The following post was written by PseudoCyAnts' sister Dru:

The family of Kenneth Turner II, the writer known to many of you as PseudoCyAnts; would like to inform all of his friends and followers... his other family...that he died on August 2, 2010.

As most of you are aware, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma about a year ago and he has been fighting that disease with humor and humility for months.

Ken was a multitalented, eccentrically funny, and passionately opinionated, maniac and has been a political blogger for many years; but the chats and close connections he established over the last few months were what really sustained him through his ordeal and the family thanks each and every one of you who helped him.

Ken was a life time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1973 and became a near legend there; the legend known as Toad. He attended UNLV but I don't know if he actually graduated. He didn't need a degree; frankly he was usually more intelligent and informed than many of his professors and would only stay focused if something really interested him. In his life time he played drums in a band, at a nightclub off the Las Vegas Strip; worked as a landscaper on golf courses, until his knees gave out from foot ball injuries; drove a cab in Vegas for many, many, many years and finally he became a Techno Wiz.

He was a philosopher by day and in his heart at night, a poet and to me he will always be that "funny round headed kid" . He was actually noted for being an "honest cab driver". I often thought he utilized his cab as his first Blog Site. Just before his death, he'd started creating wonderful artwork on his computer which he called fractals, as I said a multifaceted individual; his passing deprives the world of a very unique person with a rare & uncommon perspective.

In his last few years, he devoted himself to fighting injustice, hypocrisy, and well let's face it...stupidity; through his various web sites and Blogs, many of you may also have known him by some of his other pseudonyms: casualcabbie, impietease, AustinTayshus, and TOAD. "Nobody wants a Toad on the dole!"

Ken died in his sleep, finally peaceful because of the medication. His partner Melody and I were with him through his last night and another sister, Candy, was with him when he actually passed.

Attached is a link to his obituary published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=kenneth-turner&pid=144515095

Again thank you for your thoughts and for your support and friendship to my brother; his friends and followers were his blessing, his ability to share his thoughts and ideas with like minded others was his salvation, and being funny, passionate, and opinionated was his vocation.

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo love, sister dru

Historical Choice
Robinson Jeffers
(written in 1942)

Strong enough to be neutral - as is now proved, now American power
From Australia to the Aleutian fog-seas, and Hawaii to Africa, rides every
  wind - we were misguided
By fraud and fear, by our public fools and a loved leader's ambitions,
To meddle in the fever-dreams of decaying Europe. We could have forced
  peace, even when France fell; we chose
To make alliance and feed war.

Actum est. There is no returning now.
Two bloody summers from now (I suppose) we shall have to take up the
  corrupting burden and curse of victory.
We shall have to hold half the earth: we shall be sick with self-disgust,
And hated by friend and foe, and hold half the earth - or let it go, and go
  down with it. Here is a burden
We are not fit for. We are not like Romans and Britons - natural
  world-rulers,
Bullies by instinct - but we have to bear it. Who has kissed Fate on the
mouth, and blown out the lamp - must lie with her.

Every now and then, I run into an online ad that serves to remind me why I do not use any sort of ad blockers when I web surf. A Google Ad that appeared on the side of a LA Times article tonight was just one of those Diamonds In The Rough.

Who amongst us can honestly state that (s)he has never felt this urge welling up inside of them?

The Ad is being run by an organisation called: Bold Progressives, and here's the direct link to their Hurt Joe Lieberman campaign.

I've been sick and in the hospital for many weeks now. A few years ago, I sold some land and have been living off of the proceeds since then. I planned to start up my own web development business. I have no health insurance. My care has hit an obstacle, which I have not found a work around for. I am asking for help from TPM members.

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Was feeling sorry for myself earlier;
am over that shit for a while;
could be a whole lot worse;
but i still hurt

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all by my lonesome, and i feel fine.

for those who most likely don't understand: Would offering the following be enlightening?

Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

dis am a nice way to set it too. i recently had back surgery for what seems a multitude of cancers in it.

now i have been set up in a back brace by some therapists.
a monkey-boy in a turtle shell, and i feel fine

Here's the links to his IISS Special Report:

PDF:

Video:

Q and A

Just because there seem to be more pressing concerns with other issues, does not mean that torturers get to walk free.

