Saturday, June 22, 2013

22 June - Blogs I'm Following II

10:28pm MDST

The Imperial Agenda in Syria - Michel Chossudovsky on GRTV

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 17 minutes ago
*Obama's War on Al-Qaeda* = Write a script about killing the already deceased figurehead of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, sound presidential on television when declaring his death, and turn away questions by saying his body was dumped into a nameless sea as part of an Islamic ritual. Then have a good laugh about it in the Oval Office while watching highlights of the Heat winning a second championship on ESPN. Obama's "killing" of Bin Laden and his war against Al-Qaeda represents the Mount Everest of political manipulation and media fakery. He wants people to continue to live in a fantasy wo... more »

TV Watch: James Gandolfini (1961-2013)

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 27 minutes ago
*Tony takes care of business in "College" (Season 1, Episode 5).* *by Ken* It so happens that a couple of nights before word reached us that James Gandolfini had died of a heart attack in Rome at 51, I watched most of a * Sopranos* episode that I happened to notice on one of the HBO channels. I missed the beginning, but it was easy enough to recognize as the season-opener (Season 5, as it turns out) that includes a TV-news announcement about the paroling of a large number of mob inmates, which served as a means of injecting a clutch of new characters for the upcoming season, thoug... more »

How to clear cache, cookies, browsing history

Peter @ Enviroman at the original Blogger Tips and Tricks - 31 minutes ago
There may be times when you have made changes but don't see the changes when you view it with a browser. This may be because you are viewing a cached copies. What you need to do is to clear the cache memory. This is how you can clear your cache memory for the following browsers: Internet Explorer 7 Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar Select "Internet Options" Click on the "General" tab Under "Browsing history", click on the "Delete" button Click on "Delete files" Click on "Delete cookies" Click "Close" and "OK" to exit Internet Explorer 8 Click "Tools" tab at the menu bar Select "Inter... more »

Dear GOP - F#@K You!

2old2care at Because I Can - 1 hour ago
Watched it three times. Danced to it two times!!! 4 minutes of SMILE!~~~~~

NSA taps fiber optic cables...How they did it

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 1 hour ago
I'm Impressed...Just Impressed... Are all American and UK submarines fitted this way? Read below 2001 article.... *By Neil King Jr.* *Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal* WASHINGTON -- For decades, the National Security Agency did most of its spying by plucking information out of thin air. With a global network of listening stations and satellites, the NSA eavesdropped on phone conversations in Saddam Hussein's bunker, snatched Soviet missile-launch secrets and once caught Brezhnev in his limousine chatting about his mistress. The NSA's task was relatively simple then because ... more »

It's Not About 20 Cents, It's About U.S-Guided Regime Change #RegimeChangeBrazil

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
"As President Obama was praising Brazil economic dynamism in the compound of Rio de Janeiro’s municipal theater, hundreds of protesters standing outside were expressing their strong opposition to his coming." - From *"Brazil: Not Yet Ready for an Obama Love Affair"* (The Morningside Post, March 30, 2011). Read: *"CIA Riots In Brazil"* by Aangirfan. Read this excerpt from, *"Brazil balks at serving as junior partner to the US"* by Alistair Burnett (June 13, 2013): "To the irritation of Washington, Brazil has failed to extend support on issues such as the 2011 intervention in Liby... more »

Eric Arthur Blair

Oberon at GlobaLove Think Tank - 3 hours ago
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell

Who’s Building the “Army of Teachers”

Kris Nielsen at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 3 hours ago
The National Center for Teacher Quality is a bogus organization, since it comes to us from a non-scientific point of view and tons of people who know next to nothing about teaching. When an agenda and a bunch of policy ideas are predetermined, and the studies comes later, you know something’s going on. But the […]

"Humanity's Oldest Story"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 3 hours ago
*"Humanity's Oldest Story"* by David Sirota * * This is a tale of two presidents — the one we hope we have and the one we actually have. It is also a tale of two kinds of violence — the surgical and the indiscriminate — and how the latter blurs the distinction between self-defense and something far more sinister. *Protesters lay down on the entrance road to Creech Air Force Base, home to the Predator and Reaper drones, during an anti-drone protest in Indian Springs, Nev (Julie Jacobson/AP)* This story began last year, when the White House told the New York Times that Presiden... more »

Dolce, Gabbana and... Rick's Auto Body

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
There's almost no topic I can't somehow turn into a tirade against some corrupt conservative-- if not Boehner, Cantor, Bachmann Ted Cruz or Miss McConnell then Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rahm Emanuel, John Barrow or Steve Israel. But we're not going to even *try* tonight. This post is too important on its own for that; it's about where we spend our money. After I stopped living in my vehicle-- VW camper vans-- I always bought used Mercury Comets and Ford Fairlanes. Awesome cars. But as soon as they made me president of Reprise, they told me to ditch the Comet and get something "re... more »

The Honduras' crime problem

paul at Paying attention - 3 hours ago
Another grisly warning from the U.S. government this week about travel to Honduras, and an off-key response from the Honduran government. The State Department advisory cautioned in the first sentence that “crime and violence levels remain critically high.” Things mostly went downhill from there. La Gringa, an ex-pat blogger living in La Ceiba, did a useful comparison of this advisory with the last warning from Nov. 21. Generally, the new version paints a picture of greater danger. For instance, both documents say U.S. citizens do not appear to be targeted. But the new advisory adds “C... more »

Another grim U.S. travel advisory for Honduras

paul at Paying attention - 3 hours ago
Another grisly warning from the U.S. government about travel to Honduras this week, and an off-key response from the Honduran government. The State Department advisory cautioned in the first sentence that “crime and violence levels remain critically high.” Things mostly went downhill from there. La Gringa, an ex-pat blogger living in La Ceiba, did a useful comparison of this advisory with the last warning from Nov. 21. Generally, the new version paints a picture of greater danger. For instance, both documents say U.S. citizens do not appear to be targeted. But the new advisory adds “C... more »

