Monday, June 10, 2013

10 June - Blogs I'm Following II

Portrait of Glenn Greenwald -creator of Unclai...Portrait of Glenn Greenwald -creator of Unclaimed Territory blog and contributing writer at Salon.com (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Issa's Job

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 minutes ago
When Boehner appointed a congenital liar and crook like Darrell Issa, a common street thug who robbed, cheated and burned his way into the ranks of multimillionaires, to head the House Oversight Committee, he knew exactly what he was doing. Issa's job was to drum up witch hunts and help discredit government and discredit Obama. He's been busy. Although today he was a different kind of busy-- screeching his outrage up and down the corridors of Twitter: Issa's job is to blow up everything that's ptoblematic inside "the government," magnify it, make it look malevolent and then tie i... more »

Guest Post - How to Make your Car More Eco-Friendly

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 7 minutes ago
Although it would be environmentally and economically beneficial to not have to drive, unfortunately for many of us modern life requires a car. Whether it is commuting to work or just having a large family, being a car owner is an essential part of everyday living. If you’re reading this website it is likely that you are trying to be as Eco-friendly as possible and, as such, it can be hard to justify having a car with your desire to reduce your carbon footprint. So what’s the solution? The reality is that driving will never be completely Eco-friendly, however, unless you can reali... more »

Bank of Japan decides to stay the monetary course - no changes to funding terms , no expansion Japanese version of QE !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 9 minutes ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-10/boj-disappoints BoJ Disappoints! Nikkei Drops 500 Points From Earlier Highs [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 22:56 -0400 - Bank of Japan - Consumer Sentiment - CPI - Exchange Traded Fund - fixed - Japan - LTRO - Monetary Base - Monetary Policy - Nikkei - Rate of Change - Real estate - recovery - Volatility - Yen *UPDATE:* Nikkei futures now -500 from US day-session highs In what must be quite a surprise to Goldman (as we discussed here)... more »

My Top 10 Beach Reads

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 10 minutes ago
There is nothing I love better than sitting in a chair on the beach with a book in my hand. I don't want to sit on the beach biting my fingernails, waiting for what happens next, or bawling because the story is so sad. To me, the perfect beach read is a light, fun read with a touch of romance. Here are 10 of my favorite beach reads. Linking up with The Broke and the Bookish. - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins- Anna is pulled away from her American High School just before her senior year and sent to boarding school in France. She doesn't speak the languag... more »

By George . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 hour ago
THE ORWELLIAN NIGHTMARE seems to be with us, as we regard the "processing" of Bradley Manning, the hounding of Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden. There's good news, bad news and really bad news. The good news is, eventually the Fourth Reich will be overthrown. The bad news is, Hollywood will create "The Bradley Manning Story". The really bad news is, the actor who will play Bradley

Snowden's long game on leaking

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 2 hours ago
Here's a curious side note on Snowden's epic leaks. He contacted this documentary film maker in January, Interestingly "she is filming the story behind the story — including her co-author on the Guardian story and former Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald — for her forthcoming documentary on whistle-blowers and leaks." We now know Snowden ultimately contacted a slew of media people by the time he produced any hard evidence. Now they're fighting over credit for the scoop. It also apparently took him a long time to come up with the documents. We were contacted, we didn’t know what he ... more »

Turkey protest updates on day 11 of the protests - June 10 , 2013 .....Amid more tear gas , water cannons and brutality , Prime Minister Erdogan offers a concession....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 2 hours ago
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/06/2013610232628232230.html Turkey's PM to meet protest leaders Erdogan's deputy announces first concession since onset of unrest amid protests in Istanbul and Ankara for 11th night. Last Modified: 10 Jun 2013 23:59 [image: Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker] [image: Email Article] [image: Print Article] [image: Share article] [image: Send Feedback] Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Ankara on the apolitical character of the Occupy Gezi movement In his first apparent concession since the deadly unrest began nearly two weeks ago... more »

"NSA Built Back Door In All Microsoft Windows Software Since 1999"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 2 hours ago
* * *"NSA Built Back Door In All Microsoft Windows Software Since 1999" * Careless mistake reveals subversion of Windows by NSA. by Duncan Campbell "A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. *The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use*, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, ... more »

Food Allergies: What’s To Eat? Part 2

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 2 hours ago
Catherine J. Frompovich In Part 1 I discussed some of the more commonly-associated information regarding food allergies, at least information that many ‘holistically-inclined’ eaters may be familiar with. What I talk about in Part 2 is information that probably very few eaters know. The information revolves around the food industry’s use of chemicals, which may be more than partially responsible for allergic food reactions. That becomes apparent as the article unfolds. Perhaps it would be important to realize that allergic reactions—no matter the substances—usually occur due to s... more »

Paul Krugman has a message for policy-makers: "Where we are is not O.K. Stop shrugging, and do your jobs"

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
Patrick Chappatte [*click to enlarge*] *"For more than three years some of us have fought the policy elite's damaging obsession with budget deficits, an obsession that led governments to cut investment when they should have been raising it, to destroy jobs when job creation should have been their priority. That fight seems largely won -- in fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like the sudden intellectual collapse of austerity economics as a policy doctrine. "But while insiders no longer seem determined to worry about the wrong things, that's not enough; they also need... more »

The Truth About Whistleblowers

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
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‘Big Data’: Bilderberg Firm Palantir Works for NSA Spy Agenda

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Aaron Dykes *“Paypal Mafia Don” Peter Thiel brings technocratic control of “big data” to the forefront of Bilderberg’s 2013 agenda via Silicon Valley’s partnership with the NSA and CIA.* The age of “big data” is reluctantly upon us, and it affects almost everything, as Bilderberg’s 2013 talking point suggests. Their secretive closed door discussion on massive stores of data, collected from the biggest portals on the Internet and analyzed in the pursuit of NSA objectives, is being led by Dr. Alexander Karp, the co-founder of Palantir Technologies. The firm has admittedly been... more »

Lawsuit Claims BP and Courts Colluded to Keep Monopoly on Oil Containment Tech

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Dees Illustration Brandon Turbeville If claims being made amid the court proceedings surrounding a three-year old lawsuit filed against BP are to believed, then a stunning revelation has been made regarding the criminal neglect of British Petroleum and, even more so, collusion between BP and agents of the Federal courts. The lawsuit (No. C-10-02505) and its subsequent appeals began as far back as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 when Ron Johnson, owner of Ericam Environmental, LLC., filed a lawsuit with the United States District Court of the Northern District against Briti... more »

The creative versus the machine

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Jon Rappaport The great obsession of the 20th century was organization, and it continues. Form a goal, put people together, and give them separate tasks that add up to forwarding the goal. Yes, it’s a strategy as old as the hills, but in the last hundred years the drive to expand the numbers has taken over. Corporations, governments, churches, non-profits, foundations, armies. Consolidate. Combine. Bigger is better. Of course, when leaders of these modern mammoths keep fine-tuning specialized jobs within their structures, the human workers come, more and more, to resemble machine... more »

Media fails on Snowden story

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 3 hours ago
So I'm still catching up the Snowden story. It's not that easy because it seems the facts keep changing and there's a metric ton of noise with everybody fighting about whether this kid is a hero or a traitor. Jeffrey Toobin doesn't think Snowden is a hero. He thinks he's " a grandiose narcissist." At this point, I tend to agree with that. It's not that I don't appreciate the guy restarting the debate about domestic surveillance, but I'm finding Snowden vaguely sociopathic for a number of reasons. A lot of fighting appears to be based on incomplete information. Media has been floodi... more »

The Prison Industrial Complex

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
Dave Hodges Only the most vile, degenerate and immoral person could feel good about the practice of for-profit institutionalized slavery which dominated the southern economy for 300 years. What is even more unacceptable is that people who knew better, presumably Christian people with a conscience, did little or nothing while evil was triumphing. Today, America is witnessing the rebirth of institutionalized slavery within its borders and it is indeed a predominantly racist practice with Latinos and Blacks comprising the bulk of the new slaves. And we are also witnessing racist rat... more »

Turmeric Produces 'Remarkable' Recovery in Alzheimer's Patients

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 3 hours ago
*"...they came to recognize their family within 1 year treatment."* Sayer Ji Turmeric has been used in India for over 5,000 years, which is likely why still today both rural and urban populations have some of the lowest prevalence rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the world. A recent study on patients with AD found that less than a gram of turmeric daily, taken for three months, resulted in 'remarkable improvements.' *Alzheimer's Disease: A Disturbingly Common Modern Rite of Passage* A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), sadly, has become a rite of passage in so-called deve... more »

The case for economic freedom

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 3 hours ago
Don Boudreaux, says Marc Street, “has the unique ability to point out the weaknesses of opposing economic viewpoints in such a manner that the reader easily grasps *and *remembers them.” Test his claim for yourself. Six minutes on freedom, by Don Boudreaux, starting now… Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

Why Do We Need 1.4 Million Corporate State Spies?

