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Sunday Classics preview: What a difference a top-quality bass makes as King Heinrich in "Lohengrin"
*WAGNER: Lohengrin: Act I: Royal Herald, "Gott richtet euch nach Recht und
Fug" ("God will pass rightful judgment on you") . . . King Heinrich, "Mein
Herr und Gott" ("My Lord and God")*
*ROYAL HERALD* [*to* LOHENGRIN *and* TELRAMUND]:
God will pass rightful judgment,
so trust in Him, not in your own strength!
*LOHENGRIN and TELRAMUND* [*standing opposite each other, outside the circle
*]:
God will pass rightful judgment on me,
so I shall trust in Him, not in my own strength!
*KING HEINRICH* [*proceeding to the middle with great ceremony*]: My Lord
and God, I call upon you
[*Everyone b... more »
Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport
Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo
airport
Friday July 12, 15:00 UTC
*Edward Joseph Snowden delivered a statement to human rights organizations
and individuals at Sheremetyevo airport at 5pm Moscow time today, Friday
12th July. The meeting lasted 45 minutes. The human rights organizations
included Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and were given the
opportunity afterwards to ask Mr Snowden questions. The Human Rights Watch
representative used this opportunity to tell Mr Snowden that on her way to
the airport she had received a ... more »
Peter Thiel on René Girard
*"René Girard's Mimetic Theory"* by Wolfgang Palaver. "Wolfgang Palaver is
Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Chair of the Institute for
Systematic Theology at the University of Innsbruck. He is a member of the
advisory board of Imitatio, a nonprofit organization dedicated to René
Girard’s mimetic theory." (Source: Amazon).
Related:
*Rene Girard On Mimetic Theory*.
*Insights with Rene Girard*.
*Rev. Dr. Steven E. Berry Interviews René Girard On Scripture*.
Video Title: Peter Thiel on René Girard. Source: ImitatioVideo. Date
Published: January 4, 2011. Description:
Pet... more »
Elizabeth Dukes ( member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors ) and Janet Napolitano ( Homeland Security Chief ) both announce sudden resignations - both effective the end of August ? Bug out before the German Elections in September ?
Interesting resignations - and timed for the end of August ? When does
Bernanke announce he leaving
as well ?
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-federal-reserve-elizabeth-duke-resignation-bernanke-economy-20130711,0,6444110.story
By
Jim Puzzanghera
July 11, 2013, 8:33 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Duke, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of
Governors since 2008, will step down Aug. 31, the central bank announced
Thursday.
Duke, 60, a former banking industry executive, said in her resignation
letter to President Obama that it was an honor to serve as one of the
centr... more »
Whether "Miss Mitch" McConnell is simply lying its head off or is actually mentally incompetent, it has become a clear-and-present danger to the Republic
*Now that the slimeball Senate minority leader has abandoned even the
pretense of any obligation to reality or truth, he really has become a
danger to everyone in the country.*
*by Ken*
Now that "Miss Mitch" McConnell has established itself as the most
dishonest and incompetent creature ever to occupy a position of authority
in the U.S. government, something really needs to be done about it.
Was it yesterday that it said on the floor of the Senate that the idea that
there's a filibuster crisis is a "fantasy"?
It's time for reporters to demand an answer: Did it say that (a) because... more »
More horrible fact checking by an American News outlet....
*
* *
* *We knew the TV news in this country was pitiful, but this is a new
low.... KTVU TV in San Francisco....*
*
*
**
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TX Dept of Safety - WMD Identified
*Read the story on Daily Kos*
*TX Police Force Women to Throw Out Tampons to Enter Senate Gallery, While
Allowing Concealed Guns*
Texas - Weapon of Mass Destruction
Or from Huffington Post
*Tampons Confiscated, Guns Still Allowed At Texas Capitol Ahead Of Abortion
Vote*
That's because guns fon't kill people - tampons and maxipads do.
Or from Raw Story
*Texas Senate confiscates tampons while debating anti-abortion bill*
Capital Department of safety excuse:
"Nothing that can be thrown at Senators"
But
WE KNOW - its about condescension towards women.
WE KNOW - its about showing wom... more »
Oglala President: White Clay distribution tantamount to bootlegging
Oglala President urges halt to scheme to 'bootleg' liquor into White Clay
Oglala President Bryan Brewer
By Oglala President Bryan Brewer
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Office of the President
Censored News
On July 10, 2013 High Plains Budweiser announced that it would cease
to deliver alcohol to the town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. This decision
marks a significant victory in our efforts to stop the
The Daily "Near You?"
Gold Beach, Oregon, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
Corporate Education’s Friend, Randi Weingarten
Diane Ravitch has at her blog an unmoving tribute to her friendship with
Randi Weingarten, and AFT is soaking it for all it’s worth in their most
recent newsletter. After all, if there is one name that most teachers
trust to do what she thinks is right, it is Diane Ravitch. If Diane
thinks […]
“Can You Rewire Your Brain to Change Bad Habits, Thoughts, and Feelings?”
* *
*“Can You Rewire Your Brain to Change *
*Bad Habits, Thoughts, and Feelings?”*
By Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley
“Nearly 90 years since F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his classic The Great
Gatsby, the new film version has given renewed currency to the novel’s
famous final line: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back
ceaselessly into the past.” What’s afforded this passage such staying power
is not only its haunting poetry, but the worldview it expresses—however
hard we may try to reinvent ourselves, we’re doomed to remain captives of
our pasts. Another cel... more »
Letter to US DOJ by Reps. Richmond, Conyers, Nadler, and Scott Calls for Investigation into Louisiana Prisons; Cites Angola 3
*RELATED:* *Times Picayune article*
Below is the full text of the letter to the US Department of Justice and
the accompanying press release issued today (view a PDF of the original
letter).
For Immediate Release
Date: Friday, July 12, 2013Contact: Andrew Schreiber (Conyers) –
202-225-6906
John Doty (Nadler) – 202-225-5635David Dailey (Scott) – 202-225-8351
Monique Waters (Richmond) – 202-225-6636
*Reps. Richmond, Conyers, Nadler, and Scott Lead Letter Calling for
Investigation into Several Louisiana Prison Facilities*
*(WASHINGTON) – Today, Congressman John Conyers... more »
Fukushima updates - July 12 , 2013 ..... Did something break ? Why the large uptick in groundwater contamination all of a sudden ?
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Groundwater Contamination: Now It's Hole No.3, With
All-Beta at 1,400 Bq/L from ND a Week Ago
Whatever or wherever it is leaking, it's spreading.
Despite TEPCO's attempt to tell us the cesium contamination in the
observation hole No.1-2 was from contaminated dirt particles (or other
residues), that still doesn't account for higher all-beta and very high
tritium.
Now, the sample taken from another observation hole, No.3, on July 11
suddenly shows higher all-beta amount.
From TEPCO's email notice for the press, 7/12/2013:
＜地下水観測孔No.3＞
G... more »
Cook a steak with your cell phone???
*
* *
* *Cook a steak with your cell phone???*
Posted By: Mr.Ed
Date: Friday, 12-Jul-2013 17:18:54
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=282235
Why is EVERYTHING a conspiracy???
Why is everything harmful to humans???
If its not chemtrails...its floride in the drinking water world wide.
How ironic is that? They make you pay for your physical abuse.
If microwaves emmitted from a cell phone can cook a steak or make quarters
dance...that is very powerful.
It causes brain tumors and I notice my ear cooking when I talk too long.
Mr.Ed
Italy and Portugal Coalitions rapidly falling or threatening to fall apart.... and the great mystery is why does Greece just take the tyranny of the Troika ?
The race of failed Coalitions ?
Friday, July 12, 2013 2:52 PM
Problems in Italy Go On (and On and On); Coalition on Verge of Collapse,
Every Economic Statistic Heads Wrong Way
With a fragile coalition that is barely hanging on by a thread, a new
battle over tax hikes and a stick it to the rich mentality is about to set
in.