GAIA PORTAL: Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all…

Obi-Wan Kabuki at AMERICAN KABUKI - 3 hours ago
*Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all…* by ÉirePort Assets previously valued by both humanity and Hue-manity are now revealed, to both humanity and Hue-manity, to be extraneous and illusory in the scheme of Gaia Energetics and Gaia Ascension. Current upgraded portal structures allow entry of energies solely intended for the Highest of all. All others are revealed quickly, and directed elsewhere. This revelation occurs on multiple levels with multiple individuals, groups, societies, cultures. No one is outside of the re... more »

Satire: “U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying”

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 4 hours ago
* “U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying”* by Andy Borowitz WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)— “The United States government charged former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden with spying on Friday, apparently unaware that in doing so it had created a situation dripping with irony. At a press conference to discuss the accusations, an N.S.A. spokesman surprised observers by announcing the spying charges against Mr. Snowden with a totally straight face. “These charges send a clear message,” the spokesman said. “In the United States, you can’t spy on people.” ... more »

‘John Stossel’s Illegal Everything’

Peter Cresswell at Not PC - 4 hours ago
See, this is why so many Americans are leaving America. Because the idea of America has long departed the place. Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ihug.co.nz)

The US And Israel Want Syria Destroyed: New UN Report Rejects US Claim On Syria Chemical Weapons!

Northerntruthseeker at Northerntruthseeker - 5 hours ago
Lets be brutally honest here... The US Barry Soetoro administration are LIARS, plain and simple.. They are still continuing to harp about the absolutely false claim that the Syrian government under Assad has used chemical weapons on its people, when all of the evidence shows that it has been the US/Israeli bought and paid for mercenary "rebels" that have used US produced chemical weapons on Syrian civilians! The US Government is basically doing exactly what their Jewish masters demand in making false accusations against Assad, and using those lies as their entire basis now for est... more »

Latest Theft-in-Plain-Sight Algorithm? (Profits Without Production)

Of course the game is rigged. And it has picked up the speed of electron transfer since the early 80's under his majesty RR's financial wizards (hat tip to David Stockman and Paul Craig Roberts). We get glimmers of this game but no calls for revolution from our friendly centrist economists now and then and today's essay is en pointe. The following responses from his readers, however, are not

Another RCMP success story . . .

Edstock at The Galloping Beaver - 5 hours ago
Eyewitnesses note this woman was punched in the mouth by RCMP. PUNCHING A WOMAN seems to be RCMP best-practice, when they don't have a Taser handy. Halifax Media Co-op has a report by Miles Howe, "12 more opposed to shale gas arrested as RCMP turn violent on National Aboriginal Day". Apparently the locals don't like exploration for shale gas and are protesting to stop it. Grrrrrrrrr . . .

What Mattered This Week?

Jonathan Bernstein at A plain blog about politics - 6 hours ago
The Supremes held off on the headline cases this week, but decided a bunch of others. Those are important, too! What didn't matter? I'm not sure that what happens to Snowden matters very much, I suppose, although I'm open to arguments the other way. That's what I have. What do you think mattered this week?

OCCUPY NATURE

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
New documentary Grasp The Nettle shows how state inaction on climate change fosters direct action on society’s margins. Two years before the Occupy movement sprang forth in New York and London, a motley group of land rights activists occupied a piece of disused land in west London to create an alternative model of moneyless, sustainable living. Little did they know they were about to embark on an extraordinary journey, at once harrowing and inspiring, that would take them into the heart of Westminster.

HOLD YOUR EARS!

Bruce K. Gagnon at Organizing Notes - 6 hours ago
Abby Martin talks to Karen Hudes, former senior executive at the World Bank, about her experience blowing the whistle on the high level corruption within the international financial system and how her story was censored. Corporate globalization is a criminal syndicate.

Manly P. Hall On Homer (From His Lecture 'Porphyry on the Wanderings of Ulysses')

Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours ago
Manly P. Hall on Homer: "Thus, we have largely our knowledge or opinion of Greek religion from the writings of Homer, and one or two other early fragments. There is a popular story that Homer was blind. This apparently was doubted, however, as early as the time of Plato. For already an effort had been made to understand the inner meaning of this account. *And the philosophers of the Platonic school and those of the Neoplatonic favored the idea that Homer's blindness was symbolical, that it indicated not his inability to see on the objective level but that he had voluntarily turne... more »

Zapatistas Marcos L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III. NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN… como invitad@s

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago
L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III. NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN… como invitad@s L@S CONDISCÍPUL@S III.  NI ESTUVIERON, NI ESTÁN, NI ESTARÁN…  como invitad@s Junio del 2013 Enlace Zapatista  http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/06/21/ls-condiscipuls-iii-ni-estuvieron-ni-estan-ni-estaran-como-invitads/ A l@s adherentes a la Sexta en México y el Mundo: A l@s estudiantes de la Escuelita

Paul LePage, What A Goober!

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago
Roland's visiting the ancestral homeland this week, Maine. He just called me and told me Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud might as well move into Blaine House now because no one in Maine wants another *minute* of the state being embarrassed by their accidental governor, Paul LePage. (LePage says he may not even run for reelection and seek Michaud's open House seat instead!) Rachel Maddow's report from Thursday night (above) is just stunning. I mean you think Rick Perry (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), Scott Walker (R-WI), Tom Corbett (R-PA) and John Kasich (R-OH) are idiots? LePage makes th... more »

Toxic feedback loop - hot money in emerging markets has set up the next crisis . ETFs showing weakness , Money market funds will be next ..... 2008 not only will be reprised but it will be worse next time. And yes , nothing has been learned by the so called Regulators and Pols supposedly in charge....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-22/toxic-feedback-loop-emerging-money-developed-markets The Toxic Feedback Loop: Emerging <-> Money <-> Developed Markets [image: Tyler Durden's picture] Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/22/2013 15:52 -0400 - Bond - China - Counterparties - Credit Conditions - Creditors - Deutsche Bank - Exchange Traded Fund - Federal Reserve - Financial Regulation - Free Money - Goldman Sachs - goldman sachs - Greece - Gross Domestic Product - International Monetary Fund - Jan Hatzius - Lat... more »

UK Supreme Court quashes Iran Bank sanctions and criticizes secret hearings - furthe Iran related news include Richard Clarke states cyber attacks won't halt Iran's nuclear program .....Israel pushes EU to up sanctions ante....... Brazil still on fire ..... Pravda wonder will Turkey survive ?

Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Iran...... UK Supreme court quashes Iran bank sanctions and criticises secret hearingsJune 20, 2013 Print Version *Source: Guardian* The government's enthusiasm for secret courts has suffered a setback after the UK's most senior judges quashed an anti-terrorist sanction imposed on an Iranian bank and dismissed the intelligence involved as irrelevant. In two related judgments, the supreme court ordered the Treasury to remove sanctions against Bank Mellat and said that, in future, appeal courts should go into closed session "only where it has been convincingly demonstrated to be gen... more »

RWNJ's Hallucinate at Netroots Nation

2old2care at Because I Can - 8 hours ago
Here’s what CRAZY sounds like out of the right today. Evidently they had nothing better to do than go to Netroots Nation and hang out with progressives. Or maybe they were paid to go to Netroots and report back to the righties - as always, with lies. This snip is in the short write up about the ALEC panel at Netroots yesterday – where they whined about the “angry vitriol that the left” used against the poor old right-wing,extremist American Legislative Exchange Council. Read this carefully – very carefully!!! *Not satisfied by spreading the anti-ALEC message through one mediu... more »

Welcome to Reespo 2013

Roobin at THROUGH THE SCARY DOOR - 8 hours ago
Are you tired of austerity? Are you looking for more resistance from your unions, campaigns and community groups? Don't you just wish there was a Freelance Marxist who could deliver more resistance to the pound? Why not try the John Rees Share Opportunity? If you buy a piece of Rees you not only get a top quality Marxist for Hire, expert in Strategy and Tactics, Georg Lukacs and A to B marches, purchase now and you and you get, FOR FREE, some expert analysis from James Meadway on what the economy is doing and stuff! Do not miss the John Rees Share Opportunity!

Former Vice President blows whistle on HSBC as laundering hundreds of millions for drugs .....VP John Cruz labels HSBC as a criminal operation ! And delivers documents to support the allegations !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
Former VP Of HSBC Blows Whistle: ‘We Were Laundering 100′s Of Millions For Drugs” (Video) Saturday, June 22, 2013 10:42 0 (Before It's News) The global banking giant HSBC is a “criminal” operation, charges a former officer for the company’s southern New York region in this interview with Russell Scott. John Cruz, a former vice president and relationship manager, has turned over more than 1,000 pages of documents, including customer account ledgers for dozens of companies through which, he charges, the financial institution was laundering money each month. We’ve heard of these allega... more »

Witches’ Brew

theozarker at The Conflicted Doomer - 8 hours ago
June 22, 2013 Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble … Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 10–11 Over the last week’s readings of economic news, I noticed that: 1) Interbank funding between the countries of the Eurozone has dropped to the same rate it was at when the Euro was launched, fifteen […]

US nuclear debacle underway at Hanford , emergency at nuclear plan in Mississippi .... western US a nuclear wasteland ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
US nuclear debacles in process ...... why isn't this covered by the media more prominently ? 11:18 AM EST on June 22nd, 2013 | 9 comments “U.S. state on alert after nuclear waste leak” — Governor: “This is most disturbing news”… No ‘immediate’ public health threat #Hanford 09:18 AM EST on June 22nd, 2013 | 28 comments TV: “It appears the worst case scenario has happened” at U.S. nuclear site — Most dangerous material on earth “out of control”? — A whopping 800,000 dpm measured outside tank (VIDEO) #Hanford 03:42 PM EST on June 21st, 2013 | 8 comments Emergency declared at U.S. nuclear... more »

Greece updates - June 22 , 2013.....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 8 hours ago
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_22/06/2013_505475 *ERT workers refuse to vacate premises, gear up for rally on Sunday* Sacked workers of the state broadcaster ERT that was shut down by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras last week, causing a rift in the fragile coalition and the departure of junior partner Democratic Left, have said that they will not vacate the broadcaster's former premises in the northeastern Athenian suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. Hundreds of sacked workers of Hellenic Broadcasting Corp have continued to occupy the ERT's headquarters and maintain o... more »

Top 5 Regrets

Abraham Ben Judea at Abraham says - 8 hours ago
Old people who are on their deathbed regret these things, not money, not more time...Why? Read on... There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counselled the dying in their last days has revealed the most common regrets we have at the end of our lives. And among the top, from men in particular, is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, ... more »

End slacktivism in education

Chalk Face, PhD at @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER - 9 hours ago
I modeled these images off of a very poignant UNICEF campaign, that “liking” Facebook pages and groups, while important initially, fails to do anything of real substance. There is indeed a lot of this same bluster in education. Maybe we need to end slacktivism in education […]

Some Problems with the People's Assembly

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 9 hours ago
I wasn't there, but thanks to modern telecommunications I got all the happenings of today's People's Assembly broadcast directly to my computer. Now, I'm not about to butter anyone up and pretend my view of the PA initiative is anything but sceptical. I've sat in packed meeting halls in London a few times. I've heard angry words about austerity before, and promises of massive industrial action as regularly as my cat uses his litter tray. That said, there were moments the cynicism did fall away - the contributions of the eternally youthful Owen Jones and Francesca Martinezwere partic... more »

Gold massacre today leads to CME hiking initial and maintenance margins 25 percent ! Harvey Organ's Gold and Silver Report - June 20 , 2013 - note JP Morgan still hasn't filled the numerous open contracts ( dealer or customer accounts ) that have been pending for awhile - were they waiting for a massive sell off like we are seeing presently ? Data , news and views as we follow the shiny bouncing PM balls !

Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/cme-hikes-gold-margins-by-25 CME Hikes Gold Margins By 25% Jun *21* - Yesterday in Gold and Silver - Critical Reads - The Funnies - The Wrap Retweet<a class="facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.caseyresearch.com/gsd/edition/cme-hikes-gold-margins-by-25/&t=It's%20impossible%20to

Brazil protests - as a million or two take to the streets to protest corruption , police brutality , horrid public services , high prices ( thanks Fed ) and street crime - note the concern on the World Cup and Confederation Cup tops the list of media concerns !

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 9 hours ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/21/brazil-protests-football-world-cup Brazil's protests raise fears for World Cup as a million take to the streets Football becomes focus of furious outcry against corruption, police brutality, dire public services, high prices and street crime - Share****2258 - - - inShare10 - Email - Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro - The Guardian, Friday 21 June 2013 13.02 EDT - Jump to comments (343) [image: A Brazilian protester in Sao Paulo wears a Guy Fawkes mask made famous by the film V for Vendetta] A Brazilian protester in... more »

Obama displays his lies and hypocracy in Germany to a selected audience. "A real audience would have hooted [him] out of Berlin."

David L Griscom at Cherchez la Verite - 9 hours ago
------------------------------ *Stasi In The White House — Paul Craig Roberts* ------------------------------ June 21, 2013 | Original Here Go here to sign up to receive email notice of this news letter Stasi in the White House Paul Craig Roberts, June 21, 2013 On June 19, 2013, US President Obama, hoping to raise himself above the developing National Security Agency (NSA) spy scandals, sought to associate himself with two iconic speeches made at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged: “... more »

Could the Youth Protests of the EU, Middle East, Turkey, and Brazil Spread to Asia’s Corrupt Democracies?

Robert Kelly at Duck of Minerva - 10 hours ago
Jay Ulfelder and I had a Twitter conversation on this question in the last few days (here and here). But Twitter has such limited space, I thought I would break out our discussion on the blog and ask what others thought. Watching all these riots – driven heavily by youth dissatisfaction, it seems – is Continue reading

Nelson Mandela medical heath updates .... June 22 , 2013....Seems he is much worse than reported by family members as Mandela allegedly unresponsive and family discussing treatment options. And naturally being stuck in a broken down ambulance for forty minutes in the dead of winter wasn't helpful....

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 10 hours ago
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57590542/nelson-mandela-unresponsive-family-discussing-options/ *Updated at 7:35 a.m. ET June 22, 2013* (CBS News) PRETORIA, South Africa - One of Nelson Mandela's grandsons said Friday he expects Mandela to be discharged from the hospital soon. And the man who succeeded Mandela as president, Thabo Mbeki, said in a radio interview that Mandela's health is improving. *Watch: Choir sings outside Mandela's hospital* Mandela, 94, has been in the hospital for two weeks, fighting a lung infection. However, what CBS News is hearing is completely at odds ... more »

Another Israeli War Criminal of the Year Award

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 10 hours ago
Anthony Freda Art Stephen Lendman America represents the worst of rogue governance. So does Israel. They menace humanity. They persecute their best. They honor their worst. Peacemakers are scorned. Waging war on humanity's rewarded. On March 21, Obama received Israel's Medal of Distinction. It's also called the President's Medal. It's Israel's highest civil award. It's for individuals "who have made an outstanding contribution to the State of Israel or to humanity, through their talents, services, or in any other form." In 2012, Henry Kissinger won. His rap sheet includes decades... more »

Depopulating An Entire Region of the Country

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
Dave Hodges In the first three parts of this series, it was demonstrated that both the US government and the Chinese government are engaged in an Agenda 21 motivated plot to relocate rural and suburban residents to more densely populated urban centers to live in overcrowded conditions where a person’s every movement and every activity is monitored. The previously described policies are proving effective in moving populations into densely populated urban centers in accordance with Agenda 21 policy. However, the process is not as speedy as the globalists had hoped. The global elite n... more »

It's Almost As Though The Georgia GOP Has Figured Out A Way To Elect Michelle Nunn To The Senate

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago
Sam Nunn (L), Michelle Nunn (R) Virginia Republicans who weren't paying close enough attention are still wondering how their party got saddled with such radical extremists at the top of their ticket. Neo-fascist Ken Cuccinelli and certifiably insane sociopath E.W. Jackson are not going to attract any of the independent swing voters Virginia Republicans need to win statewide, not even against a Democratic candidate as patently unattractive as Terry McAuliffe. But there was no primary. The Cooch manipulated the system so that a nominating convention, dominated by extremists and radical... more »

ND ALEC Members - Hide, ashamed

2old2care at Because I Can - 11 hours ago
[ALEC spokesman] Meierling did say that ALEC has no plans to reveal its corporate and legislative members, identify individuals representing corporations within ALEC, or open up their model bill task force meetings. And as I have repeatedly written – most ALEC members are embarrassed to admit that they belong to an extremist, right-wing, pro-corporate organization like ALEC. As I have noted previously – most ALEC legislators will list most anything in their bios – their religious affiliations, NRA affiliation, their farm bureau membership, girl/boy scout leader – everything, BUT ... more »

Discussion of how extension spying on Americans actually is presently... and a scary look toward the future where NSA turns over surveillance to A.I Computers - Skynet !

Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
Skynet rising: Google acquires 512-qubit quantum computer; NSA surveillance to be turned over to AI machines - [image: The Alex Jones Channel][image: Alex Jones Show podcast][image: Prison Planet TV][image: Infowars.com Twitter][image: Alex Jones' Facebook][image: Infowars store] *Mike Adams* Natural News June 20, 2013 Most people don’t know about the existence of quantum computers. Almost no one understands how they work, but theories include bizarre-sounding explanations like, “they reach into alternate universes to derive the correct answers to highly complex computat... more »

Heroes, fake hope, and real hope in the Matrix

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
Jon Rappoport The occasion for this article is the controversy swirling around Edward Snowden, who recently exposed secret programs of the National Security Agency. It’s about one corner of that controversy: should we accept him as a hero even if the possibility exists that he isn’t? The Matrix is designed to stimulate certain emotions. For example: “We had a hero. Then he was taken down. Now we will feel sadness, desolation, and eventually nostalgia for what might have been.” For example: “We have a hero. Let’s not look too closely at what he is. Now we will feel hope, a joy at... more »