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 4 hours ago
If you divide the number of K12 teachers (2.8 million) in the U. S. by 2, you get the number of corporate geeks and geekettes with top secret U. S. Government clearance who have privileges to invade our privacy in ways we never imagined. Booz/Allen/Hamilton, which is 70% owned by the infamous Carlyle Group from, […]

"How It Really Is"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago

Five great Frida Khalo quotes...

Sandra Guzman at Sandra Guzman - 4 hours ago
*"...The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."* ~ Imagine that? Living a life authentically as you feel like it? The boldness with which Frida Khalo lived her life continues to inspire. She didn't just paint, she painted to live. And as a result Frida Khalo lived a full life. While her life seemed like one huge performance art exhibit, she wasn't performing, she was living. This renaissance woman was interested in *everything and not just 'art.' *And, she had things to say about it all--pol... more »

Washington attempts to contain fallout from NSA surveillance leaks, Clapper apparently lied under oath

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Madison Ruppert Individuals in Washington are now engaging in damage control in response to the devastating information leaked by Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs as it becomes increasingly apparent that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied under oath. President Barack Obama quickly came out in defense of the NSA’s programs which range from grabbing all of Verizon’s U.S. phone records to working directly with tech giants on the PRISM program but the administration is now kicking it into high gear. Recently, Clapper sla... more »

Satire: “N.S.A. Enforces Zero-Tolerance Policy on Conscience”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
* * *“N.S.A. Enforces Zero-Tolerance Policy on Conscience”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “The National Security Agency moved swiftly and forcefully today to remind its employees of its longstanding zero-tolerance policy on conscience, warning that any violation of that policy would result in immediate termination. “When you sign on to work at the N.S.A. you swear to uphold the standards of amorality and soullessness that this agency was founded upon,” said N.S.A. director General Keith B. Alexander. “Any evidence of ethics, decency, or a sense of right and wr... more »

America's Student Loan Racket: Stiffer Debt Bondage Coming

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Stephen Lendman For growing numbers of American youths, higher education is increasingly out of reach. High tuition and fees make it unaffordable. So does a disturbing government/corporate partnership. Millions of students need financial aid. They're exploited for profit. Providers are enriched. Higher education involves debt entrapment. Students graduate tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Some post-graduates face burdens up to $100,000. If unpaid after 30 years, it's multiples higher. If default or declare bankruptcy, it's unforgiven. Bondage is permanent until repaid. Loa... more »

Mass Surveillance in America

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
Stephen Lendman *Image* It shouldn't surprise. It's longstanding policy. Post-9/11, it escalated. Previous articles said Big Brother is real. It's no longer fiction. Mass surveillance is official US policy. It's not for national security. It's not about discovering terror or other threats. None whatever exist. Claiming otherwise doesn't wash. Big Lies substitute for vital truths. What's ongoing reflects unchecked power. It's for unchallenged global dominance. It's secret with no oversight for good reason. It's unconstitutional. Societies governed this way are lawless. People livin... more »

NSA leaker: are there serious cracks in Ed Snowden’s story?

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 4 hours ago
image source Jon Rappoport First, I’m not doubting the documents Ed Snowden has brought forward. I’m not doubting the illegal reach of the NSA in spying on Americans and the world. But as to how this recent revelation happened, and whether Ed Snowden’s history holds up…I have questions. Could Snowden have been given extraordinary access to classified info as part of a larger scheme? Could he be a) an honest man and yet b) a guy who was set up to do what he’s doing now? If b) is true, then Snowden fits the bill perfectly. He wants to do what he’s doing. He isn’t lying about that.... more »

Greek Stocks and bonds slump , Delays in invoice payment shows how hurting the economy truly is - taxes crippling small businesses while Troika sneers at any relief for Greece , privatizations Program flops - just in time for the next set of Troika talks starting Wednesday !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 5 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-10/greek-stocks-enter-bear-market-privatization-program-crashes-does-not-burn Greek Stocks Enter Bear Market As Privatization Program Crashes But Does Not Burn [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/10/2013 11:37 -0400 - Bear Market - Equity Markets - European Central Bank - European Union - Germany - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - International Monetary Fund - Natural Gas - Reality - Reuters *"It all began with Greece," *and as Mark Grant notes today,* "somebody, some... more »

"I Don't Care, I've Got Nothing to Hide"

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 5 hours ago
RADIO NZ NEWS: The US National Security Agency uses a clandestine surveillance operation known as Prism to monitor computer and telephone networks around the world… practically every New Zealander who uses the internet will have data stored about them in the United States and it's not known how much the agency has fed back to security agencies here… Yeah, they’re listening. Whatever. Nothing to care about, nothing to think about, nothing to talk about, nothing to hide… If you’ve got nothing to hide, then take down all your curtains and tear off all your doors. And you should kn... more »

Our Song

Sophia Love at AMERICAN KABUKI - 5 hours ago
Until recently, we didn’t know we were enslaved. How then, will we know when we are unchained? It will be felt, and the knowing will be undeniable. In truth, we are feeling it already, without recognizing it’s calling card. We are vibration; all of life has a frequency. The falsehoods of our history say to believe what is said, read and preached. Yet we know now that what is true just “feels right”. It resonates. Like good slaves, we are waiting. Waiting to witness a “finale”, an “event”, something to set things straight. Yet in the same breath we understand that... more »

US officials debate arming Syria’s' rebels', other steps ahead of bigger meeting later this week

Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 5 hours ago
Obama the gun grabber is more then happy to send lethal weapons to hired killers in Syria, so they can kill more innocent Syrians And there is the double standard. * The hypocrisy of the US government. *They will take guns away from law abiding citizens in the US. But! The US will happily send off more *additional lethal weapons* to hired killers to kill innocent Syrians Meanwhile Assad is giving weapons to the Syrian people to fight off their invaders. *Hm.** Maybe there is no double standard with Obama?! * *Him and the entire US administration want guns in the hands of all the cri... more »

Noting default and sharp practice

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 5 hours ago
Male v. The Business Solutions Group, 2013 ONCA 382: [19] The publication issued by the Advocates' Society, entitled* The Principles of Civility for Advocates*, has been endorsed by this court on a number of occasions. Section 19 provides: 19. Subject to the Rules of Practice, advocates should not cause any default or dismissal to be entered without first notifying opposing counsel, assuming the identity of opposing counsel is known. [20] We note the exchange in the argument before Ramsay J. mere hours before respondent's counsel noted the appellants in default, when ... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 6 hours ago
*BP Ends Oil Spill Cleanup In Gulf, Except For Louisiana ~Bill Chappell, WWNO*

"Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* "Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust"* By Liz Sidoti FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns for his reelection in Delray Beach, Fla. A Quinnipiac University poll conducted in late May 2013 shows a steep decline in the percentage of people who find Obama honest and trustworthy: 49 percent, versus the 58 percent of their 2011 poll. And since his second-term controversies have taken hold, the poll also shows Obama has taken a hit among independents, which used to be a source of strength for him: 40 percent say he is honest and trustworthy... more »

"It's Not About Terrorism Folks"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
* * *"It's Not About Terrorism Folks"* by Karl Denninger "Since 9/11 the common mantra from our government at all levels is that "This is about protecting you from terrorists." This is a lie. I'm going to prove it. The odds of being killed by a terrorist over a five year period are about 1 in 20 million. This means the odds are about 1 in 100 million annually. Now that would equate to about 3 terrorist deaths a year in the United States. There are, of course, monstrous spikes in that figure that make such a statement difficult to quantify accurately - such as 9/11. Then again t... more »