Needing revenue to meet its budget deficit targets, Italy's Finance
Undersecretary Says Budget Crunch May Require More From Rich.
Italian Finance Undersecretary Pier Paolo Baretta said the government is
considering shifting the tax burden to the wealthy in or... more »
NASH and dietary cholesterol - the potted version
I thought I would summarize my thoughts about how a diabetogenic diet
causes hepatic fibrosis and how the risk is increased by high intakes of
dietary cholesterol in reasonably easy-to understand language.
(music: Gary McFarland's 1969 cover of The Beatles' Get Back)
Here is the relevant part of the abstract from Dr Yu et al's paper (the
full text is still behind a paywall):
After adjustments for age, sex, race, presence of cirrhosis, body mass
index, treatment with peginterferon, lifetime alcohol consumption, smoking,
health status, and coffee and macronutrient intake, each higher ... more »
How should judges approach self-represented litigants at trial?
Bird v Bird, 2013 SKQB 157 sets out a useful checklist for how judges
should approach self-represented litigants at trial:
46) The Court went on to quote the guidelines established
in *Re F.* [2001] FamCA 348, the Full Court of the Family Court of
Australia, as follows:
1. A judge should ensure as far as is possible that procedural fairness
is afforded to all parties whether represented or appearing in person in
order to ensure a fair trial;
2. A judge should inform the litigant in person of the manner in which
the trial is to proceed, the order of calling wi... more »
Strip search must not be conducted as a matter of routine
*R. v. McKay*, 2013 ONCJ 298 holds:
[68] Since the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in *R. v. Golden, supra, *it
has generally been accepted that when it is necessary to place a detainee
in cells with other inmates, a strip search is usually necessary to ensure
the protection of the detainee, other inmates and the officers. Having
said that, the Supreme Court of Canada also held that strip searches should
not be the product of a routine policy but instead, the decision of whether
or not to conduct a strip search should occur on a case by case basis. The
Court held at paragra... more »
Boeing Nightmare -liner has two problems today - a fire on a Dreamliner at Heathrow and then problems with a Dreamliner operated by Thomson Air ( Lithium battery problem redux ? ) And because one near tragic accident is not nearly enough , a horrid train wreck in France at Bretigny - sur - Orge ......
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-12/meanwhile-europe-burning-plane-heathrow-crashed-train-paris
Boeing Craters On Another Burning Dreamliner; Deadly Train Crash In Paris
[image: Tyler Durden's picture]
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/12/2013 12:25 -0400
- Boeing
- Bond
- Dreamliner
*UPDATE 2: *Boeing chimes in:
The Boeing Company *✔* @*Boeing*
RT: We’re aware of the 787 event @*HeathrowAirport* and have Boeing
personnel there. We're working to fully understand and address this.
12:36 PM - 12 Jul 2013
*UPDATE: *Boeing stock now down over 6% from pre-news...
t... more »
BIG DECISION AHEAD: SNOWDEN TO RUSSIA?
Whistleblowing website Wikileaks has released Edward Snowden's statement to
human rights groups in Moscow. In it the former NSA contractor asks for
assistance in getting asylum in Russia until he can legally travel to Latin
America. The White House said Friday that Russia granting political asylum
to Edward Snowden would be on par with providing the National Security
Agency leaker with a "propaganda platform" to further harm the United
States.
Paging Barbara Kay to the Apologist's Phone in the Lobby
While
perusing the confundity around 'advocacy' group Men's Rights Edmonton
(An organization incestuously intersected with the American "A Voice for
Men" anti-woman collective of sites) and their brave slut-shaming
campaignthis last week, I came across AVFM comments rooting for
conservative
columnist Barbara Kay to step into the media fray on the behalf of their
'cause'.
Realizing I was likely well behind the times on this and being of a
morbidly curious bent, I googled off to find out what raised such hopes
in
the minds of a crowd already excited by their raised profile.
It looks... more »
14th Oglala Commemoration Photos
14th Oglala Commemoration
By Oglala Commemoration
Censored News
To
kick off this year’s event, the Committee enthusiastically welcomed the
arrival of Shadow Nation. Arriving the evening of June 24th, after
travelling up from New Mexico and Texas, Shadow Nation’s crew, despite
being road weary hung out and exchanged ideas with some of the Committee
members.
The
CUTTING ACROSS PARTY LINES
Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul from Texas defends Edward Snowden.
CNN: "Ron Paul, you are a supporter of Edward Snowden and his actions. Why?"
RP: "Because he's done a great service. He's telling he truth. This is what
we are starved for. The American people are starved for the truth. And when
you have a dictatorship or an authoritarian government, truth becomes
treasonous."
News from the Jews
*ADL attacks Freedompalooza, more U.S. tax dollars to Israel, Jewish
radicals force gay marriage on America*
Alright folks, I've got a number of news items from the Jewish press to
highlight today. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, but I
think we can all gain a deeper insight into the nature and agenda of the
organized international Jewish community simply by analyzing their own
writings, press releases, and media outlets.
On June 25th, *I interviewed* Paul Topete of the patriotic rock band *Poker
Face*. Paul is the main organizer of *Freedompalooza*, "an annual f... more »
Long Walk 4: Navajo youth ready to walk across America for third time!
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
A family of Dine' long
walkers from Sanders, Arizona, is preparing to walk across America. Navajo long walker Craig Luther and his
family are now in the DC area preparing for the Long Walk 4 Return to
Alcatraz, which begins Monday, July 15, 2013.
Craig Luther has already walked across America twice, on Long Walk 2 and Long Walk 3. Craig said today, "The
Calling out the crackpots
Lazy posting today because, real life is exhausting. So, outsourcing to
Charlie Pierce for the definitive take on Boehner's House of Dysfunction.
Earlier this week, Boehner pretended he was leading the House when Steve
King and the flying-monkey caucus pretty much killed off the possibility of
immigration reform for the balance of the president's second term.
Republican senators wanted a bill. Republican power brokers wanted a bill.
Hell, Boehner wanted a bill. But the House is not being led by John Boehner
at the moment. He is no more the actual Speaker Of The House than Julia
Lou... more »
Mysterious radio bursts come from outside our galaxy
The Parkes radio telescope, where the
observations were made.
*Mysterious radio bursts come from outside our galaxy*
A huge surge of power in just a few milliseconds and then, nothing.
by John Timmer - July 6 2013, 11:30am PDT
http://goo.gl/PvYH2
Astronomers using a radiotelescope to perform a survey of a broad patch of
the sky have spotted a set of unusual events that last for just a handful
of milliseconds. The events don't repeat and aren't accompanied by anything
obvious at optical X-ray wavelengths. A careful examination of their
properties, however, gives reason to believe ... more »
Club For Growth Goes To War-- Civil War Against Conservative Republican Mike Simpson (ID)
Idaho is very red. And Mike Simpson's district, ID-02, has a PVI of R+17.
Folks there went for McCain 61-37% and last November voted for Romney
64-33%. Simpson, a 62 year old Mormon dentist, was reelected over Democrat
Nicole LeFavour 65-35% and of the 26 counties in the district Simpson won
24-- all but Ada and Blaine. Simpson won 8 counties with over 80% of the
vote. The former Speaker of the state House of Representatives, Simpson
first won the seat in 1998 when Mike Crapo left the seat and went to the
Senate. He's close with Boehner and is considered one of the House GOP
"card... more »
@educationweek reports tougher standards for #teacherprep. Is #TFA included in this?
Education week is reporting that some stricter standards are coming to
teacher preparation. I’m not linking the article because, well, I don’t
want to give them more traffic. Nevertheless, I am wondering if these new
criteria will apply to TFA, which in some cases is actually permitted to
train and certify educators. Will NCTQ evaluate […]
What Do Toronto, Calgary and Angkor Wat Have in Common?