It was an Epict Troll, worthy of noteworthiness, but don't expect any Birthers to change their minds. Facts are useless when dealing with Conspiratards.

This Troll scored very high across the board in the concept, style and effort categories, yet still had only an average aggregate total, because the multiplicative "target difficulty" factor was less than one. Let's be realistic here; suckering a Birther Conspiratard is just a wee bit harder than beating a garden snail in a foot-race.

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Microsoft has announced a new security hole for users of Internet Explorer on Windows XP. This is a nasty hole that is being exploited presently. Microsoft has provided an automatic workaround until they publish a patch for it.

Link to Workaround

If you are using both Windows XP, and Internet Explorer as your browser, go to that link and click on "Fix This Problem".

A six part video series published at the YouTube Account of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation: Monticello.org. the videos run from 1:33 to 6:33 in length, and are about 4 minutes average.. From the Monticello.org Description:

On June 21, 2005, David Holmes, Professor of Religion at The College of William and Mary, listed out key points of Jefferson's religious beliefs and practices and offered an answer to the oft-asked question of whether the Author of the Declaration of American Independence might have been a Unitarian.

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Anonymous Iran - any advice from protest vets would probably be appreciated.

And, I a tole a you to proxy this MFs:
Guy Fawkes In Iran

It is proper to consider, as a part of the ongoing discussion regarding indefinite detentions without first securing a conviction at a trial that adhered to due process of law, and its constitutionality; The Geneva Conventions' allowance for detaining POWs for the indeterminate period of a conflict's duration. When viewed within the scope of U.S. Constitution; Article VI; clause 2; legitimises it. There are those who believe that a treaty which violates Constitutional text can never be legitimate, yet a simple reading of Art. VI; clause 2; implies otherwise:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

A treaty enacted "under the Authority of the United States" is "the supreme law of the land...any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding". Clearly, lawfully enacted treaties possess supremacy within their scope over Constitutional text. This has always been a potential threat to liberty.

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Many have been quick to attack Obama, charging he has broken his campaign promises to restore and defend civil liberties. Some of these charges are utterly unwarranted, and fueled from a misunderstanding of the real issues. A case in point: the claim that Obama's support for continuing renditions is a breach of promise, rests on a shaky foundation that fails to differentiate between renditions and extraordinary renditions. There is a world of difference between these two terms. Many other charges leveled against Obama have been related to DOJ legal briefs filed in preexisting trial cases, which supported the Bush Administration's previously held positions in these cases. All of these either falsely attribute motives for the briefs, or are as yet unproven.

There are sound reasons why an incoming President should not begin the term by completely upsetting the apple cart left by the previous President. It is not the duty of a sitting President to initiate criminal investigations into the acts of the Previous President. That is clearly a Congressional duty. If a President were to do this, it would assure a dark future in America: partisan witch trials whenever the party of the sitting President changed. A new President's DOJ should not get involved with wholesale changes in government arguments previously presented in ongoing Federal Court cases. An important element of justice is stability, and stability requires continuity. A new President sails into dangerous uncharted waters if claiming that past law, previously supported by the DOJ is suddenly unconstitutional, because of an election result. Again, this only will lead to horrible Partisan factionalism in the future. A President's duty is to enforce law, unless it is egregiously offensive to the Constitution. Law, enacted prior to a President's inauguration should be invested with a great sense of its legitimacy. If the President does not like the law, (s)he should petition Congress to change it, and not attempt to legislate from within the Executive Branch.

These are many of the reasons that Obama's DOJ has presented arguments in preexisting trial cases that many have viewed as breaking campaign promises. There has also been a great deal of noise generated by pro-Bush factions in false flag operations, as a means to prove that Bush acted properly when President. The left-side of the political bipolarity has allowed itself to be corrupted with an ailment that once only predominated on the right: CONSPIRACY. Ditto-heads are repugnant be they from the left or the right.

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