Musical Interlude: Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 6 hours ago
Outlaws, “Green Grass and High Tides” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OM5tzcrk Turn it UP! - CP

Another capital offence at the BBC? | BBC Watch

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
So what's the capital of Israel? That's right, Jerusalem... Now stop lying to us BBC... More here http://bbcwatch.org/2013/06/10/another-capital-offence-at-the-bbc/

Schadenfreude super-size me . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 7 hours ago
SCHADENFREUDE INDEED: “My fellow Canadians, we have all just witnessed a sad spectacle, a prime minister so burdened with corruption in his own party that he is unable to do his job and lead the country, a party leader playing for time, begging for another chance. This is not how a prime minister should act.” Stephen Harper, April 21, 2005 And did you know, Stevie's chimps have been

Is There Any Way To Keep Wall Street Shill Cory Booker Out Of The New Jersey Senate Seat?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
2 NJ pols who play on the same team-- the Wall Street team There are two excellent candidates running for what was Frank Lautenberg's New Jersey Senate seat: progressive congressman Frank Pallone and progressive congressman Rush Holt. Holt's career-long Progressive crucial vote score is the best of any New Jersey congressman: 91.88. For 2013 his score is 100, a distinction shared by only 15 Members. Pallone's career-long score is 86.10, not bad, and for 2013 it's a super 96.77, the second best score after 100 (and something he shares with liberal champions like Barbara Lee, Alan Gray... more »

The Economic Sense in ‘Game of Thrones’

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 7 hours ago
[image: Photo of Matt McCaffrey][image: Photo of Carmen Dorobat]*Alright, I confess that I know next to nothing about* Game of Thrones* myself, only recently having discovered that the* Game* everyone’s been talking about is not a fancy computer game at all but a reputedly addictive TV show. And not just addictive, argue Matt McCaffrey and Carmen Dorobat in this Guest Post—they reckon it’s jam-packed with good economic horse sense. [ Note: This article is spoiler-free.]* The popular HBO series *Game of Thrones* is ending its third season this Sunday, amid fan concerns over its rap... more »

REPORT: University of Chicago removed pews from 88-year old chapel to accommodate Islamic prayers

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 7 hours ago
It's a 'symbol of religious tolerance' apparently. What symbols of religious tolerance of Christians and Jews can you think of in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt and the other Islamic states? More here http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4787

Can Someone Explain This NYSED Policy?

antiqueteacher60 at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 7 hours ago
So, here’s the deal ………. in NYS, if you as a student, want a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation, you MUST score 65 or better on a Regents Exam in a Language Other Than English. But, wait, in 2011 – NYS DROPPED FOREIGN LANGUAGE REGENTS EXAMS!! How does a student manage to get “Advanced Designation” […]

Outside of Context: Iain M. Banks, 1954-2013

Patrick Thaddeus Jackson at Duck of Minerva - 7 hours ago
Yesterday the world lost one of its great contemporary literary lights. Iain M. Banks, named “one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945” by The Times in 2008, died of gall bladder cancer that had only been diagnosed this February. He finished his last novel — ironically, it’s a story about the final weeks Continue reading

Dangerous and underpaid: Working in the Moskitia

Jody Paterson at A Closer Look: Jody Paterson - 7 hours ago
I’m sitting at this moment in a Moskitia hotel frequented almost exclusively by scary, armed men in the cocaine-distribution business, in a town that even the more adventurous guide books tell you to avoid. The bar downstairs is blasting narco-ballads, the deceptively cheery music that relates hair-raising stories of life in the illegal-drug trade. The presence of scary, armed men is great fodder for blog posts for travelers who live elsewhere, but it’s fairly unsettling for the 67,000 people who live and work in Gracias a Dios, the watery, wondrous Honduras state that borders... more »

Glad I don't live there . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 8 hours ago
A CAR-JACKING in Venezuela. Citizens 1 Carjackers 0, it seems.  Violent, to be sure, but perhaps this might help see how the NRA and Tea Party types regard owning guns and the right of self-defense. Where they live, you see, sooner, rather than later, you'll probably need one.

Emperor Julian On The Social Value of Reading The Classics

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago
Source: Murdoch, A. *"The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World."* Sutton Publishing. 2003. Pg. 141-42. "Preoccupied with matters of state, Julian's next legal move against the Christians did not occur until after he had left the capital. He had, however, already begun to politicise the issue by holding audiences in sanctuaries, naturally favouring those who took part, refusing to receive embassies from complaining Christians, and he had already suggested that for all administrative positions 'the god-fearing must be preferred' to Christians. But on 1... more »

Will the F-35 Be Obsolete Before It Reaches Canadian Hangars?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours ago
Here's a question no one has yet asked. What is the F-35's anti-stealth capability? Way back when America's stealth fighter, the F-22, and its poor cousin, America's stealth light bomber, the F-35, were conceived it was envisioned they would be operating against non-stealthy aerial opponents. One side had stealth, the other side didn't - advantage stealth. But, as the stealth programmes became bogged down in endless delays and cost overruns (as is to be expected with any radically new technology), the world once in the F-35s designers' vision has changed. What's changed? Plen... more »

Politifact fact-checks (almost) everyone!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 8 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013* *Guess who the site doesn’t check:* Politifact is willing to fact-check (almost) everyone! In recent days and weeks, they’ve been willing to fact-check Barack Obama—and even Jimmy Carter! They’ve fact-checked Chief Justice Roberts and Republican senator Tom Coburn—and a little-known physics professor at the University of Rhode Island. They’ve been willing to fact-check Jay Carney—and they’re even willing to fact-check “Bloggers.” For the most recent post in their “Bloggers” series, just scope this post right here. That said, there’s one group Politifact *w... more »

Does Red Mean Crass, Stupid or Just Uneducated? (Speaking of that Jobs Report: More Than Five Years Into the Recovery, With Potentially Another Five To Go, We May Have an Entire Lost Decade for Millions of American Workers)

Taking even a brief look at the map below makes you just shake your head in profound dismay and deep sorrow, doesn't it? (Or clever glee if you're one of the fomenters of this outcome?) Anybody want to discuss "opportunity missed" yet? In North Carolina, for one instance, we have got to elect real progressive representatives now (not those progressing in a downward direction). Monday, Jun

#Commoncore defenders, own it! It is a curriculum, and that’s that.

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 9 hours ago
I have no problem with unvarnished assent to the common core. That’s between you and your therapist. But let’s get some things very, very clear. Actually, might I suggest some close reading of all the press, research, and commentary on the subject, because I’m not sure you’d be such a fan? In any event, the […]

IT'S 2013 BUT STILL 1984 / WE'RE NOT FREE AND RESISTANCE IS VICTORY

Allen L Roland, Ph.D at Allen L Roland's Weblog - 9 hours ago
** ** *Slowly but surely the fear driven Orwellian noose closes in as constitutional civil liberties and freedoms in America, which were once taken for granted, are gradually restricted or ended and always for the same reason, National Security and the War on Terror ~ but the tide is changing and an inevitable and unpredictable mass resistance movement is already under way: Allen L Roland * *"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither." Benjamin Franklin* George Orwell's 1984 revealed that the key to social control is a never ending war, such as t... more »

Julian Assange discusses NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 9 hours ago
as NSA/*PRISM* whistleblower Edward Snowden 'goes missing' from his hotel in Hong Kong, having unleashed all sorts of migraine all over the Secrete Services with his act, here's a video-link to the Ecuadorian Embassy where THE NEWS interviews THE ORIGINAL WIKILEAKER, Julian Assange: we all know the real reason for monitoring THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE is (dead simple) *PROFIT*

Applicability of a provincial regulatory scheme to the out-of-province appellants

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 9 hours ago
Ontario College of Pharmacists v. 1724665 Ontario Inc. (Global Pharmacy Canada), 2013 ONCA 381 holds: [67] There is no dispute about the legal principles that apply when determining the applicability of a provincial regulatory scheme to the out-of-province appellants. The question is whether there is a sufficient connection between those appellants and Ontario, such that the College has jurisdiction over them. The first two propositions in para. 56 of *Unifund* provide the starting point for answering that question: Consideration of constitutional *applicability *can conve... more »