What do Toronto and Calgary have to do with the mysterious Cambodian city
of Angkor Wat? More, perhaps, than we would care to imagine.
*The city of Angkor Wat, Cambodia, was a vibrant, growing metropolis in the
late 17th century. Angkor was the New York, Paris or Rome of its time. At
its peak from the 9th to 17th centuries AD, no one could have imagined any
threat to this Khmer city-state. Yet, Angkor collapsed almost totally in
the 17th century, and the reasons behind its demise offer an important
lesson for today’s cities.*
*Angkor was built on a vast transportation network: c... more »
Mohawk Nation News 'Whistle Stop Terror'
Kahnawake 'Adirondack Junction' south of Montreal near Lac-Megantic.
WHISTLE STOP TERROR
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. July 12, 2013. The blowing up of the train
bomb in Megantic [Quebec] raised false flag questions. This event shows
the destructive relationship between the corporation and the community
created by the government through
TIME OUT!Aryn Baker's Selective History of the 2009 Iranian Election
Mir
Hossein Mousavi at a campaign rally in Ardebil, Iran, June 1, 2009
(Photo Credit: Hossein Fatemi/ UPI / Landov)
In the introduction to a photo essay on the Iranian election featuring
images by Tehran native Newsha Tavakolian, TIME Middle East Bureau Chief
Aryn Baker offers up a bit of incomplete - if not implicitly
revisionist - history regarding Iran's last presidential election in
Breathing Easy
What a relief to know that climate change and ecosystem collapse are
overrated threats. Enjoy your weekend, peeps. Maybe by Monday I'll have
that loooooong sciency post finished.
John Bolton Condemns US Reaction to Egypt CoupA Warmonger's Guide to Shouting Support & Prudent Silence
Speaking
yesterday on Fox News about the military coup that overthrew Egyptian
President Mohammed Morsi, former United Nations Ambassador and perennial
imperial warmonger John Bolton condemned the Obama administration for
putting out a "very bland statement" on the coup and appeared to be
"taking a pass" on articulating any actual strategy or policy towards
Egypt.
Bolton suggested
GOP's grand plan: Feed the rich, starve the poor
The willingness to call out GOP perfidy continues today with a Dana
Millbank column on farm bill finagling in John Boehner's House of
Dysfunction. The Republican crackpot conservative caucus identified the
unnecessary spending.
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.), a committee chairman and the man who led House
Republicans to their majority in 2010, was explaining why he and his
colleagues decided to drop the food stamp program from the farm bill.
“What we have carefully done is exclude some extraneous pieces,” he said.
Got that? The 47 million Americans, about half of which were newly
im... more »
Sand Creek Massacre: Denver Post article 'slap in the face'
By
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The filmmaker of The Sand Creek Massacre said an article in the Denver
Post is a "slap in the face" to the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre
in southeastern Colorado.
"The Sand Creek Massacre was the ugliest form of human depravity in
American history, even transcending Columbine, Virginia Tech, Newton,
Boston, and so on. Rape, mutilations, executions,
LIVE from Marxism 2013!
We have managed to transcribe John Molyneux's meeting before anyone else:
What is the IS Tradition and How Did We Fight It? As you can see below,
this is how.
This is particularly the case since, of necessity, the project involves
first, having experienced the rise and fall of both respect in England and
the united left alliance in Ireland, it is clear that the process of people
with different political perspectives, notably left reformists had
perspectives dissolved its organisation, as it is suggested they should do
by creating a ‘united’ left, though desirable perspectives, is by... more »
Patterns
Oh, I hate when this happens. Henry Farrell not only beat me to an obvious
response, but came up with exactly the XKCD strip that goes with it.
I suppose I should back up. This is about a Megan McArdle item this
morning...actually, two items, but the relevant one is a follow-up in which
she defended her assertion of a 70% chance of unified Republican government after
the 2016 elections. Why? Because there's only been one time since World War
II that a president has been elected to replace a same-party president.
Henry nails it:
Human beings are cognitively predisposed to perceive pa... more »
"Mark Twain And the Congress Critters"
"Mark Twain And the Congress Critters"
by Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
․
Reader, suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself."
- Mark Twain, a Biography
"Why did Samuel Langhorne Clemens say such bad things about Congress? Mark
Twain knew that all governments go bad and I think he meant what he said
because he wanted to help ordinary people get government off their backs.
Congress and the federal government were very bad in his day, but he could
not imagine how bad it would become. As great as the Constitution is, it
was intended that... more »
"How It Really, Really Is"
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself."
"All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots,
and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity."
"...the smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts
that God makes."
"The lightning there is peculiar; it is so convincing, that when it strikes
a
thing it doesn't leave enough of that thing behind for you to tell whether-
Well, you'd think it was something valuable, and a Congressman had been
there."
"It could probably be sh... more »
Rhetorical questions to be avoided in jury charge
R. v. Williams, 2013 ONCA 477 holds:
[8] We agree with the appellant that the trial judge's earlier
directions to the jury, when he was relating the evidence to the elements
of first and second degree murder, lacked balance. We are particularly
concerned with the trial judge's use of rhetorical questions. As this court
said in *R. v. Baltovich* (2004), 73 O.R. (3d) 481, at para. 146:
Rhetorical questions of that nature may have a place in the Crown's closing
address. They should be avoided in the jury charge, lest the trial judge be
seen as taking up the Crown's cause and... more »
Shrine of Saint John the Baptist in Damascus, Syria
*Wikipedia:*
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure
mentioned in the Canonical gospels and the Qur'an. He is described in the
Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus who led a movement of baptism at the
Jordan River. . . John is regarded as a prophet in Christianity, Islam, the
Bahá'í Faith, and Mandaeism. . . .Several different locations claim to
possess the severed head of John the Baptist.
*Wikipedia: *
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in
the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in... more »
Dangerous Driving and Negligence
*R. v. Robertson*, 2013 BCCA 268 is a useful analysis of the distinction
between dangerous driving and negligence. Merely driving badly is not
sufficient to establish dangerous driving:
[5] The more salient issue in the case revolves around the second
submission advanced on behalf of this appellant, namely that the verdict
was unreasonable and not supported by the evidence. It is not entirely easy
to characterize precisely the parameters of the offence charged, dangerous
driving, and it can be challenging to attempt to reconcile all of the
previous appellate authorities... more »
Wells Fargo Customers - Have you MOVED YOUR MONEY Yet?
If no,
And may I ask why not.
While WELLS FARGO REVENUE
*INCREASES 20% in one quarter*
While WELLS FARGO DIVIDENDS TO THEIR STOCKHOLDERS
*Keep Going up and up and up*
And YOU GET NOTHING!
Except *higher fees*,
*sucky customer service*
and being treated like a piece of~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
non-stoholder crap.
*WHY*
Why are you still at Wells Fargo?
*WHEN *
When are you going to move your money
to
a community bank
or
a credit union?
*IF*
You aren't part of the solution
You are choosing to be
part of the problem.
Nuff said.
From ALEC Exposed
- *Wells Fargo*, which was a member of ALEC ... more »
Untitled
*The Lens Fundraising Efforts ~American Zombie*
The Lens fundraising efforts
The Lens fundraising efforts
The Lens fundraising efforts
The Lens fundraising efforts
The Lens fundraising efforts
Justice for Leonard Peltier statement read to UN Human Rights Council Geneva
This statement was read to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Friday, July 12, 2013
Human Rights Council
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Sixth session
United Nations, Geneva, 8-12 July 2013
Agenda item 5. Study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples.
Joint statement submitted by : Leonard
radical revolution of the mind
"It is no measure of health
to be well adjusted
to a profoundly sick society."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
GOP Looking for More White Folk for Their White Party
One of my favorite writers - Paul Krugman - cut loose in the NY Times today.
He's looking at the "new, and improved" GOP strategy to win in 2014 and
beyond.