Israel Accused of Organ Harvesting in Costa Rica

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
Kevin Samson * *A scandal has erupted at one of Costa Rica's largest state-run medical centers, Calderon Guardia Hospital. The head of Nephrology, Francisco Mora Palma, has been arrested for playing a key role in a suspected international organ trafficking ring set up to supply patients in Israel. Inside Costa Rica cites information obtained by Costa Rica's Attorney General, Jorge Chavarria: “The patients who required the transplants were in Israeli territory, and some of the (trafficking) victims [had their kidney removed] here and others were transported to Israel." (...) Th... more »

NSA's Criminal Activity Explained

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Irish Parliament Member: Obama is a 'War Criminal' and the 'Hypocrite of the Century on Peace'

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
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Washington Funds Secret Israeli Ballistic Missile Base

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 11 hours ago
Stephen Lendman On June 3, McClatchy's foreign staff headlined "US publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret." More on that below. Last November 28, the Washington Post headlined "US overseeing mysterious construction in Israel." A previous article discussed it. Washington and Israel partner in imperial operations. Expensive projects are included. According to WaPo: The US Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex. It's called "Site 911." It'll be built at an Israeli air forc... more »

Maddow makes fools of her viewers, part 2!

bob somerby at the daily howler - 11 hours ago
*SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013* *A report which was baldly dishonest:* Is the state of Virginia still being forced to pay for Bob McDonnell’s body wash? Having read Laura Vozzella’s report in the Washington Post, we have no idea. Vozzella made no attempt to raise her concerns about body wash and nasal spray with Dennis Johnson, the state official in charge of this matter. And that was strange, because late in her article, she quoted Johnson giving McDonnell a clean bill of health: VOZZELLA (6/17/13): Like all new governors and their families, the McDonnells were told the expense rules at... more »

Domestic Event looming between end of June and July 3rd ? Just the excuse to unleash the full power of the " Stasi State " on Americans ?

fredw at Catharsis Ours - 11 hours ago
tinfoil perhaps - but we live in an Orwellian world that most would have considered a tinfoil paranoia not that long ago ... fwiw Domestic Event: 10 – 14 Days – All DHS, FEMA Agencies Activated: The Hawk Saturday, June 22, 2013 2:35 0 (Before It's News) According to ‘The Hawk’ from Steve Quayle’s Survive2Thrive radio network and Hawks FEMA/DHS sources, FEMA called an emergency meeting this week in which it has notified the heads of all of its agencies to be ’90% battle strength’ in the next 5 weeks, 70% strength within 7 days and notified him that all agency personel are now being... more »

3 Reasons Why You Should March Against Chemtrails and Geoengineering on 8/25/13

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Elizabeth Cook *1.* The March Against Monsanto was a huge success in bringing the public’s attention to the dangers of genetically modified foods. Nearly fifty percent of U.S. states introduced bills requiring labeling or prohibiting genetically engineered foods since the date of the protest on May 26, 2013. And all without the “help” of mainstream media. Great achievement, but the battle has only just begun. As brilliant as the march was, it only addressed half of the problem. Unfortunately, there is an insidious connection between chemtrails and GMOs. One of the main toxic fall... more »

Revealed: British intelligence agency secretly accesses the world’s phone calls, Internet traffic

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Madison Ruppert In yet another revelation of widespread spying, we have now learned that the British intelligence agency GCHQ has secretly gained access to the massive network of cables carrying the world’s phone calls and Internet traffic. Compilation of images published by The Guardian - click to enlarge Furthermore, we now know that the agency has begun processing the immense amount of personal information provided by the streams, which it then shares with its partner, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA itself has been under fire after the PRISM program – and the ... more »

Russia: "Syria Will Be Armed With Weapons That Have Never Been Seen Before In the Middle East"

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Anthony Freda Art Mac Slavo Last week, Noble Peace Prize winner President Barack Obama advised that his administration would be arming the Free Syrian Army with weapons to resist the armies of Syria’s President Bashar Assad. Furthermore, they would look to implement a Libya-style no-fly zone over the country, which like Libya, would likely involve widespread carpet bombing of suspected military strongholds and control centers. With boots on the ground around Syria’s borders, the United States is without a doubt preparing for widespread engagement across the region yet again, with... more »

USDA Organic Infant Formula Contains Pesticide Labeled As A "Nutrient"

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Sayer Ji *The USDA organic label is supposed to protect the consumer against GMOs and avoidable chemical exposures, but the sobering fact is that USDA-certified infant formula manufacturers are not only being allowed to use a pesticide in their formulas, but are advertising it as a 'healthy' mineral to unsuspecting consumers.* Unbeknownst to the vast majority of U.S. consumers, the nutritional adequacy of infant formula it not determined by its ability to support and produce health in those who receive it, as would be expected. Instead, it is deemed nutritionally adequate solely ... more »

“If The Yield Goes Significantly Higher The Market Is Going To Freak Out”

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Michael Snyder If yields on U.S. Treasury bonds keep rising, things are going to get very messy. As I write this, the yield on 10 year U.S. Treasuries has risen to 2.51 percent. If that keeps going up, it is going to be like a mile-wide lawnmower blade devastating everything in its path. Ben Bernanke's super low interest rate policies have systematically pushed investors into stocks and real estate over the past several years because there were few other places where they could get decent returns. As this trade unwinds (and it will likely not be in an orderly fashion), we are g... more »

Stasi In The White House

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
image source Paul Craig Roberts On June 19, 2013, US President Obama, hoping to raise himself above the developing National Security Agency (NSA) spy scandals, sought to associate himself with two iconic speeches made at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged: “Ich bin ein Berliner”. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenged: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Obama’s speech was delivered to a relatively small, specially selected audience of invitees. Even so, Obama spoke from behind bullet proof glass. Obama’s speech will go down... more »