Some news from 'Palestine' that you won't find on the BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 9 hours ago
JPost reports this: 'Palestinian Authority Economy Minister Jawad al-Naji was forced to walk out of The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference on Saturday after participants demanded that he leave for insulting a man who asked a “provocative” question. The man was later severely beaten by PA security officers accompanying the minister and taken to hospital. ... Eyewitnesses reported that one of the participants, Nizar Banat, asked the minister why the PA and President Mahmoud Abbas were continuing to conduct security coordination with Israel while fighting “norma... more »

THIS IS A CHEMICAL WAR

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 9 hours ago
Here is an important video from inside the center of protests in Turkey. All around the world governments are cracking down on freedom and liberation movements. To risk life and limb people must be quite fed up with the existing order that is increasingly under the control of corporations. It is clear to me that the people in Turkey have tried to remain non-violent in their resistance to their corrupt government but they have reached the point where they must find ways to defend themselves. Building barricades and throwing tear gas canisters back at the police is not violence. ... more »

December 24, 2012 – White Hats Report #47.1

The White Hat Reporters at The White Hats Report - 9 hours ago
*Twas the night before Christmas (Updated) * Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land, The rats were all scurrying because Judgment Day is at hand; Their stockings were filled with big lumps of coal, It was their payment for trying to steal our soul; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of freedom danced in their heads; With mama in her pj’s and I with my pipe, Reading the media’s most recent NWO hype; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I put down my pipe to see what was the matter; I moved to the door to peek through the crack,... more »

An evening with Patrick O'Brian

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 hours ago
Title: An evening with Patrick O'Brian. Source: The Mariners' Museum. Date Published: April 8, 2011. Description: An interview with the late author Patrick O'Brian at The Mariners' Museum, in Newport News, VA, on April 11, 1995. Then Museum President and CEO John Hightower moderated the interview and questions. This event preceded the release of O'Brian's 17th novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series, "The Commodore".

Kid: “Mommy, where do burgers come from?” Mom: “Why, a LAB, sweetie!”

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours ago
*Why “Schmeat” could be for dinner, and other experiments in lab-created food.* Melissa Melton Beyond the known unknowns of GMOs and cloned beef lie the impending horrors of “schmeat” – a lab-grown in vitro “meat” product, as well as the advent of 3-D printed food. And I thought we already didn’t know what our food was made of. Readied for eating after years in the making, the advocates of “schmeat” have dubbed it the ‘ethical’ way to eat meat, because it doesn’t involve slaughtering cattle. What it does involve is scraping neck-cells from cows and replicating them thousands of... more »

MYSTERIOUS BEN FELLOWS; NSA; SYRIA

Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*Actor Ben Fellows.* * *Ben Fellows, who is of mixed race, was adopted by a white family. His mother, Imelda J. Pitt, gave him up for adoption "because she could not afford to care for him." *When I Met Her I Was A 'Jellified Idiot*. Ben became a child actor and was groped, allegedly, by a top government minister and by a world famous composer. *Ben* Reportedly, Ben tracked down his real mother and discovered that she was a film maker and actress. One of her works was: Disaster Recovery Plan (2002). According to Ben: "I wrote quite a detailed letter to her with lots of backgro... more »

Toronto needs a new vision of the future, says Edward de Gale

Lilith eZine at LILITH NEWS - 10 hours ago
By Charles Moffat - June 2013. Local charity worker *Edward de Gale* says Toronto needs a new vision of the future. And Torontonians need to be thinking both realistically and boldly about the future of Toronto as a city of the 21st century. Now if you've never heard of Edward de Gale, don't feel alone. He isn't a celebrity or anything like that. But he does have some nice quotes on his website. Quotes like this one: *"Toronto needs a new vision of the future and we need leaders who are both bold and have realistic plans for the future."* - Edward de Gale. And he isn't alone. Ma... more »

The Post prints a truly remarkable document!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 10 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013* *What happened in 1967, only six years later:* Among other accomplishments and undertakings, Phyllis Richman was a restaurant critic for The Washington Post from 1976 to 2000. But that came later. In 1961, Richman, a recent Brandeis graduate, applied to graduate school at Harvard in the department of City and Regional Planning. After applying, she received a remarkable letter from the department—a letter she recently found, some 52 years later. To read that remarkable letter, click here. The letter was written on the other side, though just barely, of an ... more »

Edward Snowden, drama queen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 10 hours ago
"He was capable of melodrama but wrote with some eloquence about his beliefs." Just catching up on this story of our intrepid leaker. Snowden claims he's not comfortable in the spotlight but everything I've read about this so far reads like a bad spy novel starting with his code name Verax which means “truth teller” in Latin. Furthermore, he obviously planned to come forward from the beginning, making elaborate plans to secure asylum. To effect his plan, Snowden asked for a guarantee that The Washington Post would publish — within 72 hours — the full text of a PowerPoint prese... more »

Bill Gates and the Incubators

Jim Horn at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 11 hours ago
I know–it’s a great name for a band, but it is distinctly unmusical and no fun. It’s about destroying public schools and the teaching profession in urban areas where children of the poor will be grown and behaviorally groomed in segregated corporate welfare hothouses. Who makes these cozy corporate nests possible? The oligarchs and high […]

Can Iceland Give NSA Whistle Blower Asylum Before The Gulag Swallows Him Up?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Predictably, uptight Military Industrial Complex shills like Peter King (R-NY) and Mike Rogers (R-MI), were on the Sunday TV gab fests howling for the blood of Edward Snowden, the 29 year old ex-NSA employee/technical engineer for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden came forwardand outed himself as the source of Glenn Greenwald's explosive exposé about NSA domestic spying in *The Guardian* last week. Eric Cantor chimed in this morning that the House investigation will be "very serious." Does that mean he won't give the investigation to GOP clown Darrell Issa? And does i... more »

Did you watch Graham Norton on Friday and couldn't you find the uncensored video of the Robin Thicke song 'Blurred Lines'? A Tuesday night Rule 5 post - NSFW

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 11 hours ago
As I posted last month... This video by Robin Thicke ft. T.I., Pharrell for 'Blurred Lines' has been receiving quite a lot of admiring looks, and you can see why. So how about a look at the alternative uncensored (for which you can read topless - not naked) version? OK but only because you've been very good this week... Aren't I good to you? I haven't seen as much lipstick in a music video since Robert Palmer's 'Addicted to Love', you know this one... Is that enough gratuitously sexy music videos for a Monday evening?

jump !

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 11 hours ago

ARCHITECTURE OF OPPRESSION

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 11 hours ago
Vietnam war-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg writes: In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden's whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an "executive coup" against the US constitution. Since 9/11, there has been, at first secretly but increasingly openly, a revocation of the bill of rights for which this country fought over 200 years ago. In particular, the fourth and fifth ame... more »

Are We Heading for Despotism?

The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours ago
The first thing that someone stealing your privacy will tell you is "*don't worry*." That's the standard line *after* they have been exposed stealing your privacy. That, in turn, is reinforced with suggestions that you don't matter to them anyway, you're insignificant and that they have netted so much data they don't have the means to really snoop into what you're saying and thinking, not little old you. What they don't tell you is that if they did, for some reason perhaps known only to them, they could very easily snoop into just about everything you've been thinking and doing ... more »

TURKEY; ROTHSCHILDS; ISRAEL; SANDY HOOK

Anon at aangirfan - 12 hours ago
*Six Turkish policemen commit suicide during Gezi protests* * **Turkey protesters clash with police in Ankara* ~~ - The Rothschild Family - Puppet Masters ~~~ The Israeli regime injects Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails with 'dangerous viruses' before releasing them, a report says. "A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of prisons with dangerous viruses," Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote on Friday. Saqa also said many of the prisoners are suffering from mysteriously ... more »

Whistleblower behind exposing NSA surveillance programs reveals his identity, motivations and more

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Edward Snowden image credit: screenshot from an interview by The Guardian Madison Ruppert Today the man behind exposing the highly secretive programs of the National Security Agency (NSA) including PRISM, the software known as Boundless Informant and the surveillance of all U.S. Verizon customers has revealed his identity. The individual responsible is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old currently working for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and a former technical assistant for the CIA, according to the Guardian. “I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done n... more »