Delusions of Populism
SNIP
Enter libertarian populism. The idea here is that there exists a pool of
disaffected working-class white voters who failed to turn out last year but
can be mobilized again with the right kind of conservative economic program
— and that this remobilization can restore the Republican Party’s electoral
fortunes.
You can see why many on the right find this idea appealing. It suggests
that Republicans ... more »
Friday Morning Linkage
The American retailer response to Bangladesh worker safety – American
firms will monitor and report, but not much else. For those who want to
become more socially informed consumers — missed this last month
when Forbes tested the Buycott app. The Oil Drum shuts down: It seems peak
oil peaked before oil did. But, did the rise
Continue reading
NSA : At Microsoft, your privacy is our "team sport"
Feel free to drop by this Microsoft ad and give it a thumbs down.
"At Microsoft, your privacy is our priority."
Indeed. About that ...
*Guardian : How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages*
• Secret files show scale of Silicon Valley co-operation on Prism
• Outlook.com encryption including Hotmail unlocked even before official
launch
• Skype worked to enable Prism collection of video calls
Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow
users' communications to be intercepted, including helping the National
Security Agency to circumv... more »
The tribe and the cult will leave you insane!
*FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013*
*Hare Krishna, Hare Digby:* The tribe will render you insane.
Attempts to keep faith with tribal narrative will leave you *sounding*insane. Case in point:
The following text appears in Salon, in a new piece by Roxane Gay which was
posted today. The highlighted text is insane:
GAY (7/12/13): Zimmerman was a neighborhood volunteer watchman in his gated
community in Sanford, FL. For whatever reason, he wanted to protect his
community. Perhaps he was as susceptible as any of us are to aspiring
toward heroism.
Nothing is ever simple. Since the beginning, the Zi... more »
“The Making of a Modern Debt Slave...”
* *
*“The Making of a Modern Debt Slave...”*
by Bill Bonner
"In the ancient world, when people got themselves into debt, they were
often forced to sell their daughters into prostitution and their sons into
slavery. More about that in a minute...
First, a quick look at the financial markets. The Dow rose 169 yesterday.
Gold... whoa... shot up $31 per ounce. Looks like gold might have put in a
bottom. We guessed it would be around $1,100 per ounce. It may have come
closer to $1,200 per ounce. We'll have to wait to see. But gold is probably
reacting to recent comments from the Fed. ... more »
UPDATED: Harper Administration Failed To Act On Auditor General's 2011 Rail Safety Recommendations - HofC Transport Committee Refuses To Convene ....
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*Many Canadian progressives are very aware of how deeply the Harper
government is controlled by Big Oil. In light of the tragic events in
Lac-Megantic, serious questions need to be directed to PM Harper. The main
questions is this ... why has the Conservative administration been 'foot
dragging' on a series of rail safety recommendations made by the Auditor
General in a 2011 report. *
*"OTTAWA – The Auditor General’s Office is refuting a claim that it
“granted” Transport Canada extensions on fulfilling commitments to address
weaknesses in its ov... more »
Relax, Iran Isn't Going to Withdraw from the NPT
An
article in The Cairo Review by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former
ambassador who served as spokesman for Iran's nuclear negotiating team
from 2003 to 2005 under Hassan Rouhani, outlines five options for
addressing the stand-off between the United States and Iran over the
latter's uranium enrichment and nuclear energy program.
After an clear distillation of "the evolution of Iran's nuclear
An Honest Look at Afghanistan - Sarah Chayes
When it comes to Afghanistan, honesty is a rare and elusive commodity. The
Karzai government doesn't understand the term. It's something of an
inconvenient notion to western military leaders and our political
leadership is just as bad, often worse. That's why, a dozen years later,
the place is still just a mess.
Throughout this decadal plus fiasco, there has been one very clear-headed,
honest voice - that of American Sarah Chayes. She arrived in Afghanistan
in December, 2001, and immediately got to work. Among other initiatives
she established the *Arghand cooperative. * I... more »
A Look At Our Bizarre Border
About that 49th Parallel Thing
Courtesy of C.G.P. Grey
Janet Napolitano to be president of University of California System...
*wonder what her salary will be??*
Let's take a gander of outgoing president Mark Yudof's salary and perks.
And you wonder why college tuition costs are so high? Let's also not
forget the governments meddling in the college loan racket. Considering
all this, I think Napolitano is perfect for the job. /sarc
As UC president, Yudof will receive a compensation package valued at
$828,000 in the 2008-09 year, compared to a current package estimated at
$790,000 at the University of Texas. (These figures do not include standard
retirement plan funding for future retirement benefits fo... more »
Climate Change... Which Members Of Congress Would Vote To Drown Their Own Constituents?
In June of 2009, we had a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate and a
Democratic president. The Republicans didn't have much-- other than K
Street. Obama and the Democrats were determined to deal with Climate
Change. They failed. I think Ed Markey was just elected senator from
Massachusetts because of his leadership in this struggle. He and Henry
Waxman put together the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a
cap-and-trade bill that limped through the House-- passing 219-212 and got
destroyed by the Senate. When the House voted on June 26, 44 Democrats
crossed the aisle and vote... more »
Idaho Approves TFA for "Teacher Training"
Reblogged from Diane Ravitch's blog: Idaho just recently approved Teach for
America as a "state sanctioned vehicle for the preparation of teachers in
Idaho." At first I thought this was an April Fools joke but it isn't April.
The weakest aspect of TFA claims is its "preparation" of teachers in only
five weeks. If that […]
Catch of the Day
To Christian Beckner at Foreign Policy who notes that, with Secretary of
Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announcing that she's leaving, that
there are now -- ready? -- 15 key slots at that department that will be
vacant.
Let's see...I think I'll do this one bullet point style.
* It's fairly likely that there are other similar cases at other
departments and agencies. Hey, reporters! There are stories out there about
this stuff.
* Some of this really is a filibuster story. Some of it is about the
impossible vetting standards that have built up over time. Senate reform is
only a p... more »
Calling of the Clan
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We are hearing lately of people “finding” each other via the internet. We
are calling them soul groups, soul families, clans or tribes. It is not
the term that is significant but the feeling. We get a sense of each other
through words and pictures, and we are drawn the familiar. We notice that
there is a knowing of this one or that one, a certain resonance.
This has been validated publicly with a few groups who’ve gathered now
physically. They describe it like returning home, meeting brothers and
sisters and speak of marathon sessions of joy, passion and coll... more »
And They Haven't Made a Movie About This Guy?
It's being called "the most interesting opening paragraph Wikipedia has
ever published." It opens an entry about British army officer Sir Adrian
Carton de Wiart.
"*Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart[1] VC, KBE, CB,
CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 - 5 June 1963), was a British Army officer of Belgianand Irish descent. He fought in the Boer
War, World War I, and World War II, was shot in the face, head, stomach,
ankle, leg, hip and ear, survived a plane crash, tunneled out of a POW
camp, and bit off his own fingers when a doctor wouldn't amputate them. He
later said "f... more »
Nick and Margaret beat you over the head with the Great British Budget
As soon as I saw last night’s BBC1’s schedule, which advertised two
back-to-back food+poverty-related programmes, I bit into a juicy 50p Jazz
apple from M & S knowing we were in for some heart-rending Disney poverty
and some heavy-handed pro welfare state propaganda.
Celebrity chefs and Ordinary Folk acting out pretend ‘first encounters’ so
that they look spontaneous, “Hellew, you must be Patrick”, “Can we just do
that again?” and the lingering, prolonged shots of the fighting back of
tears, accompanied for some strange reason by frantic hand-fanning, and
most awkward of all,... more »
Friday Nerd Blegging: Science Fiction and Foreign Policy Discourse
Lawfare T2000 from Adama on Vimeo. The video you see is not just an
intriguing and entertaining way to express one position in legal arguments
around the debate over autonomous weapons. It represents a fascinating
foreign policy artifact, a data point in the policy discourse over the
value of a pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons,
Continue reading
Alan Moore
The surveillance state is nothing new: From Bentham’s panopticon to
McGoohan’s Village to “V for Vendetta’s” streetcams to the NSA’s Prism.