Snowden is Charged with Espionage, Hong Kong is Asked to Detain Him

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 12 hours ago
Kimberly Paxton It comes as no surprise that the United States has filed a sealed complaint against Edward Snowden, charging him with espionage, theft, and conversion of government property. Officials have requested that Snowden be detained in Hong Kong on a provisional warrant. Although many members of the government seem to agree he is a criminal, he has been hailed as a hero by the American public. The 29-year-old NSA analyst leaked a number of documents earlier in the month, exposing a massive surveillance operation. Snowden provided classified memos and court orders proving ... more »

The U.S. Policy Coup Explained by 4-Star General Wesley Clark

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
Catherine J. Frompovich General Wesley Clark, on the talk circuit in 2007, explained how the U.S. military planned to destroy the governments of seven countries in five years and enumerates them in this YouTube video. Listen to what General Clark says how the ‘movers and shakers’ planned to start wars and change governments that, incidentally, would necessitate killing American service men and women in order to carry out the plans of Wolfowitz, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. Apparently, those long-planned-wars the U.S. has been fighting are the result of long-planned strategies and we,... more »

Obama Confirms Conspiracy to Oust Ron Paul from Primary in 2012

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
Dees Illustration *Activist Post* Obama was secretly recorded during the 2012 election, saying that "the powers that be want it to be Romney...and it looks like that's what it's going to be." Referring to how Ron Paul was obviously robbed in Maine, Obama says "Look what they did up in Maine...They wanted Paul out of the picture quickly, and we all know what happened there." And to confirm that he's part of the "Powers That Be", he says "I can't say I blame them." "Well, it's a moot point now anyhow. He's done," Obama said apparently referring to Ron Paul's hopes after the GOP en... more »

Jurors at Raw Milk Trial Befriend Hershberger; Feel Misled and Haunted by Case

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
Unlikely friends? Vernon, wife, jurors Heather Callaghan If you've been paying attention to the details of Vernon Hershberger's trial, the bigger picture is completely insane. The final result was a less punitive fine of $1,000 and $513 in court costs that a supporter covered on Vernon's sentencing day. He was found not guilty on three criminal charges relating to lack of licensing to distribute fresh foods, and guilty on the last count of breaking a food holding order. The jury members, however, are feeling jilted. Hat's off to author David Gumpert for always being there when a f... more »

Stop the presses: I actually agree with Bill Maher...(video)

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 13 hours ago
about Paula Deen. It seems that some time in the past, Paula Deen uttered the word "nigger" (I refuse to call it the "n" word because that's just plain silly). Her punishment? She loses her job, her reputation, and is forced to make groveling public apologies. Over a word? One she reportedly said in private? Have any of you listened to any black rap stars lately? Thought not. Black rap stars say "nigger" all the time. Hop over to Facebook and see how many blacks call each other "nigger." They also use the term "whitey" and it's not meant as a compliment to white people. ... more »

Irish Politician: Obama Is A War Criminal

Karen Garcia at Sardonicky - 13 hours ago
Imagine if one of our American elected representatives stood up in the corporate-pandering 10%-approval-rating Congress and spoke truth to power like Irish T.D. (Teachta Dala) member Clare Daly did before her colleagues and her country. She'd probably be shouted down and arrested by the Capitol Police as a heckler before she even got the first paragraph out. This is what the real Left looks like, people. This is also how "transparent" political debate is supposed to work. In public, uncensored. Democracy is alive and well somewhere in the Western Hemisphere. Meanwhile, the *B... more »

ACTION: Monsanto wants to Increase Pesticides

2old2care at Because I Can - 13 hours ago
Take action today. * * *Comments are due by July 1, *and if the EPA doesn't hear from the People, it's going to do whatever Monsanto tells it to do. *You can comment * * * *>>>>HERE<<<<* Here's what you need to know My emphasis throughout *Public comments are due by July 1 to object to new EPA regulations* which are already in place, *allowing glyphosate contamination of food crops, edible oils and waterways at concentrations which are thousands of times higher *than the amount needed to cause cancer. This month (May 2013) the EPA announced a final ruling to increase, yet again... more »

Will the U.S. Gov’t Target Whistleblowers With Drones?

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
*Yes, things have come this far. There is open talk of killing NSA leaker Edward Snowden via a drone strike.* Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Remember that saying “Don’t kill the messenger?” This is the ultimate form of doing just that. There is open talk in the media of killing National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden via a drone strike. The online version of the magazine Popular Science had point and counterpoint articles debating all the reasons why the U.S. government might or might not consider drone striking Snowden in Hong Kong, the city he ran to fearing fed... more »

Dangerous Vaccines Found to Cause Symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
parents are falsely accused of shaking their baby Christina England Over the years, parents have more and more commonly been blamed of child abuse if their child is diagnosed with the “triad” of injuries associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) after receiving a vaccine. The “triad” includes bleeding inside the brain, bleeding behind the eyes and swelling or inflammation of the brain. When a medical professional suspects that a baby has been violently shaken, they will examine the baby for the “triad” of injuries associated with SBS. These are subdural haematoma (bleeds inside t... more »

FBI Calls Destruction of GMO Sugar Beets in Oregon 'Economic Sabotage'

Mark Daniels at GLOBAL POLITICAL AWAKENING - 13 hours ago
*In a breaking development, the FBI confirms that 1,500 GM Sugar Beet plants were destroyed this month in Oregon, in what they are calling an act of "Economic Sabotage."* * *Sayer Ji When GM pollen blows into a non-GM farmer's fields and irreversibly contaminates his crop with 'biopollution,' who does the law side with? Historically, Monsanto. Also, it's not called 'economic sabotage' but rather 'copyright infringement,' and the victim not the aggressor is threatened with economic ruin. When Monsanto's unapproved and therefore illegal GM wheat is found years after open field trial... more »

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New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours ago
*Deadline for sink hole evacuees to reach buyout deals with Texas Brine is 5:30 p.m. Monday ~David J. Mitchell, The Advocate* *Hurricane models focus on specific risks ~Amy Wold* *New Orleans playing key role in building new space ships ~WWL* *DeWitt still preaching, just not believing ~William Taylor* *New Orleans Tops List Of America's Fastest-Growing Cities. Why? ~Eileen Flemming, WWNO* *Second Line Sunday: Uptown Swingers in Central City ~NOLA DEFENDER*

El consentido de Mamá

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 14 hours ago
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Los colores del otoño

José Luis Ávila Herrera at FotoFrontera - 15 hours ago
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Now this will confuse your eyes...