Monogram Glass Block

Debra Hawkins at Housewife Eclectic - 12 hours ago
[image: Vinyl Lettered Block] Wedding season is upon us. My fridge is covered in wedding invitations and with each invitation comes a gift to be made. This monogram glass block is one of my favorites to go to, especially in a pinch because it comes together quickly. You will need: A glass block Vinyl A way to cut the vinyl (Cricut, Scissors) Ribbon and Tulle Whenever I make a craft that uses a glass block, my first stop is always the thrift store. Sure I can buy a glass block from the craft or home improvement store, but I can usually find one that has some vinyl slapped ... more »

Behold The Sheer Arrogance Of An Unelected Conservative $enator ... (Calls $enate Scandal A Mere 'Bump In The Road')!!

leftdog at Buckdog - 12 hours ago
[image: Progressive Bloggers] * * *"Things were done that were improper, but everybody's trying to make these things into major scandals. They are not. These are bumps in the road. [...] **The Liberal party survived. We will survive." * *Conservative $enator Dave Tkachuk * *(Former Principle Secretary to * *Sask Premier Grant Devine) * *The only person who ever 'voted' for Dave Tkachuk to sit as a $enator was Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney when he appointed him to a huge patronage reward in the Canadian $enate.* *Saskatoon Star Phoenix* *-Saskatchewan $enator David ... more »

Credibility

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 13 hours ago
R. v. Tash, 2013 ONCA 380 holds: [36] Credibility rules are of three types. [37] The first type concerns attempts by the witness' proponent to bolster the witness' credibility even *before* it has been impeached. As a general rule, we do not permit the witness' proponent to elicit bolstering evidence in direct examination. The rule against "oath-helping" excludes it. [38] The second group of credibility rules involves the techniques an opponent may invoke to attack or impeach a witness' credibility. [39] The third set of rules governs the method that the witness... more »

The Changing Face Of Sectarianism In Iraq, An Interview With Research Fellow At National Univ of Singapore Fanar Haddad

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago
Sectarianism is a constant point of discussion when talking about Iraq. Many in the west interpret everything that happens in the country in sectarian terms. Iraqis in general do not like identity politics, yet fall back on it again and again. Fanar Haddad is a research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore. In his book *Sectarianism In Iraq, Antagonistic Visions of Unity*, and in various articles he has attempted to break down the origins and changing nature of sect and politics in Iraq. It is his theory that sectarianism is not a constant in ... more »

VIDEO: Biennale Art 2013 Iraq

Joel Wing at MUSINGS ON IRAQ - 13 hours ago

The Jason Furman Fan Club

Greg Mankiw at Greg Mankiw's Blog - 13 hours ago
AEI Chapter.

Looking under Antarctica - a hidden continent

address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 14 hours ago
Link: http://youtu.be/usDzh7l5HZw "The topography of the bedrock under the Antarctic Ice Sheet is critical to understanding the dynamic motion of the ice sheet, its thickness and its influence on the surrounding ocean and global climate. In 2001, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) released a map of the bed under the Antarctic Ice Sheet" is written here. The "Scientific Visualization Studio" at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center builds magnificent scientific animations. For example this one about Arctic daily sea-ice. With the Sun's maximum activity for cycle 24 at amazing minimum l... more »

The Changing National Self-Image

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 14 hours ago
Not sure if I'm going to get to any regular news posting today and tomorrow, but I've been touristing around Washington all weekend and can at least share a few thoughts on that. Mainly, on the changes to the Mall. I hadn't previously been able to see the WWII and Korea Memorials; I also hadn't seen the King Memorial, although I had seen FDR already. I had a fairly mixed view of the WWII memorial...I really don't have much of a problem with heroic, triumphant national self-celebration. Was it specific enough to the conflict? I'm not sure, and I'm not sure that the size was sustaine... more »

Video: Facebook Censors Photos of Children Protesting Monsanto as ‘Abusive’

Stranger in a Strange Land at Stranger in a Strange Land - 14 hours ago
Facebook Censored Picture Video: Facebook Censors Photos of Children Protesting Monsanto as ‘Abusive’ by Anthony Gucciardi Natural Society, 9 June 2013 I recently spoke to the mother who was beyond shocked after the* photos she posted of her children protesting Monsanto at the March Against Monsantowere labeled as ‘abusive’ and ultimately led to a ban * on her ability to interact with other Facebook pages. As it turns out, she was not alone, and soon the story began popping up on MSN and around the web after originally being reported on by Mike Adams over at NaturalNews. Apparentl... more »

Daily Links, Monday, June 10th

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 14 hours ago
*As a day of riding in Miaoli came to a close, we found ourselves above Liyutan Reservoir with the sun falling into the west. Yesterday was gorgeous.* Enjoy some links for a rainy monday... *BLOGS*: - Craig Ferguson takes some lovely pics in Taichung - Oz finds some wisdom at an abandoned Coast Guard station. - Wind power firm hires thugs to protect its site, says J Michael - A 1964 document on being an analyst of the war theater in Taiwan - Jenna lists her favorite coffee shops in Taipei - Tea Masters, always sumptuous, on high mountain oolongs. - Steve C review... more »

Two names you ought to be thinking about!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 14 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013* *Those names are Kessler and Maddow:* In the past ten days, we have watched fairly closely as a fraud has been perpetrated. That fraud has been conducted against millions of people. It involves the array of bogus facts we continued to discuss in this morning’s first post. Millions of people have been disinformed as this scam has been pimped. For starters, you should think about the role that’s been played in this scam by Glenn Kessler. Kessler runs the Fact Checker site at the Washington Post. As he has shown in the past ten days, he would rather jump off ... more »

Something missing from the BBC reporting that I've seen re Patrick Mercer

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
In all of the BBC's reporting of the latest allegations surrounding Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, I've not seen any mention of this part of the video I think it fair to assume that the BBC would have been more inclined to cover this aspect of the story if Patrick Mercer had said 'bloody Muslim' rather than 'bloody Jew'.

Did The DCCC Muck Up Jim Graves' Run In Minnesota... Again?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
If you want to know how "Minnesota nice" sounds, call Jim Graves. He picked up the phone yesterday morning with the warmest, friendliest of greetings... and immediately said he isn't talking to the press until July first and suggested we talk about my upcoming trip to Tuscany instead. He suggested I spend time in Siena, long one of my favorite small European cities. As for questions around his dropping out of the congressional race in MN-06... not a peep, although he did follow up a few minutes later by sending this copy of the Bill Maher "the lights are a little bit dimmer in Cra... more »

Activism is the alternative

Barbara Madeloni at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 15 hours ago
Last week I was on a local radio program, Bread and Roses, to discuss the assault on public education in its various nefarious forms, and the possibilities of resistance, especially through grassroots union organizing. As I was discussing the ways that educators are being boxed in by shock doctrine tactics of depleted resources on the […]

TWO KINDS OF FACTS: Invented, withheld!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 15 hours ago
*MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013* *Part 1—The New York Times publishes Hacker*: Right through this morning’s 4 o’clock hour, Fox News was pouring it on. At that very recent hour, Fox was rebroadcasting Greta van Susteren’s program from Friday evening’s 10 o’clock hour. In case they had missed it the first million times, Fox viewers got to see Greta and Newt tell them this: VAN SUSTEREN (6/7/13, 6/10/13): What do you think President Obama thinks about this? Does he pay attention? Or is this getting to him? Is this a distraction? GINGRICH: You know, Kubler-Ross did this book on death and dyin... more »

One Singular Snoopy Sensation

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 15 hours ago
If you'd told me last week that Glenn Greenwald would be the featured gueston the corporate-funded Sunday blather-fests, I would have asked you what you were smoking. If you'd told me last week that a creepy outfit named Booz Allen Hamilton was working in cahoots with the American government to spy on virtually everybody on the planet, I would have asked what you were drinking. Can I have my Booz on the rocks, please? If you'd told me that the leaker would be a high-school dropout with an aristocratic name, as articulately well-versed in the law, politics, technology and humanitaria... more »