Alan Moore:
*"To me, one of the biggest surprises of these recent surveillance
revelations is how surprised people are. The level of surveillance we’ve
had over here for the past 20 years now is ridiculous — and useless, I
would add.
Eerily enough, the security cameras on every street corner of Britain was
instigated by the incoming Blair government in 1997, which was when I
decided, back in 1982 or so, to set the first episode of “V fo... more »
You Incomplete Me
At this point, I don’t give a damn if the word “incomplete”
cannot be used as a verb. If “complete” as in the endlessly sappy, “You
complete me” can be a verb in *that* context, so can “incomplete” in “you
incomplete me.” It perfectly describes how I’m feeling about the world and
the people who populate it in general. So if that and the excessively
captiousness of this disappoints you, consider it a down payment on all the
disappointment to which I’ve been subjected over the span of the first 54
years of my life.
And if I am querulous, just con... more »
Philip Graham and the Washington Post
*"Philip Graham committed suicide by killing himself with a shotgun on 3rd
August, 1963."*
Michael Hasty, *Secret Admirers: The Bushes and the Washington Post* (5th
February , 2004)
"After Graham committed suicide, and his widow Katherine assumed the role
of publisher, she continued her husband's policies of supporting the
efforts of the intelligence community in advancing the foreign policy and
economic agenda of the nation's ruling elites. In a retrospective column
written after her own death last year, FAIR analyst Norman Solomon wrote,
"Her newspaper mainly functioned as a hel... more »
CAN WE TALK: Kitty Genovese died for George Zimmerman’s sins!
*FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013*
*Part 5—Two famous tales of the Times:* Way back in 1964, the New York
Times made up a story.
This story involved a victim’s cries for help and witnesses’ calls to
police.
As the story was told in the Times, parts of the story were true, but large
parts of the story were false. In part for that reason, the story became
extremely famous.
It was very much a tale of the times. In large part, that explains why the
story was invented and why it became so famous.
This story concerned the stabbing death of Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old
New York City woman. In th... more »
Witches Past and Present- Spellbinding by Maya Gold (a book review)
When it comes to Young Adult literature it seems like there are two types
of main characters: those who have bad things happen and rise above and
those who have bad things happen and act foolishly, causing more bad
things. Unfortunately, Abby, from Spellbinding, was one of the latter.
Spellbinding, by Maya Gold, was fine. Just fine. It wasn't the worst book I
have ever read, but it isn't anywhere close to being on my favorite list
either.
It had a lot of potential in the beginning. Abby has been having headaches
since her 16th birthday and then she discovers she is an actual de... more »
The Temp Emp Has No Clothes
The people in charge of the USG (amerikun guvmint) are one exceedingly
stupid and paranoid bunch.
If they were smart, they'd just leave Edward Snowden alone. President Obama
lives and breathes public opinion polls and focus groups. So, now that more
than half the population thinks Snowden is a whistleblowing hero and that
the USG has gone overboard with this whole spying thing, does he let up?
No, he does not. He may not be scrambling his fighter jets, but he's
definitely scrambling to land on the front page of the *New York Times* and
look like an idiot, planting a story about how ... more »
Solutions for Closing the Opportunity Gap
Paul Tough, who was predisposed to support the contemporary school reform
movement, nailed the reason why it failed. Accountability-driven “reform”
was a result of “liberal posttraumatic shock” from abandoning the War on
Poverty. In fact, we did not lose the war against poverty, but its
inconclusive result undermined the confidence of progressives. Besides,
the liberal […]
How Many to Die from Stand Your Ground?
Good read this morning
*How ALEC Is Helping George Zimmerman Get Away With Murder*
Unfortunately, after conservatives portrayed Trayvon Martin as a thug who
got his just desserts, and a white supremacist group advertised their
intent to begin armed patrols in Maryland, the chance of more unarmed
African American males being stalked and killed in “*stand your ground*”
scenarios are on the horizon, and sadly no American will remember that ALEC
and the NRA are the force behind it.
A slight re-wording
and sadly, no American will remember that the legislators of the extremist
right... more »
Snowden statement to human rights groups in Moscow July 12, 2013
Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport
Friday July 12, 15:00 UTC
Wikileaks
Edward Joseph Snowden delivered a statement to human rights
organizations and individuals at Sheremetyevo airport at 5pm Moscow time
today, Friday 12th July. The meeting lasted 45 minutes. The human
rights organizations included Amnesty International and Human Rights
Questions about your little opt-out panel too, @dfer_news @educationgadfly
I know Jim Horn addressed this the other day. I’m glad he did because I was
unaware. Hopefully some of my questions will be answered when I attend this
event since it’s close to where I live. For now, I am wondering: Why are
there no actual educators on this panel? I mean, maybe I did […]
“Real And Practical Ways To Avoid The Snoops”
* “Real And Practical Ways To Avoid The Snoops”*
by Karl Denninger
“You may have read my previous post entitled "Tired of Snoopfest?" in which
I outlined how to set up an extremely secure IPSEC/IKEv2 VPN that can
encrypt data between device(s) of your choice and your home or office
network. What's shown up recently, however, are some really bad and maybe
even dangerously bad pieces of advice on evading the snooping that goes on
out there. This article is intended to disabuse those notions. I'm going to
use the following assumptions and note that I rely on them- if they're
wrong,... more »
Beware the Dark Side: "But For" Doesn't Mean "Sole Cause" In Retaliation Claims
The management-side bar celebrated when the Supreme Court ruled in *University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar* that Title VII retaliation
claimants must prove that retaliation was not just a motivating factor, but
the "but for" cause of the retaliation. While I'm all for a good
celebration, I wouldn't break out the champagne yet if I were on the dark
side. (Heaven forbid. As Luke Skywalker said, "Never. I'll never turn to
the Dark Side.")
For any type of discrimination other than age, and now retaliation,
employees must prove that discrimination was either a substant... more »
Alan Whicker
Sun, Sea & Satan from Paul Coker on Vimeo.
Pedophilia within the British establishment
A Pie n' Mash Films Production
"How would the tiny island and its 88,000 residents hold up? They pride
themselves on their traditionalism (the pound note survives here) and an
independent spirit that locals refer to as the Jersey Way. The mantra,
reflecting a closed community that knows how to look after itself, is
credited with transforming the place from a bourgeois bucket-and-spade
resort in the 50s into the oyster-shucking tax haven it is today.
So potent is the lure of the island's low... more »
The doctor-teacher analogy rides again!
This latest contribution to the anthology of comparison between doctors and
teachers, from Rick Ayers. This is mine, from 2011. Just imagine for a
moment. Given this country’s obesity epidemic and the rising rates of
diabetes, certain cancers, and heart disease, our physicians have failed.
In order to hold them accountable, we should judge them […]
American Indian Genocide Museum: Buffalo Soldiers, KKK, and the language of history
American
Indians ask Buffalo Soldiers to halt using derogatory terms for Indians
By Steve Melendez, Pyramid Lake Paiute
President, American Indian Genocide Museum
http://www.aigenom.com
Censored News
HOUSTON -- The American Indian Genocide Museum and the Southern Apache
Museum met today with the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s founder,
Capt. Paul Matthews. This historic
Emery (ALEC-MO) - Produces ALEC Propaganda Piece
*Emery has been associated with the birther movement *and became well known
in Missouri government circles after his House special committee issued a
report which blamed Missouri’s immigration problems on abortion (if all of
those babies had not been aborted, Emery reasoned, there would be no jobs
available for anyone coming from another country).