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 15 hours ago
What a clever and disturbing optical illusion.... *Published on 28 Mar 2013* - www.TheRenegadeRoadhouse.co - You haven't seen (or heard) anything quite like this. Punked-out polka-people! Lyrics to Tanz by Hiss below, in German and English. A group of young girls in black and white tights perform a trippy dance to the popular tune of German folk-rock polka band Hiss. (lyrics, German and English, below) www.TheRenegadeRoadhouse.co - Southern rock, pop and country play 24/7 Come visit and relax with your favorite crappy beer! Du bist jung oder alt, You are young or old, reich ode... more »

Things Are Bleak In Boehnerland This Week

DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago
Boehnerland, the community of revolving door K Street lobbyists who run the House Republican caucus through their man John, is very troubled this week. The unexpected defeat of the Farm Bill has shaken up the lobbyist community to its core. “We were shocked. We were watching the vote on TV and in the final minutes were saying ‘what are they doing? This thing isn’t going to pass!” said one commodity group lobbyist. “I’m shocked,” said another lobbyist. “Our job as agriculture is to go to the House and say Mr. Speaker what is your plan for getting this done?” The intense blame ga... more »

CIA RIOTS IN BRAZIL

Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants 'CIA riots' in Brazil? Beyonce wants 'CIA riots' in Brazil? How many millions might the CIA be spending on propaganda, using people with posh American accents? Joe Biden was in Brazil at the end of May 2013, preparing the way for the CIA riots? *China and the U.S. are in competition in Brazil. * "China and the United States, are making moves on Latin America, hoping to gain more geopolitical influence in a booming region..." *The US military in Brazil.* *Brazil's economy is now the world's sixth largest, thanks to the current government.* * * *P... more »

Creative Destruction?

Owen Gray at Northern Reflections - 16 hours ago
The Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter wrote that capitalism encouraged "creative destruction." Tom Walkom writes that The Great Recession has been all about destruction: In Canada, we are said to be doing well. The official unemployment statistics show Canadian joblessness at a high but tolerable level of roughly 7 per cent. But those official statistics disguise the profound changes in work that are taking place — the move from full to part-time employment, the erosion of job security, the growing wage gap between those fortunate enough to be near the top and everyone else. ... more »

Kip Thorne, a star in a Hollywood movie

Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 18 hours ago
You probably know the relativist Kip Thorne as a co-author of the Misner-Thorne-Wheeler book on GR, a co-father of LIGO, Gravity Probe B, and a researcher of black holes, wormholes, proponent of the membrane paradigm for black holes, and many other things in relativistic astrophysics. But as The Guardian told us yesterday, Kip Thorne: physicist studying time travel tapped for Hollywood film, he is commuting from Pasadena to a town that is 10 miles away, Hollywood, to shoot a November 2014 sci-fi movie called Interstellar. Theoretical physicist Anne Hathaway (who is also famous in ... more »

Farage's Tax Dodging: One UKIP Voter's View

Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 18 hours ago
They certainly played a blinder. The *Daily Mirror's* exposure of Nigel Farage as a would-be tax cheat was something of a hoot, especially, when attempting to clarify his involvement in an offshore tax vehicle, NF said he "was not rich enough to need one". That's alright then, Nige. As it happens, a million miles away from NF's gilded 'man-of-the-people' existence, a team of Labour canvassers were out in Baddeley Green in Stoke-on-Trent. If you're not familiar with it, and to be honest, Stoke's districts are hardly the stuff of popular cultural knowledge; this is ever so slightly b... more »

BBC idiocy

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 18 hours ago
19th century? Really? First tour was 1888 I believe, just 12 years before the 20th century. Bloody arts graduates.

São Paulo Mason

Craig at Is the BBC biased? - 19 hours ago
*The Economist, *I think, presents the most informative overview of the current protests in Brazil. The protests started on June 6th in São Paulo over a rise in bus fares but these have now gone nationwide, turning into the biggest street demonstrations seen in the country since 1992. The initial bus fare protests weren't universally popular, as many saw the protesters' demands as unreasonable and unaffordable. That changed on June 13th though when an ill-trained police force violently over-reacted to a mostly peaceful march. The popular reaction to his brutal police action went... more »

The ‘Great Renewables Scam’ Unravels | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 19 hours ago
'A new analysis of government and industry figures revealed that every UK wind industry job is effectively subsidized to the tune of £100,000 per year. In some cases it rises to £1.3 million per job. In Scotland, with its 230 onshore windfarms, the figure is £154,000 per job. Even if the highly optimistic maximum projection of 75,000 wind industry jobs by 2020 is realised the figure would only drop to £80,000.' More here http://www.thegwpf.org/great-renewables-scam-unravels/

FAKE HOLOCAUST STORIES

Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago
*Binjamin Wilkomirski claimed he had been in a Nazi concentration camp. "He was exposed as a liar". * *Daily Mail.* Jews invent stories about the Holocaust. There is no denying that millions died in World War II and that some of these people died in Nazi concentration camps. We should not forget that 15 million Chinese were killed during World war II. *Joe Corry.* Joe Corry claims in a book that he was at a death camp that never existed. *Daily Mail*. *Corry claims:* *1.* He rescued the nuclear scientist J Robert Oppenheimer from Holland. *2.* He came across a Nazi 'experiment... more »

New Edward Snowden leak - NSA, Britain's GCHQ, eavesdropped on foreign leaders - TEMPORA