A nice quiet day

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 15 hours ago

Barack Obama and his time at Columbia University

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
Did Barack Obama go to Columbia University, if so why does nobody remember him? Is the story 'rancid'? 'I just returned from New York, where I attended my 30th Columbia University reunion. I celebrated with my esteemed classmates. Everyone except Barack Obama. As usual- he wasn't there. Not even a video greeting. Not a personalized letter to his classmates. Nothing. But worse, no one I met at our 30th reunion ever met him. The President of the United States is the ghost of Columbia University.' It's an odd story but not one that the US mainstream media or the BBC would ever inv... more »

Untitled

New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 15 hours ago
*Hearing may shed light on sheriff’s murky books ~Andrew Vanacor, The Advocate* ~*@TheLensNOLA* Round 2 of OPP consent decree hearings begins today at 8:30am. We'll live blog everything. *New Orleans Holding Emergency Preparedness Exercise * *Louisiana exports growing ~WWL* *Central La. Guard unit headed to Guantanamo Bay ~Leigh Guidry, Town Talk* *Y@ Speak: winners and losers ~Gambit* @FleurtyGirl @SusBobadilla Hanging with @Editilla @yat_speak #Twitterpromtonight. So much fun! http:// pic.twitter.com/ow7xblCpa5

He's Perfectly Clear

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 15 hours ago
Those of us who are old enough to remember recall that one of Richard Nixon's pet -- and pat -- phrases was "perfectly clear." And, therefore, it is particularly ironic that Stephen Harper -- who appears more Nixonian with each passing day -- has adopted that phrase. As evidence, I offer the above clip. But, Jordan Himmelfarb writes, the more Harper claims to be "clear," the more opaque he gets. That was particularly true during question period last week -- when Harper chose to show up: Asked by Mulcair last week how many times a day he speaks to his chief of staff, Harper claime... more »

The Trans - Pacific Partnership Treaty - the latest boondoggle which will be forced down the throats of Americans.... Meanwhile as our Politicians sell out Americans ... China is buying everything not nailed down !

Catharsis Ours - 16 hours ago
http://silverdoctors.com/obamas-super-secret-treaty-which-will-push-the-deindustrialization-of-america-into-overdrive/#more-27432 From *The Economic Collapse Blog*: The treaty is known as “the Trans-Pacific Partnership”, and the nations that are reported to be involved in the development of this treaty include the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. Opponents of this treaty refer to it as “the NAFTA of the Pacific”, and if it is enacted it will push the deindustrialization of America into overdrive.... more »

A reply to the Toronto Star

James C Morton at Morton's Musings - 16 hours ago
A reply to the Toronto Star Story on Justices of the Peace: Dear Sirs: The story of a Superior Court judge overruling a Justice of the Peace on the issuance of a search warrant is interesting but hardly shows Justices of the Peace, as a group, are lacking suitable legal training. Every day the Court of Appeal for Ontariohears up to a dozen appeals from judges, all of whom have law degrees and stand at the top of their profession; no one questions their eminent qualifications. What’s more, in the particular case where the Justice of the Peace granted the disputed warrant it seems ... more »

Egyptian girl dies while being circumcised - Alarabiya.net English - But not on BBC

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 16 hours ago
'A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died while being circumcised at a private village in the Daqahliya governorate north east of Cairo, Egyptian media reported on Sunday. "We left our daughter with the doctor and the nurse. 15 minutes later, the nurse took my daughter out of the operation room to a nearby room, along with three other girls whom the doctor was circumcising," Mohammed Ibrahim, a farmer, told al-Masry al-Youm. "I waited half an hour, hoping that my daughter would wake up, but, unfortunately, unlike the rest of the girls, she did not," he said.' More here http://engl... more »

Robo Bird

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This is hardly fast, but works around a close in battle field which describes the needs of the folks at the pointy edge. This toy can also be camouflaged better so that it stays less obvious, although once deployed, even real birds will be quickly targeted. Beyond all that, this is a great toy for mass consumption. It looks like it can take off and land on a single spot in one's backyard. Every teenage boy is a sure buyer. What a neat way to fly with the eagles. At least we now have a successful working prototype. *United States Army's New Robotic Bird Drone I... more »

Microbe Can Reproduce at -15C

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
What this tells us is that just about any planetary environment is prospective for life if water has accumulated in ice caps. It may be severely localized, but somewhere microbial life can be established. It also tells us that if life ever existed on Mars, it likely still exists deep down were the temperature gradient works. In short, Mars is prospective for microbial life. In practice, the argument for persuasive microbial life throughout the solar system has been well fleshed out during the past thirty years. It still has to be substantiated, and it is certainly not a s... more »

Scavenger Cells Linked to Regeneration

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
This appears to be a potentially fruitful line of research. We at least think that we know were to look. Obviously, natural wound restoration and limb restoration should be completely possible, simply because we have a clear proof of concept in a creature just as complex as we are. It will all be about locating the switch that triggers the effect. This takes us a lot closer. I also think that we are actually close to a solution here, though it will come as an unexpected surprise. In fact, I think outright managed regeneration as mainstream medicine could be a deca... more »

Super-weeds threaten Collapse of Industrial Farming

arclein at Terra Forming Terra - 18 hours ago
Obviously the birds have been busy and for all intents and purposes, super weeds are now everywhere. I have posted that we have begun a transition from industrial agriculture to general organic farming. I expected that this would proceed over two generations at least. Yet we are now observing what could well be the death throes of the industrial protocols. There is no chemical pesticide that can do more than interfere rather briefly before biology swings back and wins. The same problem is emerging with chemical nutrification as more and more is producing less efficient... more »

Do You Hoard Media You Can't Play?

Martyn Daniels at Brave New World - 18 hours ago
Hands up if you have a collection of vinyl, or even cassettes and don’t have the decks and equipment to play them on. Maybe you have VHS tapes, but no VHS player, or even eight track tapes and no eight track player. A survey by UK electronics retailer Maplin has found that UK men still have their collections of older media in their homes, even though they don’t have the equipment to play these disappearing media formats. Some 45% still have cassettes, but no cassette deck, 47% vinyl singles and LPs but no turntable. Again some 20% have photographic slides but no viewer or project... more »

SOAS Postgraduate Summer School -- Taiwan

Michael Turton at The View from Taiwan - 18 hours ago
For bigger size go here. _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

Monday Morning Linkage

Vikash Yadav at Duck of Minerva - 18 hours ago
Good mornin’ ducks… Here’s some linkage you might want to read (on stuff other than the NSA)… The IMF admitted to violating its own rules to bailout Greece and that the austerity program which accompanied the bailout did not restore market confidence. The housing bubble in America is back with a vengeance as bidding wars are Continue reading

Health Spending 7: Health/GDP Ratio 2011

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 18 hours ago
There was a Philippine Health National Accounts (PHNA) Dissemination Forum held last Friday, June 07, 2013 at Crowne Plaza Galleria. I did not know it, got no invite. I think only members of Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) Health cluster NGOs were invited. Anyway, thanks to Mercy Fabros of WomanHealth, she emailed the presentation materials today. The main presentation was made by Ms. Jessamyn Encarnacion, Director, Social Statistics Office, National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). I don't know if those materials will be posted online in their website, but here are the re... more »

BBC News - Four arson arrests over Islamic Darul Uloom School fire

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
Whoever started that fire needs to face British justice, setting fire to Muslim schools is NOT the answer. However I am interested in BBC's use of word 'teenagers' in report. If reporting arrests of 17 year-olds in Israel would the BBC's report have said 'children'? BBC report here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22837852

Hooper: XENON100 may have seen DM candidates, too

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours ago
*...if it's so, LUX will observe 1-6 DM particles a week...* Dan Hooper of Fermilab released an interesting new salvo in the dark matter's war on existence, Revisiting XENON100's Constraints (and Signals?) For Low-Mass Dark Matter. Recall that the set of underground experiments that are trying to directly catch the particles of dark matter is divided to two violently competing subsets: one of them, the axis, vigorously claims that there can't be any signal in the other experiments. The leader of this axis is the XENON100 experiment whose claimed constraints are far more powerful tha... more »

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
A bonsai hobbit house. [photo via]