He has also been outspoken in his opposition to Obamacare, has likened
public education (he was homeschooled and homeschooled his children) to a
“pipeline to prison,
*In particular, Emery loves the Second Amendment.* It’s not there for ... more »
Egyptian Revolution: What You're Not Being told
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Read Stuff, You Should
Happy Birthday to Bill Cosby, 76
How about some good stuff?
1. Noah Smith on how to make accurate predictions. Reminds me to put on
record my confident prediction that Hillary Clinton is due for a market
correction and a rough patch...uh, because the press hates the Clintons and
will turn on her when they get a chance. How's that? If you would prefer,
it's because the political culture is biased against women running for
office.
2. Nice profile of Jeff Merkley, from David Dayen.
3. Rick Hasen notes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whatever the strategic
question of her retirement might ... more »
SEIU Is Running Spanish Language Ads Against 4 Of California's Worst Congressional Bigots
As part of a big radio buy [listen right above by clicking on that gizmo]
aimed at a dozen right-wing anti-immigrant extremists, the SEIU is
targeting 4 GOP crackpots in California: Jeff Denham, Gary Miller, David
Valadao and Buck McKeon. The ad asks each of these galoots to support the
comprehensive immigration bill that the Senate already passed by a wide
bipartisan margin. The ads will fall on deaf ears, even though all 4
represent districts with huge Latino populations. Valadao's district, for
example, is 72% Hispanic. Gary Miller's current district-- there are rumorsthat wit... more »
Diageo (ALEC) - Ain't Gonna Drink Their Stuff No More
From across the pond:
Evidently they hated ALEC member Diageo long before we knew about them.
I bet ALEC members will be swilling down free Diageo products at the
American Legislative Exchange Council annual meeting in Chicago - August 7
- 9. Probably might get lots of coupons to get their stuff for free after
they leave Chicago.
Hopefully none of the protestors will be drinking Diageo products.
*Let’s help them out and boycott Diageo.*
Here are some of the brands in the Diageo portfolio
*Brandy/Cognac*
Brandy-Bertrams VO
Cognac-Hennessy
*Gin*
Gordon's Gin -
Tanqueray
*Liqueur... more »
Collateral Damage (Annie Ogden Mysteries) Excerpt Tour & Giveaway
Welcome to Chapter 19 of the *COLLATERAL DAMAGE* excerpt tour. To new
visitors ... I'm so happy to meet you. To my loyal friends ... I hope that
you'll enjoy something a bit different today. In addition to informatiion
about the book, this post includes a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card
and more. Ready to get started? Let's go ...
*COLLATERAL DAMAGE* is the third book in the the best-selling Annie Ogden
series by Frederick Lee Brooke. Here's a brief synopsis:
A love story
- When Annie Ogden’s ex-boyfriend Michael Garcia reappears, she has to
confront a lie dating bac... more »
Breaking: Teabaggers are the 1%
Hey - you teabaggers
Making
$35,000?
$40,000?
$45,000?
Wish you could afford a house?
Wish you could afford a new car?
Wish you could afford to fix your car?
Wish you could find a way to send your kids to college?
Worried about where the next $$ is going to come from?
Well - quit you're whining - cause Charles Koch says you are the 1%.
Yep according to him - you got it good!
Don't believe me - listen to his newest message to you.
Just think about it
According to Koch
- you should be happy
- you should be content
cause you are better off than the people in Somali
cause you are be... more »
The End Of Kent?
Peter Kent signaled this week that he expects to be demoted or dismissed by
Stephen Harper. Rick Smith, the Executive Director of the Broadbent
Institute, suggests that Kent's tenure as Minister of the Environment can't
come to an end soon enough:
Since the advent of Canada’s first federal Environment Minister in 1971,
there have been many bumps-on-a-log, do-nothings, and disappointments. Many
governments of the past have ignored the nation’s environmental protection
needs, resulting in years of stalled progress. But only Mr. Kent has
stepped up to the plate, Orwell-style, to re-m... more »
When The "No-Fly Zone" Just Won't Fly
*Guest Post # 1 - When The "No-Fly Zone" Just Won't Fly*
Finally..... james! My apologies for the delay in getting this piece up,
james. With all the fast moving global events particularly in Egypt, I fell
behind.
James (from WinterPatriot) wrote an extensive piece that was inspired by a
post here at the blog.
* I include below a brief excerpt below to whet the whistle!*
*
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* Obama and Putin in Ireland*
* **"US ready to implement no-fly zone in Syria: Pentagon” says the
headline from the The Hindu's Business Line news and reported on at Penny
For Your Thoughts. But it's never ... more »
New Video Game Helps Map Your Every Thought
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Royal Society's
Brain Waves Project Nicholas West
The more that scientists discover about the complexities of the human
brain, the more puzzling it has become. The new trend of NeuroGaming is
employing some of its users to help register their neural pathways and aid
science in arriving at the final frontier.
As discussed in the recent article 7 Future Methods of Mind Control,
devices and gadgets are a simple way to introduce the really cool aspects
of building one's own ultimate prison. We only need to consider the vast
ben... more »
The Anatomy of a ConHome Hack Job
The Stupid Party. Home to the venal, the privileged, the dim, and the
narcissistic. It is fair to say the Tories will say and do anything to
protect their narrow, sectional interests - interests that are, as they
have always been, fundamentally at odds to those of the overwhelming
majority of people; and are also getting increasingly inimical to those of
capital itself. Hence the myopic way they set about public spending to the
detriment of the British economy. Hence their utterly incompetent conduct
in office. These morons may have been born to rule, but they're certainly
unfit fo... more »
The Menace of Globalism, Democracy and the Political West
*Guest Post # 2: The Menace of Globalism, Democracy and the Political West
- July, 2013*
*Guest Post # 1 can be found here When The "No-Fly Zone" Just Won't Fly*
*From the Rise of Russia blog *
I am excerpting in the most basic manner, The analysis is vastly broader
and more in depth then what is contained herein and should be read, in
full, at Rise of Russia
*"**Nevertheless, Syria's fate is hinging upon two primary factors: How far
will the Anglo-American-Zionist alliance and friends will go to destroy it
and how far will Moscow and Tehra... more »
Will North Colorado Be The 51st State In The Union?
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Michael Snyder
There are ten counties in northern Colorado that are discussing plans to
secede from the state of Colorado in order to form a new state that would
be known as "North Colorado". North Colorado would have a population of
more than 300,000 people, and it would be the 42nd largest state in the
country by land area. The county officials that are leading this movement
say that a "collective mass" of issues has resulted in this desire to leave
the state of Colorado for good.
In recent years, the Democratically-cont... more »
Friday Nerd Blogging Karaoke
As Comic Con approaches and the Course for the Force begins, we, of course,
want to sing:
America Is Now Under Martial Law
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The Boston dress rehearsal
for martial law in America Dave Hodges
Martial law is defined as when the “Military government engages in the
suspension of ordinary law.” The term martial law is thrown around quite a
bit these days and the elements of martial law often gets lost in the
conversation. Government critics maintain that this administration is
merely looking for an excuse to put the country into total state of martial
law and begin to act upon their various “enemies of the state” lists and to
ultimately suspend the Con... more »
Fog of War - Iraq massacres continue with 96 killed and 191 wounded in one day....US foreign policy muddle regarding leaving Afghanistan .... Egypt Military leaders dispute own death toll .... Syria rebels infighting hits another low as islamists kill one of the FSA Commanders - and we really want to give weapons to the Syrian Rebels ?
Iraq......
Iraq Carnage: 96 Killed, 191 Wounded
by Margaret Griffis, July 11, 2013
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At least *96 people were killed and 191 were wounded* in what appears to be
a series of coordinated attacks across the country. In the deadliest
attack, a group of security personnel were sitting down to their Iftar meal
when gunmen attacked them.
Fourteen security personnel were killed as they gathered to break Ramadan
fasting for the day on a highway near *Barwana*. Some belonged to the oil
protection services.
