has been unable to obtain any names or figures in the large provinces. The workmen’s union, in welcoming the co-operation of the peasants’ union, tells them that the proletariat is struggling under the banner of social democracy, and will not limit its action to the foregoing means, but only when armed will the nation in revolution be able to repulse reaction and reach the democracy’s ideal.