The Whistleblower vs Watership Down Syndrome

Alison at Creekside - 22 hours ago
So that's what a real hero sounds like. We don't talk much about freedom vs security up here in Canada, do we? Sure we were taken aback when a 2009 RCMP mission statement colour-coded its surveillance subjects in advance of the G8/20 summit, warning of : "notions/expectations regarding the environment, animal rights, First nations' resource-based grievances, gender/racial equality, and distribution of wealth etc." ... following which the Harper Government™ spent nearly $1-billion deploying 19,000 security personnel to make the largest mass arrest of 1,100 peaceful protesters in Ca... more »

EFN Asia 24: Jim Rogers talk at Jeju Forum

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 1 day ago
Among my favorite talks at the recently concluded Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity where the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia participated, was the talk by a world reknown investor, Jim Rogers. This guy is a co-founder of Quantum Fund with George Soros. Although he became rich in the US, he moved to Singapore in 2007 as he solidified his belief that this is the Asian century. He has been an investor and businessman, a bike adventurer (he toured the world on motorbike in the 80s, then in early 90s) and never joined politics and government. Photos below are some of his books fro... more »

Meet & Greet Monday (#MtaGt) - Eco-Crap

Small Footprints at Reduce Footprints - 1 day ago
Welcome to Meet & Greet Monday, a regular series designed to grow our green community. Before we get started, I'd like to introduce you to the brand new Reduce Footprints FACEBOOK PAGE. What will you find on that page? To start, I'll be posting daily green tips and opening up discussions on green topics. Stop by and "Like" the page ... and, as always, if you have suggestions about what you'd like to see, just let me know. [image: A linky for green blogs on Reduce Footprints Blog] Banner by Art Ist Grab our banner for your site:
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Can "Ex"-Blue Dog Steve Israel Be Beaten... Preferably In A Primary?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
When making an excuse for reappointing Israel chairman of the DCCC, despite his dismal failure in 2012, the nicest thing Nancy Pelosi could muster to say about his abilities was that he's "reptilian." Although he claims he performed so horrifically in 2012 because his wife was divorcing him, he doesn't seem to have learned a thing and is leading the Democrats to doom again-- forcing vulnerable freshmen far to the right of their Democratic bases which is likely to lead to the Great New Dem Apocalypse of 2014 for almost identical reasons the DCCC brought on the Great Blue Dog Apocaly... more »

Professor Stanley Lombardo reads from his translation of the Iliad

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Title: Professor Stanley Lombardo reads from his translation of the Iliad. Source: Hollins University. Date Published: April 24, 2009. Description: One of the speakers at Hollins 34th annual Classics Symposium was Stanley Lombardo, professor of classics at the University of Kansas, who read from his translation of the "Iliad."

Turkey Self-Destructs (Videos And Articles About Anti-ErdoÄŸan Protests)

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
*Source: AP*. Related: *Turkish Opposition Says ErdoÄŸan Must Go. * *Muslim Brotherhood Takes The Side of Criminal ErdoÄŸan Against Peaceful Protesters.* *Divide And Conquer: The Revolts In Syria And Turkey.* An excerpt from, *"Erdogan: “We’ve Been PatientFor Too Long”"* by Tulin Daloglu (Al-Monitor, June 9): It was a shocking speech — as if Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had declared a war against a segment of his own people, although he often claims to represent 100% of the nation. “We’ve been patient for far too long,” Erdogan said on Sunday, June 9, upon his a... more »

The NSA leaker outs himself

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 1 day ago
I want to think this kid is a hero but I'm not sure I believe him. I've been traveling all day so I'm just catching up. Read a couple of posts and watched Snowden's interview. Something about his body language strikes me as a bit off. He's clearly smart and articulate but his story is odd. As the kids say, I have questions. For one thing, I actually know someone who tried to get a job with the CIA. She was also very bright, very beautiful and a college graduate. Not sure if she ever got the job. She moved away before it happened but the process is really long. She had been working... more »

Another brave young American patriot risks his personal freedom so that the rest of us may have a better chance to get our freedom back from our insidious Orwellian Big Brother

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago
------------------------------ * the**REALnews Permalink* *NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'* Guardian's Glenn Greenwald talks to Edward Snowden, the source behind the NSA files about his motives for the biggest intelligence leak in a generation - June 9, 2013 More at The Real News Cherchez la Verite

Airports: They’re about making an entrance!

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 1 day ago
[image: Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid, by Richard Rogers] *Richard Rogers’ Madrid-Barajas airport.* Architectural critic Paul Goldberger reckons that airports today are like the great railway terminals of yesteryear: the gateway to the adventure and romance of a new city. In short, it’s all about *arrival*--something most airports do so poorly. Where they exist at airports, he says, the more impressive spaces are usually located in the airports' departure halls. Those passengers are rushing to clear security and catch flights and don't have time to appreciate their space. The ar... more »

To The National Paranoia Agency, We Are All Potential Bad Guys

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
"We live now in an era where normal values have been displaced. The good is called bad, the bad - good." - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (assassinated in October 2006). For the totalitarian National Paranoia Agency (NPA), *which is running a massive surveillance program targeting the American and global populations*, there are two types of individuals: bad guys and good guys. Definition of a bad guy = An individual, either in government or in civil society, who is critical of government policies and political leaders. Definition of a good guy = An individual who sheepish... more »

The Ron Paul of Pakistan

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago
Javed Nasim, member of Pakistan's Movement For Change Party, 1) does not take taxpayers' money, 2) does not benefit from perks or abuse his privileged position in any way, 3) supports himself and his family with a honest-paying job, 4) does not use government security, and 5) believes in dialogue and peaceful negotiations to resolve conflicts. The sad thing is that a self-reliant and honest leader like him could get assassinated in an unstable country like Pakistan. Pakistani politician refuses to be protected. Source: Al Jazeera.

Greece (356 % ) , Ireland ( 352 % ) and Portugal ( 302 % ) have worst debt to income ratios in Eurozone - For perspective the US stands at 560 % and has fallen sharply just since 2010 when it was a mere 360 % ! ! China have both economic and banking systems issues ? ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 1 day ago
Eurozone: three countries have debt-to-income ratios of more than 300% Figures expose indebtedness of eurozone governments in relation to government revenues – UK is sixth with ratio of 212% - Share****17 - - - inShare1 - Email - Phillip Inman, economics correspondent - The Guardian, Sunday 9 June 2013 21.03 BST [image: eurozone countries debt income] Three eurozone countries – Ireland, Greece and Portugal – now have debt-to-income ratios of more than 300%. Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Ireland, Greece and Portugal are labouring under debt-to-inco... more »

What About All Those Great Keystone XL Pipeline Jobs Boehner Is Always Barking About?

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
You don't have to be a congressman in a borrowed lab coat to do the math... but our old friend, Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) explains the dangers of Keystone XL and the tar sands it wants to pipe though the heart of America better than anyone else tonight (above). For example, have you heard Boehner running around like a chicken without a head squawking that the pipeline would create 250,000 jobs? That would be a nice shot in the arm for an economy that has been devastated by Republican Party economic and fiscal policies and by Republican Party obstruction to President Obama's attempts t... more »

WAR IN SYRIA: AN EVOLVED RELIGIOUS WAR OR CONTRIVED BY ISLAM’S ENEMIES?