In *Muqdadiya*, a suicide bomber attacked a funeral where he kill... more »
Inflation Is Too Low? Are You Kidding Us Bernanke?
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Michael Snyder
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said this week that inflation in the
United States needs to be higher. Yes, he actually came right out and said
that. It almost seems as if Bernanke is trying to purposely hurt the
middle class. On Wednesday, Bernanke told the press that "both sides of
our mandate are saying we need to be more accommodative". Of course he was
referring to the Fed's dual mandate to keep unemployment and inflation low,
but Bernanke has a very unique interpretation of that mandate. Accord... more »
Untitled
*Indictments leveled, record bonds set in Mother’s Day shooting spree ~John
Simerman ~Advocate, N.O.*
*As Mississippi River Ferry Service Slowly Disappears, Many Are Searching
For Answers ~Della Hasselle and Janaya Williams *
*Housing market booming across metro area*
*Stephanie Grace: Jindal run for Senate was just not in the cards*
*Terrebone Parish Morganza to the Gulf report finalized ~Nikki Buskey,
Daily Comet*
*Gov. Jindal shows off new "first line of defense" from hurricane ~WVUE*
*Tulane Researchers Using BP Grant To Develop Less-Toxic Dispersant ~Eileen
Fleeming, WWNO*
*... more »
harper's cabinet shuffle
Oh for fuck's sake:
Seriously harper, nobody cares.
Being a witness at trial
Being a witness comes up in many different ways. First you can be a
witness in a case brought by or against you. So then you are a party and
it really is the only chance you will have to tell your story. In such a
case you have to be especially careful to answer only the questions asked
and not to get overly emotional. Second you can be a witness in support of
someone close to you – and almost the same considerations apply. Finally
you can be a witness in a case where you don’t really care who wins – there
your emotions are not as likely to get involved.
*In all cases the key p... more »
Argentinians Turn To Bitcoins For Safe Haven
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Microsoft Gives Spy Agencies Encryption Codes for Email, Chat, Skype, and Cloud Storage
These are the people who are at the forefront of developing data
surveillance systems for every aspect of your child’s education. James
Risen has the story for the NYTimes, which appeared first in The Guardian.
A clip: WASHINGTON — Microsoft has collaborated with the National Security
Agency more extensively than it previously acknowledged, providing the […]
Obama wags the dog over Syria chemical weapons
Nile Bowie
Russia Today
A team of Russian experts recently submitted reports to the UN detailing
how chemical weapons used in Syria were not consistent with what the armed
forces use, suggesting that rebels groups were responsible for the
attack. The Obama administration unwaveringly holds Bashar Assad’s forces
responsible for using sarin nerve gas against civilians, and is now using
these allegations to justify a military escalation of the conflict. When a
crude chemical weapon containing sarin nerve gas killed 30 people after it
was set off near Aleppo on March 19, the Syrian gov... more »
US-EU Trade Agreement Could Tthreaten Internet Freedom, Leaked information Reveals
US-EU trade agreement could threaten Internet freedom, leaked information
reveals
Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10 July 2013
The first round of talks in what the U.S. and EU trade representatives
intend to be the largest bilateral trade agreement ever have begun. The
governments call it TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP). Everyone else calls it TAFTA, the Trans-Atlantic Free
Trade Agreement. Whatever the name, it will regulate all U.S. and EU trade,
or around 30 percent of world trade in goods. And according to the first
leaks of negotiation d... more »
For any reason
By Capt. Fogg
Lyin' Bill. He earns his title every day. What's he lyin' about now you
might ask? Why, he's telling us that a Texas women can get an abortion *at
any time* -- simply because of a sprained hand for instance.
“You can just kill the baby, or the fetus, however you want to describe it,
any time you want for any reason, you know, women’s health, that’s any
reason at all.”
Sure, we all know that women are hypochondriacs, prone to hysteria and
likely to be faking things like they fake orgasms and I'm sure Bill has
experience there. God makes sure women don't die in child... more »
Enjoy a Surprisingly Healthy Superfood: 7 Dark Chocolate Health Benefits by Paul Fassa
Enjoy a Surprisingly Healthy Superfood: 7 Dark Chocolate Health Benefits
by Paul fassa
Natural Society, 12 July 2013
Chocolate can be extremely healthful and beneficial to your health, but
before you get carried away with those common candy bars from childhood,
understand that the superfood nutritional qualities come from cacao or
cocoa, the bitter seeds from which chocolate is made.
It’s best to select chocolates labeled Fair Trade and organic with at least
70% cacao or cocoa (both words indicate the same bean) and no sweeter than
bitter-sweet. The more bitter the better. An... more »
Shop From These 400 Companies Who Are Not Using GMOs In Their Products
Over 400 Companies who Aren’t Using GMOs in their Products
by Christina Sarich
Natural Society, 11 July 2013
If you want to keep eating poison food, you can join the ‘scientists’ who
keep spewing Monsanto-funded lies. They are telling us that genetically
altered crops are good for us and the environment – that they are, in fact,
a necessity to feed the world population. They say all of this, even though
we seemed to feed the masses just fine without chemical quackery until
about 60 years ago, all while dumping *millions* of tons of unaltered food
right into the trash bin. If ho... more »
Star Passage
This is really neat information. What we discover is that the sun is
leaving a plume of uncharged neutrons in its wake. Even better, we are able
to track it to some degree. Importantly it is a stable marker of our
passage around the galaxy as well as a natural mapper of any intervening
changes that we may wish to discover and know about.
I also do not think that it will necessarily dissipate so easily. Rather I
think it likely to slowly re-concentrate to provide an even stronger marker.
It should also be possible to discover these traces throughout space from
other stars i... more »
Chimericana Books - Mike Philbin - new children's title THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DEIRDRE OPENHOUSE, DREAM DETECTIVE
it's a long title, *THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF DEIRDRE OPENHOUSE, DREAM
DETECTIVE*, for a short (9,000 words) story. It's intentionally Kids
Fiction i.e. a (mild horror) story, written and marketed specifically for
the children's market despite the cover looking like 'the most serious'
cover I've ever designed.
Yes, I could have 'disowned' it and published it under a fake name, thus
protecting the kiddy-wids from my more adult/questioning/moral-lunacy works
such as the 'writing as Hertzan Chimera' titles that are next on the
Chimericana Books publishing roster, but I decided that it... more »
The Missing Secrets Of A Censored Genius, Nikola Tesla
From Google Videos
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 7 January 1943) was an inventor and a mechanical
and electrical engineer. He is frequently cited as one of the most
important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity and is best
known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of
electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents
and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC)
electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical
distribution and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second... more »
Innovative Nokia's Lumia 1020 with 41 megapixel camera
*Nokia has unveiled a novel handset with a 41 megapixel sensor which it
claims can record facts never thought probable from a smart phone. *It says
customers will be capable to zoom in and reframe their photos without
worrying about the image quality suffering. Analysts who have tested the
device supposed that it was "with no doubt" the best smart phone camera on
the marketplace.
However they added that was not a assurance that it would be a bestseller.
Market study firm IDC lately carried out a survey of smart phone owners in
25 countries to classify what factors were most lik... more »
Mean Team Piles On Jobless Americans (Slackers! It's a Feature, Not a Bug) and A Better Than Expected Jobs Report Isn't the Same Thing As a Good Jobs Report (Closing Time?)
Paul Ryan's assery would be almost laughable except that it's still in
place in D.C., suggesting that the unemployed are the asses who are living
it up on his dime. He's joined by Governor Pat McCrory in North Carolina in
this oddly American Hall of Fame. Rand Paul Defends Secessionist Aide:
Confederate Flag Like Smoking Pot I've said from the first that there are
no accidents during this
Greg Hunter“Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.12.13”
*“Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.12.13”*
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com
"The big story, once again, comes from Fed Chief Ben Bernanke. This week,
he did a 180 degree about-face and said the easy money policies of the
Federal Reserve will go on for the “foreseeable future.” Last month, he was
talking about cutting back or “tapering” the massive $85 billion a month
money printing and that caused a mini stock market crash. This month, it’s
full speed ahead, and stocks and gold are taking off—again. This looks to
me the Fed has lost all control and desperate to find a way out of all this
mo... more »
Watch "A word to left-wing students" on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85q6BOnwIAQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
MYSTERIOUS KILLINGS - USA, EUROPE, THE WORLD
The Western security services use snipers to kill innocent civilians and
foment trouble.