Mike Philbin at FREE PLANET - 20 hours ago
ALL FOLLOWING CONTENT (c) 2013 UWN *Britain's spy agency GCHQ has secretly gained access to the network of cables which carry the world's phone calls and internet traffic and has started to process vast streams of sensitive personal information which it is sharing with its American partner, the National Security Agency (NSA).* * **The sheer scale of the agency's ambition is reflected in the titles of its two principal components: Mastering the Internet and Global Telecoms Exploitation, aimed at scooping up as much online and telephone traffic as possible. This is all being carried o... more »

Richard Bacon in full biased ranting mode

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 20 hours ago
Last year I posted this piece about the most biased and boorish piece of broadcasting that I had ever heard. The culprit was the BBC's Richard Bacon and thanks to 'noggin' on the Biased-BBC website I now have some embeddable audio... As I wrote in the original post: 'Please listen to this interview... Richard Bacon shows off his stupidity. The 97% figure as demolished by James Delingpole is as I have blogged previously. Richard Bacon didn't sound a) impartial or b) knowledgeable...In fact have you ever heard him sound so angry throughout an interview and so triumphant when he... more »

The Whole of Government Needs a Game Changer

Josh Busby at Duck of Minerva - 21 hours ago
Here are some recent phrases that entered the policy lexicon in the last few years that I absolutely hate – “whole of government” and “game changer.” There is a faddishness to tropes in the policy arena that proliferate, that capture a certain sentiment of the moment that soon become over-used. Earlier, it was “tipping point.” Continue reading

No shit Sherlock

Not a sheep at Not a sheep - 21 hours ago
You mean that you can plug a phone into a roadside green box and listen to calls - No shit Sherlock

Extreme Weather Event Causes Massive Flooding In Calgary Alberta ...

leftdog at Buckdog - 22 hours ago
* * *(Film footage June 21, 2013 courtesy Global Toronto ... )*

Your moment of Zen

Libby Spencer at The Impolitic - 22 hours ago
A balancing act. [Artist unknown]

The tabs are full...

Adrienne at Adrienne's Corner - 23 hours ago
*of useful information.* It will have to wait. Today I demoed luscious oven cooked spare ribs and chipolte bread Tomorrow? Chicken salad with shell noodles, celery, onion, red grapes, and a dressing made up of mayo, sour cream, with many spices.

Climate Tricks 20: Cooling Denial

Nonoy Oplas at Government and Taxes - 23 hours ago
Many people these days complain of the frequent strong rains and heavy flooding this month. Not only in Metro Manila but in various provinces, or in other countries. When I try to explain that this is part of global cooling, many resist the idea or the term itself. They always argue that this is still part of "man-made" or anthropogenic global warming (AGW) or man-made climate change (CC). I call this attitude as "cooling denial" and 'nature-made CC denial". Yesterday, known journalist and Rappler editor, *Marites Danguilan Vitug*, posted in her facebook wall about the global weathe... more »

Sunday Classics preview: You know who this famous tenor is, and what he's singing, right?

KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago
*There's a tear in your eye, and I'm wondering why, for it never should be there at all. With such pow'r in your smile, sure a stone you'd beguile, so there's never a teardrop should fall. When your sweet lilting laughter's like some fairy song, and your eyes twinkle bright as can be, you should laugh all the while and all other times smile, and now smile a smile for me. . . .* *by Ken* In the cruelly aborted audio clip above, everyone knows what's coming next, right? After all, it is perhaps the signature song of this great tenor. And a great tenor he indisputably was; we're goin... more »

Subcomandante Marcos 'First those who came first: The Disappeared'

brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago
Classmates I. First those who came first: THE DISAPPEARED Photo by Brenda Norrell Classmates I. First those who came first: THE DISAPPEARED Reposted from Enlace Zapatista http://enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2013/06/21/classmates-i-first-those-who-came-first-the-disappeared/ June 2013. To the adherents of the Sixth in Mexico and in the world: To the students of the Zapatista Little

THE SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE: A GAP NOW TOO WIDE TO BRIDGE?

Back in March 2007 I wrote here that the Israelis and the US were attempting to wedge the Sunni minority and the Shia majority in Iraq in order to project those differences throughout the region to create animosity between predominately Sunni nations in the hope of alienating the predominately Shia nation of Iran. Apart from the friction between Saddam Hussein’s minority Sunni led government and the rest of the Shia population in Iraq, most Sunni and Shia folk throughout the rest of the Middle East had lived in relatively peaceful coexistence. What trouble did bubble up between the... more »

Musical Interlude: Brulé, "Star People"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
Brulé, "Star People" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OYBbDyORvs&html5=1

"A Look to the Heavens"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
“Today, the solstice is at 05:04 Universal Time, the Sun reaching the northernmost declination in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky. A June solstice marks the astronomical beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the south. It also brings the north's longest day, the longest period between sunrise and sunset. *Click image for larger size.* This composite image follows the Sun's path toward the end of the June solstice day of 2012 as it approaches the western horizon in a colorful, clear sky. The scene looks north and west along the Tyrrhenian Se... more »

"Did You Ever Wonder?"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?" ~ Calvin and Hobbes

Chet Raymo, "As Time Goes By"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
* "As Time Goes By"* by Chet Raymo "Is time something that is defined by the ticking of a cosmic clock, God's wristwatch say? Time doesn't exist except for the current tick. The past is irretrievably gone. The future does not yet exist. Consciousness is awareness of a moment. Or is time a dimension like space? We move through time as we move through space. The past is still there; we're just not there anymore. The future exists; we'll get there. We experience time as we experience space, say, by looking out the window of a moving train. Or is time… Physicists and philosopher... more »

Free Download: Hermann Hesse, "Steppenwolf"

noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago
"And even the unhappiest life has its sunny moments and its little flowers of happiness between sand and stone. So it was then with the Steppenwolf too. It cannot be denied that he was generally very unhappy; and he could make others unhappy also, that is, when he loved them or they him. For all who got to love him saw always only the one side of him. Many loved him as a refined and clever and interesting man, and were horrified and disappointed when they had come upon the wolf in him. And they had to because Harry wished, as every sentient being does, to be loved as a whole and... more »

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