The war in Syria that threatens to engulf the region has clearly become a religious war pitting Sunni Muslims against Shia Muslims. Having began as a secular rebellion, it has now become an almost exclusively sectarian war and, like most religious wars, has become extremely bloody and polarising with some Syrian Shia Muslims that had defected to the rebel cause in the early days now asking to be taken back into the government’s ranks. But the question is; how did it arrive at this horrifying mess – especially considering that the war has been going on now for more than two years und... more »

what i'm reading: the casual vacancy by j. k. rowling

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
*The Casual Vacancy*, J. K. Rowling's first non- *Harry Potter* book, received almost universally poor reviews, ranging from tepid to savage. Reviewers found the book too long for the subject matter, too slow, poorly paced. They thought the plot was a soap opera. They found the writing cliched, studied, heavy-handed. In a book full of characters, they found few noteworthy. As one reviewer put it: "Unfortunately, the real-life world she has limned in these pages is so willfully banal, so depressingly clichéd that “The Casual Vacancy” is not only disappointing — it’s dull." I disagree... more »

amnesty international calls for release of war resister kimberly rivera: please write a letter in support

laura k at wmtc - 1 day ago
Amnesty International is calling for the release of war resister Kimberly Rivera, who was forced out of Canada by the Harper Government. Will you please write a letter in support of her release? Here's how. If you want to write to Kim, you can reach her at: *Kimberly Rivera P.O. Box 452136 San Diego, CA 92145-2136* You can also write to war resister Justin Colby at: *COLBY, Justin 1450 Alder Rd. Box 339536 Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433-9536* *Important Note:* The military has very strict (arcane, incomprehensible) rules about what prisoners can receive. Please do not include *... more »

“12 Cliches to Live By"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *“12 Cliches to Live By"* by MensHealth.com "*1. It ain't over till it's over.* 2004. Red Sox down 0-3. If Mariano Rivera can let one slip, think how your buddy Phil's bladder quivers as he prepares to shank the serve on match point. On the flip side, when you're 1 point from victory, it's no time for experimentation. End it. *2. Do unto others.* It doesn't guarantee reciprocation, but you'll never lose. No one's going to scoff, "You delivered as promised? Congrats on being elected mayor of Chump City!" *3. You can't save someone from himself.* You can try - and you will - ... more »

"Confidence in Human Nature"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *"Confidence in Human Nature"* by ChivalryNow "What do the Golden Age of Classical Greece, the Renaissance and The Age of Enlightenment have in common? They all believed in the nobility and potential good of human nature, and humanity reaped incredible benefits from them. Confidence in the basic goodness of human nature forms the foundation of chivalry as well. It is this foundation that chivalry tries to revive. We start by finding it in ourselves, responding to it with deep, personal commitment, and then inspiring it in others through our words and deeds. Today's world make... more »

Stevie's last obstacle . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 1 day ago
HUPACASATH FIRST NATION battles China-Canada FIPA in court. So says the VO, aka the Vancouver Observer. Photo via @Lyacksongirl Closing arguments began Wednesday for the historic Hupacasath First Nation court challenge of a FIPA, or foreign investor protection agreement between Canada and China. The Hupacasath's case against the Harper government says that Canada has a duty to consult First

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
theguardian Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower? A: "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do ... more »

"Puzzling..."

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps, into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth,'' and so it goes away. Puzzling..." - Robert M. Pirsig

None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds

David DeGraw Seventeen years ago, I read a book called *The Evolving Self*. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, it profoundly affected the direction of my life. Here’s the section of the book that became a splinter in my mind and resonated the most with me: In order to gain control of consciousness, we must learn how to moderate the biases built into the machinery of the brain. We allow a whole series of illusions to stand between ourselves and reality…. These distortions are comforting, yet they need to be seen through for the self to be truly liberated… to come ever closer... more »

Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Mark Rumold and David Sobel *EFF* In a rare public filing in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the Justice Department urged continued secrecy for a 2011 FISC opinion finding government surveillance to be unconstitutional. Significantly, the activities at issue were carried out under the controversial legal authority that underlies the National Security Agency’s recently-revealed PRISM program. EFF filed a suit under the Freedom of Information Act in August 2012, seeking disclosure of the FISC ruling. Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Udall revealed the existence o... more »

"'The Imp of the Perverse': Edgar Allan Poe Updated for the 21st Century"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "'The Imp of the Perverse': * *Edgar Allan Poe Updated for the 21st Century"* by Brint Montgomery "In the consideration of the mental faculties and neuro- impulses- of the basic movements within the human "soul," to use an antique term, the popular notions of psychology have failed to make room for a propensity which, although obviously existing as a radical, primitive, irreducible emotion, has been equally overlooked by all the religious advisors and ethics counsellors who have preceded such psychologists. In our pure intoxication with science, we have indeed all overlooked ... more »

Department of Justice: drone strikes on American citizens are legal because Obama and Holder said so

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
"Where law ends tyranny begins" seen on the Justice Dept. building, D.C. photo credit: joewcampbell/Flickr Madison Ruppert In a court filing this week, Justice Department lawyers claimed that the Obama administration’s drone strikes that have admittedly killed four American citizens are constitutional in part simply because Eric Holder and Barack Obama said so. While this might seem absurd to the point that it seems like it should be published in the Onion, it is quite unfortunately true. “The Attorney General’s statement last month that the use of remotely piloted aircraft and th... more »

New York Times Editors Defend the Indefensible

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Stephen Lendman It's standard Times practice. It's longstanding. On June 6, Times editors praised Obama's selection of Susan Rice and Samantha Power. They're deplorable choices. They'll move from current capacities to new national security positions. More on that below. Times editors endorsed what demands condemnation. What they say matters. Times articles, commentaries and editorials have impact. What's reported attracts global attention. Longstanding Times policy is consistent. It operates as a quasi-official ministry of managed news misinformation. It masquerades as the real ... more »

The Daily "Near You?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Minsk, Belarus. Thanks for stopping by.

Report states tech giants worked with government surveillance program, companies deny role in PRISM

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Madison Ruppert The New York Times reports that the Internet giants involved in the secret PRISM surveillance program agreed to cooperate with the government. The same companies have issued denials which some argue are actually cleverly worded attempts to obscure their involvement. All of this comes in response to the reports exposing the NSA’s massive surveillance program known as PRISM which gives them access to the servers of some of the largest Internet companies which was quickly defended by Obama. The information about PRISM was released shortly after it was revealed that Ve... more »

NASA: “Clouds Behaving Strangely”

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Chris Carrington Noctilucent clouds, clouds that can only be seen when the Sun is below the horizon, are behaving differently this year according to NASA. The clouds, which are the highest in altitude of all the clouds are normally very faint, often too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but they become visible when illuminated by sunlight shining up from below the horizon. Their appearance earlier in the year than usual may hint that there are changes occurring in the Earth's atmosphere. You can read a very full explanation of the phenomenon here. Today's sunspot number is 76... more »

Unconstitutional US Data-Mining

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Stephen Lendman On June 5, London's Guardian reported part of it. "NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily," it headlined. On June 6, a follow-up article headlined "NSA taps in to systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and others, secret files reveal." The Washington Post followed with its own report. It said the NSA and FBI "are tapping directly into the central servers of nine US Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to trace a person’s movements and contacts over time." Mi... more »

Rand Paul Calls of Mass Class Action Lawsuit to Supreme Court Over NSA Spying

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took to Fox News Sunday to declare his legal opposition to the NSA's surveillance programs. "I'm going to be seeing if I can challenge this at the Supreme Court level," Paul said. "I'm going to be asking all the internet providers and all of the phone companies: ask your customers to join me in a class action lawsuit," Paul told host Chris Wallace. "If we get ten million Americans saying we don't want our phone records looked at, then maybe someone will wake up and something will change in Washington." Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsl... more »

UN: Fukushima ‘Unlikely’ to Pose Health Risks (Even as Kids are Diagnosed with Cancer)

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*The UN has come to the conclusion that the world shouldn’t really worry about negative health effects from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.* Melissa Melton The 60th session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has completed what they claim will be “the most comprehensive international scientific analysis of the information available to date” that concludes not only were there no immediate health risks from the meltdown but that, “It is unlikely to be able to attribute any health effects in the future among the general public an... more »

Kahlil Gibran, "A Poet's Voice, Part One"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* * *"A Poet's Voice, Part One"* by Kahlil Gibran "The power of charity sows deep in my heart, and I reap and gather the wheat in bundles and give them to the hungry. My soul gives life to the grapevine and I press its bunches and give the juice to the thirsty. Heaven fills my lamp with oil and I place it at my window to direct the stranger through the dark. I do all these things because I live in them; and if destiny should tie my hands and prevent me from so doing, then death would be my only desire. For I am a poet, and if I cannot give, I shall refuse to receive. Humanity ra... more »

David Icke Calls for Mass Noncompliance at Bilderberg

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 1 day ago
*We Are Change* "Rise like Lions after slumber in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew: Which in sleep had fallen on you. Ye are many — they are few" Subscribe to We Are Change's Channel WeAreChange.org Enter your email address to subscribe to our newsletter: Delivered by FeedBurner Be the Change! Share this using the tools below.
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