Such snipers have been used by the CIA and its friends in:
*The USA, UK, **Norway, Belgium, France,Yugoslavia,** Syria, Libya, Egypt,
Tunisia, Venezuela, Thailand, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Kyrgystan, ** Pakistan,
Iraq, Afghanistan...*
*Strategy of Tension, used to manipulate public opinion.*
Recently there were shootings in Cairo - part of the conflict between Morsi
supporters and the Egyptian military.
*A third force fired at both sides. *
"This revelation raises serious questions ab... more »
Summers, Yellen: candidates to replace Bernanke
Sometimes in January 2014, Ben Bernanke will leave the job of America's key
central banker. The replacement is already being looked for. According to
polls, current Fed vice-president Janet Yellen (picture below) and
ex-Harvard president Larry Summers are the two frontrunners. Arguments in
favor of both are so asymmetric that I won't try to compare them.
Needless to say, I know Larry in person and we've been on the same side of
a battle for some fundamental values at Harvard so his candidacy for the
most important economist's job in the world is far more interesting for me
than Ye... more »
Scientists Regrow Severed Spinal Cords In Rats
I have waiting for this news for decades. After all there is no end of
victims who are completely healable except for the nerve damage.
It is not too hard to imagine clean ends been brought together with an
intervening gel to facilitate regrowth combined with stimulation of the
driving side. It may even become possible to recognize and label
individual nerves well enough for the brain to easily rewire the rest. If
we really get lucky, natural systems will kick in a solve it nicely.
As I have posted in the past, disability will soon largely disappear and
be replaced ... more »
Spiritual Parasite: A Shamanic Perspective Of Abuse, And Its Treatment With Gregori
What I find startling is that I have observed the exact progression in
others and have come to a similar scenario as a working model. In this
article, I am having it read back to me. It also conforms directly to the
ayauska experience which also identifies a parasitic image that is at least
isolated. In our own culture, we have anthropomorphized these effects as a
almost rational demon. That appears to be a bad choice of descriptives for
what is a defined elemental effect operating irrationally.
This appears to be an expression of the processing capabilities centered
in... more »
Manganese Stepping Stone to Oxygen Photosynthesis
This makes it pretty clear that manganese is far more important in a
biological sense that had been plausibly considered. It is certainly
heavily represented in sediments and related volcanics, something that I
have seen for myself.
Yet this was unexpected. It may inform us a much more.
A better understanding of manganese biology is now clearly called for.
*A Stepping-Stone for Oxygen on Earth*
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*Caltech researchers find evidence of an early manganese-oxidizing
photosystem*
... more »
NSA Wire Taps and Telcom's Profit From It...
By American Kabuki
I saw this on the Wealth Channel on my cable TV today. Wealth TV is a
channel for the ultra-rich, it showcases homes and vacations most of us
could never dream of having. The TV network is based here in San Diego,
and its news shows, with feeds from Reuters and AP are really pretty good
by current American news standards.
The news segment says the average wiretap (which often run months or years
in duration) is $50,000. Verizon receives 250,000 wire tap orders a year
from the government, at an average of cost to the government of $50,000 per
wire tap that co... more »
GAIA PORTAL: Simultaneous messaging is proceeding at this time…
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* *Simultaneous messaging is proceeding at this time…*
by ÉirePort
Simultaneous messaging is proceeding at all perceptible levels at this time
in Hue-manity evolution. Master codes are being downloaded among numerous
individual Hue-Beings at identical coordinates in the 'time' illusion
domain. This is to allow next steps in the New Gaia Ascension Paradigm to
proceed.
Those aligned with this Paradigm may feel a sense of multiplicity of
pathways unfolding at the same moment. Yet this is simply a multiple D
level unfoldment of the New Gaia Ascension Paradigm.
Worded explanatio... more »
THE PROPAGANDA HYPOCRISY OVER SHELLING RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN WAR
Just a quick observation today triggered by an editorial in the *Washington
Post*. The bit that caught my eye and got me thinking was the opening
paragraph. It went thus:
*It has been a month since the White House informed journalists that
President Obama had decided to supply Syrian rebels with light arms. Since
then, the regime has launched a bloody new offensive in the city of Homs,
using heavy artillery and rockets to attack residential areas held by the
rebels. Thousands of people have been killed, adding to a death toll
approaching 100,000. President Bashar al-Assad has been b... more »
If Only We Weren't Lashed Tightly to Fossil Fuels, We Might Save the World
What would you give for a chance to reverse global warming? Think on that
for a minute. What would you be willing to sacrifice to avert climate
change tipping points, irreversible runaway global warming?
Is such a thing even possible? A team of experts from the Chalmers
University of Technology in Sweden believes that using "surface carbon" for
fuel (trees, crop waste, biomass) coupled with a massive programme for
carbon capture and sequestration could actually reverse global warming.
*The bioenergy and CCS method was the most cost-effective way of tackling carbon
emissions, sai... more »
Flying Commercial Might Get a Bit More Troubling
We're regaled with horror stories of intrusive security measures that greet
the flying public these days. Things might just be about to get a lot
worse.
Welcome the era of the underwear bomb. That's right, high-explosive
skivvies said to be able to defeat current scanning technologies.
Fortunately the guy chosen to give them their test ride was a double agent
working for Saudi security and the CIA.
*The plot, which the White House said on Monday had involved the seizing of
an underwear bomb by authorities in the Middle East sometime in the last 10
days, had caused alarm througho... more »
Video Tarsands Healing Walk 2013: Protect the Sacred
Protecting the Sacred One Step at a Time - Tar Sands Healing Walk 2013 from Zack Embree on Vimeo.
Canada Wins! First Human-Powered Helicopter Flight
Congratulations to the team from AeroVelo on winning the American
Helicopter Society Sikorsky Prize for human-powered helicopter flight.
The contest required a full minute of flight achieving at least 3 metres in
altitude and staying within a 10 metre square area.
The Canadian team's *Atlas* quad-copter is shown above. The record flight
is below.
Bob Mankoff names his 11 favorite "New Yorker" cartoons -- at least as of that particular moment (and we sneak a peek)
*-- Jack Ziegler, July 11, 1988 (click to enlarge)*
"You can't go wrong with stupidity," says Mankoff wryly. "When in doubt,
make fun of an idiot." He relents: "But this is done in a lovely way; it's
a lovely drawing. The guy who's doing this stuff is dumb, but the cartoon
is clever."
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* *by Ken*
"When in doubt, make fun of an idiot." I love that! It may not be quite a
maxim to live by, but it's, well, something.
*New Yorker* cartoon editor Bob Mankoff says in his blogpost this week, "My
Favorite Things," that the question he's asked *second* most frequently
(after "Why didn't I... more »
Brief Observations on Kansas City
I spent most of the past week in Kansas City, MO while my daughter competed
at the Tumbling and Trampoline National Championships. If you must know,
she did fine. I’m most proud of how she handled herself. She was expected
to do very well in one of her events, but she made some mistakes and
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DRONES EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS
The experimental X-47B drone has successfully landed on a US Navy aircraft
carrier for the first time. This means the US can now launch drones
overseas without needing to use bases in other countries. The unmanned
X-47B aircraft, which is a prototype drone the size of a fighter jet
developed by the American defense technology company Northrop Grumman, took
off from a naval air station in Maryland on Wednesday. The drone then
landed on the USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia.
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